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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915.
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?nToia /AX'T? r-T^VT la CUT ?I New York. Newark. Jer?ey < Itjr and Hob?*?*
PRICE Oy E C E A 1 KLMKWHERE TWO CENTS,
Wilson Demands Recall of Boy-Ed and Papen
H'CALL TO GO;
WHITMAN SEEK
HIS SUCCESS!
Removal Decided Uj
I'nless Commissioner I
signs Before Monday
HAYWARD IN LEAD
FOR CHAIRMANSI
Official in Strenuous Fight
Hold Place Denies Charges a
Bitterly Attack* Accusers,
?pondci.t of Tlie Trtbur
Albany. Dec. 8. Fdward K. Ml
ling fight this afternou
reta.;i his $15,000 a year job as Cl
man o? the Public Service Commis:
After listeaiag for six hours to hit
tei.ee of the charges of the Thorn
Legislative Committee Governor V
man. it became known from one I
to the executive, made up his mind
unless McCall resigned between
an? Monday morning he had no al
bat te remove him. The Go
tor, it Is understood, aras not satii
with McCall's answer to the tw<
charge? which Senator Thompson
teveetlgatefs have made.
The particular reason which, |(
vnderstood, has prompted the Go
tior to decide on McCall's removal
U at, while the Public Service chain
v . technically complying with
law, if he transferred the 3B7 sharci
County Light, Heat and Po
Company ??tock to his wife, lie r.o'
remained under a moral obli
tiun whack made his remaining on
lalon ?.'ntrnry to the spirit
the public service law as prepared i
iy Governor Hughes.
BBCr William Haywa'd,
I tonight, has an excell
chance of becoming chairman wl
out. The Governor to-(
I again to Hayward as the rr
v t n he believed he could best ir
taVs place, But the executive mi
it not yet settled on this appointrne
although Hayward's chances w?
Bttei than they are to-day.
Men Considered for a Place.
?rovernor has also under con?
sevaral men for appointment
of the commission v. h
McCall goes. Among them are Oliv
C. Semple, assistant counsel of the pt
.-vice Commission; Henry
liv-dge, of the engineering l'.rm of B
1er a*i Hodge, and Alexander llu
phreys, president of Stevens Insttu
The Governor is anxious to get ?V
|S on the commission, but is by
Bfl assured that he will accent t
?appointment.
At the close of the hearing to-d
-nor Whitman announced that I
would have nothing to say regardii
nit disposition of the McCall charg
until Monday morning. ThiB was i
tetpreted by persons in touch with tl
Governor a.? intended to give Mcf?I
an opportunity to retire gracefully i
-,
put up the hardest kind of
?o-(iay. It lacked the theatric:
? ?->.:? play of the former hearin
?espite this, it wbb replete wit
incident? which went a long way I
S the monotony of an argumer
? ire we!] trained legal mind
? oria?y Mc?"a!l got excited an
thunderingly denounced the chairma
of the legislative committee whic
preferred the charges against him, hi
e most part he kept to his brie:
This was a detailed answer to each o
?venty charges which Deputy At
torney General Lewis, counael for th
committee, sought to drive home.
Hitter Toward Thompson.
Btaff Thompion came in for th
greater part of the outpouring o
ration and bitter invective fron
II. Every time McCal
turned toward the Senator from Ni
ajara ?"ounty his eye? bulged, hi? fin
?'????ehed convulsively and he ap
peered to be strenuously trying to keej
hi? temper under control. MeCal
- lost an opportunity to rtfer t?
?,mp?:on in the nio?t i,itt<-i
'luld find.
tel T.'.'.rnpson wa? not th<
Bf MeCall'a wrath. William
K Hearst wa? aceuted by the Public
te chairman of bavins? been re
,r las charge? that be act?
ed aa counael for a realty company
ral of Augutt
Bt wa? put m th* report at th*
ifeorat,"
?? -?! ' 'He ha? r>?-en aaaaultirig me
year a? th? Helmopt a"
m? i,r, < I don't know."
/ for Governor
*aiir?.i| Inte the eseea
?o-day.
r/rernor ? r,or<i .1 <? McCall, whi
a tmlle. Hi? face
tnged, however, "> one ?t
?i-mer, t.
'??r.'.r read the rharice?. He
?if.ahle to wait until
Khd flriiahed before
flag
laalated llr < ?implied with Law.
BVM Mr' ail wa? r>f,K.ril and at
?? and pleading He la
r ?ad rr.ffiplied with the
law ,., ?? tarried Ihi 8H7 ?h*re? of
Iltag? ; jr|,t, Heal ari'l Pewei
to Mr?. Mi Call and aaid
< a?a?aa?t1 -? leemV> 4. ?taaltwaM >
?GOODBY TILT. THEY MEET AT THE HAGUE.
nniTiT'HnHia'a^tra .
After a talk with Henry Ford, it WM agreed that. Mr. Bryan should stay here to fight military increases. He
hones to ioin th? rieace tiiirtv later.
i GIKL FINDS $8,000 JEW]
I Earn? $1,00(1 Reward Offered b?
Boston Woman.
Jewelry said to be valued at $8,1
| lost by Mrs. George A. L>obyne, of E
ton, in thin city on Wednesday,
been found by a working girl, the f
ond Branch Detective Bureau
nounced last night. The girl, wh
name was not revealed, i? to receiv
reward of M.000 when Mrs. Dob;
j returns from Hot Springs, Va.
As Mr. and Mrs. Dobyne boarder
train for the South on Thursday tl
reported to Inspector George F. Sp.
cer, of the Pennsylvania Railroad |
lice, that during their short ?tay hi
( the jewelry had twn lost They h
? time only to ?rive a brief description
I the jewels and offer a reward bef<
the train pulled out,
WILLETT AND CASSIDY
MAY GO FREE JAN. 1
Good Behavior. Rlley Saj
Probably Will Win Parole.
Albany, Dec. 3. William Willett, J
convicted of offering a bribe for a De
I ocratic nomination for a Queens Co?
ty Supreme Court judgeshlp in 19
and Joseph Catsidy, convicted of i
ceiving a bribe, probably will be i
leased by the State Parole Board at :
meeting on December 14, Judge Jo'
B. Ril?y, State Superintendent of Pri
on?, said to-night. The paroles wou
1 become effective January 15, when tl
men will have served their minimu
??entences.
Judge Riley, who i? an ex-offlc
member of the Parole Hoard, Raid th
the law providing for minimum at
maximum sentences waa intended pi
, marily to shorten the sentences of coi
victs who deserved it. Willett and Ca
?idy, he added, had been model prlsoi
era.
Willett WBS convicted of paying 426
000 to Cassidy for the nomination i
candidate for the Supreme Court. H
, and Cassi?y were sentenced to sen
not less tha . one year or more tha
one year ari'i six months, and each w?
tu? ?1 II, 000. Their conviction? were a
firmed by th>- Court of Appeal? o
January 12, IBIS, Both are in the GrtM
Meadow prison, to which they wei
transferred from Sing Sing.
GRAVE ROBBED. LOSES SUI'
CsaSBfl Reject? M. H. Coleman's $20.00
Claim Against Cemetery.
? -metery corporations are not It
gaily responsible for the theft of bodie
after burial, the Appellate Divisio
decide! yesterday. The court was un
able to find any authority which im
posed '?n such a corporation the dut;
to guard graves.
).'<? ? ill ?I?-', rmined was brought b;
Marcus H CalsBaBB ?Kamst St. Michael'
l'r? testant l.r.iHcopaf church, owmrti
???-i-if, propsrtjT. He rued for $20,
MO fsr tas thsft of the body of hi
..ntet.iir?! th.it for tin
?21? he pui?l the cor|)Oration to bury all
broth. -i;.? ration assumed i
duty to guard ar.'i protect the grave.
The court held that a? no contrae'
obligation was allegetl by Coleman. i
we? difficult to <-onc?'ive any reasonable
grrunds from which such a duty couk
b<* implied.
THE MINNESOTA IN TROUBLE
Vessel? Sent to Liner's Aid?Mutiny
Amona Crew Rumored.
San I-ran?-1 ?ho, Die M. The ?tearner
Iro'i'io;? BStl ?he tug Dauntless wer
order?-?! ?o ?lay to go to 'he a??i?tance
of the Hill 11r,*-r Minnesota, which was
If,? m . it! Sf here at midnight,
'fh.- MIbBsBBMs aSBl araffej on Wednex
1 day by wirele?? that ?he wa? puttin?
back Sara SSBSSBaa si disabled machin?
ery. It wa? al?o learned that there wa?
i trouble will, tl,?' rrew.
'1 i a MtSMtSSOia left Ses'tlr on No?
vember 14 ?rita lft/KlO ton? of food
; ?tuff? for I.ohilon, BBSSS H wa? ?aid
tks vessel wo?j|i) be sold. ?She was
th?- largest fr?-i|fht??r flying the Ameri?
can flag shf w?,, rspartoel from the
?tart a? lsB*?Bg boil?-.?- iroubl?*
?.aim una ?rann etevetm
?a ot ?l> (la*? *to|>i>*r*?l l.uttlr*
-A?!?'?
BANK MESSENGER
AND ROBBER DIE
AFTER HOLD-U!
Companion Shoots Assai
ant and Saves $4,000 in
Subway Ambush.
A daring attempt to hold up tu
bank messengers in the entrance I
the subway at Fourteenth Street ye
terday afternoon resulted in tw
deaths.
John Gardiner, one of the meatier
gern, who carried a grip eontainin
$4,000 from the Bank of the Metrop?
lis, 31 Cnion Square West, died in S
Vincent's Hospital at 12:20 this morr
ing from a bullet wound through hi
head.
Ten minutes later Bellevue Hospit?
notified the Coroner's Office of th
death of George Hebrosa, the gunma
who shot Gardiner and tried to stet
the money. He died from n bulle
wound inflicted by one of his own rt
reivers in the hands of Walter Orle
man, the other messenger, who chase
Hebrosa half b block to Broadwa
1 after Gardiner fell,
As Orlcman was about to pui
chase tickets at the booth on the mer
zanine platform he heard the crack o
a revolver. At the same time the ba
was wrenched from his hand and, turn
ing, he saw hi? comprnion lying bleed
ing on the cement flooring. A pistol
tossed away, had fallen n?'Br Gardiner'
head.
Orleman rushed for the stairs. A
he did so a bullet from above nickei
the collar of hi.? overcoat. The figuri
; of b man was silhouetted against ;h
sky, and just as he was about to dar:
from the subway kiosk the messenge
grabbed him. Orleman pulled the weap
on out of the man's hand and shot a
him just as the latter drew anothei
pistol his third and aimed it ovei
I his shoulder.
Leaving the bag behind him, Gardi
i ner's assailant bent over as if in greai
| pain and ran into a penny arcade or
the south side of Fourteenth Street
\ Orleman emptied the man's own gui:
? after him, The crowd parted in oppo
I site directions just as the stranger
! rushed into the arcade.
"Stop thief!" cried Orlcman, then
threatened to shoot to kill.
For an answer the gunman turned
' and fired several shots at Orleman,
Patrolman Dennis Graney, believing
Orleman to be the fugitive, shouted to
the latter to stop. Orleman fired again.
Scores of persons rushed into the penny
arrade after the men, but the fugitive
escaped bv the back entrance, which
leads out In Thirteenth Street,
Shot for Policeman Fails.
It is half a block from that point to
Broadway. With the gunman's bullets
still flying thick, Orleman ran after
him east into Broadway. At the corner
i the fugitive darted south to a loft
building. H<- snatched hi.? cap. which
, was of a li-irk gray inaterui!, from his
head and threw it into the street. Then,
a?, lie was about to jump into the en
1 trance of H32 Broadway, Patrolman Ma
? loney. of the 19th Precinct, tackled hist
air! threw riirn ?o the sMewiilk.
Pressing the muir.le of his weapon
to ihe policeman's stomach, the fugitive
presse?! the IriKger A clirk was the
only answer. Maloney twisted the re?
volver aal '?? '<"?' Btaa'i arasa sad
pointed it at Orleman, in the belief
thai he, lee, wa? s fesjUhre
"That's the man!" Orleman cried.
"He tried to get away with this bag,
shot my partner and then shot at me.
For Oeal'a sake, hurry bark! Gardiner
ia dying "
At thi* point the gunman ?uddenly
fainted and wa? carried to the tem?
porary ?hack of the construction r..ni
|,;,i,v near the kiosk In Fourlenth
Stree' Meantime Gardiner had been
picked 4i> by several b< the tabway
employe?? A hasty examination showed
OBaMaaai ?>" ???s? ??- ?bIbbbb ?
GREEK ARMY GIVES
SERBS SAFE RETREAT
Treats Fugitives with Kindness,
Says Athens Report.
flty Cable to The TTUurie ]
London, Dec. 4. A ditpatch to "Th?
Daily News" from Athens says that
after the fall of Monastir many Ser?
bian? retreated through Oreek terri- ,
tory. The Greek army, the report
adds, did not disarm the fugitives, but,
on the contrary, showed them every
kindness. I
This report I? accepted here as s
promising ?ign that Greece will, a? she
promised, maintain a benevolent neu?
trality toward the Allied fore??. ''A Sat
action the Greek army will take if the
Bulgars or the Teuton? pursue their
enemies in'... Greek territory is ?till a
matter of conjecture.
WHITLOCK IS OUSTED,
BELGIANS ARE TOLD
Germans Force Press to Make
Announcement, Is Report.
London, Dec. 4.?The Amsterdam
correspondent of th? Exchange Tele- I
graph Company ?ends the following:
"Advices from Kozendaal state that
Belgian newspapers under the German ?
censorship have been ordered to an?
nounce that Brand Whitlock i United
States Minister to Belgium) will not
return to Bi-ussel?. The new? has been
received with consternation through?
out Belgium.
"It is believed that General von
Biasing (German Governor General of
Belgium i desired to have Mr. Whitlock
ousted, and that he i? also pressing
for the immediate removal cf the
American und Spanish legations from
Brussels to Havre, where the Belgium
government is."
Washington. Dee. 3. Secretary Lan?
sing announced several weeks ago that.
the German military authorities hud
given assurance? that the departure
of Minister Whitlock on leave was re?
gretted, and had expressed regret that
published report? made it appear that
the minister was leaving Belgium as i
resalt of German objections to hi?
presence.
Later the Secretary stated that he
expected Minister Whitlock to return
to his post a? the expiration of his ;
leave, and so far as is known there ?
has been io change in this plan.
PAYS B0A?D BILL OF '66
Debtor Send? Check to Heir of Man He
Defrauded 49 Year? Ago.
'Bv Trlerrarh tn Tlie Tribune.)
Atchison, Kan., Dec. 3.--A board
bill contracted in Atchison in 1866 hat
just been paid. In that year, while the
Central Branch Railway wa? being con?
structed, a man named Corgatz, a track
layer, boarded at the house of the lato
"Jake" Spatz. He left, owing So???. 140
for board. A few week? ago r". W.
How,, receive.) a letter from Gorgatz
u.-king about Spatz or hit heirs.
"Billy" Spatz, of SU Louis, is the
only heir of "Jake" Spatz. A few days
ago he received a check for }100 from
Qei-gatS, settling ?he old board bill
?Hta interest.
PEACE CRUSADE
SETS OUT TO-DAY;
BRYAN TO FOLLOW
Star Pacificist Will Wave
Blessing as Oscar II
Kicks Foam at Shore.
STATE DEPARTMENT
WORKING OVERTIME
MesseiiKirs Bustle Between Here
and Capital for Passport??
Weddilg on Dnve Ship.
I'll*- I ?:.dred and ion;, foam uovet,
Henry Koni personally conducting, ?ill
?ail this afternoon on a voyage which
ha? had no parallol since three cele?
brated (lothamites put to ?ea in their
equally celebrated tub.
I'p to bedtime last night the leader
of the flock had ?aid no definite plan?
for accomplishing hi? pacific purpose
But he was. still confident that kindly
reproof nnd gentle reasoning is all
-.l,at is needed to persuade the armies
of Kurope to throw down their arm?,
crawl from thctr trenche?, ?hake hands
all around and call It a draw.
William Jenningt Bryan will be at
the pier with a belated blessing when
th?- Oscar II, lately in the mercantil?
trade, hut now dedicated to the project
of reestablishing international law and
order, leaves Hoboken astern.
The blesnlng was brought to New
York by Mr. Bryan yetterday, but .'
grew dry In hi? throat while he waited
for a chance to pas? it on to Mr. Ford
It was one of those little slips in the
time table which have been occurring
dally since the Ford peace headquar?
ter? were opened in the Biltmore hotel.
Mr. Bryan arrived at the Biltmore
early in the afternoon in the wake o.'
a telegram informing Mr. Ford that 2
o'clock would be an excellent time for
the two to have a conference. He went
at once to the main office of the war
discouragers' syndicate on the seventh
floor. The Ford doorman, who hain't,
the best of memories for famous faces
and famous names, broke his precedent
hy recognising the Big Dov*? from Ne
braika.
Kord Lost Again.
The doorman darted into the pre??
offlct? with the newt and for the next
few minute? there v/a? a great scur?
rying of secretaries, under-secretarie?
and nre?s representatives. At th? en I
of It all Mr. Bryan received the grave
announcement:
"Sorry, but Mr. Ford can't be found.
He left the hotel this morning, and
nobody has any idea where he is or
when he will he back."
I'p to his own quarters on the ninth
floor went the late Secretary' of State.
There he spent th? rest of the after?
noon pacing the floor.
Mr. Bryan had been waiting more
than an hour before Mr. Ford called
up the hotel. Shortly afterward it was
announced that Mr. Kord was lost agair,
but positively would have his delayed
conference with Mr. Bryan at 4 o'clock.
But the distinguished party was ?till
cooling his heels when 4 o'clock struck.
About 6 o'clock Mr. Bryan left hi?
suite and disappeared downward, and
some time between 6 and 7 at last had
hip heart to heart talk with the multi?
millionaire who would drive off the
dogs of war.
The talk resulted later in this ttate
ment I.y Mr. Bryan:
"I came to New York as I stated in
my telegram to explain to Mr. Ford
more fully than I could by wire my
reasons for believing that just now I
can render larger service here by op?
posing the attempt to increase the
appropriations for the armv and navy
than I could by going with him on the
peace ship.
I'nlnvitetl Cuesta Busy.
"I have seen Mr. Ford and laid my
reator.i before him, and he recognizes
the ?veight of those reasons. I desire
to add that I arn in hearty sympathy
with the effort he ;. making, and hopo
to join the party at The Hague. A*
the date of their arrival at The Hague
is not yet known I cannot fix the date
for my departure.
"Mr. Ford is making an earnest and
unncliish effort for peace, and he ought
to have the good wishes and sym?
pathetic bupport of all who desire
peace, even though some may not fully
share his faith in the immediate ?uc?
ees.? of the trip. Of course those who
want the war to continue ridicule the
effort, especially those who ?peak for
the big munitions factorie?. This was
i mitin... i! on pa?? S. rnlanui 4
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GERMAN AIDS ACCUSED
OF IMPROPER ACTIVITIES;
NUBER MA Y BE NEXT TO GO
RUSSIAN TROOPS INVADE BULGARIA
AS CZAR PROMISED, SAL?NICA SAYS
London, Dec. 3.?"News that the Ruissana have entered Bulgaria
has aroused intesaee interest, and there ?b much apeculation aa to the
next development," Reuter's correspondent at Sal?nica telegraphs. "It
is expected that this move will have a farreaching effect on the internal
situation of Bulgaria, and will modify the whole aspect of affaira in
the Balkans.*'
Just a week ago Emperor Nicholas was said to have promised
Premier Pachitoh of Serbia that Russian troops would land in Bul?
garia within seven days. For more than a month this force has been
gathering at Rini and Odessa, where it was reviewed by the Czar aome
time ago. Until to-day there has been no news of its departure, and,
aside from the Sal?nica dispatch, it has no direct and specific con?
firmation here.
To meet the Russian attack and to overawe Rumania, who is re?
ported to have reached an agreement with Petrograd, German troops
are bring concentrated at Ruatchuk, on the Danube.
A report from France that part of the Germsn army ia siso going
to the Gallipoli peninsula to assist the Turks in a great effort to drive
the Entente Allies from the peninsula is hardly credited in military
circles here, where it is not believed that they can spare the men, guns
and ammunition for such a venture.
ITALYWILLHGH
TILL SERBS WD
BACKFREEDC
I Existence as Great Pov
Depends on Restoratic
Says Sonnino.
Rom?, Dec. 3.- "Italy is firmly
termlned to continue the war vigor
ly with all her forces, facing any
rifice until she reaches her aacred
tional aspirations, as well a? those
eral conditions of independence, sa
I and mutual respect between peo
which alone can be the base of a 1
ing peace and being also the essene
the pledgo which unites the Allies.'
That was the statement made
Baron Sonnino, the Foreign Minii
in his address to the ?Senate and Ch
ber, when he announced that the t
ernment had adhered to the agreem
of London binding the Allies not
conclude a separate peace.
Baron Sonnino declared Greece
agreed to give the Allies s?fflet
\ guarantees that she wonld maint
i benevolent neutrality toward th'
I The Independence of Serbia always 1
; been one of the cornerstones of Ital
' policy, he asserted, and for that r
?on Italy would aid Serbia across
' Adriatic, providing supplies of ar
' and ammunition.
Will Fight for Serb?.
"The existence of the political a
| economic independence of Serbia is
I vital necessity for Italy's existence
a great power," said the baron. '
j accord with our Allies we consider t
restoration of the heroic Serbian pi
l pie in the fulness of its independcr
| as an unavoidable condition to e
this great war."
Italy, therefore, said Baron Sonnir
would do all possible to help the Sei
: ian army, awaiting a moment favorat
: for its resurrection. The presence
! the Italian flag on the eastern side
the Adriatic, he ?aid. also would co
rrm Italy's policy toward Albania, Ita
wishing to preserve Albanian indepe
dene?.
The Foreign Minister's speech w
constantly interrupted with applau?
enthusiastic demonstrations takir
place in both the Senate and in tl
Chamber over the passage referrir
to the help that Italy was about t
. give Serbia.
Deputies Approve Speech.
The Chamber of Deputie? to-day dii
cussed the statement of Baron Soi
ni?o. All the speakers were in favo
of it. Kven Deputy Tr?ves, represent
ing the Intransigeant Socialist?, deliv
ered a moderate speech.
Some parts of Deputy Tr?ves'? ad
ire** drew aprlauae from all ?ection
of the chamber. He was applaude
?hen he said that the socialist prop
agrinda for the moral. Intellectual an
economic uplifting of the standard o
the people had been one of the faet?n
which contributed to give the natlor
such brave soldiers, backed by sue!
discipline and by such determine?
masses at home. The speaker deploren
the deaths and the ruin caused by th?
war. He declared that only the cap
italiita profit by the conflict, especially
Americans, who will become masters
of the Furopean markets.
The only mention of Germany in
Baron Sonnino'? ?peech wa? when he
?aid that when Italy declared war on
Austria, "Germany considered her?elf
In a ?tatc of ruptured diplomatic rela?
tion? with Italy."
Aim to I'nlte Balkans.
The Foreign Minister explained that
Italy followed in the Balkan? her tra?
ditional policy, inspired by the princi
pie of nationality, in complete accord
? with the Allies. The Quadruple En
Unte, he ?aid, aimed to unite the Bal
i kans. while the Central Empire-, fo
I mented their rivalry and disunion, find
i ing, unfortunately, favorable grourd in
? the feelings of hatred and rever.g: ihat
had resulted from the Second Balkan
I War. Besides, he added, Balkan men
? tality was impressed by the courie of
i military events, lacking a comprehen
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! ? onllnued en ?.??? in column 4
ALBERT AND SIX
TEUTON CONSULS
FACE DISMISSAL
Boy-Ed in Alleged Plot to
Embroil United States
and England.
Proridence, R. I.. Dee. 8.?"The Provi?
dence Journal" will say to-morrow
morning:
Captain Karl Boy-Ed, naval at
; tach? of the German Embassy, and Cap?
tain Franz Von Papen, military at?
tache, have been declared by Secretary
Leasing to be persona non grata to the
United States government, and Count
Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassa?
dor, has been requested to withdraw
both of these officials from the service
of the embassy in this country.
This action was taken last Tuesday
night after the Cabinet meeting of that
morning, and after a series of confer?
ences held on the same dav in Washing-,
ton between President Wilson, Attor?
ney General Gregory, Secretary of State
Lansing and repr?sentatives of The
Providence Journal.
Count von Bernstorff immediately '
telegraphed the Foreign Office at Ber
lia ?nd this morning he received from '
Berlin the acknowledgment of his I
message and the declaration that both
officials would be withdrawn immedi- ]
ately from ?ervin in the Cnited States, j
"The Journal" is able to announce
this morning that Captain Boy-Ed will
leave here for Germany as soon a? his
passports can be secured. The Britiih
and French authorities will interpole
no objection to hii tal ing ship and
will give him save conduct to any Euro
ean port which he may designate,
aptain von Papen will immediately go
to Mexico.
Captain von Papen last night stated
that he had no regrets, that he had
simply done his duty as a soldier and
had obeyed instructions, as he was in
duty bound to do. He ai'ded that his
career in this country up to the be?
ginning of the war had been the
pleasantest experience of his life, but
that while he was very greatly dis?
tressed to think that his connection
with the embassy in Washington was
now concluded, he would be glad to
leave.
Unjust, Says Boy-Ed.
Captain Boy-Ed announced that he
had simply done his duty as a naval
officer an?J that the majority of the
criticisms against him in the American
press were unjust and unfair, and that
the American newspaper men had not
taken into consideration the immense
strain under which he had labored and
the fact that none of his activities was
individual in character, but that he was
simply an officer carrying out orders to
the best of his ability under all cir?
cumstances.
The dismissal of Captain Boy-Ed and
Captain von Papen is to be followed
immediately by a demand on the Aus?
trian government for the removal of
act.ng Ambassador Baron Zweb.enu.
Count Alexander von Pereked. Consul
General at New York; two vice-consuls
in the New York consulate, the An- [
trian consuls at ittsburgh and Cleve
land and the Consul General in hila
delphia. . ,,
The government intends alio in the
near future to ask for the recall of at
least one German Consul General in
this country, whose name at the pres?
ent time cannot be disclosed, and also
of Dr Heinrich Albert, fiscal agent of ;
the German government in the United .
States. -. , ~ !
Both "aptain Boy-Ed and Captain
von Papen were notified last Tuesday '
afternoon by Court von Bernstorf? of
the decision of the government.
Yetterday afternoon, after Secretary
if State Lansing's decision had been
formally announced throughout the |
country. Captain Boy-Ed |eld a confer- ?
ence with several friend? and members !
of the Consulat? in New York, including
Dr. Heinrich Aibert, at Room 809, 11
Broadway. ThiL conference adjourned
for dinner and was resumed t 8 o'clock
last night, continuing until a late hour.
The Journal la able to .?t?te from
the higheit authority that the recent
Hamburg-American trial had nothing
whatever to do with the demand for
C?ptala Boy-Ed's dismissal. Captain
Boy-Ed is dismisted specifically for the
follow ing reasons:
In League with Stegler.
TaM government has positive proof
of hi.? illegal connection s?jith Stegier,
? ?MInure! on paar 1, lulumn 4
f:
Conduct In ''Military
and Naval Matters"
Offensive.
QUICK RECALL
OF BOTH SURE
Bernstorff Notified Three
Days Ago, but Action
Was Kept Secret.
[V-reia The Tribun? Buiwaal
Washington, Dec. 8.?The admin?
istration has yielded at last to the
long continued popular demand for
action against the attach?? of the
German Embassy who have headed
the German system here, and ha?
demanded of Count von BernstorfT
the recall of Captains Boy-Ed and
von Papen. It was explained to-day
that the notice had been given to the
Ambassador three days ago, but wa?
kept secret until he could communi?
cate with his government.
Secretary Lansing's announcement
was as follows:
"On account of what this govern?
ment considers improper activities in
military and naval matters we have
requested the immediate recall of
Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von
Papen, as they art? no longer accept?
able to this government."
The Secretary added that the reve?
lations at the Buenz trial were "only
an incident" In the Boy-Ed case, and
; not to be interpreted as the actuating
motive. He stated also that the
| "military and naval matters" re
? ferred to in hi? announcement had no
relation to the army Bnd navy of the
United States.
No specifications as to the charge.?
against either attache were given,
but there is little secrecy either as
to their gravity or extent. Wash?
ington has been wondering for
months why action was not taken,
and even State Department official?
admitted weeks ago that there were
ample grounds for demanding th?
recall of both these officials and
others.
N ?ber-* s Recall Expected.
It was confidently believed to-night
that similar action would follow
promptly against the Austrian Con?
sul General at New York, Alexander
Nuber von Peneked, and probably
against others of the alleged direct?
ors of the German campaign. It is
known that evidence hardly less
damaging against several of the ac?
credited agents of both Germany and
Austria is in the hands of the De?
partments of Justice and State, and
now that the initial step has been
taken, few doubt that a general
clean-up will be made.
While admitting that the State D?
partment had ample evidence for de?
manding the recall of the two attach??
sevtral month? ago, a high admlniatra
' tion official taid to-night that because
, of the delicate relation? between the
: United States and Germany at that
time the administration feared that a
demand for their recall would be dan?
gerous. It wa? pointed out that the
Lusitania and Arabic ease? had
strained relation? to the breaking
point and that the recall of vor Papen
and Boy-Ed would haire inflamed public
opinion in Germany and would have
been an act of unnecettary provoca?
tion.
The same high official declared that
evidence aga:n?t Boy-Ed ar.d von Papen
ha.? been piling up since that time.
New information, the nature of which
is not disclosed, came to hand recent?
ly and made the recall of the two
diplomat! imperative.
Ambaisador von Bernstorff called at
the State Department thtt morning,
but no announcement on the subject
was made. The ambanador refuaed
any statement, and, at the matter lies
wholly in hi? hand?, no one here to?
night ha? information aa to hla prob
able action.
Berlin to Comply at Once.
There it no doubt, however, that the
request of the United State? will be
complied with immediately. Under
diplomatic usage no case need be made
out against a foreign diplomat, all
that is needed being an intimation
from this government that he is per?
sona non grata. His recall muit fel
I low at a matter of courte.
The ?jue?tion moit dUcuteed ia
? whether the two men will leave the
! Cnited States or ram ?in to continue.
! at private agentt of their government,
I the work which has made them ?He?
! taiteful to the Cnited Statet. It la be
I lieved that thii will dfpend to a large
extent on the attitude*6f thia country.
Germany could hardly keep her? aganti