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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12

Division No. 8. representing ST.
Joseph county outside of South
Bend, by George Raab. its conscript
chairman. last night announced 20
out of its quota Of 1873. called for the
great national army. as ready for
the front. This means 25 in excess
Of the first increment which must
respond for mobilization on Sept. I.
Only three were exempted at Satur-
days session of the board. one min
lister and two aliens. Exemption
claims and afidavits Of 70 more.
found physically fit, viii be passed
upon Monday or Tuesday. the
claims being in process of investi-
cation by government agents.
No announcements of the number
accepted for service could be given
out from Divisions No. j and ? last
night according TO +. c. Stephen
son and Homer Taggart, chairman,
respectively, of the two divisions.
1t is practically certain, however.
that another call will issue from
both divisions for additional men to
make up the quota, though il is
probable that enough viii be Ger
tilted from the first call 10 make I'D
the first increment. The third di-
vision is entertaining possibilities
that under the recent ruling of Pro
Vost Gen. Crowder the full quota of
1873 may be obtained without calling
others. In this division LAG out of
266 called, were found physically
fit. while 12O We're unfit. or were
transferred 10 other points for ex-
animation, or found 60 have enlisted.
Here Are First Men.
The list of the approved in divi-
sion No. 8. follows:
Alfred J. Freer, 407 W. eth,
Mishawaka Henry Cortier. r. r.
., South Bend; Charles R. Meyrs,
$50 ". Battell st, Mishawaka; Yer
non c. Grippe, r. r. ;, South Bend
j. J. Kapalozaynski. R. R. 6, Niles
, Mich: Two Wassenhove. 92S W. 9Th
Mishawaka; Almond F. SchellingeI
500 l.. way W, Mishawaka; TheO-
dOre VIM. Hornung, 500 W. 4th
Mishawaka John Clark. Walker
ton; Marieo Placcki. 223 y. West
ST.. Nlishawaka, Fred J. Becher
2l9 ". eth, Mishawaka
Joseph Urguinske. New Carlisle
August Beeleart, New Carlisle; Har-
lev Clyde Gilman. r. F. D. :. South
Bend; Fred Ernest Sahli, SOC f
Grove. Mishawaka; Leon Tollens
/ sol w 2nd. Mishawaka. Harlow
I Francis Derry. 9O9 + 3rd. Misha-
waka John Erwin Mcclellan. r. F
/ p %. Bremen: Albert Hagermann,
909 ) Main. Mishawaka; Herald
VI. Sesse, Wakarusa Harvey ]. By
rer, BIS Lincoln way w Misha
waka.
( Antoni CandoH. 800 ". 10th.
Mthawaka Carlos Judd TrOw-
bridge. New Carlisle. Hubert Hall,
n r T. Lakeville; Otto Edwin
Kreutz. us z. Bird. Mishawaka
Adam Waletzko. 2O9 y. Church st.
| Mishawaka Louis kOsac, 525 5.
Laurel ST.. Mishawaka Benjamin
H. Bates. New Carlisle. Delmar ].
IMatteson. PIG r. Marion. Mishawa-
ka; Guissippe Faint. Ills 5. Spring
ST. Mishawaka: George Alva BOr-
den. 542 Calhoun 81. Mishawaka.
DelbeTt Conrad Schafer. h. r. 3,
Lakeville; Jose Ferriera Pacheco,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
1900 WOMEN
NDCHILDREN
ARE PERILLED
Tugs and Other Boats Stand
by and Rescue All in Order
Grew QuietS EX-
Citement.

Associated Press Service.
BOSTON. Aus. IA United
State submarine couided with tbs
Nantasl5et beach excursion steamer
Mayfiower in Boston harbor during
a thick fog late today TIE navy
ward officials said the material dam
age 20 the submarine was slight bot
that the MaynoWer had a hole stove
in her port side near the paddle boK-
one seaman on the steamer suffered
broken leg
Fifteen hundred passengers On
board were transferred without ac-
cident TO the steamer Rose Standish
and brought up 10 this city
Tugs took the AIavfiower 30 ship
yard i'm East Boston. where she ar
rived with a considerable list %
port
Excitement H. Intense.
The crash caused intense excite
ment among the hundreds OF WON
en- and children who had been
spending the day AT the beach and
there was a rush for life preservers
and boats. Officers and crew. how
ever, quickly got the crowd in hand
and pointed out the gray hulk Of
the submarine standing close by
with the navy yard tug Iwara. which
reached the scene a minute after the
collision.
Fortunately numerous other tugs
were close enough 10 reach the
steamers side within a short ike
and the passengers quickly Gained
down and awaited the arrival Of a
steamer summoned from Boston b.
radio The Rose Standish. another
Of the fleet Of the Nantasket Beach
Steamship Co. was tied up at the
wharf and il took her only a few
minutes 10 reach the side Of tbs df<-
abled AIayfiower. between Spectacle
island and Long island.
Passengers Transferred.
While the submarine and TUGS
closed ia on the Nayflower 20 give
any help needed the transfer OF pas
sengers was carried ont in an order
.lv manner and without much Diff
Guilty. thanks 70 the smooth water.
According TO the report given out
at the navy yard. the submarine.
running on the surface was return
sng 90 the vard from maneuvers la
AIassac husetts Jay. The fog was 20
thick. ac ording 10 those on board
the war vessel and tho steamer. OBJ
servation did not extend more than
10 feet. Accordingly both ships
were proceeding slowly and this
greatly lessened the impact when
the Nayfower doomed out OF the
mist directly in the path of the
submersible The steel prov OF the
under-sea boat however. cut
through the lower rail. catching one
of the Mayfiowers sailors. and
breaking his les. The discipline on
the submarine was perfect Rvery
man was 40 his station and there
was no loud shouting or orders TO
increase the panic 70 the excursion
boat. After the last passenger had
been transferred 70 safety and tie
Navflower taken iu charge by a con
vov o. wgs. the submarine pro
ceeded 20 the navy ward under her
own power.
At the yards it was stated that
her bow was stove in but that the
damage was not serious
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
KING GEORGE WIRES
KERENSKY HIS FAITH
A.so,Iltel - ServIce

Associated Press service
LONDON. Aux. liking George
has sent the following kilograms TO
Prime Minister kerensky of Russia.
AT the commencement OF the
fourth year of the great conflict
which still RACES. and at the mo
ment when YOU are re-established
i'm the leadership of the free Russian
people. 7 desire TO assure You and
them that the British peoples will
never relax their efforts against
our common enemies.
"In confined force. resOlutely
eNerted by ,he allies. Will be found
the security of an honorable peace
and true liberty 10 the world
recognize that Russia is now called
upon 10 bear, but I have faith in
her powers TO face and overcome
her formidable difficulties i'm this
hour of trial tsignedl George
r.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
RATHER GO TO JAIL THAN
ENTER NATIONAL ARMY

Associated Press Service.
PITTSBURGH. Aug. Nv hat is
believed 90 bc an organized effort ON
the part Of at least - young men
OF the first and second wards Of
Pittsburgh to resist CONSUMPTION
under the draft law, was reported 20
the department of justice today boy
members of the exemption boards I'm
these wards
OFcials declare these regiStrautS
have ignored summons o. appear
for examination and have said they
would rather 40 10 Jail than enter
the national army
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
MEXICAN LIGHTHOUSE
GERMAN SPY BASE?
BULLETIN.

Associated Press SCI vice.
MFNTCO CITY. Aug. IL
What j. believed to have been
German Information station
has been discovered by MEXICAN
officers on Labos island. light
house station of the Mexican
coast northeast Of TuNpam- The
Mexican authorities believe the
station might have been con
verted into a submarine or naval
base had il not been located by
them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
TAFT'S CONDITION
Is VERY FAVORABLE
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service.
CLAY CENTER, Kas. Aug. H.
William Howard Taft tonight was
reported in a very favorable" CON
dition by DIT r NJ Morgan his ply
stefan.
DR.. Morgan would not hazard an
opinion as TO when the former pres
ident would he able to leave his bed,
but he stated that his patient was
resting comfortably. had taken
nourishment and unless some uneX-
pected conditions arose. would re-
cuperate rapidly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
Plan sTRIKF IN MADRID.

MADRID. Aug 1l.-Leaders OF
the railways employees have inform
cd the minister OF interior that a
general strike viii be called next
Fridav. Many owners OF automo-
hiIes are placing them at the dis
posal OF the government for mail
carrying purposes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12

japanese naval units have Joined
the allied forces in European wa
ters. the japanese naval .attache
here announced today
Associated Press Service
Russia's armies are continuing TO
exhibit increased resisting power in
the area of the Austro- German Of
fensive on the eastern front. while
in the west the relentless British
and French pressure is showing re-
suits i'm the further recession of the
German line in Flanders
An example of what seems to be
the improved morale of the Russians
on the Galician front is provided by
Petrograd's report on the Teutonic
attack at Brody. northeast of Lem
berg, which obviously had been in
preparation for several days. The
assault was started on Thursday, re-
sulting in heavy lighting as the
dense waves of Teutons swept for
ward, but ending i'm what the Rus
sian official statement characterizes
as a complete failure.
The Russian forces still hold here
a strip of Galician soil
Attack from Three Sides.
The TeutOnic attack on the part
of Roumania still remaining in en-
tente possession is now being press
ed from three sides, and advances
for the offensive forces in some sec
tors are admitted. There appears
TO be no question of any lack of
determination in the Russo Rou-
manian offensive. however. and at
some points the joint entente arm
les are on the aggressive. Thus,
near the Russo Roumanian frontier,
the Austro- German troops were
forced to retreat in places with the
loss of 400 men in prisoners. in one
case being pushed back across the
Putna river
Field Marshal Won EIackensen'
offensive in southern Moldavia
seems to be giving the entente COM
mander the greatest concern at
present. as a highly important line
Of railway communications along
the western Moldavian front is
threatened by il. Apparently the
drive is aimed at the railway juno
ton at Pantzin, possession Of which
would cut off the branch railway
which connects the two lateral lines
of communication along this front
The battle is being waged along the
Sushitza river, across which Won
Mackensen has forced mis- way TO
the west Of the Fokshani-Ocna rail-
way line.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
ELECT DIsTRIOr CHAIRNIAN.

Associated Press Service
ANDERSON Ind. Aug. II-At a
meeting OF the Eighth district re-
publican committee here late this
afternoon. Harry Long 81 Muncls
was elected chairman. succeeding =.
+. LaFollette 81 Portland who died
recently W p. Wheat ~ Portland
was nominated brit his name VsK
-uIthdrawn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
Russ Armies on
Galician Front
Grow Stronger
BULLETIN.

Associated Press Service:
LONDON. Aug. 11-Therp was
heavy fighting today i'm the neigh
bOrhOOd OF Ypres i'm Flanders. and
the British made progress on the
right bank of the Steenbeek river.
capturing 121 additional prisoners.
\ German attack along the Ypres-
Menin road pressed back the Brit
ish line slightly i'm the GlencOrse
wood. There was much heavy aerial
fighting.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
NATION FIRST.
.SAYSCROWDER
ON EXEMPTIONS
Only When Dependent Family
Would be Burden to Pub
lie Should Plea be
Granted.
A,sooiatcd Press service

Associated Press Service:
WASHINGTON, Aug. H.
Renewed emphasis was laid by
Provost Marshal General Crow
der upon the fact that congress
framed the army draft law in the
interest of the nation, not in the
interest of the individual. For
that reason the lines are being
drawn tight in the matter of ex-
emptiouS.
The government has acted
slowly in bringing home to the
people the rigid character of the
draft act. There has been much
discussion of the exemption
! problem, based on an erroneous
view of the laws purpose which
assumed that married men for
instance, would he exempted
without question and that the
burden of military duty was to
be carried fully by the single men
among the ten million registered.
Gen. CrOwder has taken the
position in recent rulings that mar
ried men will be exempted only
when it is to the interest of the gov
eminent that they should be excused
from service. He said:
IF the removal of the draft
ed man from his family circles
probably would result i'm the
family becoming a public bur
den. IL i To the interest of the
government to leave him i'm his
civil occupation. so that he can
care for his dependents"
Industrial Exemptions.
An Interpretation similarly rigid
has now been placed upon exemp-
tious FOR industrial reasons. The
government has taken the lead i'm
strutinizing closely individual cases
among its employees before asking
that they he exempted Bureau
chiefs. who must file afHdavits with
the proper board showing that a
man is indispensable before he can
be excused. have been instructed to
exercise the greatest care. Where
ever there is doubt. a call to military
service prevails. and no exemption
is asked
District boards throughout the
country have been instructed 10
make the governments action their
guide i'm dealing with claims for. ex-
emption of men i'm private employ
meut.
An employer seeking ex-
"mptiun for u man he con-
~idcr~ Indispensable must first
make the showing i'm regard To
that business. lie must prove
to the boards satisfaction that
hiS industry j. necessary TO the
public interest or to the main
; tcnanCc OF the military estab-
liShmcnt and supplement this
showing with alidaVitS stating
that the particular individual j.
Z Indispensable To the industry.
] Circumstances of employment
must he stated ana reasons CIV
! en- a. To why II would be I'M
1 possible To replace the register
[ Cd man with another. not OF
military age OF WIN Il woman
/ Nhoi'~'i' Nltemp'>.
| hepoft> 90 the provost hlaISldi
! general Indicated plainly mat Whoie-
I sale attempts % eNaoe the 'faI.
! through the dependence cause OF
the regulation Is IN progress IN
many p'"' m '','''.-e''''
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12

Associated Press Service.
LONDON, Aug Additional
Japanese naval units have Joined
the allied forces in European wa
ters. the japanese naval attache
here announced today
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-12
THE WEATHER

Indiana: Partly cloudy sunday
and Monday
Lower Michigan: scattered thunder
showers sunday: warmer east Non
day partly cloudy
Evening star., 1917-05-31
DRIFTED Fifteen DAYS
ON DERELICT SCHOONER

HAVANA, May 31.-George Delbat.
the American schooner NJ. E. Eldridge
of Dennis, Me-, met death in the Gulf
of Mexico recently from exposure and
starvation after the lumber-laden ves-
sci was struck by hurricane and be-
came a derelict. Eight members of
the Eldridge were brought here yes
terday by British schooner, and told
of having been fifteen days on their
waterlogged ship with only little food
left Tampa May for Cienfuegos and
three days later ran into the hurri-
cane.
Oliver Kemp, mate of the schooner,
said that when the storm struck her
she began making water rapidly and
settled, despite hard work at the
pumps. Instead of ssinking, however,
the schooner turned on her side, the
crew clinging to her keel. For five
days the men hung on. waves breaking
over them constantly. Then, seeing
that the schooner was making an ef-
fort to right herself. the crew cut
away her mast and the vessel came to
an upright position and the men took
refuge on her deck. A seaman managed
to get into the hold of the schooner,
said Kemp, and bring up several cans
of food. When this gave out the crew
succeeded in hauling a shark aboard
with ropes. They hung up the big
fish and drank it's blood and ate some
of the flesh.
Several ships passed within sight of
the stranded vessel, but none of them
observed her signals, and the men had
almost resigned themselves to die when
the British schooner hove in sight and
took them aboard.
Evening star., 1917-05-31
SONS OF VETERANS, U. S. A.,
HASTEN REUNION PLANS
Program for Opening June 10 Rapid
ly Approaches Completion-Corp.
Tanner Among Speakers.

Plans are rapidly being completed for
sion of the Sons of Veterans, u. S. a.,
to be held in Washington June 10 and
20. Reports which have just been COM
pleted by Capt. Francis E. Cross, divi-
sion secretary-treasurer, indicate that
ever held by the division.
Commissioner Louis BroWnlow is to
deliver the address of welcome when
the body holds it's opening session Il.
10 o'clock the morning of June 10 at
the New Ebibtt Hotel. ]. Clinton Hiatt
secretary of the committee on arrange
ments. has been instructed to notify
all Sons of Veterans, u. s. A., living in
Washington to attend the initial meet
ing.
Corp James Tanner. past commander
in-chief Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, has been invited to deliver an
address the second day of the encamp-
ment. Mrs. Rose S. Rutledge, presi-
dent of Maryland Division Auxiliary.
chairman of the committee on decora-
tions. has arranged for the use of a
large number of flags in decorating the
assembly hall. Flags also will wave
from each window of the hotel. An
preparations have been made by Lincoln
Camp, No. 2, and George H. Thomas
Camp. No. II, for entertaining the dele
gates. Everett F. Warner. chairman
of the committee on arrangements, has
arranged to have luncheon served to
the delegates in the Lincoln Camp hall
11th and f streets northwest. just prio:
TO the excursion down the Potomac.
Evening star., 1917-05-31
Guard Change Haphazard.

81 found the guards sitting about smok-
ing and talking with bystanders." said
guards was executed in a haphazard
manner and not according to military
regulations.
sI ask you to remember that we are
guarding the chief representative of
the old regime and the person guilty
of terrible oppression from which the
Russian people have freed themselves
with such difficulty. We are RESPONSE
BILE before the whole country for
guarding this prisoner, and l cannot
allow troops under my authority to
take so lightly the task intrusted to
them. 1 hope that henceforth officers
and soldiers will keep an even(stricter
guard than the military regulations Of
the old regime demanded"
Serious Economic Situation.
The food minister, NJ. Pieschechonoff,
has unfolded the serious economic sit
uat:on to the congress of officers dele
gates from the front. in explaining that
it had been impossible as yet to estab-
lish grain monopoly, owing to the
complicated. organization required.
On the eve of the revolution. he said.
His supplies had increased in March.
but dwindled again in April.
The army requirement was 1S,O00,-
at one Ilne only O,UUU,Uuu dTTlVeu Hc
shipments now arriving were bigger.
but far from normal, and the people
would probably be obliged to face a
still further shortage. Other grains,
especially oats, were also scarce. He
feared that even after the grain mo-
nopoly was organized the situation
would not be improved, because. suspi-
cious Of paper money, the peasants de-
manded raw materials and iron imple-
ments in exchange for their produce.
The central committee, which has in
charge the regulation of the iron sup
ply. continued the minister, has only
100000 pools of iron on hand, while
the munitions factories require 30,000,-
900. Hence, Russia is on the eve of a
catastrophe, he declared, unless the
population, particularly the peasants.
prepared for the greatest self-sacrifice.
The provisional government, on the
proposal of the Finnish senate. has pro-
claimed the complete or partial remis-
sion of sentences pronounced on all
Finnish citizens for crimes or offenses
committed prior to March 20, 1917.
The government has also decreed re-
pressive measures against the abuse of
alcohol. Persons getting drunk or
drinking to excess in public places are
liable to eighteen months imprison-
ment Persons while drunk committing
robberies, acts of violence or other
offenses will be liable to penal servi-
tude for six or eight years.
A Russian ruble is worth $0.5146 in
gold.
Evening star., 1917-05-31

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Evening star., 1917-05-31
Cossacks Back Government.

The Cossacks in the Ural district held
a convention recently and passed a
resolution to give their unqualified sup
port to the temporary government
They also issued an appeal to all citi-
zens of free Russia to follow their ex-
ample. Among the declarations con-
tanned in the appeal were the follow
ing:
You must remember that the enemy is
watching our interior disorganization,
with determinations and disorders.
I'VE have only one front-our own and
that of our allies. The army must not
remain quiet, but must help the allies by
advancing"
Information from the Tambov govern
ment indicates that the peasants are
bringing wheat for the army in increas-
ing quantities Some of the village au-
thorities are refusing to accept pay for
this and insist on donating it. The guard
at the palace at Tsarskoe-Selo. where the
former emperor and empress are prison.
ers has been relaxed to such a point that
it has called forth complaint from the
commander of the Petrograd district,
who, after visiting the palace. declared
that the duties of the guard were being
carelessly and irregularly carried out. and
hnted that under the present conditions
escape was by no means impossible.
Evening star., 1917-05-31

marchers. representing all walks of
life from business and professional men
to factory workers and school chiij
dren, Toledo yesterday staged the
largest parade ever held in the city
Men in active military service headed
the demonstration, followed by sur
vivors of the civil and Spanish -Ameri-
can wars.
Evening star., 1917-05-31

by William G. Sharp, the American am
bassador; Alexander NJ. Thackara, the
American consul general; the STATS of
the American embassy and consulate
and a large American delegation.
Evening star., 1917-05-31

state had decided to suspend its official
functions as a protest against the hos
tile policies of the German authorities
toward Polish national aspirations. ac-
cording to Geneva dispatch on Tues
day.
Evening star., 1917-05-31
Memorial Day in Paris.

PARIS. May 31.-Memorial day was
appropriately observed in Paris and
throughout France. A memorial serv-
ice was held in the American church
yesterday morning and was attended
Evening star., 1917-05-31

sure to the monarchy natural and
reliable ally. After it's adoption the
resolution, which is virtual appeal for
i,ndependenee ,,.s.2ed >, and md separation from rom
read from the city hall balcony to a
vast crowd and greeted with thunder
Gus applause.
Apparently there was no interference
from the Austrian authorities although
Cracow as a fortress is crowded with
Austrian troops. The wording of the
resolution rs noteworthy for the abb
sence of any reference to Germany, al
though it is notorious that Polish hopes
for access to the sea are based on
the acquisition of Prussian Danzig. The
Poles also aspire to the inclusion in an
independent state of Warsaw and that
part of Russian Poland which is now
in the hands of the Germans.
State Council Has Quit.
According to private report from
Germany, for which there is as yet no
positive confirmation, the provisional
council of state in Poland yesterday
transmitted the designations of its
members to the Austro-German au-
thorities.
The council has been pressing for the
appointment of a regent for the king
dom and the Repatriation of the
Polish administration since its own po-
sition has been rendered extremely
difficult, if not impossible. by resolu-
tion adopted by the Polish National
Council, expressing lack of confidence in
the body selected and appoined by the
central powers. Thus the designations
may have been submitted to force the
governments of the central powers to
take speedy action on the regency
question.
The Polish socialists are in open op-
position to the new order in Poland.
Thirty of their leaders were arrested
this week and sent to concentration
camps in Germany.
The Polish agency of Lausanne re-
Gently received a communication from
Warsaw stating that the council of