The sun., 1917-06-02
MORE PLOTTERS
ARE RUN DOWN
Nine Arrested in Cincinnati
Toll of Fifteen in
Kansas City.

Arrests of agitators against regdstra-
ton for the selective draft continued
throughout the country yesterday and
last night. Nine men were arrested in
Cincinnati. At Kansas City, where al
legged anti-conscription plots have been
made to cover Missouri and Kansas,
Government agents have arrested fifteen
members of organizations said to be
pledged to work against conscription.
At Detroit and Charleston. w. Va. and
at San Antonio, Tex. a dozen men who
were on their way to Mexico were
arrested.
CINCINNATI, June Mime men were
taken into custody by Federal Govern
ment agents and city detectives here
tonight in connection with the distribu-
ton Of anti-conscription literature.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. June Fifteen
arrests have been made here in the
Governments investigation of alleged
anti-consoription plots in Missouri and
Kansas. w. Z. Browder and Henry l.
Dole were taken into custody to-day.
increasing the number held In an al
legged plot to fifteen.
Dole was arrested in a printshop in
which 1t Is charged ne printed circulars
used by the organization known as the
Federation for Democratic Control, the
status Of which Is being inquired into by
Federal officers. p. J. McCann. alleged
member of the organization. walked into
the Federal Building and surrendered.
DETROIT, June 1.-Two more arrests
were made here to-day by Federal ofh-
GERS working on an alleged conspiracy
to interfere with the draft registration
Those arrested to-day are Morris Sugar
prominent in local Socialist circles, and
Samuel Diamond. a factory worker. Fed
| eral authorities now have fourteen men
| under arrest in connection with the al
| legged plot.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, June l. lson
Elkins and Babe Means. young farm
| ers. were arrested to-day py DepuI.
| United States Marshals at Davis Creek
w. va, and brought here, charged will
distributing seditious literature tendini
| to discourage military registration. TheN
| were held for a hearing before the Fed
eral Commissioner.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. June 1.-Federa
| agents yesterday and to-day arrested
more than a dozen young men seeking u
| cross into Mexican territory. The spe
| cifc charge, according to Robert Barnes
chief Of the Bureau Of Investigation. u
| seeking to eNaue military Tesistideioh
! Those under arrest, Mr.. Barnes said
| give their residences as Boston, New
York, Detroit and other points In tn
North and East.
| BosroN, June Am unidentified
| young man was beaten by crowd at {
recruiting rally on Boston Common to
day for refusing to remove his hat dur
ing the playing of THE Marseillaise.
He stood with the crowd, hat in hand
spangled Bann{r r" was played. A re
crtiting officer Is said to have demanded
his removal from the grounds and i'm
mediately he was attacked and beaten
Policemen took him to a nearby station
where his injuries were dressed He wa
not arrested.
wABENA, Wis, June Because o
alleged attempts TO discourage enlist
ments by telling applicants they wer
fools to make manure and cannon fod
der of themselves" Dr. Hugo Miller o
Laona, Wis, Government physician o.
an Indian reservation, was seized b.
citizens of Wabeno last night. throw
into the river, hauled out and forced I
march at the head Of parade throug
the centre Of the town carrying a.
American flag.
Before the parade ended DIR. Mile
was compelled to kneel, kiss the ma
and retract his utterances.