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18 YOU CAN'T ESCAPE YOUR UNCLE SAM'S , CURIOUS QUERIES i War Department Issues Series of Questions Showing Fitness . for Military Service Which You Must Answer. " ' . Washington,' Nov. 16. The War de partment hat issued from the office of the provost marshal general a questionnnaire or series of identical questions that every man liable to military service must answer and sigrt, verifying his answers by his oath in ordeKto decide his liability under the draft or his right to exemption. These questions are senf out ac companied by a notice in writing that the return must be made to the dis trict board within seven days. Failure to do so is punishable as a misde meanor by fine or imprisonment for one year and immediate induction into the military service. Tlje blanks fur nished with , this questionnaire set forth five classes of claims for ex emption or deferred classification. Class No. 1. Class 1 comprises single men with out dependent relatives; married men, with or without children, or fathers of motherless children who have habit ually failed tosupport their families; married men dependent on wives for support; married men, with or with out children, or fathers of motherless children; men not usefully engaged, - family supported by income Independ ent of their labor; unskilled farm , laborers; unskilled industrial laborers; registrants by or in respect of, whom no deferred classification is claimed or made t registrants who fail to sub mit questionnaire and in respect of whom no deferred classification is , claimed or made; all registrants not in ' eluded in any other division in this tchedule. , Class No. 2. Class 2 comprises married men with . i children, or fathers of motherless chil dren, where such wives or children or such, motherless children are not mainly dependent upon their labor for support for the reason that there , are other reasonably certain i ources of adequate support (excluding earn ings or possible earnings from the labor of the wives), available and that the removal of the registrants will not deprive such dependents of support; i, married men, without children, whose wives, although the registrants are en gaged in useful occupations, are not mainly dependent upon their labor for support, for the reason that the wives are skilled in some special class work which they are physically able to perform and in which tjtey are employed, or in which there is an im mediate opening for them under con- ditions that wil. enable them to sup port tbenuelves decently and without suffering or hardship; necessary skilled farm laborers in necessary agricultur al enterprises; necessary skilled inW ' dustrial laborers ftt necessary indus trial enterprises. Clasa No. 3. , Class 3 comprises men with depend v ent children (got their own), but to ward whom they stand' in relation of parents, men with dependent aged or infirm parents; men with dependent helpless brothers 6r sisters; county or municipal officers; highly trained firemen or policemen, at least three yeara in service of municipality; necessary custom house clerks; neces sary employes of United States in transmission of the mails; necessary artificers or workmen in United States armory or arsenal; necessary em ployes in service of United States; necessary assistant, associate, or hired managers of necessary agricultural en terprises; necessary highly specialized technical or mechanical experts of necessary industrial enterprises; necessary assistant or associate man agers of necessary industrial enter prises, -v Clasa No. 4. Class 4 comprises men whose wives or children are mainly dependent on their labor for support; mariners actually employed in sea service of citizen or-tnerchant -in .the United States; necessary sole managing, con trolling, or directing heads of neces sary agricultural enterprises; neces sary sole managing, controlling or di recting heads of necessary industrial enterprises. Clasa No. 5. Class 5 comprises officers legisla tive, executive, or judicial, of the United States or of state, territory, or District of Columbia; regular or duly ordained ministers of religion; stu dents, who on May 18, 1917, were preparing for ministry in recognized schools; persons in military or naval service of United States; alien ene mies; resident ailens (not enemies) who claim exemption; persons to tally and permanently physically or mentally unfit for military service; persons morally unfit to be soldiers of the United States; licensed pilots actually employed in the pursuit of their vocation. Must Answer Questions. In addition to those members of weU-organized religious sects or or ganizations organized and existing on May 18, 1917, whose then existing creed or principles forbid the mem bers to participate in war in any form, ana w -use religious convictions are again; ar or participation therein, are iej,...atcly considered. For each of these classes a series of questions is arranged which must be answered definitely, and any regis trant who is unable to answer them clearly and simply, is entitled to ap ply to the nearest local board for their explanation. Legal Advisory Boards. , There have been provided in the various counties, cities and other lo calities throughout the United States legal advisory, boards, composed of disinterested lawyers and laymen, to be present at all times during which local boards are open for the transac tion of business, either at the head quarters of the local boards or at some otherconvenient place or places, for the purpose of advising regis trants of the true meaning and intent of the selective service law and of these regulations, and of assisting registrants to make full and truthful answers to the questionnaire and to aid generally in the just administra tion of said law and regulations. A table of occupations is also pro vtdea upon which the registrants may check off their various occupations. So far as possible the men selected are allowed to .choose the branch of the service moft attractive to them arid are placed in the positions for whose duties they are best fitted by their experience in civil life. ' ' ' Discharge of Draft Men. The Warvdepartment has made a stringent ruling with regard to the discharge of drafted men erroneously held for service and has issued a bul letin announcing that cases where the person has been certified as not: hav ing been exempted or discharged and not certified back to thejocai board THE BEE! OMAHA. 5AT UttU A X. IMUV fciVlBE-tt If, x!U. ' 1 2 . Colonel Hersey of Fort Omaha Stages Thrilling 1,800 Foot Parachute Drop While Spectators Hold Their Breath Makes Best and Highest De scent Recorded in Local Aero Annals; Leo Stevens Di rects Maneuver. Colonel H. B. Hersey, commanding officer of the Fort Omaha balloon school, smashed local aerial records to smithereens when he went up 'with a hugearmy gas' bag Thursday and dropped 1,800 feet through the ether hanging to a canva parachute. He made the best and highest jump recorded in Fort Omaha aero annals. Colonel 'Hersey has watched the maneuvers of his flock of incipient birdmen many a time, with his heart between his teeth. HIGH TIGHT ROPE. The cold chills hive pranced up and down his erect, military spine on a number of occasions when Leo Stev ens has danced on the, tightrope above the clouds. Colonel Hersey is venturesome.' As head of the men at Uncle Sam's school, he also has a warm paternal interest in the boys under his official wing. When he watched his boys pirouet ting around on fleecy clouds andMlirt ing with the "chickens" aloft, he slapped his portly sides and said: Shares the Danger. "B'Goshl I believe I'll try that my self. Besides," he added, as an after thought, "this is a dangerous pastime. I could never face the' mothers of these stalwart lads who,, are risking life and limb daily, unless I could as sure them that I shared their danger. "Drive around the big bag, he finally ordered. So Leo Stevens, who orders every thing around for the big army bal loons and sees that they are fed and watered every day, drew the restless gas bag up to the front curb. "Step in, sire," he said. Up He Goes. , Colonel Hersey did so, and immedi ately he was whisked aloft into, the sunny blue air at the rate of a mile a minute. ' 'Higher and higher he soared. Watchers down below began to feel uncomfortable. Was something wrong? Why didn't he aescend? No one had ever gone so high before. Suddenly Leo 'Stevens, who was standing in an auto below, gave the signal to cut loose. Colonel Jfersey cut. Down he dropped a sheer descent or, w,here they have been certified as selected, But the date for induction into the service has not been speci fied, will not be reopened unless ap plication is made within seven days after receipt of notice to report for duty. ! ' In cases where the person has been ordered by the adjutant general of the state to report for duty he can only be discharged through that offi cer. In cases where the person has been called by the local board and sent to the mobilization camp, he can only be discharged through the mili tary authorities at the camp. Cases heretofore reopened and now in proc ess of hearing are to be closed forth with : and the original dedsion ad hered to. of 200 feet. Gradually the big um brella to which he clung desperately a tiny speck against the great expanse of blue filled with air. , . His rapid descent changed 'to1 a gentle drop. Down, down he came, while specta tors below held their breath. Finally he landed a half mile away in a corn field. It was all over and Colonel Her sey had experienced the thriller of his life. "Great'jhe said, when the Kurios ity Klub asked him how , it felt. "Think I'll do a few thousand feet every morning before breakfast." And the funny thing about itfwas that after the colonel landed, he stubbed his toe on the solid old earth, and knocked off his eyeglasses. "Humph," he -remarked, "I sailed around up there, and these' glasses never budged. I meant to take them off, but forgot to." Two Americans Killed v. In Rochester Explosion Washington, Nov. 16. Second En gineer Zondau and an oiler named An derson were, killed by the explosion of trie torpedo which sank the Amer ican steamer Rochester November 2, Vice Admiral Sims cabled the Navy department today. After the crew had taken to three small boats the submarine appeared and later 'signalled to twt others that hove in sight, but they did not fire on the boats, two of which made shore safely. The third, containing Captain Eric Kokeritz, 16 of his crew and five naval gunners, ( was adrift five days before being picked up by a British patrol boat. Salvation Army to Raise $1,000,000 for War Work Chicago, Nov. 16. Evangeline Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, after a conference today with 500 officers announced . the organiza tion is undertaking the collection of $1,000,000 for war relief. In a tele gram sent to President Wilson, Com mander Booth said: "Our huts are springing up in France and at United States canton ments, our ambulances and trained officers are now working in the na tion's cause and our third contingent will leave immediately for France." Irish Immigration to U. S. Falls Off During War Washington, Nov. 16. Irish immi gration to the United States almost has ceased since the war began. Gov ernment statistics made public today showed that in the first nine'months of this year only 83 Irishmen came to this country from their native land. During the same period of 1916, 3,015 tame. ,t Army Order. waihttifton, Nov. 16. (Special TeleframJ Captain Dorser R Rodney, quartermas tar's corps, will proceed to Omaha for con sultation In connection with matter! per taining to the eupply depot at Camp Dodge, Dee Molnei, la., and Flrat Lieutenant Loyal D. Palmer and First Lieutenant John J. Dillon, alicnal corps, are assigned to active duty, officers' army balloon school, : Fort Omaha. , First Lieutenant Burton Fain, ttiefcal re serve corps, now on duty at the prat hos pital. Fort Omaha, It assigned to duty with the aviation section, signal corps. United States army, at Post Washington, D. C. British Bag MfiOO Prisoners During War London. Nov. 15. In the House of Commons today during a speech Henry William Forster, financial secretary of war, said that since July 1, 1916, the British had captured from the Turks 30,197 prisoners and 186 guns; and from the Germans on "the western front 101,534 prisoners and S19 guns. The approximate square mileage in territory conquered or recon quered by the British in the same time, said Mr. Forster, was 128,000. The total number of prisoners cap tured on all fronts since the begin- J ning of the war was 166,000, while the captured guns numbered 800. War Savings Agitators Eat Meagerly and Preach Economy Washington, Nov. 16. The neces sity of preaching thrift and economy to the American people, both to in crease the war savings loan to the government and to lessen burdens on industry, was urged upon state di rectors of the war savings" campaign in conference here tonight by Secre" tary McAdoo and Frank A. yanderlip, director of the campaign. The di rectors, representing nearly every state in the union, exemplified their economy doctrine by partaking of a meager fare at their conference dinner tonight. - DENY FREIGHT HAUL TO NONESSENTIALS List Commodities With Which Public Can Dispense, With View to Cutting Them From Transportation. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 16. Denial of rail transportation to more than 500 commodities classed, as nonessential was recommended to the government today by the railroa? war board. At the same time the board put out a statement declaring the country's rail roads at the present rate of increase in traffic will be unable to meet demands that will be made on them this winter. The commodities included in the recommendation were not made pub lic. ; . , "The course of developments," said the statement, written by Fairfax Har rison, chairman of the board, "is forc ing those responsible for the railways' operation to anticipate' that probably they will become unable to provide transportation for all-classes of com modities which they have been mov ing. The time may almost be here when it will be necessary to distin guish in railway transportation be tween things that are . essential and those that are not." The list of commodities classed as nortessential was made up by a com mittee of railroad traffic officerst the request of Robert S. Lovettjthe gov ernment director of priority of trans portation. A repy .was turned over also to Fuel Administrator 'Garfield, who is contemplating the curtailment of fuel supplies to industries not nec- Modern Dentistry , Requires Organization Dr. O. O. Shlpherd, Manager. The world today asks of its publio iervants and of the various businesses which serve It a far greater degree of perfection than was expected a comparatively few years ago. It makes this demand because organization all along the line of human endeavor has raised standards of service. SO far , as it concerns dentistry, organization Is essential to the best work. It makes possible, for instance. our plan of hav ing a staff of dentists who are spe cialists, men who excel in the particu lar line of dental work which is their part in our office to do. Organization gives assurance of permanency so that you know the Bailey Dental Company will always be here to carry out its guarantee of perfect work. Bmku&Dentist 10. City Nat. Bank Bldf IStb and Harney Sts., Omaha. "OMc Boon, I A. M. to 5iW F. M. Phone Door! as 3420. Or. B. W. Bailer, Pre. Dr. a D. Shlpherd. Kjpr. essary to the'public welfare. The list contained 450 commodities whose , transportation, it is declared, could be dispensed with without any great in convenience to the public and 75 A which it is held the public could dis-' pense with, but not without incon venience. . ... If the nonessential commodities are eliminated, says the statement, the railroads without doubt can move all commodities required by the govern ment for war purposes and by the peo ple for subsistence. '' MS EM f V Shoe m 1 SPECIALS All Havana Kid Lace foot, sells regularly for $12.00, Our Price, $J45 An All Calf Walking Boot, in dark mahog any, semi-military heel. Sells regularly at $8.00, N Our Price $S45 New Shoes just re ceived, all sizes and widths. Walkover Boot Sho D , 1 'I 317 Sputh 16tif . Uniform Gasoline Keeps Your -; Motor Healthy A motor does its .best work on a steady diet. UUUUUUULJ Uniformity in gasoline is just as important to your engine as uniformity in drinking water is to an athlete. . 'v?V r ' ' ".iv-V'-v '-: ' '.: v ..... v ' - ' ' If the gasoline you feed your engine 'Fillup with Red Crown Gasoline, .isn't uniform your carburetor needs frequent adjusting. That's deli- adjust your carburetor properly, and it notning but tied Crown goes cate workand 1 hard on the car-; into the'tank you'won't need to. b'uretor. . v 1 v touch your carburetor for, the rest of the winter. " You'll get the quick starts, the power and speed that are in RedvCrown.' - . ' b. h L Z C c P. Red Crown Gasoline is alipaysunl form wherever you get it? A gal lon of Red Crown here is identically the same in quality as a gallon of " There!s hardlyatime that you need v Red Crown a hundred miles from here. That's because the process of refining Red Crown is standard: ized and .the supply of crude oils from which it is refined is constant. be satisfied with any gas other than Red Crown. Our numerous Service Stations, and good garages that sell it are everywhere. . Be guided to them by the Red Crown Sign. ' Polarine eliminates friction and reduces carbon to a minimum.- Fill ycftir crankjease, with Polarine the Ideal Winter Lubricant. S TANDARD OIL COMPANY (N e h raska ) OMAHA Here Are Handy Service Stations Where You Can Get' Red Crown OMAHA ' .Eighteenth and Cass Street , Eighteenth and Coming Street . Eighteenth and Howard Street , ' ' Twelfth and Jackson Street Twenty-ninth rfnd Harney Street ' . THlrty-ninth and Farnam Street y Forty-fifth and Grant Street .. 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