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to beat the bank. He hung up two boots, one E J
on either side of an old fireplace—because the ffi
it fireplace had long been in disuse. In one boot E
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|l make up his accounts. He didn’t. A sneak
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hearth set fire to them and destroyed them.
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Wilson Classes Men to be Exempted.
Washington, D. C., July 2.—By a
proclamation of draft regulations the
president today started the labor of
singling out the manhood of the na
tion for America’s armies.
The regulations fixed the general
classes of men free from military
service, set up the exemption boards
that sift out the men and defined their
duties.
Only a small group of classes ot
men are exempt from bearing arms.
All others must appear before the tri
bunals. Upon hearing of evidence they
, will be discharged or drafted into the
army, as the case may be. Every
action of the boards is hedged with
double safeguards against unfairness
and wide open to the public gaze.
The skeleton of human lottery that
fixes upon the men is constructed in
the rules. The exact method of the
lottery is left for a later proclamation.
Draft Within Few Weeks.
Within a few weeks the draft will
be made. In military quarters it is
stated that 1,000,000 men will be
drawn in the first levy.
Upon proof of their status the fol
lowing classes are exempt:
Men indispensable to industries
(that are necessary to the main
tenance of the military establish
ment of the national interest.
Men with wives, children, par
ents, brothers or sisters depend
ent solely upon them for support.
Members of well recognized re
ligious sects whose creeds forbid
bearing arms, students of divinity
and ordained ministers.
Legislative, judicial and execu
tive officers of the United States
or the states of the union.
Men in the army or navy of the
United States.
Aliens who have not taken first
citizenship papers and subject to
Germany.
Workmen in the armories, ar
senals and navy yards of the
United States and men engaged in
the transportation of the United
States mails.
Pilots and mariners in the
merchant marine of the United
States.
Criminals convicted of felonies
and the morally deficient.
The most vital power—that of de
ciding which men are indispensable
and the necessary industries—is
placed in the hands of the district
boards. One or more board is cre
ated for each federal district in the
country.
Burden of Proof on Claimant.
The burden of proof for exemption
is put upon the claimant.
Appeal from the rulings of the tri
bunals is provided for in the regula
tions^
As outlined in the rules, the follow
ing are in the steps leading up to the
ordering of the men into camp:
A local exemption board of three
members for approximately each 30,
000 of population is set up. Most of
these tribunals are formed. In many
cases they are the registration boards.
Other higher boards for each fed
eral judicial district are formed. They
are composed of five men of the high
est standing, and known as district or
appellate boards. Any member of
either board may be removed by the
president.
On a day to be set, the lower boards
meet and organize. The registration
cards are secured from the registra
tion boards, which then cease to exist.
The cards are numbered serially from
one up and the names and numbers
posted in a public place and given to
the press for publication. At the same
time a copy is sent to Washington.
When every card is numbered and
posted in every precinct in the nation,
the stage is set for the actual draw
ing.
Drawing In Washington.
Although the method is left for an
other proclamation, it is known that
the drawing will take place in Wash
ington. After the order in which the
men are called up for service is deter
mined, the quota that each state must
yield up to the armies will be an
nounced.
The state governors are directed
to divide the quotas among the coun
tis and cities on the basis of popula
tion.
The numbers will be drawn in
Washington. Each number drawn will
strike the men of the number in every
precinct in the nation.
These numbers and names will
again be posted and published and
the men called will be notified by mail.
Next the “honor men” will be sum
moned for physical examination be
fore the local boards. One member of
each board is a physician. He is or
dered to make the examination in the
presence • of another member of the
board.
To guard against any unfairness in
the physical examination the presi
dent makes an ingenious provision. In
case the physician designates any
man unfit the board will call in an
other physician. He will make an
other examination in ignorance of the
first report. If both make the same
diagnosis a certificate will be issued.
Members of the board are barred from
passing upon any relative’s case.
Exemption of Classes.
After the physical examinations are
finished the boards will take up the
exemption of the classes specified in
the rules.
A claim supported by affidavits
must be made by men asking exemp
tion. Claims upon occupational
grounds must be made to the district
board.
In making a claim for exemption on
the ground of a dependent, the claim
ant must furnish an affidavit that the
income from the support of the de
pendent is mainly from the fruit of his
labor and not derived from property.
He must bring another affidavit from
the dependent affirming the depend
ency, and another from a head of a
family stating the same grounds.
Within three days after the affi
davits are filed the local board must
make its decision. Either an abso
lute, conditional or temporary dis
charge may be granted.
The local boards next report a list
of the men discharged and those not
discharged to the district board. Again
these names are posted and a notice
sent to each.
Claims for exemption upon occupa
tional grounds must be made to the
district board within five days after
the man is notified that he is drawn.
Proof of Necessity.
The burden of a double proof rests
upon these claimants. They must
prove that the industry in which they
are engaged is. necessary and that
they are “indispensible” to its suc
cessful conduct.
The regulations provide that claims
may be made upon these premises:
That he is actually engaged in a
particular industrial or agricultural
enterprise necessary to the mainte
nance of the military establishment, or
the national interest, and that his con
tinuance therein is necessary to the
maintenance of that industry and can
not be dispensed with or replaced
without substantial material loss and
detriment of that enterprise.
Each claim must be supported by
affidavits.
When in the opinion of the board
the loss of the man to the industry
outweighs the gain to the military es
tablishment, a certificate of discharge
will be issued.
Claims for exemption may be made
by wives, parents, children, employers
or another person for the man in
whom they are interested.
The boards are empowered to in
vestigate any claims for exemption
with any means at their disposal.
Will Review Appeals.
After the occupational claims are
passed upon, the district board will
review the appeals from lower boards.
Upon these appeals their decision is
final. When it is adverse the man will
be drafted into the army.
After all appeals are decided and
occupational claims settled, the dis
trict board will report its list of eligi
bles to the adjutant general of the
state. These are the men that are tc
be summoned to the colors in the fall.
They will be notified by mail.
An appeal from the district board in
occupational claims to the president is
provided for. But, pending the deci
sion of the appeal, the claimant may
ba summoned to the army.
In a later proclamation, President
Wilson will create a national board to
hear the occupational appeals.
The regulations give the president
authority to determine from time to
time what general classes of industries
are necessary to maintenance of the
military establishment. These classes
will be announced by proclamation.
The district boards are ordered to as
certain the existing conditions of in
dustry in their districts to aid in mak
ing equitable exemptons.
To Issue Another Proclamation.
Another proclamation to follow
within a few days will make the laws
governing the final step of the draft—
assembling the men and calling them
into camps.
On any disputed decisions of the
boards a majority rules. Members are
barred from taking part in any hear
ing that concerns any relative closer
than a second cousin.
In case of doubt in physical exam
inations as to whether the man is un
fit, the government is given the bene
fit of the doubt and the man is certi
fied as “fit.”
To guard against partiality, every
case of an exemption by a lower board
is appealed automatically to the upper
tribunal. Unless new evidence is pre
sented after a short time, the higher
board will affirm the decision. This
method gives the public in general an
opportunity to present evidence favor
ing or opposing the decision.
Heavy penalties are imposed for
making false statements or any eva
sion of the requirements of the regula
tions. Imprisonment for not more
than one year without the alternative
of a fine, is provided for evasion.
MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
The semi-annual apportionment of
the temporary school fund, for the
siippoi 1 of the public schools, just
made ! y the state superintendent al
lows Holt county $7,365.08. .
Possibly no Fourth of July celebra
tion ever held in O’Neill drew any
larger crowd than was here yesterday
to celebrate. From as far west as
Valentine, Rushville and Winner, S.
D., e ast as far as Norfolk and Scrib
ner people came in great crowds to
celebrate the nations birthday, and
they come where they knew it would
be celebrated right. No one, we think,
was there who went home dissapointed
-who did not find enough to do to
keep them busy. Restaurants and
hotels did a thriving meal business
and rooms were at a premium. Soda
fountain, and sandwich men all en
joyed a good business. The fes
tivities opened at ten in the morning
with a parade, after which came the
exercises and speaking on the court
house lawn. Hon. Arthur Mullen, of
Omaha, delivered the address of the
day which was along patriotic lines
and which met with a sympathetic
response from the large and enthusi
astic audience. After dinner the
sports were pulled off at' the fair
grounds and consisted of a base ball
game, band music, all kinds of foot
and horse racing and jumping. The
large grounds were fairly alive with
people. Long before time for the
program to open the grandstand was
filled and the choice auto parking
places had been taken. Automobiles
formed in a great semicircle around
the ball diamond and were lined up
and down the track on both sides for
a block or more. The Bassett band
furnished the music at the grounds
between and during the other activi
ties Conservative estimates place the
number of people in town at around
10,000. Everything was absolutely
free, no charge being made for a thing
in the amusement line except at the
carnival grounds which is independent
of the celebration.
The Red Cross Needs You.
Why your country needs you as a
member of the Red Cross.
You know what the Red Cross is.
You are familiar with some of its
achievements—with the organized
helpfulness, heroism and self-sacrifice
of its men and women amid the hor
rors of war, devastating plagues and
epidemics; and in great calamities,
such as the San Francisco fire, the
Ohio Valley floods, the “Titanic” and
“Eastland” disasters; and other catas
trophes involving loss of life and
suffering.
Do you know that as an American
you have the right to become a mem
ber of the Red Cross? That by the
payment of small annual dues, and a
little unselfish service, you can sup
port your Government in its humani
tarian work?
Your circumstances may not permit
you to engage in field work—few mem
bers can—but you can help; youi
family and your friends can help b>
becoming members of the Society and
by actively supporting your local Red
Cross Chapter.
Your help is needed now. To sup
port its field and base hospitals, its
doctors and nurses, and to provide th«
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relief, calls for at least 1,000,000 mem
bers. America can do what other
nations have done. No field service is
required of members.
Classes of Membership.
Annual Membersip . $1
Subscribing Member-.annually 2
Contributing Member .annually 6
Sustaining Member .annually 10
Life Member . (one payment) 26
Patron (life) Member (one pay’t) 100
Information Requested.
The officers of the local Council of
Defense have received the following
letter from the members of the State
Council. The information requested
will be very valuable to the State
Council as it will enable them to ar
range for seed wheat for those who de
sire to plant winter wheat this fall.
On account of the hard winter a great
deal of the winter wheat in the state
has been killed and it is estimated, by
those who have been studying the
matter that there will not be more
than enough wheat raised in this
state this year than to furnish seed
for the farmers to plant next fall.
The letter follows:
Lincoln, Neb., June 21, 1917.
Mr. R. R. Dickson,
O’Neill, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:—
The State Council of Defense is re
quested by the National Council to
ascertain as nearly as possible the
stocks of wheat, corn, oats and rye
now held in Nebraska.
Will you please supply the infor
mation asked, so far as it applies to
your county, as quickly as possible.
We would suggest that each precinct
member of your Council be asked to
make the survey of his particular
precinct. This means grain stocks in
farmers hands, mills and elevators.
In this connection we urge upon you
to secure a list of your farmers who
may have winter wheat for sale, and
also of those who are needing it, and
that you make the endeavor to bring
them together.
Should your county fail to have
sufficient seed wheat for next fall’s
requirements, if you will list those
who desire seed wheat, this Council
will assist in securing it at the least
possible cost.
There will be no more important or
imperative duty devolving upon the
several County Councils than the
wheat this next fall, and the State
Council cannot urge too strongly the
absolute necessity of vigorous effort
by the local Councils upon this par
ticular object.
We are confidently relying upon
your hearty co-operation and patriotic
endeavor to help us accomplish this
task
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE,
George Coupland, Vice-Chairman.
Hay Growers Organize.
On Friday, June 29th, the hay
growers of the Elkhorn Valley met in
the court house in O’Neill and organ
ezed “The Elkhorn Valley Hay-grow
ers Association.”
Hay growers from Ewing to New
port were present and a board of
seven directors elected. T. V. Golden
was chosen president, C. M. Daly,
secretary and James F. O’Donnell,
treasurer.
The board of director's as elected is
composed of the following well known
men of Holt and Rock counties: T. V.
Golden, O’Neill; Geo. W. Davies, In
man; John Carr, Stafford; J. L. Fisher,
Ewing; G. C. Funk, Atkinson; Anton
Wallinger, Stuart; Frank Keller, New
port.
The company has incorporated for
an authorized capital stock of $100,
000.00 and may begin business when
$5,000.00 or more has been subscribed
and paid up. The company will bulid
hay barns for storing hay at the
various towns where most needed.
W. F. Porter, of Lincoln, and T. V.
Golden, of O’Neill, were the organizers
and Mr. Porter will have charge of the
stock sales as fiscal agent of the
company. O’Neill will be the principal
place of business.
An opportunity will be given to all
growers and shippers of hay to join
the association and to subscribe for
stock. Another meeting will probably
be held about the middle of August of
which due notice will be given.
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