Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
DISLOYALTY AROUSES
MOB SPIRIT IN U. S.
Federal Authorities Find Big
Fight in France Stimu-
lates Hate
STRINGENT LAW NEEDED
Outbreaks Against Seditious Actions
Are Increasing Throughout En-
tire Country, Reports Show
ws.hlnrton. Arril

Washington, April '.
Reports to tho Department OF Justice
OF mob attacks upon Germans and
disloyal Americans have increas ed
many fold since the great German Of
fensive in Picardy began. Untn recently
tnese out breaks, recorded by the bureau
or investigation in file OF newspaper
clippings, were quite infreauent; now
tney are reported by the dozen daily.
omcials pointed TO this situation as
evidence OF the urgent need OF new
legislation - permit the Government to
deal drastically with disloyal uttersnces
ana actions They said the patience of
tne American people with disloyaIty
was becoming exhausted, and that a
wave OF bitter feeling might be ex-
pected TO follow reports Of casualties
among the American soldiers now being
sent TO the front In France
Fewer than $50 Germans have been
arrested for failure to register in the
enemy-alien census taken in February.
and Few OF these have been interned, the
department of Justice announced The
number OF Germans registered has not
been completed. but It is estimated that
ABOUT 100000 were recorded
MuskOgee, Okla. April T. -- Former
President Taft. in an address before the
Chamber of Commerce here declared
spies should be court-martialed, lined
up and their citizenship ended by bull
lets those who express reasonable SEN
timents should be tried and punished.
but In all cases law should be obeyed
and mob violence such as practiced I'm
certain parts of the United States should
De everywhere condemned, that the
United State may not sink to the law
less savagery of the Germans"
Sulphur. Okla. April 4-The Rev. II.
g. Capers. seventy-two years old. is al
legged to have declared he would never
have his hair cut until Germany emerged
victorious from the war. Sixty young
men, awaiting draft call. invaded Cap
erss room in a hotel here. while he was
asleep, and shaved his head. His iron
gray locks were distributed as trophies
OF war.
Tha minister was forced TO kiss the
nag, pledge allegiance to the United
States, promise not to speak seditiously
and was shown the shortest route out
OF town.
Capers was tried here several weeks
7go on a charge of obstructins the
operation of the selective@service law.
Inc July was undDit ~ dEItts anu
-Capers Is now out on bail awaiting
another trial.
Alexandria, La, April A restau-
rant employe at Boyce. La, named
Lewis who made pro-German remarks
was given a hundred lashes and coat
OF tar and feathers by a crowd of prom
inent Boyce citizens, according to re-
ports received here. He then was forced
TO shout ITO hell with the Kaiser " and
"Hurrah for wilson, and ordered to
leave town.
tLIano. Tex, April AFTER he had
abused President Wilson in the presence
OF Earl Moore. negro, Paul Nogt a
German. was arrested here. Nogt said
he had Travelled from New York TO
California and from the Great Lakes
10 the Gulf in the interest Of Germany.
He had a card indicating that he had
registered at Lampasas, Tex, as Ger
man alien enemy. He gave his nome as
Izora. Tex.
tBerkeIey, Cal. April 4.--on in1orma- :
tion submitted by naval officers Prof.
Alfred Forke, head OF the department
of Oriental languages, and j. w. d.
Hackh. an assistant in chemistry, have
been dismissed from the faculty OF the
University of California by the niahce
connmittee OF the board OF regents on
the ground that their actions were IN
innicai to the C9iied States Govern
u,entH