The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-14
TWO MEN UNDER SUSPICION
One Negro Flees to Gary, Indiana, and
Local Officers Order Ills Arrest There
One Member of National Guard
Registered Tuesday Face Prison.

The police department. of the city
late Tuesday afternoon received the
formal orders from the Kenosha Regis
tration Board to START out and look for
"slackers' and every officer Of the
force was instructed to demand regis
tration cards from any man who might
be suspected. The formal order to the
police department. was from Chairman
Dan O. Head and Secretary A. r.
Davies Of the registration board and
the police were directed to arrest and
hold in custody all men of military
service age who could not produce
registration cards. One man was pick
ed up ON Tuesday night who did not
have a registration card, but it was
found that he was regularly enlisted as
a member Of one Of the Wisconsin
National Guard companies in Kenosha
and he was directed to register at
ONCE. It is not expected that he will
be turned over to the federal officials
as he convinced the police officers and
the members Of the registration board
that he had not registered on account
of the fact that he was already sworn
in for army service. He showed will
ingness to sign a registration card at
once and declared that he was deeply
sorry if he Rad transgressed any of the
rules or regulations. One Kenosha
negro who is known not to have regis
tered, is alleged to have fed to Gary,
Indiana, and police officers in that city
have been instructed to arrest him and
hold him for the Kenosha officials.
It is thought that there is a consid-
cradle number Of unregistered men in
Kenosha Lists made on registration
day have been checked with the lists
prepared before the registration was
taken and there are lot of names
missing from the list Of men subject
to the draft. Police officers will seek
out every one Of these men with a view
Of forcing registration first. Registra-
tion will not make these men immune
from arrest, as the orders Of the police
are to hold every one of the men sub
ject to the orders of the federal gov
eminent and the punishment to be given
these men will be measured out in the
United States Court at Milwaukee,
.There is no alternative for local
officials but action, declared the
members Of the registration board to-
day. "We have direct orders from
the department. of war to secure the
arrest Of every man Of the prescribed
age who is not registered. Registra-
ton now will not save him The gov
eminent gave many days Of grace for
these men to get under the registration
law and in Kenosha some twenty men
were given this privilege during the
past week. We have no evidence that
men have wilfully refused to register.
It is Just possible that a few Of them
were forgetful and that after the day
for registration passed they decided
that they could get away without
registering. We want to ask regis
tered men to comply cheerfully with
the demand OF the police for their
credentials. This is entirely lawful
and any man who fails to show
his registration card on demand will
be subject to immediate arrest
Federal agents are expected to ar
rive here in day or two to give more
definite instructions to the police and
the registration board as to the manner
of handling cases of non-registration.
Within few days the complete list
Of men registered in Kenosha will
have been written UP and published and
after this it is expected that many men
will be located who failed to register