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ALLIANCE, OHIO;, SATURDAY, APRIL 21,1917.
TWO CENTS.
SENATE TO PASS DRAFT BILL
BRITISH THE GOHUI
EAST OF ARRAS; GAULS HI
FRESH ATTACKS
More German Prisoners Are Taken by Anglo-French
Armies in Western Batt le—French Strike Savagely
at Lower Side of the German Salient, Jutting South-
my westward from Laon— French War Office Says the
German Counter Attack Was Repulsed.
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nteraatlonal ifsws Ssrvle*:
London. England, April 21.—Striking . simultaneously with toe latest.
thrust ot the French, the British have
captured toe 'Tillage of Gonnellleu,
east to Arras, as well ae a number
ot German prisoners, the British war
office announced today. .      Ikt. ■
French Make Fresh Gains.
International N*w* Ssrvle*:
Paris, France. AMS 21.—Terrific
fighting In which the French made
' fresh gains, raged all night north of
the Aisne river. Bast to Courcy, In
the lanfnr of Juvlncourt the French
made an attack against the lower aide
ot the German salient jutting south-
westward from Laon and gained
ground in grenade fighting, the war
office announced.
A German counter attack against
Monthaut was repulsed.   .
The official communique says tint
there wsa artillery duelling all along
tte Use and that It was particularly
severe ea tht Aisne rjver.
&£
i   Osrmans Stand en 8*1 gfrled Line.
Iot*v>atlon*i N*w» s*rvie*.
Wet*, Vtsneo. April «.—With the
fiQiMii* liiiiltll JjiO'ii waiiniiil rftaad
.OR,the Slegfrif d Hue, the great double
battle eta the Arras-Alsne-Champagne
Ttont tt drawing Into its critical
' tihase. ■  . -fV'Sf
., ■ New engagements have occurred
south i of toe Aisne' and between
Rheims, and the Argonne forest where
the French made fresh assaults last
night and repulsed German counter attacks.
(The Siegfried line, as lt la called by
the German war office. Is practically
the same as the so-called Hlndenburg
line. It begins at a point between
Lens uid Droeourt and extends
through the sectors of Cambrai, St.
Quentin aad teen to the heights on
the northern bank ef the Aisne river
near Conde.)
Correspondents at the treat dwell
agon the stubbornness et the German
defense gad the feverish activity et
toe Germans te strengthening their
new works.
In addition to tto' 20,000 prisoners
captured by the French between St.
Quentin aad Auberive since the
French drive opened on April IS, it is
.tifTHS that losses aggregating 200-
000 in killed Mid wounded have been
inflicted upon the armies ot the German crown prince.
There was strong cannonading al)
along the front test night from the
Lens-Loos sector to the Argonne. Brit.
leh Said French guns were in action
an along the fronts, while the French
alls toff under violent fire by German' batteries.
Between the Olse and tto Aisne the
firing Was especially heavy between
Conde and Anisy where General Nivelle's men captured Sancy and worked their way nearer to Cbemin des
Dames, ito read running along the
crest of the heights north of the Aisne
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Fill IS
ppEMioDiiy
Handsome New Building is
Scene.of a Fine
Display     >
The big booater fair, under the
auspices et tto Alliance Elks, was
formally opened Saturday afternoon,
whea tto his Ssnwie aew building
waa thrown open and tha week et
festivities Inaugurated. Tto vari-
oua booths are handsomely decorated
and present a most pleasing appearance. The exhibits et the several
departments sre attractive and ae
doubt will receive a big patronage.
The Interior of the building haa been
attractively, adorned and altogether
the place presents a scene et Interest
and activity. The tooth occupy the
basement and flreV floor and a portion ot the third floor, while tto remainder of the uppermost story includes the- big lodge room aad dance
floor where during the entire week
gve-cont dances will to featured.
This part et the fair te expected to
to a big drawing card e j the floor is
superb and excellent music will be
rendered by the Bike' orchestra.
The SIHaaoi Elks are noted for
the success et their undertakings
and tto fair Just opening mttt be no
exception. Site expected that tha
building wm be erowded to ita u.
natot capacity tonight.
■ AWtm^eeee. tsAKwiix mbjbi
"ttte HOLY CITY" SUNDAY AP-
TERNOON, t'.Mt, AT THE GREAT
MASS JSkSTtNO OP MEN IN THE
FIRST PRE8BYTERIAN CHURCH.
A OREAf MUSICAL TREAT.
THE SONS OF VETERANS WlgH
ALL PERSONS HOLDING PAPERS
FOR THS FUND, WOULD NOTIFY
T. L* MATTICKS, O. S. SS73, THAT
THBV MAY BE COLLECTED WEO-
ME-toAY SVENINO. *
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ROADSTER, PINE SHAPE. CALL
PAIOB to CHANDLER OARAGE.
BOTH PHONES. «N E. OXFORD
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If
Where Young Men
May Enlist in Alliance
O. S. Marine Oarae at room
Ke. SOS AUlanoe Baak building,
tor IndeBalto period.
- B. A. Mvtg—At room No. »l,
MAT haU building. Saaday, April
»3, Monday, April SS. a__f.«Btt*
g«y, April St. ep to 9 p.' m.
■ours: S a. m. to 9 p. m.
EVERY VESSEL
to irail
Coastwise Ships Will Help
, Move Grain for the
Allies m
International Haws Service:
Washington. D. C, April 21.—Every
STaltiafo gtilrtrtnin coastwise vessel
not essentia! to the trade of the United States to Immediately to be diverted te the trans-Atlantic trade. Thia
ia necessary If the supply of foodstuffs
aad munitions is to be kept moving
European ward. Tto federal govern'
ment. through the shipping beard, haa
called on the various railroad com
ponies owning vessels to detach aa
many ss possible trass the coastwise
trade. This will be done in the Ito
mediate future snd the vessels wfll to
maintained ia thfct service until the
wooden vessels new under construction can he placed te commission.
France at the present time Is suffering more than Great Britain for a
shortage of supplies. Tbla te due entirely to the success with which Oe.
man submarines bave seat with te
blockading certain French porta. Steps
new gee being taken to break this
blockade to fast the vessels eg tog
United States can escape tto war
peril. Officials said today that they
believed lt weald to possible oa tto
result ot this latest action, to keep
trade lanes open unto standardised
need en vessels are gaged on their
regulars arms.
to toe meantime .the United States
will continue Its efforts to prevent ear
foodstuffs from tore reaching Ger
many, tt already haa made a general
investigation ot the allegations that a
great portion ot the supplies new being exported to Sweden ultimately
reach German soil.
Follow ing oa tto haste' at Secretary
Houston's report to the senate showing tto sisal danger ot a meet serious
shortage ot food suppliae unices toe
government te given complete control
came further alarming erord front the
forestry service today. It was officially stated that severe weather Is.causing aa enormous lose of cattle aad
sheep la Ito mountain states of tto
weet. Tto toes of sheep In Wyoming,
Montane. Idaho and Utah alone may
reach twenty gar eaat af the total, of-
notala aar.           AXm-
Bailey's Dancing School
•New term for beginners Monday 7
P- m.   Military dance Monday night
K. OP P. NOTICE.
MEET AT BfcMiaVBgg SUNDAY
P.  to TO ATTEND  SERVICES AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
For Sale: -Haiti aew six room bungalow, ito silaates' wa_r frost XHth
tVr^OttaVU Orttrtnto. M
CHARLES EMM
IS -KILLED Di
FREIGHJ TRIM
Damascus Milk Dealer Dies
Instantly at Grade Crossing in Sebring
HORSE ALSO KILLED;
WAGON DEMOLISHED
Shocking Accident Occurs
Early Saturday Morning.
Milk Lost
Sebriag, 0., April 21.—(Special)—
Charles Ladd of near Damascus waa
almost instantly killed at the Fifteenth street crossing of the Penna
railroad In _ebring at 3:30 o'clock
standard time, this morning by being
hit' by a west bound freight teste'
running at a speed of 86 miles an hear.
Deceased conducted a milk route in
Sebring and was on his round to del
liver milk when the tragedy happened, riding te a covered milk wagon,
drawn by one horae. The horae was
Instantly killed and the wagon completely demolished and hurled several
feat until it struck the George Henry
warehouse. The victim of tbe eeet;
dent was found near the wreckage
of the wagon by the crossing watchman and Mlflhsl Bumgartner. within
a few minutes after the accident aad
word sent to Sharer's morgue in Alliance to rtoh am ambulance to Aft
scene st once to convey an Injured
man to tto SWagm elty hospital. Tto
Share/, aoahnlance arrived within 19
mteutee but there was no sign of life
remaining and death bad claimed his
ton. sl_? __!___ __
The dead man was driving Booth
on Fifteenth street on his customary
tons. The gates at the crossing of
the Penna railroad are out of commission since the building of a third
track has been in progress and a
watchman haa taken the place ot the
gates to warn traffic of an approaching train. A watchman is supposed
to to oa duty at all hofcrs. Adjacent
to the crossing is the watchman's
shanty and tn this an easy chair'aad
a stove. Whether the watchman waa
ea duty er asleep may never be
known.' Ms appeared to .be dazed and
unable to give a version of the accident when Interviewed soon after
the tragedy to Marshal Bumsartner.
Portions of the wagon and broken bottles were hurled against the watchman's shanty which crashed through
the boards. The torse was carried SO
feet eastward and thrown oetween
twe Vacks. .''«*!.
There can be ae question but what
Charles Ladd met Ma death at a place
where to stoald have been warned
01,80 approaching train. • Bach morn-
lag at an early hear he'had crossed
the railroad tracks et' this place. The
gates towered, use to tell of danger
from an approaching train, hat the
gates were out of commission and the
watchman filled toe place to give *A*
nag signals. A freight train, a double header came from tto east and it
waa raining at that time. The locomotive struck With the center of the
fender between the horse and wagon
aad te aa instant all waa over, that Is
all that ta known to a certainty.
ffl_f*». Ladd was 30 yeara et age
aad lived on a farm one mile west "of
Damascus and te toe son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Ladd of Damascus. Be
la anrvived by his wife, formerly Miss
8ybil Tomlinson aad two children, also by hla parents snd one brother
William Ladd ef Cleveland. He was
a member ef Friends church at Damascus aad aa active Christian, la
every sense of tto weed. He was a
prominent farmer aad dairyman and
stock raiser and was bora sad lived
on the farm occupied by him at tto
time tt death, all hla Mto. Hla family
te prostrated with grief at the untimely death of a devoted huaband
aad father Tto date for funnel,eea
vices hsa not been arranged tor but
will be announced later.
Br. 3. a KUngenomith et Sebring
told a coroner's Inquest ever the remains bat to tola writing hae net rendered hla verdict.
THREE NIIES LOST
f 1JPII1
Home, Italy. April 21.—An Austrian
aeroplane ead twe Italian machine*
were lost la a combined aea aad sir
battle eft Venice on April 17, the war
office 1 sported today, The Austro.
Hungarian airmen accompanied by
torpedo boats approached Venice with
tto object ef bombarding the elty. bet
were driven oft before Into could accomplish their object. Ss__!
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Sunday Red Cross Benefit M
W& Will Be Held as Planned
Ministers Withdraw Protest What Informed Allied Red
Cross Benefit WIU Not Be Theatrical Production,
But Singing and Reading.
At a conference late this afternoon
of the Rev. C. B. Renyolds, the Rev.
F. J. Bryson, the Rev. Dr. Battelle
McCarty aad Mayor Westover, ead
Lemotto Smith, the ministers were
Informed thai the entertainment fer
Sunday night la to to singing and
reading.
The ministers snd Mayor West-
over said, after the conference, that
if the entertainment was as premised there would be no objection to
tt. . "We would not have raised any
protest to It at all," they aald. "if
we had understood tto character of
it. We understood from the character ef the advertising that lt was
to ba a theatrical production.
From their attitude,' the entertainment will to<ffat ea aa scheduled.
Whether the proposed benefit tor
the Allied Red Cross societies which
is scheduled te be given Sunday night
at 7 o'clock in the New Columbia theatre will be held or not was banging
In the balance early Saturday after
noon. &*__
The benefit, which waa announced
over a week ago. Is to be given by the
Roumanians of Alliance. Saturday
morning, the Rer. F. J. Bryson, pastor
et the First Presbyterian church and
the' Rev. C. B Reynolds, pastor of the
First Christian church, called on Mayor Westover and protested the show.
They claimed it was a violation of the
Sundgy ordinance. ' .>?W.
According to the advertising matter
of the benefit, Agatha Barsescu, Roumanian actress, and Miss Bonny Kyle,
aa American actress, are to appear at
the-benefit. Those nearest the production say it is to be a singing and
dramatic reading entertainment. The
ministers take the position that it is a
theatrical production. All the tickets,
tt te understood, have beea sold and
the theatre haa been rented and gt&i
tor.^tm
Mayer Westover would not say early Saturday afternoon what he would
do sheet the matter. He said If the
production goes on and anyone makes
affidavit against it, he would eaaaa
tto arrest of the principals. He would
not say-whether he would take tto in
itiative.
Sat-Ptoy afternoon at 1:80 o'clock,
before going into conference with Bar.
F. J. Bryson, Rev. C. B. Reynolds awl
Lemotto Smith at tto New Columbia
theatre, toe mayor issued thia statement:
. "Regarding tomorrow's entertain
ment st the Haw Columbia theatre,
thtt, Pop (of the Greek Orthodox
church) came to see me aome time in
March requesting a permit te pat on
a Sunday entertainment in the form
of a thtntntol tor the purpose of
raising money to sand to the unfortu
nates across the waters.
"I refused for tto reasons first,
that we bad an ordinance prohibiting
toe same, ratified by oar council. See
ond that lt could not be carried ant
Ste toe benefit of ear own soldier hays
(the laager iirotohlj refers to the
stopping et tto proposed Sunday ben
eflt last December for Co. K boys),
whom I considered ss good as any te
the world. Rev. Ban then came baek
April 19 and Btated that Rev. McMas-
ters stated lt would be all right aad
they were-Bitot to put oa .the ex
hiMU*
Lemotto Smith, general manager of
the New Columbia theatre said, thia
afternoon:
"My position regarding the benefit
is thst as the owner of the theatre, I
rented tt to the Roumanians for the
Allted Red Cross Benefit. - I -am aot
ta ttg way connected with It, other
than , as  landlord.    The theatre has
been paid fBfi2"--_'''  i__. ____________
The proposed h«nefit will inclsde
tousle by the Italian band ef Alliance
which has volunteered Its services
for the occasion.
In a ststement this morning Rev
Mr. Pop tola ttot the money to be
raised was to be divided among the
various Red Cross societies of the allies. This would Include, he said, toe
Catted States, Roumania, French, Brit
ate. Italy, Belgium and all the nations
now at war against Germany. He told
the entertainers were giving their ser-
vicea free of charge, taking only their
expenses for the work here. He made
tt Plain that the event waa purely a
charitable venture to aid the sufferers
of the war.
At 1:45 o'clock the conference was
still going on. No Intimation could be
gleaned as to what waa transpiring-.
Two German Torpedo Bouts
i
lip Are Sunk By the British
TO
5IENK
Big Demonstration Will Be
Held hy Alliance
Residents
MASS MEETING IN
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
; London. England, Ajrii 21.—At least
tare net man torpedo boats toe been
sunk te e naval engagement off Dover.
Possibly a third Merman ship wee test.
News af th* British sss victory wss
given eut by to aadmlralty this afte.
seen.
There were Eve German torpedo
taste to the squadron that attempted
te raid the British oeaeL     '_jSK
The British did not- suffer any
losses.' ife.'S.       3wS
'The German mosquito fleet la believed to have come from the Batman
base at Zcbrugge, Bslgiuig. ^w £Viqr
In addition to toh tare German tor*
pedo beets known to nave been destroyed, It was stated that another
waa se badly damaged by British
shells that ahe probably want down.
20110 INT1ECI0ITS
II TOT 20 IDS
Washington, D. C, April 81.—More
than 20,000 recruits were enlisted te
tte army during the first twenty days
tt April. An official statement Issued by the war department gives the
figures up to aad including AprU 24
aa 20,763.
The last five daya aaw a tremendous
jump In recruiting figures. From
April IS to April 20, »,228 men were
enlisted. Yesterday'e total was l.6to.
Illinois came first to yeaterday's record wltt nte recruits; New York second 126; Pennsylvania lit; Indiana
10S; Texaa S6; Georgia to; Missouri
Mi California SS; Maryland L
OSWALT MEM.
Funeral of Mra. AngeSlne Oswalt
will ba told Sunday afternoon, meeting at the home. West Mate street ex
tension, at 1:» o'clock. Service will
be held et tto Science Hill Reformed
church, Rev. J. P. Stahl to have
ctorge. __r___i
Friends desiring to view the remains et the home will to welcomed
anytime this Saturday evening from
tto* o'doek.
WANTED—SS YOUNG MEN to
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A number mt moot eleawere at SMS te
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BLOGMDE THE U. S.
International N«w» Service:
' Rotterdam, April tl.—Germany will
make no effort to blockade the American eeeat wtth her U-boats tt tola
time, according to unofficial dispatches from Berlin. |fhay quote naval men aa sayi ng that submarine warfare ||8 European waters would to
more effective. It la not known, however, that the future intentions of the
German admiralty ere. '
VETEBWO OF WM DIES
Daniel Borton ef Salem Paaaae Away
At Advanced Age.
Salem, O., April 21.—Daniel Borton
ot ZBlsworth avettue,La veteran of tho
Civil war, died at bis home this morn-
teg after a short illness, sgad to
years. Be te anrvived by eae son
Clifford gad one daughter, Mrs.
Charles SessBSJ both of this city.
Funeral arrangements haye not been
FUR WEITKEI COMING
Washington, D. C, April SI.—Tto
weather bureau today leaned the following fwecast for seat .week:
Region et greet lakes, except tor
ahuewM'Theaday or Wednesday tto
coming weak will to eae ot generally fair weather with temperature
near the seasonal noraaaL
' EXPERIENCED BALES GIRLS
FOB ALL DEPARTMENTS BCQU lit
EO BY THS W. V PAVIBXOf
Prominent -Speakers   Will
Be Secured for
. _*..*. Rallies
An enthusiastic meeting te behalf
*t tto Alliance Chapter et the An|ert
oaa National Red Cross Association
waa held in the City Auditorium, Friday evening, Chairman Harry L. Allen, of the membership committee,
presiding. Mrs. S. L. Geiger was secretary. '   IS?*-- 3v»^
Announcement waa made that an
active campaign ter members will to
waged during the week of April 30th,
a mammoth parade to be staged the
evening of th>t date, following which
a big meeting will be held at the
First M. E. church, with perhaps one
or two "overflow" meetings in other
churches. It is planned to have speakers of national note to address the
meetings which will Inaugurate tto
campaign.
At the meeting last evening the various phases: of the proposed campaign wtoe discussed and various suggestions offered. Among the speakers were Colonel W. H. Morgan. Colonel C. C. We.brecht, MISS Mabel
HSrtzell, Attorney H. C. Koehler. John
ThnUlkU. Postmaster F. D. Millar, F.
A. W. Dean, Hon. D. W. Crist, F. D.
Burr and others.
Plans for conducting the campaign
sre bring worked out by the various
committee chairmen and announcements will be made from day to day.
Oae week from Sunday the pastors et
the local churches win give special
sermons relating to the "Red Cross."
Chairman Allen announces the following committees: On mass meeting, Hon. W. H. Morgan, chairman,
Isadora Koch and W.' fi. Ellett; aa.
pervlsion of parade, Col. C. Oi Wey-
brecht, chairman, Capt. A. I* Atkinson snd Major Robert Harsh: psggds
participants, Mayor C. 8- Westover,
chairman. R. T. Sharers H. O. Koehler,
R. E. White; floats and automobiles
ter parade, Jack Rogers, chairman, G.
C. Baxley. Harry McConnell. C. H.
Shaffer, James Anderson, John H.
Thrallklll. Arthur Reeves; band committee, Oaa E. Graf, chairman, Ed. H.
Shultz, Andrew O'Toole; decoration
of streets sad Show windows, Frsnso
D. Miller, chairman, A. J. Cooey. Guy
E. AUott, F. A. W. Dean; publicity,
Capt. Elliott L. Gyger. chairman, C
H. Bleich; shfp membership, W. S.
Crist, chairman, Norman C. Fetters.,
Henry Stuckey, W. E- Fetters. F. D.
Burr, Herbert Wolf, ft C. Ltndsey.
Harry Waltbour, L. B. Orr; film advertising, Lemotto Smith.
The commanders af the tore dlvis*
teas of membership teams are Mrs.
W. H. Morgan, general, and Mrs. O.
V. Gulttard, general.
The ■..tor' of Mrs. Morgan's
teems are: Mra. C O. Weybrecbt,
Mrs. D- M. Clement, Mrs. F. J. Bryson. Mrs. Joe Koch, Mlaa Rosina
Berth, Mrs. R W. Millar, Mlaa Mabel
Hartzell aad Mra. Clarence Taylor.
Mrs. Gnittard's captains are: Mias
Gertrude Kay, Mrs. C. L. Morgan, Mto.
Max Geiger, Mrs.- Thad Bailey, Mrs.
B. F. Stanton, Mrs. Karl Flegen-
scbucb. Miss Jeannette Matey, Mlaa
Keehoeffer.
Headquarters wfll to established te
(he Lemotto Smith room lust east ot
tte Meal theatre, ea Bast Mate street
and wfll be opened early next week.
Mr. Smith hsa kindly donated tto use
ofsthe room for tto cause.
OPPOSITION TO GENERAL   t
ARMY STIFF PUN WILL
8E MET, SENATORS GUIM
Selective Conscription WiU Hit Rocks But Friends, off
ths Plan Say That it Will Go Through —Senators
Opposing it Wish to Retain Volunteer Feature —t
Senator Chamberlain W iU Lead Fight for the Draft
Plan—Pacifists Argue Against Conscription.
K. OF P. DANCE
Thursday, April 2«th.   Ell-Mac hall.
Johnson-Fisher orchestra.
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Washington. D. C, April 21.—The
Sgpgtn today turned its attention to
the administration selective draft bill
designed to raise the armies necessary
to win tto war- with Germany. Although a determined fight will to
made by a group of senators from
both sides of. the phamber to retain
the old volunteer system, the passage
ef the bill, practically as recommended by the general staff Is expected
within a-week. -
Senator McKellar,-the aew senator
from Tennessee, will offer an amendment, similar to the one rejected kg
the military committee, authorizing
tto president te call for 500,000 ret
unteers to lieu of the section providing
for tts raising of troops by the' selective drafting ef male citizens between
19 and 25 years. He declared today,
however, that he will make no attempt
to delay a vote on the bill.
Senator Chamberlain will combat
tto McKellar amendment by pointing
eat that [the bill as reported by the
comgiittee provides for. use of the volunteer" |ten in pert by. antborl ztn g the
fUHflfiPf j*. regular anby aad nation
al guard,wltt volunteers. It is estimated that fully 600,000 volunteers
aaa be absorbed in the regular army
add uie guard under this provision.
Pacifists, heeded by James Eads
Howe of St. Louis, the millionaire
hobo, appeared before the senate military affairs committee before the senate went toto session to argue against
passage o_ tbe selective draft bill.
The committee, however, had Its mind
made up and its hearing of the pacifists was merely a courtesy.
Arguing against'tto draft bill before the senate military affairs committee today Joseph Cannon, labor
organizer, predicted "blood weald flow
in the streets" It conscription Is adopted.
Grant |rg^»w_i, another labor leader, read a brief statement tram Samuel Gompers, president ef tto American Federation - ef - Labor, opposing
conscription and declared that American labor "stands solidly sgainst It."
Plans tor the contemplated mission
to Russia of an American delegation
of its best known statesmen, economists and war experts are neariijg
completion. It Is expected that an announcement oa tto subject shortly
will to forthcoming.  The presence In
this city,of Elihu Root, former secret
tary of state and senator, gave rise
to the report that he had been select!
ed te toed tea eommlsstoa.
It was explained, however, that Mr<
Root was here In attendance on ai
meeting of the.Carnegle peace teunda*
tlon of which he is president and that
the personnel ef the commissar! stTU
is unsettled. The preaident. it ia*
known,«has Mr. Boot's name, wltie
otters, under consideration, but he
hga toon pressed by certain et hla ad*
ivisors to select as the head of thq
body a member of tte cabinet as "an
emphasis to the Russian people Ot the
support the republic would receive
from the United States.
The proposed commission to Russia
wfll be given bread powers. It first
will be expected.to consult with the
Russian tenders regarding the forma.
tion ef a stable government which will
be representative of the people. This
easily can be done la view of the facl -
that the United States was the firs!
great nation officially te recognise tbq
formation of the new Russian repute
lie.
Decision to send tte commission foI«
toned the recall to the United States
of Herbert Hoover of the Belgian re*
lief icommlssion after he had .abouft
agreed .te go to Petrograd sad Assist
in a reorganization of the Russian]
railroad system. The government, ag
a tribute to-the Russian government,
let -It be known a fortnight ago that
it would Bead's commissioner tq as*
Slit te strengthening the relations bet
tween the two governments. From
that suggestion has grown tto plan ta
send a complete commission made up
of statesmen and army and navy ss*
perts.
The administration is without an*
confirmation of the report, from Bra.
stltea sources that Russia has agreed
to en armistice with, Germany tjaM
Austria. Officials sayJtbat all of thq
information reaching tore from Am.
baaaador Francis is that the preeeat
•flhfTlrtT** council of government is ful*
ly determined to carry on the war td
a finish. It is admitted that If ths
present Bafft. H government makes a\
separate peace with Germany it musl
be permitted then to work out ita ow4
destinies the best way that it can.
Bat officials generally are ertremeljj
loath to believe that the German eft
(Continued on page three.)
Volunteer System Denounced
hy Minority Members ot the
m. House Military Committee
Bahy Weighing 22%
Pounds is Welcomed
. What te believed to to tto
hsnatset baby ever born Is Am.
aatee arrived ttls eenmtng to the
family o< Mr. ead Mra. Frank lee.
host. Ho, 8B1 & BeMe street,
wtoM • baby boy weighing UK
pounds was we*roaae_. Accord-
togi to Dr. D. DeUtoe. tto child to
amend to every it_pee«. eeesgt te
etae .end weight. Tto aaashsr aad
child are doing well, a report said
this afternoon.
to*seeiwato
International N*ws Ssrvjce:
Washington. D-CU April II"Be-
nounclng the volunteer system es
neither "equitable tor democratic,"
eight membera ef the Home committee en military, affairs, four of whom
served te the Spanish SsaeiIi en war,
today filed a minority report calling
tar tto passage without amendment
of tte army staif selective- draft military bill. At the same time Chairman Dent, of the committee filed the
majority rag ait signed by IS members
which calls for the adoption by tha
tonka of the amended bill prepered
by tto committee which provides tee
tte volunteerSJil*ai, tot would permit tto president to adopt conscription after the volunteer plan had prov
ed a failure.     |"jf!W
Tha aillasUr report followed closely the lines ef the report made by
tto aub-cpmmlttee which grafted the
opposition MIL It was stated authoritatively today that wader ae _. _m-
staacee will the administration accept the maporlty's measure and the
president's lieutenants will line up'
solidly in support ef tte minority
report. Tto fight gar tto letter win
be led by a Republican. Julius Kahn,
of California. The otters who signed
tte report were John C. McKenzie,
Republican, Illinois; Frank L. Greene,
Republican. Vermont; John J. Tilson,
Republican. Connecticut; Blcbard Olney, n-Baatecsagj. Itaaeei limeiiatjtt'
sep_ Crago, Republican, Penneylva-
nia; T. W. Harrison. Democrat. Virginia; Oeorge B. Lunn, Democrat,
Ste* Tork.   -
to edpport ef their contention that
tte volunteer ayst em weald prove a
failure the minority Incorporated la
tt* report the latter of Secretary et
War Baker to the eeaunittee, annouac-
tos ttat tto president and war depart-
_"*_______ •____****• W*f
IJJ.MS***"**     iir.fr iM.l„, n —p.  ir .-iu_.—
ure. gad giving tto views et the gem
eral staff aa tte subject. . Tto com*
mlttee then rsrialla the fact ttat dare
tog tto wsr between the states wheit
both aertt end south were compelled
to abandon Ste volunteer system ana)
accept conscription, tte conscript m
"looked upon with contempt and eves
since the word conscription toa car*
ried witt it a meaning of reproach.'*
"If the majority plan were adopted
to this time snd agate itoald prov*
a failure tte conscript would oacd
again to looked upon wltt disfavor,'*
continues tto report. "If ha tto otto*
toad tto legislation that ia enacted
provides for selective conscription!
even- citizen of the republic will
know thst those who hare been se*
lected have been'called te tte col«
ors by their country as a universal .
obligation to sCrve In the hour of tt#*
nation's need.**
Reference then is made to tto fall*
ere af t*t volunteer system in Ea*
gland and It te declared that even *
campaign of social oltracism fatted t»
sera the system. If ***»gtri. bad
adopted conscription at tto outset ln«
stead of waiting tor twe yeara ita
position at present would be much bets
tor, aays tbe report.
The report then continues:
"Some of theae who fa .or the void
unteer system point with pride tcT
Ste ttat that tto 1,000 volunteers am
enlisting every day at tto present
time. According to a letter from the
secretary of war to the chairman of
ilia oniiiinUito TH.Til volunteer* will
be required tor our regular army end
tte national guard organizations, is
would Itotefiii 11 take 724 days, include
lag Sundays, er about two years toi
gat the volunteers forces required
SlF these twe brsnehes' stone of our;
military establishments. Does thai
look very hopeful 1" ,