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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
MCCALL OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Opposes Weeks for Republican
Nomination for senate.

SouTHBoRo. Mass, Aug. 5-Gov. Nc
Cali opened his campaign here Tonight
for the Republican nomination for the
United States Senate. He came from his
summer home in Lancaster, ". H., to
start on what politicians expect will be
as lively political offensive as he has
ever undertaken. He Ia opposed for the
nomination by Senator John w. Weeks
The Governor announced that IL sent
to the Senate he would support 1.-The
chosen leader OF the American people ="
He added. referring to the President,
"He has had no lip service from me and
at the same time been decorated with
shortcomings which would tend to lessen
his authority at home and diminish his
prestige with our allies and before the
enemy. l have given him my unstnted
and ungrudging SUPPORT. such support
az member OF patriotic party should
give to the nations head In time OF war"
Gov, Mccall asserted that he con-
trolled no political organization but that
"a great combination OF political ma
chinery amounting almost to a political
trust" mad been laboriously built up in
the State. IAN organization like that to-
day for an individual furnishes it's own
indictment and constitutes an affront to
the times" he added
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
PATIENTS TRAPPED
AS TORPEDO HITS


the difficult task of bringing the sick
and wounded up on deck.
As many az could be handled in this
manner were placed In slings and
lowered to the escorting destroyers
which by wonderful seamanship IN the
rough water, managed to work in close
enough to the sinking ship to take of
men by lowering ropes.
The morale OF the wounded, lying on
deck waiting to be taken on. Is de
scribed by members Of the crew az
too fine for words" They never COM
planned and they never urged the res
euers to hurry. The less seriously dis
abled assisted their more unfortunate
mates to go first. Women were placed
in the nrst boats lowered, notwithstand-
ing their protests that they should not
prccede the patientsL
One boat, containing stx women. was
thrown against another. Just before
touching tho water. and upset. Three
women from the capsized craft were
picked up by another small boat. along
with Ave wounded British soldiers, all
Of whom managed to Keep afeat. al
though each had an arm IN a sling.
The warilds mad been In the Channel
service two years, and this was her first
crossing from France in witch she did
not carry q number Of German wounded
prisoners. MemDers OF the crew re-
marked this fact, and some expressed
the opinion that II was Of sinister sig
nifcance.
T. f. Rcdman, one Of the stewards.
had an unusual escape. He had been
placed with the SIX women in the first
boat, and when the rope broke he seized
another line and clambered hand over
hand to the top. There he managed to
swing In from the end of the davit TO
the rail, where a wounded Tommy await
ing rescue seized the stewards hand and
aided him to chamber aboard.
This man described how one woman.
becoming entansied in the ropes as she
was being placed In the boat. was
caught between the boat and the side
Of the ship. She was frightfully injured
by the pressure and begged to be re-
leased, but no aid was possible. The
small boat finally went adrift and the
woman fell into the sea and was
drowned.
The American Red Cross is making
the survivors comfortable and putting
the patients on trains to be removed to
hospitals
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
S SINkiNGS IN 4 DAYS
IN CANADIAN WATERS


A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug s.
The toll OF the German submarine raid
in Canadian waters during the last four
days had reached a total Of five ships
tonight. Four Of these were small fish,
ing schoonere, three of them American
and the other the new lumber schooner
Dornfontetn. The last Of the I'VE was
reported to-day when the crew OF the
Nova Scotia fisherman Nelson A. of Var
mouth came ashore in their dories and
said they had been sunk by bomb
Sunday noon i've miles south by west of
Lock, n s..
When the crew OF the Nelson A. last
saw the raider. she was speeding due
south In pursuit OF a largo steamshi p.
The chase carried the U-boat below the
horizon and the fate OF the unidentified
steamship was not known. Another re-
port Of the chasing OF the steamship was
brought to a Canadian port to-day by
the auxiliary fishing vessel Mclaughlin.
The Mclaughlin was chased by the SUBJ
mersible and kept out or range OF her
guns until the raider veered of after the
steamship In the distance
No lives have been reported lost as
the result Of the submarine depredations.
BosroN. Aug. 1.-Two Of the schoon-
era sunk by an enemy submarine of the
Nova Scotia coast on Saturday sailed
out OF Boston ana were manned by
Boston crews These were the Mural,
owned by the Atlantic Maritime Com
pany. and the Annie NJ. Perry, owned
by q. g. Rio.
The Rob Roy, also sunk. was the
property Of the Gorton-Pew Fisheries
Company OF Gloucester The boats were
valued Mt about $4,000 each. The
Mural registered 100 tons the Annie
NJ. Perry lie and the Rob Roy Ill.
Gloucester fishermen anxiously awaited
further word as to the sinking of other
craft as reported by members OF the
U-boat crew. Dispatches from Halifax.
N. s., last night stated that all hands
from the three fishing vessels had landed
safely.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug 5.-A brief
message from Captain Freeman Crowell
saying that his fishing schooner. the Rob
Roy, had been blown up by a German
submarine Saturday. was received here
by the owners to-day.
Except that the crew was safe Capt
Crowell gave no further information
Company officials assumed from his ref
erence to the manner in which the Rob
Roy was sent to the bottom that bomb
had been placed aboard by the subma-
rine's crew.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
DENIES u. S. URGED
BRITAIN TO CALL MEN
London Explains Contract
With America"

LONDON, Aug. 5.-The attention OF the
Ministry of Information has been called
to a rumor that the fresh calling up OF
farm laborers for military service Is due
to pressure from the United States Gov
eminent, and II has beeen further
rumored that the United States insisted
that every ablebodied man under the
age OF 40 years In Great Britain should
be called up for the army.
Additional weight has been given to
these rumors by the suggestion that
Lloyd George when he said in a recent
speech I'VE must live up to our con-
tract with America" was abiding to a
secret understanding Of this nature be-
tween the American and British Govern
ments.
THE Ministry Of Information Is able
to state with authority that there Is no
truth whatever in these reports" says
Reuters, Limited. THE United States
has made no claim in respect to British
man power as has been suggested.
when Mr.. Lloyd George referred to
our contract with America he had in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
FEAR OF u. S. FORCED
HOLTZENDORFF OUT
German Army Demanded
Transport Campaign.

LONDON. Aug, 5.--Reliable reports
from Germany leave no doubt OF the re-
tirement of Holtzendorn and the ap-
pointment of Scheer as chief of the Ad
miralty
Due to frantic representations of army
leaders following the entry OF American
troops into the Marine battle, that unless
the arrival of American troops in suci,
enormous numbers be checked Ger
'nany's hopes of a military victory were
shattered. Scheer's appointment was
made inevitable.
His appointment will mean the speed :
!rS up of the U-boat war against trans
ports. Both he and the man he sue
ceeds are followers OF Won Tirpits, but
Scheer is the more energetic and he is
sure to make desperate attempts to sink
transports.
Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord OF the
british Admiralty. said IN a speech SUN
day right that the British and American
nav'es are fully PREPARED for any Ger
man r.ove and that he and Admiral
Sims had some surprises In store for
enemy submarines .." -. ,---...
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
REPORTS SHOW U.BOATs' DOOM,
Bethlehem shipbuiIding Head Says
Menace Is Vanishing,

Boston, Aug. 5.-Omcial Government
reports show that the submarine menace
Is being overcome. said f. T.. Grace
president of the Bethlehem Shipbuild-
ing Corporation, speaking to-day at a
luncheon rendered to him by Mayor An
drew J. Peters. Mr., Grace came here
to inspect the corporations plants at
Quincy.
Let me tell you" said Mr. Grace.
that occasionally we have recourse to
official records, and those records gave
us no more need for concern about the
submarine menace, for 1t is going down
hill rapidly. Your community Is play-
ing strong part in that accomplish
ment. for In the old Fore River plant
We have built more destroyers than in
all the rest Of the yards of this country"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
THREE PICKNICKERs DROWN,
Camp Dix Soldiers Save Fourth
Member of Party.

FLORENCE. n. j.. Aug. 5.-william
Ransbather. "a, his wife. Mary, 20, and
their infant daughter. Josephine. were
drowned when boat in which they were
rowing across the Delaware River re-
turning from a picnic last night, cap
sized in midstream
Soldiers from Camp Dix rescued Elias
Massen. the fourth member OF the party,
who managed to cling to the overturned
boat, Police think the boot upset when
the men tried to change rowing seats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
INSTANCES CITED OF
DELAYS IN MAILS
johnson Tells Senate Overseas
Service Needs to Be
Stirred Up.
Special DespotcA to The Sun.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.--The conditions
in the United States and abroad with
regard to the mail OF IT,. American
Expeditionary Force were again assailed
bitterly in the Senate to-day by Senator
johnson (Cal). The Senator produced
kilograms and letters from all over the
country. most Of them written by parents
complaining OF the mall service. The
writers asserted that tneir boys over
seas received only small number of
the letters sent them. and that weeks
and months elapsed during which out
Of dozens Of letters sent the soldiers
received not a single missive.
There can be no excuse for such
delays in the transmission of letters, ;"
said Senator Johnson. Then he related
his own experience with the service.
Instances of Delays.
Here are the instances" said Sem
ator johnson. Paris to Washington, a
letter mailed June 2s, received August
g. General Headquarters to Washing
ton. June 8 to August 2. Army Post
ONCE No ia, June 20 to August 2.
Army Post Office No. 731, June % to
August 2. And even this Is an improve
ment over the service melted out to our
citizens before"
In many OF the letters which Senator
Johnson read into the record the asser-
ton was made that the morale OF the
troops was being affected by failure to
receive word from the home folks. The
reflex action on the communities where
the parents and relatives and sweet
hearts of the overseas forces lived was
equally bad, they said,
Although have sent five letters a
week since May my boy has received
but six Of them all told" wrote a mother
in Shohola, Pa.
my son sailed away from Newport
News in May. and up to July IL he had
received no letter from me, although !
had written twice a week." wired a sol
dler's mother in South Carolina.
MY son went from Massachusetts, to
France in March, and since then his
mother and have written him all told
sixty letters. of which he has received
only two" wrote father from Provi-
dence. r. J.
New York Judge wrote to Senator
Johnson that the trouble was either in
difference or gross inefflciency in the
Post Once Department
Twice a week have written regu-
larry. but the last letter I have from
my boy. written last May, said he had
received nothing. at all in six weeks"
wrote a New York woman and another
New Yorker said My sister has re-
ceived no letter from her hoy since June
2. and from May l to now he says he
has received nothing whateyer from us"
Senator Johnson said he only brought
this TO the attention of the Senate to
suggeet that there was something about
the mail service between the folks at
home and the boys abroad that needed
stirring up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
ARMY CALLS FOR 10000 MEN
Mostly Volunteers, hut so,
Draftees VIII he Accented

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.--Au,horltv ;,
recruit 10000 volunteers for voca,ior.,
training with army training de,ach.
ments at educational institutions Ia,
been given by the War Departmcn. 70
the committee on education and ynec,oJ
training. A limited number Of mon -,
draft age in deferred classifcattons viii
be admitted.
The campaign now authorized is
part OF the programme for traln,ns
220, 900 men between November | ma
June 80 next in automobile driving and
repairing, gun assembling, electrical
communication, sheet metal work and
other occupations essential to military
operations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06

mind the moral Obligation OF cr,,.
Britain not TO relax her efrrts ow,ns .,
the entry of the United States ln,o Nv
war America declared war TO da,.s.
the menace to civilization and IN N.
ideals which both Americans and Br,,om,
have in common. Both nations are nn,'
ting out their full efforts to this end 4,
complete cooperation. but with no intsr
ference In each others internal arrange.
ments."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
RUMANIA'S WHEAT CROP FAILS.
Maize Also Disappoints Germany,s
Hopes for Supplies.

AMSTERDAM Auf. 5.-Rumanias Wheat
crop Is failure and the condition Of
maize in that country is only medium
according to Berlin advices TO the
Cologne Gdsette
Supplies from Rumania, therefore
cannot be counted upon, 1t Is said.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06

WAsHINGToN. Aug. 1.-Two fatalities
In the Naval Reserve force were an
nounced to-day by the Navy Depart
iment Philip RiznIck. seaman, of Rox-
bury. Mass. attached to a naval base in
Foreign service. was killed August 8 nv
a locomotive. and Wedworth West Nc
Allister. chief yeoman, OF Mitteneavue
Mass, died at Whitingsville, Mass, Au.
gustA from the effects OF fall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
Special Despafch TO TEE Sun.

WASHINGTON. Aug 1.-Two and pos
sibly three German subma rines are OPP
Grating of the American coast, accord
ing to the belief expressed by naval au-
thorities here to-day. The sinking OF
the tank steamship o. B. Jennings by a
submarine about 100 miles or the Vir-
ginia coast Is the last case reported. The
captain and thirteen members sof the
crew of the Jennings have arrived
partment announced Tonight.
The fourteen men. with the thirty
previously reported as having been
landed. accounts for all the members
of the tankers crew.
Advices reaching the Navy Depart
ment from confidential sources state that
the Germans, untn recently at least, had
only five Of the cruiser submarines
capable OF making the trip across the
ocean and returning to base. Great care
is being taken by the commanders of
these U-boats not TO expose them to at
tack. and this presumably explains why
they prey on small vessels and avoid
taking chances with larger ships either
armed or under convoy.
II is assumed here that the U-boats
seek to lay mines of American harbors,
and the finding Of the court of inquiry
which has completed its investigat ton
of the sinking Of the cruiser San Diego
indicates the danger from these mines
The work Of navy mine sweepers, how
ever. Is now so systematized that the
danger to shipping has been minimized.
A wireless call from the Jennings was
received yesterday between II o'clock
and noon, stating that she was being
shelled by a submarine Naval vessels
were sent at once TO the position indi-
Gated and picked up the survivors.
The Jennings was a tank steamship of
1880 tons. built in 1917 and belonged
to the Standard Oil Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
Family Away, Jewel. stolen.

CLEVELAND, Aug h.--,Tewes valued a,
$4,000 were stolen from the home OF
Frank A. Muhlhauser during the absence
of the family last week. Muhihaucer
discovered the theft and notified the
police when he returned to-day. v
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
TWO MORE TANkERS
SUNK BY U-BOATS
Belief That Three Submarines
Are Off Our Coast.

HALIFAX. N. s.. Aug. 5.-The STAN
dard OIL Company's tank steamship
Louis Blanchet was torpedoed and sunk
forty miles west OF this port to-day after
thrilling three hours battle with a
German submarine.
The crew took to their small boats,
where they were shelled by the sub
marine. but escaped without being hit
The chief cook and the chief steward OF
the tanker however. were killed when
the explosion Of the German torpedo
smashed the vessels stern.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06

mum military age. This new portion OF
tho proposed law recites;
Provided further, That the President
may at such intervals as he may de-
sire from time to time require all
male persons who have attained the
age of IS years since the last preced-
ing date of registration and on or be-
fore the next date set for registration
by proclamation by the President ex-
cept such persons as are exempt from
registration hereunder to register In
the same manner and subject TO the
same requirements and liabilities as
those previously registered under the
terms hereof
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06

py pNOClAmAlOn Dy inc tresiueHt eA-
cept such persons as are exempt from
registration hereunder to register In
the same manner and subject to the
same requirements and liabilities as
those previously registered under the
terms hereof.
Memorandum to Baker.
Gen. Crowder also gave description
Of the various amendments embodied in
the man power bill to the Secretary OF
War. In this he eaid with regard to
the amendments above described.
Memorandum to the Secretary OF
War:
The first amendment merely changes
the draft ages.
The second amendment should be in
corporated for tho purpose OF enabling
the President to call. for instance, per-
sons between the ages Of 80 and 40 or
Of the age Of 20 before calling persons
between the ages OF is and 10 or be-
tween the ages OF 40 and 49, The
amendment makes It possible to call
persons by classes as to ages.
'Tndustries" IL Broadened.
THE third amendment strikes out the
words in industries. including agricul-
ture,' and substitutes therefor the words
in occupation or employments.' This
amendment Is made to the section Of the
act which provides for the deferred
classification or temporary discharge OF
persons engaged In industries, Including
agriculture, found to be necessary to the
maintenance OF the military establish
ment or the effective operation of the
military forces or the maintenance of
the national interests during the emer-
gency.
Experience has shown that some dis
trict boards are inclined to give q mar
row construction to the word Industries
and It 10 thought that the words 'occupa-
tons or employments' should be sub
stituted for industries, including agri-
culture not only for the purpose Of pre-
venting the difficulties arising by reason
of the narrow construction placed upon
the word industries. but also for the
purpose OF ena bling a somewhat broader
construction of the law in view Of the
fact that the military age Ia to be in
creased and a wider latitude should
therefore be given to district boards to
give deferred Classification to persons
whose occupations or. employments may
be found necessary to the maintenance
OF the national interest"
THE fourth amendment authorizes
the President to appoint as members of
district boards persons residing outside
the districts to which they are ap-
pointed
THE next amendment provides for
the continued registration Of boys as
they reach IS years OF age"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-06
September 8 Resistration Day.

Perhaps also we could receive as
surances that the Legislation could be
enacted by the House In the period fol.
lowing its recovering 40 that It could
be taken up promptly by the Senate on
August rs and passed there.
This would enable us to contemplate
September . as national registration
day and the machinery OF the selectiye
draft operating very soon thereafter in
grinding out a Glass / available for
filing October. November and December
contingents."
The phraseology Of the bill il largely
amendatory IN character. simply repeai.
ing the text Of the existing law vita
specification Of the proposed changes IN
age limits. but added to the amendatory
language 10 the following provision dir.
fering from the restrictive language of
the old law and saying:
Provided, That the President may
draft such persons liable to military
service in such sequence Of ages and
at such time or times as he may pre-.
scribe.
New powers are granted the President
with regard to the organization Of draft
boards and no longer will he be limited
to the selection Of members from the
communities In which they serve az
draft board officials. but he may trans
fer them at will to other fields of ac-
tivity.
There Is also provision made for the
immediate drafting Of men upon their
attainment Of the newly proposed mini
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-27

Read il in the Ardmorsite first.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-27
DALLAS HOTELS, CAFES TO
USE CORNBREAD ONLY
Public Eating Places Will Observe
New Rule,

Dallas, Texas, May 27.-Begin-
ming at breakfast this morning and
continuing until after harvest the
patriotism of Dallas hotel and res
taurant patrons will receive the acid
or "cornbread test" Some seventy
Ave hotel and restaurant men at a
meeting at the Chamber of Com
merce auditorium agreed to dis
pense with wheat altogetheT until
Mr.. Hoover announces that the
flour shortage crisis is past.
J. X. Atkins, presiden; OF the Dal-
las Hotel and Restaurant Mems
Conservation association, who PIE
sided, explained that Monday, We'd
nesday and every evening meal is
already wheatelss. This would leave
but ten meals without the wheat
less restrictions, and the recent re-
quest from Mr.. Hoover is that no
bread containing more than one
third wheat flour be served at these
ten meals each week. The associa-
ton agreed that it would be simpler
as we'll as the more patriotic plan to
dispense with wheat altogether un-
til after harvest.
Even pastry containing wheat
flour is to be discarded, according 70
the sentiment prevailing About tho
only instance where victory bread
is to be sold by the hotels and res
taurants is in sandwiches that are
put up to take out Other sand
wiches are to consist of two corn
mullins on a plate by the side of
the filling"
Bakers to Furnish Corn Bread.
Several bakers present agreed
that they could furnish coru bread
to establishments not equipped for
baking, although it would mean a
read ustment and severe tax upon
their delivery systems 70 get it to
them while it was still hot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-27
Bread Line Forms
When Flour Cards
Are Delayed in Mail

Russell B. Brown, food admins
traitor for Carter county, said he
had a bread line at his office all
morning. Persons who had not re-
ceived their bread cards wanted
them and wanted them at once.
Those to whom cards had not been
sent through the mail had cards is
sued to them by Mr.. Brown, but
all the cards for which applications
had been received up to Saturday
noon, were mailed Saturday night
or Sunday. Mr.. Brown said I'll
these cards should have reached
their destination today. Cards are
being mailed out as rapidly as the
applications are received and it is
expected all will be in the mail by
night
One man asked what he should
do when he had purchased all the
-four the card allowed him TO pur-
chase, and he was advised that wien
the card is filled, that is VIXEN the
holder shall have purchased all the
flour or flour products allowed him.
as represented by the card, he shall
turn the card in to his grocer or
take it to Mr.. Brown and that at
the end OF 80 days from the date
the card was issued another will be
mailed to him. 1t will not be neces-
sary to make application to secure
additional cards.