Pacifist Students Resist Draft Registration in 1918
Three Columbia and King’s Square radicals linked to The Challenge and pacifist groups were arrested in New York for anti draft conspiracy after distributing a circular urging men not to register on June 5. The trio Cattell Parker Phillips faced bail set at 1500 dollars each, with authorities confirming continued vigil by federal and local officials.
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Columb
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Mazer
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James
Asbury Park
Washington Place
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Dana
George
Viereck
Samuels
James W. Dey
Hose
Knox
Rome
Charles J. Phillips Cat
Owen Cattell
Columbia
Eleanor Wilson Parker
Barnard
United States
Five more held in draft unrest crackdown
Federal authorities arrested five others amid anti conscription activity. Among those held were Moore's wife Leonora Warneson a public school teacher, photographer Elen Luboshev and It D Kleinschmidt of Corder Missouri. Arraigned in Topeka were Eva Harding Ike Gilbers Fred Felten and Ernest Newman. They face charges of distributing anti draft circulars and holding a meeting opposing conscription. Their lawyer will seek habeas corpus in St Louis.
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Elen Luboshev
D. Kleinschmidt
Corder
Topeka
Eva Harding
Cori Leress
Ike Gilbers
Fred Felten
Ernest Newman
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St. Louis
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Madge Bird
Showalter
Judge Bird
15000 Gather for Peace Rally and Anti Draft Circulars Arrests
A crowd of 15000 gathered at Madison Square Garden for a pacifist mass meeting demanding no indemnity war aims and urging Wilson to declare the rights of conscientious objectors. Five arrestees, allegedly distributing Emma Goldman’s anti-draft circulars, faced charges that may become treason. police stationed guards with heavy force, while recruits and others urged peace at any price.
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Madi Square Garden
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Pacific Brotherhood
Freeisi
Pacifist rally clashes as conscription debate erupts
A large crowd gathers at Mallcon Square Park for a pacifist meeting. Police, federal officials, and armed guards control access as speakers defend conscience objection to the draft. Union leaders and reform voices push for a People’s Council to influence peace terms and oppose conscription while warning against constitutional violations.
Seekers of Injunction Against Registration Fall Into Federal Toll
Federal authorities in Western Missouri and Kansas arrested four men and one woman in Kansas City and three more men and a woman in Topeka as part of anti conscription actions. Raymond J. Moore and Thomas Sullivan failed to win an injunction to block Governor Gardner and other officials from enforcing registration next Thursday. Bird, of the city, was not located.
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Topeka
Raymond J. Moore
Thomas Sullian
Covernor F. D. Gardner
Bird
Treason Charges Filed Against Three Columbus Prisoners
United States District Attorney Bolin filed treason charges against Atomon Hennacy Harry Townsley and Cecil Bailey in Columbus for anti registration plots. Each pleaded not guilty and are held on 26000 bonds awaiting a Saturday preliminary hearing. A federal grand jury will convene Tuesday to probe arrests. Two more suspects were nabbed in Marietta for anti registration literature dispersion.
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Unie
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Bolin
Columbus
Atomon Hennacy
Ohio State University
Harry E. Townsley
Cecil W. Bailey
Marietta
Coal Run
Washington County
Hennacy
Young Sen
Anti-Militariatien League
Labor Council Opposes Draft Statute in Seattle
Seattle labor leaders vote after Carpenters Union resolutions opposing the selective draft law. Hulet M. Wells, former council president, faces grand jury scrutiny over conduct. Washington dispatch notes widespread union backing and tension within the council during the address.
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Teague
Man Accused of Running From Draft Brought Back
Frederick W. Way of San Francisco was taken from the Pacific Mail liner San Juan fifty miles off the California coast by federal authorities in a draft enforcement case. Officials say Way was headed to Mexico to avoid service and was taken aboard a U S coast cutter. he formerly lived in Germany. Washington announced steps to prevent men subject to registration from leaving the country before June 5 to curb draft evasion.
Army Exemption Sought for Asylum Attendants
The American Medien Psychological Association adopted a resolution urging the War Department and the Council of National Defence to exempt asylum attendants from army service while on duty at hospitals. The move notes that over 60 percent are of conscription age and drafted care would paralyze treatment of the insane. A second resolution urged tougher recruit examinations to exclude those with mental disorders.
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Hotel Astor
War Department
Council of National Defence
Fenni Wood Williams
National Committee On Mental Hygiene
Pacifists at Meeting Here Plan U S Labor Council Like Russia
Pacifists gathered at the London Theatre for the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace challenging the conscription law amid DoJ warnings of arrests. Speakers urged repeal, fearing loss of civil rights and potential martial law for those registering next Tuesday. The session, stormy and heated, referred resolutions to a committee while a permanent pacifist propaganda body was formed with James H. Maurer as organizer.
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Emergency Peace Federation
People’s Council
Governo 1
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Acta
Friends of Democracy and Liberty
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Department of Justice
Russia
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Pennsylvania
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Sire
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Ware Dennet
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July Wheat Falls To $1.94 a Bushel
Chicago May 31 reports July wheat fell under 82 a bushel and closed at 1.94 dollars a bushel, a drop of 15.89 cents from the previous price. The market showed broad declines with traders noting pressures from harvest progress and weather conditions.”
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Flour Prices Follow Wheat as Trade Board Tightens Rules
Price trends show flour moving in step with wheat after restrictive regulations by the Board of Trade two weeks earlier. Bakers did not push for bread price reductions despite the shift in costs.
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Extel
Vernon Castle Injured in Practice Flight Crash
Ottawa reports a Mohawk camp practice flight at Deseronto Ontario ended in a crash. Aviation Cadet Fraser of Winnipeg was killed after an engine failure and explosion. Lieutenant Vernon Castle, famed New York dancer and aviation instructor, escaped with minor injuries as the aircraft struck a building. Fraser was burned in the plane.
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