Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-04-25

an Order from Uncle sam.
Greece will receive a loan of SD
600, 900 from the United States as soon
as the Greek parliament has passed
the necessary authorizing legislation.
When the United States set her
clocks ahead that her people may ac-
complish more during the spring and
summer, closely follows her Canada
and France with the same act.
1t is said that Henry Ford may en-
ter the republican primaries in Mich
lgan as a candidate for United States
senator. Ford's war platform is sup
port of the administration and wed
got to win"
The Nebraska legislature did not
see Git to ratify the national prohibi-
tion amendment at its special session
but there is ground for the belief
that the ratifying resolution will be
passed at its regular session.
The government has taken over the
entire output of the "Bull Durham"
cigarette tobacco manufactured by
the American Tobacco Co., at Dur.
ham, N. c., and will devote it to the
needs of the American troops abroad.
Topeka Journal: While the whole
world was talking and writing ABOUT
the yellow peril the Hun peril was in
sidously extending itself into every
civilized country in the world. How
blind were the statesmen Of the en-
tente and of America!
Cannon fodder has gotten to be a
scarce article with the Germans and
they are now taking their prison in
mates to send to the front. The kais-
er has also consented to send all his
substitutes to tn front with the ex-
ception OF those six stalwart sons,
and of course they are not to be mo-
] lested
| increased production of foodstuffs,
instructions have been issued in
| Canada permitting the free admission
of teams, vehicles, implements and
other outfits which have been in use
| for farming purposes, conditional on
their transportation prior to Decem-
Der 81, 1918.
Federal reserve banks are to redis-
count notes secured by farm tractors
according to the department of agri.
4 culture. Instructions have been
issued to ali Federal reserve banks
| authorizing them to rediscount trac.
| tor paper presented by any member
bank, provided it has maturity not
exceeding six months and the tractor
is purchased for agricultural pur-
! poses.
| The sinking of. British merchant
men by mines Or submarines during
| the week ending April 10, reached
next to the lowest level of any week
since Germany began her intensive
submarine campaign early in 1917
-Four vessels of more than 800 tons
and two fishing boats were sent to
the bottom. During the same period
only two French merchant vessels
were sunk.
South Dakota is bound to 90 over
the top in the Third Liberty Loan,
notwithstanding the quota of the
state was raised from $4,000 900 to
$22, 100000. From every section of the
state comes the report of exceeding
the quota, and the outlook now is
that the amount will exceed S25, ,0OO,-
600, which speaks loud in the patriot
ism of the Sunshine State.
No more cheerful news has reach
ed the United States since the be-
ginning of the war than General Per-
shing's dispatch to the war depart
ment: Have made all our resources
available and divisions will be used
lif and where needed. Our great
forces here at home must all be made
available by the raising and conser-
vation of oar wheat aud with liber-
al support of the liberty loan.
Postmaster General Burleson op-
poses the pill granting a Is per cent
increase of saiary to postal employees
because it would cost $33 900, 900 and
would absorb half of the SIS, ,O0O, 900
the postoflice department pays to the
government monthly. He says that
| if this increase is made permanent it
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