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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-17
BRITAIN READY
FOR BONAF|DE
PEACE PARLEYS
IMPORTANT STATEMENT
BY FOREIGN SECRETARY
Ne Offer Thus Far Made in
Interest of Just and Honor
able Peace

Arthur ]. Balrour, British secretary
for foreign affairs, discussing II the
house of commons the now famous
letter written by Emperor Charles Of
Austrin to Prince Stxtus OF Bourbon,
said that Great Britain is prepared to
consider proposals Of peace from the
central powers, provided they are put
forward by an accredited person In
straightforward manner. He declared
that no offer thus far nladd by Ger
many and Austria has been In the
interest Of fair and honora Bile peace.
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THE WEATHER.

westeru 2ennsylvania: Fair, warmer
Friday: saturday Fartiy cloudy.
west Virginia.: Fair Friday and SAT-
u-day.
Ohio: Fa.r Friday; Saturday prob
4 bly shorcrs and cooler.
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VIENNA, Via London, May 1e--
Bitter fighting between tho 8rentA
and Piave rivers, on the italian front
is reported In the official statement
issued by the war office today. The
statement reads:
Between the Brenta and the PtaVs
several italian reconnoitering thruEts
were reprlsed. As result Of these
attacks, hand to hand fighting de-
veloped on Monte Asolone and Monte
Pertica."
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PLEDGE WILL BE
SUBJECT To TIE
CHANCES OF WAR
CLEMENCEAU'S PAPER
MAKES REVELATION
Secretary Of War Baker De-
clines to Comment on the
Publication

PARIS. May l6.-The United STATES
has promised to have 1,5oo, 900 fight
Ing men in France by the end Of 1913
saws L'Hom,ne Ltbere, Premier Glenn
epceau's newspaper. These troops
IL adds, must have their own org-and-
zation and services. which viii mean
at least 100000 specialists, workers,
men In the quartezmaster's department
and others.
The newspaper says certain uisun-
derstandirgs which had existed have
been cleared M and that under no
circumstances Will allied workers or
soldiers replace French workers In
factories. The presence Of American
workers on French soil will be in 01-
rect consequence Of the presence OF
American lighters on the front
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ITALIANS CARRY
THEF|GHT|NGT0
AUSTRIAN FOES
ENEMY TRENCHES ON
MT. ASOLONE ENTERED
Only Artillery Fire Marks the
Western Battlefront
Activity

ROME, May 16.-Itauan troops car.
ried out an offensive operation yes
tertlpy In which the Austrian trsach
on Monte Asoloue, between the Breu-
ia and Piav. rivers were entered as
two points. The italians inflicted
heavy casualties and took prisoners.
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MANY SUBMARINES
DESTROYED AS THE
GERMANS SURGED IN

LONDON. May lS.--f,usSfun naval Of
ficialS blew up their frU" American sub
marines h"fcr.. r"'rnatirS from HanEo.
nj southwestern Finland. las; April. the
British Admiralty ann.ltr".d tonight
Seven Sritlsh submarines also wcrn
destroyed when thr German naval forces
and. transports eprr"n'h"d Hang. N''u"
Of the British vessels fsil into tn"
hands Of tn. ru..IIy. th.. Admiralty on
nounccd.
The seven EritiSti submarines were
destroyed during tn" five days from
April > to &. The Admiralty says the
project OF bl"ckir., th" hart"r by sink
ink ships in !; hai h".'u ri i""icd by tn"
Russian admiral. comma ndin- in "ht"f.
TIE effect Of the destruction of m"
British Submarines upon II" ':r"ws OF
merchant vessels Was however. tn"
statement says. ..Ncall.nt and induced
:h,. d.structipn OF mans. Other ships.
The guns ~ aSd rear N@ac%. tho
admiralty announcement says. had al
ready been dtsmaniied ANA upun ;lir ap-
peararrr o: IN" German forces. tho Rus
sians relr.at"d from the vicinity nfi"r
blowing up their fear American sub
marines.
-Four British submarines OF Class +.
wcr,: taken "utsidr I'll" harbor If Hell
SirgforS "I Npril and blown up and
sunk. Tire. q boats w"rr d":n"tiSh"d
between tim: day and .NarIl s.
''Thlcr wS were removed - E"t-
rosr;ud.
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AMERICA LOSES
W0 BE. SHIPS
Neches (7,175 Tons) Tor
pedoed Without Loss of
Life - ZaanIand Other
Victim


tti St'd'''r '>''''S' = '"' :" '"''''' ~
7.i'' tons. was t"rr'd""d ana sunk on
,bc night nf Nav H. nr in the early
,,-,,;,, horrc 80. Nav - w,,hrr, Ioss
OF ire. III" nav! o"'"''n'eh' ''"''! III
nnunc"d. Tho vessel WAS returning home
lirht and with no soldiers .thoarrl. /. -
,.o,;o,.,.,, ,.,,o ,r .r,,,,, ro.,
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LONDON. May l6.-.All British sub
marines in the haCh1r "f HclinE$torS.
wcr. destroyed wh,n I'll" L'Erinan naval
forces approached th' "i:y he'auS" II
was impossible 10 g: them away. uw-
ing t. ih' facJ thu they were troZHn
fast according :" :la admiralty $tat"-
m.ne This .v'r;i,.=. -" submarines
which had h'..r ~. ra:!rr IL til" Baltic
since tho carly Part II tho w;t- w''r"
blown up. together with their stocks
of torped".'s. arnr.unIi!"'t and other MA
: teripLs Their rr"wS hay. arrived in
England. h;HinS ;ras..ll"I - way Of
Mourmansk.
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'W.S.S.

Ul NY1MS N~
tJsuKD NJ :"
,CNTTTD STATS
GOVERNMENT
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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-03
NO OFFICERS OF CLASS MEN
Cannot Become Candidates Until In
Quoted into Service,

Washington, Sept alphabetically
fit men. between Is and As years of
age, who are placed in Class by
local draft boards, or who would be
so placed except for occupational de-
ferment, cannot become candidates
for commissions in the army until
they have been indicted into service
as privates. under rulings of the ad-
jutant general, made public today and
supersedlng previous orders on the
subject
Registrars placed in the subdivis-
ion of Class l, reserved for limited or
special service, however, may be COM
missioned direct from civil life, and
no barrier is interposed to the COM
missioning of men direct from civil
life, pr4yiding their local boards have
given them deferred classification on
dependency grounds.
Qualified registrants. who have ap-
piled for. commissions in army staff
corps and who are, desired by GER
tain corps, may have their classified
tion and physical examinations by To-
cal boards advanced on presentation
Of a certificate from a chief of corps
or department OF the army. In cases
where it is desired to. coinmission a
Glass man, he may be indicted into
service Immediately and promoted
thereafter.
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Cache of Mexican Bombs Sends
Troops to Jerome.

Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 26-A detach-
ment of troops was sent to Jerome,
Ariz., today, as the result of the dis
covery last night of dozen bombs
secreted in suit case hidden beneath
house occupied by Mexicans in
Jerome.
The discovery was made after the
arrest near Verde OF four Mexicans
believed to be members of the party
of five who killed Chief Waterman
Horace Harrison of the United Verde
Mine
According to the Authorities, race
feeling has been tense in Jerome
since the staying of a mine watchman
by Mexican several months ago,
and the outbreaks Monday in which
Harrison and a Mexican named Acerp
were killed and Town Marshal Crow
lev and United States Deputy Mar
shall Harry Carlson were severely
wounded.
1t was while searching the quarters
formerly occupied by the arrested
Mexicans in Jerome that the bombs
were found.
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A New Secretary for Missouri
Council of Defense. =

Sedalia, Mo-, Sept. 26-At the
meeting here today of the Missouri
State Council of Defense, called by
the chairman, Dean R. B .Mumford,
at the request of Gov. Gardner, the
office of secretary of the Council of
Defense was declared vacant without
dissenting vote by the 26 members
present and w. F. Saunders. the Sec
rotary, who was present, was so mott
fled. Frank NJ. Robinson, of St.
Louis, manager of the Coliseum, was
chosen to succeed Saunders at the
same salary effective October 1.
The election of Robinson was a
surprise, in that he was not known to
be a candidate. Two avowed candi-
dates present were Sydney J. Roy of
Hannibal, secretary of the Water
ways Commission and ]. L. Wolfeher
of st. Louis, president of the Missouri
Commercial Travellers Association.
Robinson was not present. He was
selected after a committee composed
Of Edward Whitaker, St. Louis;
Robert Withers, Liberty, and Col.
Fred w. Fleming of Kansas City,
could come to no agreement and
called on other members of the coun-
Gil to assist in decision.
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Deny Lewis Boys Helped Plan
Colorado Robbery.

Jefferson City, Mo-, September 28.
Prison officials deride the state
ment Of St. Louis police that the
Lewis brothers. Roy, Joe and Ora,
under sentence Of life for the murder
Of St. Louis patrolmen, planned with
Dale Jones, ex-convict, and their
brother, Frank Lewis, the train hold
ups in Kansas and bank robbery at
Colorado Springs.
Dale Jones was released from the
Penitentiary before Ora Lewis, whose
death sentence was committed to life
imprisonment bv Gov. Gardner. was
received at the Penitentiary. Jones
served only 4 short time after Roy
Joe Lewis was imprisoned at the PEN
itentiary;
The Lewis Brothers here deny that
they had anything to do with the Of.
ganixation Of tie Dale Jones bandits.
of which their brother, Frank Lewis.
was an alleged member. Jones still
is at large.
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respondent OF The Telegraph, who
thus records the Marshal's brief utter
ances. made in an ejaculatory manner,
with the use of hardly any verbs
The British Army is better than
ever 1t fights better than ever. All
OF its losses have been made good
and is is a more splendid army than
it has been before
THE Americans are splendid and
are wonderfully gallant in the field.
Ten thousand arrive in France every
day.
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"The French Army is the same
good old army that it was in 1914
No more is to be said"
In discussing the general situation,
the Marshal said: THE enemy is
shaken up and shaken down, but, is
still holding out. You must not think
that we shall get to the Rhine immeu-
lately We have passed over the
worst and are now going down hill.
If the impetus as we go is like roll
ing ball, so much the better
Buy Liberty Bonds.
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IOWA REGIMENTS LOSSES so
PER CENT IN EIGHT DAYS
l6sth Infantry, Rainbow Unit, Loses
1900 Officers and Men.

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 26.-Durine
eight dayS fighting, ending August 8
the I68th Infantry, an Iowa unit in
the Rainbow Division, "lost I,4oo Of
ficers and men, or about 50 per cent
of the effective combatant strength"
according to Col. E. R. BeAnett, its
commander. This information is con-
tanned in a letter from Bennett re-
ceived today by Lafayette Young Sr.
The regiment went into q rest camp
August 8, and at the time the letter
was written, August az, Bennett ex-
pected the regiment to rest and train
about three or four weeks longer"
Fighting in the Baccarat sector Of
the Lorraine front, the Iowans partic-
ipated in I2-mile advance, the COL
onet declared, and, "as usual, the reg
iment behaved splendidly."
"NumDerless instances q personal
bravery could be related" Bennett
added.
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MARSHAL FOCH DECLARES
WORST OF WAR IS OVER
French Leader Asserts Enemy is
Shaken Up and Shaken
Down."

London, Sept. 25-Marshal Focll,
Commander in Chief of the Allied
armies on the western front, who dis
likes interviews and rarely grants
one. received few newspaper men
at his headquarters Tuesday.
Among those received was the cor
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M1ssoUR1's WAR TOLL, 500
Casualty Figures Show 1873 Have
Been Killed in Action. ea,

Columbia, Mo-, Sept. 2o.-Mis
souri's casualties in the war totaled
500 on September 1, according to fig.
ures compiled by Floyd c. Shoemak.
er, secretary of the State Historical
Society
Thirty-nine soldiers from Missouri
now possess the war crosses OF
France, Italy, England and the Unit
ed States. TO these countries might
be added Belgium, Russia and k,l-
mania for General Pershing wears the
war cross OF Belgium and Lieut. w.
B. Hall of Higginsville, Mo-, has been
decorated on the Russian, Rumanian
and French fronts. In addition to
those who have been decorated thirty
others have been cited for bravery or
recommended for special honors.
| The figures on the states casualties
disclose that 1873 Missouri men have
been killed in action and that 125
have died of wounds or other causes
in France, Two hundred and seventy
have been wounded in France. OF
the total casualties in France 48 per
cent were deaths. 81 per cent were
wounded and per cent are known to
be prisoners. In seventeen months of
warfare, says Mr.. Shoemaker, it
would have been impossible to have
lost no men as prisoners Of war. A
wounded man can be taken a prisoner
without censure and thousands of
England's and Frances bravest men
have been forced to surrender. Ger
tainly the thousands of Missourians
at the front have kept this number OF
their casualties to minimum, the
total definitely known being only six.
The total casualty list for the state,
both in the United States and in Iu-
rope, follows:
Killed in action in France. ......133
Died of wounds in France. ..... IS
Died of disease in France. ..... IS
Died from accident and other
Missing in action in France. 49,. 26
Prisoners in Germany 49,. ........ 81
Wounded in France 40
Died in camps and hospitals in the
United States .................. IS
Killed, wounded and missing at
sea ............ .............. ~
Unclassified ................ FL
- -.
Otai ............ 503
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05
|NONE MAY EVADE
GERMAN WAR TAX

LONDON, June German plans
for postwar revenues are in part fore
shaowed by cautionary measure
in the current budget entitled bill
for the Prevention of Flight From
Taxation" which provides that all per-
sons who were German subjects up
to August 1, 1914, even though they
may since then have become natural
lied in other countries shall be liable
to personal taxation in Germany for
a period of five years from the end
of the year in which the war with the
powers is ended. The bill applies to
both Imperial and state taxation. 1t
requires the states to collect from the
municipalities and school areas.
Before any taxpayer can give sup
permanent residnce IN Germany he
must furnish security for taxes to the
amount of 20 per cent of his capital
or property. Not less than one before
he intends to quit the country he must
give notice to the authorities, with a
full statement of his means, including
any sums he have invested abroad
since August L, 1914, and any sums
used by him in the same period in the
purchase of precious metals, precious
stones or any objects of art, ador1-
ment or luxury. If attempts are made
10 evade the tax by gift or other trans
fer, the recipient of property thus
aiienated will be liable for the tax,
and passports will be refused to those
suspected of intent to evade.
hTe clear intimation in the bill is
that many persons will wish to take
themselves out of Germany in antici-
patton Of hurdensome taxation to meet
the obligations es the war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05
CUT FANCY MENUS
WORD TO BIG CAFES

WASHINGTON, June 5.-Plainer
menus for the hotels and restaurants
Of the country is the object Of cam
paign launched by John Me Bowman
of the Food Administration
Mr. Bowman, who has a wide ac-
quaintance among the leading hotel
men of the country through his man
agement of the Hotel Bi!tmore in New
York, believes that the time has come
to save more fresh beef to maintain
and increase our exports for the AL
lies.
This must be done" says Mr. Bow
man in telegram to the hotel men,
without substitution of pork ar poul
try, of which, while we have enough
for ordinary consumption, we are noe
N a position to provide for beef ="
Tongues, livers, kidneys, sweet
breads, tripe and brains are suggested
as substitutes for steaks and roast
it is stated, also can be served ex-
beef. Sea food. vegetables and fruit,
extensively during summer months.
State hotel and restaurant associ-
ations are asked to formulate construc-
tive programmes along these lines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05
PERSHINC WANTS
FIGHTERS MAINLY


PARIS, June 5.-Gen Pershing has
expressed the desire that The nom
combatant personnel of the American
army be reduced as far as possible
This became known with the arrival
here of Raymond H. Fosdick, chair
man of the American War Department
Committee on Training Camp Ac-
tivities.
Mr. Fosdick has just. finished a
tour of a week on the American front,
where he made a detailed survey of
the work and the relationship Of the
non-military organizations that are
furnishing recreation and home COM
forts to the American lighters.
Before he left for the front Mr..
Fosdick had a long talk with Gen.
Pershing. 1t was then that Gen. Per
shing asserted that all nom military
work must be centralized ana pointed
out the necessity for the establish
ment of effective machinery by which
the military organizations can
be co-ordinated to prevent duplica-
ton of effort and cut down the nom
combatant personnel
Mr.. Fosdick will go to Great Britain
to study naval training camp ac-
tivities before he returns 70 the United
States to report to Secretary OF War
Baker, who ordered the investiga-
.ticn.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05

By LIEUT.. F. B. FRICER, R. A. F.
Ask any airman what it. feels like
up at 10000 or 10000 for that matter.
His reply will invariably be the same,
Sensation of height? There isn't
any"
The average individual who has not
yet experienced flight is sure he would
be giddy, faint or seasick. He judges
by his feelings when looking down over
the edge of cliff, the Effel Tower or
some such structure. If the airman
could view his height by looking down
a trailing rope or sheer wall stretch
ing from his machine to the ground
1t might be the same for him. 10000
feet the ground looks much the same
as from three or four thousand Minus
a height indicator an inexperienced
airman could not judge his height
within 80 per cent.
Air sickness among pilots occurs
very rarely. 1t is sometimes brought
about by the rolling and pitching of
fhe machine in "bumpy' weather,
when the air is full of pockets Then
the airman who is bilious or otLet wise
cut of trim may experience the same
thing as seasickness.
Different altogether, however, are
the effects of the reduced air pressure
Ut extreme attitudes A British aero
Haut, Glaisher, of the Greenwich OBJ
serVatory, ballooning as long ago as
lSC2 stated that at $4,000 feet he .ost
the use of his arms and legs, later
the muscles of his back and neck, and
the power of speech and vision. Fin
ally he became unconscious until the
Balloon descended to lower attitudes.
No airplane as yet has reached the
height attained on this balloon trip.
Special oxygen apparatus would be
necessary for great attitudes to bring
The supply to the airman's lungs up
TO the normal.
When contact patrolling" over the
trenches or low flying, strafing ground
targets, the sense of speed is present;
But at normal heights normal for
The airman menas abut 5000 feet
Che relative speed of the machine over
the ground is small. The earth seems
to crawl away behind
h'rmen who are learning to Gy do
not realize the advantage of height
The passengers seat is usually not
fitted with height indictor. The
Arst question put to the instructor
after fight is How high did we
go?' And the answer is probably
Che first rough guess that comes into
Saa pilots head. He very likely neve :
booked at the aneroid during the flight
antil he was heading into the wind for
the Iast bit of straight glide down to
the aerodrome. To the pupil the
thought of climbing higher than before
seems to carry a sense of greater dan
ger.
No one but the experienced airman
realizes the full truth of the maxim,
safety in height" and nothing but
~eOnking" engines will bring home
this truth. The homing instinct comes
cut directly the engine is in fault. The
pilot imediately looks round and tries
70 make for his aerodrome. Woe be-
tide the pilot who turns downwind
gear the ground in an effort to get
back without sufficient height in which
to head into the wind again. This
AOming instinct is very natural one
Everything else is strange ground. AL
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05

Dor Party
The league conucil has adopted a
resolution expressing full confidence in
Premier Lloyd George and his coll
leagues, and assuring them of the I'M
swerving support of the party in COM
batting the mischievous policy of the
defeatists and pacifists, and calling
on all patriotic citizens to rally to
the support of the statesmen, sailors
and soldiers of Great Britain and her
allies in the vigorous prosecution of
the war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05
No SENSATION in HEIGHT
TO FLYERS OF EXPERIENCE

though it all looks fiat from above,
the airman knows how extremely
varied it can be. This is where the
seaplane pilot has an advantage; the
sea will never be SO deceptive or be
hedged in like fields rdotted with
houses and trees.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05
BRITISH WORKERS
OUT TO WIN WAR

LONDON, June THE British
Workers League has decided to be-
come a political party to be known
as the National Democratic and La
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-05

ATLANTA, GA. It can endorse DIR.
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WOMEN ARE NEEDED
TO HELP IN WAR.

Women can be usefuIly employed in
nursing the wounded, in making up
the soldiers kits, and a thousand other
ways. Many American women are
weak, pale or anemic from woman's
ills. For young girls just entering
womanhood; for women at the crit
ical time; nursing mothers and every
woman who is crun down." tired or
over-worked - Doctor Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is special, safe and GER
tain help. It can now be had in
tablet form at drug stores, Coo. pkg.
NASHVILLE, TENN have used Dr.
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NASHVILLE, TENN.-HI have used DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and found

III WOuiQ 90 WndL
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