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Show CORLESS ROUNDS UP ALLEGEDJLAGKERS More Than 300 Caught in Raids on Downtown Resorts, Arrests lo the number of were made in tlie course of a scrios ,of raids carried out by tweni,' deputies r the sheriff's office .last r.'r Si, hi , i.ich practically every pool roono, cafe and soft drink parlor par-lor in tbe nit1 was searched Tor slackers. The raids hud been carefully idanned by Sheriff John S. Corlcss a;:d wore under thS immediate ' supervlc. on of Chief Criminal Crim-inal Deputy Thomas Burbidse, assisted by Deputies W. E. ??choppe and C. C Carstenjien as heads o fnuods. According to Dcpn; . Schonpe's report, more than thirty plar.; ivjic'e men c:ou-prepate c:ou-prepate were visited, and everyone found therein who was of an aee eligible for draft, and who could not give a pood and sufficient account of himself, was taken to the sheriff's office for investigation. Of the total number taken Into custody, all but twenty-seven we-rn released at midnight, the remainder being" men who are employ ed about the city In curious capacities and were aide to find rcputa-' ble friends or employers willing to vouch for their appearance tomorrow, when a thorough investigation will be made into tbe status of each one, in so far as concerns con-cerns I'cistrat Ion for draft purposes. Afore than "00 of the tot:il number arrested ar-rested wem. found to be Mexicans, Aus-trians Aus-trians and Greeks, and most of them were supplied with registration cards, but. it is said that after they were; duly registered in other fiia.tos they niovcil mvay without the formality of notifying their respo-.( iv draft hoards of their chancre of address 1 arii- iheir future plncc of residence. When searched at the jail, every one ; of the Greeks, Mexicans and Austrian ,v.as found to be plentifully supplied with 1 money, and only one individual of tlie entire number was "flat brotto." The 1 moneyless pprson Gave the name 'John ; S. lYu-less," but said that he was not re-i re-i lated to the sheriff. j John F- Sheohan, who wns arrested hv the polire a week or ten days ng0 HH aM i alleged slai-ker, and who was reUjnscd i wiim he cl.i inied to hnvo rejcistreil a I. Ht.n.ioiT. C-onn., aod la tor joiner) t 1ms Hnitv at Jefferson ba ri-H.-'ks,' Missouri, after winch, he says, be was diKi-hflraed from the army fur reasons which he would not sifue. was amons those taken in the raids, and he is hein,' held at the 'ouniv .mil. Of tho t wonly-scven men hrld at the jail, but two are native Anu-rb van". Kadi or those who was released last uip;bt will be rpiiuirei-l to rc;iort io the !ierirr every i:i.- until their respective draTt boanU have been noiiiled of tlieir presence here and have had opportunity :o ant on the information sent them bv the local sheriiT's office. |