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New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
SLackers Will Be Forced
To Take Draft Examination

Washington. July 30.-PrompC and
efficient work by district exemption
boards is expected by government ON
cials as a result Of stripping all red
tape from the procedure OF the
tribunals.
Attornev General Gregory set in mo-
tlon to-day further machinery to in
crease the size Of the registration
reservoir from which the $4,000 men
OF the first call are to be drawn. Thou
sands of men failed to register, 1t has
been found, for one cause or another.
Through the District Attorneys, the
Department Of Justice is rounding up
these men and when found they will
be assigned numbers, which will in
sure their being called up for exami-
nation at an early date. They will be
given the serial numbers Of men near
the top Of the list already permanently
discharged for physical reasons.
The first reports of the local boards
On physical examination are beginning
TO appear A yet, however, they are
not complete enough ~ make any logl-
cal d, iuction as 10 the probable aver
age o. rejection for this reason. In
many districts where examinations are
proc~l-ng, a large number Of men
have asked for affidavit blanks on which
70 submit applications for exemption
because Of dependent families. This
is no criterion of the exemptions to be
granted, however, as each case must
be considered on its merits.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Civil Liberties Bureau
Sending Circulars to Cities
Of More Than 10000
Legal Advisers Ready
Union Against Militarism Cir.
culating Document Signed
by Amos R. (. Pinchot

While the PostofFice Department is
denying the use Of the mails to certain
radical publications, on the ground that
their contents tend 70 discourage en-
listment and TO obstruct the enforce
ment Of the draft law, the pacifst or
ganizations are sending through the
mails tons Of peace propaganda, with a
view TO stirring up opposition to the
war plans initiated st Washington.
The Civil Liberties Bureau, 70 Fifth
Avenue, an offshoot Of the American
Union Against Militarism. announced
yesterday that it was sending TO every
city in the country Of 10000 population
or more-or about 500 cities-a circu-
lar headed "Is the Constitution a Scrap
Of Paper" This circular asks the re-
cipient's support "if you want liberty in
America 70 be something more than a
Statue Of Liberty in New York Har-
bor."
As a provocstion to join the ranks
Of the pacifsts, it states that peace
meetings in New York, Boston and
Philadelphia were "broken up by uni
formed rowdies, assisted by the po-
lice; that scores Of men throughout
the country have been illegally arrest
ed and searched" and that men and
women in eleven cities have been i'm
prisoned for distributing pamphlets
lawfully urging repeal Of conscrip-
ton"
Persecution Is Charged
Liberties won by ages Of struggle
are breaking down under the pressure
Of war" says the circular. Those who
criticise war policies or discuss terms
of peace are subject to continual per-
secution by petty officials determined
TO force their conception of patriotism
upon all citizens.
at is necessary, in order to preserve
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
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Broadway at 34th Street
Cowards To Be Weeded Out
OF y. S. Army by Specialists

see TO IL that the new army is sound
in nerves as well as in wind and limb
is 10 sort out and classify these "de-
fectives." As there are only fifty OF
the specialists and the first draft Of
the new army will fill sixteen training
camps with some 1000 men apiece, the
lob looks hopeless on the face OF IL.
The characteristics Of the men who
need examination, however, betray
them. For the most part they are
types which will get into trouble IN
one way or another under the strict
discipline of a military cantonment.
The three specialists in each camp VIII
centralize their attentions on occupants
Of the guardhouse and men habitually
assigned 20 extra fatigue.
These will be subjected to Binet-
Simon tests, 10 Mesley tests, assocla-
ton tests and methods OF phycho-
analysis which have been developed IN
European hospitals since the outoreak
of the war As soon as a man Is
stamped as an incurable coward or
one whose cure is doubtful or requiring
Icng treatment, out he will go, not 10
the "Rogues' March" as in the old
days, but with bit Of sound medical
advice in his ear.
at may not be possible DR.: Frank
lin 3. Williams, associate medical d.
rector Of the National Committee for
Mental Hygiene, said yesterday, "to ex-
anime all the men individually. Men
will be examined under group systemsJ
officers will send suspected cases to Ito
doctors; men will be assigned to -
the specialists and men involved in IN
fractions Of discipline will be exam
ined."
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31

Some Of Americas foremost spe-
cialists are to apply the most modern
methods Of science to the new United
States Army in an effort to make it the
most level-headed, nerveless outfit that
ever went over the top" or stood fast
under fire. A single panicky rookie is
recognized as q grave danger to a COM
rany, and science believes it can fore
stall that individual panic about six
times out Of seven.
IL is generally recognized that no
man remains normal when under fire
for the first time, few the second time
and many for the third and fourth
The man whose reactions to abnormal
conditions completely overcome his will
power used TO be called a coward. II
his reactions continued 70 evade or
overcome his mental strength he was
drummed out of camp or met more
violent fate.
Mental hygienists and nerve special
lists have differentiated types OF cow
ards" and turned the well worn story
of the craven who became hero wrong
side out 70 see the wheels go round.
The result is that despite the earnest
testimony of ancient top sergeants the
coward, in scientific phraseology, is
virtually extinct.
There are, indeed, detectives Of vari-
Gus kinds and grades, but the majority
of them can now be classified and neat
ly labelled, and many Of them respond
70 treatment.
The task Of the doctors who are TO
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
How to Tell Who Is Called
By City Exemption Boards
If Your Red Ink" Number Is Higher Than the Numbel
of Registrars in Your District You
Are Not Called

following will enable New York who has been
called by his exemption board learn that fact
The individuals called given since there will be
this which would fill nearly
type. city itself will print the entire list
when all districts issued their calls and The City Record with the
list then be purchased for a nominal
All will officially of the mail The
following tables published permit those who doubt
verify their
1t should
the call excludes Further calls will be
increased and fill the ranks, that the
long enough will liable
prove valid ground for exemption.
The first table shows the highest
which have completed their call The highest draft number called
the
of the
table shows the draft numbers their
Red ink numbers above 1896 highest York.
To find whether
table the highest number called his district
the red ink numbers the rghhand
his number does appear before
Der for his district he has been called.
MANHATTAN
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
353 Marriage Licenses Issued
For Day; Stacker Cry Raised
Only 25 of Record Number Were Not Of Military Age
Clerks Plainly Show Disgust Many Brag
Openly They Are Escaping Draft

"We had the same thing in June, just
before Draft Day. June 5 was the big
gest day up 20 that time, when we had
4l0. Then the report was published that
no man would be exempted who had
married after the passage of the draft
law, and the rush fell off Immediately.
Our average is about 200 a day"
IL was not safe 70 presume on this,
however. Occasionally the clerks ran
into a peppery customer like William
Bayer, from West Hoboken.
I'D like 20 see the draft, or the war
or anything else stop this wedding -
he declared. 1--WE been counting on
ing to have my plans upset for any.
thing. Anybody who calls me a slack
er will get into trouble"
II is doubtful il this kind of talk
soothed the spirits Of Scully's men,
but, fortunately there were two Incl
dents at the very end Of the perfect
day which made up for all the rest.
Naval Men Get Licenses
The doors were closed and the
licenses locked in the great safe when
there came an agitated banging at the
door.
1--WE got TO get married! I've gos 10
get married! Let me I'M" cried a voice
which could not be denied A scout
from the hall slipped through the hack
door and reported lieutenant Of the
United States army in despair
I'm ordered away" he explained,
"snd | want to get married right
away
His name was Lieutenant Oscar YER
non Linhardt, of the Reserve Medical
Corps, from Fort Riley, Kansas. His
bride was Miss Annie Beall, of
Gunthersburg, Md, a trained nurse.
The perspiring clerks did their duty
and locked up their books again, when
Uncle Sam called in distress a second
time. This time il wa5 a sailor from
one of the battleships, who wanted %
make the most of a limited furlough.
He was accompanied by the prettiest
bride-to-be of the day, Miss Bessie
Elizabeth Mulholland, seventeen years
old. She was chaperoned by her aunt.
but the clerks insisted that she must
have her fathers and mothers con-
sent 70 the marriage.
They were so disappointed at being
denied the license that Clerk Lahey
volunteered 20 take the necessary
papers 70 the home of the bride, on
West l17th Street, last night.
"It's a long. long way 10 the end Of
this perfect day. he grinned, "but it's
such a relief 10 see a chap in uniform
that I don't care if I work all night."
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
1914 Seek To Be Officers
Number of Applicants 5 Times
Quotas in Most States

Washington, July 30.-For the $4,000
places in the second officers training
camps, TO open August q, 72,914 men
have applied, and the War Department
is considering accepting several thou
sands more than was originally in
tended. Preliminary examinations given
the applicants by civilian physicians in
dicate that 51,S3S are physically salts
factory.
In most states the number Of apph-
cants is from three to FIVE times the
states quota Montana, with quota
of p, had 745 applicants, the highest
proportion, and the northern half Of
Pennsylvania, with a quota Of 272, has
622 applicants, the lowest proportion.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31

our constitutional rights, 70 organize
effectively throughout the nation.
The American Union Against Mill
tarism has therefore established CIVIL
Liberties Bureau, advised By g group
Of lawyers, with local committees and
attorneys assisting, in the leading
cities. Il is the object Of this bureau
20 act as a clearing house Of free in
formation. advice and legal aid 20 citi-
zens whose constitutional rights are as
sailed BY reason Of the>war.'
This document is signed by Lillian
D. Wald. Amos r. E. PInchot, L. Hol-
lingsworth Wood, Crystal Eastman,
Charles 7. Hallinan, the Rev. John
Haynes Holmes, Jane Adams, Of Chi
cago, and Alice Lewisohn.
Rendezvous of Directors
The bureau incidentally is a rem
devious for conscientious obJectors.
About $500 objectors have been card
indexed. Roger y. Baldwin. the direc-
tor, said that lawyers had been re-
tanned in thirty cities TO defend OBJ
jectors.
I'VE already have obtained seventy
five specific instances where constitu-
tional rights have been violated by the
authorities" said Mr. Baldwin I'VE
propose 20 furnish all our lawyers with
legal data showing how they can de-
fend their clients. The data are based
on recent court decisions in favor OF
radicals
The Peoples Council. ? West Thlr-
teenth Street, yesterday announced the
programme for the mass meeting 70 be
held at Madison Square Garden to-
morrow night 20 protest against the
suppression Of radical publications.
The speakers will be Daniel Kiefer,
chairman of the Fels Fund Commits
sion; Max Eastman, editor of The
Masses; Abraham Cahan, editor OF
"The Jewish Daily Forward; Theo-
dore Schroeder, secrtary Of the Free
Speech League; Charles W. Ervine,
editor of The New York CALI and
Allen L. Benson, Socialist. The Work
mems Council, of which Jacob Panken
is chairman, organized the meeting.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31

Deputy City Clerk Frank Lahey
glared at the long list of applicants
for marriage licenses. 1t was the
closing hour Of the Marriage License
Bureau, and the record crowd Of the
bureaus history was still clamoring
for licenses.
This is the end Of a perfect day"
he groaned.
END of a perfect disgrace" retort-
ed a brother clerk.
END nothing said third; well
have five hundred tomorrow the
dackers!"
Every member of the "Cupid's Aid
bureau was convinced that he was aid
ing and abetting would-be slackers
every time he issued a license yester-
dav. and by the end Of the day his dis
position was thoroughly wilted.
353 Licenses Issued
Three hundred and ffty-three Ii
ceuses were issued, beating the record
Of the bureau by one. OF the total
number only twenty-five were issued to
men not of military age.
The officials Of the bureau explained
the rush for matrimony by the report
that Provost Marshal General Crow
der had ruled recently that a de-
pendent wife is a reason for exemp.
ton. even though the marriage were
performed only at the eleventh hour
bsfors a man received mis- notification
of the draft.
day On Saturday there were 2lO can
didates for licenses, and yesterday the
rpsh continued. Some Of the young
men Dragged openly that they were
thus escaping the draft, and many were
neevish about having their names pub
iished. Brides, usually so coy and
nroud 70 have their pictures taken,
baId their hats before their faces when
The omnipresent photographers burst
unon the crowded scene. The major
itv were foreigners, Italians and Rus
slams predominating.
"Hiding Behind Women's Skirts"
There isn't a doubt in the world
about their being here 70 avoid mill
tary service by hiding behind women 5
skirts, declared Clerk Hard, who is
in charge in Chief Scully's absence.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Three Children Drowned
Daring Boy Stepped Into Hole; +;
Baby and Lad Of 8 Lost

Gee, fsllers, see how far out am
aried John Reissen, fifteen years old,
yesterday, as hestood with ms nead
tilted back and the water up TO his
chin in a pond at Seminole Avenue and
Livingston Street, Forest Hills, Queens.
Neither John nor his friends on the
bank coud swim, and they applsuded his
daring the louder for mat. He took one
step further and dropped out Of sight
into a hole. His body was recovered.
He lived in Park Street, Richmond Hill.
Th.odors Kelley. tw6 years old. fell
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Senators Won't Oppose Colby

Washington. July So.--Senator Wads-
worth, who returned to-day from New
York, announced that neither he nor
his colleague, Senator Calder, would
oppose confirmation Of Bainbridge
Colby as a member Of the Shipping
Board The Senate Commerce Com
mittee last week. at the request OF the
New York Senator'S, withheld making a
favorable report on the nomination.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Others Claim Exemption
Senate Committee FdUors
Draft of Alien Subjects

Washington, July SO.-With Presi-
dent Wilson'S Endorsement the Foreign
Relations Committee to-day favorsbly
reported Senator McCumber's resolu-
ton opening the way by treaty negotia-
tions for drafting Allied subjects in
this country into the American army.
Senator Chamberlain presented his
resolution for draft without negotla-
tions TO the Senate, with the unani-
nous Endorsement Of the Military Az
fairs Committee. With both plans pc
fore it. Senator Chamberlain SAID Con-
yress can choose.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Italian Held at Newark
Admits Forging Papers to
Free Man From Army Service

Newark, July 30.-Carlo De Carleto,
ex-secretary Of the Italian Consulate
here. was held in $1,000 bail to-day, by
Judge Grice. charged with forging an
official medical report, in order TO ex-
erpt an Italian subject from service
in the Italian army. IL is said that in
order TO insert the forged report in
the records the papers OF another ltal-
ian. who was eligible for service, were
destroyed. g,
A signed confession was introduced
in evidence, in which the defendant
said that he had taken the action he
did out Of friendship for the man 1t
exempted, Francesca Monda.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Germans Export Their Food

ICorrespondenc, Of The Associated Pressl
Stockholm, June lO-While Belgium
goes hungry, the Germans are export
ing Belgian vegetables and fruits
Large quantities Of Belgian asparagus
and hothouse peaches have been on
sale in Stockholm's leading shops Tor
weeks. Il is also worthy Of note that
certain shops are advertising women 3
costumes imported direct from Vienna.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Exemption Boards for
Jersey Districts Named

Washington, July 3O.-District draft
exemption boards for New Jersey were
announced by Provost Marshal General
C~owder tonight as follows:
Division No. w. c. Heppenheimer,
Tinan s. Marshal, James Mathews, Dr.
Henry, Spence and Robert Williams.
Division No. "A. V. Hamburg, DR.
BENJAMIN Hodges, Henry Hilfers, Will
lam J. Kirby and John Q. II. Pltner.
D vision No. 3-Charles R. Hires, Ad-
ria- Lyon, DR.. Paul NJ. Mecray, Arthur
A. Quinn and Ed c. Stokes.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31

would ask TO be relieved from service
because he is a student at the Marconi
Naval Wireless School.
Samuel Goldblat, a house painter, of
167 West 146th Street, has a wife and
child to keep.
Harry Gunther, Of 81 Bradhurst Ave
nue., gave his claim for exemption as
dependent parents and because he
works for a public utility company. He
is an inspector for the New York Edi-
son Company.
Isadore Tannenbaum, Of 618 West
--th Street, supports his wife and
grandparents.
Harold Arnstam, Of $50 West l44th
Street, has dependent wife and grand
mother.
False Teeth Bar Good Prospect
The surgeons thought they had a
banner future soldier when they got
hold of James Francis Hendstock, a
machinist, Of 225 West 14sth Street.
He was as hard as nails, and passed
all the tests with flying colors until
the examiners came to his teeth. He
wore an upper plate, and, consequent
ly. was rejected.
"I'd like TO know how a few false
teeth are going to keep a man from
fighting" protested Hendstock. 81
was a sailor for eleven years and can
eat anything"
Charles F. Enright, a salesman. of
22S West l49th Street. the last man
examined in the afternoon, was under
weight.
Others Claim Exemption
At the night session of the board,
which ended at 1880, these passed, but
claimed exemption:
Frederick Bockman, Of 210 West
148th Street, because he is a postoffice
clerk.
James P. McAuliffe, of 2745 Eighth
Avenue, because he supports a wife,
mother and sister, the latter two being
dependent upon him since his two
younger brothers have Joined the navy.
Edward w. White, of $50 st. Mich
olas Avenue; supports a wife.
Daniel Fisher, Of 672 ST. Nicholas
Avenue, and John Bervin. Of 207 West
14sth Street, were disqualified physi-
cally
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
"The Knife" to Resume

Eugene Walters melodrama, The
Knife" which wes seen at the Bijou
during the latter part of last season
will be brought TO the Cort Theatre foI
a supplementary run on August l3. The
engagement will be limited to SIN
weeks.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31

from a pier in front of a cottage at
Howard Beach, Queens, where his pa
rents are spending the summer. He was
drowned
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-06
Well
Again Since
Taking TanIaC
Dizzy Spells Have Left
Since Tanlac Built Up Her
System.

Mrs. Martha Schulz, Ireland and
First streets, Greensburg, Ind, felt
badly because her system was all run
down She was week and had dizzy
spells often through the day.
and I expect I'd be that way yet,
too, If hadn't taken Tanlac and got
my system back in shape" Mrs. Schulz,
said I'm a great deal stronger now
and I really am feeling real we'll again.
Il couldn't sleep soundly before I
took Tanlac. Lots of times after I'd
gotten to sleep at night I'd wake up
suddenly and then I couldn't get to
sleep again. During the day I'd often
have dizzy spells when I'd stoop over
and raise up. My appetite was very
poor, too.
well, I read in the papers how Tan
lac was helping others and decided to
try it. My appetite came back in just
short time and now I can sleep
soundly every night. My strength has
been built up SO that feel real well.
Tanlac is good tonic and l recon-
mend it,
Don't let your system get run down.
To be weak means to be susceptible
to serious health trouble. Get Tanlac
today II you're not feeling right, and
don't put 1t off. Delay is dangerous
You can get Tanlac at any of Glen
Thistethwaite's Drug Stores.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-08-06

stead, while you slept File. King sa-
hib, while you slept"
But her steel did not strike on flint
1t was her eyes that flashed. He
would have done better to have seem
ed ashamed, for then he might have
fooled her, at least for while. But
having judged himself, he did not care
fig for her judgment Of him. She
realized that instantly and having
found tool that would not work, dis
carded it for q better one. She grew
confidential.
II borrow them" she explained,
but put them back. take them
for so many days, and when the day
comes-the gods like us to be exact;
Once there was an Englishman to
whom l lent the larger one, and he
refused to return it. He wanted it to
wear, to bring him luck. Collins, of
the Gurkhas. A cobra bit him"
Kings eyes changed. for Collins Of
the Gurkhas had died in his two arms.
saying never a word. He had always
wondered why the native who ran In
to kill the cobra had run away again
and left Collins lying there after
seeming to shake hands with him.
Yasmini, watching his eyes and read
ing his memory, missed nothing.
"You saw" she said excitedly.
"You remember? Then you under
stand! You yourself were near death
when I took the bracelet last night.
The time was up. l would have
stabbed you If you had tried to pre-
vent mel"
Now he spoke at last and gave her
a first glimpse of an angle Of his
mind she had not suspected.
Princess" he said. He used the
word with the Difference some men
can combine with effrontery, SO that
every tenderness has barbs. You
might have had that thing back II you
had sent a messenger for it at any
time. A word by a servant would
have been enough
"You could never have reached
Khinjan them" she retorted. Her
eyes flashed again, but his did not
waver.
Princess" he said, why speak OF
what you don't know"
He thought she would strike Hike a
snake, but she smiled at him instead.
And when Yasmini has smiled on a