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8UMTKR HAK HM AN, Established April, 1850. Ho Jost and Fear not?Det all the ends Alms't at be tby Country's, iiij tiod'i sjm! Trsta's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jan* 1 Oocsolidated Aur. 2,1881. 8UMTER, S. 0M WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1017. Vol. XL1V. No. <6 ft tin tut ONLY REMAINING STEP FOR 1 I D Fit AI. AITHOIUTIFS IS TO REND Ol'T MASTER LIST OF XI MUKUS. Thereafter state* Will Take Charge and 'Hasten Work of Raising Their guota* of War Army iim Fust as They Will?DHtrirt Fxvmptlon lloords for Many Stuten, Iswhxttlag south Carolina, Named: Washington. July 21.?Despite the . fact that officers and oleiks of Pro? vost Marshal Qaaeral Crewder'i of? fice worked all Isst night lo complete the drawing that fixed th order of mllltarv liability of 10,00 ),00t> regis? trant*, the tally sheets had been compared and corrected before to? night and the master list was In hands of the printer. Copies will ho mailed te local exemption boards, beginning .lot later than Tuesday, and the summoning of the first draft of 687, 000 men can begin. Gen. Crowder tonight tes ted the fol? lowing statement: "The drawing Is complete and has been apparently suecessfu.. The of flclsl tally sheets huve beet computed, sent to the printer and ttie proof In betas received. Final copies will be ready for distribution not later than Tuesdsy. "Tho next step will be the certifi? cation of the results of the drawing to local boards and tie applica? tion by each hoard of Its jhart to its serially numbered list. Thl* need con? sume but little time and when done the order of priority of he nearly 10,000,000 registrants to report for ex? amination will be revealed. Such ad? ditional drafts as' may be ordered by the president will be filled by calling men In the order of their established priority and no further drawing will ever be necessary- Every local board upon receipt of Its chart and upon no? tification by the governor t f the quota , la be reached by It. must proceed at once, under regulations a ready pro* ^gggjhjsAed. lo. summon men for examT raatdon. "We have now passed the stage In the execution of the selective service act when we must have concert of action by the States. In raising Stute contingents the race is to the swiftest. '1 can not 1st this oppor unity page without adverting to the very great value of the assistance which has been so earnestly and efficiently rendered by the preas. "Without the systematic campaign of public information that prepared the country for tho registration tho enrollment of 10,000.000 men on the Ith day of Juno would have been Im? possible. The generousness of tin newspnpeis through the period since registration day is appreciated an 1 only the most thorough efficiency could have placed upon tho streets, within a few hours after the first number was drawn, lists for each registration district, showing the names of the persons who would be summoned for examination on first rail of I... it boards." Oen. Crowder also made public the text of the regulations for their ap? plication which will aecout|Miny tho master lints. The only new feature gfSOWn ,m the plan for handling cards that are found to have duplicate num? bers or nre otherwise confused an*' also of dealing with those received after July 10 when the local boar.Is closed their lists to hegin mi nbering. Uy the plan worked out. these ad dPIonal curds will be given ;"*n orde of their own by lot and will thrn be added to the lints of the districts from which they come and be affected I? the drawing precisely as though they had been received and lUMhetfOd hi fore the board lists were closed. Wher. several cards bear the same serin! number, one will be drawn from the group and retain the duplicated num her. while the others will be -egnrded OS unnumbered and the process of ml ding them to the lists be followed. Another step accomplish* d durlnu the day was the appointment of th* district boards In .12 of the Stute* am! announcement of the names of th live men who will compose each e them. Home States have six or cigh boards to ease the tusk, federal Ju.li clal districts, the ureas used for geo graphical distribution of the hoardl being divided Into two or three tOC turns for thin purpose and a >? p.-rat board mimed for each, These district hoards win hove n function until the loOOj board* hi tholl territory have begun to certifj totho' the m*>n found fitted for military du phvslcolly and not burdened with d? pendents. The higher boards or courts of appeal, either for the Ind. vtdual or for the government SSjalOSf the findings of the local boards fThe whole question of industrial ex CHAOS IN RUSSIA army RAPIDLY GOING to PIECKS on BATTLE ntONT. Ah I*nst. Hope of Saving Country Pre mlcr Kerensky Has Hccn Given Al? most Autocratic Powers. Unlimited powers have been granted tho Itussian provisional government under Premier Kernesky 1 >y the most powerful representative body in tho nation?soldiers and workmen's dele? gates and peasants of all Hussia. Th title of the ruling body is the "gov? ernment of national safety." The mandate la to restore order at *1.< front and at home. This gigantic tank has been placed almost solely in the hands of Premier Kerensky, conced cdly now the strongest man in the na? tion. Military interest centers in Oalicia and around Craonne, on tho western front, where Germans are concentrat? ing their efforts. There Is little sign of change in tho east where th disaf? fection of Uuftslan troops tnreaten the nation's arms. The Germans^ made in? roads on the first line of trenches on tho California and Casemates plateaux in Franco. After desperate assaults1 the French, however, are still clinging to their positions. The Petrograd executive committoc | of the workmen's and soldiers' dele- j gates and provisional government 1 commissioners with the second army in tho southeast present a gloomy picture of conditions in a message to i the premier. It says that whole reg? iments of Russians evacuate their po? sitions before the enemy even ap1 proaches. The now order provides that deserters and runaways be shot. CUT OFF FOOD SUPPLY. Germany Will Not Now Get Supplies From America Through Neutral Countries. London. July 23.?That tho high . German command calculated the food supply on what came from neutrals became known today through the fa I ratflsY speech of Herr Erxberger. head of the Catholic party in the secret ' relchatag session, nccording to The ! Daily Mall. He said that the entrance of Amercia into the war is not of great I military value, but important in that much necessary supplies will bo cut off. FOOD RILL IN CONFERENCE. 'House Will Speedily Disagree ns to Semite Amendments. Washington, July 23.?The hoiisc is expected to speedily disagree on amendments to the food bill. It is be? lieved it will be in conference tomor? row. Rulhig on F.nlistmeats. Washington, July 23.? Registrant a are not eligible to voluntary enlist? ment in the regulars or guard after their names arc posted by the local boards as summoned for examination, Gen. Crowdcr ruled today. emption, however, has been turned over directly to these district boards which have original jurisdiction in al aaaee of this kind. They will be sole judges of any registered man's fieb of greatest service to the nation, whether In the army or In the mu? nition factory, business house or other civilian occupation In which he is en gaged. Fach case will he weighed or Hi merits and the value of the indi? vidual, for there will be no blanket exemption to cover other than dlvinit students, government ometals 01 th< ether alaaaei specifically named In th law. Fvon they must tile affidavit showing their status, to be supported fn such manner as the board may de mand. The first purpose today in checking tho tally sheets was to discover one missing number. A blank capsule was found among the I9,ftt0 capsules taken from the bowl one at a time in the drawing. At the time a notation was placed on the tally sheets showing that the blank had come up No. 10, The drawing was carried through, however, without regard to the blank, the next number announced being ptaeed as No. I 0,00 I. Today's cheeking showed the miss? ing Bomber to be i.If i In the serial lists of registrants. Thai number will be placed at No. 10,004 in the liabil? ity lists on the official records und numbers drawn ?fter thai wdi be mov?d down one point so that th present laot number, :!.l-7. now posted as No. 10,4ft, will become No. 10, '.<?<?, completing Ihe drnwlng, There will be al <? other minor changes to make, Until the olllein list is published, however, no deflnib statement of prohabh number of ? ? visions can he made. REFERS TO SUBMARINE Ar, ON AMERICAN FOIft Glcaves' Report of U-tM>at Against Troop Ships Deft Secretary of Navy. Washington. July 22.?He* Daniele, in a letter to the made puldir today, explains at j tho information on which hi his statement of July rtgardifj marine attacks on the AmerW dttionary force, and reveals the.j elusive reports of the encounl reached the navy departing days before the statement was. Tho secretary wrote in reply ator Tillman, chairman of thf committee, who sent a lettec. (piiry after a resolution had troduced in congress request! the department submit the tlj Hear Admiral Cleaves' dispatch subject. Several senators haVOj ed during debate that the s< statement was a grossly exa paraphrase of tho official rei pared by the public inl'ormattfl ntlttee. The resolution of however, was not passed. In his letter Mr. Daniels d< statement and ns.mtos the nai mittee that the text of tho d.Vnatch is subject to its ii although it obviously can't*^ public because of the names and other information it c< "LAte in the afternoon of] wrote the secretary, "the news came that the last shil convo.vs and transports carxl first American soldiers and ml light in France had reached^ nation in safety, without cftJjl injury to men or ships. The* partment had known for five to their arrival that the at submarines had been made,, can well understand the^ anxiety lest torpedo^ shottj caused the loss of some of men who wore carrying hazardous enterprise, . >KS forts hy RgO t leon which the nows brought. Tins was, of course, shared by all other? In the department /who had been ap prehensive every minute since Admlr a Cleaves in a brief cable'had report ed that submarines had made attack it pon two divisions of the transports "As soon as the news was com municated by an officer of the depart ment, I hastened to the war depart ment to apprise the secretary of war of the fact. "At once a statement was prepared and given out that evening which knew would instantly gratify v\ Americans. The message of Rear Ad. tniral Glonves, announcing the attack, of course, had not been given to th' put-lie. The statement I gave to the public conveyed the feeling of all who had been waiting and hoping foi tho reassuring telegram. The fucb were stated not in the very words oi tho Clleaves cablegram, for it is the immemorial policy of tho dcpartmeni in time of war not to employ tho Ian guage of a message coming in code. "The important part of the state? ment given to the public was that at' our soldiers and marines and ship had been convoyed to France In safety Two of the groups arrived without being attacked and two were unsuc? cessfully attacked. If the terms 'bat? tle' and 'nttueked in force' are open to criticism, the fact still remains thai the rejoicing was warranted. If th torpedoes in either of the attacks, hac sunk American ships, the criticism made would not have concerned itse!I with the difference between win: might have been called a 'battle' o; an 'encounter' or a 'brush.' " BRITAIN ASKS DIG CREDIT VOTE. Total Par the War Will be Five Bil? lion, Two Hundred ami Ninety Million Pounds. London, July 2:1.?The government will ask the house of commons to? morrow for a credit vote of six bun dred and lift;/ million pounds, tin la i gest single vote during the war This brings the total for the war t live billion two hundred and ninety two million pounds. WOMAN CRITICISING WOMEN. Says They Went to Jail in Order t? Gain Notoriety, Washington. July 28.- The N'ation ;ii Association which is opposod t? woman suffrage has made public n letter that president, Mrs. Janus Wadsworth, wrote to President Wood low Wilson, protesting against picket Ing lite White House in which she said the women were justly seilten? ed and states that the) went to jail to gain notoriety. AVIATION BILL PASSED. SENATE VOTES APPROPRIATION or $040,000,000 pon AIR? PLANES. Measure to Provide Great Air Slept to overwhelm Gorman Piters Adopt? ed Without Record Vote?Pinn? Call lot 22,000 plane? und 100,00(1 Men. Waehihgton, July 21.?The house 1 ill appropriating $010,000,000 to in? crease the aviation service in an effort to overwhelm Germany's air forces was passed late today by the senate without a record vote after it had disposed of the food control hill. The aviation measure now goes to the president. The senate's only dispute, with many members expressing a desire to pass the bill Immediately! was over an amendment by Senator Hard wick of Georgia to strike out a clause au? thorizing drafting of men for the aerial service. Tho amendment was rejected, GO to 12, after Senators La Follette and Gronna made brief speeches opposing the draft. Details of plans for expending the huge sum appropriated have been withheld, but it is known that It pro? vides for about 22,000 airplanes and nearly 100,000 men. The president is expected to sign the bill Monday and the work o' budding one of the greatest air lleets the world has seen will be pusheu with vigor. During the first year of? ficials hope to produce at least 2,600 machines with a great increase the next year. For the first few months virtually the entire attention will be centred on construction of student planes. In the rejection of the HardwicV amendment, the dozen senators vot? ing to strike out the draft clause were: Borah, Proussard, Curtis, Gore, Gronna, Hardwick, Kirby, La Follette McKellar, Norrie, Owen and Varda man. i In a vigorous speech opposing th that any war prosecuted by' democ ? racy ought to be fought without com? pulsory service. "Ddmocracy ought never enter war that it can not prosecute with volunteers," he said, particularly ob? jecting to compulsion for "the extra hazardous air service." The Wisconsin senator declared that he would fight for the repeal of the draft law as long as he is in the sen? ate and predicted that the draft will be the main issue at the next elec? tion and that 90 per cent of the voters will declare against it. Senator Caldcr offered as an amend? ment the resolution of Senator Cham? berlain, chairman of the military cdm mittee, propsing to amend the army draft law to make aliens subject to conscription excepting subjects o: Germany or those exempted by treaty He said of the 10,000,000 registered over 1,000,000 are aliens. The amend ment was finally withdrawn to ex? pedite the bill. OVER* FOllt Mild ION LOSSES. Casualty Lists Published In June Dring Dead Up to 1,105,700. London, July lt.?The German COS ulty reported in tho German official lists during June but not as havinf occurred in June, arc given out by the war Office here as follows: Killen and died of wounds, 2S,S]'.?; died o: sickness 8.215; prisoners and missing :!s,?;0t!; wounded, 96,606. The totals of tho German officio lists since the war began are as fol lows: Killed or died of wounds I, 032,0S0; died of sickness 72.900; pris? oner! and missing 691.966; wonnde 2,826,681, The naval and colonial casualties are not included. AHM V SHOE CONTRACTS. Rosenwold's Statement Answering Senate Debute. Washington, July !!>. Replying t assertions made in senate debate thai "om panics \\ hos? o;'i< lals are mem In r of the Defense Council commute profited from government shoe eon tracts, Joseph Itosenwald. rhnlrmn of the Defense Council's committee on supplies. issued a statement d< ( lin? ing th;ii members of tho shoe and leather committee had absclutel> nothing to do, directly or lnd.rceti> with tho award of contracts and made no recommendation regard in such awards I itoccnt contracts for millions ?? ? airs ??i arm) shoes, said Mr, Uosori w?hl, wer?- awarded by Ihc ; i ? i.nrt rieui ler's artmcnl t?> Iowch hlddt i h ii l d l sealed bids had be< n opened In public. FOOD CONTROL BILL. MEASURE REWRITTEN IN UPPER BRANCH, GOES TO JOINT CONFERENCE. Number of Changes May Prove Un> ncecptabie to Howe in i*i-<?^t'<?i Porm?Government Power Restrict? ed to Food, Feeds and Fud in New Draft. Washington, July 21.?The adminis tratlon food control bill, virtually re? written after live weeks' bitter con t( st, woe DQJ| :;ed today by the senate. SI to C. Conferees from liou.se and senate will begin work early next week and leaden are hopeful the measure may be in the president'.* hands in ten days. As revamped the bill gives the president ""M authority over food.-, feeds an Is, the latter including kerosene ^ gasoline: provides for admini:: 5 n a foo<1 board 01 three r ? u*s insterd of an individ? ual; a ** zes federal fixing of coal prices J> isitioning and operation of mine? . authorizes a minimum mi.tr.' q I price of not lefts than $2 per ' q 1 for wheat at primary mar keW ^ S senate prohibition sections pro ^ ng manufacture of distilled beverag? s during the war and direct? ing the president to buy all distilled spirits in bond, was substituted for the house "bone dry" provision an : will be one subject of difficulty in conference. Senators voting against the nil were: France, Maryland, Ilordwick. Georgia; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Reed, Missouri; Sherman, Illinois; ! Sutherland, West Virginia. Scores of amendments were dis? posed of today but the principal fea? tures were the incorporation of the amendment authorizing the minimum wheat price and another by Senator Pomerem- greatly broadening the gov ernment's power to handle the coal situation. The government guarantees for wheat will be payable at all prin? cipal interior primary markets until ji^^f^ifn am* ndm< ris to have the food board instead of congress fix the minimum price. The Pomeren? coal amendment, in? corporated by ?i vote of 72 to 12, di? rects the president through the fed? eral trade commission or other agency to fix coal prices. Wholesale and retail, regulate the entire industry and, if necessary, take over and oper? ate coal mines and fix prices of labor. On a final vote the senate refused. ?JO to 23, to place the bills' adminis? tration In the hands of an individual Senator Cnderwood said tlje adminis? tration would endeavor to substitute the original house provision for a single administrator. This will be an other source of conference trouble. Appropriation In the bill of $1'>, 000,000. was left unchanged by the senate, which added an appropriation of $10,000,000, however, for federal purchase and sale of soda nitrates for fertilizer. , Another important senate addition to the bill provides for a joint con? gressional committee to supervise war expenditures. The senate also added provision* against hoarding of foodstuffs and for regulation of grain exchanges, an thorlslng tho president to close them if necessary to stop speculation in fu tures. Although leaders succeeded in se? curing adoption of all their compro? mise amendments, the small group of j senators who have persistently fought the bill tonight claimed a share Of I 'success. Chairman Ctore of tho ag? riculture committee withdrew his proposed substitute bill, saying live ,,? I its seven principal provisions had been finally adopted In the measure before : the senate. The bill limits government control I virtually to original subjects of th^ house treasure?foods, feeds and : finds. In lieu of the house bill's broad provisions for licensing food dealers 1 the senate bill limits federal licensing to the following agencies and tins, only which have products in inter? state or foreign commerce: Wheat elevators, cold storage and packing houses, farm implements, fac? tories, coal producers and dealers and wholesalers of designated necessaries The house bill's provision for fed? eral requisitioning of necessaries i - llmitcd by the senate redraft to food, feeds and fuels, and other supplies for military purpose s only. Government purchase and sab? n foodstuffs to maintain reasonable prices also are limited hy the senate bill to fuel, wheat, Hour, meals, beans and potatoes. The bouse provision for authorit.v to requisition factories generali) w a curtailed by the senate to factories WILSON TO STOP D1SP?TE. will TAKE steps to solve srnatiox soon. Exact l?lan to 1?,' Followed ?>y Chief Executive in Malter Not Made Pub? lic. Washington, July 21.?President Wilson has made up his mind to in? tervene in the shipbuilding row and will take steps to solve the situation soon after he returns from a week? end trip on the Mayflower. The president's decision to put .an end to the difficulties that halted the government'? building pi-jgramme was mode after he received yesterday a letter from MoJ. Clor\. George W. Goethals declaring the situation ap? pealed hopeless and the general would resign if tho president thought that would solve the problem. There was no information concerning the president's reply. Didieultifs between Chairman Den man of the shipping board and Gen. Goethals. manager of the board's Emergency Fleet corporation, start? ing over the board's wooden ship j plans, came to a h"id last week when I the president authorised the Fleet Corporation to build ships and direct? ed the hoard to operate them. Gen. Goethals, taking the order to mean he would ho given a <"'cc hand, an? nounced a building programme which ho seid he would start on last Mon? day. The start was postponed at the re? quest. Gen. Goethals srtys, of Chair? man Denronn, who asked a short de? lay to give the shipping board timo to go over the plans. Mr. Denman has declared he asked for no delay, hut did ask that the general submit j in detail his plan, asi the shipping I hoard, responsible for the expenditure of the millions of dollars, wanted to I know how it would be spent. For a week members of the board and Gen. Goethals have l?een going over* the programme. Although Chairman Denrr n has announced that a completed programme on whi~ji y^esO^y^C?Ud Jfegrjge ,wa*, In s/gfcf there have been pcrsislent reports of friction. At least two members of tho board are said to be Inclined to 1 take the side of Gen. Goethals when disputes arc sc. Tho pres?ent's course in settling the situation was a matter of much speculation tonight. Although in signing the executive orders trans 1 fering to tho shipping board and the ? Fleet Corporation the powers con j ferred on him by congress he followe-l : tho suggestions of Mr. Denman, it is [known tho president wculd be reluc I taut to lose Gen. Goethals*. services. RUSSIANS GAIN SCCCEss. Positions, However, Jeopardized by Moral Weakness of Certain De? tachments of Troops. Petrograd, July 23.?The official Istatement says the Russians attacked '. north of the Pinsk marshes, penetrnt I I ing tho German lines more than two 1 miles, but developments toward suc? cess now JeoperntSOd by the moral weakness of certain Russian detach? ments. The Teutons attacked between the rivers Bcreth-Strtpa and Zlota, Li pa, occupying villages The ch'-of of the Russian divisional staff 'was killed while reestablishing ord^r on th.^ eastern Galictan frort. ri signs prom hoard: one Man Gets out of rnaeetfc?jr Wrangle. Washington, July 25.?John I White h.?s resigned from ihe shipping board. His resignation eras accepted. White 1 loose officials declared that he was not connected with the Pennsta> Gocthabj controversy. White \was known ns a Denman supporter. PETROGRAD QFIET AGAIN. Cpricing at an l aid. Troops Partioipat lng Reeng all DasftnasaWL London. July 23. Diapatchee to the Russian embassy state that the ris? ing in Petrograd m be considered as definitely suppressed, regiments par* Urinating being disarmed and dis banded, while the city is patrolled by troops. pnckinR houses mines and other plans needed for common defense. A senate amendment regarding gov rum nt war supplies purchased through Ihe defenee coooeirs advisory commisa'.ons would prevent members fro.11 Itirg federal contracts In v l'i ',1 they iirt? n< euai.n ;,y interested. Among Important provisions of the ! niisc bill slrleken nut eras that es? tablishing a general government con* trol of all ' "necessaries."