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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
IS GIVEN MORE FREEDOM
ident Wilson More Power and
Freedom of Action.

Washington.-Early compromise in
the Senate on legislation for further
coordination and reorganization Of
the Governments war-making agen-
cies appeared in sight as a result of
negotiations between Democratic and
Republican leaders for revision of the
OVerman bill, which would give Pres
ident Wilson greater freedom of ac-
tion. Amendments virtually agreed
upon largely to harmonize differences,
al!ay Republican opposition, and to Sc
cure support in the Senate from all
sides except the group of Senators un-
alterably insisting upon the Military
Committees bills for War Cabinet
and Munitions Director.
President Wilson was said to have
no objection to the changes proposed
and it is expected that the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee, headed by
Senator Overman, will redraft the bill.
AS it is proposed to amend the meas.
ure, the President would not be given
any new substantive authority, and
provisions in the Overman bill which
Republicans have regarded as con-
ferring new and too broad powers
upon the President are to be eliminat
ed. The amendments. however, would
retain the principal provisions author.
izing the President to transfer depart.
ments, bureaus, commissions and other
agencies and their personnel as he
might deem necessary to effect great
er coordination and efficiency in pros.
ecuting the war. 1t is proposed 20
strike out clause giving the Presi-
dent power Ito employ by executive
order any additional agency or agen.
cies and to vest therein the perform.
ance of such functions as he may
deem appropriate" thereby limiting
the Executives authority to changes
in existing agencies and without pow.
er to create any new ones.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
TOGETHER
MCAdoo Issues Orders To All
Employees On the Railroads
Throughout the Country
Asking Men to Catch Spirit of New
Era They Are Living In-Wages and
Overtime Must Not Prove Bar, He
Warns.

Observation-Disclosures McAdoo is
sued orders to all employees on the
railroads of the country to pull togeth.
er to insure Americas safety, ideals
and rights in the war. The Govern
ments interests, he said, must be held
uppermost; every man must be will
ing to give the best in him. even to
the point of working overtime when
called upon, the matter of wages be-
ing left for future determination.
This Government now being in con-
troll of railroads." his Instructions
read, the officers and employees of the
various companies no longer serve a
private interest. All now serve the
Government and the public interest
only. want the officers and employees
to get the spirit of this new era. Su-
preme devotion to the country, an
invincible determination to perform
the imperative duties of the country
while the life of the nation is imper.
lied by the war, must obliterate old en-
mites and make friends and comrades
Of us all. ,.,+.,
There must be cooperation, not an
tagOnism; confidence, not suspicion;
mutual helpfulness not grudging per-
formance; just consideration, not arbi-
trary disregard Of each others rights
and feeling, fine discipline based on
mutual respect and sympathy and an
earnest desire to serve the great pub
lie faithfully and efficiently. This is
the new spirit and purpose that must
pervade every part and branch of the
national railroad service. Americas
safety, Americas ideals, Americas
rights are at stake. Democracy and
liberty throughout the world depend
upon Americas valor, Americas
strength, Americas lighting power.
We can win and save the world from
depotism and bondage only if we
pull together. We can not pull apart
without ditching the train. Let US go
forward with unshakable purpose to
do our part superlatiyely. Then we
shall save America, restore peace to a
distracted world and gain for ourselves
the coveted distinction and just re-
ward of patriotic service nobly nobly
done"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
TO KILL THEIR OFFICERS
Four National Army Soldiers Enter
Into Conspiracy, 1t Is
Charged.

Camp Lewis, Wash.-FOur national
army soldiers were held in the guard
house awaiting a presidential warrant
from Washington, which will mean
their internment as enemy aliens who
plotted not only to shoot their officers
the first time they got into action in
Europe, but also to deliver all the
American soldiers in their organization
to the Germany army. The names of
the men under arrest have been with
held by the Judge Advocate pending
receipt of advices from v ashington. A
general cleanup of enemy aliens at
Camp Lewis is in full swing, officers
said.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Army Captain Gets 25 Years.

New York.-Captain David A. Hen,
kes, Sixteenth Infantry, U. S. A., has
been sentenced to dismissal from the
service and confinement at hard labor
for Is years by general court-mar.
tial held at Governors Island. Hen
kes, who is of German descent, endeav-
ored to resign his commission, saying
he did not care to fight against rela.
tives and friends. Captain Henkes,
who was stationed at San Antonio
Tex, last May wrote to the Secretary
of War, urging him to accept the res
ignation, which he already had sub.
mitted, and giving reasons which, he
declared, would allow him no longer
to serve as an officer of the American
army
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Scheme to Disable Steamships.

Honolulu-A. plot to disable steam.
ships under construction for the Emer.
gency Fleet Corporation was indicated
when the wireless told of the break.
ing down of the engines of a new yes.
sci 700 miles from this port. The call
for help came from a new vessel,
which left Seattle recently on her first
trip under orders of the United States
Shipping Board, According to the
only information now available hand.
full of foreign steel particles in the
low pressure ceilings Of the steam.
ships engines.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Police Go On Flour Raid.

Toledo O.-The homes of six men
accused of boarding food in excess Of
the Government allowance were raided
by the police on information supplied
by the County Food Committee. Sew
eral barrels of -four were found in
homes of the East Side iron mill dis
trict. No arrests were made, but the
surplus flour was contiscated. The
Food Committee was advised that sew
eral farmers are boarding large quaint.
ties of seed corn. These cases will
be taken up with State Food Admins
traitor CroXton.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
MILLIONS ARE FACING DEATH
Starvation Is Being Faced BY Over
Three Million Persons in
Turkey.

New York.-Information that 3,000,-
900 persons in Turkey, Armenia, Per-
sia and Syria now face death by star
vation has been received here by the
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
sions. In addition a cablcgram from
United States Minister John l.. Cald-
we'll of Teheran, transmitted to the
board by the State Department, says:
"Beggars multiply and hundreds
swarm the streets piteously crying for
food, and at times in their desperation
assaulting those beseeched. Similar
conditions are reported from all prov
inces and cities of Persia
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
RECORD IN MINERAL OUTPUT
Production Of United States in 1915
Was Valued at s3,47o, ,oco, ,ooo-In-
crease as Per Cent In Year.

The total value of the mineral pro
ductiOn Of the country In 1915 was
more than $3,470,O0O.O00, increasing
$1.076, 100000, or 45 per cent, over the
1888, 100000 recorded for 1915, and
exceeding the former record year
(1913) by more than $1,000000,00 ac-
cordlng TO preliminary figures complied
by Uncle Sans geological survey.
Practically all the minerals shared In
this increase, gold being the only one
of the more important products that
showed n decrease in value. though
silver and anthracite showed decreases
in quantity hut increases in value.
The metals established n new record
In 1916, exceeding for the first time
$1,000, 100000 and approximately to-
tai of 81, 600, 100000. Pig iron and cop
per contributed more than rs per cent
Of the total increase of S629, 9,0O0,OUU,
but large gains were made in zinc,
lead, aluminium ferroallOys, and tung-
sten ores. As compared with the fig
ures for 1915, the metallic products
increased 63 per cent
The total value of the nOnmetallic
products increased nearly S21S,000,OO0
over the value for 1913. the year Of
next highest output, the figures for
1916 being S1,S33. 100000 as compared
with $1,555,OO0,OOO for 1913. AS com
pared with 1915, this is an increase Of
$440,OO0,O0O, or 80 per cent. Coal and
petroleum contributed 7G per cent Of
the increase shown in the nOnmetallic
products.
The final figures for both metals and
nOnmetals may be somewhat increased
over these preliminary figures.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
RED CROSS VESSEL
TOSSED ON ROCKS
STEAMER FLoRIZEL SINKS WITH
ALL ON BOARD IN STORM
NEAR CAPE RACE.
Reseuers See Ship Go Down as Men;
Lashed to Rigging, Signal in Vain
For Aid-Small Boats Unable to
Live In Merciless Surf.

Western Newspaper Union News servieA
st. Johns. N. F.-The hardy Flori-
eel. OF the Red Cross Line, pounded
herself to pieces on the rocks of the
Newfoundland coast, near Cape Race,
and with 140 persons aboard, includ.
ing rs passengers, sank while watch.
ers on shore and feet of rescue ves-
sells only a snort distance away stood
ready to lend every assistance. Re-
ports indicate that not a soul aboard
the Florizel had escaped Bodies are
drifting ashore. telling the tale OF the
lost battle for life. The Red Cross
liner crashed onto the rocks. only
three or four ships lengths from shore.
She was bound from St Johns, N F.,
to New York, via Halifax. A short
time later a number of steamers and
warships were dispatched to her as
sistance and a relief train was made
up and sent on its way.
All during this time maddened seas,
driven in the teeth of a raging biz.
Zard. were breaking over the decks
of the stranded vessel. Little by lit.
tie her resistance-she was built es.
pecially for battling with the lashing
weather Of the Newfoundland coast
gave way, and with rescuers on every
side, her last effort for life gave way
and she went down with her entire
complement, with the exception of
seven bodies which previously had
been washed ashore. Naval gunnerJ
shot a line across the bow Of the sub.
merged ship before she sank, but
waited in vain for it to be hauled
abroad. Just before darkness blotted
the wreck from view five men, driven
from the forecastle by the giant seas,
were seen to climb the forward rig.
ging signaling feebly for help. But
when they failed to make fast the line
it was feared they had succumbed to
the cold and exposure. Those five
were the only ones visible on board
several hours after the ship struck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Food Administrator to Get Car.

WashingtOn.-Out of the discussion
between the Food and Railroad Ad.
ministrations over responsibility for
delays in food shipments has grown a
plan by which the Railroad Admins
tration will be furnished daily with
reports not only on the car needs for
the Food Administration but for the
allies as we'll. The daily report plan
was decided upon in response to the
declaration of Director General Nc.
Adoo that he would furnish all the
cars needed to move food If the Food
Administration would notify him
where the food to be moved was 10.
Gated.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
TRIBUTE PAID WASHINGTON
Nearly 10000 Soldiers Parade In Hon.
or of Americas First Great
Chieftain.

New York--If the spirit of George
Washington could have been abroad
in New York, and there were many
who felt it was, the soul of America 5
first great chieftain must have thrilled
with pride. There was a parade Of
soldiers on Fifth avenue-nearly 10,-
900 of them. But Fifth avenue has
seen so many parades there was moth.
ing novel in a military pageant. New
Workers has cheered loyalty all kinds
and conditions of soldiers; have cheer
ed, and enthusiastically. They didn't
cheer today. They felt more like
weeping. What they saw was more
than a parade. 1t seemed to them like
a solemn dedication
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Capital and Labor to Meet.

Washington. - Five representatives
each OF capital and labor will meet
at the call of the Government to lay
down basis of relations between cap
ital and labor during the war. Out Of
their conferences Government officials
hope will grow the foundation of a ma
tional labor policy The representa-.
tives were named by the National In.
dustrial Conference Board, represent
ing employers, and the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor. representing EN-.
ployes, at the suggestion of Secretary
of Labor Wilson, who has been direct
ed by President Wilson to formulate
labor program for the var
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Satisfactory Conditions.

Washington.-Generally satisfactory
conditions were found at Camp Cor
don, Atlanta, Ga; Camp Wheeler, Ma,
con, Ga, and Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Ga, Secretary Baker announced after
his return from an inspection of those
camps in company with Surgeon Gen
eral Gorgas and Colonel Furbush and
Major Welch, of the medical corps.
The general health of all three camps
was excellent, the Secretary said,
clothing equipment was adequate and
the equipment of rifles at each camp
complete.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Trades Needed in shipbuIIdlna.

ia0Vo tNSSNGS ." SVbpSN"0b"Ss
The department of labor has prOvid-
ed the following list showing the kind
of trades most needed in shipbuilding,
and special appeal is addressed to
men in those occupations to enroll in
the United States Shipyard volun-
teers:
Acetylene and electrical welders. as
bestos workers, blacksmiths, angle
smiths, drop-forge men, fiange turner's,
furnace men. bollermakers. riveters,
reamers, carpenters, ship carpenters,
dock builders, clippers and calkers,
electrical workers, electricians, wire
men. crane operators, foundry work.
ers. laborers (all kinds), loftsmen,
template makers, machinists and
machine hands (all sortsl, help
ers, painters, plumbers and pipe
filters, sheet metal workers, copper
smiths. shipfitters, structural iron
workers. erectors. boilers up, cement.
erS and crane men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Visitors at Cock Fight Held Up

Greenwich, Conn.-Five robbers
held up = cock fight show here and
made a get away with all the betting
money. James Pugmire, of New York,
was shot through the lungs and is dying
at a hospital. Captain James Welch,
OF the Yonkers fire department, was
also wounded The fight was attended
largely by prominent business men of
Connecticut and New York towns.
Eleven arrests have been made.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Mysterious EPIDEMIC of Poisoning

Peoria, Ill.-Within "a hours over
1000 families in Peoria have reported
to the health department that from
one to four members of each household
have been poisoned in some mysterl-
Gus way. The cases are not confined
to any one locality, but are scattered
over the entire city. 1t includes over
10 per cent of the doctors in Peoria
and has caused the gravest alarm.
The health department has so far been
unable to locate the cause. Physicians
are overrun with calls. So far no
deaths have resulted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Demands of Youth.

Man wants but little here below, but
it is different with a boy. So far as
we have kept Il record for single
week, that boy wants mandolin, a
pistol, razor, false mustaChe, bull
pup, magic lantern. Il detectives tin
badge, motorcycle, Il mud turtle, a
fiddle, printing press, stamp al
bum, a tame rat, camera, Il squirt
gun, baseball suit and q pair of roller
skateS.-El Paso Times.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
To Speed Up War Bill,

Washington.-Prompt passage, with
bipartisan support, of the Administra-
ton measure to establish a war finance
corporation and provide Federal super
vision over security issues was
planned when the revised measure was
reported to the Senate with unan-
imous Endorsement of the Finance
Committee. Chairman Simmons will
call it up soon and thinks only few
days consideration necessary for its
disposal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28

Fairmont, w. Va.-Three children
are dead and one is in the Fairmont
Hospital in a serious condition the
result of fire at Jamison mines, at
Pennington, when a large two-story
frame house was destroyed. An over
heated gas stove caused the blaze
The children who perished we're cut
of in room and could not be rescued
because of the headway that the fire
mad made before it was discovered.
NeighbOrs hurried to the burning
house and worked frantically,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Flour, Hay and Grain.


Flour-Winter patents $1O8OM1l,
winter fancy 5000, do family 1910, do
extras $8.7O, low grade $500, hard pat
ents $1125Q11.75.
Hay-No. i timothy $3325@3375,
No. 2 $3225@33, No. 1 clover mixed
$32.50@33, No. 2 $31Q32, No. 1 clover
$33@335O.
Corn-Quotations on ear corn: White
ear $1.50@1.60, yellow ear $1.50@1.60,
mixed ear $1.45@1.55.
Oats-No. 2 white 81, standard white
99c, No. 3 white 1s@9Sc, No. 2 mix
ed 97@9Sc, No. mixed 96097c.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
533c, centralized creamery extras sic,
tirsts 49c, seconds 461ac, fancy 4Oc,
No. l packing stock 361ac, No. 2 3Sc.
Eggs-Prime firsts 43c, firsts 42c,
ordinary firsts Ale, seconds 39c.
Live Poultry-Sale of fowls and pull
lets is prohibited by authority of Food
Administrator Hoover from February
II to May 1. Broilers under 2 lbs,
2Sc; fryers, lbs and over, 2Sc; roast
ing chickens, lbs and over. 2Sc;
roosters, 22c.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers $10@1250; butcher
steers, extra $10.25@11.5O, good to
choice $9.50@10, common to fair 81
@9; heifers, extra $1025@11, good to
choice $9.25@10, common to fair 81
@9; cows, extra 5000, good to choice
$8@8.75, common to fair S6.75@7.5O:
Hogs-Selected heavy shippers
$17.25@17.50, good to choice packers
and butchers $3.50, medium and mix
ed $3.50, stays $10012.75, common to
choice heavy fat sows $10@15, light
shippers $16.50@17.
Sheep-Extra $11@11.5O, good to
choice $10411, common to fair S6@9.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Old Roman Windows.

The houses OF rich people in ancient
Rome, in the days of the Caesars, had
window panes of glass set in frames
of bronze. They were uneven and full
Of defects, so that the view of things
outside. from inside, must have been
rather unsatisfactory. But at that
time they were doubtless regarded as
the height of luxury. Such panes were
not blown, but cast on stone. When
used for public buildings they were set
in pierced slabs of marble.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28

During the middle ages, from the
twelfth to the end of the fifteenth
century, pocket mirrors or small hand
mirrors carried at the girdle were con-
sidered necessary part Of lady's
toilet. The method of backing glass
with metal for mirrors was we'll known
IN the middle ages, though steel and
used. 1t was in Venice that the max
Ing of glass mirrors on Il commercial
scale was first developed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Renewal of Offensive In Italy.

Washington, D. C.-Oficial dispatch
es from Rome interpret the recent
closing of the Swiss frontier in prepar-
alton for a renewed offensive. Italian
aviators, the dispatches say, report
continued arrival Of fresh enemy
troops from the Russo-Roumanian
front. General Boreovic, who recently
assumed supreme command, displacing
Archduke Eugene by order of Emperor
Charles, is said to be planning his Of
fensive between the Astico and Lake
Garda.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
|. w. W. Accused of Destructive Acts.

San Francisco.-Alleged plots of
the Industrial Workers of the World
to poison cattle and burn grain farm
houses and lumber mills along the Pa.
citic Coast were revealed in a confess
sion by Fritz Hagerman, alias Charles
Aisenbach who said he had participat.
ed in some Of the actions proposed,
according to a statement by officials Of
the Fire Prevention Bureau of the
Pacific
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
American Naval seapIane Shot Down.

American Naval SeapIane Shot Down.
Washington.-A naval seaplane on
scout duty in European waters has
been shot down and its pilot, Ensign
Albert Dallon Sturtevant, of Washing
ton, D. c., is missing. the Navy Depart
ment was advised by cable from Eng
land. No details were given in the dis
patch, but the departments announce
ment said 1t was feared the Ensign
had been lost. Ensign Sturtevant en-
listed in the Naval Reserves shortly
before the war was declared last April
and was sent to England for duty last
September.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Spanish Ships Held Up.

Madrid.-A Barcelona dispatch to
the impartial says official orders have
been given postponing the departure
Of Spanish steamships which were
about to sail for the United States.
The measure is said to be due to de.
lays, extending in some cases to 60
days, to which Spanish vessels have
been subjected in American ports.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
Shin Hit: 40 Drown.

Paris.-One hundred and ten per-
sons perished when the steamer La
dives was torpedoed in the Mediter-
ranean on February l, according to an
official announcement. The attacking
submarine was not seen. The French
steamer Ladives, of 1,777 tons, hailed
from Marseilles.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-28
TrestIe Bridge CoIIapses.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Four workmen
were killed when a 2OO-foot section of
q trestle bridge collapsed beneath the
weight of four cars loaded with dirt
on the new railroad spur which the
Pennsylvania railroad is completing
to the Government shipbuilding plant
at Hog Island.