WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
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E vent« o f N oted People, G overnm ents
and Pacific N o rth w est a n d O th er
T hings W o rth K now ing.
Sheep w ill be g ra z in g on th e W hite
H ouse law n w ith in a few days. P re si
d e n t W ilson h as purchased 12 th o r
oughbred Shropshire*.
D r. Sidonio Paes, p re m ie r «m l for
eig n m in is te r, w as T uesday elec ted
p re sid e n t o f th e rep u b lic o f P o rtu g a l
by d ire c t u n iv e rsa l su ffrag e.
C ardinal B egin, a rc h b ish o p o f Q ue
bec since 1898, w as stric k e n w ith
h em o rrh ag e T uesday.
H is condition
is considered a la rm in g because o f h is
advanced age. C ard in al B egin is 78
y e a rs old.
S erious food rio ts h av e b roken o u t
in C racow , G alicia, th e B erlin Vor-
w a e rts re p o rts, acco rd in g to a d isp atch
from C openhagen. No new sh ip m e n ts
o f food hav e a rriv e d in C racow in sev
e ra l w eeks.
The C atholic In te rn a tio n a l
P ress
agen cy announced, a d isp a tc h from
B asel says, th a t E m p ero r C h arles o f
A u stria is m ak in g a fresh peace offer,
ap p e a lin g to Ita ly to consider it in h e r
ow n in te re sts.
More th a n 100 A m erican airm en lo
cate d in and around London w ere in
v ited to te a a t W indsor C astle Monday
by K ing G eorge and Q ueen M ary, who
expressed ap p rec ia tio n o f th e w ork th e
men are doing fo r civ iliz a tio n .
H e rb e rt N elson, 13 y ears old, w as
lodged in the c ity prison a t O akland,
C al., charged w ith h a v in g sh o t and
killed h is fa th e r, P e te r, w hen th e la t
te r s ta rte d w ith him to th e police s ta
tio n to place th e boy in th e custody o f
th e ju v en ile court.
C ontracts have been le t fo r th e m an
u fa c tu re o f 63,500,000 p a irs o f m etal
lic fasten ed field shoes fo r th e arm y
overseas, a t an a v erag e p ric e p e r p a ir
o f ap p ro x im ately $7.75, and fo r th e
m an u factu re o f 2,000,000 p a irs o f field
w e lt shoes a t $6.50.
S e cretary o f W ar N ew ton D. B aker,
in an address to financiers, m erch an ts
and m an u fa c tu re rs a t a luncheon given
in h is honor a t B altim o re Monday, so
s tirre d th e re p re se n ta tiv e m en o f B al
tim o re th a t in 40 m in u tes, su b scrip
tio n s poured in to th e e x te n t o f $19,-
221,600.
A L ib e rty Loan honor flag floats
over th e h u ts o f 200 P a la In d ian s fa r
up in th e m o u n tain s o f S an D iego
county, C aliforn ia.
T h ey subscribed
$4000 to th e T h ird L ib e rty Loan from
th e ir sc a n t sav in g s.
T hey had been
e n tire ly overlooked and no q uota for
th e cam p had been a llo tte d .
A lim ony dodgers w ill be d ra fte d into
th e arm y soon, according to a decision
by th e ex em ption ap p eal board o f C hi
cago. A m an who h as been g iv en a
d e fe rre d classification on grounds o f
su p p o rtin g a fam ily and th e n is found
to have d eserted th em and re fu se d to
pay alim ony w ill be p u t in C lass l . f i t
w as decided.
F in n ish shore b a tte rie s in com m and
o f G erm an officers opened fire on 145
R u ssian sh ip s w hich le f t H elsin g fo rs
' fo r K ro n stad t, th e S ta te d e p a rtm e n t
w as inform ed Monday in d iplom atic
d isp atch es. T h is w as held to be a v io
latio n o f th e B re st-L ito v sk tr e a ty
w hich stip u la te d th a t th e vessels
should move unm olested.
G erm an n ew sp ap ers receiv ed a t Zu
rich say tw o larg e pow der fa c to rie s a t
G lazenbach, n ea r S alzburg, 156 m iles
so u th w est o f V ienna, h av e been de
stroyed, according to a d isp atch from
S w itzerland.
T he U n ited S ta te s h as ag reed to
p e rm it th e sh ip m e n t
o f g ra in to
S w itzerland in sh ip s flying th e Sw iss
colors w ith th e flags u n d er w hich th e
vessels is re g iste re d .
I t is probable
th a t A m erican sh ip s w ill b e used.
F o r te llin g a frien d th a t th e naval
ship upon w hich he w as se rv in g w as to
sa il fo r E urope soon w ith troops on
board, L ie u te n a n t W a lte r S. C a rrin g
ton h as been sen ten ced by co u rt-m a r
tia l to lose five n u m b e rs in h is grade,
A ir o b serv atio n show s a cle a r b reak
o f 20 yard s in w id th in th e Z eebrugge
mole a t th e in n e r end, and th a t a
sunken o b ject blocks th e g re a te r p a r t
o f th e channel in th e h a rb o r o f O stend,
according to an official b u lle tin issued
by th e E nglish a d m ira lty .
L ieu ten an t A. J . F ra n c e w as drow n
ed in G atun L ake, P an am a, T hursday
w hen a hydroplane in w hich he w as
flying caught fire a t a h e ig h t o f 3000
fe e t. The m achine cam e down safely ,
b u t L ie u te n a n t F ran ce w as drow ned
w hile a tte m p tin g to sw im ashore.
A n o th er p lea for local cam p aig n
co m m ittees n o t to stop w orking a f t e r
co m m ittees reach th e ir lib erty loan
subscription quo tas, w en t fo rth T h u rs
day from S e c re ta ry McAdoo, prom pted
by re c u rrin g re p o rts th a t w orkers in
some tow ns [are satisfied w ith 100 p er
c e n t records.
PLEDGES HUGE ARMY
to * g re « * Asked for I m I M an to Win
W ar
D epart m in t Now Able to
H andle 3.200.000 R ecru its.
CRISIS PAST-
BIG CHOPS IN SIGHT
PEDDLER VISITS AN AMERICAN CAMP
W ashington, D. C. S e c re ta ry B aker
ca rrie d to congress T hursday th e arm y
increase pro g ram tnapi<ed o u t by P re s i
d en t W ilson and h is ad v isers and based
on th e d e te rm in a tio n to w in th e w ar.
if it ta k e s the whole m an (tower of
th e N ation to do it. T h ere a re indica
tio n s th a t he w ill ask th a t all re s tric
tio n s on th e num ber o f tro o p s to lie
ra ise d be rem oved and th e g o vernm ent
a u th o rized to m obilize a s m any m en as A d m in istra to r In fo rm s G rain D ealers \
it can equip, tr a in and send to th e b a t
T h a t Only G overnm ent Action
A m erican soldiers buying odds and ends from a truveliug psildlvr near
tle fro n t in F rance.
their train in g cam p ln Franc«.
A
verted
G
reat
Food
R
iots.
S e c rte a ry B aker is ex p ected to d is
close th a t th e d e p a rtm e n t has reason
,to believe it can handle d u rin g th e
N ew York I f th e g overnm ent had
p resen t y e a r a t le a st double th e e x is t
ing force u n d er arm s o f ap p o x iam tely “ allow ed th e com m erce in w h eat to
1,600,000 men.
T h a t would m ean a ta k e its u n tram m eled course. Hour I
to ta l o f 3,200,000 soldiers fo r whom would be sellin g a t th e m ill door today
clo th in g , eq u ip m en t ami tra n sp o rta tio n fo r $30 to $50 a b arrel in stead o f $10 .
a re now in sig h t.
Should additio n al to $10.50, and p robably rio tin g w ould
fa c ilitie s becom e a v ailab le, how ever, have ta k e n place a t a ll o u r c e n te rs o f I
it is in d icated th a t P re sid e n t W ilson
subsequent new s th a t U ncle Sam la
Magnitude of Operations Under building
w ishes to be a b le to call o u t m ore men congested populaion, o f a violence th a t
an ordnnnci . base In F rance
leads to blood in o u r g u tte r s ,” de
w ith o u t d elay in g to seek a u th o rity .
at a cost of $;*>,00().0tl0, w hich will
Way Gives Allies Renewed
The P re s id e n t’s w ar c a b in e t m et clared H e rb e rt C. Hoover, Federal
have In It O l officers and Hl.oyo men,
Energy.
w ith him W ednesday a t th e W 'hite Food A d m in istra to r, in an address h ere
also m u sed wide com m ent.
House and w e n t o v er th e ground th o r T u esd ay . He contin u ed :
It Is being realized now th a t Ihe
oughly.
S e c te a ry B aker rem ained
“ A t th e p re se n t m om ent o ur crop
U nited S tates Inis been taking giant
m ore th a t an h o u r w ith th e P reisd en t p ro sp ects are for 600.000,000 to 900,-
strid e s and th a t In w ar, us In every
a f te r th e o th e r m em bers of th e w ar 000,00 bushols o f w heat. The h a rv e st
thing else she undertakes, she does
c a b in e t had left.
o f th e a llie s also looks pro m ising.
business on a g ian t scale.
In th e house C h airm an D ent, o f the “ W ith th is prospect w e now have
Men w ith whom 1 have talked fairly
m ilita ry co m m ittee, introduced a bill ground fo r hopes fo r p lenty for o u rsel British Correspondents at the Front gasp at the m agnitude of Ihe p re p a ra
Qlvo Glowing Accounts of tho
th a t would a u th o riz e th e m ob ilizatio n ves and o ur a llie s and instead o f fa m
tions of th e U nited S tates. T hey say
s a d o rg a n iz a tio n o f 4,000,000 selectiv e ine we can look forw ard to an en tire ly
Proficiency of tho Artur,
th a t If the w ar continues an o th er y ear
serv ice m en, in stead of th e 1,000.000 d iffe re n t econom ic situ a tio n th is y ear
lean Soldiers.
o r tw o th e U nited S ta te s will have an
to w hich th e g o v ern m en t is lim ite d by from th a t w hich confronted us in the
nrmy alm ost us pow erful us any of
th e e x is tin g a c t. Mr. D en t said th e su m m er o f 1917.”
Loudon.—T he stupendousuess of the the allies and equipm ent and supplies
m easu re w as h is own and he had not
Mr. H oover spoke a t a conference A m erican w ar program has staggered enough fo r all. T he m arvelous fea
consulted th e W ar d e p a rtm e n t on it.
o f 160 re p re se n ta tiv e A m erican g ra in the people of G reat Itrttatn . R e alisa tu re of It all to th e Itrtto n s Is th a t thu
U n d er th e new classification schem e d eale rs and officials o f th e Food ad m in
tion of the fact th a t Uncle Sam Is In U nited S ta te s Is lining tl all In Ihe
th e re a re understood to be 1.800,000 is tra tio n ’s g ra in division called to d is
the w ar to tight R to a finish and face of th e fact th a t It Is H.OIkl m iles
m en im m ed iately a v ailab le fo r activ e cuss g ra in e x p o rts and re g u la tio n of
th at he has th e men and money has aw ay from the scene of buttle und
m ilita ry serv ic e in class 1. T h a t e s ti cereal consum ption in th is co u n try.
given new energy and optim ism to th e th a t It Is fighting fo r a principle and
m a te is based on th e re tu rn s o f n um er
A sse rtin g th a t w hen flour w en t to
nothing else.
ous s ta te s and th e law o f a v e ra g e s. It $16.75 a b a rre l a t th e m ill door last people of E ngland. W hile th ere w as
excludes all m en ra te d a s fit only fo r May and th e re s u ltin g h a rd sh ip s dislo- never any doubt In th e ir mind th a t the
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lim ited special serv ice, all d elinquents, r a t e d our e n tire econom ic life, Mr. allies could p revent a G erm an victory,
sla te d fo r im m ed iate induction into Hoover said h e did n o t accuse the they a re pulling together now w ith
ROBBED GOING TO BOARD
class 1 w hen apprehended, and all o f g ra in trad e o f h a v in g been repsonsible new vigor and determ ination, fully
DRAFTED MAN WALKS IN
th e so-called rem ed ial cases, th e men for the situ a tio n , b u t r a th e r blam ed believing th a t w ith the pow erful help
of A m erica they and th eir French.
who w ill be fit fo r activ e service a fte r th e fa c t th a t th e a llie s had to have
Helglan and Italian allies can give
Conway, Ark, -Ben H yatt was
o p eratio n s o r m edical tre a tm e n t to w heat and w ere p rep ared to pay any
G erm any a crushing blow eith e r this
w orking at Norfolk. Va.. when
co rrect m inor p hysical d efects.
p rice for it.
y e a r o r next.
he reeelvisl notlee from Ihe se
“ A series o f speculations sp ra n g up
Behind th a t also stan d th e men who
G erm an tre a tm e n t of R ussia has si
lective service beard a t Conway.
have reached 21 y e a rs since th e d ra ft | th a t w ere deplo rab le beyond w o rd s,”
lenced th e w ould-be pacifists.
T he
Ark., to np|H-nr th ere for exam
a c t w as passed and who w ill be brought he said, “ b u t only a m icroscopic por
elem
ent
w
hich
has
hoped
for
a
te
rm
i
ination. He bought a ticket, but
in u n d er pending am endm ents. Prob tio n o f th e sp ecu latio n w as of d e lib e r
nation of the w ar w ith a com prom ise
while on th e way lie w as robbed
T h ere w as no
ab ly th e to ta l o f effectiv es in class 1 a te or vicious n a tu re .
peace h as been tran sfo rm ed Into a
of ticket, money ntid all. U n
w ill prove to be 2,500,000 m en when co n certed m a n ip u la tio n .”
daunted, be eonllnued on the
If p rice levels had been allow ed to m ost m ilitan t body now th a t the
th e definite figures a re av ailab le.
wuy, w alking. He had n p o st
T h is is th e first re se rv o ir from rise w ith o u t r e s tr a in t th e poor would naked hand of th e G erm an an n ex a
m aster w rite the hoard th a t ho
w hich men w ill be d raw n to fill u p th e have paid in su ffe rin g and th e ric h in tio n ists has been exposed. T h e cry
was coming hut tliut a* lie w as
new arim es. I t is conceivable th a t p rice, he said, ad d in g th a t “ any rep e everyw here In G reat B ritain Is fo r a
forced to w alk he m ight be a
class 1 w ill be e x h au sted in tim e, b u t titio n o f ris in g p rice levels such as continuation of the w ar until th e ac
few days late. He fiunlly reach
n o t th a t it would fail to fu rn ish all the those o f th e 1916-1917 h a rv e s t y ear ceptance o f the allied term* ha* been
ed Con way.
m en w ho can be shipped to F ran ce be would have m ean t an enorm ous profit assured. W hether the country Is w ar
fo re congress m e e ts a g a in . F or th is to th e m iddlem an and would have in w eary or not Is a sm all m a tte r now
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reason it is reg ard ed a s probable th a t sp ired th e fo undation o f social discon th a t G erm an duplicity has again been
th e question o f in creasin g a g e lim its te n t from th is reason alone, if no reveuled by the action In R ussia.
Has Stiffened All Allies.
7,000 MILES TO JOIN ARMY
o f th e d r a f t a c t o r o f d ra w in g upon, o th e r .”
T h a t the U nited S ta te s h as stiffened
T h erefo re, he said, “ th e g o v ern m en t
class 2 can be d e ferred u n til congress
had placed red u ctio n in consum ption on up all the allies Is m ost obvious. The
a g a in convenes.
new est of the anti-G erm an n ations hits
a v o lu n tary b asis.
“ I do n o t believe th e re is an o th er am azed the E uropean world w ith Its
| n atio n in th e w orld in w hich th e pro Ind u stry tn w ar p rep aratio n . T hei*
p o rtio n o f individuals o f so w illin g a Is no longer tulk th a t the U nited
E stab lish ed C oast Y ards to G et Most sense o f v o lu n tary self-sacrifice is so S ta te s will be unable to do any actual
h ig h as th is people of ours and nothing fighting this year. U ncle Sam ’s sol
o f New O rder.
h a s d em o n strated it more finely than diers have been In the fighting fo r sev
weeks,
and
correspondents
W ashington, D. C.— E xpansion o f th e conservation in w heat, ” he said. e ra l
th e sh ip b u ild in g program to provide “ Today th e re is no su fferin g in the s tra ig h t from th e fro n t give th e most
fo r th e co n stru ctio n o f 200 ad d itio n al U n ite d S ta te s and we a re actually glow ing accounts of th eir proficiency
wooden vessels o f 4500 o r 4700 dead sh ip p in g 50 p e r c e n t of o u r monthly as fighters.
T hey learned quickly. They have
w e ig h t tons w as announced T hursday m ill o u tp u t to th e a llie s .”
been eager from the s ta rt to te s t their
by C hairm an H u rley , o f th e S h ip p in g
m ettle w ith the H uns, and In every
Board. T h is w ill increase to 580 th e
Vv
clash w here the forces have been any
num ber o f wooden sh ip s com pleted,
thing like equal the Y ankees have
b u ild in g or planned.
The vessels, w hich w ill be e ith e r o f U. 8 . Steel R ep o rts Decrease for F irst com pletely routed the G erm ans. On
several occasions young A m ericans
th e D o u g h erty o r B allin ty p e , w ill be
Q u a rte r o f 1918.
from s ta te s w est of the M ississippi
c o n stru cte d in sh ip y ard s alread y e s ta b
lished and w ill be allo tted , M r. H urley
N ew Y ork — T otal e a rn in g s o f the riv er have been throw n up ag ain st the
said, am ong y a rd s w hich a re m o st effi U n ite d S ta te s Steel C o rporation for P ru ssian shock troops. T he P ru ssian s
c ie n tly m anaged.
th e first q u a rte r o f 1918, issued Wed w ere sent a fte r the "Y anks,3 a s they
C o nsturction o f th e sh ip s w ill be nesday, am ounted to $56,961,424, a fte r a re called, to teach them fen? of th e
sta rte d a s soon a s vessels now b uilding d ed u ctin g expenses incident to opera G erm an
soldiery.
T he
Y nnkees
a re off th e stocks.
tions, including $31,585,198 fo r F eder show ed no m ore respect for the P ru s
The board aslo decided to au th o rize al income and w a r excess pro fits taxes. sians than they show ed for th e Mexi
th e co n stru ctio n of 25 new sea-going T h is is a decrease of $2,762,701 from cans on the border, and. It m ay be
tu g s, in creasin g to 100 th e num ber o f re tu rn s o f th e previous q u a rte r.
said, drove them to cover alm ost as
such c ra f t now build in g for th e board.
N e t incom e o f $48,449,817 show s a readily.
The tu g s w ill be em ployed in C oast g ain of a b o u t $400,(8)0 and th e surplus
A F rench Jo u rn alist who had an op
F W f‘
traffic, re p la c in g those d iv e rte d o v er of $15,032,502 re p re se n ts a decrease of p o rtu n ity to see the A m ericans at
$1,225,770.
seas!
close range says they will quickly de
A fter traveling 7,00<i m iles to get a
A new A m erican wooden sh ip con
In all o th e r e sse n tia ls th e sta tem en t velop Into th e best fighters on the
chance to Join Ihe U nited S tates arm y.
stru c tio n record w as re p o rted to th e m et p opular e x p ectatio n s.
M onthly front. T hey have courage, ale rtn e ss
S hip p in g B oard by th e Supple & B allin e a rn in g s rose from $13,903,129 in J a n and skill, and. as th e Journalist said, Joseph It. G ulteras, a m ining engineer,
appealed to D raft In sp ecto r M artin
com pany, o f P o rtla n d ,
O r., w hich uary to $27,196,152 in March, confirm they a re "th e re to kill G erm ans till |
Conboy of New York to aid him to
claim ed th e asse m b lin g and placing o f ing gen eral tra d e re p o rts o f ste ad y r e th e w ar Is ended.” As the A m ericans
realize his am bition. Mr. Conboy gnve
79 fra m e s in a new vessel in a to ta l vival since th e early w eeks o f the p u t It. “We have blood In our eye.
him a le tte r of Introduction to the
w o rk in g tim e o f 44 hours.
year.
and when we m eet a H un It’s eith er com m ander of the T w enty-seventh E n
a dead H un o r a dead Y ank.”
gineering corps statio n ed a t Camp
D eath P re fe rre d to A rm y.
R ailro ad Offices Close.
Marks T urning Point of War.
Monde.
C l& tskanie, Or.
Fred Parkenon
Tacom a, W ash. — The G re a t N orth
T h ere Is no know ledge here as to
G ulteras w as g rad u ated from the
how
many
A
m
ericans
a
re
In
the
b
a
ttle
ended h is life by suicide Sunday n ear ern tic k e t and fre ig h t office closed
School of Mines a t Colum bia univer
F o r the
M ist, a b o u t te n m iles from here. P a r W ednesday a ftern o o n e x c e p t fo r sale line, b u t from th e fact th a t rep o rts sity w ith th e class of ’l l .
kenon w as to have re p o rted fo r arm y of tic k e ts, u n til th e new jo in t office of freq u en t skirm ishes w ith them come Inst tw o y ears he h as been w orking
d u ty W ednesday. Sunday he w e n t o u t fo r th e four lin es is ready. T he South from h ead q u arters It Is estim ated th a t for th e R raden C opper com pany In the
h u n tin g alone. N eighbors h eard a shot e rn Pacific office closed T uesday night. th e re Is a considerable fighting force. Andes m ountains.
W hen w ar broke
in th e woods and th a t n ig h t P arkenon
E. J . H ealy w ill probably become T he G erm ans have encountered them out betw een A m erica and Germ any the
did n o t re tu rn home.
S earch in g p a r d is tric t traffic ag en t, and F. P. Her w here they expected to find them and young engineer, he Is about th irty
tie s looked a ll day Monday and a b o u t 5 b e rt is lik ely to be retain ed as the w here they did not expect to find years old, w ent to th e U nited S tates
o ’clock he w as found a b o u t 200 y ard s G re a t N o rth ern re p re se n ta tiv e in the them .
em bnssy In V alparaiso, Chile, nnd a sk
T he en tran ce of the U nited S tates ed for
from his house.
He sh o t h im self U nion tic k e t office.
perm ission
to Join th e
thro u g h th e b ra in w ith a rifle.
A. D. W ick, S outhern Pacific pas m arked th e tu rn in g point In th e w ar. A m erican forces In his professional ca
Parknon w as ab o u t 23 y e a rs old and sen g e r a g e n t, w ill ta k e a position else G erm an prisoners enptured recently, pacity.
T he em bassy officials were
his p a re n ts resid e in M ist.
w here on h is line, pro b ab ly in Oregon. according to rep o rts here, give hints unable to m ake th e arrangem ents.
th a t th e G erm ans realize th a t they
T hen th e d ra ft Inw wns pnssed nnd
have reached th e ir maxim um and nre his fa th e r, D aniel N. G ulteras, form er
Boche S o u v en irs Deadly.
V illa’s Men Do M u rd er.
ly a surgeon In the navy, registered
W ith the A m erican A rm y in F rance
El Paso, T ex. — More th a n 30 men, now facing a steadily grow ing nrmy.
P ersons In E ngland—u g reat many him In D enver, Colo. His brother, J u
— K now ing t h a t th e A m ericans are women and children w ere k illed by
p e rs is te n t souvenir h u n ters, th e G er V illa ’s men a t S an ta Cruz de R osales, o f th e A m ericans— who m onths ago lian O. G ulteras, w ent with the expe
m ans in th e Toul se c to rs have been 40 m iles so u th e a st of C hihuahua C ity said th a t the U nited S tates would do d itionary forces to France. T he m in
stre w in g No M an’s I-and w ith all so rts la s t F rid ay , according to a re p o rt a g re a t deal of talk in g and little In ing engineer finally threw up hie Job
o f in fe rn a l devices. T hese co n sist of b ro u g h t to th e border W ednesday by a ctu a l achievem ent have changed th eir and started for the States.
e le c tric w ire s a tta c h e d to bells, h el ra ilro a d m en.
V illa dem anded th a t tnne. T he d ispatches of recen t d ate
m ets, rifle s and o th e r p a ra p h e rn a lia th re e young g irls be delivered to him . saying th a t th e U nited S tates has ap
Negro Girl Bellhops.
co n n ectin g w ith concealed bombs.
W hen th is dem and was refused h is men p ro p riate d m ore th a n a billion dollars
F or th e first time In history hotels
fo
r
Its
a
irc
ra
ft
program
caused
people
In a n u m b er o f in stan ces A m erican w ere ordered to kill every one living
In 8t. L ouis an- . mploylng negro girl
soldiers h av e trip p ed o v er th ese and in th e little se ttle m e n t, according to h e re to “elt up and take notice.” T he •le v a to r opera turn arid "bellhops.”
escaped.
th e re p o rt'fro m C hihuahua C ity.
Outlook This Year is for Ample
Food for U. S. and Allies.
HOOVER GIVES WORD
OUR W AR W0R
AMAZES «B
PRAISE FOR OUR SOLDIERS
200 WOOD SHIPS ORDERED
FIFTY-SIX MILLIONS EARNED
i
PERMANENT FARM
LABOR PROBLEM
Question Which Should Be Given
Serious Consideration by
Farmer.
ONE SOLUTION IS OFFERED
Good Homes, F a ir Wages and Bom*
Privileges Will A ttrsot Desirable
Men Who U nderstand Farm
Work.
(P re p a re d by Ih e U n ited a t . t e e D e p a rt
m en t o f A g ricu ltu re.)
Washington.—T he supply of perm an
ent farm labor— note the word perman
e n t—will nut he nuaured In many sec
tions of the country, and on some
farms, at least, In every section of the
country, unless more ulti^^llve living
conditions lire offered th^BLhill'es of
hired hands on furtur.
W ar conditions cause n farm labor
problem th at ra n bt solved only by
emergency metho-hf. ¿Throughout the
nntlou communities will solve tlielr
w ar problems of farm tabor shortage
by utilising ns temporary farm help
town volunteers and high school boy»—
by diverting lo agricultural activity
tnau power th a t would not and could
not he so used except In a real emer
gency. Rut the town men of farm ex-
pertencc who go to the fields th is spring
nnd sum m er nnd fall will be actuated
solely by patriotism ra th e r tlityi Ihe
fiuiinelnl retu rn of the undertaking.
They are going Imrlt to town ns soon
ns th eir w ar work on farms Is finished.
And, while th eir services are vniftty
vulunfflc from a w ar stand|Hilnt, (hey
nre not helping itt nil to solve the prob
lem of perm anent farm help Rut the
man who expects to work on n farm
steadily, y e a r In and year out. Is p r o
found)}’ Interested In the question of
housing, living conditions and net re
muneration for farm work as compared
with town work.
Provide Good Homes.
T he a ttitu d e of thousands of m airlrd
men who nre skilled farm worker»
who have left the country to jtnd town
employment, but who will retu rn to
farm work |M>rmaaently provided fnrts
living conditions nre comparable In o r
dlanry comforts to those In town. U
expressed In this letter recently pub
lished In a T ex as p aper:
"I ntn sending In my view of th*
farm Intmr problem. I have been try
ing to get a Job on the farm the last
m o n t h ; still trying lo do so. I can find
plenty of Jobs for a single man . . ,
but the farmer* so far ns I have fount)
have no ten an t bouses, or If they hnv«
one It would not make n good stahlix
Most of the farm ers that I have fount)
will not perm it a farm band to raise a
garden or chickens or Img* or own •
cow or horse, ami the prevalent pay
Is Insufficient to support n family un
der such conditions. I believe If th«
farm ers
would
build
rotafortabl«
houses nml eith er pay b etter w ages ot
give more privileges. It would be th«
city man calling for In-Ip Instead of th*
farmers.”
There nre many evidences of an In
creasing desire on the pnrt of men with
families, now living In town« nnd rib
les hut with experience ns skilled farm
workers, to go back to the country.
They left the farm because they be
lieved they could mnkc more money, gel
more satisfaction out of life, give mor«
pleasures nnd opportunities to thelt
families In town. Many have been dle-
nppotnted. They are willing to return
to tlx- farm at n sm aller ensh wag«
Ihan they receive In town. If they hav«
u fairly good house nnd a re allowed
have a garden and rnlse n few pL
imi perhaps A • ¡ m use "f a cow"
Labor Problem Remains.
Whut about It? You a re n fnrmet
nml you are looking for perm nnest
fnrm help: not only emergency help
to produce and harvest w a r crops, but
n mnn or men to live on your fnrm nnd
work the y ear round. Are your tenant
houses the kind of places a man would
like for his family to rnll home? Are
they the kind you would Ilk« to live
In?
" O h !” you suy, “T h e other man I*
looking for a Job « m l I am not. I own
the f a r m ; he w ants to work on the
fnrm. Do you expect the hired hand
to hnve ns good n house as the ow nerl
If he doesn't like this house he can
leave I t !”
Well, th e trouble Is th a t Is Just w hat
lie will do—nnd you will continue to
have n fnrm labor problem on your
hands. O f course no one expects the
hired hand to have as good n house a l
the f a n n e r : B ut he does want a com
fortable place for his fam ily to live In,
nnd fa ilu re to find th a t on th e fnrmn te
one of the reasons fo r th e steadily de
creasing supply of perm anent farm
help In recent years.
It may not please the farm er to face
the f u e l ; n e v e rth e le s s the tr u th Is that
the skilled farm hand Is In n position
to ho quite ns Independent nboat the
prnpoNltloi* n® th e fa n n e r h lm aall
W h e n th e fa rm e r anys "Tnko th is honss
leave It,” th e renlly first-class man
know s he can get n good Job els*-
w h e re — and he leaves I
An R mny he profitable fo r soras
farm ers not nil, of course—to think
th a t over, hearing In tnlnd th a t lst>
te r of the T exas tnan to the effect th a t
If the farm ers will offer th e ir perm an
en t help good houses, fa ir w ages and
some privileges, "It will be the city
man caTlAg fo r help Instead of
farm er.”