Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-26
APPEAL BOARDS ARE
NAMED; OTTAWA N
DIVISION NO THREE
PROMINENT CITIZENS ARE NAM
Ed AS HIGH COURTS TO RULE
ON EXEMPTION CLAIMS OF
ARMY coNSCRlPTs.

Chicago. July &c Well known clti
zens Of al walks OF life are among the
membership Of the eight draft exemp-
ton boards for Illinois announced By
President Wilson last night in Wash
ington These boards viii act upon
appeals from the local boards They
also have original jurisdiction over
claims for exemption on industrial
grounds
Chicago has two of the appeal
boards. A third, whose territory EN-
braces the country towns Of Cook
County and a few adjacent countries.
also Will have headquarters in Chica-
go.
Each board has in its membership
one physician. one lawyer, one en-
ployer. one representative of labor
and one other who is familiar with
industrial conditions
Among the labor members Of the
eight Illinois boards are John II.
walker, OF Springfield, president o.
the Illinois Federation OF Labor; Vic
tor Olander, Of Chicago. secretary Of
The Illinois Federation OF Labor; John
Fitzpatrick. president Of the Chicago
Federation Of Labor, and George w.
Perkins. president Of the Cigar max.
ers international Union.
On the Chicago boards are such
names as President Harry Pratt Jul-
son Of the University Of Chicago;
iohn v Farwell, merchant and for.
mer president of the Y. NJ. C. A., and
Theodore w. Robinson Of the Illinois
Steel Company.
Among those on downstate boards
are A. N. Abbott. Of Morrison, former
president Of the farmers institute;
Frank j. Quinn, Peoria, attorney;
Charles Boeschenstein, of Edwards
Fiii'i htilibtidLl' Hdtluldi tuiuinliltc-
man, and Frank T. O'lIair. former
congressman from the Danville dis
trict.
The northern judicial district OF
illinois has four appeal boards; the
southern or Springfield, district, two,
and the eastern, or Danvile- East st.
Louis, district, two
OF the four appeal boards in the
northern district No has jurisdc-
ion in the southern half of Chicago
md No 9 has the northern half of
he city, In division No are Wan.
9egan, Elgin, Aurora, Joliet. Belvi-
lere and Ottawa, while Rockport and
Freeport are in No. 4,
The two Chicago boards are:
NO. DIR. Il. Fl. Doring. Jacob r.
Hopkins. former Municipal Judge;
Harry Pratt Judson, president of
the University of Chicago; Victor
a. Ollander, secretary Of the State
Federation of Labor and member of
the state council of defense; Theo-
doro W Robinson, first vice presi.
dent Of the Illinois Steel Company
and former member of the board Of
education.
no. DIR. II l.. Harris, Ralph Crews.
lawyer; H. IT, Merrick, Seymour
Morris. business man, real estate,
George w Perkins. president Cigar
makers International Union and
former member of the borad of cdu-
cation.
Country Towns Board.
The board for division No. 3, which
embraces the country towns IF Cook
County and neighboring counties, is.
John Y. Farwel head of John V.
farWell Company. dry goods. John
Fitzpatrick, president Of the Chicago
Federation Of Labor; Frank IIamlin,
lawyer, attorney for the board of edu-
cation in 1907; Dr. j. i. Taylor; Lu-
aan T Hoy Of Woodstock, former
United States marshal.
Division No, Isl
A. N. Abbott; John G. Harding, Pet.
or Peterson, r. X. Wclch and Or.
jeremiah II. Steady
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