Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 21, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 274 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, JuLy 21, 1917 16 PAGES—112 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS SELECTIVE DECIDES The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Doubl DRAFT THE ELECT Young Men Who Are Liable to Call for Military Service in the Very THEY WILL FILL RANKS OF REGULAR ARMY Also, the National Guard and be the Increment of the National Army—Already Near Future New 687,000 Have Been Called to Colors and 1,374,000 Will be Summoned for Examina- tion Within a Few Weeks—Secretary Baker Drew the First Number From the Lottery Box — The Modus Openrandi of the Selection of Designating Numbers. Yashington, July 20.—The selective draft was put into effect Friday when a national lottery fixed the order of military liability for the 10,- 000.000 young Americans registered for service. To accomplish the result, numbers had to be drawn one at a time, a task which began in the morning and lasted until Saturday mornng. The lottery was held in the public hearing room of the senate office building with war department officials in charge of the actual drawing and with members of the senate and house 10,500 gnilitary committees as witnesses. through the day there was a small erowd of spectators, but altogether probably less than a thousand persons saw any part of the process. Liability for Service. As a result of the drawing every reistered man is given a definite place in the liability for service list. Already 687,000 have been ordered to the colors to fill to war strength the regular army and national guard and to constitute the first increment of the national army. To secure the total 1,374,000 men ill be called for ex- emination within a few weeks, officials estimating that two registrants must be called for every soldier accepted. These 1,374,000 will be taken from the head of the lability list, every local district_furnishing a fixed quota. The drawing today was conducted with ceremonies as democratic as the ideals of citizenship—it emboatens The Opening Ceremonial It was shortly before ten o'clock when Secretary Baker, entrusted by the president with the carrying out of the draft law rapped for order. The congressional committees were in their parent walls the heap of number- filled capsules that must be taken out one by one. In front of the table a row of army officers waited with the official tally sheetsn before them. Down one side of the room ran anoth- er table where two score press rep- resentatives waited to send out the numbers as they were read. War Secretary Draws. Secretary Baker briefly explained the purpose of the drawing, then stepped forward to be blindfolded and draw the first number. Major General Duval broke the seal and with a long wooden spoon bearing a ribbon of the national colors, vigorously stirred the capsules. The secretary reached into the jar, picked up a capsule and handed it to an announcer. It was numbered Then in quick succession other numb- ers were drawn while cameras and mo- tion picture machines recorded the scene. = The Only Interruption. The only interruptions were the frequent changes of tired announcers and tabulators and the removal for clearing of the blackboards on which each number was written as it came. When a group of 500 numbers had been written, the first section of the board was taken out to be photo- graphed to establish an absolute re- cord, while a second section was sub- stituted.. b 7 = By the luw‘%finca the serial number one wn from the jar as Number the liability list, while Number 10,500, the top number among the capsules came out. Number 238. The serial 13, fabled bearer of ill luck, was drawn in the 7,590th place. Registrants will receive no official word of their order of liability until seats and on a small table stood a great lottery jar, sealed with brown paper and showing through its trans- their local boards sumon them for ex- (Continued on Page Eight.) PLATTSBURG MEN ARE GOING TO PRINCETON Massachusetts School of Technoloay Has Become Overcrowded. Plattsburg, N. Y., July 20.—Because of the fact that the ground school for aviation at the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology has become over- crowded, the war department has no- tified C Wolf that it has been de- cided to open a school at Princeton, and the 17 men designated earlier in the week for aviation will go there, instead of to Boston. The work of selecting the candi- dates who are to receive officers’ com- missions has begun here, and will go steadily on until the entire personnel of the camp has been gone over. Be- ginning today, it is announced, there Wil be a battallon parade each eve- ning at retreat. Trench warfare, homb throwing and the dynamiting of wire entanglements occupled the time of the candidates vesterday. In the bomb throwing real bombs were nused, the men going a Jong way from the camp. This work was under the command of Capt. Ma- gill, U. S. A, assisted by Lawson Rohertson, coach of the University of Pennsylvania, a visitor here and a volunteer pvorker. Robertson came in on this job because of his expert- ness in throwing heavy welghts and was of material assistance to the men. AUSTRIANS’ FUTILE ATTACK ON ITALIAN SOLDIERS Storming Parties Fail to Win in Me- lino Region. Rome, via London, July 20.—British Admiraity per Wireless Press—The IWar Office communication issued yes- terday, sayvs T.ast nizht enemy storming par- supported by a heavy artillery nd machine gun fire, attacked our ositions west of Versics. The at- tack failed completely owing to the vigilance of our infantry and the prompt_action of our artillery. In the Melino region we repulsed a counter-attack enemy parties ich, after artillery preparation, had attacked one of our outposts. “Julian front the artillery was more active. Our guns destroyed a fortified position on Monte Nero and dispersed enemy troops observed in the rear of Monte Santo yesterday. Enemy parties in motion and supply columns and communication lines on the Bansizza, Carso plateau, were dis- persed. The enemy shelled our po- sitions east of St, Catherina on_the Dosso Faiti and southwest of Ver- sles. “The serlal activity was intense along the whole front. One enemy machine was brought down in an air engagement. Ottawa. Ont., July 20.—The following names of Americans appear in today’s casualty list as killed in action: J. JfcKinley. Revere, Mass., and A. G. Me- Leod, Roxbury, Mass. Leader Lenine Arrested. London, July 21—A despatch to the Daily Mail from Petrograd saye it is rumored there that Lenine, leader of the extremists, and seven of his lieu- tenants have been arrested while try- ing to escape to Kromstadt. F: PROMINENT GERMAN ARRESTED IN CLEVELAND Superintendent of Lake Erie Iron Works, and Clubman. Cleveland, July 20—Fritz Baum- gaertner, recently superintendent of the Lake Erie Iron Works, and a member of several exclusive Cleveland clubs, was arrested vesterday at his home by the federal authorities on orders from Washington, and the an- nouncement was made that he would be ingermed for the period of the war. Several weeks ago Baumgaertner was_refused a permit, as a subject of Germany and an alien enemy, to remain at his position as superintend- ent on parole. Baumgaertner, who, it is reported, was at one time connected with the Krupp gun works in Germany, is said to have been asked by German in- terests in South America to head a movement to establish a German- ar: factory there. He is credited w having been active in listing Ohio Germans, under the guise of an em- ployment bureau, Fred D. Schmidt, a German electri- cal engineer, and Arthur Froelich and Max_ Koch, Industrial Workers of the World agitators, were also held and ordered interned by federal agents under directions of the department of Jjustice. e o EXTRADITION OF GERMAN SHIPS MAY BE DEMANDED Berlin Declares Action Will be by Dutch Government. Copenhagen, July 20—The Berlin Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a tele- gram from The Hague, saying “As soon as the Dutch government has established beyond a doubt the fact that the English navy attacked Ger- man merchant steamers in Dutch wa- ters. as eye-witnesses have already testified, it will in all probability de- mand the extradition of the seized German ships.” The press has been remarkably re- ticent in comment regarding | 'the Dutch-English incident, but the con- viction is pretty general here that Holland would in no circumstances brook any violation of her sovereign- Any oum- Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Cabled Paragraphs Disguised Sailor. Petrograd, July 20—Koslovsky, an alleged agent of the German general staff, has been arrested. It is reported that Nikolai Lenine, leader of the re- cent outbreak here, has gone to Kron- stadt disguised as a sailor. Zimmerman Successor. Berlin, July 20.—No successor to Zimmerman as secretary for foreign affairs has been announced. Count Brockdorff - Rentzau, Admiral von Hintz, Count von Bernstorff and Herr von Mueslman are mentioned. Trenches Recovered. Paris, July 20.—Recovery of some trenches elements that remained in German possession after the recent at- tack on the French lines south of St. Quentin is announced in tonight's of- ficial statement by the war depart- ment. GOVERNMENT SEEKING FOR CANTONMENT INSURANCE ive Premiums Are Exacted as Risk is Great. Washington, July 20.—The United States government is trying to obtain fire insurance on about _$35,000,000 worth of property. The risk is some- what more_hazardous than ordinarily comes to the attention of underwrit- ers. The sixteen cantonments that troops will occupy by Sept. 1 are at Aver, Mass.; Yaphank, L. L; Wrightstown, N. I Annapolis Junction, Md.: Pet. ersburg, Va.; Columbia, S. C.: Atlan- Ga.; ‘hillicothe, O.; Louisville, Battle Creek, Mich.; Des Moines, .;" Fort Riley, Kas.; Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Rockford, IIl; Little Rock, Ark.; and American Lake, Wash. Wooden_ buildings are being rapidly erected for the accommodation of nearly 640,000 soldiers. about 40,000 to each camp. The sites are miles away in most cases from adequate fire protection. In the structures milions of dollars worth of supplies will be stored. The war department applied some time ago to fire insurance companies for rates. When quoted the premiums were found to be prohibitive. The matter was then turned over to the quartermaster’s department at Washington. Maj. W. A. Dempsey and Capt, S. H. Wolfe were sent to this city to try to obtain lower rates. They arrived here Tuesday and re- turned to Washington the following day without having come to any agreement with the insurance com- panies. Several insurance men sald yester- day they did mot believe it would be possible at this time to quote rates on such property, and they preferred waitin~ until the camps are built. Then a blanket policy could be issued or underwriters in_the camp localities would he able to fix rates. Each cantonment will contain close to 1,000 buildings. THOUSAND BARGES WANTED BOR STATE BARGE CANAL Prohibi Preparations Progressing For Opening of Erie Waterway. New York, Julv 20.—The federal government will be ed to construct a fleet of 1000 barges for operation on the new state barge canal, according to Frank S. Gardner. secretary of the New York Board of Trade and Trans- portation. Gardner announces that the ty in Dutch waters and would not even stop at taking up arms in de- fence of her rights. GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY DENIES DRAFT CARD ERRORS Report That Cards Were Numbered Wronn is Ridiculous. Sea Girt, N. J, July 20.—Governor Edge gave out the following state- ment last night in reference to the draft registration cards for New Jer- sey. “The report that New Jersey's cards were numbered contrary to in- structions is perfectly ridiculous, On our attention being drawn to this matter I personally telephoned to the provost marshal's office in Washing- ton and received positice denial that such was the fact or that any such inference had been given out. “On _the contrary, New _Jersey's cards have been in Washington com- plete for 10 days, and were prepared absolutely in accordance with the in- stmctions isaued bw thale government be asked to take this ‘ac- tion as @ war measure following a state cagfal convention which is to be held in ;Albany beginning August 1. The call for the convention was made in a circular sent broadcast over the state yesterday. The representa- tives of 50 various civic and business organizations and several hundred barze men will attend the convention. The circular announces that the convention is to be held for the “dis- cussion and adoption of measures de- signed to bring the barge canal into actual and most effective operation and use at the earllest possi»'e date.” “Bhe barge canal through to Lake Frie at Buffalo” the circular con- tinues, “will be open for traffic in May. 1912. The New York canals are capabie of carrying 20,000.000 tons of freisht annually if equipped with barges of proper type and dimensions, and if immediate steps are taken to provide such barges to be placed up- on the canals at the opening of navi- zation in 1918 they will at once relieve the congested rallroads and railroad terminals to such an extent as to en- able the latter to hetter perform their indispensable public functions. “Whether the war continues another vear or not, the demands of Europe in 1918 for our food and other resources of all kinds will be greater than ever before, and the freizht must be car- ried to the seaboard MINISTER EDWARD CARSON GIVEN FREEDOM OF BELFAST England Readyv to Treat With Best of German Nation. Belfast, July 20—Sir Carson. minis- ter without portfolio in the British wart cabinet, in receiving the freedom of the city of Belfast today, made a speech_in which he referred to the ad- dress before the German reichstag of Tmperial Chancellor Michaelis. He said that the speech did not differ much from previous speeches from the same quarter. “No man longs for peace more than 1.” Sir Edward added, “and the nation longs for peace, but we never can agree to peace as long as Prussianism holds its head above water. If the Germans want peace we are prepared tomorrow to treat mot with Prussian- ism. but with the best of the German nation.” SELECTED YOUNG MEN HAVE TIME TO ENLIST The Opportunity Ends When Ordered For Examination by Local Board. New Haven, July ‘Major William A. Mercer, of New London, command- ing recruiting officer for the regular army in this state, tonight said that registered _men whose numbers were drawn in Washington today, still have a_charce to volunteer for the armv. He made public the following tele- gram received from the war depart- ment: “After a registered person has been called for military service by his local board and directed to appear for physical examination he ceases to be eligible for voluntary enlistment.”" Since April 1, there have been 1,- 713 men enlisted in the state. Three more New Jersey State pri- son deputies were suspended for abus- inz mrisopers. 3 2 Ileclarei Serious DESTRUCTION THiS YEAR EX- CEEDS LOSS OF LAST YEAR London Declares the Only New Re- Available These Losses Are Ameri sources for Decreasing an Boats— Germany Must Stop From Exhaus- or the Armies of the Allied Nations Must March Victorious In- to Berlin. tion, London, July 20.—The gravity of the submarine situation immediately ap- pears from the figures themselves. Losses are being sustained [* a rate which can have only one re if it is maintained, and the only . re- sources available for decreasink these losses are American boats. The Brit- ish navy is stretched to capacity to take care of its many duties, which clude the use of every available craft for fighting submarines. Excluding ~ steamers damaged = or beached, but not sunk, raider losses and other losses, which the authori- ties deemed unwise to publish, shij ping losses (actual sinkings) by U- boats for the first six months of 1917 were 3,507,267 tons, but at the pres- AMERICA’S AID WANTED|A RUSSIAN REGIMENT U-Boats’ Ravages |Russian Troops Are Disaffected ALLOWED GERMANS AND AUS- TRIANS TO MAKE BIG GAINS Left the Trenches and Retired, Forcing Other Units in the Line to Fall Back of Troops Refused to Obey Commands —Under Influence Extremists —Russians Repulsed Germans Near Brzezany—German Checked. Crown Prince Dissafection among Russian troops has resulted in an important gain of ground by the Germans and Austrians in the region of Zlochoff, cast of Lem- berg, the Galician capital. Persistent German attacks at first were repulsed by the Russians. Later a Russian regiment near the center of the line voluntarily left its trenches and retired, forcing the other units on the line to fall back. This movement, Petrograd says, gave the Germans opportunity for develop- ing their movement. Some Russian troops are reported to have refused to obey their commanders under the influence of the extremists who brought about the recent disorders in the Russian capital. Prince Leopold throughout the entire year. advertise much in not the newspaper’s fault. just as many people to be seen. can be had. ours.” letin’s columns: SUMMER ADVERTISING Advertsing is something which should be employed consistently It has its value at all times and concern- ing summer advertising the Meriden Journal well says: “There are some businessmen who get the notion that they won't mmer because so many people are out of town. As a consequence, if business is so dull in their stores that some one has to go around and wake up the clerks at stated periods. it is “As a matter of fact, the idea that there is no chance for business in summer is a myth. As you look at the streets there are always Some are away, but others are visit- ing here. They read the local papers, and are just as likely to be attracted by bargains as the old residents. “The large department stores in the big cities are good guides as to the practical value of any kind of advertising. They keep their no- tices in the papers week after week right through the summer. They certainly wouldn’t do it unless there is a lot of summer trade that What pays them will pay the merchants In a town like What is true of Meriden is of course true of Norwich. Use The Bulletin’s advertising columns and keep business coming. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total July 14.. 165 142 1042 1349 July 16.. 174 135 182 491 Tuesday, July 17.. 154 137 168 459 Wednesday, July 18.. 154 122 210 486 Thursday, July 19.. 161 160 297 618 Friday, July 20. . 467 109 138 414 Folals oo, o500 7975 805 2037 - 3847 ent rate will exceed 7,000,000 tons for the year. The total losses, with the exceptions noted, from August, 1914, to July, 1917, were 7,706,291 tons. The present countings of comparative plenty in food. which conceal the se- riousness of the situation from the general population, are due to the fact that in 1914, 1915 and 1916 new tonnage kept pace with the destruc- tion and a food reserve was accumu- lated. The shipping loss for six months this year exceeded the loss for the en- tire yvear of 1916 by nearly a million and a quarter tons. To arrive at con- ditions one vear from now, at the present rate of destruction and new construction, add 1/500,000 to the present total of shipping and subtract 7,000,000 tons. The result will be the tonnage as it will stand on July 1, 1918. Between now and then no ap- preciable addition to the tonnage from American yards can be relied on. It will require 18 months to feel the effect of American construction. The whole subject boils down to these terms. First, either Germany must stop from exhaustion, or, second, the allied armies must march victori- ous into Berlin, or, third, some new scientific instrument or weapon must be invented to put the submarine out of business, or, fourth, more effective use must be made of destroyers and other craft and armed merchantmen, or fifth, the crisis which will inevita- bly come in a few months must be tided over by withdrawing shipping now used in ventures elsewhere—an expedient very difficult and of doubt- ful efficacy. FOOD CONTROL BILL VIRTUALLY COMPLETED Final Vote on Discussed Measure Will Be Taken Today. ‘Washington, July 20.—The food con- trol bill virtually was completed in the senate today and a final vote will be taken tomorrow. The senate today approved the lead- ers’ compromise amendment limiting authority for government purchases and sale of commodities to fuel, wheat. flour, meal, beans and potatoes. The compromise licensing section also was adopted. It provides for licensing in interstate or foreign commerce wheat elevators, cold storage and packing houses, tarm machinery factories, coal mines and dealers, fertilizer products and whoiesalers of the necessaries named. The senate rcjected 51 to 24 an amendmept to extend the licensing provision to interstate commerce. Irish Convention Secret. London, July 20.—An order-in-coun- cil issued today prohibits, either by publication or by speech, the giving of any report of the proceedings of the coming Irish convention, except such as has been officially authorized. Of- fenders of the prohibition are liable to punishment under the defence of the realm act. led the Austro-German advance 1In| person and his troops, Berlin says, oc-| cupied three zomes of defense and captured a “few thousand” prisone Northwest of Halicz the Ru have evacuated Bludniki. Brezezany, between Halicz and Zlochoff, the Russians have repulsed German’ efforts. A Russian offensive movement near Novica, south of Kalusz, brought no important gain. An attempt to assassinate Alexander Kerensky, the Russian minister of war, who encouraged the Russian sol- diers to take the offensive on July first, | has failed. A shot fired at the minister | in the town of Polotsk missed him. | Another effort by the German crown | prince to regain the Californie and Casemates plateaux between Hurbe- bise and Craonne, on the Aisne front, has been checked by the French. The | attacked repeatedly in mass forma- tion by every attempt was repulsed and the French held to their positions. | Elsewhere on the front in France| there have been only raids and artil- lery duels. TEACHER OF FEEBLE MINDED F CHARGED WITH MURDER Alleged Victim is a Female In- structor at School. His Laconia, N. H., July 19.—Morris P. Bradford, instructor at the State School for the Feeble Minded here, | today waived examination on a| charge of the murder on June 28 of Miss Allce B. Richards, head teacher at the school. The defendant, who was not in court, was ordered held without bail for the October term of the superior court. Bradford pleaded not guilty on June 30. Miss Elizabeth Suess, assistant ma- tron at the school, and Miss Dorothy Davis, a_teacher, who were wounded at the time Miss Richards was kill- ed, have since recovered. The assault, in’ which a hunting knife was used, occurred in a cottage on the school grounds, to which Bradford had in- vited the women. PREMIER YVOFF RESIGNS AND KERENSKY SUCCEEDS Nekrasoff Named Provisionally Minister of Justice. Petrograd, July 21—The Bourse Ga- zette announces that Premier Lvoff has resigned and that Alexander F. Kerensky has been appointed premier but will temporarily retain his portfo- lio of minister of war and marine. M. Tseretelli has been appointed to the post of minister of the interior, which was held by M. Lvoff, but will retain his portfolio of minister of posts and telegraphs. M. Nekrasoff has been named pro- visionally as minister of justice, In place of M. Pereveizeff, resigned Thursday. 5 | issued {men between the 8 jable-bodied and unemployed, to regis- Condensed Telegrams Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., began his military career by scrubbing floors. The draft drawing put the kibosh on baseball box scores in press reports, Friday. President Wilson nominated Roland S. Morris, of Philadelphia, ambassador to Japan. The munitions factory at Enzels- field, Budapest, were burned .accord- ing to a report in Zurich. Only 217 men were sent to training camps for the first three days of Massachusetts enrollment. A Russian destroyer sank a sub- marine in the Baltic by dropping bombs on it. The crew was drowned. The Bureau of Foreign and Domes- tic Commerce issued 1,500 expert li- censes out of a batch of 2,500 appli- cants. The Massachusetts delegation in the House boasts of more recruits from its offices than any other of the 48 states. At 4:30 Friday afternoon, seven hours after the draft drawing started, only 4,000 of the 10,500 numbers had been drawn. Mrs. Hazel Carter, the woman from Arizona, who nearly got into the trenches in France, will appear in vaudeville. Five sheds containing nearly 30,- 000 tons of ice, owned by the Dor- chester Ice Co., at Kingston, Mass., were burned. Dr. J. H. McNeil of Philadelphia, is chief of the Department Bureau of Animal Industry of New Jersey at $4,000 a vear. Mayor Mitchell and the recommen- dation for his renomination on the fu- sion ticket were approved by United States Senator Calder. The regular army gained 1,276 men in the latest recruiting statement is- sued from the War Department. Since April 1 the total is 151,319, The Western Union Telegraph an- nounced that the legal time in Russia was advanced one hour on July 14, to continue until Sept. 13, 1917. Mrs. T. Roosevelt, Jr., in Paris from New York and was greet- ed by the prefect of the department in behalf of the French Government. arrived French army officers will remove the charge of desertion against B. F. Hinkle, an aviator In the Lafayette cadrille. Hinkley overstayed his leave. The covered mile track at Jewett- ville, near Bugalo, the largest covered oval In the world will be razed. The sale of the track was completed yes- terday. Accordina to a Chinese paper, Feng Kwo-Chang, vice-president of China, has_yielded to the urgent request of Li Yuan Hung to accept the post of president. John Quinlan of Philadelphia, is a human ostrich. Doctors found in his stomach 452 pieces of hardware, in- cluding 34 spoons, 32 coins, 19 screws and 12 hooks. According to a report from a blue- jacket of one of the battleships which helped to convoy the troops to France, a water bomb from the ship destroyed a German U-boat Governor Harrington of Maryland a proclamation requiring the ages of 18 and ter on or before Aug, 20. Members of the Russian M touring the.United States inspecting military camps, arrived Water- town, N. Y., and left for the officers’ reserve camp at Sacketts Harbor. After lecturing a section gang on fely first” methods, T. B. Boyles, Itimore & Ohio track foreman, Unless the American railroad situ- ation is remedied before January, 1918, the country faces the necessity of using the entire rolling stock for the army and navy purposes six days out of seven. The French Chamber of Deputies passed the graduated income tax, which was under the discussion since 1907, when it was introduced by Jo- ph Chillaux, minister of finance. he vote was 442 to 1 Commodore W. H . Mackay, ex- postmaster at Rutherford, was honor- ed by Governor Edge of New Jersey with a special commission as chief engineer for his services in repairing the German liner Vaterland. The provisional state council at Warsaw perfected a plan of judicial organization of the Polish kingdom. County courts and courts of justics will retain their present functions and new courts will be established. Belgians to Visit Boston. Boston, July 19.—Boston will en- tertain on the third anniversary of the invasion of Belgium, Aug. 3, Baron Moncheur and his associates of the Belgian mission to this country, ac- cording to word received today by Mayor Curley from Frank L, Polk, acting secretary of state. The mis- sion was recently invited here by the mayor. Woman Drowned. Hartford, Conn., July 20.—Mrs. Mi- chael Doherty was drowned from a houseboat on the East Hartford shore of the Connecticut river tonight. The body was recovered. Bhe is survived by her husband. The Dohertys had made their home on the houseboat for three or four years. Germans In Pursuit. Berlin, via London, July 20.—The of- ficfal statement issued by the German war office tonight reads: “Western theatre: There was strong artillery duel in Flanders. “Fastern theatre: Our troops be- tween the River Sereth and the Riv- er Stripa are pursuing the retreating enemy closely.” Reichstag Votes 15,000,000,000 Marks. Copenhagen, Jily 20.—The German reichstag has voted without discussion the third reading of the bill providing for a war credit of fifteen billion marks. The minority against the measure was made up of independent socialists, * a Peace Resolves By Reichstag MAJORITY PEACE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY MAJORITY OF 81 MICHAELIS’ 'MANIFESTO Germany Would Not Continue the Wa a Day Longer If It Could Obtain an Heonorable Peace, He Says—Ameri- can Intervention Was Not Regarded With Serious Sayt Submarine is Not Contrary to In. Concern—He ternational Law. Copenhagen, July 20.—The reich- stag yesterday adopted the majority beace resolution by a vote of 214 tq 116, with 17 not voting. Chancellor Michaells,|in hig address before the reichstag yesterday, said Germany would not continue the war a day longer if it could obtain an honorable peace. America’s interven- tion was not regarded with serfous concern. The German fleet, particu larly the submarines, would master the situation, he said “Although,” said Chancellor chaelis to the reichstag yesterday “English statesmen knew, as shown by their Blue Book, the Russian mo bilization must lead to war with Ger- M1 , they addressed not a word of arning to Russia against milita measures, while my predecessor instructions July 1914, to the am bassador at Vienna, directed him to say that we willingly fulfill our Auty to an ally but must refuse to permit ourselves to be involved in a world war through Apstro-Hungary dis garding our counsels. The man who wishes to kindle a world war does not write like this, but like a man who is laboring and has labored for peace to the utmost. “Appointed chancellor by the em peror, I have the honor for the first time to communicate with your high house. A great weight has been lald on my shoulders in a most grave time Trusting God and German might, I ventured to undertake it and shal now serve the cause to the utmost of my power. I beg from vou your trust and co-operation in the spirit whick has been splendidly maintained in this body during the war. “Unless T had belleved in the jus tice of our cause I would@ not have accepted office.” “The concentration of the Russian army cflmgfilled Germany to seize the sword. There was no chofce left to us and what is true of the war it self is true also of our weapons, par ticularly the submarine. We deny the accusatfon that the submarine warfare is ctntrary to international law and violates the right of human- ity. “England forced this weapon in our hands through an lllegal blockade England prevented neutral trade with Germany and proclaimed a war of starvation. Our faint hope that Amer at the head of the would neutrale esterday’s speech by Dr. Michaells, the imperial chancelfor, before the reichstag, s interpreted as an Ind{ cation that he ia for the present steer ing_a middle-of-the-road course The speech may be eald hardly have aroused pronounced enthu The new chancellor, upon the trit does not present the heroic figura Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg did thermore, he did not reveal himself to Fur As an equally fmpressive speaker, In this speech, at least. check Fnglish illegality, was valn the final attempt was made b honorably intended peace offer t avold the last extremity fafled “Then Germany had to choose tt last measure as a counter me of self-defence. Now also it mus it through for the purpose of shorten ing the war. The submarine war accomplishing all and more th, it is expected to. “I declare, In fact, that the = marine accomplishes In the destr: tion of enemy tonnage what it should 1t impairs England's economic lite and the conduct of the war month t month in a growing degree so that will not be possible to oppose the cessity for peaca much longer “We look without serion upon the optimistic sentimer entente countries caused ca’s Intervention. Tt is e how much tonnage ls neces: transport an army from America Furope, how much tonnage is req to feed such an army. After our pre vious success, we shall he able master this situation, also, th bma our fleet, particularly the s AMERICAN AVIATORS TRAINING WITH CANADIANE Canada States in Winter. in Summer and Will Trai One training hundred July 20, in Toronto, Americans are the Royal Flying corps. British o cers are the instructors. but the TUnit ed States government defravs ox mes penses of airplanes and aerodron also caring for the men while ada. This s the firsg step In an extens programme for training aviators which the Canadian branch of the Rova Flylng corps has undertaken for tha Tnited Statas in a_co-operative whereby Canafla will provide training_camp in_summer and United States in the winter w impossible to teach fiying in da. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN MAY NOT GO TO FRANCE Before Cold Weather Sots Secretary Baker. In, Says ‘Washington, July 20—Tn response to protest against training of northern national guardsmen in southern states. a letter from Secretary Baker, read today in the senate, eald the arrange ment had been made for climatic rea- sons and that-the guardsmen probabl cannot be sent to France before cold weather. He said it ig planned to send divi sions of the guardsmen to France, rrobably during the winter, as soon as they are trained and tonnage Il avallable. The United States will have $20,- 000,000 worth of motor trucks at t front before Christmas, or 10,650 all in