The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-02
GREATEST DAY
OF YEAR 1917
Machinery Ready and Holiday
Prepared for Registration
of Americas Fighting
Material.
RED FIRE AND BADGES
Some cities to Celebrate as Though
JunS 5 Was Time for Feast
Ing and JoIlifca-
tIon.
RED FIRE AND BADGES

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, June 2.-The mach1n
cry is ready and the holiday prepared
for the youth of America to register
for war next Tuesday.
And as for anti-conscriptionists, q
crushing welcome awaits them al
every registration booth, from Maine
to California, and from the great
lakes to the gulf, where ten million
Americans from twenty-one to thirty
years Of age, will appear and answer
present" as Uncle Sam calls the
roll.
Nation wide reports to the United
Press today show that so prompt and
hearty has been Americas answer tc
President Wilson's first call to the
colors under the new draft law, that
IL registration were today instead ol
three days hence, it would go through
without serious hitch.
WhIre sporadic anti-conscription
reports came in, and anti-fight plot
ters were arrested in Cincinnati
Kansas City, Detroit, San Antonio
and Boston by federal secret service
agents, the government seems to
have crushed organized opposition to
the draft and the great majority ol
reports were of enthusiastic plans
for a prompt and successful registra
ton Tuesday.
Plans are today complete to squelch
negro riots in the south and to keep
a tight rein on anti-draft socialists,
I. w. WIS, anarchists, slackers and
other opponents of the draft in other
parts of the country.
Governors Of many states have pro-
claimed June legal holiday. Thols-
ands Of great industrial organizations
are giving their laborers the day off
with pay.
Parades. speeches and pageants will
fill the land with the spirit of cele-
bration on that day.
The national, state, city, county,
village, ward and precinct organiza-
tions Of the republican, democratic
and suffrage parties have been called
to the colors to- serve Uncle Sam in
getting his young fighting men to-
gether.
Thousands of girls and women will
put in the day at the registration
booths, cheering the young men as
they step up to register and pinning
honor badges and 'registered' arm
lets on them as they come out.
Saloons will be closed, by order in
some instances, out Of patriotism in
others, in many parts of the country.
In New York, registration day will
be a festival Police Commissioner
Woods expects no trouble. but every
precaution has been taken. In the
midst of parades, blaring bands, red
fire, confetti and mass meetings,
thousands of mounted and foot police,
secret service men and armed Of
ficers in motors will patrol the city.
Field telephones will be installed at
street inters sections and at night
myriads of searchlights will sweep
the darkness in, over and around the
metropolis to guard against possible
anti-cons cription outbreaks.
Kansas was the first state ready
for registration. Preparations there
were complete last Saturday. Gov
ernor Capper has proclaimed holt
day Municipal reception for those
has been prepared in
every city. Kansas City, Kansas, viii
have a big registration parade Of
lodges, civic organizations, city and
military officials.
Dodge City, Kan, women have
made khaki armlets to be given the