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Desperate Counter Attacks By the j
Germans Repulsed By the Allies
KAISEfl, III HOUR OF CRISIS, HAS !
, ASSEMBLED 1 III COUNCIL
While the raiii and the morass have served to hold the Kntcntcj
Allied forces in lfash. preventing a resumption of the great offensive'
of Tuesday, they have not been effective in keeping the Hermans from1
throwing counter attacks wiijh large forces of men against several;
newly won sectors of the front held by the British and French troops'
nor in bringing about a cessation of the violent artillery duel along j
the entire lin>.
Crown Prince Rupprect evidently considers the British gain!
northeast of Ypres the most important made in Tuesday's hat 1 1c. forj
upon this territory he has concentrated the strongest of his counter,
offensive operations in an attempt to regain the lost ground. His'
efforts, however, have gone for naught, the British artillery and in- J
fantry fire raking the advancing forces mercilessly, putting an end!
to the attacks and aiding materially to the already heavy casualties j
the Germans have sufferred.'
y FLAG IIQ
. FOR UO
V.. ? ? 'I
HEAT WAVE BROKEN !
IN EAST, BUT WEST j
STILL UNRELIEVED;
WASHINGTON. 'Aug. 2.? The \
heat wave in past, broken icnicht j
by scattered showers, shows slighi j
probability nf an imminent recur- i
tence. according to the experts of
the weather bureau. No immedi
ate relief is promised, however, i
fcjr the west, while a climb in the !
mercury is expected in the Ohio j
and Mississippi vallejs.
Hich temperatures continued j
? late today throughout the oast, j
Boston and Baltimore reported j
. 9S and New York. Philadelphia i
and Washington ?'?.
At Boston. i
BOSTON. Aug. 2. ?The heat wave
killed six persons and prostrated fifty
five others in this city today before'
evening breezes relieved the oppres-;
sion, If was the fourth consecutive,
day m which a lyaximum temperature j
of 98 degrees was officially recorded. :
A total of 12 deaths and scores of
prostrations have be?n caused irtriug
the four days. <?
At New York.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2.? Thunder
showers and cooling breezzes late tr>
dav brought relief from the paralyzing
heat which has tortured New York for
the last four days. The lower temper
ature 'came too late, however, to avert
alonther long list of deaths. The
board of health announced that sixty?
se\r<n persons had been killed by Un
heal today and there wore hundreds
of i>rost rat ions. Dr. Charles F. Bol
duan. director of public health educa-j
tion. declared that most of the S7S j
deaths which have occurred in the;
city since Sunday were caused by the]
high temperature.
Tarks r,id beach resorts were again j
{Continued on T*ge Eig-bt.J
Thorp- is no indication in oithpr I
the British or French official com
? munications just when their com- !
bined push acain would be start- j
ed, bur it is possible that at j
least a day of warm sunshine
will bp necessary to dissipate the
quagmirp so that the bis allied
Runs may bo rpaligned. and to i
permit thp' airmen to re-locate
the positions the enemy is hold
inc.
Although the Teutonic allies
are still advancing against the I
Russians in east Galieia, Bukow- J
ina and alone the Moldavia front- j
ier. i hp allied offensive on the !
western front apparently- is on
thp nerves of the German pm
peror, whosp troops before had
to face, and with preat losses of
men anil terrain, gisantic a-t tacks
by tljp British and French cov
ered by countless pipeps of mod
ern artillery of all calibres and
ranges.
It is assumed that a war coun
cil of the hi eh military and naval
leaders In Germany, called by
Emperor William to meet in
Brussels. had as its objective an
analytical survey of the offensive,
which, if it is carried out as
planned by the Allies, would
prove a menace to the German
holdincs in Belgium, and espec- j
iallv along the coast.
Wednesday was the date set for
i h?- confprenoe, which was to
have bp^n attended by F'.pld Mar
shal Yon Hindenburg, chief of the '
imperial ;,'eneral staff; Crown j
Prinp Rupprpcht. of Bavaria, in
command in Planners; the Ger
man crown prince and others,
including Vice-Admiral Von Ca
pelle. minister of the navy, whose
naval bases on the North Sea
would be affected by a success to
the Entente allied armies. As
yet however, nothing ha3 come
through to Indicate the trend of 1
the discussion or concerning any
(Continued on P?7? JClgtt.)
WAR COUNCiL CALLED
BY KAISER WILLIAM
AMSTERDAM. Auk. 2. ? Emperor
William has called a war council of
the high military and naval leaders ?
in Germany to meet at Brussels, Bel- 1
gium. today. Field Marshal von Hin- \
dPtiburg. chief of the imperial Ger- '
man general staff: General von Luden-1
dorff. the quartermaster general; the ?
German crown prince, commander of:
the German forces in Champagne; j
Crown Trince Rupprecht of Bavaria,,
in command of the Belgian front:
Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurttemburg |
and Vicp Admiral Edouard von Cap- j
pelle. minister of the imperial navy,
and others will be present.
THE WTATHXB.
WASHINGTON, Aug-. 2. ? PorecMt:
West Virginia ? F&iv Triday ana Sat.
I urday, except thunder showers east por
tion. ,
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio ? (Jen.
?orally fair Trlday and Saturday.
AMERICAN* TRAINING CAMP IN*
FRANCE, Wednesday, Aug. 1. ? Gen
eral Pershing gave the American ex
peditionary force an example of the
strenuous life by sweeping through
nearly a dozen villages where United
States soldiers are living in France,
and visiting nearly all training centers
which have been established from
America's first contribution for the
?war for democracy.
It was not acursi ry inspection. He
went into minute details all along
the line, questioned private soldiers,
company cooks and various other
ranks a? to how rhings were going,
and what, if anything, could be done
to improve the situation.
General Pershing was expected on
Monday, but delayed leaving Paris un
til late yesterday.' . He spent the night
at a quaint little French village and
reached the American army area early
to-day. His visit was entirely infor
mal, and he found the forces Just as
be desired? engaged In their daily
routine work and drill.
P?rf?ctlng Organization.
The General also is inspecting vari
ous places suggested for his field
headquarters, because he expects be
I fore very long ro remove from Paris
! near the troops in training. He will!
j return, io Taris late to-morrow. j
j At the end of the first day's inspec-!
| rlon. General Perching said:
"Our principal concern Just now, of
course. is to perfect the army organi-j
| zalion. This is a big task, but it is'
| moving along smoothly and in a most
I satisfactory manner.
! "The work at certain ports of dis
i embarkation is well started. Railroad
; material is coming' over as rapidly as
lean be arranged. The progress we
jhave made thus far with the assist
ance of the French is a source of great
j satisfaction to me. Billets and train
jing ground for me-n are as well locat
i ed as could be expected at this time
of the year when space is limited by
[crops in the fields.
"After these are removed we will
[have plenty of space for lodging and
?training the divisions that are to
come. Some of the places where men
|aro now sleeping are not all that could
I be desired, but this soon will be reme
died by the construction of portable !
barracks. Training is progressing
1 (Continued on Par* i
RUSSIAN COLUPSE ADDS HEAVILY TO
BURDEN OF THE U. S. AID ALL THE ALLIES
LONDON, Aug. 2. ? "Looking j
from the broadest aspect at the
events of the past fortnight in
Russia," said Major General Gen- i
eral Frederick B. Maurice, chief }
director of military operations at
the war office, in his weekly talk
today to the Associated Press, "It i
will necessarily mean a prolonga
tion of the war. We cannot long
er count on any great material as
sistance from Russia. This means
a greater burden on the other en- I
tente allies, and for the United j
States it means that she must j
come into the field as soon as pos
sible and with the greatest possl- |
ble force."
General Maurice continued:
"This week the battle of Flan
ders was an entire success. Gen
eral Sir Douglas Haig fixed a defi
nite line of objectives and, speak
ing generally, he attained it suc
cessfully. On the southern third
of the front he attacked and
gained his object easily. On the j
northern third the enemy's resist- |
ance broke down so completely
that General Haig felt justified in
permitting his troops to go well
beyond the .objective. In the cen
tral third we fell a little short of
the objective owing to stubborn l
enemy resistance."
General Maurice said that the
British commander's next move j
was to determine another objec- j
tive and then, after the custom- ;
ary process of preparation, to pro- ?
ceed similarly to achieve It.
"In cases of this kind," said the ?
director of military operations,
"the objective line depends main- !
ly upon the range of the artillery, j
The attacks must be patient and |
methodical. In this way we can
gain ground and inflict heavy i
losses on the enemy without j
heavy losses to ourselves. That
is the system we used at Arras
and at Messines and the one now
being used in Flanders.
In this week's battle we co-op- !
erated with the French. There i
were about six times as many |
British troops as French soldiers. !
Of the British four.fifths were
purely English and one-fifth Anzac '
(Australians and New Zealand- j
ers), Welsh and Scotch. No Irish
or Canadian troops participated." i
RUSSIAN SITUATION MORE ACUTE
WITH TEUTONS IKING GAINS!
i
Daily the situation of the Rus
sians on the eastern front grows
increasingly acute. Across the
Zbrocz river in Russia, to the
south between the Dneister And
the Pruth rivers in Bukowina and
in the Carpathian region border
ing Rumania the Russians every
where are steadily falling back.
So far have the operations of the
Teutonic Allies been advanced in
Bukowlna that seemingly the lit
tle crownland soon again will be
returned to the Austrians. Num- |
erous towns and vantage points j
along the front have been captur- j
ed by the Teutons. Berlin asserts
that from the Pruth to the eastern
foothills of the Keleman raoun- |
tains, a distance of approximately j
a hundred miles, the Russians are j
steadily giving ground. Advices
reaching Petrograd from the front I
are to the effect that a retrograde !
movement by the Russians has !
been carried out fifteen miles j
southeast of Riga, the important j
Russian port and naval base on
the Baltic. Here the Germans '
have occupied the Ukskull bridge- j
head, which the Russians pre
viously had evacuated.
Xtumlan Statement*.
PETROGRAD. Aug. 2. ? German forc
es have occupied the I'sklU bridgehead,
on the northern Russtnn front. 15 miles
southeast of Riga. according to reports
received here from the battle front. Tho
position has been evacuated by the Rus
sian*. . ? i
West of the Putna river In the Car
pathians the Russians were pressed,
back. , _
Ji the Moldavica resian Russian .
troops took the offensive and drov*? buck
the enemy, capturing some prisoners. ?
Retweon the river Zbroczon on thej
Russo-Gallclan frontier and the Dnies
ter river, northwest of Kholln. the Rus
sians vesterday abandoned their posl-l
tions. says the official statement Issued
lodav by the Russian war department. ;
The Russian forces also retired In an;
(Continued on Paffr Ten.)
Prohibitionists Declare '
They Are Flim Flammed
In the Senate Action!
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.? Represen
tative Randall of California, the only
prohibition member of congress, is-'
sued a statement today declaring that
"The friends of the national prohibi
tion have been fllm flammed by the
liquor lobby In the constitutional
amendment adapted in the senate yer
terday." He added that " a great
Jollification" was held by liquor rep
resentatives in a Washington Hotel .
last night and that a well defined
rumor had sprung up that the six year
clause added on Senator Harding's
motion was really written by the
Brewers' Attorneys.
"The Joker Is not in the six year
handicap itself," said Mr. Randall,
"though that Is without a single pre
cedent In history. The Harding]
clause provides that 'this article shall
be inoperative unless ratified within
six years' the impression is that the
prohibition amendment would not he
come a part of the constitution unless
so ratified. The fact is it will become
a pan of the constitution if ratified
after the time limit but will b<* inop
erative. This promises long years of
litigation. The whole campaign to i
secure ratification by the states will
be clouded bv this uncertain language.
The duty of the house of represent a- j
tlves Is clear. Throw out the Harding
clause entirely."
VEGETABLE CROPS IN
GERMANY DAMAGED
AMSTERPAM."A?T 2. The fron
tier correspondent of the Handelshlad
reports that the vegetable crop In Grr-i
many Is a great disappointment.
A hurricane on Sunday last did a ?
great amount, of damage in the whole:
of western Germany. .
Russ Foreign Minister
Declares the Nation
In Contest to Finish ;
""""" ? ? i
PETROGRAD, Aug. 2.? Foreign
Minister Terestchenko has sent the
followiug telegram to Russian diplo
matists accredited to the allied pow- j
era:
"At a moment when new and grave (
misfortunes are threatening Russia,'
we consider it our duty to give to our |
allies who have shared with us the
burden of trials in the past, a firm and t
definite explanation of our point of
view regarding the conduct of th^
war. The greatness of the task of the'
Russian revolution corresponds to
the magnitude which it caused in the
life of the state. Reorganization in
the face of the enemy of th,p entire l
governmental system could not be ef-j
fected without serious disorders. Nev
ertheless Russia, convinced there Is
no other means of safety, has con-!
tinued In accord wlili the allies com- ^
mon action on the front.
Fully conscious of the difficulties of
the task. Russia has taken up the
burden of conducting active military j
operations during reconstiiution of'
the army and government. The .offen
sive of our armies which was necessl- ;
tated by a strategical situation, en
countered insurmountable obstacles'
on both fronts and in the interior of
the country. The crimnal propagan
da of irresponsible elements was used'
by enemy agents and provoked a re- (
volution in Petrograd. At the same,
time part of the troops on the front!
were seduced by the same propagan- J
da. forgot their duty to their country;
and facilitated the enemy piercing j
our front.
"The Russian people have been1
stirred by these events. Through the
government ereated by the revolution (
and an unshakeable will, the revolt j
was crushed and its originators were;
brought to Justice. All necessary!
steps have been taken at the trotii i
for restoring the combative strength
of the armies.
"The government intends bringing
to a successful end the task of es
tablishing ar. administration capable;
of meeting all dancers and guiding j
the country in the path of revolution- ,
arv regeneration. Russia will not;
suffer herself in be deterred by any
difficulty in carrying out the irrevoc-j
able decision to continue the war to j
a final triumph of the principles pro-;
claimed b> the Russian revolution. |
"In i he presence of an enemy men- ?
ace the country and the army will j
continue with renewed courage the
great work of restoration as well asj
the preparation on the threshold year)
of t he fourth year of the war for the;
coming year. We firmly believe Rus- j
slan citizens will combine alt efforts
to combine the sacred task of defend-1
ing their beloved country and that the>
enthusiasm which lighted in their,
breast a flame in the triumph of lib-',
erty will direct the whole invincible ?
force of revolution aeainst the enemy
who threatens the country.
BIG RE~VENUE FOR FRANCE
PARIS, A tic. -.?-The income lax (
voted vesterday in the chamber of
deputies assured to France 440.000,
(100 francs yearly more than in normal
peace, years and Hfi9.000.000 francs
more income than in 1916.
Joseph Thierry, minister of finance,
in announcing these figures this aft'
ernoon told the chamber of deputies
that the financial situation in France
was entirely satisfactory. The num
ber of incomes taxable says M. Thier
ry. had risen from 165,000 to 340.000
and the early months of 1917 had
proved a favorable guide for the year.
U.S. AND BRITAIN TO !
TAKE CONTROL OF I
WORLD'S SHIPPING
IMPERATIVE NEED
OF SHIPS IS SHOWN
Withdraw Steel Exports to'
Japan Unless Shipping Di- I
verted to War Uses
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.? The im-J
perative need of ships in the trans-At
lantic service was disclosed today in
indications that the shipping board is
preparing to commandeer all Ameri-j
can tonnage and in an order issued by
President Wilson which has the effect. I
of cutting off steel exports to Japan J
unless Japanese vessels are diverted;
to war uses. * i
The shipping board probably will j
announce a commandeering program
within a few- days. It will call for the'
requisitioning of ships under authority |
recently given to the president by j
congress ami probably will include, ar-;
rangements for turning the vessels
back 10 their owners for actual opera-!
lion. The . government, it is said. h^? '
no desire to operate the vessels itself,
hut through control of chnrters can
direct trade routes and at the same!
time can lower' ocean freight rates. j
Coastwise tonnage and vessels tak-j
en off South American runs to be put!
to carrying .supplies to Europe prob-j
ably would be replaced In large parti
by neutral ships.
The lirilish kikI American govern- ?
m 11 1 tin v ?? ;ih">iM reached nn acr-prnent I
rut- a Joint control of nil t world's:
i ? -ti nn ???"? and the sliii-pinif hnn'.*1 move !
toward ?,onimaiid',erir.2 is a preliminary '
st ep in that Hrnins'-nifiit. I n<ler t lie i
plan the t'nii.-.l States would operate!
most of t)i?> neutral tonnage and <5reat '
Hritain won h! have under its control .'
allied ships The arrangement would be 1
used also tn hrinir down t'reiirht rates, j
<?re?it Hritain it was learned today, is!
about ready to reeall Krllish ships that ;
ha.ve been put at the disposal of her,
allies. rnnitnu.il sinkings a1- said to (
have made it tiece.-sary that every Mrit- ?
isli vessel be *ised in supplying the |
l!riti>h people iitnl armies
Aerial Exploits of the
British in Battle of
Flanders Remarkable
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANC*: AND BELGIUM. Aug. 2 ?
(By the Associated Press. i ? The work
done by the British air service' In
Tuesday's offensive has not been sur
passed In efficiency and spectaclar
features since war began. More un
favorable weather for aerial opera
tions could hardly have been selected.
At dawn, when the infantry advance
began. the whole country was blank
etPd by thick, low-lying clouds and
by afternoon rain had begun to fall.
Despite ihc^e tremendous disadvan
tages huge squadrons of British planes
led the advance into the enemy terri- '
tory and not only maintained constant'
contiict with their infantry hut. dying
at such a low altitude that they often
were only a few f?et from the ground. '
they carried on a destructive warfare
of their own with their machine guns.
Wonderful Heroism.
Wonderful heroism was displayed by
the British airmen, who performed re
markable deeds. One typical instance
will indicate the nature of the impor
tant work they carried out. A British
aviator crossed the Ypres salient just
as the infantry attack began at dawn.
For a time he patrolled the roads and
canals, now and then running the
gauntlet of enemy fire at a height of
:Ui feet in order to obtain information
for the guidance of the infantry in
their advance. During this patrol work
he came to a Herman airdome. Owing,
to the early hour one one enemy was'
stirring outside the shed and he paused
in his ablutions cnlv long enough to
satisfy himself that the plane above
him evidently was one of his own. j
The British airmen circled low and
dropped a bomb squarely on one of
the sheds. This brought numbers of I
Germans tumbling in a panic from the'
buildings. lie turned his machine l
gun on them and circling about the J
field, bombed two other sheds ? with
disastrous effect. All the time he!
kept up a ste;id\ stream of machine J
gun fire at the Germans, a number!
of whom were killed or wounded. ?
Puts ^Troops to Fight
The Teutons finally cot a machine
gun into action against him but he,
dived at twenty feet silenced it with
his own gun. Having put this gun
oui of action, he circled the field, fir
ing with hi? machine gun through 'he
doors of buildings at the huddled en-j
emv within. At one time his machine j
touched the ground.
Leaving the airdrome thi> British .ivi-;
atnr attacked tw?> Herman columns of
?Jftfi troops ami put thrni to (light. A|
little later he encountered a column of!
L'flo troops ami swopi along the line
with hi* KUtt work UK steadily. The i*n-j
tiro column w<i,s dispersed and tied by'
iI<-vIoiik wtys to cover, leaving numbers ?
of their eon trades lying iti the road.
Two Herman I >a 1 1 1 planes appeared'
on ill-- scone, and tho Uriton engaged
thorn Ijntlt. sending nn>- to earth and put
tine the other to rlinlit. Ho pursued tho1
n^eliiK piano, hut it whs soon lost in the*
clouds.
In tho tiv.mtitnr a largo hody of Oor
man ?fi|?lii*rs had gajh^red around the'
machine which had been brought down. t
T)ti> British living man ennu; sweeping
hark from th<> mists in which ho hud J
hidden. nnil accounted for several of'
their number with his machine gun. ? i
Ills ni'M objective was a troop train.]
Ilo traveled along Its entire length,
pumping bullets into the crowded cars. |
This completes the story of one avl-j
.??.tor's tights for the day.
FIRED TIMELY VOLLEY.
SUPERIOR. Wis., Aug. 2.? Hluejack- j
ets from a United States gunboat j
early today were obliged to fire a vol-!
ley over the heads of a mob. believed
to have been made up of Industrial '
Workers of the TO)rld, that attacked!
a policeman. The patrolman had ar-|
rested a man believed to have been i
a member of the I. W. W., whom he
detected robbing a man asleep in the
street. The attack followed and the
bluejackets nearby were called. Both
the officer and his prisoner were res
cued and the mob dispersed.
Death
For Three Army Aviators in
. Collapse of Machines
Over Long Island
NEW YORK. Aug. 2. ? Charles
Fleischmann. son of Julius L. Fleisch
mann, former mayor of Cincinnati,
was instantly killed to-nisht when the
hydro-aeroplane in which he was fly- J
ing collapsed in Great. South Bay. |
Harry Vitz, pilot of the machine, also!
was killed. I
Fleischmann. who was a member of j
the First Battalion. Aviation Corps,!
had left the naval nation at Bay'
Shore. Long Island, for a ride with t
Witz. who owned the machine and)
gave exhibition flights. They had j
risen to a height of about 100 feet;
when the machine was seen to turn j
over, and Fleischmann was thrown j
out, falling in shallow water. Witz, I
who was .strapped to his seat, wentj
down with the plane. ?
Persons on board a power Doat wit- i
nessed the accident and recovered the i
bodies. It was said the noise of an ex-j
plosion was beard just before the ma- 1
chine dropped.
MINEOLA, N. Y., Aug. 2.? Captain!
Ralph L. Taylor, in command of the I
training seciion of the aviation signal j
rorp" here, lost control of his airplane;
to-day and plunged 800 feet to his |
death. Serceant Thotnas Pell, who I
was in the machine with him, suffered)
a broken Jaw and internal injuries.
The two aviators had been- flying I
but a short time when it was noticed I
something apparently went wrong,
with the machine, and it dropped to- 5
ward th* earth. Caprain Taylor was ?
dead when taken from the wreck. |
Captain Taylor had been in command |
of the instructors and students about,
two months and was an expert flyer, j
He was married two months ago. His;
home was in Bran ford, Conn.
RUSSIANWOMEN IN
RUSH TO JOIN ARMY
NOW BEING FORMED
PETROGRAD. Aug. 2.? A a result
of the heroic conduct at the front of
Miss Vera Butchmareff's female bat
talion. the movement for the creation
of a great army of women is progress
ing throughout. Russia like wildfire.
Already Petrograd, Moscow and Kiev
have formed regular recruiting bu- j
reaus and established barracks under i
the ordinary system of army adminis- j
tration, subject under a newly issued i
order by Minister of War Kerensky to
the staffs of the local military dis-|
tricts. The government has Issued)
arms and complete equipment to the j
women and has appointed male com- j
manders and instructors, and in view ,
of the spread of the movement it is!
planning a more suitable uniform for
the women fighters.
In Petrograd a new battalion is be !
ing raised by the chairwoman of thej
new Women's Military- League, a uni-,
versify student. Miss Fromenko. Tho ,
spacious ?'ngineer's palace has been
turned into a barracks in which 700
pirls and women are already in uni-|
form out of the 1.200 so far enrolled, j
For the remaining places in the bat-i
talion there are 1.500 applicants.
In the entrance hall today there
vas gathered a group of new recruits I
whose ordinary feminine attire, Ions
hair and soft features contrasted
sharply with the cropped heads and
masculine bearings of the girls al
ready in uniform. The chief of the
battalion, iss Fromenko, a youthful,
personally attractive girl, after organ
izing the battalion, will herself go to i
ih? front. ? .
The girls are for the most part ne
(Contlnued on P-tgf# Ten.)
HASTY MARRIAGES
NOT GROUND FOR j
ARMY EXEMPTION
GENERAL CROWDER
INSTRUCTS BOARDS
Deliberate Effort to Escape
National Duty Expected
to Be Prevented
CHARLESTON*. W. Va.. Aug. 2. J
! ? Major George S. Wallace. Judge |
| advocate general and chicf of the
siat? department of military cen
sus and enrollment, today railed
, a conference of the two federal
i district draft boards in the state
! to be held in Charleston next
i Monday. The object of the con
j ference is to reach an agreement '<
on uniform rules regulating the
execution of the draft.
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.? Local '
hoards were formally Instructed by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
night that they may well hold that a
marriage recently consummated, espe
cially by a registrant after he has
been called for examination, does not
create a status of dependency Jultlfjjr- .
ing immunity from conscription.
"The selective service law," read
the instructions, "does not require dis
charges in all cases of technical legal =
dependency, but only permits dis
charges where in view of dependency .
a discharge is advisable. Local boards
may well hold that a marriage bastijy. ,
consummated recently, and especially
one consummated by a person after
he has been called to present himself
for examination to determine his fit-'
ness for military service, does not cre
ate a status of dependency in which
it is advisable to grant a discharge. . -
"It is to be expected that local '
boards will exercise this full discre
tion in cases where they are con
vinced that unscrupulous persons have
thus violated the principles of the se
lective service law In hope of escap
ing a duty."
Good Showing.
CLARKSBURG. W. Va.. Aug. J.? Of
the first 20 men examined today by the
Harrison county conscription board, 1<
were found physically lit. but 11 of the
latter number claimed exemption, one
because he is an alien.
SeT?n Out of Xlf ht B#J?ct?d.
CHARLESTON". W. Va.. Aug. 2.? Ex
amination wps conducted In Charleston
( Contlnutd on Pag* Tan.)
GERMANS OPTIMISTIC
THEY CAN WIN WAR
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2. ? Reviews of
the third war year and the prospects
in th ecoming twelve months are
printed in all the German newspap
ers. The articles are written In an
optimistic and confident vein and
take the view that ehe military situa
tion is better for the Central powers
and their allies now than It was at
the end of the second war year. This
despite the entry of the United States
the full development of whose mili
tary activities, it Is generally agreed
is not to be expected until 1918.
The semi official NORDDEUTSCHE
ALLEGEMEINE ZEITUNG says:
"From America the entente expects
a decision now as it did in 1916 from
Roumania and In 1915 from Italy."
The RHENISH WESTPHALIAN
GAZETTE urges "Patience and again
patience" and proceeds:
"Don't let us make a mistake.
There is much bluff about American
armaments, but arming she is and she
will come across. We do not doubt
for a moment that there Is a treaty
between America and England al
though ex-Ambassador Gerard ridi
culed the idea a year ago."
DAVENPORT. Iowa. Aug. 2? Dan
iel H. Wallace, a lpcturpr. who. ac
cording to his own admission desertPd
from his British army. Prod Vollmer,
hrothor of Henry Vollmer. former
Iowa Congrpssman. Karl C. Willis. |
Charles Weise and A. H. 'Miller, were!
indicted bv the federal grand Jury to-1
day investigating espionage casps. I
Wallace was charged in two counts)
with violating the? espionage law and'
conspiracy; Willis, Wpise and Voll- !
mer, who are Davenport attorneys,!
and Miller, with conspiracy. All!
pleaded not guiltvj Bonds were fixed ;
at $2,000 each. ? j
Frpd Vollnipr l? a brothpr of Ar-:
thur Vollmer. an officer in the United J
States resprvp corps, stationed at |
Fori Snelling, as an Instructor. He'
is a veteran of the Spanish-American!
war.
Later in the day, the indictment on |
conspiracy charges of Dr. Henry Mat- j
the, and his npphew, Dr. Waiter!
Matthew, was announced.
Dr. Henry Matt hey "went, to Europe:
poon after the war broke out and j
served for two years in the German j
army as a surgeon."
Wallace was in Wheeling several]
months ago. and was operated upon!
In one of the local hospitals. While j
herp he gave out several sensational j
interviews on the war, and admitted j
deserting from the British army.) [
Treason Charged
LOWDEN, Iowa, Aug. 2. ? Four per- j
sons, three of them past sixty years,]
were arrested by fedpral officprs to- !
day chargpd with treason and resls-j
ting the government. Half a dozen I
others were questioned and It was
announced more arrests were expect
ed. This action followed an outbreak
that approached a riot between citi
zens and pro-Germans last night.
The prisoners are:. Albert Schaef
fer, 65 retired farmer; William Rich
man, 66, furniture dealer; Ernest
Me|.er, 65, retired farmer, and Carl
Gerhl, 36, farmer. All are reputed' to
be wealthy.
United States Marshal Moore and
Deputy Healy arrived here from Ce
dar Rapids after they had heen in
formed that this town of 700 popula
tion was a hotbed of sedition. Rich
man has a son who enlisted in the,
army and he is reported to have said
that he would rather see the boy dead
than bearing arms against Germany.
The charges against the other men
have not been made public.
The trouble began early in July and
it was said to have been accentuated
bv the dragging of a German flag be
hind an automobile in the Fourth of
July parade. Feeling between the
loyal and pro-German elements ha6 in
creased since then, fanned by public
and private utterances.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. Aug. 2.
Deputy United States marshals went
to Lowden. Iowa, today to investigate -
trouble there last nlcht between Amer
icans and pro-Germans, which for a
| time threatened to become serious.
When the Rev. John Reichert. pas
tor of i lie Gorman Evangelical church
at Lowden. was arrested on a gharge '
of makin treasonable utterances
Tuesday nipht lie was taken to the of-..
flee nf Daniel McGillivary. an attor*
ney. where lie was questioned. Mc? * ?
Gillivary Is said to have given the fed
eral officials Information regarding
the alleged treasonable utterance* of
the minister, which enraged the Ger- j>;
man sympathizers, who organized a
mob and threatened to do bodily harm /
to the lawyer. After a further confer
ence. howevpr. it was decided by the ?
pro-Germans not to take action against
McGillivary. ?_ . . . . ;
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