New Britain herald., 1917-06-01
SHARP DRIVE OPENS AGAINST
 IMPROVISATION FOR CES

PectS More Arrests Today
 in Middle Western States
 Y Wbere EIot Was Found.
 Washington, June 1.--wfth only four days more before Tuesday, draft
 registration day. the department of
 justice planned today to exert every
 energy' to Quell anti-conscription agi-
 tation, which already has resulted in
 . number of arrests in various cities. sI1ss wal dspas ent .js equally HpAxs threShing out minor questionss s1roNinr
 ss sof the reg3gtrataon. and hswe1S Ftli V l11And question:. N N
 Department of Justlce ofaciaiS say
 many persons have responded to their
 request that cases of opposition to the draft be- reported. These reports are
 referred for investigation to United
 States attorneys or, marshals, who
 have instructions to make arrests
 promptly when they discover at-s tenpts to hamper execution X Of tAA!
 s xssess,ois s sA s s Y
 eaaio0 ssstOO3y sV - CAEEusAF pQEQ0GAn9 to have been issued by the n&kiond1l once Of the Socialist party in Chi-
 cago; saying: 'sWs recommend to the support of ,all mass movements in 0p- position to conscription."
 The war department announced that. no man re eGagt4sinC would Re rs. ouired to AnsNsr tho qnession of whether he, claims sxpenptton. It. VIII " I'll p4o it }. fdE ap (slI (s IN N tf A4 i6 clit16d bsf1rs - - t(1n Aasd later Onfcials at seap0rts ana along United States boundaries had orders to detain men seeking to leave the country to avoid registration, and the
 war department Is considering means of enrolling Americans living abroad.
 A.ress Enpeosed rod. i i.s . .s.,5 x. K. C6lumbns, O.. June 1.-ldore ar~
 rests. both In Ohio and other middle
 western states. were looked for today by state and federal oflicials in con- nection with the alleged anti-conscrip- tion propaganda plot uncovered here yesterday.
 As the result of a raid by federal. state and city authorities on . High street print shop yesterday., III. E 4ASensfey A. 4. Hennacy and Cecil |Bailey are under $26.0o0 bonds each to answer to the charge of treason. John willis Hammond is under arrest in Marietta, charged with having dis ! tributed anti-conscription literature there, Prominent Women Arrested. Kansas City, Mo, June 1.-Many obiectors to the c6nscrtption, law. in Kansas City and the surrounding territory are in jail today as the result of the activity during the last two days of the federal agents here and in Topeka. Lawrence and Olathe. Kansas 9
 Twelve persons have been gathered 1 in by the government-six in this city.
 four at Topeka and one each at Law renee and Olathe. Included in the 1 lot are two women. Mrs. Lenora ! warneson Moore of Kansas City and Dr. Eva Harding of Topeka.
 Mrs. Moore. or Mrs. ,Warneson as she prefers to be called. was destgnat- ed by the authorities as the leader ot the local objectors. She first attracted federal notice several months ego kwhen as . teacher in the 7 public sntooa she wrote anti-enlistmsnt arguments on the blackboard. pr. Harding ts known throughout Kansas. being the first woman to practice medicine in that state. She was de- feated for congress Ut the last gener- | al election, having beeu . candidate on an independents t3oket.
 Federal courts It Topoka were busy yesterday when the and-conscription ists were brought before the board and charged with consparacy against the government. All pleaded not guilty and all failed to give bond Four of the men Wero arrested In . local court room after their tnjunc- ton asking to restrain the city and state officials from carrying out the registration June had been refused. They were arraigned in the federal court and the hearing set for June '7., The carrying of their case to the fed eral court of appeals was announced by their attoreys following court ac- ton yesterday. 1
 Students' Gases Postponed.
 Now York. June 1.-Hsar4ng Of tho conspiracy charge to violate the se- lective conscrdption law preferred yesterday against Miss Eleanor Will. (continued on Fifteenth Page.)