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St. Paul Dispatch -- Local Weather Forecast: Fair and Warmer. -- NO. 257. HOME EDITION ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, APRIL 21,1917. ONE CENT IN ST. PAUL -- [[?]] GREAT POLITICAL CRISIS -- [photo of Ruth Law walking her dog, Poilu] -- RUTH LAW AND POILU, A "SCRAPPER" [the second photo of Ruth Law sitting on a bench with her dog, Poilu] Woman flyer and her Belgian trench dog photographed today in Rice park. -- LEAKS SHOW RISING PERIL TO AUTOCRAT -- Rebel Heads Make Demand of Such Revolutionary Trends as to Mean Militarists' Fall. -- RELEASE IS ASKED FOR LIEBKNECHT -- Exact Status of Trouble Unknown but Indications Point to Big Part of War Plants Involved -- (By Associated Press.) Interests in the great French offensive on the Aisne gives way today to startling news from the interior of Germany. Veiled though the situation is in the mists of rigid censorship and obscured by the shackled condition of the German press, enough has leaked through to indicate that the German empire is facing a great economic and political crisis. The latest information received is that 10,000 striking munition workers have engaged in a bloody riot in the great Prussian fortress town of Magdeburg and were only prevented from burning the city hall after a sharp clash with military DEMANDS REVOLUTIONARY. This story comes from the Dutch frontier with sufficient detail to make its claim to authenticity impressive. On its heels arrives the account of demands made by the leader of the Berlin strike, demands of such a revolutionary character that compliance with them would mean a prompt ending to the militarist regime in the German empire. Similar demands have not been voiced publicly in Germany since the imprisonment of Dr. Karl Liebjnecht on a charge of treason. It is significant that they include a requisition -- FEBRUARY 6, 1921. [photo of wing walker on biplane upsidedown] -- 2,000 Airplanes Needed By U.S., Ruth Law Says -- Machines Must Be Lighter Than Those Now Used, Woman Flyer Asserts--State Fair Contract Sought. -- "We need at least 2,000 airplanes instead of the present 200 now forming the aviation branch of the defense forces of America. they need to be lighter planes. The whole standard of the government requirements, based on advice that is not the most expert, should be changed." This is the opinion of Ruth Law, American Aviatrix, who is based on six years experience in flying and especially on three months' spent on the ground or in the air studying the way France has developed its aviation arm. IN ALL PATRIOTISM. Her suggestions, Miss Law explained, are made in all patriotism, for she has a letter from Brigadier General George O. Squier, chief signal officer, acknowledging her tender of her services to America in the case of need. -- [photo of a plane flying close to buildings] -- NORTHWEST ROADS TO IMPROVE LINES FOR WAR PURPOSES
