The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-06-08

tionaI Capital as Soon as Books Are
Closed.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-War depart
ment estimates are that 10,500,000
men of military age registered under
the CONSUMPTION act. These figures far
exceed the most ardent hopes and esti
mates Of the administration. Taking
the last census figures as a basis, it
was estimated that there were TO-
264,869 men of military age in the
United States. Returns show that
nearly quarter of a million more
men registered than were expected.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Registration
day passed off without a hitch. There
was little trouble and few slackers.
Reports from forty states TO the war
department showed the registration
complete success.
At o'clock Tuesday evening AttOr-
ney General Gregory issued the fol-
lowing statement just before closing
his office for the night:
Reports received today at the de-
partment Of justice relative to regis
tration indicate a ready and general
response on the part of the young
men of the country to the demands of
the CONSUMPTION act.
$50 far only three arrests have been
reported to the department and none
of these grew out of serious situa-
ton. No resistance to registration has
come to my attention"
Antidraft Plot Fails.
Reports from governors of the vari-
GUS states to provost marshal General
Crowder showed that there was no
serious trouble anywhere in the coun-
try. Officials express the opinion that
in the face of the information at hand
not only the antidraft propaganda
which was given widespread circula-
ton throughout the country for the
last week, failed utterly and that the
German efforts to embarrass the gov
eminent failed niiserably but that
there was comparatively little slack
ing" Complete figures are expected to
show that seven-eights of the men
eligible registered.
Few Arrests Made.
The arrests reported to the depart
mont of justice were made at Hamil-
ton, o., Hartford, Conn, and a ST..
Louis suburb. Details had not been re-
ceived at a late hour, but officials at
the department expressed the belief
that the incidents were merely local.
A fourth arrest was made at Coe-
burn, Va, where a man cursed the
President, the administration and the
flag. He was held in heavy bail for
trial.
Government officials made it plain
that while only these four cases had
been reported to the department,
there probably were numerous other
arrests by local authorities for minor
disturbances. Only cases of a more
serious nature were reported to Wash
ington.
Secretary of War Baker and Attor-
ney General Gregory presented most
encouraging reports on the registra-
ton to the President at the cabinet
meeting in the afternoon. .
In the national capital the registra-
ton was remarkably large, exceeding
even the estimates of the government
as to the number of men eligible.
There were no disturbances. Of the
few arrests for drunkenness near the
registration places and similar minor
Offenses, one man was taken to Jail
for crying out at a long line before
one of the booths drive the slaves
in" He himself was past the registra-
ton age.
Nearly 100000 Register.
The following comment on the reg
istration was made by the official
committee on public information:
Nearly 100000 Americans of
military age registered today for
service in an army against Germany.
''The registration was accomplished
in fashion measuring up to the
highest standards of Americanism.
There was no hint of Stacking spirit
anywhere except in a few cases, where
misguided persons had been prevail
ed upon to attempt to avoid their ma
tional obligation.
From every state reports were re-
ceived showing that the sporadic con-
spiracies to thwart the first step to-
ward the mobilization of as large an
army as the country may need to
bring the war to a victorious concIu-
sion had failed utterly.
1.-THE spirit of the young men from
whom the fighting forces are to be
selected was evidenced in their at
titude toward question IL on the reg
istration blanks, which asked if ex-
emption was claimed. In thousands of
cases young men availed themselves
of their right to ignore this question
and leave it entirely to the govern
ment to decide whether thew should