Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1917-07-17

              - era Tmta xywi til io late you do -not hart to wait till tomorrow morn-;sg't paper. - Vol XXXI, No. 38 i IIITIS - -v French-. Take Trenches: GUNNER'S STORY OF SINKING OF If BOAT DENIED AT WASHINGTON Officials Insist U. S. Fighters Have No Instruct-- ions to Permit Enemy Men to Drown, and Re- 1 fuse to Credit Report. An American Port, July 17. How American gunners aboard transport taking Uncle Sam's troops to France unk a German submarine was told today for the first time by one of the gun crew, who had just returned from abroad. The gunner is James J. Bray, of South Boston. He aid the marksmanship of the transport's naval crew saved soldiers aboard the big transport from torpedo attack. After the. submarine was struck, he said the submarine's crew was seen, struggling in the water. They were left to their fate Patrick Bray is an assistant gunner. He i was one of the picked rew of 50 from a United States battleship, who were detailed on this particular transport for the Overseas expedition. The expedition composed of transports and their convoys left an American port on June 2, and arrived In Fiance 13 days later. Bray's story of the destruction of the submarine was as follows: "When we were about half way cross on the evening of June 5, we we sighted a submarine. It fired a torpedo which shot across the bow of , the transport. ;The ship zig-ssaged. : A second ,. ttrped" ewept across the tw. We saw nothing more of the " , ..-"l -., f-ovf- frir-r-'- . j ou; It, had probably "We had ft picked crew of 50 xin.nri f rnni' tT S hattleshio. We Immediately opened fire, striking the ubmarlne and sinking it. The officers and crew of the U-boat were seen struggling In the water. They were left to their fate. "It was sad to see men helpless in the water, but they were there to sink and kill Uncle Sffm's boys, so they were shown no mwcy. "Wfien we sank the U-boat, no convoy was very near us, having gone ahead probably to clear the way of submarines. "On the way over one of the vessels threw overboard a dummy submarine It carried. This was hit a number of times in target practice. So the men were in fine fettle when they met the real thing. "The men aboard were naturally excited to a certain extent. They were full of fight and anxious to smash at any hostile thing that 'came In sight. ,,, -a hen the American soldiers .landed In France the scene, was indescribable. The French people went fairly crazy at the sight of our boys." "Washington. July 17.--On the face of their official reports the story told by Gunner John J. Bray, of the drowning of a German submarine seamen before the eyes of the American crew that sank the U-boat .la. untrue, according to navy depart-ment officials today, s ' "The soldiers and aallors have no orders to fight In this) manner," one official stated. 4 ( "Other nations at war may permit enemies to drown, but we do not intend to dd ' anything of the ...-j a. f.r at it is bossihie. our vinrt Aa rar as u is biibbwh;, uu, K.1UU. 1" - J IUI.il I. Il'l .Ill li. WILSON, LIRE ANTATES. DRAWS HIS STRENGTH FROMMOTHER EARTH BV HOMEIt J. IOIKJK Washington. July 17 President Wilson Is drains h phvslcal. mental, and moral trnth whi"h n-jab!f him to carry nnfultri Inplv tin-heary burdens laid upn his shoul-1?r by the war from the blue hilla of Virginia. The president msde this known to1a to some of hin perianal fronds who with manv otherAnn-ri-esn's bar"" been nni97Hi at hh stend fatncH In discharging the wcar tfir.k which have fallen to him as th rhf .fiit'-- of " '"'" r" the action on which the destines of bait of tne people ot the world torn. Th president explained that when wearied to tb rxtnt of hi endur-h, hi H.Mn h vacated his . desk and went to the Virginia hills i. n- mylnicsl glnt Antates. who drew his strmgth Jrort moth wrth, rtrned to her to recuperate r ' MH, Th president's trip Into Virginia art- turnout fluiiy now. iney ususny are mde In the morning., .The Wooster Daily Republican H TAKE 4 G fighting forces will conduct themselves in a humanitary manner. This is understood throughout all branches of the service and being understood, we arc not willing to accept the statement that the crew of which Bray was a member permitted Germans to drown before their eyes. "Official reports contained no mention of this incident, although the sinking of the U-boat was reported in due form." BERLIN STATES ARGENTINE IS STILLW1TH HER New York, July 17. Official denial that Argentine has broken relations with Germany was received here today, in a dispatch from Berlin.AMERICAN SHIP Sin BY U-BOAT y 17.-The sinK- vua steamer Sctu4e- Harold by a German U-boat on June td was announced here today. The BRAZIL SENDING TWO GERMAN SHIPS TO U.S. Buenos Aires, July 17. I learn from Rio Janeiro that Brazil intends to work the German steamers which she has requisitioned herself instead of leasing them to private parties. Seven of these steamers will 'be ready to be navigated within a month. The others are not expected to be ready for use within several months. All except two of these will be repaired locally, these two being sent to the United States to be overhauled.PEffiisoSr AFTER THE WAR Tekin. July 17. Although there has been some looting the city was quiet today. The most of the imperialist soldiers under General Chang Hsun have been disbanded and have been paid good sums of money to remain peaceful. Others fled fearing death at the hands of the republicans.Shops have reopened. The missions are safe. One of the chief difficulties confronting the country now In toco-ordinate the different factional govern- .. I mpnta throngs of government employes vhn rnmp In Hirlr nfllrp at 9 o'clock each morning do not "ee the presi dent start on his daily pilgrimage. horn it p hv that hniir his bit car Is eyphring 'he rarines and rldcc. of the neighboring counties of virgin la. Oniv hr workers who go to theli l.i'.iors eailv In the mornilic see the chief executive start for his day's drive. Those who pas th whito turnip regularly, havp come to know th orHent s regimen ana each mf.rniiic when the whit" hou-e eieeutive mansi.in. tliere Is a little knot of Wasingtonians waiting for flimnx'" nf th ror"r-r..t.r In chief, and hats were doffed as the president passes. Nearly always Vrv Wilsmi Is at his ii-. Tlir ureMnt Wits li'rn in Virsin-!a and entertains a special admiration for the Mate. He has told his frienos that there Is a quality on the bin nilN of Virrinia which imparts the peaie and rst whteh h Is un-nble t" tird in Whnrton and without which he could not ceaselessly endure his burden of work. - WOOSTER, T rmrirm Jul v 1 7. armed German steamships and a British light . , -V T .1 1? force is reported irom tne JNortn sea, according to an announcement by the Admiralty today. Tw inc wpvp hflfllv damaged, but VJCllllCVll OVmiium.t-"-' ' J ' - were able to reach Holland. Four other German m -a .1 I 1 I steamships were captured by tne tJntisn. D,'n TnUr 17 "Rv n Rprips of brilliant 1 auo, uuy - -v " 'counter attacks by the French, all the trenches on . . ,1 TT 1 ' ' J? i. 1- .' L. Hill Number 3U4, on tne veraun iroia, which were occupied by the Germans in their attack of June 28 and 29, were re-taken by the French today.: -v. V - . Berlin, July 17. The Galician town of Kalucz which was captured by the Russians last Wednesday, has been evacuated under the powerful counter attacks of the Austrians andGermans. BASEBALLS FOR MEN IN FRANCE WERE SUNK Chicago, July 17. Clark Griffith is going to start another chain of letters to raise $8,000 t0 buv ba8e" ballB, bats and gloves for Pershing's army in France. The manager of the Senators made this announcement after learning that the Kansan, carrying $8,-000 worth of baseball supplies to France, was sunk by a German U-boat y. . u, : SHOWS HIM I FRANCE P-.i.ohee. W7a.. Juyl l7.-A photograph in a newspaper of a trans- ' . .. ... . i in nn port loadea wnn troops hhus American port for Fraitce furnished nH Mro William Thomas, ot tiiio ninre with the first information that their son, Garfield, nineteen, was with General Pershlngs forces. Young Thomas enlisted in the regulars several months ago and his whereabouts was unknown to the parents. SEVERE HUNGER HARDSHIPS OVER hv iv.xm, ii. von uiKtaxu Copenhagen, June 15 (by mail.) Germany will soon be through the severest of all the food crises that it has erperienced since ttr- beginning of the war. At no time since August, 1914, has Germany had to draw the belt tighter around its "national waistline" as in the period Bincc Feb- ruary of this year. Almost every week since then it jvas found necessary to darw the belt "another notch" 1h some particular article of food. The German belt is still drawn pretty tight around a once pampered and rotund waistline. In January I described the food situation truth fully as severe, but not of such nature os to influence the military situation. I predicted that the Ger mans would ?et through the rtilt more severe period the rpiing mon'hR were sure to bring end that anv calculations based on Germany's collanse because of the lood situa lood situa- found to be tion woud acain be wrong and disappointing. Kvents have demonstrated the correctness of that view. W! cn this f'ach.-s the I nited Stales, Germany's food crlvis of thice years will be ncarinsr an eml. ()w.n8 to ,he alml unprecedented severity and l.n?th of the winter, it was.as yet impossible to form any iM-a rt what Ormany s rroPs will be this summer when I left Herlln. u war. generally taken for granted that , ; event would the crops likely be than thev were last v-ar, wtMVh means that the fWm.nW pn in all probability could "sti. k it o'u" st'H Another winter of war. . GERMANS LAUD WORK ' OF THEIR SUBMARINES Couenhagen, July 17 A copv of the lilustrlrtc Zeitung. of I.HpMc, ' whi'h was received her today, con- tinK a number i.i autographed rom- mcntaries upon the exploit of U- boau y tn most prominent nvl I rrd military leader; in Germany. ' Tie crow prince land th" ruthl"w l -boat waifare e.ir.5t rhippin as "the lart ngnment of kings". OHIO, TUESDAY, JULY 17, A naval brush between BRITISH MAKE GAIN AT POINT OF BIG ATTACK London, July 17. Brltich forces j in West Flanders attacked east of the Messlnes ridge'durlng the night making some progress west of War-enton, the war office stated at noon today. . ' This Is east of the of In which eral weeks ago, gaining imporiam ground on the Messine-Wutschaete line. I T i r ....... ia n t, ,, t wn rti 1 1 uu frnttl wnicnum io Messlnes and a number of important roads converge there. .The Germans have been using it as a base. It l between 6 and 7 miles southeast of Ypres, Important lighting was reported from various sectors on three front today. Great battles have developed In the lussian theater of war, while increasing amtivlty In the .Austro- Italian arena indicates a renewal oi the Italian drive towards Trieste, i The flare up of violent fighting I between the French and the Germans north of the Alsne river, in j Champagne and along the Meuse ilv-; er has ben followed by storms of ar-l tlllery duelling In some sectors. OPPOSITION TO DRAFTSERIOUS French-Canadians of Quebec Attack Speakers and Officers Make no Arrests. Montreal, July 17. The government faced more serious opposition to the conscription law among the French Canadians of Quebec prn- a,vlnce today following a series of anti-draft disorders in tne past hours. . Col. Itexford. speaking for the conscription act here, was attacked by a mob when he replied to alleKa-tions made aeainst Canadian soldiers bv A,phonfi servllle. a labor member ., . ..no um to ,.eiw.UP( . DUt lie was kicked by ,,,,,,,. of tl. mob while he bHn .HCOI ,,,, to a street car. t. .(in(l . ,. ,, a8 io(1p (i,an lO.tnWi persons partici- hl" alTair. The police, ap- P J n precipitate se.i- Pn y " ,(( a,.. ous oil ItMrnrl,. ,p" 1 " " ' ul,a.Up(i t. k tjlon- 1 Another mob . ' ;' """ d.n farmer prj qZ " a terry noai i Blonflin recent organize a tremh ( -"''!" lKf; , Steamboai officials saved him from Intiirv. Anti-conscriplion orators are openly defying the authorities and urging French Canadians In Quebec province to withdraw their money from the banks. This is beinc done to some extent in the rural districts, embarrassing some of the smaller banking institutions. A French Canadian cnurtn oigan. opposina conscription, recently, urg-,t thM nrnvlnif of Quebec se- rclc from the Dominion of Canada, and form a republic Columbus -Five hundred men still are needed to make up a complete negro reptmpnt In the Ninth battalion. ', ' ' 1917 ERMAN Russ A FIXK ItlX'OUI) IX PATRIOTISM Roy Stimmel, an employe of the Ohio Experiment Station, sent In his membership in the Red Cross today. Yesterday he enlisted in Co. I). A few weeks ago he purchased a Liberty bond. While the Experiment Station is not anxious to lose men of tllis type, it is proud to have had such young men in its employ.COX WILL SEND PROTESTS DOWN TO WASHINGTON Columbus, July 17. The protests against the draft quota from the cities of Ohio will be forwarded at once to Washington by Governor Cox, Charles E. Morris, the Governor's secretary, announced today. Morris emphasized the statement that the draft was made uuder the strict orders from the war department, and that any change would have to be made at Washington. RICH SING AS LOUD AS POOR WHEN DRUNK Ncw YorkJuly 17 After they have ,lm hi bed nulte freely from the cup that checrti, the AstorbUts and VaBdergoutd ot . pgrltv-V' "4 t aro n'lite as noisy as the guests at a Sunday beer party In Mickey O'Brien's shanty. Tliis shocking bit of news came to light today in a suit, to put a stop to the further existence of the club do Vingt, societys exclusive night resort, in each 58th-st. Mrs. Alice (J. Van-de'bilt. as owner of the propery, h named one of the defendants, Mrs. Uosti (1. Simon, and oilier owners of realty in fiRth-st, are the ones who nre kicking about the going on at the fashionable club. Th 5Sth-streeters are nightly kept from sleep. .Mrs. Simon says, by hnrsh toned motor horns nrrJ the bellowing of chauffeurs In front of the club de Vingt, the blare and torn toms of an orchestra, the clink and sometimes the crash of glasses, and finally by penis end shrieks of laughter.NAME OF THE BRITISH ROYAL HOUSE CHANGED London, July 17. Tho Ilrltlsh royal house, Is now known as the house of Windsor. Following a special meeting of privy council today it was officially announced that the title of the royal house has been changed from Saxe-Coburg to Windsor. " i Several weeks iieo London id vices to the International News Service stated that the title of the Hrltlsh royal house would b e changed because of its German name. SENATETOPASS AVIATION BILL Washington, July 17. The senate Military Affairs committee reported favorably today on the JMO.OOO.OOO aviation bill, with no change as the bill was passed by the house. The bill will be taken up immediately and passed by tin.1 senate. ESSEN ATTACKED SATURDAY NIGHT Amsterdam. July 17. Another attack upon Kssen by allied airmen was made Saturday night, according to a dispatch received here today. The airmen dropped a large number of bombs upon the plant of the ! Krupp Gun works and the bombard- ment was followed by a series of heavy explosions. Madison. Wis.. July 17 Mrs. Amy D. Wlnshlp. eighty-six years of age. oldest college student, has returned to attend the summer session at Wisconsin university. Because of difficulty to set to classes during the winter she attends college at California university. ii ! in i "HI Lose K MILITARY DICTATORSHIP MAY COMEINGERMANY; CHANCELLOR" DELAYS SPEECH IN REICHSTAG Michaelis Holds Conferences and Will Talk Mat-ters Over With Kaiser Vatican Behind firz-berger in Peace Speech. ' ! : Zurich, July 17.--A despatch from Berlin today said that Dr. Michaelis, the new German chancellor, had begun holding a series of conferences with party leaders in preparation for the speech he is expected to make in the ltelchstag on Thursday. Before the speech is delivered, it was declared, Michaelis would confer with the kaiser. Another telegram stated: "There is no doubt now that the DRAFT DETAILS NEARLYREADY CROWDER SAYS Washington, July 17 -All is expected to be ready for the draft of he first selected service army by tomorrow night, It t ytM announced at 'ProvoRt Mar shal Crowders, of!lcei; thi''' pfcr-' " There ara'iatilVil states Juab have not reported, but word from these states today leads to the heller that every one will he ready by tomorrow noon. Secretary of War Baker and Provost. Marshall Gen. Crowder will discuss the final features of the draft tonight, and tomorrow will be. ready to make public all the details. The date for the draft Is n conjecture. It Is certain It will not be later than Saturday, and it is possible .it may come as early at Thursday. CALLS DRAFTED MENTHEHEROES Washington, July 17 -There is no place for the word "slacker" in the American vocabulary. Military men said today that when the draft for the new national army Is made it will be impossible for any person to be called a "slacker". The man who escapes the draft on th'" first call will, be fortunate in n way. It does not mean that thev will not be needed, but merely not at present They may be called on later. There will be no avenue for es cape for "slackers" via the exemption route. This is made clear by President Wilson's regulations and the explicit directions be had made to the cM inption hoards. It will be impossible for any person 'to secure an exemption in an unfair manner, except by the unfairness of a board-meicbcr a nil thh Is guarded against by the ''prelate hoards. The appellate hoi'Mls have been given jurisdiction over Htilficicntly large territory sc that local influence will hear no wo'ght with them It is he lira fled man who w willing lo be the heio o t lit:- war, military men declare. It is poind d. out that hundreds ;t n l thousands of American voiilhs have iusn rl lo the cidors, joining coast defi-nse and liavnl nr.ils. in the hope that tiny will escape active .civice in frame. Tl-ey declare that the man who has wailed lo take his chance with tn draft is far more loyal to his coinnry i nd ds"ivinu of greater praise than the man who has joined some service in wh'rh he knows be will be assigned lo non-combatant duties, and wiil perhaps never even hear the roir of the guns. Youths peed have no fear of any discrimination against drafted men, for President Wilson says officer of the dratVd army shall be taken from the rank of the regular forces. Moreover all of the choice assignments will not go mi men who vol-II lit erreo. While it is true that la'g1! numbers of drafted men will be sent into the infantiy service, ot '11 it is inevitable that many men must b" d awn for aviation service from the new national army. Drafted uien will alfo have an opportunity to qualify, for a commission end there Is a chance waiting thm in the next training camp for officers, which will be entirely reserved to men In the fighting ranks of the U. S. Tna wtcatpt::-Thunder showers this after noon or tonight. V Wednesday probably - fair and warmer. PRICE 2 CHITS peace forces of the Vatican were b hind Dr. Mathias Erxberger In th action he took last week In the Jnaia committee of the Reichstag, and th pope has for some time Indicated himself In the matter." " , . Amsterdam, July 17,In spite of the insistent demands of the liberal leaders In the Reichstag for a declar- ' ation of peace terms without annex-'' ations and indemnities, dispatches' from Berlin today indicated that no such far-reaching announcement ' would come frqm Chancellor Michaelis in his address to the relchstaf today. "''; . There is a broad difference of opinion as to the program favored by the new chancellor. Some regard him as the tool of the military party' headed by the field marshal. Von , ' Hlndenberg and General Ludendorff On the other, hand there Is a 'dim; position In some quarters - to view him as.an able and ,ener?etlc s'4"-aft. who really h C empire's r" HUcal condjiUouj ij. . ,t . tary dictatorship for Gejmany. . - That Chancellor Michaelis will try to restore national unity and brine', the warring political factions togeth. . er on a common platform Is accepted as a foregone conclusion. ". From time to time the question of constitutional reforms, a question' which precipitated the present crisis In Germany, is completedly over-shadowed by the bitterest fight be ' tween the liberals and the pan-Gar-' mans over peotce terms. J Shall it be "peace without annex-' ations or indemnities," or shall it bs' a "llindenburg peace?" That is th question which has thrown domestic' reforms into the background temporarily, while the leaders ot the varioua political factions pull wires and seek secret political coalitions to further, their ends. One of the last moves On the part of the pan-Germans was the Issuance of a pamphlet In Munich, entitled. "Germany's future under a good and bad peace." . The Berliner Tageblatt .which haa come out as a champion of the "liberals" peace terms, says that the author of the pamphlet arrived at his conclusions "by the dint of much juggling of statistics." This pamphlet ha been distributed in immense quantities among the troops at the front, thus carrying politics Into the German army Tor the first time since the war started. Many ilew this move with, alarm for they hold that politics has no place among soldiers, despite the fact that they are given full opportunity to read the German newspapers which contain long political articles and commentaries. The Cologne Gazette, known aa a. seml-officinl organ, has Issued another pamphlet designed to further the pan-German propaganda. It Is called "A llindenburg Peace; and loo. mo copies were sent to the front. A. feeling of deep regret ts growing in certain circles of Germany that Dr. Van Itethmann-Holweg was forced out as chancellor. This feel- . inc is expressed by the Tageblatt of Berlin, which is one of the Germsn papers that charges Dr. Michaelis with being in league with the Junkers. In support of this allegation, the Tageblatt says that on the eve of Dr. Michaelis appointment he was warmly recommended for the chancellorship by the Taegllsrhe Rundschau, the organ of the reactionaries and pro-annexationists. The Tageblatt has seen little hope for Immediate electoral and parliamentary reforms, andays so In plain words. As is natural the contents of the speech which the new chancellor is slated to make in the relchstsr. late this week Is the chief subject of conversation in Berlin. Speculation ru" the whole gamut. Word comes from Vienna lhat the Austrian government Is consider! offended at the dismissal of Van Bethmann-Hollweg. Evidently Austria rlewed the former chancellor as the best fitted Germsn statesman to brlnt abont a IfaTorsMe peace at .the earliest opportunity. rrlJfc - Sit