Pennsylvania registered almost a
hundred thousand more men than cen
sus estimates, according to figures re
ceived by the War Department. Gov
ernor Brumbaugh reported the regis
tration of 950,300. The census figures
anticipated were 879,388.
The War Department is working ou
regulations for the second step In the
army draft, selection by lot of a pro
portion of young men registered,
while the provost marshal general s
office was compiling data on the reg
istration.
It may take a week or ten days to
complete the nation-wide tabulations.
Then the War Department will pre
scribe rules for drawing names of men
who are to be examined before local
or precinct exemption boards and for
the composition of these boards ana
of boards of review to which those
drafted may appeal.
A call for a definite number of
troops will be Issued, each state will
be notified to contribute a certain
DroDortion and state authorities in
turn will determine allotments for
subdivisions.
Officials noted that the returns
received so far indicate that more
than half of the men registered either
claimed exemption or gave facts
which might exempt them. The War
Department may issue a guiding
statement for boards of exemptions,
but actual decision on each case will
he left to the local authorities. Em
phasis is laid on the determination to
prescribe no class exemptions, out iu
pass on cases individually.
Fifth Tornado Hits Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Fifty build
ings in the business district of Perry,
Okla., were demolished by a tornado
which struck the town Thursday. Al
though several persons are reported
to have been injured, all are expected
to recover. The damage Is estimated
at $150,000. The tornado was the
fifth in Oklahoma during the past
week.
