Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-07 | Page 2 | Labor Leaders Figure in the German Plots

LABOR LEADERS " FIGURE IN THE GERMAN PLOTS United States Attorney Mar shall of New York Issues Statement Concerning Peace Council DAVID LAMAR IN PAY OF CONSPIRATORS Reservists Unable to Get "Home Instructed by Berlin Officials to Aid Consuls in Destruction Work tNEW TOEK Dec 6 United States 4-tterney H Snowden Marshall in a statement issued late this afternoon de efiured lie has information which con vinces him that the organization known as Labor s National Peace council was imaaced by Franz Emtelen now held .m. a 'Rrrttsh nnann throiiph David La jfSaaji to ati pfr strikes m factories en m&, "j in manufacturing munitions Jp, fr Marshall s statement followed an Eggpneemeiit that C H Canode printer Sohthe eonrieil, and William F Rramer-JpKthe Rramer-JpKthe International Brotherhood of BgjDSjacSsmitDS, and an official of the conn BB8i had been subpoenaed to come to MKrV&3 dty from Chicago to testify before nRr gr,and jury ru an investigation of HBEf organiKafion MEtiorne's Statement Hnpie "statement Qf the United States Kuorney follows HB&nfview of the j3u.bK0.ty given to ' IBm! Etozy concerning- Labors ha. HfljgpSl Fears council, X think I will HPttr tlat I have, ana for some Hto have hadV information that HHnx5ne me that the society was jEmaftiied by means supplied by Hptam Franz vtfn Brntelen HjjGraongh David Lamas. Fart of the HBbetmties of this organization eon HBjBisijed in strrnng up strikes in va E)a4fatte 'Wimfh-weare engagod i HbmzrbdW tnainrfaetiira. I do net HIHI present wish to mention the lo- iHBpf'tn afaay of the plants where Hntese strikes were instigated. Bb8& In each ease where a strike was BBaBmrchaBed -there Was considerable BySppositian to the strike among por KlsSBpons of the element, which dis Jf (approved of strikes that were tfitf jfpoueht The activities of this or B ygteanEation came to the notice of Zr Sr Gompers (Samuel Gorapera V "-president of the American t edera T 'lion of Labor) who absolutely dis r- poro-ved of the plan they were ""ar J jying out I do not at present I wish to mention the names of any L. f the officers of this organization ho are shown to have been con - -kerned in these transact ons - Haets Leak Out 1 on K ntelen was in this country ! from pnl to August 3 After he I 1 left the country and ceased supply c Wg money the acti lties of Labor s c National Peace eounc 1 dwindled ' ' and an c to an end I would not 1 S ; e made th s statement at th s Jj time ex eft that 11 some wai a 5 number of the facts have been dis T closed I had determ ned it would I be better to make the statement for the reason that so much of the truth P alrea l has been disclosed J' This affa r s now th s biect of Z ( an investigation before the grand jury which has not et concluded jt ita examination of the evidence ,V Franz on B ntelen h is sa d to be vV a prom nent ff cer n the f erman se II eret ser re van arrer ed at Falmoutn Mi by Bnt sh a thorit eg and sent to thp M Tower of London He s known as a VS frienl f Finf or W 11 a n He s v3 charged v. th attemrt hj 0 c u 0 to Hn German upon a false American pass Ps port In 1 now n effort has Veen PS made to cx trad tc h m M Lamar as on cted 11 111) n fed Rll eral 0 of ha ng mrer onalcd a 2y rongrestiman