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COMMITTEE IS
FAVOR DRY LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 11.—
National bone dry prohibition got
several months ahead of the game
today when it was reported favor
ably by the Senate Judiciary com
mittee as an advisable war measure,
and it is stated that it has the ap
proval of the administration and
the endorsement of Wilson himself.
Moreover that was not the only
way in which the drys bombarded
the wet position in Congress today,
for the Agricultural Committee of
the House favorably reported the
Lever Food Bill, giving the presi
dent power to name Hoover Food
Dictator and prohibiting the use of
any food stuffs in the manufacture
of any kind of intoxicating bever
ages.
As has been anticipated, the
House made up for the Senate kind
liness in involving only the distill
ers, by including the brewers as
well in the ban upon the use of
foodstuffs in the manufacture of li
quor.
The demand now7 for wartime
prohibition Is rapidly becoming gen
eral even in quarters where it has
been quite the reverse heretofore.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
specifically recommends the Shep
ard prohibition bill for immediate
passage and this is certain to force
it through.
Canvas of sentiment in the House
indicates a majority in faovr of na
tional and complete prohibition of
the manufacture of all intoxicating
liquors.
LONDON, June 11.—All papers
•Jiere are loud in their praise of Pre
sident Wilson's Russian proclama
tion. It is described variously as a
master stroke of diplomacy, and as
a notable contribution to libertarian
literature. The praise is given withi
lavish hand by papers of widely diff
erent leanings, thus the radical
Menchester Guardian and the con
servative Standard are equally un
stinted in their praise.
It is quite remarkable how com
plete is the change of popular opin
ion regarding Wilson here since the
.war was declared by the United
States and how different is the
opinion as expressed in cartoon
iand in article to what it was evid
enced in either one or the other
during that period when the note
dispatching diplomacy was at the
height of its popularity in Washing
ton.
The London papers; are now en
thusiastically pro-American and
everything connected with Pershing
and his staff and the American
plans of campaign all come in for
their meed of praise.
The staider jurnals which are not
given to any too excessive display
of either praise or blame admit the
genuine brilliancy of the Wilson
proclamation to the new Russian re
sian republic.
AEROPLANES THE REAL
FACTOR OF WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11.—
Aeroplanes are the most important
arm of the operating armies, is the
statement by a War Department Ol
fieial today. Congress is soon to be
asked for six hundred million dol
lars additional appropriation as
merely an initial move in the deve
lopment of aeroplanes and aerial
service upon a titanic scale never at
tempted b> any nation.
Before the end of the year this
development will be approaching
completion. The same authority
declares that before end of the year
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pean war has developed the fact !
that aviation is the most effective
branch of the service, and suprem
acy on the field is impossible when
an enemy holds air supremacy. It
is planned to send five thousand fly
ers to France immediately they can
be trained, together with an equal
number of machines. This will be
done in five or six weeks.
I The United States will develop an
| aeroplane service which will be so
! gigantic that men may fight in huge
fleets of a thousand and more at a
variety of sections at the same time. |
It is not beyond the bounds ot
feasibility that a quarter of a mil
lion airmen may be flying over the
enemy in one section at the same
time.
Plans to this end are even now
1 being perfected by the General Stall'.
NORTHCLIFFE IS NOW
IN UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 11.—
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the British Hearst, and owner of the
Mail, Globe and Times and other
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the relations of the British and Am
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FRONTS IS REPORT
LONDON, June 11.—The war
office makes the announcement
through the Official Press Bureau
that it is quiet today on all the Eu
ropean fronts without exception
and that there was practically no
interchange of artillery fire on the
west or upon the Goritzian front
This is the first complete lull in
several days.
LONDON, June 11.—Reports from
the British field headquarters in let
ters and other material indicate
that plans for fighting in 1918 are
being discussed just as plans for the
war in 1917 were discussed the pre
ceding year.
Almost all the German prisoners
taken, says a press report just re
ceived, show that the field fare is
not now as full and generous for
the fighting men of the Kaiser as
when the war began.
! The soldiers taken in the Ypres
I fighting all of them show insuffici
I ent food for several months and did
; not seem distressed that they were
captured, quite the reverse.
The reports coming in of the
. Ypres battle show that it was one
I of the most successful that the Brit
‘ ish troops have ever pulled off The
attack completely broke down the
! German defenses.
LONDON, June 11.—Llovcl George’s
decision to set the Irish settling the
Home Rule question themselves
bore fruit today when the Irish par
ties cfcevery particular brand of po
litics, agreed to meet in convention
and to finally dispose of the Irish
Home Rule question.
The Prime Minister agreed that
the date would soon be set and an
early announcement of it made.
Irish papers, notably The Free
man’s Journal, see In this move
ment of the Uritish government the
hand of the United States.
The Freeman’s Journal has per
sistently held that the United States
could not regard the enslavement of
Ireland as a very desirable condi
tion of things existing when it was
supposedly fighting the battle of de
mocracy and freedom. The Free
man said that while it was Quite
true that nobody would expect Am
erica to interfere in England's do
mestic affairs, yet it was net think
able that America fighting for the
principles laid down by President
Wilson and having such a large po
pulation of Irishmen within the
United States, would fail to point
out to England the necessity of act
with her own
ing in accordance
princ Spies.
The Irish Times also a Dublin,
but a conservative and unionist, pa
per holds that the value of America
is more likely to be felt in the
possible recruiting of soldiers in Ire
land. And the Dublin Leader thinks
jthat this is the reason for the Pre
mier’s olive branch: “England needs
soldiers”. It is estimated by tlu>
government that there are 250,000
men of military age who would
pass the physical examination and
who would be available for imme
diate military service.
KEETS BABY KIDNAPPER
SUSPECT IN KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, June 11.—Pier
son, the suspected kidnapper of the
Keet baby is new confined in the
state prison for safe keeping having
been brought here by the sheriff
from Springfield, Mo.
Feeling at Springfield is intense.
Pierson spoke freely to reporters.
He said that ’“hanging or as much
of it as he had experienced feels
LOCAL ITEMS.
The Silver Wave, Uncle Sam’s
mail boat, arrived from the thriv
ing and, since the arrival of the
first boats, the populous city of St.
t Mike’s yesterda y morning at seven
o'clock. The following passengers
came upon the Wave: John Felkel
witli'a cargo of furs, T. Muraney, T.
Morris, W. Gerender, R. Compters
and T. Conley, all from S(. Mike's
From Golovin came J. V. Gaery,
Mrs. Gaerey and daughter and Miss
Mary Westahl. The Silver Wave
will probably sail for York and way
points tomorrow.
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CHECHACO HANCE, Eagle Hall,
Tuesday, June 12. Full Orcestia.
9.30 P. M. Admission Gentlemen.
$1.50. Ladies Free.
like hell”. He alluded to the fact
that the mob of irate citizens had
thrown a rope round his neck to
hang him but had later released
him.
Pierson protests his innocence
and says that he had neither parti
cipation nor sympathy in the acts
of those guilty of kidnapping the
kid.
SPRINGFIELD. Mo., June 11.—
Mrs. Keets is expected to either go
insane or die. The womans condi
tion is truly pitiable.
(The police admit today that they
have no clues. Today for the firs'
time since the reported kidnapping
no arrests were made.
The Chechaco ball tonight will
be a merry gathering with good
music and the best floor in the
country to delight the votaries of
the light fantastic. The ladies from
the outside will introduce the latest
thing in dresses while the men will
show what they learned in the way
of new steps in the cabarets durnig
the winter. There is a good roomy
floor, a first class committee in
charge, excellent music and what
mere can the dancing heart desire!
[ It is astonishing that not a single
indication of any kind has been left
behind by the kidnapiers showing
who they might have been and de
fectives employed think that it is a
| mystery that will remain unsc.ved
unless some of the guilty ones vo
luntarily confess. The murder of
the boy is revolting yet it was
evidently done by someone appre
hensive of arrest, they say and for
that reason local parties were sus
pected.
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Delegate Wickersham has sent a
quantity of seeds and literature to
M. W. Griffiths for local distribution
,Mr. Grifliiths will be happy to dis
pose of this to those who call for it.
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One 12 H. P. Boiler.
One 10 H. P. Boiler.
Two 6 H. P. Boiler.
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