m ms ms nsnis ffis

HE SAYS THEY LEAD CLEANER LIVES THAN EVER DIO ANY SIMILAR RODY OF MEN. MOTHERS MAY REST ASSURED Kwd M«mifMCtur*rs and Oe«ltr» Must r February IS— New CoAiraea Added t* M*dle*l

c Information WuhlnstOD—Id ■ remit eatton to Secretary rff War Raker, tbe ewnmander of the American expedlUonary form Bald: aa never been a almiUr Eody of tr*o to lead a> dean Uvea aa our American aoldier* In France. Ttiey have entered this mar with the Wlrtieat devotion to duty and with no other Idea than 'to perform these dnttea In most efficient manner possible. They folly realise their obligation to their own people, their friend*, and the country, A rigid program of Instroctkm Is carried out dally with traditional American eothtudavm. Engaged In healthy. Interesting exerrlm In the open air, with simple diets, officers and men. like trained athletea. are ready for their tasks. Forbidden the aae of strung drink and protected by atringeot regulation* tigalnat ae*ua1 evils and nrpporled by their moral courage, their good behavior !* the subject of most favorable com ments. especially by our allies. Amer lean mother* may rest assured that their sons are a credit to them and the nation, and they may well km*: IorW»:d to the proud day whan** the hatTteOeld these tplendfn men abed a new luster on American

Manufactnrer* of and dealer* commerria) feed* for live Work, cattle and hog* must secure license* under the food administration hy February 15. This rover* baled hay. shelled and ear corn and many other commodities Intended for use as feed* or a* lognvlleht* la mixed feed*. The only exception* are for miller* manufacturing bra* and dealers In coarse grain*, who have already been placed under food ndmtniatration llceoae*. AppUrntlon* for license xbonld t>e addn**M'd to the license division. Food Administration. Washington. II verifying the nature of the bualness to be licensed. Ten new section* are Included In the coaraes for oOtcers In medical train log camps at Fort Oglethorpe. On. and Fort Riley. Kan. Fort Riley ha> a rapacity of TXHO men. and enlargement of the school at Fort Oglethorpe to the same sise has been authorised. lt« present capacity bring 5.500. The ultimate need* of the ni. -leal depart tnent of the army look to training camp* with capacities totaling SS. to 40A)00 officers and men. There have hem graduated from medlerl training camps since June ire tuns- under Instruction, aboin PjOOO officer* ami 20.0>>0 enlisted Various groups non- In active ■entice have been trained. In'-ltiding officers and men. to operate suilitilance roci panics, field b-ey.itnl*. evacuation bo* pltsU. base hoapitats. and tstsplta' train*. For work In the enll«ted Vetarinary conet. 2JJ00 men not subject tp rail un der the sclt-clIv>-service law. are want ed. They nlll lie assigned to duty In veterinary Iwoipita!* and for ether pur (tttar* in the cant*. Service over can be cxj«-ctrd shortly. There is |iarticuii.r demand for erinnry and ugriculiuntl student! fanner*. Mnttlcmen and other* aCcus tticiol to handling horse*. A few ti of the following ai<-cu|*1|on* will a be accepted: Ilorwsiiners aaddli pharmaelsta. cook*. tyi>l*t* and stetetg

Reeretary Honston of the department <.; agriculture hat aet forth the policy which be thinks should be followed in highway construction during

ie war:

“So far as It U practicable to do oo. this department will urge the malnteoanee of the highways already constructed: the construction and completion of thoae highway* which are vitally Important because of their I •earing upon the war situation «

t of commodities;

^ Of oil highway lion relatively ’es» ewmUal or not baaed upon Important military or economic need*. The department la ■ring to suggest to the state highway department* the preparation of a schedule of work for die federal aid project* for 1918 In Use with thla pol-

icy.”

Road construettoo and maintenance In the United States Involve an annual expenditure of about *300.000,u)0. The department of labor l* arrang,g to bring Into the United State* 110.000 laborers for railroad and farm work, from Porto Rico and the Virgin Irtandr. according to tools F. Poat. nssiMant secretary of the dept *nt

!*ay for enlisted men and mm*’ mlssionud officer* range* frinn 830 89A ■ month, food. ■ '.nth.nr. and tpiar ter* AppUrntlnn* for cullstnient he made at any aruy rccrulilna

One of the functions of the established war service exchange w

be to snswrr Iiu|Ulrl<-* of pcnuHi* dcMring to arrve in flu- army. It vl also keep Informed of needs of th»-

various branches of the service a* personnel, and direct suitable persn

as to where and bow to apply, and w<! ovoperalc with the drpaFttneid of la-

bor and other agcnilc* In loeail

lying n

Mr. Post declare* there Is no r ea*lty for Importing common labor worn Mexico or China. Porto Rico Is an -rirultsml territory and yet has s i.sily of population exceeded by only brve state*. A considerable surplus rortera exists on the IsUnd. It furnish 100.000 laborers, and the Virgin islands can need 10.000 more. Arrangements are bring made to bring over 50.000 men us aoon as tonnage Is available. A recent report made by the United Stales consol in Tasmania, an Island state of Australia. Include# the follow-

ing:

“The general scheme for the repatriation of returned soldier* contemplate* glaring them upon the land. At a recen'. conference between the commonwealth and the Mate authorilie*. It derided that each state would liave to find the tend, while the comiltb government would advance up to 8^.433 to Improve the bolding of ■■ach relumed soldier and to procure he necessary atock and Implements. In this state It was deemed that the crown lands would prove too difficult Improve to attract returned sol■ller*. and It was decided to purchase arge c*tates and divide them op Into mall farm# and lo use the money ada need by the eummonweaUb governmiit for building*, fence* and tool*. The money ex|>ended by the state In purchasing the land, aa well as the nancy advanced by the commonwealth for Improvement*. Is a U'-u upon the property and must be repaid In small mnunl payments. It was alao derided >y the commonwealth to advance ■looey to returned ao’dlers who may leslrr to rent land. Bills will be Inruduerd Into the various partl'-ment* it once so that this srherar can bo put Into o|K-ratk>n throughout Aus raUa." Fur purpose* of optvation railroadA >f the Failed htates have been placed n three dhlsions. a* follows: KoAtern Itallnmls.—The rnilmad* In hat portion of the United State* north •f the Ohio nml Potomac rivers and -a*! nf Lake Michigan and the In-llana-IIllDois state line: also thoae .illmad* In Illinois extending Into It rum point* east of the Indlana-IIII-tiola atate line; also the Chesapeake Ohio, the Norfolk A Western, and lo- Airgiuisn railways. Souttierti Hkilroad*.—>11 railroads n that imi-tlon of the United State* •outb of th. ;»hlo and Potomac river* md easi of the Mississippi river, ex Vpt the ChesajwBke A Ohio. Norfolk % Western, and il*e Virginian railways, ■id also those railroad- In IIUnolB and Indiana extending Into those states mm iMdlils south of the Ohio river. Western Railroad*.—All rail math ict Included In the above drllullioiimd. bioaiily *|M-aklng. all railroad- In the territory seat of Lake Michigan un! of the Indlnna Illinois male line <• the Ohio river and West of the Mls-i-vlppl river from the Ohio river to he (iulf of Mexico, excepting those nilrtmiia In Illinois Included in cast--rn territory and thoae rallniads In Illinois and Indiana ic.cluded In south•ni territory, as above stated. According to Information received In t\ ashlngtou. butter is selling In Ber • in ai a pound, sugar at fri centi pound, ham and bacon at J-.ll i ••und. aad while soap at five bars for

Waotngtoa.—Tba raanlt of opaag War wlM he determine' durtt*

tba coming year In Prarideot Wllaon H«

^ In a latter seat to the Farmer#' Oob-

UL. when h# taid them: “You wHI raallaa, as I think st*teamen on both sides of the water realise, that the culm looting crisis of the struggle has coma and that he achlerer-.-mt* of the yaw on one aide or the other must determine the Issue." The President had been so deeply tele rested In the viewpoint of tba American fanner on th# war That ha bs«i punned personally to visit the conference to deliver his message la person. For two day* a apeclal trala had been held in tba local rsilroad yards to make the trip. At the last moment, however, it was decid'd that the Inclement weather made It unwiee for him to nrteenpt the trip. tr. view of the fact that he was Buffering with a severe cold. The letter. In par', waa

aa follows:

President Wilson's Letter, un very sorry. indeed, that I cancot he present In person at the Urban* conference. 1 should like to enjoy the oeocfll* of the Inspire!: n and exchange of counsel which I know I •houid obtain, but in the c'renal stances it has seamed impossible for be preseBL and therefore I can *nly sand you a very earnest m< -s*e* expressing my interest at droughts which ouch a cor nust bring prominently into • very “I ne*d not tell you. for I arr. you realise t» keenly as I do, that we are as a nation in the preeenr- of a great pasL which demands Bupmee sacrifice and endeavor of even one of us. We can give everything that Js needed with the greater wUUnrr.oaa.' and even satisfaction, because th.- object of the arar in wliieh we a:- engaged 1* the greatest that fre- nen have ever undertaken “It is to prevent the IHe of Use v orW from being determined and Un- fortune* of men evbry-rriiere effected by luall group* of military masters o! the governments they unhappily, for the moment, control. You will not need to be convinced that it was neceesary or us. aa a free people, to take a part u this war. It had raised its evil

many one year ago Friday, thart Ug been sunk by aabmartm*. mln« u raidar. €1 AmerRM veeaela, t«Ll

smuts die id OESPEMIE IDT

Two Killed ted Four Others

Wounded io Raid.

IS IEUI0K LIKEflS S.IBOOPS

Huge VtterttH, Mow Le*i«th*». Used as Transport

GERMANS ALSO SUFFER LOSS

On* Sammy Reports Dropping Two With HI* Automatic Rlfta—Ra-

American Army In France.—Axnertca's fighting forces snffered more cascalties through a German raid. Two American soldiers were killed, four were wounded, one seriously, and one was lakes prisoner by the enemy in a sortie agslnst a small American

salient

The American? battled heroically against superior odds. There was evidence of bloody fighting in the email corner of the line on which the enemy

MEN AND SUPPUES SAFE

eelsad Vessels In U. 8- Berries Ten

"The rulers of Germany had sought > exorcise their power in such a »ay i to shut off our nronomic life sithi th* Western Hemisphere, while they accomplished purposes which would have permanently impaired emd impeded every process of our tioual life and have put th* fortunes of America at the mercy of th- Imperial Gcveramect 'This was no thi rat come a reality. Tbeir band of vl»-i Imre had been laid upon our people and our own proper!: flagrant violation rot only of Justice, hut of the weli-rrcogniied and .•landing covrnani- ..f interns: law and treaty. V.V are figl.-mg. therefore, a* truly for the »bcn> and self-government of the United Sum* as H (he w«r of our own Rex bad to be fought or. - wraln. end . very man in every buaine-w in the I Btate s mu*t know by this tim. his whole future fortune lies ir the

balance.

"Our national life and our economic devlopmer.1 will pa der the sinister inffmiirea of for. .gn control If we do not win. Wr must win. therefore and we -hall wlr. need not ask yon to pledge yonr l and fortune* with those of thof the nstioa to the arremplitti: of that great end You wilt renlixe. a> i think m»n on bath eld.-* of the wau allxe. that the culminating ert-: t v * • imule ha* eotne and that achiexomr-t- of thj* year on th. ride or the other mo*! determi.v Issue. It lu* turned out tha' force* that fight f..r freedom, th* dom rf men all ov. r -t.e world aa* o-.r own. depend upon u»

A heavy, low-lying mlat aided the Germxnf Taking advantage of it the enemy suddenly put op an Intense bap rage fire over a small salient and listening poet manned by American

fighting men.

The German rain of high explosives destroyed the communication wire by which the listening post and saUen'. wight have summoned help. The mist effectually hid rockets which the

The 8a mm tee had

fight without aid of a counter barrage from their earn gun*, because of thi* lack of communication. That they fought valiantly was amply shown In the blood and disorder In th- little notch they held. The American* didn't have a chance be win against the vastly superior force Of German raiders, who swooped down on them and who did not have to pene-

trat.

of 6S«.m. leaving on the credit x of the American Wdger la the with the Central Powers s net ni of 515.05 graa. tons: The las* Hie ^u»ed by the ainklag of the

A French Clty^-Tbe pride of Germany's and Austria's great merchant fleet* have brought thousand.- of American troop* to Europe to fight the bat-

tle of democracy.

Permission was granted for the announcement to Americans that 18 former German and Austrian merchant steamships have arrived in Europe, bringing great numbers of American soldiers, and that their holds carried thousands of tons of supplies. The 18 Included the great liner Leviathan. the biggest ship in the world, formerly the Vaterland. of the Ham-

burg-American Lina

Other* In the fleet of transports were the Covington. Cincinnati. President Lincoln. President Grant. Powhatter.

Madewask*. all of which

by the United States at the outbreak of the war. and former North Oertn an-Lloyd steamships Georg* Washington. Mount Vernon. Agamemnon. Aetolus. Mercury. Pocahontas. Huron. Antigone and America have all arrived. All had uneventful passage. Everyone of these transports ha* reached a European porx 10 months earlier than their former German crews anticipated when they smashed the machinery aboard each liner. Announcement may alao now be made that the steamships Baron Von

- t _ Steuben and Baron I> Kalb are now "any barrage protect!^''the ! NCtively engaged In service.

A half-million tons of shipping, tor-

The enemy barrage. It was shown, i mrri - r S>™l*rt} of tba enemy. U now began very suddenly after a night and - capable of being utilised by the dawn of comparative quteL Th4re ’ United Plate* and the Allle*.

bad been only the customary deenl-

tory reciprocal artillerylng. i Washington -The heart of America American patrol* who had been out *** thrilled with the new* that the on reronnotsauces over No Man’i rreatest armada In her history—elxLand had all returned with the adven: "• n hu ** transports—had arrived eff daylight. safely at a French port with thousand* Most of the shells that came la the of officers, aoldier# end su, olles. deluge of botfie Are were heavy sev-' The great transports laft American entyeerena. The* were directed P° rt . during the last two weeks. 7iuround a Rule trench salient held ' Me eU delivered their precious cargo by the Americans which sticks out 00 European soli untouched like n i«Kk toward the German line* fcnl1 unobserved by the watchful eyes

A listening post, forming a further on submarines

exte-mdon of th# salient, we* inclod ed Protecting them on their voyage In the enemy tone of Are. were American men-of war—fleet gray The whole salient was manned by monster*, who swept through the a platoon of American troops—57.'. ' t - ,M *nn* warning that their trailsmen ; P***! chargee were to be delivered un-

How much the German* suffered it: harmed,

their raid was not known. FcUowlar A hoard the transports were Iboucufiotn. the raider> look away the.r of young men -officers for trainown dead and wounded. Fr>m the ln *- Bauunle* for service, doctors, condition of the hit of the silent nurse* and skilled workmen From »which they entered, however. U Is c*r 411 P ,rt * ° r lh * country they had been tain there was a fierce struggle. ) **<retly arssmbled at different cm ]

harking points along tbs aeaheaid. After th* great veraela poked their

of port the curtain of

The percentage of •!

C«be B

tii which b*Y* salted tb.-c* the war xone auecsesfuRy Is smrf Record, of the Department of Cm mere# show that for tbs period glnaisg with Pebruary 1, in?, i ending with December 1. there v cleared from Ametiraa port* in foreign trad* 1 TSS.FoO net ton*, or a

n«,«w i

ships making up tba tntai of tout r, c < made public by the rf Further offsetting the torus of u nsge occasioned by the snbruxrai warfare, the United States, thretf the Shipping Board, nqtdsiaosed American shipyard* *28 Tcsarl*. io leg more *han 1.009,000 gn*' ti and cont.Tcte have been award-d !■ SM ships. * large number of * are now under way and are 1

lushed to completion.

In addition, the Shipping Board. ■ October 15 hist, placed ujder Gcxl-» meat requisition 33* America %. of over 1.500 tons deadw-ught caps 3 which were already afloat and St ntely assigned theta to the Usl ' carrying supplies tor th* AUlti a

Another difficulty which facel United Slates la tbs teak of paiusf sea vessel* to offset the ravage' U-boat was the repairing of the ful damage" done to th* forme - Co

H ships by the; before the ships

cost million, of dollars and is e Instances called for th* higher ' neering skill to make and r-: parts of forelgn-bulU engines and

Indicating that the teak ha* b«: tended by taccess, th* stetsmeri made by a prominent official co: ed with the Shipping Board th.:

paired and lo service. ICmj of th

have made a* many as th refour round trip* through th* war Three of the former Oermafi ' h-/e been the object, of tucce' • lack, by the Mubmarinas. The An formerly the Adamatura. «- Owaroo. formerly the >i' : were sunk, and the Arasnlx

by a torpedo, but was saved *r.r:

lag beached Several o'. German ships have been a

LITTLE HOFE FOR STORE!

THE SUBMARINES’ TOLL.

B Fust Admlnlatrator, i( * Iterated. »Ul not modify unlees he la ehova ajeclEr <

Nine Britiah Ships Of Over 1,600 eor * h *P dropped down over their voy-

age. Whether they all me* at aaa

Ton* Sent To Bottom. forming one great movemenL Uto ixmjon —An Increase in British w “ r D«r«rtm*ut wil! not reveal Shipping lonae* Is show n In the official Th* maneuvering of transports

summary which report* the destrue * htch already have landed r.egrlj a • Uon-if nine vee-rta of more :han half-million of America 1 * r.»- .;ir.[ TO ENOBLACK RUST ClSTRi8 uT ®*

ons and six of le*»er tonnage The official r'atemeW follows: Arrivals. 2.353; salines. 2.303.

moved i>y Janus

fores* in France without loss 1 ficient ucio Itself, the Navy be) Announcement of the arrivi many transports and thouarm American troops In Rump* < r .

rate, a new policy of

In <

'I abroad.

In t

WASHINGTON.

hie ar^»*erar.c# before the Hoi. Naval Oommltter lhal the Navy I. parttr est has let a contract tn HenFord for soora* of j. new type , antteatooarine craft fievelvpsd bv r Navy.

ACCENTS WILSON'S STAND.

Bueno* A.re* Newspaper Approves

J Letter On American Aims.

I Bueno- Aire. -“What 1 maldm:

j Wllaoo aays oonstllute* th*

a* we our-clve* had

gard to tlie action and spirit nf th>

SELLS FIFTEEN TONS OF SUGAR.

Food Administerter S*.t

YoA.—Fifteen I

1 i wide d-

j *r. approprisOon for sradkii’ Barberry bush; said to be t< • I utor of black rust whlrh

ntea and kflnne^ 1 - fuctlon of tbs B*r ; -ndsr the '

• same ba>r

UH.kM-.Irr war acnjsnd of h.iardln*. |l »a* Mid by the Federal Food Admin- j' . _ l»tration to boaplul*. charitable la- i

linl'.ed .‘-tales ' ,m Nacleo. a leading etltutiom and feme 504 retell grorcra.

Bueno* Ajn-. rew.pajw, declared die j “ » » Pound Frtedman. who to Germans raided tbe A»r- -

letter on j “f 4 " *>-». U allegwl tn hair j Un# (ranch** te FTance. ‘

•ugar from New Orteaa. j wounding tour.