New-York tribune., 1921-06-10
White Plague
Victim Put ON
Stacker Rolls
Dead Mcn's Names Appear
on Latest and Largest
List, Which Contains 254
Accused of Evading Duty
Six Corrections Are Made
Local Board lao Asks Ex-
Service Men to- Examine
Roster Before Release

Two hundred and fifty-four names
sre included in the War Departments
list OF alleged slackers published to-
names thus far released for any one
day. Accompanying this list are six
corrections authorized by the military
authorities.
The men vindicated are Albert
Rosenberg, Order s3e, Local Board 12,
New York City. who was discharged
from the army January 90, 1919; John
Dewitt, Order 7o9, local board for
Tompkins County. n. Y, discharged
February Ii, 1919; John l.. Wilson,
Order ], 1854, Local Board Is, New York
City, William Grant Forbes. Order 705,
Local, Board l64, New York City; John
Jacob Zopf. Order ISIS, Local Board
12s, New York City, and Frank Mori-
arty, Order 81. Local Board 2, of Buff
falo.
More Errors In List
These men were reported as delin-
QuenSs for reasons such as failing to
return questionnaires, mistakes of
draft boards or failure OF registrant
TO report the nature of his service or
American or Allied armies.
Men whom The Tribune found yes
terday to have been included in to-
, days list, apparently through error,
are Matthew Stewart, of S29 Columbus
Avenue; Lewis Ribich, of 391 Central
Park West; John Spellman, $40 Co
lumbus Avenue, also of 80 West 103d
Street. who is said so have died of
tuberculosis month after registering;
Ernest Vickers, 173 West Ninety-eighth
Street, who was the sole support of his
wife and two children, had been placed
in a deferred class, and who has since
moved to another address in this city;
Michael Graziapo, of 1903 Eldridge
Street, whose mother says he died No
vember 49, 1917, after lingering i'll
ness from paralytic stroke; Morris
Singer, 73 Eldridge Street, who got
leave TO go to Argentina on business,
according to his mother, and was re-
fused a passport to return to the
United States during the war because
he was not full citizen; Nicolo Bel
leila, 190 Chrystie Street, who was sole
support of a wife and baby child and
who was employed in government
factory at Morristown, Pa, during the
war; Vincent ,Bompensiero, 2l8 FL
bridge Street, who now lives at 26 Riv-
ington Street, and whose wife says he
was never called for service by his
board, and Aaron Segal, who registered
from 2i6 Eldridge Street and became
non-commissioned officer in the army.
Z Last Cali for Correction
Ex-service men Of Local Board 14e,
this city, who fear publication of their
names in the lists unjustly. may have
them corrected, If the evidence so war
rants, by calling on Louis Lande, a
lawyer Of 299 Broadway telephone
Worth 245 or 246), the chairman OF
that board. Mr.. Lande, in letter to
The Tribune, says he has received from
the War Department a list for the
purpose Of checking, and shat any one
who has reason to believe that his
name or the name Of his relative or
friend will appear on this list should
communicate with me at once"
WASHINGTON June s.--The first
instaIlment of army draft evader lists,
containing names of approximately
1,40o men carried on War Department
records as having failed to report for
military service during the war, ap-
peared to-day in The Congressional
Record. The names we're inserted with
the sanction of the House by Repre-
sentative Johnson, Republican, of
South Dakota.