Tombstone epitaph., 1917-08-26
DISTRICT 0oARp MAKES
RULINGS At TUCSON

The District Exemption Board At
Tucson is still working on the claims
rom Cochisc county and has denied
a number of them The following ac-
ions were taken by the board in their
session Of Wednesday according 10
the Tucson Citizen:
The District exemption board fer
the second District Today announo I'd
4 ruiz governing exemptions on in
round of dependant wife and chs
iren. The following resolution MAS
unanimously passed:
1T was unanimously decided that
or the purpose OF uniformity that
dependents should be governed
ording TO the following rules insofar
as such classes only are concerned
namely: \ married man with r.
hildren shall not be exempted unle
he clearly proves that his wife wou {
ecome a charge upon the commun.t
pr that she is an invalid requirin.
ersonal care. attention and supp /
f the husband and married m. I
With child or children will be c>.
a - -. -,
hat his wife and children will be
provided for"
Only one claim for exemption on
Industrial grounds was Above.
mong a number considered by the
district board at the session today
and he was merely given three
months respite.
Ruling on Engineers
A rule in reference TO engineerin :
students al colleges was laid down
n the case of Warner Austin Shai
uck OF Bisbee. member of the class
Il 1918 in the Michigan College OF
tines. who asked to be allowed "a
omplete his course His claim ioI
A-mption Was disalloNed
Walter ~ Tripl-it. engineer Of
l4iutenance Of way OF the Nacozari
abroad, asked an exemption so that
re might get action on his apple
ion for admission 20 the engineering
orps- He lives al Douglas His
lain was disallowed.
The only claim allowed was tn {
4 Lester c. Breniger. who has a
ranch at San Simon He was Civ en-
three months TO find a purchaser for
his ranch or get someone to run il :.
The claim of Alexander J. Thomp-
on. Jr.. bean rancher and cattle ra 5
er of Dos Cabezas was disallowed.
Other claims disallowed were: Lon
HE Mart Fralie rancher. Tombstone:
Thomas Henry Short. rancher, Pirtle
Tille: W. A. Ingle, physically unfit.
'earce
500 Fail To Report
A long list of those who failed to
report in Cochise county were auto
matically drafted They had been
ertifed by the lacol board. A mum
Der of these men are in detention al
Hcumbus, n. NJ. being among those
reported from Bisbee on July II. as ]
W WIS. What steps will be taken
o apprehend these men and place
them in the army will have 20 be de
termined by the department of luz
lice. Under the Law they have lost
the right TO be exempted and @ tile
.yemption claim.
The board met at IL O'Clock ,his
morning al the Office OF John D
Wright.
New claims filed today were. Mic
). Frankvich, Bisbee. dependents. ap.
peal; Charles Harvey Young. tch
er. dependents. appeal.
Ray B. Krebs. secretary of the
Cochise county exemption board. said
his afternoon he had received no
word as yet from Tucson regarding
the action of the district board. He
said that the Cochise county quota is
i74. OF this number 254 have been
accepted. leaving 400 to be obtained
hose these figures are still subject
to change by whatever action the dis
riot board may take In a number of
asses. While 40 wobblies at Col
-Imbus have been automatically draft.
ID. Mr.. Krebs does not know how
many Of these men are still al Column
bus. The record he received from
Governor Campbell shows on'y q of
he Columbus hunch rovjss.A 49,