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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
WORK OR FIGHT"
NOT ONLY OILERS, BUT ALL
DRAFT REGIsTRANTs IN NOM
USEFUL OCCUPATIONS.
Edict Offers No Chances For Idlers
to Escape or Seek Relief From His
CIassification-To Rid Nation of
Slackers-Labor For General Good.

Washington.-Every man of draft
under drastic amendment to the Sc
leCtive service regulations announced
by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Not only idlers, but all draft regis
trants engaged in what are held to be
ror-useful occupations are to be hailed
before local boards and given the
choice of new job or the army.
Gamblers. race track and bucket shop
attendants and fortune tellers head
the list, but those who will be reached
by the new regulation also include
walters and bartenders, theater ush-
erG and attendants, passenger elevator
operators and other attendants of
clubs, hotels, stores, ETC., domestics
and clerks in stores. Deferred classi-
fiCation granted on account of depend
ents will be disregarded entirely in
applying the rule. Theatrical per-
formers were excepted from the regu-
War Baker, who is said to feel that
the people can not do without all
amusement in war time, and that 9th
er amusements could be dispensed
with more readily.
A man may be at the bottom Of
Class l or even in Glass 4, but il he
falls within the regulation and refuses
to take useful employment, he will be
given a new number in Glass that
will send him into the military serv-
ice forthwith. Local boards are au-
thorized to use discretion only where
they find that enforced change of en-
ployment would result in dispropor-
tionate hardship on his dependents
1t had been known for some time that
some form of work or fight" plan had
| been submitted to President Wilson,
but there has been no intimation that
it was so far-reaching in scope. Both
the military authorities and the De-
partment of Labor officials believe
that it will go long way toward solv-
ing the labor problem for farmers,
shipbuilders and munition makers, and
will end for the present, at least, talk
of conscription of labor. The announce
ment gives notice significantly that
the list of non-useful occupations will
be extended from time to time as
necessity requires.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
NEWSPAPER MEN TESTIFY.
Tell Of Activities of |. W. W. Leaders
at Butte in 1917.

Chicago. of the l. w. w
in attempting to organize the miners
at Butte, Mont, and the strike and
violence which followed, eliminating
in the lynching of Frank H. Little,
August 1, 1917, were described at the
trial of 112 /. w. w. leaders before
Federal Judge Lands by three news
paper men. The witnesses were Chas.
L. Stevens, A. W. Walliser and Harold
w. Creary, who were employed in
Butte as reporters when the trouble
occurred.
WalIiser told of an open-air mass
meeting of miners held in Butte, July
10, at which Little referred to soldiers
as Uncle Sans uniformed scabs,
Pershing's yellow legs" and thugs
Creary told of the I. w. W. parade
which followed Little's body to the
grave.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
BRITISH SHIP WITH US.
TROOPS ABOARD SUNK
MISSING TOTAL FIFTY-SIx, Ac-
coRDING TO ESTIMATE OF
ENGLISH ADMIRALTY.
English Warships Speed to MoIdaVia's
Aid-Faeing Death, Soldiers Behave
couraeeousIy, Debarking From Boat
With Songs on Lips.

Washington.-Sink of the British
armed merchant cruiser MoldaVia,
with a probG.ble loss of 56 American
soldiers, was announced in a cable
gram from the British Admiralty to
the War Department No details were
given, but the understanding here is
that the ship was moving between
! England and France. The War De-
partment authorized this statement:
Information has been received
from London that the British armed
merchant cruiser Moldavia has been
sunk, and that Sc of the American SOL
diers aboard are missing. The an
nouncement was made by the British
Admiralty" At a late hour the de-
partment had no further information
to indicate what American units were
on board the vessel. Many men are
in training in England, and it is posi-
BILE that the Moldavia was carrying a
contingent bound for the front.
At a Southern British Port.-The
Briti1h auxiliary cruise MoldaVia. car
rying American troops, was torpedOed
and sunk in the English Channel.
British destroyers hurried to the sink
ing cruisers rescue and did remarka-
bly, effective work. At last accounts
the number of missing was estimated
at 5s. Many were injured. No subma.
rine was seen. There was no panic.
The Americans distinguished them
selves by exemplary cool conduct.
Aroused by the explosion, they lined
up on the deck scantly dressed, and,
as the vessel was settling deeper and
deeper, the Americans debarked, all
of them singing.
A heavy cross wind swept the sea at
| the time of the attack. A bright moon
looked down upon the scene through a
rift in the clouds. Immediately after
the explosion the escorting destroyers
closed in upon the torpedoed vessel at
| top speed, forming an encircling
screen. The casualties occurred chiefly
among sleeping soldiers below deck
who were caught by the inrush of the
water 1t is believed some ladders
were destroyed and that thus some
men were trapped while trying to
reach the deck. The discipline dis
played by the American troops is the
main topic of comment by all those
who witnessed the scene. Face to face
with death, they behaved as if they
were lining up for a review, except
for the make up," which was all but
parade-like. AS the survivors, hatless
shoeless and many of tbsm with hard
ly any clothes on, were approaching
shore, motor buses met the destroyers
bringing heartily welcomed clothes
and supplies.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Conference Asked,

Washington. United States
Government, through the Spanish EN-
bassy at Berlin, has suggested to the
German Government that conference
be held at Berne to discuss the treat,
ment of prisoners of war held by the
two nations. No reply has been re-
ceived to this proposal, the State De.
partment said. The British, French
and most recently the Italian Govern
ments have entered into similar con
ferences with German officials. These
meetings have resulted in marked i'm
provement in the treatment accorded
prisoners of war.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Gas Fumes suffoeate Miners.

Charleston, W. Va.-The bodies Of
four men were taken from the burn
ing mine of the Millcreek Cannell Min
ing Company at Villa, 10 miles above
Charleston. The other 10 men entrap-
ped in the mine had not been found
by the rescue party, though the search
was being continued far back in the
mine. The rescue party entered the
mine by an old opening which is back
Of the fire. The bodies of the men
we're found near the FIRE. They died
evidently from the gas fumes, as their
bodies were not mutilated.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
q NATIONS FIGHTING HUNS
Costa Rica Latest Nation to Declare
War on Central Powers.

San Juan, Del Sur, Nicaragua.-The
Government of Costa Rica has declar-
ed war on the Central Powers, accord
ing to advices received here. The dec
Iaration of war by Costa Rica on the
Central Powers brings the total num-
Der of nations aligned against Ger
many up to a total of Il. All of the
Central American states now have
clearly defined their attitude toward
the war Panama, Nicaragua and
Guatemala have become belligerents.
Honduras has severed diplomatic re-
lations with Germany, while San Sal
vador has remained neutral, explain
ing that this neutrality is friendly to
the United States.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30

Washington-Renew OF the Ger
man drive in France, indicated by Pre-
mier Lloyd George to be imminent,
finds American military opinion here
absolutely confident of the outcome.
There is not a doubt in the minds Of
high officers familiar with the situa-
tiOn that the enemy will be repelled
Germany finally broken.
There are those who believe that the
end of the war may come this year, as
a result. Others, however, forsee
long defensive struggle by the German
army while efforts to secure peace on
the best possible terms are made by
the Berlin diplomats.
Assessing the situation as it stands
in France, officers here point out that
the German position strategically is
far weaker than it was when the drive
was launched in March. Their lines
are now shaped so that there is con-
stant danger of flank attack from sew
eral points that might mean disaster.
To guard these points ample reserves
must be held, whatever the call for
more men may be made from the
points of attack. Before the German
army stands a force that has been
largely rehabilitated since the shock
OF the drive fell upon the British and
French fronts and bent them back by
weight of numbers. Losses in men
and material have been made good.
The armies are keyed to high pitch
of enthusiasm American man power,
sufficient to replace by far the larger
portion of the losses of the British and
French in the bitter fighting which
stopped the first German rush, has
been carried to the fighting zones, sup,
plementing the considerable American
force which already was in France
Except for the finer points Of trench
warfare, the new American units are
ready for the battle. They are regard
ed as fully prepared for the form OF
action in which they will be engaged
In addition, many thousands OF
trained Italian troops have reached
the front in France They came with
out equipment beyond their uniforms,
it is understood, but have now been
fully supplied and are available for
employment by the supreme command
er. General Foch.
1t is regarded as possible to sum up
the man-power situation, that the ef-
fective fighting strength of the allies
and the Americans in France now
shows a considerable net gain over
what it was March 81, when the Ger
man assault was begun.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Americans In Italy.

New York.-The feature Of New
York City's celebration of Italy Day
was a meeting in the Metropolitan Op-
era House. at which the chief speak
ers were Secretary of War Baker,
Count v Nc Chi di Cellere, the Italian
Ambassador and Charles E. Hughes,
President of the Italy-America Society,
which arranged the nationwide dem
Onstration to mark the third anniVer'
sary of Italy's entrance into the war
During the course of his address Sec
retary Baker announced that Ameri
cans soon would be fighting on the
Italian front.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
CINCINNATI MARKETS.

FIoufS nay ana GRAIN.
Flour-Winter patent $1O.90@11.35;
rye -four, Northwestern blended 500
II.
Hay-No. timothy $23@24, No.
S20@22.75, No. / clover mixed 500
20, No. $15@18, No. clover $50
II.
Oats-No. 2 white 760761kc, stand.
ard white 75@75kc, No. white 743s
@75c, No. mixed 72@721sc, No.
mixed 71@72c.
Corn-White ear $1@1.55, yellow
ear $1@1.40. mixed ear $1@1.40.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
46hc, centralized creamery extras 44c.
firsts 41hc.
Eggs-Prime firsts 3O1hc, frsts
2S1sc, ordinary firsts 27Ac.
Live Poultry-Broilers, under 2 lbs,
45@5Oc; fryers, 2 lbs and over, 30c;
fowls, 4 lbs and over, 24c; under lbs,
24c; roosters, 1870.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers $11@17; butcher
steers, extra $13.50@15, good to choice
$115O@13, common to fair $85O@11;
heifers, extra $12@14, good to choice
$11@12, common to fair $7.50@1O.50;
cows, extra $11@12, good to choice
$9.50@10.75, common to fair $3.50
$50; Gamers $7@7.50; stockers and
feeders $9.50@11.
Calves-Extra $14.5O, fair to good
$12@14.25, common and large $7@1O.
Hogs-Selected heavy $1750@1765,
good to choice packers and butchers
$17.65, medium and mixed $17.65, stays
$10@12.75, common to choice heavy
fat sows $1O@15.5o, light shippers
$17.65.
Sheep-Extra $12.50@1S, good ia
choice $11,50@12.50, common to faiI
$b011.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Nav Record For Output of Vessels.

Washington.-Steel ships completed
thus far in May exceed the output Of
any previous month in the history Of
the shipping board. The total output,
up to and including May %, was 20
vessels of 174,661 tons Four steel
steamships, totaling 2S,2OO, were de.
livered. With the showing of the first
three weeks, officials believe that the
output for the month, together with
the ships built in the yards of the al.
lies, again will exceed the tonnage
lost
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Seek Pay Equal to U. S. Ship Builders.

Vancouver.-In obedience to the or
der of the Metal Trades Council issred
shipyard workers, said by union 1ffi.
cials to number nearly 10000, quit
work in British Columbia shipyards
The purpose of the strike, union off
cials announced, is to compel the I'm
perial Munitions Board to grant a
scale of wages equal to that in effect
in the United States and a forty-four
hour week.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
so Executed and 1000 Imprisoned.

Washington.-A German division at
Dvinsk, Russia, ordered from the east
to the western front, refused to pro-
ceed, and so men were executed and
1000 imprisoned, said Russian WIRE
less dispatch to the State Department.
Other German troops in the vicinity
held demonstrations in favor of the di-
vision. From the same source reports
were received that the Sc German reg
tments and others en- route from the
east to the western front, held demon
strations against the continuation OF
the war.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
FALL INTO ENEMY HANDS.
Italians Who Torpedoed Austrian Bat
tIeship Captured BY Enemy.

Washington. - Definite announce
ment that Commander Pellegrini and
his men, who torpedoed an Austrian
battleship in the harbor of Pola, May
4, we're taken prisoners, was contain
ed in a cable dispatch to the Italian
embassy from Rome. Press dispatches
have said it was not known definitely
what became of the Italian and his
men, who entered the harbor in a
small craft which they sank after tor
pedoing the battleship.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30

Observation-Disclosures power to
draft men within the ages prescribed
by the selective service act was grant
ed Secretary of War Baker by the
House Military Affairs Committee.
The committee adopted an amend
ment to the military bill allowing the
President to take any number of men
in any fiscal year under the present
draft law, observing the order of clas-
sification. Secretary Baker won a
notably easy victory in gaining author
ity to draft an unlimited number Of
men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Bohemia in Revolt.

WashingtOn.-Divisi of Bohemia
into II districts, with advantages in
the electoral domain given to the Ger
man minority in each so as to reduce
the Czech representation in Parlia-
ment, is provided in a ministerial de-
cree issued at Vienna. An official dis
patch from France says this effort to
dismember and Germanize the Czech
state caused the recent serious rioting
at Ostrau, Pilsen, Nachod and other
places. which resulted in the proclaim
ing of martial law and the imprison
ment of $50 persons.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Minotto Is lnterned,

Chicago of Count
James Minotto began at FIT. Sheridan
when Judge Baker, in the Federal
Court OF Appeals, declined to continue
the $4,000 bond on which the Count
has been at liberty and ordered him
held until the Court hears the case on
June II. Minotto, a son-in-law of
Louis F. Swift, the packer, went to the
Federal Court OF Appeals after Judge
Carpenter, in the District Court, had
allowed the appeal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Plans to Relieve Hunuer.

Washington.-President Wilson ap-
proved arrangements which will re-
move the menace of starvation which
the 10000, 900 inhabitants in German
occupied Belgium and France have
been facing. Herbert C. Hoover, as
chairman of the Commission for Relief
in Belgium, announced that the Presi-
dent had approved the restoring of the
feet of steamers employed by the COM
mission to the original number placing
sufficient tonnage for the dispatch of
80 900 tons of foodstuffs in the next 80
days.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30

surely proved to be. ! feel better and
stronger in every way since taking it.
and the annoying symptoms have disap
peared." Mrs. M. Golden, 925 Ma
poleon St., Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms as heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
ache, irritability and "the blues, may
be speedily overcome and the system
restored to normal conditions by this
famous root and herb remedy Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complications present them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co, +,
Lynn, Mass, for suggestions how to
overcome them. The result Of forty
years experience is at your service and
your letter held in strict confidence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
New Demands on Russia.

London.-Advices from Moscow are
to the effect that political circles in
the Russian capital expect a new Ger
man ultimatum demanding that Rus
sia break with the allies. Premier
Lenine is quoted as saying that the ex-
istence Of the Soviet Government de-
pends upon the struggle on the west
ern front, not on the Brest-Litovsk
treaty. Skoropadski, Ukrainian die
tator, is reported to have offered peace
negotiations to the SOviets.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Chain Letters Under Ban.

Observation-Disclosures Clore has
been informed by the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington chain letters for
the sale of war savings and thrift
stamps are to be discouraged. The
Department says it is the desire of the
Government the public be advised the
chain-letter system was not instigated
by the National Committee
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Food Riots and Labor Dlsorders.

London.-Food riots and local labor
revolts in various parts of Russia are
reported by the Moscow correspondent
OF the Exchange Telegraph Co. The
situation is pictured as most serious
at Nishni- -Novgorod Central Russia)
In Moscow the 10000 workers employ,
ed by the Sormovo works adopted a
resolution urging consistent assem-
bly, and denouncing the Soviets. They
declared a one-day strike. Through
out various provinces, notably Vol
hynia and Podolia, the peasants are
destroying the crops and plantations
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
PoIson Ia AhsInthe.

Absinthe, according to the Medical
Record, owes its toxic properties to
two types of ingredients: The first
convulsive, represented by absinthe
proper, hyssop, fennel, etc.. the second
stupefying, represented by anise, mint.
coriander, angelica, origanum, balm
mint. etc. 1t used to be believed that
the i'll effects of absinthe were pro
duced by thuyone, but it has lately
been shown that few, If any. Of the
plants used in manufacturing absinthe
contain that drug.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
NAV Reduce War Rate.

Washington.-Dange from subma-
rines has decreased to such an extent
that the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
has recommended a reduction from
$3.50 TO $3.50 per $1,000, the insurance
rate on lives of officers and crews of
merchant vessels passing through the
war zone. This is in line with the re-
cent lowering of marine insurance
rates on vessels and cargoes from 3 to
z per cent.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Should Follow Example Set BY Savior.

New York.-"Here is the first Dem
ocrat," said Father Joseph Mulry, S.
J., President Of the Fordham Univer-
sity. elevating the crucifix before 2O,-
900 persons who attended the six
teenth annual military field masses
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Father
Mulry, who preached the sermon, con,
tinued: "He did not ask men to die
for selfish ends, but to die that they
might aid other men. That is your
work" The mass was celebrated by
Mgr. John P. Chadwick, President Of
st. Joseph's Seminary, who was chap
lain of the battleship Maine when she
was sunk in Havana Harbor.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Ponroms Are Renorted.

Stockholm.-Pogroms have taken
place at Vielicza, Galicia, and many
Jews have been wounded seriously, ac-
cording to a report received by the
Jewish press bureau here. Shops
were plundered and windows smashed,
the damage to property exceeding l.
0O0, 900 kroner.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Mexico Rreaks win Cuba.

Mexico City.-Mexico has severed
diplomatic relations with Cuba. This
was learned officially after report
that the Mexican Charge d'Affairs at
Havana and the Cuban Minister here
had been recalled from their respect.
i've posts had been confirmed at the
Foreign Office.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30

IA lNaA . Va o5S
had all the symp-
toms incidenttothat
change-heat flash
es, nervousness, and
was in q general run
down condition, SO
it was hard for me
to do my work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound was recon-
mended to me as the
best remedy for my
A.a,,LIz, 1yhsah 3k
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Peace With Justice.

For, while peace Is not the first OF
blessings-justice occupying the pre-
mier place-it is an inestimable boon
when it is the logical consequence of
Justice and not the sole end. pursued
along q pathway Of lies, cowardice and
baseness of every kind.-Emile Bou-
troux, in North American Review.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
eeed Corn Eor Farmers.

Washington.-The Department OF
Agriculture announced that reserve
seed corn is stored at points convent
ent for distribution by express to farm
ers in the corn belt for late planting
and replaNting. 1t can be purchased
:rom the department at cost.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Rookie Turns LAUGH.

"Go get 15 yards of skirmlsh line from
Sergeant Doe over there" an officer
directed Josh Miles, recruit.
The rookie dutifully went over to
Sergeant Doe and told him what he
wanted. Sergeant Doe laughed and
Private Miles saw the light. Return
ing to the wag he saluted soberly and
made his report.
mo skirmish line in stock, sir" he
said, 'but 1 can get you Is yards Of
red tape"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
eeoraia Citizens Avenae Crime.

Cordele, Ga.-James Cobb, the negro
taken from the Jail here by a mob
was carried to the scene where he at
tackled and killed Mrs. Roy Simmons,
seven miles east of Cordele, and
hanged.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
nImproxementsv in Warfare.

The Literary Digest gives the follow
ing list of chief inventions used in the
present war as distinguished from the
Napoleonic wars: Steamship, sub
marine, aircraft, high-power-guns,
smokeless powder, breech-loading gun.
rapid-fire gun, revolver, automatic pis-
tol, telephone, wireless telegraphy,
automobile, poisonous gas.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Orders For 1000 Trucks.

Orders for 5000 three
TO five-ton motor trucks have been
placed with fifteen automobile manu-
facturers, the War Department an
nounced. This is IN addition to 10000
similar trucks now being delivered.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
british to open Negotiations.

London.-The War Cabinet has de-
cided to open negotiations with Ger.
many, through Holland, for tho exten.
sion of the present arrangements for
the repatriation and internment Of ct
Viiian and combatant prisoners.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-30
Stacker VIII BE Punished.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who leave
the country to escape the draft viii be
prosecuted under the selective service
act on their return, Attorney Gsneral
Gregory announced.