The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-21


national guard, the war depart
rnent announced today.
The draft played some queer pranks
in North Dakota yesterday. In num-
erous instances brothers whose mum.
bers ran in sequence were drafted on
numbers drawn at wide intervals. Ger
tain business establishments in Bis
nlarck particularly, seem to have been
singled out by the. diety which pre-
sided over the lottery for the deple-
ton Of their working forces. Three
Tribune men were drawn: George
Wahler, head of the newspaper book
keeping department: r. G, Corwin,
foreman of the news composing room,
and Otto Ayers, on the mechanical
staff of the job department. Wahler
and Ayres are single men, while Mr..
Corwin is married and has a family.
First National Hit.
uo lISL NdLlOlloA VAIN ycotcIudy
saw three of it's men drafted, and it
already had lost two by enlistment.
Those drawn yesterday are D. A. Bas-
kerville, Frank A. Johnson and Arthur
ABBY. George Little and Glenn Peck
of the First National force already
had enlisted. =.
One of the names called early was
that of Edward r. Proechel, manager
Of the Bismarck factory branch of the
Fisk Rubber company. 1t was re-
ported yesterday that statesmen of the
local branch also had been drafted,
but Manager Proechel states that
their numbers were not drawn yester-
day.
Business Men Taken.
Among we'll known business men
whose numbers were dra wn yesterday
are Harry J. Woodmansee, the sta
toner; George ". Bowers, salesman
for the Missouri Valley Motor Co.;
Frank HI. Geiermann of Brown &
Geiermann; Frederick H. O. Friese,
associated with his father in the
Fourth street tailoring establishment
Paul Whitman, transfer man; Charles
Pappas, one Of the proprietors of the
Broadway shoe shining parlors; D.
Ferris Cordner sof the postOftice staff,
who already has his commission as
second lieutenant in Co. /; and A. J.
Pelowski, former manager of the Bis
marck Office of the North Dakota Inde-
~ u1
trict accountant for that company,
which recently gave its district man
ager, F. l.. Shuman, to the service.
Farmers Drawn.
Arthur Leroy Small Albert Burgois,
Lloyd Leo Paris, Alexander Fl. Ash
bridge and David Trygg were mem
bers Of prominent Bismarck families
drawn yesterday.
One of the early names drawn yes
terday was that of Lester Allen, son
of G. B. Allen of the international
Harvester. Co. The young man went
into the Canadian northwest in the
employ Of the company, and there he
attained his majority. When the draft
call was issued, he asked advice OF
the nearest consul as to his status
No satisfactory information was forth
coming, and finally young Allen de-
cided to establish his position as an
American citizen by registering
Whether he is really eligible to serve
is question which probably will now
come up for determination.
Two Cinnamon.
Grand Forks and Stutsman counties
share the honor of having registered
two Cinnamon drafted yesterday
Wong Hoy is a resident of Jamestown
and his lucky number was $50. Wong
Poi, No. 174S, was Grand Forks con
tribution.
One of Sioux countys drafted men
is Peter Owns the Medicine, OF
Shields. Other Red Men selected in
Sioux are Eneron Red Tomahawk, son
of the slayer of Sitting Bull; William
Elk and Teddy Grow. Ben Cloud of
Bismarck, a veteran trooper of Indian
blood, was also drawn.
Many Germans.
A notable feature in the slope is
the number of names of German ex'
traction drawn. In some localities
practically every number drafted to
date is owned by descendant of Ger
man parents.
Was Busy Place.
While the adjutant generals office
had little to do in connection with
the actual draft, it was a very busy