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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-12-20
Let Them Stay

Over 1000 draft evaders, many of
them from wealthy families of the
north and east who fled to Mexico
when the United States passed the
draft law are waiting along the
border of Texas for an opportunity
to cross, according to information
reaching officers at Dallas, Texas.
Some have written to officials that
they are ready and willing to re-
turn to the United States and en-
ter services.
That there will be no leniency
in dealing with these evaders is in-
dictated in statements made by
local officials They declare that
all persons who fled to Mexico to
evade military duties must remain
in that country or face the full
consequences Of the act. This they
declare means such persons will be
compelled to serve long terms in
Federal prisons.
All points along the border are
being watched.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-12-20

AS friend and admirer of the
late Napoleon Bondparte, we de-
mand that thoughtless editorial
writer's cease CHASING him with the
late Kaiser Napoleon went forth
to do or die with his legions. With
them he suffered the hardships and
privations of camp life and with
them he faced the enemy on every
battlefield. History records his he.
roic deed at Lodi, where, after all
efforts to stem the tide had failed,
he seized the flag and led desper.
ate but victorious charge. And
when the decisive battle of his ca.
reer was foneht, Napoleon was with
his men, leading and directing their
assaults. All this was quite 10 con.
trast to the Kaiser, who sent mil
lions OF other mems sons to their
death but kept himself aud his own
sons in places of safety through it
all, and finally DESERVING in the face
OF danger and taking refuge behind
the skirts of holland Really, the
man who mentions Napoleon and
Wilhelm the same day should be
sued for slander.-Paris Appeal.
England is discussing the prob
lem of deportine all enemy aliens
Those in authority over there say
If people who partook of their hos
pitality during the great war do not
think enough of their country to
become citizens Of it they should 90
where their hearts are And we
say. Amenl II person comes to
America aud does not think
enough of this country to become 6
working citizen, let him 60 bach
where he belongs, We have seer
and felt the effects of these under
hand brieands. Now let's give then
what is coming to them.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-12-20

If thine enemy is hungry. feed
him" All right. but give him corn
bread aud meatless days, aud WOOL
less 81 cks, aud suearless days aud
coatless days for long time to pay
US back what we spent to lick him
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-12-20

Eighty ears of corn we're recently
found stored away in muskrat
hole in Warren county. Possibly
case of boarding for an advanced
price.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-12-20

The fellow who has been writing
the TO He'll NIT der Kaiser" poetry
may now rest from his labors and
start going TO Sunday School again.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-12-20
League of Nations

Nations by stating that the idea
was first suggested by Theodore
Roosevelt 10 1910. But, in point of
fact. the idea was first suggested
On modern times) by Henry Nv of
France, the greatest and undoubt-
eddy the best of the Bourbons
This was pointed out by the Mes
sage several weeks ago The sug
gestion, therefore. was made about
three hundred years before Roose-
welt was born, and was a fruit of
that period of idealism known in
literature as the Age of Shake
spear. Most probably the idea orig
mated with King Henry's areat min
lister, the illustrious Duke de Sully.
The divergent views prevailing in
regard to the proposed League re-
mind one very much of that fam.
GUS poem entitled The Three Blind
Men and the Elephant" The propo.
sition cannot be intelligently oppos-
ed or endorsed until something is
known of its details.
What nations will compose the
League?
What is to be the basis of repre-.
sentation?
Will each nation have one vote
10 shaping its policies.
What nation will be the head of
the League?
Will there be a common fund out
of which to meet the Leagues ex.
penses?
Who will have the key TO the
treasury?
Are all controversies between the
sisnatOry powers TO be decided by
the League?
Will there be universal disarma.
ment, or will there be common
army and navy-and if" 50, who
will be 10 command?
What rights and powers ar to be
wholly reserved to the individual
powers composing the League?
What kind of a tribunal is to adj
minister the affairs of the League?
Thre are but few of hundred
questions that could be reasonably
asked by any intelligent and patri-
otto American before either giving
unqualified assent or entering the
lists of the opposition to the League
In other words, we are unable to
say, from any word which has es-
capped any Of the principal propo,
nents of the League. whether it is
to be really confederation of ma
tons with some central governing
authority in international matters,
or merely stupenious trade and
arbitration treaty.
We are mindful alike of the fail
ure Of the Greek confederacies and
of the modern idea or arbitration
as preventive Of war. We believe
absolutely in President Wilson's
breadth of scholarship, in the puri-
ty of his designs and in the pro
fundity OF his craftsmanship. We
trust he may be able to find some
way to safeguard the future of the
world, We are determined to sup
port rather than criticise him in his
efforts to do So But for all that.
we are inclined to believe that the
worlds best assurance of peace dur.
ing the next one hundred years
will be no league or covenant, but
the fairly, general acknowledge
ment of the fact. learned from bit
ter experience that war is thing
never to be sought and by all hon.
orable means to be avoided. The
world for the present, at least. has
had its fill of human blood.-Mis-
souri, Message.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
120 Convalescent Soldiers
Taken Up Hudson on Yacht
Sick Men Have Time of Lives on Trip West Point, With
Eats and Cigarettes All Day. and Hawaiian
Band to Furnish Music

One hundred and twenty sick Amer
lean soldiers were taken for boat ride
to West Point and back yesterday by
DR.. John A. Harris Of the Mayors Com
mittee on National Defence, aboard the
yacht Surf Though the Surf ran into
bad weather and heavy rains shortly
after leaving New York. every man had
the time Of his life The Hudson seen
cry was new to the sick mems eyes,
and besides there were cigarettes and
eats all day and Hawaiian orchestra
to provide music.
The men who went on the trip have
reached the point in their recovery
where they are called "regular diet"
men. They came from United States
General Hospital No. /. Many of them
will never see service in France be-
cause Of weak hearts and lungs. There
were wistful glances as a train full of
soldiers passed on the bank of the
river.
From the hospital the soldiers were
taken to the West Seventy-ninth Street
pier by members of the Women's Mo-
tor Corps of America, in charge of
Major Helen Bastedo. 1t was the
initial trip of the Surf as a recrea-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31

tion boat, and the women drivers were
taken along az guests of the Mayors
Committee. They served all day rs
volunteer canteen workers.
Just before the boat started Mayor
Tlylan went aboard and inspected it,
Then he thanked DR.. Harriss for loan
ing the yacht to the Mayors Commit
tee to be used three times week to
take wounded and sick soldiers for
fresh air trips. The Mayor stayed only
few minutes. but DR.. Harriss and
Henry Mcdonald director general Of
tho Mayors Committee. continued on
board during the entire trip.
The soldiers who go on the next out
ing will include some stiii-1conflnod to
their beds part of the time. Special
cots will be set up for them on the
decks of the Surf, which already is
equipped with surgical operating
room.
DR.. Harriss had his yacht in service
last year AS an ambulance transport
between vessels and the naval hos
pitfalls. The danger sof submarines
made it necessary to discontinue this
work 1t is the hope Of DR.. Harriss
and the Mayors committee that other
yacht owners will offer their boats to
provide outings for convalcscent men
in khaki
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
New England's Demands
for Fuel Are Laid
Before Garfield
Production Is Behind
Cars Are Ready, but Mines
Have Been Unable to Keep
Up With the Schedule
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)


WASHINGTON, July --Curtail-
ment of the fuel supplies Of non-war
industries in the Eastern states was
considered to-day at a conference az
the fuel administration. attended, ~,
representatives of the Shipping Board.
the Industries Board and the railroad
administration. While officials DECLINE
to predict the action to be taken bv
the fuel administration, it is consid-
cred likely that DR.. Garfield will deem
1t necessary to order considerable re-
ductlons in the non-war New England
and Eastern fuel allotments in order
to meet the greatly increased demands
OF war Industries in this section.
Coal production in the states Of
pennsylvania, Maryland and West Vjr-
sinla, which supply New England ami
tne Eastern states, has fallen away at
an alarming rate duri41 the last few
months. The original fuel administra-
tlon's estimates of production in this
territory call tor an output of 81 ,60O.-
600 tons during the coal wear. In to
July IL, however, this territory had
mined only at the rate of II 0no 000
tons per year.
Ship Plants Need Fuel
In addition to this, the shipyards
and other essential war industries have
been pressing the fuel administration
for increased coal allotments. In con-
sequence New England has not thus
far received all the fuel it was sched-
uled to receive by this date.
For the first time it was admitted
to-day that the retardation of coal
movements to New England has been
caused during recent weeks by an act
ual shortage in mine output rather
than one of carrying facilities Chair
man Hurley stated that for the last
three weeks ships have been lying idle
at Norfolk awaiting coal from the
mines. On one day seventeen ships
were tied up at this port, it was stated,
awaiting coal cargoes for New Eng
land. Dr. Garfield in a recent state
ment admitted that the railroads could
supply 200 cars more daily for the
New England coal traffic if the mines
could produce the coal
1t is considered probable that the
fuel administration will require Ad-
ministrator Storrow to revise his esti-
mates of essential New England needs
by reducing supplies to non-war indus
tries. Mr.. Storrow will, however, Wig
orously oppose this plan on the ground
that his estimates as they stand repre-
sent the minimum requirements of the
Northeastern states. At the conclusion
of to-day's conference the fuel admin
straton issued the following state
ment:
"The government requirements for
coal are increasing by leaps and
bounds. The War Industries Board
representatives made it clear that the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31

August I, 1918, from recruiting un-
skilled labor in any manner except
through the employment service. The
War Labor Policies Board will soon
announce a scale of wages and con6i-
tions under which workers supplied by
the employment Offices may be hired.
The Long Island City office, occupy
ing two-story building near the
Bridge Plaza. close to some OF the
largest plants working for the gov
ernment, will, according to Mr.. Porte
mar, strive to stabilize the labor mar
ket.
"There is definite shortage of
highly skilled and of unskilled COM
mon labor in our locality" he said,
"and we hope to have enough appli~
cants to satisfy the demand. AS a re-
suit of the fight or work and the
'anti-loafing' laws there is at present
a surplus of men who do not belong
to the first category and refnsc to en-
ter the second. One of our biggest
problems will be to place these men.
eve shall attend primarily to the
requirements of the Borough of
Queens, but if we can we shall be glad
to serve employers in other sections
of the city"
Under the change that takes place
Henry d. Sayer, Of the State Industrial
Commission, will become the Federal
Director of Employment for the State
of New York
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
Steel Curfailn7ent
For Non-EssenfiaLs
To Be Discussed
Especial Dispatch to The Tribu,,e)


WASHINGTON, July 3o.-The War
Industries Board, at a meeting here
Thursday morning, to be attended by
Chairman Hurley of the United
States Shipping Board and Charles NJ
'Schwab. will resume it's discussion of
the steel situation with a view to cal
culating the steel curtailment of non
war industries necessary to meet the
government requirements. While the
steel situation is not causing alarm,
officials admit that the supplies will
require strict conservation for war
purposes if the rapidly expanding war
programme is to be adequately met.
Revised estimates prepared by Di-
rector General Schwab. of the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation, call for a
permanent reserve of a million tons of
ship steel. Mr.. Schwab further wants
250,0o0 tons during the next three
months IN addition to his regular
monthly allotment of 1000 tons.
This latter increase is necessary, it is
stated, to meet the recent expansion
of the shipbuilding programme
through the approaching completion
of the Hog Island yard and increased
steel requirements at other yards.
The .shipyards now have 1,08O,0oo
tons of ship steel in reserve. This
in reserve, Mr.. Schwab contends. as a
margin of safety to meet any addi-
tional unexpected expansions of the
shipbuilding programme, which could
the monthly steel allotmcnts to the
G inv o,,6c
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
Demands Punishment
Of German Leaders

AMSTERDAM, July 3O.-A memo
randum demanding ruthless action
against the men at the helm of the
German government in 1914 as guilty
criminals has been issued by former
Captain Won Beerfelde, says Ber-
lin telegram quoting the Cologne
"Volks-Zeitung." The memorandum is
entitled "a Necessary Correction of
the German White Book" and was
sent to the members Of the Reichstag
last week by the captain, who was
prominent in connection with the case
Of Prince Lichnowsky, German Am
bassador to London in 1914, who de-
clared that Germany was responsible
for the war.
Captain Won Beerfeldc's memoran-
dun says that the German leaders at
the beginning of the war were guilty
Of appalling deceits and acted in the
service Of traitors. He demands the
Immediate arrest of former Chan
cellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg, and de-
clares that if the Reichstag does not
accede to his demands the curse of
this and all succeeding generations
will fall upon it for cowardly neglect
of duty.
In case of the Reichstag's refusal
Captain Won Beerfelde declares he will
immediately request passes for him
self and family to Switzerland. be-
cause he will no longer share Ger
many's shame and dshonor.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
Army Drink Lid Tightens
New u. S. Rules Establish Drv
Zones Around All Camps

TRENTON, N. j., July 3O.-Two new
War Department regulations affecting
the sale of alcoholic beverages were
made public to-day by the New Jersey
State Council of Defence. The new
rulings, which were drawn up under
the supervision of the President and
the Secretary of War, are more rigid
than preceding ones.
First-No alcoholic beverages are to
he sold or given away publicly or pr-
vately 10 any man in uniform in any
place in the United States.
Second-The zones IN which the sale
Of liquor is illegal are now established
around every military camp at which
250 men or more are stationed for at
least thirty days.
Furthermore. the portions of incor-
porated municipalities within the five
mile areas around camps will no longer
be excluded from the zones in which
the sale oe liquor is preventable by
Federal action, provided the munich
palities in question are already dry
ty state or local law.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
Austrian Emperor
Forced to Accept
German Generals
Ludendorf, in Memorable
Interview, Conpels Him to
Dismiss Army Chiefs
The Neu York Tribune
E'oroinn PrfG3 RMrcn1L

Foreign Press Bureau
According to the "Munchener lei
tung," Emperor Charles dismissed his
own generals in command of the Aus
trlan army and put Germans in place
of them at the direct command of Lu-
dendort, backed by the threat of the
displeasurc of the German Kaiser.
The "Zeitung" says that the En-
peror yielded after dramatic War
Council, held III the presence of Lu-
dendorff, who, without much circum-
locution, declared to the Austrian gem
erals present at the council that the
Piave disaster was due to the inca
pacity Of the Austrian command dur
ing the period of the offensive, and
suggested that changes were urgently
needed.
Ludcndorf pont-blank demanded
that the Austrian generals should be
replaced by German officers, which
proposal was received with reluctance
by the Emperor Karl. whose mortiiica-
tlon was shared by his officers
The Emperor hesitated to comply
and was supported by his Austrian
generals, but LudendorH thereupon
produced az, an autograph letter from the
Kaiser William insisting on the
change.
Emperor Karl had but two alterna-
tives, either to accept gracefully or to
place himself in opposition to the Ger
man Emperor and to Ludendorff. TO
the surprise of his own generals the
Emperor yielded, and consented to
sign the decree submitted by Luden-
dortf.
The "Zeituns" says that when En-
p.eror Karl declared that he accepted
the proposal of Ludendorf all the
Austro- hungarian generals left the
room Indignantly, and when Luden-
dortf departed not one of them went
to the station to salute him.
Inc impression created in Austria
by the substitution of the generals is
enormous, and the military element is
certainly mortified, but what results
this may have time only will show
The Austrian German Press is com
pletely under German influence. and
Germany has spread her tentacles so
Austrian army that reaction will be
difficult and all that can be expected
Is sullen acquiescence.
General Won Below, it appears, al
ready had received orders to leave
Germany before the decree was sub
mittcd to the Emperor Karl, and was
actually on his way to take over the
Austrian command before his appoint
ment was duly signed. He paid a
visit of courtesy to the Emperor and
also to the Premier, DR.. Won Seidler,
before proceeding to the front. where
he has already issued proclamation
to the Austro-H Hungarian troops, in
which he says that the enemy will soon
be vanquished if all do their duty
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
Women Drown in Yacht

PORTLAND, Me, July 80. Mrs. Nor
ris Rokwcki and her nineteen-year- o Id
daughter, Jeanne. of New Bedford.
Mass, died at the government hospi-
tai at Fort Preble to-day, as a result
OF being imprisoned two hours in the
cabin of their capsized sloop. Mr..
Rokwcki, who was on deck when a
violent squall sent the thirty-f -fve-foot
yacht on its beam ends, managed to
cling to the rigging, and was rescued
by naval patrol boat.
The family were on their way from
New bedtord to Eastport, and were en-
tering this harbor. when sudden gale
turned the yacht on its side. Mrs.
Rokwcki and her daughter had sought
refuge in the cabin and were unable to
escape when it became partially sub
merged. They were not eXtricated un
III the sloop had been towed in.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-31
100000 Called to
Army Service by
Anglo-U. Treaty
Americans Abroad and
English-Canadians Here
Must Enlist

WASHINGTON, July 30. Ratifica-
United States and Great Britain and
Canada were exchanged to-day at Lon
don, it was officially stated at the State
Department, making them effective
from TO day
1t is estimated that some $4,000
American citizens in the British En-
pire. including $4,000 in Canada, and
250,ooO British subjects and 10000
Canadians in the United States will be
affected by the treaties.
American citizens between the ages
of 81 and 31-thc American draft ages
resident in the British Empire will
be given sixty days from to-day in
which to enlist. enroll or return to
their own country for service, but after
that time they would be subject to
draft unless they had been granted eX-
emption by the American Ambassador
as provided in the treaties.
Rules for Enlistments
All British subjects and Canadians
between the ages Of 2l and 81. the
State Department explained, who have
made declaration of intention to be-
come citizens of the United States and
who are liable to service under the
draft law may during the sixty days
from to-day enlist or enroll volun-
tarily in the British or Canadian forces
a any British or Canadian recruiting
station in the United States or may
leave the country for the purpose of
bo;
"Brtish subjects and Canadians,"
said the departments statement, "be-
tween the ages of q and 80. both inclu
sive. who have not made declaration of
intention 10 become citizens of the
United States, and British subjects and
Canadians OF the ages Of 20 and 81 to
Al, both inclusive, whether they have
or have not declared their intention to
become citizens of the United States.
may enlist or enroll or ,eave the United
States, as the case may be, for the
own country during sixty days from
July 30. the date of the exchange Of
the ratihcations. if on or before July
20 they are required to register by
proclamation of the Pres ident (under
the draft law) or. if not so required to
register on or before July 30, then they
may enlist or enroll or leave the United
States, as the case may be, for military
service m their own country, before
She expiration of thirty days after the
date when registration shall be there
after required by proclamation of the
President.
Are Given Their Choice
''If within these periods OF sixty and
thirty days they do not enlist or enroll
or leave the United States for military
service in their own country they will,
unless exempted by the British Ambas-
sador under Article 8 of the Constitu-
ton. be liable t. military service in
the United States and entitled to clas-
sication and exemption under the laws
and regulations relating to compulsory
military service in force in the United
States in the same manner as if they
were American citizens
British subjects and Canadians may
now apply for such exemption, subject
to certain rules and limitations. which
will be made known by the ambassador
upon request"