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The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
BOARDS AWAIT
DRAFT Orders
District Bodies Have Com.
pleted Preliminary Work.
States Delay Drawing.

While the exemption boards OF the
District of Columbia have completed
their work and the drawing might
be held today 80 far as they are con-
cerned over a dozen laggard States
are holding up the work Of the draft.
'Speed-up'' orders will be sent out
from Washington within a few days
unless the offending boards show early
results say officials.
One prec net will hold back the na-
tiOn for sTe draft numbers cannot
be drawn until the last district has
reported and the lists received by
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder Wash
ington and the District took the lead
in reporting its draft lists and was
first under the wire in. completing
its report on registration.
Off1ciais still believed yesterday tha;
the drawing would not be possible
before Saturday.
Reports have been received from
twenty-five OF the forty-eight States,
hut that proves nothing as practically
all the States which have sent in du-
plicate lists still have 5ne or two
boards missing. In all. about nine
hundred and fifty boa srds have not
been heard from After the actual
drawing the rest of the work will be
merely mechanical and will require no
great amount Of effort except in Ger.
/ tain limited quarters. such as the Pro-
vest Marshal Generals Office. which
will have charge of the exemption.
; The States themselves will have q
see that the men drafted 10 fill their
quotas are brought up for examina-
tion and that they show UP when or
dered to camp.
The machinery will pull the desired
number Of men into the military hop
per and Gull out the ones desired. The
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16

The new German foreign minister
is a nephew of Count Won Bcrnstorff,
former German ambassador to the
United States.
Count Ulrich K. Brockdorff RantZau
has had a diplomatic career devoid of
limelight achievements. His mission
to Denmark was the first in the ca
pacity Of minister plenipotentiary. He
was elevated to that rank shortly
before the war, after he had served
for some years as imperial German
Consul General in Budapest.
He is native of Schleswig, capital
of the province of that name, and is
4s years of age. The appointment to
the foreign secretaryship of a man
who has graduated from the consular
service is sweeping deviation from
the traditional German system and
may represent another concession 70
the liberal movement. Though a no.
hleman by birth. the count is known
for decidedly democratic leanings. He
is lieutenant of reserve in the first
guard regiment. He was secretary
OF legation in Vienna in 1co5. aTd in
1903 became consul-genersl in the Hum
SaIian capital
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
ASYLUM PAROLE over,
WOMAN browns SELF
Fearing Return to Hospital, Mrs.
Baum Commits Suicide.

Rather than return to the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane. Mrs.
Margaret Baum. AZ, wife of Charles
S. Baum. a policeman at the White
House, yesterday committed suicide
by drowning herself in the bathroom
of her home at 1870 Monroe street
northwest.
Mrs. Baum, who has been suffering
from nervous disorders, has been TAX
ing treatment at st. Elizabeth's for
seventeen months. Wednesday she
was allowed to leave the institution
to spend a four-day parole with her
husband. Baum had received fur
louEh so that he could be with her
during her stay and had carefully
watched against anything happening
to distress his wife.
Yesterday, about two hours before
her time to report again to the in
stitution, Mrs Baum went into the
bathroom. Fifteen minutes later, her
husband. who was in an adjoining
room, heard water running. He went
to the bathroom and receiving no re-
sponse to his repeated calls broke
down the door, to find his wife sub
merged in the bath tub.
Efforts to resuscitate the uncon-
scious woman were of no avail. Am
hulance Surgeon Davis. of the Elmer
Gercy Hospital, who responded TO the
emergency call, pronounced her dead
when he reached the house. Coroner
hewitt issued a certificate of death
by suicide.
During her four-day stay at home,
Mrs. Baum gave no indication of an
Intention to kill herself. She left no
note or message.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
RUSS VICTORS
in Big ATTACK
Austrians Pushed Further
Back-Lose Guns and
1000 Prisoners.
(By the international News seryIce.) }

Nby the lnternatlOnui news SerNIce.D
London, July 15.-The Austrians have
again gone down in defeat before the
irresistible onrush of Gen. KerniIoff's s
army in Galicia. They made heroic
efforts to stem the Muscovite tide. But
all the infuriated counter attacks
which they launched in the face OF
the whitening Russian fire were of
no avail. They lost new ground. more
prisoners and paid, for their futile at
tempts with fearful sacrifices of life.
The new battles took place south
west of Kalusz. the important town
twenty-three miles west of Stantislau.
which the Russians captured a few
days ago. Eighteen miles below this
point, around Lcdziany. Koruiloff's
troops took one thousand prisoners.
Further northward on the Bohorodcz-
any-NoviCa line, they took six hun
dred. On both fronts the Austrians
were pressed further back. Several
guns were taken by the vietors.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
KAISER STILL CONFERS
WITH GERMAN LEADERS

| Amsterdam. July I5.-Interest IN the
German crisis today centered upon
the hurried visit 10 Berlin OF the Bs-
/ varian premier. Count Hertling. and
the continued conferences between the
Kaiser. and Crown Prince. and Hin
denburg and LTdendorh
For the moment the most important
decision TO be reached is that decid-
ing upon q successor to Gen Won
Stein as Prussian war minister. The
report that Hindenburg is TO be man,
ed for this post. exclusively mention
cd in these dispatches yesterday. was
repeated in wsll-informed quarters.
Unless all signs are deceiving. Dr..
George Michaelis. the first "von-less'
imperial chancellor. Is also destined
to be the sIst chancellor 70 be made
constitutionally responsible 10 the
Reichstag
The great "joker" in the German
constitution which for decades went
unchallenged and later when chaIlenE-
cd. Joked itself out Of trouble. seems
today doomed TO die an. easy death.
More tragic than its death appears
the figure OF the premature pallbesr-
er. Bethmsnn-HoIlweg. forey-eight
hours ago the strongest man in the
i '-AAARAlFH tANNIk NAAe NdAEFE. ANQhN a
| private citizen sunk into oblivion.
| The ''joker' is contained in para
I graph Il OF the constitution and deals
with the responsibility OF the chan
cellor. II stipulstes that all DEGREES
! Of the Emperor are issued in the name
OF the empire dad must be counter
signed by the imperial chancellor.
| who thereby assumed the RESPONSE
biIity."
After Constitutional Joker
Not a word is said anywhere in this
Z or other paragraphs % the con=tltu-
I tion as 10 whom the chancellor is to
be responsible.
In the greatest war OF all tirpes
I this Joker became from month %
month. from year to year. more a-d
more serious until finally -he Reisn-
more serious until rnstly the Ee.rhs-
4 cusations from abroad that the Ger
man people were merely slaves 10 the
! sutocracy. determined 10 repair the
omission Of the empires founders.
I There. according 10 close observers
= here. lies the root of the whole up
heaval. once the chancellor has been
I made by law answeIahle % the ma
( tion's law-making body. the way for
Z a parliamentary goy,rnm"nt is paved
! For TO exercise any deCres OF control
1 over the Chanccllor's acts the Reighs-
! tag leaders. STUrTed on by the ac-
/ resolve itself into probably Two great
! Tarties. The chancellor. on the other
! hand. would h. compelled always 20
/ command a majority 20 insure his
| continuance in Office. The constitu-
uonal change requires the co-opera-
| tion and consent OF all the German
! federated states and the psth toward
| naturalization Of the plan is there
! fore believed arduous.
The ReiChstaG. however. is believed
/ to be resolved TO push the change
through. cost what Il may.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
1900 PERSONS SAVED
FROM GROUNDED ship
Norwegian-America Steamer Goes
on Rocks-May Sink.
CBy the International News Service. ,


St Johns, n. F., July l5.-The Nor.
wegian-American Line STEAMSHIP
kristianiafjord, with 1870 persons or
board, was wrecked yesterday on the
rocky coast of New Foundland. eight
miles of Cape Race.
BY a magnificent feat OF seaman,
ship, all the passensers-9l6 persons
bound from New York for a -Norwe-
Sian port-were landed safely at Por-
tugal Cove. not far from the point at
which the big liner blundered ashore
while cropping her way across the
banks of New FoundIand in a fog
complicated by driN ing rain.
The vessel may become total loss,
although there wGs still hope tonight
that she might be saved. Repre- sent
ing, with her cargo. a value of SlO.vO-
coo. she lay pounding on jagged rocks
at the foot of beetling cliff, exposed
10 the destructive action of the Allan
tic swell.
Three of her holds were full of
each wave droppcd her on the piercing
rocks. A Canadian cruiser was stand
ing by and rescue vessels were being
hurried from Halifax.
Special trains Were provided to hrin.
the passengers and crew to St. Johns.
Capt. S. 9. HJar;dahl, who commands
the KristiIniafjord. has sent teleCrams
TO the offices of the NorwegiLn-Amer-
lean Line in New York.
This was Capt. Hjartdahrs first re-
port of the disaster.
''Kristianiafjord went ashore in
thick fog seven miles west of Cape
Race. Passengers all safely landed
Forward hold flooded. No water IL
boilers or engine room. Exposed po'
s!tion. Send assistance"
Later he sent n second message con
firming the success of the rescuini
operations and mentioning the fac
that three holds were flooded. Never
theless he expressed a hope that the
vessel might be saved
The Kristianiafjord was four day.
| out from New York and had made the
customary call at Halifax for inspec
| tion by the British authorities. Hei
general cargo OF about 5000 tons con
| sisted chiefly of foodstuffs. She is =
twin screw vessel of 6.496 tons, bull
at Birkenhead. England, in 1913.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
American Soldiers Establish
Permanent Camp in France
Troops Expect to Reach Trenches Ahead Of
Scheduled Time-Intensive Train
ing Courses Started

Is believed, however, that they will be
obliged to remain with the French
forces. General satisfaction is being
expressed that the army has taken
over the American ambulance and
will conduct it as a unit in the French
army.
American troops will be under fire
at an earlier date than had been. ex-
pected. The men reaching the perma-
nent base are in splendid physical con-
dition. The intensive finishing train
ing" which they are now undergoing
will be pushed speedily. The duration
of this last phase of the training cam
not be foretold, but IL it is in keeping
with the expeditions record, it will
not be long.
Red Cross Organizes.
As was anticipated, Sunday passed
quietly. Best informed military in
formation here looks for a protra Cted
struggle and does not expect Ger
many's internal collapse until after
she has suffered a decisive military
defeat.
1t is believed the appearance of the
American troops in the trenches will
effect the morale OF the Germans
nightly. But this effect should not
be over-estimated. America must
that the end of the war rests with
her.
The American Red Cross organiza-
ton is applying the finishing touches
to its camp equipment.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
Three PERSONS SHOT;
SUSPECT ARRESTED
George Tompkins Held Following
Death Of Partner and Family.
CBy the International News servIce.D

CBy the International News SeryIce.D D
Carrolltown, Pa. July B.-Edmund
Humphries, wealthy coal operator OF
CarrOlltown. mis- wife and l5-year-old
son were killed early this morning
in mysterious attack made on them
when the party. en- route to Fhiladel-
phia by automobile. stopped TO fix a
punctured tire on the deserted fair
grounds three miles outside of Car
rolltown.
George c. Tompkins. jr., Of Phila-
delphia. former weIi-known automo-
bile racer but recently a partner Of
Mr.. Humphries in the Newborn Coal
Company, who was a member OF the
party. has been held by the police
as material witness.
AftvI the robbers had killed the
i!umTnries family and disappeared n
the woods, according to Tompkins.
he placed the body OF Mrs. Hum
phTics and that of her son in the
automobile and drove TO the home or
DR.. F. F. Able. in Carrolliown,
where he related his story about the
shooting.
John Malin. of Barnsboro. told Cor
oner Fitzgerald late this evening that
he had passed the scene of the shoot
ing shortly after o'clock this morn
ing.
While was looking at the license
plate" Malin stated. "a man leaped
from behind some bushes nearby and
told me to get the hell out of there.
He had a revolver and / left in a
| hurry"
Mahn said that he was so excited
at the time he could not identify the
man.
Tompkins said he barely escaped
| after three masked robbers had leap
| ed from the woods and shot down
/ the three members OF the Humphries
family while they were busy on the
damaged automobile. But the coroner
ordered his detention after the dis,
covery of powder burns on the cloth.
| ing Of the bodies and in the light OF
| the fact that a large sum Of money
| was found on Humphries' body and
valuable jewels on that of his wife
4 posse OF more than 100 armed
| citizens tonight is securing the coun.
try for the alleged murderers.
| Tompkins told the police that with
Mr.. Humphries and his family he had
| left in their automobile for Philadel.
4 phia. When they reached the lonely
fair grounds they had a blowout and
stopped the machine and he and
Humphries got out to repair the tire
While they were bending over the
wheel three men jumped out of the
brush about sixty feet away. Tomp-
kins said, and ordered them TO gel
out of the machine. "As soon as We
stepped 10 the ground the men began
/ firing. The woman and how fell to
the ground dead" he said.
| Il dropped the tools | was using
and started TO run across the fair
( grounds, with Humphries following
me. / had gone less than fifty feet
when I tripped over a stone and fell
but quickly gained my feet. and
again made the other side OF the
fair grounds"
Tompkins said the shooting was
done at a distance of at least fifty
feet. He was unable to throw any
light on a number OF cuts on Humph-
ries' head and chest.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
U. S. Ships TO VISIT
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
Souadron's South American Recep-
ton Foils Germans, Depart
ment Thinks.

The State Department announced
last night that the squadron COM
mLnded by Admiral William B. Ca
perton. now il South Atlantic waters,
would pay a visit OF courtesy AZ
Buenos Ayres.
The visit is made in response -
the urgent request II the government
o; the Argentine. The Caperton ships,
not further ]dent fed here. have vis-
tied several other South Amencan
ports and received a riotous welcome.
The state Department Is Informed
that Buenos Ayrcs is planning TO out
do her sisters.
officials Of the department were
plainly pleased at the Invitation Of
Argentina. These visits. the depart
mynt feels. 30 long way toward up
setting the plans. OF the vicious Ger
man anti-American propa Sanda which
has been carried on in certain South
American counties. The feeling in
the Argentine is especially cordial -
the United States. Her ships are
r'poTted TO be aiding in the patrol o.
the South Atlantic against TeutoB
commerce raiders.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
Greek King and Premier
Disagree, Is News Report

Paris. July 15.-That serious differ
ences have arisen between the new
king and Premier Venizelos is Incl
Gated in dispatches from Athens today.
The king has postponed signing a
decree for the Recommending Of the
1915 chamber of deputies which was
illegally dissolved by Premier Skou-
loudis.
The dispatches say the premier is
demanding that the king cease carry
ing out his fathers internal and ex-
ternal policies, but the king has post
poned action.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
Hollweg Believed Kaiser
Could Not Win, Says Paper

London. July l5.-That DR.. Bethmann
Hollweg realizes Germany cannot win
is the gist Of further statement cred
ited to the ex-chancellor by Profess
sor Harnack and published in the
Rhenische-Westfali Zeitung.
The greatest danger will come from
Germans who continue TO believe in
victory. At the best the struggle can
only be a draw"
Whether this stshment had any
thing TO do with the chsncellor's- re-
tirement Is nos IN open question.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
STRICT WATCH KEPT
FOR SPIES In CUBA
(By the international View. seryIce.n |

lBy the international News Seryice.)
Cienfuegos, Cuba, July 15.-The ac-
ton of President Menocal and his adj
vi5ers in suspending the eonstitu-
tional guarantees is bearing fruit in
as much as progress is being made
by the administration in treating
with all the various aliens, spies and
labor agitators.
Cuba Is determined to see the war
asainst Germany through to the end
No effort will be spared to rut an
end to the activities of the spies who
are attempting to hamper Cuba's ef-
forts IN the war. The government is
firm in its dealings with the labor
esitators who have been at work in
the interior.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
Girl Donned Uniform;
Was Soldier to France

New York. July ia feminine
'Sammie". arrived at an Atlantic port
today. sad and serious. She left. N
France. her husband Of little more
than a month. The separation was
enforced by the United States army
officers abroad II develops that the
Young woman was married to = regu-
lar army sergeant just before the
American troops sliied. To prevent
separation from her husband. the
pretty young woman donnod rcguls-
tion khaki and managed TO make the
trip oVerseaS Her sex Was quickly
discovered on the other side and she
was promptly dispatched home.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
take $4,000
in first CALL
Militia of Eleven States Go
to Camp-District
Troops Later.

The government yesterday took the
first step to mobilize an army OF a
million men.
Approximately 1880 National
Guardsmen were modified under an
executive order in eleven States. They
comprise the first increment of the
militia to be drawn into the Federal
service.
1t was announced that on July 3
another 115.Oo0 men, including those Of
the District of Columbia. will mobilize
and go into state camps fer two or
three weeks and then 80 South.
They will be held at their State
camps for several weeks and tbCn will
be sent to mobilization camps in the
South. There they will be given a
short neriod Of intensive training and
Will be sent 10 France.
Called out on July Is. II will be not
later than October / before the ma jors
:ty Of the men ordered out yesterday
will be in France, according to pres
cnt indications.
The Army War College has finished
plans for the work which the men will
he given. II has laid out a complete
program for their use in the war.
This program includes the exact time
they will be held in mobilization
camps and the date on which they will
be sent overseas.
Meanwhile the War and Navy De-
partments are busy securing trans.
ports for the men. 1t is expected that
great feet, sufficient to carry the
forces the War College has decided
upon. together with all their arms and
equipment. will be ready on the sp-
pointed dates.
A third increment will follow on
August g. On this date the entire
militia establishment will be drafted
into the Federal service ard will stand
on the same plane as the regular
army.
Location of Camps.
The troops assembled today are:
New York. which will go TO Spar
,anburg, s. c.
Pennsylvania. which will camp al
Augusta.
Ohio and West Virginia. to Mont.
gomery. Ala.
Michigan-Wisconsin, to camp al
Waco. Tex.
Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, North
Dakota and South Dakota. 10 Dem
| ing. y. Mex
Each camp will accommodate q
! complete division. In the American
army a division ranges around 5000
men. After the troops are in camp
there is a possibility that the divi'
sions will be reorganized on the Euro
Pean basis of 5000 to 5000 msn.
II the army is reorganized on the
/ European division basis a great mum.
| ber OF vacancies will he created ir
| higher ranks. Double the number oi
! hrigsdier generals now required would
I he needed and there would be a NOV
| ing up all through the army.
As soon as the troops are in camr
at least fourteen brigadier generals
will he required at any rate. Rec
concentrations as to the men have
been made to President Wilson and
he is expected TO send the nOmina.
tions to Congress for action by the
, time the troops reach camp. The i'm
preston here is that regular army
officers. now in the colonel and major
grade. will be selected.
The regiments that went TO camp
yesterday were for the most part TN
der strength. as is the entire Nation
al Guard. To fill the ranks TO war
strength 1900 conscripts. to be Sc
leCted through the draft. will be as
signed TO National Guard regiments.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
Germans Break with 22
And Fight Is Countries

London. July 15.-An official state
ment from the Foreign Office recently
Informed the British public that twen-
ty-two countries had severed diplomat
ic relations with Germany. "Of these %
the statement added. thirteen are at
war with Germany ard may be con-
sidered in alliance for that purpose
The list Of the twenty-five is as fol-
lows:
Russia, France, Belgium, Great Brit
ain, Serbia. Montenegro, China. Brazil,
Bolivia. Guatemala. Honduras. Nicara-
qua, Japan. Portugal, Italy, Rumania,
United states, Cuba, Panama, Liberia,
Haiti, San Domingo.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-16
Fat Prisoner in Hole
Blocks WAY to Escape

Steubenville. Ohio. July 1.-THE es-
ape Of twenty prisoners from the
jefferson County jail was frustrated
ie-e when II. G. Stiahan. Of Clarks-
,u-g, W. Va, became wedged in a
role which he had made in the Jail
vail strahan. who is rather ccrpu-
ent. ives to have led the way down
l rope made OF blankets, but stuck
ast and was detected by guards be-
ore be was able TO extricate himself.