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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-06-01
A QUESTIONS
AND HOW TO ANSWER
Government Issues a Guide to
Facilitate Army Registra-
ton on June 5.

who prepared the questions to be
asked when they are enrolled
on June 5, has also prepared ar
official guide as to how the ques-
tions shall be answered.
Of the twelve questions it is
expected that the most knotty
problems will arise in connection
with the last, which reads:
do you claim exemption from
draft Specify grounds) ?"
The official guide explains the
questions as follows:
Because you claim exemption
from draft, it by no means fol-
lows that you are exempt. For
the information of the War De-
partment you should make a
claim now if you intend to pros
ecute it. Some persons will be
exempt on account of the fact
that they have relatives depend
ent upon them for support. Your
answer touching these things
may be important in supporting
the claim you now intend to
make in your answer to the pres
ent questions. Be sure, therefore,
that the grounds you now state
are in conformity with your an
swer to Question Z and 8. In
stating grounds you claim as ex-
empting you, use one of the fol-
lowing terms:
eff you claim to be an execu-
tive, legislative, or judicial Of
fcer of the State or nation, name
your office and say whether it
is an Office of the state or ma
ton. If you claim to be a mem
Der of a religious sect whose
creed forbids its members to
participate in war in any form
simply name the sect. If you are
employed in the transmission of.
the United Statese mails or as
an artificer or workman in an
armory, arsenal, or navy yard of
the United States, or if you are
a mariner employed in the sea
service of any citizen or mer-
liant within the United States,
10 state. If you are a felon or
otherwise morally deficient and
iesire to claim exemption on
hat ground, state your ground
briefly. If you claim physical dis
ability, state that briefly. If
you claim exemption on any
ground, state your ground
Physical Defects.
The registrar in a short re-
port which accompanies each
registration card is asked to
"Has the person lost arm,
leg, hand, foot or both eyes, or
is he otherwise disabled? (Spec-
1t is not intended, however,
that the registrar shall pass up
on anything but the most obvi-
Gus physical defects. Persons
whose disabilities are so indica-
ted by the registrar will be drop
ped from the list, but others who
claim exemption on account of
physical disability are liable TO
in order that their phy-
steal condition may be passed up
no by army surgeons. Claims
Of exemption upon other than
grounds will be passed
upon by local boards.
One phase of exemption is
more particularly considered in
Question 8, which asks: "Have
you a father, mother, wife, child
under IL, or a sister or brother
IL solely dependent upon
you for support Specify which,
Consider your answer
Ihoughtfully. If it is true that
there is another mouth than
your own which you alone have
q duty to feed, do not let your
military ardor interfere with the
wish Of the nation to reduce
misery 70 o min;muro ~
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
The Real Spirit
FL PasO Baby Messages To Babies Of France

And wish the war would soon end.
T have given a quarter 20 the Red
Cross that I earned for you
I VIII tell you how I earned T. Ny
mother teaches school and 7 go home
an noon and dress my little brother
for school. 7 wash his hands and
face. too. and that is the way I earned
my quarter.
Park Moore.
1925 East Boulevard
NV Dear Little Allied Friend:
am sending you some toys FOR your
Christmas this year 7 hope you have
q happy Christmas and viii have q
brighter Christmas next year II gives
me a lot Of pleasure 10 send You this
Nv name is Francina Hardie- I
would be very glad II you would write
me letter soon I have a big brother
coming home from France Christmas
7 hope the United States viii soon get
the kaiser
] am joining the Red Cross 70 help
YOU out The Americans are buying
Liberty bonds 20 help the United
States 20 win the war There were
two Circuses here. but 7 didn't 60,
because 7 am giving my money 10 the
Red Cross
Frauclna Hardie
1924 East Rio Grande-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
By LIEUTENANr FITzHUGH GREEN, I. 5 \.
Man Ouerboard!

their crews are made every watch
one captain in the fleet concluded
that his life boat was not manned
smqrtIv enough AZ man overheard
drilL Whereat he proclaimed a spec
iaI Through for the 70 men first In
the boat at next man oyerbOarl-
-Four DAYS later the alarm came
Half the deck force fought for the
prize. Boat falls carried away. In
stead OF one there were five men
overheard Cries OF the dead and
dying were lost in the roar Of indi-
vidual combat The experiment was
not repeated A regular crew was
detailed. and furIough taken away iC
they don't speed up Copy
right. 1917, by George Matthew
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

TNASSISTED. the low seventh
grade i'm Lamar school indie
- pendentIy planned and credibly
presented a remarkable entertainment
Of dancing. music and readings as a
benefit to-the Red Cross. recently. and
made over S26-this in addition to
the $3.50 handed in for the toy
money-cIothing shower o. wednesday.
u was the Lamar boys and girls
who enclosed personal messages with
all its gifts collected to bring Christ
mas cheer 20 the boys ana girls in
the war darkened hamlets Of Europe
over SOC Sits. in addition 20 money
and sealed their letters with miniature
American flags Every mlssiTe was
worthy publication. but here are q
few chosen al random. and given TO
show tho sacrifice and love and
thought that accompanied the IN
selfish spirit
Nv Dear Little French Friend
am writing 20 you 20 say how glad
T am to send you something TO make
you happy On Christmas The people
in my land are trying 10 help YOU win
this war I want you 10 write TO me-
live al 1908 Laurel street
II YOU were here 7 would give you
a turkey dinner for we are going TO
have one. I am in the high fourth
grade. The whole room Is writing TO
The people across the ocean TO cheer
YOU
in war like you reoule across the
ru. do NOT know who will get
this letter ll- SNOW that 7 viii love
every one oC you 7 hope that this
world war viii soon be over for We
1re very sorry that you ever got into
IT. EIOise May Jones
NJ Dear Little Unknown Friend
am writing you because an
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Here's Latest P.O.Rules; Post Christmas Early
Judge Howe Says Railroaders Lack Proper Vision

~ T IS desired to call the atten-
ton Of the public again 10 the
fact that Christmas parcels in
tended Tor United states soldiers now
in France must be mailed prior to
Nov. IS TO insure prompt delivery by
Christmas. and must be plainly adj
dressed with ink, giving name, rank,
company and regiment, and the words
American Expeditionary Forces writ
ten out, not abbreviated" said post
master T. A shelton The. name and
address OF sender must also be writ
ten in the upper left hand corner and
parcels must not weigh over seven
pounds. postage on which viii be p
cents per pound, or fraction thereof
Parcels cannot be insured or regis
tered
The postal laws and regulations
prohibit the placing Of any writing
whatsoever in the parcels except a
card bearing inscriptions Merry
Christmas Happy New Year Best
Wishes and the like, or such inscrip-
lions may be placed on the cover Of
the parcels so as not TO interfere with
the address, or the words, Please do
not open until Christmas may be
placed on the covering To insure
HINlAI Il aLLELlL4lL III lis pest 10 mark
on the package Christmas Package
such things as sPirituOus liquors,
poisonous articles OF any kind. and
anything iuflammable or explosive,
such as matches, etc, are unavailable.
and VIII subject the sender to heavy
fine If mailed
Regarding the new rates OF post
age, all firsLclass mail now requires
three cents per ounce. or fraction
thereof, instead Of two cents. as here
tOfore. except that Intended for city
delivery. or delivery by rural carrier.
Firstclass mail for delivery in FL Paso
OF a rural carrier out OF FL PasO only
requires the old rate, that is two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof Let
tiers mailed for delivery at other Of
fees. bearing only two cents viii be
returned for additional postage when
the sender is known, and, not bearing
sender's address, viii be forwarded
and the postage due collected at the
office Of address In either case the
letters VIII be delayed
Postal cards require two cents now
Instead OF one cent, as heretofore, and
there are no exceptions regarding
postal cards.
Two cent stamped envelopes may
be used by placing an additional one
cent on them, and the same is true
Of postal cards Three cent stamped
envelopes and two cent postal cards
viii be furnished as fast as the gov
eminent can get them out
There is no additional postage on
any other class Of mail except second
class lueWspapers) which affects
mostly publishers, and does not 90 in
10 effect until July 1913.
ION and after Dec 4, 1917. FOR all
parcel post packages a revenue tax of
one cent viii have to be paid where
the postage amounts TO 25 cents or
over for each % cents OF fraction
thereof. but no additional postage.
Revenue stamps for this purpose may
be purchased at the postoffice at that
time.
I'm view Of the fact that the lobby
OF the postoffice is nearly always
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Little Interviews

cCngested in the evenings. the post
master suggests that patrons en-
deavor as far as possible 10 attend
TO their business at the pOstOffice
earlier in the day, and especially re
quests business houses that send to
the office for stamps in large guam
titles and OF various denominations,
TO do so during the early forenoon,
rather than wait until late in the
evening. thus causing much delay at
the stamp window"
That drawing for a swimming pool
at Fort Bliss by private ". J. erich
ton. OF the engineering corps" said
architect H II Beutell is real archi-
lecture. 1t is the best America has
10 offer-the log cabin colonial If
FL PasO would put I'D a few buildings
Of this type, It would be better off
That man is a real architect and any
community where he locates after the
war. II IL follows his ideas. il they
are all as good as he exhibits in his
plans for the swimming pool and
surroundings, VIII be progressive ana
benefit by t.
The frequency or strikes and
threatened strikes will force govern
ment ownership OF railroads. said
judge W D. Howe. Then, the en-
plOyes now prone TO strike will find
that they nave certain. duties to per-
form, failure TO perform which viii
mean going to Jail They will also
face a probable decrease in wages. I
do not consider the acts OF the striker
to be in the nature Of treason. but
simply the result OF failure to see
the significance Of current events"
"One doesn't have TO 20 to Chicago
to witness penny profiteering; there's
a lot Of Il right here in FL Paso," said
b r Cannon The picture shows
take an extra nickel. but give only a
copper Of il to the government; some
restaurants and hotels add extra pen
MES for the cream IN our coffee; to-
bacconists slap on the nickel flat on
our tins and cigaret packages while
they pay the government only from q
fraction Of a cent to one or two cents.
Everything seems to be along the
same line, like il was in the old days
before pennies circulated here There S
no Legitimate excuse for that now,
when there are plenty OF coppers IN
the banks for making change Why
are we stuck for a profit that the
small dealer camOufages onto US,
ranging from 80 to so percent on the
item2"
In justice TO the picture shows. It
can be said that only in cases Of ten
cent admissions have they added the
five cents On other admissions, they
assume the war tax and the total just
about breaks them even.
From reports I have received from
all over Mexico the southern repub-
lie is becoming settled" said Roberto
Pesqueria, and there Is a demand for
labor in nearly all the states and as 2
result there are few men without en-
ploment."
Farmers Of the Rio Grande valley
have had a good season and followed
the suggestion " the government by
planting additional crops for war pur-
poses" said A G. Graham. IF all
farmers throughout the United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

In view OF the threatening outloos.
why doesn't William II, sign himselL
William the East2-Albuquerqu Her
aid
The kaiser has been given "feed
in ConstantinOple- Perhaps IKE
others In his country. he doesn't care
where he eats so long as he eats
Austin Statesman
The old reliable compliment OF the
country beau as he, at the sunday
dinner, passes the sugar TO his ina
morita, sweets 70 the sweet VIII
soon have 10 be retired-for why
Because there "ain't going 20 be no
sweets. (Ariz-l Examiner
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
MEXICANS PLAN A RAILWAY,
ENSENADA 10 SANTA ROSALIA

san Francisco, Calf, Nov. 5.-The
Carranza government IS planning TO
construct d railway from Ensenada,
the most northern port on the west
coast Of Lower California, to Santa
Rosalia, the principal town In the
southern part, according TO a state
ment today by Gen. Robes del Campo.
military governor OF the southern half
OF the peninsula
Heretofore. the two sections nave
had to rely on water communication,
he said. The railway line would give
the rich mines OF the south a chance
to get out their ore, he added
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

painted as much additional crop acre
age as was planted I'm the Rio Graude
valley there viii be no food shortage.
With bountiful crops I'm the soufh-
west the price Of foodstuff i1 III Faso
IS not as high as il is in many east
countries"
w lille 7 was al san Antonio re-
Gently ] met a number OF the FL
Paso men who are at CamD Travis
and Leon Springs" said c. E. BarEla-
raugh, including Forrest Baker.
Lieut. l. G. Lyman. Pat Holmes and
W. l. Lang They are all making
good also met Gov. ". p Hobby.
and I predict for the state most
tusinesslike and excellent admins
trauon, for the governor is a thor
ough and exceptional business man"
=
although I fully appreciate the
condition Of the real estate stu
alton here said Horace B. Stew
ems Z do not like 20 have 81
over boosted on account OF outsiders
who come here We know that the
Arizona strikes have hurt us here. but
am confident that FL Paso viii soon
be back TO her former place again IN
the world Of enterprise. We are tenn
porarlly suffering slightly, but Il is
only temporary. and everyday shows
. better conditions II oil is discovered
near i Cyan as all eFllenceS now seem
10 predict, then FL Paso viii be
especially fortunate as it will boom
the city, with real foundation for
the boom"
What with Liberty bonds. war
taxes, and the raising OF funds for T.
I II c. A work among soldiers. you
would think FL PasO had her hands
I full" said J. g. Waters You would
[ think sO-yes. but IL didn't prevent
I the bond issue being put through.
These things 90 to show what vitality
Z FL Paso has, and makes one wonder
I just how Tar il could go II put TO the
/ test"
J Distance seems TO make quite a
/ difference between the war spirit and
I the lack OF il, or between the realiZa-
. ton Of what war means and the lack
/ Of it." said Robert T. Bliss Il have
/ just come from the east, and the diff
/ ference between the east and the west
/ in this respect IS surprising. In the
I east the war seems nearer home. and
. is felt about and talked about more
7 intensely than In the west. The west
/ is supporting the government Loyalty
/ but the people seem able TO forget il
. from time to time, which isn't the
/ case in the east"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
YSLETA CHILDREN FEEDING
PIG. 10 HELP HOOVER

The TsIeta school children are prac-
Using economy IN food that should
delight Mr.. Hoover All the scraps
from lunches are carefully saved and
fed 20 q pig purchased by the pupils
They have named the pig Herbert
Hoover At the close OF school the
pig viii be sold TO the highest bidder
and the money given 20 the library
r-----
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
The Real Spirit

thinking Of you very much and wish
you a very happy Christmas. 7 am
sending you something 10 make you
happy I am very happy so wish
you 10 be happy
I am in the fourth grade and am
nine years old
We are working very hard 20 win
this war.
We are sending you the money be
cause our teacher said you need IT,
There was a circus in town but
did not 20 because I stayed home to
earn the money 7 am sending YOU
Marjorie woodward
1909 Rive street
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

German sailors are beginning 90
wake up TO the fact that q they want
not with the allies, but with their own
officers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

Dear Little Friend:
wish Won were here for Christmas.
an sure YOU would have a fine time
Last night was Halloween and /
sure had some FUN.
am in the fourth grade at Lamar
school 7 am sorry that YOU have to
hear those cannon roaring. 7 wish
the kaiser was not living: don't youe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

Fifteen deer and one hunter We're
killed in Jersey yesterday and the
men who killed the deer VIII PROB
ably be severely dealt with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
The U. S. Food Admins

Inc Q. ,. 7 OUl AuulIuL1-
'rEtor says: Food VIII WIN
the War" What Mr..
Hoover means is that food
saved viii help America and
her allies to win the war.
Food wasted will help Ger
many to win. Align yourself
on the side of America and
her allies by signing the
Food Administration pledge
this week.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
(BY II. S. H.

Jail for it. place the hands Of those who have not
earned it. that which perhaps they would never
could earn
The sentiment is the same among the classes in
Britain and America.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

Maybe IT Jest happens, but among
all tn men who are doin' big things for
Their country these days not one wears
long hair. Mrs. Lafe Buds mother az
nved t'dsy an II watch tn baby fer a
month or two while her daughter gifts
a dress altered
Copyright National NswsDaDer Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

We get our bills paid up. and then
Up goes the price OF milk again.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
MORE Truth
w Than Poetry


The Zeppelin Battle Crys
Women and children first"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03
That Rookie from the 18Th SQUAD.

4 an W 7ll'f You yoa because an
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

From reports have received from
all over Mexico the southern repub-
lie is becoming settled" said Roberto
Pesqueria, and there is a demand for
labor in nearly all the states and as 2
result there are few men without en-
ploment"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-16
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DR.. j. W Simpson Of Fort Smith,
Ark, is in tie city to secure a location
but so far has failed to secure suila-
bic quarters DR., Simpson is deeply
impressed with Ardmore and will
make this city his future home,