The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-14

me DOdrQ Is sui at tne court HOuSe
waiting for a few stragg1erS who are
known to be on their way to Topeka
from country districts. When these
have been examined it will cease its
operations as draft board for the
present. The result of the examina-
lions to date is as follows:
Men examined. PIT
Men accepted 100
Men rejected II
Claimed exemption 104
| Already enlisted. 81
Aliens exempted 3
Not examined %
Almost half of the men examined
| from the country districts of Shawnee
| county failed to pass the physical
eXamina ton. Their disabilities rang
ed from poor eyesight and bad teeth
to flat feet and flat chests. The per-
centage of disa bilities in the country,
where farm work and outdoor eXer-
| else is the rule, was a surprise to the
! examining room.
Many Exemptions.
Almost two-thirds of those who
passed the physical examipation claim
ed exemptions because of dependent
families. 1t is up to the draft board,
which will now become an exemption
board, to pass upon these claims. The
men examined had seven days from
| the date of their ca Xa mination to file
their affidavits and when that is done
the board will investigate them. 1t has
| fixed no rule to date to apply to the
exemption claims. 1t will have. no
rule to go by, furnished by higher au-
thority. The members must use their
discretion upon each individual case
The twenty-three men who are still
to be examined must all appear be-
| fore the board within ten days. There
| is difference of opinion among the
members as to the penalty but that
there is penalty is agreed. One
member of the board stated that when
| the ten days was up those who had
| failed to appear would be certified to
the army authorities for service. An
other stated that his understanding
was such men would be looked upon
as deserters and treated as such.
From State Hospital.
Perhaps two-thirds of the men who
| have not reported are inmates of the
| Topeka hospital and of course they
are exempt. However, the form Of an
exa animation must be gone thru with
p! Six or more of them have Mexican
| names and the probabilities are that
4 when they are located and brought
before the board they will be exempt
! ed as aliens. Several are we'll known
Shawnee county farmers and have
merely been delayed. The board does
1 not expect to have any trouble thru
the failure of qualified men to put in
an appearance.
| Below is the list of names hereto-
fore unpublished showing those ac-
cepted, those claiming exemptions
and those rejected:
| Accepted for Service.
392-Ralph Gershon Taylor, Rt. 6. North
ss9-Charies F. Fix. RI 1, Lecompton.
705-Lawrence Mounts. Wichita.
| 516-Douglass LiIley, Seneca.
| I00-Ralph Leavengood. Rosedale.
| 291-James Gurden. Rt. 2, Topeka,
| 321-Clark Wellington Shannon, TT. 81
Topeka.
736-Hermon Hoppe. Hamburg. Germany
| I07-William L. McLin. Howard.
1O02-Russell Philip Keck Auburn
s2e Monroe Slater, Rt: p. Topeka.
1010-John Edgar Madden. Rt. "a, Auburn.
1097-osear David johnson, Rt. 6, North
1191-Lee Thomas Billings. Ri. % Valencia
12S4-Anton Diedrich Wichers, Rt. 8,
| 1360-George Gerisch., Richland.
S5s-David Harold Myers, 21st and Adams
| street.
| avenue, Oakland.
Accepted-CIaim Exemption.
3s3-Floyd Taber, Rt. 9, Elmont
s56-william Adams. Twenty-fourth and
| Adams streets.
9o6-Edward Langdon, Rt 81. Topeka.
1250-Ralph Luttjohann, Rt. T. North To-
1425-william Waldo TiIlman, wakarusa
1151-John voss. Valencia.
j 974-Gaumard Jora Heberling, wakarusa
91s-Edwin Patterson. Rt. %, Topeka.
13s9-Fred Kingsley. RI. ?; Topeka.
! 1511-Raiph Arvina Mayes willard
/ 424-Charles f. Bancord. Richland.
1023-Stephen Drenen Brooke, HOS Ridge
avenue, Topeka.
! 130-Edward William Quinlan. st. Marys
| 1501-Herbert Reinhard Green. Willard.
151O-Carl AddeIbert Lockard. willard.
1474-Jesse JUL Billings, Rt. Z. Topeka.
| Dischar zed-Disabilities.
! 773-Harley Hyatt. Rt. 10. Tecumseh.
! 5I6-Joseph Roller. Rt. l. Topeka.
1166-WaIter o. Keaton, Valencia.
| 944-Lewellyn Griffing. Rt. -, Topeka.
| 122-Frank Wood. Rossville.
| 642-Edgar Dustin. Ri. 1. Topeka.
222-Archie Miller, 506 Chester street, Oak
| I337-Meade Harris Pauline.
| 1195-W. Curtis Butner. Rt %. Valencia.
| 11O1-walter Jones' Silver Lake.
| 912-Edward Karl Patterson, Rt. %, To-
65e-Paul Fl. Heinz. Rt. p, Topeka.
| 1339-Fred Kingsley. Rt. .. Topeka.
| S14-James Robert Beers, Topeka.
| S4S-Edward George Kragon, Nineteenth
! and Cunningham, Topeka.
12S4-Roy Hasdale Clark, Rt. 4, North To-
s12-Trevy Martin. Rt. %. Topeka
| 1O91-Fred Hart Root, Rt s, North Topeka.
12O5-Clyde W. Holmes, Rt; "a, Auburn.
Already Enlisted.
| 272-David william Main. 226 Green street
| 16S-William David belong. 136 AFTER ave-
| Oakland