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VOL. 5. NO. 213.
ATHENS, GA, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1917.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. *5.00 PER YEAR.
219 FOR, 98
Senate Will Take Similar Action Before Mid-
* night, Opposition to Conscription
Bill Admits
—3—r~ —r
House Cheers Wihlly When Affiynative Vote "Is An
nounced—Cheering and Stamping Deafening When;
Negative Vote Is Announced--Speaker Champ Clark
and Representative Jeannette Rankin Cast Their
Votes For Volunteer Plan—Believed That When Rec
ord Vote Comes Marty of the 98 Voting Against Meas
ure Will Cast BaHots in Favor of SCfective Con
scription. i
# ; : —— i
(By J. P. YodeR United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, D. C., April 28.—The nation will raise its armies
0 -«fby selective conscription.
The house so voted just before noon today. The senate will
vote likewise before midnight tonight—barring the completely
unexpected. Anti-conscriptionists admit this.
^he house vote was 279 to 98 in favor of the president’s and
" the war college plan to at once raise an arniy of 500,000 for serv
icer at smile future date, in Europe if needed.
Miss Jeannette Rankin, first woman to hold a seat, voted
against consumption. She cast her vote without incident.
The house vote wa%on the Kahn amendment to the ahny bill
• as reported by Chairman Dent’s military committee., The Dent
bill authorized the president first to try raising an army in the old
. fashioned way—by the volunteer system. Kahn’s amendment
turned the bill into what President Wilson and his war headl 1
'wanted—a straight ouAuid-out selective conscription method.#
Josephus Daniels j
A Private Marine \
(By United Prcia.) *.
New York*- April 28.—Jjnsephiia
Daniels, aj;dd 21, eldeit eon or Secre
tary Daniels, enlisted 18 the United
t, States marine corps reserves * a
private this afternoon, it eras an
nounced at headquarters here. He
enlisted in Washington. Young Dan
iels will be sent to the League laland
navy yards, Philadelphia, for training.
Hia enlistment etas one' of tha first
five to begin the marines to briar
the marine corpe up 17,400 men ful
war strength.
HO]
ME&
, CHEERS RENT HOUSE.
• The house cheered wildly? as the
affirmative vote was announced.
V When, to thewurprise of members,
subsequent announcement of the neg-
• ativo vote-showed that 08 for tho vol
unteer plan the cheering and stamp
ing was deafening. ,
There was no record vote. That
will come later. Tho house, when the
vote was taken, was in committee of
the whole. A roll cajj.. will come
later in the day.
Speaker Clark, firm to the last,
, voted for the volunteer plan along
with Miss Jeanette Rankin, who
asked her constituents if she must
“stand alone" for conscription.
There never . was a doubt of tho
vote after Representative Saunders,
of Virginia, in the speaker’s chair as
chairman of the committee on the
whole, announced a yote would be
taken on the Kahn amendment and
asked for ayea. m .,
A tremendous shout arose.
A somewhat weaker shout greeted
the chairman's request for the
“noos.” The chairman then asked for
tellers—the nearest to a roll vote
that can be obtained.in a session of
"the committee of tho whole.
CRUSH OF MEMBERS AND
CLERKS.
The mob, swirling, suriing, that
looked as if it include^ every con
gressman — and their clerks — In
■ Washington arose and joined in a
crush at the front of the chamber,
ready to walk between Chairman
Dent and Representative Kahn, the
tellers, up the center aisle of the
house to show they were {pr the
Kahn amendment.
* When the recoitf vote does come,
many members predicted, many of
tho A 98 who voted against the presi
dents plan. wilUhave switched, there
by makinJPthe vote against the vol
unteer plan even greater than that
recorded while the body was acting
in committee of the whole.
ROOSEVElTl' OVERSHADOWS
ALU IN’ SENATE DEBATE
The Roosevelt plans overshadowed
all other isauea in the senate today as
the conacription army bill nears a
vote. ; 7 , _
At last a debate between influen
tial senators, three being ift favor of
the Harding amendment to permit
Roosevelt to recruit a volunteer di
vision. They were Harding, Lodge
and John Sharp Williams. . , —. — - , - ■, , „ ..
"Gentlemen, this: is not a party Jthe first time in Anglo-Saxon hi-
.war it is :in American war," Senator story that a nation has resorted to the
. I»dgc said as he mad. a vigorous [draft at the beginning of the war.
speech in favor of the Roosevelt divis-1 “Conscription is always the last
ion. "For Heaven’a sake," shouted
the veteran Massachusetts senator,
"is there any reason why ho shouldn't
bo allowed to offer hia ljfa for what
ha'believes most sacred?”
He declared Roosevelt was the only
man in tha country.who could raise
a division and to lot him do so would
not injure tho principle of universal
service. Lodge dwelt upon |
effect of a former presidei
American troops, in Europe.
Senator Williams, of Mississippi,
one of the president's moat loyal sup-
K rters, in either heuse, agreed with
dge, biit asserted that.while R<
velt was competent to command a
I It, ht was not fitted to lead a
out that
lead a.di
vision.
PROVIDES ADVANCE GUARD *
OF AMERICAN IDEOI
"For us to authorise Roosevelt
raise hia army would be legiiiatlon
which will make possible a volunteer
army for immediate and intensive
training, to be recruited by Colonel
Roosevelt, former commander-in-
chief of the United States army and
navy," Ranting said. -~
"It provides the advance guard of
American ideals, bearing the ori-
flaDime of new world Hbgrty, new
world civilisation and new world hu
manity. and armed usurance of our
everlasting committal to maintain
our national right.
“Our people have wondered why
the typical American tender and the
typical Rooseveltian tender of the
volutneer force should' find'no/en
couraging American response.”
Harding declared the proposed
josevelt division would “give form
» a Rooseveltian expression of eager
d ready Americanism and to pro
vide an army of Americans who be
lieve in him and bis gospel of Ameri
canism."
“And surely the interest is not a
matter of politics here at home. God
forbid there should be anywhere in
places high or humble any narrow
prejudices or partisanship in these
solemn 'days of a-. great American
wMMT , ’’ . . -iT
“There will be amazement through
the land if this proposition is de
feated. There will be an imputation
of motive for which neither the con
gress or the executive ought to give
• BEGOT UNDER
* CONSCRIPTION LAW
“(By'United Press.)
i Washington, D. C., April 28.—The
first 600,000 men for tho army to he
railed under the selective conscrip
tion will be called to the colors about
September 1 or thoreabouts, the sec
retary of war announced late today.
The first national registration day
will be within thirty days from. pas
sage of the bill—in other words
about June 1. It will probably be
denominated by presidential procla
mation.
The president will call upon all
able-bodied citizens to come forward
voluntarily and register at voting
booths. Slackers will be gone after
later. It ia expected 7,000,000 men
will be registered, in the opinion of
Secretary Baker. Of these, 600,000
or 700,000 will be chosen by the' jury
wheel system..
After physical, industrial and other
exemptions are made of the men, the
’first 600,000 will be placed Inglmme-
diatc training. \
The exemption machinery, the war
department stated, will be conducted
as far as possible under the guidance
of loea^ authorities.* *
SECRETARY WILSON
ASKS $2^14,246
FOIJ WAR EXPENSES
(By United Press.)
Washington, D. C„ April 28—Sec
retary of Labor Wilson today submit
ted to congnse estftnatee totalling
12,314*246 for war expenses. Items
included $1,000,000 for guarding and
maintaining internad enemy aliens.
An itein of
$08 additional
■tent’s employment bureau, presuma
bly to obtain farm labor.
EARTHQUAKE DESTROYS
« AN’ ENTIRE VILLAGE
Rome, April )HL-»The entire village
Of Monterchi. was destroyed in the
earthquake of yesterday, according to
word received here today. Complete
casualties are not yet available. ■
Ten ^rsons were fettled • In the
earthquiM shocks in Tuscany and
Umbria, ah offtclaLstatement assert
ed today. Thirty pereons ware se
verely injured .’Citema was almost
completely Wretked,, thirty being
caught in the wreckage and injured.
At A’ngihard and San Sepoicio there
was great damage done, but-no lives
lost. Most of the inhabitants of the
stricken districts have fled in terror
of other shbeks and are canlping out
in the open.
Half of Village Of Oppy Cap
tured In Desperately 4l
Fighting—Arlcux Also Falls
to Tremendous British As
sault—Fighting Progressing
in Other Sections on -a Tre
mendous Scale of Intensity.
Marshal Haig’s Offensive Still
Gaining Ground Around Gav-
relle.
(By William Philip ’Simms, United
Press Stag Correspondent.)
With the British Armies Afield,
April 28.—British troops hare turned
the German "Wotan line.”
Half of the village of Oppy—be
lieved to be tho northernmost town
of this German defense front—was
captured today in desperately hot
fighting.
Arleux, a trifle further to the
irth, also fell to tha tremendous
British assault
Information from other sections'
of the British front reaching the
spot from which this dispatch it
written detailed fighting on a tre-
Dangerous Area
Is Now Extended
(By United Preaa.)
Washington, L7. C, April 28.-
Great Britain, has extended he:
“dangerous area” and warned al
shipping of this fact
The new area stretches out -to
more than double the si^ of the
mlafe Mg ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 1 "
Gerinmi; '
Dutch
of the mine field England tightens
her blockade of Germany and forces
shipping destined for the Scandinav
ian countries, lo siwng out in vast
semi-circle from the heretofore
straight line route.
The new mine field will make it
cn more difficult than before for
Germany to send out either naval or
ial vessels Tor the’ new zone
ret
'tive mines.«
FORD AUTOANDTEN KEGSARE
PINCHED AT JEFFERSON
BY SHERIFF
Yesterday afternoon there was :i
Ford car with two white men in it
to pass through Jefferson. The car
seemed to be pretty well filled with
kegs and one of the men seemed so
be making an unnecessary amount
of noise. They stopped the tar in
front of one of the stores in that
place and it was seen that one of
thorn, the one driving the car, was
Ivan intoxicated condition.
Tho man who runs the store colled
BOMYAllWILLHAIC STRIKFS
REPRESENT UNITED
STATE?
mendoustecale of iniquity. . tho sheriff and tried to get him for
Arountr Oppy and ^rieux it was sevormi minutes. In the meantime
still progressing ^.after a night of
never-ceasing clashes. The armies
on both sides swayed back and forth
ip tho struggle. But the latest re
port today showed the British still in
possession of half of Oppy and alt of
Arleux—and beating back desperate
German eoulter-attacka.
- Around Gevrtll, ■ Haig’s offensive
was still gaining ground. A steady
stream of prisoners from this
bloody angle were being shifted back
of the lines. n .
To the sonth, as part of hit gigan-
' Haig's troops were •
' ‘ ' II. They
ioward Greenland hill.
itein of $760,000 was askad for hard and fast at massed Genpan
Iditional employes in ths depart- forces » and hwarmed over ' into a
German trench running south of tho
TREMENDOUS BLOWS 8TRUCK.
There they stuck fast despite tre
mendous blows launched by the Ger
mans. Not even literal melting away
of the German attackers in the face
of murderous machine gun firs and
British
tho
dn the 1
i artillery atop-
curteji _
ped the "desperate enemy eounter-at-
acks. The German losses are stag
gering in these attacks.
. At the present moment the most
bitter fighting, homver, was appar
ently in progress Icrthe woods to tho
weft . of Roeux—just above the
resort of democracy," he laid.
MILLION TRAITORS HERE,
SAYS JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS
In a scathing speech against pro-
Germanism, Williams declared there
are one million traitors in America.
“I want to weed ’em out,” he said.
“That’s why I want conscription?’
"Of the ten million Gprman-Amec;
leans in the country probably nine
million are loyal.’ <•
As senate debate continued a sec
ond fight, was precipitated immediate
ly when as the clerk commenced read
ing the rest of the bill, a Florida rep
resentative, Cears, with the assist
ance of a fellow member tried to get
recognition to , make a _ left-over
speech. He was finally squelched.
Representative. Moore, of Pennsylva
nia followed .with an amendment to
make the conscription a plain draft
proposition eliminating the "selective"
feature for fear of favoritism.'
Representative Mason, Illinois,
arouseil the dormant volunteer pro
ponents when discuasing the amend
ment he said.
"This amendment removes the coat
of sugar from the bitter pill of the
draft servitude. Jesuit of Nazareth
on the cross, was a volunteer.
"The gentWtnen on each side of
hin^were conscripts.”
Sca’rpe. Here the forest was liter
ally beixg Mowed down by artillery
fire atjd .the most stained red with
rivulets of blood' as the Germans
madly attacked; were locked iq bit
ter confijct; then thrown back—only
to re-form end attack again.
Meanwhile the Britlah inched fur
ther and further forward.
“ROARING BILL”
GORDON BURNED
IN EFFIGY FRIDAY
(By United Frees.)
Cleveland, Ohio, April 28.—"Roar
ing Bill" Gordon, Cleveland con
gressman, who opposed the adminis
tration conscription measure, was
burned in effigy here. Students of
hVestern Reserve University today
discovered a life-size straw dummy
tied to a stake and burned. The fig
ure was labelled “ ‘Roaring Bill’ Gor
don.”
BANK STATEMENT
New York, April 28.—The actual
weekly bank statement today shows
the following changes.
Surplus decreased $9,256,980. Loans
decreased $2,068,000. Reserve in
own vaults increased $2,565,000 Re
serve in Federal Reserve banks da-
creased $16,519,000. Reserve in other
depositories increased $925,000.
Net demand deposits decreased
$17,174,006.
Net time deposits increased $2,823,-
000. |
Circulation increased $67,000.
Aggregate reserve $746,606,000.
the 'men found that they would be
arrested if they relmiined in that
place very long and'stnrted the jit
ney at full speed towanl the rear of
the court house. It wus said that
they made the turn on two wheels
and then got a fresh start down the
road at a very rapid rate of speed.
When the sheriff, was found and
told of the men and what they were
doing ha and a party darted to chase
them. They caught them ecvcral
milea 'out of Jeffereon and brought
(bent back and locked one at tho
men up on a warrant for having whis
key in bis possession.
It was also found that the men
had Juet left the vicinity of Athi
and that they had four empty 1
gallon kega in the car as well
some empty bottles. If they die-
charged their cargo in Athene, it is
assured that there will be eome large
number of drunke pinched during the
next few days.
WAR CONTINUANCE
OR PEACE TURKEY^
IS PREPARED FOR
(By John P. Graridens, United Preaa
Staff Correspondent,
n, (Vis London), April 28—
is ready
peace—or
heady for a continue^, war," declared
Talaat Pasha, Turkish' vizer, here for
a conference with Berlin officials.
“Turkey doea not desire annexa
tion' of territory, and she has mili
tary strength enough to hold out in
definitely. Our harvest prospects this
year are of tho best
“We have'not altered one whit our
‘treatment of Americana because of
America's assumption of belligerency
against the central powers.’’
(By United Press.)
Washington, D. C., April 28.—Tho
question whether to make tho new
army tn be conscripted "bone-dry”
caused a litter fight in the senate late
this afternoon, l^io committee had
offered an amendment making the
army dry. Senator McKclier offered
another late this afternoon, making
the amendment more drastic. McKei-
teria amendment to the committee
amendment was addpted, 57 to 30..
Before the legislative snarl was
’over the senate had voted 39 to? 48
tainat atbling the proposition pro-
bition question, and had adopted
inator Underwood's amendment to
Senator McKellar’s amendment. The
Underwood amendment, adopted by a
roll call vote of 45 to 43, would make
congress bone-dry.
McKellar’s amendment would make
it a crime punishable by a heavy pen
alty to give or sell to officers or any
person connected with the army
either on or off duty.
Under the Underwood amendment
it would be a crime carrying a severe
penalty to give or sell a federal leg
islator liquor.
"1 assume you’ve adopted the Mc-
Kcllar amendment for the welfare of
the nation," Underwood said. "We
need as cool heads and good judgment
in the dome of the capital as we do
in the camp. I am not favorable to
the idea of invading personal liberty
but I don't consider myself any bet
ter than the boy from ray district. We
want to -be good soldiers."
Senator Hoke Smith assailed the
amendment as "bringing ridicule upon
what we’ve already done. What mem-,
here of the cabinet should be included
in the prphibition was suggested by
Thomas, of Colorado.
RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS
' VOTE MAY DAY STRIKE
(By United Prepk.)
Amsterdam, April 28 Directly
contrary to. the government's appeals,
the socialists minority in the Reich
stag .and the Prussian Landtag have
adopted resolutions fdvoring a gener
al strike on May Day, according to
Berlin dispatches today.
AUSTRIAN PAPERS SUPPORT
Amsterdam, April 28.—“A twenty-
four hour general starike on May I
would prove we agree with the Rus
sian proletariat’s own’desire and that
we war without demand for annexa
tion of land nor indemnities," de
clared the Vienna Arbeitcr Zeitung
today.
Vienna dispatches received here in
dicated other Austrian newspapers be
sides the Arbeiter Zeitung was sup
porting tha general May Day strike
T
S
AT
ENEMY
AMERICAN COLORS
FLYING FROM THE
EIFfEL TOWER
(By United Prese.)
Paris, Aprjl 28.—For the present at
least, France has derided the Ameri
can flag topping Eiffel Tower, shall
remain there daily with the French
tri-color.
Makes Morning Attack on Front
Several Miles North of the
Scarpe—Considerable Opposi
tion Encountered, But Good
Progress Reported Made.
Fighting Along Entire Line of
Great Drive in Progress'Dur
ing Day—Internal Discontent
Disrupting Germany.
(By United Frees.)
4x>ndon. April 28.—Field Marshal
Haig .struck another tremendous blow
at the German lines today in a pow
erfully revived offensive ovar a front
of several miles north of the Scarp*,’*
ported, “meeting considerable
opposition, but making good pro
gress.” % V
Battle front dispatches indicated
violent fighting »till in progress dur
ing the day along the whole line of
this g # reat # drive.
Germany is draining her empire
of men to throw against ttie onrueh-
ing waves of the Franco-Britiih ml-
fensive. Necessity of interposing
some check to the steady advance of
the allied forces on the west front
is being desperately felt by the n^l-
Itary chiefs, who realize the grow
ing discontent in Germuny, manifest
in various strikes, in socialist peace
propagaada, in dissatisfaction over
shrinking rations, in agitation tor
greater participation n governmental
affairs by the people. 4
Information received here toddy
from the German empire via Holland
indicated this condition in the ce®-’
tral,empire today.
GERMAN FORCES SUPERIOR.
Dispatches now Indicate that Ger
many is opposing the Franco-British
advance with forces^far superior to
the attacking armies. And still,
these divisions no more than alow up
(Continued on page 0.)
REGULAR WEEKLY
MEETING FRIDAY
Selective Conscription and
How It Will Be Put
Into Effect
(By J. Van Holt Nazh, Adjutant Gen
eral of Georgia.)
Selective conreription will ba put
into effect by means of state laws.
The governor will direct the ordi
nary jof Jlch county to furnish the
MUMS and age* Of all male residents
of the county between 18 and 45 years.
These name* would be secured by
a census of each county taken under
the direction of the ordinary.
The war department would next
decide the ages of the men it wanted
conscripted, and as adjutant general
I would notify all such men to report
for military duty at an assigned place.
Not later than fifteen days after re
ceiving his report, any one designated
for military duty could file an affi
davit of exemption with the ordinary
and I would consider such affidavits.
Ail those married, or wno could
show they had dependents, such as
mother or sister, would be excused.
All engaged in an occupation neces
sary to the general welfare would be
excused.
And, in addition, we would carefully
examine each man ordered up for
service and reject those wlp> were
physically unfit.
So, you see. conscription doesn't
mean taking every one. It means se
lecting those who ought to serve in
the army and exempting those who
ought to stay at home.
Yesterday afternoon the director*
or the Chamber of Commerce held a
most interesting Meeting in „ the
rooms of thut organization at 4
o’clock. The meeting was declared
to be one of the best that has ever
been held and a good attendance
of the board was on hand when, it
was called to order by the president.
One of the important matter*
brought up and discussed at length
was. that of the cannery for Athens.
The account of which appeere'ill'
another section of the paper. -
Another important matte* brought
up at the meeting was that of seed
ing speakers from the Chamber t of
Commerce and the State College of
Agriculture to the various sectltM
of Jackson county to speak to
farmers and tell them how they nuiy
be able to conserve their food ctpV
this year.
The matter of having
of the chautauqua committee
itsg taken up and it was decided *
that committee would hold
ing on Monday afternoon to
and complete final arrangement!
the Redpath Chautauqua which
be here on May 15. It is to be h
that all of the members of this <
rnittee will be on hand whin
'meeting is called to order.
IUATEHALA
GERMAN E
(By Unite* Preaa.)
'Vaahinffton, D. C., April!
Guatemala has broken rolatl
Germany and
minister t'
* annouu
today.
