The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-06-14
PREPARE FOR BIG u. S.
DRAFT" LOTTERY
Officials Make Ready For Drawing
or Army; Other News From Nat
ions Capital

Washington Especial Correspondence
While the task of registering the
men of the nation between tie ages
of twenty-one and thirty-one years
old Is complete, there is still much
work to be done. Hundreds Of clerks
here in Washington and thousands Of
volunteer workers throughout the
United States are now busy getting the
data in shape.
Millions who have been registered
will be exempted for various reasons
Some are physically unfit. some are
employed in factories where they can
do more to bring about the defeat of
Germany than they could If they were
on the batt.efieIds. Many are employ
ed on farms. and it is likely that they
will be kept there to insure an AIDE
quate food supply. 1t has been est
mated that about One-half of thos
who registered will be exempt for on
reason or another and that l0,G00.0U
will remain from which to select tn
first army of 100000 men.
House and Senate Busy.
While the operation of the draft
measure has occupied most of the at
tention Of Washington during the past
few days, the senate and house ha
been busy on other matters. The sen
ate Is wrestling with the revenue bill
which was passed by the house. There
has been so much fault found with th'
house measure that 1t is likely thai
the draft by the senate will he an on
tirely new measure. Conferees fron
both houses will draw up anothci
measure. and this is the one that vii
finally become law
Censorship Measure Killed.
The house of representatives has d.
cided that there shall be no govern
ment censorship to restrict speech
written or spoken.
BY vote of 1871 TO Ia it reiecteI
a compromise amendment agreed upo
by the conferees of the house and ser
ate to the espionage bill.
This amendment authorized the pres
ident to promulgate regulations detin
ing the character of information relat
ing to the conduct Of the war that mn
be published by newspapers and "the'
periodicals or publicly discussed by cit
liens
1t is not probable there will be an
further effort on the part of the al
ministration to impose such a censor
ship as that proposed, but that the es
pionage bill as passed by the salat,
will be finally accepted by the house
and sent to the president for his sigma
ture.
There are many important provisions
still contained In the measure designed
to protect the interests of the govern
ment during the war all of which are
wholly acceptable to the members of
both houses.
Conscription Dodgers Caught.
The arm of the government reached
out last week and shut all doors
through which conscription do'lger'
sought to fee the country
1t stretched fifty miles out into the
Pacific and took from the Pacific Mail
liner San Juan Frederick w Fay of
San Francisco. The department of
Justice stated that Fay Is Of military
age and was bound for Mexico.
1t swept a dragnet through the coun-
try, capturing numbers of prisoners.
1t smashed at Kansas City, Mo-, and
at Columbus, O., what We're said by
officials to be widespreading plots
against the draft.
Aside from the arrests I'm New York
many were made in various parts of
the country, and scores of charges
were lodged against suspects by fed
eral authorities.
Five men were arrested In Column
bus. three ON charges of treason.
-Four men and one woman were ar