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No. 26,691. WASHINGTON, D. G, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1917.TWENTY * PAGES. ONE CENT. ? SPECIALDRAFTLIST PRESIDENTSIGNSBILL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PATRIOTIC SERVICE. GERMANSGIVINGWAY FIRELAYSWASTE FORU1W0RKERS ENLARGING THE NAVY BEFORESTEADY BLOWS MUCHOFATLANTA Measure Empowers Transfer of Haig and Petain Apparently Have Separate Registrars to Be Ap¬ Geodetic Survey to Army or Ways and Means Committee Changed Flan, and Pressure Thousands Made Homeless by pointed for Men in Federal Navy for the War. Reaches a Compromise on Now Is Continuous. Flames That Destroy Prop¬

Employ Here. The President today signed the bill Second-Class Mail. The German armies in France are slow¬ erty Worth $3,500,000. increasing the personnel of the navy to ly yielding: ground before the relentless 150,000 men and of the Marine Corps to pressure exercised by Gens. Haig and ALL ALIENS ENROLL 30.000. ITEMS AMENDED IN HOUSE Petain, and the vital question is as to RELIEF WORK IS STARTED MUST The same bill authorizes the Presi¬ whether their morale can be maintained dent to transfer to the service of the under the terrific pounding: to which War or the they are subjected and Special registrars to handle the cases Department Navy Depart¬ A on the second- day night. Ap¬ By th* AftMwlatrit Preiw. ment vessels, equipment and personnel compromise proposed the allied have of thousands ot clerks who of class mail tax so as to make it range parently ATLANTA, May .Estimate* today government the coast and geodetic survey, if in abandoned the of sudden are In the non-resident class will be his judgment a national emergency from one and one-half cents per pound policy thrusts were that from 10,000 to 15,000 persons at chosen and are on named to assist in the recording of all exists to warrant such action. in the first parcel post zone to eight points relying a were homeless as a result of the fire It is provided at the conclusion of the constant hammering over a wide persons in the District of Columbia national cents in the eighth zone, was agreed front, yesterday and last night that swept emergency.in this case the in the belief that sooner or later the subject to the conscription act. war with vessels, upon today by the House ways and through, approximately, scventy-flve Germany.the equip¬ iron German must either break or This plan was decided on today fol¬ ment, personnel and stations of the means committee. ring blocks of residence property, ranging coast and be re¬ crack. a Provost Marshal geodetic survey shall from educational entertain¬ from negro shacks to homes of tnfluen- lowing ruling by turned to the survey, and that nothing Receipts Last General and is to ments were excluded from the proposed night's actions on the French tial citizens, in the northeastern sec¬ Crowder. designed in the act shall be construed as trans¬ in the front confirmed French possession of facilitate of this class of the coast and survey 10 per cent amusement tax today tion of the city. R. S. Rust, assistant registration ferring geodetic House by a vote of 114 to 1, Represent¬ the commanding high ground won in the who are of as or any of its functions from the De¬ previous near in secretary of the Southeastern Under¬ person^ military age partment of time ative Moore of Pennsylvania opposing. night Moronvilliers, Commerce except in that it was unfair that the Champagne. writers' designated in the President's proclama¬ of national emergency. He insisted Association, roughly estimated tion. William Jennings Bryan should receive the property loss at $3,500,000, and loss from $200 to $750 a night for "educa¬ Hold of French Unshaken. Gen. Crowder's ruling was that "if, as Given Military Status. tional" entertainments, while the gov¬ to insurance companies $2,500,000. a matter of a man maintains his The Germans thoroughly bombarded fact, The measure provides that the per¬ ernment got nothing from them. Relief work, which was started hours permanent home in the District of Co¬ these, new French positions and then before the were sonnel of who delivered several flames subdued, weie lumbia and there are no facts to In¬ th^ survey, may be trans¬ 10 on Cash infantry attacks, but pushed rapidly today. The public safety ' dicate that he has a permanent home In Per Cent Heceipts. were unable to shake the French hold ferred to the army or navy, shall have and committee of the Atlanta Chamber of some other place to which he has a No other changes were made in the suffered considerable losses. The Commerce, at a at 9:30 bona fide intention of he proper military status and shall be sub¬ French have enumerated more than meeting o'clock, returning, ject to the laws and regulations of the amusement tax section. By it all amuse¬ laid plans for handling the sttuati>ii. should register as a resident of the 1,000 unwounded prisoners taken in the and at 11 o'clock a army or navy. ment will a 10 cent of the mass meeting, called District of Columbia regardless of places pay per fighting past few hours in this by Asa G. Candler, was held. whether he some else to vote. The President is authorized to ap¬ region. Mayor goes place point the field officers of the tax on their cash receipts and each Preparations were made last night If such persons actually maintain a survey, According to an official statement, is¬ to feed 5,000 of the place outside the District which they who are now officially designated as¬ person admitted free must pay 5 cents. sued in London last night, British homeless, it being sistants and aids as follows: Officers believed that no nore than that would consider their permanent home to A tax of 1 cent on each ticket sold troops are now holding the entire Hin- be needed for which intend to return their now designated assistants and receiv¬ line from the east of Immediate relief. The re¬ they when to a child under twelve years old, un¬ denburg Bulle- lief forces were so employment in the District of Colum¬ ing a salary of $2,000 or more shall be to court to Arras, with the exception of quickly organized appointed less the maximum admission fee the that hundreds of the homeless were fed bia is finished, then they should register hydrographic and geodetic amusement place is 5 cents, would be trench elements on a front of about last and this in the Outside the District, and engineers; officers now designated afW 2,000 yards west of Bullecourt. The re¬ night, morning breakfast place sistants and charged. awaited them at the Auditorium they may register by mail after having receiving a salary of $1,200 Club members -should 10 per cent gains northwest of Bullecourt have their cards filled out by the persons or more- but less than $2,000 shall be pay been consolidated. armory. and cent of their club dues. Entertainments Real estate and insurance men work¬ designated to perform this service by appointed junior hydrographic geo- benefit of or charitable the board of Commissioners of the Dis¬ Idetic engineers; officers now designated for the religious ing in conjunction later estimated that aids organizations would be exempt from British and French Reports. 1.563 buildings had been trict of Columbia. shall be appointed aids. taxation. This destroyed. "No person shall be appointed aid or By the AKSoclated Press. was considerably under the earlier shall be from aid to The war stamp tax section, considered estimates. The citizens' relief com¬ Bureau Heads to Designate Hen. promoted junior next, was amended so as to exempt LONDON. May 22, 12:23 p.m.."We mittee of the hydrographic and geodetic engineer or made successful raids last night north¬ Red Cross requested that Daniel J. Donovan, executive officer from building and loan associations operated east churches be kept open tonight, to be junior hydrographic and geodetic for the sole benefit of their members. of Epehy, and during the night used as of the registration board of the Dis¬ engineer to hydrographic and geodetic east of Bullecourt, south of the Arras- dormitories if necessary. A special meeting of city council was trict, announced that he would engineer until after passing a satis¬ Auto Tax Clause Amended. Cambrai road and west of Lens," says called for late request factory mental and physical examina¬ today's war office report. this afternoon to take the he^ds of the various government tion conducted in OF whatever steps necessary for relief and accordance with RUSS 5 HEAR GERMAN WORKERS afternoon we the ARMY reg¬ U-BOAT "Yesterday OPPOSE a House amended ENGINEERS'CAMP The yesterday destroyed bureaus and to ulations the German rehabilitation. departments designate prescribed by Secretary of per cent automobile tax clause so that large ammunition dump on the persons whom he will deputize as Commerce, except that the President Arras-Cambrai road northeast of reg¬ is authorized to nominate for confirma¬ manufacturers making less than 8 per Queant. The shock of the explosion .Fire Started in Warehouse. istrars for the non-resident clerks. This tion the assistants and aids now in cent will not have to pay this was felt at great distances behind profit TOBEESTABLISHEDHERE IN NEWENGLANDWATERS our The Are started in a warehouse on will enable every government employe the service. tax on their gross sales. Rep¬ lines." who seeks in a in proposed Decatur and Fort streets and drove registration place other Nothing the act shall reduce the Gillett of Massachusetts PARIS. May 22, noon..Three sepa¬ than the District and who has there a total amount of pay and allowances resentative rate counter attacks by the Germans first due north and then northeast, at bona fide domicile to obtain to motor cycles from Ob¬ on the neces¬ they wer« receiving at the time of endeavored exempt Grounds of American University Navy Department Officiah Investi¬ Series of Important Negotiations on positions captured yesterday by the some points a block wid» and at times sary card and certification without in¬ transfer. While actually employed in such a tax, but failed. Unsuccessful at¬ French were repulsed last night, ac¬ half a mile in width. It crossed Ponce convenience and loss of time. To re¬ active service under direct orders of tempts were made to change the bill's tained by War Department for gating: Eeport of Discovery Off Revision of Allies' Aims cording to an official statement issued de Leon at one point and swept down quire the clerks to make application in the War Department or of the Navy provisions for 5 per cent manufac¬ by the French war office this morning. Boulevard for a block. On the south his office for registration cards would, Department members of the coast and on musical instruments The number of prisoners taken of in turers' taxes New Organization. the Is by the side Ponce de Leon, a wide residence the. opinion of Mr. Donovan, subject geodetic survey shall receive the bene¬ selling for more than $10 each, jewelry, Seguin Light. Impending. French yesterday was 1,000. street, the burned area extended from them to unnecessary inconvenience and fit of all provisions of laws relating to yachts, sporting goods, perfumery, North Jackson street some seven blocks cause a considerable loss of time to disability incurred in line of duty or toilet articles, "patent medicines," etc. Plans for the expansion of the engi¬ German Lines Blotted Out. east of Peachtree, out almost to the their departments. loss of life. The House amended the bill under this in¬ By the Associated Press. baseball neer section of the regular army LONDON, May 22..The Petrograd From a Staff park. Government clerks affected by this section so as to levy a tax on all these clude the establishment of a camp on PORTLAND, Me., 22..Persistent Correspondent of the Associated Press. The fire was the^gxaatest In Atlanta'* regulation will to the Military Bank. since 6, Univer¬ May correspondent of the Daily Express BRITISH apply registrars articles purchased April 1917, the grounds of the American reports, current since war was declared, HEADQUARTERS IN history since civil /w ar days, when of their departments for cards, which When and In the hands of retailers when the on Nebraska avenue near Massa- says that a series of important ne¬ FRANCE. via Sherman, terming \ the backbone of must serving with the army or navy sity that a German submarine was in New May 21, "London, May 22. they fill in and certify and mall relative rank shall be as bill goes into effect. chuetts avenue, negotiations for the gotiations is impending between Rus¬ the Confederacy, decraed that it must to the county sheriff or |

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