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HOW SELECTED MEN
ABSENT FROM HOME
MUST ANSWER CALL
Provision Is Made for Absen
tees and U. S. District At
torney Alexander Explains
Them in Detailed Statement
The following statement, issued Wed
nesday morning- by Hooper Alexander.
United States district attorney, explains
the course to be followed by all who
are absent from their homes or places
of registration at the time they are
called on to report for physical examina
tion to determine whether or not they
shall be selected for army service;
"A great many cases have arisen un
der the registration law and the drawing
based thereon as to what a man is to
do who is drawn and called fee service
where he has left his home or place of
registration and is absent therefrom at
the time he is called for examination.
It has become physically Impossible for
me to continue any longer to explain
this matter in detail to every single in
dividual who wants information ‘on the
subject. 1 am therefore publishing this
statement for the guidance of those who
are in the condition stated.
“Provision is made in the regulations
for a person who is in this condition
and is drawn and called for examination
to take his examination and file his
exemption claim in some other district
or division than that one in which he is
registered, and 1 will endeavor to make
ciear how that can be done.
“In the first place, however, it is nec
essary to make a few preliminary ex
planations* which I now set out here.
DIVISIONS. NOT WARDS.
•Ko. 1. Persons registered can not
rely for this purpose upon City wards
or county precincts. For instance, in
Atlanta a person in the Sixth ward is
not in the sixth division, but is in the
fifth division. The divisions in the city
are dietrbuted as follows:
"The first division includes the First
and Fifth wards
‘The second division includes the Sec
ond ward
•The third division includes the Third
ward
The fourth division includes the
Fourth ward.
The fifth division includes the Sixth
ward.
“The sixth division includes the Sev
enth and Tenth wards
The seventh division includes the
Eighth and Ninth wards.
“The county precincts are under the
jurisdiction of the county board, with
headquarters at the courthouse.
* “No. 2. For purposes of the draft and
cell the registration numbers are not to
iWUHIIO IN
JUST I FEW HOIIBS
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give ‘’California Syrup
of Figs’’
Mothers can rest easy after giving
“California Syrup of Figs." because in a
few hours all the clogged-up waste, sour
bile and fermenting food gently moves
out of the bowels, and you have a well,
playful child again. Children simply
will not take the time from play to
empty their bowels, and they become
tightly packed, liver gets sluggish and
stomach disordered
When cross, feverish, restless see if
tongue is coated, then give this delicious
“fruit laxative.” Children love it. and
It cannot cause injury. No difference
what ails your little one—if full of cold,
or a sore throat, diarrhoea, stomach
ache. bad breath, remember, a gentle
•‘inside cleansing" should always be the
first treatment given. Full directions for
babies, children of all ages and grown
ups are printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs.” then look
carefully and see that It Is made by the
“California Fig Syrup Company.” We
make no smaller sire. Hand back with
contempt any other fig syrup.— (Advt.)
IRRITATING ITCH
CAXOI. positively gives Instant, immediate re
lief Bend for free sample to prove It.
Legan Cbetnleal Co.. Logan. Pblla.. Pa.
GIVEN
•m. toCw ip~.
SMUK DWG CO. BoTiTl. Woodsboro. Md.
“Say Doctor,This Prescription
Works Like Magic-Physician
Explains Why Nuxated Iron
QUICKLY PUTS ASTONISHING YOUTHFUL POWER
INTO THE VEINS OF MEN AND BRINGS ROSES TO
THE CHEEKS OF NERVOUS, RUNDOWN WOMEN
Ask the first hundred
strong. healthy-looklng /ft Jn fins’
people you meet to what | MILLJJ v
they owe their strength J / *“OPLE
and energy and see how .—.-‘r ~ a..
many reply "Nuxate-i I ARE
Iron." Dr. Howard James. - gy Wf lAMAb
late of the Manhattan State NUXATED
Hospital of New York, and **"*f IRON
formerly Assistant Phy- * xVl—„
Syrian Brooklyn State ■
Hospital, says. ww
‘Thousands of anaemlr, V
nervous. rurMown peo- jBMeaKZ fSCX. X 1 N
pie suffer from-Iron de- I \ ’ k A
ficlency but do not s<e how i onK X
know what to take. To quickly enrich the you can work X W’X
Mood. put roses in the cheeks of women o| how far k 1 ,’J
and give men that youthful punch.- vou ~a n wa!k “ X I
vitality, and stay-there. power, there wJthOMt b ,._ X * ’
Is nothin# like organic iron—Nuxated comlng . tired; next take two five
iron A patient of mine remarked g ra j r » tablets of Nuxated Iron three
after a six weeks' <-ourse of Nuxated times per day after meals for two
Iron. 'Say, doctor, this prescription W eeks. Then test your strength again
works like magic:* I'nlike the older and Bee how muc h vou have gained. I
forms of iron. Nuxated Iron does not have seen Nuxated Iron increase the
injure the teeth nor upset the atom- strength, power and endurance of iell
ach. but is readily assimilated and cate, nervous, run-dowfn people 10J per
you can quickly recognise its ac- cent in ten days' time in many instances
tion by a renewed feeling of snap.
vigor and increased staying power" NOTE NUXATED IRON recommende.i above
No matter what other iron remedies by Hr. James can he obtained from any good
. j <e druggist. with or without a physician's prescrip-
you have used without success if .OU tton (>n >n guarantee of success or
are not strong or well you owe it to Inon «.y refunded tt is dispensed in this etty by
yourself to make the following test. <U good druggists.—cAdn. 1
be considered, but only the serial num- I
ber. If you do not know your aerial |
number you should go to your proper ;
division and find out what it is.
“No. 3. The serial numbers have al
ready been drawn and the names have
been published in the papers. The pub
lication is probably correct, but if you
want to be accurate about it you should
go or send a reliable person to your
proper division headquarters and find
out whether your name is drawn.
WILL ISSUE CALL.
“No. 4. As soon as tne official lists
the drawing are furnished to the boards
in charge of the several divisions they
will issue an official call to the persons
drawn and will post up the lists in their
offices. Accurate and reliable informa
tion makes it advisable to go or send
and examine these lists. But the boards
will also mail to each person called a
letter notifying him when and where to
appear. The government does not guar
antee your receiving this notice; it is
sent solely for your convenience. You
must find out for yourself whether you
are called.
“If you are a resident of the city of
Atlanta and happen to be in Detroit, or
Kansas City, or Birmingham, or any
where else away from home, and happen
to be called in your proper division In
Atlanta, you should find out.* JUST AS
PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, whether
| you are called and when and where you
are ordered to report for physical ex*-
amination. There are many ways in
which you can do this, but in any event
’ you must find it out.
“If you have a reliable and dependa
ble friend at home, you can get him to
find it out for you, and he should do so
as promptly as possible and notify you.
“If you are a resident of Birmingham,
or New York, or Chicago, or any other
city, and happen to be now in Atlanta,
you should find out from the place
where you registered the same informa
tion as is above indicated, that is to
say:
“Find out whether you were in the
call.
“Find out when and where you were
ordered to report for physical examina
tion.
“Find out the number of your divi
sion if it is a city.
“Find out the name of your county
board if it is not in a city.
EXAMINATION FIRST.
“If you have been called the first
thing to be attended to is your physical
examination. If you do not report for
your physical examination at the time
and place as ordered, or at such other
time or place as may be permitted in ac
cordance with Instructions which I am
going to set out later, THE BOARD
WILL FIND THAT YOU ARE PHYSI
CALLY QUALIFIED.
“The local board will call for physi
cal examinations about two or three
times as many names as the quota which
the division must furnish. Let us sup
pose that the division must furnish
150 men. In that event they will prob
ably call about 450. so as to have enough
to (get 150 out of the call. One-third of
this number, or 150 men. will be called
to report at the office of the local
board for physical examination on the
fifth day following the call. They will
call a like number, or 150, to report on
the sixth day. They will call a like
number to report on the seventh day.
IF ANY PERSON SO CALLED IS AB
SENT FROM THE JURISDICTION OF
' THE BOARD BY WHICH HE IS CALL-
I ED. OR IF ANY SUCH PERSON IS
SICK AND CAN NOT RESPOND, HE
MAY REPORT FOR PHYSICAL EX
AMINATION ON OR BEFORE THE
• TENTH DAY.
“But it may happen that a person
who is absent will find it impracticable
Ito come back to his home board for the
physical examination, tt may be that
, It will be too expensive for him; it may
Ibe that it will too seriously Interrupt
his business. Provision Is made for such
cases, and I will now state what that
provision is.
RULE FOR ABSENTEES.
“If you are absent from home when
the cail is made you may file an appli
cation or a petition wtih the board that
has jurisdiction of your card for leave
to take your physical examination before
some other board. No particular form
has been prescribed for this petition or
application, but it must be accompanied
by satisfactory proofs of the facts which
• you set up.
“Without undertaking to state every
thing that must be in the petition, I
would say that by all means either the
petition or the affidavits, or both to
gether. should show the following facts;
' “1. Where you now are.
"2. Why you are there.
“3. The name or number of the local
i board where you are to which you de-
L sire the jurisdiction of your case trans
ferred.
“4. The facts making It necessary
for you to be where you are.
“5. What the difficulties are and what
the expense would be for you to go back
to your place of registration.
ATTACH AFFIDAVITS
“«. Such affidavits from yourself or
other persons as will throw light on the
subject should be attached to your peti
tion. ’
“7. Mail it to the local board which
has jurisdiction of your card and let
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917
GOVERNOR ELABORATES
POLICIES HE OUTLINED
IN INAUGURAL SPEECH
Favors State Ownership of
Wharves and Exhaustive
Study of W, & A. Extension.
Urges. Law Changes
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey on Wed
nesday submitted to the house and sen
ate a written message outlining more
fully and in detail the general recom
mendations contained in his inaugural
address.
The message *s a lengthy document,
in which the governor goes into partic
ulars regarding the matters of impor
tance and concern to the state. There
is something of interest to every Geor
gian, whether his interest be In this or
that especial line of state activity, and
it is well worth reading carefully from
star* t« finish.
Perhaps the most interesting single
feature of the message is Governor
Dorsey's recommendation that the state
begin to lay plans for a system of state
owned wharves along the Atlantic coast,
where government-owned merchant ves
sels after the war can discharge and
take on cargoes.
He cal’s attention to Louisiana’s
state-owned wharves at New Orleans, to
California’s state-owned wharves at
San Francisco, and makes the very per
tinent point that Georgia’s harbors and
Georgias commerce will never be de
veloped to the maximum until wharf
age charges are reduced to a minimum
by public ownership and control.
In connection with the suggestion of
state-owned wharves and docks, he sug
gests that the question of extending the
Western and Atlantic railroad to some
port where these wharves or a part of
them are located should be gone into
with the utmost thoroughness. He pro
poses a commission of five citizens not
connected with the railroad or shipping
interests to investigate the whole sub
ject.
Under the head of law reforms the
governor recommends that the age of
consent be raised at least to sixteen
years; that the necessity for grand jury
Indictments be eliminated where defend
ants have been bound over in justice
courts; that provision be made for in
determinate sentences, and that the
state be given the right of appeal in
criminal cases.
He touches on child labor reforms at
length; makes recommendations con
cerning the development of the state
department of agriculture, and urges
Increased food production; under the
head of education he recommends that
the Mate make appropriations to secure
the federal government’s aid in voca
tional education, and strongly insists
on better educational provisions for the
negroes.
He calls attention to the dangerous
neglect of the records In the state
archives.
He recommends that the state health
laws be brought up to date.
He recommends that the governor’s
mansion be sold or exchanged.
He opposes repeal of the tax equaliza
tion law. declaring It should be
strengthened instead of repealed; rec
ommends legislation to compel the re
turn of all personal property, and
strongly urges the adoption of the
budget system.
In conclusion, he recommends that a
committee of the house and senate be
named to take the governor’s message
and go over it in detail, reporting it
back favorably where It meets with
their approval, and adversely where
they disagree with his recommendations.
it contain a request for the transfer.
“This petition or application for
transfer of jurisdiction must be filed
with the local board ON OR BEFORE
THE TENTH DAY AFTER THE CALL.
Note carefully that it can be filed as
late as the tenth day; but note also
that If you are a prudent man you will
file it just as soon as possible. Don’t
wait for the tenth day; act promptly.
Find out that you are called at the
earliest possible moment. Make your
application for transfer at the earliest
possible moment.
When the local board that has juris
diction of your card receives this ap
plication and the accompanying proofs
it will consider the same, and, if it
appears to the board proper to do so.
It will pass an order directing this phy
sical examination by another board, and
will designate In the order the board
that is to make the examination. For
this reason it is important that you
Indicate in In your application the cor
rect name or number (as the case may
be) of the local board to which you
desire the transfer made
BOARD TO DETERMINE.
“When this order is made and duly
certified to the board so designated, that
board will have jurisdiction to deter
mine whether or not you are physical
ly qualified for military service, and.
upon completion of your physical exam
ination, that board will transmit to
your local board a copy of its action,
after which your local board will have
the same authority and give the same
effect to the examination that would
have been ) given it if your original
local board had made the examination.
“If you also desire your claim of
exemption to be considered by the board
where vou are, it is in the power of
your original local board to transfer
that question also; but if you so de
sire. you should make your application
so show.
“If the new board to which your
case is transferred passes upon your
claim for exemption It will transmit
that action also to your original loea.
board. , , ~
“If you are finally found physicall>
subject to military duty, and if you
are not exempted or discharged, the
original local board will certify your
name to the adjutant general of the
state where you registered, and the
balance of the proceedings will be the
same as though your physical examina
tion had been made and your claim of
exemption considered by the original
board where you were registered
”1. The local board for division No.
1 (First and Fifth wards) is at 63 to 65
Inman building
“2. The local board for the second
division (Second ward) is at 317 Cen
tral building (old Temple Court).
“3. The local board for division No. 3
<Third ward) is at 179 Grant street.
“4. The local board for division No. 4
(Fourth ward) is at 63 Edgewood ave
nue in the Hurt building.
I “5. The local board for division No. 5
'(Sixth ward) is at 1003 Flatiron build
ing.
‘‘6. The local board for the sixth di
vision (Seventh and Tenth wards) is at
. the corner of Gordon and Lee streets in
West End
“7. Tit* local board for division No 7
. (Eighth and Ninth wards > is In the
grill room of the • Georgian Terrace
hotel.
“8. The local board for the county
precincta is at the court house.”
IBEU HOUSE DEBATE
ON NEILL PRINim BIEL
Author Speaks for, While Hall
and Fowler Oppose the
Measure
The house of representatives Wed
nesday morning began consideration of
the Neill primary bill which would re
quire the political parties of the-state
to hold their primaries in acordance
with the county unit system.
The bill, fathered by Representative
Cecil Neill, of Muscogee, is the same
measure that has been before the gen
eral assembly at several session and
which was passed in 1915, but was later
vetoed by Governor Harris.
At present the county unit system
has no standing in Georgia primaries
except under party rule. The Democrat
ic party has held some conventions un
der the county unit system when ad
vocates of the county unit system were
in power, and some conventions under
the popular vote plan when those who
favored that plan were in power. The
members of the party In Georgia always
have been about evenly divided for and
against the system.
The Neill bill proposes to disregard
those who oppose the system-and to
hold all primaries to conform to it.
After the third reading of the bill
Wednesday Representative Neill took
the floor to urge its passage. His
chief argument in its favor was the
declaration that it would put an end
to juggling, chicancery and trickery in
state conventions. He said he was glad
that the bill came up in an “off year,'*
when consideration of It would not be
swayed by the close contact of political
issues.
Representative Neill declared that
under his bill a candidate receiving a
majority of county unit votes would be
certain of election without being sub
jected to convention juggling He said
that the county unit system had been
well established in Georgia in many
primaries and that it was the duty of
the legislature to observe the expressed
wishes of the people by making it a
law.
Representative Fowler, of Bibb, op
posing the bill, offered an amendment
requiring that all voters participating
in a party primary should belong to
that party and, if challenged at the
polls, should be required to pledge their
support to the party nominee.
Representative Hall, of Bibb, spoke
against the bill. He pointed out ’hat
under the county unit system a county
having a population of 5.000 has one
third of the voting strength of a coun
ty having a population of 200,000. Car
roll county, he showed, has a larger
number of white voters than either
Bibb. Muscogee or Floyd counties and
yet under the county unit system Car
roll county has only four county votes
as against six each for Bibb, Muscogee
and Floyd.
While we in Georgia have undertaken
to disfranchise the negro, he declared,
the county unit system gives the negro
a big advantage in communities where
negoes constitute a large part of the
population, because the county units
are based on representation and repre
sentation Is based on population. Every
man's vote should count equally in a
Georgia election, .concluded Mr. Hall,
and no man should be elected governor
of Georgia who has not received a
majority of the votes of the white citi
zens of the state, regardless of county
lines.
During the course of Mr. Hall’s
speech. Representative Atkinson, of
Fulton, brought out by questions that
under the Neill bill as It is now drawn,
negroes can claim to be democrats and
demand the right to vote in democratic
primaries, while then It would violate
the thirteenth amendment to the con
stitution of the United States. and
would subject the election of a United
States senator from Georgia to nulli
fication by the senate, which has the
final determination of the validity of
an election of one of its members.
Representative Pickett, of Terrell,
speaking for the bill urged its passage
on the ground that the county unit
system has been repeatedly indorse
by the white voters of the state and
that there is no doubt but that the
sysem embodies their wishes.
A 1 o’clock, with the bill still under
discussion the house adjourned, to
resume its consideration of the bill
Thursday. „ , _
NEW HOUSE BILLS.
The following bills were introduced
on Wednesday in the house.
By Mr. Pace, of Sumter. —To amend
act establishing city court of Americus.
By Mr. Pickren, of Charlton —To pro
hibit trespassing on the tracks and
rights-of-wav of common carriers.
By Cobb delegation—To repeal act au
thorizing board of lights and water
works of Marietta to collect an annual
sewer tax.
By Mr. Brown, of Clarke —To amend
act establishing city court of Clarke
courfty.
By Mr. Woods, of Emanuel and oth
ers—To increase the trustees of the Con
federate Soldiers Home from eleven to
twelve.
By Gwinnett delegation—To amend
act establishing public school system
of Lawrenceville.
By Mr. Burt, of Dougherty—To estab
lish a new charter for the city of Al
bany.
By Cobb delegation—To establish new
charter for town of Roswell.
By Mr. Dorris of Crisp—To amend
I citv charter of Cordele.
| By Mr. Gilmore of Turner—To amend
the town charter of Rebeccah.
By Mr. Clements of Irwin —To trans-
I fer Irwin county from the Cordele
I ludicial circuit.
By Mr. Lanier of Bulloch —To amend
act creating Bulloch county commis
sioners.
By Mr. Davenport of Hall —To limit
the salary of the president of the State
College of Agriculture to $5,000 per
year.
By the Same —To fix the term of office
of fertilizer inspectors.
By Mr. Lowe of Oconee, and Others—
To abolish the fees of the solicitor of
the western judicial circuit.
SENATE LOCAL BILLS.
The house on Wednesday passed the
following senate local bills: -
To fix the salary of the treasurer of
Sumter county.
To establish a city court in Cleveland,
White county.
Conscription in Canada
Is Now Up to Senate
OTTAWA. Ont., July 25.—Conscrip
tion in Canada is up to the senate to
day. having gone through commons. 101
to 44. It will become a law within a
few days. A heavy French vote was
cast against it. Twenty-two Liberals
swung to support of the bill.
As finally drafted, the law is effective
immediately upon receiving royal as
sent. Sir Wilfred Laurier, former pre
mier. opposed the measure vigorously.
He warned dire results would follow
its enforccmerit.
GOETHALS’ OFFER TO
RESIGN IS ACCEPTED
AND DENMAN OUSTED
President Wilson Takes
Sweeping Steps to End De
lay in Building America’s
Great Merchant Marine
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Sweeping
steps were taken by President Wilson
today to put an end to delay in building
America's great merchant marine.
Two resignations—those of Genera]
Goethals, manager of the emergency
fleet corporation, ana Captain White,
member of the shipping board, were ac
cepted. Chairman Denman, of the ship
ping board, was asked to resign,
nounced the appointment of Edward N.
Hurley, Chicago, as chairman of th®
shipping board, and Admiral Capps, na
val constructor, as general manager of
the emergency fleet corporation.
Bainbridge Colby. New York, wag
named In White's place on the shipping
board.
President Vinson tms afternoon sent
to the senate the nomination of Edward
Colby, of New York, to fill the positions
on the United States shipping board va
cated by Chairman Denman and John B.
White.
At the same time the president an-
N. Hurley, of Chicago, and Bainbridge
Mr. Hurley is to serve for six years
and Mr. Colby for three years.
“We will start with a clean sheet,”
the president explained In his letter to
Goethals, accepting the general’s resig
nation offer.
Chairman Denman received the pres
ident’s request for his resignation at
noon, and tendered it immediately.
“I want to help the president in every
way possible,” he said, “and never have
questioned the wisdom of his decisions."
Edward N. Hurley until recently was
chairman of the federal trade commis
sion wnen he resigned to take charge of
his business interests in Illinois.
Bainbridge Colby, a Progressive, is a
prominent business man of New York
and was active in behalf of Wilson’s
candidacy in the last election.
Admiral Capps is a well-known naval
constructor. He was born at Ports
mouth, Va., in 1864. graduated from the
United States Naval academy, has been
chief of the bureau of construction in
the navy for many years. He represent
ed the United States at the international
maritime conference in London In 1913,
and during the last two years has done
extensive work in naval architecture
and marine engineering.
It was evident from the promptness
with which the president acted In every
particular that he had had the "house
cleanfng” in mind for some days.
Official announcement of the accep
tance of the resignations of Goethals
and White was made with publication
of a letter from President Wilson to
Chairman Denman asking for his resig
nation and giving the president’s opin
ion that the only way to end the row
which has delayed the shipbuilding pro
gram was for both Goethals and Den
man to be removed from the situation.
LETTER TO GOETHALS.
In accepting General Goethals' resig
nation, the president wrote:
My Dear General Goethals: Your
letter of July 20 does you great
honor. It is conceived in a fine
spirit of public duty, such as I have
learned to expect from you. This
is, as you say, a case where service
of the public is the only thing to be
considered. Personal feelings and
personal preference must be reso
lutely put aside and we must do
the thing that is most serviceable.
It is with that fact in mind that I
feel constrained to say that I think
that you have interpreted your duty
rightly.
No impartial determination of the
questions at issue can now set the
shipbuilding program promptly and
effectively on its way to comple
tion and success. It is best we take
the self-forgetting course you sug
gest and begin again with a fresh
sheet of paper—oegin not only the
shipbuilding, but the further ad
ministration of the program. The
shipbuilding is. happily, in large
part begun and can now readily be
cleared of debates that have un
questionably darkened it.
With deep appreciation, therefore,
of your generous attitude and with
genuine admiration of what you
have been able in a short time to
accomplish, I accept your resigna
tion and feel that in doing so I am
acting upon your own best judgment
as well as my own.
I hope that you wil] feel that the
people of the country, for whom you
have rendered great services, will
judge you justly and generously in
this as In other things, and that all
personal misunderstandings and
misjudgments that may have been
created will pass in a short time
entirely away.
With warm regard, cordially and
sincerely yours,
WOODROW WTIzSON.
LETTER TO DENMAN.
The president's letter to Denman fol
lows:
My Dear Mr. Denman —I hope
and believe 1 am interpreting your
own best judgment as well as my
own when I say that our duty con
cerning the debate and misunder
standing that have arisen tn con
nection with the shipbuilding pro
gram ought to be settled without re
gard to our personal preference or
our personal feelings, all together
and with the single purpose of do
ing what will best serve the public
interest. No decision we could now
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constipated and your head aches rr
stomach is sour, just take a spoonful of
harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone instea-’
of using sickening, salivating calomel
Dodson’s Liver Tone is real liver medi
cine. You’ll know it next morning be
cause you will wake up feeling fine
your liver will be working, your head
ache and dizziness gone, your stomach
will be sweet and bowels regular. You
will fee] like working. You’ll be cheer
ful; full of vigor and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you a
50-cent bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone
arirve at coifld eliminate the ele
ments of controversy that have
crept into almost every question
in connection with the program; and
I am convinced that the only wise
course is to begin afresh—not upon
the program—for that is already in
large part in process of execution,
but upon the further .execution of it.
I have found both you and General
Goethals ready to serve the public
at a personal sacrifice. Realizing
that the only manner in which the
• way can be completely cleared for
harmonious and effective action is
to carry our shipbuilding plans for
ward from this point through new
agencies. General Goethals has put
his resignation in my hands; and
I have adopted it in the same spirit
in which it was tendered—not as de
ciding between two men whom I re
spect and admire, but in order to
make invidious decisions unneces
sary and let the work be developed
without furtner discussion of what
is past.
I am taking the liberty of writ
ing to tell you this in the confi
dence that you will be glad to take
the same disinterested and self
forgetting course that General Goe
thals has taken. When you have
done as he has done I am sure
that you may count with the ut
most confidence upon the ultimate
verdict of the people of the coun
try with regard to your magnan
imous and unselfish view of public
duty and upon winning in the retro
spect the same admiration and con
fidence that I have learned to feel
for you.
With much regard ad very great
appreciation of the large services
you have rendered.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
The president accepted the resigna
tion of the Hon. John B. White in the
following letter:
My Dear Mr. White: I think
that you have a perfect right to
ask to be relieved of your labors
in the shipping board and I feel
obliged by the argument you have
used to accept your resignation
from the board.
In doing so. however, may I not
express my appreciation of the
sense of the public duty wltn
which you have served and thank
you for the time and labor you
have devoted to the Important
business of a great instrumentality
of government?
Cordially and • sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON.
GEN. GOETHALS’ LETTER.
General Goethals' letter written July
20, offering to resign, follows:
My Dear Mr. President; I beg to
acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of July 19 and wish to ex
press my appreciation of the con
siderate manner in which you have
stated the conclusion which you
have reached.
Tn the project of the “rapid
emergency construction of small
ships” dated March 10, 1917, and
approved by you on April 4. last, it
was stated that "to secure the speed
of production, which is all impor
tant. we feel that the task of se
curing and equipping these ships
should be put in the hands of one
man. Centralized control is essen
tial for rapid and efficient work.”
It was on this understanding on
my part that I undertook the work
at your request.
This understanding was subse
quently confirmed, not only when
I took up the matter with the ship
ping board, but at the hearings be
fore the subcommittee of the com
mittee on appropriations of the
United States senate, where it was
stated that I was to have “abso
lute authority for the administra
tion on the constructing side; that
everything the board could do would
be done, and that it would act on
my suggestion and'inltaltlve." Those
assurances were placed much more
clearly before the members of the
subcommittee on appropriations of
the house of representatives.
HASTE IS IMPERATIVE
“The necessity for snipping makes It
imperative that results be secured as
rapidly as possible. It is results, by
whomsoever obtained, which count after
all. and nothing should be allowed to
interfere with the accomplishment of
this end. I have endeavored to estab
lish harmonious relations with the ship
ping board, but regret to state I have
not succeeded, and it seems impossible
to secure the unison of purpose es
sential to the success of the work. Be
lieving that a centralization of authori
ty In one man is necessary to carry
out the ship-building program rapidly
and successfully, after mature consid
eration on the whole subject. I anl
satisfied that I cannot secure efficient
results under the conditions of your
letter.
“I am convinced, therefore, that the
best interests of the public welfare
would be served if I were replaced by
some one on whom full authority can
be centered and whose personality will
not be a stumbling block. It is my
urgent hope that this solution will
commend itself to you. and. In order
that the work may be delayed as little
as possible by a change, if you deem
it wise, I shall be glad to continue
charge until my successor can be se
lected and remain with him until he has
a thorough knowledge of the organiza
tion that has been built up and ts
able to familiarize himself with the
work that has already been undertaken.
“You may be assured of my loyal a«-
qulesence in the direction given in your
letter and all future orders.
“Yours respectfully,
“GEORGE W. GOETHALS."
under my personal guarantee that it
will clean your sluggish liver better
than nasty calomel; it won't make yot
sick and you can eat anything you want
without being salivated. Your druggis
guarantees that each spoonful wilt start
your liver, clean your bowels and
straighten you up by morning or you
get your money back. Children gladly
take Dodson’s Liver Tone because it
is pleasant tasting and doesn't gripe
or cramp or make them sick.
I am selling millions of bottles of
Dodson's Liver Tone to people who have
found that this pleasant, vegetable liver
medicine takes the place of dangerous
calomel. Buy one bottle on my sound,
reliable guarantee. Ask your druggist
about me.—(Advt.)
GIFT FOR SAMMY?
HERE’S WHAT YOU
MAY SEND TO HIMI
Tobacco and Candy Are’
About All—Cigarettes Should 1
Be American Brands Selling!
Here for 5 Cents
BY L. HARPES LEECH.
WASHINGTON. July 24.—What tc»
send the Sammies?
"Tobacco and candy,” says Unclei
Sam. and that's about all. •
For the present, and probably for the
war. Uncle will not be able to carry*
over seas any fireless cookers, safety
razors. manicure sets, phonographs,
toilet water or cold cream.
That sort of thing is pretty well pro
vided for anyway—to the extent that
a fighting man can use such luxuries.
Soap, bug powder, razors and most
everything a man needs to keep himself
groomed are provided in the regular
army stores.
Movies, music, baseball and tennis
are provided in the base camps. To
bacco. cigarettes, candy and jam are
£lso on sale in the army canteens, but
the war department is willing to taka, •
over any gifts of this sort and distrib
ute them. Vhey should be sent to the.
Depot Quartermaster. U. S. Army. New
York. Prompt delivery is not guaran
teed.
Ship space is too scarce for any othec
gifts. Clothing and hospital comforts
are fully provided in the army Red
Cross stores.
Cigarettes are certain to be the most
acceptable gift to the boys in olive drab.j
It is better to send the ordinary brands
of American cigarettes or smoking to
bacco. The expensive Turkish and
Egyptian dope sticks are appreciated by|
only a few of the troops. The native
American cigarette, which sella here
for 5 cents a package, is the real swell'
smoke in England or the continent All
are called Virginias.
The cigarettes and tobacco sold ill
French shops are vile.
Candy sent to the Sammies should ba
packed in tin foil or waxed paper. Pre*
serves, jam or marmalade should be in
tin cans or tightly sealed with wax if
in glass jars.
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■
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%
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Be strong, well and vigorous, with no morq
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For many forms of bladder trouble or weak,
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To prove The Williams Treatment conquers
kidney and bladder diseases, rheumatism and all
other ailments when due to excessive uric acid,
no matter how chronic or stubborn, if you have
never tried The Williams Treatment, we will
give one 50c bottle (32 doses; free if you will
cut out this notice and send it with your name
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Dept. G. Post office Building, East Hampton,
Conn. Send at once and you will receive by
parcel post a regular 50c bottle, without charge
and without incurring any obligation.— (Advt.J
