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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
WINTER SPORT At CHRISTMAS.

II Was Christmas ENe and John and
Else had 1',;ig up ;neir stockings ~
~" stockings tho. PM their lcti.r t.
SAINT. claus asking him 10 bring Thorn
al sorts - thinSS The main thing
th"y Wanted was ice skates
Wh"n they got up The next morning
they found thor skntes. .Iftcr break
fast thcy asked their mother II thcy
could 20 Ice skating. She said they
could 30 ;hey put on thci, coats and
went our. The pond was not far from
their house 50 II didn't take them long
90 Get there 1t VAS frozen about
tire" inches, so II ras perfectly safe.
John knew how - skate becauS. he
had used his fathers skates the winter
h"fore. lie had 30 teach Elsie how to
skate. ard she didn: have single fall.
The pond Vas large and the children
~ tn" town were skating on it, John
didn't 30 off end icav" his sister for
fear she would Sc; hurt. They skatch
for two hours. and then they vent home
20 give their presents "a their iittlc
friends.
When they SO, hone they found .
Sled ard snowshoes. Their Uncle Eill
had brought them from Canada with
him, u. said tina: up in Cansd, tina,
the children had sno~shoes. because
the snow was so deep that they couldn't
WALK IN IL;
After dinner the whole family wen,
ice skating. Uncle Bill stayed with
John and Elsie ana laugh; them some
fancy steps on icc. II was getting
dark. they had 10 20 homo
Uncle E:ll stayed mo weeks and
then hc wen, home. lie said that next
wir;c: John and Els= must come 10
see him.
John and Elsie had TO 60 back 10
school! but they ver. willing, because
they had such a good time hey ouSh,
10 be willing to st;:dy again
Composed by ELIZABETH! MILLER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
Draw ~ philin Nhitaeid.
4 tIltIl tI)t:.

My first is in = hut not in such.
Ny second is in \, but not in air
Ny lhird is IN y. but not in not.
My fourth Is in 7. hut not in but
Nj NTH Is In \. hut not In and.
Ny sixth is in &. but not in cut.
My seventh is in l.. but not in lost
NJ eighth is in 4, but not In anger
My ninth is III L. hut lot IN use.
Ny icuth is in :. hut not in sure.
My whole ia the name OF fine old
man. LUCY HARDWOOD SCOTT.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
WINTER.

When tho snow is OH the ground.
And the north wind rushcs around;
When the flowers dead and gone
Ana the birds have ceased their SONG
TiS winter.
When the fires roar and blaze
And the sun rises In haze
When the days are short
And the nights are long.
TITS winter.
Composed by
ELIZABETH ASHTON LEWIS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
4 [ IitR.tIbE.

Ny h:st X in .. but not in date
NJ! second is in T.. but not in eight.
NJ third * in &, but no, in cake
My Fourth IS in y. but not in eleven.
My NTH is in NJ. but not in mill.
Ny sixth - III T.. but not in but
Ny seventh is In l.. but NOT in ele-
phant.
Ny eighth is in r. but not in rime.
Ny whole IS the month Santa Claus
comes. DOROTHY TUCK En-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
uzzle Department
4 tTFkUtDt..

Ny nr,t is In \. hut not ia say.
Ms second Ia in y, but not i'm not
NJ third is In -. bat not In obstacle.
My fourth * ia W, but not in world
NJ. "holc Is something sc cnjov i'm
'tntcr. DAI$fE ALLEN MlrCiIEtL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
OLD SANTA CI.Al.S.

Old santa claus surely i coming
old Santa Claus soon viii he here
With his sleigh bells ahUmminc
And his eight tiny prarcing reindeer.
old Santa claus will come down the
chimney,
or else he'll conc in al the door.
He'll bring us lots and lots OF presents,
More than he's ever brought before.
He'll fill up all the Christmas stockings
And pat loads OF presents OH the tree,
And when we awake Christmas morn
ms
Well all dance and shout with giee.
. Composed by MAY PERCY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04

andy and nuts and fruits Of plculy
.hnd so many presents you could hardls
name twenty
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04

Eut soon winter Will he over and
summer days come back
Hut VOL soon SOC santa CLAUS coslc
down the chimney with his sack.
iGrginnlD
Bl:ENICE l.. PARRISH
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-04
POEM.

winter is coming.
Winter Is here.
The time OF tho year
We all love 80 dear
(0riginal.1
LIZZIE LULNER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07

sent my pledge of support and VIII DO
all | can TO further the interests OF
movement for peace. | shall send you
from time to time the names OF people
that are being prosecuted for their
stand against this unholy war. and am
sure if you make yourself known they
will be glad to support the bureau. !
shall consult with few of my friends
and consider the ACCESSIBILITY of organ
ling. However, you know that there
is the strongest war party. or
ganized here, at the head of which are
some fifteen millionaires. They, by
their bold front, have cowed the people
until hardly man dsres to say one
word about the draft law"
The writer gave the names OF four
men in mis- town who had been arrested
for talking peace and of three men
who, he said, "wcre threatened with
violence"
The Civil Liberties Bureau gives tho
names of these New York lawyers as
its legal aids: Louis P. Goldberg, Nor
ris Hillauit, Darwin j. Meserole, Wal
ter r. Nelles, Gilbert f. Roe, Joseph n;
San, Harry Weinberger, who defended
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk-
man, the anarchist leaders, and Arthur
s Levy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Kingdom Gould Asks
Exemption in Draft
Says Wife Is Dependent on
Him; Passes Physical
Examination

TOMS RIVER, j., Aug. 6.-Kingdon
Gould, who married on July of this
year, to-day claimed exemption from
service when called upon to join the
National Army under the draft law. He
entered his exemption claim under the
heading, "a married man with a wife
or child depending upon him for sup
port"
Then he slipped out through the back
door Of the courthouse where the ex-
emption board was sitting, jumped into
his automobile and sped away.
Mr. Gould was examined thoroughly
by the board physician and was pro-
nounced in excellent physical shape.
He is the eldest son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George ]. Gould. His wife was Miss
Annunziata Lucci. Before her marriage
she answered reporters who asked her
whether her fance intended to join the
army by saying shortly that he was
eligible for the draft.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
"The Masses" Radical
Magazine, Barred Again
From the Use ofMaiis

"The Masses" recently admitted TO
the mails by order of Judge Learned
Hand, has been barred again by Judge
Charles NJ. Hough in an opinion filed
yesterday in the Federal District Court.
At the request of Assistant United
States District Attorney Earl B. Barnes
Judge Hough continued the order stay
ing the Injunction granted by Judge
Hand to "Ths Masses" proprietors,
which directed POSTMASTER Patten to
forward through the mails the August
number of the radical magazine.
Mr.. Barnes pointed out that if the
circulation Of the August number Of
the magazine were permitted the dam
age done could not be repaired If the
government won on an appeal. The con-
tinuation holds up the August issue Of
the publication until the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals passes upon
the matter. The next session of this
body will he held in October.
Merrill Rogers, business manager Of
THE Masses" said last night:
Frankly we expected the Postotfice
officials would win on this stay of exc
cution. The important thing TO our
mind is :hc tactics the department.
adopted TO gain its ends. An appeal
LOT d stay on an ~ uH@t lOH 20
thing tina. has fallen, | understand,
into complete disuse among lawyers.
Judge Hough admitted that in his thir-
~ years CT experience he had never
known OF such q procedure. The con-
fusion resulting from the power of one
Judge TO interfere with q decision Of
another is too obvious to need COM
ment.
"Yet the Postofice, by resorting to
such questionable tactics, has been able
20 make valueless a decision in our
favor. after an eminently fair hearing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Treason Charged
Against 200 Draft
Resisters in West
u. S. Serves Warrants on
Rioters Held in Okla
homa Jails

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 6.-Without
waiting for an end OF the states cam
paign against organized resistance to
the selective draft in central Okla
homa, the United States government to-
day moved to punish the 200 men I'M
der arrest in connection with armed
opposition to military service. War
rants charging treason were served on
the prisoners, who were taken to the
penitentiary at McAlester or the Jail
at Muskogee, to await trial, at which
United States District Attorney W. P.
McGinnis will ask that the death PEN
atty be imposed.
Announcement that extreme punish
ment would be asked was expected to
aid materially in bringing to terms the
few resisters still sheltered In the
hills. Posses in three counties-Semi-
mole, Hughes and Pottawatomie-re-
ported tonight that isolated groups
refused to surrender, but that they ap-
parently were discouraged and seeking
to avoid an encounter
Sheriff Turner, at Holdenville, late
tonight reported a skirmish between
citizens and directors, in which Will
lam McCuen, deputy, was wounded
slightly.
Correspondence found at Holdenville
included circular letters from the state
officers of the Working Class Union,
indicating that the membership of the
organization might be as high as $4,000.
Officers were inclined to believe the
number too large for Oklahoma alone.
Most of the letters appealed for finan-
cial assistance.
Except for the fact that several agi-
tators, regarded as leaders in the dis
turbance and dangerous to remain at
large, are among those maintaining a
show Of resistance, the authorities
would be inclined TO let the bands
break up, confident that the less i'm
portant members could be arrested
later.
Determination Of the posse men to
run down all of the leaders was
strengthened to-day by the confiscation
of half freight car Of dynamite which
had been run on a siding southeast of
Saskwa, in Seminole County. An in
vestigation is being made to establish
ownership. The car was unaccom-
panied.
Clashes between the resisters and
posses have cost three lives and nu-
merous injuries. Two DIRECTORS to the
draft have been killed, and traveller
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Dragnet for Slackers
Being Drawn Tighter
Federal Authorities Warn
Those Who Gave Wrong
Addresses

Exemption boards started the week
by preparing to tighten up their opera
lions SO that no man called by the
draft will have the slightest chance TO
escape service after he has appeared.
Federal authorities have their work so
we'll in hand that no case Of Stacker
tactics can escape almost immediate
investigation. Deputy Attorney General
Roscoe S. Conkling said yesterday that
IL is futile for any man 20 think he
can dodge service or punishment by
falling TO answer the call, by stealing
exemption board documents or by any
other means.
Two alleged slackers were arrested
Yesterday and held by United States
Alberto Altierio of lsi
Heater Street, declared he registered
and that he lost bis card, but United
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
5 of Boards i'm Filling Draft Quotas

States Commissioner Hitchcock held
him in $500 bail for further examina-
ton.
Jacob Barker, Of 222 Pulaski Street,
Brooklyn, swore before Commissioner
McGoldrick that he is thirty-one years
old. but Assistant United States Dis
trist Attorney Beer produced Barken's
naturalization papers, showing he
swore he was twenty-nine years old
June Is last. Barker decided to stick
TO his naturalization age when he
learned the penalty for perjury is ten
years Imprisonment.
Fifteen men who registered in Dis
trict "a cannot be found by the post
Office. Envelopes containing their call
orders have been returned to the board
marked "Not found" and members of
the board are investigating TO learn II
any of the men gave wrong addresses
when they registered.
Deputy marshals and the police were
searching yesterday for the person who
stole twenty-five individual record
cards from the Office of Exemption
Board 113. The theft of the cards
makes no difference TO the candidates,
since all are listed. Each one has been
ordered to report for determination
and if any fail to appear they will be
found and questioned concerning the
robbery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
II Connecticut Slackers,
One a Physician, Jailed

HARTFORD, Aug. 6.-Dr. John D.
Grcenberg, a prominent physician, who
formerly lived in New Britain, was ar
raigned in the United States Court this
afternoon on bench warrant charging
him with being Stacker. Thirteen
others, mostly aliens and five of them
from Waterbury, were sent to jail, the
sentences ranging from one day to SIX
months. All were registered i'm
mediately after being convicted. Ex-
cuses for falling to register varied, but
ignorance was blamed in the majority
of cases. DR.. Greenberg, who was
graduated from Yale in 1910, was con-
victed on the face of the statement he
made when he became voter and on
the dates on his second marriage
license. He said he was the victim of
the Jewish calendar and really didn't
know how old he was. He was sem
fenced to one day in Jail, the minimum
penalty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Charge FaUoritism
In Chicago Draft

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Favoritism on
the part Of several Chicago boards of
exemption was charged in complaints
filed with the official representatives Of
General Crowder to-day. This was ad-
mitted by Major Chiperfeld, who added
that a thorough investigation already
was under way.
If the allegations are sustained, the
major declared, the board member so
accused will be removed from office.
The major declared that if the VIOLA
tions of the law in this respect are
fragrant criminal prosecution in all
probability will follow. He invited all
citizens who have complaints of any
character against exemption boards or
individual members to present their
complaints to him and said that each
and every such complaint would be
carefully inquired into.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Lieut.. Col. Mathers
Mustered Out of the
Sd Jersey Infantry

CAMP EDGE, y. j., Aug. 6.-Lieu-
tenant Colonel Daniel T. Mathers, Of
the Sd Infantry, failed TO pass the Fed
eral physical tests and was mustered
out to-day. This, with the recent mus
tering out of Colonel George T. Wick
ers, Of the 4th Infantry, has caused
CONSERVATION and grumbling among Of
ficers in camp.
Criticism Of the government is al
most outspoken. Some officers ask why
trained men are being dropped, while
civilians without days experience
are permitted to organize units and
enter the service as captains and lieu
tenants.
General Franklin j. Bell reviewed
the troops yesterday and, after con-
ference with him, Governor Edge an
nounced that the formation of new
State Guard, for which 5000 men a.
ready had volunteered, would COM
mence Immediately.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Riots Exaggerated,
Oklahoma Governor
Telegraphs Tribune

In response to a telegram Of inquiry,
Governor r. L. Williams Of Oklahoma
sent the folloTcing telegram
10 The Tribune;
Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 6.
Referring your wire beg to adj
wise that the anti-draft disturbances
in this state have been eXaggera-
ted in press reports. Without the
aid of either state or Federal
troops civil officers have succeed
ed in quieting the matter and it
is under full control. Every
county in this state is loyal to the
principles of fixed government
and will stand back of the national
government in the carrying on of
this war as provided by law.
r. l.. WILLIAMS, Governor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Pacifsts to Seek 5000
Recruits on East Side

The downtown branch Of the Fed
Grated Union for Democracy met yes
terday at Casino Hall, s. West Fourth
Street, and decided to start campaign
to enroll 5000 members on the East
Side. Recruiting meetings will be held
to-day at Second Avenue and Seventh
Street, Second Avenue and Houston
Street, Rutgers Square, Avenue A and
Houston Street and Avenue A and Sixth
Street.
Among the speakers will be Emil
Cohen, Alexander Schwartzentield, A.
Goldstein, A. Bernstein and A: K. Gold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07

was shot when he failed to heed
posse warning TO halt
Development of the causes OF the
outbreak and of the forces behind 1t
is expected in preliminary hearings to-
morrow. when the men in custody are
arraigned before a United States COM
missioner at McAlester.
It has been learned that unrest has
existed in the affected district for
more than two years. Agitators belong
ing to the Working Class Union" and
the Zones family" and similar organi-
atoms cultivated discomfort due TO
economic conditions of the poor tenant
farmer class, and when drawings were
made for the National Army the out
break resulted.
The prisoners were moved to McAles-
ter and Muskogee from the small Jails
in the counties where they were ar
rested. because it was feared an at
tempt in force might be made to rescue
them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
u. S. to Release
All Drafted Men
Needed for Crops
Men Engaged in Harvest
ing Will Be Held for
Later Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-That the
new National Army will be called out
in increments of 100000 men rather
than as one unit of half a million was
made plain to-day by Provost Marshal
General Crowder.
In an order to local draft boards
General Crowder stated that they
might grant temporary release to men
needed in harvesting crops, holding
them back for this service until the
later units are called into service as the
work of mobilization of the new army
proceeds.
1t is proposed now that there shall
be five increments, called at intervals
of from one to two weeks, the first to
be called about September |. Under
this plan men subject to draft who are
needed in the harvest fields until OctO-
Der could be designated for the last
units and thus kept at the work Of
garnering the nations crops.
Under Presidential regulations"
says the order, providing that certifi-
Gates of discharge on grounds OF in
dustrial necessity may be temporary
only, attention is called to the need
lessness of using such certificates for
men whose services are required in
gathering the fall crops. Such neces-
sity may be imperative, but is only
temporary.
ats termination will vary in the
various regions and for the different
crops, but can hardly continue beyond
the third or fourth week in September,
even in the most northerly ATTITUDES.
Under supplementary instructions,
soon to be issued, covering the pro-
cedure of mobilization into canton
ments and carrying out the announce
ment of Presidential regulations, Sec
ton as, last paragraph, the notice to
persons accepted for service will not
specify fixed date for individuals to
report for duty, but will leave this
date to be fixed later. The adjutant
general will notify each local board
to summon, say, 20 per cent of its
quota for a certain date; another per-
centage for later date. and so on.
Each local board will select the indi-
yiduals who shall form the successive
contingents thus to DO called.
"The local board will have received
from the district board a list Of the
men who have presented claims for
temporary discharge on the ground of
necessity to gather crops. Certificates
of discharge will not have been issued
in such case; but the local board, on
examining the papers concerning such
claims, will be enabled, if it deems fit,
to class those individuals in the con-
tingent to be summoned at one of the
later dates fixed by the adjutant gen.
eral.
Thus the temporary need Of leaving
those men at the crops work will be
satisfied without complicating or di-
minishing the quota accounts by carry
ing those men as discharged tempo
.rarily"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07

certified ten more who failed to report
Tor examination. About one hundred
claims Tor exemption have been fled
with the board. but have not yet been
passed on.
5000 Definitely Accepted
While the incomplete nature of the
reports which have been given out
makes 1t impossible to state the total
OF men definitely accepted for the Ma
tional Army, the figures for the ninety
four boards which have been heard from
approximate 5000.
Two Of the boards which are Just
getting their notices out and therefore
cannot require the men to present
themselves for examination before the
end OF the week are No. Sc, with head
quarters at the Bowery Y. NJ. G.. A.. and
No. l2S, at First Avenue and Fifty-frst
Street.
Serious causes of delay are said by
members of boards which are running
behind to be a shortage of doctors, a
shortage of clerks and the failure of
the Washington authorities TO forward
enough blanks for exemption claims
and for affidavits. 1t is almost impos-
sible to find clerks, it is said, though
many board members who are giving
their own time are willing to pay the
clerks wages from their own pockets in
order to avoid governmental red tape.
Doctors in some instances promised
to appear and examine the men, and
then failed to do so. All day yester-
day Mr.. Conkling had automobiles wait
ing at his Office to take any available
doctors to boards complaining of lack
of medical aid, but il was late in the
afternoon before the situation was ma
terially relieved.
Printing Office Overworked
The shortage in the documents is
due to the enormous demands upon
the Government Printing Office in
Washington during the last few weeks.
Ii has been. working TO capacity, but
has been unable to supply the needs OF
the $500 exemption boards in the
country.
Assistance in filling quotas is prom
Used to some of the boards having
jurisdiction over many aliens by rul-
ing received from Washington yester-
day by Mr.. Conkling. Friendly aliens,
who pass the physical examination and
wish to waive their right, as aliens, 70
exemption, may now be accepted for
service.
The boards in New York have been
compelled prior to this ruling to re.
ject the appeals of many subjects. Of
the Allied nations, and even OF few
Austrians, who wished to fight Ger
many. Only Germans will be excluded
hereafter from the army. This ruling
does not, however, Mr.. Conkling point
ed out, give exemption boards any right
to draft aliens against their wishes.
One Austrian was accepted yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Porto Rico Pacihsts Held

SAN JUAN, Aug 6.-"Begin your
protest, Prevent your sons from be-
ing chopped up on the battlefields by
having them refuse TO enlist" is
something like the English version Of
2 circular against military service scat
tered broadcast in Bayamon two weeks
ago. Despite its extreme brevity, it re-
suited in the arrest Of Luis P. Pena,
alias "Anarquista," and Jose Alicea,
workmen in tobacco factory in Baya-
mon, and Pedro Moreno, owner Of q
printing shop at the same place.
The insular police turned them over
to the Federal authorities. and they
we're released on a bond of $4,000 each.
The charge against the first two has
been withdrawn, and Moreno's bond
has been raised to $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
Regular Army Almost Filled

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Fewer than
5000 men are needed to complete the
quota of all the states for the regular
army. Recruits accepted Saturday and
Sunday numbered l 400. The total since
April ! is 179,35O, leaving 4,54S 70 be
enlisted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-07
l9 Per Cent. of Men Examined
Yesterday Waive Exemption

The percentage drafted ho physically Mt and ready to
f registered By Qeny boards yesterday the the
"Htoge Of ehgibes passed By MtyfOe boards Saturday.
Of S9+ 10 cent accepted
end did not claim exemption yesterday
half of yesterday claimed exemption Sir hundred
end nine rejected for physical reasons.