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V ", I I l i I I : i e 1 j , J j j , . i : , . I I i ! | , GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Franc" lias called to the colors all of the class of 191S. This will mean the enlistment at once and the placing on a war footing of all youths of lj years. France, although hard pressed for men, is still leading the attack of the allies and proving beyond doubt her ability to fight and fight hard when the occasion demMids. It was France early in the yvar that held back Germany, and it is France now that is penetrating the new Genua "line" in spite of desperate resistance from the Germans. Itecruiting for the army and navy in Chicago and the middle west as yvell as in all parts of the country, where especial effort has been made to rapidly increase the military of the country, has increased remarkably within the past few days. Of 300 who made application at the recruiting stations in Chicago, sixty were accepted, making the average about the same as ordinarily. The government has not towered the standards necessary for enlistments, despite the approach of armed conflict. Attorney General William Langer of North Dakota tonight detailed private detectives to investigate charges of anti-recruiting activities, which, according to the attorney general, have reached such a point that the lives of citizens have been threatened if they enlist to aid the government in the areata! crisis. "I have ordered the arrest of persons who have intimidated many of our citizens from enlisting by threatening to kill them," Mr. Langer said. Gen. Niville. at the request of the war department in France, has appointed an officers commission to report on the devastation caused by the Cennans in the evacuated portions of France. The commission is instructed to "inquire into and draw up detailed reports, with proofs attached, of any acts of barbarity and devastation committed without any military necessity and with the sole object of ruining one of the richest regions of Fiance. exportation of grain and flour from the Argentine Republic has been prohibited by an order from the president of the republic. The object in passing the decree is to assure stocks accessary for the country. It is more than likely that the decision will affect the- food problem under which all the belligerc nt nations are now laboring. The American liner Manchuria, the second armed American vessel to leave this country for the submarine zone, has arrived safely at an English port, aecordirg to a cable dispatch received in New York Wednesday. It left about twenty-four hours ahead of the St. Louis with mails and 15. KM tons of cargo, but did not carry any passengers. The Kaiser is suffering from a mild form of diabetes aad is undergoing treatment at Hamburg, according to wireless dispatches received ill America Wednesday, ilis physicians were said to i:ave given asnaraneaa that with a careful regime of treatment they can effect a cure, but worry is said to be retarding the emperors recoyory. Then thousand persons marched in a body to the city hall in Cleveland, Ohio, to file a protest with Mayor Davis and other city officials Wednesday as the result of nanaa made at a mass meeting of l.ooo members of the International High Cost of Living Association in East Technical High School. Further issuance of permits for the building of amateur wireless plants was ordered refuse, i bdhj government officials in Washington Wednesday. . w is bettered these small stations may be developed into wireless for nan of the German government in case of hostilities. Thirty thousand men are needed to man the "hornet" fleet whic h this country contemplates patting into Berrien ns submarine guard ami coast defense. Thousands of small craft are expected to In used in the future to guard the o«s|~. Ten munition ships, which were to have reached the allied lines at Saloniki. Greece, a week or more ago. are reported as overdue. The question of provisioning the allied armies in Greece is causing the allies much worry. Advices received in America from Russia contain the information that shoes are selling or 1917.sh5 I pair and meat is received only for the payment of 1.25 a pound. Kggs are reported as selling for a dollar each. The commerce of the world last year amounted to |4S.OO0.OW,fttft, teas pan d with 0,000,000. 000 in MIS, the former high record year, according to a compilation made public by the National City Bank of New- York. Miss Rose French of Burlington attained the distinction Tuesday of being the first woman of Iowa to enlist in the United States navy. She will join the yeoman branch of the service at some eastern point. The American Power Boat Association has of-fi red its hundreds of craft and the 2S.0O0 membership of its organization to the president for use in guarding the coast in case of war. Twenty persons were killed in a great storm which swept over the state of Alabama Wednesday. Fourteen were killed at Petrey, where every house in the city was blown down. Four thousand German soldiers have crossed the line into Holland seeking food, according to frontier reports received at The Hague. They li:ivc been interned at Zurelle. The United States government has granted safe conduct for German officials in China to pass through this country. They will probably land at San Francisco. Governor Barasjatet of Minnesota has signed a bill authorizing the teaching of patriotism in common schools of Minnesota at least one day each week.
