Anti-Draft Agitators Charged With Treason Across States
In Missouri and Kansas nine men and two women were arrested for anti-draft activity. A former school teacher and a physician linked to politics were among those detained. Forty others face charges. two men seeking an injunction were denied. New York students, Boston, and other areas report circulation of anti-draft material. DoJ investigates and warns treason will be punished with death.
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Missouri
Kansas
Congress
Treason Charges Filed Over Anti Registration Plot in Columbus
United States District Attorney Bolis filed treason charges against Ammon A. Hennacy Harry P. Townsley and Cecil W. Bailey after arrests in Columbus for anti registration activities. They faced $25 000 bonds and a Saturday preliminary hearing. A federal grand jury will be convened Tuesday.
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Columbus
United States
Bolis
Johnson
Ammon A. Hennacy
Ohio State University
Harry P. Townsley
Cecil W. Bailey
Old Wulnestro
East Columbus
John Lewis Hammond
Marietta
Coal Run
Washington County
Hennacy
Washington
D. C
Express
Young Men's Anti-Militaristic League
Missouri Men Arrested In Court For Injunction Attempts
Federal agents arrested six men and one woman in Kansas City and three more in Topeka as part of anti conscription plot probes. Raymond Moore and Thomas Sullivan failed to obtain an injunction against Governor Gardner's registration enforcement. Judge Bird denied the petition. Moore's wife Leonora Warneson is among those held.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Topeka
Raymond J. Moore
Thomas Sullivan
F. D. Gardner
Daniel Bird
Chrcit
J. D. Showalter
Secret Service
Moore
Leonora Warneson
Three Students and Barnard Woman Charged in Anti Militia Circulars
Federal agents arrested Owen Cattell Charles Phillips and Eleanor Parker all Columbia and Barnard affiliates for circulating disloyal anti conscription material. Bond set at 1500 each. Parker executive secretary of the Collegiate Anti Militarism League with members across top colleges including Yale Harvard Princeton and others. The pamphlet condemned the draft and urged refusal to register for conscription.
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Tarism League
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
Oberlin
Amherst
Radcliffe
Bryn Mawr
Boston
South Station
Haverhill
Newburyport
Barnard
Collegiate
New York
Columbia College
Barnard College
United States
Owen Cattell
James McKeen Cattell
Garrison
N. Y
Charles B. Phillips
Eleanor Wilson Parker
Federal District Attorney's Office
Syracuse
Hobart
Pennsylvania
Town
Nevada
Leland Stanford
Rutgers
Miss Parker
Collegiate Anti-Militarism League
Teachers clash with school board over anti enlistment notes
A teacher faced authorities after writing anti enlistment mottoes on a classroom blackboard. Also arraigned were Elea Lu boshev a photographer and H D Kleinschmidt of Corder Mo in default of bonds of 5000 each. In Topeka Dr Eva Harding suffragist leader and ex congressional candidate Ike Gil berg Fred Felten and Ernest Newman were arrested in the anti conscription probe.
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Elea Luboshev
H. D. Kleinschmidt
Corder
Topeka
Eva Harding
Congress
Ike Gilberg
Fred Felten
Ernest Newman
Anderson Warns Draft Resistance Treason, Prosecutions Soon
U S District Attorney Anderson declared all efforts to discourage army draft registration as treason and punishable. He spoke after anti draft circulars appeared at South Station and in public streets near Currier square Haverhill Market square Newburyport and near Sears Roebuck on Merrimac Street. Police trace the propaganda to anarchists and will monitor suspicious individuals while DOJ agents investigate authorship and distribution.
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Department of Justice
United States
Anderson
South Station
Currier Square
Haverhill
Market Square
Newburyport
Sears, Roebuck Company
Merrimac Street
United States District
Rocky Mountain National Park trip offer from Rock Island Lines
Advertisement promoting Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park as a vacation destination. It advertises a round trip fare from Chicago of 39.50, links to Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak region, and invites readers to request illustrated travel literature from Rock Island Travel Bureau Boston. Safety and service emphasized.
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Department of Interior
United States
New
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park
Colorado
Denver
Rock Island
Chicago
Park
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Rock Island Travel Bureau
Old South Bidg
Boston
S. L
Arrest and prosecution vow urged by federal authorities
A United States Attorney and a U.S. Marshal threaten immediate arrest and prosecution of movement supporters. They warn thousands of militia and national forces under Governor and General Edwards would back police in strict enforcement of federal law.
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Edwards
George W. Anderson
United States
John J.” Mitchell
Parents Arrested in Murder of Loretta Wakelin
Police say Loretta Wakelin vanished after a school day and was later found dead. Authorities allege the child's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wakelin, are involved, while neighbors dispute timings of the discovery and statements given to police. State officer Silas P. Smith signals a strong case against the Wakelins.
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Thorities
Mr. Wakelin
Loretta
Wakelin
Silas P. Smith
Son Strikes Back at Arresting Officers in Melrose Case
State Police officers Silas P. Smith and Thomas F. Eustace led the arrest with Melrose Police Chief George E. Kerr and Patrolman Doherty. Mrs. Georgie Merrill, the Malden police matron, accompanied the officers during the arrests.
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Silas P. Smith
Thomas F. Eustace
George E. Kerr
Doherty
Melrose Police
Georgie Merrill
Malden
Boston Records Mark Large May Army Enlistments
Boston's army recruiting for May closed with 1372 men sent to training posts the largest figure for any regular service enlisting in the city. Two months' total reached 1880 men enlisted for army schooling. National Guard drives show rising numbers as Sixth and Second Infantry prepare camps for rookie recruits in Concord Springfield and Framingham.
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Boston
National Guard
Adjutant-General’s
Concord
Springfield
Framingham
William P. Wooten
Barristers’ Hall
New Haven
Maine Central
Waterstreet
Navy recruits surge as training restarts hubwide
Navy recruitment expanded across the hub area after a slump, with renewed efforts despite orders directing sailors such as yeomen apprentice seamen hospital corpsmen bakers and landsmen to return home for training. This move aims to bolster manpower as training continues amid ongoing personnel shifts.
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Navy
Kansan Socialist Governor Candidate Arrested in Draft Conspiracy
Professor George W. Klethege, Socialist candidate for Kansas governor in 1914, was arrested in Lawrence on a war rant charging conspiracy related to agitation against the selective draft law. He is being brought to Topeka.
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Hansan
Topeka
Kan
George W. Klethege
Kansas
Lawrence
Klethege
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