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First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials ? Advertisements
Vol.
|,\\\ I No. 25,687
ITopTrlght 1917?
Tli?> Trillion- \??'n. 1
Till RSDAY, MARCH 15, I'.U
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CIRCULATION
Over 100.000 Daily
Net Paid, Non-Returnable
<>\K ( TAT ??
Deadlock in
Strike Crisis;
Cleavage in
LaborRanks
Many Men Would Refuse
for Patriotic Reasons
to Go Out Now
President Wilson
Is Ready to Act
Managet s and Brotherhood
Chiefs to Meet Again To?
day in New York
Tssterday s deadlock
,,. |aa* 'a?*!!? between the railway
road manager?, and I
?t ws? autharitatively announced at ??
"fast ' Presiden! Wilson in j
trat event would act to save the coun- :
al a nation-wide ?
but at the ?ame time unmis- !
tikablc evidence appeared of a r?
lany employes would
??fu*e to obey a strike call, i*onie of
om patriotic reason*. Evidence
.ps. the most impor?
tant development of the last twenty
kour?
Wren the Brotherhood ch.efs mrr*
tie railway managers at the Grand
?entrai Terminal at 11 o'clock to-day
?.??y w. . ask that the Adamson law bt.
pit ist? effect immediately.
The at.*?? ' r of the railroads, decidcl
assa a'- a conference yesterday of the
Situ1'.a '
Mwa] ?? ill be a refusal to take an?
action pending the decision of
Adamson statute.
Rssainally the brotherhood .
united constituenc\.
?? represent two factions -
M dominant radical group which in
tati en immediate action regardless of
eel upon the natioaal - tuation,
active minority which insists .
\U*s*4 * ma'ter of patriotism, nothing
?Yttot done at this time to complicate
?W ato;?' on or emba: i
Both ?-.ii?? Haps foi Peace ,
Wh?t will follow the ar.swer of the
.?.?road? ? o one on either sid^ would
?tterr.f iterday. Klisha Lea,
an of the manager?' committee,
'ipn*s' that there would be
?Villiam (>. Lee. spokesman
would prevail, bat
answer would come
Mst in the
Fear of war ?Aas assigned ! . W. G
?
ftssifhl with ten-hour pay.
? may rntai.
to wait four or
manda," hi
In a - th? railway
as ?aid:
on before u*. WS
. and loy
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and jive
lustris
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s '
? lie Brotherhood
?? W . - ' Shop
of Railroad
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and
m f- n, ? ?
term a com?, i
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? lav. with ten
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IS. The rompre
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rortimc
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than dema?
Slstement ii? \\ ?,. I.ee
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HURRY, MEN! IT MAY NOT BE TOO LATE
man of the committee, later i??urd t
.?tatemen?:
"The Adamsoa railroad wage 1
hastily enacted last summer to av
.??atened strike, is now 1?'
the highest court for a d?termin?t
' . its constitutionality and mci
made no pre
so earnestly urged bj the Preside
for insurance against the interrupt
of railroad traffic by strikes, and i
country is apparently in the -ane po
tier, now thai
lost AuguM.
?'The serious international situ?t:
?alises i put ort
III dr?
second to fa - count
r.o time for internal i
dustnal warfare. The reported shu
age of food and the gen? rail? conge
ed traffic Of the country bring for?
fully to all OUT n i?ads what would hi.
pen in the event of ? Stopp
railroads of the country."
Wilson May Demand
Settlement if Strike
Is Called on Road
ngton, Mar.h It. Preside!
Wilson is rra.l?. to act promptly shou
a nation-wide i ? .... prove in
mine the conference betwe?
repr. the railroads ar
em pi -k to-morrow.
? ike th
forn 'laiid in the public it
diff?rentes in view of the grav? it
I h roil . -, \\ il-im and men
of th? I ? dei i.i Boai d of Mediatio
and ' -. 'he President ke|
? . ? ;.,' ?on 1'
d not plan '" go -
; i a i with he ? i I
' (i SCtl - the que
hether ae. -timen
Many Conductors Oppose
Strike. Leaders Asser
i " past toi
i ' eag?, March 11 A division o
whether the railroa.
n s should
within - ai.d tile of at least th'
nduetors
rhal r of th?- organ ?. .
? if a strik.
. ?. ! ' ? .'..nient
bj y !. Bu| n of th?
? ? ? ... |.r<- ? .:
natiooi
I whonr
? .
? "V of the varn.li?
.-,.il touch" ?hat may pro??
? ?
?
, . i.erallv
? ? ? ." said
- ' | polal at
I, Only
, m our
? ;.| j.r..? j I,-,- a union
? ?
"I thai there
sjrill hi trik? I In heve 11 . .
' fc-ets
That the brotherhood heads realise
:. aflang ths pa
??. ak.r.g effort j? to el.m
rani
? ... circulars
.vert- srat
tered rood workers to da>.
'I ? i syi
trade
whM. ? . sir ? '..intry. Al
? ful in ?ri.nlil..
. nr. <|.'< ?U <i liv ?11
When licip is
?lu Im-i to
ami the first to
grasp ' labored U
s ti
? ry, v ? '..-nily and i..-. class.
4 i. .,\ mai
IHK I.IIKI.NHKIKH Wlilla Mj.-aliu.
g?. VA ?a? V? M?al UfO? I'" IH
Only ?in? it.ir.lit li'nii Na? lor_
?AST*
White and Two Comrades
Guilty of Desecrating Flag
Each Faces $100 Fine or Jail Term?Jury. Which Deliber?
ates Five Hours, Urges Clemency?Eight
of Pastor's Followers Are creed
? of the Chur
of the Social Revolution; Edward
Ame* and AagOBtBI II. Henkel W?
found guilty early this morning
desecrating the United State? flag I
burning it in the "melting pel af '
tionalit\" on June 1, 1911
The jury returned it* verdict ?:'
time hours' deba'e. with I recommend
'?on for '?lrmency. The other sight d
fendants were found not guilty ai
were di-*charged. Sentence v/ill I
pasaed i p?.n White, Ami", end Hctik
today. ThOJ far" I i.ne of *l"0 ea?
thirty 'li- ) s in jail, or both.
Henkel ?ai th? man who threw th
American flag into ihe "meltii .
Ames read a prologue before the flaf
burning ceremony and introduce.| eee
or' the flag burner?, to the a???emble
congrega! 01
.ludge Thank* Jur>
"I thank the jury for the patienc
they have shown throughout thia loni
trial," said Judge ktelntyre, "Yoor ? ?
diet, gentlemen, is OOl to the world t?
show the people of th;?; countf
any person wh? desecrate the Amer
ican flag will he punished."
Assistant ?District Attorney Alc\
ander I. Rorke joined the jury ?I
ing clemency for Henkel.
"Why, h'''"? the one who burned thr
American Rag," said Judge Melntyre,
surprised
"Yes, I appreciate that." returned
the attorney, "bu' my reCJB? '
..o niv'own personal opinion as I
mental make up. We may know by the
time hi '? seed ?ho gave him the
flag to burn."
Shortly befere 1" o'clock the .iurors
had returned to the courtroom and
asked Judge Ifolatyn two qui
? w? re! I?-??- the pahl c burning
of the flag constitute per ae a viola
tion of law? If the timos aen
turbulent ,i to warrant tire p ?
for the public g?iod. would the COT*
mony he Justified hy thai ty ?
'l .i the lirai quest ion 111? Jndgi
turned an emphatic "Yi1?"; to th?
ond ?m equally positive MNe
Heatod ?ammings up hy White, at
counsel for himself, and Mr K'.rk.? nr.
eeded I?
the juror* for dscisioi
"If ?in ? nraged American ?
White dead whaa *he America
Rag ???,?!? being desecrated at that or?2
of anarchism in the hair, ?aid of th
i nationalists' church you couldn
have found a jury in the whole cour
thai would have eonvieted th
: M r. Rorke aftei saw
ining up the event* of the night whe
the flags of the nations were burneda
The revolutionary Mr. Wh t? begs
hi* pies I ?..- an Orthodox lcp;i
trategisl with a flowery offering t
prai ling and thanking .'u'lg
Mein tyre toi the fairness of the trial
"It will he a verdict for bloodshed o
iie continued. "The moltin;
of the flags into the international ban
tier wai only s ft bolle ceremony ti
lead men to th? liberty an.
peace ll the flag burning ceremoi.'
could b repeated n the hearts of the
warring nation in Europe? il would hi
a beacon light of progresa, and woul.
end ihe most appalling human ?laugh
ter the ??m ?.I has i er seen,"
Mr. Whit? said nothing was more ab
horrent to him than anarchy, whethei
practised bj a lawless mob or a tre I
...a?nate. Ihe lav? Under which lie w,-.<
indicted, he said, wh? ancient and o'
? niete, havinc; been passed m l?*05
while August, I'll, bagan s new epoch
in human hi
tells nl \nceslr?
White irr... boastful of his micc?ti-j
in tailing tnai he was tin alien. He
explained tnat his father's ancestors
had lande.I al Plymouth Rock, and ?hat
I ?s mother was of cM Dutch stock,
? one of bis progenitors Tiad mat
r i d an Indian woman.
"Su I am probably the most Ameri
i. i. parson here," he went on "I was
Sl S'an Salvador when ColumbUS sailed
Up, and I Stood OH the sbOTS and sad:
'Welcome Chris I' I stood on Plymouth
Roch and ha.led the passengers of the
Mayflower, and I ??a? down at the Bal
tery to receive the Dutch when they
ed.
"Now, I don't want to go to jail, but
ja.I has no t'riors for me. I am a
poor man and cannot afford any of
t !.. I u \u in * of life. I'd be i'i.? as well
Off m 'ail, I Would much rather go
tl.an remain outside in iiuiet
a,-,im ? ei ??? B il th * furj will ?how
itself an enem) of progress if it sends
, me to jail."
Cold Welcome Home
Is Given Bernstorff
Press Criticiaes His Interviews:
In voy See*? Kaiser 1 0 Hav
London. Maren 14. The Geraua
pr?au bar? greeted Count 00? H.rnst..:tf
pith eaaapleaaas eoalaaas ?ccor.hng
t? an Amstoraai.ipaUh to the ??%
rhang.? Telegraph I ompuny. ThOBaf? 1*1
Mint oat that IM grunted interview?
whin, he ahaald aal havs ?lone without
consult.nir rh.? ?.crm-ny ?-..vrrnment.
,?,?.?? s,,,, Btrnsterf, tl ?
meas ?i"'"' !l"' ''">' '" r""f,r';'
?I? Foreign "mre anil whs alai r
,.,,.,.,1 by 'he imperial Chancellor. H?
,...,???*1.-,i .m immediate audience eitl
,, , Rmperor, which, It I? . *.pecte.|, ?fill
take platM I" '""' '
-" t
a ?nu?.? M ??III**' '" Ilr-.i-a
a M
British Hero's Great
Deed Is Kept Secret
Wonderful lal** ol Gallantry To
Br* loir! After War
i.. .
1 "'.11111, March 11 No war mystery
transad so much eurieeity m :h?.
llrifish public a* the <a?e of ? omman
rdon i ampbell
At the beginning <'f the war he was
?Id and small de
? r. but a fOOt ago he was i*Uil
' "'.it the heads of T....
?enior lieutenant commanders and now
it Is announced thai in- t.*?^ ??.m i,.-th
ihe Victoria < roas end the iiistin
guished Servie Order
An Afin- t*f*it| 'old The
Tribuns today: "*??? ... ?'.hat
).?? d.d. but i' wh? SUS ?if the most gal?
lant action? a man ever prrforme,'
When the war I? over ?t ssrill be read
..? i.ne i.f th?. m.i*t thrilling .?ti nos
ever told. Hut at the present mo
ment we cannot even hint what it was."
ermans Train
Mexicans for
War with U.S.
Society of Iron Cross Form?
ing Regiments of Teu?
ton Reservists
Bribing Villa to Make
Peace with Carranza
Kaiser's Men Crowing Border
?Ameritan Soldier
Held in Plot
"H c shall gixc general tut.iini.il
support, and it is understood th.tt
Wexito is tit reconquer the lost
territory, In Sen *\c\i<.ti. Texas
and Arizona. The details are
left to \ou for settlement."?
(.?rrnanv'' offer to AlextCO, in the inter?
cepted Zimmermann note.
?
El Paso. Tex., March 11. Germany,
through agent?? ami the n-e of unlin
:tcd ?urns of money, ;* organizing Mex?
ico for war against the United E
Information received to-day from vi?
nous source? in Mexico and along
the border ihovi the existence of i
eral movement by Germen? te mak
Mexico an ally of Germany.
In addition to subsidizing the Car?
ranza government, Germany
ported, on ?hat appears to he good au?
thority, to be treating with Francisco
Villa it: an effort to make peace be?
tween the Villistaa hnd the Curran.'i
government, that the forces of Villa
may join those of Carranza to Bid
many. German agents are known t i
have been tor day? in Villa's ran-.i
landing him to begin at unce a. cam?
paign to har?.?-?, the border.
I nit?*ti States Machine Gun Stolen
German plotters nie reported bu?y
in American army camp? on the border
The di-appearance of a n?-w mod??! ma?
chine gun from the camp of the 17th
Cavalry i. believed to have been can?? I
hj a German-born trooper of tha* rag
inert. Serf-can' Al(~aa?*ef Frutcher, of
Company K, that regiment, is being de
iaine?l at the Fort Bliss guard hou?e on
a charge of dOaortiOB, Frutcher is of
German birth and German letters and
other papers were found in his effets.
Another Gorman, a civilian, who has
been frequently seen with the suspected
German? in camp is under surveillance.
I'm. Society "f the Iron Cross, the
German lecrol erganisotion aith thro?
thousand members in Northern Ml
i? reported hy Americans ahe
been investigating Germsn BCt
-, |f< '?? ? sot ??;;. srgai
force? Si German? and Mexican? to at?
tack border American towns in (
v.ar Thil society Bp pears to have lit -
limited means, and is reported to he
distributing money freely among Mexi?
cans of all ?'asses, ?specially official?.
I . nr tnat the secret si ?its of h vveil
kr.o'vn German from Chihuahua to the
great Klephant Hutte Ham. on" hun?
dred :ni!es above El Pose, might b
irpose of damaging that 110,000,
nun plant caused tocrot >n ?
governmenl to da] to oui the inspected
German under close survei lane?
W reeking of ;he dam would destroy all
town? in the Rio Grande and Mesilla
valleys, ?a New M. and aould
".reck a large portion of El I
Germana Offer Kegimrnt
German residents of ChihualmI
Juarei to-daj petitioned General Fran
ci*co MurgUISt Carranza commander in
chief at Chihuahua, to pernu? tlia'in te
form a Geraten regiment in Chihuahua
tu aid Meiico in a.I s Mesiean
break with tin United States, which,
the German? told Murgeia, tra? rertai'n
to come if the United State went to
war with Germany.
German military officers are sai.l to
he I .?%.ng < arran/.a ? I
ganiae 'he Mexican arm;.. German re?
servist?:, who are fc'n'fiir into Me?
iari;e numbers, are to be formed into
regiments in case of aar. Reports to?
day from border punt: indicated that
increasing numbers of German- were
crossing into Mexico.
German Bank Controls
Diplomacy of Mexico
Washington, March 14, i onfidentisl
diplomatic ri-porfs from the represan
??.fa neutral government m
Mexico, paaaing througn here on their
way to Europe, say that the German
bank in Mexico City and the German
legation there are guiiling virtually
the entire financial and diploma*'- .,?'
fairs of Mexico.
According to the*?? report?, which
were written for the tiel in?
formaron of the neutral government.
the action of Mexico ending re
cently to the American repu'
Ofl the *ub,tect of peace in EurOBO u a.
directed by officials of the German
:i, while the German bank I
to have come into control of the Mexi
can financial situation.
It i? declared that the German bank
ha* accepted quantities of the paper
issued b> tlr? Mexican government and
that the institution appears to have at
?posai unlimited resource*. From
?f the report? it appears that
a large ?juantitj of Germai money has
reached the Mexican government, The
(.erman legation is ?aid in the rep'>rt
virtually to be directing every mi
the Mexican government, t.. th inter?
nally and externally.
Article 27 of the new con?titution,
which provide?! for the confiscation of
conce?sions or property of foreigner?.
Il regarded a? e?per:a!ly dangerou? to
the Kntente? Allies and n.utrals in gen?
eral. Iievelopment? in the near future,
the reports indicate, will be directed at
| from control of the oil field?
American, British, Datch and other m
taresta
Further developments of the
liop-h'd myetery und othtr (irr
matt plntr ov 1'injr ',.
G
American Ship Sunk Unwarned;
No Action Until Congress Meets;
British Say U-Boat Blockade Fails
Results of Six Weeks of
War Demonstrate Eng?
land's Strength
Imports Increase as
Sinkings Decrease
Two Years Needed to De?
stroy Commerce Fleet at
Present Rate
London, March 14. A review b. ,
highly competent authority of the first
six weeks of u German unrests
submarine campaign, with figures taken
from the Hoard of Trade reports, was
nade public here to-day.
"The ??crinan Submarine campaign,
reported to have assumed en1
vigor on February 1. must be singular
ly disappointing to the GeisnaUS them
*." says the review. "At tl
ginning of January. 191?, tireat Britain
possessed approximately 8,781
of I.tino tons and over. Many others of
? tonnage are not taken into con?
sideration, owing to the importance of
restricting th.. ?question to overseas
..?>. judging the results
carefully und looking to possible future
di-.slopmi ?
"From February 1 until March '11*
the losses nf British ship? of over 1,600
pproximately 78, which num?
ber, d< ;a the total
British mercantile marine with
? .' 1,600 :.
< I? rman lubmarin ? a si
Man? ships Batidlas.
' I' ihould be remembered that a very
.i..; proportion of tonnage ?s on tho
stocks bailding f..r the British mercar
tile marine, and a lair percentage o*
the total is being turned out monthly.
In the tatal above mentioned no accoun'
is taken of snips completed or bough'
in neutral counti..
"Daring the period from February
?larch lo no British ship? have
i b?en in any Wal blockaded in harbor
Every opportunity of earning out
their plans has been at the dtspo
of the (lerm ins after their declaration
i of 4'nrestncted submarine warfare, ll
is extremely improbable thai the Gar?
' man authorities will -ver have the
opportunity, for the following
reasons :
"Fini A large number of old tramp
?teaman, Sloo nf speed, hire been
sunk, a? they rtTorded easy pre
"8ocond Their efforts would he
directed for the Brsl s we or two
? ard producing the most con?
siderable result- by careful organisa?
tion and administration, ?'.ith a view ?o
lug 'he morale nf neutral na?
tion?. A careful study of the German
methods has been lliaiie by the Briti*h
naval authorities, and ant i submarine
measures have been adopted which, as
the outcome 't exp?rience, have at?
tained a large mCSSUrS O? IUC
\rmed Ships Kff??rti?e
"Third The arming of merchai I
sals is rap . and it m
eapable of prooi thai a iiibraarino takes
particular rare , n attacking srmod ' I -
sels. . .-'n n! -
?
"Fourth Anti-submarine .i' ti arc
.- daily perfected, but a little time
u n il elapse ;n order that
'lie;, ihould receive a proper trial.
"Fifth The German naval authorities
are hound to And some difficulty in re?
placing tho tram n? !. of ?vhich
they have l., .a considerable portion. I*
shoul?! be remembered that thai
If? rente beta i
. of individual commanders, and
the greats I san incurred
:.:!i tie action nf a few German
?ubmarine commander*, who, by their
skill and train ng ?*;.<'.'i fa,' ale.ve the
? . lirer- '.? hn leave (ier
many on mil loi - "' destruction.
"The los*-, s of tl'-. Briti?h mercantile
marine are being steadily reduced. Mur?
ing the last two weeks only twent;
have been sunk, a? opposed to forty
eight in the first two we?k .
World Shortage After War
"The vessels engaged in the coa?tal
trade are continually exposed t" ..
man submarines and are naturally m
cl tided in a German commandai
j.i.i ? ,
"*j he no ; nei oui sapeel of th?
man submarine warfare is that re?
fleeted b po I bellum conditions with
i tn ihortagc of world toanage,
Besid? - ' -' the who ?
-? leriously the
smaller nal loi - ?i;" ha? ?? no s ?
tiie mann?1 of th..r own to rely up?'?,
afid arc dependent upon that of other
nations for their
"However much the Hermans may de
sir, ?o farce neutrals to lay up their
vessels an.: '?'?'. Karben, such
a ?ta'e of thing- Si lung, be*
?
eertain ne? ? order to
avoid the ' i.i'-ion
?vh i h al Germany.
"er known
m to
tho--e not immediately concerned.
Neutrals Hardest Hit
"As regards the general ? tuation of
the submarine warfare, it may thus be
summed up: It IS having a more
serious effect upen Kuropean neijtrais
than upon heiligeren*, mercantile ma?
rine. The continual looses of ships will
ffeet post-bellum trade. The
' '? mercantile vessel? in
n : resent a percent
sue ' ' -rage daily
ment of vessel? in 1'nited King
dnm por'- is 710. This figure exrepta
lishing and local craft.
"If ' rate af destruction
were to continue at this average it
wo ild tabs at least s year to reduce the
Br tish mercantile marine by one-half,
without taking into consid?ration addi?
tional tonnage procured from building
or purchase.
"K..."l raatrietioni IB '.reat Britain
?re very BOCOSSaiy ?nil have been irn
posed \t order ta avoid the effect? of
ng I >n the
aoorei 'the country, and they
further cur'a;! lavish expenditure and
the wa?te of provisions.
"It I the custom of the (?erman au
t>..r ? . - ~j.official criticisms of
measure? adopted by, the Allies a? re?
gard* the control of foodstuffs and re
tfeas on impert?, and theae criti?
cism a are produced entirely for the
.'Hisumption of neutrals and are an at
trjmpt to impress their own population
with the efficiency of what they term
their submarine block:.
Preparing for Future
"!? i? only to be expected that we
are bound to take precautions in order
to avoid aithla the next t'.vo >ear>
economic stre?s which might the
liere. as it actually does in Germany
to-day. The [raiiagi sf trOOgS and mu?
nitions eontil IOS without any diminu
tion, and only the neutral countries of
Holland. Denmark rind BwedOB are ex
perier ?? i-v t ?duction in
the ?amount Of exports from Fng%nd.
"Apart from butter, the import of
foodstuffs ?n February has been very
satisfactory, sad il should not ??
gotten that in th? ?tat ?tics thawing
the quantit . r- imported in
the month of February to British por'*
a consider,. '. which would
lily reach ?'lern has been diverted
to French ports l'or the use of the I!? it
iah arm],
"Despite this, however, the position
regarding home imports themsehiII I
rectory. Flour and grain for Feb?
ruary are above the average. Meat
shows from 10 to 16 per cent increase
shove the average for the last seven
yasurs. Margarine is coming in greater
quantities than in any previous year.,
and this provides for the falling off in!
Bobber ia ineroaatng ?lowly
each month, and the February average
was above that of .January. Iron ore
shows one-third increase over 1916 and
1916
"If any conclusion can he drawn from
the Hoard of Trade statistics of the
import of r?. to Great Rritain ?
during the month of February, a very ?
different result would have to De shown
by the German submarine blockade, for
; up to the present time there has been
no falling off except in sugar, wood and
Gerard Tells
Lansing Berlin
Wili Not Yield
U. S. Must Go Ahead with De?
fence Plans, E.x-Ambassa
dor Reports
I
1 ii, is ? Tribuna Bureau I
Waahington, March 14.?Amhasssdi t
Gerard, in conference with high gov?
ernment officials to-day, swept ?way ?
any hopes that may have lingered that.
Germany would not prosecute her I ih
marine campaign to the limit of her!
po.ver. lie told Secretary Lansing, '
Counsellor Polk, Mr. Tumulty and oth-|
??is tha* ti.e campaign was begun in I
desperation, but with the firm belief
that il would bring Kngland to her |
knees.
? i- rmany eaanot reliaquiah this wea- ?
pon. Mr. Gerard believes, because in
the only hope that remains of
iav ng her from utter liefen?. The
Statl BIU?t go ahead with ,
plans for ?elf-defence bernu-.
clash between the two gavernm?
according to his view, while it may be,
ed, cannot be ???? ? ?
Fond conditions in Germany when ?
Mr. Gerard'? party left were reported
BOB, hut Bi .';?' critical. ?
Tins queation :< looked upon bv tin
American governi erv impar?
tant because of its bearing upon the (
lilitj of further peve moves by!
Germany in the near future.
Mr. Gerard ua? ? as Pre?
ident Wilson to-day.
( ?infers with Lansing
He arrived soon after noon and
luncheon with Mr. Tumulty and Sen-1
Hughes, if Nea Jersey, after
which h?? WOO! '.i the State Department
and hod long confnrenres with Mr. '
Bg ?.'id Mr. Polk. The ?minis-,
dor would si?.; nothing for publication.
Mr. Gerald, il i? understood, has
?ubmitted ?o the State Department a
long report of his treatment by the
?es atter the break. It
how tip sad several *rore Amer
.. .i, c itittns were no? permitted to
leave Merlin, how the ambassa.i-ir '?
communications were cut ?iff; how the
German Foreign Office _ attempted to
bulldoze him into *igning a protocol.
>,' i other Indign I
Mr. Gerard conferred with several
Democratic leader?, presumably about.
the movement to have him run for
Mayor of N iw Yott aexl fall. Talk
was also revived that he might go to
or to the lata Ambas
sa lor Guthrie.
BoUavea He Ha* Heen Pollaaed
Mr. Gerard sa'd that many of the
?tones printed ahout him since he left
Herlm were "? ure r?.t." He admitted,
however, hi a? had been fol
':.?, mi re *han one German.
Mr?. G rani < OB to New
York, uh??r ?r.er amba
ta tJ |oin her Friday ia Iime for
a formal welcome back to his horn?.
Gerard to Reach City
At 1 o'Clock Jo-Morrow
James W. Gerard, ex-Ambassador to
Germany, informed Mayor Mitchel's
committee of welcome yeeterday that he
would reach New York to-morrow at 1
p. m. He will b? met at the Jersey
Central terminal, at I'omimjr.'.p"?. by
the executive committee of the general
committee uboaru the police boat
Patrol, and will he escorted! by them to
Pier A, where the re?t of the 10o mem?
bers of th?; citiiens' committee will
meet him.
A procession will be formed at the
Mattery to attend Mr Gerard to the
City Hal!. Headed by an escort of
mounted police and the 1st Artillery
Hand, the regimental color sergeant and
eight veteran sergeants of the 12th In?
fantry, of which Mr. Gerard was cap?
tan and adjutant for several year?.
will follow in line. The ex ambassador
and the members of the committee wil,
follow in automobiler?. Mayor Mitchel
ha? requested that all building? along
Broadway from the Battery to the City
Hall ahow th?. national color? during
the march.
IHR ?OIK ?r-IM ?a? II > ???kl!: I ?KIM?
Vr Uruaha Kumvaa.?Advt.
Algonquin Hit Four Tira
by U-Boat Shells, Then
Destroyed by Bombs
State Department
Admits Helplessnei
Wilson's Limit Reach?
with Arming Order; Con
gress May Be Spurred
'" ? T: Ni-. BjrraMl
Washington, March 14. -Such
Set as the linking by a U-boat of t
American freighter Algonquin c
make no change in the situation 1
fore ( ongress meets, even if :
pautad many times over, it was si
at the State Department to-day.
The government is doing evei
thin? in its power short of acti
'.var. A ileolaration of hostilities
in the sole province of Congress,
many American ship? are sunk I
tvcen now ami April It?, the lethari
0? Congress heretofore display
toward answering Germany in t
only language she understands mi
quickly vanish.
The Administration feels that
can do no more than it is now doin
namely, arm the ships. If the Algo
quin had had a gr?n it would pe
haps he the ?submarine, not th? A
;'"t<l',uii. now at the bottom.
B ll the President cannot dec?a
war, and unt.l the new Congress co
venes on April || no further it?
?oward replying to the now execut?
German threats <.?' terrorism ran I
made. The work of arming the shl|
??.'ill go forward as rapidly aa potubl
The first armed ship may sail withi
a few days.
A blgh olTuui. af the State Depsr
ment said to-day that the 1'nited Stat?
was not interested In reports that Ge;
many intended to modify her submi
rine warfare. This government do?
not believe such reporta. The cour?
of this government cannot be change
except by an entire recantation by th
German governmen'. It* Count vo
Bernstorff succeeds in getting- such
right-about-face he will accomplish
miracle, in the eyes of Washington.
Algonquin Fired On
At Three-Mile Range;
Shelled and Bombee
.n, March 1 I The Am. ri?.a
steamer Algonquin was sunk earl} Mor
day morning by a German submarin
after being tired on without warnlnj
The entire crew of twenty-seven mer
including eleven Americans, v?as saved
The Algonquin, a steamer of I,*!**.
tons, bounii from New York for I.on
don with foodstuffs, was attacked a
6 o'clock, the submarine opening tir.
from a distance of about three mile?
After twenty shells had been fired a
the '.es?'-!, four of wh"-h found thei
mark, tho crew tnok to the boat?. Mer
from the I'boat then boarded th?
Algonquin and sunk her with bombs.
The submarine commander was take!
to tow the lifeboats toward land, bul
he refu?ed, sayiag "I am too busy."
< aptain Describes Attack
C?ptala A. Nordberg, of the Algon?
quin, is now at 1'enz.ance. In an inter
view to-night he gave the following de
scr.ption of the attack:
"(in Monday morning, just after d?y
light. I ?as? on the bridge. It was th?
mate's watch. I saw two steamer?, ap
paren'ly colliers, steaming west, ?ne on
the starboard and the other on the port
side. Two minutes lat?-r the mate called
my attention to another object, and a*.
one?- 1 said, 'I think that is a subma?
rine.'
"The submarine was about three
miles distant, as were also the steam*
Immediately I saw a flash of a
gun and h shell fell short. At once I
stopped the engines and th? t. went full
speed astern, indicating this by three
blasts on the whistle. The submarine
kept on tiring, the fourth shot throwing
up a column of water, which dr? nehed
me and the man at ihe ??heel. It was
a close thing.
?'The lath ?hot struck the ship's side
and th? Bait went aft. The submarine
whs using two guns. Twenty shets were
fired at us. I ordered the crew to the
boats and we pulled away two ship
length?. All this time the submarine
was tiring at us. Some of the shots
came very' tieso.
Sunk ?ith lli.mli.
"Once we were in the boats, the Ger?
mans ceased firing and the submarine
dived. later we saw the periscope,
which circled the Algonquin a half
time?. Then, finding her aban?
doned, the submarine came to the sur
face and boarded the steamer.
"The first thing done was to lower
the American flag. Then 1 concluded
they were going to sinfc my ship Ten
minutes later I h.ard the crackle of an
explosion and saw smoke. They had
blown the ship up with bomb?. In fif?
teen minutes the Algonquin had sunk.
"The submarine was flying the Ger?
man enaign.. Mer <*?mmander asked me
my name, nationality. Je?tinatioa ???*
cargo of the ship, which had the Amer?
ican colors painted on her side? and
flew the American flag ???> ???*"*? nif"1
I asked him to tow us toward land, but
he refused, ?aymg: 'I'm too busy I
expect a coufcle of other ?"earners '
?The weather ?m nne snd the ses
smooth. After being twenty-seven