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VOL. V, NO. 16
SENATE ESSES AVIATION AND FOOD BILLS
dOARDS OF
APPEAL O
IRAFT ARE
APPOINTED
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.
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. Mcllntosh, Thomasville,
surgeon,
L. J. Smith, Waycross, labor.
W. J. Vereen, Moultrie, industry.
Southern district (division two):
James L. 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
cnange 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 tor the northern district prob
ably will establish headquarters in
Atlanta Monday.
The first division of the southern
district will include the eastern, Al
beny and southwestern subdivisions
of that district, including Savannah,
Albany and Columbus. The second
division board will have jurisdiction
over the western and northwestern
subdivisions, including Macon and
Augusta. The two divisions are un- |
cqually divided as to population,|
there being a disparity of about 90,- |
600 inhabitants between them. How- |
ever, the assignment represents as ?
nearly as possible an equal division
along industrial lines.
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Summoning of Men
.
, 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 thém Into
the armv,
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 succegsful. The offi
aial tally sheats have been compared,
sent to the printer' and the proof is
being received. F¥nal coples will bes
f Continued on PF;. 2, Column 6, :
Pigs in Societ;
Wartime Prive
Porker Ne'tus
The importance m“ in
war times and the '®\"¥
felt in Fulton Cou’ 9°-
velopment of a gre. sup
ply is being demor” the
entry into the ran rais
ers of many of I‘ll'Oml
nent and wealthy shown
Saturday by rep(‘]ed in
the office of T, (\® and
Carl Wallace, Un?® Gov
ernment experts 0 ¢MoN
strators for this
Among those 1€ Class
of pig raisers ar Kriegs
haber, J. K, Ott] Pußose,
Oscar Mg, B, ‘tt C. F.
Moody, Virlyn p Frofes
sor J. W, SimmctY School
Superintendent :*°" T
Clotfelter, of tl¥ schools,
and others.
All of these PUrchased
blooded pigs a BON€ into
the pig indust,Mest. It is
expected that {f them will
exhibit their the South
eastern Fair t)
Announcemdnade Satur
day that Mr, has offered a
handsome sj)/P8 Cup as a
prize to the ' IN the boys’
pig clubs ip’ntest at the
fair. This ¢® €Xpected to
stimulate jndnterest among
the boys, j@ore of whom
already hayded their inten
tion of entef CONtest.
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Their P in Gity
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Costnty Credit
Members county exemption
‘board Saturere of the opinion
that the co@d lost much of its
registrations for the reason that
many mep? homes are in the
country djs registered as from
“Atlanta.”
The cour® Biven credit for but
95 enlistmd#hile practically this
number wid to have enlisted
from two ° large districts, East
Point angß® Park. As a result
of this ~,'redit, the county will
have to f} almost as many men
for the grmy as the city of At
lanta.
The m:WVill be investigated, but
it wag plown Saturday whether
there woe a chance of remedying
it and tincreasingf the county's
credit fig
Masgslakes Quota
.
In Ay Enlistments
(By 'national News Service.)
WASGTON, July 21.—Massa
chuset:s completed its quota of
6,732 1 for the regular army, the
War aArtment announced today.
That ¢ today has furnished 6,817
recruji The total number of re
cruits the regular army yesterday,
draft 7/, was 1,348. Pennsylvania
led w2OO. New York was second
with and Ohio third, with 87,
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Ra‘oad Inspector
H. Collins, an inspector of cars
for + Western and Atlantic Rail
roadvas severely cut on his head,
‘armind shoulders yesterday after
noory a negro in Inman Yards. Po
liceirly today were looking for a
mapamed Luciugs Smith as the al
legecassailant,
Cins was taken to the Atlanta
Hostal, where he was said at mid
nig to be likely to recover.
f 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 yon
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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The Sunday American
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PEEORTE O INKH
QUOTAS oE T
FOR ORAE T IN
ALL ATLANTA
DIVISIONG
State Must Furnish 18,337 Men|
for New Army, Atlanta’s Share
Being 882 — Fourth Ward
Heads List With 154,
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Examinations Before Exemption
Boards Expected to Begin July
31 and Continue Three Days.
Official Lists Due Thursday.
Tne 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.
Of this number 8,825 already have en
tered some branch of the service,
leaving 18,337 men to be obtained by
draft 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-—154.
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 ligts of selected
numbers are recelved. 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.
Ilinois War Council
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, July 21.—The State
Council of Defense today informed
Illinois c¢oal 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 to fix supply and
price, .
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 go into the mat- ‘
ter presented to them by the State
Market Bureau, Georgla farmers
stand to have an increased yleld
of 3,000,000 bushels of sweet po
tatoes on their hands to dispose of i
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 1
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
.
Capsule Explained
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 21.—The mys
tefy of the single number and the
empty capsule in the draft drawing
was explained to the Secretary of
War by Enoch H. Crowder, judge ad
vocate 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 10,600 capsules in the
urn and the only mishap was that
one ¢f 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
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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 DBritish cities, it was an
nounced in Parliament today.
For some time the British peo
ple have been clamoring for retalia
tory alr raids over German cities,
Berlin itse!f if possible.
FRANCIS OU!MET DRAFTED.
BOSTON, July 21.—Francis Ouimet,
Western golf champion and former
national amateur and open title hold
er, was among those drafted. His
number wasg 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.) |
LONDON, 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
kilometers (tweniy-five miles) on
both sides of the Zlochoff-Tarnopol
road, and are hard on the heels of
the retreating Muscovites. Only in
isolated sectors are the latter fighting
"rf‘ur»gu:\rd actions. The retreat on
‘so wide a front has forced all Rus
‘fiizm forces to the southwest of the
Kolomea-Halicz road to waver and
fall back, though in this region Brus
iloff's Cossacks are still fighting stub
bornly.
From Peprograd today came grave
admissions of the disaster that
threatens the Russian Galician 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 ling
through which he may break.
In two attacks of the most violent
character he did succeed in 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 Douglags 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
.
And Defies Russia
(By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, July 21.—The “Ire
land of Russia” flung its final word of
deflance at the Russian provisloni
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 Finland's disaffection by the
force of arms,
Kerensk, who i« 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
forced today to issue the saddest offi
cial account on record in any coun
try at war,
“Our troops,” read his statement,
“on the whole did not gshow the neces
sary stability and at some points did
not fulfil! military commands and
consequently they continue to retire.”
With digaster on the march in Ga
licla and the German big guns boom
ing on the Riga-Dwinsk front which
runs roughly parallel *vith 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
provirces te follow Finland's lead,
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’on|y President’s Signature Lackl
ing to Start $640,000,000
Aerial Navy Which Is Expected
to “Blind Germany.”
Hardwick of Georgia Defeated inl
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Attempt to Strike Draft Pro-|
vision From Aviation Bill—La-
Follette Makes Attack on Draft.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 21.-—-It lookl
only an hour today to put the great
$640,000,000 aviation bill through the
United 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 5 p. m, it was ready to
go 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
ib_v a vote of 66 to 12. The only men |
‘who voted with Hardwick on this
amendment were Borah, Broussard,
i(furtis. Gore, Gronna, Kirby, LaFol
lette, McKellar, Norris, Owen and
Vardaman,
Senators Gore, Gronna, Hardwick,
Kirby, LaFollette, Norris, Stone and
Trammell voted against consecription
when the Senate passed the selective
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
with 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
kig oposition, saying:
“I wish to reply to the statement
made by the Senator from M:msa-‘
chusetts (Lodge) that the draft is
part of the military system of the
United States. [ shall stand for the
repeal of the draft law and I will of- |
fer such a bill on the floor of the Sen
ate and fight for it as long as 1 r-.:-)n,j
“Draft to Be Election Issue.”” |
"“The question will be an issue in
the next 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
Isuid 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, ‘
And he did. |
Senator La TFollette voted loudly
“No"” against the bill. As far as he
could be heard his was the only pro
testing voice.
Elaborate Program
.
For Dorsey Dinner
l 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
(Copyright 1913 by the
Georglan Company.)
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Principal Points
Of Food Control
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Bill Briefly Told
(By International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, July 21.—
W The food control bill as
passed today by 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 membenrs of the advi
sory commission of the Council of
National Defense from participat-
Ing in Government contracts,
Prevents hoarding and specula
tion.
Authorizes the President to li
cense grain elevators, cold storage,
mcklng 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, etc., 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 gections 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 lis 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
$2,600,000 additional for adminis
tration expenses. .
Girl Takes Poison
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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 Waycross, suf
fering from the effects of 37 grains
of bichloride of mercury, which she
had swallowed in an effort to commit
sulcide,
The young woman had been arrest
ed shortly before at the Gate City
Hotel with E. W. Weddington, 21, of
Norcross, to whom she sald she in
tended to be married Sunday. The ar
rests were made by Detective Ser
geant George Bullard, who is making
an investigation of suspected resorts,
Al the Grady Hospital, where the
would-be suicide was taken, it was
stated that the bichloride would prob
ably prove fatal.
Coffee Is Whisk |
offee Is Whisky,
So Is Lemon Extract
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. Lcoking in the lemon ex
tract bottle, they found the same
beverage. After exhaustive search,
the policemen poured together about
two gallons of liquor,
A charge of violating the ordinance
against storing whisky was placed
against Mrs. Lennings, who was taken
to police headquarters,
Georgia Doctors
Named for the Navy
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. J‘
MEDAL FOR ROOT. |
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, July 21.-—~Elihu Root,
1n recognition of hig services as head
of the American commission 10 Rus
sia, will receive the first valor medal
of the National Arts Club, it was
announced today. Mayor Mitchel has
appointed a committee to confer the
‘honor. A big reception is planned
when the mission returns
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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
PFICGGS 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
‘sumed 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.
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—yviva
lvom* vote,
By Hitchc6®k—Making the Cham
berlain wheat amendment applicable
throughout 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
missfon to fix prices—adopted by 72
to 12.
By Tillman—Authorizing the ex
penditure of $10,000,000 for the pur
chase of Chilean nitrate—adopted 50
to 29.
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
provisions of the Clayton anti-trust
act go far as labor is concerned.
Control by Hoover Beaten.
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
bill. This one-man scheme had a
direct application upon the person of
Herbert C. 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, McLean, Mec-
Nary, Myers, Newlands, Phelan, Poin.
dexter, Fomerene, Robinson, Shaf
froth, Thompson, Townsend, Wil
liams and Wolcott—23,
| Senator Kellogg put in an unsue
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, etc.
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 de
bate was confined to talk on the
wheat section, Sherman, of Illinois,
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