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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
11
Disorder reported in parts of the city with only one arrest. Registration tabulations show youth enlisting in the navy and other services, lowering expected numbers and prompting officials to reassess draft board performance. One man, Gamuel Sultan, 14 East 15th Street, detained briefly before arraignment.
A report notes 35 806 new registrations as men who turned 21 in the last year registered yesterday in New York City. Officials explain age verifications and the impact of the Washington work order for spruce production and airplane parts.
Officials announce a firm stance on registration with 24 000 to 28 00 young men in the city expected to enlist or be drafted. A strict line on slackers vows no deferred classification and immediate induction for those who fail to register or mail in their cards.
Lucien Muratore will serve as soloist with the French Military Band for its first Carnegie Hall concert conducted by Gabriel Pares of the Garde Republicaine. The Duncan Dancers with George Copeland to perform at Neighborhood Playhouse starting tomorrow under Miss Lewisohn. Bruno Huhn co conducted Bartholomew's Church choir in a Camp Merritt, New Jersey war songs concert last Tuesday.
Washington reports Provost Marshal Crowder ordered 200000 more registrants to mobilize between June 24 and 28, raising total selective service to 1505704. Negro registrants totaling 40000 will entrain May 20 to 25 from southern states, with quotas set for New Jersey Camp Dix and Pennsylvania Camp Sherman.
Local Board 110 led by Arthur L. Rosenfeld with five soldiers and three detectives raided Broadway cafés in New York. It targeted men without classification cards, detaining dozens at the Forty-seventh Street Police Station. One arrestee, Charles Johnson of Verona, N.J., faced desertion charges. By midnight sixty five had been taken in. United States Marshal McCarthy arrived surprised by the scale of the arrests.
In Henrietta Oklahoma reports say Creek Indians rose against the draft after three white farmers were killed. About 200 Creek from the Hickory stamping grounds armed themselves and sought refuge, exchanging shots with Home Guard as authorities fear future clashes. A Creek woman linked to pro German propaganda is said to have urged resistance and to have influenced draft-age Snake Band members to evade registration.
The first opening of the season is Mark Swan's farce She Walked in Her Sleep premiering at the Playhouse on Aug 12 with Hale Hamilton and a starry cast. Seats for the first Folllea formance go on sale at New Amsterdam Theatre this afternoon at 4. Why Worry a Montague Gless Jules Eckert Goodman comedy will debut early in August with Fannie Brice in the lead. A thousand sailors and soldiers attended last night’s Getting Together at the Shubert Theatre. Seats will be auctioned at the Ritz Carlton this afternoon for a Metropolitan Opera House concert next Monday night with Ethel Barrymore and other stars among the bidders.
James R K Garfield and Nelson Rhoades, after talks with the Mexican Government on oil, leave for the United States to secure data for a commission agreement. They will pass Tampico to study conditions and renew discussions in Mexico City. Secretary Nieto says an agreement should be reached as talks progress smoothly. A surge of workers heads to the border as industries suspend. thousands seek U S jobs while the government acts to protect farms from depredation.
Thirteen drunken Germans attacked the American Club in Mexico City. A six-foot Georgia negro man held a post at the second trench line, forcing a withdrawal of reinforcements including British from a café. Eight-inch shells drove the attackers back, with three Germans taken prisoner as police hold. Allies resumed celebrations for King George's birthday afterward.
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