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»»»»»»»#•»» **'! MOST COMPLETE SPORT SECTION | IN THE CITY \ I. ^ 'iiiii'ff^^-'n^r^m^mM-itiMrjrc^!Tamr^ii-*^^'^^XFS'^xfr--':**^-i'ij^-i^9BaiBrs^ 7r'^'-j''..-*.-i:iY^fi9yt, * -'¦^KJiliiti.r'WSmKlfl^J^i-f ¦.*>:. . 7T;i:\K«^'j>r¥-.-;^^mMiKPM-icirf3cei?:.:3«Hm»?MiB PRICE FIVE CENTS INDEPENDENT The Only Sunda.v Newspaper Published in Luzerne County. LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1917 Entered at Wllkes-Barre, Pa., a» Second Class Mail Matter. SCBPtV^^fJ'VSI ".vf-T^!7"ri;jr-*,T» ^vpmtxS'OT-.i^ «n«T" THE \V EATHER Washington. July 2 1.—Gener- ;; sally fair Sunday; Monday local;; ' thundershowers^ 'I PRICE FIVE CENTS ANTHRACITE MINES COMMANDEERED UNDER REVOLUTIONARY SENATE BILL CONTROL OF COAL ALONG WITH FOOD Most Drastic Law Passes Sen-, ate and Only Committee Ac¬ tion Stands Between People j and Salvation From Highi Food Costs — Hoover to! Have Two Helpers on Board j WHISKEY PROHIBITED ! Washington, July 21.—Enactment of the food control hill into law,—the mo.st drastic measure ever adopted i for a repiihlic,—depends now upon a t driEPn '•onfereesi nf House Hnd Senate. ) By a vote of »l to 6, the Senate late today, passed the measure after weeks of bitter fiRhlinK and heated debate. Its action repie.'^ented a radical de¬ viation from the Hou.se bill. The Senate provided: A food admini.«tration board of three members, -instead of the one man board that Herbert <". Hoover was to i:on!stitul*>. One of the men must he a practical farmer. CiovernrnPnt control of coal from the mouth of the mine to the consumer. • 'ommanderins: nf all bonded liquor, the government to pay a "fait " price foi it. and piohibitlon of .spirits dis¬ tillation. WILSON WILL SEniE I LEVELS SENATE LAW Flour Price is Hit Hard and Other Grain Products Will Soon Be Included THE OUTLOOK GOOD Goethals Tenders Resignation But Submarine Waste Urges Harmony and Quick Action AT IMPOSSIBLE STAGE Washington. July Wil.son will settle the fJoethals-Den- man dispute and speed up the ship buildins propram to overtake .subma¬ rine de.struction. (I'hicago, .Inly 21.- The Senate's I amendment.s to the food control bill fix- I inp a }2 minimum on the best grade I of wheat means lower flour prices. In the \iew of .1. P. Orlffin, President of' the Chicago Board of Trade. Board of Trade operators, however, believed that the wheat minimum should have been placed higher as July futures total 21.—Prefilflfnt closed at $2.,t.=> per bushel and Sept. ali $2.27%. Cash wheal sold at $2.49 aj bushel for No 3 northern which is] two grades below .\o. 1 northern, fixed | ; as a :.asis for the $2 rate by the Sen- I ate's action. | Two Million Are Called Into Germany's ^.rmy Washington, .luly 21.—Germany's reply to the American draft is to call her younger classes to the colors. Confidential information reached War Department officials to-day that a decree wss signed yesterday ill Berlin which will make available for military purpo.ses nearly 2,000,- 000 German youths. They will he called to report to the colors next March or about the time that the notional army of the L'nited States can be expected lo be about read.v to be transferred to France. Officials decline to .say what classes are to be called up hut it is believed that they will be well below 21 years of a^e. E E 1 RUSSIAN ARMIES ARE IN RETREAT T TO BE HEMEMBERED Coethals has placed the matter; Speculation in wheat and corn has squarely up to tlic White House in a practically ceased. The sjraln trade i.s letter offering to resign from the gen- 1 frankly puzzled as to the future of the eral managership of the emergency! if this would solve. market, concui' assuming that the House will n the Senate amendment. The , .\linimiim pi-ice of $2 a bushel for lushest grades of wheat until .luly 1, l;<l!«. with prices of other grades in proportion. .\pproi>rialion.s of more than |tl.iO,000. 000 -$lo.O(M».oi>0 of it for government purchase and distribution of nitrate soda to help stimulate ci-ops. I'onferences between Representatives and Senators will begin .Monday. These conferences will shape the eventual scope of the bill. The house must ac¬ cept all senate amendments or a com- limmise must tie reached. .A big pan of the fight wiii center arfiund the liquor (piestion. The house hill forbade u.se of food for manufac¬ ture of all intoxicants. The senate bill fleet corporation .^ .....«, ...^....^ o^-.t^ . , I farmers of the great wheat growing the tie-up. I states have been clamoring for a mini- Goethals told the Presideni that the i mum wheal price for months. I'rged I situation between him.self and Den- j ^y 'h>" government to raise more wheat Government Makes Strict Rul¬ ing on Examinations and Denotes But Few Loopholes PHYSICAL DEFECTS man had reached the "impossible" I staae. The President must either re- lie\e Goethals or direct Deiimun not to interfere with his ship cnstruction pro-1 gram. The President might retain thej services of both men by ordei ine D^n- | man lo confine himself strictly to op- ; era I ing the ships Goethals builds. I .\fter months of wrangling with ¦ Denman while shipping destruction by j I'-boats palsied allied hopes. Goethals j decided F'riday that the President must ; settle the controversy for all time. Re- I garding himself, a soldier under the I President's orders. Goethals wrote him the> have hesitated. Their argument was that at the present price of labor and seed, growing a big acreage might be disastrous as a sudden ending of the war would result in prices topling , The action of Ihe Senate extending the j " rnighty minimum period to .luly 1, 1?19, will re- j suit in record wheat crops next year ] and a remarkably heavy planting of winter wheat in the fall of 1918, in the opinion of Chicago grain men. President Griffin, while he refused to discuss th° Seuat's action nt length ; hv fraud until he had the full text of the amend¬ ment, said that while there is a wide Washington, .luly 21.—Uncle Sam's not going to take any chance on his first drafted soldier boys faking physi¬ cal di.sability. And you will have to be poor specimen physically not to be called on. j With the fateful lottery complete, 1 the government todiy issued special warning to examining ph.vsicians. Not ¦ a loophole is li?ft for a man to escape When the examining physician or Official Lists Will Be Posted This Week and All Will Be Notified to Report MUST NOT ENLIST Washington, July 21.- Before Sep¬ tember 1 thousands of men sifted from the top of the draft list will be khaki clad, it was officially predicted to¬ night. The War Department notified Pro¬ vost .Marshal fleneral Crowder that the first men through the draft will he placed in the ranks of the regular arm.v and national guard as soon as picked. Disquieting reports of members of exemption boards resigning or refus FOR WHOLE COUNTRY Laboring Man, Employer, Doc¬ tor and Lawyer Wili Handle Last Claims For Exemption HAVE GREAT POWER Washington. July 21. — Presideni Wilson tonight announced the mem¬ bers of tho District or Appeal exemp- Kerensky Berates Traitors in New Republic, But is Help¬ less to Save Defeat of the Legions Recently the Hope of Allied Cause — Driven Back Twelve Miles SPAIN IN REVOLT Ivondon, July 21.—Russia's preten¬ tious offensive in Oalicia has apparent¬ ly broken down under heav.v German attacks. Berlin tonight claimed its army was before Tarnopol. far behind the Brzezany-Stanislau line over which fTeneral Korniloff's men march¬ ed through the fragments of the Xus- tro-German lines three weeks ago. ing to .serve reported to the War .Oe- t'^'°" '^'''^^^ tribunals for 32 states. Kach -p^p Petrograd official statement to partment. But none of these evasions will be brooked \eiled threats to deal harshly with them were mode by Department officals. The draff pro¬ vides that any inexcusable evasion from duty ia punishable by fine or Imprisonment. .Many of the resigna¬ tions are tendered because the men refuse to take political risks. As soon aa the printed "master" . lists for each district reach the boards' ^^'^ they are ready to begin the sifting yro- ; cess. .At first they will .summon from! the tops of the lists a number equal to twice their quota. Owing lo the large number nf ex- ' emptions for dependency and physical i reasons this number will be insuffi- 1 board consists of five membeis. Kol- I lowing the suggestion of the Presi- j dent, on each i.s a representative of I the laboring man, the employer of j labor, a man familiar with in-iustrial j conditions in the district, a physician and a law.x er. night admitted a retreat of more than a dozen miles. The German version would make it more nearly thirty. Cifficial Russian statements declared the retirement in part had been due to refactory regiments which refused or¬ ders, or delayed in accepting them The task of these boards ig the I while they debated so that the tim. lost most vital of the draft. .AppenLs from ,' was fatal. the lower or local boards are submit- to the district tribunals. They have original jurisdiction in occupa¬ tional exemption claims. The power of removal is lodged with President Wilson. The nominations for places on the tribunals came in most .ciises from State governors and Congressmen. shal general's office labored throughout the day to check the lottery list.s .ind the first proofs of the printed "master" that if his differences with Denman I'l''^^'"«'"fe "f 'ipmion on the minimum embarrassed the President's war|P'"'<^'^ ''^•" should h?ve been fixed, the; to a man's physical fitness, the law is permits manufacture of wine and beer. ' Policies he was wUling to step down. j farmer and consumer—especially thej ,hat he must be declared physically fit the local board or both, are in doubt as!''***" '"' th*" boards. The lists are be¬ ng mailed special delivery to the 4.,S57 Thi.s js expected to be the principal stiimbling block. Disposition of the liquor affects hundreds of millions of dollars President Wilson is considering thfti-- i problem tonight on a week-end cruise, lueslion i-^ decision is expected early next week. in revenue and holds up action ou thel war tax bill. | Senator La h'ollette furnished the only spectacular debate of the closing i hours when in two speeches today— ; his first on the food bill- he champ- i ;|^Uer-^_hould w«;lcom,e $2 wl^gat. Flour Price Drops. The consumer ma.* now look for a drop in flour to |10 or $11 a barrel. Griffin .said, which means that the bread on his table will be cheapei'. "The c.ist of producing a bushel of ... PI |r^/^rc>T^^^ a wheat is not thf same for an> two ^ IN SUGGESTED LAW faimei.s," Griffin (ontiniied. "But sincel ALIENS ARE ATTACKED ITTftd Tield. 1 No drafted men will ever be given j the benefit of the doubt. Kven if two physicians declare him j physically unfit the local board may at j its own discretion set aside both opin- j ions and hold bim. No drafted man can escape by being ioned $2 wheat and later the Pomerene I amendment for government control of , coal. "The peoidc ed I was referred t<i the committee on im- ' migration and naturalization. isl have bread and i ,. ,i,„ , ._, c .u ¦ .. ,,.,,..,, .. ,, , , !<'¦ the arm.v of their own. app v for fuel. La l-o ette said. f thex- do not i i-„i,^.i «i .. . i i i , ^ ^ . , , , ¦ "^'- I lilted Mates citizenship or be deport- iret them there ,s bound to be trouble. | p„ ,„ ,f,^ President's option. The bill "Coal men are charging twice nor- ¦ mal prices." • In his si»eech on the wheal amend¬ ment l,a I'olletie declared: ¦Manufac¬ turing interests in .New Kngland and steel aluminum, lopper and other in¬ terests have slrifiped the bill of every sort of conirol except that over the farmer. .After having his worUI mar¬ kets taken from him by the embargo bill, (Which I.H I'oNette opposed), the farmer must furnish food to the world at prires fixed ff>r him b.v Hoover. "I'nless provision is made for the farmer 1 shall oppose the bill. Hoover said in a innfidcntial statement Ihat if 'he proper jiower were exercised wheat could be bought at 75 cents a bushel." Washington, .luly 21. .A bill intro¬ duced in Ihe House to-day by Repre- I sentative Kmerson would compel aliens i 1 either to enlist in the American army ¦ I"*'""'''''*^ service, i 'Trading iii wheat has been at a the government lias stimul.ited the] producli<ui by urging larger acreage, it] is only reasoniible that the farmer should rece.ve fair return f.ir his OF INNEXTSMONTHSi^r I Dunkirk, .V. Y., .luly 21.—Four per- I sons were killed and five injured when ]an automoliile containing Christian .Nelson, a blacksmith, of Forestvllle, !-V. y.. his wife and nine children was ! struck by a Buffalo and l.,ake Ei le i Klectric express car al the Lincoln ave- I niie crossing this evening. Nelson and : two daughters, .Marj and Irene, and a 'Son. Christian. .Ir.. constitute the dead. [ Mrs. .Nelson, badly in.Uired. is dying ;at the Brook? .Vlemorial Hospital. Four i other children are at the hospital suf¬ fering from cuts and bruises, .\rlhur son, 14. escaped injury b.v jumping the automobile, crew of the electric car are held by the coroner pending an investiga¬ tion. sl.uidstill l'<u- .1 number "f weeks and new wheat has mily beiiuii to move." Griffin was asked what effect the wheal mininiiini would have on prices of other grains, but refused -o hazard a guess. "Uowever," he said, "we are just imw getting in the new crop of oats and it will probably l>e the largest harve»<ted in vears. I believe oat? will sell at .^0 cents a bushel when the new crop is on the market." Standard cash oats sold today al S6\i to 87Vi cents a bushel. I FIRST SOLDIERS' CAMP j OPENS IN CALIFORNIA ; Washington, .Tuly 21.—The great training camp al Linda \ista. where I l'*^n "^ either thumb, total loss of in- Californians will mobilize for the new |'l*'" finger of right hand, total loss of national army promises to be one of the I an.^ '^" fingers on the same hand or sick in bed. The examiner will be sent lo his home. If convale.>-cent the board will hold him till he is well, then examine bim. ^ Kver.v precaution is taken to pre- I vent any drafted man hav.ng a "pull" with the doctor. Xo examiner can pass on his drafted relatives. Because your feet are flat don't think \ou can e.scape on that ground You may not bave "flat foot," the dis¬ ease, al all. "X broad, flat fool", said the Sur¬ geon General, 'is common among lab¬ oring men and negroes and is in no way disabling." Among tbe few things you might es¬ cape on are: Lack of normal understanding, abrupt depressions in the skull, curved spine, bridges and crowns involving more than half your teeth, pronounced goitre. Tobacco heart won't exempt you. Chronic rheumatism may let you out as will webbed fingers, paralysis of one or more fingers, loss or serious mutila- boards. Men on the lottery lists are barred from enlisting in any branch of the army or navy after their name has been posted. $10,000 PONIES b'uRNEO. Hempstead, L. I., ,(uly 21.—Four polo ponies worth 110.000 were burned to death today when flre destroyed a barn on Ihe estate of W. (^. HecKshire. at Waterbiiry. The ponies were in¬ cluded in a string of ten recentlv cha.sed In California. pur. Millions Granted for Aeroplanes With Only LaFollette's Vote Cast Against Bill ALL LEAOVILLE MINES flrst cantonments completed. P.rigadier General -Vlclntyre tonight said that its natural advantages made the Linda Vista site comparatlvcl.v easy to get read.v. .As a result the (."alifornia Sammies will probahl.v be able to go into camp as soon as called, while in man.v other parts of the countr.v weeks will have to be spent by the new soldiers in training at home armories. loss of second or third phalanges of either hand. These conditions, however, must be acute and unfit service, or they won't bar you. Even if all local board members and all local examining physicians, declare you physically unfit, the surgeon gen- eras medical representatives may come in. re-examine you, declare you fit for service and hold you. Washington, .luly 21.—The war Sen¬ ate by passing the Jii40,000.000 aviation bill to-day. struck what experts be¬ lieve will prove .America's mightest blow at German autocracy. With .'^resi¬ dent Wilson's signature assured the country's inventive genius and Indus¬ trial resources already have begun a race to provide aeroplanes for thou¬ sands of youths now receiving instruc¬ tions. Army contracts for thou.sai.ds. of machines have been let. While the progmm is under wax al top .syeed with flyers training at a ilozen ••¦anjps. fBctorie%^turn1ng out engines 'and other eqBpiBetiL, the world will be as¬ tounded -^t America's making powers, officials said tu-iilght. I'm-j flat lefu.sal gress not dr«amed of by our allies has | gulled, already been made by hiniy experiH who "took a chance" on Congress pass¬ ing the bill. A wonderful aeroplane engine has been Invented in America in record time. It has been standardized and will be turned out In great numbers rapidly Details are military secrets, but it ie officially said that air supremancy within eight months is guaranteed our allies by America's aviation program. Senators knew when they rushed the •ppropriatlon through in legs than an hour today with only La Follette voting gainst It, that twenty million of the £0.000.000 if for machine gun equip- alone and that other parts of the ^•n are on the same immense IKE COUNTY MUST DRAFT 1,895 MEN; WILKES-BARRE HAS A FILL QUOTA cient in most districts and the boards] Boards of the remaining states will be will summon the next man on the list, i """V^"''*''^ within a few days. Officials emimate exemptions will | The following were named tonight: average more than 60 out of every 100 i Ohio—.Northern District — Joseph men. " 'Bertels. Kred .1. Heim. C. L, Knight, Forces of clerks in the provost niar-'K- •!• Marsh, E. H. .Moore. Division 2--'Ralph V. Brandt. F. K. Bunts. A. L. Garford. .lolin T. Hogsett, Homer .lohnson. Division ;l —.ludge F. A. Baldwin, Hon. Clarence K. Benedict. Kmmf'tl «''urtin. W. W. Farnsworth, W. A, Held. Southern district of Ohio—Division 1- W. N. Bradford. G. W. .McCulloiigh. Frank Pomerene, George W, Pyle, D. P. Thorpy. Division 2—William K. Bird. .1. R. Kllboiirne. D. S. King, Wells Treach- nor, .1. L. Zimmerman. Division .S—Charles H. Atherton, .A. F. Broomhill. P. .N'. lOnsign, Frank T. Huffman, .1. M, WIthrow. Wa.^hington State Kastern district, division 1—R. B. Patterson, Warren W. Tolnian. Dr. Henry .A. Smith, W. ,1. Ooates, Frank Reeves. Division 2 W. L. Lemon, .<". L. Hol- <.,iiib. Dr. .1. A. Mahaii, L. F. Clarke. .1. \'. .McCall. Weslern distiici Division 1—W. G. Collins. Dr. Arthur B. Cook. B. K, Padgett. K. I. Proctor. Cyrus (Jates. Di¬ vision 2 Youis 1. Hart, .lohn Fletcher, Dr. C. W. Bales, T. P. Copelan.l. .Albert Schoolwy. West Xirgiaa Northern district-Dr. W. .1. DavldH<in. .1. li. ll.vatt. Arch W. Poll. H. K. Robbin.s. K. W. Rodgei.s. Southern district .A. H. T.,and, William G. .Mathews. Warren .Miller. C. .1. Schweickerl, Dr. R. T. Vinson. Wyoming -Dr. C. L. Board, .1. W. Hay, .M. R. Johnson, .lames Morgan, W. L. Simp.son. .Arizona Division 1—.T. L. B. Alex¬ ander, L. S. Cote.s, Bert .A. Davis, Dr. R. N. Looney, Linn B. Orme; Division 2—Dr. John K. Bacon, D. H. Claridge. .1. B. Compton, G. H. Dowdell. .1. B. Wright Oklahoma—F:astern district, division .1. O. W. E. Divi.sion 2—Robert F. C. Cidaily. Alfred S. Clinton. Kdgar R. Fenton. C. H. Kretz. Harry .N. Rogers. Western district—Dr, J. W. Duke, C. H. Parker. Roy Stafford, J A. Whilehurst; Ollie Wilson. Idaho—Division 1—R. H. .Meyers. Dr. J. B. Morris. Isaac E. Snow, Herman H. Taylor, A. C. White. Division 2— C. A. Bailon. A. L. Carter, .1. W. Hart. Dr. .A. M. .Newton. Paul Spangenburg. Kentucky—Eastern district—J. H. Continued on Page 2 PETROGRAD ATTACKED: IS NOW UNDER SIEGE Siockbolni. .Uily 21 IVuograil is in a state of siege according to dis- uatches published today in Ibe .So¬ cial Demokraten. Cruwds stormed the office of Ihe newspaper Piavada. a l>enliieisl organ. CAR STRIKE RIOTERS ER Treason, Say* Kerensky. Petrograd. .luly 21.—Premier Keren¬ sky in a solemn message of warning lo Free Russia tonight declared: "Trea¬ son has brought the countr.v to the precipice of mortal danger now threat- Iening. The new head of the government sent the message primarily to the army and navy. He declared the Germajis in¬ stigated the Petrograd outbreaks, just quelled, in which revolters from Kron- atadt and Petropavlovsk by opposing the Russian offensive "had stabbed their comrades in the back. He ordered that a 111 these culpable to be .sent to Petrograd for trial. Comrades he concluded, "treason has brought the country to the precipice of mortal danger that now threatens. The enemy Is already assuming the offensive; the enemys fleet may at any moment force decisive action, profting by our confusion. 1 exhort you tn sup¬ port the provisional government and fend off terrific enemy blows. The drastic sp.v hunt today resulted in the arrest of M- Zlnoff, one of the chief leaders of the Lenine pro-peace party. .Nicholai lynlne. now branded us a paid German agent, is still a fugitive. General Kornilpff, leader in the re¬ cent (Jalician offensive, was today named as chief of command of the southwestern front, vice General Gou- tor, resigned. In the interest of war time economy, Ihe new cabinet today decided to re- .duce their own salaries by one half. British Air Raids. lAindon. July 21. -Four German aero¬ dromes Avere boinlied by British aerial forces yesterday and a great explosion <-aused by dropping of explosives on an important i-ailroad junction. Field Marshnl Haig reporteil to-night. Three hostile planes were downed and six others driven down out of control. Six British planes are missing. Continued on Page 2 Seattle. Wash., July 21.—Riot? that resulted in the injury of between twen¬ ty-five men. the arrest of twent.v-five persons and damage estimated at thousands of dollars followed sn at¬ tempt to run a .street car through the i'T"*^' ^ ^''^' •"^"Sen*^ M Keif lower down business district In the ' utterly for military i heart of the cit\ late this afternoon. Thousands of striking carmen and sympathizers Joined in onslaughts on the car. Bricks, stones, lead pipe cas¬ ing and other mussiies came from ev¬ ery direrlion. Every window in the car was smashed and it waa twice thrown from the tracks. Kuyrkendall, Eugene F. Rose. L'tterbach. Lead ville, Colo., July 21.—Leadville. j the center of the metal mining industry j of Colorado, was in the grip of a strike ' Although Wilkes-Bane men will inldinary conditions tonight which has reduced the 63.500 ] all probability be exempted from the j would exempt all tons monthly output of its 103 active I first draft because this city has already mining properties to practically noth- i given more than its quota to the mill- i iixg. paralysis its huge smelter Indus- ' tJ^fV forces of the country, local men tr.\ and made its 1,800 miners idle. The strike a<ti«n followed failure of efforts of federal mediators which last¬ ed several weeks to avert it. .A hiiiU appeal to o[ierators to hold a confer¬ ence by which il was hoped to post¬ pone the walk out. last night met with did the were ordered liy officials last night compl.v with all the consciiplion re¬ gulations up until the time they are this circumstance Wilkes-Barre men I fiom the first draft. In J^uzerne coun¬ ty the quota is 3.202 and the num- ^11 . ber of enlistments is 1307. leaving a I balance of 1S9.'> men to be drafted from I the eleven districts In the county inforiiied that Ihey need not report fori duly. j The fact that Ibis city has more than lome up lo the 77u men demanded from strike today re- j it by the War Department will not re- j lease fioiii liubilit.v Ihe men whose tickets today were iiosted at all j numbers were drawn until they are mines. The only attempt at strike i told that ibey will be omitted from the breaking was the hiring of a few non- I first draft. This applies particularly union men to work the pumps to pre- | to the men wlio.se names were an- vent flooding of the shafts. These ] nounced as being among the first three men were not interfered with. Xo \ thousand conscripts. violence has resulted. I The statement to this effect was made .Managers of the mines today were | after the federal officials were brought emphatic in their declaration that ' to a realization that thousands of men they would not treat with the union, i whose numbers were drawn early will Each operator is willing to settle claim exemption. .Not all of the claims claims of his own men, but recogni- \ will lie allowed but those based on tion of the union or dealing with its ' sound arguments will be approved I outride Iif tills ciij. i officals is refused. The increased cost of living which thej claim makes granting of their demand for an increase of Jl a day absoluiel.v essential, is the real rea- where conditions warrant such action. The war depai:ment, has placed this cit>'s quto of men as 770. .Alreadv' the These figures are foi' ordinary con¬ ditions, but witb; Hie war depaitment as yet iindeciUecr'Ctd exemption claims and with the question of training lampH and reserve officers Mttll • nn- setfled, no guarantee «if exempiloti will lie given Just yet to local men. Because of this ll will be neces»ar.v for the drafted men to appear before the exemption boards In regular fashion unless Instructed to wait for the second draft. The liability for the draft will be more clearly explain¬ ed to the men by the government dur¬ ing the coming week. Order ftf Service. A dispatch received last night at the Sunday Independent office from Wash¬ ington announced that the government ts about to Issue booklets containing the numbers drawn and the order In which the holders of those numbers son for the strike, miners claim. I local enlistments in tne Third Artillery , will be liable for service, j and the regular branches of service i These booklets will contain eleven have passed this number. Lnder cr-j pages each. Each page will be a ite- photographic reproduction of the •numbers as they were chalked up at Washington in the order in which they were drafted. Photographing thr blackboard results will ellminaiM all chance of mistakes as lo nuiiibei.') and order. Siifflcienl cupieM of the booklet will b«j sent to every exenipttoii bim id in Ihe country. Some will come In tlux city. .At the .suiite time ihe Wai De- Pttiliiteiit will .send to Ibis cit.v ;i list of I hi- numbers drawn sbowitig wliat men are liable for service. Ttii.- M.sl will be. posted in the clt> hall. Contiarj to earllei orders, it was announced lust night ihat aftei this list Is publicly posted for the inspec¬ tion and reference by the public, men whose numbers were drawn wiil not he permitted to enlist in any of the regular branches of the service. They must take their chance with all other coascripis. The first three thousand numbers will likely see the men holding tho^e numbers in service by SeptejnbT 1. The flrst men to be taken will W used to flll up the gaps In the National Guard units and the regular a^m^•. Later men will be placed in the new national amy. MEETS WITH DEFEAT T BY SALARIED AGENTS SAY STATE PROBERS Infected Plaster.^ Sold in Many Districts Are Shown to Hold Tetanus Germs Kansas City. Kan., July 21.—Whll« government chemists are carefully noting every reaction on the guinea pigs Inoculated with cultures from the poison plasters taken from alleged German peddlers, federal agents and state officers are delving Into leads which they believe will throw light upon the origin nf the deadly bacilli carriers. Reports from widely scrattered i points over Kansas show how thor- I oiighly the germ impregnated plaa- j ters were dislriiuiied Paola, in the Believing himself to be the originul I eastern section of the state. Winfleld Uncle-Sam and that everyone else was i a fellow I'ncle Sum, .lohn Reese, aped 36, of 47 IlMZle slreei this I'llv. pio- treeded veHlerday Hftern4.on to wage a little war of his ovmi hIoiik iiuidified line.-, lie now knows different but thej reali/.atiuii will l.e further liicreused j this morning at »:3u ocluck when he | l.t tried ill police cuuil on Che charge! (>f being drunk and iiDpersiinatltig h | police officer. Kee.se started on the Wiir (lath y«:s- ferday afternoon al 3 o'clock, after! "onsuming a quantity of liquid am- j munition. He marced down Ihe river j common proclarlng lo all who would I listen that he was the only and orlg- a.nd Wichita in the southwestern, Maryville in the north central and oilier cities over the Stale have sent In samples. The majority, officials say, harbored tetanus and other germ cultures. .lohn Luyne, or Liiige, held at Mar.v- vllle, still refuses to di.scluse the .Sonne of his plaster. He got them ' "somewhere in Iowa" he declared. RuiiioLs which the aiithuritles refuse to discu.ss indicate that perhaps a dozen I other suspects are being held. All stale that they sold plasters because they ; believed there was good mon«y in iu j However, in every Instance, the I paskels retailing at 10 cents each were inal Uncle Sam. Everyone he met who I distributed in the country where houses disputed the fact with him, was or-! «re two miles apait. .An active agent dered by him tn leave the common. Hejf^u'd not m<ake enoiirh lo pay for threatened to arrest all disobedient meals in a da.v. inve.stigators say. patriots and dissenters. Those who I "I* is a mistake to belittle this in- believed him met with favor and werejquiry." Fred Robertson, district at- decorated with titles of being fellow i torney, stated tonight. 'Everything L'ncle Sams. (points to a conspiracy of the most Reese was wagine a successful cam-j vicious nature.' paign until Traffic Officer .loseph | .Authorities are warning the public to Jones made a successful attack on him buy plasters only from accredited drug- and pantured his battle line. gists.
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1917-07-22 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 07 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1917 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1917-07-22 |
Date Digital | 2008-04-02 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 39377 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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ANTHRACITE MINES COMMANDEERED
UNDER REVOLUTIONARY SENATE BILL
CONTROL OF COAL ALONG WITH FOOD
Most Drastic Law Passes Sen-, ate and Only Committee Ac¬ tion Stands Between People j and Salvation From Highi Food Costs — Hoover to! Have Two Helpers on Board j
WHISKEY PROHIBITED !
Washington, July 21.—Enactment of the food control hill into law,—the mo.st drastic measure ever adopted i for a repiihlic,—depends now upon a t driEPn '•onfereesi nf House Hnd Senate. ) By a vote of »l to 6, the Senate late today, passed the measure after weeks of bitter fiRhlinK and heated debate. Its action repie.'^ented a radical de¬ viation from the Hou.se bill.
The Senate provided:
A food admini.«tration board of three members, -instead of the one man board that Herbert <". Hoover was to i:on!stitul*>. One of the men must he a practical farmer.
CiovernrnPnt control of coal from the mouth of the mine to the consumer.
• 'ommanderins: nf all bonded liquor, the government to pay a "fait " price foi it. and piohibitlon of .spirits dis¬ tillation.
WILSON WILL SEniE
I LEVELS SENATE LAW
Flour Price is Hit Hard and Other Grain Products Will Soon Be Included
THE OUTLOOK GOOD
Goethals Tenders Resignation But Submarine Waste Urges Harmony and Quick Action
AT IMPOSSIBLE STAGE
Washington. July Wil.son will settle the fJoethals-Den- man dispute and speed up the ship buildins propram to overtake .subma¬ rine de.struction.
(I'hicago, .Inly 21.- The Senate's I
amendment.s to the food control bill fix- I
inp a }2 minimum on the best grade I
of wheat means lower flour prices. In
the \iew of .1. P. Orlffin, President of'
the Chicago Board of Trade. Board of
Trade operators, however, believed that
the wheat minimum should have been
placed higher as July futures total
21.—Prefilflfnt closed at $2.,t.=> per bushel and Sept. ali
$2.27%. Cash wheal sold at $2.49 aj
bushel for No 3 northern which is]
two grades below .\o. 1 northern, fixed |
; as a :.asis for the $2 rate by the Sen-
I ate's action. |
Two Million Are Called Into Germany's ^.rmy
Washington, .luly 21.—Germany's reply to the American draft is to call her younger classes to the colors. Confidential information reached War Department officials to-day that a decree wss signed yesterday ill Berlin which will make available for military purpo.ses nearly 2,000,- 000 German youths.
They will he called to report to the colors next March or about the time that the notional army of the L'nited States can be expected lo be about read.v to be transferred to France. Officials decline to .say what classes are to be called up hut it is believed that they will be well below 21 years of a^e.
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Coethals has placed the matter; Speculation in wheat and corn has squarely up to tlic White House in a practically ceased. The sjraln trade i.s letter offering to resign from the gen- 1 frankly puzzled as to the future of the
eral managership of the emergency! if this would solve.
market, concui'
assuming that the House will n the Senate amendment. The ,
.\linimiim pi-ice of $2 a bushel for lushest grades of wheat until .luly 1, l; |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19170722_001.tif |
Month | 07 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 1917 |
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