Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-20
NAMES Of THOSE
CALLED T0COLORS
SOON ARE LISTED
No Hitch in the CIocklike Pre-
cision of District Ma
chinery.
EACH OF II DISTRICTS
is HANDLED SEPARATELY
As Numbers Are Drawn Names of
Those Bearing Them Are Re-
corded Immediately.

With clocklike precision, the emergen-
cy machinery at the District building,
modified by Daniel J. Donovan, secre-
tary Of the board Of Commissioners,
licked out the names of the District
men represented by the numbers drawn
at the Capitol today.
In the rear Office of the secretary, on
the fifth floor in the southwest side Of
the Municipal building, overlooking the
Washington Monument and Potomac
Park, sat a row Of eleven stenographers
and eleven READERS" To one stenog-
rapher and one reader was assigned the
task of checking up the number with the
corresponding name in each division.
As the numbers were received in the
Office of The Star, flashed by the Asso-
ciated Press, they were telephoned to
the District building, to Mr.. Donovan,
who stood before big blackboard, in
front of the row Of. stenographers and
readers.
Numbers on Blackboard.
Every eye was fixed ON Mr.. Donovan.
standing like an orchestra conductor,
numbers he called them out, wrote
them on the blackboard. pointed them
out with his stick. and then the reader
for each division searched among the
reelstrants in that division and die
lated the number and the correspond
ing name to the steuogranher nv his
side. ~ III"
Only the numbers up to 3720, the
highest number registered in any ex-
emption district in Washington. those
to Mr.. Donovan. The first number was
telephoned to the District building at
9:4S o'clock. This number was 25s,
which called to the colors eleven men,
one In each division.
Before the tabulation started Mr..
Donovan gave brief, concise directions
about the method to be used. He con-
cluded by saying:
Remember. this Is serious business.
BE sure you are right Don't seek to
Among Those Called.
Ono of the first men called was Rudo,ph
William Santelmann. son Of the leader of
the United States Marine Band. HIS sis-
yer. Miss Clara Santelmann. employed in
tne assessors ONCE. was one Of the stenog-
raphers, and she recorded his name
Another early drawing was the number
OF Roger J. Whiteford. former assistant
corporation counsel. now a. member Of the
nrm OF Darr. Peyser, Whiteford & Darr.
A httte later the name Of Charles w Darr.
r.. son OF the senior partner in the same
Clergymen and students Of theology are
exempted, and the first of the latter ella "a
recorded was the name of Joseph P. Nc
Nance. student at the Marist College
Brookland. ee'
Foreign names abounded in the early
drawings. Those Of Zacharias Nicolo-
poulos. Gin Ping. Toney Navarria. sam
Islnot Behdjet. Constantinos Lymparo-
puIos and George Fotiados appeared.
The first District official called was
Joseph lawrence Solly, secretary Of the
board Of children's guardians. George
storsy Pyles. 1851 W street southeast.
was named. He Is a member Of one Of
the Oldest families in Anacostia. AL
len c. Thurman. 1919 California street
northwest: son Of Albert Lee Thurman,
solicitor for the Department of Com.
merce. also was listed.
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