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wwri TIE FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS TON- OURNA THE WEATHER SHOWERS V.Y I. A 8 PAGES TODAY PUBLISHtL AT GREATEST INDUSTRIAL CITY OF THE CAROLINAS VOL. XIX NO- 117 JOURNAL'S CIKCILATIOS GUARANTEED WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 14. 1917 BIBT ADVEKTISISa kCOIL'U f RICE FIVE CENTS ST 'ARMADA IN HISTORY 'BE BUILT 'BY GOVERNMENT TO COMBAT THE SUBMARINE NS 8ALEM CREATE GREAT MERCHANT FLEET WILL BE BUILT TO AID ! IN DEFEATING GERMANY; Plans Announced by Gen. Goethals Provides for the Immediate Construction of Two Government-Owned Shipbuilding Plants for Building 400 Fabricated Steel Ships of 2,500,000 Tonnage ; ; Commandeering of 1,500,000 Tons of Shipping Now Building, for Private Account in America; Request for Another Great j Appropriation for Shipbuilding; Contracts for 318 Wood: Ships Have Been Let or Agreed Upon With a Tonnage of 1, 218,000; Other Plans Announced (By The AarociMfrf Preee.) Washington, July 18. Major ticnera! GocthaK manager n. the shipping board's emergency fleet corporation. txlt full charge of 'the Government's sh-'pbuildlng proBTam todny and nnnonnclna; swveplng plans ror '.onstructlrur the grcnt merclinnt fleet with which the I'nltod States' hope to defeat the German mibroartno campaign. Th most important steps contemplated are the: Immediate construction of two Government-owned shipbuilding plants for building four hundred fabricated ee sh ps of 2.500.000 tonnage. The commandeering of 1.500.00 tons of shipping now building for private account In American yards. A request for another great npiKirpriation for bu Iding shlni.. General GorUimV announcement was nuide in a letter to Chr.irman Den man of the shipping board. w!il ! said the fleet corporation, under power Just granted by President WHson. would start on Its build ng program Mori day by offer-in contracts for construction of the two Government" ship plant and by outlining to shipbuilders the plans for commandeering vessels under construction. Chairman Deiunan. of the shipping board, who nlo is pres dent and dlw. iJnf oononUon. and whose friends had sought for blm thn powers nferred..n X flt corUon by the redout, nuw.e tbls statement after "EH? SKS ofX corporation W.,1 be called probably Monday to discus the General s program. I have no dontrt the di rectors and the general ivlll have no disu;;rncnt over p.. Icy on the pro-am outlined fr when .he matter has l-.-.d full discussion. General Goethals' ann.Htn.iettt and Mr. Penman's eminent wrrc regard ed bv th general's frteoi. a indicating a final settlement In his favor of the uW dnfwn ouTcomeo - "x-twrc.. the trco meu us to the 'poller to 1 pursued in building M i- "W" n10t cwrwatlon1. Nnrd of directors !s composed of memlwrs .l employes of the shipping !xard. it was said tonight on the highest authority that the situation would be so arranged that General Goetlials can proceed without liinirnr.ee. 4-... .. .H.,n it is made clear in Genera! Gneihals" announce- rncnt. will build all the wooden Ph ' posMble. but onh after a design ap. proved by the corporation' naval archluxt. This Is taiicn to mean that the corDoratlon will const ru shipping board said to ' totlirt bar not bbonaC" character of It conrtruri-i , ". , General Goethnls" letter to Mr. Dciunan dlsclones that the fleet corporation has let contracteW 5 Iib, S of them wood.and 7T strrt. with n total tonnage of 1.8oJoO tons. The cost of the wooden ships will be S143 a ton and the ateel ebjns $lfi8. Contract for bu Jdlng the Government nrds will be let Monday, on a basis of cost plus sL per cent. Options t!l be given to contractors to purchase the plants on completion of the work. Proffers that have come to the fleet corporation for building completed ships. It was said today, show Hint steel ship? can be hu'lt faster than frond, Steel slilps complete. It Is said, can be turned out within Ave months from th time work is begun, while wooden construct on will require eight months. One statement in General Goethals' letter would lndira.te that he does not agree with Chairman cnman as to the wisdom of taking over for ;overa tnent use the ship under construction, for American and All ed citizens. Gen eral Goethals would turn back to their owners vessels commandeered for the purpose of speeding them up and thus save the Government money to be expended hi more construction. Announcement was made tonight by Major General George W. Goethals, manager of the shipping hoard's emercency fleet corporation, tliat on Mon day he will offer contracts for construction of two Governm-nt-owned ship ping plants to pro.luce four hundred steel merchant ships. " The announcement was made in a letter to Chairman pfttman, of the shipping board, which outlined the general's entire shipbuilding program un der author: ty given the fleet corporation yesterday by President Wilson. Within eighteen months, the general snid, he expert to turn out 3,000.000 tons of shipping. " ".' "---:--"'- - On Monday General Goethals also will outline to the country's ship builders his plans for commandeering 1.500.000 tons of shipping under con struction for private account. This will be taken over completely and Its construction expedited by giving Govemmnt help. As soon as the yards are cleared each will be directed to start building a standard! zed ship. The fleet corporation. General Goethals announced, will continue to lot all contracts for wood sh'ps of a design approved by the corporation's architect, for wlilch bids can be obtained by responsible hlrtders.. Additional contracts for both fabricated steel and wooden vessels General Goethals says, will re quire more money than Congress has authorized. General Goethals' letter to Chairman Denmau follows: "Now that the President has authorized the emergency fleet corporat'on to exorcise the powers granted by Congress to build and commander ships, T Intend, on Monday, to start ship construction which will complete my shipbuilding program. My full program Is as follows: "I. Ships now building: Contracts for 348 wood ships have been let, or agreed upon, with a tonnage capacity of 1,218,000 tons, at a cost, completed, of approximately $174,000,000. ' .."In addition, I have under negotiation contract for about 100 wood ships. "Contracts for 77 steel ships have been let, or agreed upon, wHh a ton nage of 642,800 tons, at a cost of approximately $101,660,356. "There are thus provided 425 ships of all sorts, with an aggregate tonnage of 1,860,800. at a cost of approximately 827S.000.000, beside 100 more ships under negotiation.-1 slut 11 continue to let all contract for wood ships (of design approved by the naval architect of the corporation) Which I can secure from responsible bidders. . "2. Construction of standardized ships: My main reliance for getting the greatest amount of the most serviceable tonnage in the shortest time will be on the construction of fabricated steel purpose I shall use. to some extent, the existing yards. "On Monday I shall offer contract for the building of two plant (to -be owned by the Government) for the construction of fabrictated steel ship, to produce four hundred ships of an aggregate tonnage capacity of 2,500,000 ton within the next 18 to 24 months. For the building of these two yards and the construction of ships in them, I shall offer, a compensation to the agents who undertake the work, a fee of approximately six per cent of the total cost of the work, with rewards for saving In cost and for speed in de livery. Provision will be made for decreasing the fee to prevent unnecessary cost. The contracts will give the Government the benefit of Government' fixed oommodity prices, and will provide for cessation of work at any time so that the appropriation may not be exceeded. Options will be given to the eon -tractors to purchase the plant at arbitrated values on the completion of the work. " "The design of the ship Is ready, the plans of the yards are ready, the distribution of the work of furnishing the material and of fabrication Is ar ranged. . ' "This part of the program will take all the $550,000,000 available, not ab sorbed by contracts made or making as stated at the beginning of this letter. This program will more than redeem my estimates to the Congressional committee at the time this appropriation was asked for of 3,000,000 tons of ships within 18 months. "The contracts for wood shJps which I expect to place, together with the full number of fabricated ships, which it Is planned to build, will re quire more money than Congress ha authorized. When I know how much will be needed. It wJl be necessary to ask Congress for further sums. ' "3. Commandeering of ships In yards: On Monday I shall deliver to ship builders a general statement of the program which I have long been matur ing for commandeering ships now under construction for prjvate account (such ships having art aggregate tonnage considerably in excess of 1,500. 000 tons). "The essence of this program is to commandeer all mich ships and expedite their construction by adding labor and cutting out refinements.- By thus Federalizing each' yard, giving It Government help and putting It on a speed basis, we shall produce It greatest efficiency. As .fast as the berths are clear ed each yurd will be devoted to the producton of a single type of tonnage for which it Is best stilted. I count upon the complete co-oneratlon of the yard".. , . (Continued . on to stuns ot ine niu;ii umn. i i, ...... eommlttd. Th Hrthph design, it wan declared i tm-oir'flcation by , Uoyds bectm? of. ih ships of standard patterns. For that. , Page Six) QUIET RESTnRED AFTER KftAT OF Gen. Chang Ilsun's Men: Foreed to Surrender and Monarchist, Himself, is Now a Refugee in the Dutch Legation THE MONAIUTIIAL 1 MOVEMENT ENDED, Chang's Flight to the Dutch Legation Caused fome Pro-: Been1 Surprise as His nouncements Has Verv Bellicose (By The Aivxittel Pnu) Washington, July 13 --Chines le gation despatches from Peking dated at noon today said that unlet had been restored In the capital after a ' battle in which the monarchist troops of General Ohar.g Hsjn were over whelmed by republican forces. The Republican victory was com plete, the report said, the last con , tlngentg of General t'bang Hsun's I men having; been fnrcel to siirren ' Jer. The Monarchist, ht.-naelf, was i reported a refut.ee in the Dutch le gation. The monarchiai muvement Is thus Ithought to have ended after a brief i ihree week:) which threatened th ' whole fur eastern situation. - I'l-einier ' Tuan Chi Tui, the legations advices i .:aid, v.-il) move his heaUiiuaneia back into the . capital tomorrow to bring I the scattered republican elements to ! gether and flnuly re-esublisn the re '. publican regime. i Chung' tllght to the Dutch legation i caused some surprise here, as his , pronouncements have been very bel : licose. aj-id nig whole hiwtory led to j the fear that he might -adopt tome I desperate coup nt tha-Iast minute. The reuubliijajie, hoW9verAf.eiar,oCJ.U I four railroad. ouC'ftt'fW 'c&pitif'aml Chang had no choice but to slip i quietly dowii to the Putch legation. ! tho- nearest to his headquarters and next doo- to the American legation. ' His asylum there, ab with eo many- other Chinese leaders who have sought refuge in the foreign section, assures hint pafe conduct out of thy country. The great power wh eh he built up as an independent chieftain I undoubtedly will be destroyed by the j victorious republicans and orderly de i velopment in China safeguarded front I what has been for years one of its worst dinners. The rei-ublicans face a difficult task in reortranir.iBc; their Government but tne dul monarchy and lierrminy. as there is every confidence here that it ' dd the Government which U'succeed w!ll bo accnhmllrhed successfully. ' ed. PRESIDENT GOMES TO AID QF BILL Writes That Government Control is Necessary Only on Foods, Feeds, and Fuels Only ( Special To The Journal.) Washington, July 13. President Wilson today came to tne support or ered it detrimental to interfere in Au the administration loud control bill as I gtria'B internal affairs. Ho favored originally submitted to Congress. 1 this dual equality nnd was convinced In response to a request- from Sen- the Austrian premier took the same ate leaders for assistance in solving j standpoint. the difficulties standing In the way of action there, the President sent to Democratic Leader Martin a personal letter recommending the general pur poses of the original bill for Gov ernment control of foods, feeds and fuels only. He wrote that he believed unnecessary the extension of Govern ment control as proposed in amend ments attached in Congress to steel, Iron, copper, cotton, wool, leather and other products. The substitute bill drawn by Sen ator Gore was opposed by the Presi dent as an emasculation of the ad ministration legislation. He wrote that he deDlored the delay on the bill and ! considered prompt final disposition ofcediy the War Department today as tne legislation imperative. The president's which was not made public, ife understood to have dis cussed prohibition in any form. Upon reliable authority, however, it was said that in his conference yesterday with Senate leaders, the President ex pressed disagreement, with tne Rmoot amendment, adopted by the Senate last week, directing purchase by the Government of nil stocks of distilled beverages In bond at cost plus ten per rent. Lpon receipt ot tne resident s nt "Cl " """'I'V ' .T ., H . secure action along the lines suggest ed. Senators Lodge, Smoot, and other Republican leaders were called into conference and a meeting of Dem- oeratje steering committee for next week was arranged. Food Administra tor Hoover conferred with Senator Chamberlain and added his opposition to the Gore substitute 'as nullifying the Government's food control plans. Further atternpts were made by Senators Gore and Reed to secure pre liminary movements on the Gore sub stitute. Vice President Marshall ruled that until the nendlne administration bill is entirely perfected by amend ment, the Gore substitute will not be in order. The Senate spent the whol day de bating an amendment designed to pre vent members of the Defense Council's advisory commission from selling their ewn products to the Government. Just bfore adiournment. Senator Pomer- ene offered a Substitute which Sen- I ator Chamberlain agreed to accept. merely prohibiting the commissioners from working for. contracts In which they have personal interests. mm NATION MUST NEGOTIATE FOR PEACE 14! Leader of Hungarian Inde- jiendent Party Declares Everyone in (iermany' Desires Peace, but that1 Nation Must Negotiate DEMOCRATIZATION OF ALL COUNTRIES Speaker Declared that Aus tni-Huutrarian Fnreijni Minister Had Declared in: Favor of a Peace Without i Annexations (By Tho Associated Press) Amsterdam, July 13 Count' Michael Ka.roI.vi, leader of the Hungarian In dependent parly, speaking in the house of deputies, saya a telegram from a Budapest correspondent, dec'ared: "The central po;ni of the presertt Gcrnran crisis ;'s Ihe qucution of peace. Every one in Germany wants peace but it is not enousrh to de sire it, the Nation must negotiate for it. Coiriit Czernin (Austro-Hunsrarian foreign minister) has not confined himselT to mere words, but has op pnly de clared that we are ready for peace witjont annexa tions. One cf the prerequis ite conditions of peace is the lcmoeri'.t Ration of ev-" tty tminry:ft ' In the debate Barcn Jul ius Keck said.' "There is ro war policy today, j but only a peace policy. The pence must be honorable. guaranteeing ..Hungary's frontiers and her political independence." Count Moritz Ksterhasj, the pre mier, replying, said the new Hun gar. an tjove.'-.imi.nt rtands for the cont.uance of the alliance between "We are. waging this war ns a de i tensive war. uur peace aim is not I conquest. We do not leave, our ene I mlei in doubt about this. On the i rr.n. r . .- w-a tocli.U r.lo-,,.1.. the whole world our readiness for ,i peace." ! This sUtomen, was gretded with I loud applause. i"Our enemies know this . well." I contiuned the premier. "We made our peace offer In full agreement ' ',u not ,lrlven to "r l.v the desire with our allies. We emphasized that of conquest but that the Get-fan pen it was a question of an ccceptahle . nl" ,ook up arms only in defense or and honorable pence for nil the hoi- '. freedom. Independence and to guard ligerents. thereby showing clearly the ! readiness for peace, of . our entire group of powers. The responsibility for the continuance of the war is on the enemy." Regarding Hungary's relations with Austria, . premier bsterhazy . consid Amsterdam. July 13.-; At the meet ing of the Catholic Center party to- (Continued on Page Six) TARHEEL TROOPS TO TRAIN FOR Mi AT GREENVILLE (By The Auocutn ."rckj. v Washington, July 13. Assignments of National Guard trooris in training camps already selected were annonn- follows rrmr division-, Tomprislngtrocjps from .Uaine, .New Hampshire, Massa- i London. July 13. The British bat chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island 1 tleshio Vanguard blew uo and sank and Vermont, to Charlotte, N. C. Seventh tlivisioiV trops from New I torK otate, nportanuurg, s. J. Seventh division, Pennsylvania I troops to Augusta, Ga. j Lignth jJTvision, New Jersey, Dela ware, luaryjflno, J-ostrici ot Colum bia and Virginia troops to Annis ton, Ala. Ninth division, North and South Caro na and Tennessee troops to i cr,.J...?na 4 ( ' t'", , j ,;;! Alabama Georiria L'1?" ,.,,?," ! Mm,f: r e"'B1i ' " ''a "," ' n mi,T' i , ," ?' lcMK?- a"d j H r""'n T'V ' to Weo, Acxas. ivrll.ll .ji.imwii, iiuuwin liuups lu Houston, Texas. Thirteenth division, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa and Nebarska troops, to Deming, N. M. Fourteenth division, Kansas and Missouri troops, to Fort Sill, Okla. Fifteenth division. Texas and Okla- noma troops, to Fort Worth, Aex noma ironpn, u ruiui wortn, lex- Sixteenth division. Ohio and West i Virginia, troops, to Montgomery. Ala. j Seventeenth dlvlson, Arkansas, I Mirsissippi and tLoulslana troops, to ! Alexandria. La. Nineteenth division, Washington. 1,'tah. Arizona Colorado, New Mexi- co and Nevada troops, to Linda. Vista, Cal Twentieth division. Washington Oregon; Montana. Idaho, and Wyol mlng troops to Palo Alto, CaX El ! DEALS CHIEFLY MFQiS Committee on . Ihiblic Infor- ination Issues Statement Declaring That Internal Problems Are Involved in the Crisis NO DIMINUTION IN THE WARFARE I Peace and Internal Reform in Germany is the Sub jeet i if Controversy; ' No Possibility of a .Revolu tion is Expected tRy The Associated rress. I Washington, July 13. The German political crisis centers principally on the questions of peace and Internal ; reform, according to a review of I Stn, e Department advices tonltcht is sued by the committee on public in ! formation and "there Is not the i f- Ifrhtes' reason to believe that It will result In anything remotely ap proaching revolution, or any dimuni I lion of iir.nany's military power." The review unit it Is apparent that , (lernianjr'a supply will ho'.d out till the preten: crop Is harve ed, al , though the sufferiiiKR of the poor hav h .1 intensified greatly during i the past five months. ! Mili itry domination has reached i s-.ich a stage In Oernuiny, the review i says that the imperial chancellor Is utterly without authority over the I military leaders who do as they i please "and leave the civil authorl I 'iea to come along behind and ' npolnjriye." " ' "Iiifornui.ijnn' reaching the " D ; parttnent of Ktate." says the oommit j tee's review, "indicates that the Ger i man political crlsid now centers prl I marlly on the iUf s'.lons of internal reform and pence, and that the quee i Hon of changes in the personnel of the ftovernnient Is subordinate In trhtTWr.tance. . The ,,. rtlapute Is , over rneajure3 rather than men. And j whetoer or no; the chancellor and i several sscreiarifs tt state lose their " prritton 11 is unlikely that the politi cal ston con be s'illed until definite ! action has been taken In regard to i Internal reforms and peace. In ! spite of the bitterness of the present : cont?v, in Berlin, there Is not . the j slightest reason to believe that it will : result In anything remotely ap ; proachlng revolution, or in any dl : mlnution of Germany's military power. The crisis probably wi;t I lend to itr.ernal reforms whirh from the pi Int of vlw of Germany will : seem colossal but will be, in truth, : on'-y the flist steps toward making the German people masters of their i ow n ilstiny. "The nio-v. that can be expected I f result from the crisis in th near future is, first, abolition of the Prus sian three-clnss voting system an : tll'L abllshinent of equal manhood , s-'Trage; second, -a demand by the r;,,ir'lstaK , ,hfit th government i shf'tild declare Its adherence to the "-'' '-ed 'w.ir program of August 4t "11. which stilted that Germany tnfi,r territorial possessions. '.Should elections to the Prussian Di', be based on equal . manhood suffrage,' control of the Diet would pnss from the Junker parties. Put splendid asi tnls reform would be, Germany will not be on the road to political freedom Until the chancellor has been made responsi ble to the Kelchstng and until the chancellor has been given control over the military authorities. "At the present not only has the rtekjjuitg mi cont s whatever over he chancellor, who lH responsible, to the emperor alone, hut the chancel lor is utterly without authority over the military leaders. ''Unless the presen'. crisis develops far beyond its present scope. It will not btgln to make Germany a democratic Nation. (Continued on Pare Six) BATTLESHIP VANGUARD BLEW UP AND SANK ON JULY 9 ""(By The Anocntrd Pitii.T" (on July , says an official statement Issued tonight by the British admi- rait An tnterna I explosion' while the , ship was at anchor ' caused the die-j aster, trf the Vanguard. Only three men of those op board survived and one of them has since died. Twen ty four officers and seventy-one men, however, were net on board at the time of the explosion. The official statement reada; "If. M. S. Vatlguard, Captain James D. Dick, blew up while at anchor on the night of July as Ihe result of an internal explosion. , "The ship sank immediately and there were only three survivors among those aboard ship at the time of the disaster one officer and two men. The officer has since died. There were, however, 24 officers end i 71 men not on board at the time, j thus bringing to the total number of survivors to 97. "A full Inquiry has been ordered.") The British battleship Vanguard displaced 19,230 tons and her com-1 plement before the war was 870 men.-! The Vanguard belonged to the St. Vincent class of dreadnaughts and was launched In March, 1909. The Vatjifuard was 538 feet long with s beam of 84 feet and a draft of 27 feet. Her armament consisted of ten 12 inch guns, 18 four Inch and four three pounders in addition to three Uirpedo tube. ' NORTH CAROLINA WILL FURNISH 15,974 Ml UNDER THE DRAFT PLAN Spectacular Drive Is Continued By Russians (By Tht Aiiociatwt reu.) Gaining momentum as It mores westward, Hie great Russian drive along tlie DiiIcwUt In Ga llcla continue umiccwwfully. Tho fighting Is progrettNliut ou a llfty luMe front from Hallos to the foothill., of tlc CaruutiUaus and nil along Uhi lino l"o KuvUam are advancing. Nortliwcwi f Uullcz im Tuura- ' day I ho KumianH enlarged their gauiM north of UtH Diihwotcr, oap lurcd important IteightM bolwetw the river and Kukiizowice and (K-cuplcd two villages. Tills ad vhjkw la lu the direction of IfOm IfTg. lu llw iniUr and on tho sou tlKrn end of tho linn the Kus suin.t liave been victorious In "oavy buttlon for tho potweHHloii of tlio cronsiiiKH of Uhi river Ixmi nlou. 'l'licy have niude progresH on Hie road to Dolina and have captured the crossings of the LtminlcA at 1'erelilnsko, about IK Di'lea south of Halo and four mill's west of Bohorodouiny. Tho fate of the Khta l.lpe lino defending lcinrXTg on the east still In the bulnnce. Having foitnyl tliei river lyom-nli-a at kalii.v, lu the face of lcsp-rato reHiMtaneo from (er man reserves thrown in to ward off defeat, the HuhHians now are on the path to Iolliut, 20 nillcn soiithwestwnrd J and to Mrs J, 25 inllcw north of llollna on tho kaliiHi-ljemherK railway . line. Tho capture of thso towns prob ably would make certain an An-nro-tiernuiii retirement from tho Klota Mpa line, which has Ix-en held Intact In the face of Kus slu.ii efforts for more I bail a year. .-. In the capturs, ot Kaluss Gen. eraj KornlkifPn soldiers took. nearly 1.000 prisoners, mostly Germain. In addition, Ave heavy i guns and ten machine, guns fell j into their hands. i The,. Russian advance west of SUinislau besides endangering tlie ! Austro-GPrmnn Mne immediate- ly nor'h In GaJlela, also Is a threat against the line In Itou- mania. The Russian and Hnu" , manluii arHllcry has been ham I nierlng the Teuton positions there ! Ill the Inst few days and already i advance portion "avo 'been thrown j forward to tout the enemy's strength. .No attack In force has j been reported. Raids and roeonnolterlng on gagomenis have occupied the i Britlf.li and Germans on tlie northern end of the front in France. Houth of St. Wuentln, l along the Alsne front nnd on - both hides of the Meuse, In the Verdun region, the artilleries only huve been active. In acilal fighting I'reiicli airmen havo brought down ten tiorman ulr planes and driven 8 enemy mil- " chines down ' behind their iwtl lines In ilnnigel condition. The Itrit ImIi dreadnnugnr Pan golin) has been hl'Mvn up by In ternal explosion with the loss of approximately more than 700 lives. The disaster occurred '"' while tho warship was at anchor and only 3 men, one of whom d'od lot4T, were rewiitvi. Nearly ... 100 other members of tlie crew, however, were not abroad. Tlie Vanguard mciisurcd !,2."0 tons and her complement before tho war wae 870 men. DANIELS ASKS'FORir HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS (fly The Aisccltted Pre" ) Washington, July 13. Secretary Daniels today asked Congress for a de ficiency appropriation of $100,000,000, mainly for additional destroyers and submarine chasers, and to spend up work on the general building program. In a letter to Chairman Fitzgerald of the House appropriations commit tee, the secretary pointed out that the 1116,000,000 appropriated for these purposes March .4 has already been expended or tied up by contracts. "The department has completed with Home builders and expects to with others at an early date arrange ments for an expedition to utmost de gree the completion of all torpedo boat destroyers now under contract", said the secretary. "Furthermore, It is probable that the development of the present military situation will require laying down additional destroyers and other small craft especially designed to cope with the submarine, as rapid ly as the present ways can be vacated, and new building facilities can be pro vided." AFFAIRS IN ARIZONA (By The Ateocieled Preit.) Washington. July 13. The Federal Government is watching closely the disorders caused by Industrial Work ers of the World In Arizona nnd other Western States but no official here ex pects any far-reaching consequences,. Department commanders of the army have directed to take all steps neces sary and there is entire confidence here that they will speedily do so. Secretary service agents are known to have gathered much Information regarding 1. W. W. activities but ap parently little credence has been given reports that a concerted uprising by the organization was to be attempted. The general Inclination here is to re gard the present outbreak as sporadic and without national stflnlflcance. North Carolina's Gross Number, l - n fx ! - no idi 13.e. I in tne uruu is ,o,oo, uui Credit is Allowed for the Men Who Have Voluntarily Volunteered in the Rejrular Army and National Guard: Formal Order of President Wilson Calls for Drafting ot 687,000 Men Into Military Service Under SelectiTe Draft Law. (By The AuotiaMd Press. Washington, July It A formal or der by President Wilson, drafUng 687,000 men into the military servioe under the selective conscription law was promulgated by the War 0 partment today, together with an of ficial allotment showing what part of the total must be furnished by each State and territory. The only steps now remaining ar distribution by the Governors of Sta'e quotas among the local exemption districts, and the great lottery, which probnbly will be held next week and which will establish the order In which registrants are to present themselves for service or exemp tlon. The nun summoned for service will be used to fill the regular army and National Guard to war strength and to organise the first 600,000 of ths new national army. The total of these three forcea will be 1,262,985 men. Later, another 600,000 will be called out, supplemented by sufficient men to make up losses and maintain reserve battalions. In computing the number of men to be required from the various States, the government put to ths credit of each State every man it now has In the National Guard and every man It has contributed since April 1, as a war Volunteer to the regulai army. ' i-mclng on the debit side of '.hi ledger the national army of 600,000, the entire National Guard at war strength and the number of war vol unteers needed April 1, last, to bring the regulars up to war strength, the grand total was apportioned accord ing to population. This gave a gross quota for each State, from whlrh a net quota was computed by checking off the number of National GuaVdsmen available for Federal ser vice and the number of men given by the State to the regular army aince April 1. The apportionment was mad on the basis of an estimated grand total for the United States and itf possessions, of 1 06. 3S6. 066 inhabi tants. This is a paper estimate, com puted from registration returns, which comes within the law requir ing distribution of quotas by popula tion, but which equalizes in a great measure the burden that, is to fall up on the 4,699 exeniption district. Kaon will furnish under this appor tionment tho men its total registra tion would Indicate aa a fair propor tion rather than the number the actu-' al population of the district would indicate. The total of these gross quotas Is 1,1 62,385 men. Credit Is given to the various States for a total of 486,986 volun tary enlistments In the National Guard and regulars, making the to tal net quota for all States 687,000 men, ' Following are the net and gross quotes for the Southern States State Net . 6.32S .18,3.17 14.23H .13.682 .10,801 .15,974 .10.081 .14.628 . 30,545 .13.795 Gross Florida Georgia , . , . Kentucky . . ., Louisiana , . Mississippi . . . North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee , . . . Txas Virginia 10.112 27,209 22,152 18.481 16.429 28,488 16,147 22,168 48.118 21,354 Comparison between the gross and net quotas shows wha.t any State has done In furnishing troops by the voluntary system. Oregon's fTOss quota l.i 7,7.17 men, but the State has 4.683 National Guardsmen and has given 1.974 war recruits to the regu lar army. In all Oregon had credit for 6.657 volunteers to apply against her gross quota which reduced her jet quota to 717 men. ArizonaT'on the Other hahaTwIth" quota of 4.478 men, has only 727 in the National Guard and has recruited only 171 men since April 1 for the regulars, makes the State's net quota after adlustment. 3.472. New York, with the maximum pop ulation and a gross quota of 122. 424 men found a to'al of B2.971 voluntoerHiirlng the three months, Including her existing force of 23.497 guardsmen. Her. net quota, there fore, is reduced to 69,241. Preparations for the great drawing wnt chead a'eadlty today. Of the 4.659 exeniption districts, the papers of 3,600 have now reached Washing ton and hundreds more may be In the malls. The date of the drawing cannot be fixed until the last district has reported Its work finished. (By The Amoclnted Pren.) Norfolk. Va., July 1.1. Special Com missioner Thomas H. Willcox todtv filed with Judge Waddlli, of the Fed eral court here. hW renort in the. Ap pam case, fixed $447,000 as the amount of damages due the owners of thp British liner by reason of ,her cap ture by s German raider and her i detention by the German prize crew in a neutral port. In addition $7,039.17 received from the sale of part of the Appam's cargo Is recommended to be paid over to Henrv O. Harrison.' mas ter of the captured liner, and the com j mlssioner further recomfnnds that ' the respondents pav the VosO of the . inquiry of the commissioner and anv other costs the court may xletermlne las Just. ' -r
Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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