The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-05-03
". M. EDENBORN
MILLIONAIRE,
JAILED IN N. O.

cles throughout the United States
as the only man who practically
owned a railroad by himself, was ar
tested by department Of justice
AGENTS here tonight and lodged III
iail. The exact charge against Mr..
| Edenborn was not made public, but
t followed his remarks OF Friday
light before German meeting OF
he Americanization committee OF
he association of commerce, when
ne is charged with having made dis
oval remarks about England and to
nave made other disloyal statements,
| After making these remarks and ad-
}ressing letter to the press here
Saturday, Mr.. Edenborn and his wife
left the city. They were returning
tonight when government men enter
ed the train,
Action against Edenborn followed
thick and fast. During Saturday
md Sunday the feeling against him
was intense. 1t was thought Satur-
lay night that he would be arrested
for safekeeping, but the government
lid not act, partly because Mr.. Eden
born was not here today. The Ma
tional Security league, Louisiana di.
vision, met and after discussing the
remarks of Mr.. Edenborn passed
resolution denouncing them and call
ing on the government for action
This action was taken with the ar
rest of Edenborn.
Edenborn, founder of the Amer
can Steel & Wire company, now a
part of the United States Steel cor
poration, has been referred to as
father of the wire industry in Amer
ica," having erected mills and pro
duced wire in 1870, three years after
he came to the United States from
his birthplace, Westphalia, Prussia.
He came to Louisiana in 1903 where
| he has been best known as rail
road builder and operator.
Referring to Edenborn's plea made
at the AUGMENTATION meeting fol
protection to citizens of German de-
scent, the resolution says:
"The right Of protection to per-
sons and property never has been de,
MED to persons of German descent
by America or it's people and never
has been refused to William Eden
born, although his speech and con-
duct in this community during the
great confagration in Europe has al
most times been injurious to the
best interests of this country as ev,
denced by his writing in the pub,
lie press denouncing the sale anC
shipping of munitions by the PEG
pie of the United States to France
and England; his opposition to the
entrance of America into the war
his open and covert support of the
i criminal Hans Halle, an alien enc
! N.Y.; who manufactured bombs witt
intent to destroy overseas shipping
| in the port of New Orleans; his con
tumacious subscription Of $3.50 TX
! the Y. NJ. C. A. war fund which hi
subsequently, increased to $25, al
though he enjoys the reputation o.
being the wealthiest man in Louis
lana"
! Edenborn in letter to local pa
per denounced statements made
by a speaker at the recent libert.
loan rally here to the effect that 49,
per cent of the Germans born in tn
United States and 100 per cent q
those born in Germany are unfaitl
full to this country"
"Such talk" he wrote, sis damna
bic because that kind of talk lead
to riot, which any sane person will
try to discourage.
! "The United States with it's 105,
( 100000 people should be preparing
war navy and merchant navy sec
ond to none and if our government
through action by congress would s.
decide they could get my subscription
for quite large amount. be
lieve in the principle of the Unite'
States first on land and sea. If
support the government by purchas
purchase of it's treasury notes il
a two six figure lots and buy libert
bonds and then offer to assist m
country to get first place on lam
and sea-can you find any pro-Ger
man in that?"
The board Of governors Of tn
4 Pickwick club, at specially calle
4 meeting tonight, adopted a resolu
ton expelling Edenborn from tn
3 membership Of the organization.
? St. Clair Adams, former distric
attorney and a leader in the Louis
lana division, National Securit
| league, in a liberty loan address a
theatre last night, referring tt
the Americanization meeting speech
said:
: "Edenborn should be interned
Men have been tarred and feathere
5 in Louisiana already for less"