Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-11
Deadlock Broken When Senate and House Each
 Abandon Part of Plans.
ROOSEVELT IS
 DENIED REQUEST
Rough Rider Leader Cannot Take Di. vision to France Establishment of Tribunals Announced. to Con.
 slider Exemption Pleas.

Washington, May 10.-The long deadlock of the senate and house con- ferees on the selective draft military bill was broken today. with agree ment On compromise measure under which the great war army will be raised by selective conscription of men between the ages of 21 and 31.
 Authorization for recruiting Col. Roosevelt's proposed division, written into the bill by the senate, finally was thrown out on the insistence of the house committeeman. In return, the house yielded to the senate pro- posal for prohibition at military posts.
 The conference report is expected to be approved by the senate and house in a few days, and within two weeks after the president has affixed his signature, registration of those eligible will be under way Some states already have selected their reg istration force, and the war depart ment has directed a vast war machine for assigning and organizing the con- scripts. The men will be assembled at camps in September
 The compromise bill understood to be satisfactory to the administration ] and the army general staff, on whose advice the original measure was framed. The important change made was in the age limits, fixed by the staff at 19 to g years. The senate made them 21 to 27, and the house 21 to 40. The ages named in the conference agreement were 21 to 30 inclusive, making the draft applicable to all male voters under 31.
 Although there had been no direct tpressure from the white house re- garding the Roosevelt proposal, ad- ministration opposition has been in- ferred from the fact that no provis- ion for volunteers was contained in the bill as sent from the war de- partment
 The prohibition provision excludes liquor, beer and wine from any mili- tary post, but does not forbid giving them to soldiers, except when in uni- form.
 Exemptions Unchanged. Exemptions were left virtually as suggested by the general staff. Those absolutely exempt include officers of the United States and any state or territory; ministers, students of rec ognized divinity or theological schools; and any members of "any well recognized religious sect or organization, at present organized" whose existing creed" forbids parti- cipatiOn in war; this last class not being exempt from nOn-combative service.
 In addition. the president is author ized to exclude the following: County and municipal officers: cus- tomhouse clerks: postal employees; workmen in navy yards, or arsenals, or armories; others in the federal governments employ whom the presi- dent may designate; pilots and ma riners actually employed in sea ser vice; persons engaged in industries. including agriculture, found to be necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment or the effeo- tive operation of military forces or the maintenance of national interest dur ing the emergency; those having persons dependent upon them for sup port; and those found physically or morally deficient.
 Exemption Tribunals. The section to tribunals to give pleas for exemptions provides there shall be civil and not military bear ings. Tribunals are to be established in each county of each state. and in cities, one for each 30,000 population, three on each board, to be appointed by the president; an appeal tribunal for each federal judicial district; and the president will be the final court of appeal.
 Roosevelt Eliminated. The amendment put in by the sen ate, permitting Colonel Roosevelt to raise four divisions for service in
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