Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-07
MANUFACTURERS
SON NOT EXEMPT
District Board Holds Claims
Not Sufficient to Justify
Immunity.
IS A MAKER OF MUNITIONS
During Day Four Men Are
Granted Exemption From
Service With Army.

Joseph Myers Leidecker. wealthy
young manufacturer OF Bartlesvile.
son Of an Ohio millionaire viii have
70 strengthen his CLAIM for exeup-
ton from 'Nsr service II he wishes
to keep out OF Uncle sam army the
membe Of the district appeal board
decided yesterday.
Secretary Marry II Rogers. ex-
pr essluS the sentiment of the other
members II TIE board. to.I Leideck-
er's father ard Senator Il =. van
Deventer. who were before the board
yesterday In the young man behalf.
that papers filed in the case were not
sufficient TO Justify exemption and
that they would have u make a
stronger case
Leidecker's appeal - not Gissimllar
from that Of James E. T|h!trsides, the
young AiuSkoree oil millionaire,
which has attracted state aide in
terest. WhIle his wealth is not 80
creat. his father. who is mead OF the
Leidecker Tool company of Marietta.
Ohio. is fully able to match White
sides dollars with his own. Ills main
factory, ne says. does annually IA IL
| lion dollars worth Of business
1 Young Leidecker is the <crst0l man
ager Of the tranch factory estiJlIsned
at Rartiesyiile a Few years ago. and
according to the affidavlts filed in his
! behalf he carries the whole lus ness
Of the branch Jfiice on his shoulders.
So indispensable is he that his father
says the bartlesville inuUstry swli
| have to close II the son Is forced 10
20 70 the 'front.'.
roth the Marietta anl i}artlesville
. factories have been manufacturing
/ shells and war munitions Tor me gov
| ernment. according TO the bfla;lN.'s
| filed in young l1e4decker's l@hdlf. Ihe
/ Partles.ie plaHt also does great
deal OF work IN repairing oil ana gas
well tools.
Is Married.
Young Leldecker first asked exemp-
ton from his local board on ihe
ground Of having a dependent wlie'
| bu. was refused exemption on thls
ground. He then appealed to the
district board on industrial grounds
and filed a large number or afIioaNl -
| signed bv oil producers certifying hls
| importance to the nations Industrial
life. These came from John ;. lrwIh'
! C. I. Van Dell. &C. Clarke. ). VI; IT
win, s. ]. Polhamus. K. ;. Bradles'
Frank Bucher, banker and W. u
| Obins drilling contractor.
The county attorney Of Washington
county recommended Leidecker's DIS
charge from service. but memo oers OF
the appeal board decided to send the
case back for more PROOF.
/ While Tulsa county appeals naVe
not been reached, the board yesterday
| dug out Of the local files the case OF
I Robert r. Hooks and exempted nm.
/ He is chief engineer for the FRO
! s,icers Oil company az its compression
gasoline plant at jerks and the COM
many made n strong appeal Tor ms
! exetnrtion. Hooks has wife ana
child but the board discharged MIN on
/ industrial grounds.
! A. y. Morgan, manager OF hc
Eagle Picher Lead company or Heh,
ryetta. appeared before the board anu
asked for exemption Of three OF theh
expert workers. b. A. Trou'msh, Jonn
1 G Tucker and Arthur l. Boerstler'
who, he claimed. are invaluable to the
/ company because OF their training and
| experience The board promised 10
| helm him out. Twenty-one OF TINS
! company's employees were caught lh'
the draft. but four were exempted oy
| the local board. Morgan stated that
"a smelters are now smut down am
emphasized the importance to the
government OF keeping the industry
going.
Four Are Exempted.
All an,eals from washington coUn-
" we're consid cred yesterday, but only
,our were sustained. These were the
cases OF Charles l. Freels OF Dewey.
| clifford +. Brock, Howard r. Bar
nette and Clarence y. van Syckle Oh
RartleeyiIle. All four exemptions were
granted on the ground Of dependent
wives and, the local board recon-
mended the action because of newly
discovered evidence"
The appeals of the following were
affnrnpN ask
ing for reports and recommends lions
ON the ground OF dependency: A. u.
McNabb. X. s Aggas. T.. s. Dunaway.
II n. Godfrey. f. w. Sexton, W. y.
Jobnson. y. +. Johnson, +. l.. Parkes,
Ia p. Lutz. H. NJ. King. j. Turner.
| Grant Truman, c. j. Dye, F. II. Eng
land. A. b, Pambogo and II. 7. Black
burn.
The Seminole county appeals were
disposed Of by the board denying all
except the cases of II. D. Walker. Joe
Philips. Ed L. Gray. A. j. Reynolds
lC G. williams. WWton Chief and l..
w Schornick. which were remanded
10 the county attorney for further
renorts on the dependency claims.
The remaining cases were certified 10
the adjutant-general as ready 10 go.
Wasn't Particular.
All Hughes county appeals were
J ovAruled except four or five cases
returned to the county attorney for
further information. One of these
was that of Ted j. Bell, of stewart.
construction foreman of the South
western Bell Telephone company. for
whose exemption the chief officials
! OF the company are making strong
fight. James +. Noble. general plant
superintendent at Oklahoma City,
filed a typewriter document OF ten
pages showing Bells indispensihility.
The young man, himself. however,
notified the board he didn't care
whether ne is exempted or not but is
ready to go to France II the board
says SO.