Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1917, Page 1

“From Press to Home WEATHER. Continued unsettled weather tonight 2 bably si oap ” and_ tomorrow, probably occasiona Within the Hour’ Temperature for twenty-four hours ending 2 p.m.: Highest. 81, at 2 p.m. to- day; lowest, 71, at 2 a.m. today. Full report on page 12. IL Sworn Net Circulation, Month of June, 1917, Daily Average, 89,841; Sunday, 63,832. —_—_—_ ONE CENT. POWER TO RULE RUSSIA IS VOTED TO KERENSKY; MEANS VIGOR FOR WAR Council of Soldiers, Workmen and Peasants Gives “Unlimited Powers” to “Govern- ment of National Safety.” CLOSING NEW YORK STOCKS PAGE 12. s mE SENATORS CANNOT TIEUPBUILOWNE - OFDE. GOVERNMENT, AD CAR STRIKER No. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 23, 1917—SIXTEEN PAGES. POSTING OF NANES “BARS DRAFTED MEN Ineligible for Enlistment in} Army or National Guard After Being Summoned. Six Sheet Metal Workers and Committee Without Power to: 3ix Helpers Strike; Demand Get Back Jobs for Wage Increase. Men Here. | } : | | WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS ; FAY ASK ANTI-STRIXE ACT | CHECKING TALLY LISTS Registrants under the selective draft | Work on various buildings of the Dis-| The Senate committee investigating | trict government, especially the public | the strike of the employes of the Wash-| law are not cligible for voluntary en: Schools, may be greatly handicapped as | ington Railway and Electric Company | listment in the rogular army or the Na- PREMIER, NOW VIRTUALLY A DICTATOR, the reault of a walkout of six shect|has determined that it in no way « d after their names have metal workers and six helpers today at] aid the strikers to get back their jobs,| heen posted by local exemption boards j EXPECTED TO PUT END TO REVOLTS the U street repair shop, who are de-| it was announced today by or Pitt-{and they have been summoned for ex- manding an increase in wages. {man of Nevada, acting chairman of the , amination. j Toe mania thas these atee® MUCEEP) Gi nttts rig, Gen, Crowder, provost marshal | Leaves for the Front, Where Conditions are Described as Chaotic, With promulgated this ruling today workers have been engaged in repair status of men on it ‘ittman said the con ec Ing and installing heating apparatus in) iS Pittman said the committ the Spirit for an Offensive Entirely Lacking Among o make definite the ve been work- | ¥@3 “ Ny sympathetic with the un- ee era the public schools, and hav | Ret ete sees nee ere ‘ ing for $4 a day, whereas in the out-|(O™Una‘e condition of the | Striking | sire to Join the lars or the National | Demoralized Troops. Ke pistriet wages of /e™Ployes.” but that tt was convinced |" mi miemen th gide, shops ond $5.50 a day are being No power exists in Congress to get 4 paid, according to Charles Daus hand ithem back their jobs. He ded that! Hie = ms Aas Rep “Johnson, a committee represent- | it did not believe a mere recommend | Unlimited powers” have been granted the Russian provisional ing these employes 1 today |ii@8 bY the committee would havé any | ler Premier K k i te ihe two. committeemes stated today | effect upon the railway company In this j hoard and dt rifor pass | government, under Premier Kerensky, to grapple with the sinister that for some Herre © io cal examination he be eligi- f i vrec] i: u of wages has been paid in the outsid¢ | [ere gear e ton he forces threatening to wreck the new Russia, born of the March revo- Bi bia, shops of the District of Columb i {hat petitions and eppeals have been | made to the Commissioners, through | the officials of the District repair shop. to give these employes the same scale May Ask Ban on Strikes. | The ruling by Gen. Crowder was nec- He indicated, however, tha _{essary in order to establish definite! % 3) Howeversthati the icom |the time when a registered man was mittee was seriously considering rec-!to be considered as falling within this 0 ee ere ot a word has, come |ommending to Congress legisiation to | prohibition. fiom these petitions or appeals,” do away for all time with strikes orl Gen. Crowder held that posting of the| “4 ; decided to walk | public transportatio: n|name of a registrant by the local board fated, “and we finally decided to We0k | public transp. ion lines in the Dis- | 30 "It. headquarters constituted. notifi- lution. The grant comes from the most powerful representative body in the nation, the council of soldiers and workmen’s delegates and peas- ants of all Russia, assembled in Petrograd. The title of the ruling body, the “government of national safety,” out today in order t nt z leation to the registrant that he was te Exnmissiohers could be brought | In two w. Senator Pittman said, | Cation f ae A 3 5 z oe the state OF Sita eo aced oar ena {could be accomplished. a cor exemineucnana as aetiene qi RIESE . |recalls immediately the famous committee of public safety of 1793, { the men . By government taking over , ewe ; 9 PLET = a es a the wages of 5 eligible for voluntary service. Prior to FTE formed in the crucial period of the French revolution. t the | tr way erence Merit shops, as were those to the| the railways and owning and oper- the Distritside snops. but ‘chen the new | ating them. feale went into effect nothing was done 2. By creating a commission with fn the matter.” full powers to regulate traffic, fares that time, even though his name may jhe among th who will be called in ithe first quota in any district, a regis- |trant may be ted for the regular MAKES KERENSKY VIRTUALLY DICTATOR. Quit in Protest Against Scale. | reported fo after a confi Story, superint notified him of work in protes' the District officials incremas stated by the two committee men that heretofore after the closing | Of the schools in the spring it had been the custom to put from twelve to fif- teen men to work, in order that the heating apparatus could be repaired and made ready for the opening of the schools in the This year, it is said, there is a scarcity of labor, and only the regular six journeymen and six helpers have been doing the work. ; This kind of work is of a heavy class, it is stated, and cannot be done in a hurry. “We do not intend to work for these} wages.” said the committeemen, “while on the outside there 1s more money | to be gotten. The District can’t go! outside and get men to do this work | because there are no men to be got-| ten. In former years there were men waiking about the streets who could! be gotten for such work, but they ar all at work now. Many of the journe: men are now in the United States navy | yard, while the outside shops of the District have the others.” ‘Walked Out to Get Attention. They said further that they do not ‘want {t to appear that they are on a striké, but simply walked out in order that the attention of the Commission- ers could be brought to the conditions which exist. “We do not want to tie| up the work at this time, as there is 80 much of {t to be done there will be trouble in heating some of the schools when cool weather sets in.” The men recently received the 5 per cent increase granted by Congress, but they say this has nothing to do with what wage should be paid by the District government. They stated that they do not receive an average of| $1,200 a year, as much time is lost be-| cause of bad weather. \ The committeemen said it is the in-; tention of the employes to remain away| from work until some steps have been} taken by the Commissioners. Those employes who are per diem men have for some time been taking half a day holiday on Saturdays, contending that they were entitled to it as well as the annual employes. The decision of the controller of the Treasury that they are entitled to such holiday, with pay, all the year round, they declare has been their contention. GERMANY IS HARD HIT BY U. S. FOOD POLICY their intention to quit t against the failure of to grant them the Embargo Against Neutrals Supply High Command Had Bars Counted On. ‘ LONDON, July 23.—That high Ger- man command based its calculations on food supplies which America has been sending to neutrals became known, ac- cording to the Daily Mail, through the famous speech of Herr Erzberger, head of the Catholic party in the reichstag, made before # secret session of that ody. The newspapers referred to this address as a “bombshell.” Herr Erz- berger remarked that although Amert- ca’s entry into the war was of little military value it was important owing to the extent to which Germany was de- pendent on the neutrals for food and other supp! He eaid that America had decreed that she would not permit exports to neu- trals as long as these neutrals exported to Germany. Consequently, Herr Erz- berger said, Germany would very short- ly lose its source of supply. The terri- Ble fact, he said, had to be faced that the military authorities had entirely figured on those supplies and that no- body in authority could find an answer or give any idea from where these sup- plies were to come. NEW YORK AWAITS LISTS. Exemption Boards Prepare for Rush When Serial Numbers Arrive. NEW YORK, July 23—The local ex- emption boards here today were pre- ing for the rush expected as soon the serial lists arrive from Wash- ington and orders come from Albany apportioning the exact quota each dis- trict is required to raise for the new army under the draft lottery. These lists are expected to reach the city either tonight or tomorrow, when the work of selecting those drafted will begin in earnest, and at least 80,000 men will be examined during the next week or ten days. Exemption boards continue to receive Inquiries for the all-important_red ink numbers. Alphabetical lists were still missing at a number of the boards. The first work of the boards, it was said, will be the physical examination of those drafted. } methods journeymen and six helpers | The ede work this morning. but | erence called upon Henry | tendent of the shop. and | and wages and hou He did not indicate which of these would be recommended by the committee, or whether the commit- tee would finally adopt either. If such of labor. a commission were created, he said, it would have jurisdiction only in’ th District of Columbia. However, Sen ator Pittman added, it undoubted would be used as a model for other municipalities. First Intimation of Findings. The statement made by Senator Pitt- man today is the first intimation to come from the investigating commit- tee since it concluded its extensive and exhaustive hearings in connection with the strike, as to what the committee findings would be. The senator said that he was led to make the statement, largely to set at rest the many in- quiries as to whether Congress would awaiting word from the committee b fore seeking other employment. Every suggestion for remedial legis- lation made to the committee by coun- sel for the strikers, for the railroad company, for the Federation of Citi-- zens’ Associations and for the Con- sumers’ League would be carefully can- vassed, he sald. i “The committee at its last meeting first took up the question as to whether any action the committee or Congress could take would give any immediate relief to the striking employes of the Washington Railway and Electric Company,” said Senator Pittman. Unanimous in Opinion. “The committee members were unani- mous in their opinion that no power ex- ists in Congress to compel the re-employ- ment of these men by the railroad co pany. In fact, counsel for the employes was unable to suggest any remedy at the time of the argument, other than that a recommendation to such effect by the committee might have a persuasive effect m the company. “The members of the committee are satisfied that such a recommendation Jone will have no effect. “As no permanent action can be had before the December session of Congress, it was considered advisable for the com. mittee to prepare a very full and com- prehensive report dealing with the facts in the case and possible legislation that in the future will obviate the necessity of strikes and prevent an interruption of traffic. “The committee realizes that this can be done and should be done. It is obvious that {t may be accomplished in one of two ways; either by the government tak- ing over the roads or by the creation of a commission similar to the interstate commerce commission with full powers to regulate the traffic, to fix fares and to establish hours and wages. Thinks Plan Would Work. “The effect of the determinations of this. commission could be made as ef- ficactous in the matter of eliminating strikes and preventing interruption of traffic as could be accomplished if the government owned the roads “I am not assuming to state which of these positions the committee will take, or whether {t will take efther. The committee recognizes the question {s one of great importance, not only in | Washington but throughout try, and having this in view, deems it its duty to give most careful con- sideration to the preparation of the findings of fact and to the recommen- dations it may make. The matter will be hastened as much as possible. “The committee is deeply sympathetic with the unfortunate condition of the striking employes, particularly those who have served so many years.” HOLD STRANGE RITES IN COWBOY’S MEMORY | | Surviving Members of Whitechapel | Club Eulogize Morris Allen Col- | lins on Lake Michigan. 25.—Surviving CHICAGO, [bers of the Whitechapel Club assembled Jat midnight on the shore of Lake Michi- Jean, near Millers, Ind., and remained until dawn today for the purpose’ of commemorating the death twenty-fve years ago of Morris Allen Collins, poet and cowboy, member of the club, who killed himself that the social ideas he favored might be remembered. The Whitechapel Club, which was made up July motto was “laugh in the face of death,” gave up its formal organization in 1894, fess close association. this morning was held about the base of a great funeral pyre, the mortuary cere. monies being of the nature of the at. cient Greeks and the American Indians Collins, who committed suiside in 1892, came to Chicago from the west in the late 808. Championing the cause of the Kaiser Goes to Eastern Front. )PENHAGEN, July 23.—A Berlin itch says Emperor William-has de- parted for the eastern front. fore the public that Collins killed hin. self, first requesting that his fellow club members cremate his body, that his sacrifice might be more effective. Today's ceremony was similar to that held twenty-five years ago. be able to get their jobs tack for the strikers. He had been informed that | many of the former employes were | the coun-} mem- | of journalists and artists, and whose put the members still keep a more of The cerem ony | ore annual election of officers will be lela Tuesday. poor and oppressed, he staged a cam.! as a volunteer. Tally Sheets Checked. | Checking the official tally sheets of | the draft was about complete today and | printing the master sheets which will uide local exemption boards in sum- |moning the men for the first Increment of 687,000 troops proceeded rapidly. The sheets probably will start out in the mails late today. Regulations to govern the application of the master list by the local exemp- tion boards have already ‘been promul- gated and include a method by which any difficulties arising from confusion of serial numbers are to be overcome. The plan is to regard such registration cards as additional to the number al- ready provided on the local lists. A separate drawing will be held by state authorities to place these additional cards and such other cards as may have come in by mail since July 10 in order as they are drawn. They will then be appended to the registration list of their district and be immediate! affected by the selection drawing of last Friday. just .as though they had been included in the list at that time. Many Inquiries Expected. Officials of the provost marshal's office were preparing today for the great number of inquiries and requests for rulings which they expect from the lo- cal boards as soon as examinations of the men for the first quota begin. Probably it will take several days for the boards.to become thoroughly fa- millar with their work. After that, offi- cials expect the examinations and ex- emptions of men or their certification to the higher boards for military duty will proceed rapidly. Within a week after the local boards begin operations the district boards also will be able to begin their work and take up ques- | tions of industrial exceptions as rapid- ly as they arise. TO COMBAT ANTI-DRAFTERS. Battalion of Highlanders Called ; Back by Canadian Agitation. NEW YORK, July 23.—Because of a slight change in the plans of the High- landers who spent last week here in the interests of British recruiting week, and because of the recent activities of the anti-conscriptionists, not all of the kilties had left the city today. Although most of the members of the Gordon and Mc- Lean Highlanders left for Chicago last Saturday, the 286th Overseas Battalion of the McLean Highlanders of America was detained here, awaiting orders to go to Frederickton, N. B. ¥_ expect to start for Frederickton today. From Fred- erickton the Highlanders will go to Val- cartier camp, Which is a few miles from Quebec, where it was said the men who Rave seen actual service will be assigned to duty in a hotbed of anti-conscription- ists. They will make every effort to per- suade anti-conscriptionists that now is the time for every subject of Great Britain to join the colors. "AS a result of the visit of the iHigh- landers here last week @ campaign 1s now tn progress among @ number of wealthy Scottish familles to raise funds to pro- | vide kilts for the hal faba been resident in the COUNTY FAIRS TO HELP NAVY. | Efforts Will Be Made to Stimulate Enlistments During the Fall. NEW YORK, July 23.—The manage- | ment of 2,000 ‘county fairs, to be held during the summer and fall, in all parts of the United States, have agreed to |} aid the Navy Department in its recruiting campaign, according to an announcement made today by the navy publicity bureau. At many of the fairs, it was said, posters will be displayed and billboards on fair grounds will be erected should the Navy Department wish it. Several of the larger circuses have also agreed to do what they can to ald recruiting. One will carry a special recruiting tent with ft during the show season, which will be turned over to the Navy Department for the purpose of recruiting in each town | the circus visits. MOOSE CONVENTION BEGINS. ited States. Supreme Lodge Sessions Open at | Pittsburgh Today. | PITTSBURGH, July 23.—with |more than 15,000 delegates registered, lthe twenty-ninth annual conternationai convention of the Supreme Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, was formally opened here today. The delegates were welcomed to Pittsburgh by Mayor Jo- seph G. Armstrong. John W. Ford, acting supreme dictator, presided. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, who was to speak at today's session, was unable to come to Pittsburgh. Dallas, Tex., and St. Louis are making efforts to obtain the 1918 convention. At an open meeting of the convention Thursday former Presi- Gent Theodore Roosevelt will deliver an address. —* Germans Defeated in Africa. paign against possessors of great| LONDON, July 23—German troops wealth. His cause met with ittle en-|German Bast Africa attempted to make couragement, and it was to bring it be-| stand last week against the allied forces which are gradually closing in PERFECTING DR ~ PLAN FOR DSTRT U. S. Marshal Splain Arrang- ing for Meeting of Exemp- tion Appea! Board. AWAITING OFFICIAL LIST Organization of the District appeal local draft machinery for the task of seleeting the men to form the first na- tional army. Maurice Splain, United Stated marshal for the District of Co- lumbia, charged with the duty of con- vening the board, today was out visit- ing the various members to learn their desire as to the time of the first meet- ing. John Joy Edson, a member of the board, is out of the city on vacation, but Marshal Splain said that he expected that Mr. Edson would return in time for the meeting of the board. The marshal will fix the date as soon as he learns the de- stre of the members of the board. Mr. Splain also was looking for headquarters for the board. The head- quarters have not been selected, but the District Commissioners have offered to Mr. Splain for use of the board the big reception room on the fifth floor of thi District building. The board probably will sit there. However, this board will have no work to do until after men have ac- military service by the local exemption board. Those men who are not satis- fied with the decision of the local board then may appeal their cases to the district board, except in the case of men claiming exemption on industrial grounds. Must Be Certified First. ‘The latter can make no claim for ex- emption until they are certified to the istrict -board as fit for military serv- ice. The local board has no juriediction whatever in deciding these cases, which; are the only ones which may go to President Wilson on appeal. If a de- cinton of the local board is unsatis- factory to the government, then the government may appeal the case to the district board. The local boards are awaiting the lists of official numbers to be sent out, probably late today, by the office of the provost marshal genera] here. They then will have to cross out all numbers |higher than those In any exemption district in the District of Columbia and apply the remaining numbers in the or- der in which they occur to the cards in the possession of the boards. Notices then will be sent out to 200 per cent of the quota to be furnished by the division, notifying the men to appear for physical examination. One- third will be required to report on the fifth day from the posting of names in the board headquarters, another third on the sixth day and the remainder on the seventh day. If {t appears to the board that it is not going to be able to obtain the quota from the first men called, it is then r quired to cail for other men to re- port in the order in which their num- The boards’ headquarters, it was announced today, are to be open 15:30 o'clock in the afternoon to give information’ and to is: must be used in filing [and proofs. ANOTHER HUGE BRITISH WAR LOAN IS PROPOSED LONDON, July 23.—In the house of commons tomorrow the government will ask for a vote of credit of £6650,- 000,000, the largest single vote since the outbreak of the war. It will bring up the total for the war to £5,292,- 000,000. Mrs. Helen Ewald Dead. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 23.—ars. Helen Ewald, widow of Phillp Ewald, xemption claims and St. Louis, died here yesterday from cancer of the stomach and kidney trou- ple. She had been in bad health for several years. Mrs. Ewald submitted to an operation recently in an effort to z * * 1 bogrd is the next step in perfecting the ‘cess, from 9 o'clock in the morning until | ¢ blanks which | RUSSIAN THROUGH TEUTN LINES | Fruits of Success Jeopardized by Slav “Weakness and Instability.” By the Anpociated Prens.* PETROGRAD, July 23.—The Russians yesterday attacked the Germans near Krevo and Vilna, north of the Pinsk marshes, and penetrated the Teuton lines for a distance of two miles, ac- cording to an official announcement |made here today. The Russians captured more than 1,000 Germans, but the developments of suc- the statement adds, are being jeopardized by the ‘moral Weakness and y of certain Russi. ch- meni ca % ussian detach ween the Rivers Sereth, Stripa and Zlota Lipa, the Russian statement save, the Austro-Hungarians continued their offensive, occupying villages. The chief of the Russian divisional staff was killed while re-establishing order among the units on this east Galician front. Teutons Gain in Galicia. BERLIN, July 22, via London, July 2: (British admiralty, per Wireless erase —The attack begun by the Germans in eastern Galicia last week has developed into a great euccess, the war office an- nounces. The pursuit of the Russians continued yesterday and, the statement! says, the Germans everywhere defea Russian troops newly brought peer ing a large number of prisoners, A new battle developed toward the northern end of the line. The Russians attacked with strong forces between Krevo and Smorgon. The official com- munication says their assults broke down with heavy losses, but the ghting began oe ea VI NA, July 22, via London, Ju i 5 10) , July The (sermans and Austro-Hunga. rlans have made further advances in the region of Tarnopol and Kesow: tually been examined and certified for| jowa, in 2 | offcta) east Galicia, according to the Austrian communication, issued today. The town of Tarnopol and yillages east of the Sereth river are in flames. Russian Front “Tottering.” COPENHAGEN, July 23.—p; received here from Germanyatese ats convey the impression that the Rus- sian defeat at Zlochoff, Galicia, 1a dec veloping to even wider proportions. Special dispatches to newspapers from German headquarters say the Russian front north gf the Dniester is totter- ing and that it 1s officially reported that the Russian seventh army, south of the Zlochoff gap, affected by pres. sure on its flank, is also beginning to retire. The Russians have destroyed the Sereth bridges. Some elements of the Russian rear | guard are described as fighting vali. antly to delay the pursuit, but it stated that the German vanguards are pressing on impetuovsly, recklesaly hurling themselves on one defensive point after another. The Germans are using an airplane squadron to” throw wagon trains Into confusion. Little is being heard, even Austrian reports, of the Austro-Hun- garian infantry. The blow seems to have been executed by selected Ger- man infantry, but with the assistance of all available Austro-German artil- lery. is in the | TROOPS BREAK NIAY GIVE. NOT SELL, LIQUOR TO FIGHTERS Assistant U. S. Attorney So Holds, But War Depart- ment Differs. IS TO PROSECUTE, ANYHOW Basing his action upon a strict interpre- tation of the law forbidding the sale of jintoxicants to men in uniform, Assistant United States Attorney Ralph Given this morning declined to file charges against ipersons arrested Saturday night because they had purchased liquor for soldiers. Police officials and agents of the De- partment of Justice interpreted the law to cover persons who bought liquor and gave It to soldiers, This interpretation Mr. Given failed to uphold. He pointed to the section which reads: “It shall be un- lawful to sell any intoxicating liquor, in- cluding beer, ale or wine, to any members of the military forces while in uniform.” The prosecuting attorney would make no statement regarding what might be done in cases of persons who serve liquor to soldiers which 1s not paid for by them, or with persons who buy liquor to give to soldiers. In the absence of any court decision there is no criterion to show how far a dealer in intoxicants may go without violating the law. Some persons sug- gested thet men in uniform might be treated in licensed barrooms, without rendering the proprietors liable to arrest, while another view was that such a practice would make the buyer and con- sumer purchasers under the terms of {the law. Several saloonkeepers in the shop- ping district said that whatever the working of the law the intent. was clearly to restrict the use of liquor by imen in uniform and they would not |permit “treating” them on their prem- BER. In some cases, it was asserted, por- ters in saloons have been in the habit of purchasing liquor and turning it over to soldiers for a small fee. One dealer said he had discharged an employe for doing this. Dry Zones Are Established, Regardless of the views of Assist- ant United States District Attorney Given of the District of Columbia, offi- {clals of the War Department consider there is ample legal authority for pro- hibition of the giving away of intoxi- cating Mquors to officers or enlisted men in the army. Orders today were promulgated estab- {Ushing a “dry zone” five miles in ex- tent around all camps and military |reservations where there are soldiers either in training or otherwise. It is provided, however, that if there 8 a municipality within’ one-half mile of the military zone the prohibited area jis limited to that distance in the direc- tion of the municipality. Heavy penalties are provided for vio- lation of the department regulations, which are sald to include prohibit the “giving” as well as the “selling” of liquor within the prescribed mits. ‘The establishment of “immoral” places within the military zone also is pi hibited and a penalty of $1,000 is pro- ivided for such offense. JOHN B. WHITE HAS RESIGNED FROM SHIPPING BOARD OF U. S. Kansas City Man Said to Have Found Work Exceedingly Heavy—Sides With Denman Against Goethals. John B. White of Kansas City has resigned as a member of the shipping board and President Wilson was said today to have accepted the resignation. Officials at the White House declared Mr. White's resignation was not con- nected with the difficutlies that have developed between Chairman Denman of the board and Maj. Gen. Goethals of the Emergency Fleet Corporation over the government shipbuilding pro- gram. Mr. White was said to have found the work exceedingly heavy and was anxious to get out on this account. millionaire iron master of Louisvilie!He was one of Mr. Denman’s support- ers on the board. A report that John A. Donald of New York, another member of the board, had resigned, was denied at the White House. Officiais in close touch with the Den- . An official stat rolong her life, but it proved unavail- | man-Goethals controversy said today it Rere today says heavy fighting tsok | (om. was a native of Williams-|was not probable that President Wil- lace, in which the Germans suffered | port, Pa., where her remains will be|son would summon either man to the rge losses. July 17 the enemy evacu- | sent for burial. Three children survive | White House to discuss ated Mount hee. ww. the questions involved. The President has all avail: ~” able information before him; he knot H ws the two men thoroughly and 1s expect- ed to settle the matter as quickly as Possible, on the inf = |ponsible: information he al Capt. White, it turns out, offered his resignation to the President so: weeks ago on the ground of ill health and went on a vacation. When he re- turned the row between Chairman Denman and Gen.’ Goethals had be- foe acute and now, it is understood, vou! @ to re! situation clears. eau mea Capt. White has supported Mr. Den- man and Vice Chairman Brent in thelr opposition to Gen. Goethals. John A. Donald and R. B. Stevens, the other two members of the board, are said to have taken sides with the general. President Wilson probably will take a hand in the controversy within a few days, and supplement his order dividing authority conferred on him by issuing instructions putting either Denm Goethals in supreme charge of ship- building. As it is, each claims he ponsible. Mr. Donald denied em- ically today reports that he would resign. gates. Ry the Associated Press. PETROGRAD, July 23.—The council of soldiers’ and workmen's delegates and peasants of all Russia voted today after an all-night session to grant the govern- ment of Premier Kerensky “unlimited ywers” under the title “government of Rational safety” for the establishment of public order, both at the front and at home. The sweeping new powers were granted to the provisional government fn a resolution “adopted” by a combined sitting of the executive committees of the council of workmen's and soldiers’ delegates and the council of peasants’ delegates. The resolution, which was passed by 252 to 67, reads: Menace to Russia Seen. 2 nizing that the country is men- acai bora military debacle on the front and by anarchy at home, it is resolved: “First, that the country and the revo- lution are endangered; “Second, that the provisional govern- ment is proclaimed the government of national safety: “Third, that unlimited powers are ac- corded the government for re-estab- lishing the organization and discipline of tie army and a fight to the finish against the enemies of public order and the first realization of the whole pro- gram embodied in the governmental s just announced.” Dros *Gicarming of workmen, including the so-called red guards, is proceeding systematically in the Vassil Island and Viborg quarters. More than 1,200 rifles and revolvers and some machine guns have been recovered. The majority of revolvers were obtained at the fortress Of St. Peter and St. Paul, where cases Sust arrived from America had been broken open. According to the Russkia Volia about a third of the arms stolen since the outbreak have been accounted Several carts with shells were stop- tor. he banks of the Neva. The mili- ped on thorities knew nothing about them. The drivers were arrested and the carts taken to the arsenal. Members of Council Arrested. ashkevitch and another execu- at Uoimmittee n of the workmen’s and Soldiers’ council have, been arrested. Tjeut. Dashkevitch is ¢harged with in- citing the Peterhof troops to remove the provisional government. Three occupants of a motor car dressed as sailors and soldiers shot at a group of @icers and soldiers on the steps of the People's Palace. Two soldiers were Wounded at the first shots from the re- Yolvers of the assailants. The guard of Ys0 soldiers rushed from the building and fired on the three men, who attempted to escape. but who were lynched by the crowd. Fifteen civilians were wounded in the firing, some seriously. ‘A dispatch to the Bourse Gazette from Nijnt Novgorod relates that on July 17 a regiment of troops ordered disbanded for insubordination, gutinied, took pos- session of the town and were still in control July 20. Cadets sent from Mos- cow to subdue them battled with, re- yolvers, resulting in casualties on ‘oth Sides and the surrender of the mutineers, Who at last accounts were held prisone: ‘A parley with the commander of the Mos cow garrison after order had been re- stored resulted in an agreement to sui render control. Chaos on Russian Front. RAD, Sunday, July 22—The eae Conditions prevailing on part of chaotGesian front are disclosed in a the uram sent to Premier Kerensky, the telegiional government and the coun- prove workmen's and soldiers’ delegates by the exec ee ee nltveewennneDe) ner of the provisional govern- commissionine second atmy, on the w menhwestern front. The telegram an- sonced the inauguration of tert. Tojssures to combat disaffection. ‘unanimously recognize that the “we demands extreme measures situa rorts, for everything must be Crisave the revolution from ca- risked snes the message reads. “The tastropiger-in-chief on the western gommand the commander of the second from, today have given orders to fire gnvgeserters and runaways. With Kerensky serving not only as premier, but as minister of war and marine, it is apparent that vast powers are thus lodged in the hands of this one man, suggesting those of a virtual dictator. The mandate of this committee is to restore order, both at the front and at home—admittedly a difficult task in the face of the | powerful influences both within and without the nation working against the present regime. It is evidently one, however, with which Kerensky, concededly the strongest man to be found for the task, is willing to grapple with all his widely recognized force and ability. A London dispatch last night said that, according to advices from Petrograd, Premier Kerensky had again started for the front at thé instance of the central committee of soldiers and workmen’s dele- Dispatches from Galicia state that the breach in the Russian line is eight miles wide and ten miles deep. : peared. They no longer listen to or- ders of their leaders, and they neglect all exhortations of comrades, even re- plying with threats and shots. Some ages “ voluntarily evacuate posi- is without even waiting for the ap- broach of the’enemy, i “Cases are on record in which ah or- der given to proceed with all haste to such and such a spot to assist comrades in distress has been discussed for sev- eral hours at meetings, and reinforce- ments consequently have been delayed oS considerable time. ese troops abandon their positio! at the first shots of the enemy, For = distance of several hundred versts long files of deserters, armed and unarmed, men in good health and robust, who have lost all shame and feel they can act altogether with impunity, are pro- ceeding to the rear. Frequently entire units desert in this manner.” Former Czar in Terror. Ministers in office before the revolu- tion, ahs are imprisoned in the fort- ress of St. Peter and St. Paul, had a trying experience last week ‘at the time of the occupation of the fortress by the radical bolsheviki and Kron- stadt sailors, an element of whom in- sisted on immediate removal of the prisoners to Kronstadt. When the fortress was surrendered, former Premier Sturmer had succumbed the, strain and was unconscious, the Bourse Gazette reports. Mme. Souk- homlinoff, wife of the former minister of war, is said to have pl eaded with her guards to furnish her some means of committing suicide, fearing would be lynched. Efforts to removi the prisoners to Kronstadt were ree sisted by the guards. The early sur- jrender of the fortress doubtless pre- vented fulfillment of the design. The former imperial family aiso was greatly alarmed by fragmentary re- ports which reached it in the Alex- androvsky palace at Tsarkoye-Selo. A request of the former emperor for a conference with the Tsarkoye-Selo representative of the council of workmen's and soldiers’ delegates was refused, as was also his plea that the family be transferred to some other place. Assurances were given Nicho- las, however, that he would be pro- tected by the garrison. Means End of Uprisings. LONDON, Jyy 23.—Dispatches _re- ceived by’ the Russian embassy here state that the rising in Petrograd may be considered as definitely suppressed. The regiments which participated tn the disturbances are being disarmed and disbanded, these advices report, and the city is being patrolled by troops. Isolated cases of shovting from win- dows have occurred, but order is be- ing energetically restored and all sus- pects arrested, it 1s added, while drastic Measures are being taken to prevent any further insubordination ot agitation. loa Defeat of Teutonic Enemies First Duty of Free Russi Reforms Are to Come Later By the Associated Press. PETROGRAD, July 23—The pros visional government has issued @ proo- lamation to the nation setting forth the seriousness of the situation, de- claring that its first duty is to apply. its whole strength against the foreign foe and in defense of the administra- tion against anarchical and counter= revolutionary attempts, and outlining important ‘reforms throughout the country. The proclamation reads: “Citizens: The fatal hour has struck. The German emperors armies have broken the front of the national revo- lutionary army, This terrible tion has been facilitated by the crime inal levity and blind fanaticism of some and the treachery of others, At this fateful moment when, taking ad- vantage of the general confusion, the hidden forces of counter-revolution can raise their heads, the remodeled provisional government clearly re- alizes its heavy responsibilities, It Possesses, however, full and firm con- fidence in the strength of the great “ ¢ country know the truth. Let it we without mercy. Let it find enough courage to strike those who by 225 cowardice fre destroying Russia and the revolution.” Spirit for Offensive Lacking. Referring to the threatened disaster, telegram says: ‘Poot mailitary units are in a state of complete disorganization. Russian people and in the rapid re- cuperation of the life politic, now that the contagion, which has shaken the. national organism, has manifested it- mele and burned itself out in an acute crisis. Must First Defeat Foe, “The government that: Their spirit |the crisis will lead to recovery, not death. for the offensive has utterly disap- ‘Strong in that belief, the government is Ly