Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-18
Organized Saturday
Night Effort Made
Over the City.
STREETS PATR0LLED
All Forced to Show Card
Footballs and RoominC
Houses Raidcd.
ALL OFFICIALS JOIN HANDS
Convention Hall Is Head
quarter for Searching
Board.
CHARGED WIN sGNCI,Tnts,,

CHARGED WITH sLNCkTUISN
Sylvester ricrcc, Knnsn. Ciy.
said lac had registered In 1917 but
had never reviewed question
nnlrc. Placed In the city aiI FOR
Investigation.
Lornlnc Floyd, colorrd. los \.
Greenwood, said ~ ggistcrod In
..,ioi7, hut had never r,s,ctyr6 or
, fillcd out quc,tlonnnlrc. Held
for ki,csiIgntlon.
More than two thougoud mo, t,
Tulsa 'ast might learned that class
.fioation card issued bv q local ok
emption board s handy little
old pocket piece
They were caught In drarnet
.'thrown over tho city hy tho Am.rj
can Protective leaEge. lu "a search
Tor drlN eIrNrre A drive to round
up drafted men started at s O'clock
ana in u minutes lunches Of mon
caught hy tho officers we're helpg
hauled to Convention ham where tho
local exemption board was holding
session
According 20 a ptcorrnurcd plan.
the home guard company. T5 strong.
under Capt J. j 'F Rooney. was
posted an over tho city where
crowds were apt 10 congrcuate
Promptly at the prs1rrnnred hour.
the drive started. and by ~ O'Clock
az least two thousand men had been
apprchcndcd and taken 20 Conven-
lion hail Tor investigation. Up 90
midnight, only two men charged
with violation OF the draft law had
been held
Picked I'm Up Everywhere.
Members of the home guard com.
pnulcs and representatives. OF the
American Protective league. which
operates under the department OF
Justice were working together The
Instructions were that men appre.
hcnlCi should Doe examined. and ir
they failed to have their draft ex-
emption 0r classification card they
should hc taken 60 Convent on hall
Tor Investigation
AZ ~ o'clock th" exemption hoard
was stll in session ana slowly
vending stream NJ swclfcrinr men
pgsUd before it giving their excuses
and aUh.s Men from other cities
were required tp send tclcrrams TO
their l0cu| bOJfie asking ioflDltion
OF their status They were held until
the tolcErlWs arrived Representa-
lives Uf 200 the Ir.rur1rh companies
were lu tho hail. handling mo outgo
Ing messages Hundreds we're sent
McsseuuoI ro}. were Iu demand
The men ho1,lrft their classification
cards M home Zoo thrir trunks or IN
their other clothes.
Telephones Mcrc Busy
In anticipation ot the dr.yo. telc-
phones had. been arranged iu the
hall, and they were lu much demand.
From an over the Csy .n response
TO telephone calls people came as
rapidly ag possible with Inc precious
cards
Broad smiles greeted tho arrival
When tho dr1f'rr got the bit. ~
cardboard he made a bee line Tor 'he
exemption board and got "A permit 20
leave.
Dozens ~ men were preparing 90
spend the uipht iu 'no huI.1.uE At
iempts tn get NJ communication with
local exemption boards 1t a pt" hour
naturally were fuIt'raa They were
by armed men. who were
prepared 10 stick on tl' Job for
% hours
The homo guard organization had
instructions 90 start work AT
o'clock In ten minutes after mat
lime every man was at hIs station
In fifteen minutes 90, frt load ot
CONTINUED ON PACE NlNE.