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| fit Of certain preliminary training In
elementary military drill.
The District of Columbia has every
reason to be proud of the selected men
whom she will send to the mobilization
camps, and this pride should extend so
far as to place these men in position
to make a favorable impression on the
Army officers at the point of mobiliza-
ton Should the local boards agree
with this opinion of your committee
there is no doubt but that the Military
Service Legion will gladly provide com :
petent instructors to give the selected
men such preliminary training as IS
here suggested"
To Confer on Housing Plans.
Local exemption boards desiring 10
have their quotas. to be sent away
September 5. cared for under the CEN
trail arrangement were asked today In
letter from Daniel Donovan. secretary
TO the board OF District Commissioners.
to appoint a representative to confer
| on the report of the special committee.
Anonymous letters and reports con-
tinue to come to the various boards re-
lating to the falsity of some claims for
exemption. Two reports We're received
by Postmaster Merritt O Chance.
chairman of board No. 3. today. One
case related to man In district No.
and another TO district No. G. The
former said that the man who claimed
exemption because of a wife and four
children did not really support them.
and asked the board TO inquire into the
case. The letter was referred to No. l
board. The latter said that a man liv-
ling on & street northeast. who had
made a claim on account of wife and
a widowed mother. as a matter of fact
never worked. 1t said he did not sup
port his mother before he was mar
ried, and that his wife had money and
he was helping her to spend it.
A Coulter Wells. attorney for No 3
board. today received a letter from a
woman in Galena. Ill. She said she
had read in The Star of a letter sent
to the board by one who signed "Amer-
ican." saying that man in that d.
vision who had claimed exemption on
| account of a wife had no valid claim.
as the wife had held a position in the
government service. She said the let =
ter was obviously meant to hit her
case. at least she took it that way
She said she had tried TO get out OF
the government service on May of this
year. so that she and her husband
could enjoy more of home life, and
that she is now at Galena on vaca-
ton.
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tn rffe. bayonst and bomb. The pris-
oners now number moro than eleven
hundred.
Wounded, Beaches Goal.


One Of the most heroic deeds put on
record In the Canadian corps since the
war began is that of q runner OF Col.
Ormonder's Alberta battalion. The
company to which he was attached was
hotly engaged near the chalk pits. and
he was given a message TO take back
to the battalion headquarters. over
around on which shells were falling
continuously.
He had not gone Tar when ne was
.een to fail, and another runner was at
once sent out with a duplicate Of the
message. The second messenger was
killed midway on his journey. but two
hours afterward the first one arrived
A thu battalion headquarters with his
left arm blown OF near the shoulder.
His terrible wound had been roughly
dressed in the field. and the messenger.
far spent from loss of blood. had then
staggered on to do his duty. He was
removed in a dying condition. but he
carried his message to its destination.
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DIVISION NO. 8.

Physical examinations were resumed
nAea. High SchDeA $oAaCA They aeo-to-
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National Officers Present.

Among those on hand are Conn
mander -in-Chief W. J. Patterson Of
Pittsburgh, Pa. Senior Vice Command
er-in-Chief W. II. Wormstead. Kansas
City. No. and other officials. as well as
delegation OF twelve from AiaskA
and Washington state, headed by De-
partment Commander John J. SEQ OF
Anacortes. Wash.
The encampment week opened yea
terday afternoon with an impressive
patriotic service In the new Old south
Church. Mingled with boys In blue in
the audience were many OF tho boys in
khaki awaiting their marching orders
in the country's newest war for free
dom
Corp James Tanner CT Washington. d.
@, past commander-in-chief. who deltv-
cred the principal address. referred To
their presence in feeling terma
In the parade tomorrow from 10. 600 20
l 1000 veterans are expected TO be in line.
as compared with the 10000 who marched
at the last national encamptnent hero thir-
teen years ago.
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Total,-....Lo2 s 4.os1 s.241 1.11e 1.45s Z
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PRESIDENT TO SETTLE
EXEMPTION PROBLEM
WITHIN A FEW DAYS

\ new definite statement OF the
administration interpretations
of the exemption Of married men
and those with dependents is ex-
pected within the next few days.
President Wilson has taken up
the question and probably will
settle the problem himself.
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Cots Made Available.


Mai. Louis C. Wilson. who has advised
your committee that he has certain
equipment of cots which he was pre-
pairing to turn into the War Depart
ment. but which he will keep and loan
to the committee for the use OF the
local boards using the armory This
equipment will not be sufficient for
the entire 80 per cent of the quota
called from the District of Columbia,
but is sufficient to enable the local
boards to quarter without difficulty
about fifty selected men. Your COM
mittee is of the opinion that not more
than this number of selected men will
desire quarters, the majority of the
men to be called into service having
homes in this city in which they will
final assembly. If, however. more men
should desire quarters than can be ac-
commodated by the equipment of cots
available. it will be possible to use
other temporary equipment which can
be found at the armory.
Bert II. Brockway of the Queen
Cafe. 18th and G. streets northwest, has
expressed to your committee a will
ingness to accept contracts to feed the
selected men for the Regular Army
subsistence allowance of IS cents per
day per man. Mr. Brockway will
agree to furnish three good meals per
day which will pass the inspection of
the local boards. Your committee also
has consulted Gen. Harvey relative to
this proposition, and he speaks very
highly of the service which Mr.. Brock
way has heretofore given in supplying
subsistence to Army attachments in
this city"
Voluntary Assistance Assured.
In concluding its report. the COM
mittee states:
"Realizing that an army mobiliza-
ton, including assembling. Quartering,
feeding and entraining a large body of
men. is one which would tax the al
ready burdened members of the local
boards, your committee has taken up
with Col Richard d. Simms. president
of the Military Service Legion. the
question of securing voluntary service
of retired officers and men of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard. who
are members of this legion. to assist
the local boards in the work Of mob
iiization Col. Simms has assured your
committee that the members of the
Military Service Legion Will gladly VOL
unteer to render such service for the
local boards.
your committee. therefore, recon-
Col Simms to secure for each local
board the services of one member of
the Military Service Legion. who will
assist the local board in the mobiliza-
ton and entertainment of the selected
men of the respective divisions.
Suggests Preliminary Training.
realizing that a number of hours viii
elapse between the time when the mer
are actually called into the service and
the time of entrainment, suggests thai
no better use could be made Of this tims
than - give the -osaooos1 ~ 49,,
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Review by Russian Mission.

The Russian war mission will be taken
along the line OF march fifteen minutss
ahead OF the parade and later will review
the veterans. The mission will be escorted
by a military contingent and by tho An
Gent and Honorable Artillery Company OF
Boston. The ambassador will speak ~ the
annual campfire tomorrow night
The business meetings of the G. A r.,
the Woman's Relief Corps and Sons OF
Veterans will be held Wednesday. Up to
the present little opposition has developed
to the candidacy OF Col Orlando A Som
ers of kokomo. Ind. for commander-in-
chief
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Suggests Preliminary Training

"In this connection your committee,
realizing that a number of hours will
elapse between the time when the men
are actually called into the service and
the time of entrainment, suggests that
no better use could be made Of this time
than - rive the -oo2oa1DA ~ 49,.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
CAN'T MIX BOOZE
WITH AUTO GAS
Wealthy West Orange Owner
Heavily Fined for Injuring
Boy on Highway.

No matter what influence a man
may have, no matter what his posi-
ton, he can't drive an automobile in
New Jersey when his hand is un-
steady ana his mental poise unbal-
aiieed by booze. That was the deci-
sion of State Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner William 2. Dill, who sat as a
magistrate IN this city to hear the
case of George Howard Fuller. a
prominent and wealthy resident of
west Orange. While under the influ-
ence of liquor, Fuller ran down and
fnjurnd' n BOY, and upon conviction
was fined $500, the extreme limit of
the law.
The case before the commissioner
was on an order for Fuller to show
cause why his drivers license should
not be revoked. A high priced array
OF counsel, prominent politicians and
other men of influence urged the
commissioner not to take away the
mans license.
While am satisfied that Fuller is
reputable man, yet that fact seems
to aggravate the offense rather than
tighten it, said Commissioner Dill.
with all the 'interce 4 on on Mr..
Fuller's behalf, | will not, | cannot,
conduct my office honorably and con-
done such offense. l am sorry, but
drivers who put their hand to the
.ssheel of a machine and drive it under
the influence of a rum befogged brain
cannot expect consideration from me.
Mr.. T'uller's license is revoked indefl-
nitely"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
OVERLAND CONTESTS CAR SALES
| For Ten Weeks 1873 Cars Were Sold
BY This Company Daily.

During the ten weeks of the John
n. WHY'S sales congress contest, which
closed August 22. there were 1922
Willys-Knight and Overland cars sold
at. retail value of S39, ,250, ac-
cording to the final checking up OF
the contest figures. The amazing to-
tails are said to not only mark a
record for WHY'S Overland, but also
a record for the medium and high
priced car industry.
For ten solid weeks WHY'S Overland
products went into the hands Of con-
sumers at an average of more than
4.721 cars each week with approx
mately s3,923.725. the proceeds de-
rived from their sale pouring into the
factory. On the basis of six working
days a week. the daily retail sales
average was in the neighborhood OF
73S cars sold every day at retail
value Of s653.954.
ut was by far the greatest drive
in automobile selling history" said
w. w. Sinclair. Tulsa Willys-Over-
land dealer. THE result, however
was almost inevitable. No amount OF
opposition could check that vast wave
OF selling. simply because the men
were backed up by product of real
quality.
"Skelled in the art Of selling, sup
ported by factory reputation for q
square deal and with the most COM
preheusive line Of cars ever turned
out by a single manufacturer, their
progress was irrlstible."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
TRIBULATIONS OF ONE
AUTOMOBILE DEALER
Too Many Cars on Poor Markets and
Not Enough on Good
Ones

In these days OF get-rich schemes
most everybody seems to think we
auto dealers have a cinch. But | as
sure you they are wrong. life is not
one grand sweet song, and we really
are quite often in n pinch.
No boys, | am not squea,er--Just
simply an auto dealer-and there are
many like me on the row. Just come
or over here while l whisper in your
ear my own sweet little tale Of woe.
First I sign contract with the
maker that I'll be a record breaker,
and agree to sell million cars or
more. before / even get a car upon
the floor.
Next | must buy big time clock,
lathes and tools and lots of stock, and
install system till I'm nearly dead.
Then If fail why he looks wise. and
tells me I should advertise, and
breaches sermons on the overhead
tho the true cause of my destruction
was his own enlarged production TINT
he had simply showed along to me
combined with the fact that I his
mistakes must rectify and give my
owners work and service free.
This was the case year ago, tho
now tits hardly so--in fact it's really
quite the other way. 7 now could
sell cars by the score, but rye had to
close the door, for ! simply cannot
get a car today. I have forty pros
rccts closed, and till recently supposed
that soon / would be able to deliver.
but again that maker failed me, and
the prospects nearly Jailed me, when
they found / didn't even have n flivv-
YER
Meantime I tear my hair and oc-
c.sionally swear, and wonder how to
make the business pay; l can phone
and telegraph-all that maker does
is laugh, and state. We're way be-
hind today--in perhaps month or
two we may send along a few. tho we
really wouldn't promise we could
do it."
80 I have discontinued taking or
ders while the wife is taking boa arderss
and I hope TO the good Lord we can
both live thru its. T. w. in Motor
Age.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
THE GOODYEAR MANS ESCAPE
Managing Director of Akron Company
Rescued ut Sea.

since cable advices have reached
th's country concerning the ship
wreck OF A. W Allkin. managing di-
rector or the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Co.~of south Africa, GOODYEAR men
are wondering how many of~them are
TO nave this same experience. The
tirst OF the Goodyear repi esentatives
10 meet dangers OF a disaster at sea
was waiter Tompkinson. while en-
route to New zealand. He was COM
PEELED to abandon his vessel in mid
ocean, when an Internal explosion
caused II TO burn to the waters edge.
NeN' came the experience of How :
ara hunter, while returning TO AUS
traiia' whose ship pounded to pieces
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
HAYNES 1918 MODELS
SHOW IMPROVEMENTS
Have Straighter-Lined Bodies,
Stouter Frames and More
Flexible Springs.

Improved bodies, straighter lines.
stouter frames and longer and more
flexible springs characterize the new
Haynes 1915 models, whlcn just have
been announced. The hood OF the new
Haynes is high-arched and the front
tenders are shaped TO conform to the
wheels. The touring bodies are OF the
double cowl type and the weather
tight windshield is Tilted.
Practically no change hns been
than made in the famous Haynes
Eight motor six" which was intro
duced more than three years ago. The
light twelve" engine has been con-
tinuod. too. with only minor better
ments. On the six the starting mo-
tor has been moved from the front OF
the motor case to the transmission to
enable the use OF n BendiN starter
drive to ring gear on the flywheel.
Two new body types have been add
ed to the line this -passen-
ger town cars and convertible coupes
in both the light six and light
twelve" Besides, an original 4-pns-
senger roadster. the "Fourdore," "
which takes its name from having four
doors, Is announced. This roadster
is built on the same chassis as the
7-passenger touring car, having a 127-
inch wheelbase
The new Haynes line of open cars
comprises the "Fourdore" in both
the Eight six" and twelve" 5-passen-
ger touring cars in the "six." and T.
passenger touring cars in the "six" and
twelve"
All the omen models are equipped
with Blackmore door curtain openers.
which swing out with the doors and
close tightly There Is a tonneau light
in the center cowl. with a conveniently
located switch. to add to the pleasure
of night driving. The front seat is un-
divided. and the rear cowl panels of
tie 7-passenEer touring cars, light
six" and twelve" are done In Ameri-
can walnut. The auxiliary seats fold
into this panel and doors close over
them
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
SLEEVE VALVE MOTOR
PROVES ITS STABILITY
Knight Engines Used In Many Auto.
motors on European
BattlcfiellS

Without any blare of trumpets the
knight sleeve valve motor has come
into is own in the great war and today
not only the allied armies but the en-
emy as well are depending very largely
upon the efficiency and reliability OF
the Knight engine on the field OF bait
Ito, says w w. Sinclair of Tulsa Over
land company
IF we trace the history of the Euro
pean war. which war depends to a
large extent upon gasoline-we find
the Knight engine In the thick of It
from the very beginning back in 1914"
he says.
When the British army went over,
tho motor transports furnished by the
British government were all knight
motored. and from that day to this
practically all or the British army
movements have been carried forth
by Daimler Knight busses and motor
transports.
And again it was the Knight motor
that helped save Paris. For when the
famous "taXicab army" went forth
II ON the French capital. the bulk OF
thom were carried by Panhard-
Knights
Then late in 1915 came the su-
preme achievement OF the Knight mo-
tor. For when the British "tanks''
were designed, the Knight motor was
the unanimous choice OF the British
staff
''rhe tank is a verftable moving
fort weighing many tons ana OF tre-
mcndous strength and power. Its sue
cess OF course and the lives of its crew
depend first and foremost upon the
power plant, for should this fail In
even ;he slightest degree the tank is
doomed
The British of course know this.
and when II came TO deciding upon the
engines. Daimler Knights were spec
filed and two 6-cylinder sleeve valvo
motors were installed In each tank
TO furnish the power.
THAT is without question the
greatest compliment ever paid the
sleeve valve motor. and Is the crown
Ing achievement of "a long list of no.
table triumphs which include. among
others, the breakng of all worlds
records, the Acknowledgements Of Euro
pean motoring circles that the knight
Is supreme, establishment of n new
British record, establishment Of
new American record, adoption by tho
London Omnibus company, adoption
by the Fifth Avenue Bus company,
and the Wescott Express company OF
New York. with $50 Nlllys- knight
taMcabs and the LaSalle Hotel Taxicab
company of Chicago with 100 WHY'S
Knight cars"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
CAR MANUFACTURERS ARE
READY TO MAKE WAR BIDS
Detroit Board of Commerce Has
Representative i'm Washington
Ready to Act

During the last three weeks more
than two hundred Detroit manufac-
turing concerns have inspected spcCl-
fications for bids on war materials
and in most cases bids have ben sub
mitted. OF these several were manu-
lecturers of motor cars and kindred
products, tho not In many cases we've
the bids accepted The reason for
this doubtless is that few OF them
were for quantity orders so that II
contracts. j. II. Cullen, Industrial
secretary Of the Detroit board Of COM
merce is In Washington conferrinc
with the purchasing departments OF
the various bureaus determining how
orders may be apportioned among the
Detroit manufacturers.
One of tho problems facing manu-
lecturers Of war contracts here. is In
obtaining storage space for the war
material. A resolution was passed at
a special meeting of the manufactur
ers to ask the government to provide
a warehouse for all munitions manu-
factured. The goods will be placed
mere and receipt obtained after
which the manufacturer may receive
his money from Washington This
step Is deemed necessary in view OF
the fact that transportation Difficult
ties are liable to increase during tho
winter so that the goods may not be
readily moved ard because many con-
Germs require immediate capital for
continuing their work, This resolti-
ton will be forwarded to Washington
at an early date.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
TRACTORS
GOOD ROADS
BIG GAIN OF AUTO
OWNERS IN WEST
Denver Show Records Increase
of More Than so Per Cent
of New Owners.

The Rocky mountain regions finest
motor show held last week in Denver.
is considered fitting celebration OF
the purchase OF approximately 30.650
cars thus far in 1917 by Colorado.
New Mexico, and Wyoming. which
comprise the main territory supplied
10y Denver district distributors. This
Is a gain OF so per cent over last
wears total registration of 60.22i for
the three states. BESIDES. It is more
than twice the piper cent gain of
1880 predicted eight months ago by
officials of the three states at the time
OF tho show here last March. The
1917 Increase is made up as follows:
Colorado. 2i,l30 cars or AZ per cent;
New Mexico. 5.645 or 6s per cent.
Wyoming. 1875. or "a per cent.
Last years registration for the dis
trict showed n gain OF 22.6 cars, or
60 per cent over the 1915 total OF a.
h47. II would require n gain OF only
2S per cent to give next year $4,000
moro cars than the present 1917 total
of 90.S73, and Rocky mountain dis
tributors expect to see at least that
big an increase.
Car Per Capita One In ~.
There Is now one car for every 18
Of the districts 100000 people,
total population equal to half that ~
Chicago The territory has one citS
OF 100000 about a dozen rangint
from 5000 to $4,000 and scores Of
scattered smaller towns.
The show Is being held in the citya
$4,000 municipal auditorium II has
more than one hundred cars. OF haN
that many makes. exhibited by forty
distributors and there are also q ac-
cessory displays Tho total attend
ance for the week is expected To reacn
30. 900 or $4,000. The event IL man
aged by George A. Wahlgreen, aided
by Assistant Manager Harry c. Mock
and committee OF II members OF
the Denver Automobile Trades assoc
ciation. which is conducting the show.
Statuary. wal! paintings and other ar
tistic decorations have been prepared
by Leo Lentelli and A. Berghesi, Of
Panama exposition note.
The three states have shown sub
Stantlal gains in practically all prod
ucts and industries, In highway devel-
| opment and In the purchase of utility
cars In New Mexico. for example.
about two hundred cars have been
bought this year for stage lines 10
carry passengers. express and freight.
land II Is estimated that fully two
fifths OF all the cars there are used
| entirely or largely for business pur-
poses
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
Motor WARNINGS

Pain is the warning which the hu-
man machine sends forth when Il Is
worn or dlsarranged and so needs at-
tention. The motor car gives notice
OF It's ailments by making noise. The
well-built car OF the present comes
close TO being noiseless, and the driver
soon becomes familiar with its accus-
toned hum. An out-of-the-o ordinary
squeak or knock or rattle Is a warm
Ing OF trouble brewing. The wise mo-
torist hoeds the warning. The trou-
hle may be loose bolt or plu, a part
out of adjustment. or worn or
broken part 1c the motorist cannot
lccate and remedy the trouble for
himself he should seek the aid Of ths
repair man before more serious trou-
hle develops. or he suffers a break
down on the road A stitch in time
saves nine in the garage as we'll a.
In the tailor shop.-Milestones