Government lays out selective service guidelines
The article details exemptions, training camps, and deadlines for the draft process. It notes no broad exemptions and says men will be drafted into training camps by September 1, possible early final selections, and higher bail for those obstructing registration. It covers enforcement, international registrations, and communications from the Justice Department and other agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
Gregory
Department of Justice
Tisbourgh
Penn
America
Washington
Committee On Public Information
Departments of War, State, and Justice
T of State
Draft agitation arrests and anti-draft actions across cities
Boston reports John Scerenski charged with advising two draft-age men not to register with Charles Barkus and Stanley Collis summoned as witnesses. Scerenski remanded in $5,000 bail. New Haven sees Anthony Carroll arraigned on anti conscription and sedition charges with bail set at $5,000. New Britain notes authorities seeking anti draft literature distributors, Bristol reports similar handbills. Minneapolis records Charles Dieba, a Socialist born in Russia, arrested for anti draft resolutions adopted before the draft law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John Scerenski
Charles Barkus
Stanley Collis
Scerenski
United States
New Haven
Conn
Anthony Carroll
Wright
Carroll
New Britain
Bristol
Minneapolis
Charles Dieba
National Socialist Convention
St. Louis
Pars Dieba
Russia
Leonard D. Abbott
L W. W
Abbott
Kane, Jr
Berty
Peter
Kane
Fort Totten
Law and
Robert H. Hutchinson
Liberty
Record of New York City Registration Day amid war mobilization
Borough wide registration drive details in New York City with Mayor Mitchell and National Defense leaders coordinating in city hall and parks. Describes mobilization of National Guard, police rings, and church and school ceremonies across boroughs to encourage men to register and fulfill draft duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Boyle
Mitchel
Menory “ City
Ark
Nere
New Pork
New York
United
National Security League
Arion Sesersays
The
Temple M.— Assembly
Union Squre
Bes
Scholatorum
Columbia Chorus
Eese
Tors
the Cantorum
de George Wilson
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hebrew Orphan Asylum Band
Pares Hall
Parx
Brooklyn
Twenty-third Regiment
Roc Civic Credit Wroskiye
Board of Education
Greseepele
America
W. T Manning
Trinity Church
Boros
Oyle
United States
James W. Power
Godley
James Dillon
Brownsville
Miller Avenue
East New York
Williamsburg
Poplar Street
Marshal Power
Home Defense League
Edward Rieelmann
Uty
Coast Defense Rps
First Cavalry
Rooklyn
Jacob A. Livingston
New York City
East Side
Tammany Hall
George Gordon
James P. Holland
New York State Federation of Labor
Virginia Lee Welch
League of Foreign-Born Citizens
Second Avenue
Louis Marshall
Marshall
Alexander H. Spencer
Myor’s Council of National Defense
Archibald E. Stevenson
C. J. Teller
A. Bunker
Alfred E. Smith
Childs Ham
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Fercy Grant
Court Denies Writ in Habeas Corpus for Six Inmates
The United States Court of Appeals denied a habeas corpus petition by attorney J D Showalter of Kansas City seeking release for six inmates. The panel ruled the court lacked jurisdiction in the case arising from a controversy over restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
United States Court of Appeals
J. D. Showalter
Kansas City
Cheerman's Plea for Liberty Loan Rally
Oscar S. Straus presided at Cooper Union as leaders including Governor Edge of New Jersey and Mayor Mitchel urged support for the Liberty Loan. Speakers warned of danger to democracy, urged citizens to buy bonds, fund war needs, and back tax programs to propel the U S effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar S. Straus
Cooper Union
Alfred E. Smith
Tim Healy
Walter B. Othy
Edge
New Jersey
America
Mitchel
Caregie Hall
Charles W. Goordon
Ralph Connor
Russia
Dwight W. Morrow
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Reach Millions Across Firms
Mrs. Sage led with 2 million, followed by Rob ert Walton Goelet and the International Nickel Company each at 1 million. Fifth Avenue Bank's customers pushed totals to 3 million, with other notable sums from J Pr Benkard & Co and Indemnity Mutual Marine. Labor groups and railroads mobilized, with Taft’s group pledging 10 thousand and a wide union drive under way for Liberty Bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Wurlitzer
New York
Cincinnati
Montgomery Ward & Co
Chicago
Far Western Travelers Association, Inc
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
California
New Mexico
New York Stock Exchange
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Stock Exchange
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Alien B. Forbes
Liberty Ivan
Hugh Frayne
Apes
William Howard
Minneapolis
St. Paul & Saint Ale ‘Farie Railroad
Bonda
Ron
Hichmond, Frederick & Potomac Railway
Bay State saloons close on registration day
Boston June 4 liquor sale to be suspended statewide on registration day after Governor McCall's request. Liquor dealer associations announced plans to close establishments tomorrow to observe the election day law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
McCall
Four arrested after anti conscription meetings in Brownsville
Police and Home Defense League members broke up two anti conscription meetings in Brownsville Brooklyn near Congress Fails Atlantic Avenue Vermont Street and Independence Hall Osborne Street near Pitkin Avenue. Arrests included Louis Schaeffer 31 Prospect Place drafting student and others for disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Congress Fials
Atlantic Avenue
Vermont Street
Independence Hall
Osborne Street
Pitkin Avenue
Home Defense League of
Higgins
Louis Schaeffer
Prospect Place
Moses Kozin
Grafton Street
Morris
Stone Street
Liberty Avenue
Joles
Anna
Webster Hall
Abraham Shiplacoff
Assembly
Pat Quinlan
Quinlan
Kithu Root
Root
Aproval
Why We Fight Germany Says Lane on Registration Day
Secretary Lane declares the United States fights Germany in self defense and to protect liberty, after Belgium’s invasion and ships sunk. He ties the war to France England and Russia, calling feudalism an old enemy and urging universal registration as the nation moves to defend freedom and democratic rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Baltic
America
Europe
Washington
Lane
Ton
Belgium
Scarborough
United States
Mexico
Luge
Lancevin
Christa
Christ
Mahomet
Liége
Louvain
Cardinal Mercier
Bunker Hill
Lexington
Patrick Henry
Lafayette
England
Australia
New Zealand
Africa
Canada
Russia
Jefferson
Lincoln
Lusitania
Sussex
Neutaris
Bulgaria
Turkey
Operatic Bond Booth Opens as War Loan Drive Rises
Subscriptions pour in as Ralph Peters urges workers to back the War Loan. Pasquale Amato and Rita Fornia head the staff at the Times Operatic Bond Booth opening at Aeolian Hall. Times blanks handle payments from donors including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Fidelity Trust, with total subscriptions and bonds totaling substantial sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
Long Island Railroad
Ralph Peters
Pasquale Amato
Rita Fornia
Theetropolitan Opera Company
Chatham and Phents National Bank
Mildred Tischler
Ned W. Coombs
Federal Reserve Bank of New
Chicopee Fails Savings Bank
Chicopee Falls
Mase
Henrietta Carson Harris
Hart Lester Harris
Ambia Harris Harris
Harriet Octavia Harris
Hiram Maxfield Bank
Napies
N. C
George H. Wells
June P. Howse
Lle J. Lewis
J. Gordon Lewis
Fidelity Trust Company
Port
Carrie Ella Parker
Commonwealth Savings Bank of
New York City
New York Times
Treasury
Washington
D A R Will Aid Liberty Bond Sale
The Daughters of the American Revolution mobilize 96,000 members to back Liberty Loan bonds. Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey authorizes a nationwide appeal and letters reach hundreds of clerks mailing the message. The circular urges patriotic service by women alongside men to support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
Sentlemen
Baynes
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Thacher Guernsey
America
Ruth Law
Liberty Loan flight schedule outlined for Ohio to Missouri towns
The notice details a Liberty Loan event travel plan leaving Cleveland on June 5 for Alliance Warren Mansfield Toledo and other cities then routing to Chicago to promote bond subscriptions. It urges employers to report employee subscriptions for full allotment and cites New England district totals and Philadelphia area canvassing as progress updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Cleveland
Ohio
Alliance
Warren
Manailon
Mansfield
Toledo
Flint
Mich
Lincoo
Omaha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Orado
Kan
Bartieaville
Okla
Juplin
Webb City
Carthage
Juig
Springfield
Peoria
Chicago
Libert
Anarchists Muster Against Police at Hall Rally
A mass of anarchists confronts police at a Westchester Avenue hall as 196 officers and 150 guardsmen guard the venue. Leonard D. Abbott and Emma Goldman address the crowd while spectators clash with banners, bulbs explode, and calls for conscription protests echo through the hall.
Seven Indicted in Draft Conspiracy Cases
Seven individuals face federal indictments for conspiracy to urge men to refuse draft registration. Accused include Louia Kramer Hecker, Joseph Walker Sternburg Owen Cattell and related figures, along with Barnard College senior Eleanor Wilson Parker whose diploma is withheld pending trial. Indictments cover pamphlet circulation urging nonregistration and resistance if drafted. Bail amounts and court dates are noted for Kramer Walker Sternburg Parker Phillips Cattell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perma
Louia Kramer
Hecker
Joseph Walker
Sternburg
Owen Cattell
J. McK. Cattell
Charles
Cattell
Columbia
Eleanor Wilson Parker O' Park
Barnard Comege
United States
Mayer
Krame Sternburg
Walker
Phillies
Eindi Parker
Kramer
Phillips
Sioner Hitchcock
Stern Walker
Phillips and
Mias Parker
Winter Russell
Go Berkman No- Cottt
Bertram Samuels
Paso
Parker Ionger
Miss
Elis Island
Ruth Law Circles Cleveland Dropping Liberty Bond Literature
Ruth Law flew a biplane from Nela Park Cleveland at 5000 feet dropping Liberty Loan materials over the lake front and city districts. Thousands watched as she circled the city twice and returns to base. tomorrow Misa Law will begin a ten day tour for the bond campaign and a locomotive engineers group reports a large bond subscription from Warren Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ruth Law
Nela Park
Lake Front
Misa Law
Middle West
Warren 3. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Minnesota Liberty Loan subscriptions exceed state goal
ST PAUL Minn June 4 Minnesota's subscriptions to the Liberty Loan will from all present indications exceed the 44 000 000 assigned to the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Attentive Market Sparks Buying Surge
The era sees heightened consumer focus on purchases as advertising drives strong sales. Shoppers respond quickly to persuasive campaigns, testing products and seeking value in a buoyant market.
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Adoo
Vale
Atlantic
Newport
New England
Joan
Mme Frances Alda
H. Waterbridge
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. McAdoo
Bay State
McCall's
Organization
Neral
Frederic N. W Witiey
Fuites St., Breohire, N.Y
National Shawmut Bank
Phoenix National Bank of
Hartford
Hartford-Aetna National of
Artford
American Trust Colony of
Second National Ban of
U States Bank of Hartford
Yale National Bank of New Haven
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Fidelity Trust
Chapin Natonal Portland
S Bank of Springeld
Citizens of
Hudson
Town of Stoughton
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Reserve Bank
Wree
Westchester Avenue
Bimpson Street
Cray
Coast Defense Regiment
William M. Offley
Cret Service
New York District
Attor Knox
Harold A. Conneys
John C. Kent
Thomas Pd. McCarthy
United States Army
Navy
Thorities
Mother Yuster
Ander Berkman
Berkman
Emma Goldman
Hem
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