Show Aliens Are Favored for Draft 9 Declares Senator Smoot Bingham canyon will not be left in inthe inthe inthe the hands of foreigners and alien enemies enemies enemies ene ene- mies when the draft is invoked and the majority of American citizens are called caned to the colors if possibilities mentioned in messages from Wash Wash- ington become actualities Word to that effect was contained in a telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram received today by Q B. B Kelly president of the Bingham Commercial Commer Commer- cial club from Senator Reed Smoot at the national capital Sev Several ral days ago the Commercial club protested to Senator Smoot that few Americans American would be he left in Bingham if tho the provisions provisions provisions pro pro- visions of the draft exempting alien enemies and foreigners were en en- forced Senator Smoot according to his wire says that he took the matter up with the senate military committee commit commit- tee members of which were unanimously unanimously unanimously in favor of changing the draft law lav to make citizens liable Hable to the draft The telegram states that the tho committee has been besieged with hundreds of protests from mining camps and industrial centers centers cen cen- throughout the country since Bingham started the movement Expressing a preference to die rather than be drafted forced and and forced to shoot down his own countrymen Jacob Jacob Ja Ja- Ja- Ja cob cob Henschel Henschel a young German of Bingham who has taken out his first papers appeared before the exemption board oard of the mining camp Henschel told the board he ho would do anything to aid nid the United States in this country poun- poun try but would not under tinder any circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- oun-I oun stances go into battle against his coun coun- His case has been hoen taken under advisement 1 |