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SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917
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BUNDLE OF SHAfIS
IS LLOYD GEORGrS
SHARP CRITICISM
; Of Michaelis Speech He Says
it 1$ Sham Independence
for Belgium
SHAM DEMOCRACY AND
, SHAM PLEA FOR PEACE"
Says England: Is Increasag
Its Protection and Decreas
ing Its Losses
London, July 81. !' Sham independ
ence for Belgium; sliam democracy for
Oennauy; sham peace for Europe,' was
the bitter epitome of German Chancel
lor Michaelia' speech to the reichstag
spoken by Britain's premier, David
i.ioya-ueorg, this atternoon.
Iu a ringing speech the Belgian in
. dependence celebration at Oueen's hali
. the prime minister declared in new rig
orous phrasea that unless Germany's
military aptocracy "ig wiped out, they
' -will again plunge Europe into a welter
of blood.
The premier 's opinion as to the shams
of the German chancellor's speech was
founded on three readings of that ad-'Hrt-ss,
Lloyd-George asserted.
"The chancellor's statement contain
ed phrases which the German military
nutocracy understood," he added.
"Those in charge of German affairs
have elected for war. The junkers have
thrown the old chancellor into the waste
liasket with his scrap of paper and it
will not be long before junkcrdoiu fol
lows. Food Supply Safe.
"I am.sorry to disagree with the Ger
, man chancellor regarding German sub
marines," he continued, "but gradual
ly, thongh surely, We are increasing
our' protection and diminishing our
losses. ' ('.:.'. ''
"This year we are building fourj
times as many ships as the preceding
year. Next year we shall build six
times as many.
"The food supply this year and next
is already secured. Our program of
cultivation makes the supply of 1919 se
cure, even if our losses are increased.
, : "There is no hope for Belgium in
the chancellor ' statement. She is not
mentioned. It is the determination of
the nllies that Belgium be restored,
free and independent; that her people
lie not under a protctorate.
"Significant is the announcement of
the accusation of the brilliant states
man. Kerensky to the leadership of the
Russian democracy."
Market Stronger and
Prices Show Good Gains
New York, July' 21. The New York
ftvening . Sun financial review today
said:
Stocks recovered further today from
their depressed levels. Gains were most
conspicuous in those issues which have
rocently been the object of jpacentra
ed bear attacks. .
Bails were quiet and unchanged.
Business was in fair volume for a
Saturday session. - ,
Demand for stocks increased in the
last half hour and many of the highest
pno ire recorded then. The mar
ket! "' ;en over sold in the past week.
e0 siness throughout the country
S-Jr less unsettled pending the
a p in or war policies by the gov
it, nevertheless, remains ac
Wh;
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for
crm
tive
ts 1
ft 4
AY HAVE TO FIGHT
5 ;land, dal., July 21.
E g the prominent boxers
VJ draft numbers wore
drawn yesterday are Frankie
Burns, Buttling Ortega, Frankie
Malone, Pickles Martin, 8ammy
Pelzinger and Harry Kelsey.
Tommy Fitzsimmons, shortstop,
who supposed to join the Oaks
yesterday, was also drafted.
FOOD WOL BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Gives President Control of
Food, Feed and Fuel
Fixes Wheat Price
Washington, July 21. America 's
first food control bill passed the sen
ate at 4 p. in. today. It passed the
senate by a vote of 81 to 0
' The senate rejected Herbert Hoover
as America's sole food commissioner
by voting down sixty to twenty three.
senator bharroth'a amendment pro
viding one man for fovd beard.
..The new anti-hoarding - amendment
by Senator Kenyon was adopted. It
punishes fby imprisonment for from six
months to three years a person !n
trade, who hoards food to limit produc
tion or boost prices. Farmers and
gardeners ar not included.
An amendment for Senator Hollis of
New Hampshire providing that -the
food bill shall not repeal the anti
trust laws was agreed to without op
position. "
- The wheat amendment ' was passed
principally as a, concessiono to farm
ers since control over cotton, steel and
in many other interests has been
eliminated.
$2.00 Wheat Minimum. ,
" Chamberlain's amendment gives the
president power to fix prices but at
. ACl - 1. .. ..I 1. j
I predict It will not be long tintil w
RUSSIA'S SECOND
REVOLUTION HAS
BEEfl SHRED
One Hundred Killed, 700
Wounded of Those En
gaged In It
GERMAN AGENT LENINE
STIRRED UP REBELLION
Workmen's and Soldiers'
Congress Is Now In Com
plete Control
the German chancellor delivers a dif
ferent speech-ne for which we are
waiting," asserted the premir.
Girls Employed to
Operate Elevators
New York, July 21 With girls rapid
ly replacing men as apartment house
elevator operators in New York, the
mayor's committee of women on na
tional defense today announced it would
discourage further such employment un
til the girls ere paid fair wages. Be
cause girl operators of elevators are un
protected by existing labor laws, some
have been worked 90 hours a week and
under paid, it was asserted.
Women have found a new sphere of
men 's work at the great Bush Terminals
in Brooklyn. A class of 25, trained to
operate efeetrie locomotives, cranes and
winches, is ready to replace men call
ed to war. -
IDE 11 A D T I M
nuii ui n it l i ti
By William O. Shepherd.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Petrograd, July 20. (Delayed.) Via
London, July 21. One hundred killed,
seven hundred wounded, of civilian and
soldier and sailor rioters, and six cos-
sacks killed end seventy wounded is the
casualty list of Russia's second revolu
tion, apparently ended today after five
days of rioting,, with the government in
control. '
Out of the violence of bloodshed has
me a reorganization of free Russia.
The government is now iu the hands of
the committee of workmen's and sol
diers' congress with the provisional
(durna) representatives, acinic; as an ad
ministrative body responsible to this
executive committee.
Affairs in Petrograd city are in the
immediate charge of General Polovtzof.
chief of the army garrison. M. Lebewev
minister or war and marine.
Kerensky 's naval assistant, and M. Sko-
belov, formerly minister of labor, is now
acting special labor commissioner, M.
iveKruzov u railroad minister.
German Agent Exposed.
Exposure of Nichlai Leniue, pacifist
agitator, as a paid German agent, help:
ea ena uie rebellion. Lemne had art
fully paraded a pseudo-patriotism and
acquired quite a following. ' The gov
ernment did not desire to arrest him,
knowing he would pose as a martyr,
but went diligently to work looking up
I.enine's past record as an exile in
Switzerland and Germany. Lieutenant
Ermoleako,. a Russian officer recently
returned from a German prison camp, j
gave the government the evidence it
desired. Krmolenko swore that when
he. was a prisoner, the Germane sent
him back to Russia to agitate for a
separate peace. He was Ordered, he
sworo, to co-operate with Lenine, Ma
dame bumenson and others.
It is believed some of the German
agents actually participated in the fir
ing in the streets. Lenine was still a
fugitive.
The Kronstadt revolters and other
malcontents made their last stand at
FIRE SITUATION IS BAD
" Grants Pass., Or., July 4l.11
The forest 'fire situation in
southern Oregon is growing"
more threatening hourly:1
Fires are burning in four di
rections from this city, and a
score of blazes a this country'
have been reported. Every wait
able man is oeing rushed to
the fire lines. Several fires are
beyond control.
- Only a making rain- will- put
out the fires, say many who
have come in from the moun
tains. " ' j
Salem People Do Not - r
Applaud Aiijthin;
One of the best concerts which has
been given this year was that at Ma
rion Square last night given by the Sa
lem Military band, which , is managec
by John Graber,- and directed by Henry
Stoudonmeyer.. ' . . - -
The statement has been made that
the people of Salem da not appreciate
their band, because of the dearth of
applause after the selections, but th
same parties said that they thought
merely neglect, and not. indifference.
The next program will be given Tucs
day evening at wmson park as the
Chautauqua will be gone by that time.
AUSTR0-GERI1AIIS
FORCE RUSSIANS
TOYIELKROUfiD
Stormed Positions Around
Novrica Compelling Their
Abandonment
t i l .
i
I
It gives him also power to assess duties
on wheat in order to keep the price up
to the $2 minimum and to purchase any the fortress of St. Peter and Paul where
quantity of wheat he deems necessary j the officals of the old regime in Russia
tor the public good. are imprisoned. Contrary to early re
He may sell it to any citizen of the
Inited States or to any government
allied in the war and may hold or
transport iu his discretion,
Debate on the food control bill ended
at 2:30. Then the senate Began a ne
wildering succession of votes on scores
of amendments to the - bill. They
promised to keep the senate busy for
hours.
Senator LaFolette elosed tlie debate
with his second speech of the day and
incidentally his second speech on the
bill in three weeks it has beea under
discussidn. He charged -coal producers
with exacting extortionate prices and
favored the Pomereuc amendment.
Government eontrol of food, feed and
fuel was established for the duration
of the war. The Vote marked the cul
mination of weeks of debate.
Senators who voted against the bill:
France, Maryland; Hardwick, Georgia;
Penrose, Pennsylvania; Reed, Missouri;
Sherman. Illinois and Sutherland, West
A'irginia.
Whiskey Knocked Out.
Sutherland and Hardwick are demo
crats. As passed by the senate tho bill
marks the death of the whiskey busi
ness at least during the- war. It per
mits manufacture of wine and beer,
but directs - the 'president to com
mandeer all liquor in boad and pay a
" Continued on Page Seven.)
"One thin? I've noticed in
travels," said Lafe Bud,, t'day,
that, vests are lluj cleaner . in
town?.''. Ther'e an awful lot o'
my
"is
dry
dif
Hose .Who Are Caled , :.;'
; la First 3,000 Numbers
Washington, July 21. The men who
will comprise America 'a first army are
presented in the first three thousand
numbers drawn in yesterday's lottery.
Past the three thousand mark only
scattered districts will be affected, of
ficials saii today. . Numbers fallowing
the three thousandth, therefore, repre
sent only the reserve from which sub
sequent calls will be. made. The men
who will respond to the first call were,
therefore, covered in. the figures pub
lished yesterday. . - .
Official lists will be furnished withinj
Dorts. they did not surrender,
A Dramatic Ending.
Crowds in the streets saw armed men
on bicycles and other skirmishers from
actual trenches dug in the approaching
cross ways, run first across Troitsky
bridge. . More invaders sneaked across
other bridges, somehow they managed
to gain entrance to the fortress. Then
tho walls of the old building began to
be dotted with figures sorue sailors
and soldiers in uniforms; others the
black garbed Leninites who had oc
cupied the fortress when they were oust
ed from the palace of the dancer Kshesl
inska.
This "last stand" was dramatic. The
rat-a-tat-a-tat of the machine guns
sounded in the fortress yard, mingling
strangely with the mellow chimes that
pourod their melody from the glittering
spire. The tiny figures to be seen from
the river "bank dotting the fortress
walls soon began to thin out. Then over
the bridges came the government's loyal
troops, escorting a filthy, unshaven
body of prisoners.
Old Time weajuings.
Thev were some of the officials of
the old regime, their velvet suits of
other davs of gorgeousncss contrasting
strans-elv with disordered collars, loose
neckties and faces trembling witn rear.
They, were the typical weaklings of the
old governmental aristocracy.
None of . KerensT's troops killed
townspeople or agitators in the street
fighting. ' .
. The cabinet, as now constituted, eoa
si.ita of six socialists and three mem
bers of otter liberal parties, but ever
all the workmen' and soldiers' eon
gresa is completely dominant.
A number of women marched ' with 1
the Kronstad soldiers and sailors in the
earlier -classes in the atreets. In com
pany with hundreds. of ethers, I was
caught- in one of these street battles
late in the afternoon, in which a dozen j
people-were killed."1 Those who were
wise lay prostrate on the ground while,
the bullet , hummed and then ran for
shelter of nearby house.
. From these observatioa-1 spots one
eould. see women among the! oaraders.
One amazon aat on an automobile with
machine gua. -Immediately before this
rioting, one of the anti-government
GREAT FOREST FIRE
IS BEYOND CONTROL
-
Sweeps Over SiX Miles i
Timber in Sonoma Coun
ty, Caornia
Santa Boso, Cal., July 21. Sweeping
over six miles of forest with its eastern
edge f ive . miles from Healdsburg and
ine western extremity licKing at the
outskirts of Guerneville, a forest fire
which is baffling all. efforts to extin
guish is doing thousand of dollars
worth of damage is Sonoma county to
day.
Deputy Sheriff James Petrav arriv
ed in Santa Rosa fro'iaibe scene of the
fire early this morning returning, im
mediately with more fire fighters. One
nunurea nrty men, under forest Super
visor George Spaulding, are encased in
the battle. Petray declared that unless
the names were checked at noon, the
Healdsburg home guards would be call
ed out.
Late yesterday the Sweetwater
Springs resort was reported surrounded
by fire. No word has been received
from there today, but it is Dclieved the
owners and guests have escaped al
though it is possible the resort has been
destroyed. Other well known Sonoma re
sorts are threatened and' numerous
ranchers have been forced to abandon
their homes. It is . believed several
dwellings have been destroyed. ,.
GENERAL GOETHALS
OFFERS TO RESIGN
This Passes the Buck Up to
President-Latter Will
Act Quickly
Washington, July 21. General Goe-
tnals bas ottered to resign as general
manager of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration.
As a climax to a long drawn argu
ment between himself and Chairman
Denman of the shipping board, GoCthalsJ
wrote a letter to rresident Wilson, suc
gesting if It will help matters he will
resign .
Thnt the president will take quiek
action in the case was indicated today.
Those close to the president intimated
tnat ne was "out ot patience" with
the Goethals-Denman row. What the
president will do, however, will not be
known jintil Monday. He is on a week
end cruise today.
lioethais' only comment 1 today was
that he had not resigned yet but that
he could not tell "what will develop."
Goethals' letter, sent yesterday, de
tailed his relations with Denman and
declared the constant bickering was no
longer possible.
Up to the present the president has
held aloof from the shipping row, tell
ing both men to go ahead with-their,
plans to build ships. . i
He expected them to reach a decis
ion on a definite program, his chief
concern being in prompt aetion.
now, however, the president is faced
with, the deilcate position of. deciding
Between the claims of tnr two men or
insisting that thev adopt some definite
program he himself evolTes out of those
submitted by both.
Goethals hat' clamed that shins can
not be built bv long discussions.' Den
man holds that he must know definite
ly about all contracts before thev are
et and congress is in on -tee fracas
with a demand te know the same detail
ed -information that Denman asks,
Congress, however, has baked the
president for information and hesee the
presdent is forced into it anyhow.
Congress i divided on
FEROCIOUS ATTACKS
. MADE ON FRENCH FRONT
Kerensky Made Minister of
War by New Russian
Government
Berlin, via London, July 21. Austro-
German troops forced the Russians to
day.' '-'-.- ;
North of Brzezany the Austro Ger
man forces, after hard fightintr. recan-
tured the position lost July 1." the wnr
oiricc asserted, norxn of tne Dniester.
uussian attacks DroKe down.
'Around Novica, the German. Aus
trian and Hungarian troops stormed
high Russian positions in snito of
stubborn resistance."
uur attack: in eastern Gaucia is
taking the course intended behind hast
ily retreating Russians of whom only
Parts make a stand," the war office
continued.
We crossed the Zloczon-Tamopol
load on both sides of Jeszierna on a 40
kilometer front (27 miles). j
wnerever the enemy mado a stand,
he" was defeated. We are pursuing the
retreating Russians by tresh aBaulta.
The -Russians are burning villages.
On the Chemin Des Danes," the
statement said, discussing the western
front, l there were no French attacks.
The Westphalians penetrated in the
evening, parts of the enemy's positions,
bringing back in. the morning, a hun
dred prisoners. yt..i -v . - i .
German Attacks Fierce.
Paris, July ' 21. All through last
night .the Germans continued their- of
fensive against French troops in the
Chemin - Des , Dames hurling . great
masses of men in fruitles sattacks, the
French official statement declared to
day The assaults were repelled, the
war office said. . ,
"Around Cerny, Hurtebise and Craon-
ne," the statement said, "there were
bombardments. Attempted attacks
wore thrown back. ' North of Braye a
Gorman detainment was thrown out of
its trenches.
"Southeast of Cerny there was a'vio-
lent combat. The Germans twice at
tacked in waves and were twice hurled
back. At Turtebise and the Californie
plateau our fire frustrated enemy pre
oarations . for an attack, inflicting
heavy losses on them."
Portland Jitneys
Mast Put Up Bonds
Portland, Or., July 21. Jitneys in
Portland today passed into history
with the enforcement of a new ordi
nance requiring a bond of 2"00 on alt
cars.
"The bond is too high," said Presi
dent Rossman of the Jitney Drivers'
union today. "We can't put up the
bond and continue to run our cars prof
itably."
ine police announced this morning
that all drivers operating without bonds
would be arrested. Sixty five for-hire
cars and taxiuabs fled bonds up to this
morning.
Mooney Case Goes
to the Jury Monday
San , Francisco,. July 21 The Rona
Mooney bomb plot case will oro to the
jury Monday.
When it became evident that a night
session would be necessary to keep on
the set schedule, the jury protested
and asked abandonment of the plan to
rush the trial through-
In compliance the usual custom of
holding no court session Sunday was
oDserved.
Monday morningr Deputy District At
torney Perrari will be given two hours
to close tne arguments and then Judge
oeaweu wiu instruct tne jury.
SAIilES ARE BUSY AT
TARGET PRACTICE
French Government Makes
Boys Present of Bottle of
Wine Each
OFFICIAL LIST IS
EXPECTED HERE
LATE IIEXT WEEK
200 Per Cent of &s!aWi3
. Be Drawn to Cover
Exemptions
IF THESE NOT ENOUGH
MORE WILL BE CALLED
NoMenWillBe&r.tAl:rcad
Before Spring Says
Secretary
Kerensky Minister of War.
London. ' July 21. Minister of War
nd Marine Kerensky has temporarily
been named premier of Russia, succeed
ing Prince uvorr, rosigneu, nccuiuing
to announcement in the Bourse Gazette
Pctroerad today. KerensKy, it was
,tnt1 in the Petroerad advices, i to
retain, his place as military and naval
chief. Tseretelli, formerly minister of
communications, was named minister of
the interior in addition to his previous
abinet oost. . Minister of railroads iNe-
krasoff is temporarily filling the post
of minister of justice.
Tho new government is arresting on
Vip eharoB of treason all of the. organ
izations which partook In the armed re
bellion and all instigators ef the re-
olters. .
Permanent Camp of the American Ex
peditionary Army in France, July 21.
Pershing's Sammies are "keen on bay
onet practice. There isn't a more pop
ular course In the training curriculum
than this. The American soldiers have
been impressed with the fact that the
enemy fears cold steel more than bul
lets and they want to get perfection in
the thrust and cut. -
The French government presented the
army with a bottle of champagne and
( liter of red wine, for every soldier.
Wine doesn't figure in the American
commisariat, so the officers were unde
cided about its distribution, although
returning thanks to the French offic
ials. One battalion, however, didn't'
waste any time but consumed all its
quota right away. ,
The camp has a comfortable feeling
every day in the anti-aircraft gun prac
tice. The Sammies celebrated clean-up day
today. - "
The staff of the camp started in on
the most thorough and minute inspec
tion of every billet at which the eoldiere hundred per cent of the actual quota- of
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By Webb Miller.
(United Ptoss staff correspondent.)
Washington, July 21. With the loca
tion today of a missing nuinbcs in the
great draft lottery, Provost Marshal
l-eueral Crowdcr-notified Seoretary of
War Baker that the first etep. toward
organizing America's armies is cem
pleto, .-
The missing number 4 1(14 a. .. .
signedto the 10,004th plaee in the draw
ing mo point at which a blank had
been picked from the urn.
Crowder's report a Sm-rti nut.
follows! . '
We closed the drawing hot q
ond 3 o'clock this morning. We found
precisely 10,500 capsules in th nrn and
the only mishap was that ii of !
capsules contained no number. When
tho" fact was discovered I thw th
capsule back into the urn to inlt A.,.
velopments. Wo drew it out and assign
ed it the last number on the list."
As the numbers arc verified they
will be listed on an official sheet and
duplicates of this shcat will be,' sent
broadcast to every local board. u
Lifts by Next Friday.
The farthest local board should- have
its official list by next Thursday or
Friday, at the latent "" '"'',
- Then, the work of Selecting th fit
and the dnexempted, will proceed. Local
boards will send Out word to those who
must answer the first call, though tho
individual himself is renirihla lat
really knowing: whether he is in h
first call.
As the men are notified, tkey must
present themselvos for physieal examin- -
at ion. They will be noted ae accepted .
or rejected. Then, if they have a claim
for exemption they must present it to
their exemption boards, who will pane
on it quickly.
luo first call of men consist of two
a merry chase into scores of lofts and 1 town must furnish two thousand men,
rooms running down dirt and disease. four thousand names will be called at
General rilbcrt, in command or tne first. If these do not furnish the first
camp, insists that it must be absolutely quota, a fresh levy must respond.
disease proof.
The fruit of a day's hard work was
tons of rubbish, which was collected
and hauled off. for burning. Henceforth
Those first called are those first on
tho list in their respective districts. . '
The Time of CalL
It will be September 5, or later, be- .
General Sibert will adopt the plan the ' foro the actual physical work of sorting
army heads did In Cuba and the Philip
pines, of having a big map of the camp
location made with red pins for clean
spots and black pins for the messy,
dirty ones. The red pins will be con
centrated for an assault on the black
ones.
The Sammies have already used an
immense quantity of disinfectants.
out the new nrmy is accomplished. A
soon as this is done the government will
summon b7,000 to the colors, to com
pose the new national army aad fill
gaps in the regular army and national
guard. . .
These men will, then be sent to eon
tonment camps if they are ready and
drilled intensively for some months be-
An Artillery Battle.
Petroirrad. July 21.-An intense artil-
rV battle is in progress in the Smorg-
on-Krevo sector, according to battle
front dispatches received today. The
rack Siberian corps is bearing tne
brant of the fighting and Russians guns
lire obtaining mastery of the enemy.
This is the first indication of exten
sion of the offensive to the front near
ilua.
Russians Retreat.
Petroerad, July 21. Because Bus-
Fian troops m tne larnopoi secior
were not showing; neeessary stability
nd elsewhere were not fulfilling com
mands of their officers," they retired
under a general offensive attack, the
war office announced 'today. The en
emy assault was in the direction of Zo-
lotchev yesterday. The retirement was
past a line from Beuivo, Hladki, Pok
ropavna and Vybadoy. - - , .
Big Fast Destroyed;
By Fire at San Mateo
v San Mateo, Cal., July 21. The Pen
insula Sapid Transit company 'a plant
here was destroyed by, fire early today
with a lose of 4150,000. Thirteen auto
buses, valued at $(5,000 apieee, 10.000
I worth of tires end a great deal of para-
the subject pbernalia, in addition to the building it
ference in beia? acquainted with, some-' the next five or six days, when any man-speaJter proved t be a German officer!
, buWr an' knawva ; .'em... . . . . . .. eaa find his- exaet plaee on the calls. MJ prisoner of war. , ' ;
The republicans wnd. many democrats, self were destroyed. The fire etarted
have stood stmitlf by Goethals. - -in the "washing room." The origin Is
If he quits there is Doimd to be a not known. The Red Crosa hospital
violent outbreak both in house and sen-. and the nurses home adjacent to the
. ' . . tdant were both menaced. ........
The inspection was officially said to fore going to France.
have shown that the American troops letters of Secretary of War Baker to
are in excellent condition physically, senators today intimated the admin is-
that their equipment is tine and mat
sickness is at a minimum.
SOME ODDS AND ENDS
' ABOUTJHE DRAFT
Man Named Bottoas Among
Those Drawn by Last Num
ber Many Freak Things
Lynn, Mass. Timothy D, Maguire,
one of this city's 5s"s fainted when
he learned his number was the first out.
Uia mother also collapsed . when she
learned it.
Minneapolis. Harry Lcgg, seven
times Minenapolis golf champion, five
times trans-Mississippi champion, drew
No. 2808. Ho was playing semi-finals
in the state golf tournament when told
his number-had been drawn. .
Denver, Colo. William Jennings Bry
an held one of the first draft- number
drawn. He is not related to the ex
secretary; he does not believe in grape
juice; he ia bot a pacifist, and won't
claim exemption.
Cincinnati, Ohio. What 's in a name!
Dan Bottoms, porter, thinks he is a
talisman. It was at .the bottom-of the
army draft. Bottoms' number- 3217--
was the last drawn in the lottery at
Washington. -
. Madison, - Wis. " ProMianiem . has
crushed the hearts of millions of wive
and mothers. Otto has. been called. The
baby and I will have to. shift for our
relvee. But Otto will do his duty he
(Continued on Psge 3.)
tration does not propose to send either
national guard or new army . troops
abroad before spring, although original
plans contemplated guardsmen abroad
before snow flies.
The provost marshal general notified
all governors in slow going states today
that they must establish their city anil
town quotas at once. Meantime the ,
surgeon - general- - notified examining
physicians to be especially strict in
passing on drafted men. No fake dis
abilities will be allowed to escape.
"It is important," said Surgeon
General Gorgas, "that the examiner
realize there will be a proportion of
men who will seek exemption by dis
simulation, varying from exaggeration
of a condition of downrigSt malinger
ing. We are proposed to protect tho
government against such attempts at de
ception." HE WAS BORK TO TP ' -
Sharon, Pa., July 21. The first Shar-.
on man drafted was No. 2o, Joaa Pitta,
born on Friday, the thirteeath.' " "
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