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DRAWING FOR new
REGTSTRANTS SOON

Drawing for the tWenty-onsyeAT-
Old registrants' numbers will be held
at an early date, It was announced
at the Provost Marshal Generals Of
nee today. The date, although not
announced. Is understood to be around
July /. The drawing will be held in
the same manner as the original one,
with q few slight variations.
Rulings on the work or fight"
regulations are expected to be an
nounced tomorrow, II was stated At
General Crowder's Office.
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Austrian Dead Fill Ravines
and Pave River

LONDON, June 2O-AccOrding to the Milan
correspondent of the Daily Mail the Austrian losses
have been very heavy. Ravnes on the Asago Plateau
and Monte Grappa are filed with heaps of the dead
On the Pave the carnage Is honifyins, the cur
ret carrying Thousands of bodies together with broken
up barges and pOntOons.
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ny Counter Attacks Pave Line Everywhere Gaining
WESTERN UNION
OFFICESRAIDEDBY
GOVT. OFFICIALS
tcontInoed from first PagGl

(continued from First Page)
evidence and has been keeping Watch
on these movements for same time
back" This Is taken to mean that
the department has sufficient proof
10 run the Western Union cofnpany'H
hnes. II guilt Is established. into
many thousands Of dollars
LosE Under serutIny.
- The department also announced
that Il Is assumed that these move
ments have been going on all over the
country where train trips do not tAks
more than ave or eight hours.
The messengers arrested today an
carried brief cases filled with night
letters and kilograms dated ye8tef-
day and prepared to, look as II they
had been taken from the wires at he
receiving cities. Il Is stated.
The postoffice Inspectors advised
the Western Union TO copy the mes
sages seized and send them on 70
their destination By wire. 90 that
those TO whom they were addressed
would not suffer as a result % the
raids.
Penalty for cOmpaay.
In an official statement the Post
office Department declared:
such messages. when sent n thia
manner, constitute a violation Of the
postal laws and make the guilty par
ties liable TO q ine OF not more than
$500 or imprisonment for not more
than six months, or both, in each
case"
IL was explained that no action
against the messengers arrested vas
contemplated, but that the Western
Union Company viii be prosecuted
Over 1 500 kilograms OF the character
mentioned were taken from the me-
sengers.
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LANDS AZ SURVIVORS
OF TORPEDOED VESSEL

RIO DE JANEIRo. June 2o.-The
British ship HoIbein today landed
forty-tWo survivors Of the British
steamer Cairnross which was sunk
by submarine on the Azores
Nay 30.
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BRITISH OFFICIALS OF
ALIEN ORIGIN MAY GO

LONDON. June 5O.-Premier Lloyd
George may discharge a number Of Brit
ish minor officials Of alien origin or as
ISOLATION as a result OF recent complaints
and public sentiments, the Express de-
clared today.
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IF HE'D have a pieture-
THAT WOULD make him look.
AS THOUGH he expected
WHAT WAS going to happen.
AND WAS prepared instead Of one
THAT MAKES him look
As THOUGH he was starting
on HIS vacation.
AND 1 LEAVE it to you.
IF YOU don't think.
IT'S A good idea.
/ THANK you.
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James g. Cox. Indianapolis, Ind.
Joseph r. Farmer, YOnkers, n. \.
Harvey Green, ROekpOrt, lad.
John GrOEnn, r., RumsOn, n. J.
John Grub, Wilmington. Del.
Martin r. Hayes. Syracuse, n. 7.
Albert Hewett, Stafford Springs,
Conn.
Lawson z. Hover, FEaekVlIle, Pa.
Paul LaurokOyie, MInskl, Russia.
Charles MRreEeWskI, Schenectady,
ny.
Warren P. Mummert, PenbroOk,
Pa.
Daniel PIummer. New York. n. T.
Fred N. Reynolds, Delton, Va
Richard s. Russell Wills PoInt,
Tex.
Walter s. Stewart, Lake view.
wIIIlan UIrieh. New Britain.
George 5. UnEar, TarnopoI, GaH-
Ella. Austria.
Bert T. WeIdRer. SaVuIpa. Okla.
william West, Richmond, Va
Benjamin c. white, South Hnd-
william r. Williams, Shrewv-
bury, w. Va
WOUNDED CDEeREE UNDE.
TERMINED).
PRIV.ATEs.
Leyerett z. BLHhOD, New York.
NY.
ARTIE e. BROWNING, NEXT OF
KIN MRS. NETTIE GUAM, HOS
NINTH ST. s. E, WASHING
TON, ID. c.
JOhn ". George, Des RIOInes, Ioyra.
james l. Reilly, New York, N. Y.
MISSING IN ACTION.
Lisgt. Oliver ). Kendall. Naper.
VILE, Ill
PRISONERS PREVIOUSLY RE.
PORTED MIssINe).
Capt: George c. FreeIand. West.
Vile, Conn.
SeEEt. Harold W. Tucker, PrOvi-
denee, r. /.
CORPORALS.
Jack BathEate, Orange, Com
Thonas +. Berry, New Haven,
Harold A. Bergman. New Haven,
MslViR r. Carlson, jamaica Plain.
Arthur thur F. johnson. MIddl.tOwu.
MECHANIC.
Augustus H. Chapman, CoIehss-
ter, Gem.
Peter F. Plant. Quincy. Maas-
PRIVATEs.
AdeIlard BRFbeau, DanIeIsoa,
PsreiVaI Barnes, West Haven,
Lester BIEeIOw, New Haven.
Conn.
william s. CardeII, CranHton, RI
Harry c. CaVeFIy, Manchester,
N. II.
Clyde d. Charrette, south Deer
heId, Mass.
LeHteF r. Clark. New Haven,
Gem.
George Z. COIIver. New Haven.
ErnestO De MARITIME, Hartford,
oliver T. Elliot, Boston, Mass.
Antoine GaEnOn, Bristol, Conn.
Howard N. Carton. Pawtucket. r.
I.
Frank Gillespie, Dorchester, Mass.
Louis J Goldman, Philadelphia,
Pa
George l. HawIey, Hartford.
Conn.
william r. Her, Bristol, VI.
william HOPke, Brooklyn. NJ v.
Lewis r. LenhaFt, SOmerncId. Pa.
Lloyd W. LItehheId, Needham,
Mass.
John J. Milan. BDstOn, Mass
Joseph A Roach, RidEeAeId,
Conn.
Earl c. Rodgers, DanyIIIe, VI.
Frank suteline, FalFhaVen, Mass.
CPaWtueket, n. L..
PRISONERS PREVIOUSLY RE-
PORTED MIssING).
Privnte Arnold d. Umba. Middle
town, Conn.
reported killed In
action, now reported missing In &C
tiOnI
Private Clarence L. MnSSsy,
Cadmium. On.
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K. C. BIS TOWN GOSSIP

MS We LIE y Il
EVERY LITTLE while.
THINK of something.
THAT'S ALL wrong.
AND OUGHT to be fixed
AND THEN there's an extra
AND MORE battles.
Oh THEY found jerry oLeary.
Or THERE'S q ship sunk
Or THE SCREENS don't 1T
AND THERE'S a fly in.
Or THE White sOx lost
Or NY feet hurt
Oh WILL 1 order the meat
Or HOW WOULD 1 like it
IF WE ate out.
Oh sOHErIH
AND WHATEVER it is.
TWAS GOING to have hxed.
1 ALWAYS forget it
AND THIS time.
1 SAID to myself;
I'LL WRITE 1t
so THE PEOPLE will know.
IT WAS my idea
AND IT'S this.
IWANT every person.
WHO IS prominent
Oh EXPECTS to be prominent
TO GO somewhere.
AND GET A photograph taken
AND 1 WANT to ask them
IF THEY won't please get it
so THEY'RE looking sad
AND l WANT them to keep it
INA HANDY place.
WHERE IT'S easily found.
BECAUSE FOR years.
EVERY LITTLE while.
I'M READING the paper.
ABOUT somebody.
AND HE WAS a fine man.
AND HIGHLY respected.
AND A church member.
AND BESIDES his wife
he LEAVES a family.
OF EIGHT or ten children.
AND RIGHT there.
IN THE VERY same column.
is HIS picture.
AND HE'S got his head back
AND HE'S laughing.
AND 1T GIVES me the willies.
TO SEE him there.
LOOKING so happy.
WHEN 1T SAYS in the story.
HE'S GOING to be buried.
THAT VERY afternoon.
AND / ask you.
IF 1T WOULDN'T be better.
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Of Washington, D. c.

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LIBERTY LUNCHEONS

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BERLIN PAPER FAKES
S. s. LINCOLN FATALITIES

Another striking example Of thO
manner in which Berlin dlstorts the
news served up to the German people
was revealed here today when the
State Department received q cable
copy OF the Lokal Anzeiger's account
OF the sinking Of the Transport Prssi-
dent Lincoln Nearly All Of the crew
o. forty officers and $50 men were
lost. according to the story that
newspaper carried.
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The actual casualties In the sinkinl
OF the President Lincoln were Les
thaB seventy.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
IMPORTANT COTTON CROP

year 1914. in which season a record
crop was raised. With favorable
season the production of cotton will
be extraordinarily large. The need of
the world for cotton already is great,
and cotton experts believe that the
demand for this fiber will be enor-
nous when peace returns. They say
that no other textile fiber can COM
pete with cotton. because it costs SO
little to prepare for spinning, that it
can be made into garments cheaper
than any other fiber. and the whole
world will need new clothing when the
war is ended. and that, above all. the
world will demand cheap clothing.
At present the American supply is
large. Because of lack of shipping
and other trade arrangements the
amount of American cotton that has
gone abroad is less than usual, and
the result is that about four million
bales from the last crop probably will
remain on hand when the new crop
comes into being.
Evening star., 1918-06-02

months, and when It Is remembered
that only 80 per. cent OF the troops
use rifles, the number Of men might
be doubled and we could still supply
Haven, which. with its proving
grounds and terminals. covers 7s1
acres. It employs about $4,000 hands
and It fires 25.00o.000 rounds Of am
munition every year in testing its
output There is another factory
making American Enfields at uion.
N. z. It is one Of the oldest and
largest rifle plants Of the country.
There is a third at Eddystone, near
Philadelphia. The Springfields are
being made at the United States arm
ory here.
In order to show you how the guns
Of our soldiers are manufactured
have gone through the great arsenal
at Springfield. It is owned and oper-
ated by the United States govern
Evening star., 1918-06-02

one end of long shooting gallery
and high-pressure cartridges are shot
through them into banks of sand at
the end. The least defect causes the
rejection of a barrel. and accuracy of
bore as well as strength Of metal is
required. In some places the metal
of certain parts is tested by the fall
ing Of a ball upon it.
Some Of the most careful work in
making the gun ia on the sight, which
is Of such a design that the soldier
can draw a bead on the enemy much
more quickly than the enemy can get
the drop on him. The sight is nearer
the eye than in the Mauser. 1t has a
large "open peep" through which the
eye easily looks and automatically
centers itself while aiming. 1t can be
adjusted to the wind, and foreign
rifle experts. accustomed to their own
weapons. have been surprised by the
better shooting they could do with
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Why He Emigrated.

G IR DOUGLAS HAIG, the Scottish
~ commander-in-chief Of the Brit
ish armies. once said at a London din
ner party:
"A Scot bored his English friends
by boasting about what a fine coun-
try Scotland was
"Why did you leave Scotland a
Londoner asked. since you liked the
place SO much"
'sThe Scot chuckled.
1t was like this he said in
Scotland everybody was as clever as
myself, and I could make no progress,
but here'-and he chuckled again
here I'm gettin' along vera weel.'"
Evening star., 1918-06-02

so accurately made that it can be put
In or jerked out Of the gun with
twist Of the wrist. and. still it is as
tight as though it were part Of the
barrel.
I began my visit to the factory at
the water shop. going through one
vast room after another. where the
focgings, brought from the steel
plants Of different parts Of the ;conn-
try, are pounded into shape by enor-
nous hammers run by electricity.
These hammers knead the steel, as
though 1t were SO much dough. into
the parts required for the gun. A
bayonet, for instance. will start into
the forge as square bar an inch
thick and perhaps two inches long. 1t
will be laid red hot under the hammer
and pounded into the long thin knife
which forms the end Of the gun. The
hammer Is directed by a mechanic.
who lays the hot metal under 1t and
Evening star., 1918-06-02

f7r is an old saying in the south that
Cotton is King" and the course
of events indicates that cotton has
taken a new and stronger grip on its
crown. The cultivation of cotton is.
extending and the uses to which it is
being put are increasing. not only be-
cause of the great demand that is
made upon the worlds supply of
wool, but because cotton is being
used in place Of wool in ways that
were not contemplated before the
war.
Cotton blankets are being woven for
troops and for use in hospitals and in
barracks are said to be just as satis-
factory as all-wool blankets. After
scientific inquiry into the matter it
has been reported that a cotton
blanket. weight for weight. is as
warm as woolen blanket. This fact
goes contrary to a belief that the
people Of the world have held, but it
is said that the scientists discovered
that the reason a cotton blanket was
not as warm as a wool blanket was
that 1t was not woven properly. Varf-
GUS tests were made at the govern
IuSHl UuI eau VI SldHoak0S 1uu lAAC IS.
suit Is that eminently satisfactory
blankets are made of wool.
The scientists have not yet found a
way to make cotton blanket as good
as wool blanket for rough and
ready field use. because when a cotton
blanket gets soaked with rain and
mud it mats" while it Is well known
that a wool blanket does not. A wool
blanket was warmer than a cotton
blanket Of equal weight because in
the wool blanket were little spaces
which were full of air and these
little chambers held the heat Of the
body and thus became charged with
warm air. At the same time. the
colder air on the outside did not get
in. This was a question of the Con
ductivity of heat" by wool. 1t was
determined that wool itself was no
poorer conductor of heat than cotton.
but that when wool was woven it
'felted" or SO arranged itself as to
make innumerable little air pockets
or air cells. while the cotton in being
woven did not develop these insulat-
ing cells. 1t was then determined to
weave cotton so that it would give
the same returns in "insularity" as
wool, and it has been reported that
this end has been achieved.
Trade reports show that more cot
ton has been planted in the southern
states this year than has been planted
in any year since 1911. and that the
acreage Is about double that for the
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Unjust Suspicious.

A SENATOR said the other day:
q u ATTACKS on Hog Island are i'll
conceived. Hog Island assailants have
looked too suspiciously at perfectly
innocent transactions.
ITS like the young married man
who stepped into a coal dealers ard
said:
Send me round a ton of coal.
please
"'Yes, sir. What size% the dealer
asked.
The young man looked at the
dealer severely.
"'Exactly the 2,240-pound size,' he
said, in a stein voice"
Evening star., 1918-06-02
- M ron 1nGe - "
PHOTOGRAPH

the Springfield on this account.
The American Enfield is sighted
for about 1900 yards. and the only
thing necessary to change for greater
distances is to elevate the rear sight.
We are turning out cartridges for
these new guns in vast quantities. We
have made already more than bill
ion, or enough to furnish 1000 for
each Of the million guns now in use.
The cartridges for the rifles fit
equally well in our machine guns and
the bullets are exactly the same.
The bullets are made on scientific
principles and with careful study
of the work they have to do. The
type used is just about an inch long,
and with the brass case containing
Evening star., 1918-06-02

the pOWQeT IL 1OTH1S d CdTtTluSS tnESS
and one-haif inches in length. The
bullet has sharp point like that OF q
pencil, and il you will imagine wei
sharpened pencil of polished brass An
inch long you may have picture OF
one of these bullets as 1t lies before
me. 1t is composed Of a core OF lead
and tin composition. inclosed in
jacket of copper nickel 1t weighs
less than one-third of an ounce, and
it takes only third OF it's weight
in smokeless powder to fire it
The bullet is pointed in order that
it may easily cut it's way through the
air, and for the same reason the sur
face is as smooth as that Of new
wedding ring. The resistance Of the
air is one of the great problems In the
fight Of projectiles. AS the bullet
goes forth from our new guns 1t has
speed of more than half mile a
second. For the first few hundred
yards it travels at the rate OF 1900
times as fast as the fastest Atlantic
steamship, and it has the same
pressure from the air IS II II were
standing still with a gale OF l,S0o
miles an hour blowing against II
gale one-tenth that strong viii blow
bore through or against that enor-
nous pressure. For this reason the
point must be sharp. the surface
smooth and the whirling motion must
aid in boring its way SO rapidly on
to its mark. The French bullets have
sharp points and tapering ends. and
the Mauser bullet has been pared
down at the rear end by the Germans
in order to reduce the resistance OF
the air.
Our experts say that this clipping
OF the end of the Mauser bullet gives
let. but it reduces its efficiency in that
It does not go straight to the mark
The Springfield bullet goes straight or
makes just the curve that the man VINO
shoots it directs. The German bullet
begins to wabble shortly after leav-
ing the rife. and when 1t starts on its
downward course toward its victim.
instead Of whirling on its axis and
travelling straight. 1t is liable TO turn
end over end and be detected by
every wind that blows.
Both the Springfield and the Ameri-
can Enfield have proved wonderfully
accurate at from 1900 to 1900 yards.
There is a deal of science in firing q
gun, and our soldiers have to be
taught just how high to shoot accord
ing to the distance OF the enemy from
them. There is a pull of the bullet to-
ward the earth caused by gravity,
and the aim has to be high above the
head of the man yeu intend to hit II
he is any great distance away. This
is controlled by the sight OF our new
guns, which can be SO set to corre-
spond to the distances the men have
to shoot. It is estimated that the
bullet falls from the line it is shot at
the rate of sixteen feet the first sec
ond, and that the rate Of fall rapidly
increases. Let US suppose the bullet
will fly 1000 feet the first second and
that the man is shooting at an
enemy that far away. He will then
have to sight almost sixteen feet
above the head of the enemy in order
to hit him. If the man is mile away
he will have to figure for the gravity
fall of that mile and elevate his gun
to the angle which in one mighty
curve will send the bullet straight to
the mark.
Evening star., 1918-06-02

sees that 1t shapes the bar into bay
It is the same with the barrels.
They start in as red-hot billets and
pass through steel rollers. which
mako them longer and longer until
they come out in round bars little
longer and thicker than the barrel of
the gun. They are cut of to just the
other machines which press them to
the cylindrical shape of the barrel.
After this they must be ground,
smoothed and polished, and the holes
are bored through them with electric
steel drills. In this work the drill
whirls the barrel around against the
drill until the hole is bored through.
Then comes the rif1ing. This is done
by automatic machinery. which runs
back and forth through the barrels.
cutting the grooves that give the
bullet the twist as it whirls or bores
it's way through the air.
+~k -
In other departments I saw them
grinding and sharpening the bayo-
nets, and in others they were testing
each bayonet to see that it would slip
on and off of the barrel of the gun
with the least possible exertion on
the part of the soldier. The bayonets
are tested as to the quality of the
metal in them by tapping each
against a piece of steel. The man
knows by the ring whether there is
any defect. 1t is just like testing
counterfeit dollars. If the. metal is
not right the sound is dead and the
bayonet Is thrown to one side.
In another place saw them tenn
pering the parts of the gun. Every
thing must be hardened to just the
right degree, and much of this is done
in baths of boiling chemicals. Some
OF the parts are dipped into a cherry
red mixture Of salt, cyanide and soda
ash. They come out red hot and are
boils with the heat of the metal
Other parts are put into a furnace in
a crucible filled with bone ash. The
bone ash is largely carbon, and some
OF the carbon in the ash goes into the
outside of the metal. making 1t harder
and less easy to rust, while the inside
remains as fought as it was before
treatment.
do not pretend to understand the
science OF gun-making and l will not
try to describe the various processes
l saw during my trip through the
ing Of the guns for our soldiers is a
business which requires extraordi-
nary skill, and in which everything Is
measured and tested to the thickness
Of a baby's hair. Every bit of metal
used In the guns is inspected by the
government through chemical and
physical analyses before it comes
here, and the parts are tested again
and again as they go through the
shops.
The machinery required has to be
manufactured by expert toolmakers,,
and there must be thousands of dupli-
cate gauges and other machines to
equip the plants for large produc-
tion. l went through shop after shop
where men and women were measur-
ing each of the ninety odd parts
which go into a gun, and I was told
that the gauges have to be watched
lest they become worn and do not
register accurately. Some gauges re-
Quire replacing for every 1000 or S.
600 parts tested, and others do not be-
come inaccurate until after double
that use. In testing the barrels the
R1lnQ are nnf into frame xunrL Of