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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02

Washington, July 2The wheels Of
the great machine which will turn out
the new national army OF the United
States began to move today.
Secretary of War Baker issued the
rules of regulating prescribed by
President Wilson for local district
boards, for the draft of the New Ma
talon armies of the United States.
The only provision for the exemp-
tion of industrial workers is the act
of congress which authorizes the Presi.
dent to exclude or discharge "Per-
sons engaged in industries, including
agriculture found to be necessary to
the maintainance of the military es-
tablishment or the economic effective
operation of the military forces. or the
maintenance Of national interest dur
ing the emergency"
Thre is no special class exemption.
Glass exemptions apply only to officers
OF the United States and the several
states, ministers, students Of divinity,
persons in the military or naval ser.
vice Of the United States, subjects OF
Germany residing in the United States
and all other resident aliens who have
not taken out their first papers
Upon application to the local board
other classes Of persons may secure
exemption These applications may
be filed by County and municipal Of.
ficers, persons employed in the trans
mission of the,mails, workmen in ar
senals and navy yards, pilots, mariners
actually on sea duty, those with per-
sons dependent upon them for sup,
port religious directors organized
prior to May IT, 1917 and those found
morally deficient. The local boards
are required to decide these claims Of
exemption within three days after the
filing Of the ailidaeits.
Appeal FROM the action OF tn local
exemption board may be taken 10 tie
district board by the individual. Up
on the other hand the government Jf
the United States acting thru the pro
yost marshal general may appeal TO
: the district board from The decision
Of NE local hoard
The President viii apportion to the
several states and territories the quo.
tas to be furnished Quotas viii be-
: apportioned,
Provost Marshal General Encch II.
Crowder has prepared the following
summary Of the operations OF the reg.
nlalions
THE registration is being e0m.
pleted and the registration cards be
: ng ready for use In further proceed.
ngs the President will appoint with
: the power of removal. the members
] of the local and district boards.
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
STACKER FEARED
FRENCH TRENCHES

Giving an overpowering fear of
trench warfare as his reason for fall-
ure to register on June 5. Warren
Hopp. alias Smith. was brought to OF
tawa from Streator this afternoon and
lodged in the County Jail as a Stacker
fIopp was arrested last night IN
Streator when he could not produce
a registration card He said his home
was in Winnetka and that he had gone
on the farm to work in hope Of
escaping the draft. He will be give n
chance to register and II he falls to
obey the order he will be turned over
/ to the Federal authorities.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
MACHINERY is PUT IN
MOTION TODAY; NAME
FREE CLASSES
ORDERS ARE ISSUED
RULES GOVERNING coNScRlP.
TIoN ARE ANNOUNCED Bv SEC.
RETARY BAkER-ALL ALIENS
NOT 0EcLARANTs, ARE Ex.
cLUDED FROM SERVICE.
THE ExEMPTlONS:
Persons exempted from mi

Persons exempted from military
service by draft regulations.
Persons engaged In industries
which act Of congress authorlxss
the president to exclude from the
draft.
Officers of the United States and
OF the several states, territories
and the district Of Columbia.
Ministers Of Religion.
Students Of Divinity.
Persons in the military or naval
service Of the United States.
Subjects Of Germany residing In
the United States.
All resident aliens who have not
taken out their first papers.
Upon application the local OK.
enption board the following may
be discharged from military duty:
County and Municipal Officers.
Custom house clerks.
PERSONS employed by the United
States In the transmission o. the
mails.
Employees Of armories, arssnals
and navy yards Of the United
States designated BY the president
to be exempted.
Pilots.
Mariners actually employed In
sea service without United States,
Those with persons dependent
upon them.
Any persons members of reiin.
ious sects on organizations organ.
lied and existing May 10, 1917,
whose then existing creed or prln.
cipIes forbid its members to particl.
pate in war in any form.
Those found to be morally deficl-
ent.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
WILSON CALLS UPON
DRAFT BOARDS T0DO
DUTY WITHOUT FEAR
ISSUES STATEMENT CITING PAT.
RiOTlC WORK AHEAD OF Ex-
EMPTloN BODIES IN SELECTING
NEW DRAFT ARMY.

Washington. July 2-The drafted
armies OF the United States will be
drawn with "the least inequality and
personal hardship" President Wilson
today in issuing regulations for the
working of the draft urged upon every
member Of every draft board 'im-
partial and fearless performance of
the delicate and difficult duties en-
trusted" in order that Our armies at
the. front may be composed Of men
free sense of injustice in their mode
of selection"
President Wilson's statement fol-
lows:
"The regulations which am to-
day causing to be promulgated
pursuant to the direction of the
selective service law, cover the
remaining steps of the plan for
calling into the service Of the
United States qualified men from
those who have registered. Those
selected as the result of this pro-
cess to constitute with the regular
army the national guard and the
navy. the fighting forces of the
nation, all of which forces are
under the terms of the law plac-
ed in position of equal right, dig
nifty and responsibility with the
members of all other military for
ces.
The regulations have been
drawn with view to the needs
and circumstances Of the whole
country and provide a system
which country and provide a sys-
TEN which il is expected will
work with the least inequality
and personal hardship. Any sys-
TEN of selecting men for military
service whether voluntary or in
voluntary In its operation neces-
\ sarily selects some men to bear
tHt DuluCi vi udl6Ni anu sotAtii
flee for the whole nation. The
system here proposed places all
men of military age upon an
even plan and then, by a
selection which neither favored
the one or penalties the other
calls out the requisite number for
service.
} 1.-The successful operation OF
this law and of these relations
depends necessarily upon the 10y
atty patriotism and justice of the
members of the boards to whom
its operation is committed and
! admonish every member Of ey-
cry local board and of every dis
trict board of review that their
duty to their country requires an
imperial and fearless performance
of the delicate and difficult duties
intrusted to them. They should
remember as to each Individual
case presented to them that they
are called npon.to adjudicate the
most sacred rights of the indi-
vidual and to preserve untarnisn-
ed the honor of the nation.
"Our armies at the front will be
strengthened and sustained il
they be composed of men free
from any sense Of injustice IN
their mode of selection and thev
will be inspired to loftier efforts
in behalf of country in which
the citizens called upon to per-
form high public functions per-
form them with justice, fearless
ness and impartiality
(Signed)
"WOODROW WILSON
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
COUNCIL WILL MEET
ION TUESDAYS WHEN
NEW LAW IS PASSED
COMMISSION WILL ADOPT ORDI-
NANCE AFTER IT HAS BEEN ON
FILE a WEEk-REPoRrs or
OFFICERS READ TODAY.

If an ordinance presented to the
council this morning at its regular
monthly meeting, is passed, and 1t
looks like it will be adopted, the
weekly Monday morning sessions will
be done away with and in the future
the Legislators will convene on Tues
days at . o'clock in the morning to
discuss affairs of state.
Monday meetings have become OBJ.
jecti0nable because OF the large
amount of business now being trans,
acted thru the city Offices, thru which
1t became necessary for members OF
The council and particularly Clerk
Curtis to devote the larger part Of
their Sahbalhs to municipal business
in orver that reports, pay rolls and
other things incident to the Monday
sessions. could he put in proper shape
fer presentation to the commission
The proposed ordinance WIS pre-
sented today. and from general senti-
ment exl ressed in the council rooms,
Tuesday is more desirable for all con
cclned even the deer peapui and
atter the ordinance has lain on file
for week, it will formally be adopt
ed and the meetings altered accord
in ,lv
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
RECTOR, BARRED FROM
ARMY, ENTERS FACTORY.

Greenville, Pa, July 2.--Unabe to
serve In the army because of his age,
the Rev Il. A. Lemoine, rector Of st.
Clements Episcopal Church, will work
In munition factory in Cleveland
during July and August az his contri-
button toward the defense Of his coun-
try,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
Pay Roll.

The pay roll. amounting to $G,309 26
and covering the general expense Of
the city, together with the salaries Of
all its employees. was ordered paid
and then the council adjourned
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
SEVEN DRUNKS
GIVEN HEARING
AT POLICE COURT

Seven drunks were arranged before
Justice Koenig this morning as q re.
suit of arrest made Saturday evening
and Sunday
The majority of the birds" secured
their liquor Saturday night, 80 as to
pass over the Sahara desert period
In good style. The customary fine
OF 70 and costs was assessed each one.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
Officers Report.

Reports Of officers occupied the
principal portion Of the session today
City Clerk Curtis announced there
was cash credit to the city's ac-
count of 81, 2,l6S.70 in the banks.
Chief Of Coppers George Zurich re-
ported 56 arrests during the month
20 paying fines, two going to the coun-
ty Jail and total collection Of $l0l
as damages suffered by the munich
pality because OF law violations.
Fire Marshal Joe Boissenin s2nt his
men cut to one c0nflagratiOn which
wasn't a coniiagration at all, but a
common. ordinary, domestic form of
incipient blaze. Inspections in his
department were made of twehty-six
business houses and dwellings,
Street superintendent reported hav-
ms spent s3S6.33 in the streets and
alleys department during the month
City Sealer Johnson reported gas
tests showing the quality to have been
up to standard save on one day when
the gas record showed falling off
of two points less than the required
tithrc.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
JUDGE
ELECTION FORCED
BY LOWDEN VETO
Ia SALE COUNTY MUST CHOOSE
A SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE A. r.
LARDlN--WiLL COST $1,000.

An election to fill the vacancy In
the probate court caused by the death
of Judge Lardin. probably will be held
in La Sale county in September.
The Judge elected at that time will
have one year and two months to
serve before the general election in
1918 Plans for the election are be-
ing tentatively outlined by party
leaders since II became known Gov.
Lowden had vetoed bill which would
have provided for an appointment of
probate judg II. cases where the va
cancy occurred within two years Of
a general election.
Lowden to Set Date.
Notification of the vacancy was
made to Gov. Lowden by Probate
Clerk Hilm at the time of Judge
Fithian's death. 1t now remains for
the governor to set the date for the
primary election. Such action has
been postponed pending the iina. de
cision on the Senate bill introduced
by Senator Barr, Of Joliet.
According to estimates of the pro
bate clerk and county clerk, the pri
mary and general election viii cost
the county approximately $4,000.
Sixty days notice must be given OF
the primary election. Counting de
lay in the filing of candidates and In
the call Of the general election 1t Is
not believed the vacancy can have
been filled before late in September.
To Get Notice.
Notice Of the date for the primar,
will be received by the county clerk
probably within short time and thu
candidates will file shortly after
ward
Several prominent La Sale count!
men, talked of as probable appointees
by the governor in the event of tn,
passage of the Barr bill, are now con
sidered as prospective candidates.
The Barr measure was vetoed b.
the governor on the grounds it wa
unconstitutional.
Because of the expense entailod b.
a primary and election, members O
the Board of Supervisors have trie
to let the iudgeship go by default, IN
till fall when the governor could az
point successor Of Judge lardin
AS the situation now stands it
almost mandatory that the executiv
call special election and that a
4 plans made by the solons be wipe
out that the law can be followed {
the letter.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
Hold Up Nets $4,000.

Chicago, July Five automobile
bandits held up Clarence Beard, cash
Ter of the National Tea Company, as
he stepped from John Rump's private
bank today with his firms payroll
and escaped with between $4,000
and S2O.O0O.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02

A petition, signed by virtually all
the medics OF the city, endorsing the
| pans for Ryburn Memorial hospital,
/ was presented the council A similar
! recommendation was received from
the hospital trustees As there have
been no plans or specifications as yet
1 presented, the council, the mayor and
\ his colleagues We're somewhat at a
loss as TO what to do with the two
communications. 1t was finally de
cided to wait until some specific plan
together with specifications for the
new addition, were presented the
council and then tack the reco.nmen.
dations onto them for the edifcation
of future generations.
II was hinted at the meeting OF
commissioners that perhaps the doc
tors and hospital board approved the
general plans" as outlined IN pre-
liminaIy drafts N the building.
To Guard Concrete Mixing.
Commissioner Helfirich announced
that several prominent citizens had
: objected to him to the manner and
form enforced by the N, !. Il. Il ~ Co.
while laying It's conduits thru the
: "loop" district. The complaints were
all on the same featureihat the con
crete WAS thrown onto the cOnduits
IN green conditions and Immediately
: without living II time to set properly
dirt was thrown onto the mixture.
: The contention is that this is bad
practice With concrete and II was rec
commended that the company NJ leasI
X wait d few hours until the concrete
! was set SO that dirt would moi mi,
, with il and impair It's efficiency.
Commissioner lel'Irich was author
( lied to employ an Inspector whose
duties It would be to see that all tn,
underground work Is properly don,
80 that In few years the cUnduitl
Q will not have 10 be torn up and re
placed. thereby damaging the new
}. pavement when It Is down.
! Pay Roll.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-02
EX''1RA

East st. Louis, lll.-Two ne.
groes were shot and killed here
this afternoon In race riots
following their attempt to kill
William keyeser. a local hard
ware merchant. keyeser was
shot and seriously wounded. Six
|. NJ G. regiments arrived here
this afternoon to take charge Of
the situation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
NO EVIDENCE
OF ANY PLOT
State Fire Marshal Thinks Munitions
Plant Explosion Was Re-
suit Of an Ac-
cdent

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April r.
There is no evidence of plot" Is
the statement today by G. Chal Port,
state fire marshal, who with a CORPS
OF special aids, is making an ex-
haustive study of the Eddystone am
munition plant, which was blown up
Tuesday
An accidental flare up" of black
powder in the shaking chamber" in
the east end of the main building az
fected by the blast, started the ex-
3losion, said the marshal.
Despite the statement of the state
official, federal officers are working
today on the various clews that have
been offered from many sources.
Nearly sixty Of the unidentified
dead, still at the Chester morgue,
will receive public burial today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
NO LETTERS
TO GERMANY
Postofflce Department Has Issued Or
ders Which Will Put Lid
on This Cores
pondence.

Keokukians-and all other resi-
dents of the United States-who have
been in the habit Of corresponding
with relatives and friends in Ger
many will have to forgo that privilege
now that the war is on between this
country and that.
Postmaster McManus has received
from Postmaster General A. s. Burle-
son at Washington, D. c., the latest
bulletin order No. 211, which has been
sent to every postmaster in the coun-
try and it's possessions. The order
states that during the continuance OF
hostilities between this country and
Germany, postal employees must re-
fuse to accept all mail of any sort
whatever destined for any part Of
Germany or it's possessions.
Any mail SO received in United
States postoffices will be sent to the
dead letter office, to be returned to
those who sent it. The bulletin con-
cludes with: "In view Of the fact that
under existing conditions mail for
Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg, Bull
garia and Turkey requires transit
through Germany, to which country
the United States is now suspended,
mail for those countries will be treat
ed, until otherwise ordered, in the
manner herein prescribed for mail
destined for Germany, but mail from
those countries received in the United
States, will be dispatched to destina-
ton"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
REJOICE THAT
AMERICA ENTERED
CONTINUED from page ~

tive war-she will ensure a benef-
cial peace"
II am glad America has already
sent nacal and military experts to
confer" the premier declared, amid
cheers. Am erica's enormous help
is illustrated in the guns used in
Mondays victory"
ut was a bad day for the Prus
sian military autocracy when it chal-
lenged the great republic of the
west.
1.-THE road to victory is found in
the word Ships America already
realizes this; hence the proposition
for a thousand 5000 ton merchant
men.
For three years the British tried
every blunder thinkable and got into
every bunker the premier con.
tfnued, relapsing into golf terms.
''hut fine niblick has made our
score. 1t will be worth while for
America to study our plumbers so as
to begin where we are now, not
where we were three years ago"
Ambassador Page proposed a toast
to the king and to President Wilson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
NelU Hair Remover
Gets Roots and All

Here's the greatest thing for hair-dis-
figured womankind that has happened In
hundred years! A way to actually
remove the roots of supertluous hair
easily, instantly, and harmlessly! A
method that does away forever with shay
ing, electrolysls, and the applica ton OF
preparations which merely take of the
surface hair.
The new phelactine process Is so certain
to remove tho hair entire, roots and all.
that druggists are authorized to refund
the price In ary case Of Dissatisfaction
There's no odAr or nluesiness about phe-
lactine, and 1t Is entirely non poisonous
child could safely eat 1t. Get stick
Of phelactine today. follow the simple
directions. and you will have the sur
prise OF your life. With your own eyes
you will see tho roots come out.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
F0UR-F0LD Benefit

From Two Grand Medicines in Spring.
You know that physicians often give
two prescriptions, perhaps more, or
medicines to be taken together, or al
ternately Or at different times.
One reason may be that the medi-
cines are 'incompatible"--do not agree
when closely mixed in taking-or that
desired results cannot be secured by
one medicine alone.
The most successful combination
spring medicine treatment that we
know of-because perfectly "compat-
IDLE" and productive of the best re-
sults-is in Hoods Sarsaparilla and
Peptiron Pills. The former thoroughly
searches out and expels impurities
from the blood, while Peptiron Pills
give the powerful tonic-they literally
put iron into your blood"
Hoods Sarsaparilla should be taken
before meals and Peptiron. Pills after
meals-patients taking them so report
the benefit is four-fold-prompt, posi-
tive, permanent. Both these medi-
cines are economical and pleasant to
take.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
GUARDSMEN TO
BE DISCHARGED
Governments Order to discharge
Those With Dependent Families
Will Hit Seven
Here,

The. government order to discharge
all national guardsmen with depend
ent families whether they desire to
serve or not, will hit Company l. but
not seriously. The government ruling
will only effect seven members OF the
local company.
At the present time the company is
recruited up to full strength and can
accept no more recruits. The limit is
100 and the strength Of the local COM
pany is ninety nine. After those with
dependent families have been dis
charged, then the company will start
recruiting again to bring the organiza.
ton up to full strength.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12

at 1713s. Foreign buyers took all the
July and September wheat they
could get.
Corn and oats also were affected.
July corn closed at Sl.35 per bushel,
gain of cents over the opening.
July gained cents, closing at 1873 and
September closed at 129, six cent
gain.
Oats were up from 2as to 27s cents
per bushel.
Cash wheat Of the third grade closed
here at $3.50 per bushel and corn
ranged to $1.45.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
THREE KILLED
INSTANTLY
Elevator Fell Three Stories at Rub
Der Plant With Twelve Men
and Heavy Machine
on Platform.

sUrited Press Leased Wire Service.
AKRON, Ohio, April 12-Three
men were instantly killed and nine
were injured at the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber company plant today
when an elevator fell three stories.
Twelve men and heavy hydraulic
press were on the elevator. A cable
snapped.
The dead:
L. E. HOLLINGSHEAD.
w. KENNEDY.
ONE UNIDENTIFIED.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
WOODEN BRIDGE
ACROSS OCEAN
CONTINUED from Page H.

chase when completed by the shipping
board.
The board may then either resell
the ships, charter them, or operate
them.
At least seventy per cent Of the first
years program to be built on the Pa
cific coast. The new vessels will be
then brought through the canal with
lumber cargoes, for which service at
present freight rates, they will earn
$4,000 apiece-more than enough to
pay for the trip.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
Baseball Attendance,

United Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, April Zone hun
dred and twenty thousand fans
whooped the 1917 baseball season on
it's way in seven opening games. &C
cording to gate estimates of attend
ance today.
Attendance records follow:
Standardization S,0OO Chicago,
$4,000; Cincinnati, 2493S.
American-New York 10000: Phila-
delphia 5000: St Louis, $4,000; De-
troit 25:SS4 (breaking park records)
Total 1882.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
of State Shaw announced today. rms
protection is guaranteed by the state
constitution.
Stock Market Notes.
limited Press Leased Wire Sc

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, April 12.-Opening
gains again were the order on the
stock exchange today, Mexican
petroleum furnishing an exception to
the general tendency by selling down
/ at S51t. Four thousand shares OF
U. S. Steel were traded at the open
ing at 111A and 70, up Is and r..
Union Pacific sold up 70, Republic
Steel 1, American Shelters l. and
Crucible q.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-12
Wants Roosevelt Volunteer Army.

united Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Repre-
sentative Emerson, of Ohio, will in
ssfoduce a bill tomorrow asking Pres
n neht Wilson to authorize former
resident Roosevelt to organize a
sounteer army of $1,000" to De
Grown as the Roosevelt Volunteers. y
moosevelt's army would be subject 10
We, mal department rules and would be
0nuer control of the president.