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eflBBBl l>> German propaganda. a most UBCOir.fortable hour. , ? b] '?" ?' ? indignaat membera. ataaailed m I el BflCehOfl told thal there wm* r.o paniahm. lit the erimi '' ea' aN?ll? nnd gionn*. Mr Heflin admitted, with the utmeel eaaBflrrasassaal be reai'.x had .mation bfl merely luapected. To cnas o' ' \irii.- l.iiv'" hfl IflaaJ be flreald naaai tha men he laepeeted if laveatigatiea were decided upon. but added ? ? ' . i : ??' I ?* eoald prove noth.ng. RepiflaflfltfltiVfl lloware. of QflO?gtS . ? reported ba saj ing ln .i". Inten lea t ' ,M,t h.s hands a'ii thfl gflilt] menibt?? day declared in the ttflSaSfl that he h.id ' ' t of the Mr.ai Bfl WBS Intesdgalors Are PrepOOed l -,t e neeolal >? ? ; rat . sa in TflBticetiftn were referred to the Rules Committee, One prepesiag aa iaqairy of the Heflin i. marks only, a tredaci d bj Ri itevei ,. IU.' was tativi . .. B l.o hun v '? did r. - - ,;'!' a .. take up * ' obb. ilcn. tl hav. invesi . they ea That ao ?a.~ ror* maeB on a'l foai i'-:1 In l aw ? : : ,- but no ] I r t : ( I tiie HoUflfl ra-.liiri-S .aid he be ..d to .-'.ate '. - - ? ? i-us oeets. i bofle flwa flreald then be branded for lifi mattei ? hould come oul at tl - n thc (, eovei every oi . iB ? ? fi farther : c, tht i xposnre "i?.t Ceuai vo i ReraeteHf asked for arj did not sur i ? . i ;..- fo '. ?' smai: . aouat ? Heaae a few : w 11 have ? the / tration, er i i .-1 ofl i f t h e Bl was in rnenl to-day, ? ne Kuiia ? ? .,.? IBO, r . ' BBfl to ringing n < vi .i vo;, w.thout aakiag air. Heflin to oame '-. If there - aay la I ? of Jll ia tne aj to 11 foundad oa ? ? gation couid be made. . r I" the com gaaiaa . ?'?;?' propee*ai .i* ? ? are geilty "f aceept ing to play ri t" ??What tv; ? ? thir.k. '_d' I ton, of Norih Da ".'??-,:. ' - .' morning I wai heralded all eyi r tl - ,. t ? ? ' thr Pac "ance. the state ean i I eea or fear s who ' ed a part o*" ' . beei asked BB imperial govirn talk of disloyaltv or of b; wi may talk of paaeitieta; bu' r cnme th; l . . ? il people. injury that can I of government. . member of thlfl ba ambera . orrupl and ? ave" been taking money to ?ons in this j "I do net belK. a scintilla i trge, but, f n ;s b ae laiflhmeni Bevew deal OBl to bBcIi a man or men if found." W..d eheen greeted this statement. -tu. ii . other hand, .1 it is false," itinned, "apologiefl oa the part of the man who made that statement ? rcet thfl evil that haa been ? ie waa so mneh ap tbat Speaker t'lark had diffl ti restoring order. 1 "Having made thn' statement, hav r g givea lt eat te ? ef this eountry and ceaaed it to smk down deep into the I Oplfl Ol this country if he got down on his . rowbones in front of this ?OOM he coald not anio the evil he has done. afforing and n<? pata eneeagb could he dealt ou* to thal kind ri ? . i.i ju The feeling in the House H*-Hinht Mr. lleilin reaulted at thi* point Ifl nn . ? m ild outburtl af Bpplan tfl ?lf I had thc auapieion against tha honesty or rntrgnty ef BB| m?n I . r.ot laaii aate lt, bat 1 arouid ?. enough t* ? * a ite It and And out lf it were true. nnd ff It erara, then 1 anaaM proaaat it to tha atoaae. Tbe ? raan from tlabaaaa ahould !>e re to prov? hia atateaiant ta thia ... .1 iq ?. ,. ountrj or aecepl tl e Buaiehmeni. in so ar aa it . that ? falaa atatamflBt oi t'1 - k nd bo nchly desorvi * Mr. Nortoa concluded by allegin* prompted ',.,,.,, BBBBiBg tha Mr. llerlm begun b roaXf. bat Bfl hi* Ar * ? ordfl arerfl ahaot th? |boys la the trendiefl" Renreeeatative Caaap ranking Repul ' Ralefl ( ore.f.? ? ?* I ' ? I lark ai moi ed that he had i ? ?? ' ' ta*1*** ? ? ,. ?? oareea. sn;ip Jndgaaeat, Baja Btmta ? judgment on mi troveray with him on e ..: ? ,. called allies. ? ? order b> ' '" _ __. ? * 81 ' * llber who ? , d I . Mr Heflin rei ua booba ano .ral hy -and 1 .-nid M ' ? ' ?*" *j if I , . aaa? l - ' ? ? .- ro my .1* ? * :" ?* n ' n '? ? ... ,....' \ oil I B on the . : floor nt once membera took up ,.\ *. demai d: "Nain ? them. "Name them."' they ahoutod. ? rV. Good bojr, ' bis way!" .. . Mr. Heflin studiously avoidcd nnmos. .. the anonymoua merabera aga :. ?? a i hargi I ? ith not ? Thi ral< on to daj. boea i ? .... tter of high privilege that tho question could bfl brought up at all. \ other ftrkaaaaa aaoaibor began prodding Heflm. Nol Paattivfl Aboul lntcnie-. "Did you. or did you not, have an in terview with a reporter froai 'Tire Washii . ? P< '?'"" Bflhed Ri pfflflgsta* e Goodwii "I do not thir.k so." replied Mr. Hef? lin. "Did you. or did you not. say what | p\. i - aid bj vou ?' of last Saturday. whorein you .,.'.' is a gambl ng house downtown when Baata* bera af Congre - can . nionc; the G( rman aide ', eontroverey? Did yoa ur did vou not'"' "1 dirin'r icn question *i Mr. Hefll There ? ? ? :? 111 . "I mndr ' *"*" 0T1 -nt* f.ior of the H( king about i] . Rt-d ruraoi ' are ? ry nou 1 son here all winter. "You cannot take from tne Iffl sior.s that men make upon me by their ,-t. if l nn true to mj oath 1 have a right to saj s aacmber's conduct I f I ti of -aying it, why r.ot ? eredit for that much of loyalty r governmenl ia time of war" 1 ? but you would not permit it. V i would triki * oat of the record. I ? i .;,?,.( j,-. money. I do i ot know what influenced them. But I do know that ?oaifl have not, aei ord | *a| of thinking, been loyal to thifl government since the war began." Names Demandcd \s;:iin "Name them!" broke in ihe c ry again, thia time from Representativs (.ordon. of Cleveland. "1 will rot yieid to the gentleman from Ohio." said Mr. Heflin, "'? ?' lt the House di eidea tl at an invi ? necessary and I hat I expre ; opinion flf the men who have not bflen ' loyal, 1 will nam* them. Bat I cannot prove anything." ?|:, re wi re renewed groana ai d ? booa at * "Trading With Enemy BilJ" With Rigid Censorship Passes Senate I ? f f'T'" BS WAflBINGTON, Bepi V4, -There was a big Hghl m the Penate 'o-day over the BBaOndflBefit le the tradiTi,r with ihe ? i.emy brll, making il aalawffl] to difl iib.te Ifl BBJ BaBBBOl mafter which had been declared nnn-tna;lablr under pseaagfl law. Ultiasati Ip, hoarever, the hill ll fiag the amendment wtth it, by a dte af 41 to i'- Theefl veU*ig agaiaal flrere Boaaten I'uinmins, Pranee. IflhaaaBj of California*, Kirby, Norris BBd Watson. This aiiier.dm.rt waa tbe only thing n the bill aa reported hy Ihfl ronfer > which any objeciron was made. not a whisper bsjbIbsI th BBaeedmrnt protidmg for a eeasorehip i?f mail.- and caMe- to aad from foreign ceaatriee, but Beaater Nerria, of N> braska. led a hard Igkl agaiaal the eontrol of the press in this country, tn ?hich hitr? ehief lapporter wai Beaater i ammias, ef iowa. lt v. a - T"'intrd Bfll I '? senator King, of l tah; .Senator Fletrh . r, vi flarida; .' ?-rator Raaadall, of -. -. of , and Ba ator ! terling, of i bta, that tiie omendmeal aai aeeflfloary, ss 1 is I ' .ble to evade thfl control pravided Um ssplenagfl law by resorting to -?:?).? or bj 1 he expreai comp i ? ater YerdamdP, of Mfssissippi, I the ranks of thi ? f out tne error of hii WByt "" ihe obatinate Nebraakaa, and for the firsl time ifl long montha mrrmurs ot 'that's a good -peech" WOM I e;ard as the long-huired fire eater had his brief say, Objert lo Stringene;. The objectiOfl :" thfl amendment .1 atour.d the eharL'e thal ll mad. , ;? ,-.--i i General the e. r -or of every publu-ation in the eovatry snd i ;m the power to put ai.y nc.vs .? , ? bo Ineas by an arbltrary ai.d without a hearing. 'ihe r pionage law gave tl.e government ?H pi Ai. that wa.- neeeaaary, 8ei toi Norris declared. Undei lt, If fl I hed objeetionab i tter, he could hc bronght Into eoart, tried if cont.et."l. paaished by s Bn? ol I non, twenty rears ln y or b i-retion of the eoart. "A limplfl order of the Poati a man a erin ? nator Norrie. "Bj this bill the ',1 ia not put up tO the COUrt. H goei directly at n ma^'s bnsinesi II ; vim ont of boBil Bfll flfltheal * ? f, I am trying to protei * ths ? r.t tuan ftom tho arbltrarj order of the PoBtmaater General. ?-I r.-n informed that the Postmaafer r.i hai aii eady pui out ef eireo lii'rou aome thirty or tarty papers. .'arm thnt they have riolated no low. But tho 1 stmaal neral never ?rji ,? A reaaon. Yet, if he ia i c~ nre of thoae editore ur,d puh iiflhera eommitted i crime, I f< ir I i truth rs hfl I afia I hr t-ou! 1 BOl ite, Senator Yardaman brought out the ,.r .. American Military and Naval Forces. The Bank of Montreal Kinancial Agent Mr thc Government oi thc Dominion ii Canada ig nou acting ;*.*? llankcr for thc Canadian Army (hreraeaa. Thc facilities of tlie iiimk's I.ond'"-!! Offices are at the diap>.A of ^11 members oi thc United Statea Armj aiul X_w for their banking business LONDON. KNGLAND, OFFICES: 47 Thr-adiir.-llr Street, ? WatfrtOO I'lice, Tall Mail , NEW YORK AOLiNt V: UHlCAtiO OFMCL: -I U.iii Street ?"** fcatl Laflafla Street. Justice Cohalan Immune From Prosecution, Says Bar Uwyers Aagree His Alleged Part in Irish Revolt la Not Punishable in Law, as U. S. Wa* Not at War? Juri?t Disf>en?es Justice Beneath SUrs and .Stripes Justice Cohalan. BBI BU SS 'he bnr BS i lawyar*! Inwyer, |S haBBSelf beyond ;he laW. lt is the BaWStflBBBS opinion I if lawyan nnd toedsaatati tssd ss ssbj.| rct be reaehal bv aay lagal praeess eaj h? aeeaaatioa brooghl ggalaal him by ,? ,- m t-nnunt !.<'?> ? ban av that he ioagbi te aeadafl BerUa ihr.ugh von .;,., p itoi H to eodp raU with tht Irish t.\ bombiag Eaglish Uwbs and laadiag seidiers, easceis sad anaa m Ireland. The Bai AsM.ii .'.mi ail 1 aai aet la An offle nl of thal organisa. ...n aald yeaterday tha! H eanaol Bfl aeinted out that it irai slleged tbfl Ige was sent whan the l :.:! d ai i ..!: Qarrssany, ',>- Uneriean eil iscn who eheee loald nrga tbe droj I ? : bomba on N -. . . gi ni an iavasion of lre and without beeamiag liable under the IIM'. Only in caefl u member violated the BBJ eoald thfl Bal I ? ion i>rocerd ? him, I ? ia \\ Inl man I n.-ihle to Aa I Ceveraor Whitman araahei hia haadi nf tbfl a'Tair. Bfl ifl pawerleefl to set, ? , ealy body with nowcr io rcmovfl ? ju.-t.ce of the Supreme Court ii fhe Legielatare. Ai-cording to John J. P.oylan. State Scnntor. tbfl Legislature il oqually powerless, "Governor Whitman calied this spe eiaJ sesaiea ttrttttiaVj fnr the pas lagfl of the food bill and other war imergenei measures," he said night. "Cnder the nslflfl a.f procedure no matten except those brought forth by iha- Governor can legally be con ? idertd at such a BSSSiOB." II was BaUrgastad that Gevernor .Sul - isipflacbsd at i.n attraordinary leseion callfld by himself for eoneidcra : tii af the primary-law. Beaater Poy laa repl sd thal ba did not think thi ? . ra--- BBd Iha' hi had ne\ flf ef a precedenl for itarting pro cccdingi against a SaproflBfl I OBlt jus ..?. i \tiaordman booi l< i obalaa a Power in Tammany Jastice Cohalan ia a power in Tam Hall, He bafl fl li i di in ol.scure i thfl ? . that any politician would veat. BN to act Bgainat him even had not ? r" thi foreasoal stterneyi la the lablfl. vi'(?? thi ofl ' himself reeamed ..eall. the greal American ? Part i ef thc Bii| rome Court ind dispensi I rai ef il jus ? ? | , him r.ofhing fo iavoived in tbfl tiom of speech and of the pre??. and it ' | :.a though hi irere going to ioin Senator Norrii H attacking thc bill, aspecis ? ? ? ? aaid thal tba l'ost ter General had been made the >-r Rcial <?? r I y ' ilBte ;?! d i ad objected to thal law on the ground that it interfered with frei- ipeech and - "Bul thal '." he continu"d. 'The I General under tbe i tn i n made thc een a good deal i i about protecting tlie peo ple * i' m edit ion. I till have faith in ihe people. I believe ?he people r.eed protection agaiast < oagraas a? much si the governmei.li protee ?ron Bgainat treason by thfl peonle. , l am for thii bill bee i ? ... } ,- i, thc i ipienaga lew powei npl -I. ll purpoae." Senator S'.tl l (,-. of South Dakota. pointed oul the length of time it takei ? ,r. n thc eoarta and said thal thi >-' f' iid? somewhere ..... e ,], eision a ithool waiting sis for thc eoarts. Thc eonten <,,,,, toj$ prepoatcrOUS, he declared, moBl flrel bc a hearing and trial before the Poetmaster Geaeral eould eaeladc treaeonablfl matter from tha bu llfl. ?tor Poindexter eharged that there was i fund derived from German BOercei for fhe diatribution of t reason? able ard seditioui matter ln this cnun try and i I that h< eoasidered il very likdy thal the fund was provided by ? iir Germsn governraflnt. The last fpeeeh was made by Senator Cummina in another eadeavor to defeat thc measure. Tli? argnmeat wai on the . the rigbt ef free speech aad the righl of trial. ' ' "Thc whole qaestion, he declared, chargea of the CoauaMlafl on Pablifl ?tion ni Washington. The court attet.denl detailrd aa flriar bnstlfld in. ot on e?ery other morning, intoned hifl bri-f .njumtion tfl thfl p atternei a *ad ap* etatara bi *l tood nt iiitentiiMi a-. the ruetliag of Iken robea bamlded the -i praach of a Ju'tice c, the Snproaifl Coarl ot th? Btate of New farh. All in th? c >arl room araflfl nnd stood arhllfl laatlca laa tonk hia svm to iiaaaabi f* tire. Between 10:J0 in thfl morning nnd l o'eloel in thfl afternoon h? diapaaed of 129 motionfl, including thal for ? tt tOXOA iu-*T''i>' l'*.i';.>t Baaaatt nrtmary ..'-.. Each attorne*/ bad emple op t>. to pre' ani h . ea io, bai ?*? '.?d r.i i bea< tha atate af ?*? ii. nnta of tifl fl. Thfl loatice wonld add nothing to bi" previo ta ? n reply tfl Bhfl governmenl ehargaa, denying aay eaa* nection with von Igel. Jeremlah A. O'Leary. * Litor of "Ball " nd another of the Iriah Amei icam hii in the rv***' , j po nres, rei ia nod ool of ight, though 01* ??'? ' '?' < nda intinaat* d he woald a.rai hortly. Herov P?Itfl Chargea . ? m Jaha Devoy. editor of "The Gaali A m rkan," ? -:I'* ?' ?'"' . British publication. v.ho is ebaraeo ih ha* ...r hei n aa aativ* .?;. i * * tween Garman rfficiala and Iriah rflb ria, and wiih having "hanijlad" a ehoea fur Sl.BOB ln connection with Sir Rager Caaemeat'a rebellion. He leaaed a lorc* BUtcment realying to the chargea, th.' friflt of which WBfl that they were "a (ifl made out of whole cloth.' After reviewinp the rlnirpe*. he s*:y.-: "I have never received r.ny money whatever. ertl-ir ta pramata rebellion in Ireland or for my private 0 tt. Thfl M : of proof ifl on thoae v.ho nttered thfl :"..!-? r.o.rl. I.tt thfl* pnxhre thut proof if they bava it. "Another ulle^ation made in thc cnmm'ttrc's statement ia tha* they found j. 'Devoy eipher" Ib vou Igal'a office. Why don't thev produc lt? I deny that any auch eipher eyer e.ti ted. "Another st ;>teniont rn:ide bv tbfl eamm ttao regarding me ii to tho ct feet rhat I. er 'The Gaolic Ameriean' had aecafled Secretary Lanaing ol be traving m Eaglaad Information which led to tha ;.irc;.t and cxecution flf Bil Roger Caaemeaii "I never mada any such aeenaation WU' l eharged wh? that iaformation ohtained ifl tne raid Ofl Van IgflKfl of ?.n 'I BOflday, April II, Iflf, wa* given to t!.< British gaveramont hy n t'nited States otVicial and enabled it to r ; iie B -hip laden with (iermuti anaa off th#> aeutaweet eoast of Ireland en l-i rlay, April tl, Iflfl." Mr. Devoy ronclude* his statement by Bscertinic that the purpose of thfl goverament is to mjurc the cause of re.il lr;sh Katienalisni in tha miada of tiie American people." Hfl Bflya th.it thfl ".. .<ccver\" thal he waa employed b;. Genaaa?/ *o continue work whieh hfl bad earried on for tifty-cij-ht yeara "ia amnaing." "is who |i to datermina whether a publieatien it> tre.-tsonabie or seditioos. The ? ITort in this bill is to prevent a trial. I du not wnnt ?o make a disin terestod man a eriminal before trial. The proper way would ba for thfl go: - ernment to ns!< for .in initmct'o.i. and then the issue would eorae befora thfl courts." Saaatot l i laid thfl amead ment to the eaae of "The ttnaan," at v h ' h he said he had never ??? n or read a copy in hia life and arith which be probably would hava leaa sympathj than nny man on t'ie floor, but he rhl rhe amendmenl had been pio po<ed to meet that individual case. Senator Fletcher denied thifl. He said thnt he liBd never heard flf "The ? ?-." "I think the bill will have a tendency to create -.edition and saw discoro tl rough tha country much mora *ha i to brinic ahout barmony," Se:iator ("urn mins continued. "There must he left in Ihe country some room for differ eneea of opinion. l am against aap* presaing all difTerence* of opinion. W? cannot have reached a state where it la neceeflary to padlork the lips of the people or uppoint one epokeaman for nll the people and declare tnat all . .. . - oppoaod tO those of thifl one mnn nre wrong. If Congruae, little by lit ?;.'. tahei away iill the right of fre? apeech and a free presfl it will finally awaken Buch indignation that ita own ind will be defeated." Despite thp lengtny a*:d BOffletime*. ? ipeeehaa of Senators Komi and Cummiaa it was very evideat by t'ne tone of all those >vho speke in reply that the Senato as a body had been deeply moved by the recent revelations of the -.videspread disloyal propapanda. I. W. W. Planned to Burn Cities, Kill Officials, Witness Declares ENID, Okla., Sept. 24. -That a gcn rral oprising In all itatci of ''ne i'nion wa.- planned at thi lamc I me tbfl anti diaft riota occurred in Southern Okla lrn.ua was thfl burden ef the testimony ni the anti-draft hearing in the ? day. B/itai - .' ' ? ' ? '' ii |] i Spenee, thi '?''? rking Class i .. th -? taid, wai directly ?j th the Farmers1 and Labor e. ' i i itective OrgaBixation in reiaa, had told them the orgaaisatiea waa itrong m Oklahoms and ju.ooO] trong : I ? us. .- ? organ tations, nccording arere te jola, nnder the head of the I. W. \V. in a nation a le revolution, iv whieh were included ? ' ' . nd cal tele graph wires. Spenee told 'he memba i of fhe union i' :.t twe carloads of ridofl ? ,i |] foi '.'?' ?!' B e. lt was | tesl i t v.ere to be burned, af'er be- i mg lootcd for praviflienfl, seeording |o| . an said to have been outlined. ai .1 railroads were to bfl seised for mobilizing ihe robelllous organizations,! mambers wa re told, would greal lumber th- troops lefl to pi lent Wilaon i al oma and da ? ad thc Mezi rder. The Bprisiag against the government or Julj -., witi ? isas de- j clared. The ani .:ra''' rietei n Bem- i ? ol. , rTughei and Pontotoc counties l ? iaidi Aug.. Co neideat with tiie iaeeptiefl of tha e ?ybi arrested at Holdcn ? ictivitiei are now being iavflfttlgated by a Federal Grand Jury ut McAieater. The arro t of BpeaCfl and nearly rive hundred of his followers effectualljr : ndi d the diaturbaaee. Government Plans Drastic Action to Smash Malcontents WASHINGTON, Sept. '-'4. Drastic j measures are to he taken by the De jjanment ct Juit.ce to curb the actiri tie- of any person or orpaniration the effect of -vhich would be to hinder or bampor the government in the eoaduet of I hi- war. William Fr".*, Aflflifltaat Attornev fleneral. in rhargo of the eovernment'** tigatiaa of the 1. W. W., announrid to-dny nt a luncheon of the Pour* ii of the Uaivaraity (lub that the time hnd rome to silence the oppotietits of the war. "Every ann that ifl not willing to be urufted in the common defenee." hfl ;.id, "must not bo allowed to be up lifted al all, and any pen capable of writing unpatriotic or disloyal senti? ment.^ must be cast into the wa*:e . . ?? "The time has come when every voice must bc tiplifted in valiant acelaim for Mctones oi our bravfl boya 'over there,' Bnd snj Other that so much as s'ar's .?ni any other strain must be silenced." Thc Pour-Miautfl Men :r a patriotic organisation whosfl tnemhers are ni;ik - Ing four-mlnute apeechoa on patriotic topics at theatres, motion picture. ???, recruiting rallies and other ruble gathenngs throughout the country. -_?--_ Plotters Are Blarned For Anthrax Epidemic Spread of Disease in Califor? nia Cattle Country Reaches Alarming Proportions BACSAMEKTO, CaL. Sent. 2t Pr. t harles Ktane, State Veternar.an. de? clared to-day that an eprdenve of an? thrax wh;ch is affecting cattle in Telfl County has reached an alarming -stage. and he fealfl confident the germ.< are being spread by agents of enemies afl th.* (nited States. Ihe a'ithra\ outbrei;'-: ia charaetrr ited h. Dr. Kaane a- I i* warat m the ! .storv of thr country. Reports to day indicate the spread of the disease | also to Colu?a County, adjoimng. On Sunday ihe governmenl made pjblic a" Washington document. prov in-* Germany cent germs of anthrax and glandcrsi to Bucharest juat before Kum_a:_ entered the war. "Bribe" Offered To the Leader of "Friends of Peace" Check for $30,000 Tossed ort Dcsk of Chieago Law School Head isi?. ui Ottm^anaafl ? CBIGAOO, Sen*. M. I. J- f*?h > ? chnni-.-llor of tbe Ch'r. I I ami praetical head ai "Thfl Priei d ** I ,a.-.'." waa ofTered 130,000 li I Jaljr, the tmttmn tt* *t\ttk sma ta Pewtawa :,n ambargo <-n a aad freoflem of the leaa. The money sNo was Bflttd to inti.f i.t-e sentimi nt ia thia eaaatrj in fnror of pOBCfl "'I'r Germany. Thifl statemflBt '???;'?* bum1? bj l" ? ? o Bg the ex| i the Gi rmaa peaei pteta I i Wi bhtgtaa. The offer ea ia from a ms the laflM of i ?'? '? rma, wba i tn he ii banhi r ? s"-1' daa. Nol on'y araa th i big ium offerad, but the $*2,','r0 with whieh tbe big BBB* r( . .,,, . .... ? ; ,-.. ?.' ,, * P( aea" Sep? tember B, 101B, v lai e d aa raised by tv.-.'tity five loc.l <? * ' ,;' ' man Am.?>?? ?? aeeordlag to Dr. I i hia--. nii'! rl." thoil v. lu. h flup] ? ' ' tion's enormotK nm: propi-.. fram ;. Gbiiba eomm tta? ia New Vork. lt ara thia reatelativfl avi* bca tho; the maaay i?r th< *** raaUmtiaa ama cominr only from GerflflM **ources which finally inducrd I'r. Tobia? to wthdraw from the movement. "I was riflitad one day hy G. ?? llurn nrel, chairman of the BnraagOflBeal con* mittee of the 'Frend* of Peacfl.' ?nd a New Vork Gorman-Amerieafl wboa*. name I do nol reeall, but which Ml Hummel ean doubtlesa furniah," aaid Dr, Tebtae. "ihi-y appamted me chair nian of Um eommittea or rica-piasi dent*. -I ti,,!, alded in the activity aimea nt tlie provention of tho shipeient ot munition to eombatanl nation; aaa the ? Labl limi nl ol the 'fre< dom ol * Tbe laat phra w own. Sherth after ti '. a jainsl my objections, the 'Friends of Peaee" held ., national eonventien of 6,000 delegates on Bunday, September ?">. and I.abor I';iy, Sepl I "ih. i ?'?. Tba Daeter Retlrea "Mr. Hummel. Karl Bitel, l aui Muel Ur, editor of the 'Abendaest,' of < hi eage, and other ' i ?'? Bg '?? i mana, who hnd Bl r.'.'.-.? d tO ' ?. " ? move? ment hen aat of private eeatribu* tions, all apposed thc meeting II held eontrary ta our wiahea. The funda were furaiflhed by a committc trom \ iW Vork, whieb aeeomi .lohn Briahen Walher ta Chieaga. Taa movflmcai then tool i n auch b iharp pro-German tinge that, although l did not ref.:::, I lt-tir- 1 :'ioin flCtiva uar tieipation Ifl it. "Mr. Bryan and flthfll l madfl ?' l voicir.;* ' ment oi tha Americans in tbe niovi ment. 1 began to *? at tha* time there araa an nlterier mo behiad the ahola eampaiga, and I withdrew I rom it. "Ihe movemenl paased out of my ex? istence exc*;; aa a n I I tbe middlc u' * ?'- . 1011 tall, hlond yaang red n*y offlea and intro duci r i. m E. J Th> ao , a ol 'an slumnus of I1"* Chieago Law School,' who reaided in Stockholm. Ife -aid thal Detroit. 'i'r.:* ? tatemi i * Buspicions, aa ha had na om the o inua. lle taid I i i s bai ki r in Stockholm; ti a* he had i Bde i l< thal fear. H? had tt-:* sum with him in two check-. hfl ' ''"'' 1*0,000 and another for $76,000. He tot tht* check for f'lO.OOu and tOSSfld it on my doah "'Whar rnn you .1<*> with th:. mid. ll. st that his remark pustled me, and added, 'I <*a* 'I cu-h it Maybe . ??I told hin i i o ?' l get a banker to il far him. Ha pul il ba I pocket, but eam? * ga i - nnd rflnewi d lba i oj< ct of tb? until I began to understand that be la tended to leave it v.ith me. Then my suspirions thal il WM :i German bribe beeame arou ted al one. ??To nota the i ITi cl on Ilira, I said: 'If you left Sw< len ander tha cireum rtance- JTOO By, no doubl iverj move? ment vfl.i make in thia count'-. been watched by detectivefl.' He pave me a nuick look, took un the check, put it in hii pocket, maaa --ome exeuafl ahout having an engagement and V.alr.ed OUt 01 my 0ff-.ee. BaUflVflfl *~heck Was a Bribe "From that day I ha*. a not seen or heard from him. lt WBa my intention to make an appointment with him and ha*.a the chief o1" th Bureau of Invi ati* gation for thfl governmenl be pra enl unseen to hear what tranapired I no*.. believe the check araa Inte ded a. a bribe to bc used fer pro-Genaan propa? ganda." Jaapat T. Darlinjr. head of thc Ameri? can Embargo Coafi rence, which haa ita beadquartera her?, to-day sent Tele? grams to Preaidenl Wil on, S eretary i.a'. ing aad I ha rma I .'.od repudf ating eonnec with any German prapaganda, "H.i.i i kaoa b at th< timi I a i of the conference that lt WBfl COBBflCtad in any way arith German propaganda in ?! , country l would h .*..- n .* from it aad denounced tha connection ti- I no'v de," thi * * .: ? read in part. Not Germany's Fault if War Continues, Declires Kaiser LONDON, Bept U Emperer Iffill* iam, says a Keuter's dispatch from Amsterdan, h.e. riaited thfl battlefleldi ia Rumania and Inspceted the troops Addreaaing thc trooi -. Emperor Will iam raid aa !o COntiBBfl it v.as r.ot thfl <i> rmaaa' fau't." IS YOUR BOY AT CAMP? Th*N \- a n .ti! neek for ever-. fither ind mother. brother arid sister, of i v< help 1 long hours cheer) and pr fiuble. '' *^_* j_s_3f_f il mor.** tlu; your bo; *a ?) have i'< H*k |0 ' -id CoQtributiotts naj be sent to: Treaaurer, Libriry War Council, SAM A. LEWiSOHN, 61 Broadway, New York. Any Library, or care this news? paper. FRANK A. VANDERLIP, Naiioril Llui'tnan. MORGAN J. O BRIEN. Greater New York Chairman. -mr') 'God Knows How' U. S. Learned of Spy Plots, Says German Paper LONDON, lef124. fn commentingon the latest Waahington discloaure con eeralBg the aetivities of Coast von ?onUtartf, fonner Ambasrador to the i :-d .SUtea. the "Kolnische Volka /,. itung." aeeording to ?n Amsterdam teh to I'auUr's, Limited, says: "This MTair, if true, has a very ,! agi'.fhl. .-harneter and it ls high lv rc-r-ttable. The American ror . inmetit, God knows how. was able to | ? hold appnra-ntly of the whole e.dlrction of Cermaji diplomatic doc? ument*, which it ia now exploitinr* ugainst us and Sweden. What the BtStS Iiepartmetit remark* about the relatlon between von Pernstorff's a and th. I'-boat i.ar can be rec ,, .^ed as a BjJfllsStadBBg invention by , ,-,-. BBS who BBOWS the hrtory pre ,-. ding the U-boal eampaigB." La Follette Disgraee Of Senate, Says T. R. Would Not Sit in That Body Unless He Were Ousted, He Says KANSAS CITY, Mo., '.''V'- 24. -"If I uM-e th;'- minute a member of Mf United States Senate I woald be .. d to sit in lhat body until I found out nome method of depriring Senator Lu Follette of his seat in thal (hamber, which he now disgraces by hiu presenc there," lolonel Theodore BaoseeeH declared in a talk to-day Bt a luncheon given for Major General Leonard Wood snd hitnself aa a part of il-o Middla- Western patriotic cele bration by this city. In a xpeech to-night Colonel Rooae? velt said: "I now wiflh lat a minute to speak to you of an American who represents the arerot of American charactemtie* Ser.ator I-a Follette. "Senator La Follette is at this mo? ment loyalty and eflcieatly serelag one country i.ermany. He i.a acting in such fashion as 'o make him one of tho moat potent eaemies of tbifl eoaatry and a mont liaistOI enemy of democ n.cv. Hfl elaima, and u is fhe emptiest of elaima. fo stand for democraey. Hc is doing everything ia his power io en thronfl autocracy under the (ierman flag thrOUghOOl tbfl world by the att. tude lie ;i now taking toward the war. II. | ihewlag himself the worst enemy that dafflsoeraey has now alive. "I read a couple of daya ago of Sena? tor La Follette'; utterancea before an organization out in Minneapolis, and hereafter any organization that ask? Se-iator La PeUetU to speak ought to ule io ihow conclusively why it ahould he eonsldered a patriotic organ? ization rliereafter." La Follette's Speech Disavowed by League MINNKAI'OLIS. Minn., Sept. 124. Now comes the Non-Fartisan League with an attempt to aacape responsi bility for the utterances of Senator I.a Pellettfl at tlie meeting m St. Paal laat week. ha storm of eritieiam of the ib'b leaders whieh has aweat tba a. ? 'ih.- ereased "Th.. Coorier ." of Fargo, tht Non-Partisau League'.-a daily paper. In an editorial the newr-papertri of Minneapoiis and St. ,-re o.amca lor creiiting thc im ..ni that La Follette's views wera mdorsed bv the league. i i ari elfort to pBt tlie league right the people of thfl Northwest ??The Courier-Newfl," admittiaa If'-ai it i1 i not publish some portions of the >, nator'i ipeeeh because it wa* feaitd that BUCh publication would do hjiriu. now says that a portion of the I.a Follette address was "unguarded and u: wise." Following the lead of A. (.'. Town ley, president of tlie league. who al arayfl blames what he calls the "kept preaa" for any criticism that is heaped upon ihe league. "Ihe Coarier-NflWfl" ea-fl thal the Twia City papers are Bttemptiag to iir-e La Follette's talk "as an indictment of thc famefs of the Northwest." _ TTESDAY WKDNESDAY 25th 20th V* i' V. Ridder, Asked To Resign, Quits Mayor's Board Vice-President of "Staats Zeitung" Wai on the Aliens Committee The rosignation of Victor Ridder, vice-president of the *'.Steatr5-Zeitun|r," ! from the (ommittee on Aliens of the i Mayor's Committee on National De? fence, wan announced yesterday. He ie 1 ? iirned at the re.,uest of the sub committate. Philip I. McCsefc, char man of the Iurg'-r body, conferred yea? terday with thfl Mayor as to the rea ; lOBfl for askinjr Mr. Ridder to reaign. Mayor Mitchel did not request the resignation, but is reported to have aaid that if Mr. Ridder waa respon . sible for tiie itatOBaOBtfl attributed to him he ouarht to be off the committee. ' A letter written to Mr. Ridder by Archibald F Stevenson, chairman of tbfl I ommittee on Aliens, is raid to havc been tne immediate cau.^e of his resign atiea. This letter, whu-h waa sent to Mr. Ridder several daya ago, ifl said to have -u^'^ested to him that inasmuch as cer? tain views which he held did r.ot coin cide with 'he views of other members ot tho committee, he ihould withdraw from membership m tfcfl organization. Kefuse? lo Discurs Withdrawal What ia back pf Btti R.ddcr's resig? nation and the letter that prompted it is ttill a secret. While acknowledg iag the truth of fhe report tnat he was no Ionger a member of the organiza? tion, Mr. Ridder ye.-terday rcfused lo comment on his withdrawal. "It is a matter for tlie Mayor to di?- ; cass, or, better still, Mr. Thomas I.: Chadboorae, jr., chairman of the Com mittflfl on National Defence. I belontc ' to many BOBamittflflfl. On aome a?f tneiu I icmain a long tini". I ani a member of others for but a short time," he said I when questioned. Mr. t'hndbourtie was in Washington,! and officers at the headquaiters of eommittee refused to *>oy anything re- i parding the resignation. The facts .n the case. based on correspondence BBd other documentary evidence, will be made public to-d.iy by Philip J. Mc- | Cook, of th ? Mayor's ( ommittee. The Committi e on AllflBI was organ ized to t rt CerasaB raaideBta of this eity information about rulings with respeet to ilien enemies ar.d to help | them in the preparation of their ap plications for permits to remain in j barred zone?-. James Seavy is secre? tary of fhe organization. JaatUbai Lusitania's Lonn Victor Riddcr's name, with that of his brother, Bernard H. Ridder. presi? dent of ths "Staatfl Zeiturg" Company,' has come into prominence many times aince the Furopean war began. On MANSION "The Coffee that Sells Ittelt" It apeak* in terms of palate-satitfying delight 27c PER POUND (Delivery free on order? of br* pounds or more) "i\o Orocer Sells It The Post mnn Hrlnga lt'' Alice Foote MacDougall "77ie Only Woman Coffee Importtr." 138 Front Streat New Ysrfc 'I'honr Ir.hn 14M May 8, Iflib at thfl time of the tor pedoiag ef taa Luaitaaia, he aald that wht!? he. Ir'-*.e oth. r GenaaBB, tnenon ally regietted the rs rkinjr of thfl ahip, he could not heip but feel that lot at? taek was justit-able under the exutiai Hearst Attacks On U. S. Are Read With Zest in Sweden "T'e S'ru- Ynrl- WorltT tkm trirrm. htfi prbttP t*S to't'i-">ng: STOCKHOLM. Sept. 24 - The attaeki of the Hearat pre-s aa the I'nited Statei government for t e Argenf.n. aad 'At tieaa reeelaUeaa ontinu* to b* used BBPfliflteatly and effectively un aatt-Amerieaa propaganda. both ln Germany aad B a ? Thc Heart propaganda matrer reaches Stockhoim by v.ay of Geneva, .Switzerland. and Berlin. and ia ?b* sorbed ea-rerly by almost tne wbe-Ie Swedish nress a? the real voiee of America. T'-.e Swedish pVflflfl- BlflBBflt witheflt exception, has bflflfl p'.-y.n-jr up the tnglish and American pres? comments anent recent revelations a* a chauvin istic hounding of Bwoden by the yellow pMflfl of Kngland and America. Hearst is welcomel with open arms as alone tellinu the trath. The Hearat attaek. upon the Uaitfld BtflMfl ?**** ernment. have flBBtriheted lar-*ery te briagiaf about the preseat sltaatjaa hero of almost orr; let* Indifflfer.ee ond oblivion to the ArgeatiBfl ar.d Mex? ican ravolationfl, whl rn a-e conalderfld h closed laeldeat tntailicg ba ftwtflflfl con -equenc.'*-. _ Statement of Condition On September 8th, 1917 RESOURCES Cash on hand and-in banks.$53,858,790.42 BstehanfSg lor Clearinir House. 4,337.577.84 Demand Loans,_ . 75,909,794.47 Time Loans ar.d Bills Purchased, 98,316,807.78 N. Y. State ar.d Municipal Bonds. 14,399.654.45 Other Bonds and Stocks,. 49.253,637.22 Bonds and Mortgages,.3,967,000.00 Real Estate .$4,336,634.07 Less Sinking Fund i 36.897.50 . 4,099.736.57 Accrtied Interest and AecoaiHS Receivable, 2.664.186.79 Customers' Liability on Accepur.ces $20,228,148.56 Less Anticirated 36,720.81 20,191,427.75 $326,998,613.29 LIABIL1TIES Capiul..$11,250,000.00 Surplus Fund.11,250,000.00 Undivided Profits,.4,133.858.01 Unpaid Dividend. .12 650.67 Deposits,.-.283,486,374.62 Cerrifted and other Outstanding Checka. 1.267*56.13 Accrued Interest Parable.. .1.138 758.-^9 Reserved for Taxes,_.192 661.71 Outstanding Acceptances $20,228,148.56 Leas our Acceptanoea in portfoho. .5,961,154.52 14.266 994.04 $326,998,61329 DIRECTORS STEPKEN BAKER...Preat Bar.k cf t'.eM.anhatian Co. FRED I KENT.Wl| flMlllflS SAMUELG.BAYNt... PrOSt SOBflOard N.tr^nal Bank RANAL0 H. MACDONALD..Re,,: Eat.t. NICHOLAS B.DDLE. Aator Ewute KDGAR L. MAR5TON.B'.au A Co CORNEL1US N ULlSS.Jr.Blias. 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