SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN OF
MILITARY COMMITTEE FAV
ORS NEW AGE LIMIT.
MAY PASS AS AN AMENDMENT.
Provost Marshal's Suggestion l hat
Change Be Made in Age Limit of
Draft Law May Be Adopted As
Amendment to Army Appropriation
Bill Now Pending.
WASHINGTON, June IS—The age
limit under the terms of the selective
draft law, which is from 21 to 21 years
of age, inclusive, may be changed so
as to make it, “from 18 to 45 years
of age inclusive.” Such a change is
in harmony with a recommendation of
General Crowder, provost marshal, in
charge of the selective draft system.
The matter came up for consider
ation at the hearing of the $12,000,
000,000 appropriation bill, before the
senate committee on military affairs,
s Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, ex
pressed his approval of the provost
marshal’s recommendation, and there
is some talk of invoking it as an
amendment to the appropriation bill.
Senator Chamberlain voiced the sen
timents of the committee when he said
that “there are lots of men over thir
ty years of age who are doing nothing
and who ought to he reached.”
NEW YORK, June IS.—An official
of the American Defense society an
1 trounced recently that the society
would issue a r.ew patriotic appeal un
der the title of “Awake America,”
written by Dr. William T. Homaday,
in which will be presented warnings
to Americans “of the poison of Ger
man propaganda” and. of the “danger
from the 'leper of Pot-dam’ ” togeth
or with a review ot pan lists an'1 blind
guide” organizations, and the dangers
of an inconclusive peace. In the no
tice of the contents of the volume Dr.
Hornaday is quoted as follows:
“Inasmuch as Germany is now the
bitterest and most dangerous enemy
that ever hated the United States, it
becomes highly important that every
American should have an exact and
luminous measure of that land and
it.- people. For forty years and more
the Huns of Germany went masquer
ading under cloaks and dominos of
‘Kultur that deceived the whole world.
They diligently exploited camouflages
of German art, science, music and
literature, successfully distracted at
tention from the gross and material
side of German character, and every
where set up idols made in Germany
with feet of clay
“And the new Hun of Germany—
what of him? With his mask and his
cloak now contemptuously thrown
aside, his misshapen and ugly form
now nakedly stands forth, a horrible
surprise to the civilized world. His
former friends and admirers, and
many of his relatives also, now regard
this new gorilla with horror and aver
f sion. His mentality and his moral
principles are even more warped and
twisted than his physique.”
Dr. Hornaday, who has been active
since the war as a leader in the pre
paredness movement, gives a list of
those citizens whom he terms “blind
guides,” some of whom appeared be
fore the committee of military affairs
P at Washington in January, 1917, to op
pose any preparation for national de
% fense. Dr. Hornaday has dedicated
his new voulme to the late Major Au
gustus Peabody Gardner.
t SEATTLE, June 15.—The steamer
Admiral Evans, which was partially
sunk at the entrance to Prince Wil
liam Sound last winter, was raised
yesterday and will be towed to Seat
tle for repairs.
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MEN WHO FOR CONSCIENTIOUS
REASONS DECLINE MILITARY
SERVICE TO BE JAILED.
BAKER APPROVES SENTENCES.
Most of the Objectors Are Those Who
Have Relatives in the German and
Austrian Armies—War Secretary
Favors Returning Such to Home
Countries When War Ends.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—The way
is to be made hard for those who de
i cline military service in the United
! States army, on religious or purely
personal grounds. Secretary of War
Baker has approved court martial sen
| tences imposed on a number of cases
. and in which the sentences range from
| eighteen months to twenty years in
! the penitentiary.
It has been found that most of the
objectors are those who have relatives
in the German and Austrian armies,
although a few are on religious
grounds.
The war secretary declares he is in
favor of returning men who object to
military service on the ground that
they have relatives in enemy armies to
the countries from which they came,
when the war is over.
NEW CABARETS TO
BE COCKTAIL-LESS
DETROIT, Mich., June 18.—Cock
1 tail-less cabarets, wineless wine rooms
land beerless bars are making a deter
j mined play for existence in dry Mich
igan.
nen me amendment to me state
constitution prohibiting the sale, im
portation or possession of wines, beers
or distilled liquors became effective
May 1, it failed to close all the sa
loons. In Detroit especially the bars
continue in business in a majority of
cases, the only change being the sub
stitution of "near” beers and the elim
ination of drinks prohibited by the
amendment. Similar conditions pre
vail in other cities of the state, and
the "copper country” on Lake Super
ior.
In some cases wineroom proprietors
have taken advantage of the new re
gime to bid for prosperity along tem
perance lines. Jazz bands have been
retained—in some cases have even
been augmented. The same tables—
the same waiters; the same bars—the
same bartenders; everything is the
same, apparently, excepting the bev
erages.
Proprietors in most cases are opti
mistic concerning the future. Many
believe that with the elimination of
alcoholic drinks they will pass a ma
jor percentage of the drawbacks of
their business. These changes, they
hope, will not interfere to any appre
ciable degree with their patronage.
Some cabaret owners hope to profit
by catering to a restaurant trade—a
more or less perfunctory adjunct of
the cabaret of pre-dry days. By giv
ing additional attention to the cuisine
they believe that, after all, the law
that threatened to drive them from
business may have the more salutary
effect of putting their places on a
more stable basis.
Cabarets that before May 1 were
classed as “undesirable” are also tak
ing a new interest in life and are re
sounding with jazz music for dancing
and giving restaurant and soft drink
services with the danger of official
interference lessened by the elimina
tion of alcohol.
MAKE AN ADVANCE
LONDON, June 17.—General Haig
| today reports that the British troops,
1 in local operations in the Bethune sec
tor, captured German positions on a
front two miles in width. A number
of Hun prisoners were taken. The ac
tivities continued throughout the
greater part of last night.
BERLIN, June 18.—Official: Lively roe-mnoitering activity led
to violent infantry engagements between the (1 e mail and allied forces
yesterday, on the front southwest of Ypres and on both sides of the
Somme river. Fighting was renewed last evening. Artillery has in
creased southwest of Noyon, between the Ourcy river and the Marne
rive)-. The Germans captured a hundred and twenty allied prisoners
in local raids. The number of guns taken has been increased to more
than three hundred and machine guns captured have increased to over
one thousand. These have been taken since the German advance be
tween Noyon and Mondidier was begun.
GERMANS USING MORE GAS.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 18.—The
[ Germans are using gas to a greater extent along the Marne front, but
notwithstanding heavy gas attacks and other shelling methods, the Am
erican line remains intact.
CASUALTIES AMONG AMERICAN MARINES.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—The total casualties among the Amer
ican marines since they landed in France up to June !), was seven
hundred and seventeen, according to Major General Barnett, the com i
mandant. This includes one hundred and six killed in action, fifty
eight who died of wounds, five hundred and thirty-three who are suffer- j
ing from wounds, one who is missing and one held prisoner in Germany, j
PATROL ACTIVITIES ONLY.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—General Pershing's communique last
night reports that aside from patrol activities in the Picardy, Lorraine
j and the Vosges sectors, there were no important developments on
fronts occupied by American troops. In the Vosges sector, a vicious
German raid was broken up by American fire.
FRENCH CAPTURE HUN PRISONERS.
PARIS, June 18.—Official: On the front between the Oise river
and the Aisnc river, the French forces last night repulsed German
ataeks north of Mautbrays, and captured three hundred and seventy
prisoners, twenty-five machine guns and eight trench mortars.
ELEVEN HOSTILE MACHINES DOWNED.
LONDON, June 18.—Official: Eleven hostile machines were
destroyed, nine were disabled and one enemy balloon was shot down by
British aerial fleets during the past two days. The British lost ten
machines in Sunday’s air battles.
HAIG HAS LITTLE TO REPORT.
LONDON. June 18.—General Haig today reports only minor raids
i and the usual artillerying on the Biitish front in Flanders and north-1
| ern France yesterday.
AMERICANS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARM V IN FRANCE. June 18.—A
German raiding party took a few American prisoners in the Luneville
j sector yesterday. The enemy rain followed a patr< l fight, in which
Ame'mans pcnetfaP-d file Hun trenches.
TURKS CAPTURE CITY OF TABRIZ.
LONDON. June 18.—According to an official statement, the Turk
ish troops yesterday occupied Tabriz, which is the second largest city
in Persia.
AIRS. ADOLPHUS BUSCH, WHO L
HAS BEEN IN HUN COUNTRY j
SINCE WAR, ON WAY HOME.
IS BEING HELD AT KEY WEST, j.
Woman Is Chief Owner of Great ]
Breweries in St. Louis Which the
Alien Property Custodian Has Or
dered Taken Over by Government—
To Interrogate Mrs. Busch.
WASHINGTON, June 18.—Mrs.
Adolphus Busch, of St. Louis, wife of
the former big brewer of that city and
chief heir to his estate, is returning to
the United States, after having pass
ed the last four years in Germany.
She is being held at Key West by
United States immigration authori
ties, who propose to interrogate her
as to her movements while abroad,
and as to whether or not she can com
municate with Germany. If she can
satisfy the immigration authorities
that she is a loyal American 'dizen,
she will be released, ♦rn- present nus
band is a naturalized American citi
zen.
A. Mitchell Palmer, United States
alien property custodian, yesterday di
rected that the great Busch properties
in St. Louis be taken over by the gov
ernment. The properties, for the
most part, consist of big brewing
plants, and are worth millions of dol
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AMERICAN CONSULATE AT TA
BIRZ, PERSIA, SEIZED BY
INVADING ARMY.
AMERICAN HOSPITAL SACKED.
lospital Sacked Over Protest of the
Spanish Consul, Who Had Charge
As Representative of American In
terests in Tabriz—Considered Act
of War.
WASHINGTON, ~7^ine 19.—The
Jnited States minister at Teheran to
lay reports to the state department
hat the Turkish army that, captured
i'abriz, Persia, is reported to have
acked an American hospital in that
ity and to have attacked both the
American and the British consulates
here.
The minister’s dispatch stated that
he American hospital was sacked
iver the vigorous protest of the Span
sh consul at Tabriz, and in spite of
he fact that the Spanish flag flew
iver it at the time. All American in
erests in Tabriz have been taken
»ver for protection by the Spanish
onsul.
If the report is officially confirmed,
he outrages may be considered as an
ict of war and may settle the long
>ending question as to whether the
Jnited States should declare war on
furkey.
Read the classified ads.
ASSERTS PRUSSIAN MILITARISM
WILL BRING VICTORY TO THE
CAUSE OF GERMANY.
COMPLIMENTS CROWN PRINCE.
Emperor Wilhelm Declares That Teu
tons Shattered Allied Reserve
Forces and Captured Eighty-Five
Thousand Allied Prisoners Since
March 21. ,
AMSTERDAM, June 17.—Kaiser
Wilhelm, of the German Empire, re
plying to a telegram from Chancellor
Hertling congratulating him on the
thirtieth anniversary of his succes
sion to the German throne, says that
Prussian militarism will bring victory
to Germany. The kaiser declares that
he leads the most capable people on
earth and says he hopes the people
have the strength to bear the suffer
ings and privations which the war has
brought on them.
GERMAN PEOPLE
GIVEN WARNING
NEW YORK, June 15.—The Ger
man people are being warned that
they must prepare for another winter
of war. In announcing that this was
probable, Conrad Haussman, a pro
gressive member of the German
reichstag, said in a speech at Stutt
gart as reported by the Berlin Tage
blatt, that it is necessary to give the
warning to prevent public disappoint
ment. Germany, he said, saw
through the desire of the Prussian up
per house to rule the empire. Never,
he added, will salvation come from
those super-Prussians. The Prussian
upper house was arming to storm
against Kuehlmann (foreign minis
ter) and the imperial government,
Kuehlmann had fallen into the bad
graces of the supermen. He was ex
posed to a concentrated attack of
those who considerd negotiations dur
ing which one pounds the table as the
most salutary.
ERMANY WANTS
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
NEW YORK, June 15.—“To the
victors of Armertieres the electoral
committee of the Prussian three-class
house has given its thanks in a re
sounding boxing of the ears,” says
the Berlin Vorwaerts in commenting
on the committee’s rejection of the
equal suffrage plan.
“All war reports praise the sacri
fice and obstinacy with which the
brave men in the west blazed a way
through the impassable mud and
crater field. What that costs in
sweat and blood no one can conceive,
who has not had similar experience.
On the other side of the crater field,
however they wait not for the English
but the Prussian reactionaries to push
them into another mudfield, into the
slough of political disenfranchise
ment.
“For this sarcasm and fraud prac
ticed on an entire people the only slo
gan can be Tight to the Utmost.’
Equal suffrage must be carried
through the slough of reaction. We
face the fight with good cheer.
“Those in the front cannot defend
themselves against the insult com
mitted against them by those who
wailed hypocritically because the elec
toral reform was being prepared with
out the help of the field grey and who
now are forging an electoral reform
at the expense of the field grey. “Ev
eryone must give a hand. Every par
ty aid means a beam across the
slough.”
ADVICE.
This good advice to give you he hath,
I speak of wise Uncle Herds;
“It’s better, far, to swallow your
wrath
Than to be forced to eat your
words.”
WOMAN WHO KILLED WIFE OF
DR. ROBERTS SHOWN NO
MERCY BY COURT.
INSANITY PLEA MISCARRIES.
In Pronouncing Sentence, Court Bit
terly Arraigns Defendant and Dr.
Roberts, Saying They Had Assailed
Society at Most Sensitive and Most
Vulnerable Point.
WAUKESHA, Wis., June 19.—
Grace Lusk, recently convicted of the
murder of Mrs. Mary Newman Rob
erts, and who sought to escape pun
ishment on the grounds that she is
insane, was examined by alienists and
declared mentally sound. Whereupon,
the presiding judge sentenced her to
serve nineteen years, in the federal
penitentiary.
In pronouncing sentence, the court
bitterly arraigned Miss Lusk and Dr.
Roberts, the husband of the woman
whom she killed, declaring that they
had assailed society at its most sensi
tive and vulnerable point. In some
circumstances, the evidence casts
greater blame on the doctor than on
you, said the court.
When sentence was passing, the de
fendant collapsed and had to be car
ried from the court room. She re
I gained consciousness soon after.
LONDON, June 18.—The official
Australian correspondent at the
front in France gives the following
J account of Australian mackine-gun
I ners’ claim to have participated in the
j shooting down of Baron von Richt
j hofen:
nUUUL II U UIUL'IV UII uit* murniiig ui.
April 21 the troops along the Somme
and Ancre had heard distant popping
from two fleets of British and German
Sailplanes which had been fighting
! high over the German lines, when a
German plane was seen diving after a
British plane.
“These two, detached from the fight
came so low that they were temporar
ily hidden by hills from the sight of
the Australian gunners and troops
around them. Presently the sound of
approaching engines was heard, and
i low over th ecrest of the hills by the
j river came the British plane, making
, directly towards a positon where
there were two Lewis guns.
“Behind his plane could be seen the
| wings of the German plane pursuing.
I The German was pressing the English
| plane desperately close and firing
short bursts from a machine gun.
“When about a hundred yards away
from the nearest Lewis gun the Ger
' man plane which at first had been ob
scured by the British plane, was now
sufficiently clear to enable the guns
| to fire on it without risk of hitting the
! British machine. Both guns fired a
! burst.
“The German plane the next instant
wavered unsteadily to one side, bank
ed up, and veered in a sharp circle to
the left, then shot in a line sheer down
a steep long angle to the ground about
400 yards from the Lewis gunners.
“When the burst was fired, an offi
cer told me he clearly saw fragments
of wood or metal flicked from the ma
chine.”
DATE SET FOR
REGISTRATION
OF HE YOUTHS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.—
Provost Marshal Crowder today is
sued an order requiring Alaskans
who became of age June 5, to regis
ter between July 2 and September 3.
This extended period was set on ac
count of the difficulties in registering
men of the territory, covering such a
large area and with such limited mail
facilities.