The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-17
FAILED TO APPEAR
Before THE BOARD
Ten Z g Men Who Regis
te, 8 For the Draft
FIVE A. ALED CASES
These Will Be Taken Up BY
District Commission; More
: Exemptions

Fairmont, Minn., August 15.-sev.
eraI of the biggest, huskiest- looking
men were found on the bum physical
ly, while many of the IittIest, skinni-
est fellows showed up sound as bull
lets. The greatest chest expansion,
| nearly six inches, was shown by
Truman recruit weighing only ITO
pounds.
Riverside, CAL, August 15.-They got
Charles Barrett-and still they did
not. Half an hour after the examining
board passed him for service, Barrett
shot himself, dying soon after.
Los Angeles, August 14.-"My broth
err was nearly picked, but he was
lucky" said neWsy, discussing the
draft with a companion. Eyes he was
lucky this time. He's got cancer of the
stomach"
Los Angeles, August ia charge
that certain dentists are extracting
teeth of young men to make 1t pos
sible for them to be exempted Is be-.
| ing Investigated today by federal au-
thorities. Punishment of Stacker and
dentists is threatened.
Fargo, N. D., August f5.-Men who
have had teeth pulled recently must
save them to show the local draft
board, the Fargo, N. D., board has
ruled. Belief that several men have
had teeth pulled to escape the draft is
responsible. The extracted teeth must,
on inspection, prove to have ,nerited
the forceps. ,,ss-4
La Crosse, Wis, August 15.-Ar.
raigned in United States court heresas
a registration dodger, George Wick
Iund, thirty. living at Maiden Rock,
Wis.,, told the court that God had, ap-
peared twice in a. vision. and ordered
him not to register. Wicklund in
formed the court that the vision had
advised him to Distribute Bibies to the
needy and he had bought 100 at
once.
Out of the 246 young men Of Blue
Earth county, called to be examined
by the local exemption board on Aug
ust 3, and 6, there are now just eight
who neither appeared for examination
or accounted for. themselves other
wise. Most Of these seem to have
been transcients in the city. These
men and their given addresses are as
follows:
Carl Johanson, Mankato, TT North
| Cf,
Peter C. Opuls, Mankato, 321 Hick-
DRY street; Ramos Baledin, Mankato;
Sylvester John Barth, Markato, sol
North Fourth street; John T.. John
son, Mankato, 404 North Fourth
street; Lynn butcher, Mankato.
Frazer street: Sherman j. Miller.
Mankato, 1909 Fifth avenue. Lynn
butcher is not a man. OF sound mind
and is now in Faribault under the
care of his brother.
Today the local board members and
others were at work. on new list OF
men exempted and not exempted. It
is probable that this list, which takes
in part of those first summoned and
part of those summoned after it be-
came evident that the first three days
examinations would not give enough
suitable recruits, in the eyes of the
board, will be ready tomorrow. The
local board worked until late last ev-
ening over this list.
District Board Busy.
The district board is also getting
quite busy. The affidavits making
claims for exemption on occupational
grounds keep piling up, as they come
from every part of the district. The
board no longer finds it convenient TO
have it's data on the table. In order
to make it ready for easy reference
filing cases will be installed in the
office soon.
1t is now very doubtful whether the
board will ask for the appointment or
new member to take the place OF
T. J. Knox of Jackson, who Is at Ro-.
chester, recovering from an operation
for gall stones. Mr.. Knox has not
resigned and the board has taken no
steps to hurry that. FL. w. Libby of
Winona, one of the other members.
had telephone conversation today
with Adjutant General Wood at st.
Paul, and the latter said the business
of the board could go on all right with
four members. 1t may be that Mr..
WHO Has sUGeH IudAtuS a. kOOQ
convalescence, will be able again to
take part in the work OF the board.
before that body adjourns.
Five Appealed Cases.
The board has just obtained q set
of printed slips, which it sends out to
exemption claimants, giving certain
information, as the case may require.
The district board today received
from the local board data giving in
formation on five cases that have
appealed from the decision Of the To-
cal board. refusing exemption. Three
of these have made their claim on
grounds of physical incapacity: Clay
ton I. Pierce, and John b. and Adolph
Warnke, all of Good Thunder. The
other two have made their claims on
grounds of dependency: Leland A.
Mcdonald, Mankato route one; and
Charles Bokaleal. 11s James avenue,
Mankato. -
Claims for exemption from the
army raft on ocuupational grounds
continue to pour in at the Office Of
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