New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
Student Refuses
To Register for
Draft; Rearrested
Phillips, Anti-Conscription
Agitator, Makes Good
His Threat

Charles Francis Phillips. the Column
bia student recently indicted for anti
draft activity and released on bail, was
again arrested at the university last
night for failure TO register.
Phillips earlier in the day had notl-
fed the registrar Of his district that he
would not present himself before the
registration officers because he believed
"the so-called conscription law to be in
direct violation OF our constitutionslly
guaranteed liberty OF conscience and
freedom from servitude," and because
"registration is an integral part OF the
draft"
At o'clock last night Thomas y.
Mccarthy. United States Marshal, was
notified that Phillips had made good
his threat. Deputies were posted at
the students home. where it was said
he was absent. The Federal agents
learned that the youth had been seen
near the registration booth opposite
his home in company with Owen Cat
tell, another Columbia student, who is
under indictment for anti-draft sctiyi-
ties. Deputies Doran and Dempsey
traced the pairs movements until they
located them in Cattell's room, in
Fernsld Hall, one of the Columbia
dormitores.
Says Fifty-eight Failed to Register
Phillips, his coat off, was lounging
on sofa, reading, when the deputies
entered. He said he was sorry they
had been put to the trouble of looking
for him. 81 was about to leave for
home when you arrived" he told them.
mo; of course | have not regis
tered he replied when Questioned.
only two out of the fifty-eight stu
dents IN this dormitory have done So"
The youth was hsndcutfed and taken
10 the marshals Office in the Federal
Building. Under questioning his air Of
bravado disappeared and he walked I'M
steadily as he was led out to be taken
to the Tombs Prison.
Was II because you were afraid OF
getting shot that you refused to reg
ister?" he was asked.
"No-no," he answered. 81 would
sooner be shot against a brick wall than
fight"
This is the first concrete case OF
deliberate violation of the law" said
Marshal Mccarthy. phillips is not
genuine conscientious director. He
has made slurring remarks about the
government and has refused the WE'LL
meant advice of his people, his friends
and his lawyer"
Faces Year in Prison
The marshal said that Phillips un-
questionably would be sent TO prison
for year and then be forced to regis
ter. The charge under which the youth
was indicted and released by the grand
jury in $4,000 bail will be held over
until the years sentence has expired,
the marshal believed.
Phillips denied that he had sought
70 evsde arrest. He said he had visited
the registration booths in the neigh
borhood of his home with his friend
Cattell He said also that Miss Eleanor
Wilson Parker, the Barnard senior.
visited him during the afternoon. Miss
Parker on Monday was released in ST.
500 bail on condition that she leave
the state and remain away until called
for trial. Federal authorities said that
her liberty may be curtailed as a re-
suit Of Phillips's information.
Before being taken TO the Tombs
Phillips was permitted to telephone to
his father and ask that bail be ar
ranged.
Dad says he'll be busy tomorrow,
but WILL try to'fx it up he reported
as he hung up the telephone receiver
and was led away.
So few were the instances Of agita-
ton against registration that the po-
lice thought John Hackett. OF 427 East
IJ4th Street. must be OF unsound mind
when he began harranguing n crowd in
front OF the house OF Engine Company
81. in East Fortieth Street. and took
him TO Bellevue Hospital for observa-
ton.
Don't register! Don't be conseript-