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THE KINSLEY -MERCURY, KINSLEY, KANSAS COAL SHORTAGE THREATENS high public functions perform them with justice, fearlessness and impar MiEMTlONAL THOSE AWFUL ASK A GUARANTEE PRICE FOR WHEAT RULES OF ARMY DRAFT ISSUED Regulations to Govern Work of Exemption Boards Made Public. 1 sst ira tiality." Methods Making the Draft. Upon organizing the local boards will take over from the registration boards all cards, which they will number serially- and list for posting to public view. Then, after having been advised of the method by which the order of liability for service shall be determined and of the quota to be drawn from its territory (minus credits for enlistments in the National Guard or regular army), each board will prepare a list of persons designated for service in the order of their lia bility, post the list, give it to the press, and within three days send notice to each designated person by mall. As the men so notified appear the boards first will make a physical examination in accordance with special regulations be provided, bearing In mind that all persons accepted by them will be -e-examined by armj' surgeons.

If the physical examination is passed successfully, then comes the question of exemption. Those Entitled to Exemption. Persons who must be exempted or discharged by the local board Include: Officers of the United States, of the states, territories and the District of Columbia ministers of religion, students of divinity, persons in the military or naval service of the United States, subjects of Germany, all other aliens who have not taken out first papers, county or municipal officers, customhouse clerks, -workmen in federal armories, arsenals and navy yards, persons in the federal service designated by the president for exemption, pilots, merchant" marine sailors, those with a status with respect to dependents which renders their ex clusion desirable (a married man with dependent wife or child, son of a dependent widow, son of dependent, aged or Infirm parent, or brother of dependent orphan child under sixteen years of age), those found morally deficient, and any member of any well-recog-nlzed religious sect existing May 18, 1917. -whose creed forbids participation In war and whose religious convictions accord with the creed. Man or Wife May Make Claim.

Claims for exemption because of dependents may be made by the man himself, his wife or other dependents, or by a third party who has personally investigated the case. A claim made by the husband must be accompanied by supporting affidavits signed by the wife and by the head of a family residing in the same territory. A claim by the wife or a third party must be accompanied by twov supporting affidavits signed by heads of families. Similar rules govern claims on the grounds of other dependents when the dependents or. third parties being authorized to file claims with supporting affidavits.

In each case the board must be satisfied before it grants exemption or discharge that the dependent or dependents actually are supported mainly by the fruits of the man's 'mental or physical labor. Local boards are required, subject to appeal, to pass upon claims for exemption or discharge within three days after the filing of affidavits. Must' Decide In Five Days. District boards must decide appeal cases within five days after the closing of proofs and their decisions are final. If the ruling of a local board is a'f firmed the person In question stands finally accepted for military service.

In passing on claims for exemption on the ground of employment in necessary industrial and agricultural occupations the district boards must be convinced that the particular enterprise affording such employment actually is necessary to. the maintenance of the military establishment of national Interest during the. emergency. "The evidence must also establish," the regulations say, "even if the particular industrial enterprise or particular agricultural enterprise is found necessary for one of the above purposes, that the continuance of such person therein is necessary to the maintenance thereof and that he cannot be replaced by another person without direct, substantial material loss and detriment to the adequate and effective operation of the particular Industrial enterprise or agricultural enterprise in. which he" is eogased." May Designate Certain Industries.

Later the president "may from time to time designate certain industries or classes of industries that are necessary and the district boards will be so notified. It will be the duty of each board, however, to ascertain the available labor supply for such. Industries outside the men called for military service and to take the result Into consideration in determining such things. "If, In the opinion of the district board," this section of the regulations concludes, "the direct, substantial, material loss to any such industrial or agricultural enterprise outweighs the loss that would result from failure to obtain the military service of any such person, a certificate of discharge may be issued to him Certificates of exemption will not necessarily be permanent. They may be revoked with changing conditions, or may be granted only for prescribed periods.

Earth Grows Slowly Now. In the early days of its history the earth grew rapidly by the addition of meteoric matter. It Is still growing in the same manner, scientists say, though scarcely, to an appreciable extent, for the mass of meteoric matter added yearly Is reckoned to be 'only 20,000 tons. In the course of ages the larger planets have swept tip practically all the fragments of the. original disruption, and theVonly available source of supply of meteoric matter seems to be brought tyr" comets.

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Adv. Fine Words. Pedler Madam, I am Introducing new brand of soap-7- La'dy Don't want it. Pedlei It costs only half as niTf-cij as any soap now on the market Lady Don't want any of It. Pedler And it will, do twlc ttif work of any other Lady Don't want It, I told yots.

Pedler It softens the sklnl 'ao makes the complexion clear and beau tlful Lady How much Is it? Indlanopo lis Star. Her Off Day. -Thursday Is our Florry- servant's off -day. Elsie You mean her "day off" don't you? Florry No; Wednesday Is her day off, and that Is why Thursday la hef "off day." Lying "What did Blank say about mer "That youfow-ed hlra ten dollars." 1 "Why, the lying scoundrel I Well, he can just wnistie lor ms money now I won't pay it till I get godd' and ready." Trade "Icemen can do something no other class or men can succeea in." "What Is that?" "They can stay where they are. and steal a weigh at the same Some women give more thought to the selection of a "gown than to the selection of a husband.

The Danger Zone for Many Is Coffee Drinking Some people find it wise to quit coffee when their nerves begin to "act up. The easy way now adays is to switch to Instant Fosto Nothing in pUasp ure- is missed py the chah ge; and "4 greater comtort -toi lows as the nerval Poslomvis economjeal; to both' heal tK and p.u"r8i 'There's a Reason' Mine Operators. Are Showing No Inclination to Ask for Renewal of Present Contracts. Topeka. The coal shortage is giving Kansas officials more concern just now than the food shortage.

Unless a program for increased production and more prompt distribution is soon mapped out many people in Kansas are liable to be without fuel next winter. The situation is very acute. The miners blame it on the operators, the operators blame it on the railroads and the railroads, in turn, blame it on both the miners and operators. So far the responsibility has not been fixed. The only thing certain abcut it is that there is going to be a shortage.

Most all coal contracts exnire in. July and August. The operators are showing no signs so far of asking for renewals. In fact they are sitting tight and intimating that there will possibly be no contract coal. They are telling their customers to go on the open market for fuel.

It seems that many of the big operators got stung on ftheir contracts last year. They sold under contract and did not make as much money per ton as those who soM on the open market. While the operators would all inter pose objections to the government tak ing control of the mines, that is one of the possibilities unless some plan is soon devised to insure the people plenty or fuel next winter. 1 he gov ernment has a plan to handle the out put of mines east of the Mississippi river and it may extend it to the western mines. One of the largest customers of the Kansas mines is the state, itself.

It has to buy vast quantities of coal for its institutions. The prison mine supplies only a small per cent of require ments. Notice has been served on the state that it might have to go into the open market for its coal. That means a 50 per cent increase over the con tract price last year. If the operators continue to decline to make contracts the state coal fund will not be suffi- cient to run one year, much less two.

If the coal companies lefuse to. carry the state, a special session of the legislature will be necessary. It is -barely possible that a session will be called anyway to handle the seed wheat question. If it is the coal fund can be enlarged. TO BOOST WHEAT ACREAGE State Council of Defense Planning for Record Breaking Crop in Kansas Next Year.

Topeka. A meeting the state council of defense called by. Governor Capper was held in the executive office recently. This-was an-important meeting as it dealt with' the problem of a great wheat acreage to be sown the coming fall. All these matters were set out the call sent to "members of the coun cil of defense by Secretary J.

C. Moh ler. The letter from Secrtary Mohler follows The previous meeting of the state council of defense adjourned subject to the call of the governor. The governor now directs that a call be issued for a meeting ot the -council in his office at 10 a. Tuesday, July 3.

A question of prime importance to consider at this meeting is that cf ways and means of sowing 10,000,000 acres of wheat in Kansas next fall on the best prepared land with the best kind of seed. 4 More Ccal Cars Necessary. Railroads' must annul some of their de luxe trains and use the motive power in the transportation of coal, if the national demand for coal is met, was the declaration in Topeka today of Ira Clemens of Pitlsburg, director of the Southwestern Coal Operators' Association. 4 Bank Deposits Jump. A record increase of more than 43 per cent in deposits from May.

1, 1916. to May 1, 1917, in Kansas national banks is shown in a report just issued by W. W. Bowman, secretary of the Kansas Bankers' Association. 4 New Job for W.

E. Davis. W. E. Davis, former state auditor and now member of the board of control, became president of the National Bonding and Casualty Company at Saliua at the expiration of his term oa July 1.

4-. Name Battery Officers. Brig. Gen. C.

I. Martin has completed the -complement of commissioned officers for Battery First Field Artillery; K. N. G. The battery is stationed in Kansas City, Kas.

The officers named are: Captain, Phil Hoyt; first. lieutenants, Earl Poindexter.and Frederic H. Olander; second lieutenants, Roger L. Barker and Glen A. Russell.

All the officers live in Kansas City. 4 4 4 Crops Need Rain. High temperature and hot winds are playing havoc with growing crops in western Kansas. Reports from th west say that crops of all kinds are beginning to suffer badly and that it will take a good soaking rain within the next few days to save the crops from complete failure. Announcement was made at the1 office of Adjutant General Martin that Company Topeka engineers, called into federal service will leave Topeka for Fort Riley on July 6.

State Council of Defense Wants Government to Set $2.25 As Minimum. ALSO WANT A LARGE SEED FUND Soil Conditions for Big Grain Crop Are Ideal Now, Says Committee Report. Topeka. That the government fix a minimum price for wheat at $2.25 a bushel, Chicago basis, and that Kansas raise a $2,000,000 seed wheat fund in its campaign to plant 10,000,000 acres to wheat this fall, w6re the prin cipal suggestions adopted by the State Council of Defense recently. After discussing the matter for several hours the council adopted the following report prepared by the executive committee: "It appears fora the report of the committee on agriculture of the state council of defense that the yield of wheat in Kansas will be 750,000 acres less than last year, due principally to the heavy loss sustained in the seed wheat from winter killing, and to the fact that approximately 2,000,000 busfc els of seed will fcave to be purchased.

"In view of the fact that the soil conditions were never more favorable for a good wheat crop than now, and in view of the further fact that under a government minimum price, which should not be less than $2 at Kansas stations, it would be profitable to sow every acre possible. "It appears that by deferring payment for approximately two-fifths of the seed wheat which the farmer has to purchase until the 1918 crop it. would be possible for the acreage to be greatly increased. "On account of the excellent soil conditions and the reasonable assur ance of high prices the crop will be ample and safe security for the cost price of the seed. "Your committee, therefore, would recommend that the council of defense take immediate steps to raise a sum of not less than $2,000,000 as a seed wheat loan fund, to be loaned to the farmers either on crop-share plan or as a direct loan.

"Your committee also recommends that the president of the state council of defense be authorized and directed to carry this general plan into imme diate effect and that he be authorized to call to his assistance any member of the state council or any of its com mittees or. anv other citizen of the state of Kansas. "Your committee having under con sideration" the minimum prices on wheat to be fixed by the federal gov ernment recommends, that the state council of defense urge upon the pres ident and congress that if; a minimum price is set by the federal government that it be not less than $2.25 a bushel, Chicago basis, which would insure the farmer $2 at Kansas points." 4 4 Capper Makes Two Appointments Governor Capper has re-appointed J. W. Lough of Scott City as irriga tion commissioner for a term of two years and reappointed J.

E. Caton, state auditor, as' a member of tha state civil service commission. 4. 4. 4.

New Auto Law in Effect. The new automobile registration law, which went, into effect recently is intended to drive curbstone auto dealers out of business. It levies license of $15 a year on dealers for each class of machines handled. 4. 4, 4.

Three Kansas Boards Quit. Three big state boards went out of existence on the first, the state board of control having charge of all state charitable institutions, the board administration having charge of state educational institutions, and the board of corrections having charge of all penal institutions. They will be succeeded Monday by one centra board of administration, with a busi ness manager, to look after all state institutions of every description ex cept the soldiers home and home for soldiers' widows. 4, 4. 4, Prison Labor Question to Test.

A suit recently has been filed in the. supreme court to test the validity of the 1917 legislative enactment com pelling the working of county prison ers on the public highway. The action was brought by S. M. Brewster, at torney general, to compel Chase coun ty to pay into the county school fund $21 for twenty-one days' work by county prisoner.

The suit directly af fects every county in Kansas and wil test the constitutionality of the new law. 4. 4., .4. Wheat Club Angers Kansans. Business men of western Kansas are up in arms over the movement to start a seed wheat club to aid needy farmers in that section.

They declare that there are no needy fanners there Topeka Oil SeekersStrike Coal. In drilling for oil near the outskirts of two rich veins of dbalhave been struck. One is seyenty-six feet the ground and the other 187 feeL A local company is now a coal mine, which it is hoped to ave in operation within six months. (By E. O.

SELLERS, Acting Director ci tne Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1917. Western Xewspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JULY 15. HEZEKIAH, THE FAITHFUL KING. LESSON TEXT-II Chron. 30:1.

GOLDEN TEXT He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he Is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Heb. 11:6. The reformation under Hezekiah Is one of the bright and attractive spots in the latter history of the kingdom of Israel. It was a most thorough reformation and God set his seal upon it in many wonderful ways.

Teachers ought to give their classes a comprehensive view of all" that Hezekiah did, as recorded in II 'chapters 29-32. I. Hezekiah's Proclamation, (vv. 1-G). The proper introduction to this lesson would be to return to chapter twentynine and note the restoration of the worship of" Jehovah.

How it began in one man's heart, Hezekiah how he called the people to be clean then called upon a cleansing of the house of God and its restoration (vv. 18, 19). How he called them to renewed sacrifice and worship (vv. 20, 21). The restoration of.

the sin- offering and of the burnt-offering, and the result of these offerings in the Le-vitical music and in the worship of the great congregation (29, 2S). The sequel of song always follows and accompanies-a true revival of religion. Having consecrated themselves unto the Lord, Hezekiah 'sends this proclamation. The consecration of the people, as referred "in chapter 29, was very complete. (See vv.

31-30.) Hezekiah was a man of deep discernment as well as of true piety. He saw the meaning of the sacrifice of redemption and put the passoyer forward as the very heart-center of the worship of Jehovah. (See vv. 1, 2.) Whoever understands the passover, understands Ood's way of salvation. (See Exodus 12 I Cor.

5 :7, 8 Rom. 3 :25, 26 John 1:29.) Hezekiah did not confine his call to those of Israel al'pne, but exterided it beyond its' bordersrto those of Ephraim, thus manifesting the true missionary spirit. Hezekiah had am-, pie Scriptural warrant keeping this passover out of its regular order (vv. 9-13). God is not a God of time or place.

Wherever obedience is possible, whether it be a matter of time or not, God approves. Hezekiah, however, did not act upon his owvn initiative, but sought counsel. (See v. 2.) The' man who is the most clearly led of God is the man who is most eager and anxious to know how God is leading other "men and will listen most patiently to their counsel. The fact that the people had not "-gathered themselves together at Jerusalem" for a long time, might have warranted a further delay.

Not so with this enthusiastic young king. He was not bound by precedent, but was anxious to please God. II. Hezekiah's Exhortation (vv. 7-13).

Hezekiah began his exhortation by calling attention to the trespasses of their fathers (v. 7). At the same time he reminds them that if God gave them over to desolation because they themselves were stiff-necked (v. 8) and yielded not themselves unto the Lord to enter his sanctuary; which he had sanctified unto them, they would come under the fianeeness of God's wrath, for they had turned from the Lord they had "trespassed against the Lord God-of their fathers." Because of that trespass God had "given them up to desolation." Literally he had made them "an astonishment." This astonishment and desolation was well known, "as ye see" (v. 7).

Anyone with eyes open can see today the desolation of individuals, of families, communities and nations who trespass against God. For a generation we have had the deity of Christ and the inspiration of his "Word called into question and that the Individual man is the dictator of his own conscience and life, and it is because men have departed from their faithful allegiance to Jesus Christ and fail to obey his command, that we see the strife and desolation of today. The first departure caused people to be "stiff-necked" and Jehovah is calling them to repentance, bt they would not hear (see Ch. Ex. Rom.

In place of this of their heaits Hezekiah entreats them to. turn again to the Lord and not to be. stiff -nfecked as were their fathers (v. 8), that if they will turn 'Lord '(v. 9), they, will find compassion so tiiat they shall again enteritis gracious and merciful dealings.

Having yielded themselves they were to enter into communion with him and ''enter Into. his. sanctuary which he. had sanctified forever," They were also to serve hinuVMpst blessed results were to them and for their brethren and their, cbjK. dren, but all of this bright prospect Is conditioned upon repentance, surrender, communion and service is based upon the 'that -Jehovah 'is gracious and" merciful" Ps.

Jpna5fcu4j; Then, even as 'were who would not yielpL to vou gracious xnew priests Ephraim bulun, they. if. were faughe to, vscpm. and some passea inrousn andManasjeh, jeren nnto Ze- EACH CASE ON ITS MERITS Be Fearless and Impartial," Is Final Admonition of President Wilson No Class Exemptions Will Be Permitted. MEN WHO.ARE EXEMPT 'A i I Officers of United States, states, territories and District of Columbia.

Ministers of religion and students of divinity. Persons in military or naval service of United States. Subjects of Germany and all aliefis who have not taken out first County or municipal officers. Customhouse clerks and workmen in arsenals and navy yards. Pilots, merchant marine sailors.

Married men with dependent wives or children. ft 8 16 Sons of dependent widows, sons of dependent, aged or Infirm parents, or brothers of dependent orphans under sixteen years of age. Men morally deficient. Members of recognized religious sect existing prior to May 18, 1917, whose creed forbids participation in war. Washington.

The drafted armies of Khe United States will be drawn with hardship." President Wilson, in issuing regula tions for the working of the draft, urged upon every member of every draft board "Impartial and fearless per-, formance of the delicate and difficult duties Intrusted," in order that "our armies at the front may be composed of men free from sense 6f injustice In fthelr mode of selection." To Fix Date for Board Meetings. In the near future a date will be set by Brig. Gen. Crowder, provost marshal-general, for the meeting and organization of the boards. At the same ftime It Is expected that the selection i regulation.

will be promulgated so that the process may be put under way without delay. The present intention Is to call the men selected to the colors about September 1. All Forces on Equal Footing. President Wilson's statement follows: ine regulations wnicn i am toaay causing to be promulgated, pursuant to the direction of the selective service law, cover the remaining steps of the plan for calling Into the service of the United States qualified men, from those who have registered; those selected as the result of this process to constitute, with the regular army, the National guard and the navy, the fighting forces of the nation, all of which forces are under the terms of the law placed In a position of equal right, dlgnlty and responsibility with the members of all other military forces. "The regulations have been drawn I with a view to the needs and eircum-tstances of the whole country and pro-jvlde a system which It Is expected will (work with the least inequality and per-tsonal hardship.

Any system of select ing men of military service, whether voluntary or involuntary In Its operation, necessarily selects some men to bear the burden of danger and sacrifice for the whole nation. The system here provided places all men of military age upon an even plane, and then, by a selection which neither favors the one nor penalizes the other, calls upon the requisite number for service. Urges Boards to Act Impartially. "The successful operation of this law and of these regulations depends necessarily upon the loyalty, patriotism and justice of the members of the boards to whom Its operation is committed, and I admonish every member of. every local board and of every district board of review that 'their duty to their country requires an impartial jnnd fearless performance of the delicate and difficult duties Intrusted to jthem.

They should remember as to leach Individual case presented to them Ithat they are called upon to adjudicate the most sacred rights of the individual and to preserve untarnished the liondr of the nation. "Our armies at the front will be (strengthened, and sustained if they be composed of men free from any sense rf Injustice in the mode of selection, hnd they will be Inspired to loftier efforts in behalf of a country in which the citizens called upon to 'perform Wasted TJme. We don't miss the little here and the (little there. Yet in a year the amount tof time wasted is enormous. Learn-5ng that he was always called to dinner several minutes before the dinner jwas really ready to eat a certain man started and wrote a book in the spare piinutes between the call and the.

actual dinner time. It only shows how jwe waste time. If you. to be iamong earth's benefactors yoti win begin now to conserve your time 'and use It to- profit.