South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 4, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 4 January 1918 — Page 8

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Reports Million Fit and Without Dependents, Available Would Register Those 21 Since June 5.

WASHINGTON". Jan. 4. AI! nun for the war armies --till to he raised 1 y ine United St.it' s will rome from t 'as one uri r the nnv solu tion service plan. That mrans the nai ion's n?htinK i;i to l c done by young ji;n. without families dependent upon their labor for support and unskilled In necess ary Industrial or s.prlrulturnl work. Provost Marsha! Gen. Cro-.vJ?r announces the new policy in an exhaustive report upon the operation of the selective draft law submitted Thursday to Sec'y leaker and sent to congress. Jle pays class one should provide men for all military needs of the country, and to accomplish that object he urges amendment of the draft law r-o as to provide that all men who have reached IhOr twenty-first birthdays since June 5, 1D17, shall be required to register for classification. Also, in the interest of fair distribution of the military burden he proposes that the quotas of states or districts lie determined hereafter on the basis rf the number of men In class one, and not upon population. One Million In Cla One. Available figum indicate, the report says, that there are one million physically and cthTwi? qualified men under the present registration who will be found in ela-ss one v. hen all questionnaires hae been returned and the Classification period ends Feb. lu. To this the extension of registration to men turnin:: 21 since June 5 of last year and

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The American steamship Tuscarora. formerly a lake rtiamcr, but r pint: board for Atlantic service, has been lost with her entire crew o Nova Scotia. .he was last heard from Dec. 7, when she passed Fa river. It is believed the essel foundered somewhere north of Cap

ecently requistioned by the shipf Z, according to reports from ther point on the St. Iarence e lireton island.

thfreafter will add 700,000 effective men a year. Class one comprises: Single men without dependent leiatives. married men who have habitually failed to support their families, who are dependent upon wives for support, or not usefull enat;ed, and whose families are supported by incomes independent of their labor; unskilled farm laborers, unskilled industrial laborers, registrants by or in respect of whom no deferred classification is claimed or made, registrants who fail to submit questionnaires and in respect of whom no deferred classification is' claimed or made and all registrants not included in any other division of the schedule. Iloar Brunt in War Duty. Narrowed down under the analysis of the first draft made in the report, the plant places upon unattached single men an 1 married men with independent incomes most or the weight of military duty, for the acjjrreate number of men in the other divisions "of class one is very small. Gen. Crowder finds that the first draft surpassed the highest expec

tations of the friends of the selective service idea. He pays hiyh tribute, not only to the thousands of civilians who gave ungrudging service to making the plan a success, but also to the high patriotism of the American people as a wh.'le. "At the president's call," he says, "all ranks of the nation, reluctantly entering the war, nevertheless responded to the first call of the nation with a vigorous and unselfish cooperation that submerged all individual interest in a single endeavor toward the consummation of the national task. I take it that no great national project was ever attempted with so complete a reliance upon the voluntary cooperation of citizens for its execution. Certainly no such burdensome and sacrificial a statute had ever before been executed without a great hierarchy of officials. Room for Improvement. ''This law has been administered by civilians whose official relation lie only in necessary powers with which they are vested by the president's designation of them to perform the duties that are laid upon them. They have accomplished the

task. They have made some mistakes. The system offers room for ir.provement. "But the great thing they were called upor, to do they have done The vaunted efficiency of absolutism of which the German empire stands as the avatar can offer nothing to compare with it. It remains the ultimate test and proof of the intrinsic political idea upon which American institutions of democracy and self-government have been lased."

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Unusual price reductions that mean a real saving. The present condi" tions in the mercantile markets are well known; all fabrics have advanced very greatly in price. Therefore, coming at this time our announcement of a price reduction, will be of more than usual interest. In a store as large as ours we cannot allow the accumulation of odds and ends, broken lots, or slightly soiled garments. We must show at all times, new, fresh and stylish merchandise. This sale is given with the object of forestalling an accumulation. Note the following remarkable bargains, bearing in mind that every garment sold is up to the Adler Brothers standard of quality, which means that we unre" servedlv guarantee everv article sold. Boys' Wash Suits, sizes 2K to 8, broken lots, but a large assortment in each size. Sl.oo and 51.50 values, 75c. Boys' Rompers and Mouse Suits, sizes 3 to S, 65c and 75c values, 38c Boys' Sweaters in all sizes up to 3 4, $1.65 and $1.95. Boys' flats and Caps for winter wear, 5oc values, now 25c; S1.00 qual ities now 68c. Boys' and Children's Top Coats, sizes 5 to 10; S5.00, S6.00 and S7.50 values now $3.55. Boys' Mickinaws and Overcoats, all sizes, regular S7.50 and S8.00 values, $4.95. Boys' Shirts and Waists, some slightly soiled, 75c and S1.00 values, 50c. This ale starts Saturday morning Third floor, take the elevator.

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Crowder shows that y.OMJ.GOS men between the ages of 21 and .11 yearsregistered themselves. Up to late iti December, only .",8 70 arrests had been made of those who had sought to evade registration and of that number 2,2 fiZ were released after having registered and there remain only 2.03.") cases to be prosecuted.

The report declares that in the final

analysis of records, it will be shown that only 0.00.026 per cent of the men within draft a'-ce evaded registration. A rough figure of St. 2 per cent is given as the number of registrants who failed to appear when called by their local boards for examination, but Gen. Crowder hastens to explain that most of these men already are in Europe in the American, Hritish and French armies. They did not await the draft processes in their eagerness to get into action. "The final data will undoubtedly phow," Gen. Crowder added, "that the number of those who wilfully failed to appear for examination When called is insignificant." Of the tctal registration of 9,386, 50 S, the number called and examined was C.0S2.049 and of these 1.057.C63 were certified by the boards for military servioe. Since the first call was for only 6x7,000 men, there now remain 70,363 men awaiting summons to the mobilization camps. Of all men examined. 7oG,7"0. or 23.7 per cent were rejected for physical reasons. That, it is pointed out. shows an encouraging improvement in the physical condition of the young men of the nation since Civil war days, f.v at that time the draft authorities rejected "2 per cent of all men called on physical grounds. Hair Claim Exemption. About one-half of all men called, or 1,560.570 claimed exemption. The cJaims of 7S per cent of tlie-e were granted, showing in the opinion of officials that very few fraudulent claims were filed. Of those exempted. 7 1 per cent were released because of dependent relatives, 20 per cent because they claimed alien birth and nationality, and only six per cent on vocational grounds. Less than one per cent of the exemptions were granted to religious objectors or to those morally unfit. The figures are 3.SS7 exempted because of religious belief, their exemption extending only to release from participating in actual combat, and 2.001 rejected for moral unfitness. The majority of the latter were convicts now in prison. The total cost of the first draft, exclusive of the cost of the provost marshal generals office here was

$3.211. 9C3.

ADLER BROTHERS

A Store for Men and Boys.

On Michigan and Washington Since 1884.

.BELATED XMAS TURKEY

ARRIVES AT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. A big turkey gobbler with red. white and blue in his plumage reached the white house Thursday from Kiefer, Okla. There was nothing on the crate to identify the sender, but the gobbler probably was intended as a gift for the president's Christmas dinner and was delayed on the road

railroad congestion. in honor lii! extraordinary coat he was

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Over a hundred of them came yesterday from New York. Brand New Coats in newer styles. Beautifully lined and interlined. Most of them have tur collars. Hardly any two Coats alike. Every new material. Colors: Pekin, taupe, brown, burgundy, navy and black. We are selling these brand New Coats at $15.00, $16.50, $19.75, $23.75, $25.00

See the Coats, please, You 11 Be Astonished at the Bargains the Saving is Nearly a Half

That Great Blouse Sale at $3 Started With a Rush

Clearance Sale of Silk Dresses

Nearlv halt of the lot were sold vesterdav.

Women came, women saw, women bought.

Here are regular S5.50 and s6.5o Waists of Georgette, Pussy Willow, Satin, Crepe de Chine and Striped Silk in white, flesh, navy, black and new high shades. All fresh and perfectly clean. livery one a bargain at $3.95. See our window display.

S 1 5 Silk Dresses at $20 Silk Dresses at $23 Silk Dresses at s3o Silk Dresses at $55 Silk Dresses at S t 5 Silk Dresses at

. .$10.00 . .$12.50 . .$14.50 . .$17.50 . .$20.00 . .$25.00

Clearance Sale of Serge Dresses $15 Serene Dresses ....$11.50

$20 Serge Dresses S25 Serge Druses s3u Serge Dresses S3 5 Serge Dresses

. .$15.00 . .$18.75 . .$22.50 . .$27.50

ALL PARTY DRESSES j AT HALF PRICE

Clearance Sale of Warm Winter Suits

All $15, S20, $25 Suits $10.00

All $30, S35, $40 Suits

All S-12, $15, S 17 Suits

All S5o, $55, $6() Suits

5.00 $20.00 $25.00

Millinery Bargains for Friday and Saturday We have regrouped our entire stock of Trimmed Hats in three groups as follows:

Group 1 All Hats formerlv priced $8.50 to $12 3 95

Group 2 All Hats formerly priced $6.50 to $7.5()

Group 3---A11 Hats formerly priced S4.no to $5.50 (t 1 QC

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Armenian People Only Remnant of Once Prosperous Nation.

DENIES TWO SOLDIERS WERE FROZEN TO DEATH NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Jan. 4. Kriq:. Gen. Grote Hutchcson. commanding this military district, Thursday niL'ht emphatically denied v urr'nt report that two soldiers

i were frozen to death Saturday and

I Sunday nicht whi.e on puard duty , here. Unusually cold weather with . occasional snow has been experienc- ; ed here for two weeks, but it was announced officially that one case of frost litten ears was the only j ,-erious ufferinf; amons the soldier

as a res uii.

After Jan. ."th all taxi fares will be strictly cash. Ward Hack and Transfer Co. Adv. 9.' 2-10

See the announcement of a remarkable sale of children's wear on pase eitrht of this paper. Adler

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THE HAGUE. NETHERLANDS.

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i 1 u i i - ' - " 1 tople who were under Turkish rule at the beemnins; of the war hae r een slaughtered or starved to death by Turks, according to an indictment issued here by seeral innuential Hollanders, amon? whom ;.re A. V. de Saornin Eohman. the Dutch minister of state, and Dr Anton van Gyn, formerly Dutch minister of iinance. In all. they assert the Turks ha deported 1. 100,000 Armenian men. women and children, robbed them of all they possessed, massscyed the men. carried off the women and pirls to Turkish harems and Kurdish villages, sold the children in the slave market, and abandoned the remainder to plow death by ttü'vation. This remnant of th Armenian peoil In Aiia iiinor." 7 the

statement of th-.'-e neutrals, "is a starvitifr. liii" people. consisting in the main of old men. and women ruid children. The number of children who. separated from their i f lath es. lie along the caravan routes or wander about the towi;3 like dogs, runs into tens of thousands. It is- scarcely credible that in the 20th centur the extermination of almost an entire people umler such terrible t ircumstanecs was possible. Hut entirely trustworthy evidente of neutral consular o facials of German and Swedish missionaries and tercheis, is available, and puts the matter beyond all doubt."

U.S. ENGINEER HELD IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP

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WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 Privat" George H. .J. .OMiaii of th "rrlneer who was reported "missing in action" after an engagement in France on Dec. D. was captured unwounded and Is now in a German prison camp. Gen. I'ershing cable, the war department Thursday niht that, the n"ws had reached him through the llec oss. S man's mother, Mrs. Ar.ra Seaman, lies at 10;'i Emerald st.. Wood Haven, E. I.

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