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Tg PU? Of DUFT,
yRMAT PAIN* TAKEN TO MAKE
DRAWING FOR ARMY EN
s T1RKLY FAIR
Kurier the System Worked Out The
Draft Wil he sa Impartial Lottery
Can be> No favoritism or
on Registration List
by N mm bore and The
Norn hers Apply he All Die
Washington. July It.?Ten million
ore registered tn the United
lotos for war servloe?887,000 are
needed In tho first coll for the Nat
tone) army. Who shall go first?
? This question Is asked and the
mot hoe by which It Is to be answered
outlined by Provost Marshal General
Crowd+r tn an explanation Issued to?
night of the great drafting about to
bo held In Washington. The scheme
evolved la so etmple that the drawing
fa one act of a thousand numerals
and another of ten will fix with abeo
lute equality of chance the order In
which every one of the ten million
regtet rants shall report to hie local
hoard for examination and subse?
quent exemption, discharge or ac
eeptonce for military eervlce.
? Banco tho overage exemption dis?
trict registration to 8.000 and there
are 4.167 districts, the average num?
ber of men listed with each opera?
tion of tho drawing machinery will be
about 19.900.
Qoasral Crowder announced, also
that local boards will bo Instructed to
oaM 10? pqr cent, of their quota at
<the> trot soil to provide for probable
That means that 1.274,
wlll bo notified to appear for
within the next few days.
It more are necessary they will be
called for ee needed by the local
boards la tho order provided for in
too drawing.
la some districts, the one hundred
per ooat. allowance for exemption
ho too largo and in others too
hat tho leal boards will be
Instructed tn every case to continue
calling for men until the district
quota to Ailed. Bach State governor
Jo aow allotting to hie districts their
f sop satire portions of the State's
la each of tho 4,117 exemption die
trjito, among which the 10,000,009
Qpghmratloo cards have been divided,
tho sards have boon given serial
smmhoro. The number of registrants
0JH hi the largest, so that tho aerial
to ho dealt with In the
range from one to 'between
aiae ond tea thousand.
In order to feduce tho mechanical
process end make it possible for the
ooo thoosand numbers drawn to
reach every man In every district,
a so-called master key has been de
vtaod. This will be obtained by
drawing slips numbered from naught
to nine which win bo listed In the
order that they are drawn to form
thej key.
Thon will begin ths drawing of the
Bombers one to 1,000. For the dis?
trict with not more than one thou
reoistrants there will be no
to determine the order of sp
bofere the exemption
heard. The number drawn first will
As the man whose card bears that
serial nurober es the first to appear
before ate board. In the district with
eaep Ml registrant* tho lit will be
Neble for appearance la Ihn order tn
which their numbers are drown end
when e number higher than that ap?
pears the district of course will not
ho affected
Application of the master key
makso It possible to apply fairly each
of tho 1.000 numbers drawn to dis?
tricts with more than 1.000 regis?
trant*. As a number is drawn Ml
will be added to each of the thou
sende In eacees of 1.000 In each dis?
trict.
For Instance. If 21 la the first num?
ber drown. It will represent 26; 1,
?21; 2.026; 9.021; 4.026; 6.026; 9.
921; 7.026. 1.026; t.026.
By applying the master key the or?
der In which the numbers will be list?
ed la each district will be determined
If the drawing of 10 numerals for the
bey ehould result thle way
t; 7; 1; 6; 2; 2; ?; 1; 4; 0.
Then the drawing of 26 as the first
number a the thousand would fix the
first man to appear before the ex?
emption board* In this order:
9.021; 7.921; 1.926; 6.026; 2,026; 26;
9.996; 4.026; and 9.026.
Tho district with more than 9.ooo
registrant* the* will have 10 of its
men assigned to their places at the
head of Ite list, with 9,026 on top.
Th* district with lees thsn 1,000 men
will have one, number 26. at the
head of It* lint. This process will be
continued until every man of the 10,
900,900 hs* been assigned to his place
on tho roster of his district.
In bis explanation of the process
end of tho reason for fixing the order
of liability for all of the men when
only 997.000 are needed, Qen. Crowd?
er paye:
"Tho order of examination
If wo were dee! ni with the an
?OSSUMS NOT CHECKED.
THEYGAIN MORE ''ROUND IN
EASTERN OAl.tv'IA.
Situation In Petrograd Is More En?
couraging? No Important Military
Operation? on Other Fronts?At?
tack on French at Verdun tolls.
Whim the world awaits the maid?
en spec oh of the new German chan?
cellor in the Reichstag, which is ex?
pected oday, Important military oper?
ations *re reported only in Galicia.
The Russian reports are encouraging.
The statements of an apparent check
In eastern Qallcla yesterday are nulli?
fied to some extent. Petrograd reports
that the Ruesians took a part of the
village of Novlca and are holding it.
The government is reported to be In
control of the uprising in Petrograd
where a firmer hand Is promised, if
necessary. The Germans attacked the
French near Verdun last night with?
out result
clent draft we ehould take every
fourteenth nen. But we are not
conscripting. We are selecting for
military service those whose civil ser?
vice can beet be spared. Therefore
the question is not 'Who shall go
first?' but 'Who shall be first called
up for examination' and what we
must do Is to make a list showing the
order of examination.
"No one one knows how many
men must be examined to yield 687,
000 soldlere.. Therefore, no one can
eay Juet how meny men it is abso?
lutely necessary to put on this list.
A moment's reflection will prove
that the whole 10,000.00 must be giv?
en their places on the list of 'order
of examination."
"Every registered man Is in a state
of uncertainty. He does not know
Nvhen he will be called. He hesitates
to plant a crop for tear he will not
reap it. Employers hesitate to en?
gage hie services, fearing they will
be but temporary. This condition
ought to be cured for the repose of the
public mind. It can be cured to some
extent by putting every man on the
list
"For this reason the whole 10*000,
000 males are to be given places on
the list of order of examination.
"The segregation Into groups;
"Obviously no single agency could
examine 10,000,000 men. Therefore,
the 10,000,000 are segregated i into
groups of suitable slse for convenient
examination. Them one 4,667 el those
geoopa. *5> eeeh group a boerdifcaa
been appointed to examine for selec?
tion. By far the greater number of
these groups consist of approximately
3.000 men.
"Since this is so, our problem is
not to put the whole 10,000,000
names In one list, arranged in the or?
der of examination. It Is to < deter?
mine the order of examination In each
group.
"The necessity for drawing:
"Since all registered men stand in
equality of right and duty the question
of priority can only be determined by
lot or drawing. It would be possible
to have 41557 separate drawings?
one for each group?but since meth?
ods will vary and since supervision
and absolute Insurance against the
charge of fraudulent manipulation
could not be had in that way, ev?
ery consideration of experience and
Justice urges one drawing in Wash?
ington.
"The method for the drawing:
"In each group, every registration
card has a red-inked number written
on its fai?e and these numbers run in
a single series from unity ($) to the
number corresponding the greatest
number of cards in the group. Nor?
mally, this Is from unity (1) to about
3.000.
"Exact copies of the cards In each
group have been attested and sent to
the various State capitals. Lists show?
ing the name of each man in each
group and the serial number of his
card have been posted in the office of
the board, published in the press,
and one copy is on file in Washington.
There is. therefore, no chance of any
man's number being changed with?
out detection, or of any card being
lost beyond replacement.
"The idea of the central drawing:
"Suppose there were Just 3,000
names and numbers in every group.
It Is at once apparent that it would
be a very simple thing to have a cen?
tral drawing that would control the
order of every name and number in
every group of the whole 10,000,000?
Just put 3,000 numbers into a bowl
and draw them out one at a time.
The first number drawn out would
place the 4,557 cards bearing that
particular number at the head of
every list In the United States. The
second number drawn would put the
cards bearing that number second on
all the lists, and so forth.
"Now. the thing enn not be lone in
precisely this way, because there are
not precisely three thousand numbers
In every group. Hut the same bleu
with a fow necessary modifications Is
the Idea on which the present draw?
ing is hiiH'd.
The drawing by thousands:
"To draw 10,000 separate numbers
DISORDER IH ROSS1A.
CONFLICT BKTWEKN FORCKS OF
LAW AND ANARCHY.
Provisional Government Prepared to
Fight, But Is Reluctant to Use
Extreme Force Until Absolutely
Necessary.
Petrograd, July 19.?An extraordi?
nary meeting council is discussing
the proposal to move' the seat of the
provisional government to Moscow.
The minister of post'and telegraph*.,
naid the general assembly of work?
men's and soldiers''delegates should
be held there, away 'from interfer?
ences by the irresponsible section of
the Petrograd garrison. Government
forces are bivouacking in the winter
palace where guns ar?* posted. The
general feeling is that the decisive
Btage between the forces of order and
disorder is rapidly approaching. The
government does not Want to use ex?
treme force until absolutely neces?
sary. There was sporadic fighting in
the streets today.
Street Demonstrations Forbidden.
Moscow, July 19.?-The local coun?
cil of workmen's and soldiers' dele?
gates voted against allowing street
demonstrations here*.
TO FLY THE PAPAL FLAG.
Immunity From U-BoOt Attack Prom?
ised for Archbishop.
Washington, July 1?.?When Arch?
bishop Bonaventura Cerretti sails
shortly from an American port in an
Italian liner for Home to become as?
sistant papal secretary of State, the
ship will fly the papal flag under an
arrangement by which Germany has
promised Immunity from submarine
iattack. Ambassador Riano, of Spain,
obtained the promise. Archbishop
Cerretti until recently was apostolic
delegate to New South Wales, and foi
I ten years was auditor of the delegation
here. ?
WAITING ON DRAFl'.
Government la Reo dpi 00 Soon as Sev?
en States File Complete Reports.
--?r?
Washington, Julj^ ^ 18.?Although
seven States have ?lll not reported
the completion of thO^Sraft organiza?
tion, the plans for Ihe drawing are
complete with the 'exception of the
place and' date. \ Tj?SUplans will be
minutely explained & -correspondents
before it Is given out for publication.
Wire facilities for quick getting out
news is a factor tn selecting the
scene. The plans have been approved
by Secretary Baker.' The government
will be ready as soon the the last dis?
trict reports. ? '
would take 10 hourfaTTd would multi?
ply the chance of error. Moreover, if
the "nine thousandrthe eight thou?
sand, the seven thousand, and the
six thousand were scattered all over
the .master list indiscriminately the
cancellation by boards having small
groups would be Very tedious and
would open the way to numerous er?
rors. All this is easily avoided.
"Suppose we drew dnly 1,000 num?
bers. We could theh provide that the
drawing of the number 878 would
also draw the numbers 1878; 2878;
3878; 4878 6878; 9878; 7878; 8878,
and 9878. ? ? ?
"The group of numbers, from 1 to
1,000, and a aoital group from
naught to 9, have been carefully print?
ed on opaque sJtps of paper, blank on
one side counted ar. J checked These
slips have been rolled up and each
put inside, a gelatine Capsule with the
blank side out. To insure absolute
accuracy of count, the capsules con?
taining numbers from 1 to 1,000 have
been emptied into 10 glass jars in
groups of 100 .each the glass jars
have been sealed and kept in a safe
awaiting the day of drawing.
"The contents of the Jars will be
decanted into a large glass receptacle
from which the numbers will be real?
ly drawn.
"A blindfolded man will stir the
capsules in the receptacle thoroughly
before any are drawn, and will keep
stirring them during!the drawing.
"A blindfolded man will then draw
capsules out one at a time. As each
capsule is drawn It Will be handed to
an announcer, who will break the cap?
sule and announce the number
drawn. While ho is announcing the
number a second capsule will be
drawn and handed to a second an?
nouncer, who will Weak the capsule
and read the number. The drawing
will proceed In this "way until all the
capsules are drawn.
"Three tally sheets will be kept
One keeper of a taly chart will repeal
(each number as it is announced, and
all three will write it down. In caae
of disagreement between tally Sheets
on any number the sheets that agree
will control.
Immediately before the drawing of
the numbers from I to 1,000 the draw?
ing of the numbers from naught to 9
will take place to determine the order
in which the thotr aufls" shall appear
,>n the master lists."
YOUNG DOCTORS HEEDED.
ENLISTING 20,000 PHYSICIANS
AND SURGEONS.
Medical Students Should Kenia in at
Home, Together With Faculties ot
Schools.
Columbia, July 19.?Dr. Joseph C.
Bloodgood, chairman of the commit?
tee on preparedness of the Southern
Medical association, in a communica?
tion received yesterday, says that the
need for well trained doctors under 3~>
years of ago for the new armies to he
drafted is so great, and the supply ?o
small, that every effort should be
made to bring the correct informa?
tion before the public. Both Dr.
Franklin Martin, chairman of the gen?
eral medical board of the' council of
national defence, whose board is
charged with the duty of enlisting the
20,000 physicians and surgeons who
are needed for tho army, and Dr.
Bloodgood, who is aiding the work in
his territory, say that the need for
men under 35, rather than the older
men or medical students, Is one that
must be lllled, and filled at once. Only
11,000 of the physicians and surgeons
needed have thus far volunteered, and
all save 1,200 of these are over 3D
years of age.
Men under 36 arc wanted for two
reasons: Older men can not stand
the physical strain of life near the
battle lines and there is great danger
if the medical students go that the
population which is left at home will
not be supplied with a sufficient num?
ber of physicians and surgeons eith?
er during the war or after it ends. It
is said that the rush of so many phy?
sicians and nurses in France and Eng?
land to the front when the war began
and the enlistment of medical students
have stripped both those countries of
physicians, who are indispensable to
the welfare of the people, at home.
Dr. Martin says that there are section*
in both England and France whee
there isn't a physician or a surgeon
to care for the civilian population.
For that'reason it'is desired that th*
medical student remain in his classes.
"The need is especially for men un?
der 36 years of age," said Dr. Blood
good, "awd it is not a remote noed.
It is present at this minute.
"It Is an unusual opportunity tor
physicians" to serve their country.
They wlif'have charge of the health
and very lives of the men we send
abroad.' -Col. T. H. Goodwin of the
medical eones of the British army
tells Ih bp'manual just Issued that
the British soldier relies on the med?
ical officer more than on any one else
In the army.
"I refuse to believe that tho
younger men of the profession are less
patriotic than the older men. They
have been* J slower to volunteer, per?
haps, because they have young fami?
lies and young children. But the need
for them is great and immediate, and
I believe they will respond."
BRITISH CABINET CHANGES.
Carson Retires from Admiralty?
Gethles Succeeds Him as First Lord.
London, July 17.?Sir Edward Car?
son has relinquished his post as first
lord of the admiralty and Joined the
war cabinet without portfolio, accord?
ing to an official announcement of
new ministerial appointments issued
this evening. Sir Edward will he suc?
ceeded by Sir Eric Campbell Geddea.
who has been director of munitions
supply.
Winston Spencer Churchill succeeds
Dr. Christopher Addison as minister
of munitions, Dr. Addison becoming a
minister without portfolio in charge of
reconstruction.
Edwin Samuel Montagu, a formet
cabinet minlHter, Is made secretary fo:
India.
One of the most acceptable ap?
pointments, as far as the general pub?
lic is concerned, is that of Mr. Mon?
tagu. He is one of the very few
members of the Asquith administra?
tion, in which he was minister of nm
nitionb, to join the Lloyd George min
letry.
Mr. Montagu has had considerable
experience in the affairs of India, hav
ing once held the post of undersecte
tary for India.
The necessity for finding a new sec?
retary for India, however, caused B
modification in the plans, and Dr. Ad?
dison, who had been slated for the
projected ministry of health, now he
comes bead of the reconstructive com?
mittee.
RIOT IN PETKOGHAD.
Another Demonstration on Nevsky
PffOopect Tuesday.
Petrograd, July 18.?Another dem?
onstration of .sailors, soldiers, work?
ing men and women occurred on the
Nevsky prospect yesterday afternoon
A few stray shots were followed by
firing at the upper windows and
roofs at apparently Imaginary foes.
Cossacks patrolled the streets for
the first time since the revolution. The
companies curried machine guns
Strapped to the saddles while men led
their horsee.
SHIP PROBLEM CONFERENCE.
BOARD AND GOETHALS DISCUSS
THKIR DIFFEKENCES.
Denmau Suys There are No Disagree
monts Which Reasonable People
Can Not Adjust.
Washington, July 18.?Members ol
the shipping board and Maj. Goethals,
manager of the board's fleet corpora?
tion, who are at odds over the govern?
ment's ship building programme, at a
lengthy conference today went over
the general's proposals for construct?
ing government shipyards and for
speeding up tonnage now building.
The board, it was announced after
the conference, made no decision re?
specting the general's plans and anoth?
er conference will be held tomorrow.
The shipping board, Chairman Den
man said, wants more information be?
fore it approves the general manag?
er's programme but Gen. Goethajls said
he thought he had submitted most of
the information asked for.
Neither members of the board nor
Gen. Goethals would say what are
the points of difference over the pro?
gramme. Chairman Denman intimat?
ed that all disagreement would be
settled satisfactorily.
"There are no physical differences,"
he said, "only one of policy. I know
of no difficulties that could not be ad?
justed between two rational persons,
each willing to concede to the other
an intelligent difference of opinion."
The shipping board, it is under?
stood, demanded of Gen. Goethals full
information regarding his plans for
requisitioning ships building, and
sought fuller information concerning
his proposal to build two shipyards for
fabricating steel vessels. At tomor?
row's conference the board is expect?
ed to try to ascertain Gen. Goethals'
attitude toward wooden ships.
Although Gen. Goethals has let con?
tracts for many more wooden ships
than he has steel, the shipping board,
it is said, will insist that the type he
intends to build is too slow of con?
struction.
Differences over the commandeering
programme are confined largely, it is
said, to the price to be paid for the
I ships and the amount of money to be
used in speeding up their construc?
tion.
Reports that Gen. Goethals will re?
sign unless given the fullest au?
thority to carry out the programme
he has announced, were discredited
tonight. The general himself, asked
about rumors of his resignation, mere?
ly said:
"I am a soldier, and a man in my
position appointed to a place virtually
is under orders."
At the shipping board it was made
clear that despite differences there is
no intention to ask Gen. Goethals to
quit.
WILSON PARDONS SUFFRAGETTS.
White House Picket Released From
Sixty Day Sentence.
Washington, July 19.?President
Wilson today pardoned the sixteen
suffragists who were serving sixty
days for picketing the White House.
Secretary Tumulty said the president
would make no statement why he
pardoned them.
WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.
United States Will Not Send Repre?
sentatives to Allied Conference.
Washington. July 19.?The United
States has declined an ;.ivitation to
participate in the inter-allied confer?
ence which is to be held in Paris this
month. It was decidod that it is not
necessary now, but it is explained that
this should not be taken the perma?
nent policy of the United States.
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Pisgah News Notes.
Pisgah, July 17.?After a week of
almost Incessant wind, some of it very
heavy and disastrous to the crops, we
had on yesterday' afternoon a most
magnificent rain, just the kind the
corn needed. This rain if general over
the county will add thousands of
bushels of corn and greatly benefit
the other crops.
The agricultural prospect is so
much better than last year that it
should be a matter of great thank?
fulness to all. The high cost of liv?
ing is unprecedented in modern years
and unless prices are reduced there
will be suffering in the land.
A number of the colored people are
going North to get the palace prices
Offered. Hope they will be able to
help their needy ones who sadly need
It.
Peaches are getting ripe. Water?
melons are small and not good; the
big June rains tixed their vitlaity. The
protracted meeting at IMsgah church
will commence Friday evening and
go on a week. Hev. Andrew Hart?
ley of Columbia will aid.
Mayor Godfrey, Alderman King and
City Attorney Sullivan of Andereon,
were fined $r? each In the recorder's
court In Anderson last week on the
charge of excedlng the sped limit in
an automobile,
AI.'DU BOX SOCIETY WILL REC?
OMMEND WADE HAMPTON
GIBBES.
Howard secretary?Election Was
Unanimous?Adams ami Richard*
son Attended Early Part of Meeting;
but I>eft.
? ?
Columbia, July 19.?At a meeting
of the Audubon Society of South Car?
olina held yesterday at the Jefferson
hotel, Wade Hampton Gibbes of Co?
lumbia was unanimously elected the
nominee of the society for recom?
mendation to Gov. Manning JSSk ap?
pointment as chief name waf^^P of
the State. At the same time Albert
R. Hey ward of Columbia was selected
for recommendation for reappoint
ment as secretary and treasurer of
?society. Fifteen members of society
were present in person, and 321 were
'represented by proxy.
The meting was called to order by
the vice president, Dr. C. W. Barron,
who stated that its purpose was to
elect a suitable person for recom?
mendation to Gov. Manning as chief
game warden. "The time has come in
South Carolina when this office should
be filled,' said Mr. Barron, "and it
is to be hoped that partisan politics
will be dropped on this occasion." Dr.
Barron stated that illness would pre?
vent him from presiding over tl
meeting, so he called W. A. Clark
Columbia to act as chairman, and
tired.
On motion of Francis H. Weston
j committee on credentials was anoint?
ed consisting of Mr. Weston, A. S.
Salley and A. R. Taylor. This con-.,
mittee tabulated the number of prox?
ies presented, and reported ( to the
chairman that there were 32 l, and
that 16 members were present in per?
son. Under the by-laws the^ necessary
quorum is 16. A great majority of
the proxies had dollar bills or checks
pinned to them in payment "of the an?
nual membership fee. On motion of
Mr. Weston the persons so represent-!
ed were declared to be members ofn
the society in good and regular stand-?
ing, with all its rights and privileges.
Mr. Gibbes was nominated by R.
Beverly Herbert. No other nomina?
tions were made. Mr. Gibbes was
elected unanimously.
Dr. E. C. L Adams and Alfred A.
Richardson attended the opening part
of the meeting, both leaving before
the report of the committee on cre?
dentials was made. Mr. Richardson^
stated to the chairman that he wished
it understood that he came merely as
a spectator. It seems to be the con?
tention of Mr Richardson and the \
members of society supporting him
that the meeting was not one legally
called, and that its proceedings were
therefore void, because the members
were not properly notified, according
to the by-laws.
A. S. Salley stated that Albert R.
Heyward had been appointed secre?
tary of the society in 1907 by Gov.
Ansel under the State statute, and
that as Mr. Heyward had never re?
signed, and another secretary had
never been properly appointed Mr.
Heyward was still secretary. Mr.
Salley said that the appointment of
Miss Belle Williams was not legal be?
cause under the constitution a woman
could hold no office except that of li?
brarian. Mr. Heyward was therefi**?
recommended for reappointment
secretary, and appointment as treas?
urer, and 1 is compensation fixed
S10 a month. Mr. Hey ward 'eg* take
charge of the funds of the society,
and take over from Dr. Adams tho
funds now in his possession. In an?
swer to a query from Mr. HeywaiejH
who said that he expected that tho
society would be again involved in le?
gal difficulties, it was suggested that;
he call on the legal department of th*
State for h?lp in that contingc
LIGHTNING STRIKES CHURCH.
St. Anne's Catholic Church Badly
Damaged by Lightning Bolt and
Fire.
Lightning: struck the er.st spire of
St. Anne's Catholic Church about
3.30 o'clock this afternoon, badly
damaging the spire, the roof of the
church. The brick work of the tow?
er was shattered, the slate roof ripped
off on one side, and several windowe
broken and the frames torn out. The
sheeting under the roof was ignited
by tho lightning, but the flames gained
little headway before the fire depart?
ment arrived and the chemical ex?
tinguishers soon had them under con?
trol. The extent of the damage Is
difficult to estimate by a superficial
examination, but a considerable sum
will be required to make the neces?
sary repairs.
TRAITORS IN AUSTRIA.
Normans Accuse Anti-German Party
in Austria or Alliance With the En?
tente.
London. .luly 19?The Vienna cor?
espondent of the Deutsche Tages Zei?
tung, according to a Reuter dispatch
Tom Zurich, accuses the non-German
jarty in Austria of being in un alli?
ance with the entente powers.