Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-12
THREE MEN REPORTED
IN OTTAWA WHO
DEfIED DRAFT
ARRESTS TO FOLLOW
NO MERCY WILL BE SHOWN VlO-
lATORS OF LAW AFTER THEIR
SE,zURE--ExPECTED COUNTY
WILL NOT PRODUCE MORE
THAN THIRTY STRIKERS.

Following upon the heels of advces
received from Springfield to arrest
all siackefs who either refused OF
failed unintentionally to register on
June ., Sheriff Davis and his staff
OF aids today will begin clean sweep
Of the county in quest of several re.
calcitrants who are known 20 have
ignored the draft and still persist in
their determination not to submit
themselves to the government for
prospective service In its armed
forces
AS soon as the sheriff organizes his
campaign il is expected that police of
iicers OF various towns Of the county
will be instructed to make thoro
canvas of their cities and towns for
shirkers II Is not Improbable that
every man appearing TO an officer as
an eligible, will be accosted and his
registration certificate demanded. In
cases where no cards can be produced
arrests will follow. As the law pro.
vides for no other alternative but ar
rest tor term Of one year, then fol
lowed by registration. 1t is expected
that the local county jail will begin to
see the influx of slackers within the
next few days.
Word that arrests must be made
Is proof positive that the registration
stay has been closed Yesterday two
men, one from the north end OF The
county--a Norwegian by birsli--and
one from Streator AN Assyrian
peared before County Clerk Bach and
signed their cards. They explained
they were ignorant of the law and
thought because they were aliens reg
istration did not effect them They
were permitted, as there was no in
dicatons they had failed to register
after careful deliberation, to fill out
their cards and proceed upon THEN
way rejoicing.
Several Known Here.
II is limited In Ottawa that at least
three foreigners are marked for ar
rest for failure TO comply with the
registration laws. They will be amonr
the first to be placed under arrest and
made to explain their conduct. 9th
ers are charged with failure to regis
ter and when the sheritf's forces are
thorOly organized for their crusade
all rumors will be traced down.
The three men under suspicion arc
citizens of q neighboring country
They are known to the authorities anc
are also known to have failed in theil
D participation in registration duties
It Is believed that defiance prompted
them to deDort themselves as they
have and no clemency is to be showI
them should all the stories told o
them prove out.
Suspects In Streator
Strcator it Is believed, has SOM
who. failed to obey the federal man
date and In his investigation fer slack
ers the sheriff will make a careful SUI
vey of that city. II is not believes
La Sale, Mendoza, Peru or other lare
cities are harboring others Of tn
Stacker element. The registrations i
those cities. Judging by their Numbers
indicate the 2i-30 years population a
took part In the day and followed OF
federal instructions to the last lette
Not More Than Thirty.
II Is not expected that the sheriff
flne.toothed combing Of the count
will produce more than thirty who ar
unregistered, according to estimate
made by men well versed in censt
statistics. The county produced nca
ly thousand more over goyernmel
estimate and for this reason II Is b
lieved the number Of slackers To |
unearthed will be the lowest possib
minimum.
WOMAN 81 AVS SNAKE