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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
100000 YOUTHS
TO Be REGISTERED
ESTIMATED THAT NUMBER HAVE
REACHED THE AGE or q
SINCE JUNE 5.
PLANS OF DRAFT OUTLINED
Gen. crowder 10 Of the Opinion That
About 10000 Of These Youths
viii Be Available for
Military Duty.

Washington. Estimates by Mai.
Crowder. provost marshalgeneral, in
dicate that probably three-Qusrters o
a million will be obtained for thu
. army by the registration on June
Of all youths who have attained 81
years OF age since June S last.
/ Fully million youths, according Il
Gen. Crowders estimate, will be regis
tered. At least one-fourth Of them, he
thinks. will be exempted on various
grounds.
A statement by Secretary Baker
giving the estimate and outlining
plans for the draft, just given out
reads:
Probably three-Quarters Of a mil
lion men will be added to the Ameri
can army In the making, by the regis
tration on June next, of boys who
have reached the age Of p since June
s, 1917, or who will be q on or be.
fore June 5, 1918. This estimate WAS
made by Provost Marshal-G General
Crowder, who will direct the registra-
ton.
Gen Crowder's estimate was based
on the fact that almost 100000 mea
registered last year. This number In
Guided all between 21 and 81. Stats
tics collected by Gen. Crowder's office
show that little more than 10 per
cent Of these men were 81 years old.
On that basis, 1t is estimated by draft
officials working under Gen. Crowder
that this years registration will ex.
coed 100000.
"Of this number, Gen. Crowder esti-
mates three-quarters. or about 750,000,
will be available for military service.
This makes proper allowances for
physical defects, exemptions because
of dependents and other bars to mill
tary service.
Under President Wilson's procla-
nation, all male persons, citizens o.:
aliens, must register. The only per-
sons exempted are officers and enlist
ed men OF the regular army, navy and
marine corps, and the national guard
and naval militia while in federal ser.
vice, and officers of the officers re.
serve corps while In active service.
Gen. Crowder plans to have the
local boards keep their offices open
for registration purposes between Z
am. and 8 pm. on June s, and be-
tween those hours all young men who
were born between June 8. 1896, and
June 6, 1897, must register. These
men are subject to the provisions OF
the selective act under which the first
registration was held"
Medical students and divinity stu
dents, though exempt from draft,
must register on June 5 along with all
other young men, citizens or aliens.
reaching the age Of 81 years on or be.
fore that date. Provost Marshal-Gen
eral Crowdsr made this statement to-
day:
under the terms of the law signed
by President Wilson, students who
we're preparing for the ministry in rec
ognized theological or divinity schools
and students who were preparing for
the practice Of medicine and surgery
in recognized medical schools on
May 20, 1913, are exempt from tho
draft.
"The law does not relieve such stu
dents from the duty Of registering on
Wednesday, June 5. Registration
comes first, exemption afterwarr
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
MEXICO AND CUBA
BREAK RELATIONS
GRIEVANCE AGAINST CUBA WAS
SEARCHING or BAGGAGE or
MINISTER 70 ARGENTINA
u. s. IS HELD RESPONSIBLE
An Indirect Action 10 Seen Against
the United States, ls the Opinion
of Officials at WashIngtOR-GeH
man Propaganda Alive

Washington. - In Mexico's sudden
breaking off Of diplomatic relations
with Cuba is seen an indirect action
against the United States. Those here
most familiar with Latin-American at.
fairs profess to see in 1t the forerunner
of more direct action, possibly an an
terruption Of intercourse between the
United States and Mexico.
Although without official fnforma.
ton Of detailed character, it Is under
stood here that Mexico's real grievance
against Cuba is the recent incident in
which the Mexican minister to Argen-
tina, Senior Fabela, was delayed In Ha'
vana while some official, ostensibly 9
Cuban customs officer, searched his
baggage and probably removed some
papers said to be of an international
character.
No announcements Of this feature
are being made here and no official Sc
crets, If there be any, are being dis
closed. But it is known that at the
time some sort Of negotiation was go
Ing on between Mexico, Argentina and
possibly one other Latin-American
country having for It's purpose a com
mon attitude toward the war.
1t Is presumed that any papers found
in Senior Fabela's luggage had to do
with It.
This incident is believed here to be
the real cause of the break, and those
who entertain this belief are firm In
the conviction that Mexico was con-
WINGED that the United States was re-
sponsible for the incident
When Senior Fabela's luggage was
searched, 1t was maintained by some
that the person who did 1t was not
Cuban official at all, but some other
agent In the disguise of Cuban in
spector or gendarme. Later, however,
1t seemed to have been satisfactorily
established that the man really was
Cuban inspector,
A break between Cuba and Mexico,
1t is felt, disrupts practically nothing
but long-standing friendly relation.
In the opinion CT those in close touch
with the subject, 1t may actually give
Cuba free hand, as the Mexican for
eign minister says In his announce
ment, but perhaps not in the manner
suggested American agents for some
time have been reporting German
agents operating in Cuba, some Of
them crossing frequently to the United
States as Cuban or Mexican citizens.
A severance of diplomatic relations
probably would leave the Cuban gov
eminent feeling more at liberty to in
yestigate their activities.
When first-class powers are con-
cerned break in diplomatic relations
inevitably has been followed by war.
Between lesser powers this rule often
fails to hold good
Confidential reports here from Ha-
vana have said that, quite aside from
the Fabela incident, we'll informed per-
sons there expected Mexico might find
some pretext to actually suspend diplo-
matte relations with the United States.
All those who take this view base
their opinion on the assumption that
German propaganda again is active.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31

Washington, May 23.-Theatrical
performers have been excepted from
the new draft regulations at the d.
rection Of Secretary Baker, who is said
to feel that the people cannot do with
out all amusement in war time and
that other amusements could be dis
pensed with more readily.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31

Washington, May 23.-Brovost Mar
shall General Crowder today announ-
ced that every man of draft age must
work or fight after July /. The order
ls under a drastic amendment to the
Selective service regulations. All
draft registrants, besides idlers, In
what are held to be nonuseful occupa-
tons, viii be given an opportunity be-
fore local boards to choose q new Job
or join the army.
Gamblers, race track and bucket
shop attendants and fortune tellers
head the list, but those who will be
reached by the new regulation also In
clude walters and bartenders, theater
ushers and attendants, passenger ele-
vator operators and other attendants
Of clubs, hotels, stores, ETC., domestics
and clerks In stores.
Deferred classification granted on ac-
count Of dependents will be disregard
ed entirely in applying the rule. A
man may be at the bottom Of class /,
or even in class 4, but If he fails with
In the regulation and refuses to take
useful employment he will be given q
new number In class / that will send
him into the military service forthwith.
Local boards are authorized to use dis
erection only where they ind that en-
forced change Of employment would
result In disproportionate hardship up
on his dependents.
May Solve the Labor Problem.
The statement Of the provost mar
shall generals Office Is as follows:
Provost Marshal General CrOwder
today announced an amendment to the
gelective service regulations which
deals with the great question Of COM
pellIng men not engaged in useful
occupation Immediately to apply them
selves to some form Of labor, contrib
uting to the general good. The idler,
too, will find himself confronted with
the alternative Of finding suitable en-
ployment or entering the army.
"This regulation provides that after
July /, any registrant who Is found by
a local board to be habltual idler or
not engaged in some useful occupation
shall be summoned before the board,
given a chance to explain and. in the
absence OF satisfactory explanation,
to be indicted into the military service
Of the United States.
@Any local board will be authorized
to take action, whether 1t has an orig
Inal Jurisdiction Of the registrant or
not: in other words, any man loaflns
around a poolroom In Chicago may be
held to answer to q Chicago board even
though he may have registered in
New York and lived there most Of his
life.
'sThe regulations which apply to idle
registrants viii be deemed to apply
also TO gamblers of oil description and
employees and attendants of bucket
shops and race tracks, fortune tellers,
clairyoyants, palmists and the like,
who for the purpose Of the regulations
shall be considered as idlers.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
LIBERTY KNIGHTS GET BUSY.
Labor Stacker Taken From Jail and
Given Sound WhlppIna.

Given Sound whipping.
Durant, Okla-This city expert
enced its first visit from the knights
of Liberty" when members of the band
held up city policeman and took from
him keys to the city jail. The knights
later visited the Jail, took from it
Red" Scott, being held on vagraAcy
charges, and whipped him in the court
house yard. Scott was then tied to q
tree and the following notice posted
above his head:
"This is convict, loafer and thug.
LOafers, disloyalists and crooks cannot
stay in Durant Every 'vag' not at
work in twentyfour hours will be dealt
wit hseverely."
The notice was signed knights OF
Liberty" with a skull and crossbones
beneath the signature.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The Chinese alphabet consists of PA
letters
Oil has been discovered at Bell Is
land, Newfoundland.
Ecuador has tree producing berries
which can be used as soap.
only a third Of South Americas pop
ulation is Of pure white blood.
In 1866 New York city, then New
Amsterdam and ruled by the Dutch,
Ma 900 Inhabitants. 100 houses and
II streets.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31

Apparatus using electrically pro
duced ozone has been invented by a
Paris scientist for quickly purifying
the interior Of barrels used in brew
cries.
An oven has been invented to utilize
for baking the smoke and hot gases
that ordinarily would pass out Of a
chimney from residence heating
plant.
The cherry gets It's name from Ce-
rasos, an old Greek town on the Black
sea. whence came the first garden
cherries known to Europe.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
DIXIE PORTS RECOMMENDED.
Three Southern Cities AZ Sites for
Building Concrete Ships.

Washington.-The sites for five gov.
eminent yards for building concrete
ships have been recommended by en-
cheering experts of the Shipping board
and are understood to be Wilmington,
N. c.. and Jacksonville, Fla, on the
Atlantic coast; Mobile, Ala, on the
Gulf coast, and San Francisco and San
Diego, Cal, on the Pacific coast. The
board has not acted on the recommen-
dations.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
Private a suicide.

Little Rock, Ark.-Priyate Alexan-
der Redelski, 26 years old, member
of company I, saith regiment, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself.
Redelski was Pole and was a melan-
cholia victim for several weeks.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
Ma. aox Loat on MoldavIa.

Brandon, Miss Clyde D. Lindsey,
reported as lost on the Moldayia tor
pedoed in the English Channel. resided
in Scott oeounty, near Clarksburg.
Miss He was a young man Of exem
plary character, about n years old.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
To Raise EnIlstmen Ace

Observation-Disclosures move toward
full utilization of the country's man
power was made when Secretary Ba
ker sent to Congress the draft Of bill
proposing to raise the maximum age
limit for voluntary enlistment in the
army from 40 to IS years.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
Eatal AFRO AoIodant.

Simpsonville. Ky.-Three occupants
Of an automobile we're killed and two
Of their women companions probably
were fatally injured as the result Of
being struck by an interurban car at 8
crossing near here.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
sammlea Live clean Llves.

Paris.-The morals Of members OF
the American forces are the highest
type. The soldiers live clean lives
morally and the percentage OF indiscre-
tions is insignificant as compared with
the ordinary American city.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
weunded by German Bombs.

American Headquarters on the Brit
lsh Front in France Several soldiers
of the new American army now on
this front are reported to have been
wounded by bombs dropped by German
raiders.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
Aliens NaturaIized.

Montgomery, Ala-Standing in the
sun with their hands raised to heaven,
$50 soldiers who we're born in otter
countries took the oath of allegiance
to the United States in a public nat
uralization court at Camp Sheridan.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
Fatal AlrpIane Aceldent.

San Antonio, Texas. Cadet Goultrie
G. Trowbridge, % years old, of New
York, was instantly killed by a fall Of
5000 feet in an sirplane at Kelly Field.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
Rrotherhood Of EnaIneers Meet.

Cleveland, Ohio. Warren S. Stona,
grand chief Of the Brotherhood Of En-.
giners, was reelected by reclamation
for q term of six years by the del
egatsA at the session CT the triennial
eon-eation.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
Appolntments Announced.

Montgomery. Ala.-Gov. Henderson
announced the appointment OF the
head of each war work in Alabama al
a member of the executive commit
zee Of The state council Of defense.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
NEGRO Murderer Killed.

gainesville, Ga.--John Calhoun, the
negro farm hand who shot and killed
John A. Willis, farmer. was riddled
with bullets by a posse headed by
Chief of Police Evans, when he at
tempted to escape
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31

Montgomery. Ala. = Caught in a
whirlpool in the Alabama riser, Ralph
H. sharman Of Battery F, ts6th Field
Artillery, Gin :innati. was sgewned.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31

Salt Lake City, Utah. Edward H.
Devices, convicted of the murder of his
wife, Fanny Fisher Deweese. was exc
cuted IL the state prison yard here.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
THESE ARE HIT BIZ ORDER TO
FIGHT OR WORK.

FIGHT Or WORK.
Idlers.
Gamblers.
Bucket shop employees.
Race track attendants.
ClairvoyantB and the like.
Professional golfers.
Professional baseball players
(probably).
Elevator operators at clubs and
stores.
Club and hotel doormen.
Walters in hotels and clubs.
Uehera 10 theaters.
Attendants at sports.
Persons In domestic service.
Clerks In stores.
Specially Exempt.
Actors
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
MARKET NOTES

The Market Quotations we have 50 often ade
that it takes good deal Of time market to reflect ron
And sometimes the
We are told that vegetables have umb price far the but
the quotations obtained by the Board
the is
We hear that potatoes should be selling
and cabbage the AS for they cheapest odf
tee market There is little demand
for the best is only l cent pound
The market column, however, are still having
cents cabbages &c
be the cheapcst; g. and
potatoes
Evidently the market is "al shot sudden
the retailer who had supplies
the foods bought at prices
Inns the time when 1t counts housewife to what
prices should be and get estimates her
43 or oo cents Tor fresh Washington Market
more to the chain for onions and cabbage
feta Market or even at the hghass 1t
fully for vegetables and salad days
California aulAower is abundant condition South
ern greenstuhs coming in pentful materials
shaots and parsley cheap and abundan buy right
place Spinach beginning Florida in larger
The drop is as yet, but one is due
AS to fish, the lehsa is with Is cents pound This
and the cod
Clever upodate buying better food at cost for
and more Thrift Stamps for Uncle Sans market budget
overseas.
Ihs column appears Wednesday and Scudoy)
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Argentina Leaning
Toward the Entente
Naon, Upheld by His Govern
ment, Will Return to
Washington

BUENOS AYRES, March 5.-Thc de-
cision of DR.. Romulo S. Naon, Ambas-
sador to the United States, TO return
to Washington means that the govern
ment has approved without reserve
everything he has done and that he
will continue the policies which he has
been following in the attempt to bring
the two countries closer together.
This state OF affairs, together with
several political Incidents recently,
leads to the belief in Buenos Ayres
that there is no longer any doubt Ar
gentina is assuming a more friendly
attitude toward the United States and
the Entente Allies. The correspondent
also learns that Dr. Naon is studying
with President Irigoyen various prof
Gets designed to bring Argentina and
the United States into closer relation
snip, with substantial benefits for both
countries.
DR.. Naon, after long conference
with President Irgoyen, announced
late last night that he had postponed
bis return to Washington until April
The President has asked DR. Naon to
study several questions concerning Ar
gentine relations with the United
States, especially the possibility of OBJ
tanning permission for the export from,
the United States Of various articles
now under the embargo which are nee
essary to maintain Argentine indus.
tries
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Women to Lead War Drive
Is Teams Named to Aid in
Raising $2,5OO,OOO Fund

Fifteen teams, each composed OF ten
women and a woman captain. will lead
in the drive for the $1,000, 900 New York
Catholic War Fund for the Knights of
Columbus Camp and Overseas Service,
which is 10 start on March 18. The
team captains are Mrs. II. Glostcr Arm
strong, Mrs. Nicholas j. Brady, Mrs.
Andrew Dougherty. Mrs. Michael Gavin,
Miss Elizabeth S. Hamilton, Mrs. Fran
els Burial Hoffman, Mrs. Philip J.
Kearns. Mrs. Ellen Loughlin, Mrs. Fred
crick Nelson, Mrs. Irwin A. Powell.
Mrs J. T.. Phillips. Mrs. Roland Red
mond, Mrs. Joseph Slevin, jr., Mrs.
William Shcchan and Mrs. Gcncvicve
Walsh.
The women's drive starts on Friday
and ends on March II. Just how large
a quota of the total the women have set
for themselves is being kept a secret.
At meeting of the team captains yes
terday the exact amount was fixed, but
it was unanimously voted not to dis
close it until the conclusion of their
part of the drive, when an announce
ment will be made as to their success or
failure.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Crew of SeeadIer
Reaches Valparaiso
Men of German Raider Were
Captured by Fijians After
Losing Their Ship

VALPARAISO. March 5-Thc Chill
can schooner Falcon has arrived here
from the Eastern Islands. having on
board the crew of the German auXi,-
larry cruiser Secadlcr. The Germans
reached the Easter Islands in a sloop
after the cruiser was lost.
The dispatch from Valparaiso evil
IDENTIFY refers to Count Won I.uckner.
commander of the famous raider, and
five of the officers of the vessel, who
reached the Easter Islands after their
ship was lost last fall
Won Luckncr and the officers Of the
raider were captured through the guile
OF FiJlan named Piufou. After the
Sccadlcr had been wrecked on Mopeha
Island. in the Society group. Won
l.uctner and the other five Germans
put out In an armed motor launch for
FIJI and landed on Wakaya island in
the centre of the archipelago, the home
OF Piufou. They told in English that
they were castaway British sailors.
Understanding German, piufou
readily recognized they were Germans
When he had learned all that was nee
cssary he told MACPHERSON, q half
caste, who set out in Il salboat for
Levuka, fifteen miles away. The po-
lice were notified, and not long after
ward Won Luckncr and his party were
captured ION bluff by two white
constabulary officers in charge of six
unarmed Fijian policemen.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Bryan Heads New
Prohibition Party
National Organization Formed
to Include Every Leading
Society i'm Country

CHICAGO, March Formation OF
a national dry federation, which will
be composed Of practically every lead
ing prohibition society in the country
and will be the biggest organization i'll
the world opposing liquor, was an
nounced here tonight. William Jen-
nings Bryan is president Of the organl-
zation. Active speaking campaigns Will
be started at once.
The three fundamental objects Of the
organization are. ratification of the ma
tional prohibition amendment in the
shortest time, success of the prohibit
tlon campaigns in the six states which
vote on the question in November and
immediate war prohibition.
Included in the list of Governors
Senator'S and Representatives who arc
expected to take active part in the work
are Governors Millken of Maine and
Whitman of New York; Senator's Ken
yon, Of Iowa; Sherman, of Illinois
Borah, of Idaho, and Sheppard, OF
Texas; Rcpres entatives Webb, of North
Carolina; Randall, Of California;; Fess
of Ohio; Barkley, of Kentucky, and
Kelly, of Pennsylvania.
National headquarters will be in
i'tHou S". DiAIlcH OlHce5 WAL DE
opened Immediately in Chicago, Wash
ington, New York and many othc,
cities. The federation has more than
100000 in the treasury and several
hundred thousand dollars pledged
The federation was organized in
New York week ago at private
meeting of representatives of more
than thirty national prohibition socie.
ties. DR.. Charles Scanlon, Of Pitts
burgh, will be the general secretary.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-06
Wife Sick and Alone,
Soldier Flees Camp
Detectives Sent by Military
Authorities Find Him at
Her Bedside

David Mullaly, twenty nine years
old, member OF tho 307th Infantry, at
Camp Upton, was taken back there last
night by Detectives Robert Pagnan and
Joseph Donnclly, of the Fifth Avenue
police station, Brooklyn, 20 await the
action Of the military authorities. lie
is charged with having left camp with
out pc3mission
Tho circumstances connected with
Mullaly's departure, however, make it
seem likely, the police said last night.
that he would escape the more serious
charge of desertion.
Mullaly was married last October In
December he was taken IN the draft
went back to work, and things went
along much the same as before THEN
wedding. Then Mrs. Mullaly was taken
i'll and had to give up work. Her let
tors to her husband, which at first had
been most cheering, became moro and
more depressing, until. on February
1G, he received one that led him to &c
to the captain OF his company and ask
for d furough. The request. it was
said last night, would have undoubt-
cdly been granted. but Mullaly did no.
wait for official Washington to act or
it. He merely packed up and left.
The military authorities notified thf
police of the soldiers absence and said
that he probably could be located al
325 West Twenty-hrst Street, South
Brooklyn, where they understood his
wife was living. The detectives went
there last night and found the sol
der. His wife was i'll in bed
An ambulance was called from the
Holy Name Hospital and Mrs. Mullaly
was taken there. The soldier declared
that so long as he was certain his wife
Was going to be we'll cared for and
nursed back to health and strength hc
was rot only willing but glad TO re-
ioin his rcgimcnt.