The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

Kansas City, who claimed support of
a widowed mother. Window was ask
ed for evidence. He showed that III
the last year he had given his mother
$35. He was ordered to join the
Sammies and try to make a larger CON
tribution from his army pay check.
Elford D. Streeter, of CowIey coLn-
ty, was advised he could win an eX-
emption because he is a chemist TO"
a petroleum refining plant in Arkan-
sas City.
Take Dental Student.
Thomas J. Boone, of Leavenwo~th
county, must complete his dental
course when peace is declared. Boone
is a student in a Kansas City dental
school He madef affidavit that his
professional calling was needed to
maintain the national standard of
tooth supremacy. But the appeal
board told Boone to try a few months
in the trenches and resume is dental
studies at a later date
Elliott Carriger of Wakarusa
couldn't win an exemption on the plea
that the examining physician over
looked an imperfect knee Carriger
claimed physical exemption. A third
party statement ruined Carriger's
chances to stay at home. 1t was
shown that the Wakarusa man had
sufficient use of his knee to hold a
place on the Ideal Bakery base ball
( team during the summer
Edward Ernest Schre eber of Wa
I baunsee county lost his exemption
claimed when it developed that his
widowed mother" had failed to Sc
cure a divorce from her husband and
is not dependent on her son for a liv
ing. Schroeder made affida VT he had
supported his mother to the extent
| of $3.50 during the last year.
Sick Wife Exempts Man.
A sick wife and a 20 months old
Z hNr
Robert Cation, of Shawnee county.
Lester Glen Parr won an exemp-
ton claim-on q showing of dependent
relatives. A claim that he should be
exempted because he is municipal
officer" failed entirely Parr is a
Shawnee county trustee And the ap-
peal board couldn't see where the law
provided for the exemption of town
ship trustees.
| James F Koci was exempted on the
double barreled claim of agriculture
! ano dependents His wife will be-
come a mother within the month, his
| affidavit stated.
Eight Won Exemptions.
Eight men won exemptions today
in list of 81 applicants Seven tenn
Porary exemptions were granted
Action of the board in cases by coun-
ties was as follows:
| Exemptions Granted
Fred E. SCHNEIDER. Neosho. agriculture
| Lester Glen Parr Shawnee, municipal
August Flohrschutz Shawnee agriculture
Homer a; Magrath. Shawnee, dependent.
! William b. Frantz. Topeka. dependents
Henry W. Brunkow, Pottawetomie, agri-
culture
| Louis Beard. Pottawatomie. agriculture.
Temporary Exemptions
James +. Conway. Leavenworth.
| Crawford County-William Rrazil Raw.
mond George, Willie J. McCIouC William
Earl Neighbors. Edwin Stephan.
! Shawnee county-Clyde +. Demon.
Miami county-W. G. Kennedy
| Appeals to President.
| Atchison county-Claude Leroy Meyer
| Albert Basil Lutz Fred NJ. Schwick Arthur
| Bert Young, William f. Henry
Bourbon county-William Ernest Weddle
| Jefferson county-Nicholas C. Gerety
Leavenworth county : Henry McGraw
Frank Herzog, Henry Wigger.
| Johnson county-Delbert dump.
| Pottawatomie county-Henry J. Zoeller.
| Wabaunsee county-Fred NJ. Mathes
| Exemptions Denied in shawnee
Elliott Carriger, Elvin f. Joss, Clarence
| Glidwell, Ira Amos Kirkwood Carl Percy
| Fringer.