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Draft Boards Told
To Stop Classifying
MeninOlderGroups
Registrants 37-46 Need
Not Fill Out Their
Questionnaires
Others To Be Examined
Application? for Central Offi?
cers' Camp To Be Re?
fused Henceforth
WASHINGTON', Nov. 12. ? Draft
boards were ordered to-day to stop
jjjj'gifying men under nineteen or over
thirty-six years and to withhold ques?
tionnaires for such registrants not
already sent out.
It was said officially at t*:e provost
marshal general's office that draft
registrants from thirty-seven to forty
flix years old who have received ques?
tionnaires need not fill them out.
Cancellation of all draft calls and in?
ductions practically has nullified the
famous work or fight order promul?
gated last summer and under which
thousands of men flocked to essential
industry on pain of immediate induc?
tion, though local boards have been
ordered to continue classifying after
physical examination men between
eighteen and thirty-six. The work or
fight order falls by rea?on of the fac't
that the only penalty attached was
that of being placed in Clasa 1. With
?Us stopped the government has no
power to penalize non-essential em?
ployment.
The cessation of the draft calls
found the work of classifying all r?gis- j
trants in the eighteen to forty-five- I
?ar elasR more than G per cent com- j
plete in the united States and entirely |
?omplete in some states and localities, i
The stopping of the calls does not re- :
lleve any delinquent who has failed
to obey draft board orders from the |
penalitiea which are attached under j
the law.
A single order from the General Staff '
would suffice to start another stream I
of men flowing into the cantonments ?
and bring the work or tisfht order and \
all other war-time requirements back |
into force.
No Decision on Moster Out
The question of the number of Amer- j
ican troops to be retained in France or |
elsewhere in Europe is being studied i
on that side, Mr. Baker said, while the j
General Staff is preparing recommen- j
dations as to the number to be kept
under arms in this country. The prob?
lem in Europe remains one of joint op- !
er&Uons with the Allied nations in I
after-the-war guarding and other work |
to be done by the military forces, and |
no conclusions on thiB point can yet be
made.
Mr. Baiter said several factors will
govern the order in which men will be
released from the army. It is obvious,
he said, that, as a matter of justice men !
who .had been longest in the service j
should be released first, but the indus- j
trial situation and the special need for |
men of a certain calling probably will ;
modify the principle of making length ,
of servie,' a guide to order of muster i
Ship Programme to
Keep Up, Says Schwab \
Labor Conditions Expected to
Be Adjusted Soon in All
the Yards
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12.?Sinking
of the armistice will not affect the |
government's shipbuilding programme,
?wording to Charles M. Schwab, direc-1
tor general of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation.
"The continuation of the pro- j
gramme," said Mr. Schwab, "will be j
the bigg?st factor in tiding over the
Period between war production and I
Peace conditions. The situation wili !
soon adjust itself, however, and tho
?bole labor problem will Btrajghton |
oat automatically as the readjustment
toes oa.
"Our tonnage output bo far has con?
sisted too largely of small vessels, be?
cause we had to take anything we could
g*t to meet the necessity. But 75 per
cent of the tonnage has been in ves
Mis of over 7.00? ions. No>v we snail
turn to the larger cargo carriers of
IO.OOO to 14.000 tons, they beinsr the
Jnost economical, cost compared with
capacity.
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Ambassador Naon Resigns
Argentine's Neutrality Be
' lieved to Have Caused
Action
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.?Romulo S.
?"?on, Ambassador from Argentina, has
forwarded his resignation to President
"Igoyen. In relinquishing his post as
?mbassador, which he has held since
??ember, 1914, Mr. Naon also desires
j?BT? up that of High Financial Com?
missioner and to return to Argentina.
Beyond saying that he intended to
?*?re from the diplomatic service Mr.
'?on would not discuss his plans.
BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 12.?The de
Won of Dr. Naon to resign his poat
*? ?mbas-cidor has contributed to the |
r>pular movement at Buenos Ayrcs in j
BJ? of the Allies.
. '* >? vnderatood that Dr. Naon was ;
?Mwatia?ied with the attitude of Presi-,
ggl Irigoyen in failing to support ccr- ;
J" measures the ambassador nad '
Commended.
PREACH
*od practice economy in
the home. Begin in the
kitchen. Avoid loss of
food by making it appe?
tizing, poor flavoring
leads to wastefulness.
Just try the world's best
flavoring for food.
.LBUPERRINS
Yanks Astounded Foch
In St. Mihiel Clean-Up
Given Ten Days to Drive Hun From Salient, Says Otto H.
Kahn, They Did the Job in Thirty Hours?How
Paris Was Saved at Chateau-Thierry
BOSTON, Nov. 12.?Otto H. Kahn, in i
an address here to-night at a United j
War Work campaign meeting, told
some new details of the American de?
fence at Belleau Wood, near Ch?teau
Thierry, last June, which engagement
he called the tide of the war. Mr.
Kahn was in France at that time.
Mr. Kahn also said Marshal Foch al?
lotted the Americans ten days to clean
up the St. Mihiel salient, and they did
it in thirty hours.
"French troops had been fighting
fiercely and almost hopelessly above
Ch?teau Thierry," said Mr. Kahn. "A
French officer commanding a body of
poilus told me that when his men were
almost on the point of total exhaus?
tion, on the 4th or Gth of June, the
Americans suddenly appeared, rushing
to the rescue. One of their officers
hurried up to him, saluted and spoke
six words of wretched French: 'Vous
fatigues. Vous partir. Notre job."
(You tired. You get nway. Our job.)
How Paris Was Saved
"On the 26th of May the Germans
had broken through the French posi?
tions on the Chemin des DameB. Day
by day they came nearer to Paris, until
<->nly thirty-nine miles separated them
from their goal. A few days more at
the same rate of advance and Paris was
within range of the German guns of
terrific destructivo power.
"And then, suddenly out of the
gloom, flashed the lightning of a new
sword, the sharp and valiant sword of
America, the sword which has never
known defeat.
"A division of marines and othet
American troops were rushed to the
front as a desperate measure to try tc
stop a gap where flesh and blood, even
when animated by French heroism
seemed incapable of further resistance
They came in trucks, in cattle cars
any old way, crowded together like
sardines. They had had little food anc
less sleep for days.
"When they arrived the situation
had become such that the French com
mand advised, indeed ordered, them t<
retire. But they and their brave gen
eral would not hear of it. They dis
embarked almost upon the field of bat
tie and rushed forward, with little cart
for battle order or strategy. The;
stormed ahead, right through the rnids
of a retreating French division, yellini
like wild Indians, ardent, young, irre- j
sistible in their fury of battle.
Warnings Unheeded
"Some of the Frenchmen shouted a
well meant warning:
" 'Don't go in this direction. There
are the Boches with machine guns!'
"They yelled back: 'That's where we
want to go. That's where wo have
come 3,000 miles to go!'
"And they did go into the very teeth i
of the deadly machine guii3. In de- ;
fiance of all precedent they stormed,
with rifles and bayonets in frontal at?
tack, against massed machine guns.
They threw themselves upon the vic
'tory-flushed Hun- to whom this kind
of fierce onset came as an utter sur?
prise. They fought like demons, with
utterly reckless bravery. They paid
the price, alas! in heavy losses, but
for whut they paid they took compen?
sation in overful measure.
"They formed of themselves a spear?
head at the poin't nearest Paris, agaiusf.
which the Hun onslaught, shattered it?
self and broke. They stopped the Hun,
they beat him back, they broke the
spell of his advance, they started
Victory in its march.
The Winning Force
"A new and fresh and mighty force
had come into the fray. And the Hun
knew it to his cost and the French
knew it to their unbounded joy. The
French turned. Side by side the Amer?
icans and the French stood, and on that
part of the front the Germans never
advanced another inch from that day.
They held for a while, and then set in
the beginning of the great defeat.
"When, six. weeks later. Foch struck
his great master stroke which was to
lead to the utter defeat and collapse of
the enemy, the American troops were
allotted the place of honor, in the cen?
tre of the line between Soisson?. and
Rheims, in immediate defence of the
approaches to Paris.
"They made good there. They made
good everywhere, from Cantigny to Se?
dan. They made good on land, on the
seas and in the air; worthy comrades
of the war-seasoned heroes of France
and Great Britain, worthy defenders
of American honor, eager artisans of
American glory. When for the first
tin.c the American army went into ac?
tion as a separate unit under the direct
command of General Pershing, Marsha!
Foch nllotted them ten days for the hc
complishment of the task set for them
?i. e.. the ejection of the Germpn army
from the St. Mihiel salient. They did
it in thirty hours, and made a complete
and perfect job of it.
"And^ right nobly did they do their
job. Need I ask whether we shall do
ourr?"
No More Commissions!
In Army, Baker Order!
But Student Candidates Now j
in Camps May Get Sec?
ond Lieutenancies
{Special Dispatch to The Tribuve) j
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.? The issu-1
anee of new commissions in the army j
and the promotion of men already in
the service was ordered stopped to-day
by Secretary of War Baker.
The new order affects applicants
principally from civilian life, several
hundred of whom have been commis?
sioned daily by the department during
the last year.
Whether thousands of student candi?
dates now in central training camps?
will be commissioned has not been de?
termined. The officers' section of the
adjutant general's department has rec?
ommended the schools be continued
until the four months' course in euch
has been completed and that second
lieutenancies be given to all who
qualify.
The Camp Fremont school, scheduled
to open December 1, for the training
of 20,000 officers, was abandoned to?
day.
The central camps, where thousands
of young men are in training, include
infantry schools at Camps Lee, Gordon,
Pike, MacArthur and Grant, a machine
gun school at Camp Hancock, a field
artillery school at Camp Tvler, a coast
artillery schoo? at l?ort Monroe and a
quartermaster officers' school at Jack?
sonville, Fla.
$3,500,000,000 Loan
Proposed by Britain
Treasury Officials Oppose Cut,
-Despite Change in Mili?
tary Situation
LONDON, Nov. 12.?A new loen ot j
$3,500,000,000 was called for in the j
House of Commons to-day by Andrew j
Bonnr Law, Chancellor of the Ex- i
chequer.
Mr. Bonar Law in moving the new I
vote of credit said he believed there
would be a reduction in expenditure j
owing to the change in the military j
situation, but that Treasury officials
had advised him against reducing the ?
amount.
Bomb Burns Inspector
A bomb concealed in a violin case ]
was found yesterday afternoon on a
landing of the stairway leading to the
officers of "11 Progresso," an Italian
newspaper at i'2 Elm Street.
Inspector Owen Eagan, of the Bu?
reau of Combustibles, was burned
badly while examining the contrivance.
He had forced open a glass tube con?
taining nitro-glyceri'n. prart of the
bomb, and it was exploded by atmos?
pheric pressure.
The bomb also contained six pounds
of loose dynamite and three iron bars.
A week ago an anonymous letter was
received warning the editors not to re?
joice too much in the victory of the
Allies.
Private Who Talked
In Sleep Held as Spy
Camp Devens Draft Man Ac?
cused of Tapping War
Department Wire
AYER, Mass., Nov. 12.?The capture of
an alleged German spy in the act of
tapping a wire carrying confidential
messages between the headquarters of
the 12th Division at Camp Devens and
the War Department at Washington
was reported to-night by Federal offi?
cers and members of the division's in
teligence department.
The man, whose name was given as
Private Pressl.- H. Stringfellow, of
Company B. 212th Signal Corps, was
arrested last night, with two civilians,
and will be tried by general court mar?
tial. The civilians were taken by the
Federal officers to Boston.
Federal officers said their suspicions
were first directed against Stringfel?
low by reports of his comrades that he
talked in his sleep, making statements
antagonistic to the United States.
They alleged they had found in hie
possession a secret code used to com?
municate with hostile agents.
Russian Mission
On Way to France
Kerensky's Former War Min?
ister Says Army of 250,
000 Needs Help
PEKING, Nov. 12 (By The Associ-j
ated Press).?General Boris Savinkoff, |
former Minister of War in the Keren- ?
sky Cabinet, has left Shanghai on his |
way to France, by way of the Sue?
Canal, at the head of a military mis
sion from the new AU-Russian govern?
ment. The mission left Petrograd early |
in Julv, when, according to General!
Savinkoff, the population of the Rus-1
sion capital had been reduced from 3,
000,000 to 1,300,000. The industrial
situation was bad, he said, and the peo?
ple were on starvation rations.
He declared that Russia soon will ;
have an army of 250,000 men, but is
lacking in equipment and looks to the j
Allies to supply this need. ?
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at any time you believe you
have a grievance with the
way in which any of our
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That's all it takes?five minutes (the old
kinds require nearer thirty minute?)?and
almost like magic, the repair man with a
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never-pull-loose rubber heels.
"But," you say, "it takes longer than that
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"Usco" heels require no cement. A
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There is a sure footed satisfaction in the
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They've been making history
in France and now they
want to study it!
THEY are going to have a chance to study history
at first hand non that peace has come. And they
are going to have a chance to study lots of other things
?from cooking to carpentry, from electricity to eco?
nomics, from tailoring to telegraphy, from civics to
cobbling, from art to agriculture.
That's going to be the big job of these United
War Work organizations from now on.
Under the direction of the Army, plans have beer,
worked out to let our fighters go to school?to give men
vocational and technical training that will fit them to
earn more when they return than they did before they
Ieft---to open up the English and French universities
for higher education---to organize correspondence
courses so that however isolated a man may be, he can
benefit by these advantages.
While they are right on the ground they will be
able to visit places where European history has been
made.
Instructors will be drawn from the Army and a
thousand civilians are sailing for France to supplement
the mighty- force of educators now in France.
This is but one phase of the plans for demobiliza?
tion?to make the change from military back to civil
life a period of profit for our fighters. It is only one
reason for you to give more than you thought you
would, for the work of these organizations will never
cease until the last of our fighters is safely back at
home.
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