El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-24
BOARDS PROBE
MEMS SECRETS
Anonymous Writers Tip
Off Facts on Registrars
for National Army.
By H. W. BIERHORST.

The anonymous letter writer, he
who is often the object of COW
I ardice charges, has been Of great
4 help TO Uncle Sam in the work
/ Of examining FL Paso registrants for
! the selective army ana determining
! whether or not they have Just exemp-
| ton claims. and it is presumed the
| same individual has extended similar
! aid elsewhere. This is the statement
/ Of both city attorney J. II. McBroom
| and county attorney W. H Fryer,
I who have acted practically as counsel
! for the government, as represented by
I the three local exemption boards.
] Both have received numbers OF IN
! signed epistles and while the writer
] in each case was prompted by a
I desire 70 see that some other mothers
Z son does not escape the draft, the
/ result has been that much valuable
l information has been furnished
Disclose Personal Secrets.
] Why IS II that so and so is not
I taken, when his wife has so much
money Of her OWN one letter viii
ask.
should be disallowed, because his
I wife makes more money than he"
/ declares another. And the net result
/ was that every letter disclosed per-
sonal financial matters that would
.
Reports of the local boards TO the
district board on exemption claims
read ike commercial agency's data
[ on q man seeking credit. OF course,
/ the personal nature Of the various re-
/ ports precludes the names being made
I public, but the following paragraphs,
referring to various residents OF Fl
PasO county, are typical Of the kind
OF Information sent the district board
/ in cases where appeals are filed
His Onions Don't Need Him.
This claim based on agricultural
reasons, is unQuestionably 1raudu-
/ lenuy made. The man has few acres
in onions and has taken charge OF
this property recently. 1t is owned
by his mother and has been and will
continue TO be cultivated Just as well
without this man as with him He
is an ablebOdied. fine specimen Of
young manhood and has had military
training"
Ranch Runs without This One.
The local board. in denying this
mans claim for exemption, found the
/ following: He was working as a
hired man on the ranch during the
lifetime Of his present wife's first
husband, who owned the ranch After
Mr.. -s first husband) death, he
exemption applicanO continued to
work there for something over
year, and then married Mrs. --
The ranch has run without him, can
run without him, and furthermore, Is
owned by his wife"
Two Drafted, One Exempt
The two following indicate that the
exemption boards are endeavoring 10
treat dependents as justly and fairly
as possible-
This is one OF three brothers. /
whose father owns a large ranch in
the E. Paso valley. This mans claim
married one Of the three The other
two have filed agricultural claims.
and IL is the intention OF the local
board that this man shall be exempted
and the other two taken in the Sc
lective draft"
Drafts One of Three.
This is one Of three brothers and
the family has been most carefully in
vestigated. one Of the other broth
ers is confined to his bed with tu-
strong. healthy specimen. but the best
prOvider, and the one for whom the
mother expressed a desire Of retain
ing for her support. The local board, I
therefore denied the claim Of ---
Uses Religions Cloak.
The following anent 4 religious eL- .
emption claim is Of more than pass .
ing interest.
This man is q Stacker in every
sense OF the word, having Joined the /
religious order he did with the idea 4
OF avoiding service He filed no de-
pendent claims, but intends TO take /
married"
Supposed Well Off; Involved.
That all is not gold that glitters" /
may be concluded from the follow I
ing report on a man at first thought 4
TO be well provided with earthly .
goods:
"A long and careful examination by .
the local board OF this mans cOndi- /!
ton revealed the fact that while he I
is making good money, he is heavily 4
in debt and to take him at present
would cause the maturing Of Obli- /
cations that would entirely wipe out /
his investments and leave his wife
and children in a bad way. InfOrma-
ton was brought TO the local board
that this mans wife owned property
sufficient TO support herself and chill
dren, but the most careful inyestiEa-
ffon showed that this was not the /