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Show THREE MEN HELD TO I BE EXAMINED AS SLACKERS I A now trick was attempted on De- 'H tcctive Brig Jensen this morning by s suspected draft evader in an effort to ; allay suspicion and havo himself pass- rH ' ed without question. Tho detective ac- PH cosled three men, Georgo Adams, John 'iH ( Howard and Joseph Megeh, on Twen- kH ty. fifth street and asked them con- I coming their draft status. 'H Adams is snid to have told the de- toctivc that he was 34 years of ago : and did not noed to register. The de- , .H tcctive questioned this and told him he ; 'H would take him along on general sus- H picion. Then Adams ' is said to have , pulled out his registration card and to have remarked, "Well, if there is going to be so much red tape about it, iH there it is." It showed him to be 28 years of age on June 5, 1017. He know nothing I concerning his standing with his local 'H 'board, so he will bo hold until an In-vestigation In-vestigation can bo made. F. I Howard also had a peculiar story, I He told the detective that he had I served twenty mouths in tho peniten-tiary peniten-tiary in Kansas for stealing twonty gallons of whiskey from tho sheriff of Wellington, Kansas and selling it. Mogeh said he was an Austrian. Ho 1 had S2D5 in his pocket. He was regis-' regis-' tcred at Laurel, Montana, but knew '! nothing more about his standing. ! |