The Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1918 Page: 2 of 12
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THE YALE DEMOCRAT
mop bill
NEW CERTIFICATES WILL
MATURE AT END OF
I \ TEN YEARS
FIRST $50 BOM IS PRIRTET
Prmii Start Grinding Hour Aftoi
Wilson Attaohos Signature and
t will Produoo 500,000
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a Day.
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Washington.—The legislative fount
Motion for the third Liberty loan was!
Sold whan congress completed and'
{president Wilson signed the bill au-i
thoriiing issuance of additional bonds:
st 4)4 per cent.
Barller In the day the-treasury an-
nounced that the bonds would mature,
tin ten years—on Sept. 15, 1928—and
jwlll bear Interest from May 9 next,
(payable semi-annually on September
15 and March 16.
| The third Liberty loan campaign
•will last four weeks, beginning Sat-
urday and ending May 4; Banks
will be given live days after the cam-
paign's close to tabulate and report
subscriptions.
Instead of requiring a two percent
cash payment with the subscription
ias in the second loan, live percent will
jbe asked for the third loan. Twenty
per cent then will be due May 28; 35
jper cent July 18, and 40 per cent Aug-
ust 15.
On the baBis of a $50 bond, pay-
ments under this plans would be
as follows:
On subscription____________$2.50
May 28....................10.00
July 18....................17.50
August 15 _________________20.00
The treasury department expects
many Bubscripers to pay in full on
purchase and these early payments
imay be sufficient to redeem the
$900,000,000 of certificates of indebt
edness falling duo before May 9.
Otherwise it may be necessary to re-
fund the certificates with other short-
time lots.
The amount Is $3,000,000,000 and
oversubscriptions, and the only re-
maining detallB to be determined
by the treasury are the arrangements
for conversion of bonds of the first
and second loans Into third Liberty
bonds.
Within an hour after President Wil-
son signed the bond bill the first com-
pleted bond of the third Liberty loan
came from the press of the bureau of
engraving and printing. It was a $50
bond and was carefully laid aside by
James L. Wilmeth, director of the
bureau, for special disposition to be
determined later. They will be turn-
id out at tho rate of 500,000 a day to
lupply demands for cash sales and im-
uediate delivery.
Workers Are Busy.
Reports to the treasury told of busy
Liberty loan workers in cities and
villages all over the country prepar-
ing for enthusiastic celebrations Sat-
urday for the opening of the loan
campaign and the anniversary of the
entrance of the United States into
the war. The keynote for the big
popular war credit to be sounded by
President Wilson in a speech at Bal-
timore and by Secretary McAdoo at
Philadelphia.
The bill gives the secretary of the
treasury authority to issue $4,600,000,-
000 bonds in addition to the $3,666,-
000,000 already authorized under for-
mer legislation; raises the Interest
rate from 4 to 4)4 per cent, author-
izes Issuance of as much as $8,000,-
000,000 certificates of indebtedness
at one time and extends the power to
loan $1,500,000,000 more to the allies
from time to time.
150,000 MEN CALLED IN APRIL LENROOT ELECTED SENATOR CUMIAXUSS MTS “PRUSSIC ACID” FATAL
DRAFTED *flEN TO START
FOR CAMP APRIL 26
Oklahoma to Sent 2,2*1; Texas 7,517;
New Mexico, 405; Kansas, 1,021
end Arksnsss 2,735.
Washington.—Approximately 150,000
men will be sent to training camps
during the five-day period beginning
April 26, under orders sent to state
governors by Provost Marshal Gen-
eral Crowder for mobilization of the
April call of the second draft. This
Is three times the number it was
originally planned to call and Is near-
ly twice the monthly quota as based
on the calling of 800,000 men over a
period of nine months.
Calling out of the lnoreased num-
ber was made necessary by the de-
cision of President Wilson to respond
without delay to the need of France
and Great Britain for reinforcements
tn the great battle in Picardy.
Among the men to be called will
ho approximately 116,700 whites and
38,700 negroes. Pennsylvania leads
with 10,965 called; Ohio la second
,wlth 10,302 and New York third with
10,171. The assessment by states
follows:
• Alabama, 3,301; Arizona, 470; Ar-
kansas, 2,735; California, 4,363; Colo-
rado, 1,$29; Connecticut, 2,279; Dela-
ware, 141; District of Columbia, 492;
Florida, 3,350; Georgia, 6.356; Idaho,
604; Illinois, 8,801; Indiana, 5.968
Iowa, 3,412; Kansas, 1,921; Kentucky,
8,396; Louisiana, 4,549; Maine, 919;
Maryland, 6,590; Minnesota, 4,513;
Mississippi, 2,004; Missouri, 4,078;
Montana, 1,302; Nebraska, 1,460; Ne-
vada, 179; New Hampshire, 576; New
Jersey, 2,137; New Mexico, 405; New
York, 10,171; North Carolina, 5,054;
North Dakota, 1,037; Ohio, 10,302; Ok-
lahoma, 2,291; Oregon, 923; Pennsyl-
vania, 10,956; Rhode Island, 851
South Carolina, 1,969; South Dakota,
720; Tennessee, 4,751; Texas, 7,817;
Utah, 618; Vermont, 421; Virginia,
1,065; Washington, 1,596; West Vir-
ginia, 1,039; Wisconsin, 3,736; Wy-
oming, 335-
WAR HAS COST 9 BILLION
But Even That Is Under the Esti-
mates.
WISCONSIN IS BACK IN THE
LOYALTY COLUMN
Berger, LaPollette, the Kaiser and
Anarchy are Decisively Defeated
at tho Polls-
Milwaukee. — Congressman Irvine
L. Lenroot, republican, was eleoted
to the United States senate by a plur-
ality of from 8,000 to 12,000 over
Joseph E. Davies, democrat, choice
of President Wilson for the office.
On the baela of republican and
democratic assertion that the disloyal
ELECTION RESULTS.
Sanatorial.
WISCONSIN—Irvine L. Lenroot,
republican.
Mayoralty.
KANSAS CITY—James Cowglll,
democrat.
Oklahoma Mayoralty.
TULSA—C. H. Hubbard, demo-
crat.
MUSKOGEE—John L. Wlsner,
democrat.
EL RENO—P- P. Duffy, demo-
crat.
ADA—W. S. Conger.
SAPULPA—Dr. J. Wade Bone.
SHAWNEE—Frank W. Watts,
democrat.
DUNCAN—J. B. McLendon.
BARTLESVILLE — John John-
stone
vote would go to Berger, the social-
ist candidate, now under Indictment
for seditious utterances, Wisconsin
has voted herself loyal by three or
four to one.
The returns are from forty-three
counties out of seventy-one. They
gave:
Lenroot, 89,372;
Davies, 64,810.
Berger, 44,514.
The missing counties are all repub-
lican except Washington.
Berger led the held in Milwaukee
county and Mayor Hoan, socialist
candidate for mayo:, was re-elected.
USE'NO'DEEP,
PORK. CBL SHEEP
PRODUCTS;
Liberty Bonds Will Prove Highly
Suooessful Antidote.
REW ATTACKS ON THE FRENCH
Immediate Provision Should
Be Made.
NEAR AMIENS FAIL TO MAKE
ANY PROGRESS
Amerioan Troops Take Over New See-
tor On Mouse South of
Verdun.
Parle.—German troops numbering
well above 100,000 delivered a terrific
attack against the Trench along a
front of nearly nine miles from Griv-
esnes to the north of the Amiens-
Roye road.
They were met with a storm of fire
from the French guns and although
the assaults were repeated time after
time, they succeeded In gaining only
a small section of ground.
The French retained Grivesi^ess but
the Germans occupied the villages of
Mallly, Ralneval and Morlsel.
The announcement by the war of-
fice of this new offensive also says
that by a powerful counter attack the
French made progress between Mont-
didier and Lassigny.
Germans Advance Near Hamel.
London.—Field Marshal Haig’s re-
port from British headquarters In
France says:
“After heavy artillery preparation
the enemy launched a strong attack
on the whole front between the Som-
me and Avre rivers. On the right
and center of the British lines, the
attacking German infantry were re-
pulsed but on the left the weight of
the assault succeeded in pressing
back our troops for a short distance
in the neighborhood of Hamel on the
south bank of the Somme. The fight-
ing is continuing in this area.
Washington.—Nine billion dollars
is the approximate cost to the United
States of one year of war.
This means an expenditure of $24,-
600,000 a day, or, based on a popula-
tion of 100,000,000, approximately 25
cents a day for every man, woman
and child In the country.
Enormous as these war expendit-
ures may seem to a country whose
government In peace times costs be-
tween $700,000,000 and $800,000,000,
Ithey are less than Great Britain’s ancj
tare only about two-thirds of estimate*
made by officials less than a year ago*
Slew progress of the shipbuilding pro
igram and the retarding of the out-
pouring of war supplies are regarded
Iby officials as the chief reasons why
[expenses did not equal estimates.
/ Just one-sixth of this big war cosl
lias been raised by taxation and othei
^ordinary sources of revenue.
WARNING
Collinsville, 111. — Robert P.
Praeger, a German, was hanged to
a tree south of the city limits by
a mob of 350 persons, which drag-
ged him from the basement of the
city hall where he had been in
hiding.
Praeger had made disloyal re-
marks in a recent address to min-
ers at Maryville, 111.
Praeger, early in the night, was
taken in hand by members of the
local “loyalist” committee and
forced to parade barefooted
through tbe streets, kissing the
American flag at intervals. The
police rescued him and took him
to the city hall for Bafe-keeping.
Later in the night a crowd gath-
ered in front of the hall and de-
manded that Praeger be surrender-
ed to them. Mayor Siegel coun-
selled calmness, but the demands
increased and the police then took
Praeger to the basement, where
he was concealed beneath a pile of
tiling.
When the demonstrants discov-
ered the man was not to be de-
livered to them they rushed past
a cordon of officers and after al
short search dragged Praeger from
hiding. Barefooted he was led
through tbe streets at the end of
a rope and later was hanged.
THE SUBS
London.—There was a sudden and
marked decrease in the losses to
British shipping through mine or sub-
marine in the last week. The ad-
miralty reports that only six British
merchantmen of 1,600 tons or over
and Beven under that tonnage were
sunk in the week ending March 30.
Over Under
1,600 1,600 8maller
Weak ending—tons - tons eraft
February 22 ____14 4 7
March 2 _______12 • 0
March 9 -------15 3 1
March 16______11 S 2
March 23______16 12 1
March 30______• 7 0
Total......882 32S 204
Grand total, 1,414.
Completely Defeat Chicago Socialists.
Chicago-—Every one of the thirty-
three socialist candidates for alderman
in the city elections was defeated.
The new city council will be a patri-
otic one for all the candidates en-
dorsed by Mayor William Hale
Thompson whose pro-German atti-
tude had been criticised were also
defeated. Aldermen were elected In
thirty-five wards. The new council
will be democratic and will contain
two socialists, both holdovers.
John W. Rainey, was elected con-
gressman from the Fourth district to
take the seat made vacknt by the
death of Charles Martin. Rainey won
with a majority of 5.637 votes over
his two opponents, O. W. Christopher,
republican and Kasimir P. Gugis, so-
cialist.
PLAN BIG EXPRESS MERGER
Govrnment May Allow Combine Into
One Concern.
Washington — Merging of the
express matter, taking approximately
poration, to operate them as a unit
and work out a basis for distribu-
tion of profits, is under consideration
between the railroad administration
and representatives of the companies.
Some announcement is expected
within a week.
Conclusion of an agreement baa
been held up by difficulties in de-
veloping a plan for apportioning tbe
stock of the new company, which
would have virtually a monopoly of
express business. The railroad ad-
ministration would make a contract
with the single company for hauling
express matter, taking aproxlmately
half of the transportation receipts.
New American 8ector.
With the American Army in France.
1—American forces are now occupying
ja sector on the Meuse heights south
of Verdun.
This announcement was released
for publication simultaneously with
'a statement that the enemy raided
pne of the American listening posts
in this sector after a heavy bombard-
ment.
The raid was made against one of
the few positions in this region,
where it is feasible, because of the
terrain to conduct operations without
heavy loss to the attacking forces.
The enemy first vigorously bom-
barded the American first line and
fcommunication trenches zig-zagging
up the hill side and then sent over a
raiding party, which Bwarmed about
tbe listening posts.
Further progress of the enemy was
halted by a strong Are from the
American first and second lines and
as a consequence the enemy can
hardly claim success.
Because of the topography of the
Meuse heights region there has been
little severe fighting there for many
months and the opposing forces took
advantage of the inactivity to con-
struct fine dugouts, many of them be-
ing lighted by electricity.
Each side enjoys the advantage of
excellent observation posts and shells
echo among tho surrounding hills,
which are covered with spring flowers.
The other American sectors were
reported quiet. The Germans sent
in few shells in the sector northwest
of Toul, but the enemy airplanes were
fairly active in patroling.
By LEIGH MITCHELL HODGES
•f the Vigilantes.
Prior to August 1914, prussic as!4
was known as on# of tba deadliest
poisons, but comparatively few per-
sons were killed by It
Since that time German autocracy
h«« killed and maimed millions and
Jeopardised the life and liberty of all
tree nations by wholesale use of a
new kind of prussic acid—a “hydrocy-
anide" of brute force which, If not hin-
dered, will bo as fatal to freedom as
tbe prussic acid of the laboratory to
him who Inhales its deadly vapor.
With this deadlier prussic arid, the
kaiser and hla crew are trying to pole-
on the minds as well as the bodies
of those who will aot submit to tho
domination of might. Thus far he and
hla helV (gates have succeeded fairly
well, but a new antidote for this ftole-
on will check the peril If amply ap-
plied.
Americanism is Its name, and tbe
method of application Is as follows:
As soon as symptoms of the
poisoning appear—either In the
form of trench, air or submarine
raids or German propaganda-
planting, take one large dose of
Americanism in the form of Third
Liberty Loan bonds.
The effect will be Instantaneous.
At once the purchaser will pass
from a state of approaching des-
pair to an' unprecedented degree
of satisfaction at having backed
up the boys who are fighting for
freedom and the millions of men
and women who are working to
help win the war. This will be fol-
lowed by a sense of security in
having strengthened our defenses
against devtllsm, and at tbe same
time the effect on the foe will be
that of a powerful emetic, caus-
ing them to throw up their hands
in horror at the thought of such
whole-hearted support of the Al-
lied Cause.
For the average American the
dose suggested Is from $60 to $5,-
000—taken dally in small quanti-
ties over a long period, or swal-
lowed at one time and followed by
a feeling of happiness which can-
not bo appreciated until experi-
enced.
And while this Is suggested as
the most admirable antidote for
this poison, It also possesses tho
peculiar quality of providing a
“pill” for Kaiser Bill at the same
time. Testimonials from millions
of Americans who already have
used this remedy and like It so
well that they are going to lay In
another large supply, make clear
the use for buying your bonds
early 1
WORLD WANT
GROUND GLASS IS FOUND
Food for 90th Division la Tampered
With.
AMES SUCCEEDS BROOKS
Now Food Administrator Named for
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City.—Judge C. B. Ames
of Oklahoma City has been appoint-
ed food administrator for Oklahoma
to succeed Dr. Stratton D. Brooks of
Norman. In making the appointment
Food Administrator asks that Judge
Ames give his entire time to the
work.
Judge Ames has been among the
most active in war work In Oklahoma
City and the state. He la prominent
as a member of the Oklahoma county
council of defense, a member of the
state council of defense and la chair-
man of the Oklahoma county commit-
tee for the third Liberty loan cam-
paign which beglna April 8.
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200 Million to England.
Washington.—Credits to the alllee
in the last year were raised to more
than $5,000,000,000 by n loan of
$200,000,000 to Great Britain. That
nation’s total credits from the United
States now nr* ft.T80.099,909 and all
the allies $5,106,600,000.
San Antonio.—Proof of the pres-
ence of ground glass in nine different
articles of food shipped to the Nine-
tieth division commissary at Camp
Travis was announced by Major Noel
Gains, in charge of the secret service
military police, Ninetieth division.
Ffty members of officers’ families
and enlisted men are ill, he said.
Enemy Allens in Laboratory.
First efforts to locate the ground
glass were futile, he declared, and
persistent reports from the laboratory
at the base hospital, Fort Sam Housi
ton to the effect that no glass was
found In samples submitted led to
Investigation of the laboratory where
It was found one Austrian, two Ger-
mans and one Turk were among the
chemist’s assistants.
These men, he announced, had been
“dealt with” and aareful examination
of food samples since that time baa
proven that glass was present
He announced a list of foods, some
of them standard brands, including a
breakfast cereal, sausage, peanut but-
ter, canned goods, meal and flour In
which glass had been found. Tbe
food, he said, had been shipped from
nuurafactnrers to the commissary o{
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By BARNETTA BROWN
of the Vigilantes.
Place your elbows on your knees,
put your bead in your hands, and
think. Many Strangs things are
happening. Unprecedented conditions
abound. Those who have carefully
studied the world situation tell na that
we may have to face widespread world
want if we are not forethoughted and
forehanded. With millions of men
turned from their usual occupation of
helping to provide the necesearies of
life, depending on others for food and
clothing while they fight, tho Industrial
order Is thrown completely out of bal-
ance. The ship of state Is passing
through troubled waters. What can
we do, what must ws do, to Insure safe
passage?
How to Prevent It
World want cannot be prevented by
hoardings. Neither Is anyone’s safety
dependent on the amount of money he
has hidden away. Safety depends on
the sane, wise, unselfish use of the re-
sources of the nation. Every man’s re-
sources are the resources of the na-
tion. Safety depends on the willing-
ness of the Individual to share now
with the government every resource
he possesses—thoughL activities, mon-
ey. The right, free use of these, our
powers, should be towards production,
not restriction. Of what avail will
money he later, if there should he lit-
tle or nothing to buy? The govern-
ment Is trying to speed up production.
It will try harder by-and-by. Help on
towards your own safety and the safe-
ty of all by helping the government
Therefore, buy Thrift stamps, War
Saving stamps, Liberty bonds.
Bo do you put your hand, with all
the other hands, on the helm of our
ship, and become one of the pilots who
will steer it through the storm I* a
safe harbor.
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