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FIGHT 10 REPEL
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Idaho Senator Declares That Border
Experiences Prove It Impossible to
Federalize Militia Result in Gen
eral Failure to Secure Soldiers
When Needed.
Cili.KOX fl.UiDN'ER.
WASHINGTON', Doe. Vi. Senator
lorah lius taken Hip load to repeal
the militia federalization clause of
Hie liny-Chamberlain net.
"Our experience with the federal
ized militia on the Mexi. au border."
said the senator "shows what I pre
dicted: that it is not possible to fed
eralize the milil in. We eannot have
n force half state and half federal.
The soldier must be under the au
thority of (he federal government, or
he must he under the jiuthority of the
slale. Moreover, lie must be a sol-
dii r and not a workiugmiin tempor
arily absent from his work for tem
porary soldiering. The militia lobby
which swarmed in Washington lust
winter made a botch of our armv leg
islation. The oflieers were after
salaries, for themselves, which thev
(tot. The result is an army which
cannot be recruited up to nuything
like its 'full strength; n tumble of au
thorities and jurisdictions; a dupli
cation nf salaries, and n general
failure to secure soldier when wo
need them. Congress must now face
this problem anew and solve it."
Yorut tonal Kdueat ion.
01110 time before long oni regular
armv soldiers are going to learn to
be farmers and mechanics. Thev are
-going to gel 'vocational education."
Tucked nway in the llay-Chamber-ln
in bill, passed at the last session, is
n clause which authorizes this. Lit
tle has been done yet in this direc
tion, owing to the fact that the army
lias been very busy in Mexico, but the
power is vested with the secretnrv of
war to make life in the regular army
more pleasant and desirable bv of
I'ci'iiw those riliii'lrlioTHtr lKtvitnt ages:
The bill provides that in addition to
military training, soldiers while in
the active service shall hereafter be
given the opportunity to study and
receive instruction upon educational
lines of such character as to in
crease their military efficiency and
enable them to return to civil life
better equipped for industrial, com
mercial and general business occupa
tions. Civilian teachers may be em
ployed to aid the army ottieers in
givimr such instruction, and part of
tin instruction may consist of vo
cational education either in agricul
ture or the mechanic arts. The sec
relaryof war'is given power "to pre
scribe rules and regulations for con
ducting the instruction provided
for.'' and he also has power at any
time "to suspend, increase or de
crease the amount of such instruc
tion, consistent with the requirements
of military duty."
Proposed Alternatives
The failure of the Hiiy-fhnmber-lain
army plan has opened up consid
eration of several alternatives. Some
of them are: A professional army
with higher pay and educational ad
vantages to make the army life more
attractive; (2) a modification of the
Swiss system, involving abolishing
the regular standing army, nnd sub
stituting short tcim training for
youthful volunteers to bo turned back
ns potential reserves after the train
ing: (;!l federal volunteers on the
lines of tli intincntal army plan
suggested by Former Secretary of
War Garrison : t-i) universal military
1 rainiiiir without compulsory service:
(.") universal compulsory military
service.
SEATTLE, Wa-h., Dec l.". The
Associated Students of the Univer
sity of Washington yesterday voted
to offer C. J. Hunt, football conch of
Carlton college, at Xoilhlield, Minn,,
a like position ul the university here,
to succeed (iilmottr Itidiic, who is re-
It f.vi.,.o.l IIimI Itur.t will
accept. He is a graduate of Denuw.1
university and played on the IVpauw
ton 111 wliilivn ftu.flfut. lie Int boon
rnnfliirif? x yours nrnl durinti that
time Iiis tciims lmp lust only two
jrnnit's. iJuriiiEr tin- jiji-'t so.'tsun hi
Ciirlt'tn tenm di'fodti'd Vnivorsity of
Chionco 7 to 0. Mr. limit wn
(liiwrn lui the usiimuton po.-itmn
l.'i-t year nt n time vbrtt Dntiie linn
iWidrrl tn Iriivr Swttllo. Altei w.'inl.
however, .thii n iii'lm-ed to re
luaiii mii'ther yeur.
BORAH TO
HAY MIUTIA BIL
FIVE MILLION MAY BOW
jr
l.cft at top, l'n Vi, who becom
peior of Abyssinlii lit ago of 111; bo
who limy lie made king of Greece
married the English I'riiioess Victoria
Kugenie in KMlli.
Another big nation will bow to n
"baby king" it' the reported intention
of the allies to put fl-vear-old Prince
Peter upon the Greek throne is eur
ried out.
War has brought chaos in Greece,
whose nrmy and navy King Constan
tino has refused to turn over to the
allies. Former Premier Venizelos is
on the island of Crete awaiting the
step of the allies which will dethrone
King Constantino, Crown Prince Pe
ter and, make Venizelos regent find
iictu'nl ruler! "T! " " "'
Ilaby kings have been tried in
several countries, but, with one ex
ception, they' have failed.
Pu Vi became emperor of China in
1008, at the age of two years, and
was dethroned two years later, when
his country became a republic, lie
led no pleasant life while bis learned
advisors ruled the country for him.
Kvory bit of Pu Yi's food had to be
closely inspected for fear of poison-
Li
PARIS. Dec. 13. The decision cf
the government to prohibit the con
f imiptioiyduring the remainder of li e
war of alcoholic beverages, with the
exception of wines and beers, has
"n.iocd consternation in the liquor
'.radc. althe iKh It is but the logical
cum-inntion of a series of restrictive
n eufcures, which have been takn
slne the outbreak of hostilities.
V. Oriznrd, president of the saloon-:iecpei8-
federation and M. Delrosc.
,'ie.iiiieiit of the l'rj!.-!on Dealers' a-
o.i;iiion, declare 'he new measuic
will bring ruin to 3S0.O0O saioonkeep-
era now mobilized r.rd fighting for
their country and that it will dry up
one of the sources of national wealth.
On the other side. It Is pointed oui,
that aside from consideration of the
health of the people, alcohol Is needed
Lrgently in the manufacture of mu--.itious,
for which purpose Increasing
quantities are being imported. 11m
amount expended for this purpose In
the present year Is about 1 .10,000.0(10
francs, -romparod will 30,000,000
trancs last year.
M. Hiemaln, secretary of the Antt
Alcohol league, says the prohibition
measure will not Injure the saloon- j
keepers, but on the other hand will
benefit them, as they would get smcl: j
profit with the doubled taxes on
spirits while the sale of wine, beer.
cider, tea and coffee will yield hand-I
some returns. The distillers will lose
nothing, M. Riemaln contends, as
hefr whole output will be taken for
Industrial purposes.
QUARTER MILLION LOSS
BY FIRE. 0SKAL00SA, IA.
OSKALOOSA, la., Hoc, 1.1. One I
fireman was seriously burned and !
property valued at $2.10,000 was do-
.stroyed by a fire here which earlv
today, spread until it had burned all J It
the buildings within an area of a cltyl'v
square.
TO BABY KING; OTHER YOUNG
n eniueror of China at the lute of two
low, Alfonso, who was kftiR o Spain
In Abyssinia, Queen Zeoditu, who
claims direct descent from the fam
ous ljueen of Shebn. bus taken over
ing. The child was closely guarded
and eould not be taken out of the
Forbidden City. Three thousand ser
vants took care of him aud these
grown-ups were his only playmates.
He was ruler over 400,000,000 people,
over a country bigger thnn Europe,
nnd did not know it. -
King Alfonso, beloved ruler ' of
Spain, became ruler at the moment
of his birth. lie is the exemption
among "baby kings." He is , still
ruler of 20,000,000 people, the most
beloved mnn in the land.
Since his childhood Alfonso grew
up among the bovs of the street, so
now he is considered one of the best
all-round sportsmen in Spain. He
is a crack shot, a daring horseman,
skillful yachtsman, adept ..swimmer
and diver, an excellent tennis player,
fencer, gymnast and motorist.
King Alfonso is 30, and the father
of four sons and two daughters. He
PRIDE OF KAISER'S ARMS
IN SURPRISE ATTACK
PARIS, Dee. 15. A German attack
on Lassigny thai part of tho front
nearest to Paris, was made Monday
in gerat force, says La Llberte's cor
respondent with the French Brinks,
tt appears to have been concerted to
'coincide with von Bethmann-Iloll-j
woe's note, probably with a view to
1 impressing the French by a local suc
cess.
"The Germans brought together
40.000 men from the best divisions"
adds the correspondent, "and concen
trated corresponding quantities of ar
tillery. The attack was preceded by
an Intense 'Bombardment lasting for
I. ours.
"Tho French were not t.ik.;u by
fvirprlso p.nd received tho assaulting
waves Willi a fire from their three
Inch guns and machine guns, tearing
the ranks terribly. A barrier fire
thrown to the rear of tho Go-mans
caught tho supporting reserves.
"The Germans reached tho Fr 'ncb
trenches over a frontage of 300 yards
but an immediato counter-attack en
abled the French to regain the
attacking columns escaped. Moat of
them were killed after stubborn re
sistance. "The Germans renewed the assault
an hour later without success. The
French heavy artillery dispersed Hie
reserves as they came up."
MACHINERY FOR NEW
SAWMILL ARRIVES
Two more cars of machinery for
Uhe sawmill of the Appleaale Lumber
company arrived Krlday afternoon
and the brick to be used in the
strnction of the boilers Is expecteJ ,
today. The work of Installing the
machinery will begin at once. Thi
work of sawing some of the sills fir
the framework has begun. It Is now
planned to Iiavo the mill In operation
ihy February 1st.
The committee In charge of the
collections from contributors report
good collections so far this week,
lover $1000 being collected Thursday.
is urgent that they he paid prompt-
to meet the freight and other bIMr
that arise. '
RULERS WERE FAILURES
years; center, Yasiu who was em.
rom Wrvti. Jtlght Peter, age nine,
the rule'of 8,000,000 people from the
baby emperor, Ynsu. The boy was
Kl in 1900, when he succeeded to the
throne.
At that anc he could speak Oer
man and French fluently, besides his
own language. He was keenly inter
ested in everything foreign nnd was
euger to introduce every foreign re
form'.. His deposition by Kmprcss
Zeoditu, this yenr, means reversion
to reactionary government..
Prince Peter.- may ascend . the
throne-in .thn.hcnt of war to rule
over 5,000,000 -prople. Tho eyes of
the world are on. the allies' plan
Will he become another Alfonso or
a Pu Yi?
Greece has not been sueccssf ul fin
nneinlly, for its expenditures exceed
its revenues by about $10,000,000 an
nnally. Venizelos will rule, but the
responsibilities of a bankrupt nation
would fall on the "baby king," who
cares more for his toys than the
worries of a nation.
5 YEARS AVERAGE
WASHINGTON', Pec. 15. A do
crease "of 60,000,000 bushels in the
corn crop from the estimate made in
November and an increase of .2,
000,000 bushels 111 the wheat crop
were shown today in thu department
of agriculture s final estimates of the
country's important farm crops
Their value, based on prices being
paid farmers December 1, show vast
increases over hist years totals,
This year's corn crop is worth $573,
103,000 more than last year's; the
wheat crop, 8.(,)62,000 more; oats
!f!tB,b7.'l,000 more; potatoes, $!!",
071,000 more; hay, $ft.",,2.')0,0O0 more
tobacco, $72,727,000 more, and cot
ton, f 175,378,000 more.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Final
psHmntcu nf thfa vc.nr'ti nroHnrtlon of
s principal farm crops, an
nounced by the department of agri
culture today, are: Com. 2.C83,
241, nno bushels, compared with 2.
T32,4:)7,000 tho 1910-1914 average.
Wheat, 693,8S6.nni) bushols, com
pared with 728,22.1,000, the five year
averagn.
Oats. t.STil. 992,000 bushel, com
pared with 1. 1.1 7. 9 (i 1.000, the 1910
1914 average; barley, I SO, 927, 000,
against' 10.208,00": rye, 47,1)83,000
against 37,386,000; buckwheat, 11,
840.000, against 17.022,000; flax
seed, 15,4.19,000, against 18,353,000;
con-jrlce, 41,982,000. against 24,387.000;
potatoes, iss.4Ji.uuw, against JfiU,-
772,000; sweet potatoes, 70,9.1o,00(l,
against 57,117,000; hay (tame) 89,
991.000 tonB, against B,234,000; to
bacco, 1,1.10,622,000 pounds, against
991.9i,8,000; cotton, 11,511,000 hates
against 14,259,000; sugar beets,
671.000 tons, ugalnst 5,391,000; ap
ples, G7,G95,000 barrels, against, C.V
9CU.000.
Thicken dinner served by ladles of
Methodist church In Deuel Blcg., 8nt-
unlay from 11:30 to 2, 228
E LEADE
DECLARES CAPPER!
WASHINGTON, lbV. 1.1. State
administrative problems iero dis
cussed at the first of today's sessions j
of the governors' conference here,
Governor Herniiuist of Minnesota
presided and the suUiect was pre
sented by Governor Stewart of Mon
tana. General discussion followed.
America's duties and responsibili
ties after the war was the topic for
the afternoon session with Governor
McCnll of Massachusetts occupying
the chair. The discussion was hd by
Governors Capper of Kansas nnd Al
exander of Idaho.
America is confronted with the re
sponsibility and duty of lending the
movement for universal pence nnd to
insure that such wars as that of the
present shall no longer disturb the
world, Governor Arthur t apper of
Kansas today told tho conference of
governors here.
"Upon file American people, Gov
ernor Capper said, "rests tho re
sponsibility and duty of leadership
in the movement for permanent pence
among civilized nations. It is no
Quixotic idea to which we are cnllcd.
We arc not meddlers in the affairs
of others when we say that war must
cease. The interdependence of na
lions, the bonds of commerce and
finance, entirely aside from tho die
tatcs of common humanity, make it
impossible for this plague of war to
exist anywhere upon the globe with
out seriously nliectunr both our m
tcrnntional relations nnd our domes
tic affairs,
"Tho close of the world Avar
strikes the hour for the organization
among civilized nations of an nc
tunl federation with the purpose of
maintaining a world pence. And
Anicricn is the one nation which can
nroposo such n federation nnd effect
its organization. The task is hope-,
less without us. This is because of;
our non-participation in. the present
struggle and because of the magni
tude of the nation and its resources."
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SUPREME COURT
WA8II1XUTO.V, Doc. 15. Labor
questions, Involving legality of union
organizations, their right to peace
ably "picket ' and liberty of con
tract wore argued today before the
supreme court. In two West Virginia
cases the court reviewed decrees of
Federal Judge Dayton finding tho
United Xlino Workers union and tho
rVmerlcnn Flint Glass Workers' un
ion illegal organizations and also com
blnations In restraint of trade under
the Sherman law. Judge Dnton
Issued broad Injunctions, respectively
to the Hltchman Coal and Coke com
pany of Wheeling, W. Va against tho
Mine Workers' officers, Including Sec
retary Wilson of the department of
labor, who was formerly secretary-
treasurer and to the Eaglo Glass and
Manufacturing company of Wells
burg, W. Va against the Glass Work,
ors' organization.
Judge Dayton's decrees and injune
tlona were annulled by tho fourth
circuit court of appeals nnd tho cor
porations' Injunction suits ordered
dismissed. The companies then ap
pealed to tho supremo court.
Ijibor Interests have been closely
watching both cases, more recently,
betause of questions arising In tho
Adamson law list case. Both Wee'
Virginia companies, operating ' open
shops" have contracts with employos
not to join a union. They sought
restrain union solicitation, even by
peaceable persuasion and argument of
their workmen, contending that, sucl:
so icltatlon Interferes with cousclt'c
llonal liberty of contract. The clroul:
cjcrt uphold union rights to peace
ably "picket" nnd persuade such
workmen without Intimidation or vlo
loaco.
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