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Show GIVES LAST CHANCE TO DRAFTEVADERS Unjust Accusations to Be Avoided If Possible WASHINGTON, March IS. A lat i' rtunlly for aelecllva aervlra law! etatlcra In escape broadcast publics linn nf their namea aa deeerlers during the World war baa lieen given by Ad-Jiitnnt Ad-Jiitnnt (irricnil llarrla of lha army. I'freotia who have reaaon to belleva i that ilnv will be charged with evading' lha draft, but who did not actually do si, the adjutant genernl announced, .may ee,aie the odium of lu-lng pub-j pub-j llrly brnniled aa a deeerlr unjupily by I cotiimun. rating all the fut ta nf the caee to him without drlnv. The final chi k of tha n.ta la being ; completed by fnrmr members nf thaj j local dnift boards. By the and of tha I month the war department eapecta to I begin making Ihe liata public through' I the newspapers and by furnishing ; coplea to city, stale and federal police, idrtectlva agencies, the Ami r ten n legion iind other pstriotic socleitis. In add! I lion. rWretary Weeks will nk ion- grepa to provide fundj ti cn.ible pay. ment of a reward of fifty dollars to any person who delivers to the mlll-tarv mlll-tarv authortlira a deserter from the I draft. The department's Hat of draft evaders, evad-ers, wlinh as originally reported to the prow.! marshal gennrsl, numliered nearly 4mi. imu names, had been reduced to uiiprnxiinately 1,'iO.taiu nainea. The final lists by drnft districts are nw lieing tul.'ilute.l by the adjutant general's gen-eral's uffu-e. |