Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-11
DRAFT DEADLOCK
At LAST BROKEN
Conferes Agree on Age
Limit of 21 to 81 After
Hard Fight.
TURN DOWN ROOSEVELT
Proposed Raising of Regi-
ments on Mexican Bor-
der Also Loses.
EXEMPTION CLAUSE ISSUE
Man Has Right to Appeal to
Civil Body Locally and
Later to President.
CLAUSE ISSUE

WASHINGTON, May 1O.-The long
deadlock OF senate and house confer
ees on the selectve draft military bill
was broken with agreement on COM
promise measure under which great
war army would be raised by selective
conscription of men between the ages
of 21 and 81.
Authorization for recruiting Colonel
Roosevelt's proposed volunteer divi-
sion for service in France, written
into the bill by the senate and de-
Tended stubbornly by the senate con-
ferees, finally was thrown out on the
insstence of committeeman represent
ing the house. In return the house
yielded to the senate's proposal for
prohibition at military posts.
Expect Fast Handling Now.
The conference report is expected
to receive approval OF both senate and
house in a few days and within two
weeks after the president has affixed
his signature registration of those ell
gible for conscription Will be under
way thruout the country. Some
states already have selected their reg
istration boards and the war depart
ment has erected a vast and intricate
war machine for assigning and organ
izing the conscrpts. They will be as
sembled at training camps in Septem-
ber The compromise bill is under
stood to be generally satisfactory to
the administration and to the army
general staff on whose advice the
original measure was framed. The
most important change made in con-
gress was in the age limits, fixed by
the staff at 19 and 25 inclusive. The
senate made them 81 and 81 and the
house II and 40. The ages named in
the conference agreements are 21 and
80, inclusive. making the draft ap-
plicable to all male voters under 81.
Administration Opposes Move.
Altho there has been no direct au-
thoritative expression from the White
House regarding the Roosevelt volun-
teer proposal, administration opposi-
ton to it has been inferred from the
fact that no provision for volunteers
was contained in the bill as sent to
congress from the war department,
With the Roosevelt proposal the con-
ferees also threw out a senate amend
ment under which three regiments OF
volunteers could have been enlisted
for service on the Mexican border.
The section dealing with eXemp-
tlons from draft was rewritten in part
by the conference committee and pro-
vision was made for hearings in ex-
emption APPLICATIONS before local civil
tribunals with the right of appeal to
second tribunal and finally to the
president.
Two Refuse to Sign.
Two Of the house conferees refused
to sign the conference report. Repre-
sentative Anthony of Kansas would
not accept it because the Roosevelt
amendment was stricken out. Repre-
sentative Kahn of Calinfornia would
not agree to the prohibition amend
ment, contending that it reflected on
the moral standards of the nation and
that regulatory provisions should be
left to the president.
Republicans in the senate who
have favored giving Colonel Roose-
welt authority 70 raise and take
American troops to France declared
tonight that an effort would he made
on the floor to have the senate insist
on the retention of this feature. An
other vote on the proposal also may
be forced in the house which once has
rejected it, The general expectation,
however, is that the conference de-
cision will prevail.