Evening star., 1917-06-01
DRAFT DIRECTORS
NABBED|NROUND-UP
Many Alleged Anti-Conscrip-
ton Conspirators Taken by
United States Agents.
MIDDLE WEST is CENTER

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. No. June MANY OBJ
iectors to the conscription law in Kansas
City and the surrounding territory are in
Jail today as the result of the ACTIVITY
during the last two days of federal
agents here and in Topeka, Lawrence
and olathe, Kan.
Twelve persons have been gathered in
by the government-six in this city, four
at Topeka and one each at Lawrence ana
olathe. Included in the list 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 designated by
the authorities as the leader of the local
objectors. She first attracted federal no
tice several months ago. when, as
teacher in the public schools, she wrote
anti-enlistment arguments on the black
board.
DIR. Harding is known throughout
Kansas, being the first woman licensed
to practice medicine in that state. She
was defeated for Congress at the last
general election, having been cand1-
date on an independent ticket.
Courts Kept Busy.
Federal courts here and at Topeka
were busy yesterday when the anti
conscriptionists were brought before
-e bar and charged with conspiracy
AGAINST the government. All pleaded
not guilty and all failed to give bond.
Four Of the men were arrested IN
local courtroom after their injunction
seeking to restrain the city and state
efy T6RtS-
tration June had been refused. They
were arraigned in the federal court
and the hearing was set for June Z.
The carrying of their case to the fed
by their attorneys following court ac-
ton yesterday.
Prof George W. Kleihege. socialist
candidate for Governor of Kansas in
1914. was arrested at Lawrence. He
was taken to Topeka for preliminary
hearing. Three other alleged agitators
will be taken into custody as soon as
they can be located, Federal District
Attorney Robertson announced.
In addition to DR.. Harding, Isaac
fsilberg, socialist; Fred Felten, garage
keeper. and Ernest Newman, carpenter,
were the Topekans arrested.
The arrests resulted from an investi-
CATION by federal secret agents under
the direction of Mr.. Robertson, which
has been in progress since Sunday,
when an alleged anti-draft meeting was
held in church at Topeka. All those
arrested took . leading part in that
meetfnx.
Columbus Plot Center.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 1.-More ar
fsstz, both IN Ohio and other middle
western states. were looked for today
Us state and federal officials in connec-
l8Aae4-conscription propaganda
- 1N4zAd here yesterday.
l4faS0zk Of raid by federal,
4 ggAuthorities on High
6dp. three men are under
! charged with treason.
Hed before United States
Is johnson each denied
a. 48ch was held under $3.50
1ba under arrest here are
nsz E9sh Bailey. '
Be4A1n with the alleged plot,
Jo1 is under arrest
in 4&rged with having dis
9eea AAtacconscription literature
3ng to. the authorities, colum-
% 01gH the nerve center of the
Scrfptaon plot. They charge
that aedaands ct posters and stickers
yzfng young men of military age not
70 register next Tuesday have been
printed and distributed from here. The
authorities say that Hennacy. a former
student at Ohio State University. has
anti-conscription literature.
Students to Be Arraigned.
NEW YORK, June Miss Eleanor
Wilson Parker. a senior at Barnard
College; Owen Cattell. a Columbia Uni
yersity senior. and Charles Francis
Phillips. former student at Columbia,
who were arrested yesterday charged
with conspiring to violate the selectiye
conscription law. are to be arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Hitchcock tomorrow for a preliminary
The students are members of an or
ganization known as the Collegiate
Anti-militarist League, and it was for
the alleged attempt to circulate a docu-
ment said to have been authorized by
the league. that they were taken into
custody by federal agents yesterday.
The document. 1000 copies of which
had been ordered printed, was on the
presses when the arrests were made.
The final proofs were seized
Pastor Pleads Guilty.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, June 1.-When
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Fl. s. Abbott, Rev. Charles 4.
man Methodist Episcopal Church, who
was arrested on charges of making Sc
ditious statements. pleaded guilty and
was bound over to the October grand
jury. Bail was fixed at $4,000.
Taken From Pacific Liner.
Los ANGELES. Cal. June l.-Fred-
erick W. Fay of San Francisco was
taken from the Pacific Mail liner San
Juan fifty miles of the California coast
yesterday by federal authorities In con-
nection with the enforcement of the
selective draft. United States officials
say Fay was on his way to Mexico to
avoid army service Fay was taken
aboard a United States coast cutter.
He formerly lived in Germany.
Anti-Draft Meeting Broken Up.
INDIANAPOLIS. June 1.-The nrst
protest meeting by anti-conscription-
lists in Indianapolis was nipped in the
bud last night before it had hardly got
under way. United States marshaIs
and secret service agents who ouistf
entered the hall where a cYoxd ~
thirty or forty persons had eathered
for an announced anti-draft msAtins
were recognised, and there WA Uttie
speechmaking. Upon the advice Of ths
federal ohicers the audience dtspersnd
but every person present. will b. kan}
under surveillance. A dHAnfafv ri
anti-conscription literature was con :
ascated.
Gift to Supplant Celebration.
CHICAGO, June There will be ne
Fourth OF July celebration in River.
France will have another ambulance
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