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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
RIGHT TO FIX FOOD PRICES
May Be Asked Of Congress BY Hous-
ton-Secretary Sees Leaders of
the Grain States.

Washington.~inte develop
ment Of the food-producing power of
the United States on scale never
before contemplated was discussed by
President Wilson and Secretary Hous-
ton as the means of meeting one of
the vital problems of the war with
Germany. Secretary Houston returned
from ST. Louis, where he conferred
with representatives of the great
grain-raising states. He laid before
the President plans under which the
Federal Government, working in CO.
operation with state and local agen.
cies, will put forth its utmost endeav-
ors to stimulate the production and
economical distribution of food.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
NEED HORSE OF RIGHT KIND
Army Officials Expresses Regret When
He Learns of Property Loss
of Horseman.

New YOrk.-There never was great.
er need in the United States than at
present for the right kind of horse
for military purposes" in the opinion
of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. The
views of the commander of the Depart
ment Of the East, on this subject were
contained in letter, expressing regret
at the destruction by fire of the build
ings at Belmont Park, made public
by August Belmont. In his letter Gen.
Wood said he feared the fire might
tend to interfere still further with the
development of thoroughbred horses
Of the right type
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
ACT AS A UNIT
PLEADS WILSON
IN ADDRESS-cALLS ON EVERY
AMERICAN CITIZEN, MAN,
WOMAN AND CHILD.
SUPREME TEST OF THE NATION
We Must Speak, Act and Serve To-
gether-An Eloquent Appeal For
Concentration Of Energies and For
unselfishness.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-In a personal appeal
addressed to his fellow-cOuntrymen
President Wilson calls upon every
American citizen-man, woman and
child-to join together to make the
nation a unit for the preservation Of
its ideals and for triumph of democ-
racy in the world war. THE supreme
test of the nation has come" says the
address. I'VE must all speak, act and
serve together"
Putting the navy on a war footing
and raising a great army are the
simplest parts of the great task ahead,
the President declares and he urges
all the people, with particular empha-
sis upon his words to the farmers, to
concentrate their energies, practice
economy, prove unselfshness and de-
monstrate efficiency. The address fol
lows:
"My Fellow1Countrymen-The en-.
trance of our own beloved country into
the grim and terrible war for democ-
racy and human rights which has
shaken the world creates so many
problems of national life and action
which call for immediate consideration
and settlement that l hope you will
permit me to address to- you few
words of earnest counsel and appeal
with regard to them.
I'VE are rapidly putting our navy
upon an effective war footing and are
about to create and equip great
army, but these are the simplest parts
of the great task to which we have ad-
dressed ourselves. There is not a sim
gle selfish element, SO far as | can
see, in the cause we are fighting for.
We are fighting for what we be-
lieve and wish to be the rights Of man
kind and for the future peace and Sc
Curity of the world. TO do this great
thing worthily and successfully we
must devote ourselves to the service
without regard to profit or material ad-
vantage and with an energy and intel
1igence that will rise to the level Of
the enterprise itself. We must realize
to the full how great the task is and
how many things, how many kinds and
elements of capacity and service and
self-sacrifice it involves.
These. then, are the things we must
do and do well, besides fighting the
things without which merely fighting
would be fruitless:
we must supply abundant food for
ourselves and for our armies and our
seamen, not only, but also for large
part of the nations with whom we have
made common cause, in whose support
and by whose sides we shall be fight
ing"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Talked Like a Eoreinner.

President Wilson has a foreigner In
his cabinet.
Or at least some BOstOnian thought
so when he met Secretary of War Ba-
ker in that city Of erudition last fall.
II was in Boston last fall, and had
five speeches to make in one day." said
Secretary Baker, in telling Of his accu-
sation. II thought that l might get
some inspiration from the statues of
the old Pilgrim fathers, so wandered
about there gazing at the celebrated
pioneers.
II asked stranger for a match, and
this request seemed to establish friend
ly relations between us. For soon after
ward, he Queried: DO you think that
the Red Sox or Phillies will win?
"Not being conversant with what he
was speaking of, later learned that
the Red Sox were baseball players-I
replied that I didn't know anything
about it, and, therefore, could not ven
ture a prediction that would be at all
trustworthy.
"He eyed me bit and then re-
marked: oh, yes, see you're for
eigner.'"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Argentina Is In Line.

Buenos Aires.-The Government is.
sued a declaration announcing that it
supported the position of the United
States in reference to Germany. The
declaration was made known to the
public through bulletins posted
throughout the city and caused a great
sensation. Enthusiastic crUwds march
ed through the streets and the univer.
sity students organized pro-ally de-
monstrations. Some of the newspa.
pers say that high officers of the army
assert that the military mobilization
OF Argentina will follow that of Brazil.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
carranza Soldiers Killed.

San Francisco.-Warning that Ger.
man submarines are believed to be op.
Grating in the Pacific were sent to all
steamship captains at sea by wireless
by order of Lieutenant Commander E.
c. Woods, of the Twelfth Naval Dis.
trict here The warning said: "Infor.
nation has this day been received
that German submarines are operating
in the Pacific. Please notify all ships
under your control and ask that they
spread the warning broadcast" Com.
mander Woods would not say what
parts of the Pacific.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
REAL AMERICANS IN SENATE
Several Members Of Upper House Of
Congress Can Trace Ancestry
Back to Red Men.

The original. Americans of them all,
the only ones whose forefathers never
were immigrants, within the modern
meaning Of the term, the Indians,
have their Representatives in congress.
Not all are full-blOOded, perhaps, but
number of congressman can trace
their ancestry back to the red men
and all are proud of it.
One such has been Senator Moses e.
Clapp Of Minnesota, who has just
been succeeded by Frank B. Kellogg,
who won a reputation as the trust
buster of the department of justice.
Mr. Clapp was one Of the best-knOwn
senators in congress, having entered
that body In 1901. He was one of
three senators serving in the upper
house of congress who have Indian
blood in their veins.
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas
is a Kaw Indian and his descent is
readily shown by his coal black hair
and swarthy complexion. AS a boy
Curtis was a Jockey and later drove
cab in Topeka One of his custom
ers was A. Ii. Case, a prominent law
yer of that city, who noticed the studi-
GUS habits of young Curtis and fre-
quently saw him reading by his cab
lights while waiting for fare. Case
became interested in the young fel-
low and took him into his Office to
study law. Curtis accepted the Op-
portunity, qualified for the bar and
profession. In politics he was very
successful and his ability is recOg-
nized among his colleagues in the SEN
ate.
Senator Robert L. Owen of Okla
homa also is of Indian origin. His
mother was n Cherokee and Owen
was educated at Washington and Lee
university in Virginia. After gradu-
atlng in law he went to Muskogee to
begin practice and there became rec
ognized as leader of the bar. Owen
has represented his tribe frequently
in litigation and at one time he made
an argument before the United States
Supreme court which won for him
the praise of the chief justice. Owen
concluded his argument with n pero-
ration on the Indian which not only
did much to win the case for him, hut
which the chief justice afterward said
was one of the most effective argu-
ments ever made before the court.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
NOT TO INTERNE AMERICANS
Berlin Announces That Government
Will Treat U. S. Citizens as Ger
mans Are in United States.

Berlin, via LOndon.-There will be
no internment of Americans in Ger
many. After a conference between
the political and military authorities
it was announced that the German
Government would treat Americans
here on virtually the same lines as
laid down in President Wilson's proc
lamation concerning the treatment of
Germans in the United States. The
Americans here will have almost ev-
cry freedom, and so far have enjoyed
the same freedom as is accorded to
neutrals. They may carry on their
businesses as before.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
FIFTY-TWO KILLED BY NINE
Sinking Of British Hospital Ship,
While U-5oat Destroys Another
Vessel Carrying Wounded.

London.-British hospital ship Salta
was sunk by mine in the English
Channel April 10, the War Office an.
nounced. Fifty-two persons we're
drowned. British hospital ship Glou,
cester Castle was torpedoed without
warning in the English Channel March
80. All the wounded on the Gloucester
Castle were saved. There were no
wounded on board the Salta. A Ger
man wireless dispatch of April II says
the Gloucester Castle was torpedoed
by a German submarine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
1900 Boats offered to Government.

New York.-More than 1900 pri-
vately owned yachts and motor boats
have been offered to the Navy Depart
ment for coast defense purposes. 1t is
estimated by the National Association
of Engine and Boat Manufacturers in
a statement issued here. In addition,
it is stated, the boatmen have offered
their own services to the navy, enroll
ments for coast defense duty being re-
ceived at the navy yards and at the
headquarters of the Naval Training
Association in this city, Boston, Chi
cago and elsewhere.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Leaatlon and consulate Attacked

Buenos Aires.-The German Lega.
tion and Consulate here have been at
tackled by MOB, as have the nswspa-
pers Deutsche La Plata Zeitung and
La Union. The windows of the build
ings were broken. The police dis
persed the manifestants, making nu-
merous arrests. The editor of the
German newspaper was wounded, as
The President and the Cabinet were
in session all afternoon discussing the
sinking by German submarine of the
Argentine steamship Monte Protegido.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
interrupted BY German Submarines.

interrupted BY German Submarines.
Christiania, Norway. saved
from the torpedoed Danish ships.
Many and Saxo have reported to the
Danish consulate in Bergen that the
ships were sunk fOrty-two miles from
Iand, four miles outside the blockade
gone. Reports from Vadsoe Indicate
that the northern Norwegian coast
services are seriously interrupted by
Lhe German blockade The companies
fear it may be necessary to stop coast.
al traffic, it is said, unless the situa-
tion is ameliorated. The Saxo was a
Danish steamer of I'll tons gross
built in 1907, and owned in Copen.
hagen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Military Dentist Is a Necessity.

Until the Canadian troops reached
England with their well-eQuipped base
hospitals and dental units, the British
looked upon the military dentist as
luxury. Now the military dentist is
put on a par with the veterinary sur
geon. Even in Australia, where the
military authorities were slowest to
appreciate the value Of dental hygiene,
army dentists are now doing Splen.
did work. According to Melbourne
paper, operations numbering 25,0O0
have been performed, and more than
10000 teeth have been saved
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Brother Of Rockefeller Dies.

Cleveland, O.-Frank Rockefeller,
youngest brother of John D. Rockefel-
Ter, died at his apartment here. Death
was due to exhaustion which followed
slow convalescence from an operation
performed several months ago. His
wife and daughters, Mrs. w. F. Nash,
Mrs. Walter S. Bowler and Miss Alice
Rockefeller, were at the bedside when
the end came. He was 72 years old.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19

Laurel, Ind-A crowd of SO citizens,
enraged by reports that whisky was
being sold in violation of the law,
raided room adjacent to drug store,
confscated all the liquor in the room
and threatened to lynch the owner of
the alleged blind tiger II is said the
mob had placed rope around his
neck and was about to hang him when
cooler heads interfered and prevented
the lynching, after the victim of the
Endianians wrath had begged for mer-
cy and promised to leave town, never
70 He:Y:r
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Flour, HaY and Grain

Flour-Winter patents $10.25@10.75,
winter fancy $9.75@10.25, winter fam
lily $9.25@9.75, winter extras $3.50
S.75, low grade $7.75@S25.
COrn--No. 3 white $149@1.50, No 8
yellow $1.47@1.4S, No. 8 mixed $1.47@
1.4S. white ear $1.5O@l.52, mixed ear
$1.50@l52
Hay-No. / timothy $2O02O.50. No
2 $19.50Q20, No. 3 $185O@19.5O, No. /
clover mixed $19@19.5O, No. 2 $1S.5O@
19, No. clover $3.50, No. 2 $3.50.
Oats-No. 2 white 75@75hc, stand
ard white $741a @75c, No. 3 white 1871
@74c, No. 2 mixed 73R@74c.
Wheat-No. 2 red $2.5102.53, No. 8
red $2.45@2.49. No. 4 red $2.15@2.3G
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery ex
tras 47c, centralized creamery extras
44c, firsts 42c, seconds 39c, dairy fancy
38c, No. / packing stock 30c.
Eggs-Prime firsts 31c, firsts 30hc
ordinary firsts, 3Oc, seconds 29c.
Live Poultry-Broilers, 11h lb and
under, 4Oc; fryers. IL lbs. 3Oc; fowls
s lbs and over, 23kc; under lbs
23hc; roOsters, 17c.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers $9011.50; butcher
steers, extra $10.50@11, good to choice
$10@10.50, common to fair $7@9.50;
heifers, extra $1O.25@1O.75, good to
choice $9.50@1O.25, common to fair 81
@9.25;' cows, extra $8.5O@9.25, good
to choice $750@8.50.
Bulls-Bologna $500, fat bulls 1925
@9.75.
Hogs-Selected heavy shippers
$500, good to choice packers and
butchers $16.25@16.3O, mixed and me
dunn $16@1s.25, stays $8012.50, com
mon to choice heavy fat sows seq
$3.50, light shippers $1475@15, pigs
t110 lbs and lessl $SG9s12,25.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
American Ship Interned.

Amsterdam, via London. - The
American guard ship Scorpion has
been interned at Constantinople by
the Turkish government, according to
. news dispatch from the Turkish
capital, quoting the Turkish newspa,
per Sabah. The SaSah says that the
Scorpion was given "a hours to leave
the harbor, but was unable to do so,
and was therefore interned "in accord.
ance with The Hague convention"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
TEUTON U-BOATS OFF MEXICO
United States Navy Department Issues
Warning To Ship Owners
of Pacific.

San Francisco The German sub
marines of whose presence in the Pa.
cific Ocean the Navy Department
warned ship owners are probably off
the Mexican coast, according to a
statement made here by Captain W.
W Gilmer, commandant of the
twelfth Naval District.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Mexico VIII Maintain Strict Neutrality

Mexico City.-Gen. Carranza, in his
address to the new Congress declared
Mexico would maintain a strict and
rigorous neutrality in the world war.
II. Won Eckhardt, German Minister
was seated in a box with Austrian,
Spanish and other diplomats. Henry
p. Fletcher sat with the British Min
lister. President Carranza made the
statement that at the time of the over
throw of Madero, Henry Lane Wilson
asked Washington to recognize Huer-
IA, prompted by the belief that the
batter was "iuvincible."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Schooner Sinks During Heavy Gale.

SCnooneT oInkS OuT'HS rcdNy 0dIS.
New York.-The American schooner
M. d. Cressy, which left here April z
for Havre with general cargo, was
sunk during a gale when about 200
miles southeast of Sandy Hook. Sec;
ond officer George Smith and two sea.
men were drowned in launching life
boat and later the ships cook died
from exposure.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Secure 10000 Coolies.

PG:iin.--The British and French
Governments have just contracted for
10000 coolies to be employed on bel
ligerent transports carrying troops
and supplies through the barred zones
to FraP"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Negotiate a Separate Peace,

Petrograd.-An official statement
Issued deals not only with the cam
paign, but with the efforts of German
Socialists to negotiate with Russian
Socialists for a separate peace.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
offers Army of Neuroes.

Charleston, S. C.-ThOmas f. Miller,
former President of the State Negro
College, has addressed a letter to Pres
ident Wilson and Governor Manning,
offering to organize 10000 South Caro-.
lima negroes for active service.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
His Mission.

The convict who was engineering
an escape for his companions was
really performing a public service"
GLOW do you make that out?"
wasn't he trying to bring about a
free delivery Of the males?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
Exactly.

Cholly-I am in great demand
among the girls at Atlantic City to
take them out in the breakers. They
say they feel so safe with me.
Polly-YOur head floats SO nicely,
you know
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19

The Congressional club CT washing
ton, composed of wives of members Of
congress, has elected Mrs. Horace M.
Towner Of Iowa, whose husband is
member of the house, president of the
club to succeed Mrs. AtIee Pomerene.
Mrs. Towner is one of the most pop
uIar matrons In tho congressional set.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19
To Seize German ships.

Rio Janeiro.-The Government has
decided to seize all German ships in
Brazilian harbors.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-04-19

Samuel Lindsey, chief sealer of
weights and measures of the state
department of agriculture, has issued
a warning to housewives and others
buying food supplies to beware of
dealers who sell butter, lard and sim
liar produce in wooden dishes.
Dealers have no right to weigh in
heavy paper burlap or wooden dishes
in the sale of commodities" says the
sealer, "and when they do the law
has been violated"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
New U. S. Naval Establi.hments.

Washington, D. Go, 1917
For many years there have been few
additions to the number of navy
| yards and stations In the United
| States, but the war has made neces-
sary a considerable increase In our
facilities for conducting naval opera
tions.
The naval aircraft factory at Phila-
delphia, Pa, and the naval operating
base at Hampton Roads, Va, have
recently been completed and are now
IN full commission In course Of pre-
paration are a naval training station
at Gulfport, Miss, and submarine
bases at New London, Conn, and San
Pedro, Calf. It viii be noted that
these two submarine bases are so
situated as to add to the defenses of
| both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts.
Located close to supplies Of steel and
! coal is the projectile plant at Charles
ton, w. Va, which is expected to be
IN operation soon after January 1st.
The buildings erected for the exposi-
ton at San Diego, Calf, are serving
a further use as training station for
the navy, and thousands Of Uncle
Sans recruits are being made into
sea fighters with these artistic struc-
lures as a base.
The whole navy yard service, OF
course, is humming with cativity.
There is shortage OF labor, however
in certain lines and ship construction
and other work is suffering IN conse-
quence. Anglesniths, blacksmiths.
boatbuilders, canyassEorkers, copper
smiths, drilers, fabric workers, franc
benders, maehinists, power sewing
machine operators, Women) sail
makers, ship craftsmen, shipftters,
shipsmiths, Suhinspectors or ordnance
and other merchants and technical
men are badly needed The United
State Civil Service Commission Is urg-
ing, as q patriotic duty that persons
trained IN these lines offer their ser
vices to the Government at this time
Of great need Representatives OF the
Civil Service Commission at the post
Offices IN all cities are giving full IN
formation and supplying application
blanks. No written examinations are
required.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-22
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
Stenographer and Typewriter jan
uary 5, 1918.

| StenograPher and Typewriter Jan
uary 5, 1918.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open COM
! petitive examination for stneographeT
and typewriter, for both men and
women, on January 5, 1918, at the
places mentioned below:
Illinois ------------------- Harrisburg
Kansas.------------------------ Caney, Hays
Massachusetts ----.---- HaverhiI
Pennsylvania j Jamestown Carbonate
Texas -------------.--..--.----- Haskell
Vacancies in the Departmental Ser
vice, Washington, D. c., will be filled
from this examination.
The usual entrance salary for this
position is from $1,000 to $1,000 q
year. The War Department states
that during the continuance of the
war, the entrance salary in that de-
partment will be LOO a year, and
that it will be the policy of the de-
partment to promote a $1,000 year
all clerks, including typewriters and
stenographers and typewriters, who
after three months of service are re-
ported by bureau chiefs as being well
qualified and in every way worthy Of
promotion.
Full information in regard to the
SNOPC anu CAld1dCICI VI Lie
ton is contained IN Form 1924, "In-
formation for applicants for Steno-
tions," edition of July 1917.
Applicants must have reached their
eighteenth birthday on the date of
the examination.
Applicants must be examined In
the State in which they reside, and
have been actually domieiled in such
state for at least one year previous to
the examination, and must have the
county officers certificate in the appli-
cation form executed.
Applicants must submit to the ex-
aminer on the day of the examina-
ton their photographs, taken within
two years, securely pasted in the
space provided on the admission cards
sent them after their applications are
filed TIntypes, group photographs,
or proofs viii not be accepted.
This examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
meet the requirements. In view oc
the needs of the service, subjects of
countries allied with the United
States vii be admitted to this exam
nation, provided they are otherwise
qualified. Such persons may not be
certified for appointment, however,
so long as there are United States
citizens on the eligible lists.
Applicants should at once apply for
Forms 304 and 1924, stating the title
of the examination desired, to the
Civil Service Commission, Washing