ONE CHANCE IN THREE OF BEING CALLED TO ARMY
How National Army Will Be
Raised Under Universal
Service System.
READY TO START THE WORK
R u I m for Exemption Boards Will Bo
Ironclad and Every Possibility of
Misunderstanding Eliminated
— First Call Probably Will
Be for 750,000 Men.
Washington.—O f nearly 0,500,000
tino of ml 11 tnry ago who havu boon
registered In accordance with the no-
lectlve draft law, thoso who are pliysl-
oally i|tiallHod and aro not exempted
will have one chance In three uf being
called to the colora this year.
Tldx U the extlinate that has been
made by the military authorities In
Washington.
The first phase of the groat task of
rulslng an army under the universal
service system has been completed.
More than 10,000,000 men have actual­
ly boon enrolled and, taking Into con­
sideration the number of men of regls
trutlon age who are now serving either
In thu army or nuvy or National Guard,
the estimates made by the census bu­
reau upon the basis of population have
been attained. All of the men subject
to the law huve responded to the call.
Walt for Army Regulations.
The second phase of the problem of
rulslng a national army will begin as
soon as the president bus approved the
exemption regulations which huve been
drafted by a special board under the
direction of the provoat marshal gen­
eral. In many respects It Is the more
complicated and dllllcult portion of
tlie task. Approximately 4.HOO hoards
—one for every SO,USI of the popula­
tion o f the country— are to he ap|s>lnt-
ed to pass u|xm the exemptions, to de­
cide who shall be subject to the cull
o f udlltury duty and who shall uot.
Hoards of upficul for every federal Ju­
dicial district must ulso he designated
by the president.
When this bus been accomplished
the Instructions to the primary hoards,
which are to act In the capuclty of
courts of Aral Instance In passing upon
exemptions are to he Issued.
MnJ.
tlen. Enoch I. Crowder ami his assist­
ants—among them some of the most
distinguished lawyers «if the country—
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- NO REGISTRATION CARD, j;
:: T W O NEGROES BEATE N ;;
Knnsns City. Mo.— Uncle Sam­
uel has a misguided hut willing
conscription aid In William Mac-
Clellnn, twenty-two, a structural
sted worker. Shortly before mid­
night MacClellau halted u pair
of negroes.
"See this," he queried, shov­
ing one o f the little blue regis­
tration certificates under their
noses. "<Sot one?"
"N o ," one of the ncgr«>«*s re-
ptled, "ami what’s more, we ain't
g o ln ’ to wear one of
them
things."
Whereupon
the
structural
steel worker pr«»cee«led to dem­
onstrate
the
superiority
of
trnlned muscle and shortly nfter-
wnrds marched th** negroes up In
front of the sergeant's desk at
tlx- police headquarters. It was
a fateful match for the trio. All
three were charged with disturb­
ing the peace.
"That's all right, s«*rgennf,"
suhl Uncle Sum's co-worker,
“ Just put 'em In n cell with me.”
MacClellnn's request was not
granted.
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huv«» virtually completed th«> prelimi­ “TO
W HAT END, 0 GOD?”
nary draft which Is now h«-fore the
president and the secretary of war.
As Siam ns It Is approved and the wor«l
Is given th«i huge machine will he set
In motion grinding out the first Incre­
ment of 500,<xx) men for the new na­
tional army.
No Comment In Advance.
For fear of confusing the 9,500,000
men who will be subject to the call.
General Crowder has been unusually
careful not to discuss for publication
the system that bus been tentatively
devised, lie himself bus u very cl«*ar
Idea, he said, of what Is to ho done,
hut before the Instructions nre to be
sent out «-v«-ry possibility of fnlsundi'r-
stundlug Is to be weigh«'«! and every
chance for complication Is to lie elimi­
nated. The rules ure to be Irouclud
and as specific ns human Ingenuity can
make them, so that there will be no
possibility «if charges of «llscrlmlnu-
tlon ami favoritism In the selection of
the men who are to take up arms with
the first 500,000.
Military authorities estimate that
the tlrst ilraft will lie for considerably
more than that number. In mldltlon
to the uutlonal army, the regular army
and the National Guaril will probably
be brought up to war strength. There
also must ho reserve trululng camps,
; which may he drawn ui>on to fill va­
cancies In the active ranks. It Is n««t
Improbable, therefore, tliut the number
to he selected will he nearer 750,000
than 500,000.
I'lttdng the number of men r«'gts-
Not since the Ilood Itself has human-
tered at 10,000,000, It Is estimated that
5,<xs>,000 will tie exempted for general Ity fuced the woe that bungs like a
reasons; o f the remaining 5,000,000, pall over the earth today. The moth­
2,500,000 will he rejected for physical ers o f all nations are asking, with
dlsahlllty, according to the stundurds streaming eyes and breaking hearts,
ns they send th«*Ir sons Into the welter
now prevailing for recruits.
There will remain, therefore, stibj«*ct of world-war; “ T o what end, O GodT"
to call for duty at any time 2,500,000 So must the mother of him who died on
m«'n, who will he reiuly at nny time to the cross have questioned, In the bit­
begin th«*lr military training. I f 760,- terness o f her soul, ns she looked up­
000 nre to be called, the man who has ward past tho dying Christ, to the
rcglstere«! and Is physically fit and darkening skies o f Calvary. And as
cunnot claim exemption, bus a little Mary knew, even In her suffering, that
better than one chance In three to go hack o f that darkness shone the great*
«•st light humanity has ever known, so
Into uctlve service.
the mothers of today know that hack
General Exemptions.
of their supreme sacrifice shines the
It Is prohuhle that u certain propor­ glory and Joy o f world-freedom.
tion «if those who huve registered will
he exempted in «'lasses— foreign sub­
jects, those who are obviously physi­ rcmllness to enter one of the training
cally unfit, and In general persons em­ camps which will be druwn upon to fill
ploye«! In the public service, muriners, gaps In the ranks.
Army officials do not mlnlmlxe the
workmen In arsenals, uniuirles and at
the navy yurds. The regulations will difficulty of the Intricate task ahea«l
designate sp«*clflrnlly how these gen­ o f them. The president Is wrestling
with the problem o f selecting the ex­
eral exemptions nre to he made.
emption
hoards, so that there will be
Those who do not fall within these
generul classes must appear before the no basts for chnrges of favoritism or
exemption Ixmrd within their district political preference. The normal board
and set forth their claims. The mere probably will be the same as that
fact, for example, that u nmn Is mar­ which conducted the registration, but
ried ami bus children will be no bar to there will probably be many excep­
Ills selection for service. He must tions to the general rule. An effort Is
demonstrate Hint he contributes to the being made to obtain men only of the
support of his family. The vlllnge highest character for the appellate
Idler whose w ife lakes In washing will ] hoards.
General Crowder nnd his assistants
probably hnve dltllculty In convincing
the hoard that he should nut gu Into nre very careful not to disclose even
tho most general features o f the sys­
training.
The cnll will he made by the presi­ tem upon which they have virtually
dent for n certain number o f men suffl- agreed. They f«‘ar that If It were ex­
clently large to make It certain thut plained now changes that might be
the necessary number for nctunl serv­ made before Its final approval by the
ice will be nlitn!ne«l after eliminations president would lend to confusion. For
that reason the word Is not to be given
for one cuuse or another.
The hoard which Is now devising the until every detail has been pondered
scheme by which the pen may be carefully, and when It Is given there Is
ch«»sen has experimented with vurlous to be no retracing o f steps.
devices for drawing by lot. It Is pr«>b-
able that this phase o f the drnft will
he made a public ceremony, which will
he currle«l out at the cupltols o f the
states or In some «ithrr public place.
If the registrant lias run the exemp­
tion gnntlet he will present himself be­
fore the military authorities for physi­
cal examination. I f rejected, he will
he dismissed, but a r«’ C«>rd o f his case
will be kept. I f accepted, he will be
scut to one of the sixteen enntonmeuts
where he will undergo training to fit
him for the rigors of war or held In
broken leg. The father has not heard
from him for months nnd believes he
Is
now at the front with the British
Father and Five Sons of New Jersey
forces. The f«>urth son, George, en-
Ars All In Army In War With
llsted In the aerial corps and Is now
Germany.
nt the western front In Frnnce.
Gilbert Is the only son whose home
Verona, N. J.— No on«« would ncctise
Is with his father here. When troops
Thomas Riston of this plnce and his
were onion'd to the Mexlonn bonier
family of eight of being a group of
slackers. Tho father, who la now nn he enlisted In Company K, Fifth New
Jersey Infantry, nnd served until mus-
Amerlcnn cltlxcn, was born In Devon­
shire England, nnd served six years ter«'d out. Upon the recent call of
the president lie nguln responded nnd
In the urtlllery branch of the British
Is now with Company K In New Jer­
army. Too ol«l for active service In
sey.
the lund of his adoption, he has Joined
the Veronn Home battalion.
The family consists of five hoys and REBUILD DESTROYED TOWNS
three girls. Tho girls aro nil married
Prisoners
Restore
30,000
and rearing families. The boys are Russian
Homes Wrecked In Invasion of
following In the footsteps o f their
East Prussia.
*
father. Francis, the eldest son, served
two years with the British army In
London.— Advices from Koenigs berg,
8011 th Africa during the Boer war,
while Frctlerlck, the next son, also Esst 1 'russln, tell o f the rebuilding of
acrve«l In the Boer war nnd Is now 30,000 homes wrecked Inst year In the
somewhere In Sulonlki with the Royal Russian Invasion. More than half of
Kngtneer corpa.
tho ruined homes have already been
William, the third son, was snout to restored.
Through a curious fate thousands of
enlist at the beginning o f the war,
but was prevented from doing ao by a Russian prisoners tnken In the Rus­
NOT
ONE
SLACKER
THERE
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:: STATE NEW S
IN BRIEF.
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A
Big Premiums for Poultry to Be Given
at State Exhibit
Entertainment
o f Visitors Drawing Card.
Astoria is now in the first-class
postoffice column. The great increase
Olympia— Premiums for poultry ex­
in the sale o f stamps and stamped en­
velops the past year or two has made hibits will be doubled st the State
Fair, according to Harry H. Collier,
the new classification possible.
o f Tacoma, superintendent o f the poul­
Hood River county authorities, d e - j try department, who visited the state
clare that they look for early work o f | department o f agriculture here Thurs­
paving the six miles o f Columbia River day. The reason for this is that it is
Highway in Hood R iver county th a t' desired to stimulate the interest o f the
were graded in 1915 with the $75,000 people o f the state in poultry raising.
bond issue voted by the county.
M. Collier stated that during the
A. Rood, o f Heppner, whose auto­ campaign that is being waged to in­
mobile was wrecked when he was turn­ crease the supply o f food in the coun­
ing a right-angle corner just west of try, the raising o f poultry can play an
Hood R iver on the Columbia river important part. It takes only three
highway, has presented the county months to bring chickens to the stage
with a large danger sign, which will where they may be useful as food.
Any other meat producing animal re­
be placed at the turn.
quires from 18 months, as is the case
June was an
exceptionally w e t' with pork, to three years, the time
month in Astoria, according to the rec­ necessary for cattle to reach their
ords o f the weather bureau. The rain­ greatest productive point, to become
fall for the month was 4.98 inches, or food products.
2.98 inches in excess o f the average
I f chickens can be used for the pur­
for the corresponding month for the pose o f meat supply and w ill meet the
past seven years.
demand in so much shorter time, the
Forty husky Roseburg business and raising o f them should be encouraged,
professional men displayed patriotism said Mr. Collier. And for that reason,
Tuesdy afternoon clearing weeds from he added, the premiums w ill be raised
three acres planted to beans by Boy on exhibits o f them at the State Fair.
The State Fair is an annual event
Scouts o f that city. The laborers with j
hoes and other implements went to and will be held in North Yakima from
September 17 to 22 this fall. Mr. Ben­
work in automobiles.
son, state agricultural commissioner,
To arise funds for the women’s is o f the opinion that the fa ir w ill re­
building at Eugene, 10,000 postcards ceive a better attendance from the
are to be sold in lots o f 10 for 25 Sound territory this year than ever be­
cents. »Each 25 cents w ill represent fore. The reason he gives for this is
the cost o f one brick.
The building that the Yakima valley is coming more
will cost $ 100,000 and the contractors and more into prominence as a p r o
estimate 400,000 bricks w ill be re­ ducing center and is making particular
quired.
endeavors to entertain the visitors at
the fa ir in a cordial way this year.
A reduction in Calckamas county’s
indebtedness o f $91,890.80 since De­
cember 31, 1916, is shown by the semi­ GRAIN OUTLOOK ENCOURAGES
annual report o f County Clerk Iva M. 1
Harrington. The report gives the in­ Bumper Crops in Walla Walla, Eureka
debtedness at that date o f $102,300.19,
Flat and Yakima Sections.
with the present indebtedness o f $ 10 ,-
The grain crop outlook in the Inland
409.39.
Empire, is reported by W. G. Paine,
Fires in Oregon during June caused o f Spokane, to W. C. Wilkes, assistant
a loss o f $54,620.
The number of general freight and passenger agent of
fires totaled 49, o f which 5 were in the Spokane, Portland & Seattle R a il­
RoBeburg, 11 in Portland, 2 in Oregon ; way company, as follows:
City, 1 at Prineville, and 1 at Spring- j "W ea th er clear, calm and cool. No
field. The rest were scattering. The rain, excepting scattered showers. Big
figures were compiled by Fire Marshal Bend w ill need rain soon.
Palouse
Wells.
country w ill not suffer for tw o weeks.
Conditions reported fa ir as a whole,
E. J. Adams, State Highway com­
; optimistic generally.
missioner, appeared in Justice Daniel
" B i g Bend crops full o f promise.
W ebster’s court at Salem Tuesday and
No immediate danger from lack of
paid a fine o f $7.50 fo r speeding. He
rain. N o signs o f burning, except
was accompanied by S. Benson, chair­
slight damage near Schrag. Bumper
man o f the Highway commission, and
crops at Yakima, W’ alla Walla and Eu­
Herbert Nunn, State Highway engi­
reka Flat. W ill be some threshing by
neer.
August 1. No general rain since last
Conditions in Palouse, B ig
Astoria faces a milk strike that is report.
being organized by the housewives. Potiatch and Nez Perce not so full o f
Heads are form ing low .”
The dealers increased the price per promise.
month per quart July 1 from $2.50 to
$3.
This raised a serious protest
among the housewives and approxi­
mately 500 o f them from various sec­
tions o f the city held a meeting at L _
Uniontown to consider the situation.
Wheat— Bluestem......................... $2.20
In response to the recent circular of F o r ty fo ld ...................................... 2.15
State Labor Commissioner Hoff, rela­ Club............................................... 2.15
tive to farm hands, M. M. Burtner, Red Ru ssian................................ 2.10
master o f the grange at Dufur, replies Oats— No. 1 w h ite ......................$44.00
that from 1000 to 1200 hands already Barley— No. 1 feed ..................... 42.00
have been secured through Portland
employment agencies, but many more Cattle— Steers, p rim e ... $9.50® 10.50
Steers, g o «x i...................
8.75® 9.25
w ill be needed as the harvest p ro
Steers, m ed iu m .............
8.00® 8.75
greases. He states that from $2.50 to
Cows, choice...................
8.25(0 8.50
$5 a day, with board, w ill be paid for
Cows, m edium ...............
7.50® 8.00
such labor, according to its varying
Cows, fa ir ......................
6.75® 7.25
His Story Won Jewels.
ability.
H e i f e r s ..........................
5.00(o 9.25
Marysville, Cal.— Three cans o f Jew­
5.00(5 7.25
elry found recently In tho crevice of
The Jensen shingle mill at Wheeler Bulls................................
7.50(5 9.50
a rock In the hills near Wheatland by was destroyed by fire Monday morn­ C a lv e s ............................
a trnpper were claimed by A. A. Rent­ ing; loss $10,000, no insurance The Hogs— P a c k in g ............. $15.25<u 15.90
ing of Southslde, Omaha, In a letter mill was o f three-machine capacity Rough h e a v ie s ............... 13.90(o 14.25
to the sheriff. Renting said he was and was shipping two to four cars of Pigs and skips ............... 12.00® 12.50
An adjoining Stock hogs...................... 11 . 00 ® 12.50
making a trip from Sacramento to his shingles each week.
Sheep— W ethers.............
8.75(59.50
home In 1805 nnd that he had the Jew­ lumber mill plant was saved.
E w e s ............................
7.50(< J 8 .0 5
els with him.
Fearing he would be !
On their return from an inspection L a m b s ............................ 10.00(5 12.75
robb«Ml, he said, he hid them In the
hillside, nnd was never able to return o f the Payette-Oregon slope irrigation
Flour— Patents, $11.40.
project on the Snake river. Attorney
to retrieve them.
M illfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $32
General Brown and Superintendent o f
per ton; shorts, $35; rolled barley,
Banks Sargent were enthusiastic about
$48; rolled oats, $50.
the project. They went as members
sian drive In Germany nre now i
Kay — Producers’ prices: Timothy,
o f the state bonding board to investi­
work on the Job o f restoration. E
Eastern Oregon, $26 per ton; alfalfa,
gate the land relative to the certifica­
ery available acre o f ground In Eai
$18; valley grain hay, $18®20.
tion o f $225,000 worth o f bonds the
Prussia Is now being utilized for a
Eutter — Cubes, extras, 37c per
rlculturnl purposes, with potatoes f district proposes to issue.
pound; prime firsts, 36c.
Jobbing
the chief crop.
Determined that there shall be no prices: Prints, extras, 38c; cartons,
repetition o f disaster like that wrought lc extra; butterfat, No. 1 , 38c; No.
36c.
GERMANS GET BOGUS PAPERS by the breaking o f the Killimaque 2, Eggs—
Ranch, current receipts, 30c
Lake dam, in Eastern Oregon, when
per dozen; selects, 32c.
the
town
o
f
R«>ck
Creek
was
wiped
out
Fury o f British Drive Made Impossi­
Poultry— Hens, 14@16c per pound;
and thousands o f acres o f crops flooded,
ble to Continue Publication of
broilers, 19®22c; turkeys, 20c; ducks,
ranchers
along
the
streams
that
flow
the Genuine.
down the sides o f the Elkhom moun­ 18(522c; geese, 10 ® 12 c.
Veal— Fancy, 14J@15c per pound.
tains, where irrigation reservoirs have
London.— War papers Issued by been built at the sources, have started
Pork— Fancy, 19Jc per pound.
German armies nt the front are bring­ a movement toward protecting them­
Vegetables — Artichokes, 70 @ 75c
ing high prices. The fury o f the Brit­ selves.
per dozen; tomatoes, $1.85®2.00 per
,
r o w . rJ
crate; cabbage, 2®3c per pound; eg g ­
ish drive has made It Impossible to
County Judge R. W. Warsters o f [ plant,
25c;
lettuce,
35@50; cu­
continue their publication aud scarcity
o f numbers Issued has resulted In aa Roseburg, says the first roads to be cumbers, 50c®$1.25 per dozen; pep­
high as 300 marks ($ 00 ) being offered improved in Douglas county under the pers, 30®40c per pound; rhubarb,
state road bonding act w ill be those in 2(5)3c; peas, 4® 5c; asparagus, 5® 6 c;
for a single copy.
Printers throughout the empire are Pass Creek and Canyon creek canyons. spinach, 6 ® 7c per pound.
Potatoes — Buying prices, $3.25®
working on counterfeit reproductions, Besides $350,000 to be obtained from
many o f which are so near the orig­ the state and federal government, 3.50 per hundred.
from the
Green Fruit— Strawberries, Oregon,
inals that It Is Impossible to teU them about $ 200,000 realized
apart. Although warnings have been county bond issue w ill be expended in $1.35@1.60.
Pacific Highway in
Wool— Eastern Oregon, fine, 47®53c
given not to buy the bogus coplea, improving the
thousands are being sold aa originals Douglas county. Work w ill begin this per pound; coarse, 58c; valley, 60®
summer.
63c; mohair, 60®65c.
throughout the country.
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