Show r THE SAYS CLEARS WAY FOR U-B- OAT HowYou May Be Called to Serve in War by Uncle Sam WAR ARMY BILL Under present plans the United States will raise its army of its naval personnel in these ways: THE NEW ARMIES The new armies to he raised in contingents of 500000 will be made tip of young men of 18 to 23 years The men will be drawn ‘by lot from the eligible lists New contingent will be drawn as rapidly Six months intensive as the previous contingents can be trained training is planned First contingent may be ready for 1foreign service if it is decided to send them abroad about December EXEMPTIONS: Married men — those engaged in government work and possibly farmers ' " ' GUARD THE NATIONAL Can be increased by draft from present strength of 160000 to 440000 Age limit 18 to 45 years Cannot be nsed in foreign service unless present laws are changed EXEMPTIONS: Men with dependent families now in service to be mustered out otherwise same as new armies THE REGULARS Can be increased to 300000 men from present strength of about 80000 Age limit 18 to 45 years To be recruited from volunteers who wish to serve a professional soldiers : THE NAVAL BRANCHES Universal military service may ba necessary as in the land forces to get the 30000 men needed " 3000- 000 men and increase (Continued from Page 1) provision and to aubmit the question of raising an army to a referendum Premier Satisfied -- With Balance for Loss of La Follctte Proposes to Since Shipping Brought U S It Has Into War DECLARES TIDE HAS TURNED AT FRONT i i Sufficient Munition and Food Supplies Assured Appeals to Patriotism to Settle the Irish Question GEORGE GIVEN HONORS Premier Lloyd George discussed the military situation the Irish question and other major problems with which the government is now engaged The premier’s speech was in acknowledgement of the conferring on him of the freedom of the City of London Referring to Ireland the premier slid: “We must convert Ireland from a auspicious surly dangerous neighbor to a cheerful loyal comrade Settlement of the Irish question ia essential for the peace of the world and essential to a speedy victory in the war I ' appeal to the patriotism of all men to sink everything for the one purpose of getting this question out of the way" Considers Victory Certain After alluding to the organization of the ministry of munitions the premier said: "Now thank God our men have a real chance in the fight The story now is very different from what it was In the early atages of the war Before Tune 1915 we lost eighty-fou- r guns and a considerable number of prisoners Since that date we have not lost a single gun while we have captured 400 Regarding prisoners we have taken' at least ten to one The tide has now turned Victory is coming increasingly nearer "During the first eighteen days of the Somme battle we captured 11000 guns Durprisoners and eighty-fou- r the first eighteen days of the Aring ras battle our captures were 18000 men and 230 guns while we gained four times as much ground This meant not only ultimate It meant victory victor- - is going to be won at less loss and our chances are growing as our equipment Is improving and the Germans know it That is the explanation of the despair which has driven them to black piracy on the high seas "This Is the next job we have to deal with Our minimum problem Is - ana j i Senator Da Follette had a great pile of books and papers before him and apparently Intended to talk several hours Under the rules a senator cannot be taken off his feet by a motion to adjourn so the handful of senators on the floor settled dpwn for an In- definite stay Kabn Arouses Enthusiasm The House cheered Mr Kahn loudly when he began summing up in support selective conscription of straight-ou- t In every war he said some Americans had put every obstacle in the way "The extreme pacifist always has been with us" he said “and frequently he hampered the operations of' the government In and out of Congress” A system which permits the volunteer to sacrifice his life in ' defense of his flag and permits the shirker to remain at home he de-- self-supporti- ng ng ' nounced as neither fair just nor "Under the European systems of universal obligation to service in war trained time" he said “these men were as that for just such an emergency which confronts them today Anyone who attempts to belittle the valor of the conscrlptionist does not know what he is taking about” - Representative Kahn was frequently interrupted with applause “I often think" he said as he closed “that the old stamina of the fathers has gone from us in these days of material growth Every man should be of to for the sacred ready hour to We ought In this rights America fight a military policy that willstatlast prepare should write into the for time we ute book a law for conscription no that the future generations as they grow into man’s estate will feel that it is citizen to the duty of every American on the alneeded his if life down lay of his tar country" Drat Closes Provolanteer Argument Chairman Dent followed Mr Kahn with the final argument for the volunteer amendment Representative Dent defended changes made in the bill by the committee particularly that to raise the age limits He spoke particforcing into the army against ularlywho do not want to go to war and boys others who sought to serve excluding as he declared the selective draft would do As Mr Dent finished about fifty members on both sides of the chamber rose and applauded Fully twice as many remained seated rule RepubUnder the lican Mann made the first announcement as to his attitude toward the "We draft declaring he had concluded must smite our enemy we ought to no exception and start right makemen are equally liadeclare that all ble to military service” He said there could be no disgrace hereafter in hav-ln- g been drafted of New Representative Fitzgerald Tork said economically the selective conscription plan was more efficient and would be less disturbing to business Former Speaker Cannon supporting the volunteer plan said his investigations showed that 500000 men could not be equipped within six months He said the volunteers would come forward as rapidly as they can be equipped The House adjourned shortly after 11 o’clock until 11 o’clock tomorrow morning pro-volunt- five-minu- eer te - BETTER BUTTER h Your Grocer Has It — Fresh Today Washington April 27 —Senator Kenyon said he expected to support the bill but wanted exemptions in favor of men of employments of military value changed so that the power of enforcing such exemptions would not be in the hands of military men alone He' ap the La Follette amendment for provedtribunals to pass upon questions civil of exemption The Iowa senator declared he favored also an amendment which would Colonel Roosevelt to go to the permit front In command of American troops “It would be an inspiring thing" he lead said “if Colonel Roosevelt could a division aide by side with the tricolor of France Nothing would help the war to a speedy end as much bring as But they say it would dethat our moralize army It seems to me it would demoralize the army of the enemy more” Senator read figures to show enormous Kenyon increases in the incomes of corporations affected by the war and added: “I want to say that while I am votI am gofor conscription ing to vote later on for conscription of ing the Incomes of this country In my every Income above $100000 judgment should be commandeered or conscripted for theonbenefit of the government to this war That proposition carry is going to come up before we get with the tax hill" through Senator McCumber declared that ten million best trained officers and men would not win the war for the United If the submarine were not overStates come “1 think it is a fair estimate to' say tons of merchant shipping that 750000 have been destroyed in the last thirty this rate —and days" he said “At the number of without any question submarines is increasing —how long will Great Britain be able ta hold out? “If bv the use of these unseen instrumentalities Great Britain could be eliminated from the war democratised brave Russia would fall In a week France would be crushed our foreign commerce could be destroyed and stagnation would hold in its grip the populous cities of the country’— Enlistments in the army since April 1 Senator Calder declared show the failure of the volunteer system and ustaln completely the argument that States cannot raise an adethe United force by that system quate “Talk about raising a million- men nonsense The United overnight iabeen at war for States has actually three weeks and the ranks of the reguhave lar army and the national guardvolunbeen open to more than 600000 — are still open wide open teers They md the volunteers are coming in slowly" Senator Kellogg' Republican of Minnesota spoke in favor of the administration bill “It doesn’t depart from our traditional policies” said he “but I am ready for-- believe the timeif socome of our counwhen of-me- iffi VOTE COUPON Good for 10 Votes - - NOT GOOD AFTER MAY 8 1917 TWO UTILITIES FACING STRIKE Dist No Address the safety it trdemandsthat this bili will create a deny milistanding army or encourage large tarism Teaching young men to defend does not make for militheir country tarism —it has not done so in France Switzerland or other nations where military service is obligatory and universal" has City This coupon will count ten votes when properly filled out and on or besent to the Campaign Manager The be must trimmed All and put date above coupons neatly fore the on votes number of total with top coupon np in packages Herald-Republic- an Senator Chamberlain chairman of the Senate military committee made a three hours’ speech tonight summing up the argument for the till He said fc Have Disputes With Men Over Wages $5 aid $750 NEW LINOLEUMS A carload of inlaid and printed domestic and imlinoleums ported to select from DEPENDABLE VALUES Good Blue Serge KNEE PANTS GOOD Wall Boys’ Hats and Caps Cleaner makes your wall Paper coverings like new lo - settlement Many of the workers at the Utah Gas Coke plant are drawing $274 a day The prospective etrikers are asking work$225 and $350 for an eight-hou- r ing day Mr Knerr said yesterday that some of the biggest strikes in the history of Utah could probably have been prevented had there been a state board of arbitration and conciliation in existence at the time they occurred Carmen Discontented Unable to arrive at any agreement relative to the wage scale in the new contract which is for conworking sideration the parley whichup has on for several days between H been F Dicke general manager of the Utah & comTraction company and a Light of motormen mittee conductors and carmen was ordered continued late yesterday afternoon until 930 a m Wednesday Working agreements including the wage scale which were under tentative favorable consideration between the committee and Mr Dicke were sent back to Mr Dicke yesterday from the mass of the street carmen with themeeting notation that was not the wage scale Other arrangements satisfactory to pertaining hours and working conditions working were approved The company had offered to give its employees the biggest Increase it could afford Carmen are for 40 cents and motormen and asking conductors 35 cents an hour while the wage of conductors Is 28 cents present an hour and motormen 33 cents an hour When the conference with the committee which reported the sense of the mass was adjourned in the Mr Dicke late office meeting aftof ernoon it was with the yesterday understanding that the directors of the Utah Light & & ht the volunteer system had failed to ahow Washand read from history always ington’s troubles with it in revolutionary“Lincoln days was in favor of tion"- he added “There wereconscripcopperheads in every state of the union during the civil war and there are now" Senator Stone wanted to know If the troops to be raised were to be sent to the European battlefieldsSenator Chamberlain said he did not know “If the allies say they need them ” he said “I am for getting behind them and sending the troops" The galleries applauded the statement with enthusiasm which the presiding officer made no effort to check 'EM EVERT RAY FOST TOASTIES THE B2ST CORN FtAKEfi $125 50 c 50c Unlimited Assortment Boys’ Waist values Standard makes ok OUR DRUG STORE IS AT 112-11- 4 & MAIN STREET Traction company will consider the demand for an Increase in the wage 9CI1 le The directors will make thei report to the committee through Mr Dicke and after a day’s morning Wednesday committee of employees conference the will be prepared to submit a final reto a mass meeting of street car port which men will take place In the Salt Lake Labor Temple beginning at 2 o’clock Friday morning Mr Dicke and members of the committee seemed confident yesterday that In suitable adjustment will be made no scale and that there is the wage reason to expect that any misunderwill take place which may standings lead to a strike A lOOO-ROO- M ENGLISH BUILDING London Aprl 28 —“The Maze” is the colloquial name for the great architectural pile in Whitehall which houses the British war office The building contains more than 1000 rooms and visitors often find themselves lost in the bewildering twistings and turnings of the long corridors wtlh their ante- - rooms offices corners and stairways The second floor contains the princlpsl offices those of the minister of war the military secretary and others Many of the war office departments since which have expanded enormously the war began maintain annexes some In very distant parts of the city REGISTRATION TO BEGIN SOON Some stores always wait until tliei'r customers have found the worth of a newarticle and the demand has become so persistent that they are compelled to put that article in stock Not so here We test the new things and when we find them right we recommend them Take for instance War Department Prepares Machinery to Procure Army of 2000000 Men (Continued from Page 1) second drawn Would go with the sec ond increment to be called six months 7 later the third with the third increment with duty a year off and so on Meanwhile the work of building the cantonments will go forward Regular troops and national- guardsmen will be assigned to them with each arm of the service so represented as to Provide ’the framework of a complete The army division at each point guardsmen will be selected from the territory covered by the training district so far as practicable Police duty at the ‘cantonments will become part of the responsibility of each district commandant and he will make such assignment of hfs forces as he may deem wise Meantime both the regulars and guardsmen will continue recruiting to - HANAN SHOES The Peer of Footwear war strength Rigorous Course Slapped Out With' the new assembled a rigorous courseregiments of training will be undertaken The officers’ training camps to be established within a few days in each district will begin at the end of three months pouring new officers into this organization and the enlisted men selected from the ranks of the regulars for commissions will be given special Instructions to fit them for officers Until the of young men presents Itself at army the camps in August or September the regulars and guardsmen also will pursue a vigorous course of training The plans call for the transfer tq the 500000 men We found such a personal comfort in wearing' these shoes that wc knew our customers would like them Ninety-nin- e men out of every hundred who buy Italian Shoes would he dissatisfied with any other make Wc have them here in a variety of styles and sizes to fit every foot obtained by draft of first from 150000 to 200000 noncommissioned officers trained In the and national guard regiments regular It is here that the opportunity lies for men who volunteer now as enlisted men in the ranks of the two services On them even to a greater extent than upon the commissioned officers will depend the The efficiency of the new armies backbone of any military organization is' its noncommissioned force and In the months that precede the calling out of the first 500000 officers of the general staff hope there will be found In the ranks of the regulars and guardsmen such a supply of men competent for these positions that the future of the later armies wjll be assured beyond doubt ' LIKES THEM TOO— 7EEAT - Specials A Cedar Chest Makes a Most Acceptable Present Electric s Boys’ Suit ( r after-midnig- season Refrigerators' I Carpet Department State Officials9 Plea - Per Cent Off Z C M ’ The employees of the Utah Gas & Coke company had planned to walk out last night at 11 o'clock A E karvey of the American Federation of Labor notified Mr Knerr of their intention at 11 a m The Industrial commissioner lost no time in getting to the Utah Gas & Coke plant where with the permission of Supt E M Eynon he assembled the plant forces and asked them not to go out on 'strike until the state industrial commission had done its best toward securing a satisfactory arrangement of the difficulty between them and their employers Mr Knerr pleaded with the men not to be hasty earnestly but to stay with their jobs and to bear in mind at the same time 'with their- grievances the inconveniences discomfort and in some cases suffering they might unnecessarily inflict on hundreds of residents of Salt Lake by a failure to show patience and a willingness to be reasonable Men Yield to Plea The thirty-rfoumen at the plant yelded to the commissioner’s persuasions and declared by an almost unanimous vote that they would keep to their work until next Tuesday A meeting between the operators a strikers committee and Mr Knerr was arranged for Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock Governor Bamberger will add his Influence to the efforts of the commission to bring about an amicable supreme at Z C M I Mothers! youknow what QUALITY means to the boy heavy on clothing Nothwitlistanding prices have advanced you --‘will find our price practically the same as last QUALITY-reign- RANNEY (Continued from Page 1) Ing men together and appealing with them to keep at their tasks until conciliatory and arbitration methods had been exhausted t In Our Boys9 Clothing Section All Box Candy Gas and Traction Companies - lAAi Opposite Soda Fountain Chocolate Mints a lh Yt2e 20© Dutch Crisps a lb 29e Assorted Chocolates a lb' Cocoanut Squares & lb 2e Cream' Filled Buttercups a' lb 29e 20c Sweetheart Kisses a lb a lb 20c Imperial Butterscotch 24e Butterscotch Beans a lb 24e Jelly B'eans a lb 24c Pure Sugar Candy a lb 10 Gas Employees Hear Mothers1 Friend Day Today at Z CMI Candy Specials Today - - Arguments for Draft Delivered in Senate V pound For This includes our entire line of striking midsummer creations that are the embodiment of style-- all included in this sale at 50c on the dollar dem-ocrat- lc to feed a population of 45000000 In a country which Is not to provide the necessary material and fopd to equip our armies and keep the seas free for the' transport of the troops of ourselves and our allies That has had to be done against the swarm of pirates moving unseen under the trackless seas since the Germans determined to sink all craft Indiscriminately without warning There is no doubt we have lost many ships but they brought America in and I am perfectly satisfied wtlh the balance America after great patience came to the conclusion there was no use of of waving a neutral flag in the teeth us a shark and she is definitely with to put down this menace once for all Submarine Problem Soluble "The best brains of America and Britain are concentrated on this problem There never was a human problem which was not soluble and I believe this Is ho exception to the rule but we must proceed on the assumption that nothing could be discovered to put it down" Dealing with the effort to make the the premier country said guarantees to the farmer and the farm laborer had brought a million fresh acres of land under cultivation "I do not say that the war is going to continue through 1918" Mr Lloyd George said “but if the German knew that by holding out until the endoutof 1918 he could win he would hold If he knows that the longer he holds out the worse it will be for him peace will come much earlier” The premier said plana were being made for the harvest of 1918 which would guarantee without a ton of foodstuffs coming from abroad no one But the country must would starve help In husbanding foodstuffs The premier then outlined the steps which 11000000 tons already taken by be cut off and added of Imports would would Britain Great get three that times perhaps four times as many new ships this year as last He continued: "The Germans think we are done for but they do not know the race they are that if dealing with I am isconfident carried out the our present program submarine campaign is beaten" Tan will find nil the nw of Mother Nature purity of BBS? ‘ Speak at Great Length self-supporti- TOXDON April 27 — In an important speech at the Guildhall today w y Enactment of Selective Draft by Congress Practically Assured British SALT LAKE CITY UTAH SATURDAY APRIL 28 1917 HERALD-REPUBLICA- N --- j fv - 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