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~ desiah." said Amos Atterbury. "t

~ desiah." said Amos Atterbury. "to
get exemptified."
Albert S. Bard, chairman OF Local
Board 154, consulted the examination
chart which Amos had brought to him.
Don't mind what It says on that"
warned Mr.. Atterbury. Them doctahs
is mistook. I'm sick man way down
inside where they couldn't find out by
tappin' with their fingahs."
Cant help it," ruled the chairman.
"The doctors word goes"
Then I'd like you to considah I'm
the sole support Of po' young lady
nah innocent cousin that'd stahve with
out me-
1.-THE needs Of cousins aren't recog-
nized," said Mr.. Bard.
"Mebbe So" admitted Amos. "But
that amt all. l now submits Pm stu
dent of divinity, which is what been
workin' up to. That goes good, don't
it?"
1t does-if Amos can prove it.
Marscl Levy, an Alsatian, Was passed
"on medical" by the same board which
heard the wall of Amos Atterbury.
Legally, you're a German. aren't
you ?" asked Allan Dawson, secretary Of
the board.
"I regret so to admit said Levy,
gravely. "But l am not German in
spirit. 1t would be my job to strike,
through America, blow for France"
Uncle Sans draft regulations say no,
and the blow for France must be struck
p by proxy.
Hubbell Reed Mcbride, who draws
recruiting cartoons that sound the call
to the colors as loud as any bugle, but
told Board 1874 he had scruples against
personal participation in violent exer-
else on the battlefield. has suffered a
change of heart. He stopped in at the
boards headquarters long enough yes
terday to withdraw his exemption claim
and ask the way to the nearest naval
recruiting station.
II Uncle Sam gets into any more wars
and has to have another draft, chances
are lockers will be provided wherever
registrants are 10 be examined. Be-
cause Frank Hammett put his watch in
the pocket of another mans coat, and
the other man dressed first and got
away, 1915 headquarters, at so West
Thirteenth Street, were upset for an
hour yesterday. Mr.. Hammett, who
saw personally to the upsetting, says
he isn't any Stacker, but that Uncle
Sam can't expect much enthusiastic
support from him until something sat
isfactory is done about the missing
watch.
Walter II. Thorne isn't keen on being
private. When he tried for Platts-
burg he couldn't quite meet the physi-
cal requirements, but he was in good
enough condition to get by Board 154s
examiners yesterday.
"I'm going to get that commission,
anyhow" he said. Now, all ! have TO
do is work up from the ranks"
Very purposefully she walked into
Local Board 115's headquarters, in
Forty-seventh Street, west Of Eighth
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Accused
By Men Seeking
Draft Exemptions

Persons attached to local boards
Throughout the city are taking advan-
tage of shortage Of printed forms to
send draft registrants to lawyers, who
are charging them exorbitant rates for
simple clerical work. according to re-
ports which reached Deputy Attorney
General Roscoe S. Conkling, supervisor
Of the selective draft here, yesterday.
The reports revealed that lawyers
and notaries public are charging SIS
high as SIS for merely certifying Aft
davits, or making out exemption
blanks. On the East Side, where the
tendency to get this kind of easy
money" on the part of lawyers and
notaries was more prevalent than in
any other part Of the city. attempts
have been made to organize Offices
where registrants may obtain exemp.
ton blanks and attorneys services free
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of charge. Judge Aaron j. Levy. ehisf
justice of the Municipal Court and
publisher of 1.-The Warheit," is takips
the lead in this work.
Otto Henschel, lawyer, Of 2 Ree.o,
Street, yesterday admitted that he has
charged as much as $50 for MAKING
out and certifying exemption claims.
Herschel has been the lawyer and no.
tary for District Board 10, in the pub.
lie school at Jennings Street and Pros.
pect Avenue, The Bronx. Minor A.
Russ, a clerk of tho board, has been
sending to Henschel, according to N,
admission, registrants who wished 10
claim exemption. Russ gave the exeum
that the board was out Of exemption
blanks, but added that when he sen,
registrants to the lawyer he had 10
idea that the latter was taking ils
from men desirous OF swearing ,hy
are exempt.
There is a lot of work connected
with it," said Henschel. 81 had 10
make the price stiff, or | would have
been swamped. II was perfectly l..
gitimate transaction In every case"
H. |. Lippe, chairman Of the board.
admitted that he had run short Of
DlhHhs, DuI duueu IHdL lneEc was 70
excuse FOR charging SIS for the work
When news reached Judge Levy tia.
East Side young men were being
mulcted Of their money by greedy at.
torneys and notaries, he left his sun.
mer home, at Haines Falls, in the eau.
kills, and came to his Office, at the
Warheit building. on East Broadway.
81 found that registrahts who wished
to file exemption claims were often 10.
ferred to lawyers and notaries, who
charged them exorbitant prices said
Judge Levy. eve have taken the
names of many Of these notaries md
attorneys, and shall request Goyerno,
whitman to revoke the commissions Of
the former The lawyers face the pos.
sibility Of disbarment."
Calling on Judge Leonard Snitkit
and other prominent lawyers for %.
sistance, Judge Levy yesterday 10.
formed several registrants that young
men who sought Exemption. or relatives
who sought it for them, would be able
to obtain all assistance gratis by going
to the Offices Of the "Warheit."
As a result, thousands Of men and
women applied to Judge Levy yester-
day for assistance. Branch Offices were
opened in various parts Of the city, and
the example Of the "Warheit" was fol.
lowed By the other Yiddish dsilies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Dinner for 10000 Soldiers
Guardsmen to Get Delicacies
After Send-OH Parade

The Business Mems Committee, fol-
lowing a meeting in the Hotel Biltmore
last night, announced that arrange
ments have been completed for the big
dinner which the city will give to It's
forty thousand departing Guardsmen in
their armo,ies after the parade on
Send-off Day.
William Courtleigh, Of The Lambs. 10
in charge Of the entertainment and Mrs
Nelson Henry heads committee Of
women which will organize the patri-
otto women to serve the dinners. The
cooking will be done under the super
vision of Thomas d. Green, president
Of the Hotel Mems Association, and
John J. Kavanagh, president of the New
York Society of Restaurateurs.
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Sammies' Tobacco Lost
Red Cross Appeals for Ten
Tons of Smokers" at Once

WASHINGTON, Aug. THE Young
Mems Christian Associations shipment
Of tobacco for the American troops In
France has been lost. Word came from
Paris to-day from the Red Cross Com
mission to France that no suitable to-
bacco was obtainable there and urged
that ten tons Of tobacco be sent at
once.
The Red Cross War Council imme-
diately accepted a donation from the
Liggett g. Meyers Tobacco Company
OF 1,5OO,OOO cigarettes, 10000 packages
Of smoking tobacco and 10000 cuts Of
chewing tobacco, which will be for
warded at once. France has agreed 10
admit the tobacco free of duty, as well
as all other articles for the American
soldiers.
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Stiff straws that were
$500 and $3.50
$i.85 now.
s2.s5 for $500 and $500 Panamss
and Leghorns; f4.15 for $3.50 70
$1,000 Panamas and Bangkoks.
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Amos 'Desiahs ToBe Exemptlhed, !;
Gives Draft Board Many Reasons
Sick Where ''Tappn With Fingahs Could Never Reach
Actor Too Busy to Appear, Wife Said uni
forms So Unbecoming" Manlys Plant

Avenue, where a good share Of New
York's actors are being examined
~ lust want to tell YOU" she said,
shat Tom can't go. Hes under con-
tract with the United Booking once
and out on the road now. The contract
simply can't be broken.
at will be-" Chairman c. A. Duroin
told her. you ought to be able 70
guess the winner when it's q case OF
the U. B. 0. against the U. S. A"
"Oh. | don't know" shifted Mrs;
Tom. "You saw what the U. B. o. did
to the White Rats!"
His muscles were like q set Of steel
springs, but regulations are regulations,
and the evidence of the scales scored
10 disaualify him. He WAS two POUNDS
under the minimum weight Tor MS
height.
That's Henry Stanley, one Of the
highest class acrobats in the country,
whispered some one who knew MIN as
gloomily he passed out. HE could take
that big doctor who turned MIN down
and play ball with him-and bet he'd
like to-"
There was another man. two pounds
under weight, who called at Roscoe
Conkling's headquarters in the State
Arsenal. The rest Of his pounds were
of different stuff than Stanley's.
"God didn't make me to fight" he
confided to Dr.. Karl Osterhaus, Of the
medical advisory staff.
Uncle Sam will fix that up In the
course of a few months in q training
hi iva
war will make a man of you, II you try
to be half a man now"
Since she quit the washing board the
Widow Jacks has been supported by
contributions from her three sons; Of
whom one, Wilbur, bulky and black,
appeared yesterday for examination
before Board 1l3.
BOSS, honest, I don't know what I'm
gon' to do said Wilbur, after he had
been passed. Both nah brothers is
been drawn, too"
"Then," suggested Chairman Durbin.
"your mother probably will have her
choice Of which son stays home to take
care of her"
Fright here's where the army loses
me, them" grinned Wilbur. THE 9TH
z
one that works regular"
The voice in which he addressed Mr..
Durbin was deep and resonant. 49,
gift though | am" he announced, Il
must enter claim for exemption. Not
that am married, for that is not my
estate. But. in my own way public
benefactor, ! feel | owe it to my en-
ployer and to the people to remain be-
hind the trenches"
"Whew!" whistled the chairman.
Whats your line?"
81 deliver lectures" said the man with
the voice, ain conjunction with motion
pictures Of the better sort"
The name on the call list to which he
answered was ". Manly (fact) st. John.
He was tall, slender and wore three
rings. You couldn't help seeing them
because they were on the hand with
which, every moment or two, he tossed
back his mad, unruly, curly locks.
Somehow or other-maybe because
one must dance so much in the chorus
these days-he passed the physical ex-
animation.
~ do hope they change the uniform
before | become member OF the
army" he sighed. 81 think the one
they're wearing now Is just hideous-
especially the one for privates. And !
was captain all last season!"
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tanned at the sixteen National Army
cantonments. at all National Guard
camps and at the thirty or more army
and navy expansion camps.
The recreation centres for soldiers
and sailors, for which the knights Of
Columbus are raising a fund, will be
open to men Of all sects and denomina-
tions, P. +. NcKenna, recording secre-
tary of Hudson Council, 1910, Knights
of Columbus, said yesterday.
Catholic newspapers and periodicals
will be obtainable at the centres. but
the institutions would be run along the
same lines as those established by the
Young Mems Christian Association, and
would not be, rs has been stated, for
Catholics only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
X. of c. to Raise So, 900, 900
Supreme Council Votes to
Triple War Fund

CHICAGO. Aug. IA war fund Of
81, 100000 will be raised by the Knights
of Columbus for the recreationsl CEN
tres for men in the army and navy
camps, instead of the 81 100000 it was
originally plpned to raise. This was
the decision reached by the Supreme
Council Of the order in annual conven-
tion here to-day. The $1,000 900 fund
already has been oversubscribed. it was
announced.
Recreational camps will be main
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Standard Ships Ready

LONDON, Aug. THE first of feet
of standardized steamships being con-
structed in Great Britain will be put
into service this month, according TO a
statement made In the House Of Com
mons to-day by Sir Leo G. c. Money,
Parliamentary private secretary 10 the
Minister Of Munitions.
The total dead weight capacity OF the
arst vessel will be about 5000 tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Golden Acre" a Bean Plot

WASHINGTON, Aug. Washington
boasts a food garden planted TO corn
and beans on land valued at S275,560.
The plot Is owned by former Senator w.
A. Clark and is the so-called Golden
Acre, which faces on Du Pont Circle, at
the corner of Massachusetts and Con-
necticut avenues. At current realty
valuations the property is worth about
1888, 900 an acre.
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Gmbe,p',
18th Street, near Fourth Avsan
sHANLEY'S

10 BROADWAY. e. q u sn
N lunehsons sgrpndasb a.
Csc tMusiel srou Is % suPE
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TIFFANY & Go.
JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, CLOCKS
WATCHES. CHINA, STATIONERY
Work of Local Draft Boards
Yesterday Is Shown by Table

The figures given beo Shop the ork Of draft exemption boards
for usdou the exemption claims indicated
mt ,oct bit hare estimated accurately possible By the
boards Themselves incomplete figures
The qUes comprehensive de1 to the percentage Of
o are being rejected physical the percentage claiming
ereuption and the percentage actually ready fight.
Manu- of the exemption 1oW be disaloued
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Pine Bluff. Nav 12 1917

"Pine Bluff, May 12, 1917. ITO The Public:
 "1n' support of our reason for the necessity of voting an increase in the tax affecting our school district from the present tax of mills to 12 mills we give herewith a statement just furnished by the secretary of the school board, covering the past year We have gone carefully into this statement and are satisfied that it is a clear representation ol the financial condition of our school district.
 we would earnestly urge all c;ti- zens to carefully consider this state- ment, as the situation is one reGY,c- ing the united action of the pc ,pl' ,c solve. The revenue for the next year will be in the neighborhoo of $7o,OOO, with necessary eXpendi;ur, < of about $95,O00.
 The recent legislature passed a compulsory education law, the result Of which will be an additional en- la'lment at the various city scn:sls of over 1000 pupils, wnich will n~.,- H1ally add materially to the expans"s. Che of the requirements under .haG .aw is that where the parents are un able to pay for necessary school Looks, the district must llnlsk same; also, if necessary, must fur nish clothing.
 Another matter that sho" be considered is the low salaries here .tufOre paid the teachers. and tht dire. necessity of increasing their pc. un- dCr the present high cost of n...Ge. otherwise the standard that {: so much desired cannot be main aiyed "The election will be held next Sat. orday, May IT, at which time al voters will have opportunity :n nsss on this question, and we urga taa, 2 l vote in favor of the very ne sssai7 increase to g mills.
 Respectfully submitte!
 "J. M. PERDUE.
 "A. ". MILLS.
 'I. F. MAGEE. Auditing Committee School Better ment Association of Pine Bluff"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13

The board has in it's hands the sum of $390,65 being proceeds from sale of horse and phaeton, dividends from the Bank of Pine Bluff and sundry small items.
 With reference to the bills payable mentioned above, I beg to state that during the past several years it has been necessary for the board to bor- row money during the last few months of each school year to take care of teachers warrants and other expen- ses. These notes are taken up when the sheriff turns. the school funds over to the county treasurer about the 1st of July The making of such notes in each instance Is authorized by resolu- ,tion of the school board. The notes now owing by the school board to To- cal banks in the sum of $27 7,500.00 must not be understood as being an additional indebtedness over the amount overdrawn with the county treasurer. When the school board makes it's notes to local banks, the bank cashes the school warrants up to the amount of the note and holds the warrants as security until they are re-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13
$67,000.00

deemed by the county treasurer The difference between the amount show ing overdrawn with county treasurer and the bills payable is accounted fo1 by the fact that our sheriff has kindly been advancing cash on recent school warrants thus saving the board the necessity of making notes to meet same.
 I desire that your organization and all citizens shall know that any rec ords Or proceedings of the board arc open for inspection, and that we, as a board, nor l, as secretary, have any thing to conceal. 1 have never re. fused request rom any one that they be permitted to see anything desired in connection with the school board records. ..,
 If any item in the within report is not perfectly clear, I shall be more than glad to have committee from your organization or any individual give me the opportunity of exhibiting our records for their information.
 Yours very truly.
 H. B. STRANGE,
 Secretary Pine Bluff School Board
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Chinese Here Ages Ago.

As to the presence of Chinese in this country many thousands of years ago there is no doubt in, the minds of in- vcstigators. The artifacts or images with Chinese characteristics are so common as to admit of no doubt in this connection. Ancient Chinese char acters too have been found carved or impressed upon prehistoric objects rcsurrected from beneath the buried cities of San Juan Teotihuacan, adja- cent to the valley of Mexico, while as Prof. Carl Lumholtz, the noted trayeier and investigator, has shown, in his il- tenscly interesting work, "Unknown Mexico" some of the aboriginal tribes of the remote Sierra Madre have q most remarkable vocabulary of Chi nese words or their very evident cor ruptions and carrying the same mean ing with them as with their manifest originatOrs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13
PELLACRA

is guaranteed for one bottle to benefit any case of Pella- gra, Rheumatism, Scrofula. -SYphilis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13
Taste.

The sense of taste resides in little flask-shaped pockets imbedded in the skin of the surface of the tongue and in the upper part of the throat. Each of these bulbs has fibril of nerve connecting it with the larger nerves Of it's region. Anything to be tasted must be in dissolved or gaseous con dition so as to reach the interior of the bulbs, and differences in taste de- pend upon the varying intensity with which the impression is transmitted through the nerves. It is not surpris- ing then that taste is much influenced by temperature and may temporarily be stopped altogether by extreme heat or cold. The sense of taste is, it ap- pears, strongest at temperature be- tween 90 and GO degrees Fahrenheit.- Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13
The Whole Thing.

"Certain writers keep deriding our ignorance of Russia," said Professor Pate. q have interviewed number of my fellow citizens, and I find that almost without exception they believe themselves thoroughly posted. In the school readers of their youth they learned that the chief business of Rus sian gentlemen has long been standing up in wildly careering sledges, each drawn by three horses abreast, and pouring the whip to the steeds with one hand, while finging small children to ravening wolves with the other. Beyond that, according to the average American, nothing much ever hap pened in Russia until the country went bone-dry and dethroned the czar. If we do not know it all, we think we do. which is fully as satisfactory to the most of us."-Kansas City Star.
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Lonu on Words.

"Why, Fred, that is Professor Braney. I never heard anyone use so many long words" "Yes; the trouble with him is he uses twin-six words to express one-cylinder ideas."-Life.
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4 Time for Everything.

Edith-"Is 1t true that you have quarreled with Jacky' Ethel-I l should say not! My birthday is next week"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13

It seems that the Russians are de- ] termined to prove that thea need
 czar after all.-Savannah News.
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s.,or Maintenance Schools
 Requires Tax of 12 Mills
., Is Opinion of School Betterment Associations p ."d;ting Committee, Based on Examination of
 Au0''0 Financial Statement.

nina Bluff schools need the
 lns ..v is the opinion of J. M.
 n', W. Mills and I, F. Magee,
 faae' ' ormittee of the School
 l'..,ent p',rs association of Pine Bluff'
 have just completed an examl-
 of a report submitted to the
 tps '.i,tion by H. B. Strange, secre-
 # the Pine Bluff school district
 i, committee finds that necessary spdlturss in the schools !s,. next :s'" year Y 'te ss at least s95,ooo, with revenue tbs 1s-mill tax is not voted' o1 only m rs mn The committee urges the aVvV' a. to support the 12-mill tax ln s's sIection next Saturday.
 ss. -.mill tax produces something lpa ,han s6s,ooo, and the senools will d about sloo,Ooo. The eod a2-miil s;; tax ;s M aroduce aS about $1Oo,0O0, and will ll l,s p'Vas'J the schools to properly care a,,v .s. education and comfort of the 'I,arsn 'rs and at the same time work As'sa . cash basis. It is pointed out ,. Tho M city schools will be approx E,tely s4o,ooo behind at the Degln- ss ' of the next session, and that s,s.d of having about $75,00O or sss ,issN the operate, thay will have 'n irl about $35,OOO, because of the .s,ssity to overdraw in order to N s current expenses. The situa- S makes it imperative to vote the |smil] tax, if the schools of the city !, to be kept up to the high stan .rl and proper provision made for s comfort of the children.
 The report of the auditing commit of the association will be sub- [tted to the organization at a meet Er at the courthouse tomorrow night { < o'clock, pursuant to action taken { the meeting of the school associa- Bbn last Tuesday evening.
 Auditors Report.
 The auditing committees report, Icuding the financial statement pro- Ided by Secretary Strange of the rhool board, follows:
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Correct. Teacher-"What is an unknown nuantity?" Bright Boy-"What you get when you buy ton of coal"
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It,a a Fact.

You can afford to walt for . dead mans shoes if you can Induce some easy mark to board you while you wait.
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Eczema or any blood, liver or kidney Why suffer or pay big bills? Take no assurance, if not benefited, of get but n y0yt ytrade eHef wh %ertorous rem nane edy and fair dealing; a trial is all ask you to give G. s.
 Sold in Pine Bluff by w. l.. De- woody & Co.,, and Mann-Tankersley Drug Co.,, and others at one dollar per eept ee5e of pde er cs % On preprdd yepp druggist oe for G. s. before you order from me. write to me for testimonials and mention this paper.
 L. M. GROSS, 721 Spring St. Little Rock. Ark.
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That'e the ldea.

The men who wants to marry hap oily should pick out good mother and marry one of her daughters; any one will do.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13

No Rum palaees In Persia. There are no distilleries, breweries or public houses in Persia, and the only intoxicating beverage used b homemade wine.
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