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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
4
London June 7 Col Winston Spencer Churchill has accepted the chairmanship of the British air board succeeding Viscount Cowidray George HH Roberts. An enhanced cabinet member will replace Gen Nicoll Barnes as minister of pensions.
The Board of City Development at City Hall decided to urge Potter county citizens to increase Liberty loan subscriptions after a discussion led by Judge J. W. McBride. L. B. Newby and Judge McBride will issue a public appeal, per the board's action.
The state council of defense and three leaders of a Russian religious colony reported that almost all members except twenty refused to register for the selective draft. They planned not to register and accept the act’s penalties, citing conscientious objection and prior guidance from Healy Ghost. The matter was referred to the United States attorney, with a report sent to the Department of Justice.
In Ottumwa Iowa on June 7 forty one detainees from Centerville and one from Jerome were brought in by United States Marshals. Twenty received hearings with two dismissals. the remaining cases await continued hearings Friday.
Des Moines June 7 John M. Jenkins former reader here pleaded guilty to wilfully evading registration and was held to the Federal grand jury and committed to jail in default of a 5000 dollar bond.
With all but two counties reported the statewide registration totals 17 606 against a federal estimate of 212 654 The two remaining counties are sparsely populated and contribute little to the count.
Springfield reports Adjutant General Dickson ordered two Illinois Guard companies to Rockford armory after Sheriff Ginders requested protection against anti registration agitators. He cites fears of further trouble tonight from larger groups including alleged generalists and I W. W. Blackera.
By Associated Press Des Moines reports that 202,595 Iowans aged 20 to 36 registered for the army draft after late tallies from 99 counties and all registered cities, exceeding the government's 199,103 estimate.
Twelve Nebraskans of prominence in their communities have been arrested in various parts of the state for attempts to hinder registration. Names were withheld or not disclosed. Three youths, two in Omaha and one in Sarpy County, are jailed for failing to register.
With three counties missing the total registration in California reported to the state board stood at 287,293. The report, dated June 7, covers statewide numbers despite the absent counties.
By Associated Press in Phoenix on June 7 the only registration unit reported complete at the governor’s office was the state prison with 126 convicts registered. The figures in this Mari-
In Copa County the final tally is not ready as five precincts are still uncounted. Officials estimate the county total will approach the expected figure once the remaining votes are reported.
By Associated Press Santa Fe New Mexico June 7 the state council of defense had received complete returns on registration from only four counties Roosevelt reported that 752 had registered Luna 495 Otero 603 and Curry 29. The figures are less than 10 percent of the estimated population of the four counties.
The governor announced South Carolina total registration at 128,039 with possible exemptions 85,081 and an estimated 137,861 eligibles. The report appears in a June dispatch from Associated Press with Washington origin.
Associated Press reports slow completion of registration returns in the Rocky Mountain region with Arizona the lone state showing full figures from the penitentiary where 125 eligibles were processed.
In Colorado six counties reported 54 971 registrations with 6 014 by aliens and 285 by enemy aliens. Wyoming had no returns while New Mexico four of twenty six counties logged 2 779 registrations.
Chicago June 7 Twenty more arrests of anti registration agitators were made at Rockford today and 160 anti registrationists are in jail across Rockford Belvidere and Freeport. Official totals show 658 311 men registered in Illinois on Tuesday with 442 552 in the 21 to 60 age group. Exemption claimed by about 55 percent.
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