Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 22, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 327 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, BRITISH ARE HOLDING THEIR NEW POSITIONS ; | Crown Prince Rupprecht Has POPULATION 29,919 7 " allein NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917 16 PAGES—112 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Hurled Counter Attacks, _ But the British Have Withstood Them BERLIN ADMITS GERMANS LOST SOME DEFENSES 5 | The British Losses in the Assault Thursday Are Said to Have Been Light—On the Southern End of the Western Front the German Crown Prince Has Suffered Severe Losses il:nnlfmucceuf\llAtt-ck on Mount Haut, in Cham- pagne—There Has Been No Marked Fighting Activity on the Other Fronts. The opposing armies still are busy from the North Sea to Switzerland in {the west, from the Baltic to the Black Sea in the east, in Macedonia and in the Austro-Ttalian mountains to the Adriatic. Except in Flanders, how- ever, the activity is not intense. Fleld Marshal Haig Bes made com- plete_his latest success and his men jare holding tight to the new posi- tions taken from the Germans on Thursday. Crown Prince Rupprecht |burled counter-attacks gainst the mew British lines but the Britishers held on firmly to their gains. . Ber- lin officially admits that the British effort was successful and that the ! Germans were forced to evacuate some !of their defences in the vital Ypres |malient, but it attempts to minimize the importance of the advance. The |British losses in the assault are re- ported to have been light. On_the southern end of the west- ern front the German crown prince has suffered eevere losses in an un- successful attack on Mount Haut, in Champagne. _ Other attacks by the Germans on the Aisne front and near Verdun were repelled by the French. There has been no marked fighting on the eastern front. General Alexieff, chief of staff to Premier Kerensky, commander-in-chief of the Russian armies, has resigned. Differences be- tween the two men over matters ap- pertaining to the Korniloff revolt are given as the reason. The Austrians and Itallans appar- ently are resting on the Carso front. In the Trentino, however, the two armies have been more active. In an attack at Cima Sief, in the Delomite Alpe, the Italians gained the enemy defenses. GOVERNMENT PLAN TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL EVILS To Discourage Employers From En- ticing Workmen From Other Plants Washington, Sept. 21.—The first in- dication that the government plans systematic action to discourage em- ployers from enticing worlynen from other plants, thus preventing indus- frial evils caused by. large floating pulations, came today In an an- ovncement by Chalirman Hurley of e’ federal shipping beard. that con- ferences of shipbuilders would be call- ed soon to frame voluntary agree ments on_the subject. Labor disputes in Pacific coast ship- wards, causing suspension of the gov- ernment building programme, consti- tute the immediate reason for this rourse. Application of the principle o other industries in all parts of the untry has been considered, however, officials who have observed the perious possibilities _arising out of mpetition of employers for workmen war industries. Tt is considered that if ehipbuilders agree not o bid against rival companies * for en, steps will be taken to secure similar agreements, in other indus- fes. \ DOCUMENTS BEARING ON THE KING MYSTERY Xhree Trunkfulls Are Being Taken From New York to Concord, N. C. New York, Sept. 21. — With three ks of documents found sere. and! panied by Dr. Otto Schultze, the ict attorney’s medical expert, and ective Jones, pistol expert of the Police departpent, Assostant District JAttorney Dooling jeft today for Con- ‘©cord, N. C., to co-operate with the au- thorities thers in = investigating the mysterious shooting at Concord - on lAugust 29 of Mrs. Maude A. King. A telegram was recelved by the district ‘attprney from Hayden Clements, the |state’s attorney there, asking that “the ost pertirent documentary evidence ‘be sent with Dooling. ,The documents were for the,most part found in the gpartments Hero of Gaston B. Means, | rs. King’s business advisor. Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $35,000,000 BY JULY 1 To Carry On the Vast War Work Both at Home and Abroad. New York, Sept. 21—A campaign to raise $35,000,000 by July 1, 1918 to carry out the vast war work of the Young Men’'s Christian Associat®n, both at home and abroad, was launch- ed at a meeting here today of the National War Work Council of the Association. The first big drive to se- cure contributions will be made No- vyember 11 to 19, which has been des. dgnated as ‘national cam week. National, department, and state cam- paign committees will be named to assist in the effort. NEW HAVEN TO FIGHT TROLLEY FARE ADVANCE Mayor Campner Has Called a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 21—Mayor Samuel Campner today issued a call for a special meeting of the board of mldermen to be held on the night of September 24 to coneider action on the proposed raise in trolley fares to six cents by the Connecticut Com- Pany. Local labor organizations are naming committees to fight the ad- wvance and it Is expected that the chamber of commerce wil also take some action. 16 NURSES TO WORK FOR INFANT WELFARE .IN FRANCE To Reduce Death Rate Among Chil- dren Under Two Years of Age. Sept. 21.—The Ameri- can Red Cross announced today that Dr. Charles Ulysses Moore, of Port- land, Oregon, with sixteen specially trained nurses, had been sent to France to reinforce the infant welfare unit now working there in an effort to wreduce the high death rate among ghildren under two years of age. ‘Washington, BINGHAM TO MAKE A PERSONAL INVESTIGATION Of Rumors in Connection With the Death of His Wife. Louisville, Ky., Sépt. 21.—A personal investigation of various rumors in connection with the death of Mrs. Robert W. Bingham will be made by a representative of Judge Bingham, a Lonisville. attorney, former judge of the circeit court and the second hus- band of the widow of Henry M. Flag- ler, Standard Oil and railroad masg- nate, who left her an estate valued at more than $70,000,000. A statement to that effect was made today by Attor- neys for Judge Bingham. Aovices from Wilmington, N. C., where Mrs. Bingham was buried. were that her grave is being guarded day and night and the probability existed that her body would be disinterred and an autopsy performed. It is intended, the statement by Judge Bingham's attorneys recites, “to find out exactly what, if anything,has been done there 1in this matter; whether there has been any request i for any such thing, by whom such re- quest has been mdde, if any has been made; am for what purpose such pro- ceeding is to be had, and to see that in the event there is any such purpose (which Judge Bingham’s representa- tives cannot believe to be true) Judge Bingham is given full notice o0 that ! he may have a representative present.” The statement also denies a report that Dr. R. M. Ravitch, who attended Mrs. Bingham prior to her Jast illness, had been presented with affee of $50,- 000 and an aptomobile. “Dr. Ravitch,” the statement declares, “has ‘at no time recelyed for his services in treat- ing Mrs. Bingham anything other than the ordinary fees charged by phyai- clans.” \ Tt also_was Indicated that Dr. Ra- vitch’s office had been rifled and some of ‘his records removed. BOMB EXPLODED ON A JAPANESE STEAMER Two Persons Were Killed and Ten Injured, A Pacific Port, Sept..21.—Explosion of a homb in sacks of nitrate being loaded on the Japanese passenger and freight steamer Maru at Quique, Chili, Iilled two persons and injured ten. It was reported on the arrival of the vessel today. After the blast four other bombs were fouyl. Members of the crew sald a German agent was sus- pected. The Rev. John L. Reeder of South Pasadena, Calif., and others told of the attempt to wreck the vessel. Mr. Reeder said a German painter, work- ing near the pier where the Eeiyo Ma- ru was docked, had been arrested fol- lowing the explosion and that a_box of dynamité and bombs had been fourtd in his house. The steamer loft while the Chilean authorities were in- vestigating, he said. Those killed included two soldiers who were loading the nitrate on a lighter which conveved it to the vessel, passengers said. An examination of the other sacks of nitrate revealed the remaining sul- phuric acld bombs concealed in fruit cans, according to the reports. WOULD SHOOT CONSPIRATORS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT President Humphreys of Stevens In- stitute of Technology. Hoboken, N. J.,, Sept. 21.—Shooting as traitors for those who conspire against the government’'s prosecution of the war was advocated here todav at the opening of Stevéns Institute of Technology by its president, Dr. Al- exander Humphreys, who added’ that “4t is a cause for humiliation that some of the enemy of our just cause are to be found in the congress of the United States.” - “What was permissible a vear ago in freedom of speech with rezard to the war is no longer permissable,” he said. “Acts then within the rights of American citizenship are nof pun- ishable as treason. Certain persons in our midst who conspire against.our government if they could be dealt with as traitors, should be promptly ar- :;‘;B'-:d and convicted and as promptly ot Cabled Paragraphs No Cipher Message For America. - Copenhagen, Sept. 21.—The Frank- furter Zeitung says that the Swedish embassy which has taken over the af- fairs of the Ameri n- stan the Boston Avlator Honored in France. Paris, Sept. 21.—Pilot Walter 8. Rheno of Boston, & member of the Lafayette flying squadron, has bheen granted a second palm to his war cross for bringing down a German air- plane on September 8, says the Paris edition of the New York Herald. This is the second German machine Rheno has shot down single-handed. GERMANS TRIED TO ESTRANGE AMERICA AND JAPAR Vjscount Ishii Says the Zimmerman Note Gave Japan a Clue. Washington, Sept. 21.—German in- trigue and propaganda, cleverly ap- plied in both countries, have prevented a full understanding between Ameri- ca and Japan, Viscount Ishii, head of the Japenese - Mission to the Unifed States, declared in an address here tonight at the National Press Club. The Zimmerman note to Mexico in. volving Japan gave a clde to the secret agencies at work to part the east and the west, the viscount said, but even the noise of this diplomatic ‘“blund-'l er* by Berlin gave a check only for a time. “I am confident that some day, and 1 sincerely trust the day is not far distant, the eyes of all men who hon- estly endeavor to present the truth will be opened and that the _truth about Japan and America will be re- vealed to all the world,” the viscount said. “When that day comes you and all men will know how cleverly ‘the work of deception has been carried on and how long we have listened to lies | about the ambitions and the ideals of the east and the west. Worked to Create Distrust. “For more than ten years a propa- ganda has been carried on in this country, in Japan and in fact through- out the world for the one and -sole purpose of keeping nations of the Far East and Far West as far apart as possible, to create distrust, suspicion and unkindly feeling, all in order that Germany might secure advantage in the confusion. “The world was flooded with tales of Japan’s military_aspirations and Ja- pans’ duplicity. Have these Been borne out by history? Even now the Ger- man publicity agent whispers first in your ear and then in mine. To the acompaniment of appeals to the hu- man heart, he tells to me stories of your duplicity and to you of mine. German Agents Still at Work. “These agents have been supplied with unlimited resources. No wonder we have been deceived. A short time | ago, a bad blunder gave us a clue. The Zimmerman note to Mexico, involving Japan, was a blunder. It made such a | noise that we were disturbed in our | sTumbers and so were you. This gave| a check for a time, but since then | the agents have beén hard at work, | they were at work yesterday and they are 4 work today. Every prejudice every sympathy, every available argu- ment has been appealed to and used to show to your people and to our what a low cunning enemy we have in the other, and how much dependent we are upon the future friendship, support and good will of Germany. “Now gentlemen, you might expect me to say something about the object | of my mission in reply to suggestions made continually in the newspapers, | who get the truth from the high au- thorities on the Far East” or ‘close friends of the administration’ one might inquire from what fountainhead | these intimate informations come. I have not told anyone what 1 have said in the pleasant conversation 1 have {had with the officials in Washington and T do not believe for a moment that | the high officials have told anyone either. Yet these informants have the whole story and tell you just what we are after. We are told that we have come to Washington when the whole world is at_war; when all the world is in need of disinterested friendships; when all civilization is menaced; at such.a time, you are told that we come here to trade; that we come as mercernaries, to ask a price for our hssistance in this war. “Gentlemen. is this a charge you want me to asnwer? Answer it yourselves, out of your own honest men’s hearts. A Piece of Secret History. “Let me tell you a piece of secret history. When it becathe known to us that the American and British gov- ernments, were alike desirous of enter- ing into a general treaty of arbitra- tion, but that they found the making of such a treaty was precluded by the terms of the British alliance with Japan. as they then stood, it was not with the consent of Japan, bit it was because of Japan's spontaneous offer, that the stipulations of the alliance were revised so that no obstacle might be put in the way of the pro- posed treaty, now in effect, excludes the United States from its.operation. This is a true account of the genesis of that clause. It was Japan's own idea—her own contribution to the cause of universal peace. tention of appealing to arms againsi America, how could she thus voluntar- ily have renounced the all-important co-operation of Great Britain? It would have been wildly Quixotic. ‘War With America Unthinkable. “There is, one may surely be safe in saying. only one way to interpret this attitude of Japan. that to the Japan government and na- America is simply unthinkable.” FRAUD CHARGED IN NEW YORK REPUB. PRIMARIES Benhett is Going to Apply to the Su- preme Court For a Reécount. New York, Sept. 21.—William M. Bennett, former state senator _who contested in the primarles last Wed- nesday with John Purroy Mitchel, mayor of New York, the right to run on the republican ticket for the office of mayor in the approaching election, announced tonight that he had decid- ed to apply to the supremie court next Monday for a recouat of the ballots cast in the x;l Mitchell led Bennett. Mr. Bennett charges that evidence can be produced to show that fraud republican party. Although previous reports had indicated that 1,119, errors reperted today exces down to 597 And lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Argentina Ready [Austria Commends to Enter World War| Pope’s Peace Plan IRE'AROUSED BY NEW n':yzuw. REPLY HANDED TO PAPAL NUN- MENTS SEND~ Has Approved the Count Von Luxburg. ‘Buenos Aires, Sept. 21—The. ber of deputies late today until tomorrow discussion of the with Germany caused by the unfy ly action of Count von Luxbursg, dismissed German minister. postponement was taken after TROOPS ABROAD|A BASIS & CIO AT VIENNA FOR PARLEYS Known That Emperor William | Emperor Charles Hopes Nations Op- “Loyalty” of | posing His Own Will Regard the Pro- posals as a Basis for Negotiations| Amsterdam, 21.—Peace would ome from the/ recent proposals of ope Benedict {f the belligerent na- ns would enter into negotiations in e sense of the pontiff'’s susgestions, peror Charles of Austria-Hungary in his reply to the Vatican note. influencelf by publicily. ings that are being presented. columns the past week: Bulletin Saturday, Sept.'15. Monday, Sept. 17. Tuesday, Sept. 18. Wednesday, Sept. 19. Thursday, Sept. 20. Friday, Sept. 21. Fofalsr < e iR cause success is attained throu; THE POWERFUL INFLUENCE OF PUBLICITY Advertising is one of the things which cannot be overlooked if success is going to crown the efforts of any business undertaking be- gh patronage and patronage is strongly It makes no difference whether it is the floating of the Liberty loan, the developing of a new enterprise or the maintenance and up- building of an old one, one of the first requisites is to acquaint the peo- ple with the facts, tell them of the advantages which are offered and show them where it is for their welfare to get interested in the- offer- Advertising is one of the strong pillars on which many a profitable business was founded and upon which they have been continued and secured a nationwide reputation. men is not to overlook advertising. It brings results in every field, and for Norwich and vicinity there is no medium which will equal The Bul- letin with its extensive circulation. Summarized below is the reading matter which has appeared in its Telegraph Local General Total The advice of successful business . 138~ 168 1234 1540 . 148 127 268 . 543 . 128 173 258 559 - $42 144 126 412 . 130 139 195 464 Ao dat, . 453; . 397 . 809 . 872 2234 3915 of a statément from Foreign Minister that the government has information which he will present to the congress tomorrow. After a meeting of the ministry this jafternoon it was anmounced that the take j rave and rapid measures in view of Pueyrredon received new government was prepared to certain new developments. A high -official measures probably would patch of’troops to Europe. ceived in Buenos Aires. RBuenos Aires, Sept. of di: dismissed German minister, ceived today tina and Germany. upon in some quarters as of a bredk. I e - ADProVA] ~f the recolution by tne | IYelY desire” that the arpeal may meet deputles before night was predicted| "grperor William, the German note! In these quarters. such action, it I8|gays hag been following the efforts of | considered, would virtually assure an as the senate has al- passed the regplution favor- ing the break and President Irigoy- en has anmounced that he is willing to actual rupture, ready follow the dictates of the people. AGREEMENT MADE TO SEND CHINESE SOLDIERS TO FRANCE If Money, Equipment and Transporta- titon Are Available. Peking, Munm‘d E Se»;. 11"{:—(13:1‘;{; ~ ed.)—The president and the cabin [ow, If Tapen I @ comotest Iy e agreed to the plan of sending a trial division of 24,000 Chinese soldiers equipment _and The entente allies have approved the proposition and France is eager to receive the con- to France. if money, shipping are available. tingent. - The Chinese probably copld reach An abundant It is a most signal | number of fairly trained soldiers is im- proof—if indeed any proof is needed— | mediately available for the expedition. The premier is in favor of sending tion anything like armed conflict with [200,000 men, and the provincial author- ities are heartily in -support of the ton pro- s approv- France by January 1. plan in the event that the visional government gives al of the war with Germany. The Chinese soldiers probably will be used as a second line force in France they are better trained in the until lates®methods of war. GENERAL BLISS IS TO SUCCEED GENERAL SCOTT As Chief of Staff of the American Retirement Army—Latter Reach: Age. ‘Washington, Sept. Major General Hugh L. Scott, retirds from office tomorrow. General Scott, who is 64 years old, was committed in the balloting, and|has reached the age of retirement but that he is thé rightful candidate of the|he will be immediately called to ac- said Mitchel's | that for the present the generai would connection troops in the tive service. Secretary Baker be assigned to duty in with the training of United States. { KAISER APPROVED “LOYALTY"” OF COUNT VON LUXBURG News to That Effect' Has Been Re- . declared that these include an mmediate” declaration of war against { Germany, to be followed by the des- 21—News to the! effect that Emperor William had ex-| | pregsed his approval jayed by Count Von Luxburg, the was ra- here just before the opening of debate in the chamber of deputies on the resolution declaring for a rupture of relations between Argen- This was looked likely to hasten materially the decision in favor the layalty 21.—Major Gen- maries and particularly | eral Tasker H. Bliss today was named in the borough of Manhattan, where |chief of staff of the army to Succeed who The emperor sees in the pope’s peace plan a suitable basis for initiating ne- gotiations toward a just and lasting peace and expresses the hope that the nations opposing his own may be ani- mated by the same ideas. The reply, received here ipatch from Vienna, handed Monsignor T. Valfre di Bonzo, the pa- pal nuncio_at Vienna, on Thursday. Austria-Hungary’s ruler, the reply said, received the pontiff’s note with a thankful heart and with an expres- sion of hope that the pontiff’s efforts may lead to a realization of the em- peror’s desire for a lasting and hon- jorable peace for all parties. Freedom of the seas is one of the peace hopes of Emperor Charles in order that heavy- material burdens could be taken from the nations of the earth and new sources of prosper- jity opened to them. in' a des- { KAISER HOPES POPE’S.APPEAL WILL MEET WITH SUCCESS Germany Has Sent its Reply to Pope Benedict. Amsterdam, Sept. 21.—The German |government in its reply to the peace note of Pope Benedict, a copy of which has been received here, “cherishes a erable time with high respect. COSTA RICA SEVERS RELATIONS WITH GERMANY Passoprts Were Handed to Represent- atives of Germany. ' San Jose, Costa Rica, Sept. 21.—The- Césta Rican government by an official act this afternoon severad diplomatic relations with - Germany. were handed to the diplomatic and and consular representatives of Ger- many here and the Costa Rican lega- tion and consuls in Germany were re- calléd. The people and the newspapers action. MAY ASK FOR ARREST OF SENATOR LA FOLLETTE For Remarks Made a High Cost of Living Conference. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 21.—Gov- ernor Burnquist announced tonight that if an official investigation of the alleged disloyal statements made by Senator La Follette at the closing ses- sion of the non-partisan league high eost of living conference here last night reveal that his remarks were se- ditious, the Minnesota public safety commjssion, of which the governor is chairman, will ask for the senator’s arrest. JURY DISAGREED IN SEATTLE CONSPIRACY CASE to Convict Men Who Have Been Active in Labor Troubles. Fai Seattle, Sept. 21.—After deliberating seventeen hours, jurors in a seditious conspiracy case reported today to Judge Jeremiah Neterer, in the United States district court that they were unable to agree upon a verdict as to Hulet M. Wells, former president of the Seattle Central Labor council and Eamuel Sadler. the pope towards peace for a consid- | Passports ; strongly approved of the government's | '4(‘—-ondensed Telegrams There are 139 case of infantile pa- ralysis in Chicago. A contingent of American physicians arrived at London. . Harvard students will have to pay more for their food this year. The United Sta this year is spending money almost ten times as fast as last year. schooner The crew The unarmed American Ann J. Trainer was sunk. of seven men were saved. Thirty-four persons were killed and 24 injured in an explosion in a mu- nition factory at Cologme. Ralph Lane, a lumber merchant of Yonkers, was fined $150 for driving an auto while. intoxicated. A campaign for the Americanization of the foreign population of Boston was opened by the Home Guard. Cardinal Gibbons offdred to contri- bute some of his books for the benefit of libraries at army cantonments. Octavio Flore, a Mexican resident of Mexicall, was shot for tearing an American flag from an automobile. Two thousand five hundred carrier pigeons are being assembled in Fort Wood, N. Y., for war duty abroad. The- German war loan campaign has opened in Holland urging Ger- man residents to buy German bonds. An increase of $7,154,377 in savings bank deposits in New Hampshire as compared with the 12 months previous is reported. Federal authorities from Milwaukee seized the wireless outfit of A. F. Gal- lun at his summer home, on Pine Lake, Wis. Capt. Bernier, Canadian explorer, who left for the Arctic region in July, 1916, reached Quebec from the far North. Brig.-Gen. George Dunkan and Maj. Campbell King, = of the American army, were awarded the Croix de Guerre. An increase in the per capita tax on the-members from 14 to 20 cents was declared by the Lady Foresters of America. & A settlement was reachgd which will permit the striking longshoremen to return to work at the Chelsea piers, New York. Mrs. Mary Semers, of Manchester, N. H., was indicted for the murder of her husband, Frank Somers, who was shot on August 9. Lach Caruso, 65 years old, was drowned at Branford yesterday after- noon when he was pulled overboard by an anchor rope. - Pasquale Granese, alleged mucderer of Willilam Deady, who died at a Wat- erbury hospital, is held at the police station without bonds. United States infant-ymen are pa- trolling the street in the vicinity of As- toria’s three shipyards and two big Hammond Co. mills at Astoria, Ore. Only four French vessels were sunk, the week ended September 19, by Ger- man supmarines or mines. Two of these vessels were over 1,600 tons, and two less. George Artess, the world’s champion double somersault jumper. was award- ed $6.000 in his suit against the Fox Film Co. He was injured in a thirty foot fall. Twenty-five coal mines at Clarks- burg, W. Va., were compelled to close within a week because the operators were unable to mine and sell coal for $2 a ton. Thirty-six soldiers from Camp Mills were caught by military police in a cemetery changing clothes so they could quench their thirst whenever they felt dry. . The American steamer Susana, previously reported sunk by % Ger- man submadrine in the Mediterranean, has arrived safely at a foreign port, according to cable advices. | Mayor Mitchell will officiate next {Monday at the cornerstone laying for nine dormitories and two infirmaries of the city's institution for the feeble minded on Randall’s Island. The identity of a Russian found dead in Waterbury _ with bullet wounds in his body on Wednesday had not been established by the police last night. The body was buried yesterday. General Le T. Bryant, New Jer- sey State Commissioner of Labor, an- | nounced the formation of a new bureau in his department, to be known as the |negro welfare and employment bureau. Ten thousand Great Lake sailors are ivoting on a resolution to strike, Oc- itober 1, if the Lake Carriers’ Associ- idoes not agree to extend the provision of the Atlantic agreement to the lakes.. The Sound Transit Company has isuspended operation of the ferry ser- !vice between New Rochelle and Sea Cliff, L. L. for the season. The ferry between Rye and Sea Cliff will con- tinue. Frank A. Palmer, formerly treasurer 0? a mining company in Boston, was given a fourth months’ jail sentence by Judge Morton in the United States district court for using the mails to defraud. Mayor Mitchel was the guest of hon- or and the principal speaker at a lun- cheon at the Hotel McAlpin, given un- der the auspices of the Women's Com- mittee of 100 for the Nonpartisan City Government. Lieut. Col. George F. Baker, chair- man of the American Red Cross Com- mission to Italy, returned to Rome from a visit to the Italian front where he traveled the distance from the Car- S0 to the Trentino. George G. Hall, proprietor of the Adams Houge, Boston, died last night of injuries Treceived at Portsmouth Friday when his carriage was struck by an electric_express car of the Bay State Street Railwa; Representative William C. Adamson of Georgia, chairman of the House In- terstate Foreign Commerce Committee, was nominated by the president to be Aaron Fislerman, the, general appraiser of merchandise for third defendant, was found not gulilty. the port of New York. civillan |, German Intrigue in Neutral Lands FURTHER REVELATIONS OF VON BERNSTORFF’S DUPLICITY {EXPOSED BY LANSING He Sent a Message to Berlin Request- ing Authority to Use $50,000 to In- fluence Congress. £ Washington, Sept. 21.—The Ameri- can government's publicity spotlight revealing German intrigue in neutral lands turned today upon the expendi- ture of money by the Berlin foreign office in an effort to influence con- gress on the eve of the ruthless sub- marine campalgn which drove the United States to war. " $50,000 to Influence Congress Secretary Lansing made public without comment the text of a mes- sage sent by Count Von Bernstoff to Berlin last “January, asking euthor- ity to use $50,000 to influence con- gress through an organization which the forelgn office was rominded had verformed similar service before. To supplement this move Von Bernstorft suggested an official declaration in favor of Ireland for its effect here. The organization to be employed was not named in the message and Mr, Lansing did not discuss its iden- tity. It was freely suggested among other officials, however, that it was one of the varidus socleties which flooded meémbers of the house and senate with peace messages when President Wilson was asking that a state of war be recognized. World-Wide German Intrigue. This disclosure adds another chap- ter to the amazing story begun with the publication of the famous Zim- mercann note in which Germany pro- posed an alliance with Mexico and Japan against the United States and which hae included the German-Swed- ish breaches of neutrality in Argen- tina and Mexico. It connects the German government and Count Von Bernstorff directly and conclusively with machinations which the Ameri- can public had assumed was a part of the world-wide Teutonic intrigue, but which many people firmly believad were carried on or financed In this country by German agents without ac- tual authority from Berlin. Members of Congress Indignant Little surprise was occasioned eith- er in official circles or at the capitol, although members of consress wers highly indignant. Thers. was some talk at the capitol of demanding an investigation, and Senator Overman, chairman of the senate lobby commit- tee, and Representative Flood, chair- man of the house foreign affairs com- mittee, arranged to go to' the state department tomorrow and ask for fur- ther information. Reflection on Members of Congrass | On the floor of the house, Represen- jtative Heflin of Alabama asserted that he could name thirteen or four- teen members of the law branches of congress who had acted suspigiously and expressed the opinion that they should be Investigated. Generally, however, the disposition was to re- |gard as absurd any suggestion that any part of the $50,000 sought by Von Bernstorff was intended for members of congress. Bernstorff's Message. The Von Bernstorff message, dated January 22, follows: “I request the authority to pay up to- $50,000 in order, as on former oc- casions, to influence congress through thé organization you know which might lead to the prevention of war. I am beginning in the meantime to act accordingly. I am trying to malke public an official declaration in favor of Ireland which is highly desirable in order to gain the suport of the Irish influence here.” This message was sent nine days before the German government. pro- claimed its unrestricted submarine warfare. When he wrote it Count Von Bernstorff was assuring the American government and press that under no circumstances would Ger- many violate her pledges of the Sus- sex case or do anything that might draw the United States into the list of her enemies. With the Lusitania and other cases in abeyance, the Ameri- can government had made no move since the Sussex pledge and there was nothing on the surface to foreshadow impending trouble. Two weeks later, when Von Bern- storff was handed his passports, he professed ignorance of prior knowl- edge of his government's intentions to throw its promises to the winds. THE FRIENDS OF IRISH - FREEDOM NOT IMPLICATED Moore, New York, Sept. 21.—John D. Moore, secretary of the Friends of Irish Free- dom, made the following statement to- day in connection with the letter of Count Von Bernstorff made public by Secretary of State Lansing: i “The Friends of Irish Freedom is Inot the organization referred to by Count Von Bernstorffl. We have not now nor never did have any German tinge. Our membership is restricted to those of Irish blood and we are en- tirely supported by our own mem- bers.” ¢ WOMAN ROBBED BY A HIGHWAYMAN IN MERIDEN Knocked Down in the Center of the ity at 6:15 Last Night. Meriden, Conn., Sept. 21.—A women was knocked down and robhed in the center of the city at 6:15 o'clock to- night. Alex Rusak, who, it is alleged, was in an intoxicated condition, ap- proached Mrs. Stella Kurtze, threw her to the ground by the hair of her head and wrested $5 she was carrying in her han. There were people on the street at the time and a grocery clerk interfered. Rusak was arrested later and is charged with intoxiation, thft from prson and assault Capt. Hans Rintelen, member of Von Tirpitz’s staff, who was imprisoned in Atlanta charged with conspiracy to stop eportations of war materials to the Allles, was brought to New York for trial on other indictments. Statement Made by Secretars John D.- o