The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
COLLINS ARRESTS Two
FOR EVADING THE DRAFT


has been spending sometime il this
and the adjoining counties, cooper
ating with the officials in the en-
/ forcement of the State Compulsory
! Work Law, has this week arrested
TWO men for attempting to eTade the
provisions of the Draft Law. IT, less
some unexpected situation arises TO
! prevent, such as inability to pass the
| physical examination, etc, these men
will automatically be placed ii CLASS
! Al, provision to this effect having
! been made in the regulations. 1t IS
| possible, however, that instead of De
! ing placed in the army at once, they
may be given a trial by the military
authorities, in which event Il Sell
tence to one of the federal Prisons is
/ likely, and in some cases the SEN
fences have been for twenty years at
hard labor, with forfeiture of all
pay
Thomas F. DENNY, of East New
Market, was arrested in HurlocK On
Sunday, just as he was getting ready
to board a northbound train. He
had been in hiding, but the officials
learned that he intended to try ana
get away, so Deputy Sheriff Turner
and Deputy Collins went up to pre-
vent his escape, and to take him into
custody Not knowing whether he
would attempt to leave from Hurlock
or Williamsburg, Sheriff Turner went
to williamsburg, and Mr.. Collins to
Hurlock. And just before the train
pulled out DENNY came out of his
hiding place and started for the
train; he caught sight of Collins and
started to run, but when Mr.. Collins
leyeled his revolver at him and told
him to stop, he quickly decided that
he had better give himself up, and
did so.
James Jenkins, the other man, also
colored, was arrested yesterday at
fredericksburg, and was turned over
| to the Local Board for Caroline
county The charge upon which he
| is held is that he failed to fill out
| his QUESTIONABLE several months ago.
DENNY. when first questioned, al
! legged that he had registered in
| Bridgeport. Conn, but when the au-
thorities there were communicated
with. they advised that no such per-
son had registered there. 1t was
when he learned that the Local Board
was in communication with the Con-
1necticut authorities that he decided
to leave this part of the country.
Deputy Collins has made a num-
| Der of arrests around Cambridge OF
persons who were not working, and
has secured convictions in many
cases. 1t is said to be the intention
| of the authorities to rigidly enforce
the Work Law and to this end in
quiries will likely be sent into every
district in order to ascertain if there
are persons, between the ages fixed
by the law, who are not working.
Also all of the authorities, constables,
justices of the peace, deputy sheriffs
and all other persons connected with
the county and State government,
are expected to give information at
once against persons that they know
are not working regularly. The law
does not accept few hours work a
Il
sists that persons within its provi-
sions shall work six days a week, I'M
less prevented by sickness or some
other condition beyond their control.
At time when millions Of young
men are in arms, it is the duty of
every person to furnish information
that will prevent slackerS from help
| ing the enemy. Persons who attempt
| to evade work, who do not work
intellectually, who try merely to
do as little as possible, just enough
to keep out of the reach of the law,
are slackers of the worst kind; they
are even worse, because they are
helping the enemies of the country.
The man who says he is loyal to
his country, but who is unwilling to
do anything to help, is, to say the
least, untruthful, and is certainly not
entitled to the respect and esteem of
loyal citizens. There is a very great
scarcity of labor at this time, the
government asks the State of Mary
land to furnish over Il, 1000 working
men; there are some people who do
not have to fight; certainly if they
are young men, they ought to be will
ing to work. A man who is too lazy
to work, or thinks he is too good to
work, is little good to him
self, his family or his country.