Germany Will Not Make Peace Offer to Allies , New Chanceltoir Tells Rekhstvg *i... • - . • HARRISBURG iflflHi TELEGRAPH ' otar-Jndepntbcnt - * / LXXXVI— No. 172 22 PAGES U. S. CALLS TEN MILLION MEN TO SERVE UNDER CITY WILL NOT BE AFFECTED FIGHTING MEN TO BE PICKED BY ROTATION War Department's Lottery Gives Each Man Registered in June a Definite Place on the Army Rolls; Plan Is to Have Men Holding First Number to First Answer to the Nation's Call For Soldiers DRAWING CONSUMES HOURS OF TIME BECAUSE OF PRECAUTIONS TAKEN Physically Fit to Be Called For Traininig About the Middle of September When 687,000 Registrants Will Be Put Under Arms; Senate Office Building a Solemn Scene Washington, July 20. This is the day of the nation's selec tion from among its sons to fill up the ranks of the armies of democracy. x Who shall go first among the ten millions registered for ser vice is to be determined by chance in a carefully devised lottery, ind before the day is ended the federal government will have con verted its registration list into a muster roll with every registrant set down in the exact order of his liability to call. L The drawing of lots is the climax of the nation's effort to build up a great military force on the principal of universal service. After the muster roll is made, only the simpler tasks of examina tion and exemption, mobilization and training will reman. Already President Wilson has for-1 mally ordered to the colors 657.000 of the men for whom lots are drawn to-■ day and most of them will be in train-j ing by mid-September at sixteen can- j tonments under construction through- J out the country. To provide that i many physically fit and without any incumbrance caillng for exemption the War Department will summon for ex amination those who are found after ( the drafting to stand at the head of ' the muster roll. Kvery precaution; was taken to make the drawing to- : day absolutely fair to every one of the registrants. Work of Houm Although 5.30 a. m. was set for be- i ginning the drawing, it may be late j to-night before it is finished. Under j the plan adopted. 10,500 numbers j must be drawn one at a time. In a 1 speed test recently nearly sixty a minute were drawn and recorded, but It is rt-garded as doubtful whether i that could be kept up for long periods ( together. The 10,500 numbers to be drawn! range from 1 to 10,500. The order in j which they are drawn determines the ■ order in which the men having cor- j responding serial numbers on their j cards in the local districts will be j liable for service. Supposing 2402 is j the first number drawn, for instance,! BAKER DRAWS FIRST NUMBERBLINDFOLDED Washington, Ju y 20.—The great lottery to fix the order of liability for military service of each of the ten million men of the United States reg istered for the war began at 9.43 o'clock this morning. Late to-night the drawing will be completed. Secretary Baker was the first man to withdraw a capsule-enclosed slip from a great glass bowl. Blindfolded, he drew No. 255. In every district in which as many as 258 men are regis- THE WEATHER For Harriaburic and vicinity: Fair tonlKbt and Saturday, not much ill .in no til temperature. For Funtern Pennsylvania: Gen erally fair tonight and Satur duyti Gentle to moderate wind* luontly Houth to aouthweat. River Tile Sunquebanna river and all the branches will tall slowly or remain nearly Htatlonary. A stage of about .1.0 feet la In dicated for Harrlsburg Satur day morning. Temperature at 8 a. M.i de-• Breea, Sunt Rises 4,47 a. m. Moon: Full moon Aug 2. River ntase: 8.1 feet. Yesterday's Weather HlKbext temperature 81. I.invent temperature 60. Menu temperature 74. Kornial temperature 75. it would mean that every man every where having that number on his card would be the first in his district to be liable for service. In districts where the numbers do not run as high as 2.402, that number operates as a blank. The total of 10.500 was selected because it exceeds the total of registrants in the larg est district In the country. A Solemn Scene The public hearing room In the Sen ate office building was selected for tilt drawing, and it presented a sol emn scene. The witnesses selected were members of the Senate ana House Military committees, whose faces reflected their appreciation of the epochal significance of the event. The 10.500 numbers, each enclosed in a capsule, were placed in a large glass bowl for drawing. As the precaution against fraud. It was ordered that an official stationed by the bowl to stir the capsules during the drawing, as well as the man se lected for the actual drawing itself, should be blindfolded. Two announcers were provided, with the idea of securing as much speed as possible, but a single official was designated to check behind both of them and before the making of a permanent record of the order in i which the capsules were drawn. tered. No. 258 heads the list of those to be called. Chairman Chamberlain, of the Sen ate Military committee, drew the sec ond number. The senator, blind folded and plainly nervous, was un able to locate the glass bowl un aided and after he had groped futilely an attendant gifided his hand to tile capsules. t tt Other* Take Place "The second number is 2522," shout ed the announcer. The handkerchief was then placed over tile eyes of Chairman Dent, of the House Military committee, ana ae drew the third number, 9,613. Senator Warren and Representative Kahn. members of the Senate ana House Military committers, drew the n ® x t two numbers. Major General Bliss, acting chief of stafT of the army, drew the sixth. Provost Mar ®hal eGneral Crowder drew the next number and Adjutant General McCain the eighth. The drafting was then turned over to the appointed tellers vho, blind folded, took from the bowl numbers as fast as the announcer and the tally clerks could keep pace. On Opaque Paper They drew the numbers from a high wide-mouthed bowl set'on an oak ta ble in front of the tally clerk's desK. The bits of paper, blackened on the back so that from the outside none could determine the numbers stamped thereon, were curled info the capsules. As the numbers were announced, a man at the blackboard mechanically wrote them down, the click of tele graph instruments in the corricor told to the.country the news in whicn almost every home is vltall* inter ested HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1917 FIRST MEN DRAWN FROM THIS B Y NUMBER CITY— Division I—W. H. Nickel, 1009 S. Ninth. Division 2—G. A. Slothower, 214 S. Thirteenth. Division 3—C. N. Stewart, 1218 North Seventh. ; COUNTY— Division I—Charles V. Brashears, Highspire. Division 2—H. G. Garman, R. D. 4, Harrisburg. Division 3—Tohn Cador, Williamstown. CUMBERLAND COUNTY— . Division I—Louis M. Kemberling, Enola. Division 2—Francis G. Wilson, Carlisle. ' PERRY COUNTY— Frank L. Klinepeter, Duncannon. I ) ORDER IN WHICH NUMBERED MEN ARE BEING CALLED No. lis 258, 2522, 458, 1436, 2624, 854, 1894, 1878, 1095, 2022, 1455, 783, 1813, 2787, 1858, 2389, 1752, 2494, 3082, 1117, 1572, 2762, 1748, 2195, 837. No. 26 is 2036, 337, 676, 275. 509, 1185, 564, 2166. 945, 1913, 596, 3067, 2620, 2936, 1262, 2148, 536, 1495, 2453, 548, 126, 3070, 1679, 1237, 784. No. 51 is 1732, 755, 107, 1546. 1563, 2099, 1369, 2691, 616, 373, 1678, 1266, 1891, 775, 3183, 2684, 3159, 486, 692, 600, 1986, 836, 810, 1539, 2549, 1682. No. 76 is 507, 309, 437, 2967, 1324, 604, 43, 2181, 1763, 1548, 1264, 1066, 924, 2455, 2501, 420, 1014, 1178, 514, 2374, 433, 1329, 2945 10, 2725. No. 101 is 2783 , 2756, 2993, 1045, 1031, 1705, 3149, 3540, 1331 1685, 487, 1282, 3090, 1323, 1847, 797, 140, 2599, 1536, 1522 295? 1723, 2808, 1779, 1236. No. 126 is 2247, 2011, 432. 2719, 3053, 2962, 18, 652, 927, 2868, 1484, 739, 1751, 601, 3024, 1323, 1146, 3615, 2319, 1395, 2479, 606* iB2, 1771, 513. No. 151 is 46, 1020, 1651, 1099, 1955, 2441, 2749 2628 1636 223 ,2066, 1441, 117, 2330, 602, 2675, 390, 2233, 2990, 75, 3189', 654 'lßlß' 772, 1456. No. 176 is 2939, 721, 3064, 1419, 2390, 786, 1549, 1476 280 2322 1292, 2730, 972, 983, 757, 966, 868, 2230, 2456, 433, 2090,' 379 1560* i t42, 2107. No. 201 is 194, 874, 552. 2665, 3152, 1300, 2124, 298, 3176, 2438, 2280, 3073, 675, 3015, 2132, 1769, 1294 1148* 1647' 2558,1354 1906. ' No. 226 is 2017, 2397, 343. 2008. 2414, 1613, 2100, 982 2467 726 152, 905, 933, 2331, 1531, 2861, 3079, 2915, 2290, 1988 452* 355' 1843, 530, 809. ' ' ' No. 251 is 2579, 1114, 2826, 2607, 2473. 1470, 645, 2135 2622 ?18 620, 1334, 3084, 550, 3123, 1611, 574, 2778, 31, 1432 1727 '>o47 2817,2740.981. ' ' '' No. 276 is 1848, 2662, 1570, 2884, 2885, 1817, 2577, 770 88? 2078 677, 2119, 2360, 749, 2269, 2592, 2758, 1868, 159, 211 5%* U 7 1574, 2034, 2434. ' ' 3 - 3 ' 141/ ' i [Continued on Page 18] ' HOW TO FIND YOUR PLACE INDRAFT * The TELEGRAPH publishes no draft numbers to-night above 3195, which is the highest number of any district in | the county. To find out your number on the list of those drafted count from the first number on the published list down as follows: In District No. 1, Harrisburg, count no numbers above 1677.' In District No. 2, Harrisburg, count no numbers above In District No. 3, Harrisburg, count no numbers above 2557. In District No. 1, Dauphin County, count no numbers above 3195. In District N. 2, Dauphin County, count no numbers | above 2495. In District No. 3, Dauphin County, count no numbers above 1672. In District N. 1,-Cumberland County, count no numbers above 2236. In District No. 2, Cumberland County, count no numbers above 1930. In Perry County count no numbers above 1609. For example, if the numbers as printed should run 24. 195, 3124, 1671. on the list of those drawn to-day, and you were in District No. 1, Harrisburg and 1671 should be your | number, your name would appear not fourth among those drafted from your district, but as third, foi you would elim inate 3124 from your count, there not being any numbers in ! vour district above 1677. NONE TO GO FROM HERE ON FIRST CALL Gross Quota Is 811, but Enlistments Meet It; Only 466 From County Will Be Taken Not a man will be called to the colors from the city of Harris burg under the first draft which is being made to-day. This was announced by Col. Sweeney of the State Registra tion board to-day. The gross quota from Harrisburg under the first draft is 811, but credits due to Regular Army enlistments and enlistments in the National Guard have been given the city up to 811, so that no men will be called to the colors from the city on this draft, even though their names do appear among those drawn at Washington to-day. From Dauphin county outside of the city, 466 men will be taken on the first draft. The gross quota in ihe county districts is 863 and credits to the number of 397 are allowed. The quotas by districts will be announced by the State author ities to-morrow. From Nearby Districts , Adams county quota under first I draft, 252; Berks county, 707, out side of Reading; Reading, 527; | Clearfield, 707; Cumberland, 173;! Franklin, 333; Fulton, 74; Hunting-j don, 185; Juniata, 10; Lancaster county, outside of city, 747; Lancas ter city, none; Lebanon county, 309; j Lycoming county, outside of Wil- \ liamsport, 318; Williamsport, 60; i Mifflin, 132; Northumberland, 683; ! Perry, 138; Schuylkill, 877; Snyder,! 17; York, outside of city, 780; York! city, 11. Harrisburg, Lancaster city,! Wilkes-Barre and Union county are | the only districts from which no 1 men will be required for the first draft. The total gross quota under the 1 first draft for all Pennsylvania is j 98,107, with credits to the number of 37,248, giving a net quota for the j state under the first draft of 60.859. i Harrisburg's three draft exemp-! tion boards will have no examina-! tions to make of men for the first army selected by draft. Only 466 will be required from the : county, meaning that the three county exemption boards probably will not need to examine more than' 600 men. The quotas for each of' NO 'SLINKERS' IN CROWDS WAITING In front of a bulletinboard this morning, waiting for the first draft figures, stood a young fellow with a pad and pencil. "I'm going to take dpwn the num bers," he said to a friend, "so that I can tell when I am due to report." "What is your number?" asked his friend. "It's 258," was the reply. In a window a man raised a meg aphone to his lips. "Two fifty-eight!" he called. "Two flve-eight!" The young fellow with the pad and pencil put them in his pocket. "What's the use?" he said. Bulletinboards Surrounded The announcement of draft figures created great interest not only in Harrisburg, but all through Dau phin, Cumberland and Perry coun ties. Since the first figures were an nounced about ten this morning crowds have surrounded bulletin boards. Enterprising merchants in different sections of the county sta tioned runners in front of the board and these men phoned numbers to their employers. The highest number in any Har risburg district is 3,195. For that reason no local interest attaches to a number higher than that figure. It is a noticeable fact among those who watch the bulletins that the : higher numbers seem to predomi nate, but that is natural, Inasmuch as over sixty per cent, of the total of 10,500 are higher than the high est in this district. The calling of numbers from 1 to 10,500 means that from each district in the United States one man re sponds to each number. On another page of the TELE GRAPH this evening will be found the names In order as drawn in each district In this county. The names first appearing are those of the men who first report when the call is made. The call will be for twice as many men as are needed to make up the quota of Harrisburg and Dauphin county in the first army of 600,000 men. ./ i Names of Those Drawn Published on Page 18 Names of those drawn to re spond to the First Call to Colors i from Harrisburg and Dauphin | county will be published by the ! TELEGRAPH. A partial list of those drawn appears on page I eighteen. These lists will be ; completed in the order of their j drawing, as rapidly as the num bers are telegraphed from Wash ington. Extra editions of the TELEGRAPH will be issued at frequent intervals to-night until ! the drawing is completed. these three districts will be an ! nounced to-morrow when the state •.district quotas are complete, j As the lower end district, includ ing Steelton, Highspire and Middle town boroughs has the largest num i ber of men registered of any county district, it will be required to fur nish the largest percentage of the 4b6 men: the second district comes next, and the fewest number will be ' taken from the third district. Quota Is Announced The total of this first quota is an nounced on another page, i Ha !7 isb i! r E has sent many men into the Regular Army. This fact will cut down the total drafted for service on- the first call. r i h „ e „f r f. boards, as told, will first call out twice as many men as are to go in the army. They will call! everybody down to a certain figure tion rtaine<l after a care ' ul computa- Kxaminations will then occur and exemptions made. If the exemp tions are so heavy that from the total called the quota cannot be made up, the draft boards will Issue l another call for twice as many men as are needed to fill up the gap. This done, no further calls will be made until the second army Is phinned, when the original proced ure will be followed. Worry, But No Hvstoria All over the city, it will be found, there are many worried fathers and mothers this afternoon. But thepe is an absolute lack of hysteria. Evefi j among the youhg men who are cal4-| ea there seems to be no inclination' to use dark glasses on the future. Fatalistic inclinations that have laid •dormant in hundreds of hearts came rushing into the open to-day. "I'm drawn," said a young fellow in front of one board to-day, '*but' that doesn't mean that I'm dead." Ready to Sell A young man who couldn't get away from his place of business sent a boy to a bulletinboard to see if his number had come out. It was among the first twenty-five In this county. When he heard It he called a man on the telephone. "Say," he said, "you offered the other day to buy my business, didn't i you? Do you still want to buy lt?"| "Oh-Oh! "Slx-oh-oh!" shouted the an nouncer at one board. "There I go!" called a man In the ! crowd. "Oh-oh!" yelled the crowd. [Continued on Pace 20] j Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION DR. MICHAELIS PLANS PEACE BY THE SWORD Germany's New Chancellor Declares Central Empires Will Not Again Offer to Cease War; Ready to Stop Fight ing Only on Own Terms; Intervention of United States Is Viewed by Government Without Serious Concern Copenhagen, July 20. Chancellor Michaelis in his address before the Reichstag yesterday said Germany would not continue war a day longer if it could obtain an honorable peace. Amer ica s intervention was not regarded with serious concern. The German fleet, particularly the submarines, would master the situa tion, he said. "Although," said the Chancellor Michaelis '.o the Reichstag yesterday, "English statesmen knew, as shown by their blue book, that Russian mobilization must lead the war with Germany, they j addressed not a word of warning to Russia against military meas ures while my predecessor in instructions July 29, 1914, to the Ambassador at Vienna directed him to say that we willingly ful fill our duty as an ally, but must refuse to permit ourselves to be involved in a world war through Austria-Hungary, disregarding our counsels. The man who wishes to kindle a world war docs not write like this, but man who is laboring and has labored for peace to the utmost." Blames Russia "The concentration of the Rus sian army compelled Germany to j seize the sword. There was no choice left to us and what is true of the war itself is true also of our! weapons, particularly the subma rine. We deny the accusation that the submarine warfare is contrary j to international law and violates the rights of humanity. "England forced this weapon in our hands through an illegal block-; ade. England prevented neutral trade with Germany and proclaimed a war of starvation. Our faint hope that America, at the head of the neutrals, would check English ille gality, was vain and the final at LEAGUE APPROVES TERMINAL O *' gi w Harrisbufg. The Municipal League late thi- nfter- H noon approved the ordinance giving the VV says B Company the permission to make necessary tr.u k hangr--. el fo' rthe new terminal which will be buift.in Walnut street B After several minor changes are made in the ordinance R and it -is approved by the City Planning .Commission, i' jsj will"b submitted to Council. The proposed changes at jg Fourth and Chestnut streets were discussed, and the Plas- I ning Commission will be requested to make a thorough B study of the present situation at the Westferh approach i to the bridge. ■ FRENCH REPULSE FURIOUS ATTACK | :is,-July 20. lhe Germans made a general at- | ta<_,k Inst night on the .vho!e secter of the Asn front be- 8 tween Craonne and Vauclcrc, using large bodies of troops. | The war office announces that the French withstood their I furious assaujt and maintained their positions everywhere. 1 % a The ground before the French positions was strewm with | German dead. i > I ' ' I DRAWING SLOWS DOWN T/ B Washington, July 20. Four hours after the draw- § ing started, about 2,400 riumbers had been di twn and the | tellers were slowipg down in their work. It was estimated | | that the last number r not be out before three o'clock I to-morrow morning. | ATTEMPT TO KILL KERENSKY Pctrograd, July 20 —An attempt to assassinate a War Minister Keren sky Was made to-day ?t the town ef 3 Polotsk. A shot fired at the minister missed him. B CHOSEN MEN MAY ENLIST > 8 Harrisburg. Authority has been gtanted to fe- I cruiting offices by the War eDpartment to enlist me* | whose numbers have ben chosen until they are actually I called ior examination by the local board. 3 REICHSTAG WORKS TOGETHER Copenhagen, July 20. The Reichstag yesterday adopted the majori+y peace resolution hy a vote of 214 Ve £ 116 with seventeennot voting. . I . I MARRIAGE LICENSES Jnmea Harry Wllllmua and Helen Jennette Stttc*, Hnrrlnharjct How. r ard U. Haulmun and Henrlctte Mar alkcmcyer, Hnrrlaburig. |J*j tempt we made by an honorably in tended peace offer to avoid the last extremity failed. Depends on U-Boats "Then Germany had to chooso this last measure as a oountermeas ure of selfdefcnsc. .Now, also, it must carry it through for the pur pose of shortening the war. The submarine war is Accomplishing all au<r more than all it Is expected to. False reports which found their way in the press as a result of the secret session of the Reichstag evoked for a time a certain feeling of disap pointment which ended at a particu [Continued on Page 8]
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