Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-10-25
GOVERNMENT ACTS
TO FREE WALLIhGS.
AMERICAN EMBASSY PROBES AR
REST OF AMERICANS BY PO-
LICE OF CAR.
CUSTODY CAUSE Is HIDDEN.
Chicagoan and Wife Are Socialists and
Are Taken with Number of
Finn Revolutionists.

ST. PETERSBC RG, Oct. 21.-The
machinery of the American embassy was
set in motion today to secure the re-
lease Of William English Mailing of
indianapolis, his wife, Anna, and his
sisterin-law, Miss Rose Strunsky. who
were arrested at the Hotel De France
here last night because of their associa-
ton with members Of the Finnish pro
gressive party, four Of whom. including
the wife Of Prof. Malmburg of Helsing-
fors university, were taken into custody
at the same time
Nay Be Released at Once
Attaches Of the embassy visited the
prefecture OF police and the headquarters
of the secret police in endeavors to learn
the nature OF the charges against the
American prisoners and to see whether
they We're comfortably treated. The
Wallings probably will be released on
condition Of their leaving Russia. but the
examination Of the books. manuscripts,
and other documents seized by the police
when the WallingS were taken into GUS
tody, may delay the release Of the pris-
Oners for few days.
The police accuse Mr.. Walling with
furnishing financial aid to the revolu-
tiOnary movement. but that is not the
charge on which lie and the other mem
DtfS OF me parry were arrested last
night.
Root Is Quick to Act
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Oct. 21.-Sec-
rotary Root today cabled Mr.. Schuyler,
charge at the American embassy at st.
Petersburg regarding the case of William
English Nalling, the American who was
arrested there yesterday with members
of his family for association with the
Finnish progressive party. The secrc-
tary message was short statement of
the appeal upon which the American en-
b@SSy was expected to act for the relief
Of the persons arrested so far as seemed
proper, and was prompted by a telegram
dated Indianapolis, from William +.
English, an uncle of Mr.. Mailing. The
telegram contained Il brief summary of
the facts concerning the arrest as sent
out in the press dispatches.
Walling's Career III Illinois.
CHICAGO, H., Oct. 21.-Willam
English Walling. who is 81 years old, is
the son of DR.. WilIoughby Walling, 4l27
DreXel boulevard, and brother of vii
!Oughby e. Mailing, secretary of the
Western Trust and Savings bank of this
city. He is 4 grandson of the late Viii
liam English of indianapolis. Both he
and his wife, whose maiden name was
Anna Strmlsky, are widely known, prin-
cIpally through their literary work i'll
connection with Russian revolution.
Mr.. " alling was arrested i'll the Rus
sian capital in January, 1906, because OF
his alleged interest III the revolutionary
movement, but was released soon after
wards.
He was graduated from the University
of Chicago in 1897 and was elected to
the honorary fraternity of the Phi Beta
Kappa. He also was a member of the
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He
was state factory inspector under Gov.
Tanner. He is known as an ardent
Socialist and is considered an authority
on economic questions.
Wife Also a Socialist.
His wife is a JewesS of striking beau
ty. She became known to fame several
years ago as the collaboration with Jack
London in The kemptOn Mace Let
terS." She was born in Russia. Mrs.
Walling's education was received in this
country, but her SympathieS ever turned
back to the oppression of her race in
Russia. She studied sociological and
economic questions in New York city, de-
veloping Il decidedly SOcialistic turn of
mind. While in that city she lived at
Whittier hall, the Columbia university
dormitory for women.
1t was while she was i'll St. Petersburg
on Il journalistic errand connected with
the revolutionary propaganda two years
ago that she met Mr. Walling, who was
travelling iii Europe to study the immi-
grafton problems.
Although they never had met in Ameri-
ca they became acquainted as fellow
workers i'll the Russian capital. Their
common aims and sympathies soon
ripened into love and in June 1906. their
enga cement was announced. Their mar
rage in Paris soon followed
In December following their marriage
Mr.. and Mrs. Mailing returned to Amer
lea and paid his parents here a visit
Later they returned to Europe to pursue
their literary work and interests in the
Russian people.