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Examinations
In Draft Begin
On Wednesday
Hungarian Will Be First
to Face Board in
Test Here
?a?t Side Finds Many
Called Are Ineligible
Writer Says Rich Undergo
Treatment to Look
Emaciated
Draft r;??*.fr lista were received by
(tarai exemption boards in New York
mi Friday nicht, and Board No. 142,
tuadfd by l*idor Wasservogcl, was able
a send out its notices immediately
ajd will begin examining mm on
Wedne.-day.
The speedy board is in Public School
If", at Eighty-fifth Street and Fifth
Awnue. Matthew Weiland, of 16R0
First Avenue, a native of Hungary, who
ut never taken out his citizenship
users, will be the first man examined.
Other boards, although working at
Us speed after the receipt of the master
'i,*,, ?ill not be able to summon men
for examination until Thursday, not
ksfing mailed their notices or posted
tlfrtir names until yesterday. The law
?f-jajoires live days', notice to men who
ut railed for examination, and Mr.
fasservofrel, who was formerly an As
niUnt Ditfrict Attorney, got the start
aj bis rivals by telegraph ?ne to Wash?
ington for verified draft lists when the
Miter lists did not show up.
Boards which get their notices out
ta-osy will call men to report on Fri?
ar*, but, ai to-day is Sunday, will not
Ik able to hold the recipients of notices '
mponsibk- until Saturday.
Although notice of the date of ex- ,
laination must be mailed to the regis?
trants called, the posting of their'
tunes at the local board headquarters .
il iIjo legal notice. So if the mails!
?, wrong the men whose names are
fitted are regarded as ha.ing been ,
ailed for examination anyhow.
K they do not report for cxamin.^tion ;
?Ata go down on the lists as fit pi..,si- ?
any and otherwise for service, thus ?
?iking shirking of the examination the ?
tnt ttep toward an ultimate charge |
tf deiertion when the call to the cel?
ui cernes.
More Than Quota To Be Called
II certain part? of the city, notably
bt lower East Side and Brownsville,
at%l board chairmen reported that they
troul-1 have to call far MOT-e^man the
usual W*. per eer.t of their quota if
they would have enough eligi?les re
tpor d. William Byrnes, of Local Board
W, in the Bcwery Young Men's Chris?
tian Aisociation, found that 48.OS per
tent of the first 414 men on his list
sere ineligible, most of them being
"liens. He suspected also that the
??tie of physically fit in his district
teald be low.
A bureau of information for medical
tttffliners ha? beet, established In the
Sut? Arsenal to answer telephone
juries as to physical requirements,
(iptain Fullam, of the Provost Mar
as! General's office, who brought the
Outer sheet?, issued a warning to all
?staining boards to be accurate in
?beir work.
the of the problems that will arise
il l?verai districts concerns men who
bot Mastered twice or more in dif
?wwt fistricts. How prevalent this
(atom wai Ui not been ascertained,
**S it is ?u'pected that in most in
*tmtt% the registrant did it with the
?4o ef finally selecting the number
**n cam* last on the draft list.
?Mr, -.rely different class was <
**m Pe^perrran?, who presented him
?ef feiterda. at Local Board 139 and
**M George Cordon Bottle, the chair- ;
ata. that h<- wanted to be enrolled. He
>tkirty-one years old and was born in
Iseuin, Belgium, although he is now
?titilen of the I'nited States. He was ?
t ?*?, hr ?ad. during the period of
?tfu'r?' - r?Jt wanted to be on the
?gible li?t, although he had a wife and
**? children. Three brothers are in
"b Belgian army.
^teteoe S. ( onkling received a letter:
""** "A Mother" warning him to |
mi out for ??ackers in the wealtbv
****i??ni " In writer asserted that j
??? of w-aithy fathers were under- j
b*tg treatment at physicians' hand?
** ?rder -at they might appear!
?"aeiateii a,id out of condition when i
at time came for examinati#n. The ?
*?? who be", eves that the doctors on
???iBir.g boards are b-eing bribed
**b*t to "His Highnes--, Governor
^bt\* S Whitman," suggesting that
?? Physicians be transferred on the
"** ti the examinations so as to foil
ejslot.
A*t ongnals of six registration
*sr4? w?r* stob n from the records of ,
{****a! Board -. in Public School tt.
J?idile Street and Glenmore Avenue, j
**** New York Duplicate cards were '
9** eot at once and filed in their !
t*att%.
I? h'ewark the 5th Kxemptlon Dis- I
?"*""? bad its notices in the mail within i
"?fan hour after receiving the master
?**ti, and will begin examining regia
,P* on Thur?day.
."?lliarn S. Petit, chairman of the '
***** ?" Lawrence, Long Island, eon
Sy **n exper.mental examinatloa of
J1?! men who waived the arrival of
Jjsftcial draft lists and agreed to
',?* ">* ln? li?t as published in news
b ?iiicovered that it took an average
(Jp ""nute? to examine each man, and
*?** Probably HD p*r cent of all regis
**}?* in the diatnet would have to be
***** ***'t>rt the quota was filled. I )
??Jr*. *****" he found that exemption
^tlaiiBed * 'hout ground.
jWxes," the Name
v-nosen by "Sammies" ;
I, ?"?? *?*-ily 2b. The American troopr
t^lj*"** have chosen their own sou
J^l" ??cording to the "Matin" t?,
Zj^wpting the name "?mete? "
j. *?iwa? formed by piecing together
C ?*r?t t**o letters of the word?
iSf*H*n expedition" .in a manner
*fT*mtl u' ?hat adopted in forming the ?
?J?*?*'*?<,*' by which the Australian
Cl** ^?'end troops in the Brills'-.;
**** ?** known. .
v
?ratMier'a instruction to local
*****J>tion brtards and Hot of Now
G? hl>nrr** rendy to begin tz
*****'?>** Thursday, .m Page 3.
More American
Troops Arrive
Safely Abroad
No Civic Demonstration
Marks Disembarkation
at European Port
Public Is Ignorant
Of Men's Landing
"Are We Down-Hearted >
No!" Sing Soldiers Leav?
ing Transports
A Kuropean Port, July 28. Another
American contingent has safelv arrived
and disembarked.
The American troops arrived by the
same steamer whereon Kermit Roose
velt, his wife and child travelled. When
tenders went alongside the vessel Fri?
day the men were in high spirits and
f-equently shouted, "Are we down?
hearted?" which was answered with a
roaring "No!"
Representatives of the General Staff
matched the disembarkation. There
eras no civic demonstration. Only a
few spectators knew of the landing.
These cheered and the troops cheered
bi.ck. The men entrained quickly and
1? ft for their new quarters.
A signal company remained at the
rort for some hours, and these were
tit only representatives of the con
t ngent which the oublie saw.
German Shell Bursts
Near U. S. General
At the French Front
By HEYWOOD BROl'N
? Ac?T??ilt?t1 to the FtwfMnf Army bjr The \<*?4
York Trltwrie ?jvl Str,<i?r?tt?)
tfoprrlsht. lf"17. tj- Hi* Trihun* mtrnmstttm 1
"CONTROLE AMERICAIN," AMER?
ICAN EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. JULY ;
tS. The commanding general returned !
to-night from a visit to the French
front, where he was under Cern?an j
shell fire. Shrapnel burst within two j
hundred yards of the American gen- ;
eral, who was in a forward observation '
post in a tree.
This point was in advance of the
French guns. The general saw a lively !
artillery duel. At a more quiet part
of the front he went into a first line |
trenth. German aviators were almost |
over the party once, but were driven
off by the French.
An aid of#the general flew over the i
German lines with a French aviator.
The American, once in the aviation ser- ,
vice, and the Frenchman therefore took
pitaran in showing their whole bag of
tricks, including the "loop the loop."|
The 'plane returned unharmed. It flew '
at a great height and at a speed of 120 '
miles an hour, to avoid a possible at- '
tack by German 'planes. *
The general was much impressed by i
the great mass of detail work neces?
sary to coordinate the action of infan- ;
try and artillery
Company Pride
Stirs Fighting Spirit
The American soldiers here are be?
ginning to speak of "my company."
Later on some will seek the occasion I
to declare loudly and profanely in pub
lie places that H, or L, or K, or I, as
the case may be, is the best company I
in the army, or possibly in the world. '
When that time comes they will be \
ready for the test, for the American j
??oldier will fight, not so much for his|
flag or country, and certainly not so ?
much to make the world safe for de- !
mocracy, as he will for his company
captain. It is the captain who will |
go over the top with him. The colonels :
and majors and the rest are the fel- '
lows who think up things to be done, j
but it is the captains who do them.
Most of the captains here have had .
promotions within a few months, an.l :
they are the enthusiasts of the army, j
They are the team makera and some ?
of them have had extraordinary sue- '
cess in the process of putting one end
MM togetner and getting one as a j
result
"I know I'm beginning to get a com
nany here, because they sing now," ?
said a captain.
"No," he said, in reply to a question.
"They didn't just start. It needed I
little fixing. I noticed that when the
Frenchmen bad finished their practic*
they marched back to camp singing.
'We can do that,' I told m? men when
we started back. 'Let me n?ar a little
more noise.'
Officers Taught Men
To Sing at Front
"Nothing happened. Nobody wanted
to begin. They didn't feel like pal?. I
can't carry a tune two feet, but I just.
struck up 'We'll hang the damned old |
Ksiscr to a sour apple tree,' to the tune l
of 'John Brown's Body.* A tew joined |
in, but the lot of them just hung along. ?
I told 'em, 'I'm going to keep right
on marching this company tHI ever/
man is in on this song.' 1
"That got 'em going. Now they like
it. They're thinking up new songs
every day, and I can save my voice
Team spirit is also the most potent j
factor for tidiness. There was one
captain who was much put out because
the men could not draw a bucket of
water from the well without spilling
half a bucket or so. He caught the
next offender and told him, "You staml
guard at this well every afternoon
?ontil yet* find somebody else ^pilling |
water. Then bring him to me." i
7tn mintjtes later the punished prl- ?
vat? appeared at company hesdqusr
Urs marching a comrade in front of
h m There was as much triumph in ,
the eeptor'a eye as though he had .
bagged Hlndenburg "He did it, eap-1
ta."?" he cried, while the prisoner ?
stood appalled, wondering what was
the --rime, end still more whet wet the
punishment. .
lie in turn was set to gusrdlng the
w?;i, bot la fifteen miaatee returned
man Fliers
Bombard Paris
In Test Raid
French Regard Visitation as
Precursor of Attack in
Force
Pans, July 28. German airplanes
made a raid on Paris at 11 o'clock last
night. Two bombs were dropped on
the capital. The opinion is held here
that the raid was made with the object
of testing the possibility of a success?
ful German attack in force similar to i
the recent raid made on London.
It wa? the first German air raid
on the French capital since January.
1916.
A few minutes before 11 o'clock'
watchers of the French aviation ser- ?
vice in Paris heard the noise of a
motor and then an explosion, followed
after a brief interval by another. The ?
Prefecture of Police was accordingly
instructed to give the alarm through?
out the city. The last notification t >
the people of the capital to take I
refuge from a possible air raid was
given on the night of March 16-17.
Soon after the warning of the raid?
ers was given, the sky over the city
was alive with defence airplanes,
twinkling like stars, from which they
hardly could be distinguished. Fire- '?
men dashed through the streets sound?
ing alarms on powerful Rirens, and one
by one the street lamps flickered out.
I'.csidrnts of the city awakened from
their sleep, instead of taking refuge
in cellars, mounted to the roofs or '
went into the street to watch the dron?
ing airplanes circling overhead. A'
1:10 o'clock the firemen gave the sig?
nal that all danger was over and the
Parisians returned to their beds, hay?
ing seen nothing of the enemy.
Berlin ReportB P/xris
Raiders All Returned
Berlin, July 28. German airplanes
last night dropped bombs on the rail?
way stations and military establish?
ments in Paris. The official statement
announcing the raid on the French cap
ital says that all the German airmen
returned.
Paris has been free from Gorman
air raids since January, 191R. <>n
the 29th of that month the capital was
vialted by Zeppelins, ??hich dropped
about a dozen bombs, killing 24 per?
sons and injuring 27. The raid at that
time lasted about one minute and a
half.
with a prisoner. Now nobody spills
water.
Another officer found that his men,
who wer? largely recruit?, were drink
ing too math, lie called the company
together and said: "You'll find thit
?omt of the old privates in this com?
pany get drunk. That's why they're
old privates."
The nest day the youngsters ?ook
the hint and began to put in their
Rpare time on the army regulations, for
commissions may be had by any capa?
ble soldier who has had a high school
education.
Sometimes discipline must her.d.
Strict orders have been issued to th?'
soldiers 'about a variety of things Rut
the most stringent of all is that nrth
ing shall he done which trill hurt the
crops. A lieutenant came upon a sol?
dier and quizzed him about the on'ers.
The man enumerated correctly entry
order but the mo?t stressed one.
"How about the crops?" the officer
asked to remind him.
Ihe soldier looked around thought?
fully.
"I should aay they're coming a'ong
right smart," he replied.
The officer laughed and in that mo?
ment th? opportunity for admon'tion
fled.
"I think ?o, too," he ?aid.
Ger
Kerensky Calls Ruszky
And Gurko to His Aid
Premier Declares Stern Measure* f\tt Needed to
Dispel ''Spectre of Anarchy" and ?Summons Gen?
erals to Petrograd?May Form Supreme Council
Petrograd, July 28. On the heels
his declaration that the "spectre
nnarchy needs to be obliterated," I
that "stout hearts and stern hands i
needed for the task," Premier Kerens
to-day summoned to Petrograd Gene
Kerensky. Ruszky, Gurko, Brusiloff a
The former was commander in chief
the northern armies, and the lat<
headed the forces operating in t
southwestern front.
The greatest .significance is attach
to Kerensky's action in calling the t?
military leaders. The generally t
cepted view is that the Premier inten
tr organize a supreme military counc
which may consist of these personage
Kerensky. Ruzsky, Gurko. Brusiloff ai
KornilotT, the latter four conceded
comprise the military genius of the r
public.
Ablest Fighters to Aid
Generals Brusiloff, KornilotT. Ruszi
and Gurko are the ablest strategists i
Russia.
General Ruszky resigned in protest i
commander of the northern front earl
in May, ?luring the first crisis in th
Provisional Government. When Kerer
sky assumed the post of War M ?nil
ter he expressed h's belief that Gei
many would be beaten by autumn if th
Russian army regains its fighting apiri
General Gurko was one of the fir.?
to protest against the weakening c
discipline in the army. He soon dii
covered, however, that the army wa
pervaded with evil influence?, again?
which he was powerless, and resigne?
Meanwhile the reports from tho fron
' indicate th'* (lermaii advance is glowin
up. Russian resistance is stifTi-ning
particularly in Galicia r.nd Bukowina
At the same time the Ruxso-Rumaniai
counter offensive is netting materia
. gaina on tht Transylvania front.
"Stern Hands Needed"
Kerensky' latest statement on th
situation in Russia wa? brief and to th
po.nt. He said:
"It is a spectre of anarchy whicl
needs to he obliterated. Stout heart
and stern hands are required to sta;
the rout in the army. There is plent;
of good material, but it has been al
lavad t'i go to ?vaste."
The motive for postponing the ex
traordinary Russian National Congres'
at Moscow is the desire of the Pro
visional Government to recon?truci
the lahmet with Stronger mer, inclu'l
ing memhers of the I onstitutiona
Iii-mocratic party. Negotiations look?
ing to this end proceeded throughout
yesterday and last night. Cabinet mem?
bers and representamos of the leading
parties taking par.. The Constitu?
tional Democrats have agreed to re
enter the Cabinet.
Among the new ministers, according
to an official statement by the govern?
ment, proably will be General Vladi?
mir MoboukotT, First Secretary General
of the Revolutionary Cabinet, and M
AstrofT, Mayor of Moscow. These ?r??
aarty men, but Premier Kerensky in?
sisted that they must be independent
of party dictation, to which the Con?
stitutional Democrats are said to have
agreed.
The Provisional Government hai is
teed a decree closing the frontiers of
Russia until August IS, inclusive of
? that day, both for persons desiring to
1 enter and those wishing to leave the
I country. The only exception? will b?
lersons holding diplomatic passport?
land diplomatic courier*.
i The decision to clos? th? frontitrs is
I ?lue to a desire to shut out suspe
| and undeiirable.? who are flocking ii
; Russia, and to prevent the depart*.
! of many spies and criminals now
i lnrge whom the government desires
i arrest.
Demand Trial of L?nine
The Executive Committee of t
! Council of Workmen's and Soldiei
I Delegates has adopted by an ov?
' ?helming majority a resolution ce
! soring Nikolai L?nine, the Radie
leader and his associate Zinovieff, ai
demanding thnt the Radical leaders 1
I tried. The resolution contains the fo
I lowing recommendations:
"First The whole revolutionai
democracy desires that the group i
| Maximalists accused of having orgai
ized disorders or Incited revolts, or <
having received money from Gefma
i sources, should be tried publicly. I
consequence, the Fxecutlve lommitt?
considers it absolutely inadmissibl
that L?nine and ZinovietT should eseap
justice, and demands that the Maxima
ist faction immediately and categor
cally express its censure of the conduc
of its leaders.
"Second In view of the exception?
situation, the committees of Workmen'
and Soldiers' Delegates demand fror
all their members and from all far
tions of which they are composed, a
well as from all members of local cour
i cils, the putting into absolute practic
', of all decisions adopted by the major
ity of the Central orgsnizstions.
"Third All persons prosecuted by th
judicial authority must be remove
from participation in executive com
mittees until judgment is pronounce
in their cases.
"Fourth. Considering it indispensn
ble that the workmen and soldiers o
I'etrograd should have opportunity t
formulate their attitude regarding re
cent events and their authors, th
Executive Council recommends to th
. '"ouncil of Workmen's and Soldier?!
Delegates of Petrograd that it put int.
execution as quickly as possible its de
cisi?n regarding the re?lection of al
its members."
Only eleven members of the thre?
i.un<lred voted against the resolution
six not voting.
London "Post's" Petrograd cor
reypovdevt blames Russian min?
istry for disaster?on Page 5.
Two Killed in Fresh
Riots in Chester? Penn.
Deputy Sheriff One of the Vic?
tims in Shooting in Ne?
gro Quarter
''bester. Penn., July 2?. David
Schwartz, a deputy sheriff, and an un
ldentifled negro were shot and killed
j here late to-night in a fight in the heart
? of the negro section.
The shooting occurred after a day of
! quiet following the disorders of the
j last two nights, and was the result of
the sending of a number of policemen
and Guardsmen into the neighborhood
aitsr a crowd of negroes had opened Are
on two guardi.
Food Conferrees
Agree To Stop
Whiskey Making
Importation of Liquor Pro
hibit?sd?House Members
Yield to Senate
Wilson May Seize
Distilled Product
$2 Wheat Price Fixed and
Light Wines Permitted
in Manufacture
Washington, July 28. Conferrees on
the Administration food control bill
failed to-night to reach a final agree?
ment on the measure, and adjourned to
meet again to-morrow.
During the day they smoothed out
their differences on a prohibition pro?
vision, agreed ?n the section fixing a $2
minimum s bushel for wheat and met ;
again late to-night and discussed the ;
two big points left in dispute the
'luestion of whether food control shall
he exercised by one man or a board of
three, and the Senate section creating
a joint Congressional committee on
the conduct of the war.
They were hopeful that an agree?
ment on all differences would he
reached before adjojurnment.
The prohibition provision approved
provides that thirty days after the bill
becomes law no person shall Ose any
foods, fruits, food msterials* or feeds
in the production of any distilled spir?
it? for beverage purpoi?s.with a sepa?
rate stipulation that the prohibition
shall not apply to the fortification of
sweet wines. Importation of distilled
spirits is prohibited entirely.
The House copferrees receded on .
their opposition ft the liquor comman- !
?leering amendment, which was adopted
substantially f*, written by the Senate,
except to iiirlude whiskey in stock as
well as In, tond. This authorizes and
directs tin President to commandeer
any or all such distilled spirits for re?
distillation where it may be necessary
for /Munition? and other military or
ho*?f)ital supplies. The spirits comman?
deered would be paid for by the gov?
ernment. It was understood at the
<*?pitol that the President has no pres?
ent purpose of resorting to the com?
mandeering authority. The President
is given discretion to stop either the
manufacture or importation of beerend
wines.
There was little opposition to the
Senate's **2 wheat guarantee amend?
ment, but it was changed so as to make
it apply to next year's crop instead of
this year's. The section authorizes the
President, when he finds that **\~
cmergencjr exists requiring stimulation
C wheat production and that it il
essential for wheat producers to have
the benefits of a guarantee, to require
the Food Administration to determine
and fix a reasonable guaranteed pries
tr asiure the producers a reasonable
profit, not less than $2 a bushel at the
principal interior primary markets. It
also provides for additional custom!
duties on wheat, when necessary, to
bring the price of the imported article
up to the guarantee.
The $10,000.000 appropriation for
nitrate stocks in a Senate amendment,
w agreed to, authorizes the President
tt procure necessary stocks of nitrate
of soda for increasing agricultural pro?
duction during 1918 and to dispose of
th?m at cost.
The conference already had agreed to
Senate amendments aimed to stop gov?
ernment advisory agents from having
pecuniary interest in war contracts,
and to authorize the President, if it
should become necessary for national
defence, to fix coal and coke prices.
Germanameriranisms
? A'rri'.i the Stnats-r'eitung of ,/n'y 2*.
The director g-eneral of the Lloyd, Mr.
Hcinrken. too, ?peaks hopefully of the peace.
ful co-operation of the British and (?erman?
after the war. This experienced German
?hipper, tr>o. is not misled by the bombastic,
hate-breathing resolution? urging a "war
after the war.'' Mr. Heineken, too, knows
that the war after the war will he determined
by something ?mite different from spiteful
r?solutions by the respect of the adversary,
now hammered both with powder and lesd ;
that they are a match for one another; that
in future one must leave the other alone;
that the three Teutonic people? together can
rule over the world and only thus can have
a lasting peace.
Be Sure to Read These Features:
PART I
Page 10 Spart?nhur<2 preparing a ??.arm, dry welcome for *W,(*>00 New
York militiamen.
Spokesman lor British ?rmy declare? protpecU go?*>d for Alliei
it war enter? it? fourth year.
liaac Don Levine analyte? po??ii?i!iti<M of peace.
Page II Labor trouble? holding up work on great cantonment at Yap
hank for New York'? par! of National Army.
L -boat? to be their own executioner? in the proposed nel
death trap?.
Page 16 Shopping Made Safe in Minneapolis -Samuel Hopkin? Adams
tell? the ?lory of a ?ucresiful campaign for buiineis honetrv
there and in tie twm city.
PART 11
Sp**>rtigr| Section. C ommenl and new? by GrantJand Rice,
McGeehan and other expert?. Cartoon by Brigg?.
PART III
Page I Frank H. Simond? review? three year? of war.
Page ) "Are Women People?" by Alice Dtjer Miller.
Pagt 7 The true v?lue of f?oa-xla ? How you can tell whether etch
renl'i worth 1? doing it? bit.
PART IV
Page 4 Atlantic City alive with patriotic work. Page of ptelures aad
?tone? by France? Fuher Byen.
Pa**6 ; 1 "bl"'*e *?*?* *
Page 9 Anne Rillenhoute lelli of the pio-miacnt feature? of the new
Uthionable ?ilhouelte.
PART V
cue Cr.bunc iSetoietD
PART VI
The Tribune Graphic?wilh a page of Hill'? picture? of U?
Mortal?.
War Board of 7
Named to Control
Nation's Industry
_L__* -_
Capps to Have ?
Complete Control
Of Shipbuilding
* / .
Policy of Constructjen \X ill Be
Left Entirely Wi(h Goethals's
Successor
Washington, July 2S.?Determina*.on
of a shipbuilding policy will be Itf*
bv the reorganiza/d Shipping Board
largely to Rear Admiral Capps, *ho
has succeeded Major General Goethals
as general m-tafiager of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. The board, it wa-?
learned tonight, will specialize en
operation "of ships, the direction of
traffic and questions of rates.
Admiral Capps is understood to be
of the opinion that all the ships that,
possibly can be built ahould be Con?
structed. There will be no question
of steel or wooden ships, but all yards
will work to their utmost capacity.
The Shipping Board intends to ob?
tain as a traffic manager the best
?hipping expert it can get. Chairman
Hurley will corfer with a number of
New York marine men Monday on thin
subject and hopes to obtain a man
within a week.
The question of commandeering ton?
nage for government use is under con?
sideration, and a programme probably
will be worked out within a few dayi.
Members of the board conferred to?
day with the British shipping commis?
sioners on an international ocean rate
agreement. ?
British reports on the food and sub?
marine situation which have reached
i the American government indicate that
: England is in no danger of actual
| hunger for another twelve month?,
I even at the present rate of German
sinkings and if ship con?truction w?r?
not increased.
Since both the American and British
governments are preparing to increase
greatly their shipbuilding facilities,
, official? view th? submarin? campaign
? with less alarm than a few month? ago.
Pofficials of both countrlel tre confident
I tht ectJ-ertie? of the .undersea boats will
be curbed still further.
The Bntiih have on hand now, the
: reports show, enough foodstuffs to lsst
four months. This supply probably
will get much lower before new ton?
? nage is put on the water in large quan
, tities. but the British believe it will
j tid? them over until the American and
British building programmes have ad?
vanced to a point to make it impossible
for Germany to succeed in her effort to
starve England.
a
Boy Scouts' Leader
Sent to Ellis Island
German Who Fled French
Camp Accused of Violating
Immigration Lawa
William Christiansen, leader of the
Boy Scout troop of the Janes Methodist
Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, was
'. identified yesterday a? t lieutenant in
I the German aviation service and sent
! to Ellis Island on a charge of violating
1 the immigration law. He was captured
i by the French and escaped from a
i prison camp in Belgium in 1915, enter
. ing the I'nited States as t member of
| the crew of a Dutch vessel.
Until Marshal Power summoned him
j to his office, Christiansen had been
: boarding at the home of George B.
Aekerlv, of 647 Monroe Street. Brook
! lyn, whose two bous have enlisted in
I the United States service.
Will Fix Priority of Manu
i facture, Shipment
and Price?
Frank A. Scott
Will Be Chairman
Hoover and Baruch Will
Aid Him?Frayne Rep?
resents Labor
IKrom The Tribune llaretu)
Washington, July 28. The Council of
National Defence to-day announced the
creation of a war industries board of
seven members, to act as a central in?
dustrial mobilization agency and pur?
chasing committee for the government.
The new board, in addition to these
larger duties, will assume those former?
ly discharged by the Ceneral Munitions
Board. It will be subject to the control
of the Council of National Defence, and
responsible through the council to the
President.
The membership of the War Indus?
tries Board will comprise Frank A.
Scott, of Cleveland, chairman; Lieuten?
ant Colonel Palmer K. Pierce, repre?
senting the army; Rear Admiral Frank
F. Fletcher, representing the navy;
Bernard M Baruch, of New York, chair?
man of the Raw Materials Committee
of the Council of National Defence;
Hugh Frayne, of New York, representa?
tive of labor; Robert S. Brookings, a
St. Louis business man, and Robert S.
Lovett, chairman of the executive com?
mittee of the (mon Pacific Railroad.
Board To Rr Clearing House
The board will act as a clearing house
, for the war industry needs of the gov
I eminent, determining the most effective
i ways of meeting them through in
1 creased production. This will include
| the creation or extension of industries
demanded by war emergencies, deter?
mination of the sequence and relative
urgency of the needs of the different
government services, and consideration
of price factors. The board will also
handle the industrial and labor aspects
i of problems involved, and general quei
I tlons? affecting the purchase of com
i moditiei.
| Mr. Baruch will give his attention
particularly to raw materials, Mr.
, Brookings to finished products and Mr.
' Lovett to matters of priority of ship
[ ments. These three members, in asso
ciatiofi with Mr. Hoover, so far as food
' stuffs are involved, will constitute a
commission to arrange purchases in
accordance with the general policies
formulated and approved.
According to a statement issued by
the Council of Defence the purpose of
creating the new board is to expedite
the work of the government, to furnish
needed assistance to the departments
engaged in making war purchases, to
devolve clearly and definitely the im
portant tasks indicated upon direct rep?
resentatives of the government not In?
terested in commercial and industrial
activities with which they will be calleo
upon to deal, and to make clear thai
there is total dissociation of the indus
trial committees from the actual ar?
rangement of purchases on behalf o?
the government.
I . Responsibility To Be Fixed
It will lodge responsibility for effec
tive action as definitely as is possibl?
under existing law. It does not min?
imize or dispense with the splendi?*
semee which representatives of indus?
try and labor have so unselfishly placed
at the disposal of the government.
' liie Council of National Defence
p and the Advisory Commission will con
' tinue unchanged and will discharge the
duties imposed upon them by law,"
?ays the statement "The committees
heretofore created immediately subor?
dinate to the Council of National De
. fence -namely, labor, transportation
and communication, shipping, medicine
.-nd *urgery( women's defence work, eo
opera'.ion with state councils, research
i and invention?, engineering and educa
] tion, commercial economy, administra
? tior.s and statistics and inland trans?
portation?will continue their activi
! ties under the direction ar.d control of
I the council. Those whose work is jt
\ latcd to the duties of the war indus
j trie.? board will cooperate with it. The
S'jb-commitUes advising on particular
I industries and materials, both raw and
'? finished, heretofore created ?will also
1 continue in existence, and be available
? to furnish assistance to the war in
I dustries board."
situation To Be Cleared
The creation of the new purchasing
1 machinery apart from the Council of
' Defcace will clear away a situation
. which has been embarrassing members
; of the councils advisory commission for
some months. It has been repeatedly
'charged that members of the subsidiary
i organization of the Council of National
! Defence have exceeded their authority
I under the national defence act in as
t silting in the negotiation of govem
I ment contracts. In some cases it has
I been charged that committee members
of the council have participated in the
I arrangement of government purchases
from concerns in which they were finan?
cially interested.
Members of the advisory commission
have been most insistent for some
weeks that the President create a spe
1 cial purchasing body. While the ed
! viiory commission has successfully de
i fended allegations of members of Con
. gress that contracts were being nego
1 tiated to the advantage of members o.
?the council organisation negotiating
! them, they have, nevertheless, felt keen
I ly the criticism, and have agreed that
I existing purchasing maehiaery organ?
ized to tide the government oeer the
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