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OBTAIN EXEMPTION
FROM ARMY DRAFT
Engineering Students in Rec
ognized Schools Affected
by War Dept. Ruling.

Engineering students in schools
recognized by the War Department
have been granted virtual exemption
from the seiective draft act under GER
tain prescribed conditions. The action
resulted from a conference between
Secretary Baker, Provost Marshal Cen
ing societies.
The students are viewed as military
assets of the future. and are granted
preferred classifications. as are medical
students In certain cases. SO that they
may complete their courses. They re-
vert automatically to their former
classification on graduation, and may
be called out Immediately as enlisted
men Of the engineer reserve.
Problem Is Presented.
in the draft was presented by Milo E.
Ketchum Of Boulder. Col. president Of
the Society for the Promotion of En-
cheering. and c. r. Mann. dean Of Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
o1utions adopted by various engineer
ing societies urging special censidera-
ton Tor engineering students because
Of the value Of such men when trained
to the military establishment. About
5000 students in lit recognized en-
cheering colleges and schools are af-
fectd.
After the conference Gen. Crowder is
sued an amendment to the selective draft
regulations giving such student the same
classification as student doctors. Where
they can present certificates showing
that they are enlisted in the Engineer
Reserve they will be placed in class by
local boards. These certificates must
come from the presidents of the institu-
tions they attend, stating that they have
shown ability that places them among
the highest third Of the graduates Of
such schools during the last ten years.
Many in National Service.
A resolution adopted by the Society
for the Promotion Of Engineering and
approved by the Council Of the Ameri-
can Society of Engineers was pre-
sented at yesterdays conference. It is
pointed out that a majority Of the 4,300
engineering students graduated during
1917 are already In the national serv-
ice and that one-third Of the 1918 class
has already enlisted.
THE danger is not that students in
engineering will refrain from enlist
ing" the resolution added, but that
they will enlist before they are suffi-
GENTLY trained to be most effective in
active service"
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largest United States vessel Of Its
class. was built at the New York Ship
building Company's plant. in Camden,
N. J. It was launched in May, 1915.
but was not actually turned over to the
government until February 10. 1915.
The Jacob Jones was 315 feet in
ches over all. 80 feet, 6h' inches beam,
II feet IN inches in depth and had a
placement was 1850 tons and her speed
29h knots an hour. The destroyer
burned oil, and had a fuel capacity OF
200 tons. She was able to develop
1900 horsepower.
Made Two Previous Attempts.
Two attempts are alleged to have
been made to destroy the Jacob Jones
last February. The frst was on Feb
ruary /, while she was OF the Della
ware capes, and the second was made q
few days later. either at the Philadel-
phia navy yard or while she was COM
ing up the Delaware river bound for
the yard.
While of the Delaware capes the
ship was reported to be sinking. Dis
tress gonals were answered by the
steamship Philadelphia. and when she
arrived the lifeboats had been lowered
and the crew of the little fighter had
put on life preservers and were pre-
pairing to abandon the craft.
Water Poured in Hold.
Water was pouring rapidly into her
hold. A machinist's mate was said to
have been place in irons. but this was
not confirmed. An examination showed
that one Of theh Jones' seacocks had
been damaged.
After temporary ranaira the dAztrov.
er started to Philadelphia under her
own steam, but upon her arrival here
she began to settle. Another examina-
ton showed that several seacocks had
been opened. and that there was two
feet of water in her hold.
Evening star., 1917-12-09
loo Doctors, $50 Nurses,
and Other Workers Are
Sent by the Red Cross

3. 5sne hundred surgeons and physi-
tfans, more than $50 nurses and num-
kr of social workers are being mob
fixed by the American Red Cross In the
stricken city of Halifax Some OF them
iiready have arrived and the remainder
ire en- route on special trains. includ-
ing one which left Providence, r. l.,
essterday.
3 Supplies for the relief of tho sufferers
are being rushed from New York. Bos-
son and Maine. Besides the great guam
Sites of wearing apparel and bedding
already sent. material for repairing
houses, such. as boarding. glass, putty.
ETC.. already are on the way. with more
tot follow.
GOV. Milliken of Maine has sent from
Bangor. consigned to the Red Cross at
Halifax, three carloads of repair ma
lertal. including roofing paper and
boarding. Additional materials of this
find will be sent from Maine today
Dad steamer also will leave Boston
Eith considerable quantity of glass
End putty and twenty-five skilled
siaziers, the contribution of the pub
.Ic safety committee of Massachusetts,.
RE vessel also will carry 10000 blan-
kets. The water route was chosen as
being probably quicker than rail.
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Works With Broken Rib.

Heroic work was done by Arthur
EBeamis, chauffeur, who, with a orok-
3 Wounded to hospitals until he collapsed
Hnd was taken to a RELIEF station, wnere
Ake was operated upon.
s>Another man who declined to give
had done only his feeble best, toiled
4 amid the ruins rescuing the injured
Sfith half his face blown on.
"A soldier who had gone through three
Sears in the trenches in france was
&-ki1led by conclusion.
Many of the soldiers detailed to nam
8sale bodies tainted, but were revived
ex&nd kept at their gruesone task.
4 Lieut.. Commander Murray Dead.
!1Lieut. Commander James a. Murray;
81 Formerly captain. of the Empress OF
kfftain. but recently appointed COM
4mander of the conveys: with headquar-
&tefs here, was instantly killed at pier
10. s. The body Of William Hayes. who
sAs the pilot Of the Inno. was found On
he shore today.
hands. including Capt. Blakely. A small
lug with a crew of four men was tossed
f4ear over pier No. and all on board
Here killed.
IA soldier who returned from the front
Thursday to find his wife and children
Mead. was working tonight in a cloth
sing depot. having had no sleep since the
Explosion.
Il must do something or go mad" he
sDHid.
Nichael Eichel. sixteen years old. of
fShone bay. walked ten miles through
Yesterdays blizzard to offer his assist
fnce. He collapsed after working all
.say without food and was sent to
hospital.
) All the boys OF the Naval College
Bcaped with slight cuts and bruises.
.&hey will be sent to their homes IN
Ontario and other parts of Canada
fheir escape is regarded as remark
Gble, as the naval college is only 300
sSdrds from the scene of the explosion
Evening star., 1917-12-09
Jacob Jones in Actual
U. S. Service Since 1916,
Victim Of Third Attack

PHILADELPHIA. December s.-Ths
tdbedo boat destroyer Jacob Jones, the
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Gets Special Appointment.

Lieut.. Commander David Worth Bag
ley. who was at first believed to be
lost. was appointed cadet at the Unit
ed states Naval Academy September Z.
1900. by special act of Congress.
In the act it was set forth that he
was the brother of Ensign Worth Bag
ley (whose given name he assumed
after his brothers death), who was
killed at the battle Of Cardenas. May
IL. 1898.
David Bagley was appointed an ad-
ditional cadet to the academy, the
quota having been filled for the year
Of his appointment. Both the Senate
and the House. with the approval of the
President and the Secretary of the
Navy. put through the appointment Of
young Bagley without opposition.
Evening star., 1917-12-09
FRENCH HALT SURPRISE
ATTACK OF GERMANS
Seven Killed When Teutons Bonn
bard Calais-Local Fights
Near Cambrai., e.'-
BIZ the Associated Press.

BIZ the Associated Press. -z J.,-,s --s
PARIS. December s.-The war ONCE
communication issued tonight follows:
There was intermittent artillery ac-
tivity today on various parts or the
front. This morning the Germans at
tempted violent surprise, attack in
the region Of Beaumont The ,attemnt
failed and the enemy left I'M our hands
some prisoners andsa machine gun.
I'm the course of the bombardment
carried out at Calais on the night of
December 5-6 by German airplanes
seven persons were killed and a score
wounded.
ARMY OF THE EAST. pecemb.r ?
The artillery was rather active ON
the Struma. On the rest. Of the front
iinciement weather and fog are hinder
ing operations"
On the British Front.
LONDON. December Son the Cam
brat battle front some local fiehtfnr oc-
CURED this afternoon east of Boursies %
says the official report from British
neaoquarters in France tonight. ron
the remainder of the front there was no
infantry action. ~
The enemy's artillery activity dur
ing the day was directed princfpaiiv
against our positions in the neighbor-
nood OF the Flesquieres, Monchy lie
freu4 and Passchendaele sectors"
British Aerial Activity.
The war office tonight issued the fol-
lowing statement dealing with aarial
operations:
On Friday low clouds and bad yisi
eilfty made conditions less favorable
for flying. but our airplanes made OBJ
servations for our artillery and carried
out several reconnoisances and the
usual bombing raids. Hostile troops in
machine gun fire. but very little aerial
nghting occurred. One German machine
was driven down and another landed
intact behind our lines. Four OF our
airplanes are missing" Wi
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Killed by Bursting Shell.

Ensign Bagley's death was caused by
shell bursting among a group Of men
of which he was one aboard the tor
pedoboat Winslow. Ensign Eagley
was the commanding officer. The ves-
sci had been disabled by a previous
shot, and 1t was while the commander
was waiting to catch line thrown
from the torpedoboat Hudson that the
she'll burst. shedding the first American
blood in the war with Spain.
When Lieut. Commander Bagley last
was in the capital and had been as
signed to service aboard a DESTROYER.
some one jokingly remarked:
why don't you get your brother-in-
law. Secretary Daniels. to give you a
safer job? That one is too dangerous"
Il like dangerous job" was his re-
ply.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-20
Praying for the World
to Stack Arms

Every night when the toll of the day is done memory
turns from home and fresdc to trench "somewhora
in France"
million American mothers are praying for their
boys Maybe he is there or maybe he is out the,a
or the ocean keeping watch for cvilzaton-wherover
ne is, million mothers prayers are with him.
Ana 90 you suppose that he ever wonders as no 1ea
awake at night there in mo mans land" if the FOLKS
pack home are going to be true to their trust?
he never thinks of what he is doing as q sacrifice
MS soul is too noble for that Duty loyalty and ;de
IN the woman who gave him the right to ve-these ara
heritages dearer than life to him.
mere is not but one honest, manly thing to do
stand behind him-be true to the trust And to 1a t,
TO the trust you must buy Liberty Bonds SO that o
government can give him all he needs
Don't say you can't do it. Terms at YOUR bank ara
as low as dollar week. Fifty weeks and YOU own
pond You can do that, and if you do you'll helm 70
speed the day when the world shall stack arms.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
TELLS voPICKA TO GET WINE
Take Jonescu, Roumanian Statesman,
Almost Forgot important
Advice.

Zurich, Switzerland. - Statesmen
send queer kilograms, even at critical
times. And while busy foreign Offices
are revealing the private intercourse
of kaisers and czars, the Bucharest
Lumina has pried into Roumanian
archives to tell an anxious world what
Take Jonescu telegraphed in a terse
midnight telegram to Charles J. VO-
picka, minister of the United States to
Roumania. 1t was a critical hour for
Roumania, for the German invaders
were marching over the Carpathians
in three columns, and the royal govern
ment had transferred its capital to
Jassy. Whereupon NJ. Jonescu tele-
graphed:
Jassy 1926, Nov. 27, 1916, 2:4O.-
Urgent
'Excellency Vopicka, American min
lister, Bucharest: l forgot to tell you
that in the cellar of my house there
are several bottles of Rhine wine. Even
If you have to break into the palace,
beg you to take the wine and drink it
to my health. Again a thousand thanks
TAKE JONESCU."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
AMERICANS CRY OUT FOR BARRIERS

Course didn't want none o. that sweet
spirits O. vilets, 80 I says Non, non.
He forgot tho sacred memory o. Lafay-
ette an the spirits of 20. right there
an gave me a cussln' In French.
didn't know what II was, but 1t sound
ed like hot stun
~ remembered one word thought'd
get me out that place an says Comfy
enT That started another riot, but
finally the fat guy allowed 1t was Cat
fronk.' That's about eighty cents real
money, but paid II an got out after a
struggle with that nightshIrt they put
onto me.
"Flrst look had at that haircut was
In store window. Say, that guy'd
sort o. chopped away the fringes round
my ears an the back o. my neck, but
he'd left about half the hair there, look
In sort o. grayish, an then he hadn't
touched 1t none till he got up top, so
there was a gray ring an then black
ring. The gray ring looked like a
NANCY cayuse. When l took my Stet-
son Off found he'd trimmed the front
OFF an pasted 1t down with that smelly
stuff till looked like the picture O.
some boy violinlst.
"That was a swell layout. When /
got back to my outfit the gang asked
me was / the feller that sings love
songs at that Folly Bergair vaudeville
place in Paris an the sergeant tells me
not to let none of them rough soldiers
insult me, but to stick 'em with my
hatpin. Then they offered to pay me
five cents apiece to let 'em dip the cor
ners of their handkerchlefs in my hair
when they was gOln' out to see their
girls. 1t was all like that amt had
no French haircuts since. Say, don't
you think you could get some BARRIERS
over here that know enough to shave
feller's neckT
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
RULES TO AVOID FLAT FEET
Marine Corps Examining Surgeons Is
sue Some Simple Exercises and
Pointers.


Washington.-Cwtng to the number
of otherwise splendid applicants re-
jected from the United States Marine
corps for fiat feet, marine corps exam
lining physicians have issued the fol-
lowing simple exercises and pointers,
which if followed, they say, will rem
eddy that ailment:
During exercise at all times, turn
the toes in.
Walk with toes of each foot point
ing to the front; in straight line, If
possible.
Stand with toes turned in; raise
body on toes, slowly, as high as pos
sible. Rest a second, then with weight
of body borne on toes, lower slowly
down to floor, and repeat.
When in the house in stocking feet,
walk on toes; heels not touching the
floor, and toes turned In.
When sitting, cross the legs, the foot
always resting on the outer side.
The wearing of broad toe shoes,
with the metal "arch supporter" absO-
lutely abandoned, also is advocated.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23


He tall carried himself with such military
officer
their uniforms all times
Madison automobile horns footed at him. People
with
driver scowed at him
brushed by him with the
josed they
would
looked But
of these.
He President Wilson,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

ngs
short time will the the Vincent
Rhnec Another home which has favorable
medical department of the Drumwae NJ
turning Wdhm his N
for the
Fencf the Vincent As home the desirable
the country The estate oveos the Hudson and valued $S0000
Vincent Astor who
inherited
beginning the
He serving
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

the window cheery
been terrific Does skull fractured the blow small ma
gashed head which
defended herself The
tried off blows
AS
explains
jealousy. The
"M-is the
There also
Dole this had
because
o mother.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

achieve
he sraphanger o spinstership
Muster been born with silver in
got you What
do a ivingT
but
But be careful not TO oerdo your
Bankses wlknoWn
but always
Must be
matter how rebufs
things
the kindly action
a while in thread of a yarn-lke this.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
PUTS "PEP" INTO CHICKENS
Vaccination, as Advocated by the Uni.
Verslty Of California, Seems to
Be Success.

Pomona, Cal.-vaccination Of chick
ems, advocated by a University OF
California poultry expert, and tried out
here by Henry Boon on his 800 hens,
Is a remarkable bit Of Hooverism, ac-
cordIng to Boon, who has reported that
his hens now scratch so energetically
for worms that he has to feed them far
less than formerly.
The poultry association here also
advocates vaccination. asserting 1t pre-
vents disease, causes the fowls to lay
more eggs and gives them an astonish-
ing amount of pep" to scratch for a
living.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
SOME PoSTSCRIPTS

Telephones are built into a new he'll
met for aviators to permit them to
converse with companions while flying.
New Brunswick, Canada, will give
returned soldiers real training in ag-
riculture, both practical and theOreti-
cal.
To make the opening in a folding
automobile wind shield wind and wa
terproof when desired is the purpose
Of a recently patented celluloid attach
ment.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

thousand people missed seeing a GER
tain man the other day, although they
looked directly at him. He is a man
of international renOwn, particularly
well known in the United States.
But he didn't seem so well known
to folks on Pennsylvania avenue that
morning, as he crossed the wide street
in front of the White House. Yet he
was man to command attention any
where.
He was Immediately dressed in
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

To keep the rollers and forms on
printing press clean while it is rum
ming, is the purpose Of a vacuum
cleaner that has been invented.
A German agrieulturist has devel-
oped method Of extracting the fibrOus
inner bark Of hop vines for use in the
manufacture Of cordage.
In the parable Of the sower the Lord
refers to grains Of wheat which in
good ground produced a hundred fold
Matt. 13 :s). The common tritIcum
vulgare will sometimes produce 100
grains to the ear.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

getting married the
gallons and vintage wine at that But
wedding weskt
that this cOnvvay wouldn't well back home
distance terrible stuff for cOntu
to digest
Their he into his
sis pretty well disposed toward
campaign to be identified
folks stuff please flavor
out all advertisement Of the fzz
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
ExEMPTS ONLY l OUT OF 20
Draft Boards Decisions In Industrial
Cases Usually Upheld by
President Wilson.

Washington.-Only one in twenty
appeals to President Wilson for draft
exemption on industrial grounds has
been decided In favor of the applicant,
it was said at the provost marshal
generals Office. In other cases the
president has ratified the judgment of
district boards that the applicant was
not indispensable to necessary war
industry. About eight thousand ap-
peals have been received, but only a
small proportion decided.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

courtesy to a sister in your own age
zone-every woman knows why-but
nothing is ever an all-rOund failure in
this world. Praise be!
"Thanky, ma'am. I'm half ready
to drop. 1 never look for a man to
give me a seat any more-I don't know
how it is, but gentlemen seems to be
petering Out-Tve benner runnin' roun'
on my two feet ever since sun up.
Have you got corns?"
The woman, anchored to a strap,
admitted her lack to the other woman,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

1t costs Uncle Sam SIS a pair for
shoes for Private Stuckey, of the
Sixth Engineers, but the government
figures he is worth all the extras he
costs. The shoes are No. 161a, made
to order. Stuckey is 6 feet inches
high, weighs 235 pounds and is q
years old. He was one of Jess VIII
lards trainers for three years and
fought the Kansan a 10-round bout in
1911. His friend is feet 4 inches
and wears a 61a shoe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

In Denmark large numbers of wom-
en- are employed by the state as steam
ship pilots.
Because many accidents have oc-
Cured when trains could not be
stopped in time London railroad ter
minal has been equipped with hydrau-
lie buffers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

ton and the real one among the pomps
and vanities and the flesh pots Of willy
Washington.
There was a marriage miracle not
long ago in Washington among the
smartest of congressional circles, when
the wedding wine was turned into wa
ter rather than the water into wine.
A congressman can do most anything
acrobatically and automatically, just
so it listens good back in his district.
Constituents are such sensitive plants.
They all have to be humored. The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
TOWN SPROUTS OVER NIGHT
Modern Mining Town Springs Up Sud-
denly Ia Coal Region In
Kentucky.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Like towns built
In the West during the wild gold fever
rush Of the days of 40, model mining
town has grown up over night in
the center of the virgin field in Harlan
and Letcher counties, Kentucky.
Sixteen hundred houses will be COM
pleted within fifteen months, say Offi-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH

The membership Of the United Mine
Workers of America was $4,000, &C
cording to the latest report.
What is believed to be the largest
deposit of slate in America has been
discovered at a depth Of 800 feet be-
meath a Pennsylvania farm.
A recently patented eyeshade is sup
ported from the nose like eyeglasses
and is re-enforced by a malleable
metal band that permits it to be it-
ted 10 heads of all shapes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

cials Of the United States Coal and
Coke company, subsidiary of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation, which is
behind the project.
At present 100 eight-room houses
are under construction. After these
are completed the building of the 9th
ers will begin. Forty-eight million feet
of lumber altogether will be used.
A total Of 25O,OOO.OOO feet Of lumber
was bought at a cost of approximately
$150,O00.
A temporary commissary building,
240 feet long by 60 wide, is also now
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

already approved FerncIlTe, at hnIne-
cliff, N. Y, home of Vincent Astor,
and has under consideration offers Of
other estates near this city.
When fully equipped for their new
purposes the country estates will re-
ceive wounded American soldiers from
a great receiving hospital which the
government is to build somewhere oD
Staten island. At the convalescent
hospitals the wounded men will have
the entire use of the vast estates. Sta
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

claSplng her Dody TO MS breast. NOtn-
ing is known of the tragedy itself, ex-
cept the mute proof that was left to
show that Dole had attacked his wife,
that she had defended herself unsuc-
cessfully, and that after he had ac-
cOmplished her death he slew him
self.
No person was present. Charles
Dole, a son, seventeen, and Gladys a
daughter, fourteen, were at Sunday
school. Neighbors heard no sounds of
gtruggle. Canary birds. Gagged outside,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23

ing the This information however
1t
weOrganlzed works. the
public information organization for the
directs a of reporters.
committee These
United
this
photograph department Official photographers
instruments and features These pictures then
to d
information organization, %
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-23
An Orator.

Howell-From all accounts 1 take 1t
that ROwell Is a very eloquent Epeak.
er.
Powell-Yes; understand that his
wife is influenced by what lie says
when he Is talking in his sleep.