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NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Great German Drive Slowed Up and Allied Counter-Thrust Seems at Hand. - - AMIENS THE HUN’S OBJECTIVE British Speedily Check Diversion Attack on Arras—French Stubbornly Hold Line on Oise—Americans Acquit Themselves Well—Ukrainians and Bolsheviki Recapture Odessa. Sy EDWARD W. PICKARD. Another week of the bloodiest kind of fighting failed to bring to the Germans the real victory on which they had so confidently counted, for though ? the British and French armies had been forced to yield further territory, their lines were unbroken and their spirits undaunted. As the German military authorities. General Ardenne, says, it Is not the capture os territory that can bring a decision, but only a victorj’ over and through the shattering of the enemy’s far from 5 being shattered, the allied forces, wearj’ and battered as they are, are full of confidence, and as this is written are but awaiting the opportune moment to strike back with the big army’ of maneuver which was placed ap the' disposal of the supreme war dourfcil.'' e Aniiens, a most Important link in the British line of communications, appeared to be the real objective of the Germans, and they were able during the week to push forward toward that city, along the line of the Somme, as far as Hamel, and a little farther north they took Albert and were holding it against fierce counter-attacks by the British. To the south thes’ had ‘pushed a salient forward a little beyond Montdididr, but there the French came back at them with such elan that they were checked and lost several commanding positions. East of this sector the French troops held stubbornly to their lines along the Oise and on Thursday attacked dashingly south of Noyon and drove the enemy back two miles at the point of the bayonet. It was along this east and west base of the German salient that the allied world expected the great counterthrust of the army of maneuver to be made. Any considerable advance to the north there it was pointed out, would force the Germans to draw back to save their lines of communication, which already are so badly stretched f out that they have great difficulty in bringing up artillery and food. What looked like a diversion rather than a serious threat was the attack of the Huns in the middle of the week at the northern extremity of the line of battle toward Arras. There the British, after giving some ground, . repulsed the enemy with terrible slaughter. Presumably this thrust at £rras was made to keep the British from sending men and guns to the sector where their lines join those of the French, but it was so quickly blocked that it failed of its purpose. Extraordinarily bold and successful was the work of the British and French aviators. In their* low-flying battle planes they flew in swarms continuously over the battlefields and back of the German lines, playing havoc with the enemy’s transports and inflicting heavy casualties in his reserves. Battles in the air were innumerable, but the allied airmen maintained the upper hand always. The artillerymen also distinguished themselves, sticking to their firing to the last moment and usually saving their guns when forced to fall back. On the whole, the developments of the Week were such as to restore confidence among the allies, for though the situation was still critical, it seemed that Premier Clemenceau was right when he said that whatever might happen In the next few days, the enemy could not w’in the path to the sea nor the path to Paris. Just what part the American troops have been playing in the Somme battle

MURDER RED CROSS WEARERS [ German Soldiers Decorated and Praised for Shooting Doctors and Stretcher Bearers. American doctors and stretcher bearers working under fire on the American sector no longer wear white arm bands and red cross, for years the international insignia for army medical corps. German sharpshooters have been decorated for hitting the non-combat-? fl

had not been made clear at the time of writing, but; testimony to their ex-, cellent fighting was given by a wounded French captain who arrived in Paris. “Entirely new in this warfare,’’ said he, “the Americans worked like the best veterans.” Some of Pershing’s men, at least, were moved over to the sectors left by French troops who were farther west to stem the German advance. In their own sector near Toul they had a rather lively week of It, for the German artillery shelled tlr'in continuously and seemed to be preparing for an infantry attack. The American guns made effective response, and on occasion drenched the enemy positions with gas shells. —fca— There were increasing evidences during the week that the Italian front is to be the scene of another Teuton drive. Airplane observers reported that heavy re-enforcements to the Austrian forces were being brought up daily from the Roumanian front, together with numerous new pieces of heavy artillery. In the mountain section the artillery duels grew’ in intensity, and everything pointed toward an early effort to break through to the plains in tl at region. It was supposed the Austrians believed the Italians would be dispirited by the German successes in France. * —fe— The “miracle gun”’ with which the Germans have been shelling Paris from a distance of 76 miles turns out to be a product of the Krupp works, as is proved by the kaiser’s message to Doctor Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach congratulating him on the success of the new weapon. A German ordnance authority says these extraordinary guns are merely being tested on Paris and have been built for the purpose of bombarding London. —te— Another considerable victory was scored last week by the British forces in Mesopotamia, the entire Turkish army in the Hit area being captured or destroyed. In Palestine Allenby’s men continued their advance beyond the Jordan, approaching the Hedjaz railway on which they heavily bombed troop transport trains. • —fe — The revolt of the Russians against the brutal pillaging of the who have penetrated fheir country is beginning to bear fruit. Troops of the Ukrainian rada are co-operating with the bolshevik forces and already have recaptured Odessa after a bloody battle, in which naval forces took part. Before that the red guards and armed civilians had retaken Kherson, Nikolayev and Znamenka from the Teutons. In some places the peasants killed the German soldiers who were taking away their foodstuffs. The Ukrainians were angered by attempts of the Germans to go far beyond the terms of the peace treaty and strip the country of its stores of grain and sugar. It is said a council of German officers decided to continue operations in Ukraine until the power of the bolsheviki there had been eliminated, Trotzky, speaking in Moscow, declared Russia will never be an enslaved country, though the soviet government is now weak and poor. He said they would introduce compulsory military training for the workmen and peasants and create an army of 300,000 men within eight or ten weeks. The allies still stand ready to support all elements within Russia which will oppose the German invasion. However, as Gilbert K. Chesterton says, it is plain that the bolshevik philosophy does not prevent a man from fighting; it only prevents him from winning. —te— Probably it was inevitable that politics should enter into the debates and doings of congress this year, but it has taken a particularly unfortunate turn owing to the senatorial election in Wisconsin. The president, because of his effort to bring about the election of Mr. Davies, is accused by the Republicans of going out of his way to confuse partisanship with loyalty, and for this he was attacked by Senator Smoot and others, who assert the Republicans have not sought to secure party advantage from the war. Senator Williams really started this row by a speech,in which he charged that revelations of the failure of the airplane program and of the backwardness of shipbuilding were “poisoned gas” directed by the Republicans against the administration. This was

' ants engaged in aiding the wounded, and as a result the men of the hospital units have ceased to wear distinguishing insignia. s The confession of a German officer taken prisoner led to the information that the medical men of the American forcei have been marked for death by the Prussians. The German officer several days after ait operation on a shattered leg asked the privilege of talking alone with the American surgeon. His request was granted, and he warned his s

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vigorously denied by Senator Jones and others, who contended that the public should be told the truth and not fed on misleading statements of the Progress of our war preparations. In a follow-up speech Thursday Senator Williams bluntly declared that Senator La Follette should be expelled from the senate, and that Victor Berger, Socialist candidate for the senate from Wisconsin, should be interned. Mr. Williams' colleagues appeared to be startled by this, but not one of them had the nerve to indorse his suggestions. As to airp Lines, it was admitted in the senate that instead of the 20.000 or 12,000 planes the aircraft board had promised to send to France by July 1, only 37 will be 'shipped, according to the present schedule. Testifying before the senate committee. Gen. Leonard Wood told of the crying need for airplanes for the American expeditionary’ forces no\v on the other side. Mr, Creel’s publicity committee came in for a sharp reproof for sending out misleading captions on photographs of airplane construction. On Thursday Senator Overman aroused the senate by making the positive statement that German spies were employed in the Curtiss airplane plant at Buffalo, and that their work had delayed the making of planes for months. These spies, he said, had weakened joints in the planes so that they collapsed, and he exhibited one of the parts so tampered with to prove his assertion. -Mr. Overman advocated that the government commandeer the Curtiss plant and turn out every one of its present employees. —M— Following the debate in the senate the shipping board issued a statement of its work, showing that since it began its activities 188 vessels have been launched, of which 103 have been completed and put into service. Os the launchings. 103 w ere requisitioned vessels and 23 were built for the board on contract in new yards. Eleven of the launchings were wood. “Quantity production will win the war, and that is what we are getting,” said Chairman Hurley. Negotiations for the transfer of 150,000 tons of Japanese shipping to the United States have, been completed, and it is understood much more will follow. The government, and Great Britain and France as well, continue to emphasize the fact that the basis of victory for the allied cause is an adequate supply of shipping, for America’s armies must be transported to France, food and munitions for them and for the allies must be taken over, and for these purposes ships must be provided much faster than the German U-boats can sink them. The latest report of the British admiralty shows an Increase in the number of larger vessels sunk by submarines. —m— As a spur to American activity and enthusiasm, Premier Lloyd-George sent to Lord Reading, British ambassador, an appeal for urgent haste in American troop movements to France. This Lord Reacting read at a banquet in his honor in New York. “It is impossible,” said the premier’s cablegram, “to exaggerate the importance of getting American re-enforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest possible time.” —tes — In the German-infested regions of the country the enemy aliens and traitors were unable to restrain their joy over the German drive, and in consequence there were many’ arrests. It is to be hoped that at least some of the seditionists will be severely punished, but in view of the mild treatment given most of them the hope is rather faint. Americans the country over are growing decidedly impatient with the kid-glove method of handling the spies and traitors who are caught. The feeling that many of them should be stood up before a w’all and shot is prevalent, and the action of impulsive patriots in certain sections makes it plain that it would be easy to revive the Vigilantes of the old days on the Pacific coast and clean up the whole unsavory crewr. The genuine spy commands a certain amount of respect, his work being recognized in a certain measure as a part of warfare, but there can be only contempt for the disloyal American citizen, whether he be pacifist, I. W. W., senator or plain civilian.

benefactor never to wear any insignia of his corps when on duty within range of the German lines. He said the German general staff had announced that the death of an enemy doctor was equal to 500 other enemy casualties and that a stretcher bearer was accounted equal in value to 16 men of the line. Tfie surgeon reported the facts tn his commander and instructions were at once Issued to the men who are serving behind the American and French battle lines.

HUNS PAY DEARLY FOH EVERY GAIN DETAILS OF FIRST WEEK OF THE GREAT BATTLE TELL OF BRITISH HEROISM. OVERWHELMED BY NUMBERS Fiercely Contesting Each Position, Haig’s Men Fell Back in Good Order, Mowing Down the Advancing Foe and Often Counter-Attacking. London.—Details of the first week of the great battle in France show that, while the fighting has been more severe than in any previous offensive, there has been no cause for pessimism. The German losses have been terrific, probably 250,000 casualties having been suffered by the kaiser’s hosts. At such cost they won less than onethird of the ground on which they had counted. The morale of the British , troops has been perfect throughout and they’ have fought magnificently. Million Germans in Action. These facts stand out: | It is known that at least 1,000,000 Germans were engaged on the whole front of attack. In the Somme area not less than 52 army divisions were identified. The British line suffered its most severe buffeting in this stretch, but was firm everywhere. / The Germans believed that a loss success in the west, *but with a loss already of 250,000 there is no prospect of their attaining the victory they seek. t They regained all the ground lost in the Cambrai battle and have taken back sections of the territory taken from them In the Somme offensive of last year. The fighting wns not by any means a continual German advance. The British counter-attacked heavily and fought for every’ foot of ground. Details of ths Fighting. In one battle on the extreme left the Germans employed not less than nine divisions in an effort to break through. For three days the three British divisions held them at bay. Finally, under weight of numbers, the British retired behind the line marked by the ruined villages of Bullecourt, East Nogueil and Croiselles. The next morning the Germans renewed the attack, striking northward from Fontalnelles and Croiselles and westward from Cherissy. They drove in mass formation, wav» after wave, toward the heights betyveen Henin-sur-Cojeul to Henin hill. Two hours of drum fire, in which gas and high-explosive shells were mingled, preceded the infantry attack. From eight o’clock in the morning until noon continuous \<aves ft gfay-clad troops stormed the heights. British machine guns posted on the ridge swept down line after line of Germans. By three o’clock in the afternoon the Teutons had Succeeded in pressing past Henin hill on. both sides and threatened to cut off the machine gunners posted on the crests. Not until then did the latter retire and rejoin the main British force. Similar fighting w’as going on at the same time on the right wing. Tremendous pressure was brought to. bear around St. Leger, Vaulx and Vraucourt. It lasted all day. At times under the German blows the British line sagged heavily, but at no point did it give way. Desperate Defense of Vaulx. A bitter battle was fought for possession of Vaulx, but British machine gunners posted in the ruins of the village held the Germans at bay. A ruined factory served as a fortress despite the shelling to which it was subjected. Not until late in the afternoon was it impossible for the British to hold the town longer. Even then the retreat only went for a thousand yards. The British rear guard fought every step of the way, and, returning to the main body, a counter-attack was launched against the Germans in possession of Vaulx and the village was regained. The fighting continued all night. Finally Vaulx had to be abandoned before heavy night attacks, but only because German forces had pushed past further up the line and were driving to the attack of Mory. Another bitter struggle was fought around Croiselles. At Mory Scottish and English troops inflicted tremendous losses on the Germans. Sunday Battle South of Peronne. The, fighting Sunday was tremendous. All day long hegvy forces of Germans endeavored |o force a crossing of the Somme south of Peronne, while further along the line they concentrated their efforts against Bapaume. Repeatedly German engineers attempted to throw pontoon bridges HELP WAR ON PRAIRIE DOGS Government to Assist in Fighting Rodents Whose Depredations Menace Food Productions. Santa Fe, N. M—Co-operation of the United States department of agriculture has been promised farmers of New Mexico in their war on prairie dogs and other rodents whose depredations are a growing menace to the food production of the state. The New Mexico State Council of

DANNY DIES; GETS FURLOUGH Kansas City Soldier Finds It Not Difficult to Get Leave of Absence. Camp Doniphan, Okla.—Leaves of absence are usually difficult to get, but one Kansas City soldier here recently obtained one with great ease. He received a telegram which said: “Danny died this morning. Come at •nee. 1U1I.” Sadly and with tear-dimmed eyes

across the river. On the near-by heights British field guns firing practically at point range smashed every effort. On some occasions British infantry, counter-attacking, dashed Into the water to tight the Germans. With the object of capturing Urvillers and Essigny, southwest of St. Quentin, the Germans employed at least six divisions, or 72,000 men of storming troops, the 50th, 45th (reserves), 11th, 88th. 187th nnr 238th. in the proportion of one division to every British battalion. The average width of each attack was 2.000 yards. Ten Tanks Wreak Havoc Amid Foe. Passing through Urvillers. there was a bloody struggle in a ehalk quarry, where many German dead now lie. After the Germans had <x>me some way forward ten British tanks drove into them and shattered some of their battalions with their machine-gun fire, dispersing groups of the advancing units. The British fought many rear guard actions and made numerous counterattacks in the neighborhood of Rolsel, falling back to the line of the Somme only, when new. masses of Germans passed through those battalions which they had not met qnd beaten. Between Gozeaucourt and Epephy occurred a most desperate struggle. The Germans attacked in overwhelming strength. Their previous bombardment had had little effect and the British troops had suffered but slightly. The weather was misty, and, screened by this mist, the Germans were on top of the British before the latter were aware of it. In dense formation they came on, offering excellent targets. Ground was yielded if the British only under pressure ol overwhelming numbers. Heroic Deeds as the British. Fighting Saturday between Arras and Bapaume for possession of the heights between the Cojeul and Sensee rivers was especially bitter. Outnumbered eight to one, the British troops clung to their positions to the last. In Gauche wood, where Scots and South Africans were placed, another terrific struggle ensued. The Germans several times managed to raaeh the wood but were repeatedly thrown back. Their losses in killed were especially heavy, as they came on in mass formation. Attempt after attempt was frustrated. From a height below Gauche wood known as Chapel hill to Epephy three German divisions and parts of a fourth were thrown against the British. At one point the enemy was actually among the British advance posts before he was discovered. The fog .thoroughly screened him. Waves of Germans flowed past the farm and around it, but in the farm itself the Leicesters held out, fighting and refusing* to surrender until every man was killed or so severely wounded he could fight nq more. The British showed the greatest strength between Bapaume and Peronne and above Bapaume as far as Arras. Tpe Germans, however, concerned wiifc the southern flank, at the Franco-Brftish junction point, concentrated their most terrific blows against the Peronne-Ham-Chauny line, relying on the necessity of an automatic British withdrawal in the north if their line’was bent or broken in the south. Bapaume was an obstacle on the northern side, to capture which they sacrificed thousands of their best troops. Rivers of blood were shed for the town’s possession in a combat that lasted almost all night, until the British finally yielded the ruins, after having exacted a fearful price. Kaiser Orders Jubilation. The kaiser was with Feld - Marshal von Hindenburg in Peronne surveying the bloody fields where thousands of his best fighting men were killed or maimed before the British finally withdrew. The emperor ordered a general jubilation throughout the empire rockets and flags and a holiday for the children being the chief symbols ol celebration.. He conferred a gold inlaid iron cross on Hindenburg. Wilhelm also sent dispatches to the empress telling -of the progress made by his armies. ROLL STEEL FOR $215 WEEK Many Workers in St. Louis Mills Average $5,000 a Year, Official Says. St. Louis.—Rollers employed at the St. Louis and Granite City plants of the National Enameling and Stamping company are making as much as $215 a week, working eight hours a day, an official of the company said. He explained that rollers were paid on a tonnage basis, and that such a figure was unusual, but estimated that many of the 175 rollers employed in the two plants average $4,000 to $5,00C a year. Rolling steel is one of the forms of labor requiring the highest degree oi skill, although men sometimes serve their apprenticeship in three or foui years. The work consists of superintending the heating of steel bars that are to be rolled, adjusting the rolls and feeding the steel into them. Defense has called upon all county defense councils to furnish maps ol counties with the area Infested by the rodents plainly marked. A campaign will be launched shortly to treat all the infected areas with poison, furnished by the department of agriculture. A scheme is on foot to take tin ore from Bolivia via the Panama canal to Jamaica bay, where a European firm of tin smelters has just purchased nine acres of land.

the soldier showed it to his company commander. The latter at once recommended that he receive a seven-day furlough. He got the coveted order, and went his way rejoicing. Later, it developed that “Danny" was only the family dog. A patent has been granted for a stretcher that can be moved in the same manner as a wheelbarrow and that also will serve as a bed or reelin Ing chair.

I Indiana H Brevities •> Smith Bend. —Seventy-seven counties mit of ninety-two in Indiana have reported sales of War Savings and Thrift stamps amounting to $4,900.361.41. Recently seventy-four counties reported sales of $3,966,580. The increase in report of sales is therefore a trifle iqss than $1,000,000. Indiana has fifteen laggard counties in the War Savings campaign. They are: Carroll, Dekalb, Dubois, Fulton, Greene. Hendricks, Jefferson, Martin. Newton, Owen, Orange, Posey, Spencer, Warren and White. The Indiana War Savings committee has no way of finding out what the approximate sales of these counties are at this time, it says, but if they have been in proportion to the sales in the other sev-enty-seven counties, the total sale of War Savings and Thrift stamps to date would be $5,845,880. Indianapolis. — Representatives of all the principal fraternal organizations in Indiana met at the statehouse to complete an organization of statewide character that will bring the force and influence of every lodge in the state into the third Liberty loan drive. A plan was worked out calling for a Liberty loan meeting of each local lodge early in the drive, at which sales organizations of the lodgemen are to be formed to assist and co-oper-ate with the various Liberty loan county organizations. Indianapolis.—Charles F. Kennedy, secretar.v of the state board of agriculture, has written a letter to Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, saying the board will take special pains to advise exhibitors of the requirements of the government. Premiums will not be offered for pure flour products, but for products in which substitutes are largely used. The board also will notify concessionaires that the food they sell must comply with government regulations. Petersburg.—Unless the government comes to the immediate relief of the coal operators along the Evansville & Indianapolis railroad many of the mines will be forced to shut down, because, operators say, the freight rates are so high that none of the coal companies can successfully compete with coal companies on other railroads. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad will allow none of its coal cars to be loaded at any mines along the Evansville & Indianapolis unless they are billed over their road, or some subsidiary, it is said. $ ■ Terre Haute. —The Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ association denied charges that its members have been violating federal fuel price regulations. P. H. Penna, secretary-treas-urer, issued a statement in which he called on every person in the state, whether official or private citizen, to start criminal action against any violator of federal coal regulations, with the assurance Biat the association will finance the prosecution if the evidence is obtained. Lafayette.—Preachers of the gospel have entered the field of garden supervision, two ministers entering the school for garden supervisors at Purdue. They will take time from their ministerial duties to work In behalf of war gardens in Crawfordsville. The two ministers are Rev. George Hill and Rev. J. W. Little. They were among a large delegation of new arrivals at the garden supervisors’ school. Indianapolis.—lndiana fair associations are called on in an appeal by Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Inidana, to eliminate this year from their premium lists all wheat flour products and substitutes therefor products of war recipes. The food administration suggests that these articles be continued on the premium lists, but that the .qualifications for competition be changed to meet present conditions. . Indianapolis.—-That the “dry” law enacted by the 1917 legislature attempts to give to pharmacists a monopoly in the sale of alcohol and intoxicating liquor and hence denies the equal protection of the laws to saloon keepers and others, is the burden of the brief filed in the supreme court by attorneys for Valentine Pisarski. a retail liquor dealer of Gary. Michigan City.—Samuel J. Taylor, whose suit to oust Fred C. Miller, enemy alien mayor of this city, is pending in the’ superior court, filed a motion for a change of venue from this county. Taylor cited in support of his motion the alleged undue Influence wlii ch he says Miller wields aver the citizens of this county. The hearing was set for April 3. Terre Haute.—An increase in wages of $l5O a year, which was asked for by the federation of local teachers, at a recent meeting of the school board, was granted. Forty of the 400 schoolteachers had given notice to the board they would sign up for government sen ice unless the increase was forthcoming. Clinton. —The proposal of a joint -conference with the coal operators -was voted down by the delegates attending the District No. 11, United Mine Workers’ convention. Instead it was voted to refer about 30 resolutions Involving working conditions or social questions to the convention which is to be held in July. Rochester. —In order to increase crop production, the directors of the County Fair ‘ association here tripled and quadrupled all premium offers on grain, dairy and cattle exhibits at the fair September 24 to 28. It was decided to stage a race card here July 4. Indianapolis. —Every state institution and state building is being inspected for fire hazards by J. C. Bagley, a Are insurance engineer deputy, under H. H. Friedley, state fire marshal. Governor Goodrich decided recently that all state buildings should be thoroughly gone over. “There are $20,000,000 worth of buildings belonging to the state,” says Mr. Friedley. “They have never been officially inspected up to thfis time, I am Informed. In some cases insurance company representatives have made Inspections because of contracts a private concern had inside thy prison or reformatory."

lnuianuiH»hs. — Governor Goodrich has set apart April 7 as Patriots’ Sunday, In a proclamation, part of which reads: “Indiana, I feel sure, will go over the top in the third Liberty Loan campsiign about to begin. But to do this it will be necessary that every Hoosier divert some time from his everyday occupation and donate it to the success of tills campaign. Indiana is organized never before !for Jthe success of this movemer*. Politics has been laid aside, ail differences have been forgotten. The work of providing the funds which will back up our boys in their fight against power-mad autocracy is in every mind. Every great organization in the state is lending itself to the important task at hand. 1 request and suggest that ministers in the churches of Indiana and leaders of people everywhere utilize-this day to launch the all-important third Liberty Loan campaign, and I do further suggest to all to work for the succeeding days of the campaign to make the third Liberty loan in Indiana a tremendous success.” Gary.—Plant enlargements and additional bills, presumably for war work, are noted-in the annual report of the United SiAtes Steel corporation. The report shows that during 1917 the Gary plant of the Illinois Steel com pany had Its blast furnaces increased from eight to twelve and also completed two rolling mills of four power units. There are also under construction, according to the report, a napthalene plant, three merchant mills and a forged steel wheel plant. Cokeoven capacities are being increased i from 560 to 700 tons. No mention is i made of the $9,000,000 heavy artillery i plant being erected here by the Ameri lean Bridge company for the Gary Ordnance company. Indianapolis.—A committee consisl!- ! ing of Dr. Frank B. Wynn of Indianap. ! oils, Dr. George T. McCoy bf Columbus. ' Dr. G. W. H. Kemper of Muncie and i Dr. Charles Stoltz of South Bend has been appointed by Dr. JJ Rilus Eastman, president of the Indiana State Medical association, to promote the organization in Indiana of a volunteer medical service corps which will include all reputable physicians and surgeons not eligible for service in the Medical Officers’ Reserve corps. Doctor Eastman, who is a member of both the national and state councils of defense, acted promptly on receipt of word from Washington that the new organization/was to be formed. Indianapolis.—ln a report on the state prisorj made by W. M. Madden and C. T. Blizzard of thp state board of accounts; reference Is made to the inability of managers to estimate withjany degree of accuracy the cost of maintenance under present uncertain pripbs, and the suggestion is made that; “when contemplated purchases exceed the appropriations, or are to be phid from appropriations not intended to meet such disbursements that before any action is taken, the board of trustees submit to the governor a detailed statement, giving estimates both in quantity and cost and mother information shoeing the necessity for such action.” « Indianapolis.—The advisability of a special session of the legislature to deal with extraordinary conditions resulting from the war and from the, big fire at the Jeffersonville reformatory is being discussed. Reasons that were put forward some time ago are now being urged with still greater emphasis. It is submitted that as the war goes on the problems It has already: created will become graver and will call more insistently for a solution. Lafayette.—ln 75 of the 92 Indiana counties farmers have applied for 11,377 boys between sixteen and twentyone years of age for work this year. These figures were compiled by the seed stocks and labor survey conducted by Purdue university in co-opera-tion with the United States department of agriculture. The number ot boys asked for does not include extra harvest hands, nor boys for picking tomatoes, berries alid fruit. Indianapolis.—Action on accepting the Muncie National Institute as a gift of Ball Brothers of Muncie to the State Normal Institute was deferred t at the meeting of the board bf trustees of the state institution. The donors will be required to provide a satisfactory deed and bond that they will bear any expense the state may be put to in event a suit to overthrow its title to the property should be brought. Washington, D. C.—Pensions of $25. have been granted the following Indi-' anians: Almira Rowe, Fort Wayne;, Julia E. Ware. Gosport; Anna J. Vannuys. Fountain City; Sarah A. Teague, ( Pendleton; Sarah E. Brown, Columbus; Elizabeth M. Jepson, Seymour; Bridget Murphy, Covington; Carolinet Redman, Princeton. Bedford.—The J. P. Falk stone mill,; which had been closed for four; months, has resumed operation with a ( full force of men. The Bedford foundry has all the orders they can handle, but they say help is so scarce that they find It difficult to get men enough to run the plant. Washington. —1 reliminaries to thet establishment for the first general government school for training men for, staff corps duty have been completed. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced, in calling 4,509 draft registrants to equip themselves to assist in> the maintenance of America’s air fleet. The call was made on Illinois, Minnesota, lowa and Indiana, and men will have a thorough training in woodworking and gas-engine operation and repair at 14 educational institutions throughout the country, Indiana 500 are to go to Purdue university, Lafayette. Terre Haute.—The Indiana United. Mind workers in annual convention voted SSOO for the Red Cross, and invested $25,000 In Liberty bonds. It was announced that many members had: signed the county war-fund pledges at $1 a month. Much was said about interruption of operations by unwar-' ranted “stampede” strikes. Os these, the state president said, there were 30® last sear, each of which cost at least one day’s work of the strikers. More, over, they were penalized under the wages contract Os such penalties the; union officials managed to have $9,00(1 remitted.