Exemption Rules For Industrial Draft Process Publicized
The article outlines procedures for industrial and agricultural exemption from military draft, naming the Washington board system, local and district boards, and steps to file claims. It covers forms 110 120 158 151 152 54 58, timelines, proof requirements, discharge and appeal routes, and posting procedures for exemptions and classifications.
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District Board of Appeal
Smr Elainy
Toent
Natlee
Foeat
Distriet
Formet
District Board
Te Gustriet
Inhustria
Erentiae
Proot Livany
Industela
Ilistrier Wyures
Dbs Stuurge
Distriet Board
The Main Point of a Lawyerly Exchange
A terse dialogue shows a young lawyer asking how well he acquitted himself and a friend responding that his own performance was far better than his client's. The fragment hints at courtroom banter and professional pride in a historical tone.
Englishman launches world bibliography on war publications
Englishman Alex J. Philip launches a nationwide project with central committees to catalog every wartime publication. The planned bibliography will cover books pamphlets posters handbills circulars films and related material across languages and nations. It aims to recover fugitive war literature lost from private drawers archives and public record with global correspondents and a focus on history and sociology. Pennsylvania collected 1 624 000 in auto license fees from 147 000 cars in 1916.
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Alex J. Philip
Central Committee For National Patriotic Organiza
Ons
Pennsylvania
Michaelis for Peace and Hollweg Praise
Copenhagen dispatch notes Reichstag vote 414 for peace revolution with 116 against and 17 abstentions. Chancellor Michaelis pledges an honorable peace and backs the submarine campaign as a necessary state measure. He blames Russian mobilization and Britain's blockade for the war and says America failed to check Britain.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
Michaelis
Roichstag
Germany
America
Michaells
von Bethluunn-Hollweg
Great Britain
Fatherland
Few Days to Volunteer for War Service
Washington adjutant general McCain ordered recruiting officers to deny enlistment to drafted men after they report for physical examination. Tele types sent nationwide warn that men summoned for examination have only a brief window to volunteer in their preferred branch. Once names are posted at local boards the volunteering option closes automatically.
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Washington
Adj
McCain
Food prices soar in United States reports
Washington reports heavy increases in retail food prices over the past three years per Labor Department statistics. Flour leads with a 150% rise, potatoes up 125% potatoes, and sugar up 70% as wholesale prices double since 1914. Wheat flour and related items show substantial jumps across key staples.
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Washington
United States
Department of Labor
Navy budget estimates lead war program expansion
Secretary Daniels submitted House figures totaling 17 466 177 dollars for naval war needs including ammunition ordnance supplies yard and dock improvements clothing and expansion of the navy yard and gun factory. Frontier Days Carnival opens in Cheyenne with wild celebration as crowds and cowboys fill the streets despite the usual rowdy openings.
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Washington
Daniels
House
Navy
Cheyenne
Wyo
Britain Refuses Passports to Irish Delegates
London reports the government denied passports to Obrien and Campbell of the Irish Trade Union Congress and Labor Party, blocking their trip to Stockholm and Petrograd for the Socialist conference. Copenhagen notes the Reichstag approved a war credit of 3 billion dollars on its third reading.
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Britain
London
Obrien and
Campbell
Irish Trade Union Congress
Labor Party
Stockholm
Petrograd
Reichstag
Copenhagen
Lloyd George rails at Germany in Queen's Hall speech
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George denounces Dr Georg Michaelis as sham in a patriotic Queen's Hall demonstration. He argues Britain can win with a large navy and army, that America will resist German pressure, and that Europe has sacrificed millions, rejecting any peace tied to autocracy or sham independence for Belgium.
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London
David Lloyd-George
Queen's Hall
Georg Michaelis
Great Britain
Germany
America
Mr. Lloyd George
Britain
Lloyd-George
Belgium
Europe
Wheat price cinch sparks farmer relief claim
Washington reports Senator Shafroth champions a 1.75 dollar per bushel minimum for wheat as a benefit to farmers not a hardship. He says the measure would stimulate the industry and that farmers are not the goat but the beneficiaries. The bill's aim is to fix a price floor to support agricultural income.
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Washington
Senate
Shafroth
bin Shafroth
Draft Appointment in Arizona by Col Breen
Draft apportionment figures for Arizona announced by Col Fred S Breen list counties and numbers including Cochise Pima and Yuma with various allotments and monetary values. Separately Paris Parisian service member M Ashton Jr of the American field service has been badly wounded in action.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fred S. Breen
Maricopa
Apache
Cochise
Cocoine
Gila
Graham
Greenlee
Mohave
Navajo
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Yavapai
Yuma
M. Ashton, Jr
Paris
Charles Mr. Ashton, Jr
American Field Service
Food Bill Passes Senate With Price Seeded For Wheat
Senate approves revamped administration food control bill by 81 to 6. It grants the President authority over foods fuels and coal, fixes a minimum wheat price at not less than 2 per bushel, and authorizes federal action to manage coal and grain markets. Probes into hoarding and futures regulation included. House-Democratic conference to start amid questions over the coal and alcohol provisions.
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Senate
Union News Service
Washington
House
Food Board
France
Hardwick
Penrose
Reed
Norris
Congress
Pomerene Coal
Federal Trade Commission
Soldiers Storm Jail for Guardsmen in Cheyenne
Several hundred soldiers and civilians stormed Cheyenne jail and overpowered police and provost guards to deliver Private T. E. Burke of Company G Third Wyoming Infantry after civilian Andrew Falk was accidentally wounded in a clash between provost guards and troops. Nine injured during storm.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
T. E. Burke
Company G
Third Wyoming Infantry
Andrew Falk
Verdun echo in Craonne assault as German drive fails
Tarnopol occupation reported. Kerensky gains limited powers to restore order. Petrograd fronts see Russian progress near Krevo and Vilna as Germans suffer major loss at Craonne. Siam declares war on Germany and Austria with seizures and arrests. Kerensky to command Russian army. Kaiser directs battle. US aviation bill passes Senate for 640 million with 22,900 planes and 100,000 men planned.
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London
Tarnopol
Galicia
Reuter’s, Limited
Petrograd
Kerensky
Galician
Kaiser
German Socialista
Reichstag
Kaiser Calle Two Million Boys
Washington reports Germany plans to call 2,000,000 of its youngest men next March to report for service as a counter move to the American draft. War Department officials received confidential advices stating the timing aligns with the anticipated readiness of the U S army for transfer to France. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were ordered released on $26,000 bail each by Justice Brandeis after a writ of error granted in Washington. Ball for Louis Kramer and Morris Becker set at $10,000 each with asset bonds.
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Job
Seth
Kaiser
Washington
Germany
War Department
United States
France
Goldman
Berkman
New York
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
United States Surene Court
Brandeis
Ball
Louis Kramer
Morris Becker
Miss Goldman
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