The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-13
New York Jury Enters First Con-
viction of Army Shirk-
erS.
FIRST DRAWING ON JULY /
Warrants Issued for Six Men at NIL.
Waukee Who Failed to Register
for Army Draft-SIacker
Shot.
ARRESTS MADE IN DAY.

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Chisholm, Minn ................. 9
Bralnerd, Mimi. .................
Washington, June 13.-President
Wilson, who now has under considera-
tiOn the regulations for exemption
from military service, expects to
initiate the firstI3Eawing Of names for
the selectfv6 draft about July 1, ac-
cording to information obtained at the
White House.,
The regulations governing the en-
tire process Of selecting the young men
who are to go to the European battle
fields will be issued in a few days and
then will follow the appointment of
the local and district exemption
boards.
With complete registration returns
received from 38 states and the Dis
trict Of Columbia indications are that
the registration will III over 100000
and may approximate 100000, mas
much as heavy registrations are
looked for in Pennsylvania and 'Massa-
chusetts.
Indications also are that the total
number of men registered who have
offered themselves without indicating
any cause for exemption from military
service and who will not be liable to
exemption except for physical causes
will approximate 100000.
Antidraft Men Guilty.
New York, June 13.-Louis Kramer
and Morris Becker, anticonscription-
lists, who proudly acclaimed themselves
anarchists opposed to all governments,
were found guilty Of conspiracy in the
federal district court. A third defend
ant, Joseph Walker, was acquitted.
The jury deliberated two hours. The
specific charge was that the defend
ants conspired to persuade men Of con-
script age not to register under the Sc
lective draft law by distributing litera-
ture at Socialist meeting.
Registration in Five States.
Reports on registration by states
during the day were as follows:
INDIANA Z04,Sbo
South Dakota .............. 5S,O14
MlcnlSah ......' oGA,oIA
New York ..................1 i, ,O36,573
Idaho 4l,15O
Six at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, June 13.-Warrants
were issued for six persons who failed
to register under the selective draft
act in Milwaukee. Others, it is ex-
pected, will follow from day to day.
Stacker Is Shot
Virginia, Minn., June 13. = Nick
Luona, aged twenty-eight, and an l.
W. W., was shot in the back here by
Patrolman Pickle of the local force
while running away from arrest on a
charge of being Stacker. He is ex-
pected to recover.
Twenty-SiX arrests for failure to
register have been made In and about
Virginia and the list is expected to
reach so. Nine were arrested at
Chisholm. Seven are held at Brainerd.
all said to be members of the 1. W. w.
Editor Is Arrested.
ST. Paul, Minn., June 13.-Edward
BOski, editor of the Referendum at
Fairbault, Minn., was arrested here
by a federal agent on a charge of
printing articles discouraging enlist
ment. He was indicted by the federal
grand jury recently.
Draft Evaders Rounded Up.
Dallas, Tex, June 13.-Federal
agents were securing several West
Texas counties seeking TO arrest those
of the 55 men indicted by the United
States grand jury for alleged seditious
conspiracy who have not yet been
taken into custody.
1900 Socialists to Surrender.
Minneapolis, Mimi, June 13.-Eleven
thousand unregistered men in Mime
apolis and st. Paul will begin a fight
against the draft by surrendering to
federal officials in a big demonstration,
Abe Sugarman, secretary of the state
Socialist party, announces. He de-
clared 1000 failed to register in Min.
neapolis and 1000 in st. Paul. Sugar
man has been the leader of anticon-
scription activities here. He recently
confounded government agents who ar
rested him following his announced In
tention not to register by producing
registration card
Thirty-Three Aliens Arrested.
Leadville, Colo, June 13.-Thirty-
three aliens were arrested by the sher-
iff here on charges of having refused
to register under the selective draft
act. Two of the men are Mexicans.
The others are from southeastern Eu-
rope.