Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
MANY WEIRD PLEAS
FOR EXEMPTION.
Bank Asks Release From
Draft for a Junior
Officer
SAYS HE'S CHILD OF CON.
Woman Declares Family, Insane
in Attempt to Free Son.
German Makes Appeal

| Plea for exemption of J. M Er,,.,
junior officer of the Tradesmen's Nat,nn.,
Bank, from military service on the ,romss
that ne could not be spared without ssrio''.
detriment to the service and efficiencv ~
,ne pahk was fled with District ExemptIon
Appeal Board No. 2 sitting In the Po.tnt,.'
Building today. Howard A. Loeb. nres,a...
| of the bank signed the plea. which yras -.
the form OF an affidavit Mr.. FrizzeII ,Iya.
at 1716 Green street "'o'
Mr.. Loeb declares Frizzell could M, =.
replaced without substantial and material
loss and detriment to the efficient onora,,G
of the bank. The efficient operation ~ ~.
tional banks, says Mr.. Loeb, Ia essential :.
the conduct Of all Industries, and ~ ~
bankers interests are dsregarded TO nrov,Ss
men for the army desperate situation IL
sure to result.
The bank has given some of its man J..
the army through the selectiye service Ia, W
others have enlisted and the bank has no,
until now asked exemption for any man hn,
II reels that 1t must ask exemption in tbis
instance because the plea is in line with
policy of maintaining the national Interests
NO RULING is MADE .,
Mr. Frizzell, as a Junior officer Of IN.
bank, passes, upon loan applications ~
manufacturers and distributors in both for.
eign and domestic trade The bank finance.
much import and export business and M
Frizzell is in charge Of the major part =,
this work.
When the Liberty Loan was fioated NJ I.
Frizzell had charge of subscriptions ana
payments In the Tradesmen's National RAM
and he is at present In charge of all busi.
ness connected with the Liberty Loan in
this bank. "
The board has not ruled in this case
Strange and wierd pleas for exenption
were filed with District Appeal Board No.
sitting in the Postoffice Building TODAY
They were pleas that had been rejected by
the district exemption boards a
Henry Branmach. Of 1903 Rising Sun
avenue, filed an affidavit saying: II Claim
discharge from military service on the
ground that | am a child Of God (Romans.
eighth chapter) and am son Of blind
and crippled mother, I am a member OF
the religious organization, The Body OF
Christ, and l am member OF the church
which was not made by man but by God"
Wibert Saier's exemption plea said he
was nearsighted and had "flatfootedness In
the left foot with strong tendency toward
the same in the right foot
ONE MUST STAY AT HOME
Solomon simkins. 2543 Douglas stre.,,
and his brother. Max. were both accepted
for the army and denied exemption
Solomon told the appeal board he would
his exemption plea II they would
grant Max's. One or the other must stay
and support their widowed mother and her
two small children. he said.
Philip Mack. 3640 North Eleventh street.
asked exemption as member of the Men
MONTE Church. which is opposed to ALL
war
Mrs. Anna Belle Frankenfeld, 1922 North
Fifth street. appealed for exemption for
her son, John. on the ground that he was
subject to fits Of melancholia. To prove
qha of fat ad hot har hro a,,ts
Strouse, had been in an asylum for the
insane for six years. the mind of her BROTH
er William was affected and the mind Of
her brother Charles was almost as bad
her brother Mervine had melancholia. her
father was out of his mind, her grand.
father died In a hospital for insane and
she herself was out of her head Ave years
ago.
Walter Willard. chairman OF the board.
received a plea from Harry II. Davis. .
for exemption for Messrs
Merrill and Goodman, first names not given,
on the ground that they were important
officers Of the Boy Scouts.
PLEADS FOR HUSBAND
Mrs, Laura Macmillan. 3070 Martha
street, asserts in an affidavit filed with
Board No. that her husband, James Mac.
Mullan. must be exempted because he is
the chief support Of his wife and three
children. Mrs. Macmillan says that she re-
ceiVes ~ week from a former husband
but that this is not sufficient to support
her If her present husband is drafted.
/ he woman adds that her husband suffers
from might sweats" and his feet at times
give him considerable trouble"
Frederick Witt, 1850 East Susquehanna
avenue, German who came to this coun.
-ry after the outbreak of the war and OBJ
-ained citizenship papers, seeks exemption
because he cannot go to war against his
'rothers and relatives in the German arm.
es"
That army rations will undermine the
health OF Karl Fl. Thompson. 822 North
Fortieth street. Is the reason why the army
candidates father, c. F. Thompson, wants
Ills son exempted. Thompson states that his
on Is unable to mastHate hard foods and
nat for years he has lived on soft foods
uch as eggs milk and cereals Thompson
ids that he bought farm for his son In
'hoenixvlle and that outdoor life has 70.
tored the health Of the drafted soldier.
"A few months in the army where he
VIII be compelled to eat army rations,"
ays Thompson, "and he will soon lose his
obust health"
offlcials OF the Mdvale Steel Works will
ppear before Board No. 2 at II o'clock
1ohday and state their reasons for de-
nandlng the exemption of skilled workers
walter Willard. chairman Of the board, an
ounced that the hearing would be open to
ne public and that other exemption pleas
resented by industrial firms doing war
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