The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 5, 1917, Page 1

20,000 SEATTLE YOUTHS ENRO its at ind of » Zab. ted or Pock- n's $8.50 ble in high haw: aeaseesezezs: ‘emanates de of ue The S e attle S tar’ rime 1.45 PE: z voile, ‘GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST eiag anithe I eA ae ibroid- ks and ys | VOLUME 19 eVEH Ns Our Difficulties Today Are Nothing Beside Great Britain’s, Writes Mary Boyle O’Reilly, Who Acted As a Registrar There BY MARY BOYLE O'REILLY (Star U on witenn SEATTLE, ,;WASH JUNE 5, 1917. hits ONE CENT Big Ben was booming the llth hour of registration day as 1 crossed Westminster and re. called suddenly that I, an alien a foreign land, was still un questions wrote “And parson, not about poor folk, never bothered to find out the difference Now, Miss, what would you say; AM | married to Ellen n We don't want to make a mis J take when it comes to this The registration.” er ation day caring paper Correspondent Lately Re. F certain year ratior turned From Europe.) appe: = cay y NCLE SAM has just After t he o do dent “ , and tac 1 ean ® hed War : mu You lide war, says I, ‘when and bear Miss, me arin see, Sunday THIRTY MIL I grim little list of pains when dN and women and youths the na was one onal serv of the 30,000 woman volunteers who helped conduct the registration My station was in the village of Merlyn, 20 miles from Lo: n don, and | nearly went to jail because | forgot to register MYSELF until just before the closing hour Eliza Mack kept Leeds six years called, when, ing for church, and a juat cottage as we were start her and me ‘ad company 1 ‘ad banns a bit ef a rumpus. you ear my girl,’ ' was th,’ wouldn't the she cries Wouldn't me 1 tells her marry only man ans you ready, j on couldn't, but your Caut ously rs of Merly We vid dame what i their wa ada in fore forms wou unnet watel the school dnt most a White dan porch nyone yenalties which I had so recited to dawdling ackers took on acute interest Helter-skelter I dashed home. In the hotel foyer a London »bby stood guard over the ays registration late * * * 8 doing my bit,” His nod conceded and here—and . real age, and old bim Sign here f and ave Rive them bridesmaid is ready. Ellen, mer n Merlyn Will 1? laughs my Ellen, ® have our Dennet, will a duck swim?! crets w w w ling . you Robe Better take care to tell the whole truth © © © No ¢ 10 knows you will read it.” to know all income papers! FE that j« on ts instructed. were or w orson years of age hamlet the best of Mary Baas O'Reilly ese) HURRY TO REGISTER Bereaved by Wife’s Death Yesterday, Young Father Refuses to Claim Exemption SIDELIGHTS UPON DAY’S EVENTS } were in doubt regarding the color of an applicant's eyes or hair, Og- den Was invariably called into con- | pultation.. The young-man-offering Disdifeto-his-country removed his at, turned his face toward the light, and Ogden, squinting thru his specs, pronounced judgment. Stephen Lidston, 27, of 1529 11th lave. W., is peeved with Uncle Sam. He registered early Tuesday| morning in Precinct 78. “But,” he defiantly told Registra. tion Clerk Harry J. Kuen, “I'm not going to go.” He explained that he had re. cently attempted to enlist in the navy, and that he had been rejected because of a slight physical defect So he caused to be entered opposite the question, “Do You Claim Exemption?” the an swer: “Yes. Physical defect.” Colored Man Ready There's nothing the matter with and I'm ready for service,” said 420 22nd 8S. He ) register at Precinct one of the first in Seattle | |to tear off the lower left-hand cor of h Twenty thousand of Se- attle’s young men, almost half the city’s quota of 48,000, had registered early Tuesday afternoon for select military service, officials estimated. The estimated mumber who will register in the state is 212,624. The registra- tion was much heavier in the afternoon than during the morning hours, altho at some precincts there was a struggle among the men to sign the first card. There was patriotism evidenced the registration places, but it the “shouting kind.” It its presence known by the number of cards claiming for light or trivial rea- A Troop of the Guard Rides Forth | There's a trampling of hoofs in the busy street, | There’s a clanking of sabres on floor and stair, There's a sound of restless hurrying feet, Of voices that whisper, of lips that entreat; Will they live, will they die, will they strive, will they dare? The houses are garlanded, flags flutter gay, |For a Troop of the Guard rides forth today Grover Gilmore McClurg, 25, claims mo exemption from se ect service, tho his wife died Monday night, at the family home, 4431 Interiake ave., leave ing Betty MeClurg, 1!) years old, motheriess. McClurg, who Is a public school janitor, was among the first to register at the city barn, 3467 Third ave. W., Tues day His willingness to serve his country won the outspoken ad miration of the registrars lo the troopers will ride and their hearts will leap When it's shoulder to shoulder and friend to friend— But it’s some to the pinnacle, some to the deep, | And some in the glow of their strength to sleep And for all it's a fight to the war's far end And it's each to his goal, nor turn,nor sway, | When a Troop of the Guard rides forth today CONVICTS RIOT WITH MILITIA JOLIET, I11., June 5.—Three hundred convicts, herded to- gether in one corner of the Jol- | weeks jet prison inciosure, armed i rif with heavy clubs and pieces of scrap iron, were still defying prison authorities and the state militia late today atiste. at | wasn't made limited exemptions sons The | the st i effect thusia nepiring city to places frown Altho anti-conseriptionists busy posting new no arrests were ports of res or distur made to the a Sheriff Stringe Newcastle to round up who voted Sunday to tering If anti-drafters had be or demonstrations in Seattle on registration day, their plans did not materialize during the fore- Two hundred Japanese had registered by 9 a. m., and their precinct was busier than any othe atriotic meetings held on ts Monday night had their n Seattle, concentrating en o a desire to serve and the young 1 of the approach the istration with a smile instead of a Italians Willing ty er ered at the almost all naturalized. | no exemp potty at of Italy claimed iges nea Thr Convicts Fire Buildings the A new were in the @ coL stickers Monday night, made and no re tance to registration ANCE of any kind were orities sent deputies to 200 slackers avoid regts- + 202, 1823 Alder at w walt me Raly ontre menac ther jing the into ame JOLIET, Hil, June 5.—Three o'clor companies of Illinois militia and the combined fire and police de partments are engaged in a des perate fight with 800 convicts in the Joliet state prison. Five buildings in the interior of the prison are in flames, hav- mone ’ ime afte tbsy : Pe not ing been ignited by the in en who we othe rat et Ber ; ; ! furiated inmates. fighting appeared to! At that time | With ¢ ts ¢ na seriously | else they could their Order Angers ner card ! plotted trou May Still Volunteer Select ser registration will] disbar a n from enlisting in| branch of the service he desires | noon to the time he is called,” was the| Altho the police eseage received by Lieut. Udell of /readiness to handle trouble Marine Corps from Washington | whic might come registra day tion places from those who oppose | select not a single com plaint was made to headquarters at ho Navy i m n Shop |'Tnesday morning. More than 100 maker of of naval instruments, Al-| extra patrolmen were posted te vice | not force was in any up at At noon the be increasing in fur: five ce te had led and a score more slig rds Begins at Breakfast the d anything Em service ts been wour we None on er Grover Gilmour McClurg, whose wife died Monday night, leaving a motherless little girl, Betty, age 18 months, He registered early Tues 19, on ac day and said he would not claim exemption. abandor old police bad been Ac laimed exemy (Continued on page 10) ‘POST LISTS OF ALL WHO REGISTER IN COUNTY NEXT WEEK The hunt for slackers who may have evaded registration will be started within five days, Corporation Counsel Cald- well said Tuesday. The names and addresses of the men registered will be ar- ranged alphabetically, accord- ing to precincts, and copies posted in conspicuous places. It is probable that the lists will be printed and one copy will be filed in Washington. It is the duty of every person to read the lists, and, if in his knowl 2 edge, any man of eligible lives in the county-| within the precinct whose name building, announced that he] does not appear on the inform ready to serve the United|the authorities even tho he is a citizen of| Sherif® Stringer and Chief Beck when he registered as No.|ingham will use their forces in the inct 222, early Tuesday | slacker hunt. Gov. Lister Here ‘The cards will be placed in the hands of Adjutant General Thomp- son, Who becomes custodian Gov. Lister ‘was in conference with Mayor Gill Tuesday morning assisting wjth the registration for select serv He is nominally at the head of the machinery of regis. \tration in the state, altho receiving all instructions from the provost marshal gengral at Washington. ‘ount of his occupation proportion warden First to Register The first to | register for select service was | Willlam Clayton Sloan, 28, 8340 | 13th ave. N. W. He was wait | ng at the door of Whittier school when Mrs. A. C. Jackson, | 1 Precinet 109} claimed nir Registrars | | Harwood and F.C. Jackson thorities could no’ pon waa 4 n Pring. | venir to month o be a sid be: pariaitted tol Hiay x pe quartermas man in Seattle Institution N | Served Three Years ae Altho he spent three years in | the regular rmy, Sidne A , . piste Herbereich, 1705 34th |He’s American, But—, ave. at Precinct No. 34, claim Henry Alfred ed exemption from service on ton st., was sure the ground that he had consci- | Hut wasn't entious scruples against armed “ combat Claim High Record At ig the cor vice agreeme a driv help were sent to! pigse militia which general viets to make Hurried call three companies of r freedom we eat calle an as announce final-| durt n nt] the convicts apparently word around that a gen ENEMY CRUISER oieneg SCENE. light cruiger and destroyer fl tilla sank one German de all it tion i roar oO fo ¢ order ¥ cards Two Mouths to Feed and ( ed night ataring the Guiseppe is 4 ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK registrar, arrived, at 6:45 a. m, She didn’t keep him waiting three minutes. Sloan said he had a dependent wife and child. He claimed exemption. and I'm a natura Phi the desto 904 Bos American anted The vat it Stalison, explanatio: he was labo that irdo, 24, a he ur he w call himself Caucasian ind] red him that 1405 2ist 8, whe registered at Precinet 236, in the Colman school When asked { he claimed any ex Nort he said, “Well, there's |ave. 8 ve, and my wife! hi way Palmer, 23, 618 Sixth] the first to register in No. 219, at 819 Weller an J wa nvattion precinet Actor Has Asthma 1 Aaa ‘ and Broken Thumb wa Morrone recinet Sepa 4 born it stroyer, the S-20, and damaged ces another, in an engagement with six enemy destroyers at long range, the admiralty reported today. Ostend wa Its,” th Turk Registers Bension Jerusalmi ive, S., a bootblack pate gistra 1 the Rainier schoot |Claims No Exemption An aged father, a mother and four young brothers and sisters 1 address are dependent upon George 7 Sealis 24, 1101 and yet he claimed r lle registrars by k door of the office before came in to offer himself for se. lect service CHICAGO, June 5.—Twelve Tel gh is 103 121h| ure arrests had been made in Chi- cago in connection with the registration before noon today Two of these were white men charged with “interfering with registration.” The others were negroes, taken off a train and charged with fleeing from the South to evade registration. One of the white men arrest displayed a poster in his lore near a South Side polling place urging young men not to register. | sending t - other Can’t Be Fooled If there were an lorri hoon o gave h list His occupa infre: were 5 registra. | gistrars districts, there doin Feminine quent. In 31 six women member ded ith dmiralty de- | batteries returned but there were no| British ships and | to the attacking good re rd 8 ey clared the British f casualties oF o\no damage vessels. woth BEAR DRAFT RIOT in The | LANSING, Mich to an appeal from Sheriff Marquette he manuf from tio exemptio rprised the the gave and Woodtons Be The Rhode. Taser. p, Pon Ma Turkey, at Pi | morning. irunt Co ‘aterson rhe alum Shore tion duty anide singer service also 8 exemption on the and and claime: grounds of right’ th the he done thma a frac nb Worry Registrars Dozens men eligible tration Tuesda were blis concerning their registration places. The | orrying over em from one tured Must Watch Kiddies A. Nelson, 20, 2114 at Hendrick claimed for regis sfully ig precine kept re and to an of Foreigners Informed to A. C. MacDouald,| registrar at Precinct 214, at. tie Tourist hotel than half of the district were foreigners e well informed as to the and answers,” he said, ter quickly and in Ww are claiming ex| | According noran Ame Ueman garage and 10th ave. W ual Tuesday His « of registr When umiable old gen proprietor of a gasoline station at 1819 was a individ Ogden who i oth S Manufac no exemptions of three little | when he re | school, ) Pre: | He June re thaps more place istrar hinist Co men in hi They a questions and they telligently officials emptions.” a mac uring children tered at hap-|cinet New pl. combe, of Sleeper today ordered troojm sent to Negaur mining town, 12 miles | from Marquette, to prevent I. \ es Ntidraft rioting DON’T DENY YOURSELF A LAUGH JUST BECAUSE WE’RE IN A WAR! SEE WHAT’S ON PAGE & busy county, Gov TH E FASTEST GROWING PAPER on account inder 1 the Colman Tuesday morning rage w ation the as used as the pl in Precinet 78 registration IN THE NORTHWEST ° Pay for the Liberty fighters; sis! WwW | buy a Liberty Bond. cal oatts °