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Show RECORD FOR CERTIFICATION BROKEN BY DISTRICT BOARD One Hundred and Sixty-nine Names Passed Upon in One Day; Will Rush Work to Prepare for Second Contingent. i ! T' HE district exemption board broke all of its records yesterday when it certified 169 names to the national na-tional army. Utah now has more than the required 40' per cent of names certified for going to the American Amer-ican Lake training- camp on September 19 and it is expected that before the men ; have to report an additional 500 names i will be enrolled in the national army from this state. The board held two sessions i yesterday in order to go through the long lists which had been submitted from the ! outside counties and will hold two scs-I scs-I sions today, as the number of certified j men coming in from the local boards Is i greater than at any time since the organization or-ganization of the district board. This state must furnish 1043 men to the national na-tional army on September 19 and another 1043 on October 3, the date set for the second sec-ond contingent to report at the training . camps. ! The number of exemption claims being j filed by those in the outsiue counties J who understand that farmers are ex-1 ex-1 empted as a class are not increasing since j the instructions sent to the noards in i the different counties have been more explicit. ex-plicit. Although the board has repeatedly repeat-edly sent out warnings that no occupational occu-pational exemptions would be granted, unless it is shown that the person desiring de-siring the exemption has a direct contract with the federal government, a large number of claims for exemption on the ground that farmers have crops to be harvested and that miners are scarce are still coming into the board. Exemptions Justified. The greater number of exemptions be-ing be-ing granted by the district board are on the ground of dependents and in every case the number of affidavits filed with the board to prove that dependents would suffer are sufficient to show that not only the Immediate relatives, but disinterested parties, are aware of familv conditions. The district board hopes to speed up the work of the local boards throughout the state through the services of W. Minor, who has been engaged ns special agent. Yesterday Mr. Minor was at Garfield Gar-field and went over a number of matters there in connection with the certifying of names. He also considered several problems with which the local board In Salt Iake county district No. 2 has bad to contend through foreigners claiming exemption. ex-emption. Today he will be In Juab county coun-ty and will take up n number of matters with the Juab county board in regard to the certifying of names to the district board more promptly. He will spend today to-day at Nephl and may visit Utah county's coun-ty's board on the return trip. Cases Passed Upon. The district board yesterday passed upon the following claims for exemption and refused exemption In the majurlty of cases: F.mery county Alvifi C. Guvmon, Edward Ed-ward Angus Wilcox, Kred Behllng and Harden Williams were refused exemption ex-emption by the board. Tooele county Leo Henry McCarrlc, Joseph William Lawrence, Harold Alva Baxter, Everett Zles, Matt Thomas George I-'ranklln Caldwell, Bennett E V enable and Clarence .shields were denlod exemption by the district board. Bas-quale Bas-quale Santarelli was granted exemption on the ground of having dependents. San Juan John Alma Young was denied de-nied exemption on an agricultural claim. E. P. Lyimin was granted exemption on the ground of having dependents. In .Salt Lake City district No. 8, Clarence Clar-ence R. Karren, Boss De Wayne. Baglev , and Joseph Slater were denied exemption George N. Wblteley, Harry M. Taylor and Thomas Lloyd were granted exemptions. Carbon county Grin Smith, Benjamin Benja-min H. Cox, H. F. Thomas. H. McK Marvin, A. A. Viglla and James Galanls were denied exemption. William Thomas and A. E. Horsley were granted exemption exemp-tion on the ground of dependents. Ordered to Report. A call for thirty more ellgihles to the draft will go out today from division No 2 In the Atlas block. The following men of the quota of 40 per cent of the call on division 2 which goes out to American Ijike September 19, was yesterday notified bv the hoard to report at 1 o'clock September IS for final and explicit Instructions: Hov Hart- ",,arT''! ,lck'!'t "dln. Winston Arnett, Oliver Oustave Erlckson, Phillip h. Booth. Albert Schneider, Harper Sick Hn"f;Hi.arS' He".7 Ru"ll. Frank Austin Aus-tin Donk, Oscar Mclntyre. Claude Oliver Neal Morton Henry Procter, Moses Wei-lay Wei-lay Carroll John Rubin Graham, John Clarence Brandley, Fred Nuffer. Jr rhiri..' ".Y'-.f1-1' I-nard Oherg, John Charles Needham, George Carlson, Aubrey James Nowelj, Ton-y Kouros, Charles ,ii v-, dwe"' 1011 Tod Midler. John Pa- d Nleuman. -William Alfred Shull. John Me.vln Olorenshaw, Alex Ragokls. William Wil-liam P.obert Morris, Charles Leo Cronln. Delinquents Certified. The following alternates have also been ordered to appear at the same time and place September IS: Joseph Jordina Joseph Jo-seph Flntrolakls, John Bethras George ton. Normal Bucknell Newton, Curtis Boyd Merrlhew. Fourteen young men who have failed ' to appear for physical examination In response to notice from the fourth local draft board have now been certified to the district board for service, In the national na-tional army. The names were given out yesterday bv the board. They are Lloyd sheesley," Allan Al-lan D. Wlnans, JameB Cockran, John Joseph Jo-seph Warwick, Iee Slayton, Fred Flc-ser, Flc-ser, Joseph Bensh, AnguH Kosenburg, Ivan George Llljevall, Otto Carl Noltlng, Thomas E. Lacy, Joe Hennessey, Louis Lindsay and Antonios s. Kotchlstchas. |