Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-11
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/. COUNTY ACCEPTED
Prospects Brighter After More
Successful Day at the
Courthouse.
ANOTHER 200 FOR TODAY
Married Men Without Children
May Not Be Exempted by
Local Board.
ANOTHER 200 FOR TODAY

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| Thirty-three men dropped thru a
rift in the cloud Of gloom which hung
over the county exemption board yes
| terday and cleared the atmosphere by
adding their names to the abbreviated
| list Of those who do not claim exemp-
| ton from military service.
| Encouraged thruout the day by
| coming across. now and then, some
youth who waived exemption the eX-
| amlning physicians worked at top
speed with "A machine-like routine and
as "A result succeeded in disposing of
more than twice the number handled
on the two previous days.
Twcnty-scycn DcIinqucnts.
Two hundred men were summoned
| to appear before the battery of medi-
cal experts Yesterday Twenty four of
them ala not answer when their
names were called and they will be
added to the p delinquent of the two
FIRST days. Four men from out of the
city were inspected physically by the
county doctors.
The ratio Of reflections on account
OF physical disability was maintained
at about the same figure as on former
'NN - d'buN pei ffIlI UtlllB 1dlttu
| in their march to the trenches A ma
lority of these, however, are tenn
poriVy discharges Those who are
tenn Srarily discharged are held i'm re-
serve for future drafts.
Claims for exemption and discharge
poured into the tNard yesterday. Sew
eral thousand forms were printed so
that the work of the board might pro-
coed. the blanks being made by local
printers after government samples
More than fifty were given considera-
ton, and II is probable decisions will
be handed down on them this morn
ing.
An opinion was voiced by one mem
Der Of the board during informal dis
cussion that married men without fam
HES Will be denied exemption, unless
the list of qualified and froe men in
creases in better proportion in the flu
ture. one or two claims, filed by
those with dependents, have been dis
allowed. Indications are that every
petition will be examined with close
scrutiny so that every available man
may be found.
No More Motives.
Two hundred notices were mailed
out last night under the direction of
the board, making "A total Of fourteen
hundred men who are now on the ap-
pearance schedule. Lewis Cline clerk
of the board stated yesterday that no
more, notices will be sent out for the
rest of this week.
An additional two hundred men will
storm the courthouse this morning to
undergo physical examination. Owing
To the fact that Saturday is the favor
lite coming to town" day, it is expect
ed that many of the delinquents for
the past three days will straggle in
this morning to better the average of
reporting men.
OF the hundred and eighty mel.
who reported Yesterday. l20 were
found to- he physically qualified for
service. only eighteen Of those re-
Jected by the doctors were given per
manert discharge.
The thirty-three men who waived
claims for exemption are: William
Ira Hin, Walter Jernigan, Albert n.
Brock j. Washington Kelley. Herman
Miller .. +. Bussman, Lee Kulp,
Levitte O. Chapman. Leslie w. Stout,
Edward O. Moore. Horace White, Wa
liam Spurgeon, Worth ID. Hart. James
NJ. Graham, John a. Keeling, Walter
II. Davis, II. NJ. Mitchell, Clyde Rush.
William Morey, ]. A. Davis, E. A.
ii Heirelsenbeck r. NJ. Skiles. r. II.
Elmer Friend, Charles Rowland, l.. p.
Mitchell, Melvin Lay, Joseph l.. Clark.
l. c. Warsham, Jim r. Lyons. +. +.
Becker. To these may be added Harry
w. Weber and Edgar Stevens, whose
claims were disallowed by the board.
Among those who will not claim
exemption is Herman Miller of Tur-
ley, Miller was dicharged in January
from the United States army after
having served four years in the am
mulance field service lie saw active
service in Mexico and was stationed
in Vera Cruz dINing the American oc-
cupation. He was a sergeant and re-
ceiVed an honorable discharge from
the service, He is willing and ready To
return to the army.
One Of -Four.
Then there was Leslie w. Stout, one |
of the brawniest men examined dur |
ing the day. Mr.. Stout is one of the !
four Stout brothers. all of whom live |
with their parents in Nowata county. |
Three of them registered, two of them |
In Nowata county. According to Les |
lie Stout, a family consultation was |
held after registration and as a re- |
suit II was decided that the one
brother who is only - should support
the parents during the war leaving |
the other three free TO answer their |
country's call. The two brothers who |
live in Nowata county have not yet |
been cited to appear before the board |
but Leslie Stout told the Tulsa county |
board yesterday that there were no |
strings on him and that they could |
order his uniform.
Leo Culp of Bixby also showed that |
he had used foresight. when he ex-
pressed his Willingness to serve the
country.
IL had crop in this spring. a big
one too, but l began to arrange my
affairs as soon as registration came
around. Now that / am among those
elected to go. | can well turn over my .
farm to my father, who will care for
my land until l return. I'm ready to
start for Germany tonight If You want
me- to-"
William Ira Hill, the first man on
list. came back after he
lad left the examining room and in
luired II they wanted him to fall in
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