FEDERAL CURB
’ OH OIL TRUST
IS ADVOCATED
/ WASHINGTON, D. C.—Passage of
remedial legislation by the present
war congress to relieve the United
States from the grasp of the “oil
trust,” wyas advocated by many mem
bers of senate and house of repre
sentatives with the publication Tues
day of the long-delayed gasoline re
port of the federal trade commission.
The commission’s recommendation,
among others, that a law be passed
preventing common stock ownership
in corporations supposedly dissolved
by the proceedings against the Stand
ard Oil company under the Sherman
anti-trust act, met with instant ap
proval at the capitol.
There appears a general disposition
to deal with the question purely as
a war emergency measure, senators
and representatives pointing to the
* tremendous importance of gasoline as
an adjunct to the successful conduct
of the war, both upon sea and land.
As a conservation measure it is held
to rank high in importance among
the efforts now being made to prevent
waste and extravagance, and to mob
ilize the economic and industrial re
sources of the nation.
It is believed that under effectual
competition there are bright prospects
for manufacturing gasoline under new
and more efficient methods, looking
toward conservation of the cupply of
crude oil. Domination of the market
by the “trust,” confirmed by the com
mission’s investigation, is declared to
be far from conducive to the employ
ment of new processes. While some
members of congress immediately
hailed the publication of the report
with its sweeping findings and recom
mendations, as evident recognition by
the administration that war condi
* tions, if no other, demand remedial
legislation.
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HOW GERMANY
IS INFORMED OF
^ DEFEATS IN WEST
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LONDON, England—The tenor of
yesterday’s German official communi
que, with its somewhat flambuoyant
passages, which are regarded here as
evidently intended to explain away the
German defeats und to encourage the
German people by such statements as
“The enemy’s attempt to break
through near Arras has failed with
tremendous losses” and “broken be
fore the heroism of the German in
fantry,” is considered so encouraging
*by the British war office that a special
communique has been issued pointing
out the anxiety with which the Ger
man headquarters regard the situa
tion.
The communique says:
“The German official statement re
ceived by wireless today affords a re
markable instance of the methods the
enemy is now adopting to explain
away his defeat and encourage the
German people. These methods con
sist in attributing to us designs we
have never entertained, and then try
ing to prove that they have failed
completely. . . . Neither on the 9th of
April nor the 23d did we attempt to
break through the German lines in the
sense conveyed in the German com
munique. Our objective in each case
was limited. On both occasions we
gained the objectives assigned to the
attacking troops.
“The German message states that
‘the western suburbs of Lens, Avion,
Oppy, Gavrelle, Roeux and Guemappe
^pere the hottest places in the fierce
struggle.’ This is obviously intended
to give the impression that all these
places were included in our objectives.
As r matter of fact, we made no at
tacks at the first three mentioned
places, which are at a considerable
distance from our lines.”
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floors at Peterson’s. 2
LOS ANGELES
IN FEAR GF
THE GREASERS
LOS ANGELES, May 2.—With the
declaration of a state of war with
Germany, this city fearing that the
plan suggested in the Zimmerman
note to Carranza might bear fruit,
instantly took extraordinary prepar
edness measures.
Chief of Police J. L. Butler after
conference with the military author
ities issued a call, the day following
the declaration for “preparedness
volunteers” the main purpose be
ing to prevent the burning of the
city.
Chief Butler’s call was for men
with arms and ammunition, automo
biles and automobile trucks. The
questions asked each volunteer in
cluded address, business and rounds
of ammunition. Olver 100,000 auto
mobiles are owned in and about the
city and before a week past But
ler was in a position to call out a
large force of untrained, armed men.
Printed instructions were handed to
each volunteer which said in part:
“Signal for immediate mobiliza
tion: Flashing on and off of street
lights five distinct periods of dark
ness. General blowing of whistles,
three minute blasts and one minute
intervals—
“On noting either of these sig
nals, individuals and organizations
who have volunteered their services,
will proceed at once to the nearest
mobilization point, taking with them
whatever arms and ammuntion they
possess.
“Autos and auto trucks available
for use will proceed to the nearest
mobilization point.
“All men on arrival will report to
the police officer in charge.
“Those not actually engaged in
rendering assistance are urged to re
main indoors. These signals will not
be used except in great emergency.
‘A close watch should be kept
for fires.”
The effect of this call was noted:
at once in the buying up by volun
teers of nearly all the available
supply of ammunition in local stores,
but with the exception of the opeq-.
ing of Red Cross headqUaftfYs and
recruiting stations, conditions here
are normal.
Sidney Laurence is a master pho
tographer. He will make you a pic
ture you will be proud to send home.
Masonic building. 72
The North Pole Bakery puts up a
rare 25c lunch box. 15
U. S. CADETS
WEST POINT, N. Y„ May 1.—One |
hundred and thirty-nine cadets have
graduated from the United States mil
itary academy and taken their places
as lieutenants in the new army being
formed to fight Germany.
They are members of the class of
1917, which expected to be graduated
in June next with all the pleasant; fea
tures to a West Point “June week’
ceremony. Instead the men marched
to their auditorium under the stern
influence of discipline and the grim
hi inesslike, war game atmosphere,
which pervades the school since hos
tilities with the Germans broke out.
Those hundred and thirty-nine are
the survival of the fittest—those who
have been able to stand up under the
constant grind of West Point severity
—and they are only a part of the
class that entered four years ago next
June to fill up nearly two hundred
vacancies then existing in the corps
of cadets. The rest of the lads have
passed out, some forced out by exam
inations which were to much for
them and others through resignations,
voluntarily, when it was apparent they
were unable to keep up with the pace.
The class of ’17 is a representative
West Point class drilled to the min
ute and ready to do its part in the
big business now at hand. Undoubt
edly most if not all the men will be
commissioned as first lieutenants.
The honor man of the class un
doubtedly will be Cadet Jones. Jones
entered West Point from the new
33rd congressional district of New
York on June 14, 1913. His home is
at Clayville, Oneida county. He is 24
years old. Jones leads his class by
a good margin, in fact has been out
in front pretty much’ all of the time
since coming here from Harvard uni
versity, where he spent two years.
Jones is a cadet-lieutenant in the
battalion organization. Jones wears
a gold star on his coat collar, indicat
ing his high class standing and is car
ried on the list of distinguished cadets,
in the regular hrmy register, publish-^
ed by the government, lie will have a
Sbc/nce to select any branch of the
service he desires for appointment at
graduation, and will undoubtedly
make the engineer branch his choice.
In athletes the class of ’17 has been
prominently identified. Such football
men as big McEwan, all-American
center; Butler, tackle; Meacham,
guard; Redfield, end; Ford and Ger
hardt, backs, will be missed when the
army gets back on the gridiron in the
fall. Teale, holder of the hundred
How do you do
My name is Joe Spenard. I drive the Yellow Car
of the City Express. Phone 61R. At your service day or
night. You may sleep, L never do. Hauling of al kinds.
yard dash record, graduates with this
class. Cole, basketball captain, and
Gerhardt, baseball captain, will also
be commissioned.
L. R. Salvosa, is a Philippine cadet
who will graduate with this class.
Each year a new Filipino comes to
West Point. Salcosa is the fourth
“little brown man” to graduate from
the military academy in as many
years. He excels in Spanish, in which .
subject he came out No. 2 in the re
cent examinations. He stood No. 98
m the class roll in January last.
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developing. Photographs taken at any
time of the day or night. Sidney
Laurence. 72
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