Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-26


In other words deaf ear yesterday
NOS turned to claims of 1856 young
nen- seeking exemption from military
sarv;ce thru appeals filed with the
hoard of last resort for the Seconu
oklahoma district. ldentically INA,
number of claims had been presehtet,
an the wholesale rejection ioliomou ,o
tbe nrecedent set for the four previous
days of the week.
Chairman Robert SclValiy am am
Secretary II. II. Rogers labored uhtil
late last night certirying tne rev, mI
for presentation to Adjt. Gen. Ahce'
Earn Yesterdays claims all eman
ated from Okfuskee county ana 90 oi
the l56 certified are published IN Inc
World this morning.
Adjourn for Sunday.
rho hoard adjourned last night
,,,ti, tomorrow morning at O'CLOCK
Chairman Scivally will spend sun,
dav nj his home near Ardmore am
r. TT. Kretz left last night for sap
hath dav visit to his family at ok
I'VE of course will allow numerous
claims for immunity, Secre.als
Rogers said last night. we thcSo
will be allowed will be DECIDED oi'iS
when Meas we consider warrant sucn
concessions
rom Tulsa county probably VIII Dc
taken IN Tuesday or Wednesday
City Board Busy.
,sar,hars Of the local exemption
hoard were busily engaged yesteIuaS
In clearing up all records and certlly-
ING to the district board all cases
. w,bich had come before them anu
unon which they had not granted en-
emption claims where appeals nau
been taken. ,a, hoard
Tomorrow morning the local boaru
will begin the examination or , ttas'
of 442 men, who have peen hou'le'
TO appear and from when VIII 'e 80 sc
iected the men to bring up TINS cIS
ouoto ,o the net strength of 3Oi whivh
bas heer demanded of this city by the
war department ,-
There vet remains less than ono
hundred men to be secureu 10 Sev s,,
this quota. hut the entire class VIII wps w
examined and those who are no' use'
in the first draft will be heid on tIo
records Of the board as ready Tor "S
49,, Sban the call for the second
draft is issued. which board otiiciaiH
heIieve will be late in the year IL Is
Tho oninion of local board mem pers
that the men drafted on the tirst car
will be given at least three monihs
training at the cantonments' tnu'
making way at the end or the year i0'
the second drafted class. ,.r
It was announced at the city hal
Yesterday that all was in reaulless
for the examination or the secono
class. which will consume the erea.ei
mart of Monday. TUESDAY ano
"Wednesday. The negroes Called Oh
ZACH dav have been ordered to pre-
sant themselves at o'clock each ar
ternoon in order that they may Dc
ovamined after the examination o,
tho white men has been completed
for the day.
Examine Three.
Three men were examined yester
day by the county local board. lhes'
will be the last men who can aVai
themselves Of the extra days Oh graz
before the list of the Tulsa count!
s,ackers is made, verified and turned
over to the federal authorities. EAR
f. FOLSOM, who was transferred her'
from Clifton, Kan, passed the exam
naSon but filed exemption claims
John Townsen, transferred from Sc
daIia. Mo-, was exempted physician!
and Robert l.. Elliott of Seminole
Okla. passed the physical test an'
waived exemption.
The lists OF men who Will compris
the Tulsa county quota were Veriiie'
up to the district board late yesterda.
afternoon. The board passed on tou
claims for exemption which were file'
during the past few days and disal
lowed all four of them. In two case
the claims were for aged parents ON
for n widowed mother and the las
for an invalid sister. These claim
seemed insufficient to the local boar'
e., tAI &c, ync q