Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 4, 1917, Page 2

LANSING EXPEGTED ‘HE 1S LIKELY TO EXPOSE THE | PERSONS IN WASHINGTON < WHO HELP GERMANY. KNOWS BERNSTORFF’S AIDS Becretary of State’s Successive Dis- [ closures of Teutonic Intrigue in America Are Well Timed to Meet Kaiser’s Efforts to Bectoud Issues. By EDWARD B.'CLARK. Washington.—There is bellef In ashington which amounts aMost to onviction that In forthcoming addi- onal disclosures concerning German Intrigue in this country, Secretary Lan- eing will give the names of persons in the capital against whom proof of ace hvlty in behalf of a foreign pawer has been secured. . The recent publication of the detalls pf plots hatched In the United States before this country declared war hgalnst Germany, and before Count on Bernstorff had received his dis- ssal papers, carrled with it the names of some persons and organiza- ons directly connected with the plot- aking. It has been belleved in Wash- Ington, however, for a long time that . Lansing has in his possession the lmes of persons in this elty who are ore than suspected of being carriers ot tales and Information to Count von Bernstorff at his residence on the Ter- &3 overlooklng Massachusetts ave- pue, YT e e One day the secretary of state went Bo far as to say to a group of men that . among those to whom he was talking were several who fie knew were acting ks instant carriers of information con- cerning his dally conversations to the German embassy. " Washington correspondents knew Secretary Lansing well enough to un- derstand that, cautious as he is under all circumstances, he would not have sald what he did unless he had good proof of the truth of his words. It was somewhat later than this that the gecretary gave an intimation of the possession of material which, if made public, would convince the American people beyond any kind of a doubt that German agents were seeking to divide this country against Itself to the ad- vantage of the kaiser’s cause. Disclosures Well Timed. It 1s nothing new for Washington to realize that suspicion is directed against certain persons In this capital. There 18 realization . today that per- haps the secretary of state has \done a wise thing In spreading out his dis- closures concerning German Intrigue, He has timed each disclosure so that it ~would come coincidently with some attempt on the part of Germany to he- cloud the fssues or to secure peace virtually on Its own terms. The Von Bernstorff message with its request for a $50.000 fund to influence congress and the Von Igle disclosures came al- most simultanecusly with the answers of Germany and Austria to the pope's peace proposals. In the days that have elapsed since the disclosure was made there have come additional reasons to make it seem certain that the Von Bernstorff materinl was given pub- Ncity then because the moment was thought to be the right one in which to strike. Becnuse of the tremendous Inmnom Ings of the last four or five months the eountry seemingly has forgotten some of the things which cccurred just nrinr to the declaration of war aguainst Geor manv. K the dispatches to the press of March 20 this was said: “There are congr men whot fear that the votes which they may lose if they act manfully will defeat them for re-e'ection in November, 1018, A ma- Jority of the members of houses nnd senate will vote right, hut there will he n few cenators and a few represoaine tives, i° is fenred. who will give ald and comfort to the enemy by tryi make it appesr that this nation is not one In it desire to defend its peaple and its hopor.™ How German Money Was Used. . The hapnenings of that time are in entire keeping with present belief that German money was used to bring ahout the partial resalts o' *ained hy the prepazanda. The eash was spent to pay for the bombardment of con- gress with telegrams. Few thousht o think that congressmen received nny It was definitely known, how- © money. ever, that an effort. prepared some weeks prior to the time that Von Bernstorff had received his dismissal, was to be made to handicap the gov- ernment in its program. The Von Bernstorff influences were * felt in all ranks of Washington society. After his juniors had heen sept away _ because of their discovered plottings agninst the good of this country. the 2 ambnsendor remained here and so far #s officinldom was concerned was in good smndlng becnnse ‘he had not been - caught as his junl had been in the BRI Wk of tHoubié mking. Puring all thls time there were men and womy on In Washington who kept uip their ntimacy with the German ambassa- @or and who were openly and pro- houncedly pro-German im their senti ments. Washington believes it knows the names of persoans who were perhaps more than suspected of a willingnese to aid the cause of the kaiser just priorago the declaration of war, and ‘Washington still thinks that perhape some Jf these persons are not sin- cere today in their protestations of feyalty to their OWn coubtrye . T0 REVEAL NAMES -ROAD DIN HURRY GOOD ROADS BUILDING Country to Profit in Future From Highways Bullt ag Necessity of ‘Warfare and -Defense. It is the general opinion of motor- ists arriving in Washington from all parts of the country that the war with Germany is acting as g sharp prod to speed up road building. Whatever the war costs the nation in dollars and lives, it will result in the_bullding of thousands of miles ot usable roads in al sections, for these highways are now rated as one of the necessities of, warfare and defense, says Washington Star. Possibilities of an invasion are re- mote, ‘but now that it has been decld- ed to send an expeditionary force abroad, it is certain that other thou- sands will follow, hence the mobiliza- tion of troops on the seaboard is some- thing not to be overlooked. Rallroads are up to their ears in other work and have shown their lack of equipment to meet ordinary dé- mands of & period of fast growth and)| an attendant increase of consumption. So other means may have to be relied upon to hustle the boys in khaki to the ports, whence they will sail for the front..For this purpose the motor ve- hicle 1s ready, and all it needs to add to its wonderful record of efficiency in a pinch is a system of roads which can be trayeled 19 gafety and at speed dur- ln& all seasons, E Here on the East, where the troops will be massed before salling, good roads are considered as of vital inter- est fo the nation just as the ralsing of vegetables in fields and yards which heretofore have produced nothing. Throughout' the Atlantic area the road bullders are hard at it, and, in spite of the urgency of the calls for men for other purposes, help 8 belng enlisted in the cause. An immense amount of road bulldlng work is being done in the South, and in the Central West thousands of miles of roads are under way, these forming the connecting link and making pos- sible hurried trips if such are needed. Expetts point out that automobiles can take an army of 100,000 men from the Middle West to New York in less time than can the railroads, and when the highways are improved a great cut Concrete Road in Mary.lnnd. will be made in the running time of the motor cars. The West is not overlooking any- thing in the way of road building. .There is not a stateyin which it is not cne of the big movements, even in a part of the country which is least af- fected. What Virginla is doing is being un- dertaken in greater or less degree by many Eastern states. HIGH VALUE OF GOOD ROADS Estimated Cost of $900,000,000 to Get Surplus Farm Products to Mar- ket or to Railroad. After eareful lnqulry'lt has been found that the average haul of the American farmer in getting his prod- uct'to market or to the negrest ship- ping staticn is 12 miles, and the aver- age cost of hauling over the common country vroads is 25 cents a ton per mile, or $3 a ton for a 12-mile haul. An estimate places the total tons hauled at 300,000,000 a year. On the estimate of $3 a ton for 12 miles this would make the total cost of getting the surplus products of the farm tc the local market or to the railroad nc less than $900,000,000—a figure greater than the operating expenses of all the “railroads of the United States. If any- thing could make an argument for good wagon ronds this statement sure- ly may. - e Litter in Hen House. Litter kept on the fluor of the poul- try house should be removed when- ever it becomes damp.and filled with droppings that do not dry. White- washed walls make the poultry house lighter and more sanitary. Patching Old Gravel Road. JPatching done in the proper manner when the road is wet, followed by a road drag, will maintain an old gravel road surface as good ®s new until it is so badly worn that an entirely new sur face is required. DO NOT OVERHEAT RADIATOR Good Deal of Trouble May Result Dui~ ing Summer Months If Necessary Precaution Is Not Taken. N — The motor car is heir to certain seas songble troubles, for which provision must be made in advance, if one is to ride in comfort. In winter the freez Ing of cooling water must be guarded against by using an antifreezing mix- ture. In summer just the other ex- treme, overheating, must be guarded against. There are a number of things that may cause this trouble, and to prevent it all the nourees must be overhauled. To begin with, the mdlutor opght to be drained, to see if the water runs freely ‘thronghout the entire length. By pouring water into the empty radiator It may be determined very easily whether or not the water is flowing through fregly. Often enough there may be an obstruction, preventing rap- Id flow, which turns out to be simply some minor sediment around the drain-cock. In this case aematch thrust upward will clear away the ob- struction, If there is an overflow pipe, this is a possible location of trou- ble, as dirt often gathers around the lower opening. The rubber connec- tions in the cooling system ought to be taken out and the inside examined. If the fabric is broken and hanging, renew the connections. The fan belt should be carefully looked over, given a dose of oil, and ughtened‘ up if need be. NIAGARA KEEPS ARMIES W:LL Chlorine, Used in Water, KIII. the Germs of Disease, Yet Leaves the Drinker Untouched. In the .trenches of Europe there must be pure water, lest epidemic dis- ease sweep over them, destroying more than the shells, shrapnel and machine guns of the enemy ; and Niagara comes forward with chlorine, or an allied product, which kills the germs of dis- ease, yet leaves the drlnker un- touched. In the'simplest forms, the process ot breaking up salt and getting command of the qualities of the two elements in it consists of dissolving about one part of common salt in eight parts of water and passifig a given current of elec- tricity through it. The resultant fluid Is a great bleacher and disinfectant. A gallon of it will kill all the germs in & day’s drinking water of a city like Washington. A thousand American cltles. sterilize their+ water with these products of Niagara, which have done more than uny other agency in the hands of ,the sanitarians to wipe out water-borne epidemics. In the hospitals of Frauce and England they form'the:active part of mixtures us so'fir ulzul& woundsy ofi’the" Geographic Magazine. > Wolfe’s Sash to a Museum._ A.new and value: addition has just been made to the Museum of the Cha teau de Ramezay. It consists of & cabinet containing a portion of the gar- net silk sash worn by Gen. James Wolfe on the day he became the ‘‘vie- tor of Quebec,” in 1759.. In addition to the sash are the original letters that prove unmistakably® the authentieity ' @f the ralic—Maontrsal Siar. lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||||IIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2 - THE BEMIDJI’DAILY PIONEER Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx Schnelder Bros. Co. Exclusive Women's and Misses’ Outer 'Apparel H. H. COMINSKY, MANAGER Phone 850 Saturday See Qur Window Display of Women’s and Misses’ New Fall and Winter Suits Bemidji, Minn. 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