The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-24
BANKERS TO WAR
Their Business Is Not an EX-'
cuse for Exemption.
Cashier Centeryille Bank Must
Go Into Army.
TELEGRAPHER ALSO IS TAKEN
He Prefer, d To Join the Army
b nd the Army.
Appeal Board Releases Only 5
Out of 35 Today.

Banking is one of the poorest in
dustries iE the world when man is
looking for exemption from army
service. In the judgment of the dis
trict appeal board, bank clerks and
cashiers can go to the war with less
general inconvenience than men in
any known trade or profession.
Ambitious young men may aspire
to wealth and prominence as financial
kings and barons. But in time of war.
the village huckster and the janitor in
pie foundry stand far better
chances for exemption. The first APP
peal from banker came before the
district board today. Members of the
board almost broke the speed ordi-
nances putting the banker in the
army.
Lester c. Brownback, cashier of the
Centerville, Linn county, State bank.
wanted to be exempted. He produced
affidavits showing he is an indus
triouS, capable and hard working
young man-that is, as hard working
as the cashier of the Centerville State
bank is expected to be. He attested
to the patriotism of the banking in
dustry by showing that E. E. Mcclure.
former cashier, had enlisted in the
Since that time Brownback had done
the work. But the appeal board
couldn't see the slightest excuse for
an exemption. Any honest, high
minded, capable business man might
look after the loan and overdraft bus
mess in Centerville. So Brownback
was instructed to report for service.
Take Telegraph Operator.
Franklin w. Davis, of Franklin
county, won an exemption because his
family has already furnished its quota
of men for the army. Two of Davis
service and the younger brother is
needed on the farm. So the appeal
board said he might stay at home.
Ernest A. Gill, the Santa Fe tele-
graph operator a. Howard, Elk ccun-
ty, did not provide a sufficient excuse
for exemption. Gill argued that
telegraphers were needed at home and
he preferred to join the army behind
the army, rather than the army in
the trenches. Another operator must
be sent to Howard, however, as Gill
has been instructed to report at the
Fort Riley training camp.
Just five of the thirty-five men
whose exemption claims were consid-
cred today, won releases from army
service. Thirty men were selected for
army life. Following is the record
Exempted From Service.
Name County. Exemption Claim.
J. Milton Schiller. Doniphan. agriculture.
Alvia Fields. Miami, agriculture.
Anton Holte, Nemaha, agriculture.
Albert Lee Moberly Miami agriculture
Franklin Weaver Davis, Franklin. agricul-
Selected For Service-Drafted.
NJ. Edward Glenn, Potawatomie, agricul-
ture.
Marshal W. We'll, Usage, agriculture.
Ralph Perkins, Elk, agriculture.
Edward NJ. Graham, Usage, agriculture.
Henry A. Falk, Atchison, agriculture.
Lars S. Larson, Atchison, agriculture.
Daniel Teare. Atchison, agriculture.
Henry Joseph Zoeller, Pottawatomie, agri-
culture.
Wilders McKimens, Pottawatomie, agricul-
ture.
J. A. Holm. Pottawatomie, agriculture
Frank Stevens, POttawatomie, agriculture.
Glen II. Boyles, Usage, agriculture.
81. W. breckenridge, johnson, agriculture
and dependents
Francis Andrew Erie, Bourbon, agriculture.
James Roy Hutchings, Cowley, agriculture.
Perry Lee Davis, Elk, agriculture.
Abby John McCurry, Elk, agriculture
Ernest Alfonso Gill, Elk, industrial.
Roy Herdyke, Franklin, agriculture.
Gilbert Clark Whitsett, Franklin, agricul-
ture.
William H. Mooney. Franklin, agriculture
Edgar Wilson Seymour, Franklin, agri-
culture.
Walter Given McFarlin, Franklin, agricul-
ture.
Roy Mortimer Mccullough, Franklin, agri-
culture.
John Horne jr., Franklin, agriculture.
Franklin f. Moore, Franklin, agriculture.
Samuel w. Smith, Franklin, agriculture.
Ferris F. Baker. Franklin, industrial.
Lee w. Young, Franklin, agriculture.
Lester G. BrOWnbeck. Linn industrial