The Tomahawk., 1917-06-28
GOVERNOR BURNQUIST SENDS
NAMES TO PRESIDENT WILSON
FOR APPOINTMENT.
MANY REGISTRARS TO SERVE
Personals of Exemption and Regis
tration Bodies to Be Identical in
Most Cases-Selection Protests
to Be Checked Up.

sent to President Wilson by Governor
Burnquist in whose hands the selec-
ton was placed.
RumOrs that mayors of various cities
could make recommendations for the
exemption boards we're given quietus
in an announcement made by Provost
Marshal Enoch Crowder in Washing
ton that the selecting of the boards
lay entirely with the state executives.
The lists were sent to Washington
in compliance with the draft law which
specifies that exemption boards shall
be appointed by the President.
In large majority Of cases the per-
scnnel Of the boards will be Identical
with that of the registration boards.
All the boards are expected to be
ready that exemptions may be cOnsid-
cred by July 1. The provost marshal
said that in the interim he would
check up with state executives any
protests that may be made against
their selections and allow time for adj
Justments before the lists are an
rOunced.
Wood Checks Guard Accounts.
What was believed to be hopeless
attempt to find missing property, val
ued at between $4,000 and $4,000
and unaccounted for in Minnesota ma
tional guard records, has been begun
by Adjutant General Fred B. Wood,
following a conference with Governor
Burnquist, Captain w. F. RhinoW, mil
itary secretary to the Governor, and
Major H. l.. Brady, Federal property
and disbursing officer, and custodian
for the government of Minnesota ma
tional guard property.
Approximately $4,000 of unpaid
1916 bills are outstanding against the
guard in addition to the unaccounted
military property it is reported.
1T is hard to see how General
Wood can do much" Major Brady said.
"He is short on property and it is
up to him to find out where the short
ages exist and where the property
now is,
"But he does not know where he
can find the property and probably no
one else does"
Demands by Governor Burnquist and
the chief of the Federal militia bu-
reau for an immediate accounting
started General Wood in the work of
checking over lists. He refused to
make any statement.
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Urged to Exhibit More Sheep.
F. F. Marshall, superintendent of
the sheep department of the state fair,
urges stock raisers to exhibit more
sheep. There will probably be mar
ket established for selling and trading
sheep at the fair he said.
ut will be absolutely necessary to
increase wool production" Mr.. Mar
shall explained. Uniforms, over
coats, socks and other articles of army
apparel are manufactured from wool,
and the wool supply is low
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Home Guard Companies for Range.
Seven companies Of the Minnesota
Home Guard probably will be organ
lied in towns on the Mesaba range,
according to reports at the Capitol,
following the return from that section
of Major Oscar Seebach, chief Home
Guard organization aide to the State
Public Safety Commission. The major
refused to make public any plans.
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' To Load Freight Cars to Capacity.
The Minnesota Railroad and Ware
house Commission has pledged it's full
cooperation in a campaign to load all
freight cars to capacity, the railroads
war board announces.
Investigation shows that the aver
age car is loaded only to 43 per cent
CT its capacity.
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Designated as 1.-THE Gopher Gunners."
The First Minnesota Field Artillery
has been officially designated as "The
Gopher Gunners" Colonel George E.
Leach, commanding the regiment, an
nounced that the men who will man
Minnesota's field guns in the present
war will be given that name.
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Humane Society Names Executive.
w. w. Bradley of Minneapolis has
been elected executive officer of the
Minnesota Society for Prevention OF
Cruelty at a special meeting Of the
organization in the Senate retiring
room at the Capitol. He will enter on
his new duties August 1.
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Grants Degrees In Clinical Branches.
Degrees to specialists in the clinical
branches have been granted for the
first time at the University of Mime
sofa. DR.. Colder L. McWhorter re-
ceived the degree Of doctor Of phil.
osophy in surgery; DR.. Henry w.
Woltmann, the degree of doctor of SCI
ence in neurology; DR.. Rood Taylor.
the degree Of doctor of science ID
pediatrics. President Vincent says
these are the first doctors degrees in
clinical branches ever granted any
where. These men did most Of their
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