>BRH capsules Jr f P!3n Sy^mittcd to Baker Be lievad Likely to Be Adopted in the Selection of Those Called. TWENTY ON WATCH Every Effort Will Ee Made to Keep Out Taint cf Sus picion of Favor itism. Wii blnetcn, July 9.—-The fats of 9, £29,9o-i men of military age will be held bn a huge glass bowl, filled with gela tine capsule?. Numbers on papef -sq Hurts contained in the capsules wiij . designate the man drawn. Tl'.is method has been submitted to Secretary of wal Baker. Unless a shift is made In the plan, this will be the method used iq making the draft. Tlie paper squares will be inserted i in small gi iatine capsules and put in 3 L transparent glass globe. Slips of papef 1 in the globe, are the key numbers foi \ every man registered on June 5, anq each slip drawn will indicate the draw ing of-over men. The slips will b4 numbered from one up to the highest number in the largest district in th-j -country. Every action of the men making th< draft will be open. The drawing wii) y probably be held in some large room ir v tiie war department building. A com-, a ■ mittee of 20 responsible men will be ap ” pointed to witness the drawing, testify ins to, the fairness of the entile pro I -ced lire. Although General Crowder has urgeq •every local board to complete their la, hors today, war office officials asserted that the draft may be delayed untty some time next week by reason of re, signatior.s from numerous local boards, It has rot yet been decided whethei the first dii wing will cover only thq number needed in the first contingent; -or whether the entire 9,000,000 will b^ drawn. In the latter case the num bers of every man will be listed in tin •order drawn, and will be eligible foi service on subsequent calls for men. IMPORTANT EVENTS { IN GERMANY SOON Von Bethraann-Hollweg’s Peace Speech Held Up Until Mon day—Others to Speak. London, July 9.—The report that po« Utical developments of exceptional im» port mice are awaited in Berlin in con nection with the session of the reich stag now in progress is reiterated in a Berlin dispatch to Amsterdam as for warded by the Exchange Telegraph. The dispatch says that Chancellor Von Bethmann-llollweg will deliver his speech to the reichstag on Monday, ana that addresses will be delivered on tin same day by Foreign Secretary Zim mermann, Vice Chancellor Helffericlt and Vico Admiral Von Capelle, ministetj of the navy. The ,vote of credit will then be taken. Cattle dispatches yesterday said thq chancellor's speech would be delivered today, and that he was expected tc make declarations which would servs as a basis, for peace negotiations. DEMOCRATIC GERMAN JOURNAL SUPPRESSED Copenhagen, July 9.—Maximilian Harden's publication, Dio Zukunft. of Berlin, has again been suppressed. [ Herr Harden’s brilliant and decidedly r . outspoken journal has enjoyed a con siderable period of freedom from sup pression, the last reported action by the government against it being in October, 1816. After this suspension was lifted his characteristic articles again freely, at tacked the government’s policy. In one article he eulogized President Wilson; in another appealed for democracy in Germany. LOOK TO GERMANS AS CAUSE OF GRAIN FIRES Washington, July 9.—Burning of a large number of grain elevators in the middle west recently has prompted the government to start an investigation to determine if German influences are re sponsible. The national board of fire under writers has suggested to grain ex change presidents a set of strict regula tions for protection of elevators, which provide among other things for stock ades and armed guards. The regulations were accompanied by a letter from Herbert C. Hoover, urging the exchange presidents to comply with the instruc tions. JAPS EVEN OLD SCORE BY FIGHTING GERMANY Toklo (by mail).—By her participa tion in the war on the side of the en tente. Japan has avenged herself upon Germany for wresting Japan’s rightful trophy—the Liaotung peninsula—from her after the Japan-China war. In the opinion of Viscount Takaki Kato ex pressed hi an article on the war anil Japan's position In the world, published in the Central Review. Germany as the ringleader and auth or of the famous triple intervention, he writes, compelled Japan to give up her (rlKhtfui gain under the pretext of pre surving the peace of the Orient, and not only sowed the seed of the Russo Japanese war a decade after, hut un lawfully occupied a corner of Shantung provinces on a trifling pretext. Thus the Kuropean war afforded a golden oppor tunity to Japan for avenging her long harbored enmity and wrath towards Germany. Brazil promptly seized fhe German ships in her ports when the German torpedoes got busy on Brazil's ships. That was passing the worry op to the other fellow all right. GEN. SCOTT AND STAFF Visrr RUMANIAN CITY Jnssey. Rumania, July 7.—Maj. Gen. Hugh IS. Scott, chief of staff of the United States army with other mili tary members of the American mis sion to Russia has arrived here from the Russian front. The Americans were welcomed formally at the house of par liament. General Scott said he'had re ceived from Rumanian ministers and the Rumanian general staff a report concerning the needs of the Rumanian army and that his mission would use all possible energy to see that these needs were satisfied. Puzzling Silence Causes lnves« tigation and Aid to Soldiers Cut Off by Fire Exceeding Verdun Cannonading. By the Associated Pres3. French Front in France. July 5. (de layed.)—Personal initiative, combine^ with bravery and tenacity, won for the French a splendid victory when the Germans attempted last Tuesday night to retake Chemin 'Des Dames by a fur ious attack. The commanding general, after inspecting the entire 11-mile Iin^ where the battle occurred declared tq the Associated Press today: "The German crown prince had ar ranged a surprise party for us in order to offset the Russian victory in Ga licia, but he knocked at the wrong door and received disagreeable reception.” Verdun !o Outdone. Before the enemy's attack began an uncanny alienee reigned along this fa mous road where the hostile armies are facing each other at close quarters. Suddenly the German bombardment opened and its intensity impressed the French general as being greater than he ever before experienced on the Somme, at Verdun or in the Cham pagne, where he had taken part in all the battles since the beginning of hos tilities. The shell smoke was thick and the fumes from poisonous and lacrimosal shells so heavy it was impossible to take observations. The French general attempted to communicate with his battalion and artillery commanders, but the wires had been broken by projectiles. Then, to his astonishment, he saw his own artillery, without await ing orders, open a barrage tire. He learned later that his artillery colonel, suspecting something was about to occur had gone to a much exposed list ening post between the opposing trenches and from this vantage point observed art unusual activity in thej German lirve.s. The colonel, therefore, ordered a curtain lire directed in front! of the Germans. French Gunners Take Chance. Meanwhile the Frencn infantry in the first line swept the German front lines ■with rifle fire and hand grenades while the French trench mortars worked as never before. The German infantrymen, who could be seen waiting with bayo nets fixed, now found it impoAdgie to leave their trenches and go over tho top. At this stage of the battle, on the line from Californie plateau above Craonne to the Casemattson plateau 2,000 yards westward, the greatest part of two German divisions joined in the attack. Their artillery, owing to the close proximity of the French and Ger man lines, was unable to play on the French front linn for fear of hitting their own men. The French gunners, more accurate in firing, managed to shower sheila on the German trenches. Several strong detachments i f Ger man infantrymen, notwithstanding tho severity of the French cannonade, suc ceeded in crossing the intervening spsci and obtained a footing in the French trenches at a few points. The defenders, composed of regiments from southern Franco who had originally captured the. position, were determined to maintain their hold. They inimediately chunter attacked and everywhere ejected the Germans. Then they impetuously ad vanced and captured several German trenches which they still hold. Confident of Suoeess. The whole aetion here as at other points In thie battle on the 11-mil* front was not a mere trench raid, but a carefully planned attempt by thq Germans to reconquer Chemin Dee Dames, to whose loss they cannot reconcile themselves. The nature of the attack is proved by tho fact that the German Infantrymen carried into battle their whole equipment and sev eral days’ rations, and they evidently were confident of success. Hundreds of their dead, many of whom were youths of the 1918 class, died with packs still strapped on their boeks in front of the French lines and in the shell craters. The French com manding officers are enthusiastic about the undiminished dash of their men which they regard as largely attribut able to the moral aid provided by the arrival of American troops in France and the Russian forward movement in Galicia The commanding general declared to the Associated Press that the presence of American fighting men not only en couraged the French soldiers in the ranks, but also their commanders. PAYNE BENEFACTOR TO YALE AND CHARITIES New York, July 7.—Cash bequests of more than >7,000,000 to charitable and educational institutions are provided in the will of Col. Oliver ft. Payne, who died in this city last week, it was an nounced tonight. The largest gifts are to Lakeside hospital, Cleveland; Yale university, and the New York public library, each of which will receive >1, 000,000. _ _ _ TROOPS DISPERSE PARADERS. The Hague, July 7.—A crowd of work men ted by a revolutionary socialist yesterday tried to start a demonstra tion In front of the parliament build ings In the Blnnenhof, but wees dis persed by troops. MONITION WORKERS AND SOLDIERS CLASH Amsterdam, July 1 —One man was killed and II wounded when workers from the government munition works at Hamburg, a short distance from Am sterdam. and soldiers clashed last night la a continuation of the food riots, ac cording to th* Handeleblad. The mu nition workers were Joined by strikers and were-fired on repeatedly by the sob | OOC_... . 8rij. Gen. McIntyre in his office at Washington. Brussiloff Opens New Offensive 150 Miles North of Ga licia and Strikes in South. Petrograd, July 9.—Violent fighting has begun on the Russian front west of Pinsk. The city of Pinsk is in flames, according to an announcement today by the semi-official news agency. The Russian artillery, the announce ment says, is levelling all obstacles. The Russians have captured the for tified forest of Sianka with all the enemy's organized positions and also Hill 388. They have penetrated the vil lage of Godov. Further gains have been made by the Russian forces in Galacia. Advices from the front record the taking of first line trenches by troops of the Eleventh army, who also at some points captured second line positions. The opening of the battle of Pinsk marks the second efTort of the Russians after the long period of quiet, which followed the revolution. The point se lected for this attack is about 175 miles north of the sector in East Galicia along which the Russians made their first onslaught resulting in the capture of about 18,000 men in two days. Pinsk is at the middle of the Russo-Gaiician battle line. Pinsk had a population of about 30, 000 before the war. It lies within the great marsh and swaqap region of White Russia, about on a line east of Warsaw. Pinsk, has been in German hands since the tide of the great invasion of 1915 swept Grand Duke Nicholas’ arm ies far back into Russian territory. The city lies within a pronounced salient in the line, and the statement that fight ing is occuring wast of it may mean to the northwest, but the roads trend along the Oginski canal and the Jasiol da river. BRITISH GAIN IN BELGIUM. London, July 9.—The British made an attack last night in Belgium east of Wytschaete. The war office announces that the British line was advanced slightly. CROWN PRINCE GIVES UP. Paris, July 9.—Germany has appar ently been convinced of the fruitless ness of the counter offensives south of Laon. Today’s official French state ment reported a cessation of fighting in that secton and a resumption of artillery activity east of Reims, in the Baroyere Pantheon and south of tdoronviUcres. The night was calm elsewhere. REPULSED, GERMANS SAY. Berlin, July 9.—The ■•war office an nounces the defeat of Russian attacks near Kontuchy and further to the north in eastern Galacia. Russian attacks in the Carpathians also were repulsed. The Russians are said to have suffered heavy losses. ROOT GIVES CASH TO SOLDIERS OF MOSCOW Petrograd. July 7.—Elihu Root, head of the American mission to Russia, has donated 5,000 rubles to the soldiers of Moscow. He was formally thanked for the gift by the mayor of the city. Charles R. Crane and John R. Mott, ot the mission, attended the election at Moscow, at which Archbishop Tikhon, formerlly. stationed in the United States, was named metropolitan of Moscow by popukir vote. The metro politan formerly was appointed by the emperor. AMERICANS PREPARE VAST AVIATION CAMP Parts. July 9.—American troops are yeginnlng work on the first section of if the vast aviation training camp. Eventually this camp will be able to ac commodate several thousand pilots. CZECH LEADER PARDONED. Amsterdam, July T.—According to a vlegram to Dutch newspapers from Vi i,nnn, steps have been taken to grant t complete amnesty to Dr. Kart Kamari »nd I>». Aloysius Kasehin, the leaders of the Cxooh party in the Hungarian rxtrlianvent who have been serving sen tences for treason, THE WEEKLY FORECAST. tflishlngton, D. July 7.—Weather predictions beginning Hurvday, Issued 1r/ the weather bureau today are: Plains Slates and Upper and Middle Mississippi Valleys—Fair except for widely scattered local thunder showers. Warm ftmt part of the week* sonsMer vWy cooler latter half. Rain of Bombs From 20 Ma chines Lasts 15 Minutes in Metropolitan District. London, July 9.—An official statement Issued this afternoon by the British admiralty said that three of the German airplanes which had dropped bombs on Lon don had been brought down at sea. Thirty-seven persons were killed to the air raid, ana 141 injured, it was of ficially announced this afternoon. One enemy machine was lirough down by the royal flying corps. London, July 9.—About 30 enemj airplanes bombarded London today, th< war office announced. The raiders were attacked by artil lery and a large number of British air planes. The results were unknown at noon. People Rush to Streets. The raid occurred at about 9:30 o’clock this morning. Thousands of persons crowded the streets, many of them women and children. The police and soldiers had difficulty in holding back the people. Many persons were seen at windows. Anti-aircraft guns throughout the city and British air planes immediately engaged the hos tile craft, and for a time the sound of exploding bombs and the vicious reply of guns was deafening. Straight over the city flew the raiders, pursued by bursting shrapnel. The sun was shining brightly, but the sky was overcast with a haze such as is so favorable to raiders. Notwith standing the haze, however, the Ger mans were visible plainly to the people in the streets. The raiders appeared most suddenly and few persons realised that a raid was ip progress until the Sound of bomba began to be heat'd. The Ger mans were traveling at tremendous speed. They appeared to be at a lower altitude than In the last raid, when they exacted such a heavy toll of life In London. Damage was done In the heart of London by the raid which was one of the greatest. If pot the greatest ever attempted by the Germans over the metropolis. The west end and fashionable north western residential suburbs had a superb view of the approach of the vis itors. From the further northern fringes of the metropolis the raiders swept onward in fairly close formation, more than a score in number. Drop to Near Ground. The squadron, which had been flying high, then began a swift toboggan downwards, its speed increasing tre mendously under the assistance ol gravity, and the planes soon reaching a level evidently less than 1,000 yards In their swoop toward the central ob jectives. Meanwhile from all directions anti aircraft batteries were working like machine guns. bursling shrapnel dotted the air around the oncoming raiders with snarling, vicious black puffs of smoke more numerous than the planes. It seemed impossible for the raidevx completely to escape fron. the atmosphere of curtain fire sur rounding them. The raiders, however pursued their course, holding theli cargoe of bombs until they had crossed suburban distriet and outlying parks. Fortunately a majority of the peoplt in the capital had Just enough warn ing of the raid to enable them to seel safety In basements. U. S. CAN STARVE OUT GERMANS, IFJT DESIRES London, July 7.—“Tire U. S. has as enormous power in its hands in iti control of exports to European ne-u trala," said Lord Robert Cecil, ministei of blockade today. “The U. S. has.the power of mnktnr any bargain, any stipulation it thinks proper with these neutrals, and this R a very Important weapon against Ger many. The foodstuffs Germany ob tains from Holland and Denmark alone must be measured in hundreds of thou sands' of tons, while the mineral and ftsh exports of the Scandinavian na tions me of vital Importance to Ger many." STREET GAB STRIKE ENDS. Bloomington. In, July 7.—The strike of street car men which yesterday as sumed such threatening proportions ns to necessitate the presence of state troops, whs settled late this afternoon. TTvs demands of the union were sub stantially granted and a committee ap pointed to adjust aaty outstanding . C„ July 7.—Lord htoceliffe, head of the British mission* In this country, authorised publication of parts of a confidential speech o* spies and censorship made to the na-i tional press, includes July 4. He dee seribod the work of spies in England and the flood of fatal information that poors over the cables through neutral countries to Germany and spoke of the dangers at any except technical and na val censorship of the press. Only oa two occasions in the last month, Lord Norcltffs said, had he seen anything published ip American newspapers that might have been of value to the en emy.