Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-01

YOU will be exempt from carrying arms. but
not from some other form Of Governmental
work. The President will later define the
kinds Of work that may be considered nom
Lane nodded. go downstairs
and be examined by the doctors" said
Woodruff
Lane left the room. He was one OF the
few whites that appeared during the morn
ing. without grounds for exemption he
would be fairly certain of going to war.
as he was physically one OF the fittest men
of the men examined this morning.
Willingness to go through the draft ma
chinery or anxiety to get an exemption out
of IT, whichever the motive was. brought
big crowd to the Sixth Division headquar-
ters long before the board members ar
rived BY 10 o'clock forty men were stand
ing in the rolroom before the railing Fif-
teen of them were white, the others negroes.
Yesterday and the day before the man
being examined and the men VINO were
waiting all crowded together at the rail
during the questioning. Today, however,
a rope running across the rollroom kept
the crowd fifteen feet back from the railing.
As the names were called the men stepped
under the rope and walked up to the rail-
ing
"MoTHER-IN-LAw DOESN'T COUNT"
Mr.. woodruff made an unofficial ruling on
the status of mothers-in-law as grounds for
depeudency exemption claims during the
session today.
He said they were not good. Lewis
Brown, 435 South Tenth street, negro, was
the appellant who brought about the ruling.
lie said he was married and had two chill
dren when Woodruff asked him why he did
not want to go into the army
81 rot a mother-in-law too" he added
fervently.
Woodruff and Long smiled and those
who heard Browns plea laughed.
"Mothers-in-law don't count" said Wood.
ruff tersely Go down and be examined
by the doctors"
Chairman Woodruff today received noti-
fication from Governor Brumbaugh that in
the future all chairmen of exemption boards
will have the power to administer the oath
to those filing affidavts of claims to eXcmp-
tion from military duty.
This new power conferred on exemption
board chairmen blights the hopes of scores
of notary publics who expected to reap a
harvest administering the oath to exemption
claimants. The Governor also notified Mr..
Woodruff that members of exemption
boards would not be allowed to resign un-
less some grave reason was given for so
doing.
Is OF 40 REJECTED
Fifty-five men were called today by the
Sixth conscripton district board at Twelfth
and Pine streets station. OF that number
forty responded and were examined in the
cellar of the station sixteen were rejected,
ten for bad teeth nd six because they
were under we 81, Twenty-four passed
the examination. Among the rejected for
being under weight was William w. Ker,
312 South Sixteenth street, son of the late
William w Ker. former assistant dis
trct attorney and prominent member of
the Philadelphia bar. Ker served on the
Mexican border and recently he was re-
iected at the officers training camp at
Fort Niagara. He says he will try to
oct int ha of ba erN-iO
Another man called was Carol A. Baer
| 1885 Pine street. prominent electrical
| engineer. He appeared in khaki uniform
and showed his recently awarded commits
| sion in the engineers corps He did not
| have to take the examination.
THIRTY-sEcoND DISTRICT
| Those who were physically accepted il
| the Thirty-second conscription district o
the Thirty-fourth Ward Overbrook. are:
! James d. Henry, twenty-eisht. single 551'
Arthur W. Herbert, twenty.seven. single
Charles A.. McGr.w, twenty.one, brakeman
single. 1928 North Fifty-ffth street,
coS1tant, i7os North sixtysecond street. e''''
| Harry spauldng. twenty--nine, wife and child
| Le Roy K. Mearns, twenty;ssyen; wife an,
child, electrical contractor, 18i8 North Robinson
| Donald NJ souder. twenty.seven, single. cup
porting widowed mother. wholesale lumber. 636
Charles .. Greni1Eer, twenty.three. brsbsmn =
| single. supporting father and mother. 5209 JET
| ferson street.
EXEMPTIONS IN 36TH DISTRICT
Those rejected for physical reasons at tn
Thirty-sixth exemption district headquar
| ters are:
| Carl X Massey, 6l14 jefferson st.
Garmine Corsi: .e2l7 Girard ave.
RG1sT TbSHsshanSSp, SSiS LsnsdGwne ave
II Mp ri nd Tr N
Richard J, Gamplon. 6ssi ~ woodbine st
Those aGSspted in the isIi sixth district were;
sSnt ss06ert p ,Irnln Turner o ls3l go,S S3uth ST.
John l. iisSHi"i BisnJon 10 ioi6 ?I1s% Iosyst st.
3%ss jazz aSre aaTne o f0lord e ssh stol Lombard "
2TSy aEiy Ssi R5fdsy las PSa esd Lombard "
E5fsK GardeS 9Ts sswsS sSs 1s1 WyfE spEuse st.
Pattantia Pitav, S05 S; Broad ST.
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eslsnca BGa Sa:k 'sG5s sG5Ssa S "a / yss g.
HGnls Hnrry a os%Sn RrSwn Ia ,Iio wSinSs NfnSpn ST.
H%Try M 9sSnGe as' 4oa et" North Marshal
airy Fsnas . ,zso sS North EIshts street
WiIiHPm niNIa nAidIamse1 22so LSm53rd %nsn street.
Hissanddr Misher. ST eoiored. "a RocEfor
Wam Wsm BcSn sf%sn street
Clifton sif' colored. 4ol South Eleventh
Thomas ]. McManus, 224e North CANA
| Albert Almeida, 252l Pine street
h A @ 200 ss s Hsas street
Albert j. Rubin ,S 81 south Eleventh street