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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-25
WAR AIMS
British Labor Party to
Be Made Basic
compile Program for Labor Parties o.
Entente Allied World-Withdrawa'
Resolutions Showed

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<o,tineham, Jan. A.-The British bSs
,or martyrs war aims program as outlined
=, ~ message to Russia will be made the
n.s;s for the compilation Of the aims
s,cgram of the labor parties = the entire
rrtente Allied world. which are to DC
.dopted at special international con-
,,sntion to be held in London in the latter
part Of February.
:, Arrangements to this effect were COM
n,eted today at meetings of the British
leaders with fraternal delegates. from
france Belgium and Russia. A cable
,,t.l,atch was sent to the United states
|uegtinx ths adoptior of similar pro-
cedure and the sending Of delegates to the
London conferences. =,
The Labor tparty's reconstruction pro-
gram, passed early in January, demand
ing the restoration Of and the reparation
to Belgium, the fight of the people of
ce-I.orraine to determine their future
and pledging support of a league OF ma
lions and hostility to an economic war
after peace is declared, was submitted. TO
the conference today: This program de-
inands also absolute autonomy for all
parts Of the, British empire, including Ire
land and India. and regulates all pro-
posals for.htVtectiyes tariffs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-25
shelve Withdrawal Resolution

While condemning the votes cast in the
House of Eopmons on some occasions by
George NJ Barnes and other members OF
the Labor party. the labor conference to-
day by large majority shelved a reso-
fusion demanding the withdrawal of the
labor members from the cabinet.
Arthur Henderson. former ~member
OF the war cabinet. appealed to the
conference not to pass the resolution.
He said it would break up the govern
ment and delay peace. Personally he
would never again belong to the gov
s eaPsy wa, y FROM MAINltt Il xNiRE:ss
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17

in the House this week by defeating
the amendment Of Senator Weeks to
the bill for an appropriation in aid of
the rural credits system and by hav-
ing the Senate agree to accept the
House bill instead of the Senate bill.
The Weeks amendment, would, in ef-
feet, have destroyed the usefulness of
the rural credits system, as it pro-
vided that future loans should be made
through the system only in cases
where the money borrowed was to be
actually used in increasing food pro-
duction. This would prevent any
loans being made if a part of the
same were to be used to refund exist
ing Indebtedness or to make perma-
nent improvements on the land mort
gagged. The House Bill which was
yesterday sent to the President for
his signature provides for an approp-
ration of two hundred million dol
lars. A hundred million dollars Of
this amount may be used by the Sec
rotary of the Treasury during each
of the fiscal years 1913 and 1919 for
the purchase Of farm loan bonds at
par. The passage of this bill will en-
able Farm Land Banks to at once
clean up the seventy million dollars of
loan applications that have already
been approved by the banks. 1t will
also greatly assist in the beneficial
operation of the rural credit system
during the war.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17
q q o o q o (. 8 O o 8 (: 9 o 8 @ 9
= WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER (:
By Congressman P. D. Norton

. By Congressman P. D. Norton 9
. q 8 @ o o (. o 9 o 9 (" @ {. 9 o 81
Washington, D. c., Jan. 12.-The
message of the President delivered in
person before the joint session OF the
House and Senate on Tuesday is gen
orally pronounced to be the best ad-
dress the President has made during
the war with the possible exception
of his Flag Day Address. In concise
and forceful language, the President
outlined tho objects of the United
States in the war and the terms on
which a just and satisfactory peace
settlement could be made. The Presi-
dent left no room for anyone in the
future to say that the purposes OF the
United States in the war have not
been clearly defined. The program
outlined by the President for per-
manent peace is based upon the prin-
ciple of Justice to all peoples and ma
tionalities and the right OF all peo-
pies and nationalities, whether they
be small or great, weak or powerful,
to live on equal terms Of liberty and
safety with one another. -
The vote of the House Thursday on
the resolution providing for an am
endment to tho constitution for wo-
man suffrage was altogether closer
than either the proponents or oppon-
ents Of the resolution had expected it
would be. For several days before
the vote was taken the concensus OF
epinion about the Capitol was that
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17

the pretty nurse maid out for good
time. Tho boys would not own up to
it when she tried to caution them lest
their father learned the situation.
She then went to the pretty nurs
and by little finesse disarmed her
of thinking she was displeased.
"Minna," Sc said, (which of tho
boys do you like to go out with best,
Tom or Harry"
SWELL" said the maid, 81 think l
prefer Harry, but for real good time
like your husband best"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17

the resolution would be passed by
twenty or thirty votes more than the
required two-thirds majority. AS it
was, the resolution was carried with
not single vote to spare. There
were two hundred and seventy-four
votes for the resolution and one hum
dred and thirtysiX votes against the
resolution. The ELEVENTH hour CONVEX
sion of President Wilson to the sup
port of the resolution was thought by
great many of those at the Capitol
to have been induced by the fact that
on Wednesday the general belief in
Washington was that the resolution
would be certain to pass on the fol-
lowing day and that it would be sup
ported by practically the entire Re-
publican vote in the House. The wo-
men representing the National Wo-
man Suffrage Party did some remark
ably clever campaign work during the
week prior to the day the vote was
taken in the House. They played pol.
itics with a speed and with skill
with which it has seldom been played
before in Washington. Their enthus-
iastic claims of easy victory complete
ly bewildered many good democrats
opposed to the resolution and gained
their votes for the resolution which
otherwise would have been recorded
against it. Notwithstanding all the
good work done in behalf of the reso-
luton, the solid democratic South
voted practically solidly against the
resolution.
The friends of the rural credit sys-
tenn won distinct and notable victory
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17
A Live Red Cross Organization.

The Spires Auxiliary of the Ward
County Red Cross, held meeting at
the home of c. G. Amy north of Bur
lington Tuesday evening, Jan. s. A
sale was held and so well did the auc-
tioneer, O. X. Spires do his work,
that the boxes and articles donated
brot $40. The Ladies Aid, now no
longer in existence, donated to the
Red Cross what money they had in
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17

and grown-up sons, who do not seem
to realize the steps the United States
is taking in order to put seop to this
great conflict. They seem to have the
idea that they ought to have what
they want to eat of everything as long
as they have the money to buy provis-
ions. 1t really is shame that some
men can't wake up and help conserve.
Conservation will come sooner or
later-better volunteer than be draft
ed. Farmers Wife.
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Masonic Temple Association Board.

Masonic Temple Association Board.
A meeting of the directors of the
Masonic Temple Building Association
wa held at the Temple Tuesday even
ing, the following board being re-
elected: j. M. Wilson, president; W.
H. Reighart, V. P; Einar Mus, Sec;
H. E. Byorum, Treas; A. J. Drummer.
James johnson and G. D. Colcord. The
Association is in the very best of
financial condition, the Indebtedness
on the Temple being cut down sub
stantially each year.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17
How is Wife to HOoverize When Rest
Of Family Won't?

Editor Independent:
How a wife is to Hooverize when
the remainder of the family are care
less in doing so, is what's worrying
many wives or housekeepers.
g A certain neighbor friend told me
one day that she would be more than
glad to sign the food pledge card but
hesitated on account of her husband
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17

the bank, $42. Twelve were added to.
the membership, giving this local
total membership of IS. About 1926
were present at the meeting,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-17
Licensed to We'd.

Licensed to Wed.
sigurd Hanson, %, and Sophia
Tronstad, %.
John o. Svingen, 33, and Nellie
Smerud, 20.
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Her Preference,

The wife of a congressman had two
sons who were in the habit of taking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Crowds Line Streets as Body of Sullivan Is
 Borne to Resting Place

Boston, February 6.--The body of John l.. Sullivan, one-tiine heavy weight champion, was laid to rest be- side that of his wife in Old Calvary cemetery, Forest Hill. today after 9 ritual service held in the parish church in the Roxbury district where his early days were spent. Crowds lined the streets near the church and the church itself was filled to overflow ing with friends. old and young, of
 tLe ring celebrity.
 handful of veterans of the sport
 ing world. companions of Sullivan in his pugilistic careef, and men prom
 inent in city and state affairs, were in the gathering at the church, but the funeral was largely a neighborhood affair, made up of residents of the dis trict Jake Kilrain, principal in one of Sullivan's most celebrated battles, served as an usher, as did Jack Shee- han, referee, with a few others of note in prize ring circles, but aside from this group there was little to suggest the prominence of the former pugilist in the sporting world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
 FINNISH RED GUARD AND RUSSIANS ARE DEFEATED IN FIGHT Element of Law and Order Now Seem to Be Mak- ing Headway in
 Country

Stockholm, February 6.-(By the As sociated Press. .)-General Mannorheim, commanding the government forces in Finland that were organized to en- force the authority of the Finnish Dict, has defeated the Finnish red guard and the Russians at Uleaborg and taken possession of the city. This is the most important victory as yet scored by the white guard, as Ulea- borg was the chief military depot of the Russians in northern Finland and contained considerable stores of am munition and artillery.
 Military observers now confidently predict that the whole of northern Finland soon will be in the hands of
 the government forces. The battle of
 Uleaborg lasted two days and there were several hundred dead on both sides.
 Tornea, located on the Gulf of Both mia, 75 miles from Uleabors, is still quiet but the arrival of white guard
 there is momentarily expected.
 The red guard is reported as weak ening at various points and numbers
 have fled from the Keni river terri tory into Sweden and the principal
 rebel stronghold now is the town of
 Kemi, where a reign of terror Is re- ported with the usual murdering and plundering.
 The Swedish Red Cross next week expects to send two ambulances, with physicians and nurses, across the bor- der into the fighting zone, unless Tor nea meanwhile regains communication with the south.
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Appraisers Named

Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Feb ruary -(special)-Judge Henry D. Clayton has announced the appoint ment of M. B. Houghton, Robert 5. Teague and David c. Allen as board of appraisers to determine what price shall be paid for the property on which Camp Sheridan has been located. The board will begin it's work at once and after an investigation will report to the federal court which will determine whether or not it's recommendations shall be accepted. Owners of the prop erty and the government could not make an agreement on the purchase price of the property, the government contending that the price fixed by the owners was too high. Condemnation proceedings were brought by T. D. Stanford, district attorney, and Col. Hubert J. Turney, judge advocate of the Thirty-scventh division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Hotel Burns

Fort Payne, February 6.-(Special) ) The DeKalb hotel, one of the land- marks of the city, was completely de-, stroyed by fire last night and several adjacent buildings badly damaged. Owing to the hign wind, the fire burned rapidly and soon the historic structure was totally destroyed. The wind carried sparks to adiGening structures and they were badly dam aged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
AMERICA HAS ACKLE VED WONDERFULLY Y SAYS THE FRENCH HIGH COMMISSIONER
AMERICAN STEAMER
 !. A[AMANCE IS SUNK AND SIX PERISH

New York, February 6.-word of the loss of the American steamship Ala nance, owned by the Garland steam ship corporation, and the resultant loss of six lives was received in shipping circles here today.
 The Alamance, which left New York January IT, was torpedoed yesterday oft the English coast, it was reported. She was vessel of 5000 tons. There were no Americans lost.
 The ship had a crew of JJ and a naval gun complement of 23 men. Her commander was Captain E. E. John son.
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H. A. Thompson Announces

Montgomery. February 6.--(special.) ) H. A. Thompson, local option member of the last house of representatives from Butler county, notified the sec- retary of state Wednesday that he had entered the race for another term in the house and had appointed himself a committee to receive and disburse all funds which will be used in the promotion of his political interests Mir. Thompson is opposed to the rati- fication of the prohibition amend ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

York February 6Announcement that France will be able before July to manufacture enough artillery to supply 20 American divisions approximately 5OOOOO troops if the United meanwhile adheres understanding by which would the material from Amer ica tonight by Andre Tardeiu French high commissioner to this country
  troops 0O O0officer candm
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Deaths at Camps

Montgomery, February s--Pneumonia claimed three soldiers at the base hos pital Wednesday,. They were: Privates James Matlock, Coxburg. Tenn; Arthur Worthington. Moore, O.; John Laferty, 14eth infantry. The bodies of Worthing- ton and Matlock were shipped home Wednesday afternoon. Laferty's body will be shipped Thursday.
 Atlanta. FebruarS 6.-The deaths of four soldiers at Camp Gordon during the last 24 hours were reported tonight at the division surgeons office. They in- clude Privates J. B. Kelly, Stacyvil.e, Me: G. Sebastiano, Cohoes. N. Y, and Archie Engle, Orangeburg, N. Y. The causes of the deaths were not an nounced.
 Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, February g. Sergt. John J. Dughan, Monson. Mass. Private William A. Burk, Cornland, H., and Private Clifford Gladstone, Lorilla. la, are dead of pneumonia here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Penrose Wants Unity

Penrose issued statement tonight calling for unity in the republican party and urging every member of the republican national committee to attend the meeting to be held at St. Louis next Tuesday. He said there had been 150 days delay in pushing pre- paredness" since, the United States went to war, and that the best way to speed up was to make the repub- lican party party of constructive criticism as we'll as of patriotic CO., operation. Tn urging that the party should not be submerged because of the war, the senator said if q ma jority of the people so determined the republicans could be put in power to push the war more vigorously than ever to successful conclusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, February e.-Forecast for Alabama: Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday; colder Friday in west portion.
 Georgia: Generally fair Thursday and Friday; not much change in tempera- ture.
 Tennessee: Generally fair Thursday; Friday partly cloudy.
 Mississippi: Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday; colder Friday in west por- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Representative ofAHies Clues Praise for What Has Been Accomplished Within
 Space of 10 Months
SAYS HIS GOVERNMENT IS
 ABLE TO FURNISH KATHLEEN '

Andre Tardeiu, Who Is Supposed to Know the Secrets and Inside Working of All Departments of Nations Battling Against Germany, in Speech in New York Sets at Rest Slander That Wash ington Was Placing a Burden on "Bloodless France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
DEATHS

Mrs. Simpson F. BragE--Died Tuesday at Louisville. Funeral services will be held at Johns chapel this after noon at 3 o'clock with interment at Emwood. Rev. Claude O'Rear will of ficiate. Mrs. Bragg was formerly Miss Annie Damron. The following will act as pa1lbearers: J. G. Dicker- son. G. c. Ellis, George Hanlin, ! H. Frosts J. G. Born and Arthur Bar ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

racies want to know in order to win" MT. Tardieu said that just appreciation of the results of achievement" by Amer ica in it's war preparations lis stimu- lant for effort, and nobody has the right to refuse to the American people this stimulant." The commissioner reviewed the nations accomplishments and out lined what France had done in manufac- turing ordnance both for the Un!ted States and for Frances other allies.
 We have in the line,'' he said, about 15000 guns of every caIibre and every day more than 100000 shells are turned out by our factories. To get those guns, to produce those shells, we created an industry which did not exist before the war and which has enabled us not only to arm ourselves, but also to arm otlr allies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

The French official spoke at a dinner tion of the Jour De rAlliance Franchise, which was observed throughout the United States and Canada today, the anniversary of the treaty between France and the American colonies in ITS. Jules J. Jusserand, the French ambassador, also was a guest of honor.
 PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
 Asserting that secrecy ought to be a thing of the past, because our denloc-
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WHAT FRANCE CAN DO

Without speaking of what we man. ufacture for you, and that is several hundred guns a month we have during the past three years given to our allies in Europe 1,35o,0oo rifles, .15.OOo automatic rifles, 10000 machine guns, soO,OOO, O0o cart ridges, 250 guns and 475 airplanes.
 "The adoption without any modifica- ton of our various types of guns would certainly have saved sometime to the benefit of American production, and some delays may be the consequence oi the improvements you are looking for always, and rightly at that, aiming al better results.
 But as we have agreed, it is under stood, that you should supply and trans port to France the necessary raw ma terials. we will, under such conditions be able, in France, to deliver to you before July l enough guns thoroughly to equip 20 of your divisions The situa- tion, therefore. is completely safe in that respect.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
AMERICAS EFFORT

Mir. Tardieu described Americas mii- tary effort as wonderful and splendid,'' and asserted it had been "a surprise to the enemy"
 'I have co-operated for nearly lv months. hour by hour, with every part of your war organization, he saId. What you have done is magnificent, worthy of your allies. worthy of your selves''
 Alluding to the raising of the national army. Mir Tardieu declared that:
 No event of wider import has ever taken place since the beginning of the war; He continued:
 Thus your government, with clear, courageous view. has given you the strength of numbers, the first condition of military power In April 1917, you had s524 officers and 2O2,51o men. You now have 10000 officers and 100000 men and the number of your men in France at the present moment is notably in ex- cess of the establishment of your army nine months ago."
 CAN COMPLETE TRAINING
 
 necessary measure so that America can complete, in France, the training begun here. Regarding aviation, American de velopment has been beyond all expecta- tions." he declared. He outlined how America had helped the entente also financially and with shipping, food aud fuel-aid which he described as i'm mensa and conclusive
 Wherever on special points, he added. alluding to his association with officials at Washington q believe that mistakes have been made. I say 1t frankly, the heads of the cabinet or the heads of your departments know it from their own experienced. fed" MT. Tardieu said, discussing the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
MONEY FIRST NEED

Money was the first aid needed by the allies, Mir. Tardieu went on, saying: But it. was not sufficient. Indeed, for lack of general organization of production the United States and all other in every other factory and ster- Iility would have resulted from this an- archy But in this respect I may state and no one can be better informed than the representative of one of the allied countries-that the centralized organization realized for the allies by
 the war industries board and the war
 every way.
 During the month of December last
 the high commission called the atten-
 ton of the shipping board to a crisis affecting very seriously our supply in
 gasoline and oil for the first two
 months of 1918, Today the measures
 taken by tho board allow me to state that this imminent peril is absolutely
 covered for those two months.
 Last January 1T, when arriving in
 New York. II found S7 ships unable to sail for France on account of lack of
 
 ders for coal were issued by the fuel
 administration, and when l left New
 York on the 22d all our ships had coal
 More recently have found myself obliged. together with my allied coll leagues, to draw the attention of MT.
 McAdoo and MT. Hoover to the insult ficient arrival of cerials in American
 ports. I am convinced that the meas
 ures which were immediately studied and decided upon, unanimously, will bring for the next month decisive improvement.
 "The extent of the western front is I755 kilometres. Belgians hold 2b, En- xlish 165. French 565. We hold, there fore three-quarters of 1t. We have in front of us 80 German divisions. that means two-thirds of the German first Iline trenches and more than half of 1 the German reserve divisions. The Ger mans do not entrust to any one of their divisions a front larger than six kilo- metres. ours often Hold nine kilome-
 tres each. szs. ,' E ssss
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Continued from pnse one)

NCUHtImucu HUH pHGe UHtJ ly advised that the steamship Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk and that sur vivors numbering HOO, as far as could be ascertained, were landed at Buncranna and Larne, in Ireland. There was a total of 2179 United States troops on this vessel. No name of persons lost has been reported to the war department and no name of survivors was reported Addi- tional particulars are promised as soon as received
 The state departments dispatch gave the number of soldiers on board 27S, six less than the war departments re- port. It told of plans promptly made for caring for the survivors. The state de- na rtrnenf isSlled this statement.