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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH - United States Marshal Noonan has revoked all passes issued at his direction to alien enemies to go within ITALIMI e the limit of the Philadelphia navy yard. A bomb made of gas pipe and HOLD powder was picked up on the main floor of the Auditorium theatre, Chicago, where the opera Dinorah was being sung, after an incipient panic SECRETARY CONTEM. BAKER which followed an unexplained burst PLATES IN ITALIAN FUTURE of flame had been stilled. THEATRE WITH CONFIDENCE. Government control is the only means of relief from the present high prices of shoes, in the opinion of mem- Full Strength of Efbers of the National Tanners associaforts Has Not Yet Been Developed; tion, who met in Chicago in convenAmerican Troops Occupying tion on November 15. First Line Trenches. FORGES History of one-mil- If PastWeek The News Happenings of Seven Days Paragraphed 115 L INTERMOUNTAIN. Jack Munroe, who leaped to fistic fame in a single night by dropping Champion Jim Jefferies in an exhibition bout at Butte in 1902, is back in Canada recruiting for the Canadian army, after being permanently crippled in the European war. The Stockmens association convention is being held this Week in Wyoming. A verdict of voluntary manslaughter was returned by the jury in the case of A. F. Enyart, banker of Ordway, Colo., charged with the murder of J. W. Black, an attorney of Nebraska 'City, Neb., at Ordway, February 25 of this year. Fourteen alleged members of the 'L W. W. are under military guard at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash., having been arrested by the authorities tend accused of having seditious literature in their possession, while employed on the government reservation by a construction company. All but six of the crew of the fishing ship Manhattan, wrecked off Cape Spencer, Alaska, have been picked up by the Alaska Steamship companys liner Mariposa, according to wireless ' messages received at Seattle. Hans Deckendorf, said to be a cou sin of Count von Bernstorff, formei German ambassador to the United States; is in jail at Tacoma, Wash., having been arrested by federal officers while working in a logging camp tot Lake Tappe, Wash. In a hotel raid at Seattle, federal togents and city detectives seized what are believed to be the complete records of the Industrial Workers of the World, covering the activities of that organization in the Pacific northwest and 50,000 feet of fuse, such as Is used In operations with explosives. WASHINGTON. who have been drafted and have appeals from the decision of the local board pending will have their cases automatically thrown off the boards by a new ruling of Provost Marshal General Crowder in connection with the complete revision of the draft regulations. New regulations for the draft, making practically every one of the more than 9,000,000 registered men subject to war duty, if not at the front, then behind the lines, were approved by the president and made public by Provost Marshal General Enoch H. Crowder on November 17. f Almost five and billion pounds of meat products were exported from the United States in the first three years of the war. War taxes have been made the excuse of many retailers for price advances far in excess of the taxes and in many cases for making additional charge for articles not subject to tax, according to reports from many localities reaching the internal revenue bureau. Plans for further guarding the countrys war activities against enemy aliens were approved at Fridays cabinet meeting and President Wilson will issue a proclamation embodying regulations formulated by the department of justice. Storage holdings of frozen poultry amounted to 46,206,059 pounds on November 1, an increase of about 6.7 per cent over a year ago, the department of agriculture has announced. John W. Foster, former minister to China, dean of the American diploof Secmatic corps and father-in-laretary Lansing, died at Washington, November 15, after a long illness. Ho at one time was secretary of state. Men g one-hal- w , DOMESTIC. FOREIGN. with German sympathies brought about the destruction of s saltpeter and nitre plant the Manufacturing company in brooklyn early Sunday, officials announced. The loss was over $300,000. Jacob Yellin, charged with writing v Edsel Ford, son of the automobile manufacturer, asking $10,000, the penalty for failure to comply with the demand being the life of Edsel Fords Infant son, Henry Ford II, was found guilty and sentenced to serve five years and pay a fine of $1000. A call for 500 chauffeurs for transport service in the quartermasters corps was issued at New York, NovemIncendiaries The first German attack with gas on American troops occurred early SunThe enemy concenday morning. trated fire on a small portion of one sector. The attack was made before daylight. A gas alarm was immediately sounded. Every man in the particular sector quickly donned his gas mask. There were no casualties. Taking the production of 1913 as a basis the 1917 wheat crop of France is short 53.3 per cent, or 176,000,000 bushels; the potato crop is short 33.1 per cent, or 165,000,000 bushels; the sugar beet crop is short 67.9 per cent, or 148,000,000 bushels; the number of cattle has decreased 16.5 per cent, or ber 17, at the headquarters of the east- 2,435,000 head. ern department, U. S. A. The men will More than thirty imprisoned Sinn be used for service either in this counstrikes Feiners who were .on try at cantonments or with forces have been released fromhunger Dundalk prisabroad, it was announced. on and eight from Mount Joy. The first convention of the League Following its decree declaring marof the Southwest, organized at San law in the large cities, the" Bratial Diego to promote industrial and social zilian government has ordered the inrelations of the southwestern states, ternment of 2000 German nationals reclosed November 16. Dr. It. B. in the republic. president of the University siding M. House, head of the Col. Edward of Arizona, was elected president. Vice American mission, has received a Governor included chosen presidents statSimon Bamberger of Utah, Governor cablegram from President Wilson United the that Govemphatically ing Julius C. Gunter of Colorado and ernor William D. Stephens of Cali- States government considers that unity of plan and control between all the fornia. allied and the United States is essenPaul Alar, his wife and Peter Tsep-icin order to achieve a just and pertial Austrians, who were murdered manent peace. with an ax as they slept, at Virginia, The liner Mariposa was wrecked Minn., are believed by officials to have Sunday morning on Straits island, off been killed by a fellow countryman be- the Alaska coast, according to a wirecause they had subscribed to Liberty less message received at Seattle. bonds and aided the Bed Cross. There was no loss of life, although As a demonstration of the loyalty of there were 265 passengers on board. Minnesota and the whole northwest, a cousin of the Chang 8000 every late Yuan Shih-Ka- i representing persons, and a multimillioncounty of the state and the other com- aire, was sentenced by the supreme monwealths of the territory, gathered court of China to a life term in prison in the auditorium at St. Paul and for participation in the effort of Chang affirmed their purpose to stand back Hsun to restore the Manchu boy emof the government in its prosecution peror to the throne. of the war against Germany. Nineteen American lives were lost in James P. Farman of New York, a the shelling and torpedoing of the student at the naval air station at American steamship Rochester, accordSims. Miami, Fla., probably was fatally hurt ing to advices from in the fall of his aeroplane. He lost Earlier reports had indicated the loss control when 500 feet in the air and of only two lives in the explosion. the machine plunged into Biscayne Francisco Villa is again in the saddle in Mexico at the head of a new revbay. Pigs sold on November 15 on the olutionary movement, which he calls Omaha market as high as $21 a hun- El Partido de la Convention. dred, $3.50 above the top quotation at King Victor Emmanuel, official admarkets farther east. This is due to vices from Rome say, has turned flie large amount of soft corn now be- over his royal villa of Monza to refuing harvested in this territory. gees from the Invaded regions. The German food ministry, in replyThe resignations of Gifford Plnchot ,and E. C. Lassater, a Texas cattle ing to a petition from workingmen in grower, have been accepted as mem- the Solingen district, declares it is imbers of the food administrations or- possible to increase the potato ration They resigned because of one pound daily, and that it is ganization. they differed with administration offi- doubtful if the original great expectacials as to how the meat situation tions as to the size of the potato crop are realized. should be handled. Bradley-Knowle- d, h, Chen-Fan- g, Vice-Admir- al Provost Marshal Gives Rules garding Liability for Re- Mil- Austro-Germa- n n y - - Austro-Germa- The All Male Subjects of the Kaiser Above the Age of 14 to Be Registered and Report Periodically to Some Official. Washington. Drastic regulations to enable government agents to keep the thousands of Germans in the United States under constant surveillance and curb the treasonable activities of a few will be promulgated in a few days by Attorney General Gregory to make effective the proclamation issued on November 19 by President Wilson imposing restrictions on free movement of alien enemies. By means of the new regulations, the department of justice expects to be able to round up a number of Germans who are believed to have directed the organized campaigns of sabotage and propaganda to embarrass the United States in the war. All Over Age of 14. Under the proclamation, unnaturalized male Germans above the age of 14 are required to register with the police or some other authority to be designated by the attorney general In addition, they must report periodically to some official, if the attorney general so orders. They may not travel in the United States without a permit and may not approach within 100 yards of any wharf, pier, dock, warehouse, shed, elevator, storage house, railroad terminal or other establishment which the attorney general may designate. They are forbidden to travel on the ocean,. Great lakes or any river or waterway,, either on public vessels or in their own private boats. They may not enter or reside in the District of Columbia or the Panama canal zone and are not permitted to make aerial flights in balloons or airplanes. Effective Immediately. The new order applies, to Germans living within the United States, the Philippines, Porto Rico, Alaska and other possessions or territories, but does not affect subjects of Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria. It is effective immediately, but the registration and licensing for traveling will not be' put. into full effect for a few days. In administering the new regulations, the department of justice will abide by the governments established Gerpolicy of annoying mans as little as possible and the full pressure of the restrictions will be imposed only on Germans suspected of having evil designs against the United States. law-abidi- PERIL. FEARS NOT n Taft for War to Finish. Washington. PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMA. TION IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS UPON GERMANS. itary Duty. The five Washington, Nov. 15. classes into which 9,000,000 men registered for military duty and those who are registered hereafter are defined and the order In which they will be called for service were officially anWashington. Hardening of the Ital- nounced in the provost marshal genian defense and the precious British erals which every regisquestionnaire and French reinforcements being deman fill must out and file. The tered livered in the Italian war theatre leads Secretary Baker in his weekly order shows some change from the review to contemplate the future In tentative draft published some time that field with confidence. He points ago. Contrary to some published reports, out, however, that the fuJ strength of does not exempt married men as a it the efforts has not yet class, but it does place married men been developed. . The only reference to the sector of with dependent wives and children far the western front where American down on the list of liables. In fact, the indicates that only troops occupy first line trenches is men questionnaire of the will be called to class first that the men have shown themselves the in the colors, except gravest emerof the best traditions of the worthy The five official gency. classifications American army. of registrants follow; The training of our national army' CLASS I. Is now progressing rapidly, the state(A) Single man without dependent relament says. At all the camps the tives. morale of our new citizen soldiers is (B) Married man, with or without children, or father of motherless children, reported as excellent has habitually failed to support his After the successes gained by the who family. allies in the west during the preceding' (C) Married man dependent on wife for week, the relative calm of the last support. (D) Married man, with or without chilseven-daperiod was to be anticidren, or father of motherless children; pated. man not usefully engaged family supIt is significant, however, that the ported by Income independent of his lareaction of the enemy has been rela- bor. (E) Unskilled farm laborer. tively slight, both in the region north (F) Unskilled industrial laborer. of the Aisne and in Flanders. ' Registrant by or in respect of whom no At this season of the year the fog- deferred classification is claimed or bound fields of Flanders- and bad made. Registrant who fails to submit questions weather makes it difficult to nalre and in respect of whom no deferred major operations with precision. classification is claimed or made. All registrants not included in any ether Nevertheless, artillery preparations are continuing presaging further of- division in this schedule. CLASS II. fensive engagements. (A) Married man with children or fathGermans Nervous. er of motherless children, where such Destructive hostile artillery fire is wife or children or such motherless chilnoted in the area along the Yser, cen- dren are not mainly dependent upon his labor for support for the reason that tering around Dixmude, and the shell- there are other reasonably certain sources ing by the enemy Increased during the of adequate support (excluding earnings latter part of the week, betraying a de- or possible earnings from the labor of the available, and that the removal of cided nervousness on the part of the wife) the registrant will not deprive such deGermans lest any unexpected offensive pendents of support. (B) Married men, without children, action develop. whose wife, although the registrant is enAlong the French front no engagegaged in a useful occupation, is not ments of importance are recorded. mainly dependent upon his labor for supThe news from Italy is more en- port, for the reason that the wife is in some special class of work couraging. Operations involving the skilled which she physically able to perform skilful handling 5f large masses of and in whichis she is employed or in which troops and the reorganization of de- there is an immediate opening for her fensive positions have been carried out under conditions that will enable her to and without sufby the Italian armies with energy and support orherself decently fering hardship. courage. (C) Necessary skilled farm laborer in In all sectors of the Italian thea- necessary agricultural enterprise. skilled industrial laborer tre much hard fighting continues. The In(D) Necessary necessary Industrial enterprise. atof enemy along four different line CLASS III. tack is endeavoring to outflank and if (A) Man with dependent children (not possible to crush the Italian armies his own but toward whom he stands in and debouch into the heart of northern relation of parent). (B) Man with dependent helpless brothItaly. ers or sisters. ahead While attempting to drive (D) County or municipal officer. across the Venetian plain along a (E) Highly trained fireman or policeforces man, at least three years in service of broad front, the municipality. have thrown large masses of troops (F) Necessary custom house clerk. (G) Necesary employee of United against the Italian defensive positions States in transmission of the malls. girding the Trentino. (H) Necessary artificer or workman in In spite of the intense strain of the United States armory or arsenal. (I) Necessary employe in service of engagements, the Italian defense is United States. hardening. (J) Necessary assistant, associate or hired manager of necessary agricultural Essential. Unity of Plan. enterprise. (K) Necessary highly specialized techLondon. Colonel Edward M. House, nical or mechanical, expert of necessary head of the American mission, has re- industrial enterprise. ceived a cablegram from President (L) Necessary assistant or associate Wilson stating emphatically that the manager of necessary industrial enterUnited States government considers prise. CLASS IV. that unity of plan and control between whose wife or children are Man (A) all the allies and the United States is mainly dependent on his labor for supessential in order to achieve a just and port. (B) Mariner actually employed on sea permanent Deace. service or citizen or merchant in the UnitAustro-Germa- Utah-Wyomin- LISTS 9,000,000 Russian Italian situation is fraught with and seri- ous danger. No one can prophesy now how long the war will last. The only thing we can do is to make up our minds no matter how long the wur continues, that we will be there at the Taft in an adend, said dress here Sunday. Appeals to Be Thrown Oqt. Washington. Men who have bepn drafted and have appeals from the decisions of the local board pending will have tieir cases automatically thrown off the boards by a new ruling of Provost Marshal General Crowder in connection with the complete revision of the draft regulations. ' Appeal in Behalf of Labor. Washington. Fair wage scales, reasonable hours and good working conditions are suggested to arsenal commanders and manufacturers executing orders for the bureau of ordnance and quartermaster department of the armjr in general orders made public by those departments. Murdered for Buying Bonds. Virginia, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alar and a boarder, Peter Trepich, were killed Friday by an ax murderer. By their bodies was a note warning Austrians from buying Liberty bonds. Lloyd George Announces Five Sunk in One Day. London. By the shrewdest political coup of his career, Premier Lloyd George on November 19 sent a thrill of jubilation through a partly hostile parliament before which he was on trial for his brutally frank Paris speech. In the midst of an eloquent war council, defense of the inter-allhe suddenly switched to the submarine question and announced triumphantly : were destroyed last Five Saturday alone. There is no longer any ground for fear of the submarine ; peril. Tumultuous cheering swallowed the ed States. second sentence. The house of comsole managing, con(Cl Necessary mons resounded for several minutes of head necessary trolling or directing an ovation such as has not been with agricultural enterprise. console managing, heard there since the fall of Bagdad. (D) Necessary trolling or directing head of necessary It was the gladdest news Britain has industrial enterprise. heard about the campaign since CLASS V. birth of that menace. The real the or executive Officers Legislative, (A) Judicial of the United States or of state, subject of the debate was forgotten,, territory or District of Columbia. minister and rejoicing of the whole, house cen(B) Regular or duly ordained tralized itself automatically in one of religion. 18. 1917, was on great acclamation of the announcer of who May Student, (O preparing for ministry in recognized the glad tidings. , y ts 4 at school. (D) Persons in military or naval service of United States. (E) Allen enemy. (F) Resident alien (not an enemy) who claims exemption. (G) Person totally and permanently physically or mentally unfit for military service. (H) Person morally unfit to be a soldier of the United States. (I) Licensed pilot, actually employed In the pursuit of his vocation. Member of religious sect or organization, organized and existing on May 18, 1917, whose then existing creed or principles forbid Its members to participate in war in any form, and whose religious convictions are against war or participation therein. The questions on the subject of de- FAMINE INVADES RUSSIA Food Problem Becomes More Pressing' Than Question of Revolution. London. The food problem in Russia suddenly has become more pressing than the question of revolution or not only in Petrograd and Moscow, but also at the front, according to telegrams from Petrograd, Moscow and Odessa. The spectre of famine appears to have done more than the force of armies to bring about quiet. At many places the Bolsheviki and Bourgeosie, the pacifists and the military cadets-anmeet to framed every are pendents the Kerenskyites and the Leninout to and draw circumstance possible every bit of information that might be ites have Joined forces against the of value to the boards In fixing the common enemy hunger in a concenclass to which a man is to be assigned. trated effort to stave off disaster,, Seven days are allowed registrants which seems almost inevitable In view after receipt of the questionnaire to of the disorganized state of transporfill It out and return it to the Iocs) tation and widespread destruction of stores and supplies. board. counter-revolutio- n, |