Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-15

oifense Of, a higher grade than the one you
have committed" "
Asked if he had anything TO say Becker
replied Nothing. nothing at all"
United States Attorney Francis Fisher
Kane said investigation showed that the
violation Of the law by Becker was willful,
OTTO HELD FOR COURT
Frank j. otto. of 42ls Tackawanna
street was held by United States Commits
soner Edmunds for court II was testified
that at the RitChe Mills Frankford. where
he worked. otto boasted that ne would not
enroll lie tod the commissioner his con-
Ecience was opposed to the registration law.
Friction has developed between the De-
partment Of Justice agents and the Regis.
tration Commission at city Hall over the
registering Of men who have been arrested
but who strenuousy assert even when
they have been sent to city Hall to enroll,
that they are not within the required limits.
IF "A man is over thirty-one or under
twenty-One,' said a man connected with
the city Han Commission, I'VE cannot
register him. We mus take a mans state
ment of the fact for the truth unless we
prove differently"
Some Of the excuses given for not regis
terng on June were rather startling
II never have been allowed to vote in
Richmond, Va" said negro "and didn't
think had TO register there either"
Another negro mentioned n little town
down in one corner OF Virginia. and said
that they had refused TO register him there.
Another said he was a train on June 5,
and didn't know. for that reason that 1t
was registration day.
SCORES OF SLACKERS ROUNDED Up
The police brought In scores of unregis-
tered men at the Federal Building today.
They came i'm such numbers that the eff.
fort TO count them was finally abandoned.
The indication is that there will be more
than "A hundred before night. As fast
they signify their intention they are rushed
on 10 city Hall TO register at the office
of the Registration Commission. Nearly all
are foreigners with valid excuses.
one case came up this morning i'm which
there will be hearing later today. This
Is the case Of Alexander Beeden, 1921
Federal street, who was arrested by Police.
man O'Regan, of the Fifteenth street and
Snyder avenue police station O'Regan said
he was told that Bleeden had not regis
tered and made an investigation to learn
If he was old enough. On obtaining the
list Of voters he found that the young man
had been registered for voting and had
voted once and that he is registered a sec
ond time.
ORegan says that when he put the
proposition up to Beeden's father, Hyman
Bleeden, he said the son was not yet
twenty years Of age. lie also says
he confronted the father with the fact that
he had sworn that his son was twenty-one
years or age when he registered the first
time TO vote Final" O'Regan was not
satisfied and arrested Beeden and sent him
to the Federal Building where his case
is pending hearing
lhe Following We're arrested by the police
of the Thirtysecond street and Woodland
avenue police station and sent to the Fed
eral Building to be questioned by agents
Of the Department Of Justice:
, NATHANIEL MAPP. twenty-one years old.
..T"lnidau, negro.
dad, negro
| NORDINNE MILZAC. TWENTY-FIVE years old
British West Indies.
All three are sailors They said they
arrived here only two days ago and that
| they had not been informed that they must
| register.
An inquiry into the reports Of the misuse
| OF the blue registration cards in this city
| and district has been ordered by Francis
| Fisher Kane, United States District At
| torney. Following a conference with agents
| OF the Department of Justice, the investga-
| tion began at an extraordinary session late
! last night