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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
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 GREAT WAR LOAN
 NOW ENCOURAGING
There Will Be No Announce ment of Amounts by Gov ernment Until After
 Date of Closing

Washington, May 19.--There will be no official announcement of subscrip- tions to the Liberty loan until the sub- scription books close, June IS. No of ficial statement of the amount sub scribed at any period prior to that date will be made public by the treasury department, and officials will exert themselves to see that no accurate un- official estimates are obtainable.
 In announcing this decision today of- ficials state that it would be physical ly impossible to give out any totals until June 15." The number of sub- scribers, however, will be officially announced from time to time, and treasury officials will have accurate information, virtually from day to day from the federal reserve banks and other agencies, after the campaign is in full swing. as to the total subscrip- tions in hand.
 Encouraging reports from all sec tions were received by the treasury de partment today. Many agencies operat ling to make the big issue success arc beginning to make their powerful in
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TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

SECTION A 1-Wilson says he must have power 10 control food situation. Hoover Is named administrator. General Pershng expected to take 10000 men to France. No separate peace for ''freo Russla is word of government. Congress will not come to absolute break with Wilson. French destroyer is sunk during bat tie in Adriatic. Subscription to great war loan now encouraging. Great war budget is passed by Senate and goes to conference. 2Russian armies become active on en- tire front. Italians continue to win. SSomeone's mistake cause Of apathy to the liberty loan. HSouthern Baptist convention will aid aged ministers. 5-Presbyterians to assemble next at Durant, Okla Appeal is made for funds to pay rail- road fare of boys band to Wash ington. Standing committees of Presbyterian assembly. Denson decides not to make race for governor. Graduating exercises at Howard col lege.
 Chicago realtor marvels at hearty CO., operation here. 6--Movies. Big attraction on programme at the chautauqua tent. 8-Automobile news. 9-Veteran engineer killed. 1O-Volunteers not coming as fast as was expected. 11-Mississippians urged to raise more sorghum. 12Theatrica1s
 SECTION 1-Railroad men are proud of gardens. Passports. SEFrank Carpenters letter.
 SECTION c 1, and 5--Society. S-Bookshelf. 4-Editorial comment. Ned Brace. 6-Dolly Dalrymple. 7-Markets. Comic supplement.
 SECTION K Rotogravure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

, consumption on the other. All meas ures intended directly to extend the normal activities of the department of agriculture in reference to the pro- duction, conservation and the market | ing of farm crops will be adminis- tered, as in normal times, through that department and the powers asked for over distribution and consumption,
 over exports, imports, prices, purchase and requisition of commodities, stor- l ing, and the like which may require regulation of food administration ap- l pointed by the President and directly responsible to him.
 OBJECTS SOUGHT
 'The objects sought to be served by the legislation asked for are: Full in-
 qury into the existing available stocks of foodstuffs and into the costs. and practices of the various food producing and distributing trades: the prevention of all unwarranted hoarding of every kind and of the control of foodstuffs by persons who are not in any legitimate sense producers, dealers or traders; the requisitioning when necessary for the public use of food supplies and of the equipment necessary for handling them properly; the licensing of wholesome and legitimate mixtures and milling percent | ages; and the prohibition of the unneces- sary or wasteful use of foods. Author ity is asked also to establish prices, but not in order to limit the profits of the farmers, but only to guarantee to them (Continued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

The Presidents statement explaining why power must be given him to con- trol the food situation is as follows:
 STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT W "It s.very desirable. in order to pre- vent n serstandings or alarms and to asst Cooperation in vital mat ter, tfat the country should under stand exactly the scope and purpose of the very great powers which I havs thought it necessary in the circum- my hands with regard to our food sup plies. These powers are very great in- deed, but they are no greater than it has proved necessary to lodge in the other governments which are conduct ting this momentous war, and their object is stimulation and conserva- tion, not arbitrary restraint or injuri- ous interference with the normal pro- cesses of production. They are intended to benefit and assist the farmer and all those who play a legitimate part in the preparation. distribution. and marketing Of foodstuffs.
 TO DRAW SHARP LINE
 'It is proposed to draw a sharp line of distinction between the normal ac- tivities of the government represented in the apartment of agriculture in ref erence to food production, conserva- tion, and marketing on the one hand and the emergency activities neces- sitated by the war in reference to the regulation of food distribution and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
No Separate Peace
 For Free Russia $
 Word Of Gouernnent
Provisional Cabinet Issues Formal Statement o1 Assurance Minister of War Announces He
 Will Restore Iron Discipline in Army and
 Appeali is Made to Troops to Stand Firm
By Associated Press

ized and reinforced by representatives Of the revolutionary democracy, declares that it will energetically carry into effect
 the ideas of liberty, equality and fra ternity beneath the standards of which
 the great Russian revolution came to
 birth The provisional government is uni-
 ted as to the fundamental lines of its future action as follows:
 T. In foreign policy, the government,
 rejecting in concert with the entire people all thought of a separate peace, adopts openly as Its aim the establishment of general peace which shall not tend to- wards either domination over other na- tions, the seizure of their national pos
 sessions or violent usurpation of their
 territories-a peace without annexation or
 indemnities and based on the right of nations to decide their own affairs. In the firm conviction that the fall of the regime of Czardom in Russia and the con- solidation of the democratic principles of our internal and external policy will create in the allied democracies new as pira tions towards a stable peace and a brotherhood of nations, the provisional
 
 ing about an agreement with the allies on a basis of the declaration of April g. CONFIDENCE IN ARMY '.2. Convinced that the defeat of Rus sia and her allies would not only be a source of the greatest calamity to the people, but would postpone or make inn possible the conclusion of worldwide peace on the basis indicated above, the provisional government believes that the | Russian revolutionary army will not suf- 1 fer the German troops to destroy our ] western allies and then throw themselves upon us with the full force of their arms.
 ."The development of the principles of Characterization in the army and the de- velopment of its military power. both of fensive and defensive, will constitute the most important task of the provisional government.
 .,Third: The provisional government will fight resolutely and inflexibly 1 against the economic Reorganization Of l the country by the systematic establish l ment of governmental control Of produc- | tion, transport, exchange and distribution | of products and in necessary cases will | have recourse also to the organization l of production. .M
 WILL PROTECT LABOR l Fourth: The measures for the protec- | tion of labor will in every possible way ! continue to be promoted further with ] energy.
 Fifth: Leaving it to the constituent /! assembly to deal with the question or l transferring land to the workers ana 1 proceeding with preparatory measures l relative thereto the provision govern ment will take all necessary steps to- ward insuring the greatest possible pro- | duction of cereals required by the coun-
 try and for furthering the systematic
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Petrograd, May 19.-(Via London.)-Ihe provisional government declared today that it was united in the rejection of separate peace and that it adopts as its aim the re-establishment of general peace, which will not tend either to domi- nation over other nations, or to the seiz- ure of their national possessions-a peace without annexations or indemnities.
 The government expresses it's conviction that the Russian army will not suffer the Germans to destroy Russia's western al- lies.
 STATEMENT IN FULL
 The statement embodying these declara- tions was issued by the newly reorganized provisional government as declaration, and reads:
 ''The provisional government, reorgan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
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Washington May 19-President Wilson in statement to- night outlining the administration food control policy nounced he had asked Herbert Hoover become American food administrator and that Hoover would accept the place statet given out by Mir Hoover after the White House announcement his plans for food administration and called the country render voluntary clearing up Explaining that it is absolutely necessary vest unqueson able in the the President declared he fdent that exercise of the authority granted will be necessary only Tn the few where small and selfish minority proves unwilling put the nation interests above advantage HOOVER EXPLAINS CAMPAIGN Mr. Hoover that
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
GENERAL PERSE7ZNG TO CARRY 10000 A1EN LN FIRST EXPEDITION TO FRANCE;
 EVERY ARM OF SERVICE REPRESENTED
In Addition to Division of Regulars, Regiment of Marines, Nine of Engineers, and Forestry Unit Will Soon Be on Battle FrOnt-AbsO- lute Secrecy Will Be Maintained As
 to Departure
By Associated Press

Washington May 19-Al three arms of Amerlcas fighting forces the army navy and marine soon will reported in the zones.
 With American destroyers already combating the uboat in European waters and regulars concentrating to carry the flag the battle lines in Belgium and France reg ment of marines designated today to join the expeonay force and round out the nations representation In the field will be attached the army division under Gen. Pershng which under orders proceed abroad as soon practicable Although details not being made public It calculated tonight that with the marine regiment the total force designated for land service ln Europe IS 40O0O An army division at strength comprises about men and upwards expected to be in volunteer regiments of engineers now being recruited forestry regiment and the marine regiment each will num- Der more than 1000 The strength of the naval force in Euro pean waters has not been revealed
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
French Destroyer IS
 Sunk During Battle
 h the Adriatic Sea
British Steamer Highland Corrie Goes Down Vic. tim of Submarine Attack and Six Members of Crew and Two Passengers Lose Their
 Lives, Says Report From London
By Associated Press

Paris, May 1e.-The French tor
 lo-boat destroyer Boutefu was sunk
 striking a mine in the naval en-
 cement between entente and Aus fA in vessels in the Adriatic on May 15, according to semi-official state ment today.
 The announcement reads:
 "A number of French destroyers and hydroairplanes took part in the re- cent naval engagement in the Adri- atic, the destroyer Boutefu striking a mine and sinking while assisting a British cruiser on which was the Ital- ian admiral The officers and almost all of the crew were saved"
 The British cruiser referred to was the Dartmouth. She was struck by a torpedo after the main engagement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
CONGRESS WILL NOT COME ID ABSOLUTE BREAK WITH WILSON Bitterness Not Expected to Reach Administrative
 Crisis During War BOTH BRANCHES
 CRITICIZE OTHER President Wants More Power and Those at Capitol Jealous of His
 Demands-Lack of Leader
 ship Is Shown
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington. May Especial .)-The bitterness existing at the present time between Congress and the administration will not result in an irreconcilable break. according to best opinion. The friction, those with a psychological turn of mind birth pains of martial nation.
 Nevertheless. Congress. publicly and covertly, criticizes the administration. and the administration, indirectly, it Is believed. criticizes Congress. Although certain emotional extremists see such lasting division that it will have an un- the general prediction is that in the end all will be well.
 Congress Is enraged because of the Presidents disposition to acquire extraor- dinary power-to make the constitution, Congress intimates, mere scrap of pa per. The administration is enraged be- cause Congress has thwarted the Pres ldent in certain of his efforts to grasp new authority and promises unswerving- ly to stand against certain other iden- tical efforts.
 GENERAL CRITICISM INDUCED
 The Senate, behind closed doors. took the administration to task several times during the week. The bitterest criticism was indulged in by democrats. That crit icism reached its climax when one of the bitterest of the democrats charged that the members of the Presidents cab met severally and collectively, were jackasses. That language was used. New York World, considered the direct channel through which the administra- ton indirectly expresses itself, Wash ington dispatch dealing caustically with the laws delay and placing the blame for lack of legislative energy on an un- willing Congress. Especially severe were strictures expressed regarding the al- !leged stupid leadership of MT. Kitchin of North Carolina, and the alleged re- calcitrant attitude of Speaker Clark. In the end, however. it is indicated that Congress will realize that the adminis- tration will continue to exist for another four years and that despite it's methods regarded as just subjects of criticism, it Is the irremovable source of power dur l ing the emergency. And. at the same time, 1t is thought probable that the ad-
 ministration will realize that it cannot
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

Sixteenth division: Montana, Wyom- ing, Idaho, Washington. Oregon, Utah,
 Nevada, California, western depart
 ment.
 GUARD MOBILIZATION
 The organization shown above cor
 responds closely to that of the 16
 National Guard divisions except that
 all of the cantonment camps for the
 guard will be in t1he southern, south
 eastern and western departments. The
 fifth division National Guard, com-
 posed of troops from New England
 states. the Sixth from New York the
 Seventh from Pennsylvania the Eighth from New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land and Virginia; the Ninth from | Tennessee. North Carolina and South Carolina; the Tenth from Alabama, l Georgia and Florida: the Sixteenth
 from Ohio and West Virginia: the Seventh from Indiana and Kentucky, and the Eighteenth from Arkansas. Louisiana and Mississippi will all be
 mobilized in the southeastern depart | ment.
 1 PREPARING FOR DRAFT /, The whole strength of the federal 1 and state organizations was being prepared today to complete on June 5 | a military census of the 10.000,000 men | rom whom Will De SeleCteu 0UU,VUU
 for the war army. From the office of | the provost marshal general all nec- | essary blanks for registration were | sent out to the state and municipal
 authorities who will enroll the men | as provided in President Wilson's proc- 1 lamation.
 | In all parts of the country, also state officials redoubled their efforts
 at recruiting the National Guard to war strength. Authorization reached 1 them almost simultaneously with the l signing of the army bill.
 | The war department unfolded new | clements of its plans for the guard disclosing the departments in which each division will be trained. 1 For purposes of distinction the war | department has named the new forces | the national army. The concurrent resolution to have printed 4.250,000 | copies of a document containing the | selective draft bill. the registration rules and President Wilson's procla- nation was adopted during the day by ! the House.
 | Secretary Daniels. in expressing qualification that the President had 1 designated regiment of marines to accompany the expeditionary force, | said the step should further stimulate recruiting in the marine corps. | Col. Charles A. Doyen. who will com mand the marines. is now command l ant of the marine barracks here and 1 Is president of the marine corps ex- | amining and retiring board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

the British official announcement or the encounter stated. but returned to port
 The destroyer Boutefu was built in 1911. She displaced 70S tons, had g speed of s1 knots and was equipped with four torpedo tubes. She had q complement of S1 men.
 London, May 19.-The British steam ship Highland Corrie was torpedoed without warning on May 16. Six mem bers of the crew and three passengers were killed by the explosion.
 The Highland Corrie, 76s3 tons gross and 414 feet long, was owned in Lon don. She was built in 1910 at Port Glasgow. She was last reported on her arrival at Buenos Aires on April 4 from London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

For obvious reasons, no information as to the time of the American commanders departure or his destination will be made public. When Rear Admiral Sims, commanding the destroyer force was sent on his important mission, the first word of his errand came from London after his arrival ther@
 MUCH POWER FOR PERSHING
 When General Pershing leaves every detail of the organization and equipment of his troops will have been worked out He will know exactly what preparations must be made and what use is to be made of his division. Presumably he will have wide discretionary powers to CO., operate with commanders of the French, British and Belgian forces. Distribution of the country by states | into the areas that will provide the t divisions of the selective army was an nounced today by the war department
 as follows:
 DISTRIBUTION OF ARMIES l First division: Maine, New Hampshire i Vermont, Massachusetts. Connecticut Rhode Island. Concentration camp in | northeastern department. l Second division: Part of New York state. Eastern department. 1 Third division: Remainder of New York , state and part of Pennsylvania. Eastern department.
 l Fourth division: Remainder of Penn ] sylvania. Eastern department. 1 Fifth division: New Jersey, Delaware
 Maryland. Virginia. Eastern department l Sixth division: Tennessee, North Caro- lima, South Carolina. Southeastern de- partment.
 1 Seventh division: Georgia, Florida, Ala
 bama Southeastern department 1 Eighth division: Ohio, West Virginia Central department. | Ninth division: Indiana, Kentucky. Cen
 tral department.
 Tenth division: Michigan. Wisconsin
 Central department. 1 Eleventh division: Illinois Central de-
 partment.
 Twelfth division: Arkansas, Louisiana,
 Mississippi Southeastern department 1 Thirteenth division: Minnesota, Iowa,
 North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska
 Central department. | Fourteenth division: Colorado Kansas Missouri. Central department. | Fifteenth division: Texas, Oklahoma
 New Mexico, Arizona Southern depart.
 ment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-15

LAST
Peoples Institute Organization, As
sisted by Several Artists,
Gave a Very Fine
Program.

A very pleasing concert was given
at Bethel A. M. f. church last night
under the management of l.. G. Lowe
and the Peoples Institute Concert
band. for the benefit Of Rev. S. B.
Moore, pastor of Bethel church. There
was a large audience present that
thoroughly enjoyed the entire program.
The band displayed a very pretty one
star service flag in honor of John
Clark, a member of the band, who is
now doing service for Uncle Sam at
Camp Dodge. In keeping with it's Gus.
tom the band played a patriotic march
In memory of its absent member and
this is done at all rehearsals and all
public appearances of the band. Mr..
A. j. Fields, assistant band-master.
very ably directed the band n Mr..
F. d. Fields was the solo cornetist,
which was beautifully rendered. The
program opened with America" led
by the Coleridge Taylor Music club, &C
companied by the band. One Of the
features of the program was the sing
ing of a quintet Of high school boys
composed of Raymond Moore, Theo-
dore Bryant. Russell Singleton. John
Bryant and Theodore Williams. Their
songs were much in favor with the aud
leICe anu Iuey were lpelle 10 give
several encores. A very great addi-
ton to the program was the piano Sc
gwen by Miss Katherine Water
field Of Hamilton, Ill. The audience
was immensely pleased with Miss
Watertield's number, but she could not
be persuaded to give an encore.
The following program vas given:
America-By the Band and Coler-
Taylor Music Club.
Vocal solo-Miss Marjorie Holbert.
Piano solo-"America Forever"
Ruth Johnson.
Vocal solo-"Rock of Ages" Ernest
Holt.
Observation-Disclosures Taylor Music
Club.
Honor Bound" Institute Concert
Band.
Song-Ladies' Quartet.
Song-Star Quartet.
Instrumental Duet-Ruth Johnson
and Miss Waterfield.
Song-Coleridge Taylor Music Club. !
"Revel Of the Roses" Institute Con
cert Band.
Piano-Miss Katherine Waterfield.
Song-Coleridge Taylor Music Club. |
Selection-Star Quartet.
Cornet-"A Perfect Day" F. D. !
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Painted Dolln Made In Russl.

The Painted Doll" Made In Russia.
With an all star cast of Russia'5
favorite picture stars, a great pro.
duction actually produced in Russia,
The Painted Doll" at the Grand to-
night, offers a decided novelty to
theatre goers. Besides giving init.
mate Insight into the lives and Gus.
IONS of the Russian people, the pic
ture is admirably acted and carries
a powerful story. The stars of "The
Painted Doll" are Ivan Mozukin,
foremost actor in Russia, as the en-
g%ineer; Tanya Fetner. as the faith
Tess employers wife, and Natalia
Lesfenko, the premier Vampire
woman of the Russian screen.
An excellent comedy, "The Chief
Q with Billy West, is a feature
or tonight's program.
Pretty little Ann Pennington, of the
foiiles. and supported in several
scenes by a bevy of beauties from
.iegfeld's famous revue, who assisted
friend Ann, "just for the fun of it,
appears at the Grand Sunday and
Monday In THE Antics of Ann.