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THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSEURG, PA.
RULES OF ARMY
DRAFT ISSUED
Regulations to Govern Work of
Exemption Boards Made
Public.
EACH CASE OH ITS MERITS
Fearless and Impartial," Is Final
Admonition of President Wilson
No Class Exemptions Will
Bo Permitted.
iTTOine::oncor"o::::::o::::;
MEN WHO ARE EXEMPT
Officers of United States,
states, territories and District of
Columbia.
Ministers of religion and stu
dents of divinity.
Persons In military or naval
service of United States.
Subjects of Germany and all
aliens who have net taken out
flrst papers.
County or municipal officers.
Customhouse clerks and work
men in arsenals and navy yards.
Pilots, merchant marine sail
era. Married men with dependent
wives or children.
Cons of dependent widows,
sons of dependent, aged or In
firm parents, or brothers of de
pendent orphans under sixteen
years of age.
Men morally deficient
Members of recognized relig
ious sect existing prior to May
18, 1917, whose creed forbids
participation In war.
ooeo"cnoncc:o:::.:::::.
Washington. The drafted unfiles of
the United State will be drawn with
the least inequality nnd personal
hardship."
President Wilson, In Issuing regulu
tlnos for the working of the draft
urged upon every member of every
draft board "Impartial und fearless per
formance of the delicate nnd difficult
etattcft Intrusted," In order t tint "our
armies at the front mny be composed
of men free from sense of Injustice In
tlietr mode of selection."
To Fix Data for Board Meetings.
In the near future a dnte will be set
hy Brfg. Oen. Crowder, provost mar
hl gwieral, for the meeting nnd or
fnnlxatlnn of the boards. At the snme
time It Is expected that the selection
reg-nlntlons will he proniulj.nted so
1nat the process mny be put underway
nlthotit delny. The present Intention
Is to mil the men selected to the col
ors altout September 1.
All Forces on Equal Fcctlng.
President Wilson's rtnteinent fol
lows:
The regulations which I nm today
musing to be promulgated, pursuant to
the direction of the selective service
law, cover the reninlnlng steps of the
Vlsn for culling Into tlie sen-ice of the
Vnlted States qualified men from
. those who hnve registered ; those se
lected as the result of this process to
constitute, with the regular nrmy, the
Natnnal gunrd nnd the nnvy, the fight
Inff fr.rces of the nation, nil of which
force are tinder the terms of the law
lanced In n position of equal right
4tfiily and responsibility with the
ntcDitxTH of all other uillltnry forces,
The regulations hnve been drown
with a view to the needs and clrcunv
rtunccs of the whole country and pro-
ride a system which it Is exacted will
wtrk with the least Inequality and per
sonal hardship. Any system of select
Ing men of military service, whether
TTrtuntnry or Involuntary In Its opera
timi. iiceessnHly selects some men to
trr the burden of dnnger and sacri
fice for the whole nation. The system
here provided places till men of mili
tary npe upon nn even plnno, nnd then,
fcjr a selection which neither fnvors the
em nor pcnnllws the other, calls upon
1i requisite number for service.
Urges Boards to Act Impartially.
The successful operation of this
law and of these regulations depends
wccssnrlly upon the loyalty, patriotism
nd JnKtlce of t ho members of the
boards to whom Its operation Is com
ii!ttei. and T admonish every member
f erery locnl board nnd of every dis
trict board of review that their duty
to their country requires un Inipnrtlnl
nil fearless perforninnre of the dell
rate and difficult duties Intrusted to
them. They should remember as to
arh Individual case presented to them
lTwit tlicy are called upon to adjudicate
the most sacred rights of the Individ
ual ami to preserve. untarnished the
Jimmr of the nation.
X"ur nrmles at the front will be
tfreiigtbened nnd sustained If they be
ctmipotfed of men free from any sense
wf Injustice In the mode, of selection.
ikI they will he Inspired to loftier ef
forts In behalf of n country In which
the oftteens called npon to perform
Wasted Time.
Ve don't miss the little here and the
tittle there. Vet In a year the amount
f tliue "wasted la enormous. Learn
ing tfmt he wnH always called to din-ix-r
wveral minutes before the dinner
vraa really rendy to eat n certain man
started nnd wrote n book In the spare
minifies between tho call und the iio
1n) dinner tine. It only Fhows how
we waste time. If you want to be
niMHis earth's benefactors you will
fcegin now to conserve your time and
H4C H to profit. Exchange.
Agricultural Education.
Agricultural education Is one of the
essentials to the betterment of country
Kfe. The tiervadlng thought In this
juervnicnt is to add dignity to furiu
1R by placing it on the high plane to
Iiicl of right It hus ever belonged.
Hxcbange.
Getting Theirs,
llnrlcy "Hero's a prominent wom
an giving the bachelors nn awful rail-Tum-a."
Meek ton "Thut's right. We
Married men oughtn't to get all the
high public functions perform them
with justice, fearlessness nnd Impar
tiality." Methods of Making the Draft
Upon organizing the local boards
will take over from the registration
boards all registration cards, which
they will number serially and Hut for
posting to public view. Then, after
having been udvlsed of the method by
which the order of liability for service
stiull be determined und of the quota
to be drawn from Its territory (minus
credits for enlistments In the National
Guard or regular nrmy), ench board
will prepare a list of persons designat
ed for service In the order of their lia
bility, post the list, give It to the press,
and within three days send notice to
each designated person by mall.
As the men so notified appear the
bourds first will make a physical ex
amination in accordance with special
regulations to be provided, bearing In
mind thut all persons accepted by them
will be re-examined by nrmy surgeons.
If the physical examination Is passed
successfully, then comes the question
of exemption.
Those Entitled to Exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local hoard Include:
Officers of the United States, of tho
stutes, territories nnd the District of
Columblu ; ministers of religion, stu
dents of divinity, persona In the mili
tary or ftuval service of the United
States, subjects of Germany, nil other
aliens who have not taken out first
papers, county or municipal officers,
customhouse clerks, workmen In fed
eral armories, arsenals nnd navy
yards, persons In the federal service
designated by the president for ex
emption, pilots, merchant marine suit
ors, those with a status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex
clusion deslrnble (a married man with
dependent wife or child, son of a de
pendent widow, son of dependent, aged
or Infirm parent or brother of depend
ent orphan child under sixteen years
of age), those found morally deficient,
nnd nny member of nny well-recog-nlzed
religious sect existing May 18,
1917, whose creed forbids participation
In war nnd whose religious convictions
nccord with the creed.
Man or Wife May Make Claim.
Claims for exemption because of de
pendents mny be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents,
or by nathlrd party who has personally
investigated the ense. A claim made
by the husband must be nccompanied
by supporting affidavits signed by the
wife nnd by the head of a family re
siding In the same territory. A claim
by the wife or a tldrd party must be
accompanied by two supporting affida
vits signed by hends of families. Sim
ilar rules govern claims on the grounds
of other dependents when the depend
ents or third parties being authorized
to Die rlulins with supporting uffldavlts.
In each case the board must be satis
fied before It grants exemption or dis
charge thut the dependent or depend
ents actually are supported mainly by
the fruits of the man's mental or phys
ical labor.
Local boards nre required, subject to
appeal, to pass upon claims for exemp
tion or discharge within three days af
ter the filing of affidavits.
Must Decide In Five Days.
District boards must decide appenl
cases within five days after the closing
of proofs nnd their decisions are final
If the ruling of a locul board Is af
firmed the person in question stands
finally accepted for military service. ..
In passing on claims for exemption
on the ground of employment in neces
sary Industrial nnd agricultural occu
pations the district boards taust be con
vinced that the particular enterprise
affording such employment actually is
necessary to the maintenance of the
military establishment of national In
terest during the emergency.
"The evidence must also establish,"
the regulations say, "even If Hie par
ticular InduMtrlul enterprise or particu
lar agricultural enterprise is found nec
essary for one of the above purposes,
that the continuance of such person
therein Is necessary to the maintenance
thereof nnd that he cannot be replaced
by another person without direct sub
stantial material loss and detriment to
the adequate and effective operation of
the particular Industrial enterprise or
agricultural enterprise in which he Is
engnz"d."
May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president mny from time
to time designate certain Industries or
clauses of Industries that nre necessary
and the district boards will be so no
tified. It will be the duty of each
board, however, to ascertain the avail
able labor supply for such industries
outside the hum: called for military
service nnd to take the result Into con
sideration In determining such things.
"If. In the opinion of the district
board," this section of the regulations
concludes, "the direct, substantial, ma
terial loss to any such Industrial or ag
ricultural enterprise outweighs the loss
thut would result from failure to ob
tain the military service of any such
pei-son, r certificate of discharge muy
be ifsued to him X X X."
Certificates of exemption will not
necessarily be permanent. They may
be revoked with changing conditions,
or mny be granted only for prescribed
periods.
Earth Grows Slowly Now.
In the early days of Its history the
earth grew rapidly by the addition of
meteoric matter. It Is still growing in
tho same munner, scientists say,
though scarcely io an appreciable ex
tent, for the mass of meteoric matter
added yearly is reckoned to be only
-O.IKW tons. In the course of ages the
largir planets hnve t)vt up practic
ally all the fragments o. the original
disruption, and the only avalluble
source of supply of meteoric matter
seems to be brought by comets.
Pleasantly Surprised.
After n long cur ride Potty arrived
at the home of n friend, with whom
fhc' had lujch. She nte heartily, for
Klie was hungry. After lunch her
hostess usked if she had had enough
to cut, to which she replied: "Oh,
yes, I had more than I expected."
. Where You Are.
You need not my, "I wnnt to get
nwuy from my daily business or from
my domestic concerns In order to show
my faith." No, no, stop where you
are nod hhow It D. L. Moody.
GERMAN'S ATTACK
WITH HEAVY LOSSES
Ground in Front of French Posi
tions Strewn With Dead.
FRENCH LINES INTACT
Did Not Gain a Yard Or Take a
Prisoner Enemy Artillery Also
- Ham ered By Lack Of -Observation
Posts.
French Front in France After
their strongest offensive effort since
Verdun the Germans were thrown
back everywhere along an 11-mile
front on the Chemln-des-Dames, leav
ing the ground thickly strewn with
their dead and having failed to take
even one French soldier prisoner.
Not a Single Yard Lost
The French lines remained intact
and the French commanding general,
who watched the operations through
out from the front trenches, was able
to declare that not a single yard of
territory had been lost
The German Infantry appeared to
have all the dash taken out of them
by tht French defense and made no
attempt to regain the ground lost by
the French reactions.
Cannon Roar On Whole Front
The official communication Issued
by the War Office reads:
"There was artillery activity north
of the Alsne, in the region of the
Hurteblse Monument and the northern
part of the Bois de Beau Marais, In
-Champagne, in the region of Mont
Carnilett, and on the left bank of the
Meuse In the region of Hill 304.
"Four hundred shells were fired
against Rhelms."
British Gain On 600-Yard Front
London. The British made an at
tack southwest of Hollebeke, In Bel
gium, near the Ypres canal. The offi
cial statement says the British line
was advanced on a front of 600 yards.
The announcment follows:
"Southwest of Hollebeke we ad
vanced our lines slightly on a front of
600 yards. We carried out successful
raids in the vicinity of Wleltje and
Nieuport, and captured several prison
ers. "Bombing attacks were carried out
by naval air service machines on the
airdromes at Ghlstelles and Nleu
munster, and also on the seaplane
sheds and a train at Zaaren. Several
tons of bombs were dropped. All the
machines returned safely."
SEES NO END OF WAR.
Germany Preparing For Struggle
' Through Next Winter.
Copenhagen. Despite the predic
tions recently made in Berlin that this
summer would see the end of the war.
Germany is making preparations for
another winter campaign. This infor
mation was received from a traveler
who arrived from Germany. The Ger
man Government, he said, is begin
ning to get anxious over the entry of
the United States in the war, but con
tinues unabated its propaganda of be
littling America's power.
SEVEN FOURTH'S TOLL.
Fatalities Year Ago Were SO, With 820
Injured. .
Chicago. Seven killed and 145 In
jured was the total of Fourth of July
accidents throughout the country, ac
cording to records compiled by the
Herald. This compared with 466 kill
ed and 3.984 injured in 1903, and 163
killed and 5,480 injured In 1908, and
80 killed and 820 injured last year. Of
the injured this year, fireworks were
responsible for 87, cannon for 6, tor
pedoes 6, gunpowder for 27 and pistols
for 21. " ,
FLETCHER ON WAY TO CAPITAL.
Ambassador To Mexico Returning For
Conference.
Laredo, Tex. Henry P. Fletcher,
American Ambassador to Mexico, ar
rived here from the Mexican capital
and left for Washington. The Am
bassador declined to discuss his mis
sion to Washington. Press dispatches
has indicated he would attend import
ant Government conferences In the
national capital.
SOUSA GOING TO TRENCHES.
Band Leader Composing Marches To
Inspire Fighters. '
Bretton 'Woods, N. H. John rhillp
Sousa, who Is attending the Maple
wood trap shoot, has received permis
sion from the Government to take the
marine band to- the front in France.
He 1b busy composing speclu) marches
and music for a triumphal entry Into
the French battle front
POLAND TO BE NATION.
Bakhmetieff Says Commission To Ar
range It Is In Pctrograd.
Washington. A special commission
Is now at work in I'etrograd prepar
ing for the establishment of a separate
rolish nation, according To Boris
Bakhmetieff, Russian Ambassador.
The commission Is headed by Alex
acdnr Ladlnskl, a Pole.
MINT DOES RECORD BUSINESS.
406,500,792 Coins Turned This Year
To 154,523,524 Last
Washington. An Indication of the
unusual industrial activity in the
United States Is shown in the coinage
report of the Director of the Mint for
the year ending June 30. The num
ber of coins minted, considered an al
most unfailing index to business con
ditions, has risen rrom 154,623,524 in
the fiscal year 1016 to 406,500,792 in
1917. In 1915 the production was
111.004,296 pieces.
TANKS IN THE AMERICAN TRENCHES
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U-BOATS ATTACK
Germans Knew in Advance of
Details of Expedition.
BEATEN OFF BY DESTROYERS
Others Believed To Have Been Sent
To Bottom By American Gunners.
Every Fighting Man Brought
Into Port
Washington. Safe arrival at a
French port of the last ships of the
first American overseas expedition was
announced by Secretary Daniels In a
statement revealing that twice on the
way across the Atluntic German sub
marines attacked in force and were
fought off by convoying warships.
The Americans did not lose a man,
a ship or an animal. At least one of
the undersea enemies was destroyed.
The work of spies through whom
the Germans knew secrets of the ex
pedition 1b dlsclosd by the news that
the flrst attack was made far at sea
before the transports and their con
voys reached the point ai which a
rendezvous bad been arranged with the
American destroyer flotilla operating
in European waters.
Submarines There In Force.
The submarine commanders ap
parently knew when and where to ex
pect the American troops bound for
the fighting lines in France, and were
assembled in force to meet them.
It was Just a week after the first
troops landed than the last vessels put
Into tha French port They were
slower crafts carrying supplies and
horses.
.Secretary Daniels' statement which
tells all of the story deemed wise to
publish, follows:
"It Is with the Joy of a great relief
that I announce to the people of the
United States the sare arrival iu
France of every fighting man and
every fighting ship.
"Now that the last vessel has
reached port, it is safe to disclose the
dangers that were encountered, and to
tell the complete story of peril and
courage.
Gunners' Fire Accurate.
"The transports bearing our troops
were twice attacked by German sub
marines on the way across. On both
occasions the U-boats were beaten off
with every appearance of loss. One
was certainly sunk, and there is rea
son to believe that the accurate fire
of our gunners sent others to the bot
tom. "For purposes of convenience, the
expedition was divided into con
tingents, each contingent including
troop ships and a naval escort de
signed to keep off such German raid
ers ns might be met.
"An ocean rendezvous had also been
arranged with the American destroy
ers now operating in European waters
in order that the passage of the dan
ger zone might be attended by every
possible protection.
Attacked At Night.
"The flrst attack took place at 10.30
on the night of June 22. What gives
it peculiar and disturbing significance
is that our ships were set upon at a
point well this side of the rendezvous
and in that part of the Atlantic pre
sumably free from submarines.
"The attack was made in force, al
though the night made impossible any
exact count of the U-boats gathered
for what they deemed a slaughter.
Five Torpedoes Seen.
'The high seas convoy, circling with
their searchlights, answered with
heavy gunfire, and its accuracy stands
proved by the fact t!;at tho torpedo
discharge became increasingly scatter
ed and inuccUrste. It is not known
how many torpedoes were launched,
but five were counted as they sped by
bow and ptern.
A second attack was launched a
few days later against another con
tingent. The point of assault was be
yond the rendezvous and our destroy
ers were sailing as a screen between
the transports and all harm. The re
sults of the battle were in favor of
American gunnery.
SIMS' MEN CONFIDENT.
3ne Writes That Situation Was Never
More Reassuring.
New York. A letter received In
New York from an ofilcor of the United
States Navy, who is second in com
mand of one of the destroyers now
operating under Vice-Admiral Sims in
British waters, contained the follow
ing statement: "The situation was
never more reassuring than nt this
time. We are all well. My boat has
Just come in after a Job that took us
200 miles from our base.
TOO
TRANSPORTS
"Not alone did the destroyers hold
the U-boats at a safe distance, but
their rpeed el.-io resulted in the sink
ing' of one submarine at least Gre-
nadeB w.ere used in firing, a depth-
charge" explosive timed to go off at a
certain distance under water. In one
instance'oil and wreckage covered the
surface of the sea after a shot from a
destroyer at a periscope, and the re-
poits made claim of sinking.
"Protected by our high seas convoy
by our destroyers, and by French war
vessels, the contingent proceeded, and
Joined the others in a French port.
"The whole nation will rejoice that
so great a peril is passed for the van
guard of the men who will fight our
battles In France. No more thrilling
Fourth of July celebration could have
been arranged than this glad news
that lifts the shadow of dread from
the heart of America.
Baker Thanks Navy.
Sccrftary Baker wrote the follow
ing letter to Secretary Daniels convey
ing the army's thanks to the navy:
"Word. has Just come to the War
Department that the last ships convey
ing General Pershing's expeditionary
force to France arrived safe today.-As
you know, the navy assumed the re
sponsibility for the safety of these
ships on the sea and through the dan
ger zone. The ships themselves and
their convoys were in the hands of the
navy, and now that they have arrived
and carried, without the loss of a man
our soldiers who are the first to rep
resent America in the battle of demo
cracy, I beg leave to tender to you, to
the admiral, and to the navy, the
hearty thanks of the War Department
and of the army. This splendid
achievement is an auspicious begin
ning and it has been characteristic
throughout by the most cordial and ef
fective co-operation between the two
military services."
U. S. SHIP IDAHO LAUNCHED.
Hull So Conctructcd That She Cannot
Be Sunk By a Single Torpedo.
Camden, N. J. Another monster
fighting machine for the Navy took
the water here Saturday from the
yards of the New York Shipbuilding
Company when the superdreadnought
Idaho, sister ship to the Pennsylvania,
flagship of the Atlantic fleet, was suc
cessfully launched. Henrietta Aurolia
Simmons, granddaughter of Governor
Alexander, of Idaho, was sponsor for
the big ship and because of war con
ditions the general public was not ad
mitted to the ceremoney, which was
witnesed by a small group of navy,
congressional and company officials.
DYNAMITE IN CARGO OF COAL.
Made Up In Form Of Cartridge Used
At Mines.
Havana. In unloading coal from
the Danish steamship Newa, which
Just arrived here from Newport News,
dock laborers 'found a small package
of dynamite with a fuse attached. On
examination the dynamite was found
to have been made up in the form of a
cartridge Euth ns used ia co:il minrB
A few weeks ago an explosion In coal
which was being unloaded from the
American steamer Lackawanna cr.ustd
two deaths.
FARM LOANS HEAVY.
Soil Tillers Have Borrowed $12,000,
000, and More Is Sought
Washington. Four thousand four
hundred and forty American farmers
have boi rowed an average of $2,500
through tho new rural credits system,
or a total, of nearly ?12,C0O,P0O, the
Federal Farm Loan Donrd announced.
These husbandmen constitute a strong
contingent In the aruiy of food pro
ducers on which President Wilson
places so much reliance.
SKIMPY CLOTHES COMING.
Next Year's Styles To Make Thin Men
Thinner, Fat Men Fatter.
Chicago. Next spring's styles in
clothes will make the thin man look
thinner and the fat man look fatter.
The general design will be the coy
nnd skimpy English cut, which takes
less wool. The suits will be without
belts, cuffs, pleats and without many
pockets. The decree was issued by
the National Association of Clothing
Designers, in session here.
MORE NATIONAL BANKS.
Now 7,635 Operating In the United
States.
Washington-. The number of na
tional banks operating in tho United
States hna reached the highest point
In the history of the system. A total
of 7,633 is recorded by the Treasury,
according to a statement issued by tho
Comptroller of the Currency. This 1b
an Increase of 47 during the fiscal year
Just ended. In the year 150 national
banks bave increased their aggregate
capital stock 125,000,000.
BRAZIL IS HOW
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Her Navy Co-operating With the
American Fleet
PATROLS SOUTHERN WATERS
President Wilson Considering
the
Sending Of a Mission To Brazil
To Arrange a Plan Of
Co-operation.
Washington. Brazil's navy has be
gun co-operating with the American
fleet In South American waters In
hunting down German sea raiders and
watching for German submarines.
Sending of a special diplomatic
mission to Brazil to arrange for great
er co-ordination of forces and the
closest possible co-operation of the
two governments is under consider
tlon by the United StateB.
President Wilson now has under
consideration the personnel of the
mission to Brazil. It ' probably will
leave the United States within
month or six weeks and will Include
men familiar with Latin-American con
ditlons and representatives f'om the
military establishments.
Brazil's seizure of the warbound
Gorman ships has added to her mer
chant marine more than 150,000 tons,
which with that already at her dis
posal will, It Is believed, contribute
materially to the solution of . the
problem of getting supplies to the
Allies.
Without formal declaration of war,
Brazil thus- practically Joined the
United States against Germany.
Coincident with the Inauguration of
Brazil's naval operations a plan for
protecting her merchant ships in
their voyages to Allied ports with
frozen meats and other foodstuffs hat
been put Into effect
Whether Brazil will supplement her
action by a formal declaration of war
is not known here and by some officials
such action is regarded as doubtful
because the government at Rio de
Janeiro is inclined to regard its action
rather defensive than aggressive.
For the present it ia believed Brazil's
part will be adequately . done if she
contributes to the safety of Southern
seas and to the movement to Europe
of foodstuffs.
.TO TEACH GIRLS TO SAVE.
Collegiate Alumnae Association Offers
Training Curriculum.
Washington. The Association of
Collegiate Alumnae has submitted to
the woman's committee of the Defense
Council a plan to enroll- for training
all girls between 16 and 21 years of
age. The proposed curriculum In
cludes food and clothing conservation,
clerical, nursing and agricultural
work and instruction in the use of the
telegraph and telephone.
DEATH FOLLOWS DREAM.
Brakeman Crushed As He Had Seen
Friend In . Vision.
Towanda, Fa. In his dreams he saw
the mangled form of a dear friend
lying under a train. He went to the
place, but fodnd no one. The next
day Archie Burgess, of Towanda, 28
years old, a Lehigh trainman, was
crushed to death in exactly the same
manner as he dreamed that a friend
had been killed.
GOSPEL OF CITIZENSHIP.
Many Clergymen Preach the Doctrine
From Pulpits.
Washington. P.f-porta received by
the Bureau of Naturalization indicated
general response to Its plea to Amer
ica's clergy to deliver sermons Sun
day in furtherance of the doctrines of
citizen preparedness. The gospel of
good citizenship was preached in many
pulpits.
SPAIN NEAR REVOLUTION.
Overthrow Of Monarchy and Estab
lishment Of Republic Imminent
London. Spain appears to be in the
throes of a revolution. In well-informed
quarters here It ia believed that the
fall of the Spanish monarchy and the
rise of a republic In its stead is only
a matter of days. This view Is Justi
fied by the latest development In Span.
ish politics.
FRENCH CRUISER SUNK.
Kleber Sent Down By Mine With Loss
Of Thirty-eight
raris. An official announcement
was made that the armored cruiser
Klrber had struck a mine off Tort St
Mathieu on Wednesday and sunk.
Three officers and 35 men were lost
The Kleber had come from Dakar,
Africa, and was on its way to Brest
U-BOAT HIT FROM AIR.
Italian Liner Reports Attack On
Raider By Hydroplane.
An American Port. A submarine
which attacked a big Italian passenger
liner is believed to have been Btruck
by a bomb dropped by an Italian
hydroplane 90 miles off Genoa, tho
liner reported on her arrival here.
GREEK DESTROYER BLOWN UP.
29 Of French Crew Lost With Vessel
. In Mediterranean.
Paris. The Greek destroyer Doxa,
.manned by French officers and crew,
has been blown up in the Mediter
ranean. Twenty-nine men, Including
all the officers, were lost. The official
announcement of the loss ot the Doxa
sayB tiiat the destroyer sank as the
result of a double explosion on June
28. The Doxa was then within 100
yards of a merchant vessel which she
was convoying.
MFKIflfl lilfilr
mufiiuu Lull 1 1 r
- w u
WITH Till
E
Predicted That She Will Deck
War on Germany.
ASSURE OILS. AND METAL!
Gen. Gonzales Tells a German r.
n., n rvaucr and mpi-
uovernment May All GoToi
Hotter Place Than Mexico
El Paso. Since the pro-All
palgn in' Mexico was first iurw
El Universal, in Mexico City ik,
ment favoring the Allies hM r.
30 days, a well defined movem?
orlng an open break with Genu,
side, of the Entente Allir,
mui- 1 i "
uitru. hub nan ueen In spite of
pio-oerman sentiments iublished
u vuiuuaiiua una IQ Othtf
pers believed to bo KuMd:: h
Germans In the north.
A reflection of this Reotlmtu
Been irueuiljr in ine statemtK
Gen. Francisco Gonzales, ac!!m
niHiiut-r-in-ciiiei oi the nortlieut,
military lone, with headquarttn
Chihuahua. He was cvcrchirw
the German firm of Keu-lHn
tau for some padlocks. The nm?
was arrested and placed In the
tentlary. The German consul
demand for his release "in the m,
of the Imperial German Gownta
and the Kaiser," according to i fei
leal official, who was present u J
time.
"Tell the German consul he, 4
imperial government and the bJ
may all go to hell," ; neral Gwu
answered.
Prominent Mexicans, men It &
touch with the capitol, predict I9
Ico will declare war on (icrmanj n
in 30 days. According totbexK
all German money in tho Mnicofc
Torreon, Chihuahua City and a
banks will be seized as toon un
is declared, ttie German boats 11 !
pico and other ports will be m
thereby giving Mexico a niuch-sto
merchant fleet, and all Germwt
either be interned or deported list
their properties being conflsctid
The Tampico oil fields would besi
for the oil supply of the Allied In
by declaring a zone in which tnt
would be restricted and the ix
smelters and mills reopened 11 v
to produce munitions me:ali !
Allies.
"We can do nothing In 1 tt'rl
way in Europe," said one of im
"But we can make Mexico ale
the Allied nationals and for their H
erties. We can show our tisfi
with the same cruise for whit!
have been fighting for the pa:
years by aiding the Allies in f
way, even though we are utitit
assist materially in the war."
The good effect of such 1 4wH
tlon upon the relations of Mailt
the- United States, rspeclallj usj
the border, is ointed out. It"H
mean closer co-operation withls-
can officers In stopping the wlo
traffic In ammunition, cattle k(
gling, gun running and all of thti
violations of the laws sJoji
border.
The anti-Germany r mt''j
unoDDOsed In tho no
man residents of Chili" lua City H
icon and other h bw
spending money 1 ily m""13
officials, army ofli - and to3
rltl.ona Tint trill. V IHUll 0
method, they sonn t' 'lave on1
their hand and bror ht aboot 1
action by causlnr ' natunS'
picious Mexicans to suspect til"
an ulterior motive in their frie
Americans returnlnc from
City say 60 days will slap
Mexico declares war agaid'
many. They sny the Genual
ment there is exasperated f
the great mass of Mexican
are in sympathy with the -A11"-, ,
They say also the part .
regon played In the praGenwi'
tation was exaggenrted, as tW
his name was used by th
to lend dignity to the pw
movement; and they saj y ,
war minister is a Mend oi 4
and the Allies.
ROOT MAKES GIFT TO
Others Of American MioiA!l
tion Of Metropolis
n-. a I'm,,, nnot. ted.
American mission to Bu"1'
r,o,i k nnn fiihlns to the K""1
Moscow. He was formally tW
the gift by the Mayor
of l
" " .
Chgrlci R Trnnn and Jnn.,,
of the mission, attended tht .
at Moscow, at which hlti'
hon, formerly stationed in
States, was named
Moscow by popular vote-
WOULD KEEP ALFONSO
Ing Would Be President IfS
. D.nhlie. Sayl r- J
WaBl.incton.--ir out of H
conditions in Spain ir ....j
i.,t I. l ,iirwA llltt" . rj
King Alfonso would be f ' J
lent," declared r. - f5i
v i l.nu heeu '- .. ,
c,.uln "Vn n.ler in EurolJ
eo popular wuii nm tj-'
.... aii Siani vftit
IYir. t.i." - - ,yi
' Washington.-M?J
Blgned the woman V'
...J -.,iiutrat on
me ioou muni""" . jjsiii-
economy In tho home an ,i
conserving tho food supr'J
cessful conduct of the
rA gray, lowering ;
ww the sky la r
green Indicates r J
- Pipestone, Minn., n0 1
manager.