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wm%m^^^M^M ho thy Country's, Thy GosYt so* '.'I1' il SOOTBBPPstV 4-; K BSD AT, MAY 2, 1017. voTEr .fKUtoje, Irtmee m Mm Clteeter eoheole ?fttf *upt Wereon of Olaau.. Tim hen* oi wlrt ptreae mdwrtttal ?na euhjeets ?Jons Willi m Adenyl ht Oe#t)c)|OR? IttMABlKEA MAKING GOOD. w M Inf ?irr Ton Cased) Teils Bete bat mc Tttat OomioOtn In n wnceese. Bettln, Apr? ft/--U In officially an nouaaed that nUrnster of Navy Von I Cnpeal told the Kelch ?Ine raain com mitten that the toccaaa of the subita tAmnalfn continued fraat. an.l| it their tesaea haee been email. 1(> that the expectations of sue atfmidet Borland wlD be realised. Mtynoy insert ?V^EDS OF FRANCE ?:*&to%ummm nations. Breedott to Include Ev tfean* of Cooperation ttat?*C** Give to Vfetopean ,i% Vf %r on CtorttAo Aotoc 4%. April 27,?Conferences war mission and* the United States idened In their Ith mission left Paris with powers to negotiate with I Jltatos on all subjects? [naval, financial and eco ^tha ?ame n was be lore> Would be re oanntry than to brothers in arms. |^ however, that understanding ?l^ait Oermany tVv,^a^erencsii are .eneUk - Mfc In confer informed .$faa'ce .are Irs. statt.. called at ^ college and upon MaJ and membeia of the gear ^satre also vlslteottve army ?s^^efved many ^ nwitoal himself an anttti|s^;;t^ African engineer corps similar to that l\^tfcn^^^mted Wrpaiea of tfio v> Impress upon iernmeat and oe< . situation In 11 it the s^tioai^ mission ?lnii^nifjev tttare Is s> gar *+ Krailroads in Eu /Wtalnf worn out through _lubricants, it ia declared. ^wfng scarcity of tranaporta facuities on the seas makes it fratjfve. the Frenchman believe, te United Ststea carry out the plan foi* a large fleet of wooden ships. JfpA mission bellavas it a fallacy to that even peace would great aj^r food conditions for those now ^ verge Of starvation will need im?i quantities Of lood before they ph Produce it themnolves. It Is felt tbat the seriousness of the situation . Jg greatly Increased by the almo.v ?universal crop failure. \ It, Is said that the Germans recently have made extraordinary efforts to ;e*nd to the bottom vessels carrying j s/raia to the apiee. V Smile Hovelaque, who accompanied Ian, mission to the United States, es tpecialty tar the purpose of coordinat? ing Aossssuan benevolent activities for tr?net, and who has been acting as assistant to M, Vivianl, received' jlTaeWngton newspaper correspondents Turins* ma any. ^ Ha *?**M?*d in deUM ?U objects 9l4 Mn, M undaratbod. when it laft Tri*c*> adding that since the arTtftat hora acre had been a change In the pfogranmie and that the sub? jects undsr <9MUaslon now were con siderably broader than It had been anticipated- they would be. For that reason, he naid, U was probable that the mission would have to remain In Washington longer than It had ex pscted. The French mission has received hundreds of telegrams from cities and towns all over thu country Ing that tho entire mission untry ask I o^^nmej Senate and House Favor War Department ajorities. Howe Flxe*A^ymU?fi>9i21to?,WhUe Senate Makes It from 21 to J7. Differences will be Adjusted in Free Con? fine*. Toise who h# Opposed Selective Conscription in Debste Voted for it When They Saw Certainty of its rassage, Washington, Aprl 28.-^By an o\ whelming majority both the ee|%te and house passed late tonlght t! ministration bill to raise a war by selective draft The final roll brought into line behind tie bill senators and representatives whoJ fought for the volunteer System til routed by the decisive defeat^ volunteer amendments earlier - In day in both house*. < The senate, which hod voted the volunteer plan. 6? to 18, the bill by a vo^ , of. ?X to ?V in house the vote against the volunteer plan was 813 to 109 and that' Jj which the bill itself passed wan M*" .. u\-X. < "vi As pawed by the senate the Jm thn^ltf' |n$'. lesser discrepancies 'Vty thteshe* oot in conference early } Wads of the - president : as onfsfel ' Ie, The vra> department alri oompleted plans for carryii tore Wljo voted agatnst Ul^a^ Peaiocraia at his o^- roauest. He die not give a reason. The representatives who voted in the negative were: Republicans: Ba? con, Hayes, King, La Follctte, t#v.n deen of Minnesota; Mason,' Nolan, Powers, Democrats: Burnett, Church, Clark of Florida; Ciaypool, Cross Dr, DIU, pomlnick. Gordon. HUlyard, Huddleston, Keating, Sears, Sherwood, Sisson. Prohibitionist: Randall. So ctallst: London. Tho senate approved an amend ent by Senator Stone which would leflnltely confine the operation of the draft to the period of the exist - emergency and another by Sen? ator New providing that notwith? standing exemptions each State must frnish Its quota In proportion to population. Chairman Chamber accepted another amendment tthorizing the president to raise >y voluntary enlistment or draft I such '?special and technical troops" as he deems necessary. Mr. Cham I berlaln said this would apply par? ticularly to railroad and other work | era of this character. Both senate and house adopted amendments just before the final roll calls which would greatly lncrer.se the pay of enlisted mon during Ihe war. The house provision would make their pay $30 a month, and that approved by the senate would fix it at $29 a month. The present pay Is $15. In the house at the last moment Chairman Fitzgerald of the appro? priations comir Ittee objected vigor? ously to the appropriation of $3,000, 000,000 carried In tho bill for the expense of the new army, and the section finally was eliminated. Mr Fitzgerald declared that to place this vast sum in the hands of the secretary of war would make of con? gress a "mere automaton" and prom? ised that If the section were vot^d down the committee would provide funds promptly in a separate meas? ure. Among amendments adopted in the senate was one which would per mit Col. Roosevelt to recruit a vol? unteer force for service In France. A similar proposal had been rejected by the house. Speaker Clark, Demo? cratic Leader Kitchln and Chairman Dent of the military committee, who had favored the volunteer system of its members visit their section. Of course most of those invitation.s had to be declined because of the limited time. Leading members of the commis? sion tonight were tho guests of honor at a dinner, followed by n reception, at the French embassy. M. Vlvlnni. Ambassador Jusserand and Secretary ^Lansing spoko briefly. ^K. li '<T1 Ih^sskiSsSirsiiiii i . all voted for the draft bill on the final roll call. Republican Leader Mann also was recorded in the af? firmative as was Miss Rank in, who previously had voted with the voi ejHteer advocates. Both senate and house early in the afternoon votod approval today of the administrations proposal to raise a great war army on the principle of seletlve conscription, voting down by overwhelming majority the volunteer army amendments around which op? ponents of the administration had con ponents of the administration had entered their fight. Tonight tbeb'U > was pressed for passage in both kjpiisWv'^ i In ithe senate the ,vote on the vol uriteer amendment was 69 O 18, And ?si-the house ft was 179 to 99, sup *p?rters df conscription marshalling a at lengthi w,Wch surprised even ad Smirdstf?tlon leaders. I Whether congress Anally would ac \ cept the staffs recommendation? re? garding the ages between which con? scription should apply appeared mor" uncertain. In the senate the bill's stipulation that men between 19 and 26 . should be liable to the draft v. - changed to make the minimum 21 These and a number of lesser amendments will be considered a.-) speedily as possible in conference in the hope that the measure may be Bent to the president for his signa? ture by tho middle, of next week. Among the more important amend? ments adopted in the house was one empowering the president to exempt rrom the draft in his discretion per? sons engaged in agricultural work. This was pressed to success by Rep? resentative Lever of South Carolina. Another would require each State to furnish a quota of men apportioned E.ccordingr to population and still another provides that no bounty shall be paid to induce any person to cn 1 et "and that no person liable to mili? tary service shall be permitted oral lowed to furnish a substlttue for such service." In the senate there was a long de? bate over the proposal to prohibit *.he sale or possession of intoxicating liq uor during the war. Several amend? ments were adopted Including one to I make it unlawful to sell or give liquor to officers or men in uniform or to members of congress or other officials i and then the senate reversed Itself j and adopted a substitute simnly f<,r bidding the sale of liquor to soldier / in uniform and giving the president wide discretionary authority to make other prohibition regulations. An amendment by Senator Cut s stipulating that men subject to draft! who voluntarily present themselves shall be recorded as volunteers wan accepted by Chairman Chamberlain and went into the bill. | Another long debate was evoked OVOr amendments by Senator Thorn ?fi and La Follette to exempt from ten- , scriptlon those having "conscientious, objections to military service." Both Were defeated without roll call, a.uli the* bill exemption proposals left un? changed. Many of the more radical amend-' ments adopted are expclted to be thrown out In conference and admin? istration leaders hope to restore Vir? tually all the important features be? fore the bill goes to the president. The ; question of ages probably will form the biggest barrier to a quick OOP- | ference agreement. Senator Under wood offered the amendment to bar liquor from members of congress. The debate brought some dramatic , pnsuages in both senate and house. In the senate the issue was fought: out on Senator McKcllar's amendment which would authorize a call for 500, 000 volunteers and not put conscrip? tion into effect unless the half mil? lion men did not respond within 0" days. Mr. McKellar pleaded that this , .plan would not Interfere with the draft; Vplan "hut would show the world that] e ere a patriotic and not a conscript j LEVER OFFEAS HOHE? -? WILL INTRODUCE ADMINISTRA? TION LEGISLATION TODAY. Bill to Follow Ideas Set Forth by Secretary of Agri jolture in Com* munication to Senate. Washington, April 27.?The admin? istration's food control legislation: will be introduced In the house tomorrow by Chairman Lever of the agricul? ture, committee. A senate commit? tee is preparing similar bills for early introduction in the senate. The measures will incorporate Sec? retary Houston's suggestions made in a recent communication to the sen? ate for laws to giye the government direct supervision o< food production and dlstibutlon. Orte would author ide the ?~ 'cultural . department to license fov. manufacturing, storage and distributing concerns and if nec? essary to operate them for the pub? lic. Another would give the presi? dent power to direct the council of national defense or some other gov? ernment agency to fix maximum and minimum prices if conditions arise under which the government deem s It advisable. The sum of $26,000,000 is asked for the department of agriculture in car? rying out the programme. : Officials hope it will not become ! nesessary to fix prices and they be 1 lleve that that power conferred on the government will in Itself prevent the occasion arising. COMMAND TRAINING CAMPS. Col. Cliarles Noye fov Fort Mc.Pbor son und Col. Merl ?ort J. Slocura .it Fort Oglethorpe. New York, April 27.?Col. Charles I R. Noye, Seventeenth infantry, will command the military training camp at Fort McPhcvson, Ga., and Col. Herbert J. Slocum. Thirteenth infan? try, will command the camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., was announced to? day at Eastern department head? quarters. In addition to the commanding offi? cers, senior instructors, adjutants, quartermasters and many junior offi? cers are detailed for each training j camp. Maj. Robert McCleave of the I Thirty-fifth infantry has been de ; tailed as instructor at Fort Ogle? thorpe, and Maj. George C. Saffarans, Seventeenth infantry, has been as? signed as instructor at Fort McPher j son. nation." Senator Johnson of Califor? nia also advocated a call for volun i teers to place an American force in j Europe immediately. After the Mc Kellar amendment had been -"ejected ' Senators Kirby, Hard wick an \ Gronna protested against conscription. Serfator Trammell reopened the draft question by offering an amend? ment proposing to substitute the vol? unteer system throughout the bill. It was rejected by an overwhelming roar of "noes." In the house there was no roll call. The long fight came to a close early i in tho afternoon when Representative j Kahn of California moved to strike I out the volunteer provision writ' n into the bill by the house military committee. As tho result became *r> parcnt the members and those In the [galleries broke into cheers, while' Speaker Clark, Chairman Dent of the military committee, Chairman Pad sett of the naval committee and other 1 Democrats who had fought the ad- j ministration plan sat silent. Miss Ran- I kin of Montana voted with the vol? unteer advocates. Throughout the remainder of the house debate pro-volunteer member! frequently reopened discussion of I their proposal, the climax coming when Speaker Clark declared PS might drive out of bis district some of those who had urged that he vote for conscription. "A lot of old skunkers all over the country who think that nobody is so- ? ing to be forced into this war except boys from 19 to 25," the speaker bpM. "and that their miserable, cowardly hides will be safe, have been tending telegrams here. I know them. I know every man In my district who has telegraphed me and I know who i Is at the bottom of it, and I can take a double barrelled shot gun and run out of my district every man who sent me a telegram to vote for con? scription, and, if school does not keep too long, 1 will run a few out. too." An amendment by Representative Good of Iowa doubling the pay of enlisted men in the army during the war was adopted but generally is ex? pected by administration leaders to be thrown out in conference. STRIKE HlltlT ENEMIES AT HOME GREAT ACE TO GERMANY. Strike on May Day Expected to Be Crisis of Internal DlstnrtMmee ? Gsjemnny Divided into Three Fac? tions end Bhternee? si Growing? Socialists tftan Pees? nt Any Price. -i London. April *?.-?The terrifflc German counter-attacks on the Brit? ish have ended and the British are again advancing. Their progress is slow, but there are many signs, bow aver, of the resumption of lighting on a more terrific scale soon. Not the least of these are the frantic appeals and threats of the German leaders and press to avert a general strike throughout Germany as the result of the seething dfscontent among the workers. The Arbeiter Zeitung, the organ of the Austrian Sc-ialists, takes it for granted that there will be a strike throughout Austria-Hungary on May 1st, but urges that it be limited to one day. Germany appears to be divided into three great factions with, a feeling of growing bitterness. The old Junk? ers still talk of victory, annexations and indemnities; the Socialist major? ity seeks to force the government to declare that it desires neither annex? ations nor indemnities; the third led by the radical Sc?cialists consisting of an unknown but considerable number of workers, seem:) to want peace im? mediately at whatever cost. ROOSEVELT ON RIGHT TRACK. # In Ills First War Speech Ho Urges Prohibition of Use of Grain for Manufacture of Alcoholic Beverages During War. Chicago, ApriL :!8.?Roosevelt in his first war speech u rged that the use of grain for the manufacture of alco? holic drinks be prohibited during the war. COOPERATE IN LVMBMl WORK. Marion Man on National Defense Committee. Washington, Ap -11 27.?To facilitate cooperation between the govern? ment and the producers of lumber, the council of national defense has appointed a subcommittee of h on lumber and forest products, with R. H. Dowman of New Orleans, presi? dent of the National Lumber Manu? facturers* association, as chairman. Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of I the advisory commission's committee i on raw materials, n making the ap j pointments jaid he believed the per? sonnel was such as to insure* a '.lgh I degree of efficiency in meeting the lumber needs of the government. Mr. Dowman and several other commit? tee members are to maintain a perm? anent organization in Washington. Other members of the committee are: D. O. Anderson, Marion, S. C; Henry B. Graves, chief forester, Unit? ed States forest service; Charles S. Keith, Kansas City, Mo., president of the Southern Pine association, and W. H. Sullivan. Bogalusa, La. EIGHT OX WAR TAX BILL. . Democrats and Republicans Said to bo lYepared to Object to Provisions. Washington, April 29.?Unofficial accounts of the work of the house ways and means subcommittee fram? ing the war tax bill have aroused something of a storm among both Democrats and Republicans. Demo? crats are understood to be divided on the proposed income taxes, particu? larly the rate on incomes of more than $100.000, while Keprblicans threaten trouble over the subcommit? tee's plans for taxes on excess profits and incomes. They also promise to make a fl^ht on tariff legislation to raise a part of the $1.500.000.000 or more to be provided during the com? ing year. Reports that the income exemption for single persons had been lowered by the subcommittee to $1.000 came as a surprise to other committeemen. The understanding reached at an early meeting of the full committee was that this exempt on should be $1.500, and objection to the $1.000 proposal prebahh/ will he non-partisan and strong. Amendment of the excess profits tax law to include many corporations and persons not now embraced instead of merely increasing the present rates, as now proposed, will be urged vig? orously by Republicans. The blind timers should be put out of business in the near future, owing to the ditftoulty in obtaining supplies of wet goods^ The sooner the better,