New Britain herald., 1915-12-28
Held in Connection With Alleged Pl Foment Strikes Among Workers
 American Ammunition Factories
MAXIMUM PENALTY ONE YEAR
 IMPRISON MENT AND SlOOOd

Peace Council Which It
 Was Formed to Call Sus
 nitions Plants to Help q
 New York, Dec. 2S.-cd
 Frank Buchanan of II
 Robert Fowler, former cd
 from Illinois, Frank s.
 former attorney general of
 i'd Lamar, Jacob c. Tay dent of Labor's National Pd
 cil: Franz Won Rintelen,
 agent; H. B. Martin, and Schulteis were indicted by grand jury today charged
 spring to foment strikes in intuition factories.
 All of the indicted men
 mar and Won Rintelen. are former officers of the Peac an organization, which, th ment charges, was formed nanced by Ritelen to bri leaders to call strikes in
 plants in furtherance of propaganda in this country. ' > Wolf of Wall Strce1
 Lamar, wha has been Wolf of Wall Street." is with being Rintelen's paym' is said hundreds. of thous' dollars passed through his h it is alleged, he benefited to the extent of $400, 900.
 Rintelen is at present a pr| England. He was seized by ish auth critics at FalmoutI fleeing this country under passport. He is at present Il dictment, charged with cons| procure a bogus passport American citizen. No effort made however, to obtain h1 to this country, as the offerl which he is charged are not able.
 Charge Conspiracy.
 All of the indictments vi turned under the Sherman A law and charge conspiracy in of the foreign trade of the States. The maximum penalt years imprisonment and a s10.0O0.
 As soon as the grand jury its findings, agents of the dep of justice, according with States deputy marshals, ws structed to arrest the indicted
 Organized fin May.
 Labor's National Peace CouI in May of this yea the arrival in this country Q 3 of Franz Won Rintelen. Vor len is reputed to be high in tn els of the German governme apparently commanded III funds, having $500, 1000 to his c one New York bank. Accor federal officials, his mission to start propaganda the exportation of munitions allies but also to stir up trou tween this country and Mexi he latter respect, it is said, his were a failure from the start.
 The first important meeting peace council, which was os' organized to promote the caus' peace, was held in ngton in June. Congressma .hanan was elected president, general counsel, and Monne' lamed a member of the commi esolutions.
 Taylor Succeeded Buchani
 Buchanan resigned on July vas succeeded by Jacob c. Ta eading labor union official 0 ersey.
 Won Rintelen, according to tates secret service agents iscovered that he was pouril is money to no result except Ich the men he employed 2 gents. Some strikes were ut they failed to have any inn fleet on the exportation of ons. The German agents deci ave the country. He first e red, by the aid of Andrew ID. q American mining promoter, Ire an American passport. l this he sailed under a Swiss ort, using the name of Edws asche. Meloy was subseq rested and turned states eyl
 Documents Also Seized, When Won Rintelen was 'isoner by the British a ma were also seized rned over to the American au as. Acting on the informatio ined from these papers, an il Ltion was started into the act
 the peace council. The ry first returned indictments a ntelen and Meloy in the pa SC. A sealed indictment, the nts of which never have town, was next handed down. lictments today are the flnf (Continued on Eleventh Pag'