The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 21, 1917, Page 1

* nen rns By Caited Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star WASHINGTON, 21.—Former ador Count Von Bernstorff was an German active ba were friendly, ary 22, mer occasions.’ His activity was in the nature of gress thru an unnamed organization, his government could and asked the Berlin foreign office, for $50,000 to influence congress “as on “perhaps prevent war.” zation you know of which “‘T am beginn war prevent reur Irel declaration in favor of nd i hi to gain the support of uence New Revelation Pighahes Proof of Kaiser’s Plotting Against United States Ir here inf knowledge of German intrigue in this nation conducting his colleague, the Austrian ambassac was Patriots all! é place an estimate on the amount of mone) the show until the returns from the programs an flower sale were compiled, but he said that it probably} would be in excess of $500. Cheers greeted the Naval Militia; Letty winbins Gphet ss teak, band as it swung u gitle’ and tower a @ 40 strong, and more of flowers contributed Hirected at u 3 were sold to help swell the First Was whict eing raised by | who followed in Oak! to buy tobacco for the nated by Harry Austin es | 7 it r gale f ahter CLEMMER PAYS $50 thant bandtir achatted alter caw hte James Q. Clemmer nanager of the Clemmer theatre, was the (Continued on page 13) highest bidder f eture of Miss Greenwood gettin the photograph for $50 ere . | vere many bidders. fit Mor ||| Dance Tonight for rissey acted as auctioneer the Tobacco Fund; Held at K. P. Hall the Washington-Oakland Co girlg bore signs, calling on the 5 fo join th nt the Met Corey Sign Co. ted the sign Riding irl cadets was Helen 0, better known ag “Ol who presented col ors to the Cadets and was made their first honorary president. The cirla were accompanied also b their commander, Mme. Lepper. Commander Freeman tia band te was on han¢ signed the Mil ness the performance as were many other of the city’s best 7. ape Suown men. There was 2 goodly |i with a good cause, and be sure number of women in the audience. || to attend the dance Chorus girls from the “So Long Te oe The Star has established branch « ns downtown at a number of cigar’ stores where contri » for the “Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund” may be le The names of the contributors will then published in The Star Come on, now 10ke (and those who don’t smoke, too) Here are the places G 1406 Third ave , i Green’s, Arctic Club building Pursley’s, Second ave. and Seneca + Kelter & Bernbaum’s, 1210 Second ave Ketter & m um's, at Clemmer theatre Spring's, 707 First ave Spring’s, 910 Second ave Spring's, 418 Pike st me Mecea el; stand (Ginnold & Mink), 219 Union st ; Frvye'’s, southwest c rd and Union : Bert Rideout’s, Cer ng Buteh’s Pool Hall and Untor Other cigar stand © Met by calling up “he Star for the necess Am anti- American plotter while his nation and the United States Janu- for- influencing con- which he informed The state department made this fact public today in an nouncing the text of a message he forwarded on that date The department announcement said “The secretary of state issued the following message * from Ambassador \ Bernstorff to the Ber reign office, Gated January 22, 191 x request auth y to pay out to $50,000 in order as on former occasions niluence ress thru the organi TI re nm the heels Swedish-German-Argen tine-Mexicar © exy 1 coupled w z merman \ apanese plot note cinches ment’s con that Gegmany carried on a and Propagan 1 over the world his star g t was tt evidence made public that Bernstorff had per It had long been suspected that he was the head of the anti-American work and this government had proved that/money would be paid ai date eked House Sees Star Smoke Show atthe Met A packed house greeted the members of the “So Long Letty” company at the benefit vaudeville per- formance for The Star’s tobacco fund at noon today at the Metropolitan theatre. Manager George Hood, of the theatre, would not raised by d ——— The Seattle Sta ing a sum up to $50,000. {WELLS JURY DISAGREES VEATHEN PORDCAST: Voir tonight and 1 gent nd n tly westerly, The Greatest Daily Circu. ation of Any Paper in the Pacihc Northwest f VOLUME 19 $8EL. beasen wie service SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1917. PRICE ONE CENT Byqamnere KAISER BACKS CONGRESS LOBBY * BERNSTORFF ASKED $50,000 FOR THEIR SCHEME The Kaiser’s Blundering Intrigues ¢ Germany, thru the then Foreign Secretary Zimmerman, plotted to align Mexico and Japan in war against the United States. @ She sought to influence the congress of the United States against war by expend- @ She used the Swedish minister at Buenos Aires as a means of communicating Count Luxburg’s insolent advice that all vessels be without leaving a trace.” “spurlos versenkt’’—“sunk @ She used the Swedish diplomat Cronholm at Mexico City as her active messen- ger and, according to a letter in America’s possession, also as a direct spy. @ She plotted thru her ally, Austria, for destruction of munition plants in the United States. white women in return for an uprising. Hvicious plot ile the two Bernst« advice cor ns e her 1 f the fact I Other Bribes Against America Are “ Freely Admitted by Bernstorff The intriguing had that former occasions.” the envoy pointed out that it Bernsto! shows for ff note time out at because “as on the time son of the note was when Germany and been the The the @ She tried to stir up a revolution in the Philippines by promising the Filipinos {United States were directly on tge of breaking fect unwarned ibmarine It is significant also that ye i, Bernstorff was telling the press that he woul a his power te prevent war between Germany and the United States And he continued to say, even the break, he would use his influence upon reaching Berlin to avoid hos tilities He was known to be at that. time endeavoring to relations of the two countries. straighten out the SCENES WHEN SEATTLE SAMMIES’ TRAINS LEFT FOR CAMP LEWIS | A scene on Second ave. Thursday afternoon, when Seattle and King county honor men marched away to war. The street was literally carpeted with flowers, thrown in the path of the marching men by women in automobiles who lined the curbs. The select service men are shown carrying the lunch baskets passed out to them at the New Washington hotel. PHILADELPHIA - MAYOR HELD IN By United Press Leased Wire PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21.— [7 Staff Correspondent Thomas B, Smith, mayor of CAMP LEWIS, American | Piitadelii tie, « sean: Hea Lake, Sept. 21.—The 738 men | “br ecw ss t | of Seattle's second contingent | $10,000 ball today, awaiting to the division of the great na hearing next Tuesday on a tional army being assembled at this cantonment spent their | first night between army bilan. | kets last night, and were up bright and early today, to be- gin their military training charge of conspiracy to com- mit murder and other crimes, preferred by State Rep. Isador Stern. | The men arrived on two spe. cial traing and were met at headquarters by a large crowd of soldiers from guard compa nies and civilian workmen, who net up a shout of welcome as | $5, 000 sini ‘te | Kaiser Offered by }Charles Cowen}! the men tumbled trom the cars 3 \ and lined up for the march to $ Editor The Star: Will you}! the temporary barracks which dire aneihi nitty clade: housed them, last night. } dead or alive, of the kaiser, «/ then, after a meal of army beef and ) $2,000 for the crown prince, and Slarmy bread and coffee, the physi ja similar a int for Von Tir- § began a preliminary physical ) pitz or Hindenburg. {| inspection, which will be completed ) CHAS. COWEN | today ) } ‘The men shouted and cheered and nnn Boys Have Great Old Time on Way to Camp; | “NOT FOR SALE,” | Sing, Joke and Play “HY OFFICE IS DECLARES GILL “This office is not for sale— jsang from the time they left Seat:| not as tong as | am in it tle until they detrained at head So declared Mayor Hiram C, quarters. Altho a few sober souls! Gill Friday in answer to a cur attempted to read or to write in] rent story that a group of in diartes, most of the men spent the) fjuential and wealthy citizens time enjoying themselves in the! offered to furnish him with a loudest possible manner big law practice and take care “Who sald ‘conselentic object of his debts, If he should re- " was lo or a adopted on the| sign ae mayor. train, and every few minutes some ti sor, a to this embryo upholder of democracy! gtor ln ty be C meas would rise In } eat and the chairman of the ounty question, ‘Then 1 all sides,! commissioners would come the response, "Who in ‘ ai hell said that? mBany Bory Ramsay, according to the gossip, Girls Follow in Autos is to be chosen by five councilmen At every town thru which the| already pledged to d train passed, little groups of people} All the parties concerned in the on the statfon platform iouted| matter, Gill, Ramsay, and the coun and waved flags at the men, while|cilmen, were busy today denying a number of a ce gi this choice morsel ¢ iticiang’ “the girls they left behind tongue ed the first train, the men in the| ‘The mayor himself, 4 train and girls in the cars exchagg-|that no one can “buy th ing remark out regards the tor However, before the merrymak less in a humorous vein ing began, there was “business” to Gill Denies It Flatly (Continued en page 10) ' “1 don't think you could get five sending messages to his government tangled Fislerman Free; porwnnnnnnnrontorntnrnrnorrconca me LAST EDITION rff, while to feel kindly towards Ame hed to ¢ war ply for the reason that eric strength would turn the balance against Germamyp iuthorities say Bernstorff’s Sinister Schemes Likely to Stir United States to Wrathful Action rhe link between Germany and the Irish Americans Ha® been kn rather clearly to this government for some time™ nd the Sir I Casement aff wed rather conclusively. at Germany was seeking Irish-Ame 1 sympathies or trys to create trouble for England and home rule for Ireland® he state department did not announce the name of the organization which was to handle the $50,000, tho aii jinvestigation has given the government a iine on its identi ing Just how the message e¢ into the American governmen i possession is a secret in the « with all document™ proving Germany’s aa The systematic relation of Teuton intrigue on this cone tinent and elsewhere is deemed likely to have the effect Giam not only stirring up the United States to its danger, Bigae also further convincing the German people that their goverme ent is a sinister thing i Expose Stirs Congress as No Previous Circumstances of Wer Have News of the state department's expose of German ue in this country stirred congress as no previous Gime s of the w The senate was not in session todayy ak rox rittee hi ms ro ms and corridors there : m the mysterious “ore alleged he operated. ny * thru which sation g Bernstor efore the house met at noon there was talk of investigations for every representative in the lower branchy: It as planned to read the Lansing revelation before the house today Both houses of congress developed strong anti-war senti- ment during the various crises thru which the United States and Germany struggled previous to the war declaration. WellsandSadle | Will Be Retried The first trial in the Northwest of men charged with conspiracy to hamper Uncle Sam’s war preparations by obstruc ting the draft law resulted in a disagreement for Hulet M. Wells and Sam Sadler, and acquittal for |Aaron Fislerman, when the jury returned its findings Friday morning, after 17 hours’ deliberation. : | “Wells and Sadier will most certainly be tried) again,’ was the prompt statement of United States A jtorney Clay Allen, immediately after the decision was jannounced before Judge Neterer in federal court. is | Upon the statement of the disagreement, Judg Neterer immediately requested that the jury return to if rooms and resume the discussion, but when members ‘stated that there was no further possibility of agreement, he withdrew the request. There was no indication as to the jury vote, except the statement of Foreman Haller, in reply to questions from the court, that the jury was nearly equally divided. The jurors’ decision came follow a ing ir return to the courtroom i at 10 a, m. for further instructions from the court Foreman Haller force,” he said ‘ollowing these additional ims tructions by the court, the jury |returned to its rooms, . stated that there was some confusion among the} A half-filled courtroom a jurors in reference to the partic-|tensely the judge's reading of ular charge against ‘the de verdict ants, and the acts which would con The verdict was received quietly, stitute an offense against the dee-/and the courtroom was quickly laration of war which was alleged|emptied. There was no demonstra: to be violated tion, Conspiracy Law Explained | District Attorney Allen was im | Judge Neterer explained in detail| bis office when the verdict wag the terms of the conspiracy law | tendered ‘ and opie ation to the eharges That the conspiracy with which preferred against the defendants,|Wells and his associates ana fact mat a person may be| charged would have resulted in 4 , eoneel ations objector is no de-| bloodshed in the streets of Seattle @ was States I the = substance Attorney Clay to the jury The possible of United Allen's argue fense for him vent the f he attempts to pre execution of a law by effects 3 to anything,” | of the no councilmen to ag conscription circular are not mith he sald was elected by the | gated by statements made in this people to serve out this two-year! court by Mr, Wells that the — term, and I am going to do it. You|guage of the leaflet was can say for me absolutely that I/ strong,” he said. ‘Wells was be shall not r pa.” Commissioner Ramsay {s equally emphatic in denial Kennedy Dreams It Tam not a candidate for may or,” he I have no thought of present to explain that when thous sands of young men of this city read the handiwork of this cons spiracy A “The injunction of the leaflet de vised by this conspiracy was te juitting my job as county commis- | resist.” 3 apes ee aor vale? aah Same as German Agent man, manager of the campaign last |, Allen called the attention of tie fall for County Auditor Wardali, is JU¥ to the fact that Wells hads the ‘man behind” the story, it is |Perused the proof of the document carefully enough to add an “e® had been dropped from the © generally accepted, Kennedy has jthat discussed Ramsay's mayoralty) word resist, and in one case $a chances frequently, and it ts known | ange the wording of the einem nl that a number of prominent citi: | jar q ews in the industrial and business | ““yery German agent in thee life of the city would like to see | tnited States s intriguing to igmm G a M4 ithited as F just what Mr, Wells did—tie the ohn, the. nitey, titi hersthtaliel (Gontiqued. 0 ea ae a Rh. M. Buttle, deputy auditor, is to be appointed by Commissioners Knudsen and Smith, PRE AD STAR WANT AD: ata Balai