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Riggi
s Bank Accuses
High
U. 5.
Asks An
Secretary of Treasury McAdoo and Comp
troller Williams Charged with Malicious
Persecution Aimed at Wrecking
Washington Concern.
MUST SHOW CAUSE FRIDAY
Defendants Say Their Actions Averted Disaster
PlaintijjAsserts No Suggestions for Reform Were
Made, But That Government Officials Delib
erately Set Out to Destroy Institution.
By JOSEPH P. ANNIN.
Baldly charging Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo and
Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams with malicious persecution
directed with a view to wrecking the Riggs National Bank, a bill in equity was
filed by the bank yesterday through its attorneys, ex-Senator Joseph W. Bailey
and Frank J. Hogan. petitioning the District Supreme Court for an injunction
protecting the bank from the alleged persecution.
Replying to the charges in a brief public statement last night. Comptroller
Williams declared, in part-
"The recent investigations of the affairs of the Riggs National Bank dis
closed irregularities and unlawful practices on the part of certain officers of
sufficient imDortance to merit their reference to the Denartment of lustice. and
., .. . ri'rri-r- I "lp l'ro" nudiine Ma1 ontriRtrd at
that department engaged the services of Louis D. brandeis, of boston, some aSIlstn lleioiian.- fnao. it em
weeks ago as special counsel in the case. It is consistent with the attitude of bodied mam now feature, it as the
those officers to attempt by unwarranted and untrue statements to place them-: p,,rIosc ,,f ""' ""'r s"!l ll " the
. liii- r i i i r i i N"a OpptUHient in" ta-c it met eitain
selves and the bank in a position of martyrdom at the hands of the admin- L,lcuflcatlons T,1(1 b,pidn,. lld,i beeM
JStration." . 'lcn tests at Collese I'aiL for tlw I-ast
Yesterday furnished a sensational denouement to a controversy between ' tfn las- al"1 ,,ooli '"I """"Pf
c m i i - ii iti n l n' xi i n i i '' make a tnal flilit.
secretary ftlcAdoo and Comptroller Williams and the Kiggs Iational Bank, w ,Icn the ,.t.iiiiie rose about i feet
which dates back to the earliest stages of the present administration. That j m the air it was cn tint s.omethins
the controversy existed was well known, but that it should find such sensational ! Wiis W,"E ThP roar r the b,",ane l,r-
publicity is a development as unexpected
Justice McCoy, in the District Supreme Court issued a temporary re
straining order and rule for a preliminary injunction returnable al 10 o'clock
rr --.. i i- i r. .1
i-riuay morning, immeaiaiciy aucr tne
president of the Riggs National Bank, and Willis W. Parker, local agent of the 1 Ha.i the pinmi ien m.ccWui. it
Southwestern Surety Company, signed bond. !J- '"s intn.ti..ii to tu from WasWstbn
T-i 1 111 ,-. , , ... to Governors islaml. N . and later he
the order -signed by Justice lvlcLoy
iendants to show cause why thev shall not be enjoined pending this suit
lurther retaining from the plaintiff the said $5,000 interest money; the de
fendant Williams particularly from revoking plaintiff's designation as a depos
itary' for the reserves of other national banks, or from refusing to approve
the plaintiff bank as such a depositary.'
BAD BLOOD BETWEEN WILLIAMS AND RIGGS OFFICIALS.
There has been bail bloo I ut-twoen
omplrollcr Williams and .Mitton 1.
Ailc. wee president of ilie itis
ItaiK. foi j cirs At one tunc Halu
mort li.ianciirs dis-plaied Mr Mil mi
from tlie directorate of the seaboard
Air lane Kailroad and elected Mr
Ailes to his place That Mr illiams
liad not forgotten tlii.s when lie .is
Aunitd Ihe duties of At.siht.ml Stu-
tary of the Trcanirj tlie financial
world oou saw.
The allegations contained in the
bill together ijth those co'ilained in
a Utin from olllcers of the iliptjs
Hank to Comptroller of the Curriui
till mis, .ire sensaiumtl in th i -
Irenie In a word, the liari; is that ,
becaui-e of an att.uk b a ew V crk
newspaper upon .Mi Williams in inn-
ncctiou with the .n.-ist im e r mlered
the i niteii states Tmst Conpani in'
1911 by the Munse Tiusl Coiiipani '
which article Keiietarv Mi Adoo and
Comptroller Williams publicl liarurd .
ollliers of Ihe Itigss Bank with heim; '
responsible for. these two otlicials de-
lilierateM started out to do even !
thiiij; in their power tounderinin and
wreck Ihe KigKs .Salioual Bank i
Tliis determination, aoording to the
allegation, was indicated at (he on- I
ilu.sion of a storm v interview between j
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Officials;
Injunction
as the proverbial bolt from the blue.
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oracr was signed, v-nanes t. Vjiover.
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among other rules requires the de-l
, i n ir ,Mc dou and President Glov-
ir .ml Vue Trcbideuts Milton i: Ailcs
did illiam J Klathei
I)i-rrBardlii lr. Mlrs deulnl of
am rinpfinylbllit? for Ilie ciltjei tlon
able arlitlr. n ecrdlnp. Io I lie bill,
ri relarj lit dc hliouted at Vlr.
lle: 1 11 ill order you out tif my
ofliee:' and, turning Io I'riMdcnt
i, lover, of tlie bank. "Vlr. C.loirr. jou
kiioii ithat I his means to the lticM
National Hank."'
Suite tint lime, atiording to tile
bill the ICips Vation. I li ink has been
-iibjet led to a (oiitinuous perseiutioij
at the bands of the Comptiollcr of
the Tiwuri i peisecution which has
left the luiik ..oHcnt it tins tune onl
beaiie of its tin tw ll ible positiouin
national bank'iis ucles.
Car line Extension Protested.
I'roti ,ts .iK.ttn't the conslruitfon of
the proposed Seventeenth treet car
"c exienioii of the Cipital Tr.ution
"omp in eslcrdi. were received by
the 1'iibln I tilities Commission from
s. s. Ii.iish of Ihe llibbs Building, and
Miss Claic De Graffenried. of 1935
"cvenleenih street noitbwest A liear-
in,! b the District Commissioners
vi nil respect to tile proposed exten
sion will be held al the District liuild-
loir on tlie morning of April 22
nOGEItS. Business Manajrcr
,M
Capital Newspaper
Non-returnable Basis
AH! SPRUNG HAS ABRIVED;
ENTER HRST STRAW "LTD
Well. ir. here and the
sscMher ninn think for Rood!
It was seen jrtrrd.i for the
flrt time, n mark of distinction
to ilH ojvnrr. n hint of hnt Is
to be, before yinn ila.
It stole unobtrnltrl In nnd
out amoHs passrrs-b?. Only nn
occasional cje nan attracted b
the lcht.
If the owner sought to be bold,
he failed, or not a head nH
turned in passing and fen
glnnrrd twice. If he sought com
fort, he wan sllghtl) premalnrei
'hut If he sought to make n
Mtandard. he nhonld be succewi
fnl. The Brut trwr hnt li alwaya a
standard.
BIPLANE DASHES
PEOLI 10 DEAIH
-
jYoung Aviator Killed at Lol-
lege Park in Machine of
Own Invention.
CRUSHED UNDER WRECK
Hoped to Sell Aeroplane to Navy De
partment After Trial
Flight.
Cecil M l'eoli was kill,, I at College
Park, JId , eteit!a when a biplane of
which hf a th imtnior and til to
bo the laictt rr cnnMrucUd, fII lt
ftet IVoh v.as (aticht bene it h tho ma
chin, his sKuii rushed and hi 'todv
bidl inaiMled '
I .111 io JinK aim iiicn 11 luimiim iu me
jromiil. with 1'eoli liRrtrHth It.
IVoll lame to Wasiilngton last Kcbru
;'t to i r hl m irhn p timeSher and
' miiL n flight In
Wa'-linicion f'T the
,,, f ,- N-.1V, nei.aitment officials.
xpocU(, to k. anolhPr ', from Now
York to St l.ouis.
1 Pecdi. who was about IS vtars old. tlrst
! .miA iril.-i rti nMimntlr e ns nil avittor bv
flviu ovr the Andes fiom Caracas to
the I'acitic Oceai'
The machine in whuh he met his diath
tnej.sinerl fortv-eiclit feet auoss and
I was equipi ed with a tvvclve-ivliinh 1 en
gine of r-0 her?eowtr nml contained an
timor-platc protettion Pcoh claimed
tint the machine imild make a
sjeed of ightv-nvi in le an hour.
BRITISH VESSEL SAVED
AFTER TORPEDO BURSTS
r v tr 1 '
Wayfarer. Biggest Boat let to heel
Projectile of German "Sub,"
, 'Run on Beach.
Spciial tuble ,0 The U-s,u;t n HrraM
bj .101 in c rosTi:is
London. April 1-. The British liner
-Wavfaier. a vessel of V V'l'ton-. is the
latest target of GermanVs submarines
and Ihe lirget merchant vessel tint has
been torpedoed since the wai began. Tho
Wajfarer wn.- torpedoed off tin Seilly
Islands he has been bcaclud at Queens
ton n.
Announcement of the vvavfater's ilc
strm tion was made today sliortiy after
news had beta ieceivd of the destruc
tion of the m 1" steamer tJuernsey
while it was living to escape from a sub
marine in the English Cinnnel '
The JGuctnscv. bringing a cirgo from
the Channel Islands, was v.iecked I'riday
night Avhlle it ;as attempting to run
away from a submarine believed to be
the U-31. It crashed at full speifl upon
rocks almost in the shadow of a llght-
I house that had-been darkened because
of the war. Seven members of the
Gurnsey's crew, including Capt. Woods,
were drowned.
WILL BATJ) ENGLAND IN JUNE.
French
Mntcmeiit Snn
',.-,(
Zep.
prill's Are It end).
Paris. April 1;. Five hundred and
tlft Zeppelins and aeioplanes have
' been assembled b the Germans for
a raid over l.ngland in June, accord-
1 lug to information Just brought to
Parts.
The mlnlstrv of foreign affairs to-
day gave out a statement from a
Hparjish traveler, who has returned
from German, saving thmt everybody
there Is predicting the greatest air
raid over Imglund ir Jtiin, In which
150,ZeppeTTns and 00 aeroplanes, all
fitted with aluminum motors, .will-take
part. '
BLACK AND BOMBS ST0BI .
N'evy'ilorii. April 1 J.rr-TwVnty-alghl
x.11., finaH.aV'w.A fhrnwn tntn a
Italian ,fanUIl.sVerA thrownJnto M9Zr '"'"- ",u"cn-
I panic early today 'wrfen a dyaaralt
tomb was lemlorted 1'lh front' Of ''the
drugstore olf'Vltoi "illrenda. 'at. 314
rsLMHth street. The -store .is am
( the. first floor bT a crowded ttiiemeat
fine nrsc noor 01 a crojiocu iiuciiicai-1 , r, v. . - j,
Dtilldlnr. Mirendatold Jhe poUce thatpor atoot'a'fjjek.The BenutorlT mem
irtte BiacK Hand.naa oeen aemanwnr
i tribute -Irpmihtm ftr two "years. , and
Vthat,he had been flnstriimenth
'sender some"ofs,1heblackmar:er3 to
ontm-. -aiirenda aior vam w
OFFICIALS GRAVE;
SEEK AUTKORSHIPN
OF MIAN NOTE
i
Hope Foreign Office Did Not
Authorize Discourteous
Wording.
UP TO VON BERNSTORFF?
Fear Ambassador Accurately
Represented Spirit of His
Government.
GERARD ORDERED TO INQUIRE
IQ' r i... D- ,: -t
Kaiser-S Advis-rs in Deahngs
I with United States.
The fulled Stabes eovernment is
endeaorinpr to ascertain whether the
jetraorclinar laneuace used li Count
von Hernstorff, the German Ambassa
dor, in t lie memorandum lie hied at
the Mate Pepirtment on Monda last
was the laiiKuase or Ihe Anihascailor
or whether it was authorised ) the
Oerman foreiKn olllce
The action which will lie taken b
the State Department will depend on
the result of inquiries which, it Is un
derstood, were instituted v esterday at
Berlin bv Ambassador Gerard
While no official Ntutenient as 10 the
authorization of the memorandum has
been forthcoming to the Mate lie-
pnrtment. It In stated impersonally at
Ihe facrnuin Kmbansy, In Ihe absence
of the Ambassador, that the document
nim authorised by the t.ermnn jcotcrn
nient. If tlie German foreign ofhee stands
by tlie undiplomatic language of the
pc an ibsue will be created the out
co'n' j 'U hich no diplomatic official
of tie department is wlllinij to fore
c.,5t Ilrynn Crate nntl Gnnrileil.
Secretary Brjan discussed tlie mem
orandum in a verj grave and guarded
manner He declined to state whether
a replj would be made to the German
mbassador or to the German govern
ment. Mr Bran precluded exact in
quiry bv announcing that all he could
saj was that "tlie subject was urfder
consideration "
Mr Illjan's position seemed to lw that
the Government was not undertaking at
present a icplv to the German govern
ment or to the ambassador. . but was
living its attention on tne character and
publication of Ihe Hern-toiff memoran
dum The opinion of the most of the
depirtment officials Is that technicalitio
as in tlie arguments rais, bv the am
bassador ale beside the question, which
1 icall.v is, the i-a, what authority ol
J defen-e there is for the language of the
"" ,T'0,am'u", I" view of the inion-
slstenc between the position taken by
Ambassador Bernstoi ft in Ids memoran
dum and that taken bv the German gov
ernment Itself in the replv made to the
American demand for indemmtv In the
Trie case, the hope was expressed fcr
some officials that German iniht re
lieve the t'nlted States of the necessity
of legistcring a complaint against the
character of thei Bcrnstorff communica
tion At the simc tunc, in private conversa
tion, officials drew attention to tlie siml
Hrit between Jhe angry outbuista of
the Bcrnstorff memorandum 'and tho
strictures of the German government's
not on the case of Odenvvald at San
Juan. That note contained three distinct
Insinuations of bad faith against the
I'nited States government.
The State Department is now piepar
ing a icply to thf allegations that the
Odenvvald was "attacked by American
gun." "being fired on "even after her
machinery had been stopped."
Continuing Purpose Feared.
The swift sequence of the strong
language In the Odenwald note and the
BernstorfT memorandum of Sunday have
led some of the officials to believe that
there was a continuing purpose In the
declaration of the ambassador in charg
ing bad faith and incapacity .against the
United States.
The BernstorfT memorandum and the
Odtnvvald note, it Is pointed out. are
merely climaxes of a series of complaints.'
from Germany. Their great significance
and seriousness In the minds of officials
of the State -Department lies, pilnclpally.
In the fact that -the language in which
tljcy Arc couched wipes out the line of
dlftinictlon vviiich previously existed be
tween the character -of criticism levied
against the United ""States government by
the Gcrmanjpropagonda and the crit
lcisnivvhlch the Gorman government felt
it -was justified in making. The ending
of...hat dlstIiwUonLUiey-'fenr. may pro
duce somejTsjyc consequences.
IVI' apraMinav tne Bernstorft mem-
oranaum cHnrc w enc attention or Sec
retary otr8M;.'Br-an offlqlally, forUhe
rat time yesterday, tie baa been absent
randuaswaa'tiven- to .the-Stato -Department
on'-April i Mr. Bryan! said yes-
tejtlar thatjthe first he knew of It was
vvbat.hc read in las papcrr on Eatur-
HUERTA REACHES
V Mm ncilDFi
BENT.HEASSERTS
Former Dictator Says He Will
Leave in Thirty
Days.
REVOLT RUMORS ABROAD
,
J Fresh Invasion of Mexico
Said to Be Real
Mission.
h
HE MAY CO0IE TO WASHINGTON
Traveling Companion Says General
May Visit Capital During Stay
, in UniteJ States.
StU1 ! lte j4iin3nn II1T1W
New York, prll II. Gen. Victonano
Hucrta, former President of Mexico,
whsc refusal to salute the American
flag brought about the I'nited States
occupation of Vera Cms. arrived in
New- York late this afternoon on the
Spanish Lane steamship Antonio Lopez
from Cadiz.
Compelled before being permitted to
land to make allldavit that he would
do nothing while here to involve the
ncutiaiit of the United States, Huerta
came ashore witii Abraham Itatner.
one of his traveling companions, vfho
was expelled from Mexico bv the late
President Madero for supplving arms
ami ammunition to Pascualo urozco
and later under the Huerta regime re-
I turned to Tampico. where he was an
agent for Huerta in the shipment of,
war material.
.lust "Pleasure" Ilentc
Huerta went to the Ansonia. where
a series of important conferences with
Mexican refugees on tlie situation in
Mexico will be held during Ihe next
few weeks.
Huerta I"' 1 tin immigration au
thoritles, to whom ne made his allldavit,
tjrat his stay In the United States would
be limited to thirty davs. tb.,t he is here
for pieisure and to attend to some per
sonal business and will return to Spain
wiihin the time specified, probabl on
the same ship which brought him over.
There are persiTOJit rumors, however,
that Huerta s real mission here is to
prepare for a fresh invasion of Mexico.
He is known to have been in conference
rccentl with wealth Mexican refugees
In Pans, and is believed to have a mes
sage from Don Portirio Diaz, the for
mer PresUUnt. as to plans for icstorlng
the old regime at Mexico City. Felix
Diaz, nephew of Don Porlino Diaz, who
has lived for tome time in the United
states, is ore- o fthose with whom Huerta
will have an early conference
"o Ilnce for Ie."
In lincwlth the belhf that a fresh
revolution is imiending was the stale
me.st made at tlie steamer pier toda b
Capt. Ruiz Nunez, one of Huerta's old
officers, who met him
"Now- watch us ail go back, ' he said.
Hcminded that Huerta had just pledged
himself not to create any fresh trouble,
Nunez said: "To h 1 with pledges."
Huerta himself, when asked about the
posslhilit of his return to the icencs.of
his, old activities, replied.
"Mexico Is no place foi an old man
like me at this time The country Is in
such a terrible state that it would be
unw isc for me to go there at present "
Through his secretai. Huerta de
nied that he had seen Don Porforio
Diaz during his stay abroad. Asked if
he expected to see Felix Diaz, he re
plied: "I alvvajs see ever one who
calls on me."
Ma; Come to Capltnl.
There was no member of the Mexi
can colony at quarantine to meet tho
former President. But at the steamer
pier there was a small crowd of his
sjmpathlzers. who gave him a thin
j cheer as "he walked down the plank.
There he met In succession Gens. Qul
roz and. Orizquieta and Senor Serrada.
personal friends, and Rugenio Pare
dcas, former treasurer of the Mexican
government uflder the Huerta admin
istration. A secret service man nan.ee!
Barratca. representing the Cuban Min
ister at 'Washington, also met Huerta,
with a pointed Inquiry as to whether
he Intended to visit Havana. Huerta
replied that he did not.
Huerta gave out the following state-
rent:
"It Is a pleasure to be again In tho
United States, as it gives me the oppor
tunity to admire once more the greatness
of the Arfierican people, whom I sal u to-
through their press. It Is nothing
strange that on stepping on United States'
territory I should consider my first duty
to salute this great nation, as many of
Its citizens have been and are my person
al friends.
"I understand that my presence In
this country creates in yi the desire
to know mv; views about the affairs' of
Mexico and I promise, tcf satisfy jour
wlshesat the bcst,bf "mylabillty. For
this purpose IJnvltethe" representatives
of the American press at the Ansonia
Hotel on Friday.attlO a. ,m. I beg ou
gentlemen to remember that no Intcr
vlews with tne should be considered as
authentic unless It carries ,my personal
signature." " t
President wiiapn, vjrijo..., declined
throughout to,recogmlxe Huerta whit he
waslat the head of .VMt Mexican gov
ernment, may And Huertajorihls hands
again ln. few jbU-Mr, Ratner said
tonight that IlUcfta might decide to visit
u:..I,ima, iliMfrilghtM atasrftn tht Trltal
urU Fool Foe," Says
sea woirs captain
!"As Easy to Get Out Past British as to Slip in," German Of-i
ficer, Commanding Kronprinz Wilhelm, Boasts.
Must Make Repairs and Be Off.
Newport News Va., April 12. The
put to ssa again just as soon as neceasarj repairs can be made, according to
Commander Thierfelder. '
"1 must proceed with m; refitting as quicklv as possible." the German 'kipper
said tonight. "It is imperative that I put to sea and resume mv duties to im
government. 1 can fool the British again as easilv as when I came in'
Late todav officials of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drvdock Com-
panv completed a survey of the sea wolf. Although their report lias not vet been
made to Commander Thierfelder, it is understood that the escl is badlv in need
of drvdocking. She is said to be leaking hcavilv through plates strained and I
started by the jolt of guns on her deck.'
the ramming of her prc.v, and the con
cussion of other ships against her side
whil'e transferring coal. Her boilers also
need overhauling and her bull is cov
ered with barnacles.
It was Icatncd todu that ten more of
the crew of the Kronprinz have been
stricken with bcri-beii, which already
- . . - ....... i ila Vn iftl.
nan sirucK aown niuic- nnm ,w. ..v. ...
cial request that the- affected men lie rc -
. .a
moveu to a no-puai nao c-. 1,1 ...cmw
It Is believed that the ship's surgeon llrst
will test the efficicnc of fresh fruits and
vegetables in combatting the scourge. A.
large quantity of these were taken
aboard.
Surir) Is Granted.
Collector of Custonn Norman It. Ham
ilton spent practically the entire day In
consultation with Commander Thier
felder. The German skipper formally re
quested that he be allowed more time to
have a survey made of his ship. This
was granted.
in a note handed Collector Hamilton
today Commander Thierfelder stated
that he had set afoot all airangcments (
to determine the character and extent
of the repairs necessaiv and of the fuel
and other stoics of which he stands 111
need As soon as he obtali s a report,
he Eaid. he will communicate with Ger
man government officials. The eom
mandii indicated that he would like to
rut hM ship In drdock. but was advised
tint this request must be induced In his
estimate of repairs, un dthat he must
await the decision of the United States
government before lie can proceed.
Commander Thierfelder today iaii,c-c.
fv.eK- for the first lime of h."1? Iatsn port. Hir-llsl, officials believe Hint
- ...-.,.
wild das
h toward safety, wnicn lanucu
him between the Virginia capes with
a pack of the British bulldogs of the
ocean snarling at his heels
" Belief Vhlps Fall.
"We were just below the equator."
he said, "when the Kronprinz found
herself short of coat and provisions
and badl in need of dry docking.
"Vessels which 1 had confidently ex
pected to bring supplies failed to ap
pear Finall I determined to run
northward for Newport News, where
1 had heard good dry docking could
be bad.
"So the long cruise began, with only
one possible chance against our be
ing forced into a neutral port. That
chance was the arrival at a prear
ranged rendezvous of a collier, and
toward that position on the chart 1
made all speed.
GOSPEFMISSION HAS
"DOPE FIEND" CLINIC
Department for Treatment of Drug
Addicts Opened at 214 John
Marshall Place.
Because or the suffering caused drug
addicts by t .e anti-narcotic law wheh
went into effect Marcli I. shutting oft
supplies of dope to "fiends." the dis
pensary staff of the Gospel Mission has
opened a clinic where It is proposed to
give relief to sufferers andT to cure them
of the drug habit. If possible.
The clinic is located at the Gospel Mis
sion. 211 John Marshall place, and Is
upen two hours dallv. between 7 and 5
o'clock In the morning. The dispensary
staff advises drug addicts to Inquire of
II. W. Kline, superintendent of admis
sion, for details regarding aummziun
treatment. It is stated that this clinic
is the first of Its kind opentd in the Dis
trict. SMALL BUBGLAB, SMALL LOOT.
Tiny rontofflce Robber t;ets 2S
rennlea and Few Envelope.
Srrcul to The VYlshinlT'on HmUd.
Hattsville, Md , April IS. The Seat
Pleasant postoffVce, located at the Dis
trict of Columbia line at the terminus
of the Columbia Electric Railway in
I!rlnce George County, was robbed
last night and twentj-flve pennies and
half a dozen stamped envelopes, be
sides a batch of first-class mail, were
stolen. The thief entered the frame
bulldlns through the rear window,
smashing a window pane with a rail
way coupling Pin. No attempt was
made to open the .safe. Postmaster
Louis F. Lltz notified the postofflce
authorities. ' Trie burglar left a wom
an's handkerchief, on which was
worked a monogram In silk. The
aperture through which the burglar
entefed could not possibly have ad
mitted any one but an exceptionally
small person.
1,164,427 War Lou, Berlin Admits.
Copenhagen. rAprll li. The total
Prussian losses In the war1 up to date
are 1.1SI.4S7, according to figures is
sued In Berlin today. " Five more-Prus-
slon casualty lists,1 containing' J1.J3
German raider Kronprinz Willielm will.
BRITISH
CAPTURE
AMERICAN SHIPS
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j OVVeCfen, Believed tor
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OWNERS APPEAL TO U. S.
Prize Crews Take Charge When Ves-
sels Run Into Blockade American
Embassy in London Notified.
n JOll.s, l. I'OSTKU.
Special 'tle toTlin mJnn;t.-n Herild.
London, April II Ungland's block
ade of Germany netted two America 1
victims today. The stea
; w For(lney and XaaJO v
steamers Joseph
were eapturedi
by British cruiser:
and taken into!
Kirkwall. Scotland
The Fordney was bound from New
York to Malmo. Sweden, and Ihe Xi
vajo from Galveston to Bremen
The steamer rordnev. -M0i tons,
commanded by Capt Sinilh. sailed
from New York on March ;0 While
her cargo was consigned to -a Swed-
Us ui,mate destination was German.!
The steamer is owned b the Merida
Steamship Company, and its port of
registry is Cleveland
The Navajo sailed from Gtlveston
March 3. She is of 1.711 tons, and com
manded h Capt. Jncobscn She Is owned
by the Western Steam Navigation Coin
pan, and her port of registry is han
Francisco.
Prize crews have been placed on both
the Fordne.v and Navajo and the will
have to go before a prize court. Their
ciptains communicated with tin owners
today and steps have been taken look.ii.;
to action by the American i:nibasv
U-29 RAISED; RESCUED
BRITONS DEAD INSIDE
German Submarine Terror, with Three
Sisters. Met Death in Battle-
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snips IvetS. , tnP peri0,i eicling April 10. issued to-
I.ondon. April 1J.-H is now understood )u, rrom Uerlin. fails to mention this nc
that the famous German Mihmirine l'--''tien
met her end while attempting to attack
the British fleet, being cauht in a net
used to protect the am borate of the
VVItrshlnS. Ac-l online lit one vemi.i-itli. it'
report, all on boaid were dead whin the i
vessel was brought to the surface, not J
onlv the crew perishing, but also four!
UnglisB fishermen, who had Ihhii rescued j
by the submarine arter tlie.r boat hid I
been sunk.
It Is also reported that three- smaller
German submarines have met their fate
in the same wav. but the admlraltv is
still withholding announcement.
A new and Ingenious method of dealing
with the submarines has been perfected
A new tyie of vessel has been built to
resemble a small tramp steamei. Its
mission is to act as a decoy on the
submarine's approach. The vessel opens
fire from concealed gun3.
OUR COUNTRY
BY OUR PRESIDENT.
A Fascinating. Easy-to-Read Daily Column by
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON.
EVERY MORNING
EXCLUSIVELY IN
THE WASHINGTON HERALD
An intensety abs' ' C'T of the History of the United States.
It makes clear and comprehensive much'that is vague or entirely
incomprehensible in our present relations to and attitude toward
the warring European nations. Teachers in public and high
schools, academies and colleges, will recommend their pupils to
read this column a day because it will -give them in a concrete,
easy to understand form the history of their country. It begins
Monday, April 19, exclusively in
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GERMANS LAUNCH
COHRCHARGE
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TO SAVE 'WEDGE'
Les Eparges Sees Fierce At
tacks Broken by
French.
j START ARTILLERY DUEL
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Infantry Action at the Crack
I r r jf . rv
ui jxy nieeis ic-
feat.
NANCY UNDER BOMBARDMENT
Advanced Positions of Allies. Four
teen Miles from Metz, Target
of Invaders.
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I l-ondon. pr.l l
'j.JlrsNtn HeraM.
1
pr.l 1J. The Germans have
opined th, ir counter attacks on Is
Uparics 111 jn effort to repair the dent
two m.!c3 deep which the French, on
Airil S. put in Hie German wcd;e stretch-
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11 south to M M.hiel
.Vtcordi-ig to the French oflicial state-
ni"nt leceivcd todav. the Kaisers at-
,cmrt 1o rc""',e tn" vft t '
I """ 'i-x-uvu nun igurous ariiiiery nn.
This was sustained for a considerable
pcriod during the night, interspersed
with brak musketry lire. At 1.31 a. m..
just oerore dawn, a single infantry it
tuck was started bv the German', but
the French vveer on th" alert for the
move and it was nut witli ovcrvvhelmln-j
fi'ice and defeated.
Nnnev I inter Itonibnrclnirnl.
K'hiinc- v...s r, ..i -, ,i. ,!.,.
most vulnerable points of the line,
while the Germans created a new dl
, voision bj bombirding Nanc during
the right. German dirigible flew
over the tov. 11 while it was asleep and
dropped icven bombs. One fei near
the civil liospu il and another near a
school building. Aside from two fires
which were extinguished quick.1, nc
damage is reported
In the All'l wood. Just across the
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r '""" aI "'"ic! aim in the re-
?ion of Fllrc. twelve miles to the
cast, hcav artillcrr actions were
fought.
In tlie forest of I.e Pre t re, where
the French are onl fourteen miles
from Metz. the Germans attacked last
night, hut their assault broke dovv r
under the French fire, while toda the
French routed tne Kaisers troops frorr
a section of Irench which the helc
pari. all
(erniinis ( lulm Vclion.
German i.-iort.- state that Fienih at
tacks at these points, as well as at Com
bres ami in the Argonnes. resulted ir
failure No mention is made of the re
newed Germ in efforts at l-es Kparg?. tr
fact tlii action, of whiih th French re
Ports make so much, has vet to be men
tioned in the German official statemenls
ici-ardm activities on this front. Kvcr
"' a :,n"," m"A" "( "e fis"'ting t-
tween Ilie .vieuse and tne Mcvsclle. cover-
concerning the bombaidment of Nancy
tb German statement asserts that this
attack was onlv tarried out after allies
iaviatois had.limle an air attack on the
open town of Mulhcim. killing three
women
A veiled hint tl.nt attempted fiirthet
aviation activitv may be expected is con
tamed in the statement fiom Berlin thai
captured Fn n li officers have- admittec
that the Cathedral of Notre IMme. the
Pans Iouvre and th Hospital Des In
valides are being used for militar pur
poses by the Paris garrison and that ma
chine guns, searchlights and wireless ap
pal atus have been installed in them.
Pope Benedict's Brother Dies.
Genoa. April t: Marquis DelU
Chiesa, brother of Pope Benedict XV,
died earl loda
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