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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY President Wilson vesterdnv extended the list of enemies of the Tinted States under tiowers of the trading with the enemy act to take in a number of classes that heretofore have not come within o|ieration of the law. I "nder this proclamation the following are designated as enemies: Any woman residing outside of the Inited States who is a citizen of an enemy nation or whose husband is an officer or agent of nn agent or who is carrying on business activities with enemy nations. ah liersons wh,m the allied nations at. war with the central powers have found it necessary to intern or hold as prisoners. All persons, citizens of enemy countries, who have assisted in the dissemination of Cerniaii propaganda or in plotting or intriguing against the Cnited States or the government of any of the allied nations. All individuals, citizens of neutral countries, whom the war trade hoard may hr Rafter formally name on the cm my trading list. All citizens of enemy countries, no matter where they reside now. who Jiave resided within the territory of enemy powers since August 4. 1914. Yesterday, on the anniversary of Americas first man pevcf mobilization, another million yoiit .. the estimated strength of the class of IMS, registered on the first station of the joarney to the colors. When their draft registration cards come into their hands, they come to the disposition of a swift, smoothly working and practiced organization, whose agencies in every countryside, hamlet and city of tin- land, have us-sumed successfully the task of discriminating between the nations need for men who can fight or work and it; additional need for mi a at home to support its dependent population. Whatever the puri»ose of the submarine raid off the Atlantic coast and whatever number of submarines hereafter may come to American waters there will lie :io cheek on the flow of nc-n and munitions to France, Secretary Daniels said today. "The great duty of our navy." said In-, "i- to keep ojien the door to France; to carry our men and munitions to the great battle front and to guard food supplies for our cobelligerents. That has been accomplished thus far and we will continue to keep the road open." American machine gunner- killed at least a thousand Hermans in Chateau Thierry, it was estimated yesterday by French military authorities. The Yankee gnniiers. during the battle for the city, fired tens of thousands of machine gun bullets into the place. The citys strict- are filled with Ccrnian iMidies, says a dispatch from army headquarters in France. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt. Sr.. have offered their huge estate "idle Hour." at Onkdalc. N. J., to the American Red Cross to be used as a convalescent hospital for soldiers. The estate is hundreds of acres in extent bordering on the ocean shore of Long Island. The Vanderbilt home on it will accommodate 1.500 patients. Nineteen thousand Liberty motors. produced mainly in Detroit, will have haa* delivered to the government by Septcmlier 1, 1! 1! . according to members of the committee in charge of the Senate investigation into aircraft production who arrived at Detroit yesterday to insix-et local factories.
