The Arvada enterprise., 1918-10-24

, arrange Tor TRANSATLANTIC alrpl0ne
cir way to France to help the allies.
It was believed the Austrians might
aid Russia and rid her Of her Teuton
conQuerOrs. President Wilson de.
clared himself for peaceful. not force.
full Intervention. and It is probable
commission Of distinguished men, per-
haps including representatives Of all
the allied nations, will be sent with
offers of assistance and powers to ar.
range plan Of cooperation. Keren.
sky. who appeared Unexpectedly in
London on his way to America. is con.
fident Russia will soon rejoin In the
fight against the central powers. He
and other Russian leaders, however
agree that the country will not toler.
ate foreign Intervention In its Internal
affairs. 1t Is economical and financial
aid that Russia needs, and needs at
once.
The GermanA In southern Russis
are making their way toward Smol
ensk. probably en- route to Moscow
despite the protests Of the bolshevik
foreign minister. They also have
landed q strong force at Poti. on the
eastern coast Of the Black sea.
In eastern Siberia General Semenofl
and his anti-bolshevik army. after
having been driven across the Man.
churlan border. are again advancing
because the forces opposing them
were ordered to the protection OF
Irkutsk. - -
Germany Is now receiving some food
supplies from Ukraine. but these are
mostly from the German army com.
missariat which buys them from til,
peasants at exorbitant prices.
Secretary Of War Baker seemingly
changed his mind suddenly about ex
tending the draft age limits, for last
week he and General March. chief Of
stan. appeared before the senate com
mittee and agreed In urging that leg
lslation to that end be postponed until
the fall. Al that time. they said. the
war department would be able to sub
nit 4 vast program for army enlarge
msnt, and would know how many sol
disrs could BE- transported Overseai
and how far It would be necessary to
extsnd The draft 70 obtain the mum
Der Of men required. Provost Marshal
General CFowder said he still believed
Immediate aetionr necessary. but be
Ing only q Subordinate, he bowed h
the. decision Of his sapefiors. The
senate coumittse. which had agreed
on twenty to forty years ~ the new
draft limits, voted 70 defer action.
This provoked q storm Of protest
In congress. chiefly fsou Republican
leaders who declared the delay wat
another evidence OF the administers
lions procrastination and devotion Il
unpreparsdnsas. TIE Democrats prom
ised action In September and said
there were enough men Ia, class l to
meet oil requlrsnsots untif then. To
show that there u no need for it,me
diate action Senator Hitchcock said:
THE Information oven to the com
mittee Il. 10 subataAcs. this: Thai
when We have sxhauttsd oil available
men 10 class / Of The, present draft we
will have an army of,S,Soo, 900 men In
August. Ia. addition. there; vill be
about 10000 Canadians that No will
bring Into the army - the result Of
the treaty Just ratinsd, 20 that We Will
then have an army Of $4,000 men
Now. the higheit estimate Of the num-
Der Of mep - can havs-lA, France at
that tims u l.lS0So0. % tisat ~ Will
havs. n thia eoantry whan this con
Eress recoavenes after IT, proposed re-
eess 10 September over 200O.000 men
-
On Thursday the drawing Of NUM-
bers TO determine the order In when
youths Of the class OF 1918. absut 744'
500 In number. shall be called to the
colorx was conducted In the senate OF.
dee building. with much Of the cere'
m0ny that marked the .frst dsawing
year ago. Secretary, Baker. h)lndfo.d.
er. drew out the nrst capsule, with the
number 248 inciQsed. II vas, neccs'
sary to draw only 1900 numbers. the
new registrants will be placed ut inc
foot Of the lists 10 the classes to when
they are assigned BY their boards.
~
The senate agricultural committee
disregnrdlng the advice Of many. prom
inent persons. adopted the amendment
to the e1l.OO0OtO emergency ,rxrico''
tuni bin providing for natiot1f! pro
hibition after June 30. 1870. and dur
Ing the continuance Of the war
10
On Monday The house pasfssd tns
$500. 100000 fortiaeations bi1 ~
the sssats passs1 the eS,SooSovU
susdry civil bili esatainlns abo4t ~
ooooooooo Nor: TT the sh'pT"5 pro-