Official Outline of How Registration for Service Is to Be Carried Out
A public War Department outline explains that civilian state and local officials will run the military registration under the selective draft. Governors lead county and city registration efforts with sheriffs and clerks handling details. Absentees and the sick may register by mail or through designated officials, with volunteers urged to serve without pay.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
National Army
Cane
Uuw
Spannell Guilty in Butler Murder Gets Five Years
Henry J Spannell was found guilty of murdering Lieutenant Colonel E M Butler and was sentenced to five years in prison. The case tied to the alleged killing of Spannell's wife near Alpine Texas on July 20 1916.
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Coleman
Texas
Henry J Spannell
E. M. Butler
Spannell
Butler
Alpine
500 Georgia Men in Training Camp
Conservatively, 500 of the men recommended for the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe are University of Georgia students or alumni. The article notes Georgia volunteers in Red Cross work relief food production and May patriotic events, with Athens highlighted as consistently ahead in preparations and public spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Oglethorpe
University of Georgia
Old Georgia
Red Cross
Georgia
Athens
Dean's Kidney Pills Help Athens Woman
Mrs. Callie Richards of 646 Pulaski Street Athens reports backache relief and steadier kidney function after using one box of Dean's Kidney Pills. She notes improved activity and fewer eye floaters as her kidneys began to act properly. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Athens
Richards
Callie Richards
Pulaski ‘St
Voan
Venizelos Faction Fights With Allies Against Bulgarians
Clarke superior court adjourned sitting set for Monday the 14th. Venizelos followers unite with Entente forces in Macedonia while wartime updates describe air raids on London and French-British battles near Craonne Rheims and Bultcourt with ongoing ground engagements and shelling in the Arras Cambrai sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Crawford
Clarke Superior Court
Superior Court
Bultcourt
Arras
Cambrai
Airish
Earthen Jar Found With Civil War Era Coins
Mr. G. H. Ingraham unearthed a handmade sun-dried earthen pot near Attica in Jackson county while clearing ground for farmland. The jar held seven dollars in silver including two Mexican dollars nine half dollars and two quarters dated as early as 1853. The pot’s good preservation suggests burial around the Civil War era or earlier.
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Athens
Up T
Attica
G. HK. Ingraham
Jackson County
U. S
Cuba Rebels Stirring Propaganda Denied
The Cuban legation declares reports of 15,000 blacks ravaging Oriente are sensational falsehoods. It states the government controls the province and is actively crushing small bands of revolutionists, ready to manage wartime needs with Germany.
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Associated Press
Washington
Legation
Province of
Oriente,s
Germany
Back From War Conference in Washington
Chancellor Barrow of the University and President Soule of the State College of Agriculture return from Washington City where they attended the college presidents meeting. They consulted with the advisory committee of the National Council of Defense on how colleges should cooperate with the government during the war crisis.
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DC. Barrow
University
Andrew M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
Washington City
United States
National Council of Defense
Athens Electrical Men to Brighten Many Homes
Athens leaders join the national Wire Your Home Time campaign to wire more homes between April 1 and May 15. Local figures note unwired homes exceed national averages and contest prizes total 1250 dollars. participants include A W Baker E R Bridges and A M Scudder of the Athens Railway and Electric Co.
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Athens
America
Society For Electrical Development In
New York
A. W. Baker
Ry & Electric Co
E. R. Bridges
Athens Ry
Elec. Co
A. M. Scudder
French War Mission Train Derails Near Arcola
A special train carrying the French war commission derailed near Arcola Illinois with four of six coaches leaving the rails. No serious injuries reported though commission members were shaken. US secret service checked the scene and deemed the wreck accidental. Marshal Joffre and Rene Viviani visited Lincoln tomb in Springfield and Viviani predicted U S aid to end the war.
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Associated Press
Terre Haute
Ind
French War Commission
Arcola
Ilinois
Springfield
Marshal Joffre
Rene Vaviani
Lincoln
Viviani
Illinois
United States
Liberty Loan Oversubscription Looks Certain Now
The treasury reports Liberty Loan subscriptions totaling six and a half billion dollars, with banks and customers pushing the issue toward oversubscription beyond all estimates. Telegraphed orders and rapid pacing from Hawaii Porto Rico the Philippines and Alaska support a ratio likely to exceed the planned two billion dollar offering.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Treasury
Liberty Loan
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Phillippines
Alaska
War Tax Proposal Affects Cotton Bale Duty in Congress
In Washington May (Associated Press) Representative Moore of Pennsylvania urged a $2.50 per bale cotton tax in the war revenue bill stirring sectional opposition. House Ways and Means committees delayed finishing the bill as Southern members resisted. Moore said $30 million could be raised next year, while Southerners predicted the proposal would not pass. Believed compromise on Army draft age will set maximum at thirty after two meetings failed to unite Senate and House on the draft bill.
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Assocated Press
Washington
May
Representative Moore
Pennsylvania
House
Wayg and Means
Moore
Senate
Seargeants to Enlist as Truck Drivers for Quartermaster Corps
Atlanta May 5 The Southeastern quartermaster reserve enlistment committee led by Asa G Candler Jr seeks volunteers from the southeast to enlist as sergeant rank automobile and truck drivers for the quartermaster section of the enlisted reserve corps. Apply at a local army recruiting station.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Quartermaster’s Reserve
Asa G. Candler, Jr
Southeast
Red Cross Leader Mrs Tiffany Speaks at Athens
Mrs Belmont Tiffany chairman of the New York Red Cross spoke to a large Athens audience at the University of Georgia Octagon. She urged strong local organization and readiness for civilian relief and war work, praising Georgia Red Cross progress and citing examples from Europe. Dr Snazely echoed calls for civilian relief committees and efficient local service.
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BelmOnt Tiffany
Red Cross
New York
Metropolis
University of Georgia
University
Lucy Cobb
State Normal School
University Band
Col. C. M. Snelling
Madame Lustrat
Tiffany
National Red Cross
Wells
Washington
Athens
Ridgewood
N. J
United States
American Red Cross
Serbia
Europe
America
Georgia Red Cross
Georgia
Paris
Sansa
Harvard
Massachusetts Cavalry
Reorganizing the Red Men Lodge in Athens
Athens plans to reestablish a local Improved Order of Red Men lodge after years without a chapter. Prime mover M. Gasonski, Grand Lodge member and orphan board chairman, has purchased Max Joseph Department Store stock and is soliciting local interest at his Clayton and Wall streets business.
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Athens
Improved Order of Red Men
M. Gasonski
Max Joseph
Mr. Gasonski
Grand Lodge
Orphan Board
Red Men
Georgia
Garnonski
Clayton and
Wall Streets
University Professors Volunteer Their Services
Several members of the University of Georgia faculty of over military age have advised authorities they will gladly lend their expert services to the government. They offer instruction and expertise in practical learning areas to assist officers and men in training camps.
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The
University of Georgia
Mr E Howard Scott Buys Milledge Circle Home
The Northcutt place long occupied by Mr John R Northcutt and family has been sold to Mr E Howard Scott. Scott and family will occupy the residence, noted as one of the handsomest on Milledge Circle.
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E. Howard Scott
Northcutt
John R. Northcutt
Mr. Northcutt
Mr. Scott
Milledge Circle
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Spannel
Bultecourt
Venizelos
Entente
Macedonia
London
Craonne
Rheims
French War Office
Cuba
Washingto
John Wanamaker
United States Secret Service
Congress
Governor's Island
Southeastern Sectional Committee
Southeastern Executive Committee
RED Cross Work OF
Mrs. Belmont Tiffany
South
RED Men's Lodge
M. Gavonski
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