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VOL. XLVII. NO. 44.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8,' 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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OMAHA'S QUOTA- OF MEW ARMY FACES
DOCTORS AMD TH0EKEMPT1OM BOARDS
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FRENCH TROOPERS
SMASH TEUTONS'
LINE IN BIG DRIVE
Activities on All Fronts Show
, Lines Are Not Materially
Changed Except in the
Champagne Region.
(Asuoclated Press War Summary.)
French troops last night broke into
the lines of the German crown prince
on the C'K pagne front at three
places, inflicting losses on the Gcr-
mans and bringing back prisoners, it
was officially announced today by the
French war department. A Teuton
attack between Avocourt wood and
Hill 304, in the Verdun sector was
driven off with heavy losses to the
Germans.
There were fairly violent artillery
duels in the Bigschoote sector of the
Belgian front, and between Hurtebise
and Craoune, north of the river Aisne.
Russians Retreat.
In the direction of Kimpolung in
Bukowina, Austro-German forces,
after a battle with the Russians, occu
pied the heights of Molit, says the
official announcement issued today by
the Russian department.
In the region of the river Bstratza,
two Russian regiments voluntarily left
their positions causing the Russian
troops to retire a few miles
South of Grijmalov the Russians
drove back the Teuton advanced
posts.
In the region west of the river
Zbrocz on the Russian-Gahcian fron
tier, Austro-German troops, the state
ment adds, are hastily gathering the
harvest.
In the direction -of Fokshani on the
Roumanian front, the forces of the
central powers and their allies began
an offensive and pressed back the
Russo-RotiiTianian troops across the
river Tyrladesus.
Germans Thrown Back.
Austro-German troops between the
Dniester arid the Pruth have been
thrown back on the front ten miles
from Chotin, according to news from
the battle area reaching here. Chotin
is at the junction of the Zzrocz and
Dniester .ivers, on the Galician-Rus-sian
frontier.
Austro-German forces yesterday
began an offensive against the Russo
Roumanian armies in Moldava, on the
Roumanian front. Russian positions
north of Fokshani were stormed, ac
cording to the official statement is
sued today by tte German general
staff, and 1,300 prisoners were taken.
Thirteen guns and numerous trench
mortars c-lso were captured. -x
Conference at Paris.
A conference of the representatives
of the entente allies, a continuation
of the Paris conterence, was com-
Man Who Wants to Fight
For Kaiser Is Arrested
Grand Junction, Colo., Aug. 7.
Because he is said to have made the
statement he would not fight against
his father arid brother who are in
the German army and would rather
fight for Germany than the United
States, Henry Francke, a young
farm hand employed near here, is
in jail here, held for federal investigation.
WAR PR0E7IS ON
U. S. PURCHASES
TO BE KEPT DOWN
Government Will Commandeer
Material If Disposition Is
Shown to Be Unreasonable.
rnenced in London this morning.
David Lloyd George, the British pre
mier, presided.
Among those present at the confer
ence were Premier Kibot and Minis
ter of War Painleve of France; Baron
Sonnino. the It .lian foreign minister
A. JJ Balfour', the British foreign sec
retary, and Arthur Henderson and
the other members of the British war
cabinet. All the entente allies, in
fact, were represented by either am
bassadors, ministers or special rep
resentatives.
Oklahoma Slacker
Riots Nearing End;
Death for Leaders
Oklahoma City, Okl., Aug. 7. The
man hunt for draft resisters in three
counties of southeastern Oklahor-a
is nearing a close. Officers today be
lieved they had placed more than half
of the Working Class union mem
bershipestimated at between 500 and
600 in the state penitentiary and
countv jails.
Preliminary trials of prisoners taken
to McAlester will begin tomorrow be
fore United States Commissioner
Robert N. McMillan. The United
States attorney has announced that
draft resisters will be tried for con
spiracy and treason charges and the
death penalty will be asked by the
government.
One hundred of the rebelious are
under arrest at Holdenville, having
bee.n taken mto custody yesterday
and last night
Telephonic reports from the infest
cd district at noon today told of the
capture or surrender of a decreasing
number of prisoners and an allaying
of the intense excitement which has
prevailed for almost a week.
Villa Bandits Are Again
Active Near Border
Presidio, Tex., Aug. 7. A band ofl
V illa followers was reported to have
been seen within a short distance of
Ojinaga, near here, early today. The
government garrison in t)jinaga
started preparations to defend the
town against an attack. The band
is believed to be near the border to
obtain ammunition for Villa from the
American side.
Colorado and Kansas Students
Go to Fort Sheridan
Fort Sheridan, 111., Aug. 7. The
training school for officers which
opens here August' 27, will include
students from Colorado and Kansas,
it vas announced today. Candidates
from these states were originally
scheduled to go to Fort Riley.
(By Associated Prcm.)
Washington, Aug. 7. President
Wilson turned his attention today to
the subject of war prices and paid a
personal visit to the federal trade
commission to urge expedition of in
vestigations to ascertain the costs of
producing materials required by the
government.
At the president's direction the
commission has undertaken inquiries
to determine production costs on most
of the basic supplies needed for war
uses, including coal, coke, steel, iron,
petroleum, tin, aluminum, wire. zinc.
copper, lead, cement, lumber and their
derivatives. Preliminary reports will
be forthcoming within a few weeks.
Minimum Profits Only.
Announcement of a definite policy
respecting war purchases and prices
probably will be made soon. War
profits will be kept to a minimum and
if producers and manufacturers evince
any great unwillingness to supply the
country's war needs at reosanable
praices, the government's power to
commandeer materials will be in
voked. The administration's hone is.
however, that this never will become
necessary.
Ihe biggest problem now occunvincr
officials studying the subject of war
prices is the protection for the general
public. Although the proposal is
meeting determined opposition the ad
ministration intends that -the allies
shall share with this eovernment in
reduced costs for supplies.
interests of Individuals.
It is realized, however, that heavy
government purchases will tend to
raise prices to private consumers and
una presents an oostacie tnat is caus-
ng considerable concern. If there is
any way to accomplish it. the adminis
tration desires to keen prices eeneral
ly down without resort to legislation.
some officials believe this may be done
in an indirect way, when the new war
industries board besrins to decide nri-
ority of manufasture and shipment of
gooas.
General Purchasing Board.
The War board will meet again to
morrow and probably will make
known a iuyinsr policy so far s ones
tions of procedure are concerned. The
present plan is to consolidate Amer
ican and allied eovernment war nnr.
chases through the central purchasing
committee, which is a part of the war
Doara. in tact orticials of the council
of national defense for sometime have
been passing on all allied contracts
although the subject of prices has
been jeft to negotiations between the
American seller and the foreign buyer.
Lumber and Steel Data.
The trade commission sometime
ago began inquiries into the lumber
industry and data on production costs
of materials will be readv soon. A
preliminary report on steel prices also
will be made shortly. v
Although charged only with inves
tigation of costs it is entirelv likelv
the commission will make suggestion's
as to what it considers fair prices for
materials and that the War
folldw closely its recommendations.
Central League Gives Up
Fight and Closes Season
Waterlop, la., Aug. 7.The Central
association closed its season today.
Bad weather, couoled with conditions
arising from the war, which affected
attendance are given as the cause.
32 Hospitals WNew Army and National
Guard Camps Will Cost, $14,500,000; Will
Have 1,000 Beds and Modern Equipment
Washington. Aug. 7. The war de
partment authorizes the following:
Provisions for caring for the health
of the soldiers now being made by the
medical department of the army in
clude the construction of thirfy-two
hospitats at National Army and Na
tional Guard camps, the enlargement
of some thirty hospitals used in coi.
ncction with officers' training camps,
taking over or onstruction of at least
two general hospitals at ports, in
creasing he size of two other general
hospitals behind these, and the build
ing or taking over of a number of
general hospitals to be used for spe
cial treatment work. Plans for this
phase of the work are not complete.
Efforts are being made to secure hos
pital buildings ready built, but some
will probably have to be constructed.
A number of sites have been offered
already,
A further step to be worked out is
the provision of reconstruction hos
pitals, where artificial limbs will be
made, repair surgery aone, armium
limbs fitted to patients, and re-education
of cripples begun, to enable them
o ttiP artificial limbs provided
and again become useful members of
society. ...
Til aim nf the medical department
is to have hospital provisions for 5
per cent of the enlisted force by fall,
and then to proceed to extend that
to 10 per cent. Abroad facilities for
20 per cent of the American expedi
tionary forces will be provided.
At cantonments hospital provision
will be made for 3 per cent of the
troops at each camp. A complete
modern hospital will be constructed
at each, containing at least 1,000 beds.
With the space reserved for exten
sions, cac'i hospital and its auxiliary
buildings will require sixty acres. This
allotment y :!l leave generous space
between the various buildings of each
hospital. Hospitals at National Army
camps will cost approximately $500,
000 each, and at National Guard
camps, where heating is not required,
construction is lighter and sewer con
nected plumbing not to be used, about
$400,000. This will bring the total
cost of the thirty-two hospitals to
about $14,500,000. Each hospital will
have equipment equal to that of the
best institutions in the country, al
though the construction of the build
ings will be of much cheaper quality.
One Type of Construction.
One type is being used in all the
hospital construction work done by
the army. All the buildings are
twenty-four feet wide, the length
varying to meet tne nccas. me
wards are usually 157 feet long, which
is the size needed for thirty-two
beds. There will be a diet kitchen
for each ward, a porch on one side
and end of each ward, and a corridor
connecting with the buildings on cith
er side which will be covered in the
case of the northern cantonments.
About seventy buildings will be
comprised fu each cantonment hos
pital on the 1,000-bed basis. In some
cases two wards are joined, thus re
ducing the actual number of separ
ate buildings, but the number ot
buildings will reach about seventy,
counting each ward as a building.
Each hospital will have a well
equipped laboratory where bacteriolo
gical and pathological work can be
done which any well-equipped hospit
al could handle. Some special blood
tests will be made at the department
hospitals, which will take care of any
work that the divisional hospitals at
the camps- can not attend to.
There will also be an infirmary for
each regiment which will fulfill the
functions usually performed by such
institutions. There men not needing
to be confined in hospital will report
when any condition appears which
demands watching. There vaccina
tion will be done and the typhoid and
paratyphoid preventative treatments
administered.
DRAFTED MAN HAS HIS TEETH
KNOCKED OUT TO EVADE ARMY;
MUST FACE SLACKER CHARGES
Exemption Boards Hear All Sorts of Excuses From Men
Who Prefer to Stay at Home Rather Than
Fight for the U. S. in Trenches
of Europe.
SENATE TO VOTE
ON FOOD CONTROL
BILL AT 4 TODAY
Conference Report Approved
by House Last Week Will
Be Adopted Almost
Unanimously.
(By Associated Prem.)
Washington,-). C Aug. 7.-After
another day's debate of the adminis-,
tration food control bill the senate
late today reached a formal agree
ment by unanimous consent to vote
tomorrow at four o'clock on the con
ference report which was approved
by the house last week.
Both advocates and opponents of
the legislation said tonight there was
no doubt of the senate s approval of
the conference report, probably by
an overwhelming majority. Sending
of the measure to President Wilson
for his signature will be delayed until
Friday because the house adjourned
today until Friday and the final draft
must be signed by presiding officers
of both houses.
Many Features Criticized.
Discussion today, in criticism of
many features of the legislation and
mostly by senators who expect to
vote for the conferees draft, appar
ently resulted in conviction among
the opponents that further discussion
would achieve tiothing.
.The principal speech of the day
was madr-by Senator Wadsworth,
who said the good things in the bill
outnumbered the bad ones, but pro
tested elimination of the provision for
a congressional committee to super
vise war expenditures and predicted
that the $2 minimum wheat price fix
ing: provision might not operate as
its proponents believe. He urged co
operation between the legislative and
administrative branches and a great
er degree of publicity of the conduct
of the war. .
Long Delay Denounced.
The New York senator denounced
the delay in enactment of the first
food bill as a breaking ot iaith by the
government with the people.
Some power, some person or some
influence prevented the enactment of
the so-called food survey bill, he said.
We are told that the delay was a
piece of legislative strategy, ft may
Ten Thousand Sailors
. Gain 75 Tom in Weight
Chicago, Aug. 7. Ten thousand
bluejackets stationed, at the Great
Lakes naval training station weigh
an aggregate of seventy-five tons
more than they did a month ago.
A record of physical condition of
the men at the station, completed
today, shows that each man has
gained an average of fifteen pounds
in weight.
The general health of the men
was pronounced excellent by the
naval examining physicians who at
tributed the general increase to
regularity of rest, cleanliness,
wholesome food and outdoor ex
ercise. . ' '
(Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
Medical Students Are Not Exempt
Under the Latest Official Ruling
The status of medical students in
connection with the selective draft
has not been definitely determined.
although communications from Wash
ington to President Francis, X. Mc
Menamy of Creighton university and
Dean Irving S. Cutter of the Univer
sity of Nebraska college of medicine
indicate that the medics arc not with
in the exemption.
Thirty students of Creiirhton med
ical and dental colleges and thirty
five of the university colleges of med
icine will be affected.
Recent information received bv
President McMenamy from United
States Commissioner of Education
Philander V. Clayton advised medical
students to continue their studies, in
the belief that they would not be sub
ject to the selective draft.
A subsequent letter received this
week by the president of Creighton
university reads:
borne days aeo I sent to oresi-
dents of colleges and universities and
technical schools a letter statins that
the War department believed that
students in technical schools and col
leges who arc within the age limits
of the selective draft should be treat
ed in the same manner as workers in
industries which are devoted to the
manufacture of war materials, and
that under this ruling presidents of
colleges might properly urge the dis
trict exemption boards to exempt
students in these institutions, who
give promise of special aptitude for
the technical and scientific profes
sions, until these students have fin
ished their courses. I am now in
formed by the secretary of war there
is no legal basis for such exemption
and you will therefore disregard my
letter on this subject."
On account of the shortage of doc
tors it is believed that some exemp
tions will be made.
A communication from Provost
Marshal Crowder to Dean Cutter is
in substance the same as! flie infor
mation ia the letter from the com
missioner of education. Dean Cutter,
however, understands that the sur
geon general does not agree with the
ruling of the provost marshal. Ef
forts are being made to obtain a spe
cial ruling in favor of the medical
students. ,
BUYERS FROM ALL
OVER WORLD VIEW
TRACTORSATSHOW
Representatives of English'and
Russian Governments Show
Keen Interest at Big Fre
mont demonstration.
Representatives of the English and
Russian governments are inspecting
tractors at the Fremont Power Farm
ing demonstration, with a view to
buying tractors for their respective
governments.- ,
Nicholis Mirski, engineer, repre
senting the L. J. Borkowski company
of Warsaw, Moscow, Petrograd,
KharkoffJ Rustoff and Ekaterinburg,
Russia, is head of the Russian' delega
tion of seven men who are taking the
keenest and most detailed interest in
the tractor demonstration.
The' fields were still wet for the
tractors and plows yesterday and the
Russians showed some impatience at
not being able to see the array of ma
chines in actual operation. The Rus
sians say the new government is de
termined to introduce new methods,
not only in governmental affairs, but
also in agricultural activities, in order
that the great Slav state may be
rapidly rehabilitated and take its place
among the great free nations of the
world, progressive in government,
progressive in industry, and progres
sive in agriculture. They feel that
this is not possible without the tractor.
Believe He'll Buy.
An English officer, fullv uniformed
is showing great interest in the trac
tors. He is saying little as to hi,s
plans, but the tractor men all fell that
he is a prospective customer, and
there is an undercurrent of fcelinz
that he may at any time flash a check
book and put over a big order for
tractors for the English government.
An Austrian officer, who was at the
tractor show last vear and who then
sought to sltip some tractors abroad,
is again at the show, but this year he
realizes that shinninir tractors from
America to the central powers is im
possible. As a consequence he is
simply looking on, watching the .Eng
lishman and the Russians as they seek
GLORIOUS RAIN
COVERS ENTIRE
STATE:CROPSURE
One of Heaviest Downpours of
Seasqn Insures Corn Yield;
Helps the Pastures and
Potatoes.
MEN EXAMINED TO TUES
DAY NOON.
Ex- Re-
District amined. Passed, jected
(Continued on Pate Two, Column Fire.)
Railroads Are Experiencing
Record of Prosperity Now
Washington, Aug. 7. Record pros
perity for the railroads is shown in
Interstate Commerce commission re
turns for June.
Ihe 153 roads covered by the fig
ures,- operating three-fourths of the
country's mileage, reported that their
net revenue increased nearly $8,000.-
000 over June, 1916, the previous rec
ord month, and reached a total of
$88,283,329. Operating revenues in
creased more than $38,000,000, total
ing $273,867.52?. while expenses were
approximately $30,000,000 higher than
There is no question about the rain
Monday night having been worth
$l,000,00e to Nebraska. It was worth
millions and was one of the heaviest
of the season. It came in time to aid
in making the best corn crop in the
history of the states.
If there was anv doubt about
bumper corn crop for Nebraska this
season, the doubt has gone glimmer
ing. With an inch or more precipita
tion Monday night, following nearly
as much during the last thr.ee or four
days, reaching into every corner ot
the state, there is no question now
but that the corn crop is assured, even
if there should not be another drop
of rain tins season.
In Omaha and vicinity rain com
menced falling soon after 5 o'clock
Monday night, continuing until close
to midniKht. At times it was a per
feet deluge of water, and at others a
gentle downpour, soaking into the
ground and moistening the roots of
the vegetation.
Heavier in State.
The rain was heavier out in the
state than here in Omaha. It was
general, according to the railroads,
from South Dakota into central Kan
sas and from Wyoming far east into
Iowa.
On the Northwestern the heaviest
rainfall was at Albion, Neb., the rail
road guage showed 4.37 inches. The
Northwestern agent wired headquar
ters that the rainfall over Boone coun
ty was fully as heavy as in the town.
Along the main line and all the way
up through the sandhills to beyond
Chadron, and up over tire Winner ana
Hartington branches in the north
part of th state, agents reported one
to two inches ot rain.
Rain. in South Platte.
The Burlington's morning report in
dicated one to two inches all along
the South Platte line from Omaha
to west of McCook and about the
same amount of precipitation over
the High line, nearly to Cheyenne.
Over the Kansas lines the rain was
even heavier thafl in Nebraska, points
on the St. Francis branch reporting
two to three and one-half inches. At
Washington,' Kan., near Concordia,
the rainfall during the night aggre
gated three and three-fourths inches.
Along the Union Pacitic there was
not a dry spot between Umaha ana
Cheyenne. One to two inches was
the rule, with two and three inches
over most of Buffalo county. About
the same precipitation was reported
by the agents on the branches north
and south ot the mam line ana at
some of the stations rain was reported
falling when the morning reports were
sent to headquarters.
Big Corn Crop Assured.
OgallalaNeb., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Keith county got one inch of rain
Sunday night. Corn had not been
damaged but slight and this rain will
insure a bumper crop of corn; the
same with potatoes and alfalfa. A
splendid small grain crop has been
harvested. Thrashing will start this
week.
When the exemption boards doted their sessions Tuesday
night about all of the Omaha quota of the draft army had been
examined, and a good share had turned in their claims for ex-
emption. v
The boards worked at top speed all day Tuesday and by
noon 2,000 men had been examined. Probably 3,000 men will
have to be passed before enough are found that are not exempt
to fill the quota.
O The worst case of "vellow streak"
and attempt to evade the draft came
before the Third district exemption
Board Tuesday morning, when a man '
appeared for examination.
He went through all of the physical
tests all right, but when he opened
his mouth to have the teeth examined
there was only one tooth to be found
and that was far back on the left jaw. 5
"What became of the teeth," in'
quired the examining physician. ,
The man appeared crestfallen, but
refused to speak. All he could d.o
was to grin.
Should Give Him Teeth.
"We had ought to spike some false .
teeth in and send you to the front
any way," the doctor told him.
The man had to be exempted, of
course, but all of his troubles are not
over yet in fact, they are just beein
ning. When asked what could be done
Chairman Redwood said: "We will
probably turn him over to the district
attorney to Jbe prosecuted for attempt
to evade the draft."
All of the wounds were fresh, show
ing that the teeth had just been pulled
out. '
First 217
Second 245
Third 225
Fourth 425
Fifth 275
Sixth 255
Totals... 1642
145
211
350
242
192
1140
72
34
75
33
63
277
U-Boat Enters Dutch
Harbor to Avoid Weather
Amsterdam, Aug. 7. The German
submarine U-30, accompanied by two
Dutch torpedo boats, today entered
the waterway of the Netherlands fish
ing town of Maasshiis, ten miles west
of Rotte-.dani, according tc a dis
patch to the llandelsblad. It is un
dcrstood that the U-boat merely is
awaiting better weather.
FINISH TESTING
BOYS OF 'DANDY
SIXTir REGIMENT
Work of Examining Guardsmen
Preparatory to Formal Draft
ing Into Federal Service
Concluded at Midnight.
Army officers last night at midnight
finished the work of examining men
of the Sixth Nebraska preparatory to
the formal drafting of the regiment
into federal service. The examina
tions were conducted at the Audi
torium. Most of the examining is now over,
but there is much recording and such
work to be done before the army
officers in charge of the work can
leave.
A force of secretaries and all the
officers of the companies are working
nearly twenty-four hours a day this
week to get all done before the order
to proceed to Deming comes. Ihe
next thing after the drafting in will
be mnoculation for typhoid and vac
cination.
The men face the prospect of much
discomfort if they are sent south a
week or so after this, especially as
no sleeping cars are provided for the
private soldiers.
Sleep in Auditorium.
Fortv members of Company A of
the "Dandy Sixth," who have been
sleeping at the Hotel Castle, have at
last found a place to "lay their
heads." The cots requisitioned for
the company by Sergeant McIIugh
arrived yesterday and members of
the company who wished had a cot
and two blankets, likewise cot-room,
in the Auditorium.
Probably a finer or more worth
while bunch of men than the "Dandy
Sixth" boasts has never been gotten
together in the guards. Here are a
few taken at random from just one
company, A:
Captain Clinton Brome is an
Omaha lawyer. His father, H. C.
Brome, is a former president ot the
Barristers' club. Captain Brome 'saw
. 4 a r 1 -v r i I
service in the oia secona iNCPrasica.
Lieutenant McHugh of Company
A attended Culver Military academy
for two years and there he got his
first liking for military affairs. He
saw service last year on the border
and became interested, with other
Omaha men. this vear. in the organiz
ing of an Omaha battalion for the
new Sixth regiment. He is the son
of Judge McHugh of Omaha.
Sergeant O. Farrand, of A, is a
veteran army man, having served
nine years in the regular army. He
was in the Philippines some years be
fore returning to civil tfife. He re
signed a position as motorcycle po-j
liceman in South Omaha to get back
into the harness again. j
Martin Brown, the quartermaster
sergeant of company A. was for years
chief clerk of the Burlington freight
depot. He had 150 men under his
direction and for years he bought all
the supplies of the Burlington.
Four First Men Pass.
The six Omalia men to he drafted
into the armv when Secretary of War
Baker drew 258 out of the lottery are
going through the physical examina
tions in fine shape.
John JCcarns, drafted in the Firsr
district? Sebastiauo Ciciulla, in th
Third district; T. W. Hayes, in the
Fourth district, and E. J. Hart, in th
Sixth, have all gone through their ex
aminations. William D. McCulloch,
colored, in the Fifth, will be exam
ined later, and Lester W. Southwick
of the South Omaha district is in New
York with a shipment of horses for
the government. He will be exam
ined there.
Hayes is the only man in the six
that is not married. He is 25 years
old and works on the railroad. Cici
ulla remarked that he would not ask
for exemption, but it is probable that
someone else will file claims for him,
as he is a married man. .
Does Not Ask Exemption.
Anton Bortka, 4401 South Thirty
third street, was the only "sure '
enough honest-to-goodness" soldier
that the South Side exemption board
found among the eleven men they ex
amined Tuesday morning. He passed
the physical examination and he does
not claim exemption.
Three of the eleven men were re
jected. One is already a soldier and
six asked for exemption.
Drs. R. E. Schindel, H. T. Ailing- ,
ham and A. L. Lindquist are busy .
examining the men.
One big fellow, who has not missed
a day at work for years, confided to ',
the doctors that he had a pain in his .
stomach, v
"Well, that doesn't indicate exemp- .
tion: it indicates srreen apples." one
of the examiners informed him.
The South Side exemption board
thinks that it will have to call out
the double quota in order to get the
required 215 men which the South
Side is to furnish. If this is necessary
the board will call out 860 men to be
examined instead of the 430 which
have already been called and which
was at first thought would be suffi
cient to furnish1 the required number ,
of soldiers. , :
Negr,o Night In Fifth.
Over fifty negroes appeared before
the Fifth district exemption board on ,
tuesday night and went through
their tests to see if they would be
come members of Uncle Sam's army.,-
One negro when asked if he had '
ever had treatment in an asylum or
hospital replied, "Yas, suh, boss.
Submarine Beaten Off by
Spanish Fishing Smack
London, Aug. 7. The admiralty
learns that a German submarine yes
terday attacked a Spanish fishing boat
in the neighborhood of Bilbao, Spain,
within Spanish territorial waters. Two
of the crew were severely wounded.
Barker Nominated Register
Land Office at GreatValls
Washington, Aug. 7. Joseph A.
Barker of Great Falls, Mont, was
nominated today by President Wilson
to be register of the land oliice at
that place. 1
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(Continued on Pace Two, Column Two.)
Millionaire Railroad Man's
Son Claims Exemption
New York, Aug. 7. Kingdon Gould
of Lake Wood, N. J., railroad official
and eldest son of George Jay Gguld,
capitalist, has filed at Toms River,
N. J., a claim of exemption from en
forced military duty on the plea of
dependents for support He had been
passed as physically fit for army duty
by the surgeon of the exemption
board. Gould was married July 2.
Japs Send Five Delegates
To Study Conditions in U. S.
Tokio, Aug. 7. Members of ' the
house of representatives met and de
cided to send five of their members
to the United States to study condi
tions. They will start about Septem
ber 1 and return in December. The
delegation will represent all parties.
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year ago.
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