The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-05-01
VOLUME xxxVII
SELECT DRAFT
BILL APPROVED
BY CONGRESS
Passes Senate sc to Is;
House 3l3 to l09-Age
Limit Likely Fl to 40.

WASHINGTON. April Boy over
Whelming majorities both the Senate
and House late Saturday night passed
the administration bill to raise an
army by selective draft. The final
rollcall brought into line behind the
bill many Senators and Representa-
tives who had fought for the volun-
teer amendments earlier in the day
has completed plans for carry it into
The Senate which had voted down
the volunteer plan So to Is, passed the
bill by a vote of 81 to s. In the House
the vote against the volunteer plan
was 313 to 1O9 and that by which the
bill itself was passed was 397 to "a.
As passed by the Senate the meas
ure provides for the draft Of men be-
tween the ages Of 81 and q years,
while in the House measure, the age
limits are fixed at 81 and 40. This
and lesser discrepancies will be thresh-
ed out in conference early next week
so that the bill will pe in the hands
of President Wilson as quickly as pos
sible. The War Department already
has completed plans for carryin it into
effect
WASHINGTON, April 3O.-Oficials
of this Government have told the
British commissioners now in this
country that a settlement Of the Irish
Question would strengthen the friendly
feeling between America and Eng
land.
An appeal for all parties to throw
aside all differences and settle the
Irish question was made by Premier
LLOYD George in a speech at Guild.
ball Friday.
WASHINGTON. April 30.-American
staff officers oppose vigorously any
suggestion that q small eXpenditionary
force be sent TO Europe for its moral
effect. They want time to have the
army we'll trained and Adequately
equipped so that when the time comes
for sending men their weight will be
Immediately felt.
LONDON. April 3O.-A grave warn
ing that the submarine menace may
be an important factor in deciding
tbe outcome of the war was sounded
bv Sir Albert Stanley, president OF
the British Board of Trade. Address
ing a luncheon of business men, SIT
Albert said: 1--WE have not yet found
a way of dealing with the submarine
so as to remove the danger OF their
being an enormously important factor
in determining the outcome OF the
war. The effect of the submarine war
uuon the existence Of the British EN-
nire is simply this-that we can not
continue TO bring into this country az
the supplies and materials required
for our existence, for the contlnu-
ance of the war and for the actual
needs of our industries.
WASHINGTON, April SO.-Of1clai
advices to the State Department SAID
the Mexican government had Warhe'i
Germans in Mexico that any cohceh-
tration of Germans near the American
border will be followed immedlatel!
by their arrest a.. No.
In conveying this notice the MEX
lean authorities explained mat Iney
could do no less in view OF the lacI
that a state of war existed between
Germany and the United STATES
WASHINGTON, April SO.-Leuten
ant William F. Gresham WHO 0o,n
manded the naval gun crew on Ch
American merchant steamer 49,
when she was sum Oh -
his report in person to SecreCar!
Daniels. and left an impression tnat
the vessel probably was DESTROYED 9y
mine. Unofficial reports had lnu,-
Gated that she was torpedoed' al
though Lieutenant Gresham told tle
Secretary that he had seen nothing
10 indicate the presence OF a supniai'
inc.
WASHINGTON, April 3O.-Wltn en-
actment of the Selective Draft ARMY
RiII apparently assured, the War De
rartment is preparing to put machln'
erv in motion without delay 10 pro
duce a trained army of 2,OOO,ooO men
n is expected that within ten Gay
in every town in the country reglstr ira,
tion of young men for'duty VIII De pu'
in motion. and no man liable Tor regis
tration will have good excuse Ioi
failure to respond, it is stated. Worn
will begin at once on the slA'e9N
camps proposed for training.
CLIRTS