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ABILENE TEXAS SUX DAY OfTOnER 21 1(U7.
NUMBER 182
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REMAIMn REOISTRAATS DIVII).
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ORRER OF CU.L.
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ran zeps brow down
Ill-nil pppHlu In Original Group
Hull iptprpi in i reiirii rpr-
rit"ry. Sputtering Out
To n n try.
1 r1 Associated Press.
i Oct. !fl Of the twenty
w ! iti.a officially raportpd na tho
it . r last night's air rnltl seven
! - were klltod outright by
t felt In tho shopping tlls-
if Lmilon and thirteen by a
- which destroyed three houses
' . residential quarter Of the
- titlinn eight belonged to one
a mother nnd her Infant four
- mil two boys. A lodger In the
ie also was killed.
i. rPiortcd from ah eastern
i u seven Zeppelins remained
i there for several hours last
h dropped fifty bombs. In-
i- number of Incendiary nature.
i .fait les resulted but a farm
1 c and ail Inn were damaged
. lurses wore killed In a flold.
' the bombs were dropped In I
-t country.
M'Mal announcement Issued
o -tv-. "There was aomo mnter-
i it ic to property."
I'm - the first raid oh London by
' . - In tweh'e months
! h tho raiders which flew
f'fat height.
'li-wr persona were Injured In
- !
Uin 7.EPS BROUGHT IMVX.
T T' r Associated Press.
!IK)N Oct SO. Renter's corre-
- tub-nt at British hcodijunrters la
' it i. '.-It-graphed the following -
' f Zeppelins roturnlug
t ! dn was routed by the
:r defenders last night. Four
"i tire brought down all po-
s ' r. .-J to land In France. It Is
1 '! fifth Gorman airship was
'. 1 t D-uirbonnc-Les-Balns."
Trr Hre eleven Zeppelins In the
TtKiust group thai appeared over
f . ' . rrltory. Rcu'feVs ddxrespond-
rraphtsl later and thoy sent-
t arIons part of the coun-
- - . n attarked after a general
. - IV v sont out They dropped
'.t In France
i i
ti Tins ok l.ATK GREEK
cabinet ark scorep
' T' v-srwinted Press.
TU S$ Oct. 20. The report of
the Greek parliamentary In-t.'.-U
.itt.n coimnltte mud public
f. - .v doclnra that the lai Lam-
iii (w)ste4 Uy overy nnlaw-
.- x-Klng Constantino pr-
t'l-y of monarchlal absolute-
litiautHi: th report says-
' ' I -iinbro csblnt irptrated
- -.itiatton of Uberals and tlw
rr.-ncU sailors and aoWIrs
t secret leobllUnlton against
i !! u nciraBed and pro-
' ' ' . 'i. ial ami JiuU and prlu
it international arts aiming to-
' - ' . the IJbnU and to altoRfth
!'-. . rtl. of the peoplM and to
.nurthy vrjrwlir U orRn-
' "i.l bands for -civil war. It
- ! Atd by mall. i4!raph and
.- Nlth th llwlgarlaiis. U &mb-
1 m Aiiapr and correpod-
- ."I U uroHtwlgutwl lllagat d-
' - iid laws."
F Ml l III !
bl n SMOKINd IS
EWKfTIVK 'n HKRI.IN
' oiUtl Pri
' ' MIAUBK Oet. S The Ur-
Jtav 'preblUtrt moklBB
. unrfor l( var of & and
f toUiM w mc pwsont
tubutujB ts Insplrnl not alone
Merest of tku youth vt also
Jr smokers wb o apeownt
u.itui of tobaoeo ar how
u. forw linos In froaq of to--tares
to obtain tb Wtrlctly
aitowMf of rlfars ad rigar-
tuhtl tAoui dalir
' "
'"M'lHNS AfUTATIOX ItrSS
1KB TO LKAV1I TIIBSHIKS
' itukiHAU Oet toanaraI
ff oniumaiwter of the Uus-
- ' 'ttaeiB fnwt kaa lsned an or-
' ' oBdawniHK l aplla-
'jrited auioiiK the aohlww
nheru arny ll Ut that
- - are suroadtng rwntons that
v nra re prepaiHi: to leave the
- -t crtaln dat.
1EP IS BROUGHT DOWN
IN FLIES.T1 OTHERS
ARE FORGED TO LUND
1 i f Alfiorli(al Prodi
' u't! Oct 2 -A Zppoltn was
i -U)wh la faui lu )at stskt
"ubervtllKr awtr k Alsatian
r n4 two otbwr wr forced U
bla;d to tite wiuadron
1 'f a large nutubee of Zev
' vFih flew ovr ta Vag
E
Pennies Found In Street llprp Filled
l)prrlpti of Tlio.p Stolon $
auoiii si Mas The
Loot. -
Hawley firteon miles north Of Abl
lone In the edge of .lonp county wan
Visited by real burglars Friday night
land two antes were franked to tho
-tithe of about $75 a cash .register
(rifled of $ and an attempt made to
jbrortfc Into the Wichita Valley depot.
1 Tlio safe In tho tiostofflce was
it
'blown with nitroglycerine nnd robbed less ihnn a disaster In tho nlr. howev-
of about IM. Tho safe in tho Hawley er when four nnd probably five Zep-
I Mercantile Company's storo was blown Polln airships believed to ho return-
and robbed of $26 . The cash roglstor ng from n raid on England were
in the riynurne & KlUwoll store was orougnt tlown in French territory by
rifled of $.V The roblxr broke Intd airplanes nnd antl-nlr craft guns.
the watting room of the Wichita Vol- The sea tragedy cost the British
! ley depot but got no farther. ' the ;llves of 136 of tho officers and
' Several cititens of Hawley hoard men oti the dostroycrs who were left
the muffled reports of tho explosions to their fate by tho German raiders
about midnight but thought nothing In thoir hnsto to escape as were the
of It i crews of the sinking merchantmen.
Ranger1 Captain Jerry Gray. Rangers About 100 of tho merchant sailors
Lin Archer llyron 11. Parrlsh ami John re known to have reached tho shore
Montgomery went out to Hawley In on boats or on Urltlsh patrol craft
tho loiter' car to-haxe a look at the 'All but thrco of tho trading ships
work and they pronounced It tho
work of professionals. The "Job" on
the postofftce safe was one of the
neatest Uiey over saw they declared
tho safe and safe door being unin-
jured nnd only the combination lock
being blown out.
Officers believe the robbers headed
straight for Abilene and thts belief
vbs strengthened Saturday by the find-
ing here of twenty-five or thirty pen-
nies Tho pennies were found In the
street on Walnut between First and
Second. Ranger T C Weir commun-
icating with the Hawley postmaster
found that atnoug the loot of the rob-
bers at Hawley were about one hun-
dred pennies. Including a Spanish
ponny. n Canadian penny and a two-
cent piece A Spanish penny was
among the pennlos picked up on the
street here Saturday morning
So far nn arrests havo been ro-
portod
SILENT SENTINELS
E
FOUR ARE fiRRESTCO
Uy Associated Preas.
WASHINGTON. Oct H Silent
sentinels of the Woman's Party re-
sumed picketing at th White House
gntea today and four of them Includ-
ing Alice Pant. " arwutwi. They
later were released on bond for trial
Monday.
The iUett Wt to the White
House when th government clerks
were leaving work and a big crowd
had gathered before the poltc arriv-
al The only demonstration was the
cheering and hin ot the women as
they wero placed in the patrol wag-
on. .
i i -
TIIM'I OF KN' YORK
PORT TO RE AVERTED
Nt
Ry The Asioclated Press-
NBA YORK Oct fd -Through
Hbwhtfton ot alt labor questions to a
committee to be nominate by the fed-
eral government a agreed upon today
!-' representative of both owners
the threatened shipping tle-UP of the
nort of Ne York Noreuilier I will be
ttverted. Richmond l sM-xM". chair-
man if the adjuntment committee or
Ui federal ehtpptu bunl. stated to-
day after a conference lth repre-
sentatives of the New York boat own-
ers association the tow boat ox-
change ot arlon railroad compas-
JOHN ROlSJiER
COUNT! COMMISSIONER
DROPS DEAD SATURDAY
John lUger. former county vom-
mlwiloner and ell known over the
fS dropiMi dead in a drug store
it Ovela t la M Saturday
Thi funeml U1 he held today
tso0u) . uom the family home la th
jMTNed outr .boot aen U
aat Of lHalo
erU chtutren He a over year
Zjriwt for mvW! Sr ami w
LoiuilOBasTllBKBATBIi.
By The Associata Pr-
IiIiIaS Oel J Kfe
fSuai guwe at tQ State Mr
"S. reu u a big urrt$e to
.!TfcAi ..fArl 6 Oklahoma at
60 r.uH a I ! rt Saturday
135
BRITISH PERISHED
Haiders Lento All Ahonrd to Fate In
Niisto to Uet AWay-fluss Minos'
Fleet In I)csicrlo
Straits
By Tho Associated pi-e-s.
Germany scored on tho w'nter In
Saturday's now development whlrh
recorded the brooking up of a mer-
chant coiuoy in the North Sea by
raiding cruisers that snnk two llrlt
Ish cruisers and nlfie of tho twnlvo
convoyed ships. Sho suffered Httlc
were or bcnndlnnrian nationality.
most of thorn being small vessels.
Tho character of ?ho raiding war-
ships la not oxnetly apparont. The
Urltlsh admiralty l.cribos them as
very fast and heavily armed whllo
Rerlln refers to them "as light soa-
fightlug forces." ThBy escaped the
vigilance of the British guard ships
anu under cover of darkness both on
their outward anil homeward trip.
A story from Germany gives on ad-
count of a raid on Kngland last night
In which the bombs the Zeppelins
droppod killed twenty-seven persons
and Infured fifty-three others. Re-
ports soon began to be received bow
er of Zeppelins being brought down In
France
Tho situation or the minor Russian
fleet which was caught by the Ger-
mans In the waters around tho Gulf
of Riga la apparently a despot-ate one.
Tho Germans have' sown mlnae
south of Moan Sound w block tho ex-
ist whllo thoy are closing the route to
tho north by the:r operations by tak-
ing possoasmn of Dago Island which
Rerlln reports say nre proceeding ae-
cordlng to the Gorman plan.
On tho western fighting front tho
nrtillory battles aro continuing' In
both the Flanders and Atane regions
but no Infantry operations of moment
are reported In none of the othor
war areas either havo the operations
been of a naturo to command special
attention.
II Ships In All Sunk
LONDON. Oct. SO Two German
raiders attacked a convoy In the North
Sea Wednesday and sank1 two Urltlsh
eecorting destroyer the war office
Officially announced-today.
The BrltUh torpedo destroyers were
the Mary Rose and Strongbow.
The official statements sayd that
three merchant vessels escaped in the
action but that five Norwegian one
Danish and three Swedish veeaela were
sunk without warning.
Thirty Norwegians were rescued by
British patrol craft.
The raiders. whu?h were aeavlly
snuod. snowed anxiety to escape be-
fore 4hey- eonld Intercepted by Brit-
ish forcee and made no attempt to res-
cue the crews of the sunken destroy -era.
Aniprlcan Schooner Sunk
La'DOX. Oct 9 Tbe American
schooner Johnnie K Rishter. 61? toes
gro was sunk by a Teuton subma-
rine Tuesday off Cape Vttlane Spain
Nifje men of the schooner were laud-
ed today at Mujta
ns ( i m ii i ii i ii
X0 AORRESIEXT YET IX
SOPTinYEST COAL FIELDS
By The Associated prass
KANSAS CITY. Oct SO Represent-
ative of the Called Mine Workers of
America In the southwest coal fields
and of the operators association ad-
journed bite todaj abr conference
lasting to days and had not yet
rearbed an agreement to form the
beik of n working contract.
NjfijotUiijons will be resumed to-
morrow In an effort to effect a et
tlement
Resumption of negotiations has de-
ferred tbe strike in the southwest
held called foi Usl Friday and pro-
duction in these mine continued
aviatorsInIance
drop loan posters
over theijerman line
By The Associated Press.
' WASHINGTON Ou S1 mertcan
aviators In Prance the Treasury de
naruuent announced toda were H
log over the German. Rm dropping
thousands of Liberty 1xk posters
Arrangements were made some time
ago ta have American aiator on Jbt
western front shower the Oertnan linea
with tbe potrs simultaneously wlt'
tho aerial ampatgn vt dropping F
per Ixmbs in thwountt today
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FKEU1EIIEM
TEIWIPLE SATURDAY
SOrTHllOlMl hATA- Tl HITS
AIT0M0R1LE VT LITTLE
RIYER
Two Pprsonu Seriously Hurt Vnd
Arc Carried to Temple Three
Hojm .lump From Cur und
Escape Injury
Dy The Associated ProjsB.
TliMPLB Tax. Oet. 36.F1v6 pdr-J
sons wero killed and two sorlously
Injured late this afternoon when a
southbound M. K. & T. passenger
train struck an automobile at Little
River near here. The dead all of
Little River are: J. It. McFarland
prominent merchant; Mrs. J. R. Mc-
Farland; OMn McFwrland 12 son of
Mr and Mrs. J R. McFarland; Parker
Williams son of Katy agent at Lit-
tle Rivor; Marion Duiilap. 23.
The injured are:
Barlow McFarland. son of J. R Mc-
Farland. and Tom McFarlaud. broth-
er of J. t
Three boys who were standing on
the running board of the automobile
jumped when tbey saw the approach-
ing train and escaped injury.
The victims of the tragedy were
rushing to the homo of J." R. McPar-
land's father hen the accident oc-
curred. The barn of the letter's place
being on fire at the time
All of the dead were badly man-
gled and the automobile was com-
pletely demolished Tbe Injured are
in a hospital In Temple
DRYS WIN BY ABOUT
16110 IN M'LENIN CD.
IS CONCEDE LOST
R The Associated Press
mvCO Te. Oct. M.. AuU-prohl-Wtfoii
leader at o'clock conceded
that McLorhh eounly Including the
city at Waco et Jdry" in today's
election by about IJCM votes.
Seventy saloons and five wholesale
liquor houses are afftwl.
Climates that the "dfyH margin
would from l. to IJet atA was
based on returns (rem twesty-oighl
out of forty-three boxes and four out
of six dty warda.
With two wawls to be hoard fromftno attending physteians hold out Mt-
tbe Tdrya" led in the city by 93 vo-
tes. 4- - 4
WEATHER BUREAU.ABILEXE Tex. Oct. SO.- For Abl.
leue and Vicinity : Sundaj fair aud
colder.'
For Bust Texas: Sunday fair and
colder in interior
FVr Wost Texas: Sunday fair. Bold-
er m the Panhandle
Saturday
AM P4L
Mjurte t
jt vNvC0S.J ' 1 51
yuNCWv ggm S ... 6$
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Zimiliie" V.:"
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E
LIFTED DEC. 1ST
ALL HIT ABOUT THIRTY PAST-
t'RES IX TAYLOR COUNTY BE
PLACED ABOVE LLNE.
IS RECORD CLEAN-UP
Work In This County Completed Quick
ly by Ready Co-Opemtlon
(JItpu Ry The Stock-
men. Taylqrrcquntvv-ilj3e placed above
tho tick quarantine lino on December
1 according to Information' received
he.ro by County Judge B. M. Ovor-
shlnor in a letter from the state live
stock sanitary commission thus bring
ing to a conclusion one of the quick-
est tick clean-ups in the state.
The stata commission has recom-
mended to the United Statos Bureau
of Animal Industry that the quar
antine be lifted in this county and as
tho national board usually follows tho
state board's suggestions in those
mutter the quarantine will likely be
lifted on December 1.
However a special quarantine will
remain in effect in about thirty pas-
tures in various porta of tbe county
where the work has not been per-
fected. The affected pastures are a
very small percontnga of the eounty's
area.
The county at One time this year
bad eight inspectors at work but the
(number has been gradually decreased
tor the poet few weeks until now
only throe or four are at work- As
soon as the quarantine i lifted De-
cember 1 all but one or two will be
released tbe others being retained
through the winter and a part of nest
year to wind up the work la the pas-
tures under special quarantine.
Olin Graves inspector la charge of
the county for the state said Saturday
that Taylor county has been cleane4
up quicker than any othr he knows
f. largely due to the ready co-operation
given by the stockmea. He will
end bis work in this ceunty when the
quarantine t lifted but jnst where
he will go from here he has not hn-
uounced. but It probably will be
Brown county.
FiTSDUIOSS "MAKIXO
KILITB FIGHT FOR LIEK
CHICAGO Oct 2 Robert FlUi-
stwmous. the pugilist w U critic-
ally 111 at a Chicago hotpUal Is makv
Uig a brave fight for bis life auaougn
HO nop r nis recovury. ue ws
nntanseious most of the day and is
gradually lealns stre.nfth.
His wife who collated yesterday
after being at his bedside for forty-
eight hours without sleep recovered
sufficiently today to resume her place
at his bedside.
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION
PETITION FOR TRAVIS
TO BE PRESENTED
TICK HiTIN
It Staff Special to Tbe Reporter
i$ AWTIN. Tex Oct. 4-A petHten
ti. will bi prosonted on next Tuesday to
t'ltU coHiwlesioners court of Travis
63 ijHunly a&klng that a local option
il eittu be called for the entire eoun-
y ty with the exception of precinct No
Jt which hs already dry
I Just what ii.-lkui ihd HUUiuLsatoti-
era will take on the petition remains
undisposed at the present time at- J
though it U generally expected that
the petition wUl be granted I
(IFFICIALS m GONFIDENT BBEHTLT SIMPLIFY IRK
Liberty Pay Xcxt WodnPsilny Expec-
ted to bo Runner I)ny-k-giiuvf
storms nnd Holiday Cn
Total Saturday
By (ho Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Oct. 20. Tli0 Lib-
erty Lonri campaign today progressed
to the threshold 'or offtelnl expecta-
tion nnd paused. Treasury heads had
hoped that tho two billion lino would
bo crossed. Apparently the big total
stopped Just Bhort of tho mark with
nn estimated total of $1073000000.
Tho results moans that tho sum oti
$600000000 a day will havo to be sub-
scribed every day for tho remaining
week of tho campaign with a hand-
ful of millions to spare If tho 5 billion
dollar goal Is reached when tho books
close next Saturday rttght.
Official returns from tho twolve re-
serve banks representing subscrip-
tions upon which tho two percent of
tho sum applied for had been paid in-
to tho reserve banks increased tho
day's total to within less than one
million .dollars of $ 1.200.000.00
Tho flvo billion dollar total can
bo attained next week If thero Is no
let up In tho campaign and It various
districts In the mlddlo-west. southwost
nnd west are aroused from an appar-
ent apathy which has thus far caus-
ed Kreat concern.
Liberty Day. It is thought will bo
the banner day of tlio campaign. A
total subscription of ono billion dol-
lars on this day. next Wednesday
which hundreds of thousands of work-
ers arc strV'ns to reach. It ts also-
likely that the final week will show-
In Its entirety a response on the part
of the nation greater than during the
wholo prior three weeks.
Thero will havo to be such a re-
sponse it Is stated ir te full five
billion Is taken.
Summarizing the dovelODmenlafc.l
tho day and week tho treasury tasinyli
a statoment tonight wMoh saidi
"Half holidays in many districts
caused sales to slump. V hard snow-
storm In the northwest also kept an'
army of ."O.OOO workers very idle In
tho Minneapolis district just as they
wero making their best stride. Tho
holiday cut In badly on New York's
total where an advance of only $55-
.oOO.Ooo was noted"
MYSOFTHLLII
IIS FIGHTS TO END
USE OF HEAVIER MACHINES IN-
CREASING FAST ON THE
EUROPEAN BATTLEFIELDS
MAKING LIBERTY MOTORS
Sufficient Supply Will Be Produced
When American Aviators Assem-
ble In Force on Fighting Lines
It Is Announced.
By Th Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Oct. Sfl The day
of limiting duels between hidtviduul
avw-vira oner the fighting Rue hi Ku-
rope appear to be passing. Both of-
fli uu unufucMtl advice recently
have sho a Increasing use of heavier
machines with greater armament and
th development of air machines an.
puaict u be paralleling closely with
tho developing of fighting ships.
Tb: are Indications that amend
mentb already have been necessary in
the progress for creating new war
fleets provided for by congress. While
there will be no lack of small fighting
Ulancsa it is probable that stress Is be-
ing L-U now en the bombing craft
ami i. increasing the speed of the
heath r machine and giving adequate
arm&ioeBt
Alrraij the engineers who designed
the su.rt tfiotor aro at work an
plants or evn more powerful planes
it i uuderetood.
At it l- aajn time the Itbert) )tHr
is mi v. proshwed at a rule that aseures
a su.ciejn soppily when Awerican
aviator axe aembled In force over
the light ig line.
"
1W mSSEXGERS OX KISS
TILUS KILLED OR Ul'RT
By tbe AssoehUad Pre
LQKDON. CteL . A dtewitch to
the Times from Odeua. says pat-
seugers were kllletl or wounded en a
train held up to' Sue armed briud4
near Ymdikavcu ta the Cuuca&ua
i .
MIXERS IX ILLINOIS
F1EUIS UKl'lRX TO WORK
By Tho Associated Press.
SPR1NUFIKLD. 111. uct 3w -Miner
in the Illtnota ooal fields gradually
are returning to work reports recclv
ed here today Indicate
fcnf'i "'li Know Exncl Position Anil
Ho Able to Arrange .Affairs nnd
one Deemed lndispeni.
blc Re Cnl led.
By Tho Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Oct. 20.-A sweep-
ing chapge In the mllltnry machinery
of the selective draft based on divis-
ion of tho 9.00O.000 remaining regis-
trants into flvo classes in order of
thoir eligibility for military servico
wng announced bv Provnot Mnrai.ni
General Crowder today. Details of
tho plan which has been approved by
President Wilson aro tint ilUHnan.t
It is calcula -d ovor to do away with
virtually all ' .o complicated machin-
ery of tho fir draft nnd to nmko tho
operations of . local board little
more than rubbfU stamp proceedings.
The plan was worked out at con-
ferences with local and district boards.
Wint Sow PInn Is.
Tho chief features are: That overy
registered man will know his exact
position nnd be nblo to nrrango his
affairs accordingly and that no man
deemed necessary in any Important
Industry or needed nt home to sup-
port hi8 family will be called to tho
colors unloss the military situation la
dospcralc.
Regulations to govern the new ss-
tom are now being made ready for
local and district boards. Provost
Marshal General Crowder In tho
formal statement assures them thoy
will be given ample opportunity to fa-
miliarise themselves with theso regu-
lations beforo the machinery provided
is called into use. As the next call
to the colors Is to bo made under tlio
new plan this assurance is taken to
lndlcato that the second call will not
be expected before the first of tho
year although no authoritative state-
ment on this point was nvallabla to-
night TTtat "XTnTKilinl flonofftl Cmwttir
r-v.r. -"r'"v -.r "-
issueu inuj giaiomcni.-.
tWTth tho-cowplBtloirmr-tho draft
u mo ursv array or. tjtu.uuu men a
new system will bo Installod for tho
creation of suggested armies which
will greatly lessen the labors of tho
local and district boards. So far has
this been accomplished that it is be-
lieved that under the new Bystem SO
per cent of the work will be elimi-
nated while tho forms to be used
will not exceed twenty In number ns
compared with approximately IS2
forms which the present system re
quires.
"Along with the reduction of labor
will be provided a system which will
classify each of the 9000000 of men
who have not yet been Inducted Into
military service and each will be giv-
en his place in the national schema
of defense.
"To do this It has been determined
t0 obtain from each man completo
Information of a character which will
definitely determine his economic
worth as compared with his fellow
registrants and the Information thus
obtained to place him in ono of the
five classes each to be called in turn
as the need arises.
''QuestlonaIre Method.
"The method of obtaining this in-
formation is through a 'questionalre
a series of questions calculated to
produce the information desired This
document will bo mailed to every reg-
istrant not yet In service on a day to
be fixed seven days being given to
each registrant to complete and re-
turn the same. Every opportunity
will be offered to each man to com-
plete his questions fully and without
error.
"The local boards will then ex-
amine each questionalre and assign
eaeh registrant to one of five classes.
"Those classes will be based upon
every conceivable condition from the
family er occupational standpoint
that should bo properly advanced
from a man desiring to be excused
Class One will be called first for
physical examination and for service
when it is exhausted It the nation's
Heedj are such as to make it neces-
sary Class 2 will fellow and thus each
registered man. will take Ms. place If
needed
Hvery opportunity for each classi-
fication by the local boards bus been
retained and perfected but proceed
ings wilt he greatly simplified
"The tedkiua work of the local
hoard boa been praetloally eliminated
hy h production of a form to be
tyftown as No 1W which will be tho
foundation of the new system Through
its use all the laborious work tu mak-
ing and pooling lists will be elloilnat
ed. AH of the. doeket sheets and
records will be made unnecessary and
by the arrangements of its columns
the work of the local boards will bo
reduced to a minimum.
"On thU new form the complete
hbttary of each man's case will ap-
pear at a glance beginning with hs
order number and ending with bis
lmluotlon into military camp while
at the close of each day's work the
local hoard is enabled to complete la
a tw minutes with a rubber stamp
what has hitherto taken hours to
complete Tbe system U such that It
will present each case ahaoat auto
matlcajily u the local boards.'
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The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 182, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 21, 1917, newspaper, October 21, 1917; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth334399/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.