New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1918, Page 5

$17.50 NEW BRITAIN DAil.Y HERALD, THURSDAY, DE IR i) 2O OX $20.00 Our Contracts Placed Last July Before the Advance in Price. You Getthe Benefit 220,000 SLACKERS ARE ROUNDED UP Department of Justice Has Kept Busy During the War Washington, Dec. 5.—The story of how enemy agents have been canght disloyalty draft slackers apprehended, dangerous Germ abotag fer- suppressed, erned, explosions and other prevented, and enemy secrets eted out for use against their armies wbroad was given to the public today ¥n Attorney-General T. W. Gregory . \annual report. Through a great corps of Department of Justice civil officc secret agents and citizen voluntewrs (this big job of policing has beecn ac- complshed, said the attorney-general, with a minimum disturbance to the normal life of communities, and with constant effort to avoid encroaching on freedom of speech, action and po- litical criticism. Espionage Act Enforced. Referring to enforcement of esplonage act, Mr, Gregory said: ““This department throughout the war has proceeded upon the general principle that the constitutional righc the tion A HOXOOXOXOXOX $:8.00 of free speech, free assemb] tition exist in war time as in peace time, and that the right of discussion of governmental policy and the right of political agitation are the most run- damental rights in a democracy.” At the same time, the attorney-gen- cral explained, the department had tried to deal severely with propaganda having for a deliberate purpose the disintegration of the country’s war strength. The attorney-general disclosed the only 6,000 enemy aliens have been rested on presidential warrants and examined with a view to internment and that ‘““a considerable number” of these have been placed in internment camps administered by the army. The balance were parolled. Most enemies interned were German men, and the were comparatively few German wom- en or Austro-Hungarians. 480,000 Germans have been registered in the nation-wide census—260,000 men and 220,000 women. Slackers Rounded Up. Up to last July 1, department stice investigators had rounded up 439 young men who sought to ape the draft, and had caused their induction into the sevice. More than 000 cases of men who for some on or other had failed to file stionnaires or to appear for physical examination were investi- gated. War activities claimed the principal portions of the report and after re« ferring to the growth of the depart- ment's secret service to six times its size in 1916 and the efficient organiza- of the American Protective of , of the war.” | About League of 250,000 citizen volunteers, Mr. Gregory sald: “It is safe to say that never in itg history has this country been so thoroughly policed as at the present time. “When it becomes possible, through the lapse of time, to disclose fully the activities of these various secret services, their work will stand out as one of the substantial achievements powers. This general type of propaganda reached its height in the autumn of 1917, but gained no great headway and was declining by Janu- ary 1, 1918. Various other types of propaganda have appeared sporadi- cally but none of them have gained any substantial footing, and it may he fairly said that prior to July 1, 1918, the effort of German sympa- thizers in the field of disloval propa ganda had almost completely failed.” The department has been hampered in suppressing propaganda, said the attorney general, by ‘self-appointed committees or associatior citizeas who, ignorant of or dissatisfied with the scope of the federal laws, or jur- isdiction, have sought to supplement them by extra-legal measures of in- timidation and punishment.” Anath- er hampering influeac was the dis- semination of hundreds of unfounded reports relating to use of poison gas by enemy agents, ground in food, and damage to Red plies. Hints of an American espionage sysstem were given in the statement that the secret services ‘“‘have given protection not only to the' civilian population but to the armed forces, and some of their activities have also resulted in direct damage to the enemy forces abroad.” Interned Enemy Treated Well. The government's internment pal- icy also has beea more lenient than those of England and France, the at- torney general stated, and the effi- cacy of the methods and principles are evidenced by the good order gen- erally maintained. “Systematic disloyal propaganda became a failure during the first year of the war,” he said. ‘“Shortly after our entry inta the war this propa- ganda, supported chiefly by those in- fluences and organizations which had opposed the declaration of war, manifested itself in distinct opposi- tion to the adoption, and operation of the selective service act, but this ty) of propaganda was almost Iimmedi- ately suppressed and destroyed. It was followed by manifestations of propaganda of an econamic and social cannot escave trial so easily; retire character, clearly supported in the ment of federal judges at the age of main, by sympathizers with the 70 if they ha¥&sryed ten years or Cro my aliens arrested on suspicion and later paroled have again fallen under suspicion, Of the 75,000 enemy aliens applying for permission to complete their naturalization which was stopped on the declaration of war, reports on more than 10,000 have been furnished the naturalization authorities of the Department of Labor. Mr. Gregory’s warrant run to any part of the United States, so that indicted individuals recommendations | propose legislation to make a federal | s sup- | Less than one per cent. of the ene- | | \ \ l $12.00 $8.00 B. C. PORTER SONS ; and pe- | ation to make it an of- to send through the mail lette threatening life or property; tighter ing up of bankruptcy law and legis- lation making it impossible to su corporation in any district in whicin it transacts bu 14 WOME CANDIDA FOR ELECTION London, Dec. 4 were included for parliament They include hurst, daughter Pankhurst, the leader; Mr Frederick Pethick Lawrence editor of Votes for Women; Miss McArthur, secretary of the British Women’s Trade union, and Countess Georgina Markievicz, of Dublin, Sinn Fein leader. —Fourteen among the nomi worien of Emmeline the INSANITY CAS Court Awaits Report of Xxamining Doctors About Robinski. Due to the absence of the doctors who have been conducting the exam- ination, the trial of Donald Robinski, charged with a technical breach of the peace, has been postponed until tomorrow. Robinski was arrested Tuesday night and held at the powsce station pending examination of his mental condition. Drs. Cooley and Elcock examined the man at the po- lice statlon yesterday afternoon, bu did not come to court this morning to report on their findings. Robinski's wife spoke to him yes- terday afternoon in his cell, and she was told that the doctors: had found him to be not insane enough for com- mittal. In their opinion, he should bLe sent to upon his next offense, The accused was first arrested April 1917, on a technic charge of reach of the peace. Wi conducted the time by Drs. Dunn and Flanagan, and upon their recommendation I vas committed to the State Hospital for the Insanec. CHINA’S PEACE STARTS Peking, Dec —Lu Cheng-Hs foreign minister, who will head na’s delegation at the peace conf ence at Versailles, left last night er a short stay in Japan, the party will proceed to Paris by way of merica HARTFORD I. O. O, F. COMING. No 820 1. OF ONEL, first degree for Lexington Hartford lodge. will confer class of candidates lodge, No, 72, at the lodge room in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall this evening. This degree team consists of 30 men ¢nd has been exemplifying this degree in several cities about the state and i ended for its excell embers, cther tha . will also b preser hed for the deg Light refre! All 0dq Fello the upon a ire welcome, An examination i A i i NS $14.00 The Store of a Thousand Gifts. Watch QurWindows. New Pieces Every Day COMMUNTOATION RESTORED, Havana, Dec. 4.—Communication with the American naval station at Guantanamo, which has been inter- rupted by the railroad strike at Cai manera, is restored, according F~ h received here tonight WOTHER DID WORK WITH ACONY Hand and Arms In a Rash. Cutjcura Healed. “My mother’s hand and arms broke out with a rash which later turned into blisters making the skin very A&L\ sore and red. The itching %] was very bad causing her to scratch. Her hands and arms were inflamed and swollen, and she did her work with /A agony. The eruption also caused disfigurement. “‘She used a couple of cakes of Cuti- cura Soap and one and a balf boxes of Cticura Ointment when she was healed.” (Signed) Miss Anna L. Spen- cer, 6 King Ave., Edgewood, R. I. Skin troubles are quickly relieved by Cuticura. The Soap cleanses and pu- {rifies, the Ointment saothes and heals. Samyis Sach Froo by Mall Address post-card “Outisurs, Dept. ¥, Boston." Sold everywhere. Soap fhc. Oinement 25 and ic. Telouts 25¢.