The Sunday Oregonian., July 22, 1917, Section One, Page 10, Image 10

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THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAy. PORTLAND. JULY 22, 1917
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PORTLAND WORK ON
DRAFT IS PRAISED
BUSY WORKERS AT THE COURTHOUSE EMPLOYED OX THE PORTLAND WAR CENSUS
Credit for Speed in Providing
Public With Information
Given C. M. Stafford.
COURTESY IS SHOWN PRESS
A FEW HUNDRED DESIRABLE PIECES OF
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Staff of Assistants Also Works Long
Honrs to Accommodate Those
Who Could Not Call During
Regular Honrs.
, If you are a young man between the
ages of 21 and 30 and you happen to
moet C M. Stafford on the street, there
will come Into his eyes almost Instant
ly a light or recognition.
"Let me see. where have I heard that
name before?" he will muse for a mo
ment, and then will answer his own
question promptly. "Oh, yes; you are
one of the young men the Nation has
called In the big war draft; I saw your
name on the registration list."
As secretary of the Portland war
census board. Mr. Stafford worked
something- like 16 hours a day for the
past five weeks, preparing and execut
ing Portland's part In the big Army
lottery. Thousands of names have
passed before him during the past sev
eral days, and when he retires, some
times In the early morning hours, he
lulls himself to sleep with something
like the following refrain:
"John Smith, aged 27. Precinct 31,
District No. 1, registration number 13,
serial number 23; lottery number 601."
Portland Work Pleased.
Tt's a. mighty big Job, this handling
of a war registration bureau, where
hundreds of men daily apply either in
person or telephone to learn their serial
numbers or to find whether or not they
nave Deen "grabbed" in the lottery
ii s a joo which requires a lot of pa
iience as well as close attention to
aetan.
remaps his training as a school
teacher fitted Mr. Stafford for the
post. lor, at any rate, the Portland
ooara is more than pleased with the
satisfactory results. .During nine
months of the year Mr. Stafford pre
sides over Toung America as principal
m m wooaiawn scnool. Dut this Sum
mer he has been at work helping Port
iana to execute its share of the war
orait with, the least possible friction.
In passing, it might be added that he
nas Deen glvlne- out some mlhtv vp 1
uable advice to men and women, who
have asked him concerning exemp
tions iur memseives ana relatives
mere nave been any number of
cases wnere people have gone to his
oiiice tor complete information con
cerning exemptions, but have left
promising not to seek to evade Army
uuiy alter tney nave listened to a few
or nis patriotic utterances.
Newspapers Well Treated.
individually and collectively, the
newspapermen voted Mr. Stafford the
wreath of laurel for the manner In
which he turned over his office to
mem during the first few hours after
oK umrn wno nave assist en In the War lirKlxtratlon.
j. vviison, lionise Miller and Harriet Irwin,
., "";:.J".7"'"ry. or lne w Cfn.ni nnre.n. t Hl Office In the Conrthon.e. Below A ftn.rirt
Women Who Have Assisted 1. the War Registration. From Left to Klht VT .
local exemption board will next send
out to each man subject to call on the
first draft a mail notification to ap
pear before the board on a snecifled
day for physical examination.
The notification will be mailed to tha
address of the registration card of the
man registered. Failure to receive it
will not be accepted as an excuse if h
does not appear before the board on
tne designated day.
Approximately one-third of the men
called are to be notified to appear be
tore tne board on the fifth dav fol
lowing the mailing of the notice. An-
otner one-third must aortear on the
the lottery had started In "Washington slxth day- and the other one-third on
y "waning. j-16 was on the lob uajr,
"T " T T nJT anQ Caa 1,13 rels- All Mtut Be Examined,
tratlon lists in readiness for the news-
papers, and It was due to his prompt fn,Z fn noU! "st appea
work in that respect that the neonle lillt the..boaId "t later than the
of Portland learned the results
quicKiy through the press.
sev-
so
An instance of the thoroue-hnes
manded by Mr. Stafford came up yes-
.eraay in tne receipt of a telegram
from a young Portland man who is
now in California. This young man
wanted to learn his draft number, but
did not forward his registration num
ber or the number of his precinct. But
wnn ms corps or assistants Mr. Staf.
ioiu ai once oegan to pore over the
iisia containing more than 20,000 names
and within a few minutes the desired
miormation nad been learned and tele-
eiiuneu to tne anxious young man.
Long Bonn Are Kept.
jne young women who have been
"'""""S at tne war census bureau
likewise have proved to be rapid and
efficient workers. From mtIv
until late at night they flit about the
large table and secure all information
which the hundreds of men and women
ivb ueen seeKing during the past Tew
apply for exemption or for dischars-e
on the ground that he has dependents
to support, he must still appear for
pnysical examination on the day desig
nated by his local board.
until tne local exemrjtlo-n hiwrrla
ceive the official lists of the serial
numbers, it is not necessary for anv
of the men who will be drawn on the
nrst can to report. In fact, there is
no one for them to report to until the
local exemption boards receive their
lists of numbers.
As soon as the local boards nnuf- ti
lists of the men registered in their
districts, however, in the order in
which they will be called, then it be
comes Incumbent on everv man tn
keep close track of events and to be
in readiness to present himself when
he is called.
Many Eager to Pile Claim.
Men who intend to file. stnnifinn.
for exemption or discharge
actually been
until after the man In question has
been called up.
As soon as he has been called up for
physical examination, a man then has
seven days from the mailing of the
notification to him to make aDDlica-
tlon to the local board for exemption
or discharge (exemptions on the
ground of having dependents to sup
port are officially termed discharges).
The local board will give him a blank
to fill out and file with the board. He
then has 10 days In which to submit
proofs to the board in support of his
claim.
Affidavit Needed aa Proofs.
Such proofs must be in the form of
affidavits, and blank affidavits must
be obtained from the exemption boards.
These .affidavit forms contain all the
questions that must be answered.
Every claim for discharge or ex
emption will be decided by the local
board within three days after affidavits
have been filed.
Adjutant-General White does not ex
pect a great number of claims for ex
emption or discharge tO he Tn r? a In
Oregon. In fact, it was noticeable as
the drawings of the serial numbers
were announced Fridav and vetrri,v
that men who were drawn earlv ap
peared to be proud Of the. rlistlrxtlnn
conferred on them by the fact that thev
are to be among the first sent to
France.
so until they have
weeks. Mght after night they have called up for physical examination
worked late In order to accommodate Thls ls a very important point for
working men who could not go to the them to remember, for efforts have
office during the day. already been made by some to file ex-
U Ia ct" " anT young man In Port- emption claims. Such claims have no
land does not know his war draft status and cannot be considered, or
,t l3 oniy oecause he has not ?yc" accented oy the local boards
irouoie to learn it, for the
corps of workers at the bureau have
been violating all manner of eight
hour laws to give this information to
tin anxious puDiic.
Copy of Call to Arms in Civil
War Days Relic
Order of Georgia' Governor in 1864
.neqneatned to Portland W
A CALL, to arms, published in an At
lanta paper May 28, 1864, sum
moning the people of Georgia to the
defense of their state, forms part of
a collection of letters and clippings
left to Mrs. Carrie Piatt. 322 Broad
way, by her father, John White. He
died in- Hanover, 111., two years ago.
As a private in Company D. Fortv-
BEAR, WEIGHING 400 POUNDS. ICTT.T Fn
DISAPPEAR. .
AFTER MANY SHEEP
PHYSICAL TESTS ARE NEXT
days.
(Continued from First Paee.)
perhaps
order I
two weeits. before anv
men wm oe called ror physical exami
nation Deiore the local exemption
uoaras in tne counties that must fill
quotas on the first draft. .
neiore any men ca.n be called, the
local exemption boards must receive by
mail from Washington the official lists
oi tne serial numbers in the
drawn.
All lists so far published have been
unofficial ones, sent out by the press
BucLnuona at tne request of the
tnorlties at Washington. As there may
be a. few minor errors in their trans
mission by telegraph, the arrival of
me oiticiai lists must be awaited be-
lore tne local boards can act.
Office Are in Courthouse.
inese orncial lists will be in the
form of photographic reproductions of
tne blackboards on which the numbers
were written at Washington.
They probably will be sent first to
the office of Adjutant-General White
to be distributed by him to the various
local exemption boards. As the photo
graphic lists have not yet been printed
at Washington, and it will take at least
lour days lor them to arrive by mail
after they are printed, and probably
another three or four days to distribute
tnem through the state. It is quite like
ly to be at least 10 days before the
local boards can get to work.
Registration List to Be Posted.
The first act of each local board will be
to post rtt a public place, and also to
give to the press, a complete list con
taining the name of every man regis
tered in the respective county or dis
trict of that board, arranged in the or
der in which the men will be called
as determined by the drawing at Wash
ington.
" his list, it should be remembered.
will contain the names not only of
those men who are to be summoned for
the first draft, but of every man reg
istered in that county or district, as
well, in he exact order in which he
is to be called.
i mis it win ne very easy for any
man to determine where he stands in
the list by calling at the office of his
local exemption board. In Portland, all
tne Doaros nave oirices in the Courthouse.
After having posted this list, each
. N!t; . gY
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aa.th of th big beast, featured a h unt hV'Vf w -"l """L? tne
hunter and traoner. and , .i ' . u?,cr"menl
Marble Top Mountain July Vhe" bear Attacked the m'en while they" were
making camp and it took some strenuous fighting before they finally ltid
him low. The bear had killed hn tmnn . r!nau.y Ja a
Mr. Jacltaon during th. past yaxT ink. m Mr7 Dobvn. " h,-? " .
coyote hunter and was known as a mighty game fellow all
" LIla "nt man to Tree the range of bears,
fin start is assort d by his friends.
nrtn volunteer Infantry, Mr. White
marcned with Sherman to the sea. ny
nojueni exniDitions to his Triends. th
paper has become onite dim in ni.ra
and so badly worn that it ls not legible.
" learas as iouows:
"TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA:
"Headquarters Georgia Militia.
Atlanta, May 28, 1864
"Your state is invaded and a por
tlon of its most valuable territory over
run uy a vindictive enemy of great
BLrengLn. wno is laying waste and
devastating the country behind him
Unless this force ls checked m,,jiin
the property and homes of thousands
must be destroyed and they driven
out as wanderers, in destitution and
Deggary.
"Our noble army needs further rein
rorcements till the emergency has
passed. I have summoned the civil
and military officers of the state tn
arms, and they are promptly and nobly
responding. If any of these are onh-
Ject to military duty and are remain
ing at nome, I desire the (illegible)
cijuii me iacts to me Immediately
and that courts-martial may be or
dered, or other proper steps taken to
compel tnem to do their duty or to
suffer the penalty. When all officers
shall have responded, more men will
Eli u oe needed.
"I do not order out the reserve ml-
iitia except at the most exnoaed nnint.
because some must be left at home to
mane Dreao, and the old men from 60
to 60 and the boys under 17 are not
able, as a general rule, to endure hard
service on tne military field. But
oo can upon all who are able for
service ana can possibly be spared from
home to hasten to the fielrt tin Ke
great battle is fought. Many have
onteoerate contracts, details and ex
eiupuons wno are stout and able to
do military duty and can go to the
neia tor a time without serious detri
ment to -the public Interest. All such
wjui an owners aDie for duty, are
earnestly requested to fly to arms as
the state officers have done. Let each
report to General Wayne, at Atlanta,
anu Dring wnn mm a bed quilt, or
blanket, and rations to last him to
camp and a good double-barreled shot
gun. If he has one. If not, he can be
armed by the government.
"Georgians! We are now on the
crisis of our fate. The destiny of our
posterity for ages to come may hang
upon the results of the next few days.
He who remains at home now may
soon occupy It as a slave or be driven
from It.
"Rally to the rescue, and till the dan
gre ls passed let the watchword of
every patriot be 'To arms and to the
front!" and the vandal hordes will
soon be driven out.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
"Each daily paper In the state will
copy in its first issue, and forward
bills to executive department at Mill-edgeville."
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FURNIT.U
still left. Prices have gone to their extreme in
lowness. It's a sacrifice without a parallel. We
forecast a very early termination of this busi
ness. Make the most of the truly astounding
bargains while the opportunity presents.
FIXTURES
Delivery wagon and horses
and other equipment being
disposed of.
CASH ONLY
, will be considered.
DELIVERY
of purchases must be made
immediately.
EVERYTHING MUST GO!
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68-70 FIFTH STREET
BETWEEN OAK AND PINE
Just a Step or Two North of Oak. Our Flag Indicates Location.
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AD CLUB ON HIGH SEAS
MEMBERS PLAN STUNTS FOR CON
VENTION AT OAKLAND,
Campaign Under Way to Have Next
Year's Convention Held In
City of Portland.
Thirty of the members of the Port
land Ad (Jlub are on the high seas
today approaching Oakland, where they
Intend to raid the annual convention
of the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's
Association and bring It back to Port
land for its 1918 meeting.
The delegation is traveling with lots
of stunt ammunition and songs and
already has a big section of the con
vention lined up to support it in its
campaign to obtain the next meeting
lor the Hose City, although San Diego
and Sacramento are also in the ring, it
is said.
Mayor George L. Baker was unable
to accompany the party, but he ap
pointed Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, soloist
with the party, to represent him offi
cially at the convention, and one of
the features of the Portland stunts
11-AC XO DISPLAY IF" YOU HAVE
MEMBER OK FAMILY IN
SERVICE.
BILLY SUNDAY TO BE DINED
"Friendship Luncheon" to Be Given
at Benson Tomorrow Noon.
A "friendship luncheon" will be given
In honor of Billy Sunday at the Benson
Hotel at noon tomorrow. Prominent
business men who are interested in
bringing the evangelist to Portland for
serie of meetings have issued an
invitation to a limited number of men
to be present and meet him.
Those signing the invitation are E.
L. Thompson. William McMurray, Will
iam F. Woodward, Charles E. Cochran.
Dr. A. K. Higgs, E.' A. Clark and S. C
Bratton.
Cherries Are Being Dried.
EUGENE, Or., July 21. (Special.)
Dried cherries are to be a war product
of the Eugene Fruitgrowers' Associa
tion cannery in Eugene. The first
cherries ever dried in the local plant
are being prepared. The kilns were
fired for the first time last night.
Cherries of the Lambert and Bins- va
rieties are being delivered at the can
nery In large quantities. The dry
weather and the shortening of crops is
causing the cannery officials much
concern, in view of orders for enor
mous quantities of canned products.
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around, h
That h made
Homesteaders Credietd With Time.
WASHINGTON, July 21. A House and
Senate conference report agreeing upon
a Din to give run credit for all time
spent in the Army or Navy in the war
to homesteaders, wa filed with the
House today by Chairman Ferris, of the
public lands committee.
Border, Red) Center Field. White) Star,
. Bine (One Star for Each .Member in
Service).
The accredited design of the flag to
be displayed at every home which has
one or more members in , the service
nas reached the city through Captain
C. C. Chambers, Machine Gun Company,
Fifth Ohio Infantry, who has been in
the city visiting his mother, Mrs. M. R.
Chambers, 301 West Park street. Cap
tain Chambers ls stationed at Cleve
land for the present and brought the
news that the Eastern homes are rap
idly learning to display the service
flags.
The flag is a regulation size banner.
with a deep red border and a white
field, into which are set as many stars
as there are members of the family in
the service. For instance, one star
would indicate one member in the serv
ice: six stars would indicate six. the
stars to be kept as nearly in the center
of the flag, as possible. For three mem
bers the stars should be one In the cen
ter, one above and one below. The
flag should be of the same proportions
as the National colors, but not larger,
and the National flag, if displayed with
it, should be a little larger if anything.
Miniature productions may be worn
as badges by individual members of
the household.
will be her singing before the conven
tion.
The Portland party was Joined here
Dy aeiegates rrom Seattle. Spokane
British Columbia and other Northwest
ern sections and the trip down is on
tne steamer Great Northern.
The personnel of the delegation fol
lows: J. Ed Werleln. W. P. Strandborg,
Dolph Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Strong, A. G. Ramsey, Dr. and Mrs.
w. ti. snearer, W. B. Roblin, H. W.
fierong, M. Mosessohn, Mr. and Mrs.
uavia im. Mosessohn, Frank McCrlllis,
Marry Marcus, James L. Loder, M. E.
lee, 'rea jj. Kelley, H. W. Frost, D. C.
r reeman, warren A. Erwin. Mr. and
Mrs. C W. English. A. N. Cudworth.
n xa. crazier, air. ana jurs. A. J. Clark,
F. W. Chausse, Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Brown. S. C. Bratton. C. W. Borders
Charles F. Berg, Fred Bauer, Ray Bark-
nursi ana fercy E. Arlett.
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
George Thornton, of Seattle, is at the
Ritz.
H. V. Gates, of Terrabonne. i.i at th
Ritz.
C. Knutsen, of Astoria, is at the Nor-
tonla.
A. M. Baker, of Spokane. Is at the
Seward.
D. H. Leah, of Corvallls.
Seward.
is at the
Tate Wolfe, of Pendleton, is at thn
Carlton.
F. J. Moore, of Vancouver, is at the
Oregon.
E. B. Osborn, of Pendleton, is at the
Imperial.
L. S. Bennett, of Hood River, ls at the
Imperial.
George March, of Rainier, is at the
Nortonia.
H. G. Wilson, f Roseburg. is at the
Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Webber, of San
Francisco, are registered at the Carlton.
Rev. G. R. Wolfe and wife, Butte,
Mont., are registered at the Washlng
Pe"r'k"'s.KUblnSr' f StanfiId. Is t th
E. J. Newton
Perkins.
of La Grande, is at the
Anthony Mohr, of Baker
Cornelius. '
is at the
Miss Ethel Waters
at the Ritz.
nrV11" McKeany. of Medford. Is at
of Ellensburg, is
the
Miss Jennie Museott of rn. i.
the Carlton.
Mrs. James Sherry, of Seattle, is at
the Carlton.
of Walla Walla, is at
of Salem,
A. G. Kamm,
the Oregon.
Mrs. A. K. Olds, of McMlnnvliio to h
the Portland.
H. H. Veatch. of CoMjim Grnv .
the Imperial. '
F. Klevenhusen, of Altoona, Wash, la
t the Oregon. '
T. S. Week, of Tualatin, is reiristereH
at the Perkins.
Miss Madeline Hardintr. of KIlvrtr
ls at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nelson.
are at the Cornelius.
Mrs. W. W. Snell. of Nampa. Idaho.
is at the. Washington.
Mrs. J. T. Brown, of Pendleton is
registered at the Perkins.
Mr. and 'Mrs. H. M. Lebuert. of Cor-
vallis, are at the Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Downs, of Tacoma.
are registered at the Ritz.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hawthorne, of
Irrlgon, are at the Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. William McRae. of Cor-
vallis. are at the Cornelius.
E. R. Nance, of North Yakima. Is
registered at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Karstens. of Al
bany, are at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sundberg, of
Dallas, are at the Multnomah.
L. Rosenbaum. of Philomath, Or., ls
spending a few days in Portland and
ls at the Washington.
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