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LXXXVI— No. 173 22 PAGES
DRAFT COMPLETE WITH EACH
REGISTRANT GIVEN A PLACE
FIRST CALL
FOR SOLDIERS
IN TEN DAYS
Mobilization of the War Quota to Be Subject to Proclama
tion by the President of the United States; Twice
687,000 Men Probably Will Be Summoned For Ex
amination Within a Fortnight
Washington, July 21. With ten million men listed in the
order of their liability to serve the federal government began to
day its last task of preparation for organization of a selective draft
army—the task of determining who among those shall be exempt.
The drawing to determine who shall first be liable for service
ended early to-day after it had been in progress without interrup
tion for more than sixteen hours, and while the officials in charge
rested for forwarding to local exemption boards, over the country.
Most of this work it is hoped to complete before the day is over,
so that the local authorities can be given their instructions early
next week.
Within ten days the men who are subject to the President's
order for mobilization of a war quota of 687,000 may be appearing
before their boards for examination and for decision as to exemp
tion. Twice 687,000 are to be summoned by the boards, an the
theory that two registrants must be examined for every soldier
accepted and the number each registration district must furnish
has been carefully worked out.
The provost marshal general's of
fice was greatly pleased to-day over
the outcome of the drawing, offi
cials declaring it an accomplishment
scarcely less noteworthy than the
successful registration carried out
six weeks ago. Ten million men,
|*they pointed out, had been assigned
"places on the muster roll within the
space ol less than a day and appar
ently with only one minor error In
the whole complicated process.
Tht •• ngle error came to light
near . end of the drawing this
morning when a blank was found
where there should have been a
number in one of the 10,500 cap
sules by which the war-time for
tunes of America's youth were de
termined. It did not materially in
terfere with the working out of the
lottery, however, and all officials
agreed that it could work no injus
tice to any registrant. It means only
a temporary complication, they said,
and in no way impairs the equality
of the lottery.
To Correct Error
What serial number should have
been in the place of the blank had
not been determined to-day, but it
will be found shortly by a careful
rechecking of the list. Then it will
be assigned to the only place open
on th liability list —number 10,500
at the very foot. Because of its
absence there only are 10,499 places
now, with holders of the serial num
ber 3,217 in last place. The vacant
place was shifted to the end of the
list because when the blank was
drawn in 10,004 th place it imme
diately was replaced by the drawing
of a number, and that made the
numbers lack one of filling the 10,-
500 places.
Only an Oversight
It was said at the provost mar
shal general's office that the error
undoubtedly resulted from an over
sight and that no one could be blam
ed. A shift in plans only a few
hours before the drawing began
threw on the general's assistants the
task of providing quickly ten times
as many numbers and ten times as
many capsules as had been counted
upon.
Drawing of the blank came rather
as a relief than a disappointment to
the tired officials and corresdents
who had become wearied hours since
of the monotonous drag of the draw
ing and recording of numbers. The
participanting officials worked in re
lays, but the strain of tho tedious
process began to weigh visibly up
on all of them before the end. Gen
eral Cowder, the provost marshal,
replaced the blindfolded official at
the drawing bowl and himself drew
out the lust ;umb6r.
Flashed Over Country
Scarcely had the historic event
thus reached its close than the news
1 THE WEATHER
For Harrlsbnrg and vicinity t
fifncnilly fair to-night and
Sunday, not much chance In
temperature,
t For Ksstern Pennsylvania! Gen
erally fair to-night and Sunday,
(•entle Houth win da.
_. . River
The miiln rtver will rise slightly
nnd begin to fall again late
Sunday or Sunday night. All
hrsnches will probably fall
slowly or remain nearly sta
tionary. A stage of aboat R. 2
feet Is Indicated for Harrls
burg Sunday morning.
Temperature at 8 a. M.i 72 de
grees.
Sum itlses 4.48 a. m.
Mooni Full moon August 2.
River stuget 5 feet,
. Yesterday's Weather
Hlgbeat temperature 82.
Lowest temperature fl.
Mean temperature 74,
Normal temperature 7&
of the last drawing had been flashed
over the country. The telegraphic
feat of transmitting the 10,500 num
bers as rapidly as they were drawn
was pronounced by officials to-day as
among the most notable features
of the whole process. The Associat
ed Press virtually cleared its wires
of other matter and gave the right of
way to the draft numbers from the
start of he drawing, with he re
sult that newspapers everywhere
were able to give to their readers
promptly the lists of those chosen
in the various local districts.
Number 10,000 was drawn at 1.25
a. m. and the draft was completed at
2.18 a. m.
Strain on Workers
No small part of the country-wide
success of the lottery plan was play
ed by The Associated Press opera
tots, who worked for long hours
with nothing before them but the
eternal groups of figures and with
the thought in their minds that a
mistake of a single figure would be
a matter of utmost concern to thou
sands of men and tens of thousands
among their friends and relatives.
For that reason no attempt at un
usual speed could be made, with the
result that errors were kept at a
minimum.
Some mistakes were unavoidable,
however, for in some respects the
official tellers' reports were at vari
ance and a comparison and rectifica
tion was proceeding to-day. The rule
followed was that agreement In the
records of two of the three tellers
| in any case should be sufficient to
| show that the variation was the mis
take of the third. All the records of
the drawing will be so rectified be
fore the official reports are forward
ed to local boards.
Rests With States
In reporting the numbers to the
boards the Federal government also
will provide special lists with the
high numbers which do not apply In
the given district already canceled.
The process will not be reduced to
: the fine point of providing a can
celed sheet that shall exactly fit
each division of the districts in the
country, but lists with cancellations
made by groups of thousands will
be used and one will be supplied
each local boar,d with the line drawn
at the thousand mark next above
highest number in that district.
\\ith the close of the drawing, the
great bulk of the business of mak
ingT the new army ready for service
will pass on to the State and local
j authorities. They now must post the
j numbers of the men first to he called
Continued on
Six Americans in France
With Foreign Legion Are
Decorated For Bravery
Paris, July 21.—S4x Americans serv
ing in the foreign legion in France
have Just been decorated or commend
ed in army orders. They are Ma
chine Gunner Christopher Charles.
Brooklyn; Qua Agostinl, San Fran
cisco; Grenadier Arthur Barre Bos
ton (formerly Jackie, battleship
North Dakota); Grenadier Ivan Nock,
mining engineer of Baltimore. The
foregoing received the war cross at a
review at Chalons-sur-Marne. At the
honors parade at the Invalides,
Ernest Waldron, Paterson. N. J
serving with a French line regiment,
was decorated with tho British mili
tary medal. This was awarded him
for devotion and bravery acting as
Interpreter and guide of the British
troops near Combles, on which occa
sion he received a wound which ne
cessitated the amputation of his right
leg. He already had been given the
French military medal and war cross.
His brother. Andrew, who enlisted
with him in August, 1914, is now a
corporal In the Seventy-eighth line
regiment He has twice beetvjeom
mended in army orders, weaft the
cross and has been wounded four
limy
TO NOTIFY ALL
MEN CALLED FOR
MILITARY DUTY
County District Boards Will
Make Call When They Re
ceive Quotas
All men who will be required to
come before the county district draft
boards in answer to the first call will
be notified when and where to ap
pear within the next few days. No
one in the city will be notified as
Harrisburg has met its quota in en
listments.
, Members of the three county draft
exemption boards, as soon as they
are officially notified of the quota to
be raised in their respective dis
tricts, will at once call twice that
number of men to appear for ex
amination. Those affected will be
notified through the press, by a list
posted at the office of the board in
the district they reside, and by in
dividual notices.
The first examinations will prob
ably be made five days after the first
notices go out, and will be continued
each day until the quota is furnish
ed. In ease the number first notified
is not sufficient to meet the number
of men required, additional ones will
be called until tho quota is filled.
Claims for exemption, according
to the board members, can be made
any time within seven days from
the time the notice is posted for
each drafted man to appear for ex
amination.
j After a claim for exemption is
I filed, tho person making it has ten
days to send proof in support of it.
Each local board will furnish all
other information, necessary blanks
to be filled with the affidavits of de
pendent parents, wives, children,
brothers or sisters.
When the claims are decided each
individual will, not be notified. In
stead the members of the boards
will make lists of those accepted and
those exemptud and post them. In
case appeals are taken from tho de
cision of the local boards blanks will
be furnished by them. These must
be filled and sent to the appelate
board within ten days after the list
is posted showing those drafted and
those exempted.
The office for examination of all
those who will bo notified to appear
in the First county district will be
at the electric light building, ir
North Front street, Steelton. Mem
bers of the exemption board are
Charles C. Cumbler. Allen Draw
baugh and Dr. Bayard T. Dickinson.
The boroughs and townships in this
district follow:
Steelton.
Highspire.
Middletown.
Londonderry township.
Conewago township.
The office of the Second J' .strict
board will be at the Pax' school
house. The members arf micge W.
Karmany, Arthur H. B: '/ and Dr.
M. L. Nissley. Boroug" and town
ships in the district a.
Paxtang.
Penbrook.
Hummelstown.
Derry township.
Lower Swatara township.
Lower Paxton township.
West Hanover,township.
East Hanover township.
South Hanover township.
Swatara township.
Susquehanna township.
Offices of the Third district will he
at Elizabethville. Members of the
board are Charles W. Finton. Ly
kens; John C. Bixler, Fisherville,
and Dr. D. E. Hottenstein, Millers
burg. Boroughs and townships in
the district follow:
Berrysburg.
Elizabethville.
Gratz.
Halifax.
Lykens.
Millersburg.
Uniontown.
Williamstown.
Dauphin.
Halifax township.
Jackson township.
Jefferson township.
Lykcn3 township.
Mifflin township.
Reed township.
Rush township.
Upper Paxton township.
Middle Paxton township.
Washington township.
Wayne township.
Wiconisco township.
Williams township.
, The county boards are ready to re
organize and prepare for examining
drafted registrants, they said today
ahd all expect to begin examinations
within a week to begin examinations
31—after they are furnished with cop
ies of the official draft numbers show
ing the chronological order in which
the registrants were drawn yester
day.
The men whose numbers were first
drawn will be the first to be examined
and the balance will be examined la
the order in which their numbers
were drawn yesterday.
it is not likely that the drafted
men will he advised on the day thev
are examined whether or not they
have passed. Member* of the hoard*-
say they probably will want time to
consider each case, in view of haviny
so many men appear before them in
one day. and will not announce their
decisions until two or three days
after the examinations are conducted
Upon going before the draft board
a drafted man will be required to
make out a certificate advising the
board of his physical condition. The
physician on the draft board will then
conduct his examination and if the
subject Is passed he will be required
later to go through another physical
test, this time at the mobilization
camp.
H. G. Garman of Lucknow, num
beer 2*B, the first man to be called
from ffie second district of Dauphin
county this morning said that he
certainly was surprised when he
learned he was the first one drafted
He said he hadn't even been thinking
about it. Mr. Garman said he did not
Intend to claim exemption if he could
dispose of his business prior to hir
call. He Is proprietor of Mehrlng'a 1
Karajse At Boas and Rase streets.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1917.
ORDER IN WHICH
NUMBERED MEN
ARE BEING CALLED
(Numbers below are published in order drawn at Washington and there
fore correct. Some few errors may have crept into the names on other
pages. Be governed entirely by the numbers below.)
No. lis 258, 2522, 458, 1436, 2624, 854, 1894, 1878, 1095, 2022,
1455, 783, 1813, 2787, 1858, 2389, 1752, 2494, 3082, 1117, 1572, 2762,
1748, 2195, 837.
No. 26 is 2036, 337, 676, 275, 509, 1185, 564, 2166, 945, 1913, 596,
3067, 2620, 2936, 1262, 2148, 536, 1495, 2453, 548, 126, 3070, 1679,
1237, 784.
No. 51 is 1732, 755, 107, 1546, 1563, 2099, 1369, 2691, 616, 373,
1678, 1266, 1891, 775, 3183, 2684, 3159, 486, 692, 600, 1986, 836, 810,
1539, 2549, 1682.
No. 76 is 507, 309, 437, 2967, 1324, 604, 43, 2181, 1763, 1548, 1264,
1066, 924, 2455, 2501, 420, 1014, 1178, 514, 2374, 433, 1329, 2945,'
10, 2725.
No. 101 is 2783, 2756, 2993, 1045, 1031, 1705, 3149, 3540, 1331,
1685, 487, 1282, 3090, 1323, 1847, 797, 140, 2599, 1536, 1522, 2952,
1723, 2808, 1779, 1236.
No. 126 is 2247, 2011, 432, 2719, 3053, 2962, 18, 652, 927, 2868,
1484, 739, 1751, 601, 3024, 1323, 1146, 3615, 2319, 1395, 2479, 606,
j 82, 1771, 513.
No. 151 is 46, 1020, 1651. 1099, 1955, 2441, 2749, 2628, 1636, 223,
2066, 1441, .117, 2330, 602, 2675, 390, 2233, 2990, 75, 3189, 654, 1818,
772, 1456.
No. 176 is 2939, 721, 3064, 1419, 2390, 786, 1549, 1476, 280, 2322,
1292, 2730, 972, 983, 757, 966, 868, 2230, 2456, 433, 2090, 379, 1560,
542, 2107.
No. 201 is 194, 874, 552. 2665, 3152, 1300, 2124, 1673, 1887, 2707,
298, 3176, 2438, 2280, 3073, 675, 3015, 2132, 1769, 1294, 1148, 1647,
2558, 1354 1906.
No. 226 is 2017, 2397, 343, 2008, 2414, 1613, 2100, 982, 2467, 726,
152, 905, 933, 2331, 1531, 2861, 3079, 2915, 2290, 1988, 452, 355
1843, 530, 809. .
No, 251 is 2579, 1114, 2826, 2607, 2473, 1470, 645, 2135, 2622 218
620, 1334, 3084, 550, 3123, 1611, 574, 2778, 31, 1432, 1727, 2047'
2817, 2740. 981.
No. 276 is 1848, 2662, 1570, 2884, 2885, 1817, 2577, 770, 882 2078
677, 2119, 2360, 749, 2269, 2592, 2758. 1868, 1159, 1211 525 1417'
1574, 2034, 2434. '
No. 301 is 3087, 760, 183, 56, 2695, 1276, 1791 1956 79? 2128
3059, 5, 350, 1580, 54, 2698, 2365, 2616, 870, 549, 1132,' 440,' 1845*
1674, 741.
No. 326 is 1054, 2336, 1275,.2316, 3160, 2225, 711, 1022, 841 638
7*m' 1032, 623 ' 269 ' 685 ' 3055 1141 ' 1314 > 101 6, 1688,' 335*
1432, 2000, 493.
Continued on Page 10
INSTRUCTIONS TO
ALL DRAFTED MEN
a day or two the local draft exemption boards
V V will issue calls to the first groups of men who are to
be examined. The call will be posted at the office of the
local board for your district and will be published in the
newspapers. A notice will be mailed to you BUT THE
POSTING OF THE LIST AT THE OFFICE OF THE
LOCAL BOARD WILL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT
NOTICE. IF THE LETTER DOES NOT REACH YOU
YOU CANNOT OFFER THAT AS AN EXCUSE FOR
FAILING TO REPORT.
This does not apply to Harrisburg. The quota here is
full and no men will go from the city on the first draft. But
it docs apply to all outside districts throughout Central
Pennsylvania,
YOU MUST REPORT TO YOUR BOARD ON
THE DAY NAMED IN YOUR CALL. WHETHER
YOU ARE GOING TO FILE A CLAIM FOR EX
EMPTION, OR SOMEONE IS GOING TO FILE
ONE FOR YOU, OR NOT, YOU MUST APPEAR
AND UNDERGO THE PHYSICAL EXAMIN
ATION.
YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS FROM THE TIME
YOUR NOTICE IS POSTED AND THE CALL
DISPLAYED AT THE LOCAL BOARD'S OFFICE
IN WHICH TO FILE AN EXEMPTION CLAIM
OR TO HAVE ONE FILED FOR YOU. GO TO
THE LOCAL BOARD FOR THE FORMS ON
WHICH ALL EXEMPTION CLAIMS MUST BE
MADE.
After your claim is filed you have 10 days in which to pre
sent proof in support of it. GO TO YOUR LOCAL
BOARD. The members will supply you with all informa
tion as to exemption and with the forms on which your proof
of claim must be submitted.
Your claim will be decided within three days after your
affidavits are filed. YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED.
The offical board will post a list of the men who are exempt
ed and those who are not. If you have made claim for ex
emption and it is not allowed you may appeal to the Ap
pellate Broad for the district. If you desire to make such an
appeal your local board will supply you with the proper
blanks, WHICH MUST BE SENT TO THE APPELLATE
BOARD WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE LIST SHOW
ING THOSE DRAFTED AND THOSE EXEMPTED is
posted. You have five days in which to present your proof
to the Appellate Board. The decision on your case must be
made within five days after you have submitted your proof
of claim and YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL as to
their decisions.
THEIR DECISION IS FINAL, EXCEPTING IN IN
DUSTRIAL CASES, WHICH MAY BE TAKEN TO
THE PRESIDENT.
NEWPORT CUT-OFF
IS APPROVED IN
OMNIBUS BILL
Saves Fifteen Miles on Wil
liam Penn Route Between
Phila. and Pittsburgh
In approving what is known as
the "omnibus" road bill, Governor
Brumbaugh denounced the inclina
tion on the part of members of the
Legislature to add mileage to the
State highway system, already bur
densome with its over 10,000 miles,
and declared that his approval was
given the measure simply because
two of the twenty-five route changes
contained so much merit that "ap
proval was almost compulsory, and
to save the wheat I must accept the
chaff." The two route changes which
appealed to the Governor were that I
on route 105, which saves fifteen
miles, eliminates nine grade cross
ings and permits the opening of a
road to Lock Haven and Renovo,
and the change on route 275, desired
by the William Penn Highway Asso
ciation, which constructs a new road
iflong the Juniata river between
Amity Hall and Newport and while
it adds nine miles to that particular
route decreases the distance between
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Police Look For German
Plot in Attempt to
Blow Up Reading Train
Lebanon, Pa.. July 21.—A desper
ate attempt to tie up the Philadelphia
and Reading railway was made at
two points on the outskirts of the
Lebanon on Thursday night, and
special railroad police and local of
ficers are investigating a report to
the effect that the act was committed
by a German sympathizer who was
led to believe that a troop train was
either Jo leave Lebanon with the
local company or pass through the
city to bring more soldiers to Mt.
Gretna.
A large acetylene tank, stolen from
a local scrap-iron yard, where it
was used for the cutting of boilers
and other {netal too large for the
shears, was thrown upon the rail
way track at East Lebanon, and a
freight train ran into it at 10.45
o'clock. The locomotive, one of the
monoster 7700 class* withstood the
shock and lost only its pilot wheels,
butthe explosion shook the earth for
squares around and a number of
people were injured.
Two similar tanks of acetylene
were placed on the railroad tracks
at the opposite end of the town, near
West Lebanon, but were, discovered
and removed before a train passed
I by.
Food Supply For 1918
Safe; Allies Will Fight*
to Victory-Lloyd George
J London, July 21. —Premier Lloyd
, George said to-day that the speech
jin the Reichstag of Dr. Michaelis.
J the new chancellor, meant that if
Germany were victorious there will
!be annexation all around and that
| the military autocracy would be
j established more firmly than ever.
I The speech showed, the premier as
serted. that those in charge of af-
I fairs in Germany had for the mo
j ment made the choice for war.
Lloyd George said the food supply
• for the 1917-18 period had already
! been secured and that a program of
j cultivation had been arranged "to
i make the supply for the following
j year secure, even if losses increased.
"We can't make peace with a Ger-
I many dominated by autocracy," de
clared Premier Lloyd George. "The
| war now becomes a struggle between
I two definite groups of national ideals.
! Significant in this respect is the news
• announced to-day of the accession of
brilliant Russian stateman, Keren
sky, to the leadership of Russian
I democracy.
I "I don't wish Germany to harbor
! any delusion," Lloyd George con
j tinued, "that Great Britain will be
| put out of the fight until full liberty
] has been established. I predict it will
I not be long before the German chan
j cellor delivery a different speech and
I that is the one for which we are
I waiting."
! The premier said the statement of
I Dr. Michaelis contained phrases
I which would be understood by the
! military powers of Germany. Unless
| these were wiped out, he added,
• they would again plunge Eurcpe into
; a welter of blood.
Pershing Leaves Paris
With General Haig For
First Visit to Front
By Associated Press
| Paris, July 20.—Major General Per
shing, the American commander, with
two staff officers, left Paris yesterday
on his first visit to the British front.
The American officers will be the
gueta of Sir Douglas Haig, the Brlt
-1 ish commander-in-chief, returning to
the capital Sunday. General Pershing
will make a long tour with General
Haig along the British lines, study-
I ing the metljods employed by the
I British in eonbatting the energy wit!
a view to the adoption of those nieth-
I oils by the American force*.
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
WAY NOW CLEAR
TO PROVIDE FOR
TRAFFIC NEEDS
Municipal League Approves
Ordinance For Valley Rail
ways Terminal
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION
Gives Opportunity For Public
Comfort Station and
Isle of Safety
Another step in city development
and in of the downtown
traffle problems is assured now with
the approval by the executive com
mittee of the Municipal League, of
the city ordinance which will do
away with the using of tracks in
Market Square by the Valley Rail
ways Company, and provide for
changes in Walnut street for the
proposed terminal station for that
company.
As soon as the terminal depot and
trackage are completed at River and
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Dr. Michaelis Sidesteps
Is Indication in Speech
By Associated Press
Berlin (via London), July 20.—Yes
terday's speech by Dr. Michaells, the
imperial chancellor, before the Reich
stag is interpreted as an indication
that he is for the present steering a
middle-of-the-road course.
The speech may be said partly to
have aroused pronounced enthusiasm.
The new chancellor, upon the tribune,
does not present the heroic figure
that Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg did. Fur
thermore, he did not reveal himsell
as an equally impressive speaker, in
this speech at least.
RUSSIANS COMPELLED TO RETREAT
Petrograd, July 21. A further retreat has been
made by the Russians in Eastern 'Galicia, the war office
announces, because the troops did not show the necessary
stability and at points did not fulfill commands.
<
TO QUASH I W. W.
Melbourne, July 20 The House of Representatives
has passed a bill suppressing the activities in Australia
of the Industrial Workers of the World.
BRITISH WIN LOCAL SUCCESSES
London, July 21. Local successes were gained by
British last nhrht at several points, it is announced
officially. •
GERMANS DRIVEN BACK
Petrograd, July 20. Dispatches say that a most
intense artillery b.tttle u raging on the Smorgon-Krevo
front. Several hundred German heavy guns are said to
be engaged. The Germans sought to advance, but were
driven back.
SUFFRAGISTS UNMOLESTED
Washington, July 21. "Silent picketing" at the
White House, gates w.as resumed by twelve members of
the Women's party to-day without interference from the
police or citizens. It was the first time since the women
staged tKeir suffrage demonstration for the benefit of the
Russian mission that the women have been permitted to
parade their banners before the WTiito House unrno
lested.
$2 A BUSHEL FOR WHEAT
Washington, July 21. —The Senate to-day went on
I #
record by. a vote .of 56 to 33 in favor of Congress fixing
a minimum guarantee price of not less than $2 a bushel
for Wheat.
Metal Workers Strike t
Leadvillc, July 21. Metal miners in this district
struck this morning. Thirty-seven properties are involv
ed. In each mine eight or ten men remained to keep the
property free from water. '
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Harry M. SchalTncr, city, anil Klale M. Faanacht, Humn. elatowni
Donilnito IMna and Ella V. Dixon. McrKont William E. Kicker,
city and Carry J. I.chuiun, I'axtans) Howard Rehrer and Stella H.
Sliccta, Mlddlctonn.
KERENSKY GRIPS
RUSSIA WITH
AN IRON HAND
Mutiny of Troop Segments
Rapidly Being Quelled
in Petrograd
CROWN PRINCE BEATEN
Sacrifices His Men in Vain
in Attacks on the
French
By Associated Press
Although Russia has been struck
a severe blow on the Northern (3a
licia front through the mutiny of
segments of her troops under ex
tremist influence, the forces of order
appear to be getting a firmer grip
on the fountain head of the difficulty
in Petrograd.
The disorderly elements in the
capital having been subdued, tho
nation's strongest man, Kerenskv,
has been made premier as well ns
minister of war and marine. Obvi
ously this represents a notable cen
tralization of power in one man, but
it seems to be conceded that such
a centralization, even if it be sug
gestive of a virtual dictatorship, :s
necessary if the. vast forces of the
nation are to b e co-ordinated for ef
-1 ficient reconstruction of the govern
ment and effective prosecution of the
i waiv
One of the signs that the govern-
I ment intends to grapple in earnest
! with the forces of disorganization
; comes in the report of the arrest of
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Finnish Independence
Bill May Be Cause For
Conflict With Russia
Bv Associated Press
Helsingfors, Finland, July 19.—A
l conflict with Russia is regarded ns
I inevitable because of the action of
the Finnish Diet In adopting a bill
granting independence to Finland. The
Socialist members of Parliament as
sert. however, that Petrograd has its
hands too full with its own troubles
to attempt repression.