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THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917. ILLINOIS DRAFT APPEAL BOARDS ARE ANNOUNCED Second Call to Fill First Quota Is Believed Likely Here. Members of the eight district appeal boards of Chicago and Illinois were announced last night by Provost Marshal General Crowder in Washington. These boards will have exclusive control in determining industrial and occupational exemptions, and will handle all appeal cases coming from the local boards. They have also original jurisdiction in all matters handled by the local boards. Many Lines Represented. Conspicuous physicians, large employers of labor, representatives of organized labor, and distinguished lawyers are named on the boards. The personnel for the eight Illinois districts follow: NORTHERN DISTRICT: Division No. 1—Dr. E. J. Doering, Jacob H. Hopkins, Harry Pratt Judson, Victor A. Olander, Theodore W. Robinson. Division No. 2—Ralph Crews, Dr. M. L. Harris, H. H. Merrick, Seymour Morris, George W. Perkins. Division No. 3—John V. Farwell, John Fitzpatrick, Frank Hamlin, Luman T. Hoy, Dr. J. L. Taylor. Division No. 4—A. N. Abbott, John C. Harding, Peter Peterson, Dr. Jeremiah S. Stealy, R. K. Welsh. SOUTHERN DISTRICT. Division No. 1—L. C. Blanding, William O. R. Bradley, Charles Ford, Henry Herget, Frank J. Quinn. Division No. 2—Charles Boeschenstein, Frank Farrington, John E. Hagan, H. G. Keays, Charles L. Patton. EASTERN DISTRICT. Division No. 1—Dr. W. F. Grinstead, William Noble, Frank T. O'Hair, John Rolla, Alois Towers. Division No. 2—Dr. Thomas O. Freeman, W. F. Handshire, Free P. Morris, Thomas H. Moses, John H. Walker. Jurisdiction of Boards. Districts 1, 2, and 3 will have headquarters in Chicago. District 1 comprises Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 34. District 2 comprises Wards 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, and 35. District 3 comprises all the country towns of Cook county and the counties of Will, Grundy, La Salle, Kendall, De Kalb, Kane, Du Page, Lake, McHenry, and Boone. Personnnel of Boards. Dr. E. J. Doering, who heads Appeals Board No. 1, is a distinguished surgeon and known nationally in his profession. Jacob H. Hopkins was formerly on the Municipal court bench. Harry Pratt Judson is president of the University of Chicago. Victor A. Olander is secretary-treasurer of the Illinois Federation of Labor, secretary of the Lake Seamen's union, and a member of the Illinois Council of National Defense. Theodore W. Robinson has been one of the officials of the Illinois Steel company, is a large employer of labor, and served as a member of the Chicago school board under the Busse administration. District No. 2. District No. 2, which takes in the north half of Chicago, has Ralph Crews for president. Mr. Crews is a prominent lawyer of Chicago. Dr. M. L. Harris is a prominent surgeon. He has been attached to the staffs at the Passavant and Henrotin hospitals. H. H. Merrick is president of the local branch of the National Security league, has been associated for many years with Armour & Co., and has taken a keen interest in national preparedness. Seymour Morris is one of the large real estate operators of Chicago and for a time had the handling of a part of the Leiter estate. George W. Perkins is president of the International Cigarmakers' union and one of the well known representatives of organized labor in this country. District No. 3. On the board of district No. 3, John V. Farwell, the dry goods merchant, is named as chairman. John Fitzpatrick is president of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Frank Hamlin is a well known lawyer. He was formerly attorney for the school board. He is a son of Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. Luman T. Hoy, a resident of Woodstock, McHenry county, was formerly United States marshal in Chicago and [[image]] A FIERY PLEA FROM THE SKY Ruth Law Flies Over Loop Urging Recruits for Our Allies. ENLIST [[/image]] [[image]] MAJOR FRANKLIN R. KENNEY — RUTH LAW. [Photos by O. G. Lundburg.] Ruth Law last night flew over the loop in behalf of the allied recruiting drive. Upon the planes of her machine the word "Enlist" was arranged in electric lights. The above pictures of her flight were taken by a "Tribune" photographer. [[/image]] was the prediction last night of local exemption officials. A subsequent summoning of additional men to fill out the net quota of accepted fighters is practically certain for all the districts, they believe. A scrutiny of the registration cards in the election board's rooms discloses the fact that approximately 50 per cent of the total number of registrants claim exemption because of total disability, family dependents, and occupational exemption, in addition to the special classes exempted by the president's proclamation, and the large number of aliens. 123, 420 Waive Exemption. After all the deductions had been made it was found that out of the approximate 314,000 registrants in Chicago 123,420—117,323 whites and 6,097 Negroes—waived all exemption claims on their registration cards. While the fighting quota, the officials said, will be secured easily in all districts, with the possible exception of the sections where the aliens predominate, it will require a much larger number of examinations than is provided in double the quota of fighting men called in the first contingent for the examinations. If the percentage of exemptions indicated by the registration cards is maintained in the examination, then half of the first contingent called will be exempted, leaving only one-half, or the net quota asked, out of which to secure 100 per cent. This is not possible, for out of the 50 per cent not claiming exemption, which corresponds to the net quota asked, a large number of men will be rejected for physical disability. tered will have to be called before the fghting quota is secured. "Members of some of the boards have told me," he said, "that they have more aliens registered in their districts than American citizens. These are automatic- Official Adviser Named. Major B. M. Chiperfield of Canton, attached to the provost marshal's staff, has been assigned to Chicago by Adjutant General Dickson to act as legal adviser to the Chicago boards during the examinations. Gen. Dickson so notified Mr. Egan yesterday. Chairman Jacob Bernheim of district 44 board, last night sent a long telegram to Adjt. Gen. Dickson asking for an interpretation of a message received from Gen. Crowder, relative to the basing of quotas on the full population, including alien population. According to Gen. Crowder, the alien population cannot be excluded in basing quotas, as the original allotments were based on population, and not the number of citizens only in any one district. -- You can get $10 to $15 more suit-value now in Hart Schaffner & Marx suits at $25 Best of materials, hand tailored: two --- RESERVE CORPS OFFICERS GIVEN JOLT BY ARMY --- BY PARKE BROWN. Fort Sheridan, Ill., July 25.-[Special.]-Some men who entered the training camp here as reserve lieutenants, captains, and even majors will step down in rank before they leave and some will lose their commissions. One major has been called before the board of officers considering instructors' recommendations and offered a lieutenancy. Another major has been told that his age bars him from any position below the one he now holds and that he his not considered fitted for that rank. In other words, reserve officers are being judged on the same basis of leadership and efficiency as other students. The First Illinois Field artillery, encamped here, will give a special program Sunday as a reception to the war relief society of the regiment. There will be drills, addresses, a concert, and a baseball game. A big promotion program, in progress in the regiment, has given six of its officers higher grades, as follows: Curtis G. Redden, to be major, First battalion, vice Smith, promoted. Noble B. Judah, to be major, Second battalion. vice, [[?]] discharged. Tom Hammond, to be captain, Battery A, vice Redden, promoted. George Richardson, to be captain, Battery C, vice Judah, promoted. Fred G. Anderson, to be first lieutenant, Battery A, vice Hammond, promoted. J. M. Patterson, to be first lieutenant, Battery C, vice Richardson, promoted. --- CHICAGO DOCTORS TO MEET IN EAST ON WAR PROBLEM --- In an attempt to expedite the work of the medical department of the United States army and the Red Cross, and to secure a new base hospital for Chicago, seven Chicago doctors, members of the American Institute of Homeopathy, left yesterday for Washington, where a conference of medical men is scheduled to begin Friday. Those representing Chicago at the Washington conference are Drs. J. P [[?]] Colb, Charles E. Kahlke, H. B. Chislett, Peter S. Clark, Gilbert F[[?]]-Patrick, Edward T. Coattain, and Sarah M. Hobson. --- THIS IS THE DAY: LET THIS BE THE DEED: ENLIST! --- Join the Colors, Purpose of Great Parade and Meeting Today. --- Today is the big day of the allied recruiting week. A parade in which it is estimated 10,000 will take part will take place in the morning, and a massmeeting will be held tonight at the Coliseum. The parade will start at 11:20 and probably last until 2 o'clock. A squadron of mounted police will head the line, in which there will be 1,000 or more members of the national guard, four battalions of jackies from the Great Lakes station, the naval bond of 250 pieces, the Kilties, their brass and bagpipe bands, Red Cross members, everal floats furnished by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the British Empire, detachments of the G. A. R., accompanied by the National Veterans' Reserve band, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Oak Park Home guards, and several companies of the high school cadets and Boy Scouts. Line of the Parade. The parade will assemble at the south end of Grant park, and march north in Michigan avenue to Washington street, west to La Salle street, south to Jackson boulevard, east to State street, south to Ninth street, east to Michigan avenue, and south to point of starting. The reviewing stand will be in front of the Art institute. Gen. Barry and his staff, Maj. Kenney, Col. Dennis, and Col. Jamieson of the British recruiting mission will sit at the reviewing stand. Program at Coliseum. At the massmeeting, in addition to the speaking, entertainment will be furnished by the same organizations that take part in the parade, including millitary drills, exhibitions, and martial music by the bands. The speakers will be A. Stamford White, president of the committee in charge; Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of war; the Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, Edgar A. bancroft, the Very Rev. Henry J. Cody, archdeacon of St. Paul's cathedral, Toronto: Lieut. Col. Dennis, and the Rev. Maj. T. Crawford Brown, chaplain of the Forty-eighth Highlanders. "The Star Spangled Banner" and "God Save the King" will be sung by the audience. About 150 men have enlisted in the British service in the last two days. Ruth Law made a flight over the loop last night displaying the word "Enlist" in electric lights on the wings of her machine. --- PICK MEN TODAY --- ALIENS --- County Judge Scully Explains Injustice of Drafting Citizens in Place of Aliens Too Indifferent to Seek Citizenship. --- GROSS injustice is the figuring of the first quota for the draft army because of the thousand of aliens residing in many districts was assailed by County Judge Thomas F. Scully yesterday. "In some cases these men have been living here for more than twenty years," said the judge, "and they have not taken the trouble or the interest to become citizens of this country, in which they have enjoyed all its benefits. "This is all wrong. one trouble was, I suppose, in the fee that was required for first and last papers. Of course it wasn't much-$5 for the last papers-but it seems to me that any man who comes to this country to make it his permanent home ought to be willing to spent $5 or $6 to become a citizen. -- "The legal machinery should be simplified, too, so that it will be easy for these foreigners to become enrolled in our citizenship. But it is an outrage that we have here 75,822 alien residents-not alien enemies-who can stand off to one side and not be called on for any sacrifices while the boys of every other country in the allied cause have to go to the front to battle for democracy. "If the nations do not want to amend their treaties, and it may not be advisable, then it is high time the different foreign nations sent word to this country to furnish them with the respective lists of all their subjects here who are within the draft age fixed by this government. Then let all such men who are not eligible to exemption immediately go home to their native health and join the colors for the duration of this war. "Here in Chicago the male alien population within the draft ages in equal to 60 per cent of the entire number of American citizens who have not sought exemptions thus far. That is dead wrong. Either these aliens who are free to fight and can fight ought to take out their first papers immediately and ask to be permitted to go to the front, or they should be shipped back to their respective nations and forced to carry their share of the burden. "With the whole world at war, it is not right that Chicago alone should have 75,822 men who are automatically exempt from all military service because they come under the alien classification." --- WAR INSURANCE, NOT PENSIONS, PLANNED BY U. S. --- Washington, D. C., July 25.-[Special.]-If present plans of the government carry there will be no pension rolls established as a result of the war against Germany. For pensions a system of insurance will bee substituted. Under the government's proposal every member of the arm, navy, and marine corps would be entitled to insurance ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, paying a premium of $8 per thousand. This insurance would be assumed by the government in lieu of any pensions. In addition to this form of insurance [[?]] -- FROZEN PULTRY GOOD FOOD, AND IT'S PATRIOTIC --- Government Indorses the Move to Clear Cold Storage Stocks. --- "Eat frozen poultry and help save your country." Recommendation to that effect is being made by leading South Water street houses, and they say they are making this appeal with the sanction of the United States government. The reason is there is an abundance of frozen poultry to be had and at comparatively low prices. According to reliable authorities, frozen poultry is not hard to take. Cold storage experts say it is fully as wholesome as fresh killed and, in some instances, more desirable. Government officials are giving their approval to a movement to clear cold storage stocks of poultry because they feel that housewives can cut their meat bills by taking advantage of an unusual situation; that growing poultry will be saved, thereby adding to the future supply Ocean Shipments Stopped. Several months ago, according to dealers, the British government placed orders here for several million pounds of poultry. Local operators accumulated large stocks to fill these orders and were ready to export when the British government commandeered all available ocean tonnage for the transportation of ammunition. Having no means to ship their poultry abroad, the dealers were forced to keep their supplies in storage here. They are now compelled to dispose of these holdings and are offering them at prices that leave them facing losses. The United States government, apprised of the situation, sent out a bulletin asking retailers to cooperate by reducing their selling prices and thus encourage increased consumption, which would tend to conserve other meats and stating that "unless these stocks are moved quickly farmers who have increased this year's flocks in response to a patriotic appeal will not have normal marketing conditions when their stock comes to market." "Iced" Poultry Costs More. Dealers in fresh killed "iced" poultry stated they would be glad to help holders dispose of their stocks, but they objected to having "frozen" poultry sold as "iced" poultry, which cost 7 to 10 cents a pound more. "We are not trying to sell frozen poultry under the guise of iced poultry," said H. Lepman of Lepman & Heggie, "but are offering a product fully as wholesome for much less money." 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