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THE STANFORD WORLD GEN, NAIG NITS SURPRISE BLOW • BRITISH FORCES PRESS IRRESIS TIBLY FORWARD OVER NEW FRONT REACH OLD HINDENBURG LINE English Armies Fighting Near Butte - court Arrive at Old Battle Scene. -French Take 600 Prisoners Near Roye ( \Val' Beview for _Nogust 27) IVIii le the Gentian,. Were busily iii - III defending themselves against attacks of the British aii41 Ereiodi armies from the .\ hilt' river to the re- \gjon of Soir..soti,, Field Alarshal Haig early NIonclay Itiornitig struck another surprise blow oci•i• a new front north of the old hut it zone. The Iliac of- fensive- cvas lautolied front the east of Arras tin the Scarp.. ricer and solith- Ward to the 1'0011i. All along the front the'British nresstal li!raalal, at some ;daces 141 a depth of 1110re thall Iwo Miles 81111 ealillIred it half dozen or More villages, among them Aloolichy 1e 011ellianne I 1Valleollri. Al.1 . 1/4.S 1111. 1 . 1141.1111 1110 1111.0' 1111 . 111 , 1. a11:1111 , ni 1111. old battle front 'brought them to Ilut iiliege- uul llory and St. Leger, and further south the slant! 10W11 Or raVrelIll, one and a half miles tutu lutist iii Ilapainite. from %illicit the British press.ci oat mistuard about a tulle. Farther •:.$11111 the British are re- ported titioft Wholly to have re: wiled the western outskirts of Thielloy in the nipper movement they tire earrying against lioly Standing well within gun lit Ii oof the town it seems likely that tho• er- Malls Will lit forced to evacuate ha- p:tome in short otriter. Additional gains liaN•o• hist) been 'mole by the liritish cast or Albert Ind on both sides of the Somme river. iii fail. notwithstanding tho• efforts •of the Germans through the use of ,Iiirge reinforcements I. 1141111 1114.111 ifi 111.1k, Ole B11111411 111141 I:11..111'11 all Ii II the line from Albert to Soissons have Materially !lettered their posi- tions and cart•ied furtlio•r forward their plan of making the Plo•ardy !Pattie ground untenable for the enemy. The French °gnat are hammering away nt the environs of Hoye. moo of the strong 'points of the Somme-olse front, the capture of tvitich doubtless \ . \ 1 \ cans\ tie' giving up by the enemy of the entire salient friim the Somme lit the north. to Noyon. Pres- 111,S it's Itoye, to the north. Huai St. Mard, to the mouth lion', both haVe been raptured by the Friaiell desiiite the desperate resistance of Ille Ger- 1111111S, and Hoye, like littionnine in the north. apparently . is in (longer of loeitio.• • phicheol out of the line In an enveloop- lite movement, More than 609 prison- ers were tliken ity the French in the operation. The Germans haVe thrown further heavy counter attaeks against the French In the rt•gioon north of Sods - sons, where the French continue their pressure northwaril 110 maneuvers which serionisly tht•k•atten to (outflank the Cronin des I hotie4 and Lamt sec- tors and put the entire German line from Ypres to Melees in jeopardy. All attacks have been sustained by 'General Mangin's forces and the French have pushed uk the lOerniatts beyond the points ft•oom %%Melt iht•y St arted. The famous Prussian guard huts been thrown into the battle to elteck the French, bat. as iii their ef- forts otgaitezt the Freneli and Ameri- cans in the Vest'. sector, they met with defeat. operations of the British on the northet•tt part if the front from the east of Arras to the region of Mille- zourt have brooght theta virtually upon or very licar Ole Old IJilitlen11111•127 There is still cow:W. 0 1100p .....•!; v ily 011 Ille eastern pari oof the halite front In the Vosgo•s momitain region where to - trees of Anodic:tits recently Moe been fighting. The operations, how- ever, confirm, or rho nurrirro or Enid.: an d swa n several of the latter tminetivers have been ;nit down by ilw 260,000 UNNATURALIZED GER- MANS IN THE UNITED STATES Washington. Aug. 27.--Aliont 201.010 tinnatm•alizeil male Ilerinalls Ilse ill the 1'1111141 StaleS 111111 haVe reglistered 111111er tile enmity alien regulations. the department of jostice reported ) e ster. day, Reports of the registration of German wonwn have not yet been folly tabulated, but it is beliex - ed less than 200,0(10 enrolled. 90 Killed in Mexican Wreck. El l'asm ' Aug. 27. Tu.) Amerieans who arrived here from the interior of Nlexleo yesterday 4•onfirimal reports received here tinit a passenger train was wrecked loy bandits at canatlan, Durango, and 91) passengers tool sol- diers killed and Coti injured. WOULD CLASS HOSPITAL§ AS ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES , New 'York. Aug. 27.- Disturbed hy a letter from the (drive of Surgeon Gen_ oral Gorgas, suggest inc tran.fer to Ili.. army school of nursing Id maity•siatior find intermediate pupils in H11111111 training• schools to meet an immedi- ate need for army nurses. the New York civilian hospital eonference has appointed n committee to , present to th e authorities at Washington it res- olution flaking that civilian hospitals .he declared \essential indm§trieS.\ LiruT. HARRY f'. WILLIAMS en• gaged to Nlargiteriti• Clark. movie star, and the) :ire expected Ii, (u' 111111T14.11 , 0oon Lientiatana reeeive4 over.eas orders The roaminee began when boil, were working for the 1.lber- ty loan in Sect - 111•14-alis. NATIONWIDE -. BONE DRY\ 11:0HIBITION LOOMS BIG President Wilson Believed to Be in Favor of Fixing Next July 1 as Effective Date . x lig, ), L iii mu Ole \lame dry - prolithitiom iufeetive July 1. 191'... iuith ...ay.:mita:: during the war at least. !moos a, a -strong ',Huy ibo - ough imitpromise negotiation , in emigre- , ),.....•••••mi. - • represented as Ii,,? I•• • Ie_aslati..11 and sew „t or , ,„ „, ,•,• • he 1,..14,e %oath! ;II , 1.1.111 111.• ander rod.oilial.i.a. A 'if••••H• • leti's agreenteut\ . .11 tile Selial., • 1,1 a uttiiti a few lays. '1'14.i iiir tiemling ii th• 31(lerat1e1. ye, •,,,I5.ti hilt , i,lio•callio• unit for cote ander Ille 31011S 4.1111.111 made several weeks ago. gii i it right or way lull - ill disposed ii. 1 -al Was 1..111100r1111y diS/daeed While Ihe senate . proceeded With the 111:111 looWer hill. Then lead- prs supporting alai fighting the pro- hibition prowo•eded nil Ii eiirrlilor and cloall,r44010 discossi4111S 410 111 1 ' e promise. As It now stands the t.i II won'tl stoop sale of intoxlcanta January I next. At President 1Vilsom's utngiiit i.iuu, aceord- ing to Senator Shepherd of l'exits, prohibition tolviwate_ postponement of the, date mas agreed ho by spokesmen of both faelions. Th.. president. it was stilted. believe , additional lime . 1101 1 111 he gi‘en for financial and other :Whist melds. In yesterday' , negotiations most .if Hits prohibition advocates were agree- able to fixing July 1 as the date. They first insisted that 0 sh000lol be April hot nt majority pere said to have consented to the later ilaw. (ippon- ents of the legislatimi ciere deciarwil to lie coax - limed that it vantiot be de- feated, and to be satisfied witit tin' proposed eStelt , loti of tittle.. Formal conclii,jou of air agreement is 1'51'1'11141 I.. Pave die 1 t0 for Pass' . age of the hill hy the mantle late this week or early IleXt. MINNESOTA CYCLONE VICTIMS REACH TOTAL OF THIRTY-ONE tiol 14. liidisclls-!!.1. .olilas \work or fight - antt was iidiled to Ii.- house - -I Iii,' 1.ill Ity th.• • senate roilitar , • .1111111114.0. S1.1111101 , doms .4* 11':1--Initzkat and ruittlitins 01 lov4d. Loth declared the„., indieNrti the preseld hill rovers al! the m,111.•11 1111• ;0111•1011111•111 1S :111411414A 111; 10111'11, Ill.. 1:1111.1 . Ilt. 114•110Vell Ma. bats smolt a , through y to xii I WM lo. illiposeil On eniplover , pla4 - 11ig titutuui nuiulithtimtius 011 their taliployi• , . Evils of Exemption. While adding that the existing law lt ciao zt rued - properly - P - riuttt ha ye - tire - desired effect of ineeling the present sitmoton :trod make all persons withiu the draft engage in wampations esseit- tHil to the proseetition ot the war. Sell- aillr Thoillais Color:4410 deelared that iri view or the iiircrnrcirificor ramie I iy Secretary I :1.1 ker. the evil growing 011t or cxcnif.fion., for indusr. Trim 1-..roorn, ff-orrhi 1,...orolvascri in - stew' of diminished. unless S10111e ilddi- 11 1 legislation is Seriousness of War. Seli:1 1 or Thomas said he did not be- lieve the duty of the soldier or the front. uuil hugh lit most 1'11.44.s moire dangerous, is any different than that of the Producer at home 311141 lhat there , 114.11141 11/' 110 dIstinettott. lie denied that then , were any rights ex- cept those of fundamental origin. S11111 as trial by jury_ that should be allow- ed to emilinue cvlien the olestiny oof liatiOn is at stake. Because the war is 3.11011 miles away, Senator Tholints 414. - dared the AllleriCall people HIMarently olo not realiZe the StlIpell.lolls task Ihat IS ahead. Senator Pail of New Nlexico pre-. so•nteti a substitute fon. the Thoontas amemlment providing for registrat • of all llien int to 60 years of age %chi), under regulations prescribed loy the president. uould 1.4. classified for mili- tary industrial service. Another sub- stitute offered by Senator of Nele••••••i. proimses that men shall It' sub! , r 144 reilaSsification iii event the for tlteir exemption or de - Tyler. Minn.. Vino. 24.- Two of the rerred I. 'Ai -I. Tyler reSidenIS it hit Were injured in the toniailo of Wednesday night_ died yesterday. twinging the death list to 31. Eight of the most seriously in - hired are 1ml eXpeclisl lo Horne gudd•I•t. Ited Cross workers, Allot local 1' ; eq.-operated yi:iiaer- ilay order out of e l ow s. A partial W3Ccr Was obtained Ion eleetrie lighting system still is wrecked. 1 , is howal I 0 restore wire immutunication from here today. Mon. tit. -- --- - uituml sapplies ar- rived here !rola :11i1111(•;11001i5, St. Paid and otlier SUB WARNS SWEDISH BOAT TO QUIT AMERICAN TRADE - A n _Nog. Swedish freight steamship %%MO' or - rived her. yesterday WaS StOppel1 kIerillarl , 111 , 111111'ille Timir , day. mites tiff Ibis port and held for an hour,. \NMI , the 1*-booat coommanoloq• ex - untitled her papers. The ves'sel WaS .111441%1A to proceed. The Captain 1.511,1 warned, however. thal lie was likel) - to lie stink at ally shOillil he Colltialle Ill the Amer- ican trade. 10,000 Tons of Ships Added in Week. washing: ow Aug. 27 -- More than lo. 000 deadw.aght tons of ship , '114411. add- ed 10 the American mereliant ma rine In the voo•o•k ending August 22. a, HIGHER PRICE FOR SUGAR. \Va.:hint:too. Ang. 26. -- Prospeets for a slight13 Illighpr price foor stigar 1. the critisimier in tha , near folitre . o forecast 1.) the 'food administration vesteolit) „n anoinitieing that the smfar emializatinti hoard in order to mini- mize inequalities lielPeen priees gni \I d andss i hl Piirchnso all sugar At 1114. old price and resell to the holders 'at the nevi' price. increase to the consumers, It hots•been said, will not 11111011111 . to more than a cent. DISPATCH SAYS BOLSHEVIK! WILL WAR ON UNITED STATES Washington. Aug. 21. - - It. , \ ' , hes from Russia Y1' , 1111 . 1111y 114.1.• iNhat 41ktorbing nature iiiirtment officials. Vi. -e crt Ittolorie at Petrograd I. iiiiiied 11 a 11,113 ed 111,1111.-TR ..1 'the ilolstimiki government al the former Itu , sion capital Mel n pronmiciatmatlo - , :ite of cvar existed between 1:11- ,, ia and the l'itited S11114.S. 111 VieW of the llolslie‘iki .lech ! rn. !Inn, 31r. rep..rted in his ilis- lintel'. which citi, dated .kir.fitst 2, that he hiol lower1 , 41 the I iii:•••1 ales flag over the emisulate and, ti•II•• , itw; the recent action of Constil IWI. ,.1 Poole •It Moseom, closed the C..1.'11.014. and H1111141 1•1' 1111• niffnt i Of 1 1 illited SlateS to the Norwegian Amer- icans in Petrograd, believed to 1111111 - her about 240, vial - lied lea ye. !liSloatell Said. 1110111:11 the Coll:all incliented Halt he would rentain at his post until he had received histruetions from the state 'rho Thir: -. :,.-first regiment of United state; o-, ',mho.. ha: arrk crl 01 V hull- Seermary Baker annotniceil. OBJECTORS PUT IN SERVICE. ramp Tacoma. Aug. 2 1.- '1en Who assert they are uoilscien- Iiolls 011,14.etnrs for 1114. Of ev:1411111Z general military are meeting 41111Slaclos they little expected. It W:IS S11 , 1W11 here yesterday \clam Mx men were ordered to 1111Iy b the ennui, authorities after Itavin lawn members of the \eon...Om-lotion objectors\ detachment. Ii' t the Imo re - fuse to aceept • the duties assigned 11;Na they are suloject to courtmartlId the -order solid. DRAFT BILL IS NOW UP BEFORE SENATE FREE EDUCATION OF ENLISTED - BOYS UNDER 21 IS FAVORED BY SENATORS THINK NEW LAW SUFFICIENT - - ----- Work or Fight Amendment to Bill Be- lieved to Cover All Exigencies - Propose to Register Men Up to 60 Years • imgria, Aiia. 27.-- By 1111111111111)11 , 4.111i 1111. .• agreed last night to :we thiin I oscloch this of- ten, ea •11. adiniiiINIralioll titnihi utending draft :1g1..,4 TO ttt ii Y\ : 1 ;to 5 . of the military iiiii mit- 1 , •so or fight amendment was; in progress %client the sena h e .1111.1011rned Other ill1portald ilin•sl loll , in ta111trn- Versy left ovvr for today imitated seceral proposals for exemp- tioti or rest rietiog the serviCes oh 11114Ier eiltwation of boys limier 2 1 who enlist or are dr,iftwil is provided 1411 In all alimlidnient hy Senator [ter.: .,r adoidial iii il tic yesterday . - de t eue. Under it, )..irli , \could be pm muted Ii! enter , •.hillaalat iii 'it ii ii 1.1.10'1 1 1•11 , , 1` ------list' for a tiod •• ••••Ittat'y service, Former German Liner in U. S. Trans- port Service Has Accident While in Port. CUNARD SHIP COMPANY NOT LIABLE FOR LUSITANIA LOSS •ted States District Coutt Hands Down Decision in Which Germany Is Blamed N, York. Aug. 26. - The Cunato u,- o•oonipany cannot he held tnr of life and property , in torpedoing if Lusitania by a ratan submarine. otei•ording to it de- - H on handed 110W11 III the adadrIllty -ma•li of the United States diStrict .11:1 by Judge Julius AI. Mayer and oaolo• 10111110 y1,41'1'1111)% cat1Se of the sinking of the multi was the illegal act of the . ro p e ri,,i German government. acting •o‘loongli its instrument, the subina- ne commander.\ dectared Judge May- er. olio held that \the fault. therefore. mast be laid upon those who are re- .i.otosiblo• for the sinking of the vessel d• the legal as Avid! aS Moral sense.\ !II iliSaliSsIng Salts tiiiIiliih the Cun- ard line ;aggregating nearly $4.000,111110 lirought by heirs ‘.1 persons who per- ished ‘i MI the Losilitnia on May 7. nor.. Juolgo• Nittyer asso•rlt•t1 that \It is non no toe doutloted that the United States of Aineriea and her allies will %cell Nom -lather the tights of those af- Wiled hy the sinking of the Lusitattitt. nil u hen ille time shall voine will - •• to it that reparation shall be made :• one of the most indefensible acts cimivrts times.\ SEVEN SEAMEN KILLED BY BURSTING OF STEAM PIPE Allantie Port. Aug. 21:. - -Seven nom wive killed tuid a number are said to haVe liven SittlIrday oight by the bursting of a swain pilot , on ati .1itierican transport lying at a ol000•li here. Fourteen A . 00 passers, it Wag Said. 1111.1 - 1. ill 111, tioxiliary coal 1'00111 tut the ship when the explosion' fleelIrrell. SeVell of them were so badly scalded that when ro•scuers made their way to the 11.0111 they were dead. The navid authorities declined to Lii r Ve * illiy infOrIllathui concerning - the rause of the tice:deto. and 110 report Was made to the police. The transport which is said to have been one of the largest anti most pop- ular of the German liners before it was taken liver by tiw government, has been in the harbor for some time undergoing repaira. It wits later reported that four men of the naval reserve had been trapped In a steam filled section of the hold and were killed. In the Moselle'. of an official report the story could twit be confirmed. The transport, it was said, Was about too sail for France with men Ind supplies. LATEST MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Grain, Chicago. Aug. 27. -Corn: No. ? yellow, $1•734i 1.74; Ni,. 3 yellow, $1.6845.1.701i.,; No. 4 yellow, $1.621:1 1.65. oats: No. 2 white. 711r71 , x2c: No. 3 white. 69\ 70e: standard. 701,4 . 871%c. Rye: No. 2, 51.6901.69 , -i. Barley: 81411.10. Timothy: 5 - 75 . Clover: Nominal. Chicago Livestock, Chicago. Aug. 27. -Hogs: Receipts 30.- 000. Market strong. Bulk, $18.7018.90; butchers. $1941 19,75: packing. $17.75q 18.83: lights. 119.10W19.90; pigs. $13 , e 18.50; rough. 817.100,17.75. • Cattle: Receipts 21.000. Market steady. Western eattle lower eBef cattle good. choice and pilaw. $16.85U18.85; common and medium. $10.254116.85; butchers. $7.50 4)14.50; canners and cutters. $6.851311; stockers and feeders. $4.85808; good, choice and fancy. S10.70013; inferior, common and medium. $7 508010 50: veal calves, $12.wir 47.25: western range heef steers. $111.17; calls and heifers. $9.25 ra 13. Sheep: Receipts 25.040. Market steady. Lambs. rhohe and pritne. $17.55.;118.50; medium and good. $16.2511•17.65: $10ra 14: feeders. 616.5080 17.75: ewes, choice and prime. S12.8080 13; medium and good. MVO 12.50; breeding. $12.501118.25. Omaha Livestock. Omaha. Aug. 27. -Receipts 3.300. Mar- ket 10 to higher. ellavy. $18.25 0 1 18.75: mixed. $18.308 18.60: light. $18.2.5,19.30: pigs. Strda is, bulk of sales, $18.30'o 18.60. Cattle: Receipts 1,1.700. Mark0 10 to 15c lower. Nativf! Steers. $11.701 . 417.50: cows and heifers. $7.500 12.10; western steers, $121,13'.00; Texas steers. $7 , t11.50: canners. $8.151,7; stockers and feeders, $6.501/14.:;o: calves. $10V13.75; bulls, stags, etc., 84.5017 12.00 Sheep, Receipts 27.000. Market steady to stronger. Wethers. ewes. $104, 12: lambs, 816.5011.17.50; yearlings, $12.2511 Minneapolis Grain. Minenapolis, Aug. 27. --Wheat: Re- ceipts 818 cars. compared with 4:16 a year ago. Coin: No. 3 yellow, $1.73t1.76. Flax: $4.25 Flour: Unchanged.' Shipments, 73.126 barrels. Barley: $ .8217 1.03. St, Paul Livestock. St. Paul, Aug. 27. --Hogs: Receipts 2.- 400. Market steady. Range. $18.5080 18.85: hulk of sales, $156510 18.73 Cattle: Receipts 12,000. Killers steady. Steers. $41.2:tit 17.50; cows and heifers. 87 1112; veal calves, 50c higher. 85.751117; stockers awl feeders. steady, $6.504r12. Sheep: Receipts 6.300. Market 60c lower., Lambs, $108016.25; wethers. $780 12; ewes, $544 12. Stop Cantonment Construction, Washington, Aug. 20.-I'lans to con- vert tent o•amps whero national guard troops were mobilized (luring the last Year I1110 per11111111.11t cantonments. with wooden buildings. have lwen :11,3111110w ed_ the war th•partnient announced last night, and orders Issued to stom the. %cork wherever \ has ' been started . • • Authorization which had been isstfed to convert Cann) Shelby. NlIss.. into a permanent camp at it cost of :S5.- 017.000. Was rescinded Mithin a few hours after It had been 1111110allead here. MRS. ISAAC S. M'ELROY M1 ,, Alice \V11 , 011. 1014-1. uu IJ pres• 'dent. inarrieti revelit I) in the White House u Bev, Isita.• Stuart Me - Elroy, •In - ., the .•eretnimy being per- formed by the groom's faille'. WORLD NEWS IN IFIDENSED FOR1 The Ford :114itor Coltipally has of- fered its 3 1 lissentliling and StlrViet. 10111111`: 111E011011.1H the ...cowry to the 4tovernowni. tine cif the eastern plants -already his been act.epled alel is he- ili the protilIction of gas itta.sks. The Union glatioll hank of - St. Louis, with deposits oof *11,S00,0410. el o o,ed and it' ‘to's annommed the hank is in hawis of the •-totte bank commis- 41oner. * 80 President Samuel Gnawers of the American Federation of Labot• is on his isitY It °Moose a v 0111 0 11 \ anise petwe Pith Germany, favored by stone lattlimil laborites. * 80 Twelve emits per pound as the max- imum priee on grade zinc will be con- tinued on deliveries lietWelal S11011411- ber I Mill January 1. 111111, under all agreement by the war industries board. The price at iLietitne 4ir delivery is the East St. Louis 'price plus the freight. A A Aii•platte andoulances to carry injur- ed aviators quiekly from the some of tilt Iteeidellt to ii field hospital are to to be provided at all flying fields. Successful experiments have been Illaile WWI the ambulance plane at :lerstiter field. 1.11ke Charles. La. * 80 I f roposed distribution of the :S2110. - 11.110.0(k) asked by the War trade board for government construction or ink proventent of power plants in war ifi- dustrial centers, has been submitted to the house commerce committee by Lieut. W. 11'. Stanley of the army en- gineers. • * Fire at the plant of the Green 'liver Distilling company at Owensboro, destroyed the entire plant. 43.000 bar- rels of whisky and entailed ht,141SS %Veil in exeess of $3,000.000. The whisky alone was t allied at 02,840,000 and the loss to the United :•tatem government Iii taxes approximates .$0.750.1)00. • * Tworify-Ihree tholisand former Rus- sian °Hirers imprisoned the Attitt- Bert' barracks have been released, ar- rording to a Nloseow dispatch print- ed in the Iliwnisel. Westidtalia 'Zei- t nag. The dispateit says the Sieciet government uas compelled to aban- don its plans tor 111e 01 officers under pressure from the pop- ulation of Nloscou. STATE LANDS IN HEM DEMAND NOTWITHSTANDING DRY SEASON, CITIZENS SHOW FAITH IN DISTRICTS NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY limited Service Men Will Be Called to Classify New Draft Reis• trants.-1918 Recruits Will Fill Next Draft lielt•not. - Notwithstanding that till! has Moen a dry' year in Alontimatt, the timitattil for land in the state continues strong. as attested by applications re- ceived by the state landooffice for the - offering for al auction of approxi- mately half a million aeres of state Iftn41. ; 11111 the 11011111141 foor land is more Iitamounred I uu thlew COnlItleS that \Vere hardilSt hit by 1114. 411'0111,11 lmniu ill the others, indicating flue home people have not lost faith In the fu- ture. A deputy stale land agent who lints been appraising land in the drouth district of northern Nlotstana. reports 01111 its It reStIll of the policy oof the slide in continuing too Make 1.1111,41.1 . 1M- IiVe 101111S on MIMS ill the drouth dis- tricts. several private loan companies' have rmentereil the field. A northern NIontanit agent for a large eastern house that decided three months ago not to make further loans In the oh•ooutit district has reconsidered Its Helium. Its agent wrote that the state Puss continuing to loan 11 1 , 1 1 roxf - mately $1..00 on a half section of lotto', and that lie saw no reason why the co:nip:my should not get SIIIlle 01 1111,7 InIsillesS. Tin. company repEtal that It the slate WilS making loans. it (111.• company) was satisfied with the seetwity mid felt the state pas play- ing a cold-blooded business cinch. It therefore itilvi , .•41 its agent that If the state loaned $.1.91111 it ft•It safe in 1,, an i ttg . fn.mluu $2.1••) Ii, S2,51S1 on line 4ttine class sectirlly and told the agent to gut ahead. ' Land sales 11aVe !leen ordercal as follows by the state land board: Fer- gus. September 19, 27.973 acres; Meagher. September 25, 5,320 acres; Wheatland. September 20, 8,000 aeres ; ithissi•Ishell. September 27, 4,453 acres; Dawson, Oetober 3, 14,425 acres; Rich - mud, October 4. 5.177 lieres; Valley, Cietober 10. 13,625 acres; Maine, oc-- totter 17. 511.322 :wires: October 24. 1:1.700 acres; 1191, October 2 5. 70.- 2-16 1 . 011/11. N11V1.11111er I. 53.855 acres Ray:hill. N. wend ter 13. :100 licreS. * * * Youngsters Will Fill in. Alen of the 1P1S class will he draWt. • upon to) fill a rail just received from Provost 3lott•sital Go•neral rrowtler for 1,000 white men to entrain for Camp 1, t owis front September 3 to Septem- ber B. inclusive. Anotlwr cttll was reecived for all colored men of draft age in the slate to entrain September 1 for Fainiy.ewis. 'There are 20 men so affeeteoh. f'oloreol are drawn as follows: Three from l'ascade. two each from Rig north NlIssoulit. Phillips, Ponvell and Yellowstone. and one o•steli ft•oin Lewis ati(1 Clark, Lincoln. .Motolison„ Park, Sanders, Sheridan and N'alley. In making the allotMent to fill the call for 1.000 white men. Adjutant General Greene,' called out all remain- ing men of Ihe 1917 elasit, amounting to 1S7. in all. and 51 5 men of the RIP , : class. The allotment by eolnities is as follows: Itt•tiverheitol. 10; [hg Horn, 8; illuul 10: Ihroadwater, 4; Butte city. 13: Carbon, 20: 1%111er. 12; Cascade. Choteam 39; (*usher, 23 . ; I):t‘%-ato„ 100; Deer 1,o14re, 8: Fallon, 10: 1 . 5ir- pis, 43; 1 : lathead, 20; Gallatin, Granite, 11; !fill, 39; Jefferson. S: Lewis atilLtrlark., 411: Lincoln. 4: .11:111 - Ism). 35: Meagher. Mineral. 2: Nils- soula, UT: Park. : 19 : Powtsil. 11: Prairie, 10: Ita‘alli. 1 5: Richland. 1 5; Itosebtol. 23; Sanders. S.. Sheridan, 711; Silver Bow. 25: Stillwater, 10; SWeet Gras.c 8: T4.1011, Toole, 10; Valley. 10; Wheatland, 10; Wilatux, 5; Yellow- stone. :to, 8080 • A senate bill pr00%ioling l.5-10.000 to indentittly 11.04141.. 11,1 requested by presitient 1Vidson in a recent IlleSSage- 10 C011gress. for damages suffered by ;reeks in South Intigtha. Neli.. riots in 111011. W:1, 1/11SSC11 by the house and lloW goes to the president. * ind.•finite indostrial fttrlotighs for WIMS4. mechanical skill makes them neeessary Iii the shipyards have become a thing of the past. 01.41erS 1111Ve IMMO reeeiVel1 al C1111114 I....WI' , front - 1N'tisitIngton discontinuing them. Instead fut•louglis will,be granteol for 90 days only. The order Is said to he due to a belief Of war offirials thal Olt. lor skilled shipyard work- ers will !nice passed its crest within 90 titt:ts. *80 Reduction of 25 per cent of all pub- lication space ltu eXCeSs of ejght pages for country • weekly twwspapers hits I een ordered his of 1114. War industries board.*80 Ameriett's aircraft program for the great army that is collided upon to win the war 'next ‘;Lear calls for 350 com- plete squadrons of planes, and tile man part id tho• program already is ahead of schedule with 3.110r1 pilots trained. This InformatIon mitts given out by Ma- jor General Malty. elder of the divi- sion of military Iteronantics. * * * No More State Banks, NO 1110re State bank! , Will ho or- ganized ilu Nloontatta . as long t Is the War continues. finless for some very ex- eepiloilitl reasons which are not likely to arise. ace/a - ding to State Examiner II. S. :1Iagt•aw. Ivito stottv he will dis- courage the organization of suet) banks. Mn. MagraW takes the position that the mottey that would he put into snelt institutions can serve a inneh better put•pose itt‘estcol in Thrift stamps anti war Jaunts. and that the organization of new banks woult1 tend to weaken just that much existing banks, anti that under present conditions the re- sources of the slate had better be strongly centralized titan widely dif- fused. * * * Coal Famine Imminent. The gratin : al reduction lit the 1111111 ber of coal miners In the, state. coup- led with the increasing demand on railroail facilities, • makes a cord famine Imminent if we tin not all ro• opvrole lo avert same, states o cir- cular of the state railroad etutuimutig. shin. The commission asks that every farmer. householder and business. con- Cern Mr 111 their 410111eSIM supply of coal as early as possible: \that the user of steant coal store as much as possibir, with reasonable safetv.\ 1. •
