Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-31
District Body to Complete
First 80 Per Cent Certifi-
cation Tonight.
GRANT A TRANSIENT PLEA
7. B. Fielding, Registered at
Sulphur, Immune Thru Pow
der Mill Position.
EXEMPTED.
7. h. Fielding, Du Pont Powder
Works official of Newark. n. j.,
(ReSistered at sulphur, OklaD


With only four exemption pleas
having been allowed the appeal boarI
for the Second Oklahoma district to-
night will complete its task OF certify
ing the names of the ! 900 young men
forming the first 80 per cent of quota
of young men summoned for military
service from the 22 counties within the
jurisdiction of the local court of last
resort.
Granting of the fourth prayer for
exemption honored by the district
board, came yesterday when immunity
was rendered a nonresident of Okla
homa, registered at Sulphur on June
s. The recipient of the concession
was T. b. Fielding. manager of the
Du Pont Powder companys works at
Newark, y. j. Supporting affadavits
bore out Feilding's contention that he
was most Indispensable executive
for an industrial asset of utmost war
time Importance to the federal gov
ernment.
Certify SOB Names.
Consideration of appeals was not
pursued by the board in any of the
five hundred other names canvassed
yesterday Early in the morning it
was decided to devote the day to certi-
who had not entered pleas for exemp-
ton. Names were canvassed from
Creek. Cole Rogers, Nowata, Wash
itgton and Murray counties as well rs
from the city of Tulsa. When mem
bers of the board adjourned about
1890 o'clock last night total Of
500 names had been certified, sending
the total number OF names certified
thus far up to approximately twelve
hundred.
Appeals will be ignored by the
board today until the remaining four
hundred names of those not seeking
exemption have been certified. 1t
is expected to complete this task and
&c have the entire 80 per cent list
ready for Adult. Gen. Aucel carp late
tonight or early Saturday morning.
Exemptions Coming.
That numerous exemption claims
will he allowed next week was ad-
mitted last night bi Chairman RoDert1
Scivally and Secretary II. H. Rogers
A majority of the claims to be hon
ored will affect farmers and indus
trial workers, particularly allied with
oil pi oduction or refining. All of the
rcfincres in West Tulsa, Sand Springs
and elsewhere thruout eastern Okla
homa have some workmen whose SER
vices cannot be discontinued without
jeopardiZiT.g the best interests of the
government. members OF the board
have decided Where man cannot
be replaced with ease, his plea viii
be honored, providing 1t bears the
necessary supporting claims from re-
filming companies employing this class
OF labor.
Hecf Raiser Appeals.
Among the cases pending before
TIE BOARD in agricultural claSSitica-
ton Is that OF a farmer and stock
raiser from Carter county The ap-
pellant ayers IN ris petitiol, that he
has provided at least five hundred
thousand tons of beef from his
ranches during the I,ast year. Depo-
sitiors of officials of various packing
plants at Fort Worth, Texas ac-
knowledge that meat To this amount
has been marketed with them during
the past ~ months. The farmer be-
lieves he will raise and sell consid-
erahly more beef during the next
yea" That is why he wants to re-
main at home and do his fighting
for Uncle Sam, by helping to feed
the soldiers ard the home-folk. he
explains in his appeal.
City to Send Fifteen.
Tulsa will contribute s. men to tnu
draft army before September 10, ac-
cording to an order received by the
local exemption board for the city OF
Tulsa received yesterday afternoon
from the adjutant generals ofhue.
The men to be selected at the DIS
cretion of the local board members
should be men with previous military
experience or cooks, according to thu
order. Three will be sent to Camp
Travis, San Antonio, Texas, on Sep
.tember and three more will be sent
each day to and including September
Q, according to the order.
At the office of the local exemption
board yesterday 1t was announceu
that in all probability those who had
signified a desire to be among the
first to go will be given the prefer
ence. and their wish compiled with
Want to Go Now.
1--WE have examined several men
who want to get at once into the ser
vice" said Secretary Kenton of the
board Yesterday, land it is probable
that we will give these men the first
chance, IL 1t is found they have had
previous military experience or can
cook"
1t also was intimated by one of tine
board members that among the first
classes to be sent to the mobilization
camp would be those who had shown
disposition verging on "slackerism.
Several men who have been examined
by the local board have indicated that
they would not serve If they could get
out of 1t, and some of them have even
gone so far as to declare that they
would see about this draft business,
Such men. in the opinion of the draft
board members would be benefited by
the additional military experience
they will get by being sent among the
first.
From the one thousand men e&'
amined by the local board during the
past month. more than enough men
physically qualified to serve in the
army have been secured to give
Iulsa's first quota of 55S in the event
that they are called within the next
week Those who are not included in
this number will be held In reserve.