Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-09

They went to Martin s. Moore. "a, OF
Paden, Okfuskee county, whose Wild
owed mother Is solely dependent
upon him; Nose Bailey. 25, OF Kel-
leyville. Creek county. who has de-
pendent wife and is also the only sup
port Of several small half-brothers
and half-sisters; and c. Il. Davis. 80.
Of Drumright. who has a dependent
wife and child. None OF these men
own property and their families
would be thrown upon the charities
had they been sent to the army.
Cases Are Interesting.
number OF other interesting casv. .
were decided by the board during the
day. Two aliens were denied exemp-
tion. Charley Matus Nosalek. Bo-
hemian Of Paden. "a years old, who
has been In this country since he w.p
IL but has never been naturalized,
neither has his father, sought a re,
Nersal OF the local board because oi
his foreign citizenship and also on
the ground OF being an agriculturafist
lie was denied exemption on the lat
ter ground and his case will be heu.
on the other for further investlgauu..,
Willie Bayouth, %. OF Oilton, who
says he is a subject OF the sultan OF
Turkey and claimed exemption be-
cause of this, was overruled and cer-
ufied for service.
Nathan Reedman, 25, of Drumrignt,
who demanded exemption because his
aged parents are dependent upon him.
he said, will also have to Join the bo, \
going to the front. Reedman's paren~,
are In Russia and he appended nu-
merous postoffice money order re-
ceipts to sustain his claim that he is
supporting them. The board decided
however. that as Uncle Sans SOL
dlers are going to do a good deaI 10,
Russia. Reedman might as well 20
along and help them. The recol,.
showed that he has other brothers
who can look after his parents.
The board decided that w. c. Cliff
FORD, Creek county school teacher,
married too late to escape the army
and his appeal was denied. clifford
married two months ago
Fleming w. Abshire, cashier ana
manager of the First State bank OF
Oilton, thot his institution should not
be deprived OF his services and the
other Officers thot so, too. But the
appeal board disagreed with them. Ho
must take his place in the ranks.
Justice Must Go.
EDWARD M. Lotridge, a Sapulpa JUS
tice of the peace. also thot his SER
vices to his country in holding level
the scales of justice and order out
weighed whatever shooting he coud
do against the Germans but the ~
peal board thot there are plenty OTHER
OFFICERS at Sapulpa who can handle
the situation, and the lower boards
refusal to exempt was sustained.
William c. Lermar, 30, merchant of
Mounds, also lost his appeal. He
claimed exemption because OF de-
pendent wife, but the board thot she
could manage to get along In his an
sence, as there were no children.
The parents Of Homer NJ. Halle. Of
Vynnewood, Creek county,, filed affi-
dayits that he is only 20 years cid
and said their family records, which
had been lost, showed 1t. bw the
board overruied their appeal ard
Homer mus: take his place at the
front.
Ihe boa'd put in virtually all LAY
considering cases from Creek and
obfuskee counties. Only one appeal
from the latter remains undecided
This is the case Of E!iiah smith,
which was sent back to County At
torney T. S. Hurst for further report
and information regarding n claim
of dependency.
Appeals Ovcrrulcsl.
The following Obfuskee county ap-
neals were overruled and the persons
named certified TO go: w. Murray,
Y. Nolen. \. a. Young, ]. Hayes. +.
Wyckoff, Charlie Mathis. Joseph l..
Day, Lewey Harjo. o. Thomas, George
Washington ''hoat. ]. Crosby, j. II.
Glover. J. J. Morris s. G. Guess. W.
L. Waddle. l.. l." Glliott. h. Harrison
and Joe Hodges.
The second exemption district ap-
rea's from Greek county were all de-
MED except one dozen cases sent back
to the county attorney for further in
These were the appeals
of r. Sutton. e. B. McMurtrav.. b. C.
Dunn, William X. White. w. G. Blce.
y. w. Walker, A. r. Warren, C Il.
X. l.. Neft, b. A. Clardy,
c. Il. Davis and NJ. Bailey.
Appeals from Creek county over
ruled were as follows: William II.
Stover, S. A. Smith. w. ID. Bailey, o.
II. Davis, +. l.. Thompson, e. NJ.
J. T. Giphart, +. II. Davis,
II. b. Freels, r. J. Wilson, J. Leroy
Todd. l. l.. Tuttle, A. Lowe, A. L.