Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 10, 1915, Page 1

voL. LviL—NO. 162 'ihoBuIIotmsfircuhtfinmNorw 'f GERMAN ANSWER ON |, SUBMARINEWARFARE Undersea Boat Commander Would Have Taken Risk ' Trying to Stop Lusitania NOTHING SAID ABOUT LOSS OF AMERICANS For the Future Would Instruct German Submarines to Al- low American Passenger Ships to Pass Freely—But Hopes Government Would Guarantee No Contraband Aboard—Would Also Want Distinguishing Marks and | Lansi Timely Notice of Arrival—Lives of Americans on Neu- tral Ships Not to be Endangered. Germany’s reply to the American Zote regarding submarine ~warfare, which was brought to the attention of ,the German government following the ‘sinking of the Lusitania, reiterates the ‘assurance that American ships will not ‘be interfered with 50 long as they are .engaged in legitimate trade, mor the dives of Americans upon neutral ships #be endangered. The German government also makes !the assurance that German submarines il be tnstructed to permit the pas- sage of American passenger ps, in return entertains the hope that tile place In service four hostile passenger steamers under the American flag to Dly between European and American Text of the German Note. ‘Berlin, July 8, 9.25 p. m, via London, July 10—The text of the German note 8 “Berlin, July 8. *The unders! lxmdhumohnnorm make the following reply to His Ex- cellency Ambassador Gerard to the note of the 10th utlimo Te. the impair- ment of erican interests by the ‘submarine war. The mperial rernment learned with satisfaction from the note how earnestly the gov- ernment of the United States is con- cerned in seeing the les of / when neutral property. Just as it was also with the Boers, the German peo- ple is now to be given the choice of perishing from starvation with its ‘women and children or of relinquish- ing its independence. Makes Claim of Self Defense. “While our enemies thus loudly and openly proclaimed war without mercy unto our utter destruction, we were conducting a war in self defense for our national existence and for the sake of peace of an assured perman- ency. We have been obliged to adopt a submarine warfare to meet the de- clared intentions of our enemies and the metho@ of e adopted by them in contravention of international W Knew Neutrals Might Suffer. “With all its efforts in principle to protect neutral life and property from as much as possible, the Ger- man government zed unre- servedly in its memorandum of Febru- ary 4 that the interests of neutrals might suffer from the submarine war- fare. However, the American govern- ment will also understand and appre- clate that in the fight for existence which has been government to do all within its power to protect and save the lives of subjects. If the German were in these its du- ties, it mu be sullty, befors God and history of the violation of those principles of highest humanity which mmm;uu.nwn national “The case of the shows to | with horrible clearness to what jeop- be governed by the prin , just as it has done always. Progress and Humanity. "The imperial government vnleomad with gratitude when the Amk erican Cramént in the ote of May 16 teelt Since the time when Frederick Great negotiated wm: John Arh.ml. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Je son_the merce of Sept. 9, 1785, between Prussia and the revubllu of the west, German rican statesmen have, in fact, always stood together in the struggle for the freedom of the seas and for the protection of peaceable trade. In the international proceedings which since have been conducted for the regula- tion of the laws of maritim ut sea and the protection of the inter- ests of neutrals, Germany Would Spare Enemy Civilians “Even at the beginning of the rcan work hand in hand with the Amer- Scan government on that occasion. Adverearies Aim at amny- Life, “If in the present war the princi- ples which should be the ideal of the human lives the manner war employed by our les leads. In the most di- rect contradiction of international law all distinctions between. merchantmen and war vessels have been obliterated by the orders to British merchantmen Would Not Jeopardize American Lives. “In the spirit of friendship where- with the German nation has been im- bued towerds the Union ang its in- habitants since the earliest days of its existence, 1.he Imperial government will always be ready to do all it can during the present war also to prevent erican Markings For American Boats. “In order to exclude any unforeseen dangers to American passenger steam- ers, made possible in view of the con- E:ct of maritime war s Passenger for consideration a proposal to increase -the numbes available steamers by S:l'-l.\lhtr o! carryin; enemy flag. Heular, the ‘Imperial Eoveenment. s unable to’admit thl& Anhlfln dt. & . Cabled Paragraphs marine. The crew was saved. The bark left Valparaiso March 23 for an English port. Driven Off Boat by Shells. WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK President Wilson Then to Take Up Germany’s Latest Note, Cornish, N. H, July 9.—President Wilson will return to Washington next week to take up with S ng and other members of his cabinet the latest note from ¥ on submarine warfare, which he was advised today, was handed to Ambas- sador Gerard in Berlin last night. He will not start back to Washington, however, until the note has been de- ciphered and is ready for his eration. Although the President may decide to leave here in time to discuss the note formally with his cabinet Tuesday, the regular meeting day, it was said tonight that he probably would not arrive there until later. President Wilson already has been told in a general way of the contents of the note, but refused to eomment tonight on Teports from Washington that officials there considered the preliminary outlines of the communi- cation unsatisfactory. He has spent much time since he has been here studying the situation and the fu- ture attitude of the United States. 369,151 RATS EXTERMINATED. in New Orleans Against Bubonio Plague. New Orleans, July 9.—Since Federal authorities took charge of the bu- bonic-plague situation here and be- gan a year ago a campaign against rats, 369,151 rodents have been trap- ped and killed, according to a report made public today by Dr. R. H. Creel, of the United States Public Heaith Service. Only 244 rodents were plague-infected it was said. Of the total number trappd, 202,570 were Norway or “wharf’ rats. In- fected rodents of this species pre- dominated, 216 having been found to be diseased. The last human case of plague was reported on October 4, 1914. Campaign izens can protect an enemy ship through the mere fact of their pres- once on board. Germany Followed England’s Example. “Germany merely followed England’s example when she declared part of the hig seas an area of war. Conse- quently, accidents suffered by neutrals on enemy ships Ipthis area of war cannot well be judged differently from accidents to which neutrals are at all times exposed at the seat of war on land when they betake themselves in- to dangerous localitles in spite of pre- vious warnings. If, however, it should require an adequate number of neutral passenger steamers, the Im- perial government is prepared to in- terpose no objections to the placing under the American flag by the Ameri- can government of four enemy pas- senger steamers for pasengegr traffic between North America and England. Assurances of ‘free and safe’ passage for American passenger steamers would then extend to apply under the identical pro-conditions to these form- erly hostile passenger steamers. Hopes For Understanding. “The president of the United States has declared his readiness, in a,way to communicate to the gov- ernment of Great Bfitain with par- ticular reference to the alteration of maritime war. The Imperial govern- ment will always be glad to make use of the good offices of the president and hopes that his efforts in the present case, as well as in _the direction of the lofty ideal of the freedom of the seas, will lead to an understanding. “The undersigned requests the am- bassador to bring the above to the knowledge of the American govern- ment and avalls himself of the op- portunity to renew to His Excellency the assurance of his most distinguish- ed_consideration. “(Signed) VON JAGOW.” CRISTIS IN FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONS, Feeling in Washington Over German Note—Chief Principle for Which the United States Contends is Pa Lightly Over. ‘Washington, July 9.—Arrival of the press transiation of the German mote confirmed impressions which have been current in official quarters for several days that Germany would refuse to give the assurances asked for by the United States in her last note, that the Americans traveling the high ndangered. he apparent restrictions placed by on the use of American pas- ships, which are to be given complete immunity from interference only if they do not carry contraband, was regarded in many quarters as add- Ing another to the many lasues Which have arisen ootv“ mhmtl.rln = Assumption mw or '.hu loss of Americans in the tante. tragedy ‘was considered to hAv' been wholly evaded by , and the chief Principle for which the United States announced that it won.lfl omit “no wora or act” to see observed was viewed as in | having been lightly passed over. The general feeling that the mnote ‘would be ynsatisfactory and bring to 2 Krisls the friendly relations that Positive That it was Bomb WHICH CAUSED EXPLOSION ON BOARD MINNEHAHA, FUMI'B'I‘!'IATS'I'II-'LB) Vessel Was Shaken from Stem to Stern —Officers of Ship Certain It Was Work of Muenter or Confederates. Halifax, X. S, July 9—A bomb plac- ed aboard the Atlantic Trans; lin- er Minnehaha as she lay at her pler in New York caused the explosion and fire at sea in the opinion of the officers of the steamer which put in here for examination today. The explosion occurred in number three-hold and was of terrific force, shaking the vessel from stem to stern. ighwaymen ‘in Yellowstong| HELD UP STAGE WITH PARTY OF 25 TOURISTS. BANDITS WERE THREE How Much They Got Is Not Known— Dash of New Yorker to Warn Others Broke Up the Bandits’ Plans. Livingston, Mont. July 9.—A party of twenty-five tourists, including Uni- ted States Senator Brady of Idaho, were held up in Yellowstone Park to day by three highwaymen. A New Yorker named Rice was fired at when he jumped down from a stafe coach and ran back toward following coaches. The bullet fired at Rice flattened Standing Still Means Going Backward It is well observed by a Philadelphia authority that the merchant or manufacturer who doesn’t believe in advertising is not so common now as he was once; the importance of publicity has been too fully demonstrated. Yet there are still too many in both classes, not with- out business sense, who fail to grasp the principle that printer's ink is just as essential as capital to the full appreciation of opportunity. A man can make a living no doubt upon mere routine lines. But a business that stands still, like a man or a nation, is really going back- ward. Furthermore advertising must be conducted like anything. else; it must be intelligently planned and consistently carried out. It does little permanent good to make & big flash and then sink forevermore back into obscurity. It is only a flash in the pan instead of a steady light. Those who seek bigger business must keep persist- ently after it. There is nothing mystical about advertising. It is simply a direct appeal to trade and the steadier it is the better the results. ‘When advertising the best medfum, the one that reaches the peo- ple is what is wanted, and no better service can be obtained in this territory than that furnished by The Bulletin. The following matter appeared in its columns during the past week: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, July 5. Tuesday, July 6.. Wednesday, July 7.. Thursday, July 8.. Friday, July 9. July3.i. TolS s . ... .. Telegraph Local General 140 175 130 137 135 %9 . 816 Total 1428 638 515 605 580 405 4171 191 163 144 160 177 136 971 . 1097 300 241 308 268 170 2384 Those of the crew who were forward at the time, were fairly stunned by the shock and two sailors were hurled bodily into the air. Flames fgollowed quickly, and for two days and two nights ‘the crew batted heroically to save the ship. On Predicted Day. There is no doubt in_the minds of the officrs that Erich Muenter, alias Frank Holt or conferedates were re- sponsible for the outrage which. well timed ,occurred at 4.15 o'clock on the afterncon of July 7, the date upon which the dynamiter predicted that some vessel, the name of which he ap- peared uncertain, would be destroy- Bulkheads Saved Ammunition. Muenter's plans were frustrated by the fact that his weapon of destruction was placed with miscellaneous freight forward, and so was separated by stout bulkheads from an enormous cargo of ammunition which with oth- er inflammable munitions of war in- tended. for the allies, filled the after holds. “While Captain the sailors fought the fire, Claret headed his ship for Halifax and brought ~ her safely through a southwesterly gale and thick fog t an anchorage in the lower harbor here at 1 o'clock this after- noon. By that time the flames had eaten their way through number three hold and into No. 4 hold, but late this l!ternoon it was announced that they had been extinguished. Suffocating Fumes From Hatchways. The theory of spontaneous combus- tion was not entertained, as the ex- plosion was followed by the issuance from the h-mhu of suffocating fumes that seriousl the crew in their Aight, and which the officers in- sisted had been let loose by some in- fernal instrument. Had Boats Swung Out. Thrilling stories were told by the 100 men who made up the crew of oy iiH i ag*i’ g § 3 & g g E 3 25 against a rock. Rice ran on and the bandits, realizing that the sound of the shot would act as an alarm, fled into the .woods. How much they got from the tourists had not been learned tonight. Rice was personal conductor of a party “containing . about 125 teachers from New York and Brooklyn. The leading stage of the party was stopped and the passengers were ordered to throwy their money into a sack held by one of the robbers. One man kept the crowd covered at close range, another held the sack, and the third stood about 50 feet from the road to cover the approaches. As Rice sprang from the vehicle and started back to tell the rest of his party to conceal their valuables, the robber guarding the road fired. After collecting the loot, the bandits disappeared. BIG INCREASE IN U. 8. SUBMARINES Will Be Included in Next Navy Esti- mates. ‘Washington, July 9.—The next build- ing pi e for the United States navy will include estimates for nearly double the number of submarines ap- propriated for by the last session of congress. From officials in close touch with the administration’s plans for the navy it was learned tonight that while the general board would wait until September before making its recom- mendations, at least 30 and probably more submarines certainly would be requested. TURKISH FORCES THREATENING ADEN. With Arabs and Field Guns Compel British to Fall Back. London, July 9, 9.10 p. m—Turkish forces from Yemen, southwest Arabia, supported by Arabs, are threatening Aden, the British free port, according fall back on Aden. This occurred on July b. AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL. Boston: Doctor Killed When Machine Upset at Quincy. DoubloThatofAnyDMPapu.flthMon the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population _ Vondensed Telograms |NEED MEN, MATERIAL AND | The Bank of England sold 2 000 bar gold. Wet weather damaged all creps in Kentucky. count l-,nlln celsbrated his sev- John D. seventy. The Bolivian _mtofhnn ‘was ex- tended until December 31. British dyestuffs manufacturers have increased their output. Viriginia D-y was celebrated at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Iooh'dlor celebrated his birthday. The United States destroyer Con- yngham was launched at Philadelphia. Soldiers tnm(ng lu Canada will ba employed to assist in harvesting crops. The_steamer Laj New York for passengers. jand _sailed from verpool with 425 Casualties of all the nations engag- ed in the war, except Italy, are es- timated at 2,228,000. An elevator carrying nine passeng- ers fell eight stories in Boston. Eight persons were injured. King Constantine of Greece has ccll- ed a royal conference for July 15. Ex-Premier Venizelos will attend. party of more than 100 Italian re- mvlm.l will emh-.rk from New York on a steamship sailing for Naples. E. T. White has been assistant general Pernsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh. 7. decree issued by the French gov- ernment prohibits the exportation of gold, except by the Bank of France. An order for $5500,000 worth of rifles for Servia was reported booked by the Hunter Arms Co. of New York. Followmg o ansaymsvs bomb threat, a e guard was placed in the Brmklyn Cnun of Special Ses- sions. All drug stores in the United States that sell liquor after the first of mext year will have to have a saloon li- cense. pulsory military training in all high schools. A complete for insurance against hostile damage has been worced out by the British gov- ernment. ¢ o lan ke Emperor William -ordered that no celebrations of the fifth centenary of g- reign of the Hohenzollern dynasty hela. Clarence M. Mackay, of Rosiyn, L. 1, obtained a permit to carry a -e- volver, fearing an attack such as Mor- gan suffered. The Rev. Francis Dooley, president of the University of Detroit dled in'a New York hospital after an op- eration for cancer. Squadron Commander Arthur H. L. Soames, of the Royal Flying Corps, was killed while experimenting with 2 bomb in London. John McClure former Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Civil War veteran, died at Little Rock. He was 81 years old. American Red Cross offici: ‘Washington insist that repo: of famines in various parts of Mexico from their agents are true. About $2,600,000 in gold has been deposited in the Bank of France in the last three days in response to the Government's appeal for gold. The department of justice will in- vestigate reports that General Felix Diaz is fitting out Mexican expedi- tions in Baltimore and Miami, Fla. Dr. Karl Helfferich, German Fi- nance Minister, invited finance minis- ters of the German states to atttend a conference in Berlin on July 10 The Census Burea Washington announced there 'el" 2'5 689 Indians in the United States in an in- crease of seven per ennl. nv- 1890. pecial police guard has been stationed around the executive man. sion at Albany to prevent the possi bility of violence to Governor Whit- man. Nearly 20,000 British “bad boys” former inmates of reformatories and industrial schools have served with honor in the army and navy since the ‘war began. At a meeting of the Christian En- deavor Soclety in_Chicago, a temp- erance speech sent by W. J. Bryan was turned down by the programme committee. A shortage of several thousand dol- lars has been found by an examiner in the accounts of the National Bank of Montgomery, N. Y. No arrests have been made. Road-building .xurb North and America will gathier at the = Congress held at San Francisco and O-kh.nd. Cal.,, September 1! Ammmnlllfl:luwobuck- smith presented a m—-a ahwwlmv. Field Marshal—War Office Now Able to Equip All Men er Declares—But Gaps in the Ranks Must be Filled. London, July 9, 10.10 p. m.—Fleld Marshal Earl Kitchener, whose conduct of the war office has been cri by certain sections of the British press, received a very remarkable ovation from the people today on his visit to the London guildhall to make an ap- peal for recruits and particularly for Teserves for the great army which he has raised since the outbreak of the war. From the war office to the guildhall, great crowds assembled to welcome the secretary of war, and es he drove through the troop-lined streets cries of welcome and confidence were shouted at him, while a meéeting of business men in the guildhall unanimously voted confidence in his administration. The great need of the moment, said Earl Kitchener, was men, material and money. Money being raised by loan Wwas @ success, he said, and he assured the meeting that the question of mate- rial was being deait with in a highly satisfactory manner by the new minis try of munitions. But there etill re- mains the vital necessity of the men he would require, he declared. “Men, and more men,” he sald, “until the enemy is crushed.” The country is in a better position that it was when the war broke out and he made his first appeal for cruits, Barl Kitchener declared, but he added the position was still serious, and he made an urgent call for men to fill up the gaps which had been made in_the ranks of the army. ‘While at the commencement of thc war the British were short of equip- ment, Earl Kitchener made the stat ment that now the war office was able to equip all men entisting. AT THE FRONT. h Premier Asquith, Earl Kitchener Inspected Organization of Allies. British Headquarters in France, July 8, via London, July 8, 5.12 p.m-—For e was accompanied by Premfer As- quith and Colonels Hankey and Fitz- gerald. He arrived on Tuesday after- noon, the guest of Sir John French, commander of the British expedetion- ary forces on the continent, and that afternoon visited the grounds of the firing corps, the cadet school, where officers are trained, and the machine gun_school. The next morning Lord Kitchener was up at 5.30 o'clock and an hour later called at one of the department head- quarters in thetown, where he spent half hour. The major in charge be- longed to the night tour, the officer of the day tour not having yet come on. Later, with Premier Kitchener visited saw the troops, gun positions and g B B passed ‘pres. eryw] party the troops were drawn up outside their billets at the automobiles went by. - That afternoon the field met King Albert of Belgium and was shown the inundated area in front of the Bel= glan line. On Thursday Lord Kitchener vieited the first army, reviewed the e cavalry corps and saw _the. troope I portion In the resion OF ALS ras. He returned to London Thursday evening. No feature of the army at the front was omitted from the marshal's inspection. He saw more two and one-half days than enyone had ever been able to eee in the same length of time at the front. “TURN OF THE TIDE” British Military Critics See This In War News of Friday. London, July 9, p. m~The complete surrender of the forces in German Southwest Afries 4 General Botha, commander of the forces of the Union of South Afriea: the French success in the Vosges, Where they made an advance of seven hundred yards on a front of six hum- dred yards and captured upwards hundred unwounded Germans, and the splendid stand being made by the Russians in Southern Poland against the Austro-German gives the British military critics Ject for comment on what they term “the turn of the tide” in the war Which is now approaching its first an- niversary. General Botha's victory, with the Germans cut off from the nun‘b. world, was a foregone ccmauin-, the fact that he won it months of warfare, deqm- boman in his own country, and Hide ma b; '-:"m oboervers 19 to ’th le: ¥ tary been a remarkabie achieve . _To heat through an almost - country in which the few wells had been poisoned and where sandstorms made it necessary for the soldiers to wear gosgles. With rapid, sweeping strokes Gen- eral ‘Botha worked round the mans who were forced to suffer annihilation, and this prevented them from breaking up into parties and continuing a guerilla warfare. it expected that this territory, 'u is some 300,000 square miles in ex: tent, will be annexed to the of South Africa. General Botha al- ready has begun to send the citisen army home and a commencement will be made immediately of the Gl'nlll- tion of the contingent to mother country in Europe. HUERTA IN JAIL FOR FEDERAL JURY. He Waived Hearing on Charge of Neu- trality Vielation. El Paso, Tex., July 9.—General Vic- toriano Huerta waived preliminary hearing on charges of conspiracy to violate the United States neutrality laws late today and was held under $15,000 bond for the federal grand jury at San Antonio Dec. 20. He declined to furnish bond and was removed to Fort Blies, where he will be guarded by fed- eral marshals. Immediately Generals Ygnacio Bravo, Eduardo Caus, Jose Delgado and En- rique Corostieta and -J. B. Ratner waived preliminary hearing, but all ex- cepting Bravo furnished bonds to ap- pear at San Antonio. General Bravo, who is 82 years old and served 60 years in the Mexican army, was released on his personal recognizance. The bonds of the others, which had been fixed at $15,000 each, were reduced. Caus’ bond was fixed at $2,500, the others at 35,000 each. Their bondsmen are local bankers. General Huerta asked permission to speak in his own defense, but was dis- suaded by his attorney. Hollow Victory for Resolute. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 9—The New York Yacht Club’s syndicate sloop Resolute, won her third race of the series for the cup defenders when she today at 53. victory, however, Vanitie, met with an accident which forced her out of the race after about 26 of the 30 1-2 mile course had been cove Steamers Sailed and Signalled. Bergen, Juy 7—Safled: Steamer Steamer N birthday. Vonu?-.milh- Amyicion, arrested ‘onkers. HIGH PRAISE FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS. From Sir Thomas Lipton—For Work in Typhus Stricken Countries. ‘Washington, July 9.—Sir Thomas Lipton, writing from his yacht Erin, which he has converted to a British hospital ship, to Miss Mabel T. Board- man, of the American Red Cross so- clety pays a tribute to the effective- ness of the work of American sur— geons and nurses in Serbia, Montene~ gro_and elsewhere. “The first time I was at Cheve- heli,” Sir Thomas writes in_picturing the transformation in Serbia, “thers were 1,400 patients there, mostly with typhus. When I was there the other day there were only three typhus cases. He described as “miraculous” the work of Dr. Richard E. Strong, the Harvard professor of _tropical dis= eases, in charge of Sanitary commission Montenegro, and his staff.