Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-06-06
ANTI.DlAFT ADVOCATES HELD.
Federal Authorities in Middle Nr8t
Arrest Alleged Anti-Conscrtptiou


ticipants in alleged anti-conscrlptl,n
plots. Four men and one woman
were taken into custody here and
three other men and woman we're
arrested in Topeka.
Two of those arrested here-Kay-
mond l. Moore and Thomas Sul!iyan
earlier in the day had sought UA-
successfully to obtain an injuuaton
to prevent Governor Gardner au1
other officials from enforcing the -
| istration next Tuesday.
Judge Bird, Of the Circuit Co. {.
had denied all points in their pol
ton. and their attorney, J. y. s.a-
| walter, was obtaining a certified .s-
peal petition when secret sel.. .sp
agents arrested them In the Goa q.
house.
Rapidly the Federal authoritina .-
rested five others, two Of whom I.#Y
were released OF the additir T
three held, one was Moore's wife nn
was Miss Leonora Warnson, tie ...
flict with school board auth8rf
here recently after she had wri 90
ant-enlistment notices on the ni...-
boards Of her school-room. The 81 .U
two were Flea Luboshey, a photo a.
pher, and II. ID. Kleinschmidt, OF .
der, Mo. They were arraigned bvsuua
the Federal commissioner and l@d
in default Of bonds Of $1,000 caca
Those arrested In Topeka wery us.
Eva Harding, Of that city, who ra.
Gently was an independent can0 iiatu
for Congress; Ika Gilberg, Fred 'rat-
ten and Ernest Newman They wore
taken into custody in connection With
the investigation of an alleged anti
conscription meeting held at Top
Sunday night
The five held in Kansas City were
charged specifically with having t,3-
tributed circulars urging non CON j.,
ance with the draft registration, " III
having conducted a public nice gg
adverse to conscription, and witt! nay
ing written letters advising persons
against enrolling under conscrip,inn
acts. Their attorney announce AZ
he would go to st. Louis to-nisht TO
institute habeas corpus proccoii@Ea
| in their behalf.
Judge Bird "upheld the drafl 'aw,
characterizing 1t as the best and nbs,
oN2iont means 70 raise an al ny faGt
eF"l Mad been trisi M thia 1uDjry
&hewolt@r hed declared St9,s 80 No
aud c!ry officials could uot {. ~ out
the draft provisions because they
would act thus as Federal oilciols
Judge Bird held such service to 1e
legal during war.
Three Arrests i'm Ohio
Columbus, May 31.-A gigantic
plot. with national headquar, ors in
this city, organized to induce goung
men Of military age all over inc Uni
ted States to refrain from reg 5Luring
for cOnscription next Tuesdty, has
been uncovered by State and GOVERN
ment secret service agents, accord.
ing to announcement made hhis at-
ternoon by Governor Cox.
Details of the plot, whica was
said to have extended into many
States, became known when Unitod
States marshals raided a print shop
and office at III II South H!3h
street, where practically all Of the
propaganda literature was printed
and distributed. 1t was stated that
the plot appeared to be we'll financed
and we'll organized.
Three men already are under ar
rest in 'this city in connection with
the plot. They include Ammon Hen
macy, graduate Of Ohio State Uni
versity, and Albert Valnisper, a car
builder, who are alleged to have dis
tributed anti-conscription literature
Conspiracy Nipped in New York.
New York, May 31.-Owen Cattell
and Chas. r. Phillips, described as
Columbia University students, and
Eleanor Wilson Parker, a telephone
operator, were to-day arrested by
agents Of the Department Of Justice
charged with being engaged in q con-
spiracy to spread anti-conscription
sentiment.
The complaint against them al
lcges that as committee appointed
AZ an onti-cOnscrintiOp ,neatin p 'hol n
on May Sth they went to a printing
establishment on May "a with man
uScrint folders containing anti-con-