Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-18
Seven States Have Not Re-
pOrted---AmOng Them Till
nois and New York
POSSIBILITY OF TROUBLE
NOT BEING OVERLOOKED
AppOrtiOnment Of Quotas
Based On Revised Esti-
mates Not Satisfactory
By Webb Miller.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Washington, July lS.--Picking Amer
ica's first big army by lottery will be
staged within SO hours, according to in
dications today Either the great recep.
tion room off Secretary Baker 3 office
or one of the historic chambers Of CON
gress will be the scene Everything is
ready Tor the human lottery-except a
few dallying registration districts. The
little capsules with the fated numbers
are slowed safely in the war depart
ment, while regulations governing the
drawing Of these master numbers are in
the government printers hands today.
These rules will be announced through
the press before the drawing.
& An air of mystery has been thrown
about the lottery. Officials refuse to be
specific as to just how and where they
will pull the numbers, though they did
say the draft viii occur Just as soon
as the last lingering red ink draft num-
bers are tabulated
Will Begin at Once.
One authority said that this might
occur within two hours after the last
governor had declared the numbers were
of the time Of day
mittees have been chosen official wit
The house and senate military COM
mittees have been chosen official wit
nesses and Secretary Baker may draw
the first CAPSULE. Secretary Baker. Chief
OF Staff Bliss, Quartermaster General
Sharpe and others have arrived for a
conference on final details.
In general, the order in which the
master numbers are drawn here will in
dicate the order of liability for service,
though owing to verying registrations
in different districts the numbers will
be divided into some group form, MAX
ing the system more complicated than
at first anticipated.
Almost Immediately after the lottery,
local exemption boards will summon
men for physical tests. Every man sum
moned must take this test, whether or
not he intends to make an exemption
claim. Heavy penalties attach to fail
ure to appear.
Fear Trouble in Cities.
Federal authorities have not overlook
ed possibility Of draft troubles in New
York and other big cities and are pre-
pared to deal summarily with any out
breaks.
The method of apportionment of the
quotas, based on revised population fig
ures, still is causing mitch rancor
the country. Bills are pend
ing in congress and others are ready
for introduction, either to Force read |
iustment of the quotas or to make some
provision for including certain aliens.
The state department holds that Ital- |
ians and Japanese cannot be seized for
the ne Warmly because of treaty pro-
visions and that aliens from neutral |
countries certainly are exempt from
forced service. What its decision to
leclarants is had not been announced.
While this undercurrent of dissatis
faction runs, those in charge of the
lraft are going ahead on the assnmp-
ion that thetre will be no change in
resent plans.
Ohio, Virginia, Utah, Illinois and
New York were expected to be ready
oday. Michigan reports it will be ready
n "a few days" and Missouri is sched-
lied to finish tomorrow.
General Crowder called q conference
ate today OF newspaper men who will
lash the fateful numbers to the nation.
rhe complete drawing SYSTEM will be
in confidence to prevent mis-
ON draft day.
Senate Attacks It.
1t is probable the lottery will be held
ither in the house or senate or some
ommittee room at the capitol.
While the last touches were being
nut on the lottery plans, northern SEN
tors opened an attack in the senate
oday both against the census draft esti-
aaes and the departments decision to
emoye national guard cantonments aHd |
fficers training camps to the south.
Senators Pomerene, Ohio, and Lodge,
Massachusetts,, read kilograms from the
governors Of their states against what
.odge termed the "perfectly prepcs-
erous census figures"
Senator La Toilette announced he
vas preparing an appeal to the war de-
,artment not to send the Wisconsin
Iational guard south until October.
Protests Of senators on the canton
nent question were based on the claim
hat all men who are sent south viii /
,e in the trenches before winter and
hould not be trained in warm elm
tie. Also, they said il is proposed tol
end raw draft recruits to cantonments
n northern states The draft recruits, 4
hey claim, are much les sable to stand