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VOL. XCIX-tfO. 295.
WILMINGrTOK, K. C, rpPAY MOJINING, JULY 20, 1917
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Order of Liability For
Military Service of Ten
MiUiqn1MenitQ.Be:Fixed
More Than 10,000 Numbers 'Must be Drawn, One at a Time, and Will
Require at Least Ten and ia Half Hours and Probably Twelve
Each Number Will Represent the Serial Number
Accredited to Several Thousand Men.
ELABORATE PLAN, DESIGNED SO AS TO COMPLETE THE ;
TASK IN ABOUT AN HOUR, WAS ABANDONED YESTERDAY
Errors in Numbering Registration Cards in Various Sections of the
Country Made the Change in Method Necessary Drawing
Will be Kelb in Senate Office Building With Blind- -Folded
Man Picking Out the Numbers
Washington, July 19. Plans for the drawing which will be heia
tomorrow to fix the order of military liability for nearly 10,000,000
registered men throughout the country were materially changed late
today and the intricate method of double drawing worked out by offi
cials to lessen the physical task was abandoned.
Instead of a process requiring not more than an hour and involv
ing one set of numbers from 1 to 1,000 and another from 0 to 10, it will
be necessary to draw, one at a time, at least 10,263,numbers. Probably
to make certain that every registrant in the largest district is placed,
-10,500 drawings will be made. It will require at least ten and a half
tours and officials in 'charge believe it will take" twelve. The pro
cess will begin at 9 :30 A. M. -) ... . '.
Telegraphed to Newspapers.
The numbers will be publically an-,
nounced for telegraphing: -to the- news
papers over the country as fast as t,n?y
are drawn. General Crowded at first
considered a-plan under' which they
would be held in confidence for publi
cation everywhere Saturday morning:.
but that suggestion was abandoned
late tonight " '
Following is Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder's explanation of the sud
den abandonment of the double draw
ing plan which it had taken weeks to
work out in detail and which was
Diade public only a few hours before
it was discarded:
( General Crowder's Statement.
"Advices received by long distance
telephone this afternoon indicate that
in certain areas the boards, in num
bering registration cards, "have ' kept
the cards segregated by election dis
tricts and that serial numbers have
oeen assigned to the whole grroup for
a board while the cards were thus seg
regated. If the drawing is conducted
as originally planned, in groups of
1,000, the result will be that consid
erable proportions of certain election
districts will be brought up for exam
ination together. ...
"This will result in drafting per
ns from one locality within the jur-
saiction of a board before any person
s drawn from another locality within
we 8ame jurisdiction. For this reason,
i nas been decided to abandon the
irawinsr hv .,,. j
ii . is in excess 01 me
t ntimber of cards under the
WMdicuon of any board.
0nly change In the plan will be
of 7 t W1U be one drawing instead
Biami? advantase will be greater
S3 The advantage will be
horn.. drawine will require ten
Bnrs to complete." -
The ,ffle? Balldls.
Iterv "luns ior the great lot-
take f. n,ot been changed. It will
of th.P7e in the public hearing room
... omce bunfline- Tiie Jn
hry EaUkStS Wh wlU slt with Secre-.
and Lne war heparin
of the War Department,
Imemh... re Proceedings will be
K comrni;i!.Seila.te and H0USe
lEOns 'BrenV e oniy otner per"
lnight n acording to plans to-
newspaper
uc a. limiTPfl nnmhtv or
. V "Ke DOth Still vifiw anil
anfl th . 01 the historic event
Of fho Tiles.
. Ul '13 In M e-t
Dffice whn general crowder'3
In tha .W1" corduct the drawing.
"mcials of GenA.rl Cr-.
nta-actor, J?B ltself there be
b!indfnuOJ "he principals will be a
fhe lO.oon vi who constantly stirs
'Iass bowi 7 caPsules in a great
)lac4. anntv? Which thev hav teen
Iraws th Tl. ,blinolded man who
lt a time ?Z tS from the bowl one
Undine 9f . . 0 announcers, one
V wlom th. Slde of the . bowl and
ln a, tLCapsules wI1l e handed
The
uIa. .: V.uuncers will br.oi, t, i
e snh it. -
as
break the cap
ln ...
receivft tv,
41 J S 1YX
111 be 8tan,-r on whIch a number
. u" nan j
u " vs. ine Rlin will
f the h'l,aed. t0 an official in front
f."ncers. no win verify the an
l0l.annt,.:Port and on his verlflca-
Jr"r on tv,. lie ine number in
in " "c ooara.
'"a it 1 1 hold 1,000 numhr.
the rnauea. it will b. tVA
'anwhn. . the drawinir
Tv ""With " 5 "muuib
use.
Pich
win v record of the rtr-,
U1 be furnf thS drawing
r , " lurnished tr. i
option v. urnished to th looal
hich thv w ln ,accrdance
au ,.ne lll Mil i
. v-u ai!t.i iue men
"to boostrict qUota wW be mafle
m? blackb;;;rsriphed facsimile
aras
mrno
wui tai, Ane exemption
WttK v,'7 no action
toward
men until
these
books reach them through the malls.
Reason 'For Changed Plans "
! The - telephone message referred to
by General Crowder ' in.. his statement
earner from- jthe adjutant - general Tpf
New Jersey. . 'When that officer learn
ed through publication of the system
of v double drawing, ,-announced earlier
in the day, he saw immediately that a
great injustice would . be done in his
state becairse of the way in which 'the
local boards had given serial numbers,
to the cards from the registration, pre
cincts. '. i
The New Jersey officer promptly
communicated his discovery to the of
fice of the provost marshal general. A
hasty conference of officials was called
behind locked doors and a quick search
made , In the local board records of
many states which have been receive!
here.- A similar situation was fount
to exist in. many parts of the country.
In some lists colored and white reg
istrants had been classified in separate
groups and the serial numbers ran ac
cordingly. In others, aliens were sep
arated and given their own group of
serial numbers. ' -
It was a hopeless tangle. If the
double drawing system were carried
out, one election district in any exemp
tion division might be swept clean
of its young men to fill . the quota
while the other election districts in
the same exemption area furnished no
men whatever. In other cases it might
be necessary to pass upon and exempt
a thousand aliens-before a single "Am
erican was called to service. In oth
ers a thousand negroes might be tak
en for examination before a white man
was called, or vice versa.
Only One Way Out. '
There was only one way out and
the War Department promptly an
nounced that the whole intricate meth
od of drawing devised to save time
and labor would be abandoned in fav
or of the simple, direct plan of draw
ing sufficient numbers to fix the place
of the last man in the largest exemp
tion district. That was the original
plan, and it was intended for weeks to
draw in that way, but the enormous
amount of labor and the time involved
prompted the effort to devise a short
cut that would be fair to all.
Officers of General Crowder's office
congratulated themselves tonight that
the difficulty in the way of. the double'
drawing was found today rather than
after the drawing. It was certain to
have been discovered immediately af
terward and then it would have been
necessary to declare its results can
celled and draw again.
The ' Abandoned . Metnod. : ;
The difficulty that forced abandon
ment of the more elaborate method
grew out of the detail of the plan. It
was proposed to list all registrants -in
each district Tjy' thousands or fractions
of thousands. Men whose serial num
bers were ln the 3,000's would have
been put in one groups those with num
bers of less than a . tnousana in- an-,
other, those wnn numpern
. ,
In the 4,
The first
OOO's in anoiner, -ana bu vu-
irtrt have Dlaced -these
groups of thousands in the border in
which the numbers O. to 10 were drawn.
The second drawing would then have
fixed the order of liability of the in
dividuals In each of the thousands as
between , .themselves, ar thousand num
bers being drawn to that- end. . .
The result would " then have . been
that if the 3,000 group were first
drawn in the' little lottery, all the men
bearing serial numbers in the. 3,000 s
would have been called for duty first
and in the order in which their serial
numbers come out in the big drawing.
The result of the big drawing would,
then have been applied to -the other
thousands In their order , fixed by the
little lottery.
v How Cards Were Numbered.'., v-
Each exemption district: is composed
of several election districts which were
the registrations precincts in the first
revolution -of the draft maohlnery. ' The
-(Continued" on-. page-; two.) -
TIES MAY
TOTAL 500 IN THE
TS
Government Authorities Had Re
gained Complete Control of
the City Yesterday
COSSACKS CLEAR STREETS
Machine Gun Regiment and Men
' Manning Armored Motor Cars
Submit to Authority
London, July 19. A Reuter dis
patch from Petrograd says the num
ber of killed , or wounded . in the two
days of disorder 'there vis estimated at
about 500. The government controls
the city today as completely as, the
Bolshevik! appeared to control it yes
terday. : '.
The first . machine' gun regiment,
which had its headquarters in the
villa of Madamoiselle Ksheslnska,
and the, men manning four armored
cars which guarded the entrance to
the villa, have submitted to the au
thority of the soldiers' and workmen's
council.
Since early morning Cossacks and
other mounted troops have ; patrolled
the streets, and all thoroughfares are
guarded by infantry. : As an additional
precaution . the Troitskl bridge which
leads most directly to .the factory dis
trict and the Nicholas bridge, connect
ing with the "Vasiliostrov district
where originated much of the disorder
of the recent days, were held ; by
troops. The remaining . bridge,, lead
ing -to the business section a so was
Under heavy guard and only those pos
sessing proper credentials ;were per
mitted ; io cross If." " U ' '
Particular -attention - Was given to
automobiles. All over the city they
were subjected to scrutiny and any
suspects were arrested.,.. One automo
bile early - todays attempted to dodge
the patrols! It was caught and found.
to.be occupied by persons who were
distributing " anarchistic ' hand bills.
The occupants showed fight and were
beaten soundly by Cossacks and then
taken into custody.
. In the big circle in front of the
windows of the "Winter Palace half a
dozen armored cars .were held in read
iness for an emergency and in the bar
racks nearby several thousand troops
were kept under arms. Similar prep
arations -were made in other quarters
of the cifV- Only in the district . be
yond ; the Neva "have the disturbing
elements a semblance of control, but
thus far they have been inactive. They
are reported to have announced they
were "waiting for reinforcements from
Kronstadt. -;
On the other hand, a circular dis
tributed in the streets, purporting to
have been issued by the Bolsheviki,
declares . they have, .held the city in
their power for two days and that
they are -"" content with this state of
affairs, having no further ambitions.
In the vicinity of the parliament
building, which is occupied by gov
ernment troops, quiet prevails.
COMMISSION TO KEEP IN
TOUCH WITH THE3 COMMANDANT
Petrograd, July 19. Owing to the
urgent necessity of restoring order and
settling important questions, the pro
visional f government has decided, in
(Continued on page two.) .,
TO MOBILIZE AT HOME
STATIONS OH JULY 25
Orders Being Prepared for All Na
tional Guard Units
First Move Looking to Concentration
of Guard In' Training Camps B.
S. Royster Declines Lieu
tenant's Commission.
. (Special Star Telegram). - '
Raleigh, N. C July 19. General or
ders are being prepared In the North
Carolina National Guard headquarters
here for the mobilization at 'their
home stations of all organizations and
units of the: North Carolina Guard July
25. This will Include all headquarters
divisions, all lunits . . enlisted men
National Guard'-reserve and men on
furlough, 'the latter;: ta- report to their
organizations if convenient, also- to
the nearest National Guard home sta
tion. ' ' '-"-V
This - mobilization is the first move
looking to the . concentration of the
Guard in training camps la prepara
tion for service. The mobilization or
der will Include all organizations that
have received Federal recognition.
B. S. Royster, Jr., declined to accept
the commission from Governor, Bickett
as first lieutenant' of", the : battery of
field' artillery, Durham, his declination
being due to the '.stir 'that was raised
in: Durham over the appointment vof
Royster and , S. M, Gattis, Jf ; to lieutenancies,-
both ' non-residents- whn
there were .Durham men just, as avail
able. , 7, v - -
CASUAL
PETRQGRAD RIO
GOMPROMISEFOQD
CONTROL PLAN iS
ED, 60 TO 16
r
Limits Control to Pood, Feeds and
Fuels Including Kerosene
and Gasoline
BILL NEARING FINAL FORM
........ ,
Senate Amendment Provides for
Three Administrations In-,
stead of One Only
Washington, July.' 19. The adminis
tration Y-food control bill today ap
proached final -form in the Senate.
Making rapid .progress under a lim
ited debate agreement the Senate ap
proved 60 to-16, an amendment drafted
at joint conferences of Democratic and
Republican leaders, to limit; govern
ment control to .food, feeds and fuel,
including kerosene and gasoline, and
to vest the . administrative authority
in three 'salaried, 'members instead of
a single individual. . .
Although the action was tentative
and will be subject to, reconsideration
before Saturday's: final vote, it is ex
pected by the -.leaders , to stand and-to
be accepted by, theYHouse in confer
ence. . The vote-Was 'regarded as fore
casting..; 'erXCUppt';6y0ihdC'- bi
partisan proposals awaiting action.
Tomorrow the. Senate expects to dis
pose of the modified federal licensing
section and that fixing a maximum
price' for whea.".: A price, of J2 per
bushel, at primary markets is expect
ed to have the support of a large group
of senators,-:;'.;: , "'
J T -'; .SbMfTClasnei TSTebate.
.Partisan lines were erased- in to
day's detate. and voting which brought
td a 'head vln sharp clashes "the contro
versies' which have engrossed the
Senate' foj' a month. The name of Her
bert Hoover frequently was brought
into' the discussion and. although the
Senate, voted for a food commission
instead of ,'a single administrator, It
rejected ; by overwhelming viva voce
votes amendments by Senator Reed,
who has assailed Mr. Hoover bitterly,
designed to prevent him from serving.
Senator Reed was vigorously criticised
by Senators Hollis, Williams and oth
ers for his attacks upon Mr. Hoover.
Tme -Sixteen Negntlve Votes.
The amendment limiting the neces
saries for 5 government control and
providing for the food board was writ
ten into the bill after, many futile
attempts were made tot name other
articles for government regulation.
The sixteen senators voting against
accepting the substitute were: Borah;
Cummins, France, Gronna, Hltchf
Husting, Jones of Washington; Kel
logg, LaFollette, . McNary, Nelson, Nor
rls, Reed,- Sherman, Sutherland and
Townsend.- .. . .
An amendment by Senator Kenyoh
seeking to include iron ore and its
products, including steel, farm . imple
ments and tools, and binding twine was
rejected 44 to 28. ;' The. Senate also
rejected by' identical votes of 50 to
27, amendments hy Senatqr Newlands
to add iron, steel, copper and alumi
num and its products, and by Senator
Borah to add frtilizers and their in
gredients. Senator Hustlng's amend
ment to give the President power at
any time . to. place additional products
(Continued - on page' two!)
TWOIIEOROESRESGOED
Fl
One Saved at Point of Guns and
the Other by Persuasion
Sheriffs of Campbell and Charlotte
Counties, With Posses, Overtake '-;
Mobs After Capturing Prison
er Early Yesterday.
Jr.
.Lynchburg, Va July 19. After be
ing rescued from mobs, , one at . the
point:, of guns and the other by per
suasion,' Albert . Barretf,- colored, and
his 14 -year-old son, Aubrey, - charged
with the - murder Monday at Red House,
Charlotte county, : of W. T. Roach, a
young farmer, were. lodged in Jail here
this- after non. : or safe keeping, ; by
Sheriffs R. L. , Perrow, of Campbell'
county, and J. C. Priddy, of Charlotte
county. '' 1 ' ' . . ; ;'. ' - . . ; .
' .The negroes were captured early this
morning near Mt. Zion, about 15 miles
from ' the scene of the crime, the ; mob
immediately starting toward Red House
with them. Five men in an automobile
witn Aubrey -were -overtaken after the
machine had stalled, .by three members
of the sheriff's posse and - forced to
give up their prisoner. (
A crowd of 200 armed men were de
bating the fate of Albert Barrett wnen
the two,; sheriffs,' ? traveling- another
road, reached ' Red House. - The crowd
quickly, swelled toSlO,. some urging
that the negro be burned while other
favored hanging, but1 thir . hostile atti-
. . 1 j,"-- " i . . .
(Continued "on page .two.):
AOOPI
I10M VIRGINIA MOBS
MICHAELIS IN ADDRESS BEFORE
REICHSTAG DECLARES ADHESION
TO GERMANY'S U-BOAT CAMPAIGN
President Fardons Sixteen
Women Sent to Work House
They Quickly Accept, Despite Dec
larations That They Desired
to Serve Terms
WILL CONTINUE PICKETING
Ex-Prisoners Hailed as Martyrs
Upon Readitagi Woman's
Party Headquarters
ME. WILSON KEEPS QUIET
Makes No Statement as to Reasons
for Issuing Pardons
Washington, July 19. Sixteen wo
men sent-to the iwork house for their
part in the. suffrage demonstration
Saturday at the White House accepted
pardons from President Wilson today
and were released after serving two
days of their sixty-day terms.
The prisoners left the workhouse
apparently without regret despite
their previous declarations that they
desired to serve out their, time with
out appeal or 1 clemen.cjry These asser-i
tions 'had letl tc'atf announcement by
the Department of Justice pointingont
that a pardon need not be accepted un
less the prisoner desires it. When the
time for departure came, however,
the women's only protest was against
the trials they underwent during their
detention.. . ; : . . . :
Plan For Wore. Picketing.
'At' ' headquarters ! of ! the Woman's
Party the sixteen were, received as
martyrs, and. at a" dinner" given in their
honor plans were niade for continuing-
the White House picketing of which
Saturday's demonstration, was a part.
A defiant statement-Issued at the head
quarters said the campaign to Impress
President Wilson .and- the country by
parading -before- the; White House
would go 'on without change.
The President acted after the hus
bands of several of the prisoners had
interceded and after he had been told
that some of them had small children
at home needing their care. Some of
Mr. Wilson's friends declared this ele
ment undoubtedly had been the deter
mining influence with him: Others
suggested that he acted in the hope
that , pardons would minimize public
ity, an ; avowed part of the women's
campaign. The suffragists insisted he
had become convinced that the coun
try was aroused over the workhouse
sentences.
Every party to the incident, howev
er, was left to its own speculations
on the subject. Secretary Tumulty
said ; issuance of the pardons would
have to speak for itself, arfd all other
officials in a "position to know the
President's thoughts on the subject
were silent. -
Next Demonstration Tomorrow?
"The President's action in Sno way
affects the general suffrage situation,"
said the Woman's Party statement.
"The only difference it makes, as we
see , it, is that the women are out of
jail. , That is a matter of little concern
to us compared with the concern we.
feel over the great vital issue for
which we are fighting. Picketing will
be resumed very soon and with utmost
vigor."
No date has been set for the next
demonstration, but it probably will be
Saturday. The suffragist leaders say
they fully expect that the next body of
pickets will be arrested and sentenced
to the workhouse.
The Department of Justice's state
ment settled a point which had been
warmly discussed at suffrage head
quarters. "If the suffragists now serving a
sixty day sentence at Occoquan decline
to accept the pardon offered by Pres
ident Wilson," it said, "they will serve
out their sentence. The government
"can not compel a prisoner under sen
tence to accept a pardon." f,
, '-Dudley Field Malone, collector of
customs at New York, who has acted
as counsel for the women, temporarily
retired from the fight tonight but it is
understood he will be etalned again
if further : arrests are made. "". Mean
time, he will continue his efforts to
persuade the President to declare for
a-Federal suffrage amendment.
--;'"'. Malone In Near Clash.
A clash between Mr. Malone and Su
perintendent Whitaker, of the Occo
quan "workhouse, enlivened the depar
ture of the prisoners tonight. -
The women were receiving their val
uables at the office when Mr. Whitaker
warned them that if they returned they
would get no special consideration,
i "I've been very indulgent with, you,"
he said, "but I won't be again."
. Mr. ,. Malone; replying heatedly, de
clared he certainly had not been ae
corded s special privileges as counsel.
For moment- it looked like . a personal-encounter
but the incident closed
witlr Mr. Whitaker v declaring that hi
original statement, stood.' - 1 '
A11 ? Of the i prisoners were.?, in ; good
healths-hut were y uncomfortable "from
ContInued . on page two.) -
GERMAN, CASUALTY LISTS.
London, . July 19. The German
casualties reported in the .German
official lists during June, but not as
having occurred: in June, are given
out. by. the . war 'office here as fol
lows: . , . :
Killed and -died, of wounds. 28,819.
Died of sickness, 3,215. '
Prisonersi'ahd missing, 38,606.
, Wounded, 05,9 Q6.
' The totals' 6fithe German official
lists since the war began are as fol-'
lows: ' , :
Killed or died of wounds, 1,032,
800; died of sickness, 72,960; pris
oners and -missing, 591,966; wound
ed, 2,825,581'. ' ' '
Tlie naval and -colonial casualties
ae not included. V
ASKS FOR DATA ON
Senate Takes Note of the Row Be
tween Chainnan Denman and
General Goethals
BOARD AGAIN IN SESSION
Many, believe iTfsideniayet
iaef-to . DerfdytVho Is To Have
Supreme ' "tiorlt In th'e
Building PTOgrram. .
Washington, : - July ' 19. Congress
took note - of the: shipbuilding row to
day when the Senate passed without
debate a resolution, offered by .-Senator
Smoot calling on President Wilson
to furnish information concerning the"
goyernment's ' .ship construction program.:;-
. - "i.v" '
The resolution asked for facts from
the Shipping , Board on building con
tracts let or pending, names of con
tractors and contract prices, together
with other information to assist the
Senate ip considering requests for
further appropriations. Another half
billion ."dollars for- ship construction
will be asked, the " Shipping Board an
nounced recently,- as soon, as its es
timates are approved by "the President.
Meanwhile, members of the Ship-.
ping Board . aha Major General Goe
thals, manager of - the board's emer
gency fleet corporation, continued dis
cussion of General Goethals' plans for
building two government ship, plants
and for commandeering tonnage build
ing in private yards. , General Goeth
als met with . the loard in the morning
and in the afternoon the board held a
separate conference. "
Board .Want More - Information.
Chairman Denman announced to
night that the board seeks further in
formation concerning the general's
program and that no decision as to
approving the program will be made
until the subject has . been given full
consideration.
Persons ln close touch with the sit
uation still see possibilities of differ
ence between General Goethals and
the board, which will be hard to set
tle. There have been intimations that
the board may disapprove of parts of
the general's scheme. If this situa
tion arises many believe it may be
necessary for President Wilson to de
cide finally as to who shall be in
supreme charge of the building pro
gram. Friends of General Goethals
say he' may refuse to accept the.
board's suggestions if they involve
radical changes in his plans.
Chairman Dehman's statement to
night indicates that the board does
not.aree vith Geneal Cocthals as to
sites for the government plants, .and
that it will indict th?t they be placed
on government-owned land, and that
the general abandon his plan for giv
ing contractors who build the plants
option to purchase them.
The Shipping Board, it is under
stood, is determined . that profits in
building the fabricated ships be held
down and that there shall be no double
profit on manufacture of the steel for
the ships and on actual construction.
Denman's Statement.
Chairman Denmark's statement fol
lows: "We are rapidly acquiring full in
formation as to the contracts propos
ed to be let by General Goethals last
Monday. We expect to receive tomor
row facts as to the amount of the es
timated $150 per dead-weight-ton per
ship which is to be spent in the gov
ernment yards, and - the amount which
is to be spent of the total product in
the private yards where the ships are
to be fabricated. '
"The matter of commandeering is a
matter for- discussion with, the State
Department which probably . will be
decided ' almost . immediately. Al
though the general plan of command
eering has been approved by the ad
ministration, -how"' it- will "be worked.
" Continued on page two.) '
SHIPPING PROGRAM
Pays Tribute to Former Chancel-:
lor, Saying History Will Ap- .
predate His Work
TEUTONS START OFFENSIVE
Apparently a Tremendous Effort
is Being Made Against Rus- ,
sians in Galicia v
...... . . . " .
. . . ... s
BERLIN CLAIMS VIOTORYH
r . r. 1
Activity Grows More Intense on
the Western Front
Copenhagen, July 19 Dr. Micth-;
aelis, the new German imperial
chancellor in his address to the s
reichstag Thursday af teraoon de-: I
clared his adhesion to Germany's;
submarine campaign, asserting at f
to be a lawful measure, justifiably :
adopted and adopted for shorten
ing the war. V .: ';
, Was Forced . to Fight, x ' .
Dr.Miehaelis opened his reichstag -speech'
with a' hearty tribute , to - Dr. "
von Bethmann-Hollweg, the retiring
imperial fhancellor, whose work, ho
said, history' would appreciate.
The chancellor declared that the war'
was f dreed- upon . unwTttln'g' Germany
by the Russian mobilisation and that
the submarine war was also forced " -upon.
Germany by Great Birtain's ille
gal blockade starvation war,
The faint hope that America, at tha
head of Ihe neutrals, would check I
Great Britain's illegality was vain.
Germany's final attempt to avoid the
extremity by a peace offer failed and
the submarine campaign was adopted, .
said the chancellor. ' .-$
, The submarines, the speaker contin- '
ueu, naa uone an ana more man nau
been expected and the false prophets
who had predicted the end of the war
at a definite time had done a disservice
td the fatherland.
A
BIG OFFENSIVE BY TEUTONS
AGAINST RUSSIANS STARTED
Having brought up heavy reinforce- '
mehts all along the line, the Germam ..,
and, Austro-Hungarlans in eastern Gav
licia have started what apparently is
tremendous offensive against the Rus
sians. Prom Brody, . near the north,
eastern border of Galicia, southward to
below Kalusz the operations are in full
.-swing, but have not yet developed tc
an extent-where particulars. of the bat
ties in their entirety are available.
The latest German official communi
cation announces that the Germane
have accepted .the gage of battle thrust
upon them by the Russians and In. a
counter attack on the line guarding
emberg from the east have defeated
the Russians over a wide front near
Zlochoff, which, lies on the Tarnopol
Lemberg railway line about 40 milea
distant from the capital.
To the. north in Volhynia and still
farther north on various sectors to the
Baltic Sea, especially, around- Smorgon
and Dvinsk, heavy artillery duels are
being fought. Near Lutsk, in the fam
ous Volhynian fortress triangle, the
Germans report the capture of many
Russian prisoners. A '
Assault on French.
Apparently, the Germans are intent
on breaking the French line ln the re
gion between Soissons - and - Rheims,
having delivered another tremendous
assault from northeast of Craonne to
east of Hurtebise. Into the fray were
thrown picked troops, who were mown
down everywhere, and 'the attack, like
others that had preceded - it, failed.
Near St.-Quentin where for some time
the situation has been calm, the Ger
mans also delivered attacks oha front
of about half a 'mile. Here they suc
ceeded in penetrating .French first line
positions, only to be expelled from them
in a counter attack.
There has been no diminution In the
artillery duels between the British andj
Germans in northern Belgium, nor in"
the ceaseless small attacks the British
have been making against German
trenches for many days. Around
Monchy-le-Preux these infantry at
tacks have resulted in the British re
gaining all the ground they lost to the
Germans east of Arras July 11.
Advance Against Turk.
Notwithstanding the terrific, heat, the v
British forces operating against the
Turks have made a 12-mile advance up
the Euphrates while in the Caucasus
region the Russians have carried out
successful raids -against. the Ottomans.
' The latest reports from Petrograd in
dicate that. the. disturbances of the last
few days . have. been, quelled and ' that
the situation, now is well In hand. The
streets of the capital are being patroll
ed by Cossacks . and , other , mounted
troops.- . One report is to the effect that',
there, has, : been -a", discussion; in an ex-
traordinary . cabinet .council of a . pro
posal to transfer the seat of the" pro
visional government ' to Moscow... i, '
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