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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
3
The Provost Marshal General clarifies that farmers are not automatically exempt from the military draft. Indispensable workers in any industry may be exempt, while others will be called to serve if they can contribute more effectively as soldiers. Exemption boards will decide who is indispensable in each occupation.
President Wilson issues a proclamation outlining general rules for appellate boards guiding exemption decisions. The text notes that authority to grant or deny exemptions remains largely within the boards’ discretion.
About 70 men have enrolled for the first unofficial officers reserve corps training camp to be held at Fort Lawton starting June 18 for two weeks. The camp can hold 100, leaving 30 places open. Seattle citizens funded the camp to minimal expense under U. S. Army supervision. Applicants should report to Fort Lawton camp headquarters between 9 30 AM and 4 PM Sunday. Also in Washington, Belgium’s mission to the United States arrived at an American port and will be in Washington tomorrow, led by M Moncheur Gen Leclerc Col Durdell Jean Mertens and Hector Cartier.
The slacker hunt ran at full blast Saturday as officials and citizens checked lists for men who failed to register for selective service. Deputies and marshals seized four men awaiting grand jury action while a legal question about registering homeless registrants was resolved by Recorder Quigley who marked a city jail as a home for one man.
Miss Frances Tracy Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Morgan wed Paul Geddes Pennoyer of Berkeley California at St John s chapel Locust Valley Long Island in a fashionable yet intimate ceremony attended only by immediate relatives and close friends this June.
In Seattle a laundry strike by Inelde and local unions strains restaurants homes and hotels. Five union laundries operate as hospital work is covered by union plants. Nonunion shops face pickets and a driver import plan.双方 seek wage agreements while unions pledge extended action.
The city park department employees received raises after the park board approved an arrangement with the city council which appropriated $12,000 for the measure. The raise adds 60 cents a day for common laborers to reach $5.50, raises foremen by $10 a month to $110, and boosts playground supervisors by $5 a month to $85 or $95.
Five thousand old suspended sentences were wiped from state records in federal courts by President Wilson's proclamation. The action applies to sentences imposed for periods shorter than the interval between imposition and today.
The U S civil service commission will hold a special examination in Seattle on June 22 for stenographers and typewriters to fill posts in Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Wyoming and Alaska Those working daytime hours may arrange to take the exam in the evenings Information and applications are with Herbert Ward at 303 Federal Building
Olympia June 16. Suit filed in superior court by H M Williams of Seattle to compel Secretary of State M Howell to accept 390 additional names to the homedry referendum petitions. Howell contends they arrived too late to be counted.
Federal Judge Cushman denied a writ and booster reduced trial time claiming six months of federal sentence for illegal use of the mails. Deputy Prosecutor Ellis caused the Rossman case to be struck due to a ill witness, delaying trial until after the federal term expires. Rossman was convicted of selling stock in a bogus mill company.
An old message urges citizens to respond to national service. It describes voluntary enlistment as scarce, then introduces conscription for those who value liberty. It stresses supporting Red Cross work and reducing suffering of soldiers, promising savings on coats and dresses through aid efforts.
Public drive to raise funds for the Red Cross includes converting valuables into cash. Union carpenters and musicians contribute floats and music while volunteers recruit from Arcade building headquarters. Major events gather at Bon Marche park and Volunteer park with speeches by J. J. Sullivan and Mrs. W. A. Burleigh.
Washington June 16 the senate finance committee recommends a tax of percent on the net profits of new papers and other periodicals. It is expected to raise 15 million dollars in revenue as a substitute for second class postal rates and the 2 cent advertising tax previously agreed upon by the committee.
Less than 60 recruits added this week in Seattle as nationwide response remains light. Lieut Udell says Seattle trails Portland and San Francisco, with Rose Carnival aiding the effort. Seattle's apportionment was 240 men and selective service registration reportedly curbed recruiting.
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