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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1917. 9 EXEMPTION BOARDS T0IETT01ER0W Machinery to Sift Men Will Be Set Up at Once and Put in Motion Soon. UNFIT NEED NO CLAIMS If Physical Condition Is Not Such as to Pass Examinations, Other Claims for Release Are Not Held Necessary. Draft exemption boards named by President Wilson on Saturday will meet in their respective headquarters at 10 o'clock tomorrow to organize for the important work of sifting out the men who have been called to the service of the country. While it is improbable that they will have any official duty to perform for two or three weeks, it is necessary foi them to get the machinery of their or ganization perfected without delay. Adjutant-General White yesterday sent official notification to all mem bers of the three boards designated for Oregon, together with copies of the oaths to which they must subscribe, and & set of the regulations govern ing their procedure. Members Are Announced. Following are the names of the board members in the three Oregon divisions: Division No. 1 J. D. Brown, O. M Clark, Otto R- Hartwlg. Dan J. Malar key, Dr. George F. Wilson. Division No. 2 Robert Fisher, W. W. Kuykendall, M. Svarverud, Lee M. Trav is, C. A. Williams. Division No. 3 Dr. C. T. Bacon. F. S Ivanhoe, J. F. O'Connell, Walter M. Pierce, N. K. West. All members of the First Division, which includes Portland are well known J. D. Brown is president of the Farm ers' Union for Oregon and formerly was engaged in ranching in Kastern Oregon. He moved to Portland a year ago and now lives in Laurelhurst. O. M.- Clark is president of the Clark & Wilson Lumber Company and ex president of the Chamber of Commerce. Otto R. Hartwlg is president of the State Federation of Labor and a paint er by profession. Dan J. Malarkey, an attorney and ex-president of the State Senate. Dr. George F. Wilson is a prac ticing physician and prominent In the ranks of his profession. One Headquarters tn Portland. The board members in each of the three districts were named by Presi dent Wilson on recommendation of Governor Withycombe. Headquarters for the First Division will be in Portland, for the Second Di vision in Eugene and for the Third Di vision in La Grande. Division No. 1 is composed of the following counties: Multnomah, City ol Portland, Clatsop, Tillamook, Yamhill, Washington, Marlon, Jefferson, Des chutes, Wasco, Hood River, Clackamas and Columbia. Division No. 3 will comprise the fol lowing counties: Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Lincoln. Linn, Lake, Lane, Polk and Klamath. Division No. 8 will comprise the fol lowing counties: Harney, Malheur, Grant, Baker, Wallowa, Union, Uma tilla. Morrow, Gilliam. Sherman, Wheel er and Crook. It must be remembered, however. that no men will be drawn, on tho firs: call, from Multnomah County, the City of Portland, or from Benton, Coos, Crook, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook and Yamhill Counties. To each of the other counties has been allotted a certain number of men and the men will be called Up in the order in which their respective serial numbers were drawn In Washington on Friday. Men's Appeals to Be Heard. If a man who intends to claim ex emption because he has relatives de pendent upon him or for other rea sons. Is declared physically unfit for service he will be exempted by the local board and It will not be neces sary for him to appear before the ex emption board at all. " V The exemption boards will be called upon to act as sort of a court of ap peals for all drafted men who apply for discharge from military service on account of having relatives dependent upon them. But these boards will not be able to act officially until after the men have been examined physically by the local board, for which there is one in each district. There are 10 such local boards In Multnomah County and at least Qne in each of the other counties of the state. BROTHERS GET SAME NUMBER One Will Be Exempt on First Call and Other Will Have to Go. EUGENE, Or., July 22. (Special.) Of his two brothers in different states having the same serial draft number, one is exempt and the other likely to be selected for military duty, Albert Shlmmln, of Anacortes, Wash., who is visiting his brother, Robert K. Shlmmln, at Alvadore. eaid today. Robert Shlmmln, who is registered at Alvadore, got No. 72. Everett G. Shlmmln, of Anacortes, Skagltt County, Washing-ton, registered at that place. MEMBERS OF DRAFT EXEMPTION BOARD FOR PORTLAND AND FIRST OREGON DIVISION. f :: H&f L ., - : . : '-: :- '': : -I -si . 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The serial numbers 117 and 126 sent in today caught Harlan Alphin Koger and Ben Harrison, both prominent young farm ers with large crops. Ben H. Comstock, of Lower Cove, upon learning that his number was drawn, proceeded to put his house in order, sold his sheep at a sacrifice and prepared to respond to the call. ' Eugene Arrests Slacker Suspect. EUGENE. Or.,' July 2. (Special.) Kenneth Seymour French, of Cottage Grove, arrested yesterday on a charge of failure to register under the selec tive conscription act, was placed under bond in the sum of $1000 to insure his appearance before United States Com missioner, W. B. Dillard, Tuesday, for preliminary hearing. French main tains he is 20 years of age. Young Women Awaiting The Great Crisis Of all the vital times In life, the birth of a baby is the climax of nature's most won. kderful evolution. After 3a period of anxious fwaitlng, the hour ar- ' rives for the advent of new life. Nature must be aided during this waiting period if the pain and danger of the crisis la to be avoided. Three generations have found great re lief from the many discomforts of ap proaching motherhood, by the safe, time honored massage, "Mother's Friend". It gently softens every fibre, cord, ten don and ligament. The drawn skin be comes soft and elastic. Tension and strain upon the expanding abdominal muscles is relieved when baby arrives; morning sickness or nausea usually is not felt and the crisis Is passed with infinite ly less pain and danger. "Mother's Friend" has been used by ex pectant mothers with the greatest suc cess for over forty years. Get a bottle from the druggist today and write the Bradfleld Regulator Co., Dept. E, S3 Lamar Building. Atlanta, Ga.. for a valuable book brimful of use ful information. The book will be mailed to you without charge. Do not by any means neglect to begin the use of "Moth er's Friend"; the preparation is un doubtedly a real and wonderful aid to na ture in her work. (Advertisement.) Federal Officials Go to Alaska. SEATTLE, July 22: (Special.) Among the passengers sailing for Alaska on the steamer Admiral Evans this morning was Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Herbert A. Meyer, E. D. Shepherd, an engineer from San Francisco, and a party of Government officials who are en route north to in spect the work on the Alaska Railway. E. E. Brodle Ilood River Visitor. HOOD RIVER. July 22. (Special.) E. E. Brodie; publisher of the Oregon Above Dr. George Wilson and O. BI. Clarket Below Dan J. Malarkey and Otto It. Hartwlg) Bottom J. D. Brown. City Enterprise and former president of the Oregon Editorial Association, ac companied by his son, George, arrived yesterday by automobile over the Co lumbia River Highway for a visit with the family of F. X. Arens, director of the New York Peoples' Symphony Or chestra, at their Middle Valley ranch, "Wal-Eg-Win." Idaho Forest Fire Controlled. WALLACE, Idaho, July 22. The fire in Fourth of July Canyon, near here. was declared to be under control jast night and Supervisor Pulaski, of ftie forest service, said there were no more fires in this vicinity. Three hundred men are fighting the Fourth of July blaze. THIRD OREGON INFANTRY TAKES NAME OF "BEAVER REGIMENT" Request Made for Mounted Beaver to Be Presented to Colonel May to Be Borne With Colors to France. All TTnlts Xot Already TJnder Or ders to Assemble Wednesday and Mobilize at Once at Fort Stephens and Clackamas. This will be the last week that the young man ol draft age can select his own branch of the service. Despite the obligation implied by Fri day's draft, the men who have been drafted will be accepted In any branch of the service that they choose to enter until the time they are called into service. Recruits still are wanted by the Ore gon National Guard, the regular Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps. Headquarters for National Guard recruiting will remain at 106 Fifth street at least until the guard is called into the service next Wednesday. Battery B of the Oregon Field Artil lery is in urgent need of 25 men. The cavalry units, engineers and field hos pital corps also need men. Most of the Coast Artillery companies are recruited to their approximate war strength. The United States Navy wants a large number of capable cooks and musicians. The cooks are wanted for the subma rine chasers that the Government now Is building for service in the Atlantic. The musicians are wanted for various branches of the service. Men seeking these places should apply to Com mander Eckhart, in charge of naval re cruiting, in the Dekum building, Third and Washington streets. The Government also wants a large number of -cooks for the 16 cantonments now being built in various parts of the country for accommodation of the draft Army. Lieutenant T. O. Stilllnger arrived here from the Naval Militia Training Station at Seattle under orders to ad minister the Federal oath to the mem bers of the Oregon laval Militia, Sec ond Battalion, today. More than 50 of the future Bluejackets were sworn Into the National Naval Volunteers Saturday night and today the rest of the members of the organization will report at the office of the acting com manding officer. Lieutenant Harold C. Jones. 652 Morgan building, to take the oath. Owing to the fact that the Militia will rr.ujilize about August 1 a special drive will be made for re cruits at the office at Fourth and Washington streets. L. J. Whitaker is in charge of the recruiting work. All units of the National Guard not already in active service wlM- be called to assemble at their respective armor ies on Wednesday. All units, with the exception of the Coast Artilfery. will mobilize at Clack amas as soon as practicable after as sembling on July 25. The Coast Artil lery Regiment will mobilize at the forts at the mouth of the Columbia River. Meanwhile recruits will be accepted in each unit until they are filled to maximum war strength. Men who are subject to draft will be taken until they are actually called, but men less than 21 and more than 31 will be taken at any time. the explosion which was followed by the arrest of several persons, including Mrs. Mooney. WOMEN TO BE REGISTERED Mrs. Castner Prepares to Aid Through Defense Council. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 22. (Spe-ctaD-pMaking ready for an appeal to the women of Oregon to register and aid their Government through the Ore gon Defense Council, Mrs. Charles H. Castner, president of the Oregon Fed eration of Women's Clubs and recently appointed by Governor Withycombe as chairman of the Woman's Committee of the Oregon Defense Council, has pre pared registration cards to be sent to every postoffice of the state. Mrs. Castner has telegraphed Secre tary of State Olcott for an estimate of the respective numbers of registered women a't each postoffice of the state. Sisters Hurt as Auto Hits Rig. EUGENE. Or., July 21. (Special.) Juanitavand Helen Blankenship, young women of Creswell. were severely In jured Friday night, when an automo bile running without lights on the Pacific Highway crashed into a rig in which they were riding. The acci dent occurred near their home. Their vehicle was demolished and their horse ran away. The name of the driver was not learned. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. SHIP YARD THREATENED 93000 DAMAGES DONE BT FIRE TO ElfGIXE A MACHINE WORKS. Suspicion o f Incendiarism Aroused, But Lighted Pipe in Overalls Be lieved Origin Fire. The plant of the Alblna Engine A. Machine works, where three steel ships are under construction, was in danger of being destroyed by fire shortly after E o'clock last night. The quick response of several companies of fire apparatus and he flreboat George Williams held the damage to about $3000. The fire started in the balcony of the plant, near the center of the building, climbing a post to the roof. The roof was soon a mass of flames, and it was with difficulty that the fire was con trolled. The schooner Margaret, which caught fire on her maiden trip across the Co lumbia bar and was brought to Port land for repairs, was moored to the big dock building. She was entirely oblit erated by the dense smoke, and the ex cited spectators lined up along the riv er banks thought it was the ship and not the building that was afire. The Margaret eased her cables, however, and drifted a dozen feet or so out into the stream, where she stood ready to cast off should the flames get beyond control of the fireboats. Engines Nos. 8, 13, 2 and 33, and truck 5, together with fireboats George W. Williams and David Campbell, an swered the call. Engine No. 2, a three horse team from Third and Glisan streets, broke a' rear wheel while rounding the curve af the east end of the Broadway bridge. The wheel struck the cartracks, skidded the engine to one side, and then gave way under the strain. Outside of a severe Jolt, the firemen were not injured. The plant was constructed last No vember and is manufacturing ships and engines fon ships. The machinery was damaged to a certain extent by water, but it is not thought that the fire will cause any delay on the work now in the shops. Captain Roberts, of tha fire marshal's office investigated the fire, and is of the opinion that some careless workman had hung his over alls on the post with a lighted pipe in the pocket. There was some suspicion of incendiarism on account of the fire spreading so rapidly, and the fact that a can partly filled with coal oil was found near the post. The presence of the oil. however, was explained by one of the employee, who said it was used for polishing machine parts. William Cornfoot, of 336 Margin street, is president of the company. Cove Seeks to Have New Charter. COVE, Or.. July 2. (Special.) Next Monday a new charter for the city -of Cove, proposed on Initiative petition. Is to be submitted to the voters. A year ago it was turned down through, fear of increased taxes. BYRAM HEW PRESIDENT SUCCESSOR TO A. J. EARLING, OF MILWAUKEE, IS NAMED. BL WILL G. MACRAE. ! WITH THE THIRD REGIMENT. OREGON INFANTRY, July 22. (Special.) Hear ye! Hear ye! All persons in the state of Oregon, the United States, Russia, Belgium, London and Paris! Give ear and pay attention, and forever hereafter mind your lips, for henceforth and forever hereafter. the Third Regiment, Oregon Infantry. shall be known as "The Beaver Regi ment, j Just a word of caution to our allies and the American (far and near) war correspondents, if they wish to be con sumed by an everlasting fire of wrath; yes, even to a peck on the nose. Just let them refer to the Third Oregon as "Sammies." Without doubt, regulars under Gen eral Pershing have had to swallow this "Sammies" stuff. It's a cinch, how ever, that if one wishes to start a riot that would make an I. W. W. gathering look sickly, let them come to camp and refer to the Beaver Regiment as "the Sammies." Now! (Harvey Moreland please take notice.) If any one will present a mounted beaver to Colonel John L May, that beaver will be- carried to Europe when the regiment goes, and guarded with the same care as the regimental colors. Lieutenants to Attend School. School begins again tomorrow. Colone Vernon A. Caldwell. 44th Infantry, will again be presi dent of the examining board. This time it will be the first and second-lieutenants that will attend school and take examinations. There will be a class of 20 officers of this rank, and Captain William R. Logus, regimental adjutant, is making preparations to day for the classroom. This will mean the bringing in of all the first and second-lieutenants whose names are on the order which arrived today from the Western Department. Of the first lieutenants there are, James F. Alex ander, William H. Ellensburg. Dana A. Allen, Ainsley Q. Johnson, Alexander Davidson, Dennis C. Plllsbury. Arville A. Stevens and James G. Shirley. The second-lieutenants are Oscar L. Cheno weth. Curran L McFadden. Francis N, Banta, Thomas V. Greer, J. Waldo Finn, Arlie R. Van Atta. Adolphus H, Schwarz, Fred J. Mahnke, Alva J. Hunt ington, Harold A. Brownr Ernest B. Combs and Peter Lawrltson. In. order for all these officers to appear at Clackamas for the examination. It will be necessary for many of them to take long railroad trips, for they will have to leave their commands which, extend from the California line on the south into Idaho, Montana and Washington. in many cases the companies will be left in charge of the Captains and non commissioned officers. Guards Go Into Army Soon. On August 5 the President, by draft, will take all National Guard soldiers Into the Army. He can then order them into the battlefields of Europe. Now he can use National Guard sol diers anywhere in the United States, but he cannot send the Guard overseas. On that date, also, the National Guard units that are to be mustered in on July 25 will be drafted into the Army. August 5 will come Into being regi mental numbers. It is understood the numbering of regiments . is to start with New Tork and work this way. The regulars are to be numbered from 1 to 100, the National Guard regiments from 200 to 300. Just what number the Beaver Regiment will draw is not known, but indications are it will be near the 300 mark. Discharge papers for Private Virgil M. Galey, Company H, for fraudulent enlistment, was received today from the Western Department. Corporal Clarence ,H. Elklns. Com pany L has been detailed on a recruit ing trip and will make his headquar ters at Albany. Pride In Regiment Shown. Pride in the regiment never dies. It is 100 per cent strong here. That is why no effort is left undone that will help clear the regimental records of those soldiers who failed to report when the call came. Such men are branded as deserters by the War De partment, and desertions are considered a black mark for a regiment. While the Supply Company detail was in California delivering mules, one of the men saw a former Third Oregon soldier. He called in a local authority, had the dodger arrested and notified Colonel May. The result is that the soldier who failed to report to his com pany now reposes in the guard-house at oamp. Many of the "never again" boys who thought they could escape by jumping the state, are showing signs of being in a regretful mood, for head quarters are hearing from them daily, both by letter and telegraph. In the list of names of those drawn by the conscription board, are the names of four former members of the Beaver Regiment. They are Stephen W. Careghind and W. E. Knouff, for mer members of the band, and George T. Harry. Battery A. and Elmer Carl son, Company C, who obtained their discharge. Retiring President Will Be Retained on Board of Directors In Recogni tion of Services. CHICAGO, 111.. July 22. (Special.) The selection of Harrry E. Byram vice president of the Burlington, as presi dent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul to succeed A. J. Earling, was made known in well-informed circles last night. It was known that strong interest in the St. Paul road had sought Mr. Byram as chief executive upon the re tirement of Mr. Earling, who has been president since 1899. Mr. Earling, it is understood. Is to become chairman of the board of di rectors of the road in recognition of his many years of successsful service. The career of Mr. Byram is one of the epics of railroading. He is 64 years old. Mr. Byram is one of the best-known railroad officials in the West. He formerly was superintendent of the Great Northern at Everett, Wash., and frequently visited Portland. As vice president of the Burlington he visited Portland only a few years ago. When he was with the Great North ern, the late James J. Hill noticed him and took a keen interest in him. When Mr. Hill acquired the Burlington he found Air. Bryam with that organiza tion and soon promoted him to a vice presidency. He- entered the service of the Bur lington as a callboy in the yards at Galesburg, IIL, when only 16 years of age. He was promoted, successively, to stenographer and clerk in the Chi cago offices of the company, clerk In the general manager's office in the Great Northern Raiyway at St. Paul, assistant general superintendent of the Montana Central, at Great Falls, Mont. MOONEYTRIAL NEAR END CASE EXPECTED TO GO TO JURY THIS AFTERNOON. Murder Charge Grows Out of Explosion One Year Ago oa Occasion of Preparedness Parade. SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. The Jury in the murder trial of Mrs. Rena Mooney is expected to commence final consideration of the evidence tomorrow. The final argument is to be finished before the noon recess, according to a statement in court Friday by the at torneys. The only remaining step is the Instruction of the jury by the trial Judge. Mrs. Mooney is charged with the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Irene Van Loo, one of the victims of the Preparedness day bomb explosion of last July. The case has occupied the attention of the Jury since June 11. Nearly three weeks were devoted to preliminary matters before the Jury was sworn. Arguments have occupied two days. They were started Thursday and con tinued Friday. No Saturday session was held. Today was the first anniversary .of "Every Picture Tells a Story' n rTT!fl WallliWVm i mw ran t d Y he D OllFS It Fit for ally Battle You Can't Afford to Be Crippled Up These Days With Sore, Aching Kidneys fN THESE days of rising prices, you can't keep up the home, can't give the family the comforts they need without unusual effort. You need full time, and all the energy and brain power you possess. The man or woman with weak kidneys is half crippled. Sore, aching kidneys, lame, stiff back, head aches, dizzy spells, a dull, tired feeling and urinary disorders are daily sources of distress. 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