HUN PAPERS
ABOUT FIGURES
ASSERT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
AMERICA TO SEND MILLION
MEN OVERSEAS.
SUBMARINES WOULD PREVENT.
For the First Time, German Newspa
pers Publish Secretary of War Ba
ker’s Figures With Respect to Num
ber of Men Sent to Overseas Serv
ice—Discredit His Statement.
AMSTERDAM, July 13.—German
newspapers, for the first time, publish
the figures of Secretary of War Baker
with respect to the number of Ameri
cans that have been sent overseas..
The figures are those of July 1, show-|
ing that over a million United States
soldiers have been sent to the fighting'
fronts in France and Belgium.
Without exception, the German
newspapers discredit the figures given
by Baker. In lengthy statements,
they argue that America lacks the
tonnage to send a million men to
France, even if she had this number
of trained troops, which she has not,
they declare. They say that the Ger
man submarines are still doing great
damage to allied shipping and that
they cannot conceive it to be possible
for America to have sent a million
men to France.
The newspapers say that it is mere
ly some of the vain boasting of the
Americans, for which they are noted.
VILLA IS ROBIN
HOOD OF MEXIC
JUAREZ, Mexica, July la.—Fran
cisco Villa promises to he the Robin
Hood for future generations in Mex
ico. Many legends have sprung up
among the natives about the bandit
leader who came out of the Sierra
Madres to join Francisco Madero in
his revolution against General Diaz
and later led movements against Hu
erta and Carranza. Many of these
stories are pure fiction and always
made Villa grin broadly when they
were told to him. Others have some
foundation of fact.
One of the most popular legends
connected with Villa’s life is the one
telling of the causes which forced him
to assume the role of a bandit chief.
According to this legend he avenged a
wrong done his sister at the hands of
an officer of the old Diaz army and
was forced to lead a brigand’s life
after that. As Villa had no sister this
story is fiction.
Another tale the natives delight to
tell is that Villa has the power to
change himself into a little dog and
bark at the heels of the soldiers pur
suing him. Villa at different times
has been charged with having as many
as six wives at the same time. The
most he ever had was two.
Villa was also said to have been
born in Oklahoma and to have negro
blood in his veins. This is also untrue
as he was never out of Mexico except
when visiting El Paso or some other
border port and is a native of Duran
go. He has no children, despite stor
ies written of the prowess of his sons
in battle. His only son died at birth
in San Andres.
U-BOAT TAKES
NORWEGIAN SHIP
AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 15.—
A German submarine captured the
Norwegian bark Manx King July 6,
300 miles off Cape Race. The crew,
composed of nineteen men, were di
rected to take to the life boats and for
days were buffeted about on the ocean
until a rescue ship appeared and
brought them to this port, reaching
here last night. The survivors say
they do not know what the Germans
did with the bark, whether it was
sunk or converted into a sea raider.
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EQUIPPED WITH PICTURE
TAKING MACHINES.
DEPICT VESSELS DESTROYED.
Details of Large Type of Hun Diver
Given by Crew of Norwegian Ship
That' Was Taken Captive—Towed
Ship Around for Weeks at a Time
on the Atlantic.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, July 11.
—Moving picture operators on Ger
man supersubmarines at sea are late
additions to the U-boat fleets. Films
are made of merchant vessel sinkings
and taken home to be shown to the
German populace to give an idea of
the dangers of the deep.
Details of how a German submarine
of the larger type commandeered the
big Norwegian steamer Norefos and
used her as a tow boat for weeks at a
time in the Atlantic, were related here
recently by members of her crew.
The Norefos was overtaken by the
German submarine off the Canary isl
ands early this year. Two German na
val officers and fourteen sailors were
sent aboard as a prize crew.
Then the submarine departed on a
pirating expedition, the Germans on
the Norefos adjusting the wireless ap
paratus : o as to be able to keep in
communication with the undersea
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gone eight days and upon her return
to the Norefos the sailors heard that
she had been in search of a British
fleet of merchantmen from the other
side of the Atlantic.
The submarine then tied up to the
Norefos and for two weeks the Nore
fos roamed the sea with the subma
rine in tow, as the U-boat was short
of fuel.
The Norefos soon ran short of fuel
and an effort was made to utilize
green peanuts from the cargo, but
they soon developed a gas which caus
ed numerous small explosions in the
tire boxes and created such a stream
of sparks through the funnel that the
ship nearly caught fire. So no more
peanuts were used and for several
days the Norefos wallowed along
with the wind and tide. W hen other
ships were sighted the Germans un
furled the Norwegian flag.
After another two weeks’ cruise the
U-boat returned to her “mother” ship.
After helping themselves to a part
of the cargo of rubber, the prize crew
returned to the supersubmarine, the
Norwegians were ordered into life
boats and the Norefos was sunk by
three bombs exploded in her hold. The
motion picture operator on the U-boat
took film records of all the important
events, starting with the seizure and
the developments of the voyage with
each return of the U-boat to the ship.
The Norwegian sailors were in the
lifeboats several days, being picked up
by a French steamer and several
weeks ago they arrived in Christiania
after an absence of five months.
HUN SOCIETY
DISORGANIZED
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—
Without a disenting vote, the house
Saturday repealed the act incorporat
ing the German-American alliance, a
Gennan social organization which
gained great numerical strength in
pre-war days.
BORAH URGES
INTERVENTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—
In a speech in the senate Saturday
Senator Borah, of Idaho, declared that
political, as well as military, interven
tion in Russia by the United States, is
the only way an everlasting peace
could be made. He urged the senate
to take action on this theory.
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EQUAL FIGHT DISRUPTING THE
CENTRISTS AND NATIONAL
LIBERALS.
HERTLING POLICY WAVERS.
German Chancellor Hesitates While
Government’s Program Is Set at
Naught in the Diet—Dissolution of
the Prussian Parliament May Be
the Result.
AMSTERDAM, July 11.—The polit
ical chaos increases in Germany. The
Prussian lower house’s fourth rejec
tion, by a bigger majority than ever,
of the democratic franchise reform
for Prussia promised to the people by
the kaiser, is having a serious effect
on the whole German political situa
tion, and threatens to result in the dis
ruption of two great political parties.
The fifth reading of the Prussian
franchise reform bill must take place
in twenty-one days, but it is highly
improbable that any other result will
be obtained. The most serious split
is that in the national liberal party. It
threatens two fall into two parties,
the more democratic' section being
slightly larger. This will be the third
disruption suffered by the party which
has been steadily losing ground since
the flourishing times when it was Bis
marck’s instrument in forwarding
some of the worst features of his pol
icy.
The Roman Catholic centre party,
to which the chancellor belongs, is
similarly threatened. About one-third
of it is against the franchise reform,
though in this case the cement of re
ligion may prevent a wide breach in
the ranks. From all parts of the coun
try protests are flowing in upon the
executive of the party against the at
titude of the reactionary wing. The
centre's situation is made all the
worse by the result of the recent by
election in the Glenwitz constituency
of Upper Silesia, where a strong cen
tre candidate ,standing for annexa
tion, was defeated by a majority of
nearly 5,000 by a democratic Pole in
a constituency where a s recently as
1808 the Polish candidate could not
obtain fifty votes. Centre papers in
east Germany frankly and disappoint
edly admit that the defeat was owing
to the candidate’s annexationist atti
tude.
The question is: What will be the
course of action of the Prussian gov
ernment, which promised to stand or
fall by the equal franchise? Count
Hertling said recently that he already
possessed the kaiser’s mandate for
the dissolution of the Prussian parlia
ment. Will he make use of it? As
far as can be seen, he is hesitating to
come out definitely on the democratic
! side, and it is unlikely that he will
do anything much before the end of
this year. The famous democratizing
of Prussia need not therefore be talk
ed about for some time.
Austria, too, is face to face with a
political crisis, the Polish party hav
ing emphasized its opposition to the
Seydler government, which is tanta
mount to notice to quit. Both in Ger
many and Austria there is a feeling
against the government powers that is
becoming increasingly bitter.
BUILDING GREAT
MERCHANT FLEET
PHILADELPHIA, July 15.—Chair
man Hurley, of the United States
shipping board, declared today that
the ships built, or in process of con
struction for war purposes, will be
employed, after the war, to establish
a great mercantile fleet to sail to th#
four quarters of the earth. He de
clared that “Fair play, fair prices and
quick deliveries” will be the slogan of
the big mercantile fleet.”
Smart vests for the tailored suits
are of moire and satin brocade. Their
tapering points are turned back and
faced to serve as kerchief pockets.
FOR ALLIES
NEW PROVISIONAL RULER OUT
LINES A POLICY FOR IIIS
GOVERNMENT.
I WILL RECOGNIZE TREATIES.
General Horvath, Proclaimed Ruler of
New Siberian Government, Comes
Out Strongly in Favor of Allied
Cause and Will Raise a Big Army
to Fight German Aggressions.
LONDON, July 15.—A dispatch
from Harbin, Manchuria, today, says
that General Horvath, general mana
ger of the Chinese Railway company,
who has been proclaimed provisional
ruler of Siberia, comes out openly in
favor of giving the entente allies and
the United States his full and hearty
support.
The policy outlined by him as
ruler is the restoration of allied treat
ies, both political and commercial; the
recognition of the money loans made
by Russia under the czar’s regime,
and the immediate establishment of
an armed force to prevent Gei’man ag
gressions in Russia and Siberia.
SHIPBUILDING ON
THE GREAT LAKES
DETROIT, July 15.—Steamships
built on the Great Lakes are to carry
to the Atlantic coast fabricated mate
rial sufficient to increase their length
by ninety-six feet after passing
through the Welland canal. That plan
has been adopted so that larger
steamers than ever before can be built
on the Great Lakes for ocean service.
Measuring 4,200 tons in size when
they leave the yard at Great Lakes
ports, the vessels will go into service
j on the Atlantic ocean measuring 6,200
| tons. The lake yards are to complete
the ships to a lengt hof 260 feet. At
| the Welland canal they will be cut in
; two and at the Atlantic coast a new
section 96 feet long will be inserted in
their middle, giving the man ocean
going length of 356 feet. The vessel
is to carry its own fabricated matei’ial
for the additional 96 feet.
Another point of interest is that the
cutting in two of the vessel will not
interfere with its power arrangement,
which is to be carried aft, thus per
mitting the insertion of the added
length without delay.
The Emergency Fleet corporation
expects the Great Lakes district this
year to produce for it about 120 ves
sels.
HIGH-LINE YEAR
IN ALASKA FISH
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—
Fishery products of Alaska in 1917
were valued at $51,405,260, or more
than seven times the purchase price
paid by the United States to Russia
for the entire territory, according to
the bureau of fisheries.
Salmon represented 93 per cent of
the year’s total catch, amounting to
$47,778,081, as compared with $1,120,
226 for halibut, $767,729 for herring,
and $744,976 for cod. Whaling oper
ations returned products worth $653,
852.
“This unprecedented yield of fishery
products in Alaska at a time when
the world is in need of food is an
achievement for which the country
may justly feel gratified,” said an an
nouncement by the bureau.
Fur products from Alaska were
worth $1,031,638, exclusive of fur-seal
skins and fox skins, valued at $310,
000, shipped by the government from
the Pribiloff islands.
The United States army post at
Fort Gibbons sent out proposals to
furnish the post with 100,000 pounds
of potatoes for the next year. The
bids were asked before the planting
season so that the contractor might
grow the spuds to fill the contract.
SENATE PASSES HOUSE RESO
LUTION EMPOWERING PRES
IDENT TO ACT.
BALLOT STOOD 46 TO 16.
Under Authority Given Him by Con
gress, President Will Proceed to
Take Over Control and Operation of
all Telegraph, Telephone and Radio
Systems for Period of War.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—
Late Saturday night, just previous to
adjournment, the senate adopted the
house resolution empowering the pres
ident to take over the telegraph, tele
phone and radio system sin the Unit
ed States and its outlying possessions, j
The resolution specifically states j
that the communication systems will J
be taken over by the government for
the period of the war only. The vote
stood 46 in favor to 16 in opposition.
An amendment offered and strongly
urged by the minority proposed to
eliminate telephone and press associ
ation lines from govei’nment control,
but it was voted down, following an
acrimonious debate.
PLANS OUTLINED
FOR CELEBRATING
FRENCH HOLIDAY i
SECRETARY OF NAVY TELLS
WHAT THE BOYS OF NAVY
PROPOSE TO DO.
_
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.—
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
outlined plans for the celebration to
morrow of the French independence!
day by the United States navy.
The celebration will include the:
firing- of the national salute to the
French colors by all ships of the navy,
dressing the vessels in the tri-color ofj
France, and the participation of ma
rines and sailors in any local calabra- j
tions that may be arranged for the oc
casion.
EL FASO, Tex., July 15.—Mexican
girls have solved the servant prob- j
lem for housewives in American bor- j
der cities such as El Paso.
Mexican servants are both plenti-:
ful and reasonable in their charges, j
j For $3 per week a good nurse maid
! may be secured from the Mexican
j
! quarter here. Four dollars provides a ,
maid of all work, while $5 and $6 are j
the rates charged by the Mexicans for
cooking, laundry work and living on
the premises. The wage scale is not
the problem with this class of house
hold servants and the Mexican is
practically the only available servant
on the border ,the negroes and Chi
nese being few and always retained in
the same homes from year to year.
The Mexican servant girl, within
her limitations, is a hard-working,
faithful and fairly efficient worker.
Even the poorest peon girls who know
nothing of gas stoves, running water
or electric appliances develop into sat
isfactory servants if patience and
perseverance is shown. They work
hard, rarely complain and accept
their place in the home without pro
test. They are especially desirable
nurse girls. They like children, hav
ing had experience with children in
their own families and are gentle with
little ones.
CZECH-SLOVAKS
CAPTURE KASAN
LONDON, July 15.—The Czech
Slovak forces have captured the city
of Kazan, four hunderd and thirty
miles east of Moscow, following a vio
lent battle with the Bolsheviki forces,
according to a report which reaches
London today. Details are lacking.
CIA WILL
U. S. SHIPPING BOARD GIVES
CONTRACT TO CHINESE
GOVERNMENT YARD.
WILL BUILD FOUR BIG SHIPS.
Options Taken for Construction of
Six Other Vessels—United States
Takes Lease on Six Ships Seized in
Harbors of Uruguay When That
Country Broke With Huns.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—
By action of the United States ship
ping board today, China has been add
^d to the list of nations that will build
ships to defeat the central powers,
rhe board has awarded the Chinese
government yard at Shanghai a con
tact to construct four 10,000 ton
ships and has taken options for the
suilding of 80,000 tons in addition.
SHIPS FROM URUGUAY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—
Negotiations have been completed
thereby the government of Uruguay
las leased to the United States six
German ships, aggregating 62,000
cons. The Hun ships were seized in
Uruguay harbors when that country
ieclarcd war on Germany.
COAL AND LIGHT
TO BE RATIONED
LONDON, July 15.—Coal and light
are to be rationed in England under a
lew order effective Puly 20.
The plan provides for the nationing
if gas, electricity and coal on a coal
consumption basis at the rate of three
and one-half tons of coal for two
rooms in a dwelling house. For other
rooms a ton each is allowed. Beyond
:hat the consumer will not be allowed
to go, so that if he is not economical
tie may find himself without either
coal or gas before the year is up.
The new tea rationing regulation
provides for an allowance of two oun
ces a week for each consumer, which
is estimated to be equal to the average
pre-war consumption.
The ice cream restriction order has
been changed to permit the sale of
water ices or ice puddings, provided
10 cream, milk or shugar is used in
:heir manufacturer.
BIG OIL TANKER
LOST BY EXPLOSION
NEW YORK, July 15.—An explo
sion aboard an oil tanker in New York
harbor this morning resulted in the
killing of five members of the crew
and the destruction of the ship and
her cargo of oil. The total loss is es
timated at $3,000,000.
NEW PRODUCING
WELLATKATALLA ,
CORDOVA, July 15.—A new oil
well has been struck on the property
i fthe Chilcat Oil company, at Katal
la, which is believed to be the equal of
my well yet found in the district,
rhere is considerable activity in the
jil fields in that section.
BOOK HAS BIG SALE.
LONDON, July 15.—All the big
book stores in London report that the
‘War Cabinet Report for 1917,” issued
as an official Blue Book and sold to
the public at 25 cents a copy, has had
a better sale for the day of issue than
any other book on the market. Six
editions or pi'intings were exhausted
within a month.
For two years not a single new
pleasure car has been made in Eng
land. Luxury has ceased. The English
are leading strenuous lives, but are
prospering.
High prices are better than a Hun
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peace.