New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1917, Page 5

KIDNAPPED TARS 70 COLLECT FEE Men Held Until They: Are Booked As Deserters —_— New York, Aug. 29.—What is al- leged to have been a plot to defraud the United States government by kid- napping sailors on shore leave, detain- ing them under guard after their time was up and then collecting the money offered for the return of a straggler or deserted, was uncovered last night when Detectives Witenberg and Mc- Auliff of District Attorney Swann’s staft raided the offices of the Hamil- tan Detective Agency in the TFita- gerald building, at 182 Broadway, and arrested threc men found in the eight- room suitc which the agency occupied. Earlier in the day Alfred J. Talley, assistant district attorney, received a complaint from Captain S. “W. Brew- ster, judge advocate, who produced the testimohy of two sailors on trial in court martial on charges of deser- +ion, in which they swore that they had been arrested by a man named Iiden from the Hamilton Agency and econfined in an office until they had become deserters. Captain Brewster asked that an investigation be made into the situation. When the detectives assigned by Mr. Talley went to the Fitzgerald building they found that on one of the inner rooms of the suits occupied by the agency was lettered “Captain Harry A. Read.” Wittenberg was not permitted to search the offices, according to his story, and when he asked William : Hamilton, the head of the agency, to accompany him to the district attor- ney's office the latter said: “T am an ex-cop and you can't do anything to me. You'll have to walk over my dead body to get me.” Other Sailors Discovered. Wittenberg left his partner, Mec- Auliff, to watch while he telephoned to Mr. Tally for instructions. No sooner had he left than ’a man emerged from one of the inner offices | leading with him two sailors by the arm. “Where are you going with these men?” McAuliff said he asked. “I'm taking them to the movies,” was the reply. < McAuliff then placed the man, who gave his name as Joseph Glass, and the two sailors under arrest. The sail- ars sald they were Kenneth King, 16 yvears old, attached to the U.S. S Seattle, and Frank Phillips, a fireman. Ten minutes later Detective Witten- | berg returned accompanied by the re- serves from the West Forty-seventh street station and Hamilton submitted to arrest. They also arrested ‘‘Cap- tain” Read, who the detectives say ad- mitted that he was ‘‘merely captain of the Hamilton Detective Agency.” | Enroute to the district attorney's office, Wittenberg said Hamilton | boasted of his friendship with Gover- | nor Whitman and said he was at- When Women aré Weak ‘Women who feel weak, languid and depressed— who look pale and dull-eyed, and have lost appe- tite and fresh looks—need a tonic that will purify the blood, help the organs of digestion, regulate the liver and bowels, and strengthen It long has been known that the system. 2 blood and re-establish safe to any harmful drug: spirits, improved health, a Give Renewed Strength Directions of Special Value to Women are with Every Box Sold by druggists throughout the world. In boxes, 10c., 25¢c. 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His guard, he declared, was armed with a black- Jack ,and threatened to kill him with physical violence if he attempted to escape. When night time came he i sald he was told he had to sleep on the floor as a punishment. French Soldiers’ Beards. (London Chronicle) No anxiety about shaving is felt by the French conscript when he joins the army. For he is encouraged by | the authorities to grow a beard, and, indeed, it is from this fact that he has obtained his nickname of “poilu” the French equivalent for Tommy Atkins, which literally means shaggy or hairy. The beard was favored in the Eng- lish Army during the Crimean War for the protection it gave from the intense cold of the trenches before Sebastopol, and the apparition of S0 many bearded men 'in England after the war made beards for a long time fashionable in this country. First Aid for Household Accidents All druggists se!l Resinol. Keep a jar on hand. 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REPUBLIC TIRES GHINA UNIFIED BY | WAR DECLARATION Celestial Writer Believes Country Is Stronger Than Ever (By Han Liang Huang). For several months the forémost political question in China has been the war question. Among other argu- ments advanced by the advocates of war was that active participation would help consolidate the various contending elements of the country and stop the struggle of the political factions. It is unfortunate that in- stead of consolidating the country the War question precipitated a situation which seemed, for a moment at least, to threaten to throw the country into chaos and destruction. i Looking at it from.a different angle, however, the situation is not alto- gether as unfortunate as it seems. Ever since the death of Yuan Shi- kai and the inauguration of Li Yuan- hung as the chief executive of the country, the Republic of China had been constantly threatened by the hidden force of the reactionaries un- der the leadership of that freebooter, Chang Hsun, who has always been a disturbing element, even an enemy: to the Republi¢. With his mercenary army, some forty thousand strong— an army which knows no allegiance except to its chieftain—he has time and again defled the constitutional authority of the country. He has been a thorn in the flesh, so to speak, to the Republic. It may be painful to uproot the thorn, but the sooner it is done the better it will be for the sufferer. By rising against the Reépublic Chang Hsun has hastened his own de- struction. Many foreigners have been rather skeptical about the stability of the Chinese Republic. They think that the republic is like a ‘“lighted candle before the gale,” liable to be extin- guished at any moment. They be- lieve that either a Chinese Caesar will appear on the scene and create a new dynasty or the pigtailed Manchus will come back. To one who knows China and her people such an observation ;We2ars very superficial. The res- toration of the Manchus is an impos- sibility. To the Chinese the Manchu court represents a regime of inef- ficiency, corruption and selfishness. For years before the republic, the people had labored unceasingly, sac- rificing lives and property to get rid of it. Besides the consideration of efficiency of government there is also the question of racial prejudice and pride. numerous in number and superior in achievement, have always considered it an unpardonable disgrace to be ruled by the former. Throughout the Manchu rule attempt after attempt was made by the Chinese to ‘recover thelr country.” This was true - not only when China came into contact with the West, but even before the modern ideas of republicanism and democracy took any root in China. The Manchus are of a distinct | race from the Chinese who, far more | The Taiping rebellion is an example. It is estimated that an attempt on the part of the Chinese to oust the Man- chu rule cost the Chinese no less than twenty million lives, at least three or four times as many as have yet per- ished in the great world war. The rapidity with which the country rose to support the revolution of 1911 also' shows, conclusively, the strength of the republican sentiment in China. No one in China would conceive the possibility of restoring the Manchu regime except an unscrupulous reac- tionary whose whole success in life has been based upon plundering by force, and whose energy in atrocities pleased the Manchu rulers, Chang Hsun, who, in point of time, is the Rip Van Winkle of China. Now, if the restoration of the Manchu rule in China is impossible, no less so is the creation of a new dynasty. In China there are today no nobilty, no princes of royal blood outside of the Manchus. History shows us that all monarchies and dynasties are created upon the basis of tradition and even superstitution; and that no dynasty can be created without some kind of historical back- ground. It would be almost as im- possible for China to have a hered- itary king as for the United States to have an emperor. The only possible type of man for such an undertaking is the late Yuan Shih-kai, a second of whom could perhaps never be found; but even he failed miserably in his attempt. The Republic of China will stay. Instead of showing its weakness, the recent attempt to destroy it has showed its stability and strength. It is true that there are at present stil] two contending groups of men in China. One of these two groups may be called the conservative. It consists mainly of the men who .are in control of the army. The other group is the progressive, made up chiefly of the veterans of the revolu- tions and men who are strongly im- bued with new ideas and radical principles. But both of the groups are for the republic. They will strug- gle for the control of the government; but they are all Republicans. In every country we find similar division of political interests and there is no reason for alarm over the existence of such a division in China. If China will only be let alone, if the foreign nations will refrain from interfering with her internal affairs, she will work out her own salvation. The Familiar Face. (Washington Star.) “I sappose Prohibition made a great difference in Crimson Gulch.” “Not as much as you'd think,” re- plied Bronco Bob. “The man Wwhn uged to be boss bartender has gotten a job as teller in the bank and is takiyp’ in all the money just the same.” E}a et < o — ~ e~ Pay us our regular price for any item mentioned be P'afl in this advertisement and we will sell you an- — e other of the same kind for ONE CENT. You are at liberty to buy as much and as often as you like. 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