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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13
GERMANS ADMIT DEFEAT

Berlin, October 12.-(via London.) The supplementary report issued this evening from general headquarters fol- lows:
 sOn the Langemarcll- -zonnebeke front in Flanders the battle is still in full swing. To the north of Poelcap- elle and to the southwest of Pass chendaeIe the fighting still goes on at some places where the English pene- t1ated our lines.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13
OFFICIAL REPORTS ON BOND SALES NOT ENCOURAGING Figures Far Below Average Which Must Be Main
 tained for Success IQUICKENED INTEREST IS SHOWN IN SOUTH Urgent Appeals Are Going Out to Local Workers to
 Continue Great
 Drive

Washington, Octo Der F. The liberty loan has moved only $1S,730,550 nearer its $5, 100000 goal, or approx inately one-third of l per cent.
 The total for the entire campaign thus far, as officially announced, stands still at less than per cent on the basis of returns received today and including subscriptions reported to all reserve banks, except Mime apolis, up to the close of business yes terday At the rate of subscriptions reported today it would take from eight to nine months to obtain the $5, 900 ,0o0, ,000 desired
 .At the end of Ii days sale of second liberty loan bonds,' the treasury depart ment's announcement reads, total sub scriptions of ss44.1s5.55o had been reported sto il of the 12 reserve banks in the United
 States. This is less than 2 per cent ot the maximum amount of subscriptions
 expected by Secretary McAdoo before the close of the drive for $5.ooe,ooo,Voo on October 27. OFFICIAL RETURNS Official returns. which are up to the close of business October II, follows Boston. $s4s, ,6oo,0o0
 New York, s22s,527,oo0 1 Philadelphia. $14a2,s5o. l Cleveland. s1,s71, 900. Richmond. s14,36o. 450. Atlanta, $1,7os,ooo. 1 Chicago, s5,e71,oOO. l St. Louis. s3.1lS,05o, l Kansas City, s1,237,60o
 Dallas s. POS, ,4o0 ! San Francisco. s2a,osl.2Oc I Minneapolis. ro Q report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13
War Department Consider ing Question Fixing Date Sometime in December
 or January
SUFFICIENT ROOM IN
 CANTONMENTS NOW INDICATED, IS SAID
General Crowder Making Careful Study to Decide on Any Changes of
 Next Mobilization

Washington, Oct 0 ber r. Discussion of the advisabilitv of expediting the call for the second increment of the draft army now is in progress at the war department, and 1t ap- pears likely that the date may be fixed for sometime in lne- cember or January. q.
 Mobilization Of the first increment of 6S7,O00 men is now far enough ad- vanced to show clearly that there will be q big deficiency for the r national army divisions. More than 25o,000 of the first increment are still to be as- sembled, but it already is evident that there will be available at the d6 can tonments quarters for an additional regiment at each post and at some for a full brigade of two regiments.
 The strength of the new regimental orr eaniza tion is 96fo lnen With regiment lacking at eacls cantonment this alone would mean shortage of nearly 5o.Tp men. In addition there has been auth0r- ized separate division of negro troops, which means nearly 5000 men with ! drawn from the original number assigne9 to the 10 cantonnuents
 REASON FOR SHORTAGE
 The shortage Is due partly to the neces- sity of taking oat national army men to bisE rsp ~ onssl s;i,ssld aivisioas I've complete national army divisions or l southern troops haye been absorbed 1 in this way. The remnants of three other consolidated to form a single divisional camps will be sent south to make up the missing divisions
 AVIATION DRAFT
 Drafts on the nationai army forces also must be made to fill up the enlisted per- sonnel of the aviation service. the med 1 teal corps and the service battalions needed behind the fighting lines abroad Eventually there will be 250000 men in the last named service alone, and avia- tion and the medical service will take nearly as many more though not all of l them will be taken from the national army
 DELAY EXPECTED Operating to delay the calling out of the second increment to make good these shortages are several factors. Clothing and equipment Is coming forward only at Ia rate that can meet the demands of lthe forces already called and the rail- ways of the country have been over tburdened with the job of moving the larnay and it's necessities without hinder I ing freight shipments vital to the allies.
 CROwDER TO FIX DATE l Fixing the date of the call for the second increment probably hinges also l upon the careful study being made pt Provost Marshal General Crowder and This assistants of the results of the plan followed ill assembling the men called first. Many questions nave arisen which Fit may be desired to avoid hereafter. and jsrbstitute regulations to guide both local and district boards prepared in the itgni iof what actual experience taught may be issued to govern the second call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13
APPEALS ARE uRGENT

Ks a result of the low totals shown by the official statements appeals are going out tonight from various local chairnen to their workers to make to- morrow one of the biggest days recorded. Vigorous methods for increasing sales also will be resorted to throughout the country rext week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13

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Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
MURGU|A WITH 40OO TROOPS
 AGAIN SEEKS VILLAS SCALP

fighting at the Babicora ranch. They insisted that Villa was present in per son and told how the Faqui Indians in General Sanchez command. came near capturing the famous leader while he slept in an adobe house at the Bab- icora ranch.
 They said the Indian scouts crept up to the house where a spy had in formed them Villa and his staff were spending the night. They were pre- pairing an attack upon the house from four sides when Villas staff officers who were ou guard on the roof. open ed fire. giving the alarm. Villa escsp ed from the house, jumped onto his horse aud escaped ip the darkness. the officers said, several of his staff hav- ine been killed during the fighting SalaZsY. Julio Acosts and Martin Popez also escaped on horseback. they said.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24

JUAREZ. April 23.-Leaving thG wounded soldiers of his command in the military hospital here. General Francisco Murguia left for Moctezuma late today with the force of approXi- mately 1000 troops on ten trains which he took 50 the Casas Grande- Babicora district of western Chihua- hua recently to prevent Francisco Villa and his followers from approaching the American border.
 General Murguia announced before his departure he would detrain all of his troops and artillery at MocteZums and would take tho field against the Villa commander iu the triangle form ed by the Mexican Central and Meyi- co Northwestern railroad which hss its apex in Juayeg.
 Officers of Geureia Nufguss staff confirmed the previous reports of this
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
BRITISH RESUME HAMMER|NC
 NEAR LENS, CAPTURING l200

Farther south the entire village of Trescault and the greater part of the Havrincourt wood are in the hands of General Haig's forces. On the north ern end of the battle line additional progress has been made, sou'nwest of Lens. seemingly placing that import ant town ;n jeopardy
 Nortfeast e S9issons. between the Ali ,Ir and CEemil Ges Damea, tho Fra3ch have surthor advanced their ..ne. ut e'-awaCIa on tho Hrt held by ne Ere tn a.,1lery d..c's .iIv" predominated.
 sunday Fre2tl eirmen in ae: al en- ra. -,nents shUt GJ.yn s.x nrnly air. D. mes. A si'n.lar number fell pr'y tc aviators, wsi,.. fifteen r.h-rs were r: en down o.L of control Anti a.;' aft guns dj ;pG Cf another CT .a-p airplane alj seven captive bal looms.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
German DriUe On
 Petrograd Shaping

The Germans evidently are prepar- ing for the drive on Petrograd that has been expected in the Russian cap ital. Warships conveying troops are reported unoffically to have left Iii bau on the Baltic Sea for an unknown destination. and meanwhile the Ger mans have renewed their activity on the northern part of the Russian front in the Aa river region.
 The British troops are fighting against the Turks six miles from Sa- mara. on the right bank of the Tigris in Mesopotamia. having previously forced the Ottomans to evacuate lz- tabilat. There has been a general re newal of activity by the kurds against the Russians in Persia but details are lacking.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24

Again the British have began a per iod of intensive fighting from the re- zion of Lens southward to the Hav- rinourt wood, and, according to the Londan war office, have been success full at various points in apturing ims portant German positions. In addi- tion more than 1900 Germans were made prisoners in the first days fight ing in the new offensive.
 Both north and south of the Scarpe river, the British have materially ad- vanced at several points toward Douai. North of the river the village of Gavrelle and positions two and a hal; miles long. south of the village were captured, while south of the stream they took the line of the Ger mans on a wide front south and east of Monchy-Ie Preux and captured Cue. mappe.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
Villa Would Help U. s. Fight Germany

FL PASO. April 23.-Although Vil- la has two Germans in his army, both of whom are officers, he is quite as ready to consider an alliance with the United States as with Germany. as- cording to a report received tonight by United States agents from Villa sources.
 An unofficial report in circulation here tonight was that Villa had es- capped the Carranza forces and leav- ing Salazar in command of his forces in western Chihuahua. had retired to Sateyo with the purpose of reorganiz- ing his forces for an attack on Chi huahua City while Murguia was in the field. A large force of Carranza troops was reported to have reached Jiminez Sunday from the south.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
MILLION BOYS I ] ENLIST FOR FARM
 WORK
Secretary of Agriculture Un- folds Many Plans To Con- gress On Feeding Plan. Legislation Sorely Needed.
(By Review Leased Wire)

WASHINGTON, April 23.-Congress took up the food problem today in public hearings by the Senate agri- curture committee at which Secretary Houston set forth the administra- tion's food control program.
 At the same time the federal trade commission, directed by President Wilson to investigate with the depart ment of agriculture the cause of high food prices, asked all state governors to send representatives to Washing ton. April 30 for a conference on state cooperation in the inquiry.
 Before appearing at the ommittee hearing. Secretary Houston put his plans before the heads of five big farmers organizations and received assurances of support. The farmers representatives promised even to en- dorse legislation giving the govern ment power to fix maximum and mini mum prices in an emergency.
 Service For Boys.
 As its part in the governments
 plans, the department of labor an-
 nounced that it had undertaken
 mobilization of a million boys as
 active farm laborers, to be known
 as tho United States Boys Work
 ing Reserve. It's operations will
 be directed from Washington by
 William Edwin Hall of New York
 president of the Boys Club Fed
 eration.
 The announcement of the day bear ing on the food situation were de finition of the duties to be performed by Herbert C. Hoover, as chairman Of the food commission of the council of national defense, and the statement that Wm. J. Bryan would tour the west to help spread the agricultural departments appeal for increased food production.
 Figures were given showing that the production of corn, barley, oats. rice. milk and butter. eggs and other food products this year were greater or at least equal to the average for the last five years, and that product ion had increased.
 'I think" MT. Houston said, "the
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Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
Dry Bill Becomes
 Lau In Colorado

DENVER. April Ex-Governor Gun ter today signed the prohibition bill passed by the last legislature and the long appropriation bill. from which number of items. totalling s69.000 in appropriations were eliminated. The governor also signed the bill amend ing the present law regarding work mems compensation.
 The governor vetoed five other bills. This disposes of all legislation passed by the last legislature.
 Among the measures vetoed were the bills requiring that teachers who had served three years be not remov- ed for cause and providing for public defenders in judicial districts of over 150 .000 population.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
SENATE BLASTS AND BOOSTS ARMY DRAFT
 BILL
Hiram Johnson of California
 Champions It And Volun-
 teer System Too, To Speed
 Raising of Army.
(By Review Leased Wire)

WASHINGTON, April 23.-DurinS the debate in the senate today on the administration war army bill Senator sherman suggested that, like Presi- dent Lincoln. the present executive should have called for volunteers upon the declaration of war.
 Senator Nelson. civil war veteran said Lincolns call was for state mil itia. not volunteers. When Senator | Wadsworth praised the war depart ment's policy of stimulating recruit . ing of GO national guard organizations and discouraging formation of new units. Senator Johnson of California asked if an effective American force could not be placed in Europe sooner by using both the volunteer and draft systems. The California senator esti- mated. that, under the draft bill it might be year before American forces would be in Europe
 Wants Every Force Used.
 We are in war" said Mir Johnson. We want to fight-nOt with dollars  alone, but with every force at our com mand. A very large number might volunteer immediately if called"
 Senator Wadsworth said there was no comparison between the civil war times and present conditions.
 Civil War Revived.
 "In 1861, both sides rushed volun- teering," he said. We have time now to build up a carefully constructed effective army. Fortunately for the United States the British and Ameri- can fleets protect us from invasion. giving us time to build real army. avoiding the mistakes of other na- tions.
 'I am still unable to understand why, if We are going to fight. We should not use every available means the volunteer. draft. universal train ing. and the like said Senator John son.
 No Emotionalism Wanted.
 Senator John Sharp Williams, in terrupted to say that volunteers in the present war would not be inspired by
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Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
Americas First War Loan Will
 Be Made To Britain In Few Daus

WASHINGTON, April 23.-The first American loan to the allied nations will go to Great Britain.
 The amount and other details prob- ably will be made public by Secretary McAdoo within a few days.
 Whatever the sum. the amount will be available out of the proceeds Of the s5,000.000,000 bond issue soon to be offered to the public, of which s. oOO,OOO,O0O will be lent to the allies.
 Announcement to this effect was made tonight at the treasury depart ment after a day crowded with con. ferences between Secretary McAdoo and federal reserve board officials and American bankers and bond dealers.
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and official representatives of Great Britain and France.
 Another development was the an- nouncement that the size of the first issue of the bonds authorized under the S7.000,000.000 war finance meas ure will depend largely on the i'm mediate needs of the allies. Reports as to this have yet to be received in detail.
 The entire O.OOO.OOO of author ized bonds will not be offered in one lump sum. according to present tenta- tive plans. but probably will be call ed for in several installments.
 In reaching the decision to make the first loan to Great Britain, officials
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have been informed by the fact that Great Britain. as banker for the sl- lies prior to Americas entrance into the wor. has met the heaviest finan- cial strain imposed upon any of the entente governments.
 In making the loan, the United States will accept British bonds lear ing 2 1-2 per cent interest as security. The interest payments upon them-at rate considerably lower than that which Great Britain has had to pay for recent borro%ings-wil balance the payments to holders of the Amer ican bonds.
 A similar course will be followed in making loans to other allies nations.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
Z: E B T E !: E v RUSSIA BOUND TO
 SEE WAR THROUGH

WASHINGTON, April 23.- Further encouraging reports from Russia came today in dispatch to the state depart ment telling of the effect of President Wilson's war ad- dress and declaring that Rus sia under the new democratic provisional government is no more likely to abandon the war without achieving her object than is the United States.
 Recalling that one of the inn polling causes of the over throw of the imperial regime was the belief that it was plan ming a spearate peace. the dis patch said the revolution would insure the defeat of Ger many. The American form of government has been taken as a model by the Russian people. < * * * * 2.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
2 V F T F st CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS
 SELLING RAPIDLY

The ticket selling campaign for Bisbee's Chautauqua was launched yesterday and sever al hundred season tickets dis posed of by the mebmers of the ticket committee before sundOwn. Tn the business dis trict alone more than loo tic kets were sold in a few hours The campaign will be contin- ued today and tonight the members of the committee will meet at the Y. w. C. A. at 7:S0 to report on the number of tickets sold. About fifty men and women were out selling tickets yesterday and were im- mensely pleased with the in- terest shown in every part of the district in the Chautauqua the first number of which will be given Sunday afternoon in the big tent to be pitched on the Central school grounds.
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* < * $. :. ;: :: FORTlFYING HILL
 BACK OF JUAREZ

FL PASO, April 23. - Gov ernment agents are investigat- ing a report that the concrete foundations for the new bar racks being erected on hill back of Juarez are too heavy for a building such as project ed. Observers claimed that the work looked more like an emplacement for a heavy gun. * < * * ! * + ;. < ::
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
BRITISH AIRSHIP
 LOST WITH CREW

LONDON, April 23.-A Brit ish airship on patrol duty is believed to have been lost with all of it's crew. An official state ment tonight says:
 "One of His Majesty's airships left on patrol from an eastern coast airship station Monday and has not returned. Reports received state the an airship was seen to descend in flames in the Straits of Dover about noon the same day"
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' V WOMEN VOTERS
 TOTAL S.553.3oo

NEW YORK. April 2S.-With Nebraska added to the suffrage column. it was announced here tonight by the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission that the total voting strength of the women in the United states is s.56S.3o0.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
ARRAS BATTLE F|ERCEST
 IF WAR
British Torn By Countless Ma chine Guns, Sweep On Hurling Germans B ack Over Eight Mile Front.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, via London. April 23.-Q1 D. m.)-The battle of Arras. which had burst into flamink E HRDLU LUU been smouldering for a week past, broke into flaming fury again today and still is raging tonight with some of the heaviest fighting of the war in progress.
 The sky is alight for miles with the flashes of guns, with star shells that spread moonlight paleness over the battle field and with vari-colored rock cts, which flash signals to the oppos- ing artillery. The cold east wind car ries the echoes of the reverberating cannonade far back of the British line.
 The fighting today covered approxi- mately an eight mile front. from south of Vimy ridge to a point well below attack the British swept over German fixed positions, running almost due south from Lens and captured long sections of German positions in front of the Hindenburs line and a great number prisoners.
 More than 1900 prisoners were counted in this sector late today and others were still coming in. The larg- est number of prisoners was from the Hist Pomeranians. who surrendered in hundreds after brief resistance. A battery of field guns, also was taken.
 ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, April 23.-(From Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press. 1.-The relative quiet on the French front results from one of those normal pauses in the battle after the first vigorous shock which drove the Germans from their formidable posi- tiOns along the range of hills where they long had been entrenched The work of organization, however, pro- ceeds continually. The French unre- lentingly maintain contatc with the Germans and here and there along the line have pushed them back still fur ther in local engagements. The artil- lery and the aviation sections were favored today by clearer skies and thc guns roar necessarily.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
Passage In Senate Without Change Expected By Satur- day or Sooner, After Every one Speaks.
BITTER CLASH IN
 HOUSE DEVELOPS
Dent Forsakes Administration For Volunteer Plan, and Hears His Pet Measure Roasted On All Sides.
(By Review Leased wire)

WASHINGTON. April %. - With both houses of congress debating the war army bill today. it became more than ever apparent that there is no fight over whether a great army shall be raised. the only question being what strength can be mustered hy opponents of the selective draft plan.
 Action By Thursday.
 In the senate passage of the Sener- al stan bill virtually without change is regarded as certain: in the house side the Presidents supporters also are confident of success though the contest there will be litter Discus sion in the senate may continue until Saturday but the house. under a ten tative agreement for IS hours os gen eral debate. probably will be ready 10 vote by Thursday.
 House Scrap Bitter
 Most of the speeches in the house were in favor of the administration plans after Representative Dent. chairman of the military committee. had made an opening statement ear nestly supporting the bill as amended by his committee to authorize calls for volunteers. with provisions for ap- plying the draft only if the vOlunteed system fails. Representative Kahn of California. ranking Republican of the committee appeared in the unique pO- sition of spokesman for the President and leader of the administration fore es.
 Representatives Mckenzie. Illinois: Cragoe. of Pennsylvania; Lunn. of New York: Greene. Vermont: Mann. Massachusetts; AdamsOn. Georgia. and others spoke for the draft as the only effective method of raising the army needed. Representative Nich- ols of South Carolina joined Chair man Dent in ChampiOning the volun- teer plan.
 Senators Wadsworth and Weeks advocating the draft and Senator Thomas as strongly opposing it. made the principal addresses in the senate.
 Senate Vote Thursday
 Senator Chamberlain of the senate committee. said tonight that he might seek unanimous consent Wed nesday for a vote tl'a' day or Thurs day.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-24
WEATHER.

Arizona Tuesday and Wednesday fair: not much change in temperature.