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; WILMINGTON. MOrYTH CAROLINA: SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1918.
FIVE CENTS
ON KARL
DRIVE AND
Reduce Home Consumption to
AID LIB.
TCH
16
CHECKmmJM
ATTEMPT
IS NOT
CONFIRMED
SENTTOMmCEWm
VMNAWER
ERTFS CAUSml
150 Employes of Hagenbeck
Shows Killed orTnjured
BODIES ARE MUTILATED
Little Credence in Report of
Effort to Kill Emperor
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Three Pounds a
Serious Problem Added to Sit
uation Facing Militarists
RAINS AN AID TO ALOES
Spirit of Protest to Hapsburg's
Effort to Imitate Strate
gy of Slaughter
ROAD TO REVOLUTION .
Kaiser Must Take Third Great
Chance and Continue War
This Summer While the
Dual Monarchy Totters
Sew York, June 22 A serious check
lo Austria-Hungary's offensive against
Italy and. persistent food riots in
Vienna have added another grave
problem ttiis week to the critical sit
uation facing the Hohenzollern mili
tarists. .
The halt imposed upon the Austro
Hungarian advance has been due not
Dnly to allied military operations along
the Italian front, but also to weather
editions. The Hapsburgers accom
plished the difficult task of bridging
the Piave river in the fae of heavy
gunfire, but after part of the assault
ing" troops had crossed this important
jefensive line, the bridges were" ear
ned away by the floods. The result
has been to prevent the Austro-Hun-larians
from securing necessary rein
forcements and supplies. The offen
sive has terminated and a defensive
role has been forced upon the in
;aders. This disquieting conclusion of the
imbitious Hapsburg attempt to "imi
tate von Hindenburg's new strategy of
slaughter, has created a new- spirit of
protests against German militarism
rtich has made itself 'vociferous in
kustrian newspapers and among the
populace. During the past, week .it
tecame "necessary tor tne senu-ouiuiaa
pss in Vienna to declare that the
Soians had not ordered the new of
ime against Italy. But .a disclamot
M as this is highly dangerous It
is belifeved the anger is now directed
igainst Germany and might swiftly be
tamed against Emperor Karl and the
German element which constitutes the
governing class of the dual mon
irchy. Austria-Hungary is now on the road
to revolution. It is a race as to which
will come first peace or Austria-Hungary's
collapse. Germany took a
chance that -ruthless submarining
could be carried on in defiance of
America, and lost; Germany also took
a chance that von Hindenburg could
teach Paris and the channel ports and
lost A third chance must be taken if
the kaiser decides to reject demo
cratic peace this summer and contin
ues the war, while Austria-Hungary
Is tottering. '
Opportunism rules at Berlin, but
not since the war began has so grave
i decision been demanded of the Ho
henzollern. .
The kaiser declared this week that
Either German or Anglo-Saxon princi
ples must dominate the world as the
fesult of the war. As if fate were pro
testing against world domination,
inti-German outbreaks occurred with
in 24 hours of the kaiser's speech, In
tte country closest allied with' the
aerman emniro
The kaiser must accept this, as a
armng or he must defy the danger.
Be himself is capable- a maniacal
Decision. So are his militarist ad
ders. It was wholly believable that
there is even a half articulate desire
toong the blood-htode leaders of Ger
aany that Austria-Hungary shall drop
ut of the war to permit Germany to
thaiienge the western world -alone,
rttrout military help from any source.
rhe spirit of ruthless slaughter now
dominates in the kaiser's councils and
ie is capable of accepting this insane
fcwpoint. - -
!t is possible to declare, therefore,
tat ordinary prudence must compel
Jte Germans to offer peace before
stria-Hungary follows the way of
Russia. Ordinary prudence long ago
fenished from the advice of those" per
mitted to give their opinions to the
jkiser. Nevertheless, there are still in
"erruany men who can form a judg
fceat after the manner "of normal
ttatesmanship. v JIf Germany is, to be
laved from possible suicide the time
rapidly coming when these voices
bQst be heard. - ' '
have you american
name for baby class?
Los Angeles, Cal., June 22, Can
u think of a good American name
r a school or class for children be:
thP first grade ' . ,
Such schools now are called kinder-
artens. That's the German name for
Bern. - .
Los Angeles kindergarten teachers
re trying to think of a properly de
'cnptive American name, and when
18 fund andagreed upon they want
'u,SCQool systems in the country to
ustitute it for the Teutonic name'."
At a recent meeting of the lnstruc
: of the youngest children it was
welded to push the matter of Ameri-
-uumg the name of this type of
"VUU1. ...... . . .
L ? DRIVE
ITALY i TO
. i p .
Austrians, It Is ied, Will
Push Toward VaSn Hills
FORMS REAL kdSTON
Defeat For Italians onVThis
Front More Disastrous
Than Any Other
KARL'S QUARTERS NEAR
Unable to Retire, Invaders
Bound to Exert Themselves
to .Utmost, Using All of
Their Reserves
London, June 22. Renewal of the
Austrian drive on a major scale is ex
pected hourly.
This new effort, it is generally be
lieved, will be another push south
ward from the Venetian mountains,
where the Austrians were quickly
stopped in their drive.
An Italian defeat on this front would
be more disastrous than at ny other
place with, the possible exception of
Montello, which forms the keystone
between the mountain and Piave
fronts. If the line was broken on the
north the . Italians along the river
would be compelled to withdraw to es
cape an attack from the rear.
Hindenburg and Ludendorff, in their
recent trip to the Austrian front, are
believed rto .have counseled such a
drive. Emperor Karl's headquarters
are known to he just north of the
Aeiftgo i plateau and .he.would .'Im
position to acquire glory in :. case of
any measure of success by his armies.
Premier Orlando, too, admitted to the
Italian deputies that .the enemy Is
missing great numbers of men in the
mountains "
"The Austrians are fighting with un
paralleled desperation' the premier
said today. "It is certain there wyi
be more fighting bebcause the Austri
ans, unable to retire, arefbounjJ to
exert themselves to the utmost, using
all their reserves, if .necessary, . for
the purpose of securing some sortpf
a success."
As an instance of the terrible losses
the enemy has sustained, Orlando
said that in one sector alone 5,000 en
emy dead are burled.
"The attitude of the population in
the rear of our lines is magnificent,"
ate in importance to the losses sus
lime." . . -
Of nearly a million men in the line,
the Austrians are known to have em
ployed already nearly half that num
ber in attacking. Their losses ;are
now estimated at fully 125,000. So
' far they have failed to gain any of
their respective objectives and what
they have achieved are disproportion
he said. "Their confidence is sub
tained. Field Marshal Haig today reported
successful raids and patrol encoun
ters in the Villers-Bretonneux and
Strazelle sectors.
Repulse of German raids in the Bel
loy region and in Alsace,, and capture
of a German outpost near St. Maud,
wer ereported by the French war of
fice. .
EVERY ABLE-BODIED
MAN MUST GO I0W0RK
Stanley Wants Georgia Legis-
.. .. lature to Require Useful
Employment
Atlanta. -June 22. Every able-bod
i a man In Georgia between age of 18
and 55; inclusive Tich or poor must
engage in . some . useful . and essential
employment if the compulsory worK
law drafted by H. M. Stanley, state
rommissloner of commerce and labor.
is adopted at the next session of the
state legislature which convenes .June
26. 0
This measure was made public. to
night, has been under consideration
f 05, some time and is the direct result
of the serious, labor " shortage in
Georgia. It is very drastic in its lan
guage and already has the approval
of tjGovernor Dorsey and other .state
officials. ' v
"The bill provides that a man must
be engaged in "some useful occupation,
even If he has sufficient income to
support himself and family ..without
working! Those that cannot get jobs
will be provided -with work by the
state labor- commissioner.'- ' .
RENEWA
DRINKS ARE CUT IN HALF
Officials Are Working on Ra
tion Card to Enforce the
' . New. Regulations
SHORTAGE IN SHIPPING
Follows the Destruction of 200
French Sugar Plants, Loss
of French and Italian
Beet Sugar Lands
Washington, Jftae 22. Drastic re
strictions on sugar consumption were
announced by the food administration
tonight. They include:
Reduction of home consumption to
three pounds a person a month.
Reduction of less essential manufac
tured products, including sweet drinks,
to 50 per cent, of their normal sugar
requirements.
Cutting of ice cream manufacture
to 75 per cent, of their normal amount
of sugar. ,
rood administration officials are
working. on details of a ration card by
which .they . will enforce the three
pounds a month rule.
This . rationing scheme follows a
serious reduction in the available sug
ar supply for . the United States and
its allies. Shipping shortage, destruc
tion of. over .200 French sugar facto
ries, loss t)f thousands of acces of
French . and Italian beet sugar lands,
have combined to create a serious
scarcity of sugar, according to the
food administration. The strain upon
America to provide sugar for the al
lies is increasing. Only strict conser
vation "will enable food officials to tide
over the crsis without being forced
to more drastic steps and increases
prices.
The new rationing regulations are
effective July 1, Every manufacturer
will ' be required to certify his sugar
needs to the food administration .be
fore he can obtain sugar. T.
Only, the following products will get
TtOrWdUBTw OTgarnaifidei the
new rule: Canned fruits, canned veg
etables, ' explosives, meats, catsup,
chile sauce, drugs for "medicinal pur
poses, "apple butter, "packers of pre
served fruits, mince meats, glycerine,
insecticides, capsules and anti-poison
Under the less essential class which
Will get only half its sugar require
ments instead of 80 per cent, as now,
Hoover has included: Barrooms, brew
ers, California fruit cider, cough drops,
dental preparations, dessert powders,
druggists who buy sugar for reducing
concentrated syrups, honey manufac
turers, hotel bars, gelatine, ginger ale,
glue, grape juice, ice cream cones, ice
cream powder, jelly powder, marsh
mallows, malted milk maple sugar
compounds, molasses ana syrups, pat
ent medicines, pickles, rollers for
printing presses, preserving salmon
eggs for, sale to fishermen, table syrup,
vinegar and whiskey.
Soda fountains ,are hit hard by the
new regulations. They are cut to 50
per cent. Ice cream has formerly
been allowed unlimited use of sugar
but after July 1 only 75 per cent, will
be allowed tnd where ice cream is
manufactured on the promises of any
dispenser 4t. will come under the 50
per cent, limitation.
ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
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America Will Celebrate by
Sending 89 Glistening New
Hulls Into the Waters
J Washington, June 22. America will
celebrate her independence , . da,
launching 439,886 tons of new ship-
ping wherewith to carry American
troops and supplies to battle Ger
many. Amid impressive ceremonies" 89 glis
tening new hulls will thunder from
their ways at Atlantic,. Pacific, Gulf
and Great Lakes yards; "and a record
for ship construction will have -been
set.
. The 37 steel ships and 52 wooden
will be - sufficient to maintain 146,000
American soldiers five divisions on
the firing line, furnishing their food,
munitions and all supplies.
The single day's launchings will ex
ceed by a third the entire output of
the .fiscal year, 1915-1916 ; and will be
42,050 tons greater than the country's
record pre-war output of 1901.
. The Pacific coast will lead with 26
wooden and 17 steel launchings.
Mobile, Moss Point, Miss., and
Orange, Texas,; will lead, in the south,
each with a double launching.
- Four Workmen Killed
Washington, June 22 Four work,
men were killed and 19 wounded Tvhen
troops fired upon strikers of a locomo
tive -factory in Vienna yesterday,
French cables today reported. " -v
LAUNCH
433.886
TONS
Many Lie in Wreckage Swept
by Fire -Sixty Are
Missing
CAUSE NOT DETERMINED
Some of Most Famous Clowns
and. Bareback Riders Are
Killed Stories of
Pathos Are Told
Gary; Ind., June 22. One hundred
and fifty employes of the Hagenbeck
Wallace circus were killed or injured
early today when a Michigan Central
army equipment train, running at tre
mendous speed, hurled into the rear
of the gaudily-painted circus train in
which they were slumbering.
Forty-three bodies, terribly mutil
ated and burned, had been lifted from
the wreckage tonight. One hundred
and eight men, women and little chil
dren, injured in the crash, were being
cared for at the hospitals -in Gary and
Hammond. Many of them are believed
to be fatally hurt.
Sixty persons were missing, accord
ing to a hasty check by Edward Bal
lard, an owner of the circus, after a
visit to morgues and hospitals. Some
of them may lie in the wreckage,
which was swept by fire and still
smouldering tonight.
According to Coroner Green, who
made the rounds of the hospitals and
morgues with Ballard, estimated that
the death toll will be between 35 and
50: ' He believes that many of the
missing are being sheltered in nearby
houses.-
The equipment train was unoccupied
except by the -crew. The engineer is
missing and railroad officials believe
he was-killed.
The cause of the wreck had not
been officially determined -The circus
train had .been halted because of a hot
box. A flagman had gone to. the rear
to make. the. usual safety precautions.
General. . . JPessenger. Agent, W,
LangBttattrof theMleMgan Central,- de-'
clared that, the equipment train had
run by block signals and fuses and
that the only explanation he could
conceive was' that the engineer was
dead at the throttle.
Among the dead are clowns, aerial
ist and bareback riders who were na
nasts and fun makers will never "be
seen again 'in the saw dust ring be
cause of the injuries they sustained.
Among the dead identified by Ha-genbeck-Wallace
employes is dainty
Bessie Cavanaugh, aerial artist, who
has been a headliner under the big
top for- years. Jenny Ward, another
trapeze star, was identified by com
rades in a Hammond morgue.
Other bodies, held at Hammond were
positively declared , by circus people to
be those of. Charles Rooney, bareback
rider, who. Is known from coast to
coast, and. the Diereck brothers, Ar
thur, Joe and Hans, the strong men
of the show. .
Joe Coyle, a .clown, who has made
thousands of small boys shriek with
joy in a series, of American cities,
was almost insane from grief tonight,
having watched his own two little sons
die before his eyes while he struggled
hysterically to lift heavy beams that
pinned them in the burning wreck
age. Coyle's home is in Cincinnati. ;His
wife, and two boys, one seven years
old and the . other three, joined him
two days ago to travel a weekwith
the circus. Mrs. Coyle was fatally
hurt in the wreck and died in a hos
pital.' Coyle, himself badly hurt, regained
consciousness lying beside the boys.
The younger was dead, but his brother
was moaning pitifully and crying for
help. Coyle tore frantically at the
wreckage, but he was helpless. The
little one died before other workers
could pull Coyle away.
Harry La Part, the famous clown.
was unhurt. He extricated himself
ch and .oIned the rescue crew
Lon Moore. another famous clown,
from the debris oeanng hardly a
proved himself a hero. Eecaping from
the wreck unhurt, he rushed to the
rescue of a woman who was pinned
beneath a mass of wreckage that col
lapsed and fell on him. Seriously hurt,
he struggled with men who carried
him away, and begged to be permitted
to go back to help his comrades.
Jimmie Mulvaney, 18, and J. Kur-
ner, 18, of Steubenville, O., ran away
from home to join the circus. Both
were painfully hurt. They told their
stories to doctors who attended them.
James Everett, of Memphis, Tenn.,
another youth who said he left home
to follow the show, was injured.
The circus had been billed to show
today at Hammond, Ind. Scores of
small fcoys Were waiting at '' the rail
way station at dawn for the circus to
f arrive. ronignt tney saw tne circus
come in, but without the usual splen
dor and excitement." Automobile
trucks and farm wagons gathered up
a few of the trappings that were not
demolished and hauled them and the
few uninjured circus folks to the cir
cus' grounds. , Shelters were pitched
and an office established where Owner
Ballard and the coroner tried to check
up the lists of dead and injured.
Huge Crowds Parade Streets
of Vienna and. Demand
More Bread Rations
ASK CONCLUSION PEACE
Edict Is Issued Threatening Se
vere Measures to Repress
the Disorders -Revolution
Is Possible
London, June 22. No confirmation
has been received tonight of the re
port emanating from the Amsterdam
Bourse that an attempt has been made
to assassinate Emperor Karl. Little
credence was placed in it, but eyery
effort was bein gmade to tracer its
source.
Evidence of the seriousness of the
industrial and political situation in
Austrna is accumulatng. Dispatches
from Dutch, Scandinavian and Swiss
sources describing strikes and other
demonstrations bear a striking simi
larity. A ZuZrich report today said there
were further demonstrations in Vi3n
na yesterday, huge crowds parading
the principal streets and demanding
restoration of the bread ration, in
creased wages, reduced hours of labor
and immediate conclusion of peace,
he police intervened and dispersed the
demonstrators.
The authorities issued a proclama
tion, threatening severe measures to
r, -c,r p di orders.
The Vienna Nieu Freie Press boldly
decries mat "a revolution is possi
ble. The government will be compell
ed eithtr to increase the bread ration
or risk further exciting, the working
people."
"Serious riots have occurred on the
streets- of Vienna," the newspaper
says. '-'Trains have been stopped, fac
tory windows smashed and bakeries
plundered- The police' and military
called out,. took; strict measures and
Issued a .warnihg3wldihg,ipar,fents re
Bponstble for the actions of their half
fed children"
ASKED BY ABERNETHYY
Moves Before Judge Stacy
Ag
ainst State Board of,
Elections Causes Stir
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C.,N June 22. Charles L.
Abernlthy's .move before Judge Stacy
this afternoon, asking a restraining
order against the state board of elec
tions certification of Dortch's nomi
nation in the thirdcongressional dis
trict, caused quite a bit of comment
here tonight.
It is the first move of Abernethy
since the state board granted the hear
ing that was resolved in Dortch's fa
vor. The former -' solicitor declares
that irregularities sufficient to over-
tnrow tne- result or tne election are
known and that he takes this as just
one in his determination to defeat a
fraudulent . deprivation of the rights of
the third - district voters. Judge
Stacy wilf take up the case perhaps
next week. . -
The filing of the Abernethy expense
account showing expenditures of
?3,523 is pointed to as answer to
Dortch's friends that the former solic
itor went far beyond his allowance
Rumors thaf Dortch's attornevs mav
move against Abernethy for excessive
expenditures seem not to excite Aber
nethy1. ARMY CASUALTIES lo'
DATE WILL TOTAL 8.678
Out of This Number 1,289
Were Killed in Action and
291 Were Lost at Sea
Washington, June 22. Army cas
ualties to date number 8,678, of these
1,289 were killed in action and 291
were lost at sea. Marine corps cas
ualties total 1.Q93 out of a force of
RESTRAINING
ORDER
13,000
A recapkulation of the American ex
peditionary forces casualties follows:
Killed in action, including lost at
sea, 1,289; . died of .wounds, 416; "died
of disease, 1,266; died of accident and
other causes, .444; wounded, 4898;
missing in action, including prisoners,
365; total casualties since last week's
summary, 644.
A recapitulation of the marine cas
ualties follows:
Killed in action, 1,951; died of
wounds,' 128.; died of accident and
otheik causes, 6; died of disease, 16?
wounded; '761; missing in action, in
cluding prisoner, 2.
v .. -.
PROPAGANDA OFU
HAIG ITS EFFECT
Riots in Austria Confirms In
formation Had at Capital
EXPECT DEVELOPMENTS
Committee of Public Informa
tion Has the Support an4
' Confidence of Wilson
FINDS FRUITFUL GROUND
England Co-operates With
America in Publicity
Purpose of Campaign
in Mexico Obvious
By FRANK P. MORSE.
Wshington, D. C, June 22. Amer
ican propaganda is at last beginning
to make itself felt in countries where
there is now reason to look for the
dawn of events. Jthat will loom big in
the, future . history of the world war
against Germany.. Today's reports of
rioting .in AustriarHungary are merely
confirmations of information that has
been in the possession of the Washing
ton state department for several
weeks. Although- it is not permissible
to discuss details" of the work that is
being carried on' throughout the world
by the ' committee on public informa
tion, it may be said that the Washing
ton government expects important de
velopments' to materialize in Austria,
Russia and Mexico. '
Through channels that cannot be
disclosed,' the committee on public in
formation; an organization that has.
the entire confidence- of President
Wilson,- -has- been for many months
conducting an educational campaign in
Austria. The- German government's
efforts to- persuade the restless popu
lations of the- central monarchies that
American participation in the war was
immaterial has been offset by the dis
semination of- poof from the United
States that American soldiers, num
bered by millions, are to be poured
into France.
The American propaganda campaign
has Ipund fruitful ground in Austria.
The Czechs, Serbs and Jugoslavs, who
are bitterly against the war, have turn
ed willing ears to messages fi;om their
blood relatives in the United States
and have been encouraged in their
thoughts of revolt against a detested
government by the news that the great
republic of the western world has
actively joined the fight of civilization
against Prussianism. As a result,
there Is added significance in the pres
ent uprisings in Austria reported as
popular demands for peace as well as
food.
The committee on public informa
tion did not attempt to invade the
scenes of propaganda activity until
after German agents had obtained an
almost unshakable foothold. For ex
ample, when American agents first
reached Switerland and other neutral
countries, they found newspapers and
motion picture theaters bought up by
Berlin. . The German agents did not,
however, confine the exhibition of
screen stories to films of Teuton man
ufacture. The interpolatd motion pic
tur productons from the United States,
which, invariably, were "wild-west"
stories.
This was done for a double purpose.
They wished to persuade ignorant neu-
P;ras
and . . Austro-Hungarians that
America is a barbarous country in
which inhabitants are oppressed and
terrorized, and they utilized the American-made
films to suggest neutrality
and distract attention from the great
number- of German film plays with a
purpose that crowded the motion pic
ture screens.
Conditions have' changed materially
however,, since, the. American commit
tee on public information invaded the
neutral countries, Russia and, indi
rectly, important districts of Austria
Hungary. . Germany was able a few
months ago to .limit -the distribution
of President Wilson's speeches to the
few copies which . allied airmen
dropped over the trenches and in citie3
near the battlef ronts. "Recently, as a
result of continued and effective ef
forts, the messages of democracy from
the United States have had a wide
circulation in a territory that is not
completely guarded by German cen
sors ,
Great Britain is now co-operating
with the United States in the cam
paign of publicity that is being con
ducted in Russia. There is good rea
son to believe, that this propaganda
work is merely the preface to a move
ment that will, provide material assist
ance to the very large percentage of
Russians who resent their betrayal by
the Bolshevik government and are
anxious to resist the steady German
invasion. ' The question of supplying
ships for this purpose already has
been brought up in Washington.
The purpose of the American prop-
Undaunted by U-Boats, Grea$
Task-Is Accomplished j
REPLENISH MAN POWER
Germany Is Refilling Her Divi
sions and World Expects
Renewal of Drives
MARCH REVIEWS FRONT
Dream of America's First Mil-
lion Men Sent Overseas by
July First Will Become a ' : I
Reality Slj
Washington, June 22. More', than .
900,000 men have been shipped from
United States embarkation ports to
aid Liberty's cause overseas. "
Undaunted by U-boats and despite"
obstacles which tome called hopeless
this nation has accomplished that" vi-
tally tremendous task and is now ;
about five months ahead of schedule .
on man power shipments. V n
Chief of Staff March made these Big- ;: .
nificant announcements today, confer
ring with newspapermen and supple-" -
mented them with statements: i.
First. Whenever the test has come,
American troops have done well.
Second. The general situation looks '
well. :
Third. The lullfln France has giv
en an opportunity, ib' replenish allied
man power. ', - . V
Fourth. Germany is refilling her
combat divisions -and the world must
expeet a repetition of the Teuton
drives.
The 900,000-figure Includes, accord
ing ot March, men in France and on
the high sdas combatants and non?
combatants. And while he did not
say so, it Is certain now fhat"th
dream of' America's first million
shipped overseas by the first of July,
will become a reality: t'x-
It was clear that March regarded
the Italian, British and French -defense
of the Piave line as magnificent
and that he considered the boches still v
held all the way, both In France and
Italy. " .His statement that the gen
eral ' situation "looks well" was per?
haps, the most reassuring comment
from any high official source within
recfnt days. . . '
The. drive behind the Montello hills
assured a formidable character, he
said. But there was no mistaking
that he viewed confidently the pros- .
pects in Italy.
He was loud In praise of America's
work to date. They had "delivered ,
the goods," he felt. Cantigny and
Chateau-Thierry were landmarks in
American effort, so far. March would
not comment about forthcoming
United States troop assistance . in
Italy.
Unity of command advocated by
President Wilson-and accomplished by
appointment of General Foch, is of -"supreme
value," the chie! held. . " , ,
"The lack , of fighting along the
French front" is of primary Import
ance to the allies," he said, "by giving
us a chance to get more man pqwer.
The United St-tes has crossed the
900,000 mark of troops shipped, from, ;
ports in America. Nine hundred thou
sand men . is a large command, and in i
it are regular army troops, national Y
guard, national army and a small
force of marines. The marines amount
to some 12,000 men." .
Lenine Will Resign.
Zurich, June, 22. Despite the Rus
sian Soviets' vote of confidence, Prgr
mier Lenine either has resigned oi,
will take that step, according to a
Moscow dispatch published in the
Deutches Tage Zeitung.
aganda campaign in Mexico is obvious.!
The United States government real-:
izes thoroughly that measures must,
be adopted to repair the loss of Amer
ican manpower caused by the draftT
and" by the transfer of millions of
workmen to purely war industries. -The
farms, mines and railroads in the
United States are clamoring for un-
skilled labor. President Wilson -.re-
cently modified the. restrictions of the'
immigration law to permit importation
of labor. The most available source
is Mexico. A stumbling block to the!
draft ' of Mexican labor exists, how- ;
ever, in the embargo on emigration;
recently declared by Carranza and ins,
the attitude of Uia Mexican people to-
ward Americans,-. For that reason,
the work now being done on the Rio
Grande is of the utmost importance. !
The United States was the last great t
nation to take part in the propaganda
work that is now being carried on .to'
every part of the world. Valuable!
time was lost before the much-discuss-j
ed committee on public information
came into existence. Recent results, -however,
justify the belief that Amer
lean propaganda is now playing a big
part in the making of history and will'
have a tremendous effect on the out-
come of the war.
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