The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-31
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youths who have told us they have
conscientious scruples against mill
partment to make provision for their
exemption
| Among the active organizers of
this union are L. Hollingsworth
| Wood, of the Society of Friends !;
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Rev. Nor
man NJ, Thomas. President Harry of
Wood, Scott Nearing of Toledo and
Edmond C. Evans of Philadelphia.
Hundreds of conscriptable youths
today sought employment in navy
yards, munitions plants and other
places where the laborers will not
be taken for trench fighters.
The No-Conscription league will
put most of its efforts, Emma Gold.
man said today, ION Chicago, San
Francisco, Cleveland, Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh. Detroit and Buffalo"
The league claims four thousand
members in Chicago.
In Middle West.
CHICAGO. May 31.-Federal op-
eratives in the middle west were GEN.
tering their drive against the nation
wide anti-conscription plot in Wiscon-
sin today.
A federal grand jury will be called
in Milwaukee or Madison within the
next few days, and, perhaps both. to
investigate various ramifcations of
the alleged plot, it is stated. Scores
OF indictments are expected in those
two cities.
In addition to the branch of the in
yestigation bureau recently opened in
Milwaukee, another has been estab-
lished in Madison, it was announced
today by Hinton G. Clabaugh, special
investigator in charge of this work in
Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michi- |
gan.
Clabaugh refused to say anything |
reported arrests in Mil |
waukee or Chicago. 1t Is known, |
however, that four men and two WON |
IN are still in custody Of federal Off |
Gals in this city.
Three Arrests Made.
NEW YORK, May 4 31.-Three ar |
'ssts were made here today as depart
nent of justice agents continued their
Of anti-conscripdonists
Owen Cattell, Columbia university
student and son of Prof. Mckay Cat
ell, of Columbia; Chas Francis Phil.
ips, also a student, and Eleanor Will i
on Parker We're taken into custody
~ government agents. They are
harged with participating ina con-
nfrarr ir6IIna hat ,
ges of 81 and 80 not to register June 4
The government charges they are
ppointed members of a committee to /:
irculate literature against conscrip- .
ion at meeting held May s. They :
hen had a circular headed will Won L
e drafted?" printed and circulated. /
While the roundup of these anti
onscriptionists was in progress.
peakers at the meeting Of the First +,
american Congress for Democracy (
nd Terms of Peace were bitterly de- {
the selective service law {
The conscription act is both i'm 6
loral and unconstitutional" asserted i
taniel kefer, prominent Cincinnati t
ingle taxer II
Before kiefer started his address, a
r. Juda l.. Magnes invited anv sec.
ct service men that might be present /
step upon the platform. Il
In the course of his attack On con- a
cription kiefer said: I
The first duty of drafted citizen s
TO appeal to the courts for protec- b
on for his constitutional rights"
He said it would be impossible to s
'rce democracy on Germany because n
lie first fight democracy must win t
the fight against CONSUMPTION. We e
IN have real democracy here only [
hen we are as ready for it as Russia
His declaration that the nation is
eing Prussianfzed evoked particular
loud shouts OF approval, in which
omen led. =
Rev. Richard w. Hogue, director of e
lie Civic Forum, Baltimore, spoke on a
lie danger, which he claimed was
lreatening American liberties as
suit of war
Il
Another Copperhead. hi
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May Siam s,
on Hennacy, "a, was arraigned here 1t
arIy today and is held for federal e,
lthorities for distributing anti-mili-
ry literature. Columbus today was Il
CODED with dodgers and stickers urs- lr,