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New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Time for Action
Here, Says Scott
In Call to Nation
Every Resource, Industrial Chief
Declares, Must Be Placed at
Disposal of United States

Washington, July 30.--In a statement
tonight discussing the task before the
new War Industries Board, Frank A.
Scott, its chairman, declared the pre-
paratory state Of the war had passed
for this country and that from now on
there must be real application by every
man and every material force.
The board, whose first meeting is
called for tomorrow, will have charge
Of the government buying and super
vision over the genera! industrial ac-
tivity during the war.
Nations, not armies, are the units
Of modern war;" said Mr.. Scott. Every
resource, human aud material, must be
placed at the disposal of our govern.
ment.
"If It can be said that there has been
a preliminary stage of our share in
the war, it is over now. Our troops
are already in France, and we have
begun the actual raising Of q huge
army here at home to be sent abroad
when the time is ripe. We have passed
the period of expectation-we are wsg-
ing war.
efficiency and economy in produc-
ing and distributing the governments
requirements are as necessary TO sue
cess as courage and intelligence in
battle. The Stacker at home is as con-
temptible 6 figure as the coward in
the presence OF the enemy. The luxu-
ries of peace must give way to the
necessities of war.
1--WE must standardize, economize,
and then produce. produce, produce.
This country has the three great neces-
saries ior making modern war-men,
metal and machinery. We must make
them all available now. Until we can
claim the victory, Speed must be our
watchword. Days saved now in the pro-
duetion Of war need. oill mean lives
saved hereafter when our troops take
the field. Proft-msking must now yield
TO patriotism, extravaganza 10 econ
omy, selhshness to service"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Legality Of Draft
Law To Be Tested
By Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman announced yestsr-
day that the appeal Of her case 10 the
United States Supreme Court will be
made the occasion Of q legal battle to
test the constitutionality of the con-
scription law. She said that in addi-
tion TO $4,000, which is being raised
as bail for radicals now in prison on
charges similar 20 those upon which
she and Alexander Barkman were con-
victed, national fund" is being Gre
atcd by radicals and others "to employ
the best legal talent in the land for
the Supreme Court test"
Support is coming 10 US from all
over the country" said Miss Goldman.
Sums ranging from 81 to larger
amounts are coming from many people
who are not anarchists, but who are
anxious that We shall express for them
their opposition 20 the draft law. The
cases Of Berkman and myself, when
they come before the Supreme Court,
will involve a decision on the constl-
tutionality Of the law, and we will call
this 20 the attention Of sll persons in
terested In the repeal Of the law.
"We are confident that we will get
people who have been inarticuate OF
who have been holding themselves in
the background on this question 20
disclose their opposition 70 II. Those
mothers who are cognizsnt Of the
tragedies soon 10 be enacted in their
homes by the drafting Of their sons
will be with US heart and soul.
"Whils the case is on in Washington
mass meetings will be held in various
parts Of tde country, at which reports
Of the n51grsss Of the case win be
publicly discussed"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Recruiting Here
Keeps Up Despite
Conscription Call
Army Ban on Married Mer
Lifted Because of Scarcity
of Cooks

The draft has as yet worked no ap-
preciable decrease in the enlistments
in the New York recruiting district.
Although many of the local exemp-
ton boards already have sent out the
draft notices which automatically make
a voluntary answer to the call to the
colors impossible, there was no drop
Yesterday in the number Of enlistments
at the various recruiting stations
throughout Manhattan.
One hundred and eighteen men en-
listed at the Regular Army Head
quarters, $50 Broadway. The Navy
Headquarters reported twenty-six en-
listments, and the Marine Corps sent
twenty recruits TO the training station
at Paris Island, South Carolina.
Major Hughes, attached to the Regu-
lar Army Headquarters in this city,
declared, however, that drop is eX-
pected in recruiting once all the draft
notices are out -.
ave look for q little drop, Of course"
said Major Hughes. Although the
draft will reduce considerably our
available supply Of possibilities, we
propose to keep up our drive acre. We
call special attention to the fact that,
draft or no draft, men between the
ages of l8 and q and 81 and 40 can
still get into the army.
1--WE will take married men who are
bakers and cooks provided their fami-
lies are not dependent on them. The
rule against married men was waived
because of the great shortage Of cooks
and bakers
1t has cost the United States gov
ernment just $ls,9s for every man
who has Joined the Marine Corps in
the Eastern Recruiting Division, which
includes New York. A statement is
sued at Marine headquarters in this
city yesterday shows that the cost in
the Central Division has been s2739
per man; the Southern Division S27.94,
and the Western Division S25.41.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Old Patter Missing
From French Stage

And yet one misses the old patter.
After a week Of shows which piled un-
exploded jokes upon our ears we wan
dered into a vaudeville theatre, and a
low comedian came out and said TO his
partner in perfectly good English:
aWell, didja ike the show?" His part
ner said he didn't like the show.
"Well, didja notice the trained
seals ?" queried the low comedian, and
the lower comedian answered: mo, the
wind was against EN-"
Laughter, long delayed, overcame us
then, but it was mingled with tears.
We felt that we were home again. The
French are a wonderful people and all
that, Of course, but they're so darn
far away.
Later there was man who initiated
Eddie Foy imperfectly, and a bad
bicycle act, in which the performers
called the orchestra leader professor
and shouted Ready" to each other
Just before missing each trick. This
bucked US up so much that lapse into
French with Suzanne Valroger dams
son repertoire" failed TO annoy US
much. In fact, we did not care whether
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Berlin Socialist Organ
Denounces Attitude of
British Labor Party

Berlin, July % (via London, July
90) 0).-Commenting on the addresses
made in the House of Commons July
26, by ex-Premier Asquith and A. Bonal
Law. Chancellor of the Exchequer, IN
which they dealt with the peace reso-
luton passed by the German Reichs-
tag, "Vorwarts" says:
"Between the unqualified and sin
cere love Of peace Of James MacDon-
aid, Socialist and labor member OF the
House Of Commons, and the uncon-
ditional war will of the conservative
Bonar Law, lies the somewhat qualhed
war will of the former Liberal Premier,
Asuuith. The latter, it would seem, IS
ready for peace, provided Germany re-
stores the independence Of Belgium
He also probably would be ready 70
discuss the question Of Belgian indem-
nifty. With a government, however.
which is animated by the spirit OF
Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson, the
only peace possible would be one or
abject surrender.
George ]. Wardle, chairman of the
British Labor party, refers to Asquith'
but talks like Bonar Law. He de-
mands of the German people that IL
should force its government to ac-
cept a peace dictated by foe who Is
animated by lust Of conquest. Such
force. however, the German nation
must leave to the Entente armies, and
il will continue to oppose 1t, as has
been done before. If Chairman Wardle
ia of the opinion that he is not MOTTO
ing among the German majority So
cialists a spirit of repentance, we
would reply that the German working
man would only experience repentance
if he left his country in the lurch IN
the face Of a tenfold foe. The work
ingmen haven't done so and do not pro-
pose to do So"
The "Vossische Zeitung" says:
"The fact that Germany desired to
arrive at en- understanding with Eng
land regarding Belgian neutrality be.
fore the outbreak of the war, and that
England made such an understanding
impossible would seem to be unknown
To Chancellor Bonar Law and Mr.. AS
ouith, who was a war Premier, and at
times seems to have forgotten this cir
cumstance. :,
"The English government now dis
putes the power and authority OF the
German Reichstag, and its ability to
give the nations politics official dlrec-
tion. Only one answer is possible in
the face of such an attempt: The rep
resentatives of the German people
must demonstrate that they are in pos,
session of this disputed authority, and
are able TO exercise it. If the German
people succeed in convincing Cont
Mental Europe of this fact, then the
chief English war aim will have been
disposed Of"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
No Paris Show Complete
Without American Finale
Stage Artists Making Great Efforts to Please Soldiers from
Over the Seas--Troops Compose Large
Majority of Audiences

she came back with her repertoire OF
on IL. Some Japanese scrobats and a
Swedish contortionist completed the
performance.
There are two such international
music halls in Paris, as well as mu,
sical comedy of a sort called The Good
Luck Girl" The feature OF this per-
formance is an act in which a young
lady takes off her shoe and throws II to
the audience. The shoe is supposed 10
bring good luck, and soldiers about to
return TO the trenches struggle hard TO
get il, A young French aviator tri-
umphed on the night we saw the show,
and he explained that he felt fairly
safe now, no matter how many Boches
came against him, as he carried no less
than twenty-five good luck charms Of
one kind or another into the air with
him.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
No Show Complete
Without American Finale

No show is complete Just now with
out an American finale. The most elab-
crate one is that at the Folies Bergere,
which sends its chorus out for the
final number under the leadership of
an enormous six-foot woman carrying
an immence American flag. The ANA
zon, it is said, almost took the head OF
Canadian one night as he snooZed in
box and failed 20 notice the violent
manner in which the big flag was being
waved. He awoke in time to Dodge, and
then he shook an accusing finger at the
Amazon. "Why aren't you in khaki p
he said.
The enthusiasm for everything
American has begun to subside. The
reception TO General Pershing was the
high water mark. The Fourth of July
and the demonstration on the Sd, when
the American troops were first seen
in Paris, had nothing lie the intensity
of New York's greeting to Joffre. The
American finale at the Marigny last
night did not gain a ripple of applause,
and at the Femina, when the comedian
asked in what language he should sing
an encore, he was met with a hundred
shouts of "Russe" TO one of "Anglais.'
The Russians, of course, had just
launched an offensive which captured
$4,000 men. The next big demonstra-
tion for the Americans may have to
wait until our troops are in action.
Theatre audiences are made up of from
30 to rs per cent of soldiers. The war
is not entirely avoided as a subject for
songs and jokes, but most of the humor
is ground out of the restrictions at
home rather than any happenings at
the front. Librettists find unceasing
material in meatless, cakeless and bath
less days. Occasionally there will be
a sentimental patriotic ballad, but songs
Of this sort do not seem popular in the
music halls nor does one ever hear the
Marsellaise in theatres of this charac-
ter Only rarely is there any reference
20 the Germans even for humorous pur-
poses. In fact, Mars trails pretty far
behind Mrs. Vulcan in the theatres OF
Paris.
In the theatres such as the Folies Ber-
gere and the Marigny the stage is not
the only centre Of activity. The Folies
Bergeres in particular has a huge
promenade tenanted by hosts of unat-
tached and unmitigated hussies. These
ladies Of the promenades know much
more English than those of the theatre
proper. They know a little Russian,
too, smattering Of Spanish, and since
the Portuguese army has come to take
its place at the front, there are few
enterprising spirits at Bergere who can
at least exchange greetings TO these
southern allies. In fact, the ladies Of
the promenades may be said to know a
little about the language Of five coun-
tries and all about the coinage of
twenty
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Search Neutral Ships Here
After Finding Contraband

A careful search for contraband or
munitions of war is being made on the
twoscore neutral vessels in this port by
Collector Dudley Field Malone and
twenty-five deputies of the neutrality
squad.
This search is the result of several
interesting items of contraband dis
covered last week by Deputy Collector
George Lamb, in charge of the neu-
trality squad. Collector Malone wishes
personally to ascertain that none Of
these vessels are carrying contraband
before the much sought after embargo
licenses are issued. Licenses must be
obtained before thev can get clearance
papers.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Russians Admit Rout,
But Deny 1t Was
The Germans Fault

Petrograd, July 3O.--An official COM
munication issued to-day strongly re-
pudiates recent claims made in Ger
man wireless dispatches that the rout
of the Russians on the southwest Russ
ian front was due to a German thrust
which the British. French and Russ
ian authorities were powerless to pre-
vent.
"Who does not know" says the COM
munication, that the Russian retire
ment is to be explained by the in
stability of the Russian army, due TO
a combination of recent events, and not
as the Germans allege, to operations
according to the plan made by the Ger
man troops?
"In the persistent repetition of the
same allegation Is clearly revealed the
German yearning to inculcate mistrust
among the Entente countries and
arouse the peoples against their re-
spective governments. Is it necessary
to repeat hundreds Of times that the
true significance Of this German pro-
vocative activity was long since found
out and that all efforts 70 violate the
integrity of Russia's entente with her
allies are absolutely hopeless
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
More Than 10 Companies
to Leave for Spartanburg
Before Saturday
Will Prepare Camp
Vanguard Will Put Things IN
Readiness to Receive All
State Troops

The first detachment Of the New YORK
National Guard will mead for camp
Wadsworth, OF Spartsnburg, 5. O. late
this week.
Things began to buzz in division
Headquarters in the Municipal bu!!a!hs
early Yesterday morning, when MAJOR
General John F. Organ received orders
from the headquarters Of the Depart
rent Of the East on Governors ls!ano
ordering him to prepare detachments
Of various regiments of the twenty
seventh Division, as the New YORK
Guard is classified, to be sent South.
These detachments, which, according
to officers at division headquarters
are expected to start off not later than
Saturday, will help with the hnal
nreparstions to make Camp Watswortn
ready for the main body OF state
troops.
NobIlize I'm Van Cortlandt Park
number of the detachments have
b.en ordered to mobilize in Van Cort-
Iandt Park preparatory to their depart
rrs for the South. The 1st and "a IN
fantry will send one company each 10
the park; and headquarters Will seho
ons lieutenant, two corporals and four'
teen privates from its engineer tfaln'
and a field bakery unit.
The other detachments will proceed
direct from their respective srmories 70
snartanburg. They include one COM
nanv each from the 7th, 18th and 69th
regiments, one troop from the lst Cav
airy, one company from the 22d Lngi-
neers. the first battalion of the Signal
Corps, and one battery each from the
lst and I'd Field Artillery.
Headquarters will send direct to
Camp Wadsworth one platoon OF mill
tarv police and one company Of the
ammunition train. The 23d and isl
Infantry. now scattered all over the
state. have been ordered 10 send one
company each to their armories ready
to proceed South.
To Go Fully Equipped
The detachments moving to Spartan
burg will take with them all the tents s
in the possession of their respectlv,e;
corps not in use at present. They VIII
go fully equipped and uniformed. Gae-
fsin Edward Miller, of the Quartermas-
ter's Corps, has been designated de-
tachment quartermaster and will &C
company the troops. -, .s
The departure Of the main body OF
the troops is still undecided, according
TO Major Olmstead, attached to division
headquarters. The sending OF the
various detachments does not, change
the original plan for a farewell parade
Of the new New York Guardsmen in this
city. The main body Of the troops, &C.
cording to Major Olmstead, Will parade
before they leave for the South.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Germany Certain
Of Victory, but
Hopes for Peace
Believes Herself Stronger
Than Ever and the Allies
Far Weaker

Berlin, July 90 (via London, July S0).
In the review of the third year of the
world war the "Tageblatt" points out
that the armies of Germany and her
allies have conquered more than 548,-
900 square kilometres (6S,500 square
miles, of Entente territory, and as
serts that the military strength of the
Central Powers instead of decreasing
has increased, while that of France
has visibly diminished. The newspa-
per says the German people has plain
ly announced its readiness for peace,
and expresses the nope that common
sense and a sincere desire for the ces-
sation of hostilities will assert them
selves in the ranks OF Germany's sd-
versaries. The "Tsgeblatt" says:
"The end OF the third year of the
war finds the issue in the East and in
the West undecided. For the moment
interest in the military operations is
focused upon Flanders and Galicia.
"The last year, however, has been
fruitful of many instructive results.
Above all 1t may be asserted that the
Entente no longer has the disposal Of
unlimited production and supplies OF
ammunition, as was the case during
the Somme battle. This cessation OF
munition reinforcement has had a no.
ticeable effect on the Western front.
And, whereas the material resources
OF our opponents have not increased
and the strength of France has become
visibly diminished, we still are unim-
llred in our strength and more strong
ly fortified than ever before.
"He who is willing 70 be guided sole
ly by the facts and will not permit
himself to be deceived by illusions
must admit that the ambition OF our
foes to crush US is to-day less justified
than at any other period, and because
this is so we may be permitted 10 eX-
press the hope that common sense and
a sincere desire for peace may finally
assert themselves in the ranks Of our
opponents.
"The German people through its ac-
credited representatives has plainly
announced TO the world az large its
readiness for peace. We hope this ex-
preston will be appreciated in its full
Importance on the other side.
"The following offers an approximate
picture of the area of occupied terri
tory which is now held by the military
forces of the Central powers, meas
ured in square Kilometres:
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31

gium between her two racial elements,
granting autonomy 70 each, and also
erecting conditions which would make
Belgium economically dependent upon
Germany.
Everybody realizes. 1t was said, that
Germany wants a truce, but that the
Allies are unwilling TO allow, in the
knowledge that it would only afford
Germany a respite in which she would
be enabled TO recover her breath and
replenish her stores for the resump-
tion Of the war.
1t was not known to-day whether any
answer TO the statements Of the Gen.
trail Empires would be made by o rep
resentative of this government, but II
was considered doubtful, inasmuch as
nothing new was advanced by either
Chancellor Michaelis or by Foreign
Minister Czernin.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Socialists Approve
Austrian Peace Stand

Copenhagen, July 3O.-The interview
given by Count Czernin, the Austro-
Hungarian Foreign Minister, is char
acterized by the Socialist newspaper,
"Vorwarts," as "a programme Of
peace and understanding" The news
paper interprets it as emphasizing the
German peace resolution, and as max
ing Austrias official policy line up with
the political programme Of the Social
lists.
Count Czernin, "Vorwarts" de-
lares, casts aside war for the settle
ment of differences between states, and
leaves no doubt that he would never
countenance a war of conquest.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Want More Officer Pupils

A course for candidates for reserve
corps commissions in the ordnance OF
quartermaster's corps will be openo
to-day at Columbia University AZ
plications will be received until 70
morrow noon, as there are facilities ioI
instructing ninety men and the S!si,
numbers only sixty. Amos l. hoin
and c. c. Hughes, Of the COLUMBIA
Business School, are the instructor
There will be lectures by army onesh
and business experts.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Bv HEYWOOD BROUN
Accredited to the Pershing Army N
France for The Neto YORK
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rcopyr1ght 1917. by The Tribune Associn'onl
Paris, July S.-The most popular
number in the favorite revue OF Paris
is entitled, ooh! Les Jambes!" The
old verities of the French theatre re-
main mistaken. Because OF the war
there is little more economy in cos
tuming-that is to say, less expensive
materials are uged-and there is dis
tinct effort to plekse English and Amer
lean auditors as we'll as French. Each
soubrette learns a little English, Il give
you KEGS" or something of that sort,
which the Tommies and the Teddies can
understand. For the rest words are not
the only things when one is devising a
musical show end the men from over
seas seem to catch the gist OF what IS
going on. No interpreter is needed TO
convince the Anglo-SaXon that Blanca
de Bilbao is, as the programme asserts
"ieune, gentil ct tres jolie," and lie
Harem D'Aaroun" is likely to be divert
INK GNNil IL NAiO SPNNNSNSt NN''''N
the lines.
Now and again the comedians have
lapses of language, and an American is
forced to let the jokes go tipping by
without response. Presently, however,
the fat comedian will fall off the lad
der and laughter will become general
AMI international. Most of tho comic
acts are of that sort. OF course, all the
shows are much more richly endowed
with actresses than actors, II young
man appears in a revue the manage
ment is careful to state that ne has ful-
filed his military obligations. Thus
under the picture Of Maurice Chevalier,
the clever dancer and comedian OF the
Theatre Femina, one reads that Mons
Chevalier was wounded at the battle OF
Cutry, when a bullet passed between
his lungs. 1t is added that he was cap
tured by the Germans and held pris-
oner for twenty-six months before he
escaped. 1t does not seem surprising
therefore that Chevalier should be
among the gayest of funny men. We
are of the opinion that twenty-slX
months of imprisonment would work
wonders with ever SO many American
comedians whom we recall.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Draft Opponent Sentenced
Socialist Orator Who Refused
to Register Gets a Year

Mayer d. Graubard, conscientious os.
jector and Socialist street orator, was
sentenced to a years Imprisonment
yesterday by Judge Nanton 10 the
United States District Court. He 10
twenty-five years old and did not regis
ter.
He said that he had not registered
because ne desired 70 test the eontil.
tutionality of the draft law. he htd
opposed the passage OF the law in BIS
soapbox speeches, he said, but bad 20.
advised others 10 eyade t Gsuesfd
worked as a longshorsman 70 pay ns
expenses of an evening course 81 ne
Fordhsm Law School.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31

rendition Of Germany, as far as we are
allowed TO see it at the present time,
the ideas Of which have been speak
ing will really grow in such fashion as
to raise legitimate hopes that in our
lifetime we shall see that established.
But am sure that II 1t is mo- estab-
lished the security of Europe will not
be established either
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Churchill Is Reelected
New Cabinet Member Defeats
Laborite by Large Vote

London, July 3O.--Winston Spencer
Churchill was reelected to-day a mem
Der OF the House of Commons for Dun
dee, the bye-election being made neces-
sary by his recent appointment to a
Cabinet position.
Mr.. Churchill pollei 1902 votes. His
opponent, Edmund serymgsour, Pro-
hibitionist and Lsborits, received 2,0ss
votes.