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? pwppppponasB ifjHMpiimppi SELECTIVE DRAFT SOON LAW UNLESS SENATE BALKS Washington, April 30. Adminis tration selective draft bill will be on statute books before end of week, if present plans cany. As matters stood today, senate proposed to move substitution of its draft provision for tbat in the house bill. Full debate is again permitted under rules, though if Sens. La Fol lette, Gronna and others do not in terfere the motion will go sailing through. The measure must go to a confer ence committee of the house .and senate, there to smooth out mainly the age limit provision, set by the senate at 27 and by the house at 40. Leaders anticipated today this could be accomplished by Wednes day or Thursday, whereupon it will be signed by Pres. Wilson and war, department will start at once its task of registering conscripts and prepar ing to mass them into army within nxt few months. As soon as conscript measure is out of way in congress, further at tention will be paid to administra tion espionage bill Congress, which only a short time ago was urgent about staying nere to advise and uphold the president, is showing signs of real anxiety to be done with its task .and return home. Probably this will not be for one or two months yet, however. o o SENATE AGAIN SQUABBLING OVER DRAFT BILL Washington, April 30. Forced to vote again on the conscription measure through one of the most un isual parliamentary situations in the history of congress, the senate today faces the possibility of further pro longed debate on the bill before it passes. LaFollette is the stumbling block. He wilL introduce an amendment that will take an hour to read and may devote hours mor (o discuss iL Sen. 1 1 Chamberlain believes, however, that final vote can be taken by nightfall MAY DAY STRIKE FRIGHTENS THE CENTRAL POWERS' London, April 30. What tomor row May day may bring forth throughout central" empires was in teresting all Europe today. Austrian Socialists and trades unions have definitely determined to institute 24-hour general strike. Ber lin dispatches hinted at considerable apprehension that German workmen would follow this example. Just how far general strike agita tion has gone in kaiser's empire and how many workmen will join in dem onstration tomorrow has been suc cessfully concealed by German cen sorship.. "May 1 may be a fateful day for democracy in Germany," declared the newspaper Germania, conserva tive Catholic organ. Most interest here centered on what may happen in Austro-Hun-gary. For weeks past, ever since .news of Jlussian revolution reached' Emperor Karl's people, there have been persistent rumors of peace moves from dual monarchy, and it is known the nation is suffering greatly from lack of food and general weari ness with war. General strike in central empires is primarily to voice protest of peo ple against insufficient food. Ac cording to best available information, strike leaders count only upon tie-up of all industry for 24 hours simply as showing people and government the strength of the workmen and ne cessity for listening to their com plaints. o o BRITISH ENDORSE U. S. PLAN London, April 30. Enthusiastic approval of endorsement of conscrip tion by American congress universal ly voiced by London newspapers to day. They declare belief that draft would enable U. S. to avoid many of mistakes made by Great Britain, mm m iiiiijftfcsih.twdeb.'fe,