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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1015.
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PRICK ONE CENT
In ( III* of ?w York. ?w??l? Jeraej < It? ?n-l II
M -1 \4 IIKKK TWO ? KNTB.
PARE ALLIES LOAN
TO HALF BILLION,
IS BANKERS' AIM
\ ? rican Financiers Want
i Sure of Selling
the Bonds.
HOLD WHIP HAM),
SPITE THREATS
( asis Would Keep Trade
It Is Asserted?Mori
I * Art- Meld.
?as roach?d
? between
and leading
.- to the es
redit in this
: le delega
i ti ??? Reading, Lord
a.- i-- .. earn? her?
H rov. mc a billion
? .-.'en toi.l that they
?-as yet been
Vor r'?at reason
-ally thut the loan
r? r h on 1500,000,000.
have taken
better to be sure
of bonds, or
k of failure
that
- - ?? nded to protect
?-.. ? ?? correcting
- exchange market,
... .-.rr'.es yestor- '
r?. ?re well
?war? ding al! that has ;
r,:rary that they
The 1'nited States
with the loss of a
? rt basil
?? . inggi ited that ;
provided with
re, in the amount :
irplueea of grain,
thi? country will '?
: a bumper agri
- ? ? rot in the
i redit Cat! a Figure.
been that Great
would turn to
?argentine for wheat.
I out yesterday,
; ore of a t>er.t: -
?ical value. The
r f oda. iff? hero
buj then on
. for them they
I oi they would
?- owner? in
??. ? -
? sold hei ?? to pro
rtant to part
-.<*h (jold as
be employed in
? ,?.n?. To collec?.
rom their private
to turn
avor would be a
.;?? rn!.l?> difficulty.
redit are all that re
?
- hanker'? aigu
:i-nd the Al
? same is true of
? mntriei hav.
? d States for
eithei fo*
..r for their
ell on or -du
money. Canada
r.ot supply th.
fraction if
'..re their ability
? Ottld be gone Their
run even further
? i than American ex
?
\?.r?-e That iaoan Must Be Made.
agreed that a sub
l Allies must be
thotlt it the trade in
? .mmodities that
? ? -., b laine?? be
'ed State?
-nrinkage If no
to the Allies they
th? comnii.-.
have said mean
their nor
..r would invent
eat flour, etc., as
one. So, while the
,Ts elsewhere la
i? realisad that
the Allie? if <>ur
and our manu
IM to be ?old at
.iistrict the assump
. it?apo?al to provide
?. credit here, in*
.. bad, is subject
thai if 1? m the nature
that in the end the
will be somewhere be
? ur.d the smaller ftg
i or $660,000.000.
1er day that
\ ? r only com
iis distinguished
of war supplies.
.???it that it would
sepan te purchuie?,
fo? the armies and navies
I the civil popula
? ? .. - harp line drawn
res out of the loan
- such commodities as am
? and so on.
?'??nt 5 IVr Cent for Inveatora.
...'. ;..*ist?nce that the
j:.1 boar interest
>.nd be offered to the
will distribute them at a
; -r. Th?- income yield to
r* l' ? .-as ??aid. must be 6--?
that 5 per tent clear could
? ultimate investors. It
that -he note? would run
The British proposal
I ?.. be for a term twice
?
, b 'he negotiations have
? t-uny coll.-rting data about the
trade and exchange an?l th.
of the forthcomin
??etions of the couii
ftj, ?ad yesterday there continued to
tuu.? informal conferences, de
'r heat. Yesterday afternoon
?i* a conference uptown of leed
* of the American group, at
? were understood to ???
f the Morgan firm
' ??rgaa, li p LHviaaa and bwij-ht
U?BUliU??J VU Lietr i, CulUUaO a
'German' Bankers Patriots
Says James J. Hill at 77
. ? s; m a
.1 Hill, railroad builder and idol <>i Wall Street, at his desk ?m his 77th
birthday, the iirst on which he has worked.
Sure They Will \ ,elp Allies' Loan for America's Sake?
Works for First Time on Birthday and Longs
for Lake Michigan 1 lome.
"I do not believe that ?"he mueh
talked of pro-German opposition to the
war loan will amount to much," said
James J. Mil!, a few minutes before h??
left hi? office, at 32 Nassau Street, yes?
terday to eelebrate his seventy-seventh
birthday. Mr. Hill broke a lifelong
ruie of workinp on his anniversary by
taking a day off. He talked of the arar
loan, and after making the statement
quoted, continued:
"These bankers who are called pro
Germans are Americans. In a matter
of this kind, ?vhire the prosperity ?if
the 1'mted ?Sfat??s is concerned, they
are just as patriotically inclined as any
other banker?. There are a lot I I
(?erman people in this country, and
they realize the loan has to be made
for the country's (rood. That In itself
is suffice?.t rea or, to believe that there
will be no trouble."
When Mr. Hill received ?he news?
paper men. shortly after his arrival at
the office, at about 11 o'clock, he said
r was too hot to work) and as soon as
. d he was going back t?. .?-t. Paul
and hi.- tine summer plac? <>n Lake
Michigan. His day of rea? after his
interview consisted of a conference
with his son. ,J. N. Hill, and iromp
I through a small mountain of letters
and telegrama of congratulation.
Mr. Hill has bei-n In New York to
help pave the way in the Northwest
and elsewhere for the forthcoming sale
of Anglo-French bonds Yesterday
.lac?.h II. Schiff was one of hi- visitors.
As Mr. Hill was instrumental In gct
the support of Kuhn, I,neb & to,
?her supposedly pro German bank
I t!,.? loan, it wai inferred that
he came on that business. Mr. SehifT
said, however, that he was simply fol -
lowing a custom of forty years in call
ing "ii Mr. Hill on his birthday and
itulating him.
To the newspaper men Mr. Hill said:
"My interest in the loan i? not aa a
banker, bul solely beoause I wanted to
a'trnc* the attention of the public to
its advantages, so that Americans can
ret the best prices for their wheat. I
am acting in behalf of the farmers who
have products worth $10,0110.000.000
more than the go H mines of the world
have turned out in twenty years
"Good price- for the crops are a
benefit to the country and add to the
wealth ?.f the nation. The proceeds of
the loan should he need to buy com?
modities and not munitions of war."
"la the United Statea going to war?"
he was asked.
"No what for? I haven't anybody
I want ?<i aee shot."
Mr. Hill pof.h poohed the suggestion
thai war might be forced "ti the I'nited
Statea by Germany.
ERB FIGHTING
POISON'? EFFEC
Railroad President Believes \
Will Recover from Bi?
chloride Dose.
r. T?-!r?r?rh in Tti? Tribun? ]
Deal Heach. N. J.. Sept. 1?.- Newm;
Erb, financier and railroad presiden
who swallowed bichloride of mercui
tablets, was in a cheerful condition i
his summer home, on Ocean Avenu
to-night.
I'r. Robert Offenbach, of Deal, ar
I>r. Edward Sternberger. of Klbero
who are attending him, issued a bulb
tin at 10:13 p. m.. and immediately lei
the Krb cottage for their respectiv
homes. They said he had develope
no alarming symptoms ana was cheei
ful and optimistic.
Mr. Krb, it is stated, seems fortifie
by a belief that his system did not at
sorb enough of the poison to cause
very serious illness. The physician
encouraged him in that belief, it i
understood, but to others said it wa
too early to give a positive opinion.
Irving Dittcnhoefer, Mr. Frh's son
in-law, ridiculed a published stor;
which strongly hinted at the possibil
Ity that the poison was knowingly tak
en. He said it had been estai
beyond question that Mr Krb took th'
bichloride in mistake for bicarbonati
of soda tablet.?. Besides, he pointai
out. his father-in-law would scare?!'
show the lighting spirit he ia manife.-t
ii,g ?ir b?? so hopeful of the outcomi
were any other the<irv tenable.
The phyuiciHns, he said, would b(
unable to tell how serious their patient'i
condition might be until Sunday 01
Monday, when the poison would hav?
time to show its effects.
50 P C. FOR MOTORS CO.
Common Stock Gets Klch Dividend?
Hoard Modified.
An ihitial dividend of 50 per cen?
was declared on the common stock of
the General Motors Company at *
meeting of the board of directors last
night. Wall Street has been agog to
ascertain the amount of dividends that
would be declared.
Sweeping revision?? in tbt board of
directors, which has been increase?)
from fourteen to seventeen, ?how a pre?
ponderance of munition and war-busi?
ness men. Among the new director?
ate I.ammot Helm, associated with the
Pu l'ont Powder interests; Pierre S.
D? Pont, of the K I. Du Pont de Ne
mours Powder Company, and S F.
Pryor, manager of the Union Metallic
Cartridge Company; L. G. Kaufman,
president of the < hatham and Ph?nix
National Bank; Charles H. Sabin, presi
dent of the Guaranty Trust Company,
and Alfred H Wiggin. president of the
I Chase National Bank.
EX-MAYOR TAKEN
AS BANK ROBBEF
Ansonia Institution's Officer Sait
to Have Admitted $36,000
Thefts.
Ansonia. Conn., Sept. lfi. Followini
the discovery that Kx-Mayor Frankln
Bi]*-ton, trea-urer of the Saving;? Banl
of Ansonia. was short $4,000 in his cas)
accounts, and that he was alleged ti
have confessed to cmherzling $36,000
State Bank Commissioner Sturgis or
der?*d the institution closed.
The news of the closing spread rap
idly thnugh the city, and in a short
time the entire police department hai:
its hands full handling the fi.OOO de
' positOr? who instated on storming thr
doors to draw out their money.
So threatening became thi crowd
that Mayor Schulmaker mounted the
?tips of the bank to address the crowd
but his efforts wire drowned in jeers
and roars of "We want Burton!" Re?
alizing the aeeleesnaee of talk, the
Mayor ordered the patrolmen to draw
their revolvers. He also sent in a gen?
eral fire alarm. The men of both de?
partment? by repeatedly charging the
crow] for two hours and by a liberal
use of water and nightsticks succeeded
in breakii g it un.
In a public statement Bank Commis?
sioner Sturgis said that Burton when
questioned about the cash shortage
confessed that for the last fifteen years
he had embezzled $36,000 by means of
bogus notes which appCBr in the bank's
statement as assets. The money stolen,
Burton told the Commissioner, was
! lost in rialty deals. Following the
iror'l Statement, Mr. Sturgis said,
, he ordered tnc arrest of Burton.
Bank cflicials whin they found that a
! run had been started on the bunk m
VOhed the sixty-day clause. lauter a
?tatemen! waa issued by William A
Nelion notifying the depositors that he
would purchase all passbooks up to
1100,00ft
Last night bank officiais issued a
' statement that Burton's alleged pecu
! latiotis would n?'t cripple the bank, as
$20,000 of the shortage was covered by
hia surety bond.
"The bank," the statement continued,
"ha* a s.itj.lus of $'i;',,000, and all obli
,-.,- on? v. ill lie met promptly when the
Bunk Commissioner has tinished his in?
vestigation."
Barton was taken to the county jail,
! and up to an early hour this morning
: had not been bailed. He is tif y-five
years old, married, and has two chil
! iir?*n. He is prominent in ehunh cir
anu besid.-s serving twice as
? r bai brin in the State Senate.
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER-60c
i the ?.asa of alx g Una ei?>' i>ai?.d Loitlaa.?
i AU 1
HEAT KILLS 6;
CLOSE SCHOOLS,
PLEA TO BOARD
Educators, for First Time,
Urged to Relieve Pupils
from Studies.
ONE CRAZED VICTIM
STABS TWO PERSONS
Many Persons Prostrated and
Taken to Hospitals Hottest
September 16 on Record.
ANOTHER DAY'S SCORE
IN RECORD HOT SPELL
.1 a. m. 73
? a. m. 7?
9 a. m. 77
12 m. 85
4 p. m. 8fi
*> p. m. U
9 p. m. 78
Il p. m. 75
Average temp?r?tu**e . 79
Average lempi-rature for corre?
sponding date last thirty
three ? cars . 64?
The eighth day of the most unsea?
sonable, unreasonable weather ever ex?
perienced at this time of the year in
New Vurk eloeed last night with an?
other record placed upon the books,
for those fond of figures let it be
stated Ht once that yesterday was the
hottest September 16 ever noted in
the weather man's diary, which he has
faithfully kept since 1870. Six deaths
and nineteen prostrations were report?
ed, and for the first time in a week
Forecaster Scarr refused to intimate
that cooler weather would arrive with?
in twenty-four hours.
For the tirst time in the history of
the Board of Kducation the question
ot discontinuing school sessions be
cau?ie i.f the heat was discussed. At a
meeiing yesterday afternoon Baruch
Miller, of the Kast New York local
school board, suggested that this step
be taken, following the example of
many other cities. He deemed it par?
ticularly desirable for hi* section be?
cause the class rooms contain twice as
many children as were counted on
when the ventilation system was
pi .nned. The superintendents, how?
ever, dee'ded not to close the schools,
as they consider that the hot wave will
be over bv Monday.
School sessions were discontinued in
the following cities yesterday because
of the heat: Albany, Cloversville N.
Y., Ncwbuigh, White Plains, Hacken?
sack, Philadelphia, Boston, Manches?
ter, N. H , and Terre Haute, Ind.
Fear of an ice famine is worrying
Flat hush. The extraordinary demands
whicn the hot weather has made for
artificial ise have caused breakdowns in
several ice plants in that district, and
in some quarters the price ia said
to have risen to $- a ton.
Small hoys flocked to the Kast and
North rivers yesterday by the hun?
dred-., Hiid the policemen at City Hall
I'ark had a hard time keeping immod?
est young Adams from disporting in
iinling spray of rhe fountain. The
City Hall milk station did a rushing
business, and soda dispensers about !
town were blessing the sun's wilting
rays.
Coney Island captains of industry
have decided to keep open until Of?
toher 1, weather permitting. Yester?
day 150,01)0 bather?, sought the sooth?
ing surf at 2 p. m.. and no more could
be accommodated at the bath houses.
Thirty policemen under Captain John
Linden were detailed to guard the
sleepers on the ssnd? last night. In
mid-afternoon the mercury touched 86.
Four theatres have postponed open?
ings scheduled for this week, and two
shows which opened have closed, to re?
open again when the weather is less
obnoxious.
Continued high temperatures and hu?
midities can be expected to-day and to?
morrow, Llthough moderate south snd.
southwest winds may bring some slight
relief. The official bulletin read.-,
"Fair and not quite so warm"
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LOSE $15,000,000
IN BRITISH COURT
Cargoes of Four Ships
Confiscated by the
Crown.
GERMAN DESTINATION,
IS JUDGE'S FINDING
Ruling Hits False Descriptions
?Sixteen Claims Denied and
Fight Allowed.
H? I ?I. ? to Til? Tri a r ]
1 "dm, Sept. |6, Th?- British prize
court to-day confiscated American
products valued at more than 115,000,*
0(10 to the down.
With the exception of the Clldahy
company all the American beef packers
lost their claims when Sir Samuel
Evaa? handed down his long awaited
verdict in the cases of the Kim, Alfred
Nobel, Hjornstjirne Bjornson and Krui
land, Scandinavian ships seised with
big cargues consigned, it was alleged,
to Germany. These cases havi- been
hanging tire for months und have been
the cause of much diplomatic corre?
spondence. The goods eon?i?ted of 2S,*
000,00(1 pounds of ment and meat
products on thirty-eight ships seized
by British warships. Sir Samuel held
that nearly all the goods were intended
only for the use of Herman military
ami naval forces. To rule otherwise.
Sir Samuel said, woulil be to allow
one's eyes to be blinde?! by theories
and technicalities.
(if a large consignment of rubber,
describeil as gum, he said:
"I have come to the conclusion that
gum is not a true commercial descrip?
tion of rubber. Any concealment of
this sort will, while I sit in the prize
court, weigh heavily against those who
ailopt such courses.''
Shipments Larger Than Normal.
Sir Samuel sanl it was plain that
these ship.? were carrying toward Co?
penhagen when captured more than
thirteen times the amount of goods
which under normal conditions would
have been taken to that port. That
fact gave practical and overwhelming
assurance that the goods were intend?
ed to find their way to Germany, al?
though, of course, it did not prove con?
clusively that they were destined for
an enemy of Great Rritain.
One circumstance throwing light on
the real destination of the goods, Sir
Samuel said, was that the exportation
of lard by one American company to
Copenhagen alone in three weeks after
the outbreak of the war was twenty
times more than in periods of peace.
As to tins of canned meat, he said, it
had not been shown they hH.l been
sent to Denmark in any great quantity
before the war, yet hundreds of thou
?endl were on the way when the ves?
sels were captured. These tins, it
seemed, could not have been meant for
any persons other than German sol?
diers.
Sir Samuel allowed one claim of a
Danish manufacturer for a quantity of
rubber, which he said had been shipped
in good faith for use in his factory.
Another claim was disallowed.
Sixteen Claims Disallowed.
The court disallowed sixteen claims,
including those of the Morris, Armour,
Hammond, Swift and Sulzberger com?
panies. It allowed eight claims, includ?
ing that of the Cttda H y company. The
others were Danish consign?-?'*.
Sir Samuel gave leave to appeal, fix?
ing security for the costs at Sli.?.OOn
He gave the crown attorneys leave '..
appeal in the cases of the claims which
were allowed.
Sir Samuel's decision has aroused
intense interest among all the repre?
sentatives of American packing firms, !
as no American meat products have
been shipped to Kuropean neutials
since last May, and the unfavorable
result of the packers' case is likely to
cause continued stoppage of this trade.
"We intend to carry the case to the
Privy Council, where we expect to :
win," said Alfred K. Crion, attorney
for the Chicago packers, "but should
the decision there be ailvcrse we shall
carry it still further."
It is known that the packers, in the
event of losing in the Privy Council,
will turn further appeals into diplo?
matic channels, with an international
commission as a possible court of final
appeal. The packers contend that as
the Orders in Council of last March
were not in force when the ships were
seized last October it is not even in?
cumbent on them to prove that the
Cargoes were not destined for a nation
at war with (?real Britain.
Chicago, Sept. It?. The meat confis?
cated by Geat Britain will he a com?
plete lost to the packers, according to
Thomas E. Wilson, president of Morris
4 Co., as there were no advance pay?
ments made on the shipments.
Henry Veeder, of counsel for Swift
Ik Co , said that the contentions of the
packers would be pushed as far as pos?
sible.
C. J. Faulkner, of the legal staff of
of Armour <? Co., said:
"I don't see how England justifies
that decision. The goods shipped on
three of the four ships involved were
sent before the English order was
issued. We could not atop the ship
ments when the order did come out;
they were on the ocean.
"England put the burden of proof on
us to show that the shipments would
-
I unliniiert on pace J, column ?
Samuel Hopkins Adams
tell? in next Sunday'? Tribune how the soft pedal was
applied in Rochester recently to a lecture on "The Patent
Medicine Fraud" which an associate of Commissioner
Goldwater wa? invited to give before the American
Public Health Association. Adams tells the whole story
?which no Rochester paper printed.
Uty ?un?aij ?lnbum?
First io List? The Truth: News?Editorials ?Advertisements
I-. -
Ger man-American Crisis
Due to U. S. Politics
Led by Washington to Believe the Administration Did Not
Mean What It Said Berlin Had No Reason
to Change Her Policy.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.
Washington, Sept. lti.?Nothing is plainer from the Washington point
of view than the fact that the German government's course has been total?
ly misunderstood and completely misjudged. For months there has been
the growing conviction that Germany was deliberately and contemptuously
flouting an American government which was firmly but with great patience
seeking to defend neutral rights and protect international law. The ap?
parent disregard and insolence of Germany in dealing with the United
States has at last produced something approaching national indignation at
the German government.
But in point of fact Germany has not been deliberately flouting the
American government; it has not been defying it. It has not been seeking
to put off with excuses a government attempting to prevent the murder of
American citizens. What is true is that the German government has been
acting upon what the American government seemed to mean, not what
American official notes said. It has disregarded American notes because it
believed that they were not meant to be regarded, or that a disregard of
them would nut mean grave trouble.
Go back of the piogress of our controversy with Germany and the fact
will be apparent. In February Germany proclaimed her submarine block?
ade. This was not directed against Americans; it was not designed to in
\ .-?.?le American rights particularly. It was an assault upon the whole doc?
trine of international law, ami it affected us only as it affected all other
neutral nations.
We chose to make a speci/il issue over it, and we sent to Germany the
"strict accountability" note. But no sooner was it sent than every Demo?
cratic politician and German propagandist and pacifist was at work. With?
in the briefest possible time Germany was aware from all sides that the
United States did not mean to go to war to protect international law, that it
rad not the smallest intention to hazard war ju?-t lo maintain international
precedent.
Not Aimed at American?.
Knowing this, the Germans sank the Lusitania. This was a hideous
crime, but it was not a crime conceived simply or in any degree to injure
American citizens. The neutrals of a score of nations went down on the
Lusitania. The massacre was an indefensible butchery, but it was not a
peculiarly personal injury to this country.
After the Lusitania did we do anything to convince Germany that she
had been mistaken and that we did mean what we had -aid about strict ac?
countability? Patently not. Before the President made any representations
to Germany he made a public speech suggesting that this country was "too
proud to tight." Why should Germany then be convinced of the sincerity of
the note that followed, which pledged us to "omit no word or act" if we
were too proud to fight? Moreover, all the politicians were at work in the
capital and the capital was convinced that the peace-at-any-pnee idea
dominated.
Germany was not convinced; she quibbled, and we sent a second note.
But before that went Mr. Bryan told Dr. Dumba that the government
didn't mean a word of it, that it was just talk for local consumption, and
that the government was still animated by the "too proud to fight" spirit.
In a word, Mr. Bryan warned Dr. Dumba privately, as Mr. Wilson had
warned every one publicly, after the Lusitania. Is there any reason why
Germany should have believed that the United States was seriously urging
the recognition of international law yet?
Then.came the third note, which Mr. Bryan would not sign. He re?
signed, but Washington frankly admitted that the note had been modified
to please him. Modified meant softened. Mr. Bryan went out giving the
world, and above all Berlin, the impression that there ws? a powerful
fraction of the party in power opposed to any action. Berlin read in the
presa that the note had been "softened" in the direction of Mr. Bryan's
wishes. Is there any reason yet that Berlin should stay its hand because
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GALLIPOLI COSTS
BRITISH 87,63(
17.600 Officers and Men Killei
Up to August 21 -French
Loss Midden.
Landen, Sep*. 16. British raioaltfc
at the Dardanelles op to August 2
w.-r?> 17,630. Th?? number of killed ii
that time was 17,'ioS.
These figures were included in th
grand total of Rriti?=h casualties pub
lished car-lie- in the week.
To-day's announcement says that th
number of officers killed was 1,1*10 an?
the number of men 16,478; wounded
2,371 officers and 59,257 men; m'ssing
.171 officers and 8,021 men.
The first specific info ution of th?
price Kncland is paying for her effort
to win Constantinople is contained ii
these figures. It has been ! now. t' a
the fighting on the Gallipoli penin?uli
was of the most deadly character, bu
heretofore official statistics have beer
lacking. To this total must be adder
the losses sustained by tV - French
which have not been rev?ale?!.
On Tuesday announcement was mad
that the grand total of British casual
ties up to August 21 was 381.983. Th?
loss of 87,630 at the Dardanelles show,
that the proportion of losses at th?
Dardanelles to the casualties on all
fronts has been 1 to 4.36.
Notwithstanding the intensity of thi?
fighting, the proportion of killed haf
not been higher at the Inrdanlles
than elsewhere. The ratio at the Dar
?ianelles has been nearly the same aa
on all front?, or approximately 1
4 1-3 in each instance. Before the
present war, with its scientific methods
of destruction, the proportion was
usually calculated at about 1 to 10.
CAPITAL PICKETS LEPER
Washington Guard* Roads to Prevent
lietiirn of (.rabie.
[From TV TrUun?. Hureiu )
Washington, Sept. 16. Automobile
parties found almost as much difficulty
in getting into Washington this after?
noon and to-night as though touring
roa?ls in Northern France, so thickly
were pickets posted to guard against
the return of the leper, Kmil R. Grable,
who disappeared from Washington on
August 13 and appeared in Pittsburgh
the day following. The latter city has
announced its purpose to return Grable
her;.
Acting Health Officer John I.. Norris
proposed the plan of guarding all roads
to prevent his return, holding that he
was not in any sense a proper charge
upon the district. This plan was ap?
proved oy the district commissioners
this afternoon, and guards at once
posted Reports that he would come in
i an automobile, to be burned on arrival,
j resulted in almost every car being ex?
amined. *
VIENNA GOT DUMBA
NOTE 7 DAYS AGO
No Action Is Expected. How?
ever, Before Ambassador
Makes His Report.
IKr-m Th? Tribun- ll?ir??u I
Washington, Sept. 16. The mystery
over the delay in receiving word that
Ambassador Penfield, at Vienna, n?d
received the note asking for Ambassa?
dor Dumba's recall was cleared up to?
night. Secretary Lansing announced
that he had received word from the
American Legation at Berne, Switzer?
land, that the note had been delivered
| to Ambassador Penfield on Septemoer
10, but that since then communication
between Berne and Vienna Jiad been
interrupted.
The dispatch indicated that the Aus
; trian government had Secretary I.an
sing's comriunication in its hands
when Ambassador Dumba sent his mes?
sage to the Austrian Foreign Office ask?
ing for a leave of absence to report.
It was believe.l here to-day that the
Austrian government would wait until
Dr. Dumba had made his report before
taking action. Dr. Dumba will not re?
turn in a diplomatic capacity, for the
United States would not recognize him.
No indication was giren at the State
Department to-day as to how the L'n.t
ed States would view action to leave
the affairs of the embassy here in the
hands of a charg?. Recause of the deli?
cate relations between this country and
th" German alliea it is believed that
the Uaittd States would not object if
Dr. Dumba's place were not filled until
the war is over. Diplomatic preeed<>nts,
however, are to the contrary. If Presi?
dent Wilson saw fit he could insist on
Austria replacing Dr. Dumba. Failing
1 i this, the President could then recall
; Ambassador Penfield.
TRAILS GERMAN SPY TIP
I . S. Official Investigating Mints of
Suspicious Acta in Maine
; Krom Th? Tribun? Bureau 1
Washington, Sept. 16. ?Activities of
a camping party of Germans, which
haw aroused the suspicions of people
living or and near Mohican Island,
Maine, resulted in a special agent of
the Department of Justice being sent
] there on a scouting expedition, It was
! learned to-day. This agent was told
j that, although the Germans claimed t?i
be artisu, they could not "deliver a
! picture."
A curieus feature of the reports
reaching the department in regard to
I these Germans was the claim of the
writers Hiat this section of the country
had no attractions for Germans. It is
a plaee, according to the letters, to
which "Germans never come " It w?s
this that first aroused suspicions, and
convinced the residents that the Ger
imans were taking soundings and doing
other things in which artista would
taaa no mum*?.
U.S.TOAC?PT
GERMAN NOTE
ONHBPERI?N
"Mine" Explanation
Stands, Failing Evi?
dence of Torpedo.
NO U-BOATS
NEAR SCENE
All Commanders Not
Heard From, but Berlin
Confident of Result.
NO WORD ON ARABIC
Bernstorff Still Without Answer,
but Sure of Full
Disavowal.
irmn Th? Trlhjn? Bur*? i )
Wasington, Sept. 1?. The German
government's explanation that the Alia.?
liner Hesperian was not sunk by a
German submarine, but struck a float?
ing mine, was received at the State De?
partment to-day. Indications sre that
this, unless some new evidence turns
up in the meantime, will be aecepte.l
by Secretary Lansing and the incident
considered closed. The note doe? not
differ from the summaries cabled from
Herlin.
(?ermany reports that no ?uhmarinee
so far reported were near the scene of
the disaster at the time. Some have
not yet been heard from, but the? Ger?
man records indicate that none was
responsible. From the fact that
the boat was hit in the bow, that tin
forward compartments filled before the
explosion came up through the decks,
the German government believes e
mine was responsible.
At the State Department it is not
believed that the present evidenee
warrants a protest. There is noth?
ing to show that s torpedo struck
the Hesperian eicept the testimony
, of the vessel's otrlcers that fragments
of one fell on deck. So fsr as Secre?
tary Lansing know? the piece? were
lost with the Hesperian, and no more
evidence is procurable.
Ft was apparent to-day that the fae:
that the German government has leve*
yet failed to acknowledge the torpedo?
ing of a ?hip had impressed the 't?te
Depiirtment and that, consequently, it?
word on this point cotjM not be ques?
tioned.
It was also recalled that in ?he ease
of the Nehraskan, wh?*n a similar doubt
arose Berlin cam?* forward ?vith an
acknowledgment before thi? govern?
ment made a protest. Piece? of the
misais which -.truck th" N'ebraskin
teen sent here an?i ?he Navy Depart?
ment reported that they were un
douhtedly from a torpedo, although
this report has never been publuhed
Arahir Ca?e Still Foremost.
With the Hesperian ?ase now out of
the way ?here remain only the Art-hic
end Orttuna cuses of cour??*. ? ie Lavs)
tama problem is still unsettled, bail 'he
chief concern of I'rcs.d.-nt Wil?on and
Secretary Lansing BOW C? BtroB aroun I
the Arabic and Orduna cases. ??penal?
ly the former, although the que?tton of
Germany'? good faith I? involved ?a?
both.
For some undisclosed reason its ea
planation of the attempted torpedoin?;
of the Orduna has not been made pub?
lic Whether its suppression is for the
purpose of holding back indigna'ion
and resentment could not be learned.
In official circles, however, it was
said that it wa? the plan of the adr,.m
on to ?ettle the Arabic case first,
because it involve?! the .(uestion of th?
i-janee of the undersea warfare
and the future r?*Iations betw en Ger?
many and this country.
In other word?, I'resulent Wilson has
risked all on an Arabic solution. It
Geermany disavows the act of it? com?
mander and make? public a definite
and clear statement of 'ta instruci.o.i*
to its submarine officers the whole
?jMStioD will be cleared up, and the
suspicion that fount von Bern?torfT"t
memorandum was merely a "scrap of
paper" dissipated.
If, on the other hand, ?he German
government refuses to comply with
these demands, there is no alternative
but to recall Ambassador Gerard and
to hand passport? to Count von Bern?
storff. Because of thi?, official? here
say it would be futile to take uo the
orduna case at this time, as it directly
parallels the Arabic 1 h.- ?'..rman con?
tention of ".?elf-defence" in the Arable
case is not the least bit more flimsy
than that given in the Orduni? case.
Orduna Note Not Disclosed.
Whether the German government
has justified the Orduna attack as it
did the Arabic has not yet been dis?
closed. It is behev?'d, however, that
the grout ds are the same and that
consequently there t? no necessity for
taking it up separately at this tune.
It was said at the State Department
to-day that no word had been received
from the German Amba??ador relative
to his success in convincing his For?
eign Office that s strong modification
of the Arabic note must be given.
Germany must frankly say that she
no longer propose? to murder Ameri?
can citizen? or diplomatic relation? will
be ?evered. There must be no more
shifty or evasive notes from Germans'.
This is the opinion of official? high in
the administration, and ?o far a? the
people themselves are concerned,
Washington i? hearing from them in
? no uncertain way.
Bernstorffs Report on
Arabic Reaches Gerard
Berlin. Sept 18 - The American Am
1 hassador, ?lames W. Gerard, receive?*
to-day a communication from Wish
I ington bearing on the Arabic case and
the submarine problem
Thu? far it has been impossible to
1 ascertain the character ot the note.
' The dispatches', may possibly embrace tfcj
I