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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
sIou, CITY Live Stock Market.

Sioux City, April Notwithstanding, g.
200 head; market steady; beef steers, $1,000
GD12.0o; butchers. s7.00@1O.5O; fat cows and
heifers. $7.00@1o,50: Gamers. s5.SoG7. 100;
stockers and feeders. $76o@1o.0o; calves,
$700Q10.75; bulls. stays, ETC.. s75oQs.b0;
feeding cows and heifers. $7.00@s.50.
Hogs--Feceipts, $500 head; market SO
ioc lower: lights, s1460Q1A75; mixed,
s1475@I4s0; heavy. st4.so91S.Oo; pigs.
si1. o06l2.50; bulk OF sales. S1t,65 @i4sO.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts, 100 head:
market steady: yearlings. s12o0@1S.25;
ewes, f10.60G1lb0; lambs
Sl325ml475
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

Prairie Hay-Receipts light. market higher
maDd continues good. Upland: Choice, 1880
Ql40o: No i, sl9bo@13oD; No. 2. 10000
11.00; No. 8, $s.o0@90o. Midland: No. /.
s1a.0o@12.6o; No. 2. $3.50 @10.5o. Lowland:
No. !, ss.50@s.00; No. .. s7.5o@S.0o; No. 3.
Se.b0@7.00.
Alfalfa--Choice. s1s.oo@2o.0o: No. 1.
$500 1900: standard. s1s.00@1Ioo; No. .,
ls.0091Aoo: No. 8, ,s1o.5o@1s5o.
straw-oat. $7ooG7.5o: wheat. 5000
$50,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

New York. April 2.-Cotton--Futurea
opened steady; May. 1s.7sc; July, 1850;
October, 1850; December, 1774c; Janu-
airy, 17.77c. ,.
Cotton-Futures closed firm; May, 1s,17c:
July, 1880; October. 1890; December,
1s.osc: January. 1910. Spot quiet; mid
ding, 1886.
The cotton market closed steady at net
advance OF rs to "a points.
Liverpool, April 2.-Cotton-Spot, easy:
good middliug. 12,I6c; middlng, 1e.66c;
low middling, 12,4sc. Sales, 5000 bales.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

New York, April e.-Metals--Lead quiet
ss.s7k asked. spelter quiet; spot east St.
Louis delivery, $10.50ql0.7b. Copper. quiet
electrolytic. spot and nearby, nominal; Sec
ond quarter $3300@35.0o, nominal; third
quarter. $4,000 $500. Iron, firm; No. /
$40, q 400; No. 2. $3.50 1880; No. l
southern. sab.oo@ab,So; No. ., sS4.5o@
81. 90.
At London: Spot copper, f1s6; futures
fiS5 los; electrolytc, f15i. Spot tin. .f2l5
los; futures, f21S los. Lead, $50 los. Spell
ter. E66. -
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
Stranded Excursion
Steamer With 1900
Passengers is Safe

Evansville. Ind, April 2.-The ex'
cursion steamer St. Paul, with more
than 1900 passengers on board, which
went aground in the Ohio river last
night about three miles below here
on the Kentucky shore, was released
at $50 this morning.
The passengers and crew are all re-
ported safe,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
Eyaporated Apples and Dried Fruits.

New York. April 2.--Evaporated Apples
Firm; fancy, 1l@l2c; choice. loo: prime,
sh @shc.
Dried Fruits--prunes. quiet; CALIFORNIA;,
eA Ollie; oregons, on @10Hc. Apricots,
firm; extra choice, lsisc fancy. zoe.
Peaches, firm; choice. SIC; extra choice,
SIC; fancy, enc. Raisins, steady; choice
llhc; London layers, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

New York, April s,--Susar--Raw, firm;
centrifugal, $3.50; molasses, 6.1sc. Refined.
firm; cut loaf. s.&oe; crushed. s,25c; mould
A, 7.75e; cubes 7.75c; Xxxxx powdered.
74oc; powdered, 7.35o; fine graduated, T,25
csc; diamond A. 725c: confectionery A,
Else; No. l, 7.10c. Futures opened strong
and active on buying by commission houses,
as well as covering, and there was consider
able support from Cuban, interests. At noon
prices were to fs points higher.
Closed firm and il0l6 points higher;
hulk OF sales. $4,000 tons; May, 5.i5c: July,
5,2Sc. September 6,55c,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

st. Joseph, April observation-disclosures, D.
500 head; market steady to loo lower:
steers, ss.50G12.00; cows and heifers. $3.50
@I0.50: calves, $7.0091276
Hogs--Reccipts, $500 head; market SO
Ioc lower; top, 1888; bulk of sales, 1880
dl5.20.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts $500 head;
market slow: lambs. s14o0@l5oo; ewes,
S1t,50@15.20.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET.
Quotations OF the Day on Various Leading
Commodities.

New York. April 2.--Fiour--Held firm;
patent springs. slo.o5@loso; winter
patents, ss70@9e5; winter straights, $s,35
@s.5b; Kansas straights, sl0,oS6los
wheat---spot, strong: No. . hard, ss.s7M I;
No. northern. Duluth, SASSY; No.
northern, Manitoba, ss.ssA, t. o. b.. New
York.
corn--spot, strong: No. yellow, s1,s5i,
c. l. e., New York.
oats--spot frmer; standard, 77nc.
lIides-tluiet; Bosota, 4s@tic; Central
America, tSc.
Leather-rirm; hemiock frsts, tic; sec
onds, Soc.
Provislons--strong: mess. $500: family.
$50. 64l.00. short clear, $3.50 GS3e. so.
Beef, firm; mess. s25.00@se0o family.
s2Loo@ss.oo. Lard. strong; middle west.
$1,000 @2e.ap.
Butter---Firm; receipts. 1910 tubs; cream
cry higher than extras. 46@t5hc; cream
cry extras Cea .score), AN @44Ae; firstp,
42G 43iac; seconds. ssls 9slAc.
Eggs-Firm; receipts. se,93S cases; fresh
gathered extras, SAY @ 3te; fresh gathered.
storage packed. firsss. sac; fresh gathered
firsts, 339ssMc.
cheese--Irregular; receipts, s.os6 boxes
state hoh specials. a7@a7hc; state held,
average fancy. asa Ds7c.
Poultry--Dressed strong; chickens, $50
ssc: fowls. lsh @2bc; turkeys. 1s@stc.
Live unsettlcd; no prices quoted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

"HIRhest yesteruhy. fLoWeSt uuTiHB
twenty -four hours ending at a, m, 18th
meridian time. tThe lowest temperature for
twelve-hour period ending at a. m.
Twenty-f our-hour rainfall at Iowa sta
tions: Alta, Carroll. Clarinda, Creston, Des
Moines, Estherville, Fort Dodge, Inwood.
Sioux City, no precipitation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

Savannah, Ca, April 2.--Turpentine--
ments, So; stock, HIT
Rosin--Firm; sales. none receipts, 2s6
bills; shipments. 444; stock. lo3,30s. Quote
A. B, c. D. E, +. G and II. $3.50; ], $50;
X. 1910 to $3.50; NJ. $3.50: N. $50 to ss,s5;
WIG, s5.75 to $3.50: WV, $500.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

London. April -2.--American securities
eased off In sympathy with Wall street
on the stock exchange today.
Siver--Bar, 3s 1880 per ounce.
Money--3% per cent. 81
Discount Rates--Short bills. Az per cent;
three months, An per cent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Cattle Unsettled, Hogs Steady, and Sheep
Are Weak

Chicago, Ill, April 2.-Cattle-Receipts
10000 head: market unsettled; native beef
cattle, s9.10012.95; stockers and feeders.
E0o9ssO; cows and heifers, s5.5o@10.75;
calves. s9.B091A00.
Hogs--Receipts, $4,000 head; market
steady. at 10c under Saturdays average;
bulk, $i5.10@15.30; light, sth50Gl5.30;
mixed, s14.76a15.35; heavy. s1460G15.4o;
rough, s1460@1476; pigs. s1o50@410.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, $4,000 head;
market weak; wethers, $10.50al2s5; ewes,
50. 90 q 1880; lambs, Sl2.00@i5.40.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

s2.ll @sls; No. . red. t2.osG2ls: May.
si.ssA; July, steSA.
corn--No mixed. slsieisi9; No. .
white. sl.2s@t.24: No. yellow, ti.:lNG
i.sz; May. 1i.2oh; July. st.ieA.
oats--Nc. white. $50; No. Q mixed, $50
67c.
Buttcr--creamery. 4sc; hrsts, 4oc; seconds,
3sc: packing, acc.
Eggs--Firsts, satsc.
Pouitry-Hcns, sic; BOOSTERS, iiyc; tur-
keys, siAc. " IS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

compared to serving the country in
case OF need" Karasyk told Lieuten-
ant WaddeH OF the local navy recruit
ing station Monday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

patents advanced 15c. quoted at 1000;
frst clears advanced 15c. quoted at 5000 I:
other grades unchanged.
Barley-si. 2eD1.29,
Rye---}i.eB u1.66.
Bran--$3T. COG $500.
wheat--May, si.95: July. s1.ss, Cash; No.
hard s9.il42.13: No. northern, s2.03Q
EOS; No. northern, si.ss0s.oS.
corn--No. . yellow. si.so9i2i.
oats--No. 3 white. 63964Mc. @ef
Flaxseed--s2.sSW3.o0.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
Dry Goods Market.

New York, April Cotton goods and
yarns were auieter today at steady prices,
with a firm tendency on finished lines. Raw
silk was higher There was fair demand
for dress goods
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

Now York, April 2.---There was further
decline in the market for coffee futures
nwins 10 reports OF cheaper cost and
freight offers from Brasil and a renewal
Of liquidation. The market opened at a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
Live Stock In Sight.


At Omaha, for the twenty four hours end
Ing at s a. M, 18th meridian time, Sunday,
April I, 1917:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03

81. IDuIs UrHIH MHfKtt.
81. Louis, April 2--Whest--No. red.
s221h@2.24; May, s2.ooh: July, s1.s4N
No. Q hard. s2.14@2.24.
Corn-No. 2, $1.26; No, white. $1.27h @
1.2sh; May. s1.22% @1.22B; July, s1.2oh.
Oats-No. 2, 671a @6Sc.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-03
LIVE STOCK MARKET
ALI Kinds Cattle Active, Steady
to Stronger-Sheep Strong
to Easier.
HOGS BIG TEN CENTS OFF
Omaha, April :. 1911.

Receipts and disposition of live stock at
,e Union Stock yards, Omaha, for twenty
ir hours ending at Q O'Clock yesterday:
RECEIPTS-CARS.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09

hfs opportunity % court Lois wisnout
the disturbing presence OF his wealthy
rival. He bade her good-by, but be
did not go to his once. He sauntered
to the waters edge and chartered a
motor boat.
Almost everybody in Florida must
have been aware OF Gloria's disappear.
ance except the family of shiftless
paupers named Sipe
Gloria had lain down to sleep just
about where the Sipe fence would
have been II there had been a fence.
She had not seen their shack beyond
the heavy growth.
When she awoke and yawned and
rubbed her eyes and looked about she
decided that she must have fallen
asleep In the horticultural building at
Bronx park She rose to her feet and
limped aimlessly. She caught sight OF
the Sipe howell It was a tumbIedowu
hut, but It looked like the ROYAL
Poincfaua to her. The pigs and the
NANCY dogs might have been gaxelles
in a park and the ragged man and
woman and boy might have been a
group OF royal blood.
She ran toward them for shelter.
They received her with stupid wonder
and with no hospitality.
The woman supbraided Gloria for
being out in such rags and Gloria Of
fered to buy anything they had. Mrs.
Sipe refused to sell what she had on,
which was all she had. The only ex-
ira covering was a new suit she YVES
making for the boy out of some hemp
seeking. Gloria did not want a boys
clothes. but Mrs. Sipe sneered that
they were more decent than what she
had on. Also that she might pass
some rough characters or even some
Seminole Indians on her way back
and that she would be safer as a boy
than as a girl
This convinced Gloria. She paid for
the clothes with the ring and went
into the shack 10 change.
When Gloria was dressed the Sipe
boy was ordered to take her to a path
which would eventually lead her to
the main road.
It was easier walking in breeches
than the skirts she had worn. But
she did not like the manner of the
boy. He began to pay her crude COM
pliments and finally grew so impudent
that she boxed his cars. He took his
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09

Juse about the time that Gloria
Stafford was feeling her way through
the thickets about the Cypress Wolf
village Shonolakee led the old horse
out to slaughter. She was weeping
SO bitterly that she did not heed when
the sacriflcial knife fell from her belt
She tied the horse, said her prayer.
and reached for the blade. 1t was
gone. She turned back to look for It
She had not gone far when Gloria
Stafford parted the palmetto leaves
and saw before her the steed she had
prayed for.
She approached II with coaxing
words and united tho halter. The
pony SHE'D and tried to caress her
with its heels. Gloria had been well
schooled in horsemanship from child
hood. and she soon had her hands in
the name OF the unwilling mustang
and vaulted to its back.
She had no sooner set her heels
into its ribs than the old squaw re-
turned with the recovered knife. She
saw the sanctified charger being car
ried ofr-and by a ragamuffin evident
ly from one OF the white trash fami-
lies that even the Seminoles despised.
She gave a wild cry OF alarm, the
fierce "Yo-ho-ee-heei" that had once
made the Indian-hunters' blood run
cold. The tribe answered in wonder
ing haste. She pointed to Gloria and
the vanishing horse. 1t was not van
ishing very fast, for the wilderness
was thick and Gloria did not know
the way. The Seminoles divided and
ran In various directions to head her
on.
In few moments the young chief
himself leaped from ambush, and
caught the horse by the nose and ear
The old squaw was not far behind and
Gloria WAS dragged to the ground and
threatened with the death of a thief
a sacrilegious thief.
Old Shonolakee raised her knife and
was about to plunge 1t into the heart
of the shivering captive when some
thing about the captive made her
pause. She saw that the lad was a
lass. Her rage was forgotten in
amazement for moment. She
grunted: THE boy is one squaw."
The other Indians stared at Gloria
and the pallor of her horror was red
dened with shame. The blush was
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09

revenge by pointing her In the wrong
direction He turned back and
laughed. He had an ill-nourished
sense of humor
Gloria pushed on and on. growing
more and more doubtful OF the way
and dismally footsore.
Suddenly turn in the path re-
vealed what she took to be an answer
to her prayers-a horse! It was q
doleful looking animal. yet it was q
horse. She ran forward and spoke
to 1t soothingly. But It backed and
reared. 1t was not q white mans
horse and it hated the whites even as
its red master had hated them. There
by hung tale.
The family known as the Cypress
Wolves was the sole remnant of
one of the fiercest tribes the paleface
had met in the Seminole wars.
If Gloria Stafford. who was strolling
slowly into the very heart of the
Cypress Wolf region. had come among
them as a young girl in distress.
they would have treated her with
chivalry. But her first action out
ragged their most sacred beliefs.
The old chief Hitakee CT the Cypress
Wolf tribe had more dignity than
wealth. But he owned horse. It
was an ancient mustang and its man
ners were bad; but it was at most
the only horse owned by an everglade
Indian.
At the very time that Gloria had
been helped to solve her algebra prob
lens by DR.. Royce old Hitakee was
solving all his problems with the aid
of the medicine man of his tribe. He
died with great dignity.
The young brave Katcalani was the
logical successor to the chiefship. He
had his eye on that horse and
dreamed of himself astride it. The
widow of Hitakee had another idea
Shonolakee was her name. She did
not intend that her dead husband
should walk all the way to the happy
hunting grounds. In her youth when
the chiefs had horses and rode them
they rode also to the far-off paradise.
Each chiefs squaw saw tc that, for
she cut the throat Of his horse and
sent It's ghost after its masters spirit.
Katcalani tried to save Hitakee's
horse from sacrifice. but Shonolakee
grew Ho fierce and the other squaws
no fierce that he felt his election In
danger.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09
SECOND EPISODE

Little Miss Stafford wandering in
. silk frock through the Jungle of
the everglades at midnight did not
terrors that were In store for her.
she was not imagining. She was still
gfggling over her imaginations of the
excitement at Palm Beach when her
governess discovered that she had run
away.
Miss Sidney woke as Gloria ex-
pected. sprawled rs well as Gloria
hoped, her feet on high and the rug
waving in air. She knew who played
the trick and ran into Gloria's room.
She saw that the bed was empty, the
sleeping suit tossed aside. the din
ner gown gone. She flung into her
bathrobe and ran to give the alarm
to Glorix's father. Her costume made
a sensation even among the sensa-
tional costumes OF Palm Beach. She
found Pierpont playing cards with
young DIR. Royce.
What she told them sent them run
ing in opposite directions, frighten-
ing the dancers and the loiterers
about the tables In the gardens and
various couples surprised in loving
embraces among the inviting hooks.
On the lawn the two men came
together and shook their heads in
signal of failure. They saw David and
Lois. David mentioned the loss of
his automobile. Neither he nor
Pierpont thought of Gloria as the
thief. They continued the search
among the crannies of the enormous
hotel and among the cottages of their
friends.
But DR.. Royce had been speaking of
Gloria's rebellious heart only that
afternoon. He ran at once to park
ing space where automobiles where
kept. The chauffeurs were not about
and he did not pause to haggle. Ho
threw away For Hire" card and,
leaping into the saddle. SO to speak, of
six cylinder thoroughbred. dug his
spurs into Its side and piled the lash.
The car broke into such a run that
its own chauffeur did not recognize It
as 1t shot into the main road. Royce
checked his speed only when he met
occasional saunterers along the roads.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09

very becoming to her. The young
chief stepped forward for closer look
at it.
Thinking him a possible rescuer
Gloria turned on him one Of her
ninety candlepower smiles. The ef-
feet was greater than she had ex-
pected. Katcalani was dazzled. He
blinked. then turned his eyes on the
smoky Indian maidens clustered about.
Each of them had ambitious dreams
of being his wife. But shabbily as
Gloria was dressed she was a tearing
beauty in any company. Compared
to the unkempt daughters of the ever
glades she was goddess.
Katcalani's heart beat with a new
kind Of excitement. He resolved to
begin his new chieftainship with an
act OF courage. He would defy not
only the men, but even the women!
He seized Gloria's hand and shouted:
"If boy is squaw he is my squaw."
Gloria did not understand the mean
ing of this. But she saw that it had
not endeared her to the Indian women.
They murmured their wrath and would
have struck her down If Katcalani had
not protected her. She drew closer
to him and he took that for consent.
They led her into the village, a
huddled group of palmetto leaves.
Shonolakee first went aside and
sent the dead chiefs horse on the long
road to the happy pastures. Then
she returned to prepare Gloria for the
honor of becoming the wife of the
chief. She led her into her own hut
| and gave her the habiliments of an
honest squaw in place OF the boys dis
graceful togs. Seminole ladies' are
modest. Then she showed Gloria a
little sewing machine. She had
bought it with the proceeds of rattle
snake skins she had sold to tourists
in the village along the railroad. She
promised Gloria that some day IL she
were good she might be allowed to
play on the machine. The squsw's
idea of being good consisted largely
of doing heavy labor. The first duty
of wife was to gather wood for the
fire. She set Gloria to work.
Royce was not the only one in the
everglades hunting the estray. Ere
neau had gone as far as his motor
boat would carry him. Then he had
found native Indian with a dugout.
cypress log followed The Indian
drove 1t with pole. Hs had heard
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09

Boy.
From most Of these he got no infor-
nation. From one negro on a bicycle
chair he had the comforting answer:
"Yassa, l done seen a bar'headed
young missy In auterbile licketty
split-yassa. She turned sothe at the
next corner. II ! hadn't a throwed
this year wheel over mighty peart
I'd a."
Royce was not interested in the
Negroes might-have-been. He was al
ready at the next corner. and he turned
south. too.
Now and then red light ahead
acheered Royce on, but when he over
took 1t 1t was never on the car that
carried Gloria.
In one or two OF the villages he
found someone awake who had seen
. young girl or comet shoot through.
He had about decided to turn back
and endure the laughter that would
greet him. Long ago. no doubt, Gloria
had reappsared and been resentsnced
= bsd-
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09
SYNOPSIS.

Pterpont STAFFORD. banker and railroad
mngnate. with his sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter. Gloria, is wintering at Palm Beach.
Gloria is a vivacious. but wiiIful young
lady who chafes under the restraining
hand of a governess from whom she re-
peatcdly escapes. Her childish capers
cause young Doctor Royce to fall In love
with her She steals from her room at
night and in an auto plunges into the
surf where she leaves the car.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-06-22
LIBERTY LOAN is
OvERSUBSCRIBED

Washington.-Secretary McAdoo an
nounced that no part of the great over
subscription TO the liberty loan would
be accepted, and that his statement
OF May 10. in which he declared that
the issue would be limited to $1,000.
100000 stood good.
Mr.. McAdoo's announcement will
result in pairing down hundreds of the
larger subscriptions until the total
reaches the $4,000, 100000 limit.
The American people responded to
the governments call for funds to fl.
nance the war with an oversubscrip-
ton TO the $4,000, ,000. 900 liberty loan
Of proportions so huge that officials
we're buried beneath a landslide OF
returns. In the country's ringing an.
swer to the call, the dominant note
was the voice of the small investor,
The hope for a widespread response
of the average man with the average
income was more than realized, The
subscriptions, ii is believed, will
reach the total of S2,S62, 100000.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-06-22
EUROPEAN WAR NEWS

II is reported that General smuts,
the celebrated Bocr leader, has been
Invited 70 join the British war cab.
met
German artIllerymen recently taken
prisoner say that many longrange
guns now being used by the Germans
have been taken from warshiDs.
The massing OF entente troops in
Thessaly. Greece. seemingly is an in
dication that big events are in the
making In the Macedonian theater In
an attempt 70 retake Serbia.
In a fight with a submarine In the
Mediterranean the Japanese destroyer
Sakaki was torpedoed and 81 OF her
crew we're killed and IA wounded. The
damaged destroyer was towed to port.
Rome reports considerable achieve
ment by Alpine troops In the capture
OF a strong Austrian position at Corno.
va Cayento in the eastern Trentino, at
an altitude OF more than 10000 feet
To the east OF Arras, on the front
In France. the British troops have
been compelled to fall back from ad.
vance positions before an attack de-
liyered by the Germans. which was
covered by a heavy bombardment.
Elihu Root, head OF the American
mission to Russia. in a speech to the
council OF ministers in Petrograd. de.
clared that America was fighting for
Russian freedom as well as her own
and asked Russia to fight equally for
American and Russian freedom.
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LIBERTY PROMISED
BELGIUM BY WILSON

Washington.-In greeting Belgium's
war mission President Wilson ex-
pressed Americas solemn determina-
ton that on the inevitable day Of vic
tory Belgium shall be restored to the
place she has so richly won among
the self-respecting and respected ma
tions OF the earth.
Secretary Lansing accompanied the
commission to the White House,
where Baron Moncheur. head Of the
mission, handed to President Wilson
personal letter from King Albert
and expressed in short address Bel
gums gratitude for Americas aid.
Since the first days Of the greatest
tragedy which has ever befallen hu-
manity," said the baron. Belgium has
contracted an immense debt of gratt-
tude to the generous American nation
"In a magnificent outburst Of sym
pathy for the little country which had
chosen to delay IL powerful and pitt
less enemy rather than to tarnish its
honor or forswear its plighted word.
the initiative of American citizens
gave to the unfortunate victims Of
cruelty in Belgium the most
splendid evidences of generosity"