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VOLUME XXXI!.
AB1LENK TKXVH TU-SDIY UGl ST 1 11T.
XIMBRK S
THOUSANDS AT
RUSSIANS SHOW Am"lcm ""- " Smk' Scrcm " Hid' From Sabm HENOERSOK
DRAFT IN INTEREST
.! OF THE NATION
"CARNIVAL"
MORE STREN6TH
QUIT THE CABINET
CROW!) WHICH ATTENDED CAHM.
VAL OF NATIONS SATFJIDAY
NIGHT DEMGHTEH.
HAVE IIEEN SrcrESHFrr AGAINST
AV.STHO.GEHHANH AT
SOME POINTS
CORRESPONDENCE 11RTJFEEX IAjCROWDER STRESSES LAW PASSED
DOR LEADER AND MINISTER t'lVS CONGRESS NOT FOR
GIVEN on.
INDIVIDrAL.
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CARNIVAL SPIRIT RAMPART
lloollis HepretenHnp Allied Xnllons
Dispensed Vnrious Goodsj
ManS Features Of
Ilrilllnncc.
Tho peoplo of Abllcno never tlo
things by halves ana that fact was
ngnln proved Saturday night when n
crowd eotlmated at from 5000 on up
to as high in 10.000 gathered at Tec
Peo Lawn and In the surrounding
strops to nttend tho "Carnlvnl of Na-
tions" staged by local women as
sisted by Mcrkel women and others
for tho benefit of Company I Sev-
enth Texas Regiment encamped nt
Camp Pnrramore.
Long beforo seven o'clock tho crowd
began to gather and by 7:30 thous-
ands woro milling around among tho
booths buying of tho wares being dis-
pensed there and blowing horns
throwing confetti and exhibiting the
carnival spirit generally Tho crowd
was In tho spirit of tho occasion and
It looked Hko a real carnival not the
fly-by -night barnstorming variety but
tne Kinu mat Kuropean cities stage.
It was like th genuine old-tlmc carn-
ival all but tho costumes nnd the
modern beautiful apparel was if any-
thing nn' improvement over the carn-
ival costumes of other days.
lioothn Do 1 Business.
By eight o'clock the crowd had
found Itself nnd was rushing tho
booths buying cold drinks confetti
balloons hamburgers watermelons
pies cakes cream cones Iced tea and
many other things on salo nt the
booths. Tho booths represented the"
nations of tho entente allies draped
In tho national colors of tho several
nations Up nnd down between the
booths and tho nmuscmcnt tents the
crowu ranged uuying ana Having a
good time generally. Spielers at the
various shows In honeyod words nnd
all tho arts of tho trade lured tho
citizenry to enter nnti gee tncmsoives
entertained Fred Wood and Will
Watson seemed to bo the moat nct-
iv spielers.
Tho crowd overflowed on tho side-
walks near tho lawn. North First
Htreet from Pino to Cypress was roped
off to keep it clear or vehicles while
Cypress In front of Hotel Grace and
tho Grand Central Hotel was likewise
roped off
A 1'rctly Drill.
Two squads of Company I pulled
off a drill on Cypress street while a
big crowd looked on. Each of the
sixteen men wore In uniform and un-
der tho direction of Lieut. Alan J. Mc-
Davjd went through n series of move-
ments which Bhowed that thov have
been doing some hard training In
Iler weok of camp life.
The entire company in two platoons
marched into town at 7 o'clock and
tho members dispersed and mingled
with the crowd. Lieut. McDavId led
ono platoon and Lieut. Sayles the
other. The boys were happy and en-
joyed their share of the carnival im-
mensely. The whole affair was given
for their benefit and In their honer
tho proceeds from the carnival going
Into a special fund for the company.
There were scores of people in at-
tendance from Merkel manv of the
boys of Company I claiming that city
os home in addition to the crowd from
Merkel many other towns In the coun-
ty and adjoining counties were rep-
resented scores crowding In to help
In honoring tho boys who have vol-
unteered in the big scrap.
"This is the right sort of spirit; I
like to see It" declared Judge J. M.
Wagstnff after watching the crowd in
silence a few minutes. "They are
waking up." he added
Hand on The Job.
The brass band collected and led
by Will Carter was on the job through-
out the evening and added much to
tho success of the occasion. The mu-
sicians were volunteers and had Httl
or no practice together but they did
remarkably well.
"fbautanqna."
In the dining room of Hotel Grace
the "Chautauijua Entertainers' de-
lighted a larre crowd. There were
several splendid numbers on the pro
gram and this was one of the most de-
lightful feature of the carnival-
Wbertr. With Miss Elizabeth Fletcher as
"Liberty" nosed on a pedestal in the
nijrtlp of Cynress street with an Im-
mense crowd on all sides the enter-
tainment for the main crowd came to
an end This was at ten odocK.
About twenty-five couples mpnv of the
men in uniform and some or tne laa
ies dressed to represent the allied na-
tions held a grand march about "Llb-
urtv." while the crowd looked on and
h.red.
Tlanelne on the pavement followed.
with many couple Joining In.
All a Success.
The affair was a success from be-
iHonlr" to enl The stee of the crovd
was vCrv gratlfyln to those who maa-
"d the affair who were directed by
Mesdaraes Dallas Scarhoroueh and
Len Feucett as general manaeers.
Several of the booth sold out of
supplies irlv In the evening and bad
to replenish the stock The crowd as
(Continued oa Pago Three j
VON MACKENSEH IS ACTIVE
Germnn Field Jlnrshnl Apparently Gt
en Enlenie Troops More Concern
Than Any Oilier Movement
Just nl the Present
Russia's armies nro continuing to
exhibit Increased resistance In the area
of the Austro-Oermali offensive on the
eastern front while in the west the
Drlttsh and French pressure Is show-
ing results. In the further recession of
tho German line In Flanders.
An example of what seems to bo
tho Improved morale of the Russians
on tho Galician front Is provided by
Pelrograd's report on tho Teutonic nt-j
tack nt Urody northeast of lmberg
which has been in preparation for sev-
eral dnyB The assault wbb started on
Thursday resulting in heavy fighting
as tho Teutons swept forwnrd but end-
ing In what the Russian offlc'nl state
ment characterizes at a complete fail-
ure. The Russian forces still hold hero
a strip of Galician boII.
The Teutonic attack op ho part of
Roumanla still remaining In Entente
possession now is be'ng pressed from
three slds nnd advances for tho of-
fensive forces in some sectors nro
ndmltted.
Xeor the Rtvsso-tRoumanlnn fron-
tier the AUstro-Gcrmnns were forced
to retreat at places with the loss of
400 men In prisoners In one case be-
'ng pushed hack across the Putna riv
er.
Field Marshal von Mackcnscn's of-
fensive In southern Moldavia seems to
bo giving tho Entente command the
Tentest concern at present as a hlgh-
'y 'mnortaut lino of railway communi-
cation along tho western Moldavian
front Is threntened by It Apparently
the drive is aimed at the railway junc
tion of Pantzln the posaess'on of which
would cut off the branch railway
which connects tho two lines of com-
munication along this front
The battle Is being waged along the
Such'fxa river across which von Mnck-
?nsen has forced his wny-to the west
of the ForlcBiiftn!- Ocnna railway line
To tht oast of tho railway however.
he nttneks apparently have been loss
successful.
Tho Flanders battle whllo not yet
esumed nlonjr tho whole front has
oen racing violently enRt of Ypres
Tho British gain In the WOsthoek re-
Tlon In Friday's attack wna maintain-
ed in its entirety against sis v'olept
Herman counter attacks delivered Fri-
day nlKht. In addition troops on the
-'uht flanks where the complete oh-
lectlvo was not gained In the first
tight were able to take tholr lines for-
ward during the night gaining addit-
ional ground. They now are 'well es-
tablished on the dominating posit-
rons on the four day nssnult
Berlln reports on th's fighting char
acterizes it ns nn unsuccessful attempt
along a front of nearly five miles and
mentions particularly tho ejection of
ho British from a position near West-
hoek. French troops Friday night recap
tured most of the ground taken from
them the day previously by the Ger-
mans in the St. Quentin region. Thev
also recaptured an important trench
the German forces had won recently
south of Allies on the A'sne front and
broke up a German attack on a two-
mile front In the Carnillet region in
the Champagne. The Germans man
aged to hold on to a 50-yard section of
trenches they had penetrated north of
Cornlllet but otherwise the French
lines were kept intact.
Arthur Henderson. British labor
leader and member of the British cab-
inet has resigned from the ministry
and his resignation has been accepted.
Mr. Henderson's attitude at the labor
conference on Friday whjch voted in
favor of sending delegates to Stock-
holm is said to have led to bis resjg-
nat'on PACKAGES FOR
"SAMMIES" CAN
ENTER DUTY FREE
By The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug II. Packages
from home for American soldiers are
to he passed by the French govern
ment duty free and without unneo.es
sary fees for collection.
The state department announced to-
night that this Information had been
receved from Ambassador Jusserand
"The minister of finance authorizes
the entry without payment of duty on
parcels sent from foreign countries
by private persons to soldlets of the
American expeditionary corps No oth-
er examination will be required other
than an identification of the parcel
and the transmission of the destina-
tion as marked."
fe JmEUEnB$Km UL " -r&H.4rJl ' I trap ' $t ?Mk
life Il wf-ft- vfita ?ikSHkJPlJ fM
kUJjK" MHiBlbB 9 - C J iff ts mEiLJi It jBr''HHMBHBiiii9H
Tho Bhlps of tho Atlantic Fleet w hick have been mobilized since tho declaration of the war have begun to
use the smoke screen developed so mo months ago In England to hide th em from submarines. This photo-
graph shows n big ship of tho fleet th rowing out tho soft smoke so a subm nrlne would find it impossible to lo-
cate her.
EXPLAINS HOUSE
IN WAR
TAX MEASURE
By Tho Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. Nearly nil
or today In tho. Senate was occupleu
by senator Simmons chnlnnnn of the
f nnnce committee in completing his
explanation begun yOstcrlny of chan-
ges made in the house war tax 'jlll by
his committee. The debate will be re-
sumed on Monday at which tlmo Sen-
ator LaFolletto expects to present n
minority report.
"I holiove this Is n righteous war
made necessary by every considera-
tion of national honor and safety"
Senator Simmons said In sp'-nklng of
tho bills hesvy tax levies. Tho Bona
iur uum-ii inai iiiuiib la c.uuo pny-
ing tuo war taxes wouia o mauo by
the few persons " to whom wr meann
nothing moro than a goid"n opportun-
ity to profit on necessities.
Of the liquor section Sena'or Sim-
mons said the Sonate committee ac-
cepted virtually all the House rate
Imposed on intoxicating beve.ratef mul
changes made were due io fho passng"
of the food control b'll and necessity
for raising a larger amount rf money
thmush taxation.
"Undoubtedly prohibition of tho
manufacture of spirits for beverage
nnrposes" ho sa'd "and comman
deering power of the nci'ileiit will
give to the owners of the stnck.i of
spirits now in bond and In btock a
practical monopoly of th market and
pr'ces will ho greatly Increased."
The higher tax on boi and wlnei
he said werp deemed necessary be-
cause there would be an dnlnnred mar-
ket for them
BRITISH HOLD
WESTHOEK AGAINST
HEAVY ATTACKS
Qy The Associated Press.
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM. August 11. The Germans
late yesterday and last night delivered
six determined counter-attacks against
the important We'sthoek ridge pos't-
lon which the British captured yes-
terday but In each case the enemy was
hurled back. The last attempt was
made at 10 o'clock at night and having
fa'led In this the Teutons turned an
intense artillery fire against the ridge
and the village.
The bombardment continued stead-'
By throughout the night. This morn-;
ing found the- British holding all new-j
ly acquired positions. British occu
pation of this ground was followed by
a heavy bombardment from the Ger-
man guns wheh lasted for hours.
The enemy launched five lines of
infantry In quick succession against
the center of the sector near the vil-
Uge and counter attacked on the left
wing above Westboek As the assault-
ing troops swept forward toward the
dominat ng positions held by the Brit-
ish they were met by withering ma-
rhlne gun fire and rifle fire which they
found 'mpossible to face
The German losses undoubtedly were
severe and further attempts to re-
take the ridge are expected.
rRGES S-HOrR BASIS
CHANGES
AS WAY TO EXB STBIKEiw"ie M Aortn Texas tne plants are
By Th Associated Prw
BSTTf.i! 4nt.net 11 cwiaton. nt
War Baker acting for the national t peanuts late com and cane are suf-4 volcano which early in Jan laid waste
counicl of defense urged in tJegrams ferlug for moisture in central south-1. ttoe region around the San Salva-
acceptance of the eight how day asiwestcra- 2nd western dfa.ir.cts but dorea capital continues to spout
a haS b for an agreement between Pa- Etcwtc tn ejacwhere Stock waterfburafB? lava- Thousand of persons
rifle Coas lumber men and tbelr 5 scarce natives an! foreigners daily visit the
striking employes. 1 Re male a fair growth Jficeaes which offer a unique spectaclp.
iBIG FIRE IN
POWDER PLANT
i
HALF OF $1000000 AETNA PINT
DESTROYED DI'IIINtS SAT.
rilDAY
shTWO ARRESTS ARE JADE
r
!
Plnnt Had Cnnncllr of IB.00'1 Toiih
of Powder llallj' nnd Will Tnke
Slft'y Duj-r to Re-
build it
By Tlio Aspoclated Press.
GARY. Ind. Aug. ll. Fir J winch In
believed to have been of Incendiary
orJBinTJtroyca'nuHrTJi inn Juuvuuu
plant of the Aetna Explosives Com-
pany near hero early today.
Two employees named Holt and
Cholasor have been arrested Tho
plant wtiB working on government con-
tracts It was said.
Tho plant has a capacity of lf000
tons of powder dally nnd It Is estima-
ted that it will lake sixty days to put
tho plant lu working condition.
BIG WELCOME
AWAITS JAP MISSION
ON ARRIVAL IN II. S.
By The Associated Press.
A PACIFIC COAST PORT ugust
j II. lavish entertainment and a royal
J woicf me await a Japanese mission
j &oon to arrive on the west coast of thu
j t'nitod States on Its way to Wash ng-
ton.
I Plans completed today arranged for
;n welcome m which citizens of all vo-
I cations will purfMpate and which
will surpass In dignity and scope any
greeting extended In the history of the
Pacific Slope.
GRANTED $20000 BAIL
By The Associated Press.
ARDMORU Okla. Aug.
11. Steve
Palk ngton who faces trial for the
murder May 25 of Mike Miller at Wirt
Okla.. an oil town near here was to-
day admitted to 520000 bail the larg
est bond ever executed In a criminal
prosecution in this county.
TEXAS CROP CONDITIONS
HOUSTON Tex Aue 8 SvnoDSlaf80 tPe8 lojmpreas the American
tiUlijtU.N. lex Aug. S- synopsis peo8 wJth th necessity for assist-
of weather and crop conditions In
as for the week ending August 1 1917. i
j'ssued by the c s. Department of Ag
riculture Weather Bureau: The weath-
er during the past weu was warm.13 The Associated Press.
with showers at nearly one-half of the! CHICAGO August II. Adoiph Ger-
reporting stations Moderate to heavy ner National secretary of the Soeial-
amounts were reported from the Pan- lst party arrested here last night be-
hamllit anrl thu anrth-central nortlnn ' C3US6 Of his alleged seditious Utteran-
of the state but in other sections tht
amounts were motuy too i'gnt to be of
st
benefit
Cotton ts improving In northern
eastern and coast districts and deter-
iorating elsewhere. The plants are
small but fruiting welt Picking is
progressing rapidly In South Texas
I blooming and bolls beginning to open.fSAN SALVADOR August
itani'os. reed trotss. Hv.'ont notatnes
KING GEORGE
SAYS HAS GREAT
FAITH IN RUSSIA
By Tho Associated Press
LONDON Aug. 11. King George
has sent the following telegram to
Prlmo Ministar Kerensky of Russia:
"At the commencement of tho fourth
year of the great conflict which still
rnges and at tho moment when you
nro re-established In the leadership of
tho frco Russian people I deslro to
assure you and them that tho British
people will never relax their efforts
against our common enemy In the
combined forco resolutely exerted by
LthcalUea wilLpo.found.tho security of
an nonoraoio peaco ana true nuerty
to tho world. I recognize all that Rua-
isa Is now called upon to bear out.
"I havo faith Ju her power to face
and overcome her formidable difficul-
ties In this hour of trial."
l?. S. SI'll AND EXCURSION
STPAMER IN COLLISION
By Associated Press.
1 BOSTON' August ll.A United
States submarine collided with the
excursion steamer. Mayflower in Bos-
ton harbor during a thick fog Into
.today. Tho navy yard officials said
tne material Juiiinge to the Buumarini
was slight nut that the Mayflower
had a hole stove in her port side.
One teaman on tho steamer suffer-
ed a broken leg.
Fifteen hundred passengers on board
woro transferred without accident to
tho steamer Rose Standlsh and
brought to th'a city.
TO ANNOONCE
HOW TO CONTROL
WHEAT AND FLOUR
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Aug. 11. Meas-
ures to control the sale and price 6t
wheat and flour under the food con
trol bill will bo announced next week
by the food administration. Bread-
stuffs it was said today will be the
first food over which the government
(will exercise supervision.
Food and
I dairy products will come next.
I Regulations of food products .will be
(taken up by commodities.
The administration Is preparing a
I series of statements on the food sltna-
Uion In the United States and abroad
Tex-!ance jn carrying out its alms.
SOCIALIST IS RELEASED
ies In addressing a meeting of the
"v- imij uu uu ueaguv
!ft'flK r&fAASAtff tnrlav flftoit Gainer nnos.
tioned by agents of the Fderal lie?
-- " --w-t.-.-- wv . rwfc
part ment of Justice.
SALVADOREAN YOLCAXO IS
AGAIN IX ERUPTION
1L The
' J uo sum rtesa.
OVER STOCKHOLMl MEET
Moid George rndcrsIondiTltnl llen
der.on Wn Not To MhW Slnlc
ment I'nlll A fief The
Meeting.
By Tho Associated Press. .
LONDON. Aug It. Premier Lloyd
George tonight made public Arthur
Henderson's letter of resignation nnd
his acceptance both dated" today.
Mr. Henderson's letter follows-
"Dear Prime Minister: Al our In
terview last night I gathered you had
reached the conclusion tlfnt mv re-
tention of the secretaryship to the tions. Tho government has acted
labor party wna no longer compatible slowly in bringing homo to tho peo-
lth my membership In tho war cab- P'o the rigid character of tho draff
Inet. .Recent experiences hnvo Im- There has been much dlscusston of tho
pressed mo with tho embarrassing exemption problem based on nn er-
compllcatlonn arising from this qual- ronoottB view of the law's purpose
lty of office. Owing to this compllen-1 which assumed that married men for
Hon I ddnt it ndvlsnblo Io ask you Instance would bo exempted without
io release me from further member-Question nnd tho burden of duty wa
ship In your government. I continue to ho carried fully by tho single men
io sliaro your desire that the war among the 10.000.000 registered. Gen
should bo carried to a Ruccossful con-1 Crowder has taken tho position thrt
elusion and I trust thnt In n non-j'nnrrlcd men would bo exempted
governmental ' capacity I may bo able! only when It Is to the Interest of tho
to render sono little assistance to thls.iRovernmont that they be excus-
ond
"I remain votirs sincerely.
"ARTHUR 1USNDKRSON' "
Premier Lloyd George replied:
"My Boar Henderson: I am In re-
ceipt of vour letter of this morning
tendering your resignation of vour po-
slllon bb a member of tho wnr cabi-
net nnd have received the permission
of Ills Mnjcaty to accept It. Mv col-
leagues aid I received with satisfac-
tion your insurance of vour unnbntcd
deslro to assist In tho prosecution of
the war to n successful conclusion and
they greatly reKret thnt you can no
longer bo directly nnd officially asso
ciated with them In that enterprise
"There are however certain facts
with which It la essential that the pub-
lic should bo Rcnualnted In that they
may form a correct appreciation of thb
events uint navoieu to una. regret-
ablo conclusion.-' The first la that
your colleagues woro taken complete
ly by Burpriio by your attitude which
you adopted at the labor conference
yesterday afternoon. You know they
were In tho present clrcuniBtancoo
unanimously opposed to tho Stockholm
conference and you had yourself been
prepared to agrco to an announcement
to that effect. Some days ago and
at your suggestion however and that
of your labor colleagues it was de-
cided to defer any such announce-
ment until after the meeting yoster-
day. I was under the Impression af-
ter several talks with you that you
meant to imo your Influence against
meeting onemy representatives at
Stockholm. What has happened in
Ruasts In the last few weeks hnB af-
fected materially our portion. You
admitted to me that the situation had
changed completely even within tho
last fortnight and that whatever
ground you might have thought there
was for delegates from i Hied coun-
tries in such a conference events of
tho last few days have shown you the
unwisdom of such a course.
"That was clearly what you Lid mo
to believe. It was also the impres-
sion on the minds of your colleagues
in the cabinet at the labor colleagues
in the ministry."
STRIKE BREAKERS DEPORTED
By The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY Aug 11 -With their
hands held high aloe their heads nnd:Uon wJUl the tA but admitted ac-
surrounded on al! sides by a cordon
of strikers the men imported to help
settle the t:e-up of the street car lines
were marched to the union station to
night
Representatives of the strikers said
their intention was to sentd the
strangers out of town- Th passage
through town was made amidst wild
cheering.
CONSTITUTIONALITY
OF DRAFT HCMS
TO BE TESTED
By The Associated Press 4113 vwuuw umisni
WINSTON. Aug "xt-A test of "g
the constitutionality of the consertn- " r?l0Js' aUea"Hg the for-
tion law will come before the United 5?r PWldeat who w trtm HI sere
States supreme ourt on or befors ""df wlth Iwtetoa. Mr
August 21 with the docketing of a ?ls "? secessitated the cancel-
case which will probably be callea for tfan ot hI sPsddS tour upon which
trial during the court's fall term. 6e was easged.
The case will come up on writ ot
error from the district court of NortK -
era Ohio where Charles P. Ruthen -
burg recently Socialist candidate fori
Mayor of Cleveland. Alfred Wagea-
kaechet. Ohio's state secretary of tae't. w "F 6us &oou5 99
Socialist party and Charls Baker Jdbs RU lfi. attaekwl o a
Ohio's itate organizer of that parii-. dowa. tow trt comer today W
were convicted of conspiring to la-
auce persons suojeci 10 m arait a
to eta'do that law. They wera sen-
teaced to oae yur In te Cawa
Ohio work house. Ja
REFERS TO MARRIED CLAIM
Nearly' All Of Office Force of FroTdst
Marshal General Now In NrIIohaT
Army Work Nearly
Completed
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Alig. 11-Renewed
emphasis was" laid today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder on tho fact
thatGonRrens framed tho nrmy draft
law In theHnterest of the nation tint
the individual.
bor that reason lines arc being
drawn tight In tho matter of exemn-
rd from service. If tho removal of
tho drafted man from his family cir-
cles probably would result In tho fam-
ily becoming n public burden It Is to
tho Interest of the government to have
him In a civil occupation.
An Interpretation similarly rigid
hns been placed on exemptions for In-
dustrial reasons.
Tho government has taken tho lead
In scrutinizing closely Individual cas-
es among ita employes beforo asking
thnt thoy bo exempted.
District boards throughout tho
country havo been instructed to hiake-
tho governments action their guide in
dealing with claims of exemption of
men In private employment.
Reports to the Provost Marshal
General havo lndlcntcd plainly tht
wholesale draft claims thfouih- Go
dependency clauses aro In progress In
many places.-- - ---
Tho office force of General Crow-
der'a headnuarterB has beon mater-
ially reduced nnd virtual! all the of-
ficers who havo aided him In the
htigo task now have been detatled i"
tho national armv. The creat work r
tho provost marshal general Is nearly
completed.
ANOTHER ARREST
IN PROBE OF N. Y.
EXEMPTION BOARD
Pv The Associated Press..
NBV YORK. August 11-A third or
rest wi.s made late today In tno al-
leged conspiracy to eyadQ ' the draft
law charged against Louis Cherry fend
Dr. 8. J. Bernfeld members or the de-
posed exemption board No. 39. when
Kalmam Gruher a laboratory dent'st
was taken to the United States attor-
ney's office and later to tha Tombs
prison.
Cherry and Bernfeld who bad been
arrested earlier in' the day for con
splracy to evade the draft law also
were gent to the Tombs after an un-
successful attempt to arrange bill
Gruher was arrested on a warrant
similar to that served on Cherry and
iwnreid. He had no offlc'al connec-
onii to authorities that be 'had
obtained "a supply of exemntion
blanks whch h had handed out to
various persons.
He stated. It Is alleged that his son
Tosenh. had been examined by Dr
Bernfeld and Dr Henry M. Goebl and
had been rejected by both physician
hut before the nhyslcal examination he
bad "conversations with Cherry and
Dr Bernfeld in the offices of the board
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The Abilene Semi-Weekly Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 65, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 14, 1917, newspaper, August 14, 1917; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331604/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.