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rrt -. . -i : ' t i The Weather ltt Thunder' showers Tuesday and Frob-T abjy Wednesday, except fair near the coast. - PAGES TODAY ONE SE0TION ft. VOL. XCIX-NO. 292. , WIIiMEN'GTON, N. TUESBAY MOKNING, tTULY 17, 1917 WHOLE KUMBEB 39,1H V : : GREECE NOT RELATIONS BUT IS AT WAR WITH ALL THE FOUR CENTRAL PO WERS "Wn Time in Mo. j&pecieu w -. ,. . bilizing war Resources-ana Joining Allied Forces - jy SEND MISSION TO U. S. Greek Minister Notifies French Government That His Coun- try is a Full Belligerent ffl WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY Great Majority of People Happy Over Final Decision . .' Washington, July 16. Uncer tainty as to Greece's status in the world war was cleared away today with the receipt of official infor mation that the Greekovernment not only has severed relations with all four of the Central Powers, but is actually in a state of war with them. Information has reached.- the State Department that the Greek minister in Paris has notified the French government that Greece considers herself a full belligerent and will act accordingly. o Formal Declaration. He said it was not necessary to is sue e formal declaration of war, as the government feels It is .bound by the declarations previously issued at Saloniki by Premier Venizelos," -who took with him to Athens all the -re-iponsibility and commitments of' the temporary Saloniki government. As a belligerent, Greece is expected to lose no time in mobilizing .her war resources and , joining ' effectively in the common allied operations In the saiicans. Tne strength or the , Veni lelos army is placed at about 60,000 men and remnants of the former regu lar army, while not over 30,000 now. at times been mobilized to a total of 200,000 men and,. 1s capable of reaching 300,000 if munitions are pro vided. The reeulars nracticallv' were demobilized by the Allies when for-, mer King Constantine held ; the or ganization as a threat . to the allies' rear, but can quickly be called to the -oiors again. While it is understood the new gov ernment has not yet mobilized this army, the classes of 1916 and 1917. previously prevented by the allies worn being called out, were called to tuiuls aoout two weeks ago. ureefe Mission - May. Come. A Greek mi ssinn mav a art tn the United States, . not .only vto . nego tiate for SUDDlies tnr tViio aT-mir Vkii also to present Greece's suggestion .as the general world . reconstruction -alter the war. For-the '.present, it. is. Probable Greece will be munitioned, by . 'c allies. K is understood hr that irhiu some pro-German, anti-war spirit re- S '"-ln, Greece- a Sreat majority "of we people are happy that a flat de cision has at last been made and that W .v and ""certainties that have Deset the nation's attempt to be neu- e enaea. iMERlCAx TRAINING CAMP IN ATTRACTS ATTENTION : Tie ConntrysMe Gathers to Welcome "General Arrives. ' In Fran,, t ; mmg -amp, Somewhere I ed S ' J"Jy If. ( By the Associat- rived i3V - ve American general ar Pems!na:ttt,.d today began su- ho now 1L1f 1 worK or fts troops today th. aiy au here. At noon French ttJ commanding the i imericar no wil1 train . the benefit "f fvPs and &lve m the Pwience L lr lons and-varied x The reache the camp. . so bera,,:"e 7.s impressive, the thore little viii ;z uf .Paging in a quaint last child It ' wnicn was out to the whom tw s..re at the new comers The arm as saviours. , real work y 1 fast Setting down "to sarmina th countryside is. M from thl V - lcn s.uads bound to s"Pplv rni?,i training places, or i with ability th- ' , the best of their ""rnoofl ur. . . LUC enure neign- 8reat enth,,- a Tne new comers with aly h9nrr. iabm and the Americans -"-iuaias,m an v a , ternfainA. ?fa difficulties in fra- uage difficulties in fra almost trn their hosts. The trooDS tedl&f "Ption have been 'asc gettino- wmiujfgme ana ara ays of uS accu5on,ed to the French assisted matHifea.utlful weather has The Am i"e troops. vioi "us aiierr by his men l"e P0S1tns ac- i n Qii 4.1 ... pOCR R.r !?IPS DESTROY. GERMAN SUBMARINES Hi, Repflrt German Sources "rwSh Be B6tand m our of,the larg- new. " ; ,noae German subma- to.,. - "u CU J .destroyed by American shin: war- Ailment of aV?11 the first 'fan,. I Amr1nan j, a. from0-?6 neW8 ency and Aews. lTom Rome bT;th. f.nt,.. e by the Central ONLY HAS SEVERED Hollweg and Zimmermann a re "Roas ted" In German Pap Treatment of Relations With America, Criticis Bernhard Openly Accuses Them otHaving PJloullCle With Wilson, ' Unnecessarily Making Entrance of U. S. in War Inevitable. . '. Copenhagen, July 16. In their views of the administration' of the retiring German chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg, the German newspapers com ment prominently and of ten in an unr complimentary manner on his treatment of relations with America. : :? ! In the Vosslche Zeitung, Georg Bern hard Openly accuses Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg and his foreign secretary,; Dr. Zimmermann, of having played a double game with Washington, making, war Inevitable by attempts to deceive and mislead President "Wilson in regard to the policy and intentions of Germany. Herr Bernhard intimates - that the submarine policy, if managed skillfullyt might not have led : to war with the United States had not these ' diplomat artificially increased the danger; and destroyed . every chance of avoiding a break. How They Played Doable. '; He says they encouraged the idea xt mediation by President Wilson in Amer ica but did nothing to make it accepta ble at home, launched; the proposal to Mexico to turn against the United States while negotiating with Mr. Wil son and arranged the dinner to Am The Man in the Street in Berlin k Took Great Interest in the Political Battle HOLLWEG A POPULAR HERO In Hia Brief Effort for Democracy WXich Brought His Downfall, Chancellor's Main Support Was Austria and Bavaria. Amsterdam, July 16. The -events of the past few days have stirred Berlin as the city has not been since the war began, : according to information reaching' here. The man" in the street took tremendous interest in the. great political . battle going on behind the scenes and although the exact issues "between the two great grops of com batants, were veiled from the "com mon-people" the latter nevertheless quickly gained the impression that Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, as champion of popular reforms, v had entered the lists against the Emperor, the crown prince. Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff. It . was almost the first time that von Bethmann-Hollweg had figured in the Berlin streets as a popular hero and, although hi& ca,use 4had many friends,, popular opinion regarded his effort as hopeless against the great prestige of the royal house, allied with the , military imperialists, von Hinden burg and .LfUdendorff. , Hoilwears Cklef Support. . Von Bethmann-Hollweg's chief sup port in Tils brief effort for democ racy s'eem8. to have come from, Ba varia and Austria, as the reports go here. He made - two proppsals, the first, that in the direction of demo cratization, a new body under the name of the Reichstat should be im mediately constituted which would be. a ' sort of committee on "national ; des fense and would for the time being act as a go-between twixt the reich stag and .the emperor, thus instituting on a modified scale the principle of parliamentary responsibility; the ses ond, 'that the government' should im mediately make an authoritative dec laration of no annexations or , indem nities. Both these prpposals, it is as serted.had the backing of Bavaria and Austria, although Austria, naturally had no open voice in the matter which was purely a German internal affair. ,Both proposals ,wera, violently op posed by the crown prince, "von . Hin denburg and ljuaenaorrx. xc is uuiw ed .that von ''. Hindenburg came out openly for a German peace, and avow ed that. Bavaria and Austria must Vbe persuaded that "a victorious peace was certain in a: short, time through, the agency of the u-boats. - ; - Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg resigned from his post of chancellor after bis conference iwlth tne crown prince ,in which the . latter convinced the chan cellor that his case ,waa lost. , MOVEMENT TO PARLliMENTARKB IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION DEAD . Copenhagen, July 16.-r-If the .German press correctly reflects public j opinion on the event, the. appointment oti Georg Michaelis as imperial f chancellor v wui STIRRED AS NEVER SINCE WAR BEGAN t r A?Z a t .the be associated bassador Gerard and approved the text of the speeches delivered at the dinner and .then astounded: the President and the ambassador . with, the submarine note.- As to this note, Herr Bernhard says much ..more might ' be written if patriotic considerations, did not forbid. After all these acts,-he concludes, Dr. von .Bethmann-Hollweg followed the customary course and attempted to un load the entire responsibility on the former German ambassador at Wash ington, Count von Bernstorff. Away. With Ambiguity. The Vorwaerts comments on the re tirement of the -chancellor in a manner similar to the Vossische Zeitung, say ing: -. -. ' , . "W-e must get away-from the am biguity, and lack of clarity which have given, Germany' sforeign policy the rep utation of dishonesty." ; The newspaper , demands that the new chancellor declare plainly whether his peace program' is one of conquest or not j It says there can be no middle ground. T Uiuspeuingr In Criticism. The Berliner Tageblatt and the Frankfurter Zeitung share the friendly appreciation of Dr. von Bejthmann-Holl-weg as expressed in the official article concerning his -resignation printed in (Continued on page two.) FLOOD 0P Heaviest Rainfall in 28 Years Has ; Wrought Damage Estimat f ed at -Least $100,000 100 HOMES ARE FLOODED Many Mills, Factories and Business Houses ' Submerged; Street Car . Traffic Practically , Suspended r Farms Inundated. Knoxville,, Tenn., July 16. The heaviest rainfall in - Knoxville in twenty-eight, years has done hundreds of thousands of dollars damage, block ed railroad, traffic, flooded one hundred homes, many mills, factories and busi ness houses and impaired street car traffic. ' ; ' ; The heavy rains have : resulted in the overflowing of the two creeks which run from, north to south through the .city and the flooding of a large number of mills, factories and business houses, which have been forced to suspend operations. Homes along these creeks have been partial ly submrged and: the inhabitants forc ed to flee. - Two houses have been washed away and at least 100 covered by water. The damage is estimated at $100,000. ' ' ' Spur tracks of the Southern Railway within the city limits have ' been blocked by slides from the overlook ing steep hill slds. On a siding of the Southern Railway .in" the vicinity of the Knoxville Gas Company's plant box cars are marooned in two or three feet of water. The mammoth -Ocoee power plant, located about sixty miles from Knox ville and which furnishes light and power to Cleveland, Tenn., Knoxville and Mascot, is also flooded, the local power house of the Knoxville Railway & Light .Company is under water and the street car service tonight is prac tically suspended.' . The heavy y rains - beginning with Saturday" have been accompanied 'by terrific - displays 'of lightning, result ing Jn two deaths.-. . Low . lying farm sections . in the Knoxville district for a "distance of thirty to forty miles have been, floor ed; and ..the loss in .the .-'-rural sections will reach hundreds of dollars. ARGENTINA DEMANDS THAT GERMANY REPLY TO NOTE Rupture Considered Imminent, as Ger - many la Not Expected to Give . . Satisfactory Reply, Buenos Ayres, July -16. --Argentina has instructed her minister in Berlin to demand of the? German' government an answer to the Argentine note calling for satisfaction for the torpedoing of the v Argentine steamer ";Toro . and te promise to jcease attacks dn Argentine 'ships..-"' - . - f-":-.'"-'"; '' .-' -i ' - Pending the receipt of this reply dip lomatic relations .between thetwo gov ernments remain onheir former basis, but' a rupture 4s considered' imminent. the general opinion being that' Germany wljl not give the satisfaction demanded. The ; instructions to - Argentina-s - repre sentative in' Berlinto demand a 'reply to- the Argentine note - were dispatched when it? appeared that "the mihleterial ; V,:e TEUTONIC ALLIES HAVE SUFFERED xn the Lomnica' Region of Galicia; Northeast of Kalucz, and in Champagne Region EASTERN BATTLE LINE LONG 36,643 Teutonic Officers and Men Made Prisoner by Russians During July 1 to 13 Again the Teutonic allies have suf fered reverses in the loss to the Rus sians of a part of the village of Lod zlany, in the Lomnica river region of Galicia; in the repulse of an attack by the Russians northeast of Kaluscz, and in the Champagne region of France where the French drove them from positions they had recaptured in flicting heavy casualties on them. . Fropi Riga on; the Baltic Sea to the Rumanian frontier the Russians arid Austro-Germans along the- entire front are engaged in battle, but ex cept in Galicia,.N.where the Russians continue , to develop their advantage or hold back v thrusts of the Teutons, little has yet become known concern-" ing the operations. Not alone have the Russians in their drive in Galicia made ; considerable gains of. terrain, -but their captures of men, guns and material have . been enormous. From . July .1 to. July 13, according to a Russian official com munication, 6,648 officers and men of the Teutonic allied armie have been made prisoner by .General Brussiloff'3 forces and 98 heavy and light guns,'28 trench mortars, .408 machine guns and 31 guns , of other descriptions have. been taken. . The Germans in Champagne have again attempted, with large bodies of men to recapture positions taken from them recently near Mont Haut and the Teton. They . were . entirely re pulsed.near the Teton,, suffering heavy casualties. -On Mont Haut during a night-long battle their efforts, accord-' Ing io the. Fteneh.-war,ofnce, wre--nio- mentarily successful, in . regaining' nearly - all the ground they had lost Violent counter, attacks . launched, by the Ffenchr however, succeeded, in'-the return to General Petain's. forces-of all the German gains. ' - On-Northern Front; .- Considerable r fighting has taken place between th British, and the Ger mans on the northern front in France and Belgium, but . apparently the in fantry attacks are still, in the. nature of raiding enterprises, although Ber lin records the repulse of British at tempts to recapture, positions at Lom baertzyde, in . -Belgium,-, and the in flicting .of 'heavy - losses. .The probable , recommencement of heavy fighting along, the Austria Italian front seems apparent from the latest offlcial communicittlon from Rome. Heavy bombardments have been begun alolrig the. entire front, with the Italian gunners doing effec tive work in destroying enemy posi tions at various points. , In :the Ja mania valley the Italians, following a heavy bombardment, - delivered a- suc cessful raid, capturing 275 prisoners and machine guns and war material. . Comparative calm still prevails on the Macedonian front, although in the Varda sector, the Teutonic allies have endeavored to carry put raids with strong forces. These were all repuls ed by the French fire. GERMANS SUBJECTED TO GAS ATTACK BY CANADIAN FORCES. Canadian . Army Headquarters in France, July 16. The western part of Lens, particularly that known as the Cite du Moulin, was subjected to a gas attack early' this morning. The first of the. gas cylinders was projected Into the enemy's positions about 1 o'clock and projectiles and drums loaded with deadly vapors were sprayed, upon . the Germans for almost . twg' hours. The enemy attempted to cause a ces-. sation of the attack by putting an ar tillery and, gas shell barrage on that part of our , front from .-which . he sup posed the gas was being circulated. In this he failed and the operations , pro ceeded until . the available drums had been discharged. '" , - SPRAGUE PRESENTS PLAN TO MEET U-BOAT MENACE Has Been Working oh Scheme for Weeks Would : Involve Changes In Shipbuilding Plan. Washington, ; July v 16 Frank J. Sprague, former president of .the Am erican Institute"' of Electrical" Engin eers and a member of the naval con sulting boardt, presented" to Secretary Daniels today a general plan on which he has .been 'engaged for some weeks to cope withV the submarine problem.. While no ' details wre. revealed, it; is understood in a general way that the proposal is' based on .a recognition of the . principal that -:' offensive rather, than defnesiye measure are to' be pres f erred in cohibatting submarines. ? if is said' to provide jiew types - of . sea going patrols,' equipped in part ; with" a rne'w' weapon'.' of. offense, whose ; fiiiiCT lion wouia De 10 jnaKe certain regions of, the ; sea more perilous for the sub marine (than for cargo boats..;' - If.- adopted -the -projective Swill vin' volve, .it is said,: prominent changes in the' -' shipbuilding program, - both, mer chant; and' naval, in order to meet thu critical. -period of troop; supply S:and munition : transportation next spring. '.: Neither: . ".the Secretary.- : nor: Mr. "Sprague would ' make l any :- detailed statement ; regarding the plan, which wUl -be": given 1 consideration:,,: by :j;T de partment : officials . and probably -"the JERSES AGAIN I general, board v of r the ; navy, before v a decision is made.. - f Question of Who is to Have Su preme Authority is Brought to Direct Issue Now CONFLICT IN: STATEMENTS President Wilson May be Called Upon to Settle the Contro versy Once for All Washington, July 16. The govern ment's merchant ship building program was halted today when Major General Goethals, manager of the Shipping Board's "fleet corporation, postponed his plan to requisition all steel merchant ship's under construction and to let contracts for building two govern ment owned ship yards for producing fabricated steel ships. .At General. Goethals' office it was said the postponement was due to a request by Chairman Denman, of the Shipping Board, for a short delay to giye the. board time to go over the,pro grara. -vThis was denied at the Ship ping Board, although the statement was . made - that General Goethals had been' asked to supply additional infor mation: concerning his plans. Brought to Direct Issue. Today's development was regarded as bringing to a direct issue the question of who is tp have supreme authority in carrying out the building program Chairman Denman or General Goe thals. Authority to spend $750,000,000 for- acquiring a great merchant fleet, given to President "Wilson by Congress, has been divided in an executive or der between the Shipping Board and its corporation, the board being author ized' to acquire vessels by purchase and the corporation to take charge of build ing. " :: . -" : In, announcing his program last Fri day, General Goethals apparently as sumed that as ;manage1r of the corpora tion he would be given a free hand, but Mr. Denman, in a statement,- tonight assumes responsibility for' the Shipping Board, whose .-members are directors and stockholders of the corporation. . . . Wilson May Be Called On. Officials who have watched the situ ation develop, and 'who have been con cerned lest differences between Chair man Denman and General Goethals hin derthYfJwmenJya!WDbuiidig plans at a time when every vessel that can be constructed is needed to. meet the German submarine menace, declared that President "Wilson might be called bh ' to "settle the controversy once for all. While the disagreement between the two men appears to be largely over the number and the type of wooden vessels to be built, it is no secret among their friends that their differences go deeper than that. In a letter to Mr. Denman, made public-Friday, General Goethals announced that he would start his program today. The fact that he had postponed it was made known after he had received a letter from Mr. Denman this morning. The . contents of this letter neither would . divulge, and at the offices of one it' was . declared Mr. Denman had asked for a delay while at the offices of: the other it:, was asserted he merely had asked for more complete informa tion. -: ' ' r Mr. Denman's Statement. Mr. - Denman's statement accepting for the Shipping Board and the cor poration' responsibility, for the ship building program, given to the press tonight, reads: . ' "We requested of General Goethals certain information concerning-his pro gram for the expenditure of the $750, 000,000 of public money of which the President's executive order "has made (Continued on page two.) - S : 1 ' 18, To Mobilize Preparatory to Enter - ing Federal Service City Takes on More War-Like Appear- ancewm Train .In Camp At Spartanburg, S.- C One Regi , ment of Negroes. v New York, July 16. New York took on a more war-like appearance today when 18,000 members qflthe National Guard assembled at the various armor, iesl; to. mobilize preparatory to entering the Federal service August 5th. All s the units in the greater city, which with up-state regiments, will make up the Sixth division of the war army, are said to be at . or over full war strength. Included in the ycity's forces are inrantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, "coast defense commands, signal" corps .detachments and ; hospital units. The Fifteenth regiment, composed of -negroes, was the first to leave the city for- Camp Whitman at. Beekman, '-.there to undergo training and await the call to : move to Spartanburg,- S. C. The Fourtti hospital , unit and, : the Four teenth and Forty-Seventh infantry, reg iments also were ordered, to Beekman. Other New .York units, except those al ready ..on police duty; ' will remain , at their armories. ;.. - ." -.- ;'- .: r :: ; The actual strength :of . the . . entire state guard - was' said to . be .about. 39, 000 men, : while "" the war strength ' is (Coctluued on page V two. 'y. -- 000 GUARDSMEN III ARMOR ES NEW YORK Registrants Are Urged To Info rm Themselves Fu lly On Exemption Regulations FEDERAL PROBE BE . RACE RIOTS URGED Senator Sherman Tells Senate the Situation at East St Louis Still is Serious SENATOR TILLMAN SPEAKS Sherman Says There is as Much Influ ence in Securing Acquittal of Guilty Men in Illinois as in Georgia Resolution Offered. Washington, July 16. Urging prompt adoption-of his resolution for a con gressional investigation . of the recent race riots at, East St. Louis, Ills., Sen ator Sherman told the Senate today the situation still was serious there and that "there is, as much influence in se curing acquittal of guilty men in Illinois-as there ever was in Georgia." He urged that the Federal authori ties, either through the Department of Justice or a congressional committee, investigate, the situation or, if the House refuses to concur in the resolu tion, that a Federal grand jury be empaneled to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the riot, because prosecutions would be "inconclusive and incomplete," unless -made by gov ernment authorities. Senator Tillman- made a speech sup porting the resolution, remarking that the "average Yankee" wanted the ne gro's 5 vote' and. nothing else, but the North was beginning to understand the South and the; race problem. - The. North and the Negro. "I have known for many years and not hesitated to say so -all over the North In my lectures and on the floor of this'' Senate saidv Senator Tillman, "that .the. ay.erageXankeer:we outb? erners call men Yankees North of the Mason and Pixon, line has no love for the negro, except for political rea sons. They want his vote and nothing else. "The North is now beginning to un derstand the South and to understand the race problem, .too, and I am very glad to see S,o many Northern men be ing ordered to camps in the South for drilling and training. In this way they will see something, of the race problem in its homf where there are the most negroes, arid learn much more than they would ever ( have knowrt had they not sojourned . a few months in the 'home of the negro.; . 'The more the Northern peope know of the negro, the'.less the like him." , AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK TWO AMERICANS KILLED One Foreigner Killed and Two Naval Gunners. Injured. Washington. July 16. The State De partment - today announced the sinking of the American steamer Grace and the killing of three men, on of them an American, arid the injury tf two mem. bers of the naval gutt crew aboard. The steamer was owned by the Stan dard Commercial. Steamship Corpora tion, New York. She was sunk by a torpedo froni a submarine. Those killed were E. J. Farrell, or New Jersey, and two aliens named Wyke and Anderson. Five men were injured from. Are from an explosion of petroleum cargo. Three were aliens. The two naval sailors hurt were Hugh Donnelly and George Wilson All sur vivors have been landed and the in jured taken to hospitals. APPLICATIONS FAR IN For the Second Series of Officers Training Camps Army Officials Gratified at High Class of Men . Who, Have Responded Some States Multiply Their New York, July 16. Applications far in excess ' of the allotted quotas have been received, for the second series of officers' training eamps, it was annouriced here tonight by Mili tary Training Camps Association. Army officials - were gratified, it was stated, by the high class of men that had responded. . From New " York City 3,900 applica tions were ' received at Governors Is land, the statement said. The quota to be selected from the city -is 972, while 2,300 applications 7 were received from the balance of ''New - York state, the selective quota of which is 714. Figures from other "states included in the jurisdiction of the Eastern de partment show: : , . Virginia, quota 347; applications re ceived at Fort Monroe 1,000. -. The same proportion of. applications received ' bv the Eastern deDartment t exists' throughout' other parts; of the country. J---- , ,f C'l EXCESS OF THE QUOTAS Officials Direct Attention to Var ious Sections of the Rules Under Question 11 STATES YET TO REPORT Drawing of Lots Awaits Only Completion of Machinery in v Few Scattered Districts HARDLY BEFORE SATURDAY Industrial Exemptions Are Left to Superior Boards Washington, July 16.- With drawing of lots for the selective draft, army awaiting only completion of exemption machinery in a few scattered sections of the country, officials here are anx ious that registrants take every ' op portunity between now and the day of drawing - to inform . themselves thor oughly , regarding exemption regula tions so as to 'reduce to a minimum the confusion to be cleared up after designations are made To this end attention was directed today to various sections of the regu lations over which questions have arisen, and it was suggested that the local boards and the press co-operate during the week or so rmaining bejforc the lots. are drawn to Insure that th registered men know, just how to per form - their . part in the examination and exemption. So that easier access may be had tc the lists of registration numbers in the hands of local boards, Provost Marshal General Crowder telegraphed the" governors of all the states ask ing that ' instead of posting the lists at the board offices, they be placed "in some safe central office such as police headquarters." In the larger cities, especially. th Provost Marshal General said, - much inconvenience has been caused by hav. ing' the lists available only at out-of-the-way board offices. Eleven States to Report. Only eleven states tonight had not reported their organizations complete. In many of these only a few district boards had. not . finished . numbering registration cards. Officials think the drawing will not .be-earlier than Sat urday; . Officials are anxious that local boards make it clear everywhere that no question of exemption of any reg istered man for any other cause than physical" disability or dependent rela tives can be taken up before the' local boards. -The whole matter of indus trial exemptions is left to the superior boards, one of which has been created in each Federal judicial district. No( individual case where, exemption is desired because 'the registrant is engaged in any industry classified as be taHen up until that individual ha!3 v local sboard, . found to be without de pendants and physically fit for mill tary duty, and certified to the superio hoard. j Up to - Superior Board. Alter tnat application to tne su perior board for exemption on other rVU grounds will be admissible. The reg- f t V lstrant or his employer may file necV -i' essary affidavits with the superior y ( Y Si'-' board seeking exemption and the case I'Jyj mill V U.-A I IV Another point on which there has ) ! oeen mucn qoudi is tne status ot reg istrants absent from their registra tion districts. Scores of requests have come from men in this situation, ask ing if they will have to. return .tov their home; .towns for examination. They have been informed that, if they are selected tor examination, each will be notified by mail by his local board and then can apply to the local board for permission to undergo examina tion in the town , where he is located.. Such action can not be taken until the registrant has actually been' sum mond by his local : board, r Complete Blanks Distributed. The government -has distributed to air. local boards complete sets of blanks to cover appeals, transfers and ahy-other matters In connection with the process. Full instructions for filling out any form of blank and specific instructions as to the manner in which each " is to be used,', also have been" provided. Registrants may examine these at the quarters of lo cal boards, -but every effort has been made to prevent the "filing of affidavits' or other documents that do not apply to a'-, case actually under considera-. tion. ' - !-- The regulations provided that no man can. come up for examination in any way before either local or super ior boards until he is actually sum moned for military duty. Point of Most Confusion. " Probably the point In the whole . process which has led to the greatest misunderstanding and confusion is . the system by which . industrial ex emption is to be- granted. Many per sons have regarded it as certain that men in munition-making or other; strictly war industries would be ex empted as a class. That is not the fact.. What is to govern the process is the importance of the individual in such an industry. If another man '. could take his place without prejudice to the working of the plant, he will not be granted military exemption. . ., -: :- . 5 To make this policy effective,' th superior and not the local boards were -assigned ' the task tofY saying whether or not a man should be retained at. CContinuea on. page Vho, ! ri s ;4 J; 1? 4U- )i- 1