Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-08
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ASKS PUBLIC Help
in DRAFT CASH
Appeal Board No. 2 Wish.
Information Upon Which
to Decide Exemptions
HEAR APPEALS ALL DAv

Public cooperation in disclosing ca.
false appeal for exemption from the d,,1
arney is asked by Walter Willard. o,.,I
man Of Draft Appeal Board No. . ,,,.1
in the Federal Building. Nnety.6v.
cent of the appeals that come before M
board are on the grounds of dependent ~
children, parents, grandparents or ~
relatives, and the chairman is partic,. W
anxious that impartial justice be elvsr \
all. that no person may wrongfully hid Y,
hind auothers hclplessness. NJ
Appeal Board No. . meets in execp,.y
session until noon today, but the chief cl.'s
of the board, Bronte Greenwood. vi ~
applications for appeals all dav'
o'clock this afternoon. The board
tremendous mass of individual and +,
trial appeals before 1t and is using the Il
cral agents for Investigations of donh,E
cases wherever possible
Bribery charges and alleged frauduh}
claims for exemption of men from the dr.s|
army are under consideration by rrn,T
States Commissioner Long and the Gr,,s
Jury. involving members of local dlst,st
draft boards. Dry David H. Faringer y
2l02 Spring Garden street, charged v,r|
brbing Dr John Egan of the Seventh M
trict Draft Board, to obtain the reiectior Z
T. A. Reed, whose hotel near Tenth ~
Market streets was recently raided W.
closely questioned by the COMMISSIONS
According to Doctor Egans testimonv'
Doctor Faringer approached him one ev.,
ming and said that Reed was in poor nhv,
iCal condition because OF the fact that N
skull was fractured on November % la,'
He asked DR.. Egan to mark Reed as INA,
for military service on the ground that n.
was subject to fainting spells, particua,,,
in hot In mi ha /.
DR. Egan would do this a plain enveous
would be handed him. To further questons
the speaker said the envelope would cont,h
a sum of money.
Dr. Egan reported the matter to the boa,a
which informed the Department Of Jus,I,
II is said that DIR. Faringer said that ~
money offered was not intended as a brihs
but was merely to be given to Dr. En-
to defray the expense necessary for loss Il
time, etc, entailed in looking up the record
Of Reeds injury at Hahnemann Hospital 4
A subpoena was issued by the Unit,s
States District Court yesterday for Har,v
H. Baltz, secretary and treasurer of "A,
j, & r. Baltz Brewing Company, to testlf,
concerning the exemption claim of Joha
r. Baltz, which came before the grand t,yy
at the instance of John p. Dwyer, secretar,
of Draft Board No 80. 1t was discoyersi
the witness was on his sacation in Main
and the hearing could not proceed Nh
Kane said yesterday subpoenas would h
issued for other officials of the compan,
who might be available.
The grand jury gave further consderatior
f, yesterday to the case of Maurice Brown
| the West Philadelphia druggist accusei
by Mr.. Dwyer of presenting fraudulsn
| claim for exemption
The jury is also considering the case 4
Andrew Rosenbaum, guard at Indepen
dence Hall, who was recently placed unde
| $500 bail under charges he had offered b
| have Walter Donohue and Frank Brow,
exempted from military service IL the.
| would support Common Councilman Isaa
! Deutsch of the Fifth Ward, who is can
| didate for Select Council.
DR.. James r. Cameron, a dentist, OF 2Oi
| Chestnut street, asked for formal exemp
| tOn upon the ground of his necessity t
| the staffs of the Pennsylvania and Epscc
pal Hospitals, seriously depleted since Ii
| war.
Beyond issuing statement of its certif
| cation for military service yesterday Dis
| trict Board No. 1 vouchsafed no informs
| tion as to the character of the appeals sui
| mitted to it.