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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
5
War Department keeps open ranks in Regular Army and Guard for volunteer enlistments while master lists are delayed again. Navy announces two similar policies. Dates begin from receipt and may be ready for distribution today.
Provost Marshal Gen Crowder ruled that posting the draft list at the local board headquarters constitutes legal notification. Registered men must view the red ink numbered list and watch the board for posting. Those ordered will also be notified by mail, and the appearance period starts from posting.
The master draft drawing sheet, fixing military liability under the draft, will be distributed to exemption boards today. Officials delay hindered mailing to governors for state distribution. copies will be provided to each board and sent to local officials to ensure immediate delivery.
Albany July 23 Governor Whitman said there is no basis for protests by upstate county committees alleging he favors Republicans on appeal boards. He claimed party balance between Democrats and Republicans is even and that he nominated qualified men without regard to party. Nominations were sent to President Wilson for appointment and have not been announced.
Senator McCumber charged Bowman North Dakota postmistress Lillian Totten and her husband aided seditious literature, displayed material at the Bowman post office, and applauded anti draft rhetoric. He said the Postmaster General should act or patriotic North Dakotans would respond, noting letters accusing them of anarchist sympathies and a frame up to replace the postmistress.
The District of Columbia National Guard will report to the colors tomorrow in response to the President's call. About 850 officers and enlisted men not already in Federal service will assemble at 8 a.m. at their armories before marching to assigned camps. Units include Troops A B C and D of the cavalry, batteries A and B of field artillery, Company B signal corps, First field hospital company, and the sanitary detachment of field artillery. Camps are at the Patterson tract on Florida avenue and Fort Washington, Md. Camp site at Patterson tract loaned by trustees. Maj Louis C. Wilson named camp quarter master.
The United States authorized a further 75 million dollars in credit to Russia, the second Russian loan after an initial 100 million. Much of the 100 million already spent on railroad supplies, and the new 75 million is expected for the same purpose. An additional 60 million to France was also approved, bringing allied advances to over 1.523 billion, in under three months since the first loan on April 25.
The 27 million river and harbor bill dominates Senate discussion with arguments of urgent need for national defense and pork barrel criticism. Chairman Fletcher defends it as maintenance of essential projects amid transport strains. Senator Kenyon calls it the worst rivers and harbors bill in recent years.
Special to The Washington Post New York July 23 Manhattan Beach near Coney Island saw armored guards on cables fire ten shots at a motor yacht Arab aiming to lift a cable. Soldiers arrested Robert C Pollock Eugene Jones and William A Horn on charges of attempting to cut the cable. The men claimed they were fishing for fluke and were sons of American families.
At a Monday night gathering on Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Julian Pierce declared socialists will keep propagandizing and aim to oust every House member who voted for the draft. The group stated it will obey the law while condemning current leaders and denouncing alleged plots against the constitution.
American army officers who studied warfare in France arrived to help train the new national army. Cols Baker Aultman Summersal Lieuts Andrews Cheney Maj Simonds Locke Ellison and others aboard. Also eleven British officers arrived to assist recruitment for the British army. Sir Francis H Dent, Great Eastern Railway manager, was on the same steamer en route to Washington.
Vice President Marshall canceled a speaking engagement in Pittsburgh to stay with Mrs Marshall who is hospitalized here with acute ear inflammation after a severe cold. Doctors will decide today if surgery is required.
San Francisco July 2 After hours of deliberation the jury in the Mrs Rena Mooney murder trial returned a not guilty verdict in thirty five minutes The case involved the death of ten people in a preparedness parade bombing last July Mooney’s husband Thomas J Mooney had earlier been convicted of first degree murder and is appealing The verdict will be sent to labor unions nationwide
Exemption boards in the district are set to start work today pending the official order of liability lists from the Provost Marshal General. The district appeals tribunal plans its first meeting this week, while government employment exemptions face possible reversal on appeal. Crowder's actions against six civilian employees signal stricter enforcement of draft needs.
Tentative plans completed to provide insurance and indemnities for army navy and marine corps personnel. Proposals include dependents’ allotments with government supplements, death or disability indemnity, rehabilitation and reeducation programs, and government-backed life insurance at ordinary-risk premiums. Costs for increased mortality and disability would be borne by the government. Discussions with McAdoo Gompers Mack War and Navy officials and insurers drafted the plans for presidential approval.
Atlantic City plans to seek exemption from draft duties after more than 500 voluntary enlistments while the city's draft quota stands at 242. Governor Edge confirms Atlantic City's net quota after accounting for enlistees, setting 242 to be provided by the city.
In the Rio Plata estuary Buenos Aires hosts an Argentine squadron under Admiral Martin meeting the American squadron led by Admiral Caperton. Salutes are exchanged and the fleets move toward Buenos Aires, with Montevideo’s crowd and officials bidding farewell as Caperton’s ships depart for the port.
Speaker F Q Fuller of the Texas house called a Special session for August 1 in Austin to consider impeachments of Governor James H Ferguson tied to the University muddle and the Abilene agricultural college location. Four charges arise from the dispute over university control and the new college site.
The Senate committee led by acting chairman Senator Pittman said Congress has no power to compel employers or restore strikers to their jobs after the Washington Railway and Electric Company walkout. The panel expressed sympathy for the strikers’ plight but found no constitutional route for relief.
Irish representatives left two documents at the White House urging American aid for Ireland’s independence from Britain. One signature cites the provisional government of the Irish republic, the other a 26-officer front urging liberation in line with Wilson’s democratic principles. Dated Dublin June 18 1919.
Fort Myer training camp plans graduation exercises August 11 with President Wilson expected to attend. Lieut. Col Charles WwW Fenton, commandant, will outline events, likely including a cavalry drill. Seventeen days remain for brisk activity as officers complete three months at the camp and receive commissions.
American captain Captain Benjamin H. Bragg reached port with eleven crew after his bark Hildegard was sunk twelve miles off Stark Point, England, by a German U-boat. Bragg recounted the sub commander’s boastful plan to sink two more American vessels before British destroyers intervened, forcing Bragg into a lifeboat.
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