The Washington herald., 1917-06-06
REGISTRATION NEWS
FROM MANY CITIES

service OF Uncle SAM h1puAr SrO-
WITT, a. Russian, twice refused an op-
portunity to register and was locked
up. Secret Service agents watched the
wards where the bulk of the city's
foreign population resides, but there
was no trouble.
julius Caesar. an Italian with
wooden leg. registered. claimed no ex-
enption. and wants Uncle Sam TO
send him along to mash potatoes for
the soldiers.
Columbus. Ohio. June 5.-Seven hun
dred and twenty-eight prisoners at the
Ohio State Penitcntisry registered to-
day, and only fifteen claimed exernp-
ton.
Cleveland. Ohio, June 5.-AII Of the
men eligible for the draft were not
registered today IN Cleveland. This
became known tonight when closing
tune came and several polling places
were jammed with men who had not
.ls iE~ 4, announced that those
..l gnnG be registered before
3atE - S"s d he taken care Of to-
E1 arso''t.
F 6sIt -g5es une 5.-Ba4timore con-
Z sasfl - t.8 than 6ocl5{Incn TO the
( f.s zt6s az for tie arrny draft
7aar5 5@ poti1g psecincts In the
.sjcF. r1 = average vas about 10
r1laa 20 SCH precinct. The total, IN
re-~eg- . - il above the eStimste
rsps "a -as5s OF the men between p
9, 8. cT wEo live in Baltimore.
tAa par.=-.-7a OF the city being 625,0oo.
PEagLE- June 5.--Over-reach ching
all expectations, the registration in
this city today OF men between the
ages of p and 81. eligible for conscrip-
ton, swamped divisions registers. and
the total wgs under-estimated By al
most 5000. Reports Ieeeiyed late to-
night indicate that Philadelphia will
reach 10000 in its list of elizibles.
Advance estimates had fixed the fgure
in the neighborhood of 10000.
Boston, June 5-The Federal census
estimate Of 37.3s5 eligibles for the
draft in Massachusetts, seemed likely
to be greatly exceeded tonight. a
more accurate figure as to the regis
tration could not be obtained, be-
cause of the crush to register in clos
ing hours--a crush that caused many
registration Ilaces 10 be kept open
until midnight. Some cities, such as
dreds stood in line for hours. Unul
additional cards could be obtained
from Boston. Registration day made
Massachusetts, bone dry for the first
time in its history.
Charleston. S. C. June 5.-Early to-
night il was estimated by the regis
tration officials that more than 5000
had registered in the city of Charles
ton and 1000 in the county. This is
approximately the enrolment expect
ed by the Census Bureau. Similar
reports are being received from every
section of the State. Nowhere was
there any disorder.
Hartford. Conn. June a Louis
B.odyat, q New York commercial
Traveller, was arrested here today for
exhibiting a paper containing anti
conscription arguments.
New York, June 5.-AIl the ex-
changes and brokerage houses in the
financial district were closed today,
while throughout the country the
various grain and cotton markets and
stock exchanges suspended operations
in order to permit members 1nd en-
ployes within the registration age to
declare themselves as loyal and will
ing candidates for the country's serv-
ice.
Norwclk. Conn, june 5-A wife and
children dependent upon him were the
only claims 90 exemption offered to-
day by a colored man registering here.
He said he had thirteen children by
his first wife. now dead, and twenty
by his present wife.
in my own home than register"
Charles Rea, S6. tod a friend yester-
Gay. Today his body was found on
the porch in the rear of his home in
Sheffield. near here. Rea had taken
poison.
Fort Worth, Tex, June S.-N'ord
was brought here today that Z. n.
Fulcher, who had gone into the woods
near Midway Tex, and cstabli3hed
cne-nan fortress. where he an
"as shot and killed by posse late
yesterday.
New York. June.5.-Exemption Of po-
lice and firemen from the -selective
draft was brought to the notice of
registration officials here today when
patrolman' entered local polling
place to register. The patrolman
claimed exemption, because Of his con-
ncction with the police machine gun
squad, but was told that such. ex-
is not a military orsanization. The
registrar explained that the War De-
pertinent has no designs. on either tine
police or FIRE departments.
Hartford, Conn. June 5.-Louls
Brodska, who said he lives at 80
Central Park West, New York City.
was arrested today at Union Station
after he had handed Thomas j. Gill;
gan, train announcer, q hand bill
containing arguments against regis
tration.
New Haven. Conn, June S.-Ush-
aTed in by the tollinz Of bells and
the blowing of Whistles, the work Of
registering for military service the
$4,000 Young men OF draft age Of
this State progressed quietly anu
orderly
Bristol, Conn, June 5.-Six months
in fail was the penalty today imposed
on AdoIph Donner. arrested for dis
tributins anti-conscription lltarature-
He admitted his guilt