New Britain herald., 1916-04-19
MISS MAZARYk MAY BE SHOT IN AUSTRIA
Woman We'll Known in U. s.
 Now in Vienna Prison

vices from Vienna received in this city through Underground" channels have
 caused the many friends of Miss Alice Mazhryk, who was well known in Chicago and New York, where she did
 settlement work. to fear that she may
 have met the fate of Edith Cavell at
 the hands of the Austrian govern-
 ment. It was learned yesterday that
 the officials have prohibited friends Or
 relatives of Miss Mazaryk from com
 municating with her in the Vienna
 prison where she was held on a charge
 of treason.
 The arrest of Miss Mazaryk was a move on the part of the Austrians to silence her father. Professor T. G. Mag aryl1, who Is leader of the Czech Na-
 tional Alliance, and who is espousing the cause of the Allies in England ac- cording to Emmanuel Voska head of the movement in this country
 "A price has been set upon the head of Professor Mazaryk," MT. Voska de- clared yesterday, and the government has adopted this means to get him if possible At the beginning of the war he managed to escape to England, where he obtained an appointment to Kings college through the king. Ever since then he has worked for the in- dependence of Bohemia"
 The story of the arrest and subse- quent imprisonment of Miss Mazarylk was told to a New York reporter last night by Professor Volta Benes. who escaped from Prague a few days aft CT the young woman was arrested Professor Benes has been featuring throughout the country in the Bohem- ian colonies on the Slav question.
 Took No Part in Politics.
 Miss Mazaryk never took any part in political activities" said Professor Benes. "She was head of the Total Abstinance league and was known everywhere for her work among the poor. She held a profess sorship in the University of Prague from which she received her degree. l tell you this to show that there was no cause for the Austrians to arrest her.
 Professor Benes told of the various incidents leading up to the wholesale arrests of prominent Czechs, dwelling especially on the action of the military auth critics in forcing the Bohemians to take the front ranks of the battle lines to serve as shields to the Aus trians. Many escaped to the Side of the enemy, whose cause they espoused and by whom they were provided With the means to fight back he said.
 About six months ago the officials in Prague suddenly arrested every Bo- hemian leader or the members of his ! family if here were absent abroad i continued Prof. Benes. Among those | were Miss Mazaryk and my i own sister-in-law, the wife of Profess ! 5Or Edward Benes, who escaped from 1 Prague to Paris, where he is now : coaching in the Sorbonne. They were /! all charged With treason and locked l ID in the local prison. Miss Mazaryk, i know, was very i'll at the time"
 A week later, according to. Profess ;or BeneS, the prisoners were taken to Vienna, where they were detained in 1, he military prison. Since that time no 1 one has been able to get in touch with 1 hem and many have been put to ! leath since the war started. He !! cared that the Austrians may have 1 executed Miss Mazaryk.
 Case Like Edith Cavelrs.
 Miss Lillian D. Wald of the Henry
  ,ryll spent some time studying the 1 work there, declared yesterday that 1t l vas another Edith CavelI case.
 Miss Mazaryk was a remarkably 1 bright and capable woman,' she said, and made hosts of friends every 1 where. She has interested in her work and was very successful. ] do lot believe she was guilty of treason
 The Rev. Vincent PiSell and his as- sistant the Rev. K. D. Miller of the Jan Huss Neighborhood House. 347 East Seventy-fourth street, said that Miss MaZaryk was well known ana liked in the neighborhood, especially l among the BOhemians. MT. Miller 1 said Miss MazarylIs mother was an | American, who was a Miss Garrigue before her marriage to the professor. Before coming to New York she was i a. resident of the University of Chica- go Settlement house in the stock yards he said.
 Charles Buranck, a Bohemian banker of 1889 Second avenue, sald that the Bohemian papers had been featuring the case of Miss Mazaryk put powerless to help the young woman if sine were still alive.