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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
CITY OF MEMPHIS, ILLINOIS, AND
vIGILANciA WRECKED RE-
TURNING TO NEW YORK.
MEN MISSING
PRESIDENT Is EXPECTED TO OR
DER NAVY TO ACT AGAINST
U-BOATS.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, March 19.-With the
announcement of the ruthless destruc-
tion of three unarmed American mer-
chant ships by submarines, it was un-
officially admitted here that virtually
q state of war exists between the
United States and Germany.
Technically the United States re-
mains in a position of armed neutral
ity. Whether this shall be changed
before April 16, the date fixed for a
special session of Congress, the war
making branch of the government.
President Wilson has not decided.
London, March 19.-The sinking OF
the American steamships City OF
Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia was
announced Sunday. Fourteen men
from the Vigilancia are missing. as
are some of the men from the City OF
Memphis. The crew OF the Illinois
was landed safely.
The Illinois, from London for Port
Arthur, Texas. in ballast. was sunk
at 8 o'clock Sunday morning.
The Vigilancia was torpedoed with
out warning. The submarine did moi
appear. The captain. first and sec
ond mates. first, second and third en-
gineers, and twenty-three men OF the
crew have been landed at the Scilly
islands. The fourth engineer and
thirteen men are missing.
The City of Memphis which left
Cardiff Friday in ballast for New
York was sunk Saturday.
When she left port the City OF Mem
phis had the Stars and Stripes paint
ed on both sides.
She encountered submarine about
man commander ordered the captain
of the steamer to leave his ship with
In fifteen minutes.
The entire crew entered five boati
and the submarine then fired a tor
pedo which struck the vessel on the
starboard side. tearing great hole
through --hich the sea poured.
The steamer settled down quickly
and foundered within a few minutes
During the night the boats became
separated. and at o'clock Sunday
morning three boat crews were picked
up by patrol vessel and landed
These boats contained thirty.thres
men. mostly Americans. .
All the officers were Americans
The officers believe that the othel
boats will be rescued.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Lack of Food May Hat War.

London.-In an address at Giouces-
ter. Capt. Charles Bathurst. unionist
member of the House Of Commons.
gave warning that there was a possi-
bility that the war would be lost and
an ignoble peace agreement on ac-
count of lack Of money or food. The
scarcity of potatoes, he said, was now
greater than at any time in forty
years and at the present rate Of con-
sumption none would be available for
any one in about six weeks.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Fire Cuts Casper From outside World.

Casper.-Losses aggregating $4,000
were sustained in the fire which de-
stroyed the Northwestern warehouses,
the Richards and Cunningham, and C.
H. Townsend stores in the business
district here. The fire was extin-
guished after five hours, Telegraph
and telephone wires were cut by the
flames and for twenty.four hours 1t
was impossible to communicate with
the outside world. The origin of the
fire Is unknown.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Gar, Son and Grand Duke Out.
China. Break With Berlin Ratified.

Pekin.-Premier Tuan Chi-Jui, ac-
companied by the entire cabinet, ap-
peured before the House and the Sen
ate and stated that the cabinet and
the President had decided that China
should sever diplomatic relations with
Germany The House approved by a
vote of 431 to ST.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
sus.ia,s File 4 Joins In Revolution.

London.-The entire Russian Baltic
fleet and the fortresses at Niborg and
Sveaborg have joined the revolution
ary movement in Russia, says a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Copenhagen which is
based on reports received from Hapa-
randa, Sweden.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
rheaters Closed to Check Epidemic

Theaters Closed to Check Epidemic.
Cheyenne.-City officials closed all
moving picture theaters, owing to the
epidemic OF scarlet fever. The clos
ing OF the moving picture houses IS
the last step in the drawing of a
stringent quarantine. The public
schools. dance halls, public library
and all other public places had been
previously closed. The order issued
provides that the theaters remain
closed until March 26, the same day
set for the reopening OF schools.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
BUPREME COURT RULES CON.
GREsS HAS RIGHT TO RAISE
PAY AND FIX HOURS.
EIGHT-H0UR STANDARD
DECISION COMES CLOSE ON
HEELS OF RAIL SYSTEMS SIGN
ING AGREEMENT.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington.-Th Adamson eight
hour railroad law was held constitu.
tional and valid in all respects Mon
day by the Supreme Court.
The decision makes eight hours the
standard of days work and wages
for men in operation of trains and le-
galizes the wage increases which
went into tentative effect on its pass
age.
The decision was five to four. JUS
tices Day, Pitney and Vandevanter
announced their dissent from the
bench and later Justice McReynolds
announced his.
Justice McKenna concurred IN the
majority opinion, but on slightly diff
ferent grounds. Justice Day read his
own dissenting opinion and Justice
Pitney delivered the other dissenting
opinion, in which Justice Vandevan.
ter joined.
Federal Judge Hooks ruling in the
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad
test case. enjoining enforcement of
the Adamson act and holding it "un.
constitutional, null and void" was
reversed.
The court made the most radical
advance in its history when 1t ruled
that employees of public service or
ganizations haye not the right to
strike In concert.
THAT right" declared Chief JUS
tice, White. ''is necessarily surren-
dered when the men are engaged in
10 III
to soldiers in the ranks. who. in the
presence of enemies of their country.
may not desert"
The decision followed the adjust
.ment OF the strike situation, in which
the railroads agreed to an eight-hour
day with ten hours pay, and time and
one-eighth for overtime.
The decision upholding as constitu-
tional all features of the Adanson act
entails:
Permanent establishment of a work
standard of calculating wages and
service Of train operatives.
Temporary but immediate increase
OF about 25 per cent in wages, during
not less than seven nor more than
eleven months beginning Jan. 1st last,
OF about 100000 trainmen, mostly of
the brotherhoods of engineers. fire
men, conductors and brakemen and
those principally in freight service.
Comparatively few passenger train
men were given immediate benefit by
the law.
Cost to the railroads OF such tenn
porary increase OF from $40, ,000, 900
to $50.000.000, as estimated by the
brotherhoods. Future additional cost
of a permanent eight-hour-day scale
was $100.0O0.O0O annually, with pros
pective additional wage demands from
1900. 900 other employees now not ben
Gifted by the Adamson law
Vast extension of congressional au
thority in federal regulation of com
mon carriers. with power to author
ize wage fixing by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Dismissal of about 500 railroad in
junction suits, in virtually every fed
eral District Court. to enjoin the law'l
enforcement.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Ambassador Gerard at Washington.

Key West. Fla.--James w. Gerard.
former American ambassador to Ger
many, reached here Monday from Ha-
vana, and after a brief rest lett Tor
Washington. The former ambassador
was accompanied by his wife and a
party of about forty Americans from
Germany.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
ALLIES SMASH
GERMAN Line
PERRoNNE AND SIXTY TOWNS
CAPTURED BY BRITISH IN
FURIOUS BATTLE.
GAIN ON 100 MILEFRONT
FRENCH TROOPS HAMMER FOES
HARD BETWEEN AvRE
AND OISE.
Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
British forces in their latest push
on the western front have retaken ap-
proximately 45O square miles Of
French territory occupied by the
Germans since the beginning Of the
war. The following are the more Inn
portant OF about eighty towns and vii
lagos reoccupied by. the British:
Bapaume, Chaulnes, Peronne, Gre
viliere, -Fresnes, Horgny. Villers Car
bonelle, Barleaux, Eterpigny, Le
Dransloy, La Maisonnette, Biefvillers.
Bihucourt, Achiet-Le-Grand. Achiet-
Le-Petit. Ablamseville, Bucquoy, Es-
serts.
The French, in cooperation with
their British allies in this new thrust.
have retaken and are in possession
of about 525 square miles of territory
formerly held by the Teutons. The
following are the more important
towns reported as occupied by the
French: Noyon, Crouy, Carlepont.
Morsam. Nouvroningre. Roye and Las
signy.
London.-Beach Thomas, in a dis
patch to the London Daily Mail, de-
scribing the German retreat in France
says at least 300 villages have been
burned to cinders.
Paris.-The French cabinet, headed
by Premier BRAND, has resigned.
London.-The British troops in the
Somme region of France have occu-
pied almost all of the 81. Pierre-Vaast
wood and 5000 yards of German
trenches north and south of the wood.
according to the British official COM
munication.
London.-The capture by the Rus
SLAMS of the Persian town of Kermans-
hah Is reported in an unofficial dis
patch received here. Kermanshah Is
about eighty miles southwest OF Ha-
MADAM. which the Russians captured
soon after the opening of their new
offensive undertaken In connection
with the British advance up the
Tigris.
Washington, March 14.-Complete
and definite instructions to the
armed guards" to be placed aboard
American merchant craft bound
through the German submarine zone
have been completed by the Navy
Department and approved by Secre-
tary Lansing. They will be forward
ed to the navy personnel aboard the
merchant craft whenever the ships
which are to be armed are ready to
sail. The nature of the instructions
will not be made public.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
co.tioan Tariff Commission Member

Washingtoi.-Presi Wilson has
selected the following men as men,
bers of the Tariff Commission: Prof.
Frank w. Taussig of Harvard Uni
versity; former Representative David
]. Lewis of Cumberland, Md; former
Representative William Kent of Kent
field, Cal. Daniel c. Roper of Nc
Call. S. c.; E. P Costigan of Denver.
Colo; w. s. Culbertson of Emporia,
Kan.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
French Take twenty More Villages.

Paris, March 20.-French troops
have occupied about twenty additional
villages and small towns in their ad-
vance on the retreating Germans.
They have gone beyond Ham on the
Somme river and Chauny on the Disc,
which brings them appreciably nearer
to the st. Quentin-Laon line.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Panama Canal Workers Strike.

Colon.-Another strike was begun
by negro employees in the canal zone.
One hundred of the 500 negroes at
the Cristobal drydock quit work. de-
manding higher wages.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Fletcher and Carranza Confer.

Mexico City-The American am
bassador. Henry p. Fletcher, had a
long conference with General Carran-
"a at the palace. -Workingnfen Of
Mexico City paraded in honor of Cen
eral Carranza's election to the presi-
dency of the republic.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Mureuia Loses 1900 Do Facto Troops.

Ell Paso. Tex.-General Murguia
lost approximately 1900 men in
killed, wounded and missing at the
battle OF Rosario, according to a for
eign refugee who arrived here from
Chihuahua City.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
coIoradoan Killed In Arizona.

Tucson, hriz.-G. F. Sullivan. min
ing man Of Cripple Creek, Colo. was
instantly killed near this city when
an automobile in which he was riding
overturned, pinning him beneath the
wreckage The other members of the
party escaped with minor bruises.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Meatiess friday for Clubs.

London-Nearly all t}e leading
London clubs have decided on one
meatless day week, and for the sake
OF convenience Friday has been cho-
sen as the day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
aerman Under Arrest as snx.

Yuma, Ariz.-Peter Hans Rimers, a
German. was taken into custody by
government agents here and held by
the authorities pending an investigA-
ton of his movements.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Rear Admiral cottr,an Dead.

Washington.-Rear Admiral Vincen-
don L. Cottman, U. s. N, retired. died
here, aged 65. Admiral Cottman was
a native of Louisiana.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22

American Aviator Given French Cross.
Paris.-The American aviator, Serg.
Maj. Raoul Lufbery, has been decor
ated with the cross of the Legion of
Honor.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Six New U. s. Scout Cruisers.

Washington.-Bids were opened at
the Navy Department for the con-
struction of six 35-knot scout curisers
to cost s6,000,OOO each, exclusive of
armor and armament.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Extra Senate Session ends.

Washington. - The special Senate
session which began Marcn 5. ad-
80 Ened Friday sine die.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Quits eovernorship Tor Senate.

QUITS Governorship Tor Senate.
Sacramento, Calif.-Hiram w. John
son. United States senator-elect, an
nounced his resignation from the gov
ernorship, effective March Is.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
carranza,s, Aunt Dies.

El Paso, Tex.-Mrs. Dolores Estrada
de Cara, 81. aunt of President Car
rama of Mexico, died here.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Missouri AboIishes Hanging

jefferson City.-Both houses of the
Missouri Legislature passed a law
abolishing capital punishment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22

34,371 Tractors in Use in U. 8.
Washington.-A total of 34,371 gaso
line and kerosene tractors are EN-.
ployed in farming operations in the
United States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Fruit,
Vegetables.
MISCELLANEOUS MARkETs.'
Metal Market Prices.

Lead, New York-$9.75 asked.
Bar Silver-74c.
Copper, casting brand-$3162h.
Spelter, st. Louis-$10.3O.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Ruth Law Plans Aero Corps.

New York.-Miss Ruth Law, long
distance aviator, is to organize and
train the first woman's aero corps in
the United States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22

Boulder. Colo.-Tungsten concen-
trates, 60 per cent, $17 per unit. Crude
ores, GO per cent. SIS; 25 per cent.
$40 to $12; 10 per cent, $50 to $40
per unit.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Chicago Live Stock Quotations.

Chicago. - Hogs - Bulk, $14550
1885; light, s14.OO@14sO; mixed.
$14.25Q1490; heavy, $14.3O@14.9O;
rough, s14.SO914.45; pigs, s1O.75@
1920.
Cattle-Native beef cattle, $4,000
$12.65; stockers and feeders, $6.800
9.75; cows and heifers, $5.S0@10.75;
calves. S9.75@13.50.
Sheep-Wethers, 11.00@12.50: ewes,
$S.75@1225; lambs. 12.35@14.85.
Chicago Grain and Provision Priees.
Chicago. = Wheat = No. 3 hard.
$1S6A.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, $1.0SA 01.09;
No. 8 yellow. $1.O74@1.OSh; No. 4
yellow. $1.O6Q1.0S
Oats = No. 3 white, 56x@57A;
Standard, 59Q611sc.
Barley-$1.13@132.
Clover-$12OO@18.
Timothy-S3.73@5.75
Lard-$19.05Q190
Duluth, Minn.-Linseed-On track.
$2SSh@2S9; to arrive. S2.SS; May.
$3.50; July. $2.91 bid
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
MARKET
0UoTATIo N 8
Wsstern Newspaper Union News Service
DENVER MARKETS.

Cattle.
Steers (pulp fed). good to
choice ................$1 ..$10.25W11.VV
Steers (pulp fed). fair to
good S.oVV1o.Ho
choice ................ 1o.oo@1o.eo
good. d................... $3.50 s.75
Heifers, prime .......... 5000 900
Cows (pulp fed). good to
choice ................ S.OUV o.9o
good ................. 1850 500
Cows (hay fed), good 80. 5000 8.75
Cows (hay fed), fair .... 6.75@ 500
Cows, Gamers and cutters. 1900 500
Veal calves ............ 9.50Q12.O0
Bulls .......... 6.25@ 500
to choice ............. $500 $50
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good ............... 1900 $40
Feeders and stockers. COM
mon to fair .......... $500 7.35
Hogs.
Good hogs ......... .14.40@14.75
Sheep.
Wethers .11.25012!Oo
Yearlings .12.25412.So
Lambs ................13 .1325@14.00
Ewes ......s.. .lo.1oWlA.Io
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.

F. o. B.. Denver. Carload Price.
Hay.
Buying Prices.
Colorado upland, per ton.$ 100
Nebraska upland, per ton. 14.00@15.00
Second bottom Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. 13.00@14.00
Timothy. per ton ,...... 19.00@20.OO
Alfalfa, per ton. ........ 12OOQ15.0o
South Park, ch., per ton. 20.00Q21.O0
Gunnison Valley. per ton 1S.00Q19.00
Straw. per ton .......... 1000 500
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22

Grain.
Wheat. ch. mill. 100 lbs. buying. 1892
Rye, Colo. bulk, 100 lbs, buying. 225
Oats, Nebraska, 100 lbs, buying. 200
Colorado oats, bulk, buying. 200
Corn chop. sack, selling ....... 2.18
Corn in sack, selling .......... 2.15
Bran, Colorado. per 100 lbs.
selling ais
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Live Poultry,
Eggs.

Eggs, graded No. net. F. o. B.
Denver
Eggs, graded No. 2 net, F. o. B.
Denver ...-...
Eggs. case covnt. misc. cases.
less commission ............
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Butter.

Creameries, ex. lst grade, lb...
Creameries. I'd grade. lb..
Process
Packing stock (ne) ..........
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-22
Hogs,
Sheep.

Good hogs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-31

'1rl room In Kansas City. And n all
camp about because Ae refused to be
idle.
u found that / liked billiards when
= was 90 young man and devoted my
aa time 10 thar game. / did not
Go II merely as gearo. tom, bat with
the idea that J would learn the game
and the business end devote my time
80 It In the Off season and when |
quit baseball. ! always was able to
pick up the right sort of friends, con.
dula' fellows who Iked The game Of
billiards. aul we spent pleasant and
helpful evenings 80 The green table
Billiards Is q scientific pastimc, re-
quiriug a good eye and steady nerve
That is ideal recreation for a ball
player
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-31
Sporting Notes.
Ice hockey has started off with

&c hockey has started off with 2
ush.
.rohn Paul Jones. the fastest amateur
miller III competition known, is report
"a to be in the navy. With that name
where else could he be?
Ed Geers, the famous Grand Circuit
fcinsman, says that he is going to take
Gre bit easier in the future and will
only train small stable
New England would have been
unzed in athletic ranking if it had
not been for little Jimmy Henigan be
inr selected for the All-America track
-eam.
Dana Wingate S many friends viii
be glad to learn that the former Har
ard baseball captain and infelder has
? tieally re overed from a severe at
sact % pneumonia.
~ha af q 'Prien -vho meets Yonng
6ritt featherwei@ht champion of Nev
England, IN Boston tomorrow night, :
confident that he will take the title
from the present holder.
Cold weather and efforts to conserve
mel viii cause many schools and col
leges to remain closed longer than usu
d ard result in general shaHeup IN
! iutcrscholastic athletic events.
Clar'nr Barrett. who was scout fo'
! tae Detroit Tigers and was trainer fol
! Williams football teams. has signed wifi
! Branch Richev to look over minor
LEAGUE talent for the ST. Louis Cardi
| nails.
Walter Cox leads drivers for 1917
with regard TO total numbers Of new
and reduced record 2.I0 performers
marked, he having nine to his credit
Charley Valentine and Tommy Murphy
rank second with eight each.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-31
10X3T Hero Crippled
in the European War

Jack Munroc. who leaped to
iisr.c fame in n single night by
dropping Jim JeHr,es in an ex-
hibition bout in 1902, is back
in Canada recruiting for the Ca
madam army, after being per-
manentlv crippled in the Euro
pean war.
Munroe is the first Of the box
crs who gained fame in America
10 come through the war as Il
hero. Munroe performed many
brave deeds while at The battle
front. according to other soldiers
who fought with him. aud if
ever there was a suspicion that
he was not thoroughly game, it
has been removed. lis right
arm is paralyzed as the result
ol being shattered with n Ger
man shell, and while he will not
20 back to the battlefield lie is
still doing something for the
Canadian government.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-31
EVERY GERMAN
MUST REGISTER
Week of Feb. 4 Set Apart by
Government for Tagging
UnnaturaliZed
PHOTOGRAPHS AND
FINGER PRINTS, TOO
Work in Cities Will be Done by Police,
in Towns Postmasters Will Be In
Charge-Large Amount of Informa-
ton to Be Required from All.

ton to Be Required from ALL
WASHINGTON, Dec 3l.-The week Of
ebruarv 1 was set aside by the depart
lent of justice yesterday for registra-
on of the half million unnaturalized
Germans in the continental United States
~ police and postmasters in pursuance Of
resident Wilson's alien proclamation di-
acting this action as a means OF MIMI
aizing the danger from enemy sympa-
hizers in the United States. Earlier
lans for administering the registration
il the eastern cities first and gradually
lending it to the entire country We're
}~ludoncd because Of the fear that some
Germans might avoid registration by
| owing from district to district.
| Registration viii involve the gathering
/ { detailed Information concerning the
/ ~ine-s relations and habits of every
rman together with his photograph
/ nd finger prints After registering be
INST carry certificate card and may not
hange his place Of residence without %P-
rov&i Of the police or postmaster. VIC
! ton Of the regulation. VIII be pun .sh
| 'sie bv int rHmcnt fer The war.
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re not classed as alien enemies by law.
| Subjects Of Austria Hungary are not re
ucsted to register
In announcing the regulations yester
I ,ay the department OF justice took care
avoid creating the impression that the
government looks on each German with
suspicion "Reegistranta are not to be
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-31
Automobile Sign Immune.

Tie automobile sign at the Polo
grounds successfully withstood all at
tac..s hy National and American league
players during the season just ended.
No player was fortunate enough to hit
the sign, but some came very close to
winning the chr.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-31
HARRY DAVIS ELECTED TO
PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL

Harry Davis. captain of the Ath-
leties ard the player who was re.pou-
sihle in a large measure for Mact's
team winning three world champion
ships, has boon elected to the COM
mon council of Philadelphia. Davis
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-31
Harry Davis.

ran IN She Thirty-eiGhth ward on three
tickets ana pollcd S,los votes. II was
O. runaway Tor Davis. He got more
votes than cuy ether candidate for
whom the citizens OF that ward voted
The TEirty-eighth is great baseball
district. Ia spite of that it once turned
down Ira Thomas Of the Athletics for
the council.