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A Clean Wholesomeffiaper
for Southern Homes
VOL: XV
RUSSIA’S EXISTENCE AT STAKE
P, s .
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 23.—A test of
ptrength between the President and
the section of the Senate that suc
ceeded in amending the food control
bill to create a three-man commis
sion in place of giving Herbert Hoo
ver complete authority 1s at hand.
The White House allowed it to be
come known today that the Adminis
tration stands firmly on its demand
that the one-man directorship be re
tained.
It had been thought the President
would be content to overcome the
commission feature by appointing
men compietely acceptable to Mr.
Hoover, with Mr. Hoover as chair
man, but President Wilson is unalter
ably opposed to this and will person
ally inform ‘eaders in Congress that
the conferees on the bill must strike
out the commission amendment.
The Senate this afternoon voted
down a motion by Senator Trammel,
of Florida, to reconsider the food
contro: bill, passed Saturday. Sena
tor Trammell voted for the bill Sat
urday, although he opposed the two
dollar minimum wheat price fixed By
the measure. The vote was 51 to 8.
Senator Trammell declared a $2
minimum wheat price was exorbitant
and that it would mean that the con
sumer would pay from sl2 to sls a
barrel for flour this winter. He in
sisted that this would defeat the pri
mary purpose of the food control bill.
The measure suffered another delay i
today, as the bill was not avallable
to members of the House in the form
is passed the Senate. |
Chalrman Lever, of the Agriculture
Committee, was obliged to defer ask
tng that the measure be sent to con
ference until the copies can be readl
by members. He announced, how - |
ever that tomorrow he would uk!
unanimous consent to send the meas
ure to conference.
House leaders are still hopeful that
the bill in final form will be ready
for the President’s signature by Sat
urday night,
Scope of Prohibition
NO\IIJV With Committee
By ROBERT B. SMITH,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Prohibi
tion’'s fate now rests with the con
gressional conference to which the
House is expected to send the food
control- bill today.
The houses are widely apart on the|
liquor question. Both have tabooed
whisky-making. It remains for them
to get together on what shall be done
with beer and wine. With the Presi
dent himself opposed to beer and
wine prohibition, it is the prediction
of the best-informed leaders of both
houses that these two beverages will
be exempted from the ban.
What is to be done with the whisky
now in bond is another question for
the conference to decide, The House
has authorized the President to exer
wcise his discretion about comman
deering whisky in bond for munition |
purposes. The Smoot amendment, |
adopted by the Senate and declared by |
many Senators to be unconstitutional,
flatly directs the President to take
over all spirituous liquor in bond and
pay the distillers what it cost them to
make it.
Amendment |ls Expensive,
The Smoot amendment would (‘ost\
the Government, in revenue and out
right expenditure, a sum variously es- |
timated from $600,000,000 to $1,000,-
000,000. While it is being fought out
in conference, legislative activity wlll!
remain practically at a standstill, The
Finance Committee will make no ef
fort to press the big war revenue blll,
until it can clearly foresee the fate of
the Smoot amendment, ’
If the conferes 'throw It out as
unconstitutional, the war revenue bm{
can be considered in its present form,
but if they decide to validate it andl
keep it in the bill the revenue pro
gram will have to be largely rewrit- !
ten.
By Tos Gedrsian Co
Personally to Fight tor Food Control by Hoover
Th orgian Wi
e Georg Will
Print Tomorrow the
First Complele and
rirst Complete ar
Accurate Draft List
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~ To Be Assembled in
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- An Allanta Paper
The Georgian will print as a 20.-page supplement to its
Home Edition tomorrow—Tuesday—the FIRST complete and
accurate list of names, numbers and addresses in Atlanta and
Fulton County, as drawn in the big conscription lottery in Wash
ington on Friday last, to be published by an Atlanta newspaper.
"No list printed heretofore by any of The Georgian’s con
temporaries has been accurate—many have been full of errors.
The list The Georgian will print tomorrow WILL be accurate,
as checked and re-checked against the numbers wired to The
Georgian from Washington. It may be that an OCCASIONAL
error in the thousands of numbers STILL may appear, because
of possible WIRE mistakes—but these have been as carefully
GUARDED AGAINST as is humanly possible. Such rare mis
takes as may have been occasioned in this manner can be cor
rected only through official channels in Washington later—as
of course, they will be.
The list The Georgian will print tomorrow has been pa
tiently and painstakingly compiled. It has cost The Georgian
a great deal of time and money to render this stupendous and
highly important SERVICE to this community—but The Geor
gian HAS performed it, nevertheless. The work of asseml-)ling'
and distributing the section is all that remains to be done—and
that will be done tomorrow.
In this list will appear the PERMANENT NUMBER of
every one of the more than 22,000 names in the Atlanta and Ful
ton County district. From it, every registrant will be able to
ascertain, with approximate certainty, just WHEN he will be
called to the colors—in the first army, if his name appears among
the first numbers drawn; in the second army, if, say, below one
third of the way down the list, and so on. This is theoretical, as
applied to all after the first call, of course—for the second may
be for a million men, instead of for 687,000, as was the first call.
However, the names will be called, NOW AND FOR ALL TIME
in the consecutive order drawn Friday in Washington—begin
ning with 258 in each registration district, and on down consecu
tively, as drawn, to the very last number.
This list should be in the hands of every person affected—
to be preserved by him as a permanent record. It will be val
uable and interesting to refer to now, next week, next month,
next year—or five, or many, years hence, as the case may be.
The Georgian will give this supplement FREE with its reg
ular Home Edition tomorrow. The paper costs THREE CENTS
—on the news stands, on the streets or in The Georgian office.
The supplement costs NOTHING—it is given WITH the paper.
Every possible element of financial return involved would,
as a whole, fall far short of ‘‘paying’’ The Georgian in money.
The Georgian DOES feel, however, that in assembling this EX.
CLUSIVE and COMPLETE list, it has been of real SERVICE
to Atlanta and Fulton County.
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people who rent houses or rooms come in contact with
folks who seek them. In other words, The Georgian and
American are the mediums of quality on both sides of the
house or room renting question.
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If you are looking for quarters which have a home at
mosphere and are cool and comfortable, you'll find them
among the offerings in the “For Rent” columns.
Turn to them now, and if you fail to find just exactly
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When Official Copies of Order of
Numbers Are Received Boards
: Take Charge.
By DAVID M. CHURCH,
Staff Correspondent of the Inter
national News Service.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Federal
Jurisdiction over the operation of the
draft ceases today. ;
The fortunes of more than a million
American young men, called to the
colors in the first draft, will rest in
hands of the local exemption boards
and the district boards when Provost
Marshal General Enoch Crowder
mails the official lists of men called
late today.
The official lists are now in the
hands of the Government printers and
will be ready for distribution to the
local boards by nightfall. The lists
will contain the entire 10,500 num
bers drawn, in the order in which
‘they were drawm: —Bach joval board
will then have to eliminate the num
bers higher than the highest numbers
in their jurisdiction. It had been
planned to do this work of elimina- |
’!ion in the office of the provost mar
shal general, but this was found im
practicable because it would delay the
operation of the draft for several
days. Local boards on the Goast will
be the last to get in action because
the lists will be mailed simultaneously
and Western States will receive them
later than Eastern States.
Local Boards In Control.
Once in operation, local boards and
district boards will be entirely out of
the jurisdiction of the Federal Gov
ernment. The next act of the Federal
Government will be the mobilization
of the national army, which will not
take place until early fall.
“Each step has been made clear to
the local boards and there should be
no delay," said General Crowder to
day. ‘““The only possible snag local
boards can possibly strike is in the
matter of industrial exemptions.
There is no clear-cut ruling of what
Industries shall be allowed exemp
tions because we have felt inclined
to allow the members of the local
boards to pass judgment on this
matter, However, if there arises
a demand for a ruling, Presi
dent Wilson will issue a proclamation
naming industrial classes which may
be exempted.
“At the present time we would
rather let this feature of the law work
itself out. Local boards know the
local men and the local conditions and
we feel they can act more wisely with
regard to local industries.
“It is a certainty, however, that no
individual exemptions will be allowed
to employees unless sought by the em
ployers.
Only One Hitch.
“The only thing that has marred
the operation of the law, which is be
coming popular, is the little dispute
over the quotas apportioned. That
matter can still be adjusted if Con
gress can conceive of some better plan
for opportioning the quotas, and it
need not set back the drafting one
day. Just let them pass a ldw outlin
ing another plan and I shall see that
it is executed. It is up to Congress.”
Six of the civilian members of Gen
eral Crowder's own staff were drawn
in the draft, but “in order to set an
example for other governmental de
partments,” the general will not seek
exemption for them. This Is indica
tive of the strict observance of the
law which will be followed in all Gov
ernment departments. Only those ab
solutely indispensable will be ex
empted. ,
To Be Few Exemptions.
Requests for exemptions are flo«xd-!
‘ing into the office of the provost mar- |
Ishal general today from every quar- 1/
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'?._ Reichstag Leaders |
Called by Kaiser
|- ed by Kaiser
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- ToDiscuss Reform
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ls (By International News Service.)
|, AMSTERDAM, July 23.—Before |
. leaving for the eastern front, the |
! Kaiser held a conference with va- |
| rious Reichstag leaders, said a dis- |
| patch from Berlin today. Among |
|| those with whom the Kaiser talked E
) were a number of Socialists.
,§ The conference was held at the
¢ residence of Vice Chancellor Helff- |
| erich and included in the topics |
é under discussion were the progress |
| of the U-boat warfare and the pro- s
! posed domestic reforms for Ger- z
% many. )
|{ The dispatch describes the Kai- |
| ser as “being in an affable mood” !
. and as predicting that the ruth- 5,
%leu submarine war would even- 2
l} tually bring the doom of England. ;
A AANeI i
.
' Abusive Remarks on
Draft Are Charged
To Man Under Arrest
I Lee Harkness, 47, No. § Lucy
street, was being held at the po
lice station Monday, while Gov
ernment officials inquired into
charges that he had made offen
sive remarks about the draft.
Harkness, Wwho ils a carpenter
working at Fort McPherson, was
at Forsyth and Marietta streets
Sunday morning when he over
heard J. P. Therrell and P. M.
Ezell, railrcad men, discussing
the draft and their serial num
bers. He volunteered a few re
marks, they said, cursing and
abusing President Wilson and the
draft system in general, ‘
“Where do youy get that stuff?” ‘
asked one of the railroad men. l
“You haven’'t been reading Tom
Watson, have you?’ returned |
Harkness, they said. “That's |
where I got it.”
The two men called Policeman
McDaniel, who took Harkness to
the police station.
Senate to Approve
. .
4 Wilson Appointees
' (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 23.—The Sen
iatc Judiciary Committee today order
ed favorable reporis on the following
‘nominations:
~ Francis M. Wilson, of Kansas City,
‘attorney for the Western District of
Missouri.
' Robert P. Stewart, of Deadwood,
8. Dak,, attorney for South Dakota.
Albert Schoonover, of Los Angeles,
attorney for the Southern District of
California, and Charles W. Lapp,
‘Marshal for the Northern District of
Ohio.
~ The nominations will be confirmed
at the next executive session of the
Senate,
. .
Keet Kidnaping Case
Postponed One Week
(By International News Service.) I
SPRINGFIELD, MO. July 23—
Claude J. (Doc) Piersol and six mem
bers of his gang were arranged in
Criminal Court today on charges of
kidnaping Baby Lloyd Keet, 14-
month-old son of J. Holland Keet,
banker. Judge Arch A. Johnson, who
considers himself disqualified to nlt’
because of the active part he took in
running down the kidnapers, contin
ued the case until next Monday, when
a new judge will take the pleas.
It became known today that Keet
has retained Roscoe Patterson, prom
inent criminal lawyer, to aid in the
prosecution of Piersol, who also Is
charged with murder.
The Keet baby's body was found In
a well, a weighted wire about its neck,
{ THE WEATHER. |
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! Probably thundershowers Mon-g
§ day night and Tuesday. Tempera- {
! tures: 6 a. m, 69; 8 a. m., 74; 10 |
a.m, 77; 12 noon, 80; 1 p. m., 81; /
{2p m, 82 :
| Sunrise, 4:43; ’unut. 6:46, $
Az $ rl
'German Advance on Eastern War
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Fronnt Continues, Advices
From Berlin Say.
(By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, July 23.~The
capture of a series of German
trenches and 1,000 German pris
oners in the Vilna sector was re
ported by the Russian War Office
today. ;
This is the first extension of
the Russian offensive beyond the
borders of Galicia, although there
has been heavy artillery fiflhtmg
in the Vilna and the Dvinsk sec
tions. A
The lack of stability among the
Russian forces fi%l?tinr in Galicia
continues, the official statement
says, and as a result of this the
German offensive remains un
checked.
oty
(By International News Service.)
GENEVA, July 23.—~Russian troops
have evacuated the Galician city of
Tarnopol and the Germans have either
entered it or are on the point of doing
sO, according to unofficial advices
from Berlin today. The city was
partly destroyed by flames.
(Tarnopol is 70 miles east tof Lem
berg and only 25 miles from the east
ern frontier of Galicia.) |
The Russians still hold Hallez, but
Stanislau is seriously menaced by the
Austro-German offensive.
The Teutonic forces have driven a
deep wedge into the Russian lines,
reaching the Sereth River, and Hin
denburg evidently plans a desperate
effort to cut the Russian forces in two.
The dispatches added that the Rus
sian retreat continues.
On Aisne Are Lost
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, July 23.—French trenches
on the Casements plateau, north of
the Aisne river, were stormed by the
Germans in a furious battle that raged
all night, the French War Office ad
mitted today. On the adjoining Cali
fornie plateau the French, after des
perate fighting, retained their sup
porting trenches.
Huge Masses of Germans were flung
forward into the devastating fire of
the French guns and they sustained
terrible losses.
British Successful
(By International News Service.)
LLONDON, July 23.-—-Buccessful lo
cal attacks were delivered by the
British south of Avion during the
’mght. the British War Office reported
today. Up to the time Field Marshal
‘Haig sent his official dispatches on
;tho night's operations, 51 German
prisoners had been counted.
1 Avion is a suburb on the southern
side of L.ens on the Arras front.
Memphis Pastor t
Dr. Robert K, Kirkpatrick, of the
Chelsea Avenue Presbyterian Church,
of Memphis, has accepted a call to the
West End Presbyterian Church here,
it was announced Monaay,
His response was to a second offer
of the pastorate. The Memphis
church unanimously declined to re
lease him when the first call was is
sued.
268's On Draft List
Given Theater Party
(By International News Service,)
CHICAGO, July 28.—Chicago's 86
“two hundred and fifty-eights” will
see “Turn to the Right” at Cohan's
Grand Theater tonight as the guests
of the management. It ig the 258th
performance of the play,
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A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
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R R N R o L TIORGOS et (A cn
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American Gunners
§ .
- Said toHave Sunk
15 Teuton U-Boats
! (By International News Service.)
‘ EW YORK, July 23.—~The
N Kaiser's U-boat fleet has
suffered considerably at
the hands of American gunners
since the United States entered
the war, if the stories told by offi
, cers and enthusiastic passengers
on arriving ships are entirely cor
; rect. In the less than four months
‘ that have elapsed since the war
declaraticn, American gunners are
credited with having accounted for
fifteen submarines.
Balsam Cold Cure
Business Is Mighty
Slow, Wockel Opines
Paul Wockel, of No. 176 High
land avenue, Monday still was un
convinced that a balsam for colds,
to be manufactured by the Atlas
Chemical Company, “is the great
est thing on earth,” following the
dismissal by Judge L. Z. Rosser,
Jr, in Municipal Court, of a
charge of cheating and swindling
Waockle had brought against L.
Nordquit, of No. 71 Orme street,
formerly of Birmingham, discov
erer of the balsam formula.
Wockel, who had entered into
a partnership with Nordquist for
the manutacturc of the balsam,
told Judge Rosser he was out
about $125, and that the only
showing he had for his money
was a small sample bottle of the
balsam. He charged that Nord
quist, prior to the receipt of the
money,recited to him glowing sto
ries of the balsam, as to its effi
cacy and as to its selling quall
ties, but that since that time he
had been able to get no satisfac
tion from him. The manufacture
of the cold cure has never ¢m
menced, he said.
Nordquist, on the other hand,
however, contended that the con
tract he had made with Wockel
was legitimate, and asserted that
the balsam is a real thing. He
sald there was little demand for
the balsam in the summer, and
that the actual manufacture sim
ply had been delayed by force of
circomstances.
.
Paris Paper Analyzes
New Teul:;on Actizrity
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, July 23.—“ That we are wit
nessing a marked renewal of German
activity can not be denied,” said The
Matin today, in commenting upon the
various drives which the German ar
mies are launching. It continues in
the following strain:
“The enemy's successes In Russla,
however, are easily won because of
that country’s internal troubles. The
situation is entirely different on the
western front, where attacks against
the French positions have been san
guinarily repulsed. Nevertheless, the
enemy continues his multiplicity of
attacks on the Aisne and in Alsace,
apparently with the aim of seizing
numerous lost observation posts
which impede the movement of Ger
man troops and are a source of con
stant anxiety. This activity is also
partially due to political motives, for
both Von Hindenburg and General
Ludendorft realize the necessity of
making good their pledges to Ghancel.
lor Michaelis.”
Engineers to Entrain
In Few Days, Report
o il SR \
It was reported Monday that the
Seventeenth Regiment of Engineers,
now encamped at the Woodward
Lumber Company yards on Whitehall
street, would entrain within twe or
three days for an Eastern port pre
paratory to active service in France.
Colonel Dawes, the Chicago multi
millionaire, who is in command, re
fused to confirm the report wheén seen
in his private car at the minal
Station a %
NO. 303
| BY JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the Inter:
national News Service.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—The Rus+
sian situation today is far more seri
ous than at any time since the new
republic was formed. The existence
of the new government is at stake.
Officials in closest touch with de
velopments there made this admission
‘loda_\. They said that the present
must prove the supreme test of the
men who have devised a free Russia
and have overthrown the Czar.
Dispatches received today at the
Russian Embassy declare disorder in
Petrograd has been suppressed. Sol
dlers taking part in the riots have
been disarmed and dismissed, many
suspects have been arrested, and eén
ergetic measures have been taken to
keep down firing from windows, It is
said,
According to another dispatch, the
appointment of Kerensky as President
of the Council has been received with
enthusiasm. The Cabinet has not yet
been formed, but will be when Ke=
rensky returns from the front.
Nekrassoff remains in the Cabinet,
but without portfolio, and will act as
Vice President of the Council. Zes
retele will be the provisional head of
the interior affairs.
Germans Use Fresh Troops.
War dispatches state that the Gers
mans concentrated heavy artillery ag
Kalusz and brought fresh troops, in%
cluding a corps taken from the Twene<
tieth, Thirtieth and Sixtieth Rfl.
ments from the French front. 'l
Prussian Guard and five regiments of
Austrian cavalry from Vilna were also
‘bmughl to Kalusz,
Prisoners taken said that the Ger
man losses were very heavy,
‘ Simuitaneously with the announce
ment that Premier-War Minister
Kerensky has been made the virtual
dictator of Russia, the Russian army
lying on the Vilna front struck out
' with a powerful blow today, capture
ing German trenches and prisoners.
| Realizing that the chaotic condi
‘tinns in Petrograd and on some parts
of the front called for drastic meas
ures the Council of Workmen's and
Soldiers’ delegates voted to give un
limited powers to Kerensky. The
‘whole governmental authority is now
in Kerensky’s hands and his word is
law with the civil authorities and
army alike.
~ Should Premier Kerensky, who has
rushed to the German battle front,
be able, by his supreme magnetism,
to overcome the growing rebellion in
the Russian ranks and swing a res
united military force across the ads
vancing path of the German hordes,
the day may be saved. If he fails, an
anarchy must rule throughout the
country and the German war machine
must swing far across into the in
terior
German Government Informed.
Confidential advices received here
today indicate that the German gov
ernment is fully aware of what is
going on, These advices say the
Kaiser is now en route to the Eastern
front It is said he will do every
thing possible to have his generals
crumple up the Russian defense line
and follow the tactics which per
mitted them to overrun all Roumania
in an unbelievably short time. The
information reaching here shows that
the Austro-German forces are attack
ing all along the entire battle line
and that at no point are the Rus
slans holding, with the possible excep=
tion of certain sectors north of Smor
gon and between Drysviaty and
Dvinsk.
The Russlan troops, themselves,
have been responsible for the Ausrto- -
German successes, They have refused
to fight and have simply retired at
many points without attempting te
hold the Germans. The latter, with -
the presence of the Kaiser at the
front as an incentive, can now be
expected to try hard to make the re.
treat a rout and on their success or
failure will depend whether Russia
is to longer be a factor in the Entente
or dismissed as a hindrance, { A