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DRAFT LAW TIGHTER EVERY MAN SUBJECT TO CALL FOR WAR SERVICE NEW RULES HAVE TEETH h'.iOUf lU'feroncc to Priority Local Poaidfl ( an Order Men Into Ser- \ Ice as Needed—Special Calls to (»ct Sj^ecial Men—Men Physically 1)i^qnalilied Can Be Called Into ■ S'' , •••' • S«*rTic*» Behiml the Lines. Drastic t'o^ulations for the draft, making practically every on* of the more than 9,000,000 registered men subject to war duty, even if not at the front, then behind the lines, were approved by the president and made public by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Affecting more than 9,000,000 humes the regulations cqobilize the war strength of the country on a point where only a word is-necessary to take a man from his desk or plough or work bench and put him in a trench or armored motor car or munitions factory or shipbuilding plant. Here are some of the radical new provisions w hich give teeth to the revised rul»*»: 1. Hecmary of War Baker is given authority to revoke any exemp tion, or diMiegard at any time the deferred claasification and order of call of any registered man, if that uian'a special trade or qualifications makes him necessary for special ser vice. Thus if the army finds itself facing a sudden need for 25,000 chauffeurs. Secretary Baker is au thorized to direct local boards to get the number of chauffeurs, no mat ter where they stand in order of call, the new questionnaires which all reg istered men must answer will afford the local boards knowledge of their tradee. so it will be only a matter of looking over the Hat and picking out chauffeurs The same applies to nay other trade or profession, need experts In which arises la nay army branch Hie only exception to I he mW In that If a man la given 4r- frrtwd cLmsHOration heennae of de- «mmrm of hi* clnaaiflcol Ion and surgeon general's office. The local boards for the first time are clothed with judicial authority and may call the assistance of the police, United States marshals or process serving machinery If neces sary. Men wlm have been drafted and have appeals from the decision of the local board pending will have their cases automatically thrown eff the boards by a new ruling of Piovost Marshal General Crowder BAKERS STATEMENT 5. Voluntary enlistment* In the regular army of men between SI and SI years of ags will be completely ■topped on December lb. If after that date a registered man desires to eater the service ahead of bis lia bility to rail be most sign a waiver for all ovemptloa and If be # bas de pendents they must waive all claim to bis support. He Is then auto maUeally moved to the bead of the (bit. subject to call, aad goes Into uniform Immsd lately. Should bis ■ole dependents be s child or chil dren under 14 years of age no waive • III be accepted aad be must stay heme aad aupport them until bis order is reached 3. Mee prevftoa*l> hergeil for ■tight deform Hire. *arh a* flat feel, wtll be retailed. They will not be ■rot to the front but will be put on government work either at army de pots or where they are moat needed Only complete physical disability, such as missing limbs or blindness will be sufficient to warrant the total exemption of a man 4. Men employed In the building and fitting of ships for the navy and emergency fleet corporation are not subject to call so lon»f as they re tain those employments. Immediate ly upon their leaving ruch positions »»♦•* assume the rlsgpiflcafinn they would have received in case of other 'employment. a. iU>£i*L*rc<! men for the first time aits permitted, if they so de*iie, try enlist In the navy or marine corps. Permission to do so will be granted, however, only in case the number of the man is so far down on the order list that he Is not subject to call In the second draft.' 6. An entirely new system of phy sical examination is ordered whereby u man Is examined not only by the physicians of the local board but by pn expert board of seven specialists before being finally accepted or dis charged from military duty. 7. The provost marshal general s office has been given the assistance of the entire postal machinery of the country in tracing down men»who have moved from their original juris- diction, leaving no address behind. 8. 4ien. Oowder said it could not he made too plain that the new regulations affect every one of the registered men not at pi-es- ent in the uniform of the United States. Every man not included in the <;N7,000 already drafted is required to answer the .quest ions of the questionnaire and is sub- .j<Ht to the new rules which super sede all former rulings and regula- tions. All exemptions ami dis charges granted under the old rules are automatically canceled ami are waste paper so far as the government is concerned. - The rules will become effective in part on November 20. They are to go Into effect as; a whole qn a date to be set by the. provost marshal gen eral, which probably will be Decem ber 15. There will be no change in the method of determining quotas for call under the new rules. All dis tricts will be given credit In the de termination of the quotas for men who voluntarily enlisted between June 20 and a date yet to be set In advance of the actual date of the sec ond call To assist registrants In preparing questionnaires legal advisory hoards of three members each will be at tached to each of the local boards Similar medical advisory hoards will be created, oae for every few dis hy a liber of the Major , Easby-Smith, legai expert of Gen. Crowder’s staff, who with ( ol. Hugh Johnson, did most of the work In revising and reorganizing the\ draft system, explained that all such appeals will automatically cease to exist, as the man will be returned to his original status, that is, to the position he was in before being call ed before the draft board. He will be sent a questionnaire. If his replies to the queries in that booklet indicate that he should be granted the deferred classification— for w'taich his present appeal is made —he will be so classified by the board. Should the board decide, howevea, that he belongs in class one, subject to immediate call, he will be so notified and will have the right of appealing to the district board for such deferred classifica tion. The text of the new rule whereby the secretary of war is authorized to -draft into immediate-eervice for spe cial duty any man believed from the record to be qualified for such duty, ho matter what his classification or his order number in the draft, is couched in the widest terms. As given out by the provost marshal general It follows: ’’The deferred classification of ex perts and men highly skilled in In dustry or agriculture Is intended to prevent the waste incident to Indua- tion into military service of men whose special qualifications render them more valuable to the national Interest In some other rapacity. . “There are, however,' ’circum stances In which the need of the military establishment for men ex pert or highly skilled is such that the national Interest Is better served by Inducting such men into military service than by leaving them en gaged In industry or agriculture In ■uch clreninstances geiUter deferred* classification on the ground 6f en gagement In Industry or agriculture nor the order numbers heretofore assigned by lot can be permitted to defer the call of such m*n into rmh tary service " guard acquitted theau selves very well, the Italian <h'- fease is hardening. “Along the Piave and In the region of the l^&ke of Garda, as well a) GERMANS TRYING TO COVER Blong the Brenta. It would appenr uenmAnj iniinu IV that'the enemy, While scarin* local advantage is being successfully con tained. ' “On the lowei* Piave the hostile attempt to cross the river was pv- tially successful resulting in the cap ture of Zenson. The Italians have now opened the dikes -n f h s sector, which will render the oaor.o au^ane*' difficult. DEFECTS IN THE WEST ITALY HOLDS HER LINE rlrer that rrgwieltoe« provide that roMpdrtriy crippM m*> be held Mibjm for special ana) ■ervire and will sot he exempted, this *M*t£ 'ZT.X l ~h^rhT«Ml the Uses aad rente* of callow with Mem 1-4>fflrial fled met* Htsrh mew will prariieall) in a »pcr1al class ami ran be called «*•!) wader a »peris I qualified for gcaeral miiltar) dew but qualified for *|M«ial tier. This ruling applies to thousands of men suffering from ftatfoat. and similar minor deformities which would disqualify them from field ser vice. but which would aot interfere with them oparsting army motor cars aad othsr such work, or In line of communication duty It also ap plies to men underweight beyond the possible entrance allowances of whose slate of health, as xertflod by physicians, would render them un available for service la hard weather. Under the previous system thou sands of exemption were granted on these ground^. These are now all cancelled and the men will have to again -undergo physical examination not only at the hands of the local ex aminers. but by a special medical board of seven sn well. In order to eliminate all waste of time in handling the draft, physical examinationH will be the last work to be taken up under the new sys tem. Each man will be card-indexed and classified regardless of his phy sical condition. In accordance with bis economic status. Only when be is actually called for —rylca in th«* ordfer of b' s < lassi- fUation amk 1 “draft number” will be put under physical examination. The old aystm called for the physical examination first and in thousands of cases boards had to examine !m*n such as ministers, federal officials and other legal exempts, before deal ing with other aspects of their cases. This process is now* reversed and, where in the past, a board might have to examine 25 men before it could secure one subject to service, it now has only to refer to its rec ords and call that one. KERENSKY IN FLIGHT ARMY TURNS AGAINST MAN WHO WAS TOO LENIENT WANTS TO BE FREE I xml N'orthrliffe Turns* Down Offer to Join in British Cabinet. Lord Northcliffe has declined an offer of the administration of the air ministry made to him by Premier Lloyd-George. In a long letter to the F’reinier Lord Northcliffe explains that his re fusal of the portfolio is due to dis satisfaction with some of the meth ods of Mr. Lloyd-George’s adminis tration, especially with, regard to re lations wtih the United States, and says that his desire, therefore, is to maintain an independent attitude. ' ALL GET APPOINTMENTS Candidate* in Training Camp* are Aaaured of Active Service. ^ % All men who qualify in the offi cers’ training camps will be given commissions, and practically all of them will be assigned immediately to active service, either with troops or at service schools Seemsry Baker aaaouaeed that raatady of the situation had disclosed that It would he uaaereesary to place say coasid-1 arable number of the camp graduates Secretary of War Says Pressure in Trentino May Increase But Future is Viewed With Confidence—Wit- ish Victorious Against the Tu s.s : are of Significance*—Approaching % * Jerusalem. Italy has not yet felt the lull power of the Austro-German blow, but is holding firmly and the sit uation should be regarded with confidence. * The disturbed condition in Rus sia and the imposing Teutonic campaign against Italy are dis- ‘ tracting public attention from the vital theater of war—the west— where the Allien are winning an uninterrupted aerie* of successes and from the serious defeats which have been inflicted by the ■ British upon the Turkish armies in Palestine. This distraction is one of the main purpose* of the <«ennan campaign—to distract the atten tion of its own people, of neutral* and of even America-and^the Al lies from German defeat* in the we*t. These are the conclusions reached in an official review of the war in all theaters for the week ending Nov ember 17 given out by Secretary of War Baker Sunday. In his statement Mr. Baker dwells for the first time on the rapid pre paration of the American forces, es pecially the national army, for ser vice at the front. The United States troops who already have gone Into the trenches as part of their training, have “shown them •elves worthy of ths best traditions of our armies ’* Mr Baker's review follows: “Tho training of oar, national army la now progressing rapidly “At all ths camps the morale ol onr new citlxan-eoldlera Is reportsd as excellent. “The men who have been called upon to defend onr reentry In ths present emergency are taking hold of the work la n serious, high-mind ed spirit, which will prodace the beet reealts “The British and French officers who are to aaelet la instructing oer sow armies are arriving They come for the purpose of Initiating our men Into the latest developments of mod ern warfare, so that from ths very outset our forces may be trained ac cording to the most efficient time and llfe-eavtng methods “la France th£ training of our troops la llhowiso being carefully continued lu the sector, whore our forces are la the trenches, they have shoe a themselves worthy of tho best traditions of our arm 1st “After the successes gamed by the Allies la the west during the pre ceding week, the relative calm of the last seven-day period was to b« sntlclpstcd “It la significant, however, that the reaction of the enemy has been relatively alight, both la tho region north of the Aisne and la Flanders “Fir# days elapsed before nay hos tile attempts wsre made to regain the ground recently won by the Ca nadians beyond Pas*rhendaele end this effort was repulsed without dif ficulty. “At this season of the year the sodden, fog-bound fields of Flanders and the bud weather which prevails along the entire western front makes it difficult to co-ordinate major operations with precision. Neverthe less. artillery preparation has con tinued 111 the two chief theater* of activity in the west, presaging fur ther offensive engagements. “Rouler*, the ultimate objective, is now less than five miles distant, and from their position* on the hts of Pasachendaele Allied ar tillery fully commands the ap proaches to this pivotal position. Along other sector* of the front held by the British no engagements* of Importance are reported. “Destructive hostile artillery* fir-* is noted in the area along the Yser, centering around Dixmude, and the shelling by enemy increased (luring the latter part of the week betraying a decided nervousness on the part of Germans lest any unexpected of- tensive action develop. “Along the French front no en gagements of importance are re corded. - - “In Champagne and Argonne ar tillery duels of especial intensity took, place. In the Vosges the enemy launched an assault in the vicin,tv of the Hai tmannsweiler-Kopf and temporarily gained a footing in the advanced French trenches, only to he driven out by a strong counter at tack. , “The news from Italy is more encouraging. /Operation# involv ing the skillful handling of largo masses of troops ami the reorgani zation of defensive positions, en tailing superhuman effort# on tlu part of officers and men alfk i, have been carriinl out by the ItV.- ian armies with energy and cour- age. • RUSSIAN NEWS IS VAGUE “All sectors of the Italian theatt’* of operations continue the zone ol much hard fighting. The enemy along four different lines of attack* is endeavoring to outflank and Is pos sible to crush Italian armies and de bouch Into the heart of northern Italy. “While attempting to drive aiead across the Venetian plain alojg a broad . front, the Austro-GerMan forces have thrown large masses of troops against the lUlfaa defensive positions girding ths Trentino. “While it muHt be acknowledg ed that, the full Austro-German Htrength in the Trentino ha* not yet l>eeii deployed, and develop ments in this sector must be awaited, nevertheless the present ten\per of the Italian armies and the strong Allied reinforcement* which are arriving smoothly and methodically in the Italian theater should lead u* to contemplate the future with confidence. “A principal purpose of the Ger man invasion of Italy was to divert the attention primarily of their own people of neutrals, and even the Al lies and ourselves, from the continu ed Allied successes in the chief thea ter of operations in the west and particularly at this- juncture from the uninterrupted series of defeat* which the Turkish forces, command ed, led and reinforced by German*, have suffered at the hands of the British. “The military situation In Pales tine and Mesopotamia must be con sidered if we are~Ao arrive at a clear perspective of the progress of the war., “In Palestine, the British drive on Jemsalem is developing in u most satisfactory manner. The pursuit of the defeated Turkish force* continue. The British are in cloae contact with the fugitive armies and are admin istering an uninterrupted seHe* of hard blow*, which are having a marked effect. • “Cavalry is being used to good Ad vantage In maintaining continuous contact with tho enemy and In fol lowing up tho successes of the main forces. “In one engagement a stagTe *av airy division with only a portion of Its. effectives engaged, captured 1,100 prisoners, together with artil lery and other material “The investment of Jerusalem froai the west la beginning to as sume well defined proportions. “The railway line. Including the jnnctlon of the Damascus-Heerabebe read with that of the Jerusalem- Jaffa Mae. la now firmly la British hands “Jaffa, the principal seaport of Palestine. Is now coming under the combined fire of the Allied guns on lend aad eaa Ha capture will great ly facilitate operations “The mobility of the British forces and the rapidity of their offensive operations along the sescoast which may result In Ihe enveloping of Jeru salem from the northwest, are fac tors of immediate Importance “The German higher command mast now concentrate It* effort la an attempt to stem the British advance, and this will probably relieve whet- ever hostile pressure It was proposed b> the Germans to bring to bear against Bagdad • “It la estimated that the Turkish forces operating In Palestine have lost one-half of < their effcdtlve strength “In the Mesopotamian sector the Plitlsh ere also pursuing a success ful forward movement. “North of Tekiit the troops under the command of Gen. Maude are ■seeping the remnants of the Turk Ish troops before and have reached the point some 40 miles north of this center* bringing the British outpost within approximately 100 miles of Mosul. . “in the Balkan war xone increased activity Is noted. The British exe cuted several raid* in the 8*.‘utna valley, inflicting losses on the enemy. “In the French sector artillery ac tivity wert of Lake (Vhrida ha* in creased In Intensity. “The enemy made several unsuu- c«**ful attack* on trenches held by the Italian*. “In Russia the situation continue* disturbed.” SUB IS STILL A MENACE F\|M‘rt# Warn Aguinst Too Much <>|»" timism Over l/»w Ix>H#e*. Xmcrican naval expert* do not agree with the view that the lull in submarine activities indicated a col lapse of the 11-boat campaign or that anti-submarine measures have prov ed wholly effective. They agree that progress in being made, but prefer to postpone judgment on whether the U-boat has been eliininaLd as a fac tof until the theory has been more thoroughly tested. Meanwhile the American navy w’ill continue its pre parations to deal with the menace. In reply to a question in the Brit ish house of Commons. Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, said: “The good returns of tonnage sinking by enemy submarines last w*eek and, indeed, the comparatively favorable result of the last two months ought not to' be taken as in dicating that the submarine menace is a thing of the past or defeated.” SINKS U. S. SHIP Hepoit.s Thai General Kahn line* is on HI* Way With Army of Coa- suks Fills Rolsheviki With Dread ■ —Moscow, , Kiev and Petregrafr >' • r . are Scenes of Stive! Fighting. Alexander Kerensky, liberator and dictator of Russia, is a friend- less fugitive somewhere between Petrogrnd and Moscow. Disguised as a sailor he vanished from the midst of a mutinous Cos sack army while they were picking a guard to take him iii chains, to i’etrograd and deliver him to the Bolshevik! who clamor for his head. • a His last words before he disap peared as if Hpirited away was a hint at suicide. The whole vnat realm—*work- ers, peasants, CoN*ark* and nil— ha* turned overnight against the man whom hut a brief month ago they idolized as their savior. He i* being hunted by the wrath and vengeance of a people that ^*4* Itself outraged by him because he would not use the knout. laickenbach Steamer Hunk on Oct. 27 by Unseen Torpedo. Piva.^Qf the crew were killed The vessel was sunk In the Bay of Biscay about 100 miles from the Preach coast by an unseen torpedo nrhoee explosion killed the five men The survivor* said they were picked so by a Daaiah ship two days after o>« m News of the destruction by a Ger man submarine of the American steamer D. N. Luckenbach on Octo ber 27 was brought to this -country ^ Tuesday by 24 survivors of the crew., personal "check for"l00.000.000 ru le he is caught the death of a Robespierre awaits him. whose sole crime was too deep a love for his countrymen, a love that knows no force. He hs* been at large five days now. No one know* whether he Is ■till alive. But If he Is. he Is be lieved to be heading for the ancient capital In another wild race fdr hit life— and ihe life of Rusala There la one slight chance that he may save his own. The Russia that he helped make* and keep free Is for the mo ment abandoned to an orgy of sui cidal bloodshed, has aelther gratitude nor pity for him. craves only force and violence. Thai owe chance for bias to ew cape Ihe verdict of a llol»hevik! mob la that be may get la towrh with either Komllnff or GaJcdtne aad asw* pretrrtina. But It Is adoebtfdl If these two whom he Imprisoned as traitors when they tried to crash Bolahevllilsm at tta roots, wtll shelter him sad thereby ceert the wrath of their troops, for tho cry everywhere la down with Kerensky who te re sponsible for the army's dissolution.** Kaledins, the Cooaarh's headman. Is said te be movlag with a large force oa Moscow There la the O Ha. Russia's “holy palace.” behind the 45-foot high wall that abut It off from tho rest of the city, the forces •f the extinct provisional govern meat Is hold lag out desperately agalast a BolshevikI siege At last accounts Valedtae was rnehlag to the euccor of this beleaguered army By the time he reaches the city he may flad It oa the Bolshevik! side. Itatllev, aonleUcre, cowriliaiina. regreuping* of fnrrre ace following »*nr another In awlfl ■nrceeeion both In Moerow aad In aad arenad Petre- trad. New **anaie«“ aad wo«ld-hr government* nee apriaging up fresn non bet e every hour. lYnviarre ere ■eredlng, set ling up autonomic aad form lag conlitlone between morning •ml night. In all thta chaos Kerensky, flee ing across the steppes. Is like a fath er repudiated and expelled by his children. Little definite news Is coming through from Moscow. Latest dl* patches say that flres.are burning in several part* of the city. Between 2.000 and 6,000 are said to have been killed since the BolshevikI. who are now In control of the main parts of the city, began their reign of ter ror. F’etrograd wan quiet up to Wed nesday evening, according to advices from what are regarded In Stockholm a* reliable source*. The railway em ployees were refusing to transport troop* for either faction and the food situation in the capital was becom ing serlou*.' Tlieiv i* little diflnite new# from the province*, hut an apparently re- li« hie rejwni said Gen. Gahxlinc# wa.s asreniMing a considerable force of Cossack*. There ha* been hard fight ing at Moscow, where the only re sistance ,to the Leninites came from the military cadets and the university students. Peace has been definitely declared in Moscow with victory for the Bol shevik 1. The White Guard has been disarmed and likewise the^military cadets. Two trainloads of the Red Guard, en route from Petrograd to Moscow to support the BolshevikI soldiers there, have been stopped. At the same time railway telegraph report* indicate that the Cossack* are making progress northward and that the BolshevikI an* in panic in consequence of their near approach. It is likewise reported that ap proximately a corps-of mixed troops from the southwest frodt, intent on putting ttn end to civil war, are en route to Petrograd and have reached Luga. All reports are Impossible of confirmation as the city is flooded with 'exaggerated rumors of every description. » The only ffdvices on the Russian situation reaching the state depart ment recently came from Stockholm and made np mention of the defeat of Kerensky forces recorded in Pe trograd news dispatches. The most interesting thing in the dispatches was the statement that when Lcnine, premier of the Bol shevik i government, preeented his eat the dty. bat tilde tram Che havoc at the Kremlin there hae item little damage done to propeit?. * TW lose of Hfe since the beginning eff the insurrection Is estimated at 3,40b to 5,000. Reven thousand military and 3,- 000 troops besiebed in the Kremlin at Moscow by 18,000 Bolshevi, who battered the ancient walls and bnlld- ings with heavy artillery, according to a well authenticated report. Tho government troops are said to have- had a fairly plentiful supply of food and; ammunition to were capable of holding out for some days. The fighting in Moscow between the BolshevikI and troops of the pro visional government has been far more serious than anything that ha»' occurred in Pqtrograd, according to special dispatches received from the Russian capital. Three thousand prta- sons, mostly civilians, have been kill ed or wounded In Moscow, areordiu;? to The Isondon Daily Telegraph's trograd correspondent. . The BolshevikI are also app'P ^ •' Ty In control of Moscow, where t\ •>- visional government's forces axe re ported to have been penned within the Kremlin under artillery bom- hard men t was followed by the ar rangement of a truce between the hostile factions. A belated dispatch from Petrograd to Reuter s Limited says that 1,509 Cossacks were killed or wounded In fighting that occurred near Alexso- drofsky station, five miles southeast of Petrograd. This Information came from a Maximalist source, dated Monday. November 12. Dispatches from Dlev says that the Cossacks and military cadets are in control In that city after considerable street fighting. The BolshevikI made stand at the government paiaro where later their leaders were as- r«**ted. . # In Kiev, while a patrol of Ooe- sacks was passing through Kretchkn street, the principal thoroughfare, they fired shots in the air to dis perse the crowds. A bomb wa* thrown upon n passing street ear, kUHng or wounding several A more belated rommunftcatk dispatches from Petrograd last day, contained more hopeful concerning Kiev, where It was the Cossacks and military cadets had gained control of the city after con siderable fighting during which the leaders of the recalcitrant* were ae- bles and demanded payment, all the banks in Petrograd promptly closed According to the Informant of the Associated Praea, am American re- tarnlmg from Moscow, the stories of tooting and burning there Moscow, however, was partly to the hands of thp BolshevikI—the government contalngeota holding tho central portioa of the Htf •□<) tho Boishvlkl Us environ* The eoemsF ties In Moscow as the reselt of •trw* fighting were estimated at from 144 te 3,444. Reuter's correapoeden lag Snaday. says there split among the Mash ministers of the Interior, agrlcultero sad supplies hsvs reslg that the formation of o eooHtioo rialtet gov era meet Is seeeatlal The Berlin Tags* 1st t Premier Keren sky and Nikolai Ins. leader of th« BolshevikI Uon In Petrograd. have effected % sea las. the Esc hongs Telegraph cor respondent at Copeal The American embassy at grad, according to a Rooter has requested that a train he pro vided to roavey :• • members of tho American colony In Petrograd to Harbla VILLA TAKES OJINAGA Fnlrra! Force* Flee Into the t Mates So Karapr Death. Francisco Villa’s forces are la session of the Metifaa town of OJto- aga. having captured It after a two hours’ battle with the Mexican fed eral troops who finally fled to the American Tide of the Rio Grande •ad surrendered to the Cnlted Staten troops , Gen. Julan Ksplnosa y Cordova, who was in command of the Mexi can federal troops, said* fighting wan hand to hand In the streets of Ojln- ara and that many on both sides were killed. The Mexican federal troopa who crossed (be border and were intern ed iu the Presldeo army camp num bered 300. The rest of the Ojinaga garrison, estimated at 200, are miss ing and are supposed to have beets killed or captured. Villa troopa un der command of Martin Lope/, are said to have numbered close to 1,- 000. s Wholesale executions were expect ed to occur when the Villa com manders will wreak vengeance upon the enemy prisoners. READY FOR* KERENSKY Petrograd Commander Intimatm Crisis in Fight I* Vet to Come. Lieut. Col. Mouravleff, commander of the forces defending Petrograd, according to an undated dispatch from Haparanda. to the Dagens Ny- hete, han issued the following proc lamation: '•‘Kerensky has circulated a false rumor that the troops in Petrograd have gone over voluntarily to the provisional government. , The troope; of the free Russian people are not retiring and are not surrendering. They only have evacuated Ga‘ *' in order to avoid useless bIo< and take a defensive position/heai;pr Petrograd. * The position how Is strong enough Jo resist /force* tea times as strong as Kerensky’* Onr troops are in the best of spirits. Or der and calm prevail in Petrograd. BEARD GETS A YEAH shed Abbcvijlc Editor Convicted and Or- _ . ■irred to Federal W. P. Heard of AbbevHlu. who ronvictad on two counts in court at Greenwood last Tuesday sentenced by Judge J. T. Johnson after being r^nosd a now trial The ssoti aad onOUy ta U Roe of $544