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Rules for .fejeemption Boards VVill Be . Ironclad and Lvery possibility gf . Misunderst irvdrng .Eliminated —First Call Probably Will Be for 750,000 Men. and svt forth l heir ehiinfs. fried. for ediomple, that a a vjed, and lias children-will l bis .'iVjaetion for. servin'. ui-is Mnar- ■ im-bun'to It is probable 1 ' that :t <vKi , ,0«.pnjpeiri tint) of those who FegHtYre-ei, \vill be* i cxetnpfeel Id" classes'" hirei-1> •sub- Washington.— Of imariy " U*db taetj of military'age who have, hern registered in accordance, \yitli the se lective* draft law, those who are i>li \ si - rally H.ualijied atid are . not exerupYtid. will have one ediuTioedu three -of being Valle»iujti.» the yolors this year/'- ThfSf-is (hd-estiimite lin'd ~fuTs beVm made hy the military autliori-tms in Washington/.; ‘ ~~Tbe first phase of >thO greatdas.k Of raisin'^ 'uh army under the*^universal reiA itv System hits hem completed.. More than lo.ooo.octi jnfeti have - actual" .ly been .cuwllcd and;jtukiug into con sidrratibn the iHitnbeifof mm re'gis- tration tif^o who art* now sejrving either in'fhe army or navy or National Guard, fhe estimates timde hy tIp*.census .bu reau .nfion the basis nj’ population have heuu attained. All of the*-men subject to the law have responded to the rail. or iit sotne. othri! •soon as thi' president lias approved tiie 'O'-Ogl w :•£ dreaming e.\es -ipid I* its they send their sons Af world war; "To So must the niolherofd wmrnmmm. t" while the eurtimi, shown at the right tery ronimander'ds itshed to give a dertsi is giveTr rib T huge i11a»dline jvviil^iuvse fn modem gnnding out the firsi^fmTt No Comment: in Advance. For fenr-of pwhfiising the b.oOO.OH) men who. \vjd be ^subject to the rati, ULmeral l¥ttwder has hern unusually careful-' not to discuss for publication Germany there will he no possibility of charges of tioii 'and favoritism in the selection of Hie men who tire to Hike up arias with flic first Military authorities estimate tip* first draft will It * for hiore than that nun to the national army (inch 1 lie '.Vation-id <p he brought 1 -ht*—difficulty : fill' J efolia t foltle-, ha The family consist.- three iritis. The iri'rl ■"ami 'tvari-nx^liitjjLi^es j following in the fo t hat / considerably i her. Iii uilelition the regular army aid will probably | up to. war strength. Tlmre, a* resent* training camps, he drawn upon to tilt vn- Mnjetr catieies iii the active ranks. ■ jt is not Belgian improbable, therefore, that the ‘number i is been ■ to he* selected w ill Jnv nearer TnO.UUO’ . rjn lit'.**., than .jOUJkjd. I’lneing the.. number, -of men regis tered at tlJ.IHMl'lMMI, It is estimated that i'>.(K»l.(K)U W ill ht> exe tea tinritur the liner 1 war. idtiiek, the ijiext spa. also the 1’.oi f wdp and is now 1 in Saloniki with the lloVal l.xelaimetl Mr. dy, isn’t- that v . vers v .witIt the . tltike • of dhTng of that Miry mail 1 the mat) 1 once p.'all I let 1ft ird'S hit tir'r.XtfXa "sort? ' Why. -.flttit’ji.-f want.” ‘ Roland Kr l’rottvero waX : time political foe of the prenin; ltmde' fto'j li fferefie.e_sry Ion delis an et*feiehtj[iwon for the b Xngtiit»er- CLirps.. -—- - —- • William, the thltyj-son. wys atmut to enlist tit the !IeirifutUii:_of the war: I iii t w as,pre\enteti.from jloini: so by a hriikentjley. The fsith» r has not heard fi'iitu hiftn for months at.pl believes he TAKING A MESSAGE HOME .mpthd foi'Jyeneral uminin^ KHl’ikX), Is .now at the front, with -tin iistins; of the rcnmininy ... ViM.»,tMM» will lie rejected for j ysicai now GERMANS GE!T BOGUS PAPERS ^++++*++++++++-H-H-t-+++++++ i NO REGISTRATION CARD, f + TWO NEGROES BEATEN ± Fury of British Drive Made ImposSi ble to Continue Publication of "the GeniJne. 4* j Kansas Cjjty. Mo.—I’nele Sam T * tie I has a misyuidetj hut WiHinX + 4* Ji-otiseriirtion aid lit William Mac- _*£ |< ’It*11 anl twcntp -tvvo, a structural + sfet»l worker. Shortlv before mid- ^ .j, n.iudit Mac('ldlhiii luiltetj a pair *r T of jfeftroes; 'J X "See this,” he queried, shnv- V + ,nir one .of flic little ldm* reyis- ^ ip tration eer.iideate^ under their ^ Loiuhii). -War '.papers issued by (JermaM oFTnies at the front are bring ing ldfchpriees. The fufy of the Brit ish /drive Yirfs. niatfe It iini>ossihle to eat ion and scarcity PRICELESS BOOK IS FOUMn 'cojftimit* their prihli <iif"mimhers issued has resulted in as 4iiuh as ;ttui marks being offered for a single <-ojiy. ‘ , J . Printers througlmut the empire are i working on counterfeit reproduofions.m tnanyidf wlin h are-so near, the orig-tj iuol&EJthtLt Jt-1 s impossible to tell, t helix apart. ~rUthough warnings huvyXheen given not to buy the Ithgt^T copies, Thnqsands tire being sold its originals throughout the tountry. . / Letters of Vespucci 1 * 1 "Stolen • F Florence Some Years Agp, 1$ Re . —caver-ed in Mail. The currier pigeon i.v still fouu i .iV 1 * • X nl in the war, despite tiH tin* iiew in ventions. tllle of them is here seen leaving the trenches with a message mie H't+ses ” one of the negmes re- •atnl what's iuore, we aiu~t to wear one t»f them Lundoii. A Homo (llspjitrh- reports? ^Soine years ago t here Was stolen from Florence an ohhhook. u.f prici^lcss value of which only one copy is in ex- istetuV. U wins ^entitled “The let tens <»f Amerigo Vespucci,” and In'it the celel.irated Florence explorer reeountetj WlBMeupfiin' tin* xtruct u r-:i 1 steel worker 'b^ueeedod to-Win- onstra’te the ^jpeclorUy. tlf trained muscle nndlshqrtly after- vtards Uiaf<-bed t'ljg.tu'.gn.TKs up in front of the sergeant’s deJdxjit the police heiidquarters. It wa> made shortly after 'Cohitnh is. "The hook belonged to Ma uui.s t’im- T^ri'TT'" iVGT 1 ™ "flWlMimfWf TmaS 1 %y. Bn* i>ollce,- no trace of it could h« ff»undm^Now the pollcer while inspects 1 ng postaT v fmckage8,addressed to fop. efgn WS^nMes^WiWjhe Italian - Svdis* frontier, have dIscov^p«4a parcM <h,n- taintfig the precloof worlrSxqie puck- age. was »d«< ro « co d to a r Ocrnrnn~ v bqc>k■ seller A^tio tied to Switzerland aftertSr In is rosef in a body and kjflved bln 1 froiu. the top of the stairs, to ! lni.hot- r) ... iffttr-iiitr‘bf T:\vrath, hi* bbbbTed aw ay to. the'Ir’esl- dence of tin* president of the-eTub^ and j;:| there com plained of i t^e trei/tmenrWe tStfJf hat! redelved. 1/ •"[' mp "VVluit w<rtild*«you Bo In my place?” *‘ be ’uskdd. ’ ‘ * "Well,"!8ald the president. *‘‘I - shouk play on the ground floor In futurr it’s safer;” / • * * ii fateful match Tor the trio. AlT three xyere churged with disturb ing the pwice.'i ' ••That’s aU. right sergeant,” said i-Fuck Sam’s co-wortter, “justj put’em in a cell, with me." —MacCIellan’s requa*»t wM not Xjrapil'r were claimed by A. A. ijeiit- In^-bf-Southslde, Oiiiahn, In a letter to theX^heriff. ^Renting said he? was making xtrlp from Sacramento to bltf home In 1895 and that he had* the jew els with film. Rearing he-would be robbed, he, *ald* hillside, and was to retrieve then. lo belqng td fhe aero.chrps ure busy tralnin at Hunt 1 lagton BearhJLoiig Island. The photograph^shows several members if the unit •Carting on a trial fight in a scupluive. • \ * 1 "r vet able to return ontbreak of v~ * AGE IT WO How National -Army Will E s ,-«’< ; ‘ : *» r ding to ti.e standards . ; -'j. ■ —— — - ' ju'hw prevullTng for>re«ruifs. *' -- Universal 1 Service- System.- Th*‘fe will cemiiui, therefore, subject’ to dull fur-ihny-JiUiiii'.v time 'J.ntMMKlO. juen, w Ii'JilwU-k-Ju* ready :i.t any time to- hhgin j heir miiitttrry (['aiuingh If 7o0,- (MM1 UTe t<] l«e..<'a,*lled, ilu* man who lias registered :tnd - is-i'bysi<-:illy tit. and cannot plifjfii. e.veiiij thiii,' Hits' a little better Itia'n iTin* ciiaiiee in .tliueq to go Ipto active twice. ' General Exemption^ jeCtsi .tluiiU' u Inuare obviously pby-d- civlly unfit, ami.lit gejieral inXsop^ etn- -j 11 oy.etl in 111 * • pt i l Tli mfter.vbv, fn.: n;.i t.iAits* workmen in arsenals, iirmoneXiind at tlte ( navy yards:^ Tin* regulations will deslnn;ft.e siw-el'fieaHy . lmw tln_jm' gen eral exeiii|.tihiis';nrei to be* male. -Those, w ho do not'fall witlijn tlrese. gt’nCriTTT'lasses.iiiust appearbeforqd he exempt-jon -board A withitv>tbeir district ! -j'ilA me •l,l.v TlllhT (hniionstfate* that lie confYib'utes to the sf/pprn-t of his fan lily, . Tin* village* * * ■" * e. ielb*r plieise wife*, tala's ;in washing will King \ i.i• 11*r IhniwanimKol Italy wiite|iing the* N preigress of his treiups from a Mintage' |mint liigli in tains. ‘J Ar rest uf-fmlTragtst pieke-ts who ellsplayeel eil/bw'tieMih.bb* banners in fremt of tin* White' Ibm^e*. ll teigrnph "f th'iie-ral Ilubmt ■ I,\aute*y of France*. *1 GcnerHj I’tT-sliihg leaving the Hotel-tlev Invatide's in l’arb COAST ARTILLERY OFFICERS AT WAR GAME t oast artillery otlie-ers playing tlq* war game at Feirt Andrews. ne*ar Ite»st«vn. A large re*lie*f map re-iire‘sewt> the ltefsteni harbor. A naval e*xport nnnie*nve*rs the.""enemy, flee ' eurtaiu is tml+M asieb*|and rrre-li ieillii , ri'. , "iybo -represents^ hall e»f ae'tion within a certain minihe r of niintitcs. It ele-e'tsion-.oil bis course exe'mptlonjrefculutbms which have bee*n drafteeT by a special hoard under tint direction of tin* provost marshal ge'ii- erab Iii many re'spe».-ts r it-is'the* more' e’tmiplie-ate'd and ditlie-ult portion e»f the task. . Appreixi:uate*|y' -t.MkV he in r< is '--euie for ewery ,'Ht.eHHi of the* popula tion of the- country—ure to be appoint ed to pass upon the* exemptions, to ele vide'w liei shall he* subject to the* call of military, duty and who ^hall hot. Boa re Is of appeal .for e'M*ry feeleral ju- die'ial district muM also he* designatetl -by the~ pr**si<leiit. Wlie*n t Iii list A been ae'e*omplisli*'d tin- instructions to'the prinmr.i lioar<k<( wliieb are to ae*t in the rapacity of e'eiurts of first instance* fn passing upe’m cxeniptieins are te> In* issue-d. MaJ. Ue*tq Knoch I. (’row;de r and his assist ants- among them some of the nmst distinguished lawyers of the ceuintiy — have virtually eompleted the pivlimlr nary elrnft which is miw’’■ before* the preside'nt and tin*'• secretary of war. As soem as it is nppreiveii and the* won -F-+* probahly baye* elillre-ulty in couxjiueing the* heiard that lie 1 shoubl -,Ileir"get ItltO training;- The ejjll will be jittule by the presi- de-ut for ;i certain number of-men s ulh* ciently large fei tt>ake* if ■.cefta’b'F tKiit tin- hT'cessaVy itmtiher for ■A h* for tine cause or ahortnlr. aetua-1 se^rv-- will he obtained sift-e'fjj'l.iui'inat.le'US! sehvaie by wliicli . tli}* men tftay be ,-i'ehos. n has expcrimnuTTSl with tariotis devie-es for drawing by lot. It IXpitub- able* that this plinJe,* -of tlnrdraft will he* made a puhjfe* yei;ej.aony, which will he* carries!’ out at the euipitols of the State's If the registrant has run the Exemp tion gantle-t lie' Will pi'e : Se‘Ut hiniSi;Vf he‘- fore the milithr\ r -authoritie‘S for pli.xsl- ’e*ul e'XaniinhtieiflT If reje'Cted. be* will lie* elismisseal. but . a fe e'ord of Ills e-ase' win he kept. If accepted.' lie jrfH r A'tft to one of The .sixteen eaiitotiiine'lits Idle tnoJh- miTions are a-king, \yi(!i *•>.'S Jpid- I>r» aking 4i«*ht4s. nto the* W e'ltef () (iod ^ erililin \vmt died ou tip* e*ross have Jpfestiom d. in fhe bit 1 Jerness of hen" soul,.' as -he*- looked up ward PaX the dying Christ, to tin* • laflvemiig'skie s of Calvary. ' Ami as try kne'w. e ven In he r suffering, that _ Avber+v ha-w ill- smUergu- triUTnng to Ut aim for the* rigors of wrrr--of Ipdd in n*aeline'ss ltej ent’e\r eme e.f the.* tradniiig | e*amp*s wbh ii' will he drawn upen» to till gaps hr tin* ranks. ^ - A Tremendous Task. Army ofli.kds .)*» m>t nihiimize tha. difliehilty of. jbc; intricate* ttisk aheant- of tItem. • The piv-rdent is wrestling . wiMi-tbe* prohli'Ui of scle.*e't itm , the ex-- e*mptiem boards, so that 1 ’tllC'I'e* v\'..l he nil hjVsi.s. for charges- of faMit itmtn or .political preference. Tin* normal board probably "dl he tin* same* as that wliieb eondiieted the•rl gt^tratiou. hut tin-re will' nrohtilily liwmrthy-xeep- ti'dti's ^rrnv* general rule*. An vjTort is being hui.de t*» dhttliu 111 • ‘11 olily e»t- the* bigbest .cbiirae'ter for the ajpe-ilatq hoards. . .i. - C- < lehend (’row iler and bis jissistatits are we TV. e’ilt'e'fUl ll"t to dis* lose e*M'tl \ tem ujee>n wliieb they bait* \i'rtual|y !:ci'*4'*l. '1'beC fear that, it it Were* eX- d rtu'W e'ltange*- tlu.f' might he LAMPBLACK ON ALPINE FIGHTERS NELLIE, BELGIUM’SAIASC0T tkvjf 44ufP*ti.riv?! 1 "--. -.lio.iie tin* irreaf-- e*\ el' k now 11. . s\( ment of oOO.ttuo men for tire* n**w tional army. .‘■st light* lot inn ni t y ha din* .tnotli* rs of ten-lay know that bae-k until e*M*ry detail tipreme sacritbi,* sUTties the "f their .* glery and nv eif worbl fri*e»dom. POST FOR MAN HE DERIDED NOT , ONE, SLACKER THERE tlmXsystem that hits-, been te'titatlvejy .devised.. IJe* bimse-lf has a very cb’ur x ieb*fl, be* saiel. of wlial is t«> be* de»ne*. but before tin* instructions are. t«• lie se*nt out e*Ve*ry peessibility of' inisuneier- slanding Is tei be weighed and every edianee fe»jj eennplicutioti is te> be •elimi nated. The rules title to be ironclad aueihis spi*e;iYli’ ns bnijian ingenuity cun make them, Xo that Lloyd,George Picks 0!d-Time"Poj|itical I Foe Because He Is Best N Man for Job. Father and Five Sons of New Jersey Are All In ^Army .in War With Lotulon. -e-r l’] e*mii*r Lloyd George, picks Ills subordinates in curious.wnys ; On account of the- food senip'ity- a in I tin* iifeal for iiuTe*a*ed jirediictioti. the premier was bar*l put to think of a suitable* (nan to 1 li.ll the post of, presi- ele'lit of tjye hogc L < * f jVgti cult tire, A peilitiefai e*edie*agU's overlie-iiriiig Mr. 'Verona*; N. J. No r one woitbl ae*cusi» Tbe.itiui.s FI stem, e.f tlds jdaee* and his ftituily e»f e-ight of being it gfeiup- of slackers. The father, win* is.iniw all American ejif/en, wa*-*h«rn it: I»«■•%«m- sliiree. Fnglanel, ateb series! v|\ years In the artHh-r‘y..hrain , li of tin* P.titisb irrmy.—Ton old for :;e Tl\ e >.*r\ iee in tin* b.Htd. of bis JiduptioTl. he bits joitieel battalion, i V. . ■ 1“ eme of the greatest enemies troops suiea-r*-tli *ir faces 'anil WjTH YALE’S AERO CORPS UNIT \ \ V ■* \ 1 : ■ X kY