Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-13

boats. Now the South American re-
public Is in the thrOes of great rail
way strike which is certainly fomented
and financed by Germans. Thousands
of worlmen have quit and there has
been serious destruction of property
and considerable riOting.
From "an American port" comes an
exciting story Of concerted attack
by seven German submarines on
fleet of % allied merchantmen west
bound. Four of the largest OF the
steamships were sunk by torped0es.
but the guns Of the others destroyed
three of the U-bOats. The battle took
place 30 miles off the coast of Ireland.
Organized Labor Loyal.
Organized labor In the United
States, determined to assert it's loyal
ty, met last week in Minneapolis, to-
gether with many radicals and Social
lists, and formed the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy. Under the
Leadership of Samuel GOmperS, Frank
r. Walsh. John Sparg0 and others, the
delegates declared the new Organiza-
ton firmly back of the armed forces Of
the government In their night for "a
victory which will near. the coming
OF the greatest world democracy ever
dreamed Of" Definite reports have
been circulated that laborltes are plan
ming TO cripple various Industries by
strikes, especially the fuel industry.
These reports, Mr. Gompers declares,
do not relate to the American Fedora
tlOn of Labor. They are, however, too
well substantlated to he ignored.
The British trades union congress by
a'vote Of 2S94,O0O to $1,000 declared
itself opposed to participation in the
Stockholm congress-, and this. taken
with the refusal Of many countries Ia
grant passports to delegates, probably
will result In the entire abandonment
of the gathering in the Swedish city.
Pope Preparing Second Note.
Not wholly discouraged by the full
ure of his peace note, Pope Benedict
Is preparing a second proposal for tn,
ending of the war. Premier RibOt
speaking on the Marne battlefield de
clnred that requisite in any peac,
treaty acceptable to France was tn,
restoration of Alsace-Lorraine.
The German press continues to hea,
abuse and rldicule on President VII
son for his reply to the pope's note
declaiming loudly against his demand
that the government of Germany b
democratized before peace can b
made with It. But the relchstag ma
jority is inslstently demanding jus
about the reforms the president cor
slders essential.
Dispatches from Switzerland say tn
central powers have determined O
the partition of Poland. According /
the plan. Germany is TO take abol
One-tenth of Russian Poland To rectli
, her frontier, and Austria will anne
, the remainder, unite It To Galicia an
, proclaim the territory the united kim
, dom Of Poland, with Emperor Charl,
us its king. 1t Is to have Its own M
= Lament, hut Its foreign policy. finance
and army are to he controlled by Au
tria This plan does not please HUI
. gary, because that country thinks |
influence will be lessened If the er
plre becomes Il triple Kingdom
+. Led by President Wilson and mer
I hers of the senate and house, and 4
p cOrted by thousands of soldiers aI
Il sailors, the young men of the DlStri
y OF Columbia selected for service in Il
y National army paraded the streets
# Washington on Tuesday, and simil
parades took place in hundreds
=. cities and towns, Next day these m,
n Of the National army began streamil
q from all points OF the compass In
y the 10 cantonment camps built I
= their training und Instruction IN
are the first per cent of the 6s7 o
n men selected by the draft, tes
~ The long wrangle in the senate oy
r. war profits taxation ended In the |,
A. feat of the high tax group and {
le adoption of the finance committee
A. provisions for a total levy of 81, Is
II. 100000 or about third of this yea
he war and normal excess profits. III
is would make the bill total S2,522, ,OO
nS 900.
Il. Thursday night the house pusS
Il. unanimously the big war credits |
ps authorisihg Sll,53S0i5,lG0 In hon
r. and certificates, Every effort of
st group of Republicans to limit Sec
he tary McAdoo's control over these
}. sues was defeated, hut nm amendm,
.c- by Congressman Cannon was ndopt
ry exemptirg, from taxes interest
u bonds not IN excess Of $1,000,