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CONGRESS SPEEDS BELL
FOR GREAT AIR FLEET
f40,000,000 Appropriation, Now
in House, Will Be Passed
Tomorrow
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WASHINGTON, July IS.
"Victory for American arms through de
Mt of Oermany In the air has become
tfe war alogan of Congreta Thus was
Mntlment cryttalllted In the Houae today
When Chairman Dent, of the Military Af
fairs Committee, reported the J44O.0OO.O0O
aviation bill. The bill came out of the com
Milttee with o, unanimous vote that It be
patsed. So aroused are members to the
necessity of Immediate domination of the
fclr by the United States and her allies that
the bill will be passed tomorrow almost
Without opposition. It could be passed
today but for parliamentary requirements.
The House, which throughout the war has
keen particularly generous with appropria
tions, wilt again bury partisanship to en
large the flying corps. Julius Kshn. the
California Republican who successfully led
the Administration fight for tho sclectlvo
draft bill, today gave unqualified support
to the aviation bill. Mr Kahn emphasized
the Importance of Immediate passage of tho
kill and all possible secrecy In preparations
to wrest control of the air from the enemy.
'I bellevo It to be essential." said Mr.
Kahn, "that the bill for the expansion of
our aviation section of tho signal corps
ehould be passed without delay I am
also of the opinion that there should he
no publicity whatever of the details of tho
expenditure of the proposed proposition of
many hundreds of millions of dollars for
aviation purposes If such Information were
given out, In all likelihood It would be com
municated to tho Central Powers. Thoy
Would then build up their own aviation sec
tions, so as to meet any aerial force for
which we might provide They must be
kept entirely In the dark as to the enormous
extent of the aviation forces we will create
tor employment In this war.
"The sooner Congress passes the law the
ooner our country will be able to con
struct airplanes, th munitions and all
necessary Implements required for such a
Breat avlatlin force. The sooner we pass
the law the quicker we will be able to
train the many thousands of men required
aa pilots, observers and mechanicians
"Control of the air Is an essential In
modern warfare aa control of the sen. Our
country must begin Immediately to gain
control In order that we may bring the
war to a speedy termination."
The Military Committee has provldrd
authorization of a flying corps limited In
material and personnel only by the dis
cretion of the President German spies
who study the bill will not be able to get
any correct estimate of the size of the
aerial fleet about to be launched against
them.
Estimates of the capacity of American
airplane plants have, however, been freely
made. Experts said It would be possible
to construct 3500 machines In six months
and 10,000 machines within a iear Kx
parti have been at work night and day
on specifications for a standardized Ameri
can motor. Comparison of thli motor with
one Just perfected In France shows that
the American machine aproxlmates the
work of the French wizards In all essentials
The motors will be available In endless
supply within three months
Reiclistag Sits on
Lid to Win Reform
Continued from Tnce One
tin political circles, although doing away
With the three-Class system, had Introduced
aa'a concession to the Conservative and
National Liberal parties the principle ot
plural voting.
A proviso Is made that the attainment of
a certain age, marriage or educational
qualification entitles an elector to additional
Totes.
The Conservatives had alnly endeavored
to have this principle, which provides some
counter-balance to the big Socialist vote,
xtended to embrace property as qualifica
tion for an additional vote, but the Idea was
finally dropped.
The Emperor's Insertion of the word
"equal" In the formula presenting the new
franchise will operate to prevent the Gov
ernment and the hitherto dominant parties
from Jockeying with the new suffrage bill,
defeating or limiting the reform In practice
while granting It In principle.
BOLLWEG OR WHO NOT,
JUST THE SAME TO U. S.
WASHINGTON', July 13
The reported resignation of Imperial
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and his
associates meant to officials here todav
merely a shift of men not principles Oer
many Is throwing out a sop to world
opinion, it Is believed, while In fact she
remains a great military autocracy.
The State Department advices make it
plain that tho participation In the con
ferences of the Crown Prince Is ory signifi
cant. It Is held to mean that he has de
erted the war party The State Depart
ment advices as made public here today
were aa follows:
The Nleuwe Courant reports that tho
resignation of Chancellor von iiethmann
Hollweg and the entire Cabinet has been
confirmed, but states that no decision yet
has been reached by the Emperor.
The paper quotes a letter from the Em
peror to the president of the Prussian
Cabinet ordering that a bill for Prussian
electoral reform on a basis of equal fran
chise be Introduced In the Prussian Diet
early enough so that new elections may
take place on that basis The paper says
that the resolution of the Reichstag ma
jority not to vote war credits before a
satisfactory solution of the crisis is
WANTED:
CARPENTERS
PIPE FITTERS
BRICKLAYERS
SHEET IRON
WORKERS
BLACKSMITHS
BOILERMAKERS
To go to France with
Ninth Engineers, Na
tional Army. Will work
on shop construction and
repairs to locomotives of
the French Railroads.
Volunteers Exempt
from Draft
Apply to Col. Herbert Deakyne,
Regimental Barracks, Commercial
Museum, 34th and Spruce Street
PMl.J.lnklm. P..
reached shows that the advocates of par
liamentary reform mean business. The
Berlin correspondent of this paper tele
graphs that It Is Impossible for him to
send any reports.
Tho Ilet Vaderland quotes the Frank
furter Zeltung as warning the nation
against any half-way measure and urges
a clean slate and a Government resting
on the confidence of the Reichstag and the
people. The paper thinks that the partlcl
patlon of the Crown Prince In the con
ferences Is significant, aa the Junkers
(war party) always had hoped to be sup
ported by him
The Handelsblad writes that It Is a
question whether the Emperor ever will
agree to a government against the wishes
of the whole Right.
Taking stock of tho situation both from
press reports and from the word of returned
observers, military men viewed matter
with extreme pessimism
Hollweg's scornful rejection of "no an
nexations, no Indemnities" signified to the
experts here that the military side of Ger
many had presented statistics spelling cold
bloodedly Germany's confidence in Mctory
And while military men only whisper this,
they say that present development point
strongly to the uselessness of the present
trench warfare a a declsle factor In Rvvny
Ing the war balance
A big air victory or a declsle navHl en
counter, they declare, is the onlv thing to
upset prosent alignments
GERMANS RENEW LURE
OF PEACE TO RUSSIA
PETROORAD. July 13
Germany 1 desperately pouring a new
flood of propaganda into Russia In a
superlative effort to dampen the popular
war ardor. The directing point seems to
bo Stockholm
Some of the evidences of this tide of argu
ment as gathered today were German argu
ments against further Russian advances, on
the ground that Ho German minority So
cialists had agreed to pverv point of tho
Russian peace alms, oven Including Atsare
l.orralne Agitators whose previous activi
ties have Rl' en Indication of their connec
tion with the German propaganda system
nre spreading these arguments.
Another rumor, apparently traceable to
the same source, was that Germany wn
preparing for peace.
Petrograd continues Jubilant at the fresh
successes achieved In the great offensive.
Troops In other sections of the front, who
have not yet had their orders to go
forward, are beginning to exhibit Impatience
to get at the enemy
The Ninety-seventh regiment, for
Instance, has unanimously adopted a reso
lution to which fiOOO votes were subscribed,
refusing to cultivate tho fields and con
cluding: We will die In the trenches from dis
ease waiting for pacifists nnd radical
dreamers In Pctrograd to decide whether
we will advance We want to advance
Immediately. Let the rifle lie used on
those trying to hold us back. The llfo of
the republic Is at stake The only way
to save It Is to advance
BRITAIN TO DERATE WAR
K PLANS WITH RUSSIA
COPENHAGEN, Julv 13
Only second In Importance to the gieat
political upheaval In Germanv l the news
from London that England a? the leader
of the Allies, haR consented to enter Into
negotiations with Russia with a view to re
vising the war alms) of the Entente.
Already negotiations are In progress be
tween England, France and Italy as to the
best method by which the discussion with
Russia can take place.
The action taken by England was said
totlav to be a derided victory for the re
publican Government of Russia and It fol
lows an exchange of notes between Pctro
grad and London In which tho Russian
Foreign omce asked that thelieace terms of
the Allies, as announced by Premier Lloyd
George, be modllled
The situation has developed ns follows
As an autocracy Russia set forth her
chief war aim as the annexation of Con
stantinople and tho Dardanelles The
Allies gae their consent Then Premier
Lloyd George, of England, ruado a great
speech In the Iirltlsh Parliament in which
he announced widespread innexation for
all the allied countries pae England After
that came tho oerthrow of the Russian
autocracy A republic was :et up and the
leaders responsible for It Immediately modi
fied the Russian war alms. A quick peace
with no annexations ami no Indemnities
became the cry of a big faction In Petro
grad This led to political disturbances
which for a time threatened to wreck tho
new Government The Russian Foreign
Office appealed to the other allies to revise
their war alms and the dlspatihes from
London telling of England's decision to do
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regulations prescribed pursuant thereto,
shall apportion tho quotas so apportioned
tosuch States. Territories or districts and
shall communicate to each local board es
tablished In such State, Territory or dIMrlet
notice of the net quota to bo furnished by
such board, and such net quotas shall there
upon be furnished by tho rcspectlvo local
boards hs tequlred by said net of Congress
and rules and regulations prescribed pur
suant thereto"
In the announcement by the War De
partment allowance was tnndo for men In
each State In the National Guard and volun
teers In the regular nrmy and militia since
April 1 The credits wero subtracted from
the gross quota. In thU way States that
have answered the President's call for vol
unteers will carry a lighter burden than
tho "slacker" States
The credits allowed States for national
guardsmen and for enlistments since April
1 In cither the Guard or the regular army
are as follows,
Alabama. 7GM, Arizona 90S, Arkansas. 7155:
Callfornld 11. "en, Colorado .",027. Connecticut,
7S07. nlaware t3'M Dlairlu of Columbia,
SMIO, Florida 378H, Oorgla. SUITS, tdlho. M.'lw.
Illinois. 273H. Indiana 1J.409. Iowa. 12 1172.
Kansas 11 325: Kentucky. 7S7K, Louisiana, 4H07.
MMliif 5123 Maryland. 701H, Maaaarhuaetts
22.41S. Mbhlgan, 13., "TO. Minnesota. hl'-'J. Mis
sissippi. SCno, Missouri. 10 710 Montana 2533,
Nebraska, ralftl. Nevada, 382. New Hampshire,
3027. New Jersey 14 "9, New Mexico, 1557.
New York r.2.1171 North Carolina. 7171. North
Dakota, 2I1H. Ohio. 27 flMl, Oklahoma, 43(.
Oreaon. IWT7. Pennsylvania. 37.24s. Hhndo
Island, 4105, South Carolina 5010. South Da
kota 4125 Tennessee. 7502. Texas. 17.4HS.
rtah. 2raul, Vermont 21bS Virginia. i"i22,
Washington 5150 West Virginia "i7Ij Wis
consin. 15 271, Wvomlng. ISOS. Alaska. 13.
Hawaii, 4397, Porto Itlro, 24,
Tho net quota of encn State was arrived
at after subtracting these "crcdltr ' from the
gross quota of each State
CITY WILL COMPLETE
DRAFT LISTS TODAY
Philadelphia's draft lists of the 191,000
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3-16 Carat
$14.00
i5 Carat
$21.88
1-3 Carat
$33.00
i2 Carat
$58.75
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men In this city eligible for conscription
will be completed today.
With the exception of one district, the
Twenty-second, tho lists were finished
throughout the city late last night. The
board of the missing district, which com
prises the thirty-nine election divisions of
the Twenty-sixth Ward, nnnounced that It
probably will bo ready to send off Its
returns today.
Moro than 6200 men registered In this
district on registration day. Their names
will be posted In the Fifteenth street and
Snyder avenuo police station probably to
day Philadelphia will be called upon to give
13 733 men to the new army. Following
Instructions from Washington that every
man who registered should make himself
familiar with the new number assigned to
him hundreds of men dally are visiting
police station and scanning the lists that
have heen prepared.
The station houses arc the only places
where the individual rerlal number may be
obtained Notwithstanding the stress laid
upon this fact, hundreds of letters are being
received dally at the office of the registra
tion commissioners In Pity Hnll These
letters are from Individuals throughout the
rltv and bear requests for the serial
numbers
In an efTort to discourage the sending of
these letters to the 'commissioners. Hampton
S Thomas, recorder, today Issued a state
ment In which he said that tho commission
ers were unable to grant the requests as the
numbers were not on file at the office.
The only place that they can be obtained,
he said. Is at the various police stations.
Three of the districts which had been In
a muddled state completed nnd mailed their
llts last night
Work also was hastened In the Twenty
second District when appointments were
made to replace two members of the dis
trict exemption board who resigned Wlllard
D Barcus was chosen to tako tho place of
Hugh C Moore, and Dr. John P. Murenam,
1228 South llroad street, succeeds Dr. Will
Ham F Morrison, who became Ineligible
after Joining the olllcers' reserve corps.
Joseph W Uardlner. 2338 South Prond
street, one of the members of this board,
got Into communication with the two new
members as soon ns the appointments had
been announced
Arrangements hae been made to take up
the work at the earliest moment tndiy.
Mayor Hmlth was blamed for holding
up the work of the draft board of the
Twenty-second District bv Mr Oardlner
because the Mayor had failed to fill the
vacancies caused by resignations of two
of the men, after he had been notified to
do so. he said.
"Tho delay was caused entirely by the
Mayor," be said "The two members of the
board Hugh 1' Mooie nnd Dr William F
Morrison sent In their resignations two
weeks ago. ct the Mayor did nothing
Last Monday I telegraphed to Provost
Marshal Ueneral C'rowder asking whether
any one had been appointed In their places.
I wanted to know so that we could go ahead
with the work In the meantlmo I had
bi-en working all the time on the cards
"(leneral t'rowdcr then telegraphed to
Hairlahurg and Harrlsburg In turn wired
to the Major's office. Howeer. the Mayor
declnres he knows nothing about nil thla
1 also telegrnphcd to Harrlsburg and wrote
to the Mayor, but the only reply I received
was from the Provost Marshall fJeneral
Crowder told me that he would nnmil wo
men Juit ns soon as ho possibly could In
the meantime be told me to go ahead with
the work as best I could
Men In close touch with the Mayor said
that they doubted If he had authority to
accept the resignations, which would ex
plain the delay
.1 Fred Hberle. Jr. of 1302 Jefferson
street. hairman of the Thirteenth District
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board, which Include the Twentieth Ward,
hat resigned. His place will be taken by
rhlltp B. Wright, of IBIS North Broad
street
The resignation of Horace V. Seldel, of
2S09 North Nineteenth street, as secretary
of the Twenty-fourth Division, was accepted
and Andrew C. KeeUy. of 2448 North Uroaa
street, the former chairman of the board,
waa made secretary. Mr Keeley's position
will be filled by Albert B. Kohler. of 2S2J
North Twelfth street. Oovernor Brum
baugh'a new appointee for. the district.
Draft board developements Included one
other change In the Twenty-seventh Dis
trict, where Dr. John W. Dick, of 1945
Christian street, was appointed to succeed
Dr. James n. Schechle, of 1804 Christian
street, who resigned
TOTAL REGISTRATION
IN STATE 834,389
HAnnisiiuna. July u
The complete summarization report, show
ing the number of white and colored men
and aliens registered In Pennsylvania on
June 5 and subsequent days, has been sent
to Washington by Colonel Frank G.
Sweeney, In charge of the State Registra
tion Bureau here.
The table shows there were 834,389 men
between the ages of twenty-one and thirty
years registered Of this number, 12,19
were white cltUens, 215.984 colored, 180,754
aliens nnd 6455 alien enemies.
WHITR
Legislative. Judicial or executive olll
cers, 428.
Persons totally disabled, 8084.
Dependent relatives Indicated. 348,041.
Occupational exemptions Indicated,
26,834.
Totals of those Indicating exemptions,
382 387
Cards Indicating no exemptions, 229.809.
Grand total of cards of white citizens,
612,196.
COLOnCD
Legislative. Judicial or executive olll
cers, 22
Persons totally disabled, 313
Dependent relatives Indicated. 20.944.
Occupational exemptions Indicated. 941
Totals of those Indicating exemptions,
22,260
Cards indicating no exemptions, 13,744.
Grand total of cards of colored citizens,
36,984.
ALIHNS
Allen enemies (Germans), 5455.
Aliens nnd alien enemies. 186,209.
The summarization blank also contains
the numbers of men of draft age divided
according to years Men of nil classes are
divided, ns follows-
WHITE
21 58.330 26 59.981
22 60,061 27 60,619
23 63,395 28 62.600
24 62.017 29 60.005
25 60,526 30 i. 64,762
COLORED
21 4,278 26 3.429
22 4,122 27 3,422
23 4,019 28 3,338
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it. '.'.'.'.'.'..... 3414 30 2i972 )
21 13,559 26 18,261
22 16,845 27 19,075
23 18,120 28 20,961
24 17,927 29 20,975
26 17,112 30 23,374
Tho totals were mado up from the com
plete summarization blanks filed officially
here by the 282 registration boards. Thcro
are still fifty of these boards that have
not sent In their registration cards Some
of those already hero are In bad shape,
being Illegible and Incomplete or not certi
fied to ns being original copies.
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Negotiations Now on Expected
to Halt Auction Monday of
140 Workers' Property
NEW TOnK. July 13.
By an eleventh-hour agreement between
representatives of the Danbury hatters and
the D. II Loewo Company, foreclosure sals
of 140 workers' homes In Danbury, Nor
walk and Bethel, Conn., may be averted.
Although details of the deal aro kept
secret today. It Is definitely known thnt
negotiation, are In progress whereby the
Loewe firm will not Insist on the auction
sales, provided that heavy payment In cash
Is made before next Monday. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor will probably
furnish the money If the negotiations suc
ceed. From those In close touch with the sit
uation It was learned today thcro Is con
siderable doubt about tho bales starting In
Danbury Monday as scheduled. High oul
clals of the hatters' union are In Danbury
today.
ALLEGED SLEUTH ARRESTED
Flanagnn Taken in Charge by Cop.Who
Doubts His Government Credentials
With an air of mystery. Thomas Flana
gan, of no special address, told n number
of persons In the Tenderloin today that
he was a Government Inspector
He seemed content when thlt Informa
tion caused general uneasiness nnd finally
whispered tho news to Policeman Bums
Tho latter knows that Government agents
do not go about advertising their Identity
and took Flanagan to the Eleventh and
Winter streets station '
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HAST ST. LOUIS, III., July 13,-PoHj,
nnd military authorities today are Invent
gating the origin of a fire which early m
day burned three buildings on the edj, 0.
the negro district where last week's rlotl
occurred.
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