Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-06
time, however, the card was properly
filled in and the negro departed.

E. r. Grove. registrar. and J. w Hur-
ley, assistant registrar. at the neat
ley School, Monticello avenue and Neal
street northeast. took issue with the
statement in The Star of yesterday thai
Harold Keats, publicity man OF the
registration bureau, was the first TO
register.
IF Mr.. Keats registered at one min
ute of o'clock yesterday morning.
said Mr.. Grove. 1T was not legal reg
istration, as the President said the reg
istration was to be from I O'Clock IN
the morning until 9 o'clock at night.
Both Mr.. Grove and Mr.. Hurley claim
that John Francis Kelly. clerk OF the
National Savings and Trust Company
has the honor of being the first to reg
lister. Mr.. Kelly was at the registration
table with Mr.. Hurley Mt two minutes
of I o'clock. AT the stroke of Mr.
Grove gave the signal to proceed. and
five minutes later Mr. Kelly was out
of the school building.
Sliding on his hands and legs. unable
to stand, young man registered al the
Gales School yesterday afternoon
'"They didn't have to force me 10
come here he said to the registrar. Il
want to help Uncle Sam. and, although
am unable to stand up or sit erect
suppose l could do some clerical work,
and ] will he ready when he calls upon
me-
Napoleon Jones (Which is not his
name), oolored, of Barefoot alley. says
figures lie He says there is no doubt
of this fact and that he can prove It,
Yesterday morning bright and early
Napoleon went to the Garnet School to
register. He had spent the greater par;
of the evening before writing out the
| answers to the registration questions
published, and he felt that there was
little chance of his making an error
ct at before r.
So, when asked his full name, Napoleon
consulted his written answers and
II ssed the preliminary with flourish.
But in the second query there was
hitch.
your age, Napoleon" questioned the
registrar.
Thirty, miss" answered Napoleon
when were you born?'
Again Napoleon consulted his answers
and replied
Born January 3. 1856"
"That would make you thirty-one,"
said the registrar.
But All amt thirty-one." said Ma
poleon. "Ahm only thirty
well. then. you were not horn Jan
| uary 3. 1856" said the registrar. That
would be impossible"
Yes, All wuz born then" came in
! heated words from Napoleon. "Ah
| copied 1t frum de Bible. Here it is.
| He showed his scrawled copy:
"Borned dan. 3. 1856"
The registrar was stumped, because
Napoleon certainly did want to regis
| ter However. several high school ca
/ diets had to lead Napoleon quietly to
| the exit The registrar decided that
there would be something radically
| wrong in doubling the words of the
Good Book; they would go much far
Their than the applicants own figures
Napoleon Jones of Barefoot alley did
| not register
i When asked the twelfth question on his
| card a colored man at the Garnet School
| replied that he claimed exemption be-
cause he was illterate.
What do you mean by flliterate?
questioned the registrar You seem to
have answered your questions In very
! intelligent manner.
You know what flliterate' means, don't
your" said the colored man. q
Yes, 1 know replied the registrar
but l just wanted to make sure that we
get everything straight. Just what do yor
mean by tlliterate?"
ate as All can possibly be-Ah'm all para
| lyZed on de right side
Among the very early arrivals who stood
In line for an hour or more at The Adams
School yesterday morning was youpf
blind man He came to the school alone
feeling his way from sidewalk to sidewalk
and from curbstone to curbstone with q
cane. 1t was unusual that he fell directly
in line. in a position he was entitled to
before asking If he was anywhere in tn.
neighborhood of the Adams School. Wher
a friendly policeman answered in the af
4 frmative it seemed impossible to realize
Il that the man was totally blind.
II When asked by a Star reporter IL III
would claim exemption the blind man re-
piled:
"Of course cannot go to war and figh
for my country. but there is nothing II
the world I would love to do more. 1 will
not claim exemption Sometimes 1 ever
4 have a feeling that there may be som,