Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-20
THREAT TO QUIT
MADE BY BOARD
Secretary Rogers Issues Ulti-
matum to Adjutant General
Over Telephone.
EARP REPUDIATES A RULING
Appeal of Hughes County
School Teacher Causes Near
Disruption of Body.

A clash between Adjt Gen. Ancel
carp and the appeal board or exemp-
ton district No. 2 for eastern Okla
homa threatened serious consequences
yesterday morning with the resigna-
ton of every member of the appear
board as possible result.
Only a graceful breakdown on the
part Of the adjutant general averted
such disorganization. He finally
receded from his position and the
cordiale entente was resumed.
The clash came over the action OF
carp in ruling that the appeal board
could not correct an error in recalling
the exemption papers from the lower
board of Hughes county in the case
of Prof Harry II. Simmons, principal
of the school at Lexington. The rec
ord in this case had accidentally been
sent back to the lower board along
with other records, when the appeal
board had not passed upon the case
at all.
The lower board, however, with the
record returned, made haste to place
Simmons name on the list of men
scheduled to go to the front, and was
about to hand him his knapsack and
gun and rush him to the training
camp at San Antonio when the APP
peal board, learning of the situation
interceded and notified the lower
board to halt and return the record
carp Makes Ruling.
The lower board refused to do this
holding that the appeal board had
certified simmons back to them and
he would have to go. Some of those
who insisted upon the teacher being
sent forward appealed to the adjutani
general and he ruled that having once
passed upon the case, as he claimed
the appeal board could not bring II
back.
Secretary Harry II. Rogers notified
carp that his board had never passed
upon Simmons case and that the pa
pers had gone back to the lower board
thru error and that unless the record
was sent back Mr.. carp could take
his job and go with It,"
This brought on an interesting loni
distance telephone conversation yes
terday morning between the Adju,aht.
General and Secretary Rogers. il
which the latter told the state officia
few things straight from the shoul
der.
The result was that carp "backec
up and sent n telegram to the lower
board of Hughes county to return the
papers In the simmons appeal to the
district board.
Information received by the distric
board led them to suspect that petty
politics might be active in the loca
boards denying simmons claim fo
exemption. 1t was represented t.
them that another school teacher was
eager to get Simmons place.
For this reason his appeal, when the
record was examined some days az,
by the district board, was laid aside
for further investigation. But sonl'
of the office force, in returninl
Hughes county appeals, denied a few
days ago that they inadvertently gen
the Simmons case along
IT is virtually certain that when thu
district board passes upon the cast
Professor simmons will be permitted
TO remain with his school.
Deny All But One.
The appeal board spent most o
yesterday considering Okfuskee coun
ty and Tulsa city appeals which 1
had been holding up for further con
sderation. All of them were denied
with the exception of the case of bus
ter Smith of Weleetka, who was dis
charged because he has wife ant
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