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VOL. V. NO. 16
SENATE PASSES AVIATION AND FOOD BILLS
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Three Districts Created for Geor-!
gia, Each to Have Five Arbiters
Who Shall Settle Questions of
Exemption From Service.
Uncle Sam to Begin Putting Men
Into New Army Within Few*
Weeks—Drawing Completed |
and Details Explained. I
The men who shall sit in final
Judgment in Georgia on all appeals
for exemption from the selective draft
were designated yesterday by Presi
dent Wilson, and announced last
night in a telegram from Enoch
Crowder, provost marshal general, to
Governor Dorsey.
There will be three appellate boards
in Georgia, one for the Northern
Federal Judicial District, which in
cludes Atlanta, and two for the
southern district.
Each board contains representa
tives of the following interests: La
ber, agriculture, industry, law and
medicine. The appointments follow:
Northern district:
Dr. E. C. Davis, Atlanta, surgeon.
Thomas V. B. Lumpkin, Carters
ville, agriculture.
James D. Massey, Columbus, in
dustry.
W. P. Raoul, Atlanta, labor.
E. J. Reagan, McDonough, law,
Southern district (division one):
E. T. Comer, Millham, agriculture.
A. R. Lawton, Savannah, law.
Dr. T.- M. Mglntosh, Thomasviile,
surgeon. :
L. J. Smith, Waycross, labor.
W. J. Vereen, Moultrie, industry,
Southern district (division two):
James 1. Anderson, Macon, labor.
W. C. Davis, Dublin, law.
W. H. Felton, Macon, industry.
D. A. A, Smith, Hawkinsville, sur
geon.
John T. Williams, Round Oak, agri
culture.
The appointments followed without
canange a suggested list submitted by
Governor Harris before his retire
ment,
According to instructions in the
telegram to Governor Dorsey, the ap
pointees will be notified at once, and
requested to designate permanent
headquarters for each board. The
board for the northern district prob
ably will establish headquarters in
Atlanta Monday.
The first division of the squthern
digtrict will include the eastern, Al
bany and southwestern subdivisions
of that district, including Savannah,
Albany ¢nd Columbus. The second
division board will have jurisdiction
over the western and northwestern‘
subdivisions, including Macon and
Augusta., The two divisions are un
equally divided as to populatlon.‘
there being a disparity of about 90,-
000 inhabitants between them. How
ever, the assignment represents as
nearly as possible an equal division
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Summoning of Men
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To Begin Next Week
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 21.—Now
comes the actual draft.
Within five days in the East and
within two weeks in the West the
Government will begin taking men out
of the homes and putting them into
the arm\.
The next steps to be taken toward
raising the army of 687,000 ordered by
President Wilson were enumerated by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
day in the following official state
ment:
“The drawing is complete and has
been apparently successful, The offi
'lal tally sheets have been compared,
sent to the printer and the proof is
being received. Final copies will be
Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
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Pigs in Society Now;
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Wartime Prices Give
Porker New Status
The importance of pig raising in
war times and the interest being
felt in Fulton County in the de
velopment of a greater meat sup
ply is being demonstrated by the
entry into the ranks of pig rais
ers of many of Fulton's promi
nent and wealthy men, as shown
Saturday by report compiled in
the office of T, G. Chastain and
Carl Wallace, United States Gov
ernment experts and farm demon
strators for this county.
Among those listed in the class
of pig raisers are V. H. Kriegs
haber, J. K. Ottley, E. R. Dußose,
Oscar Mills, B. F. Burdett, C. F.
Moody, Virlyn B. Moore, Profes
sor J. W, Simmens, County School
Superintendent; Professor C. T.
Clotfelter, of the county schools,
and others.
All of these have purchased
blooded pigs and have gone into
the pig industry in earnest. It is
expected that several of them will
exhibit their pigs at the South
eastern Fair this fall.
Announcement was made Satur
day that Mr. Ottley has offered a
handsome silver loving cup as a
prize to the winner in the boys’
pig clubs in the contest at the
fair. This offer was expected to
stimulate increased interest among
the boys, 100 or more of whom
already have signified their inten
tion of entering the contest.
Their Pride in City
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Cost County Credit
Members of the county exemption
board Saturday were of the opinion
that the county had lost much of its
registration credit, for the reason that
many men whose homes are in the
country districts registered as from
“Atlanta,’
The county was given credit for but
95 enlistments, while practically this
number was said to have enlisted
from two of the large districts, East
Point and College Park. As a result
of this small credit, the county will
‘have to furnish almost as many men
for the draft army as the city of At
lanta
The matter will be investigated, but
it was not known Saturday whether
there would be a chance of remedying
it and thus increasing the county’s
credit figures, \
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Mass. Makes Quota
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In Army Enhsfiments‘
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 21.—Massa
chusets has completed its quota of
6,732 men for the regular army, the
War Department announced today.
That State today has furnished 6,817
recruits. The total number of re
cruits for the regular army yesterday,
draft day, was 1,348, Pennsylvania
led with 200, New York was second
with 175 and Ohio third, with 87.
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Railroad Inspector
Badly Cut by Negro
H. Q. Collins, an inspector of cars
for the Western and Atlantic Rail
road, was severely cut on his head,
arms and shoulders yesterday after
noon by a negrop in Inman Yards. Po
lice early today were looking for a
man named Lucius Smith as the al
leged assailant.
Collins was taken to the Atlanta
Hospital, where he was said at mid
night to be likely to recover,
If Your Investment Is Limited
It is over in the Want Ad section and it contains an ex
ceptionally splendid lot of opportunities to buy a good car
at a moderate cost.
The fact that the cars have been used does not detract
from either their appearence or the service they will give.
You will find them repainted and put in good repair and
not one of them but is capable of giving its full measure of
satisfactory service.
You may feel like affording a new car later, but until you
do the used cars offered for sale in The Sunday Ameri
can’s Automobile page today are splendid, worth-while in
vestments.
Tires and storage batteries are also offered at the most
reasonable prices.
Investigate the claims of these cars NOW. It will take
only a minute of your time and will most probably serve
as your opening to a world of real pleasure.
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| State Must Furnish 18,337 Men
for New Army, Atlanta’s Share
Being 882 — Fourth Ward
‘ Heads List With 154,
lExaminations Before Exemption
| Boards Expected to Begin July
31 and Continue Three Days.
’ Official Lists Due Thursday.l
The way is clear for the local ex
emption boards of Georgia to start
selecting the State's share of the first
national army. It was expected that
examinations would begin July 31.
Governor Dorsey yesterday issued a
proclamation announciwg that alto
gether 27,162 Georgians must serve.
’()f this number 8,825 already have en
|tervd some branch of the service,
| leaving’ 18,337 men to be obtained by
il!mft as the State's net quota.
| Supplementing the proclamation,
Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash
made public the numbers each divi
sion of the State should be required
to furnish.
The Division’s Quota.
. From Atlanta 882 men will be se
lected, distributed among the various
divisions as follows:
Division No. 1, Wards 1 and 5—155.
Division No. 2, Ward 2—llo.
Division No. 3, Ward 3—llo
Division No. 4, Ward 4—ls4.
Division No. 5, Ward 6—136.
Division No. 6, Wards 7 and 10—88.
Division No. 7—Wards 8 and 9—129,
Fulton County (exclusive of Atlan
ta)—264,
It was shown by the Adjutant Gen
eral's statement that Macon would be
called upon for 209 men and Augusta
124.
To Call Twice Quota.
Double the number desired will be
summoned by the exemption boards
on the first call in order to allow for
ineligibles. The call is to be issued
shortly after official lists of selected
numbers are received. The lists now
are being prepared by Government
printers, and probably will reach the
boards by Thursday.
Examination of those called will be
distributed over three days, a third of
the total being examined each day.
The first third will be required to ap
pear before their boards five days aft
er notices are sent them.
Illinois War Council
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, July 21.—The State
Council of Defense today informed
Illinois coal operators that the price
of coal must be reduced or the Leg
islature would be invoked to make
an inquiry and the State would take
necessary action te fix supply und‘
price. l
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1917.
U. S. Quartermaster
Refuses to Buy Sweet
Potatoes for Army
Because of what appears to be
a flat refusal by the Federal au
thorities even to 80 into the mat
ter presented to them by the State ‘
Market Bureau, Georgia farmers |
stand to have an increased yield |
of 3,000,000 bushels of sweet po
tatoes on their hands to dispose of
elsewhere than where they ex
pected to be able to place them.
The estimated yield for Georgia
this year will be 10,000,000 bush
els.
When the list of articles for
subsistence of the national army
was made up and t he State Mar
ket Bureau made an examination
of it, it was found that sweet po
tatoes are not included. Immedi
ately this fact was drawn to the
attention of the quartermaster
general in Washington, and at the
same time every member of the
Georgia delegation in Congress
was notified and asked to find out
why, in view of the fact that
Georgia farmers had so unstint
edly responded to the call of the
Federal Government to plant
heavily of food crops, this over
sight had occurred in making up
the list of articles to be used by
the army for food.
The State Market Bureau Sat
urday received a letter from the
quartermaster general's depart
ment, which indicates that that
department is not disposed even
to go into the matter of the use
of sweet potatoes, and very prob
ably will not now include them in
its list of supplies unless some ac
tion by Congressmen brings about
a change. The communication
says the list was made up by med
ical experts, and that the wishes
of some men were consulted in
the matter of supplies to be used,
and that sweet potatoes were not
among the things recommended.
The State Department explains
this by the fact that this potato
is primarily a Southern staple
food article, and those people who
were concerned with the make-up
of the quartermaster general's
list are not familiar with it.
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Peach Shipments
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To Reach Big Figure
With the close Saturday night of
the heaviest shipments of Georgia
peaches for this season, and with the
shipment to date of nearly 3,900 car
loads to Eastern, Northern and West
ern markets, it became certain that,
the maximum estimate of 4,000 car
loads made at the beginning of the
season by General Manager B. J.
Christman, of the Georgia Fruit Ex
change, would be fully realized.
The Fruit Exchange, which has
handled more than 85 per cent of the
crop, states prices have held up re
markably well, in spite of the fact
that during the past two weeks the
fruit ripened rapidly and there was
necessarily a tremendous movement.
And prices will go still higher for the
remainder of the season.
Mystery of Empty
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Capsule Explained
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 21.—The mys
tery the single number and the
‘empt’{capsule in the draft drawing
was explained to the Secretary of
War by Enoch H. Crowder, judge ad
‘vocato general of the army. General
Crowder's memorandum to the Sec
retary follows:
“We closed the drawing between 2
and 3 o’'clock this morning. We
found precisely 10,500 capsules in the
urn and the only mishap was that
one of the capsules contained no num
ber. When the fact was discovered
! threw the capsule back into the urn
to await developments, We drew
it out last and assigned it the last
number on the list.”
Britain Decides to
Start Air Reprisals
(By International News Service,)
LONDON, July 21.—-England is to
adopt measures of reprisal for the
murderous German air raids over this
and other British cities, it was an
nounced in Parliament today.
For some time the British peo
ple have been clamoring for retalia
tory air raids over German cities,
Berlin itse!f if possible.
FRANCIS OUIMET DRAFTED.
BOSTON, July 21.—Francis Ouimet,
Western golf champion and former
national amateur and open title hold
er, was among those drafted. His
number was the 127th drawn.
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Petrograd Makes Grave Admis
sions Indicating That Disaster
Threatens Brusiloff’'s Armies
in Galicia—2s-Mile Wedge.
Crown Prince Suffers Heavy Loss
es in Futile Attacks on the
Aisne—Penetrates French Line
but Is Driven Back Immediately‘
(By International News Service.)
LLONDON, July 21.—General Brusil
off’s “death battalions” that flung
themselves against the Teuton front
in Galicia in the first days of the
present month are now in disorderly
retreat upon the greater part of an
eighty-mile front from twenty miles
south of Brody to Halicz.
~ The Germans have broken through
‘the Russian lines ‘on a front of forty
lkilometera (twenty-five 'miles) on
‘both sides of the Zlochoff-Tarnopol
‘mad, and are hard on the heels of
‘the retreating Muscovites. Only in
isolated sectors are the latter fighting
rear-guard actions. The retreat on
so wide a front has forced all Rus
sian forces to the southwest of the
Kolomea-Halicz road to waver and
fall back, though in this region Brus
iloff's Cossacks are still ighting stub
bornly. § : |
From Petrograd today came grave
admissions of the disaster that
threatens the Russian Galiclan armies.
The German activity has spread far
to the south, to the Roumanian front,
and far to the north, to the Smorgon-
Krovo sector, between Dvinsk and
Pinsk.
In the west the German Crown
Prince continued during the last
twenty-four hours his frantic efforts
to find a weak spot in the French line
through which he may bregk.
In two attacks of the most violent
character he did succeed ‘n penetrat
ing the French first lines on the
Aisne, southeast of Cerny, but the
French came back with unimpaired
striking power and thrust the Teutons
back into their own lines. Heavy
losses were inflicted on the Teutons,
Paris says.
Sir Douglas Haig reported only
raids today.
Berlin describes the Aisne attacks
as a “bold coup d’etat by Westphalian
regiments, which, it is asserted, netted
them 100 prisoners.
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Finland Secedes
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And Defies Russia
(By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, July 21.—The “Ire
land of Russia” flung its final word of
deflance at the Russian provision
Government today and promptly
translated it into action. The Fin
nish diet passed a bill declaring Fin
land’'s absolute independence from
Russia as a separate autonomous
state, In taking this action the sep
aratists openly admitted that they
were taking advantage of Russia's
plight. They argued in the Diet that
Russia, confronted as she is with
terrific difficulties at home and at
the front, will not be able to try to
redress Kinland's disafrection by the
force of arms,
Kerensk, who is now Premier, is
face to face with a problem of stag
gering gravity., As Minister of War
~he still retains that portfolio in
addition to the premiership—he was
farced today to issue the saddest offi
cilal account on record in any coun
try at war.
“Our troops,” read his statement,
“on the whole did not show the neces
sary stability and at some points dldi
not fulfill military commands and
consequently they continue to retire.”
With disaster on the march in Ga
licia and the German big guns boom
ing on the Riga-Dwinsk front whlch‘
runs roughly parallel with Finland’'s
southern border, any military steps
to enforce Russia's authority in Fin
land seem out of the question. On
the ocher hand, to leave the Finnish
secession unchallenged would be in
viting the Ukraine and many other
provinces to follow Finland's lead.
(Copyright 1913 by the
Georglan Company.)
Only President's Signature Lack
ing to Start $640,000,000
Aerial Navy Which Is Expected
to “Blind Germany."
Hardwick of Georgia Defeated in
Attempt to Strike Draft Pro
vision From Aviation Bill—La-
Follette Makes Attack on Draft.
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WASHINGTON, July 21.—1 t took
only an hour today to put the great
'5640,000,000 aviation bill through the
\Unlted States Senate. As soon as
the food control bill had been dis
}posed of, Senator Chamberlain un
expectedly called up the air fleet
measure. By § p. m,, it was ready to
80 to the President.
It could have been ready earlier
had it not been that Senator Calder,
of New York, was anxious to have
some legislation drafting aliens added
to the bill. He was convinced, how
ever, by other Senators that this dis
cussion would only delay the main
bill. So Calder withdrew his amend
ment on the understanding that it
would be taken up early next week
on its own merits.
Hardwick, of Georgia, attempted to
day to strike from the bill the pro
vision allowing the President to draft
aviators. His motion was defeated
by a vote of 66 to 12. The only men‘
who voted with Hardwick on this
amendment were Borah, Broussard,‘
Curtis, Gore, Gronna, Kirby, LaF‘ol-‘
lette, McKellar, Norris, Owen and
Vardaman, |
Senators Gore, Gronna, Hardwick,
Kirby, LaFollette, Norris, Stone and
Trammell voted against conscription
when the Senate passed the selectlval
draft bill on May 17. Today Stone
and Trammell voted with the ma
jority, :
LaFollette Makes Bitter Speech,
A proposition by Senator Owen to
have a committee of expenditures to
supervise contracts in connection
}wlth the bill was defeated by an over
‘whelming viva voce vote. This, how
ever, indicated little, as about an hour
before the Senate had passed in con
nection with the food control bill the
authorization for a joint committee
on war expenditures,
Debate on the draft proposal in the
aviation bill was short but bitter. La
Follette, of Wisconsin, made an ex
cited speech in which he registered
his oposition, saying:
“I wish to reply to the statement
made by the Senator from Massa
chusetts (Lodge) that the draft is
part of the military system of the
United States. I shall stand for the
repeal of the draft law and 1 will of
fer such a bill on the floor of the Sen
ate and fight for it as long as I can.
“Draft to Be Election Issue.”
“The question will be an issue in
the pext election and I make the pre
diction that 90 per cent, of the peo
ple will register their protest against
it at the ballot box.”
Heated denial was made by Gronna,
of North Dakota, that” he had ever
said he intended to hold up the bill
“However,” he went on, “this lying
insinuation that I wished to hamper
the bill by voting against the draft
has not changed by position. 1 shall |
vote for the Hardwick amendment. i
And he did. |
Senator La Follette voted loudly
“No" against the bill, As far as he
could be heard his was the only pro
testing voice,
Elaborate Program
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For Dorsey Dinner
Further plans for the big dinner to
be given in honor of Governor Dorsey
and members of the Legislature by
the Chamber of Commerce will be
discussed at a meeting of the recep
tion committee Tuesday morning at 11
o'clock.
An elaborate program is being pre
pared by the committee,
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fPrmcnpal Points
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~ Bill Briefly Told
(By International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, July 21.-—
W The food control bill as
passed today hy the Sen
ate gives a board of three, under
presidential direction, control over
foods, fuel, feeds, kerosene and
gasoline, One member of the board
must be a farmer,
Prevents members of the advi
sory commission of the Counecil of
National Defense from participat
ing in Government contracts,
Prevents hoarding and specula
tion.
Authorizes the President to li
cense grain elevators, cold storage,
packing houses, farm implement
manufacturers, coal mines and fer
tilizer plants,
Allows the President to requisi
tion foods, fuels and supplies for
the army and navy.
Allows the President to buy, sell
and store fuel, wheat, flour, meal,
beans and potatoes for this coun
try.
Allows the President to take over
factories, plants, mines, ete., and
operate them for the national de
fense.
Allows the President to close
grain exchanges to stop specula
tion.
Allows the President to declare
minimum prices for wheat, the
price of $2 tor No. 1 Northern or
its equivalent being set as the
standard. The President may im
pose sufficient duty on imported
wheat to bring it to the American
price. ¥
Authorizes the Federal Trade
Commission to regulate coal and
coke and fix prices for them, as
well as to operate mines if neces
sary.
The prohibition sections now in
the bill:
Prohibits the use of foodstuffs
in distilled spirits.
Directs the President to com
mandeer all distilled spirits in bond
and pay for them, plus 10 per cent
of the cost.
(This is the famous Smoot
amendment which it is anticipated
will be dropped in conference, as it
is held unlawful.)
The sum of $150,000,000 is ap
propriated to carry out the act and
$2,500,000 additional for adminis
tration expenses. |
Girl Takes Poiso
In Station Cell
Attracted by groans in the woman's
ward at police headquarters, Tom
Bayne, the turnkey, last night found
Pauline Brooks, 20, of Wayeross, suf
fering from the effects of 37 grains
of bichloride of mercury, which she
had swallowed in an effort to commit
suicide,
The young woman had been arrest
ed shortly before at the Gate City
Hotel with E. W. Weddington, 21, of
‘.\'orcrnss, with whom she was charged
with disorderly conduct,
1 The girl claimed that she and Wed
dington intended to be married Sun
‘day. The arrests were made by De
tective Sergeant George Bullard, who
is making an investigation of suspect
‘ed resorts,
At the Grady Hospital, where the
would-be suicide was taken, it was
stated that the bichloride would prob
ably prove fatal.
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Coffee Is Whisky,
So Is Lemon Extracti
The police looked in the coffee pot
of Mrs, Laura Lennings, of No. 95
Martin street, Saturday, and, instead
of finding coffee, therein found
whisky. I«oking in the lemon ex
tract bottle, they found the same
beverage., After exhaustive search,
the policemen poured together about
two gallons of liguor,
A charge of violating the ordinange
against storing whisky was placed
against Mrs, Lennings, who was taken
to police headquarters,
Georg;ia, Doctors
WASHINGTON, July 21.—Georgians
in the list of 270 medical reserve stu
dents tonight recommended by Secre.
tary Daniels for appointment by the
President as assistant surgeons in the
navy are Drs, Jack W. Jones, Wilbur
E. Saye, Spencer A. Folsom, Gerald
Selby, Frank Bealer and Robert W,
Wimberly.
THIS EDITION CONSISTS OF
The Following Sections:
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2-~Seclety, Resorts, S—~Editorial, City Life,
S-~Autes, Sports, Movies.
A—-hrmn‘. Want _Ads, 6-Magazine,
Real state, Firing 7—Comios,
PRICE 5 CENTS—rFAY NO MORE.
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Hardwick Only Southern Member
to Vote Against Food Control
Measure—Blow at Hoover in
Defeat of One-Man Plan.
Federal Trade Commission Di
rected to Take Charge of Coal
and Coke Situation and to Fix
Pricees to Consumers,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 21 After
weeks of discussion, the Senate this
afternoon passed the bill giving the
food supply of the country into Gov
ernment control. Voting on the bill
| with its various amendments con
’sumwl an hour and a half. On the
final passage of the bill the vote was
81 to 6
Those who voted nay were France,
Hardwick, Penrose, Reed Sherman
and Sutherland.
i Various amendments were accepted,
the most startling being that of Sen
ator Owen to establish a joint com
mittee on expenditures during the
war.
Other important amendments in
serted in the bill were:
By, Chamberlain Establishing $2 as
the minimum price for wheat—viva
voce vote
By Hitehcock Making the Cham
berlain wheat amendment applicable
throughoiit the country,
Coal Prices To Be Fixed.
By Pomerene—Regulating coal and
coke by Government control under the
supervision of the Federal Trade
Commission and allowing the com
mission to fix prices—adopted "by 72
to 12,
By Tlllm.m—-Authorizlng the ex
penditure of $10,000,000 for the pur
chase of Chilean nitrate-——adopted 50
to 29, 3
By Nelson--Preventing speculation
on grain exchanges.
By Gore—Authorizing the President
to charge cash for fuel, wheat, flour,
meal, beans and potatoes he is author
ized to buy, store and sell—viva voce
vote,
BY" Hollis—Amending the bill so
that it will not interfere with the
)provisluns of the Clayton anti-trust
act so far as labor is concerned.
’ Control by Hoover Beaten.
1 The most important amendment
rejected was that by Shaffroth pro
viding for a one-man control in place
of the board of three written into the
lel. This one-man scheme had a
direct application upon the person of
Herbert . Hoover. It was lost by a
vote of 60 to 23. Senators voting for
it were:
Ashurst, Borah, Husting, James,
Johnson of California, Johnson of
South Dakota, Jones of Washington,
Kellogg, King, Knox, MclLean, Me-
Nary, Myers, Newlands, Phelan, Poin
dexter, Pomerene, Robinson, Shaf
froth, Thompson, Townsend, Wil
liams and Wolcott-—23,
Senator Kellogg put in an unsuc
cessful amendment providing practi
cal Government ownership of rail
roads during the war. The Senators
who voted for it were:
Borah, Brandegee, Cummins, Gron
na, Husting, Johnson of California,
Johnson of South Dakota, Jones of
Washington, Kenyon, LaFollette,
Lewis, McNary, Norris, Poindexter,
Reed, Sherman and Vardaman.
The Senate showed its temper in
the matter of “necessaries” when it
refused’ an amendment by Senator
Husting allowing the President to de
clare within his discretion that he felt
forced to commandeer iron, steel, ete.
Debate on Wheat Section.
During the voting there was no de
bate. Well-nigh all of the Senators
were present. The galleries were
crowded. Contrary to expectation,
there was no filibustering. The d.{m,
bute was confined to talk on the:
wheat section, Sherman, of mtm
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