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DRAFT AGE
LIMIT IS LIKELY
LAW WILL BE EXPANDED TO
MEET MIULITARY REQUIRE
MENTS OF UNITED STATES.

Washington, July 29.-Draft ages
will be expanded to meet the military
requirements of the United States.
Secretary Baker made clear today
that his recommendations to Congress
when that body finishes it's summer
recess will not take into considera-
tion the labor situation. It it his pur-
pose to disturb industry as little as
possible.
The secretary's present attitude on
the subject is taken to mean that he
will propose reducing the minimum
age to nineteen years and increasing
the maximum age to thirty-five years.
This would add approximately 7,O00,-
900 men to those liable to military
service. Of the 100000 about 2,00O,-
900 could be drafted into the army as
the selective service law now is being
administered.
While the disposition in Congress
is not to send boy into the trenches
until he is old enough to vote, Secre-
tary Baker shares the view of army
officers that the, age limit should be
dropepd to nineteen: Given a years
training the boy will not be called up
on to fight until he is 20.
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TURKEY MAY BREAK
WITH CENTRAL POWERS

The present excise tax on most of
these articles range around three per
cent and the increased taxation will
produce an immensely greater revenue
from these sources although no esti-
mate was made of the total yield.
Motor trucks will be taxed only half
the increased rate, on the ground that
they are for business purposes and not
in the same class with passenger auto
mobiles.
The automobile tax was discussed
at length. It was felt by some men,
hers of the committee that large
proportion of automobiles are used fol
business as we'll as other purposes
but it was agreed that it would be i'm
possible to differentiate. Some mem.
bers voted against the taxing of mo.
tor trucks but the committee finally
compromised on a tar of five per cent
on the gross sales on original trans
actions. There was no effort to put :
tax on gasoline, although such tax
has been urged.
Data laid before the committee
showed that consumption of cigars il
this country is decreasing, while cigar
cite consumption is mounting rapidly
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MUNICH MAN :
!. HAS PL0S|0N

N. F. Sayre touched off a hundred
gallons of gasoline and a tank of
kerosene at his home near Munich
last Friday morning and got away
without a scratch. However, he isn't
ready to bet any great sum of money
that he can do it again.
He, had two trips to make to the
county fair at Langdon that day, and
it was necessary for him to get an
early start. At four o'clock in the
morning he went to the oil shed with
lantern to draw can Of gasoline
for his car.
The tap had been turned and the
gasoline was running from full 100
gallon tank into the smaller can, when
Mr.. Sayer noticed a light blue flame
playing about his feet. 1t wasn't
making very much of fuss about its
work, but Mr.. Sayer knew that this
same flame would soon be at the
stream that was running from the
tank and without taking the time or
the chance of turning the tap, he bolt
ed for the door and from there to the
barn and started the pump at work,
for he knew that it wouldn't be very
long until there would be something
doing and there was.
Just as he had a good supply of
water ready for immediate use, the
big kerosene barrel, which was next
to the gasoline tank, exploded and
shot flaming oil against the house
and set it on fire. This fire was cas-
il extinguished with the use of the
water that had been pumped, so that
the loss was confined to the shed, a
wagon and something like 200 gallons
of fuel. Mr.. Sayer has no complaint
to make about the loss, which he con-
siders a very light one in comparison
to the risk he took.
The head of the kerosene barrel was
picked up near the house and the rest
of the barrel several was rods in the
field, and it evidently made better
time than Mr.. Sayer did going to the
fair, for he was one day late.
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TO AID. A |.
IN GE:I|'l,|..||NG:|A|fLP

The local banks Of Ramsey county
outside of the City Of Devils Lake
have volunteered to act as local en-
ployment agents during the coming
season Of harvest and threshing.
Farmers who are unable to secure
help should make their wants known
to their local bankers who will then
take up with either the County Agent
at the Farm Bureau Office or with the
Government Employment Bureau at
Devils Lake. Ss1
All Banks have been provided with
application blanks on which the farm
ers of their locality may list the help
that they need.
Every effort will be- used to secure
the required number Of men and to
distribute them where they are most
needed.
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NEW BROWNING GUN
MOWS DOWN TEUTONS

Everything was in readiness at the
German staff headquarters for the big
Hun drive on the West Front.
The Crown Prince was all dolled up
in full regimentals, with gold lace,
braid and medals aplenty, and his
mustache was twisted to silver of a
spiral.
The Hun supply of man power to
throw into the slaughter house seemed
equal to the demand. d.
There was enough artillery on
hand, .N
And lots of gas.
Everything seemed to be going
smoothly
"Vorwarts!-'
The German Prince began to see Wis
ions of a dinner in Paris.
When, Bing!
Something went wrong with the ma
chinery and the big Hun offensive COL
lapsed with bang.
Of course, the big part of it was
that the Yanks of Pershing and Hun
COA 1'C6SCte "CAS IlAcIc, uclcIAu11lS tlc
road to Paris and to Hundomination
there with their pluck and bravery
and skill.
But the thing that helped the Yanks
the most, military experts here agreed
today, was the fact that they were
equipped with the most effective wea-
pom known in the history of the world
the Browning machine gun.
The Browning is a new~gun, devel-
oped since the start of the great war.
And military men, after the now
ing down of the gray German hordes,
agreed today that the Browning had
made good!
lit was not until recently that the
supply of Browning machine guns was
sufficient to warrant supplying all
troops in training in this country.
There is real Browning on display
today at the army recruiting booth in
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-31

AGAIN BEHIND
n, THE GRAY WALLS

s After making two escapes from the.
state penitentiary within the past two
years and yet to be tried on a charge
Of murder, Jesse Starlsweather is
again behind the gray walls within a
short distance from Bismarck. B
It was while serving a term for
horse stealing that Starkweather first
made his exit from the pen. He drift
ed in to the slope country, where he
is alleged to have killed a man named
Crowley. 1t was at :Mandan, where
Starkweather was on trial for murder
when he was recognized as an ESCAPED
convict. His trial resulted in a disa-'
greement. He was returned to the
penitentiary to serve out his unexpired
term. The murder case, on a change
of venue, was taken to Hettinger coun-
.ty, being set for the October term.
During the latter part of August Of
last year, while in charge Of a guard,
Starkweather made his escape from
the office of a Bismarck dentist, where
he had been taken to- have some dem
tai work effected, and until early this
week, no trace Of him had been had.
!: A telegram received at the peniten-
tiary from Custer, S; D., on Monday,
from the sheriff of Custer county, stat
ed that Jesse Starkweather was undeg
arrest, charged with being a Stacker,
and the same day Deputy Warden Nc
Donald left for the Black Hills coun-
ITO identify and bring back the much
wanted man, the deputy warden ar
irving Tuesday night with his quarry.
Starkweather has been living in the
vicinity in which he was arrested for
several months and in no way had he
been suspected until the local author
tiles started to look him up as to his
draft qualifications. He had retained
his former name, and it was after the
local board of Custer county had look
ed him up in Stark county that clue
was found which led to his being re-
captured and brought safely back to
the North Dakota penitentiary, where
he will no doubt be kept in close con-
finement until the full measurement
of the law has been meted out.
Searkweather is but a young man.
scarcely past 25. At the time of the
alleged murder in Dunn county, he
was married and it was during the
trial at Mandan that his school teach
err wife gave birth to their first child
Since his escape, the young wife has
secured divorce, and is now residing
on homestead in the slope country
To be punished for all the crimes
with which he is now confronted, will
provide a long prison term, as there
is yet the unexpired term for horse
stealing, the first escape from states
prison, also the second escape and the
murder charge not yet disposed of.
It is probable that the murder case
will again be called for trial and in
the same county as previously set, the
term of court in Hettinger county be-
ginning in October.
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six DESERTERs TO
SMELLING. FOR TRIAL

Six deserters left Bismarck last
Sunday night, in charge Of an officer
and two privates, for Ft. Smelling,
where they will face, a court
The men had been picked up in diff
ferent parts of the country three of
them being actually deserters from
the United States army, having been
inducted into service, and three were
men who failed to respond when called
to report for service. The men had
been incarcerated in the Burleigh Co.,
Jail for some time, awaiting army or
ders from Washington -
It. may be probable that the three
"slackers" will be shown leniency and
inducted into service Immediately, but
punishment for the actual deserters
will be meted out and can call from
five years Imprisonment to the death
penalty.
There was one colored man in the
bunch, and all seemed to realize the
seriousness of the crimes committed
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-07-31
GERMAN CONv|CTS
ON BATTLE. FRONT

With the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, July pa pris--
oner taken by the Americans Monday
near the river Ourcq assrted that he
had been released from a German
prison three weeks ago to join the
army. When the Allied offensive be-
gan he was sent to fight with. the Ger
mans operating along the Ma1ne.
This prisoner said other Germans had
been released from convenient and
turned over to the army,
From a dead German the Americans
took typewritten papers showing that
he had been est free from the Nord-
lingen prison. July II, to 60 to the
front. The documents showed that
notwithstanding the mans joining the
colors, the penalty he was paying was
to continue hanging over his head.
This German was killed by an Smeri-
can sergeant with 4 pistol just after
the American had crossed the Ourcq.
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entire STATE HIT
BY Wind, rain, HAIL

A heavy hail, wind and rain storm
struck North Dakota Saturday morn
ing and from reports received almost
the entire state was visited by the
storm, in some places the damage be-
ing great, while in others nothing but
a heavy rain resulted.
West of Fargo a young tornado de-
'veloped, and on the farm of J. D.
Brandmeyer, of Watson township,
near Leonard, a large barn was COM
pletely demolished, while several small
building in that locality were turned
over. ..
Hail at Grand Forks.
A heavy hail storm hit Grand Forks
at about 1 o'clock, sweeping the down.
town district and doing considerable
damage at the fair grounds. Satur-
day was the last day .of the fair at
Grand Forks and because of the storm
the big automobile race scheduled for
the afternoon was abandoned.
Heavy Damage in Stutsman.
Woodwork, in Stutsman. reported
terrific hail storm, and the greatest
damage reported from any part of the
state occurred thru this territory.
Pingree and other towns in that vi
cinity were in the path of the hail
storm, and while it is impossible to
obtain an accurate estimate of the
damage done, it is said that the storm
did an immense amount of harm to
the growing crops thru wide terri
tory.
Reached to Border.
The rain extended as far north as
the border and practically covered the
entire state, Minot reporting .s6 Of
an inch rain. New England 40 Of an
inch, Bowbells. in the territory where
the drouth has been the most damag-
ing, reported 20 of an inch.
The rain extended east as far as the
Lake Region in Minnesota, and while
no hail has been reported from Min
nesota points high winds prevailed in
some sections and did minor damage.
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SULTAN 5ENRAGED OVER CON-
s WANDERING OF HIS LARGEST
( CRUISER BY TEUTONS; FEELS
BULGARIA WAS FAVORED IN
SPOILS.

London, July sThe relations
between Germany and Turkey have
been severed, according to direct in
formation from Constantinople."
This announcement iss made by the
Copenhagen correspondent of the Ex-
change Telegraph Co.
+ The excitement against Germany,
the advice further states, has been
growing particularly after last weeks
events.
The Germans recently. demanded the
cruiser Hanlidieh, the only large ship
then in possession of the Turks, as
compensation for the Breslau, the Ger
man cruiser which was. destroyed in
the Dardenelles while under the Turk
ish flag. u
Despite Turkeys protest, the Ham
idieh has departed for Sabastapol with
the German flag flying.
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the Allied War Exposition and Lieut..
Colonel John H. Gardner, chief San
Frisco recruiter, was down here today
explaining to his men just why, and
how, the Browning has made good.
The Browning machine gun, altho
so small that one man can lift it with
comparative ease, is held by military
men to be from one-third to one-half
more efficient than the best machine
gun developed.to date.
The inventor, J. M. Browning, is an
American, of course.
Here are the facts about his gun:
The gun is water cooled and is op-
Grated by means of a power created
by recoil action.
1t is fed from a cotton belt which
contains 25O rounds of service cart
ridges.
In the original government test co.
900 rounds were fired In forty-eight
minutes and sixteen seconds with three
stoppages.
The gun is fired from tripod and
and may be uesd for indirect, barrage
and defensive fire, as well as for direct
fire.
1t weighs 341a pounds with waite,
jacket filled.
Government factories are now turn.
ing out plenty of Browning machine
guns for the Yanks in training and al
the front.
No wonder the Hun offensive
crumbled. .-,.,: .~.~
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'W0LF0RD, 0.
Devils LAKE, 10.

The Wolford ball team arrived in the
scity as per schedule last Sunday to de-
eide the championship of this section
tof the state to which both teams have
heretofore laid claim. The day was
rather disagreeable for ball playing
and the ground was slow from the
rain the day before, but nice crowd
assembled to watch the contest. De-
Vaney went on the mound for, the To-
Gals with Mcdonald behind the bat,
while the locals worked Weindel and
Wagner. The very first inning show
ed that the visitors were no match for
the locals, who scored four rims in that
frame. This lead was added to from
inning to inning until the final count
stood 10 to 0 in favor Of the local
boys. At no time were the visitors in
a position to score and but one man
got to second and was safe. The
strike-outs credited to each pitcher
was nine each, but while DeVaney
held the visitors to three scratch hits
the locals gathered five safe blows.
Twelve errors were chalked against
the visitors who played ragged ball
behind Wendell. The local team gave
excellent support to DeVaney and de-.
spite the heavy diamond they played
a fast snappy game. Without doubt
they are the fastest bunch in this sec
ton of the state, but If there should
he a team that has been overlooked
and that would like to take q crack
at the locals they are asked to COM
municate with. the manager as soon as
possible.
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10 Per CENT TAX
IS AGREED upon
Automobiles, Graphaphones, Cameras
and Cosmetics Are Included.

A ten per cent tax on gross sales of
manufacturers, producers and import
ers of automobiles, piano players,
graphaphones, sporting goods, Co.'S
metics, patent medicines, cameras and
similar articles,was tentatively agreed
upon today by the house ways and
means committee which is drafting
the new $S,0O0,000,000 revenue bill
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AUSTRIA N / J.
TURKISH n||OSS J !

Washington, July 29. While no ofs
dicial notice Of the breach Of relations
between Turkey and Geramny
rather the central powers, for without
doubt Austria is involved with Ger
many in the dispute with the Ottoman
government - has reached Washing
ton, officials expressed little surprise
tonight at the dispatch saying Ger
many and Turkey haye severed rela-
tions.
In official circles here it has been re-
allied that in her efforts to serve both
Turkey and Bulgaria in the, division Of
spoils resulting from the treaty with
Rumania, German had incurred the ill
will of both her allies. n. 81
Following the conclusion of peace
treaty with Rumania at Jassy, both
Turkey and Bulgaria laid claim to
much of the territory Rumania had
been forced to cede to. her enemies.
Included in these claims was the ti-
tie to the railway running from Ad-
rianople to Dedeagatch, and this be-
came the source of the greatest con-
tention between the two allied nations.
Germany for some time endeavorcd
to induce the two countries to settle
the dispute amicably by suggesting
the nation which failed to: obtain the
railroad should receive other compen-
;sation.
Turkey Jealuos of Bulgaria.
Belief in Turkey that favoritism was
being shown Bulgaria by Germany in
the negotiations, according to recent
dispatches received here, caused a
rapid growth of anti German feeling
in Constantinople. A shortage of food
and WEAKNESS Of the war and dissatis-
faction with the Young Turk party be.
cause Of its submission to German con-
troll recently found expression in Con,
,stantinople in food riots and munition
uprisings which have been sternly
suppressed by the military authorities.
That Turkey has become more and
more weary Of the war was indicated
in the latest Turkish loan in June. Ac!
.cording to Swiss dispatches only H.
100000 pounds was obtained out OF
32,O00,000 pounds sought. It is be-
lieved Germany, calling upon Bulgaria
and Austria to assist her, will under
take to deaf sternly with Turkey, and
thru the thousands of German agents
situated thruout the country, will seek
to displace the Young Turk party and
install some faction which can be de.
pended upon to obey the mandates OF
the central powers.
Germans Officer Turks.
The Turkish army is officered almost
entirely by Germans and while the
Turkish diplomatic authorities might
sever relations with Germany, the ar.
my would remain thoroughly with
German influence, making possible the
continuation of the spread of German
propaganda among the Turkish people
If the Copenhagen report should
prove true the military situation may
be favorably affected in the interest Of
the entente allies. Bulgarian resist.
ance may be weakened greatly in con.
sequence of the quarrel with Germany
and accordingly an; easy northward
movement from the, Adriatic to the
Aegean sea might be accomplished by
the French, Italian and British troops
who have been making a successful!
campaign in that quarter.
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The registration board was in ses-
sion again Monday Making examina-
sion again Monday making examina-
month for military service.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-09

c~aciones es 10 que impide ell que Sc lie
We a cabo una accion eficaz de par
te de las fuerzas gobiernistas. pero
es la verdad que Ia situacion dificil-
mente puede ser dominada por dichas
fuerzas, 81 bien es cierto que los re-
beldes no podran, por 10 n no
hay indicio que puedan hacerlo, po-
ner a su veZ bajo su control la ST.
tuaci6n. estableciendo siquiera un re-
medo de gobierno, pues toda su cam
pana es de destruction, debiendose
este quizas a que el movimiento revo-
lucionario no esta unificado.
e. gobierno de Michiacan, de a.
cuerdo con ell gobierno general, esta
tratando de establecer unas estacio-
mes inalambricas en- ell Estado. para
U puedan comunicarse facilmente
los jefes de las distintas fuerzas en-
cargadas de Ia canlpana contra los re-
beldes. Pocos dias antes de que Die
guez ~saliera para Tamaulipas, con-
fereaci6 cen Ortiz Rubio V aprob6 Ia
idea del establecimiento de las esta-
ciones inalambricas, habiendo conve-
aido en- one fueran cinco las dichas
estaciones, las cuales serian manda-
das constrrIr FOR cuenta del gobierno
/ federal. Pero hasta ahora no Sc han
.lado ringmcs pasos para Ia co.'s,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-09
(Viene de In In. PaI)

Dor instrucciones de Cabrera. Des-
pues marcho a Europa, a desempe-
mar una comisi6n financiera exclusi-
vamente. encargandose del estudio del
establecimiento Y funcionamiento de
los Bancos de Estado de Europa. e.
ultimo pals que ha visitado con tai
obieto es Beigica. Estaba en- SUI It'll
nerario Ell If a Russia, pero ha desis-
lido de su p%roposito debido a las con-
diciones anarquicas que prevalecen en-
Ell pals m~oscovita.
Manero-dicen las informaciones
que Sc me nan trasmitid5 de Ia capt.
tai de la Republica-h& communicate
Carranza, a Nieto y a Cabrera Ia
este a Sud America. donde Sc encuen-
tra) que estara en- Mexico a fines del
presente mes o a principles de JUNO,
v que tiene va preparado I'm amplio
informe sobre las investigaciones y
los estudios que hizo, y preparado,
tambien, ell plan de organization del
Banco Unico, como debe quedar def
A:tivamente.
! Cabrera estara en- ell pals por la
misma fecha-continuo nuestro entire
| yistado-y junto con Manero proce-
dera al establecimiento del Banco Uni
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-09

ESThN SfENDO MUI BEN
ACEPTADOS.
Oiene de Ia Ia. Pag.)

El trabaio de esos obreros Sc encon-
tr6 D~2Stante ACCEPTABLE Y satisfaI-
,orio en- general. Solo Il gran di-
ficultad Sc ha preSentado con dichos
trabajadoreS. Y ha sido Ia de que sS-
tos no hablan mas idioma cue el es-
Canol. Para reSolver esta dificultad
Sc prepare V Sc puso en- practlca un
aUrSo especial de ingleS para iichos
I~rabaiadores Y segun Sc dice en- el
inforne de referencia, para fines de
Fe5yero del ano en- curse, habia GER
ca de Quinientos meXicanoS apren-
diendo in@leS Ell csc curse. Los ira
baja6o~es rneXicanos han sido con
certcados en- campos en- diversoS pun
los 4 10 largo de lag lneas Y Sc han
@doptado para suS viviendas todos
los m5todoS Y siStemas moderno5 de
sanid&d. Tambien Sc han tornado
diSpoSiciones especiales para proper
cionar a dichos trabajadorcs una sa-
IA algeria V To- serTic;os de su reli-
giGn, que es Ia cat6lica.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-09
Aunnenta la revolution en- ell centric del pals

truccion de dichas estaciones, por mas
Que Sc asegura que va a procederse
a su installation. siendo Ia primera de
elias la de Morelia.
Las poblaciones sufren de escasez
Nos refirio ell v~iajero que la ma
yor parte de las poblaciones michoa-
canas, asi como la de los Estados
inmediatos, Sc deja sentir gran esca-
SEE de where's. Y este Sc debe, princi-
palmente, a las dificultades en- las CO.
municaciones, y luego a que los CEN
tros prodpctores estan o han estado
en- poder de los rebeldes, y estes los
han consumido totalmente. Contra
rio a 10 que pasa, segun los informes
que he recogido, Ell Ia region norte
del pals, Ell Michoacan, G~uarajuato,
Jalisco, etc, Ia situacion de los habi-
tantes de las poblaciones pequenas
es menos mala que Ia de las grandes
poblaciones, pres Ell 6stas no Sc con-
siguen muchos articulos alimenticos.