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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
| GAMBLING IN FOOD
SCORED AS MURDER
| BY CARL VROOMAN
Food Pirates Who Control
Prices Are Bitterly Condemn
ed for Crime Against the
American People

WASHINGTON, June 1O.-Food gam
bling today is both reasonable and
murder" Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture Vrooman declared aft e r
a long tour over several states in
vestigating food Investigations. The
food control, Vrooinan said, must be
passed quickly.
81 have found hardship and suffer-
ing-in many places trag1cally acute
among the poor-and 1 have a growing
sense of the enormity Of the crime that
is being perpetrated against the Amerl-
can people by the control of food prices
by disloyal food pirates" Vrooman
said.
everywhere 1 have found a grow
ing feeling that there must soon come
a reckoning with these manipulators
Of the nations food supply. Four
classes of men are vainly trying 10
postpone that day Of reckoning They
are:
1.-THE impractical theorists who are
opposed to any increases in the author
ity of the federal government think
ing they would rather risk the safety
of the nation than sacrifice their the
ory;
THE fanatical pacifists who are un-
willing to take any steps that Will
make this government into an efficient
war machine;
Those sordid, INSCRIPTIONS denizens
of the business jungle who are intent
only upon filling their own pockets
with blood money Of hungry men, wom-
en- and children, and;
THE enemy within our gates, dis
loyal American citizens who, with
treason in their hearts and lying pre-
tense of loyalty, are Selling on every
trifling detail of proposed defensive leg
islation as a pretext for bitter oppo-
sition to everything that will help us to
a quick and decisive victory. .
"Out of a confidence that congress
is going to give the president power
to protect the people from spoilation
by food sharks, is born a calm toler-
ance under injury such as none but a
lenient people would ever evince.
This is the sort of tolerance that
led Germany to believe that it had no
limits Woe to the food gamblers II
they make the same mistake"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
American Liner Battles
U-BOat in Bay of BiSCay

AN ATLANTIC PORT. June s.-A
running fight with a German suma-
rine in which forty-two shots were
fired was reported today by the armed
American steamship Virginia upon her
arrival from a French port.
The Virginian was not damaged The
guns crew did not know whether any
damage had been done TO the submarine.
The fight occurred in the Bay of Bis
cay on May 30.
The submarine opened the engagement
by firing a torpedo which missed its
mark. Twenty-six shots were fired by
the submarine and the Virginian which
Is owned by the American-Hawaiian
Steamship company, replied with six
teen
Another encounter between an Ameri-
can steamer and an enemy submarine, in
which the steamer narrowly escaped de-
struction. was reported today 10 the
state department. The ship fired at the
submarine. but the effect Of the shot
was not ascertained- An official state
ment follows:
The department Of state is informed
that an American snip was fired on by
an enemy submarine The torpedo pass
ed within two yards OF the boat and the
periscope was seen The vessel fred on
the submarine. II is not known whether
the submarine was hit"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
Presbyterian Church
Votes for Large Fund
For Help Of the War
By THE Rev. CHARLES srELxLE.

Presbyterians put over some forward
looking legislation in their big annual
convention - general assembly - just
closed in Dallas.
There were about 500 delegates and
thousands of visitors, some travelling
1000 miles. merely to become "observ-
ers"
A commission OF about sixty on So
cial service was appointed to study
great industrial and social questions in
this country. interpret facts discovered
for the benefit of the entire church, and
then set up a program for the high
grade and well organized agencies es-
tablished by IL.
The commission will serve as scout
ing or exploring branch of the church's
equipment, and also will engage in GER
tain educational work which established
agencies are not in position to under
take.
Another important move was appoint
ment OF a national service commits
sion to handle problems arising out of
the war. A strong group of sixty men
was appointed TO study the resources
of the Presbyterian church. with in
structions by the general assembly to
offer these resources to the president
OF the United States to help win the
war. This commission viii meet first
in Washington and call upon the presi-
dent for this purpose.
AS the Presbyterian church contains
some of the most prominent and most
efficient men in the nation, and as It's
own organizations are well perfected.
this will be by no means small con-
tribution.
The home mission board-the agency
OF the church that handles outstand-
ing American social and religious prob
lens from the national standpoint-was
reorganized so attack of the church
upon these problems will be more eff
fective.
Union with the southern Presbyterian
church was got under way through ap-
pointment OF a committee on confer
ence with that body, the southern gen.
eraI assembly having also appointed a
similar committee. The two branches
Of the Presbyterian church have been
separated since the Civil war.
Laymen as well as ministers will
noderator-the presiding oflcer-if
an entire absence Of bitterness. malice
plans started at This assembly go
hereafter be eligible for the off1oe Of
Patriotism was at a high ebb through
and famboyant ~peeches.
through. Thus far only minister's could
servo
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
GEORGIA TOTALS 231,407
FOR sELECT|vE SERVICE
Adjutant General Nash ReCeiv-
ed Saturday Official Count
from Every County

Registration reports have been re
ceived by AdJutant-General ]. Van
Holt Nash from every county in the
state. The final and Official fiugres
based on these reports were given out
Saturday.
They show that Georgia's total reg
istration was 2S1 ,407, which is practi-
cally 81 per cent OF the total registra-
ton of 254,S79 expected by the govern
ment.
OF the total number registered, 127 .645
were white men, 102.42S were negroes,
1924 were alien and 120 were alien
enemies.
A digest Of this complete report shows
the following:
The cards of 89,1S2 white men indi-
cate exemptions, the cards of 1874 6S in
dictate no exemptions.
The cards of 6S,315 negroes indicate
exemptions, the cards of 34.114 indi-
cate no exemptions.
1t was stated in the adjutant-gener-
ais office Saturday that nearly all the
standardization sheets sent in by the
county clerks are incorrectly filled out.
1t will probably be necessary to return
them, with new blanks and letter to
each one explaining wherein he erred.
This will naturally make a vast
amount of work for the adjutant-gen-
erals office.
County wardens who registered con-
victs failed to show, in their reports,
the felony convicts and the misdemean-
or convicts. There Is very sharp
distinction. The government will
treat felony convicts as morally unfit
for service. but will treat misdemeanor
convicts as "absentees," meaning that
their cards will be filed for future
reference. Wardens will have to supple
ment their reports, giving this infor-
nation.
The editor of a newspaper in north
Georgia sent the acknowledgement a tel
egram Saturday inquiring whether the
government will pay newspapers for
publishing the lists Of men who register
ed in the counties where the papers are
published. The acknowledgement replied
that the government will not.
Newspapers are expected to publish
these lists as a matter of interest to
their readers, as we'll as a patriotic SER
vice to the government.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
GERMANY BEATEN, HAlG
MAY BREAK THROUGH,
DR. KELMAN DECLARES
THE AMERICAN PART

deep subterranean passages under the
German positions and blowing them
up"
THE AMERICAN PART
What's going to be done with Am
erican boys when they get to FranceT
he was asked.
They'll first be trained behind the
lines" he said, land then given their
places at the front. This war has de-
veloped entirely new methods of fight
ing" he added, "and your troops must
learn the new way. They'll be trained
in bayonet work, machine gun fight
ing and bomb-throwing.
Particularly important is the last
and your baseball players ought to be
apt at that branch of the war game.
The bombs, or hand grenades, are about
the size of a baseball and you throw
them very much the same way. Just a
short distance ahead of you is the
enemy trench, within easy distance If
your aim is good and your arm strong.
You chouch for moment, straighten
up and toss your bomb. If your aim
is good, there comes an explosion from
the trench ahead and you know the
grenade has reached its mark. Yes. L
think the Americans will be apt pupils
in that work.
But the general purpose of all the
training is to harden the men. Modern
fighting means daily exposure and
hardship, and your boys will first be
toughened until they are all muscle, and
then be sent in" s'
How did you find the trenches?' he
was asked Were the men depressed?'
MEN ARE COURAGEOUS.
mo" he said They were serious,
thew realized that thew faced death eV-
cry day. But their chief Characters
tic was rage-indomitable, square
jawed courage"
HAS the war brutalized menu"
''On the other hand" he said. ::ft has
brought out the best that is in the Brit
ish soldiers, fighting as they are for
freedom, for right, for everything that
is good"
"You find that the soldiers turn to
religion?"
"a great deal" said DR.. Kelman.
Finally he was asked about the use
of poison gas.
'It is employed only on rare occa-
sions," he said. whenever gas is let
loose from a position, the opposing ar
tillery concentrate on that spot until 1t
becomes an inferno of shells. 1t is al
most suicidal to attempt gas warfare.
During my two months on the firing
line" he continued, 81 would speak to
the men every evening in their huts, and
during the day I would go to the
trenches as often as was allowed. There
we would have quiet days and nasty
days-all of 1t bad enough at best, but
the only way to win. 1 shall return in
July for q four months stay with the
troops"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
Liquor Transportation
By Automobile Upheld

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June S.-Auto-
mobiles may be used in transporting IL
quor through Alabama from one state
to another as interstate commerce and
when it has been proved that the liquor
was not for disposition in this state
prohibition laws can not interfere.
This decision was rendered by the SUI
preme court today when It reversed the
decision Of the court of appeals in the
case of Frank Moragne, of Jefferson
county. Moragne was convicted of vi
olating the prohibition laws although
he produced bills of lading for seventy
five gallons of liquor found in his ma
chine. Prohibitionists fear this deci-
sion may open the state to blind tigers
who will useI through bills of lading
in getting liquor into this state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12

don't make the fatal mistake Of re-
garding it as a trifling matter. Au-
thorities agree that Catarrh is an in
lection of the blood. Consequently,
sprays, salves and lotions can af-
ford only temporary relief, because
thew do not reach the source of the
disease,-the blood. When you depend
on these temporary remedies alone
your case is likely to grow steadily
worse until it becomes chronic and
possibly affects the lungs.
But even if the infection does not
go this far, the continuous dripping
of mucous in the throat, the constant
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
Birmingham to Get
Big New War Plants

BIRMINGHAM, June 9.-Judge E. H.
Gary, chairman of the board of the
United States Steel corporation an
nounced today that eleven million dol
lars would be spent in Birmingham
erecting new war plants at Fairfield,
the Industrial city owned by the cor
poration.
The announcement was made follow
ing an inspection of this section by
Judge Gary and the following members
Of the finance committee: G. H. Frick,
George Perkins, George F. Baker, John
Ries and Percival Roberts. The party
left tonight for the east on a special
train.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
IfYou Suffer From Catarrh

splitting and hawking and evil odor
of the breath will not only cause
misery to you, but will make your
presence obnoxious to others. S. S. S.,
which has been the standard blood
medicine for fifty years, will relieve
your catarrh, because it will purify
your blood and relieve it of the ac-
cumulated poisons. S. S. S. contains
no mineral or habit-forming drugs.
s. s. S, is on sale at all druggists and
the advice of our medical department
is at your disposal, free of charge.
Swift Specific Co., 3o2 Swift Building,
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
1ij|jj . E!!!ET
VX.P CURED

Don't take harmful drugs hypoderm.c
injections. You must have a rec0nstructivo
treatment to tuild up the system and drive
out the poisonous infection if you are to De
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
YESi MAGICALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS

You simply say 10 the drug store man.

s-s--a-e-s~----s
You simply say 10 the drug store man.
Give me a quarter OF an ounce Of
freezone" This will cost very little
but is sufficient TO remove every hard
or soft corn from ones feet.
A few drops Of this new ether COM
pound applied directly upon tender.
acsa-g corn should relieve the sore
ness instantly, and soon the entire corn,
root and all. dries up and can be lift
ed out with the fingers.
This new way 10 rid ones feet Of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
man. who says that. while freezone is
sticky. IL dries in a moment. and sim
ply shrivels UP the corn without in
flaming or even Irritating the surround
ing tissue or skin.
Don't let father die OF infection or
lockjaw from whiting az his corns,
but clip this out and make him try
it--(Advt)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
Corporal is Killed
In Accidental Shooting

WASHINGTON. Pa, June s.--Corpor-
al Hugh Wyse, a national guardsnan on
duty near here, was shot and killed to-
day by the accidental discharge of a RI
file in the hands of Sergeant Frank
Daley Wyse's home is at 1863 North
Fifty-sixth street. Philadelphia. Bailey
lived on Locust street in the same city.
The shooting was described as acct
dental.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
u. S. Aviator in France
Is Accidentally Killed

PARIS, June 9.-Lief Barclay, of New
York, attached to the French flying
squadron, was killed in a fall in his
aeroplane. Barclay graduated to the
air squadron from the ambulance
corps.
Barclays family in New York received
word of his death this week. but 1t was
not made clear whether he was killed
in an air fight of otherwise.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12

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deep subterranean passages under the
German positions and blowing them
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
LITTLE PROGRESS
MADE AT RED OAK

Red Oak. March 12-Little progress
was made last week by the grand jury
in investigation Of the Vilisca ak muir
der, only very few witnesses having
been brought in for examination.
Detective Wilkerson was closeted
in his room in the hotel here for sew
eral hours with number of his sup
porters for the purpose, it Is under.
stood. of determining what line of pro-
cedure should be followed in pushing
their interests.
1t is rumored that Wilkerson and At
torney General Havner have locked
horns on the methods to be employed
in the investigation and that the attor-
ney general will permit Wilkerson to
testify in the case the same as any
other witness but will let him go no
further than that in assisting in the
probe.
Wilkerson's friends claim that he is
not being given the confederation to
which he is entitled. while the evil
dence which the detective has produc.
ed in the developments of the case up
to the present time will no LONGER have
the weight that it formerly bad.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
Stock Market

view York, March 12.-lnterest IN
rails on toaay's stock market increased
afte, the first hour. the demand LOT
these being broader than at any recent
period. Coalers led the rise at an eS-
IRENE advance of 3A points FOR heao
ing, with | to 1La for Erie, NorfOlk ana
Western. Baltimore and OHIO. western
MARYLAND. Chesapeake and ONO ana
Wheeling and Lake Fries. Union "a ,
cific extended its gain to points anu
New York Central and grangers also
improved. Meanwhile shlppln8s, cop
pers. oils and munitions became more
uneven with United States Steel, the
latter making an extreme decline OF q, d
point. Motors also reversed their cary
course and Bethlehem Steel. new STOCK,
lost Ga Mixed changes in lnternatlon-
al Issues created some irregularlty IN
bonds.
Advances of to 4 points were Mace
nv active stocks on the resumption OF
trading today. industrials being most
prominent with. further inquiry LOT
notors. Central Leather. Westinghouse
aud some OF the more obscure special
ties United states Steel was sllshtl!
irregular on large offerings and copPers
ware uneven with further heaViness In
Industrial Alcohol. Shippinss were
moderately reactionary and dealings IN
re- lis were again light except Tor ao
vances Of point or more IN unloI,
Pacific. Reading. Erie, New Haven ana
Southern Railway.
The 81 sing was heavy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
MYSTERY BEGINS TO
SURROUND DEATH

Marshalltown. March 12.-Develop-,
ments in the case Of Joy RACER, aged
is, high school senior, who was struck,
by street car throws an air Of mys-.
terry as to how the girl came to get in
front of the car Until letter written
by the girl was found, no hint was
made but that the case was one of or
binary accident. The letter however,
penned to her mother, Mrs. w. H. Ra-
ger, who lives in the country, Is said
to have babe her goodbye. said life
was not worth the living. and that she
had better go while she was still pure
Last fall the girl went to Chicago, it
is said, to escape the attentions OF
youthful admirer. Eince she returned
she has been leased by her friends, 1t
is said This made her Respondent. &C
cording to those who knew her best.
Even though the circumstances are
peculiar, there is no definate knowl-
edge or proof that the girl Intentional
ly threw herself in front of the car
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
SANITARY SURVEY
WILL SOON BE MADE

Hannibal, Mo-. March IA sani-
tary survey Of Marion county probably
will be made within the next few days.
The agricultural committee OF the
Commercial club met and decided to
ascertain the cost OF such PROPOSE
ton. The government will be asked
for the information and II the COM
mittee decides to make the survey a
government employee will do the work.
At the same meeting the committee
decided to Immediately raise Hanni-
balls contribution to the dairy devel-
opment fund which IS being raised by
the Northeast Missouri Industrial
and Agricultural Association. This
city pledged one thousand dollars with
the understanding that the association
raise $4,000 outside.
Arrangements were discussed TO-
ward holding a series Of dairy meet
ings in Marion county.
H. T. NELSON, farm adviser. report
ed that nine members needed to COM
plete the Marion county cow testing
association.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
HARDING TO NAME
SOUTHERN IOWA MAN

Des Moines, March LIT became
known that Governor Harding has in
formed candidates for supreme judge
that no one north Of the Rock Island
railroad in Iowa will be chosen to sue
coed Judge Deemer.
This will eliminate half Of the can
didates.
II is believed that the race has mar
rowed down to Judge Vermillion or
Centerville. Judge H. X. Evans OF
Corydon and T. S. Stevens OF Ham
burg.
Two delegations favoring the APP
pointment of H. X. Evans of Corydon
called on Governor Harding yesterday.
Judge Evans was In Des Moines out
did not visit the state house.
Delegations favoring Judge Hobson,
Judge Mabry OF Abba and Judge Mill.
an of Waterloo conferred with the
governor.