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Show Sidelights on Examination of Draft Recruits Julian Bamberger, son of Governor Simon Bamberger and manager of the ' Salt Lake & Ogden railway, and Harold R. Smoot, son of Senator- Reed Smoot. have been chosen under the selective draft and ordered to report to their respective re-spective boards for physical examination, examina-tion, Mr. Smoot. married, claimed no exemption ex-emption on his registration card. Mr. Bamberger, unmarried, claims exemption as manager of a railway. One of the names appearing on the new call for examination Is that of E. A. Bock, city auditor. Under the law, Mr. Bock, because of his election by the people peo-ple as a municipal officer, Is exempt. John D litre to, who writes that he Is in Jail in Erie, Pa., for trespassing on a railroad track, says that he is an Austrian Aus-trian and is anxious to know whether he lias been drafted or not. x "I am now confined," he writes, "and will not be out for a few weeks. I am an Austrian and have been In this country coun-try nearly four years. I am willing to serve if drafted and want to know my position. I don't want any trouble over this' Dutreto registered in district 2. Salt Lake, and formerly lived at 135 South Fifth West street. The selective draft reached out Us arm yesterday and seized John W. Rils. alleged al-leged slacker and radical opponent of all war. Rils, who was a, motorman In the employ of the Utah Power & Light company com-pany until recently, refused to register in June and Is now out on a $1000 bond after beln? forcibly Hated liable for military mili-tary service. His name was included in the call at the Whittlcr school, where he is ordered to appear next Wednesday. He was six feet one. A blacksmith by trade. The doctor tmiled with admiration as he entered the examination room, for here was a perfect man! He, passed all the tests with flying colors; col-ors; he was unmarried he had no one in the world dependen' on him; ho was finally accepted as fit and the next man called up. But the husky one -was not satisfied. He appealed to the r:halnr&n of the draft board. "I can t gV he declared. "What's the matter?" asked the chairman. chair-man. "I have stomach trouble; hurts awfully bad sometimes." When assured that with exercise and regular feed the armv woud cure his stomach trouble he went away. Half an hour later he was back again. "It can't go; my conscience will not let me." he complained. "Well. I will see that vou will not be compelled to carry a rifle," said the chairman. "I'll enlist you as a blacksmith black-smith and you can work at your trade" "I cbiVt do that." he replied. "Why?" asked the chairman. "I can't do that because. $30 a month ain't union wages," . The chairr.tan threw up bra hands, went nto 'be next room, slammThg the doDr behind him. |