Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
WILL INDICT MEN WHO
CORNER EDIBLESTO
PUT PRICE UP
Up TO GRAND Jury
INVESTIGATIONS WILL De CON.
QUOTED IN CHICAGO AND 9TH.
ER LARGER CITIES AS MEANS
OF PREVENTING MISTAKES OF
OTHER WARS.

Many in Ottawa between the ages
OF 81 and 80, will be free from draf,
into the army aceordng to announce.
ment OF exemptions" made known a;
Washington by the war department..
Employees OF the J. r.. Porter Co, King
Il Hamilton factory and Knowles
foundry viii probably be without The
pale of conscription' as workers ,,.
metal, machines. implements and
eonyeyances,
Then there will be- an oycmptioi:
for employees of the Federal Plate
glass factory for being employed in
the naKing o. a,lss, except table and
decorative aware and bottles for beer,
wine, spirits aud aerialed water
Men engaged in thOgc Ia tcr lines
must report for service in caec their
name'i are drawn.
Chicago Reiort and Fircbrick help
ers will be excluded from the draft
because they arc making fircbrick
1herc Is no exceptions fer trades only
In cases who're tic buildings are be
ing constructed under government
contracts All employees Of the vast
number OF silica and foundry sand
companies along the illinois V1lley
viii be permitted to stay al home II
they want 10. The sarc eouriuiy Is
extended coal miners, ircluding the
men working in the small mines along
tho south blum. Employees Of tho
Client Motor Company beeauro they
the 'cngaRcd i'm turning OF; motor We.
hiclcs. Fire clay miners are others
who will not be fcrccd to serve in the
army against their wills.
The police, lircmcn, employees OF
electrical generating stations. gas anu
water works employees are others
whom the draft law wNl ignore. Elm
ploycs Of the county asylum can al
80 evade conscrlpticn IL they soc fl
to use their positions TO c-capo serS
ice. Men employees in the coal trade,
wholesale and retail distribution, can
claim exemption. This would include
men working in all ottawa yaidc.
Then the farmer, in all his lines Of
endeayor, ~ free to stand upon his
constitutional rights" and refuse to
be drafted.
AS the list now stands the draft in
Ottawa Will be confined largely to
clerks, iradeSnep Ct various kinds,
stenographers, lawyers and news.
paper men No exemption Is made
for workers in the Pioneer and Twin
Bluffs plants unless those c0ncerns
quit making fire probing building ma.
terial and turn their energies of the'r
plants to the mining and manufacture
Of fire clay materials,
Tho congcription Law has not. as
yet, been finally acted upon by Con.
gress, but the army oili cals are
counting on its enactment, and are
making advance preparations The
supplies which have been received BY
Sheriff Davis are 10 be held under
seal until released by message from
Washington. This message, IL Is ex
pccted, will come by wire just as eocr
as the conscription law is signed by
the President.
The da'e of registration will b,
fixCl by the government. II will b,
flashed over the country Just as soot
a. the law is effective, and al of The
states have reported they are ready
for action.
When Sheriff Davis has been mott
fed, he will make ARRANGEMENTS fo
taxing tho registration and will reDor
t, Gov. Iowdtn they arc ready. Simi
lar reports, It is expected, Will CON,
from all The other counties in TIT
state, and with these reports in han,
Gov. I.owden will report that lllinoi
ID ready
To Announce Date.
When all tho states have reporte
tho registration date will be annount
cd, and all forces thrGoui the eonntr
viii be instructed 70 act promptly |
8 expected the registration date wi
be act far enough ahead to givc ol
pOrtunity for all necessary pnblicit,
80 that every man caught by the dral
win fa,o full knowledge OF his dnt.
AS tho law row stands, all men b.
tween the ages of 81 and 80 year,
inclusive, must sign the registratio
cards when tho date for that servic
IL announced. This means that me
who have reached their Ilst birthda,
and who have not attained their 3l'
birthday, must register.
The registration will probably ]
carried on in the several votir
places IN The county, under townsh
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