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Show COPPER MAGNATE IS p EXEMPT FROM DUTY j Divided Board Excuses Edward A. I t Guggenheim on industrial Grounds. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. Employees 1114 of railroad, telegraph, telephone and 1 prress companies will be exempted from draft in enses where it is shown . their services are necessary to the prompt dispatch of business, according to a ruling from the provost, marshal j general's office announced to the dis- fvfj. trict board of appeals today by Charles i 10. Hughes, the chairman. Exemption was granted by a divided vote of the board to Edward A. Guggenheim, Gug-genheim, a member of the family of copper magnates and chairman of the executive committee of the Chile Copper Cop-per company. He sought release from military service on the ground that his counsel as an expert mining engineer is necessary to the administration of the affairs of the company and therefore there-fore to the, government. Louis Marshall, Mar-shall, a member of the board, declared. y r. Guggenheim, in his present position, posi-tion, is as essential to the defense of the nation as a bridadier general. |