ptto
GAIN WEST
BANK FAILS
Acstro-Germans Try to Gain
. Territory on Piave River
l ut Are Thrust Back with
. Vigor by Italians
DEFENDERS LOSS IS I
VIRTUALLY NOTHING
Detain Front Quiet; Allied
Air Fleet Makes Bomb
i Reprisals A j .
HEADQUARTERS OP THE. ITAL
IAN ARMY IN' NORTHERN ITALY.
Wednesday, Jan. 2.; The enemy to
day attempted to gain the west bank
of the Piave river to offset the. loss
cf Zcnson." but met with a quick re
pulse, anct the entire west bank now
ia definitely clear and held by j the
Italians. .i A landing1 ; party on .; flat
baats . attempted to cross near! In
trstadura, but an Intense .artillery
and machine gun fire concentrated
on the boats led to the abandonment
cf the attempt before the west bank
v as reached. - . y. :t- -.
The general commanding the
army corps -In tbeZenson sector is
receiving high encomiums for ifhe
tactics which brought about the rout
f f the enemy from the only nest
tley were able to maintain on the
vest bank with, heavy enemy losses
and virtually no Italian losses. This
nneral informed the correspondent,
. 3 mentioned in a dispatch forwarded
1 Christinas that he would not sac
rifice his men by useless frontal at
tacks against machine guns, but
would slowly wear out' Jthe enemy by
c rmtlnaous concentrations of artll
I ry on their positions In the bend
v! the river. - '
1'any doubted the general's abil
ity to carry this out, but his success
riDecember30- la clearing out tfae
r ' -Tiy and saving his own mentis
tiag with -the highest praise, j f
Tlie momrtaln"; front' 3s compara-
vtly inactive, tie enemy giving
.: ! attention, to air: raids.! which
i ntinae against Bassano, Trevlso
i r -;d Mestre, near Venice, without
talle damage or casualties.' The
Jlan and allied air fleet Is making
Porous reprisals, bombin?? stations
r -1 troop columns in movement.
An impressive'1 public funeral f
V'-e victims of the Padua raids was
MERCHANDISE !
Is passing through a transition period
; o vjng to ; present conditions. s
. Government needs are enormous.
. Even for the first equipment of the Army and Navy and
the first supply is only the benniiigr. All supplies must be
replaced repeatedly- owing to' the severe usage.
As the Army grows, more and more factories will le
4 devoted omilitary w-ork with the result that less goods
will be hiade for civilian use- :
There is a real shortage in
raw material:
and mills -are experimenting with all kinds of substitutes,
Some may prov6 satisfactory Many will iiot.
. Many merchants, arc. sacrificing quality to keep near old
prices, but we have always considered quality first during
our - -
26 Years in Salem
for we believe that the future of the store depends npon :
satisfactory merchandise and we shall continue to handle
standard brands that have a reputation to maintain- -.
In consequence of shortened proiluction, prices which are
already high will continue to advance. .
OUR HEAVY STOCK in all departments, bought months'
a?o, will enable us to keep our retail prices below the
market value for ia gootl part of the year 1918.
Every dollar you spend for merchandise at present prices
Mill be a profitable investment for you 7 V
-OA
TRAINS CARRYING
PASSENGERS TO
BE ELIMINATED
Clearing of Freight Conges
. tion atj Early Date
Sought in East
FINANCES ARE U TODAY
Recommendations for Com
f pensation to Roads to be
Made by Wilson
WASINGTON. Jan. 3. Hundreds
or passenger trains on railroads east
of " the Missippi will be withdrawn
front service under orders soon to be
Issoed by; lrecior General McAdoo,
based upon ? recommendations made
today bpr a commit te of Eastern pas
senger traffic officers. The commit
tee was divided as to the advisabil
ity of withdrawing ; most parlor and
sleepcars. leaving only those con
sidered most necessary for 'import
ant travel pontes. ,
. Wage problems under government
operation were) disnssed by the di
rector general with heads of the four
railroad brotherhoods and the ques
tion of wages will $e taken up to
morrow. "JiJ ' "''
; Congress Heaif Wilson Today.
Tomorrow President W.'lson goes
before congress with recommenda
tion for legislation' providing a basis
for. compensating railroads under
government operation and for contin
ued 'financing with government as
sistance. Bills approved by the rail
i oad - administration will be intro
duced immediately and indications
are that . they ? will be ' rushed to
speedy passage.. , WjJ v ?- ':
. With regard to 'passenger ! train
reduction, it was made plain. today
that thero is no intention of " inter
fering with commuter or lnterurban
traffic or with any other trains neces
sary for daily or regular travel. Some
of the director general's advisers
have urged that practically all par
lor and sleeping cars be withdrawn
from service and. the people , be re
quired to travel largely In day time
in ordinary coac hes. It is : not con
sidered - probate, ; however that Mr.
McAdoo will approve such a drastic
coarse at this time- . i
Congestion To Be Cleared. .v;
The brotherhood leaders spent
nearly three-hours with the director
eeneralmost of the time being def-
voted to discussing the ' possibility
that the government may call on rail
way? employes to work much over
time in order to clear present freight
Continued rn paf .V
FRENCH LOSE
BUT 50 MEN;
KILLING 560
Recent Successful Operation
' on Monte Tomba Sees 1400
of Enemy Taken Prisoner,
Officer States
SPIRITS ARE HIGH AS
INVADER IS ATTACKED
Two German Officers Cap
i tured Are Told What to
I Expect as Prisoners.
;. ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY. Wednesdar.
Jan. 2. The French In their recent
successful operation on Monte Tomba
captured1 more prisoners than they
had men engaged, according to a vet
eran officer who witnessed the fight.
"It was a record-breaking fight in
many respects, he declared. Just
think, the French took more prison
ers than they had men engaged.
They also captured their first Aus
trlnn nrUnncra "wJiioli tti nMlmr
,mileston for tn'em as heretoforo
they had captured only Germans.
'In addition to the 1400 prisoners
we counted 560 dead on the ground,
and no one knows . how many more
were in the caverns and underbrush.
The perfect French military system
enabled them to accomplish this with
insignificant loss less than fifty
men. ;.fi ' -
French Troops Highly Trained.
"Tl Fiftieth Austrian dlTision.
which was the one attacked, is cn
sidered a good fighting organization.
But the Austrians were accustomed
to fight Russians and Rumanians
and this was the first time they had
met the - highly trained French
troops. The result was that jaw
aess and ' Indiscipline were swept
away before discipline and training.
.-,s"WJiett the prisoners were brought
in. I .never -saw a more- miserable.
pitiful, starved lot of soldiers. They
looked like the? riffraff from the
slums of some big city. Even the
officers, appeared underfed and un
derclothed, and I saw only one with
a whole pair oT breeches. -
"When the officers were lined up
there were fortytwo Austrians and
two Ctermans. Tbe Austrians were
toHl fhey would receive tbe usual
treatment Riven officers and gentle
men, but the two Germans were told
plainly, that they would reeeive ex
actly the same treatment given
French officers in Germany. The
group of Austrian officers was Im
pressed ! greatly gat this and openly
declared their -hatred of tbe Ger
man.. 'A little later wo heard the
Austrian soldiers cheering, and it
turned out they were cheering their
Freneh cantors.
Spirits Are llifth.
i "The success shows the necesRlty
for trained troops, asd untraine
troops could not possibly hive secur
ed such resnlts. It was exactly the
same as getting 15 per cent on your
money instead of. 2 per cent,
"The "spirit and enthusiasm of the
French .troops as they, leaped Into
the enemy , trenches is beyond all
praise. . Their earnestness not only
carried them into the trenches, but
actually far beyond them. Some de
tachments kept on going until they
reached the upper Piave back of the
lines held by the enemy." '.
Suffrage Leader Would
r Make Men Go to Work
1 j 1"
JAMAICA, N. Y., Jan. 3. Mrs.
Alfred J Eno, cuff rage leader of
Queens county, announced at a meet
ing here tonight that she had draft
ed for IntttMiuction In the legislature
a bill which would comjlel every man
In the state between the ages of 18
and 50 to go to work. Lnder the
i.rnvloifYna nf thft bill all men WOUld
be required to register, and the gov-H
ernor could assign mem 10 worit
either for the state or for privato em
ployers requiring help. ' Mrs. : I 'no
said the bill would be Introduced by
Assemblyman' Decker ol queens.
German Skips to be Towed 1
' Oat to Sea and Blown Up
- I SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. Three
Interned German ships la th port or
Calete Bueno Chile, will bo blown np
an soon as they tare towed to sea
according to Captjain Peter Rasnius
Btn, skipper of a jboat arriving here
fmm tho BCnthem nort. Dv-
namite bombs anid catridges placed
around the masts or tne snips, tno
captain said, -would explode as soon
at- the masts began to work In their
steppings. . :..':V: ;i,'v!
He said: "I was invuea nooara one
of the ships for dinner. I was shown
what had been done for the preven
tion of "cruelty to Germans." Capt
ain Rasmussen said he had seen the
bombs and' cartridges at the base of
the masts and; that the Germans
boasted of It." " ..
COMMITTEE ENDS
EXAMINATION OF
HERBERT HOOVER
Food Administrator Sharply
Answers t Attacks of
Chairman Reed
WHEAT PRICES HIGHER
Flour Price! Reduced and
- Millions tc Saved on
SurrBIU
3U
WASHINGTON
Jan. 3. Examin-
atlon of 'Pood A
nlnlstrator Hoover
day by the senate
'gating the sugar
.s-.after Chairman
?rer Jiad enlivened
with a clash that
i since the inquiry
was completed
committee inves
and coal shorta
Reed and Mr. Hi
the proceedings
had been expectf
started.
Yesterday wh
ii Hoover took the
stand Senator R ed, a critic of the
food adminisfratpr, since the begin
ning of his workf yielded the task of
questioning tb I ?nator Lodge and
the examinatioj; proceeded very
smootbly. Tocf'y, however, the
chairman went 1 ato cross-examination
himself mos vigorously. He at
tacked the poliej s of tthe food ad
ministration, saia Hoover had usurp
ed nowers In han ling the wheat sit
uation and soug t to develop that
sugar price agr4 ments were made
to benefit easter ; refiners.
Mr. Hoover's! replies were as
sharp as the qut
stlons. The wneat
situation, he sale
was handled with
President Wilson
the approval of
and the farmers
now were getting
more for their wleat while flour was
selling for less, tie denied all of the
chairman's charges smd said .the food
administration wbnld save the peo
ple on sugar 'alone between 'three
and fire million : dollars In the year
beginning October 1... Senator Jones
of New Mexico, questioning the wit
ness about support given the- food
administration by the country,-drew
a ripple of apnlanse from spectators
retort when Chairman t Reed Inter
rupted.', i-'?: - s--v v: ;
When Mr, Hoover left . the ; stand
the committee h&Xrd a statement on
the coal situation! in Ohio byr Joseph
II McGhee, attorney general of that
state, i Mr. McGhee blamed priority
orders for shipments to the lakes for
most of the trouble and told of In
effectual efforts to get Tellef through
tbe fuel administration. The neople
are still suffering 'for want ofj. coal,
he said, adding that he thought' the
situation would Improve under gov
ernment operation, of railroads, r '
Tomorrow the committee will -return
to the sugar Inquiry and hear
Frank C. Lowery, secretary of the
Federal Sugar Refining company.
Machinist, Calling U. S.
Soldiers "Bums," Painted
WATERLOO. Ia.. Jan. 3. Frank
Rruner, a machinist at the Illirioii
Central railroad 'Shops here, ; exs
pressed an opinion that, "85 percent
of the American soldiers are bums"
this afternoon. , The shopmen 'paint
ed him yellojv from head p teet and
the company approved the Job by
discharging him. The United States
commlssiojier practically toldjhlm, ht
got oft easy. ..
Bruner , is a .German-Russian,
twelve years In the United. Stated
and 40 years old. In'the back ofhis
watch f case he carried a pidturer of
the kaiser. i
IRON WORKERS'
STRIKE ENDED
Emoloyers Grant 5000 Men
Ten Per Cent Wage In-
crease for War
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3- A
strike of approximately 5000 iroa
trades mechanics In this district was
ended tonight when their employers
granted them a 10 per cent Increase
in wages which, by agreement, will
prevail during the period of the war.
The men now will receive the sahae
war bonus paid to iron trades work
ers engaged In shipyards. ;
The strike had been in progress
mie week and effected several : In
dustries identified with war work
activities. The-men contended that
their work outside of shipyards was
just as important as that within ant
for that reason they. should receive
the. 10 per cent war, tonus recently
granted shipyard Iron trades work
ers by the federal shipbuilding wage
adjustment board. . : : - '
One clause of the agreement spec
ified that, during the llfo of the
agreement there would be no strike
by the: employes (nor lockout by the
employers. ;
London, Jan. ?.---A d'stpaeh' to
some-' of them ealed attention to tlw
lusted by firm representatives and
union representatives lit conference
the dispute "would ho submitted to
Mortimer FleJschhacker. ' represent
ing the wageJ adjustment board, for
Investigation - and , recommendation.
RUSSIA MY
RESUME WAR
ON GERMANY
Government of Workers Re
jects Peace Proposals and
Armj of 3,000,000 May Be
Sent to Front
PLEDGE OF DEFENSE
MADE BY SOLDIERS
German Delegates Return to
" Brejt-Litovik Hoping '
for Success ;
LONDON, Jan. 4. Development
in the Russo-Cerman negotiations,
the Dally Chronicle, says, are likely
to cause the western powers to give
the defacto recognition to the Lenine
government in Russia.-A statement
of enfentA allied nnllcv nf r it,mu
cratic ' character, .it adds,, shortly
wiii do sent io xvusstaj ! -PETROGRAD,
Jan. ! 3 --The Bol
shevikt foreign minister, . . Leon
Trotsky, declared today that the gov
eminent of the Russian - workers
would 'not consent to the i- German
leace proposals. ; . f .'1
M. Trottky's declaration was made
before the central committee of the
council; of soldiers 'and workmen's
delegates, during - an kddress ' In
which he denounced In scathlns
terms "Germany's hypocritical peace
proposal." Asserting that the gov
ernment of Rusrian, worker would
not consent to such conditions, he
said that If the eentral powers did
not agree to free disposal) of the
destiny of Polish and Lettish: nations
it would be ? urgently necessary to
defend ; the Russian revolution. He
said the needs at the front would be
satisfied, whatever efforts might be
necessary. . ' - : ; :-;. :
Resumption of War Piscikssed.
Representatives, from - all the
fronts who attended the meeting de
clared the- troops: would defend, the
revolution, but said bread and boots
were necessary. . ; , (
The halt in the Rosso-Gem an ne
gotiations and indications of a Geri
man refusal i to remove the, conferi
ence to Stockholm have revived uni
versal dkcussion i in Petrogrsd of a
resumption of fighting with a great
ly reduced army, ; probably' , 3,000,
000 men. U:.', ' : ;
"Even the most radical Bolshevik!
and the most ardent peace? advocates
have-been aroused by .the German
proposition. They declare. that a re
sumption of ' hostilities is Imminent
and express the belief that, it is pos
sible to organize and make effective
a small army.
Principles Are at Stake. i
Indications are. that, the German
attitude is harmonizing - domestic
differences and is convincing Rus
sians that they must fight to save
their revolutionary principles. ! '
' Chairman ' Joffo,: of the Russian
peaceelegatlon, today sent an off I4
clal telegranii to the chairmen of the
German, Austrian, Bulgarian1 and
Turkish delegations.: saying the
Russian republic deeina It necessary
to conduct further peace negotia
tions on neutral soil, and suggesting
a transfer of the conference ta Stock
holm. The telegram n declares that
replies to the message are expected
by Russia In Petrograd. , -
Articles 1 and 2 of the Atistro
German terns submitted "December
12, (December 25 new style), the
message says', are In direct conflict
with the principles of self-definition
of nations insisted npon by the Rus-'
sian peace delegation and supported
by the Russian republic and the cen
tral executive committee of the con
gress of Worknfen's and Soldiers'
delegates. ",;-
Prew ISlames Imperialism.
Petrograd i newspapers are unani
mous In declaring that the Germans
and Austrians Have, after one week,
thrown off - tho mask anf made , it
clear that the central powers do not
want a' real,; democratic jjeace. The
Pravada says:
"German imperialism is again be
ginning to sho wits claws."
. Germany's: apparent unwillingness
to give Poland. Lithuania, Livonia,
Courland and Esthonla the privilege
of free self-definitfon. Is the rock
upon which jthe negotiations have
split. Otheri peace conditions are Ig
nored by the; Bolshevik! leaders, who
say that Germany opposes the. most
vital principle underlying the Rus
sian revolution.
. In an Interview with newspaper
men, ; Foreign? Minister Trotxky said
that4- peace 1 negotiations probably
would not be resumed at Brest-Llt-ovsk.'as
thel Russians oppose stoutly
the principle of annexation.
! Terms Unanimously Objected. !
On Tuesday evening at a. .Joint
meeting of the central executive com
mittee of the Congress of Soldiers'
and Workmen's lelegates, represent
atives of the peasant' deputies, the
Petrograd Workmen's and Soldiets"
Council and representatives of' the
General Army Congress for- the de-
mobilization of tho army, a resolu
tion was adopted unanimously de
claring that the Gertnan peace terms
were nnjusi. 'Undenounced ' Cer-
(Continued on .Pase 6)
MOST CONTRACTS
GIVEN BEFORE
TiIEN APPOINTED
Investigation Shows Work
Done Prior to Maniifac
turers' Service
NEW LEGISLATION READY
Chamberlain Has Bill Provid
ing Cabinet for Buying
Materials
i WASHINGTON, Jan. 3: In fur
ther Invest! cation of clothing and
other army supply contracts negoti
ated by tbe civilian supplies com
mittee of the council of national de
fense, the senate military committee
today received from Charles Elsen
man, vice-chairman of the contract
ing committee, a statement of mer
chandise . bought f Jm firms whose
members 'or employes are or were
connected with the committee.
Of supplies worth about $800,
000,000 bought during the last eight
months, Mr. Eisenman's - statement
discloses that $128,830,000 worth
came from such concerns, but that
all except $14,830,064; worth was
contracted for before tbe contractors'
representatives became - connected
with the committee. , '
Before presenting the statement
asked for by Senator McKellar yes
terday, Eisenman la concluding his
testimony, , staunchly defended tne
committee's work, upheld the'pollcy
of secrecy in advance of letting con
tracts and again insisted" that the
men given the much, discussed scrap
sorting contract would nave Deen
limited to a nominal profit, j
Xew Legislation Ready." --
Members of the military commit
tee tonight were prepared to launch
legislation, the first results of the
Inquiry. Chairman ' : , Chamberlain
plans to introduce tomorrow a bill to
create a new cabinet memDer Known
as the secretary of munitions, to
have complete charge of all war ma
terial purchasing. - It is promised
virtually unanimous committee sup-
Another bill 'which Senator" Mc
Kellar plans to introduce tomorrow
as a result of the investigation would
amend the naitenal defense act cre
ating the council of national defense,
so as to abolish all civilian advisory
committees and prohibit the council
members or their agents from being
directly or 1 1ndirectly interested In
supply, contracts. - ?i
, Nine firms were ; named in Mr.
Eisenman's statement as being
among those who had received army
supply orders from the committee,
and. whose representatives . served
with tbe committee.- . '
The firms named.ithelr represent
ative on the committee, the. amount
of the contracts received , and the
total of contracts for .tha kind of
merchandise In which They were In
terested follow: : ':. . , ; r :';
Con tract Are Cive.
American Woolen company. F. R.
4dington. $92,755,D00 ($33,692,
000): W'elllncton. Sears & Co.. Mr.
Bailey, $5,675,000 ($101,372,000);
William Iselln & Co., Lincoln Crom
well, $1,029,000 ($74,825,000); J.
Spencer Turner, A. L. Scott, $8,437,
000 ($101,372,000): U. S. Rubber
company. A. W. Lawrence, $3,762,
000 ($26,979,000): WVH. McElwaln
company. J. F. McElwaln $6,330,000
($9,556,000) ; U. S. Bunting com
pany, George Stevens $1,546,000
($90,319,000): Cleveland Worsted
company, Charles Eisenman, $4,057,-
000 ($149,338,000.) j
Of the contracts " given to the;
(Continued on Page 6
HERTLING MAY
RESIGN, RUMOR
Talk of Intrigue to Make
Prince Von Buelow
Chancellor Heard .
LONDON. Jan. 3.- A dispatch to
lb Ktrhanrn elerraoh from Amster
dam gives a Berlin report that Cbunt
von Hertllng, tne imperial uerman
chancellor, is indisposed. The cor
respondent adds that a rumor. In po
litical circles is to tne erred, xnai
there In Intriguing to induce Count
on Hertllng's; -resignation on "the
ground of 111 health in order to make
way for Prlnc von Buelow again
taking up tbe post of Imperial chan
cellor. A dispatch from Copenhagen No
vember 16 said the German crown
prlnco recently had a long confer
ence with von Buelow, vlsttlng the
hotel In Berlin where Prince von
Buelow was stopping.: Tho dispatch
added that all tho Berlin newspapers
referred to the meetfng and that
some of them caled attention to the
fitct that Prince von Buelow was a
candidate for his old post, von
Buelow has been-believed to be In
accord with the V lews of the crown
prince regarding the war, wh,ile von
llertling Jaf; known, to be an expon
ent of the policy to which. the crown
prince is opposed. .
SINGLE m
HILL MeL.L
Provost Mirshal Cto;C:t
fc. 'h
Reccsnends neI:lrw':: a
of Men Attaining Agb cf 21
to Take Whole Burden
700,000 ANIOJALLY
AVAILABLE IS CLAi:
Million Now Waft in Clizz 1 ;
New Basis fcr Qucl3
' : Suggested
WASHINGTON, Jam. S.A11 nv
for the war armies still to be rai;
by the United States will come frf i
class one under the new seleetivo
service plan. That means the ra
tion's fighting Is to be done by yon -men
without families dependent t , -on
their labor for support anj -skilled
in necessary industrial or t z
ricultural work.
Provost Marshal ' Crowder r i -nounced
the new policy in a tc:
on th operation ot the select;
draft law submitted today to f - :
tary Baker and sent to corij-rrs:3.
says class one should provide n
for all military needs of the o-ir.t-and
to. accomplish that ot t
urges amendment of the drp n I
so as to provide that all ma
have reached their ,21st LIrt"
slnee June 5, 1917, shall be re;u:
to register for classification.
- - 3Cew leasts Propoise!.
Also'ln the Interest Of fair d!:' -button
. of ' the milttary burden, :
proposes that the quotas of state ? c
districts be determined hereafter i
the j basis of tho number cf men !
class one and not' upon tts i ' . -latlon.
-,
Available figures Indicate, the r -port
says, that there are l.OHO.f ;
qualified men under the present n -istration
who will be found in r!
one .when.-aU . qustionnalr" !
been returned, and the classifies iir t
period ends February 15: To t!
tho extension of registration to r
turning 21 since June 5 of last yc r
and. thereafter wiH.add 700.003 r
a year. Class one comprises: f; .
gle men without dependent reltiv- ,
married men who have batitur,::-
failed to support their families, vI i
are -dependent upon wives for sup
port or not usefully engaged, sr I
whose families are supported lr i -comes
'indenendent of their labor-:
unskilled farm laborers, unskli: ,1
Industrial laborers, registrants by r r
In respect , to whom no defcrr '
classification i claimed or ma !
and all registrants not included S i
any other division of the schedule.
Single Men to FtshC-
The plan 'places upon unattar. I
single men and married men with in
dependent incomes most of the
weight of military duty, for t:
number of men In othe- other divi
sions of class one is very small.
General Crowder1 finds that tr .i
first draft surpassed the highest ex
pectations and Pay high tributo o
the thousands of civilians wl.
services made the plan a succcfs.
'.'At the.presidenfs-call," he pnv.
"all ranks of the nation, relnctar.t
Iv entering the war, nevertheless In
stantly responded to the first call r !
the nation with a Igorou and inr -
fish co-operation that sunmerpe r a
Individual Interest n a single cnJ s
vor towards the' consummation ef
the national task. I take it that r
great national project xras ever at
tempted with so complete a re'.i.-.- -
noon the-voluntary co-operation f f
cltJens 1 for its execution. Cert; -r.
no such burdensome and pp.cri
flcial statute had ever before lf i
executed. without a great hlerarc
of officials.
"This law has been administer -by
civilians whose official relatl
lies onlr in necessary powers v..
which they are vested by the pre -dent's
designation of them to r -form
the duties that are laid tip
them." They have accomplished t
task. They have made some i
takes. "
Iemocratie Ker1ce PmlscxI. "
."But. the. great thing they wr r
called upon to do they have dr
The vaunted efficiency of absni .
Ism of which . the German em;
stands as the avatar can offer nf
ing to compare with It. It remn.
th eultlraate test ana . proor or i
intrinsic political Idea upon wl
American Institutions of democr:
and self-government have I
based."
Analysing the first draft. CT,r .
Crowder shows that 9. 586. SOS i
between the. ages of 21 and 31 y
registered. Up to late in IV
ber, only 5870 arrests had I
made of those who souRht to rv
registration, and of that nur
2263 were released after having
Istered. and there remains f
only 2095 cases to be prosorv
The report declares that In th f
analysis of ' theserecordg, it v, l;
Fhown that only 0.0002R per re f
the men within draft age ca : I -Istration.
A rough figure fof 8.? rcr r
given as the numrber of rc-
l Continued. on pa- 2)