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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. 1 Resistance to the draft will "instantly encounter federal troops," Provost Marshal General Crowder announced yesterday afternoon. Eligibles evading the draft will be treated as deserters, he said, and "the whole strength of the military arm of the government is available to apprehend deserters, if necessary to use such force." General Mueovisky, commander of the guards corps, which headed the Russian retreat on the southwest front, has been ordered shot, according to a dispatch from Petrograd. This sentence came after p. court-martial, which was ordered by General Komiloff, commander in chief, for noncompliance with his orders to shoot deserters. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has announced that he would not accept appointment as chairman of the New York state food commission, as proposed in the bill prepared by the legislative war committee. He declared he had no especial qualifications for the position and that the appointments should be made by the governor. Manganese exports from Brazil in 1916 totalled 1503,120 tons, valued at ?7,080,054, a substantial increase over the exports of the preceding year. If better transportation facilities existed, an American company in the State of Bahia estimates, about 20,000 tons of ore could be shipped monthly from its mines.. United States District Attorney W. P. McGinnis announced yesterday afternoon at Muskogee, Okla., that the men arrested on charges of resisting the draft in connection with the Oklahoma uprising, will be tried for treason and that the death penalty will be asked by the government. I The shipping board has telegraphed orders to over a score of the countrys largest shipyards requisit- ioning all ships of 2.500 deadweight tonnage or more now building. Management of the yards will be in the hands of the present owners, but under government direction. From Berlin official announcement was made yesterday that five ministers of state, including Foreign Secretary Zimmerman and four secretaries of state, including Finance Minister Lentze and Interior Minister Von Loebell,. had resigned their portfolios. Under the stimulus of the draft, enlistments for , the regular army within the last week have increased so that the full quota of 183, 89S men has almost been obtained. The shortage now is fewer than 0,000. Coal gas lias proved to be a successful substitute for gasoline as motive power at Bradford, Eng. Slight changes have to be. made hi the mechanism of automobiles using the new fuel. Indias wheat crop -will total 10,160,000 bushels this year, it is estimated. This will be an increase of 19 per cent, over the 1915-16 production. Advices from Pekin, China, are to the effect that China will join the Allies next week in the ivar against Germany. Nova Scotias 1917 apple crop will be about 50 per cent, greater than the yield of last year, it is estimated. i
