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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Man Who Tried to Burn Army Aviation Maga- zine Is Held in
 Baltimore
NOTES TO WASHINGTON
 WOMAN SAID TO HAVE
 LIED TO HIS DOWNFALL
Brother and Intimate Friend of Accused Man Dis claim Knowledge of
 His Activity

Baltimore, anuary 15. Walter Spoerman suspected of being active in German spy and sabotage work in this country and said to have for merly been a lieutenant in the German army, was brought here today and placed in jail after being questioned in the United States marshals office here.
 He was arrested last week on sus- picion of having attempted to set fire to magazine at the army avia- ton field being constructed near Newport News, Va, and it was said that documents found in his rooms here connected him with spy and sabotage plots of Captain Boy-Ed, formerly military attache to the German embassy.
 Two hours after Walter Spoermann arr rived here from Virginia. his brother, Frederick Spoermann, was sent to jail. and Marius Aisch, with whom the l brothers have been friendly here, was l taken into custody.
 OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED l Government officials working on the case here manifested an unusual re- serve, but there were reports that other arrests had been made or would ]. be shortly. 1t was said that Walter Spoermanns friendship with a young 1 woman vioiinist in q Washington hotel l had led to his apprehension, letters he wrote to her being intercepted fort night ago
 | Aisch it was said, voluntarily gave | federal officials information that he
 was keeping some papers for Walter
 Spoermann, and it was understood that no discriminating evidence had been un- earthed agaist Aisch. Frederick Spoer- mann disclaimed any connection with his brothers alleged activities also,
 Records at the local federal office show that an enemy alien permit was is- sued to Walter Spoermann several months ago. and the record showed lstatements from Spoermann that he had come to America with his brother Fred erich in 1910.
 These statements so far as could be
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-Bils to force food conservation introduced.
 British labor party sends message to Russian people. Senate federal control of print Ea- per.
 Spoerma=n may pay death penalty if convicted of being spy. Three nreN killed when iermans bomhard Yarmouth. Drafting of young men reaching c1 years of age decided upon by government.
 Pershing reports death of 37 men. Information from Lansing caused arrest of Caillaux. 2-Raiiroads are battling with ter rible weather conditions. 3-:sahst tells how war has upset worlds sugar bowl -Upited miners In convention ap- plaud patriotic speeches. s-Anniston Chamber of Commerce to hold get-tOgether meeting. 4Denth of Gardner will cause Inves- tigation of health conditions at camps. LTwo men crushed to death at Southern cement plant. War savings club formed by courthouse officials. Commissioners will take action on Underwater franchise next month New directory ~hOws population oi Dirmir chnm to be 215,s!l5. Sexsfonx of state electrical aAsO- cintion comes tO end. Grrden campaign launched. Women respond to call for sur- gscal dressings.
 FEATURES 4-EditOFial comment. 6-society and Doux n.1rvmple. 1l-Marketa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
INFORMATION FROM LANSING CAUSED
 ARREST 0F CA|LLAUX

Paris, January 15.-The arrest yester- principally to cablegram from Secre- tary Lansing at Washington, saying that in 1915 NJ Caillaux had been in commu- nication with the Berlin foreign office.
 Secretary Lansing's cablegram stated that the American representative at Buenos Aires had been able to estab- fish that NJ Caillaux during his visit to Argentina in 1915 had been in commu- through Count Von Luxburg, then Ger nan minister to Argentina. with the ob- jective of concluding peace with Ger many at any price. so as to permit the resumption of business.
 1t is understood that this evidence will be published in America imme- ,diately.
 l The document which caused the ar- rest of NJ. Cai1laux, according to the Temps, showed that he had been di- rectly or indirectly in communication 1 with a representative of an enemy 1 power.
 The newspaper adds that Count Won l LuXburg, the then GeTIlldH HilHlStci I to Argentina, warned his government l that the praise Caillaux was receiv- ! ing in the German press was compro- l mlsing Caillaux and asked that Call laux be not spoken of in praise worthy manner.
 1 Count yon Luxburg.' the Temps continued, recommended that the German newspaper should be request ed to say that Caillaux had made ev- cry effort to solve the Morocco ques' ton too favorably to France. Thi' dispatch was not sent direct from Ar gentina to Germany, but to Count Vor Bernstorff, the German ambassador a ] Washington, who sent it to Berlin viz Sweden
 The Associated Press was informed today that the name of Baron Vol ! Der Lancken. chief Of the political de
 partment at Brussels, and counselor Q the German embassy in Paris prio to the war. may be brought into tn
 Caillaux case, owing to remarks mad
 by Won Der Lancken to a neutral dip
 lomat in Brussels sometime ago switl
 reference to the settlement of tn,
 Agidir, Morocco, controversy
 Won Der Lancken is reported t
 have referred to Caillaux as a stancl
 friend of Germany and to have use
 laudatory remarks which threw ne,
 light on NJ. Caillaux's activities in tn
 Moroccan affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Cary Seems to Have Named
 the Wrong Organization


 Westerviile, Ohio, January 15.-Ernest H. Cherrington. general manager of the publishing interests of the Anti-Saloon League of America, here, disclaimed any knowledge of any connection of the league in any way that reflected on
 American soldiers in France or that charged them with drunkenness. as i'm ferred in the resolution in the House of
 Representatives by Congressman Cary
 today.
 "No charges of drunkenness in the United States army such as Congress- man Cary seems to refer to have been made by the AntiSaloon League of America" said Mir Cherrington. Prob ably the charges to which the gentleman refers are those recently published and b., the newspapers attributed to the board of temperance of the Methodist Episcopal church"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
GERMANS LOMBARD
 Y YARMOUTH AND 3.
 PERSONS ARE KILLED
Ten Others Are Injured When English Coast Town Is Shelled by Hostile
 Submarine

London, January 15.--Yar- mouth was bombarded from the sea last night, it is an- nounced officially. About 20 shells fell in the city. Three persons were killed and ten in- jured.
 The following official annourcc- ment was given out:
 Yarmouth was bombarded from the sea last night Fire was opened at 10:55 ?. n. anl lasted aboat fiji, c minutes, some 20 shells falling into the town.
 "The latest police reports state three persons were killed and 10 in- jured. The material damage was not serious"
 Attacks by German naval forces on English coast towns, of which there were number early in the war, have been infrequent in recent months. The last previous occurrence of the kind off, cially reported was on September 1 of last year. On that day a German sub marine bombarded Scarborough, causing the death of three persons and the in- jury of five.
 Yarmouth is on the North sea 115 miles northeast of London. It is city of some ,OOO inhabitants, with important ship building and fishing industries. Yarmouth. Eng, January 15.-The en- emy craft which bombarded Yarmouth last night presumably was a subma- rine or light cruiser. The lombard ment, which was preceded by illumina- I tion of the town by large star shells. continued about eight minutes. ! Owing to the blackness of the night the enemy was not seen. He fired 20 to 9 shells in rapid succession. Many win dows were shattered, and a number of roofs and chimneys were wrecked. Most of the inhabitants were in bed 1 at the time of the attack. One of the three persons killed was a sailor aboard
 his ship, who had escaped submarines ir midocean The other two were killed 1 in the street There were many marrow
 escapes among the occupants of ths damaged houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Resolution Giving Power to Trade Commission or
 President Fails
SMITH OF ARIZONA TO
 CONTINUE FIGHT
Jones of Washington Tries to Limit Size of Publications to Six teen Pages Daily and Sunday
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

Washington. January 1J.-(Speciai.) By four votes the Senate this after noon killed bill calculated to give the government control of the mnnu- fncture and distribution of print pa per and thereby save owners of news papers millions of money of which the | have been p1undered.
 The bill was sponsored by the fed- eral trade commission and therefore | by the Wilson administration. Credit for the defeat of the bill goes either to the republican party or to Senator Hardwick of Georgia l The former voted strongly against I the effort of the administration to i take the paper manufacturing indus try out of the hands of the alleged | trust. The latter was the leader of a small coterie of southern demo- crats no member of which has ever been vehement in his support of the war policy of the President. POLITICS A FACTOR l Georgia politics. as matter of fact, | is regarded as a chief factor in the defeat of the bill.
 l Senator Hardwick. who is consid- cred the leader of the democratic squad arrayed against the President in his campaign against Germany, is op- posed for reelection by William J. | Harris, chairman of the federal trade commission, which fathered the bill
 In addition Senator Hardwick is op- posed by practically every represen- tative newspaper in Georgia. The de- feat of the bill was, therefore, blow delivered both against Chairman Har- ris and the newspapers of Georgia. I HOKE SMITH AIDS
 l Senator Hardwick was assisted in the vote by his colleague, senator smith of Georgia, Senator Vardamar
 of Mississippi. listed among the will ful twelve. by President Wilson and
 former pacifist.
 Other southerners, including Sena,
 tors Bankhead and Underwood of Ala
 bama, gave the bill hearty support.
 It was regarded as an avenue oi
 escape for weeklies and compara
 lively small dailies of the countr,
 which since the beginning of the wa
 have suffered as a result of the ab normal price of white paper
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 Washington, January 15.-The reso llution giving the federal trade com
 mission direct authority to supervis , and regulate the production and dis
 tribution of print paper was toda. reflected by the Senate after the com
 mittee amendment placing the powe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Voluntary Economy Found Not to Be Sufficient to Relieve Acute
 Situation
MEASURE ESPECIALLY AIMED AT PU BLIC PLACES OF EATING
Hotels, Restaurants and Dining Cars Are Charged With Violating Rule to
 Prevent Waste

Washington, January 15. Stricter economy of food is to be required of the American people by the new laws put in the making today in Congress.
 Food administrator Hoover has approved the amendments and they are expected to pass promptly as supplemented to the present food control act.
 Wheatless and meatless days and other economies necessary that America may help sustain her CO., belligerents would become manda- tory by the law instead of voluntary as at present. Such new laws, the food administration hold, are nec- essary to protect the millions of loy- al Americans cooperating in food saving against the wastefulness of a few individuals and of public eat ing houses which are said to handle probably 50 percent of the food supply.
 In the Senate the administration bil was introduced by Senator Pomerene In the House it was introduced by Chairman Lever of the agriculture committee, who made this statement explaining it's provisions:
 SITUATION IS ACUTE
 "The food situation the world over k acute, and demands upon US are grow ing each day. With a disrupted labol situation production is approaching it. maximum and the vital question, there fore, is one of conservation of food stuffs. We must strike at the waste evil The administration has under taken to do this through voluntar, agreements and has succeeded wonder fully well both in saving and in stabiliz- ing prices, but there is percentage ot recalcitrants, who constitute the fly in the ointment of the whole situation. ana these we have not been able to reacf by appeals to their patriotism. We pro pose to reach these under the bill whicf Senator Pomerene and I are introducing today.
 PUBLIC EATING PLACES
 s'The bill is especially aimed at hotels restaurants and dining cars-publit eating places. In such establishments, should think, probably 50 per cent O the food of the country is consumed and it is in such places that we find tn, greatest waste There should be powe in the hands of the food administration to fix the portions of the vital necessi I ties that may be served to any one indi yidual There is no excuse for any ho tel carrying on it's bill of fare for serv ice a steak which would cost SS to SIG The waste is too great
 TREAT ALL GLASSES ALIKE
 We hope also in this bill to see to i that all classes of people, rich or poor are treated alike. 1t is not fair to tn man on the street who can scarcely af ford steak at 50 cents for the gor mandizing rich to waste enough in on
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

As for Turkey, the message says. the
 sovereign independence of the Turkish
 people in their national home IS re-
 spected. but that the Turkish govern
 ment,s domination over other peoples
 ia a hfndrance to the national devel-
 opment of the Turks. The formation
 of an international organization IS
 called for take over the responsi-
 bility of governing certain peoples,
 such as the Arabs, the Palestinians and
 Armenians.
 The political pot in Germany con- tinues at full boil. with the mill taristic element in the ascendency, put
 with the moderate section of the peo. pie still hotly opposing them Not withstanding the seeming impasse that has arisen in the peace negotia- lions between the Russians and the central powers, owing to objections py l the Russians to the demands of Ger many and her allies. announcement 1 has been made in the Reichstag that no alteration has been made in the instructions given to the chief German ! representative in the pourparlers. |
 1 A meeting of the annexationis' I party in Germany has been broken IT by tho independent socialists. whe
 passed a resolution declaring for 2
 general peace understanding. while a another meeting in Frankfort reso' lution was adopted declaring that 2 1 peace safeguarding Germany's vita economic interests would be possible only along the lines of the Reichstas peace resolution.
 l Meanwhile Admiral Von Tirpitz. thu :! father of Germanys submarine war 1 fare, and one of the leaders of thu I fatherland party. in speeches Is en' 1 deavoring to bolster up the cause O l the Pan-Germans. In his latest ad dress he still held to his dream Q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16

forcing Great Britain to seek peace
 as a result of Germanys submarine
 campaign and dwelt on the ability of
 von Hindenburg and his chief aide.
 Von Dudendorff, to bring about a
 peace acceptable to Germany by force
 of arms.
 After days of inactivity. due to
 heavy snows and very severe cold the
 Italians have again attacked the Aus
 tro- German front in the Monte Asolone region and made goodly gains of ground. Likewise, along the southern course of the Piave river they have added materially to their bridgehead east of Capo Sile, pushing back the enemy from several trenches. which were held by the Italians i'll spite of furious attacks.
 Tn the hill region the Austro-Ger- mans offered strong resistance, but the Italians, who were ably supported by their artillery would not be denied and in addition to inflieting extreme- | iy heavy casualties captured eight of-
 ficers and 2ss men.
 l On the other fronts the fighting, ex- cept for the artillery, continues below
 normal. although the Canadians again have raided German trenches, blow l ing up their dugouts and taking pris- oners and machine gun.
 | Another attack from the sea has | been made by German war craft on an English east coast town. Yar- mouth was bombarded Monday night, I three persons being killed and 10 in- jured. Some 20 shells fell in the town. | Probably with the purpose of laying l further plans to meet the anticipated l stroke of the reinforced armies of the l Germans on the western front, there will be an early meeting in plenary
 session at Versailles of the supreme
 allied war council.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Says Anglo-Saxon Empire Willing to Accept Princi- pie of No Annexa-
 tion Policy
WOULD APPLY THIS IN
 THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN AFRICA AND INDIA
Self-Determination of Peo- ples of Nations Is Also Adopted in the Meni-
 festO Issued

London, January 15.-The British labor party in a mes, sage to the Russian people made public today announced that the British people ac- cepted the Russian principle of self-deternination of peo- ples and no anneXations for the British empire, particular ly in the middle east, Africa and India.
 The party declares in favor of plac- ing the whole of tropical Africa under uniform international control. The more rapid development of self-gov- ernment for India is promised, and protectorate for the people of Asia Minor by an international organiza- tion, to be constituted by the peace conference, is favored.
 The message which was issued by Gre labor party In con1unction With tne parliamentary committee of the Trades Union congress, says:
 REACHED CRISIS IN WAR 'We have reached crisis in the war. The negotiations at Brest-Litovsk have been interrupted because the Germans have refused to admit the principle or self-determination of peoples and the doctrine of na annexations. In thus acting the central powers are speaking clearly in the name or d miltarist state.
 Tn this crisis the British people must speak. because the Russians can only succeed in their great and peril ous task if supported oy the people ev- anywhere. The British people must pro- claim to Russia and the central powers that its aim is identical with Russias. that we, too, see no solution for the evils of militarism except self-deterrni- nation and no indemnities
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Camn Gordon Deaths

Atlanta. January l5--The deaths from pneumonia of the following soldiers were reported tonight at Camp Gordon: Pri- yates Ray l. Goding, Maine: Fred A. Tempieton, Camp Hill, Ala; l.. Johnson, Henry county. Alabama, and H. l.. Brad ley. Southburg. Conn. The deaths oc- cured during the last A hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
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Summary Of NeUs From AM
 War Fronts and Capitals
ny the Associated Press

Of oreat moment the political side of war IS message
 to the Russian people by the British labor party The
 announced that the British people with the Rssans on the principle of self of peoples and m annexatons British empre particularly n the mid dle east in Africa and in India.
 also calls upon their noune with the good faith them the terrible choice be- and abandoning the only principle that can save
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
Will Demand Resignations

London, January 15.-The Sim Fein executives, says a Dublin dispatch to the Daily Chronicle. will shortly de- mand that Irish nationalist members of Parliament resign. In the event of non compliance. the Sim Feiners propose to establish In Dublin what they call g national assembly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-16
LANSING IS SILENT

Washington. January l5.-Secretary Lansing today refused to affirm or deny or comment upon the foregoing dispatch received from Paris. There seems to be patch is in the captured Luxburg corre- spc ndence Early today there was no im- mediate prospect of it's being given out for publication here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-10
D~vx LUMBER LATH
WWE$EnGSEm "a anBU
~~1~ TownLm Road Near "a Plan

R. M. Blackmer of Lacrosse, will
come to Wausau, to succeed w. K.
Mitchell, in this section, in University
Extension work.
The Wisconsin Valley Electric COM
pany is building a pier above the
guardlock, on which to attach boom
to catch flood thrash.
At the meeting of the Central Wis
consin Veterinary association held in
Grand Rapids last Thursday, DR.. G..
A. Mills of Wausau, was elected pres
ident.
James Taylor of Tomahawk, who
is charged with intent to do great
bodily harm, is to be placed on trial in
circuit court in this city, Wednesday.
Louis Albrecht of Wausau, is the COM
planning witness.
DR.. w. A. Ladwig, who recently pur-
chased the Reid Goodrich home on
McIndoe street, moved his family and
household goods into the same on
Saturday and they are now settled
in their new home.
The tent on the west side, in which
revival meetings have been held, was
partially destroyed by fire on Friday
morning. The fire was put out by
Dept. No. 2. Indications are that it
was the work of an incendiary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-10
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES

Miss Marion Hayden of Butternut.
who enrolled for course of study
in our Stenographic department. has
been called to her home by the SER
ious Illness Of her father.
M. ]. Cawley was a business caller
at the office last week.
Agnes Mccarthy of Bradley Is as
sisting with the Office work in the
business college at present.
Mrs. Van Hopkins of Cashton, who
came to Wausau to place her daugh-
ter Myra, in our school, returned to
her home last Tuesday.
Clarence Kufalk has returned to
business college to complete his
course of study in the Bookkeeping
department.
Miss Martha Heidtke of this city,
enrolled in our Stereotype department
last Thursday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hermanson was a
business caller during the past week.
Irwin Wrolstad of Northland, called
on friends at the business college last
Friday, while on trip to points north.
He will return this week and finish
his course of study with us.
Eugene Lair of Gillett was called
home last week by the illness of his
father.
j. P. Ford was business caller
during the past week.
Ernest Hermann of Edgar, has re-
turned to complete his course of study
Miss Florence Whiting enrolled in
our Stereotype department last Fri
day for course of study.
Frank Sybildon, merchant and post
master OF Hatley, was business cal
Ter last Saturday.