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SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1915.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
PROMINENT MEN ARE
TOASTED AND ROASTED
Thirteenth Annherary is Celebrated
by GiMimi Club at Wash
ington. WIFE DID TEE COURTING
MANY ARE "DOUBTFUL"
AS TO WET OR DRY
Toll Taken of City Jloults in a.ur7
Drys 2,077 Wets and 2.012
Doubtful.
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Measure Asking for Appoint
ment of Commission to Over
see Bouts in Indiana is Filed
With the House.
POWER TO LEVY TAX
FOR CANAL IS ASKED
Both Senate and House Hold
Sessions on Saturday
Night Sessions May Be Held
in Near Future.
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INDIANAPOLIS iiUUEAU
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. l::.
Following on the heels of the bill
passed by the senate Friday,
localizing race-track gambling "
Indiana, Hep. Waltz introduced a
bill in the house Saturday to es
tablish a boxing commissioner
for the state and to legalize prize
lights.
Hep. Kinder introduced a bill
empowering county commission
ers, of northern Indiana, counties
to levy taxes and purchase land
for the Luke Mlchigan-Lake-Krie
canal, the title to the property
ncqulred to be vested In th fed
eral government after it i ob
tained, for canal uses. Two
routes are sail to have been pro
posed for the canal, from Fort
Wayne west, one through South
Bend to Michigan City, and the
other by way of Rochester to
Indiana Harbor, government en
gineers being at present employ
ed on a survey to ascertain which
route; should bo followed.
-T.rN.p'.. LIS, 7nu, Feb. 15. For
1 he -first time since the beginning of
the 11M3 legislative sessions. both
houses held Saturday sessions today.
The mass of work ahead of the two
houses made today's sessions neces
mry, and in the lower house it was
likely that no night sessions will be
held in the near future.
The lower house leaders now are in
a quandry over the action to be taken
on the appropriations bill, carrying
nearly $ 4,000, ouu, wiiich was intro
duced yesterday. The plan was to
have the bill presented and rush it
through without taking up time for
public hearings on the various appro
priations. A storm of protest has de
scended upon the democratic leaders
who contemplated this action, and it is
believed ;ction on the measure will be
delayed until several hearings have
been held.
An analysis of the action of last
night's caucus of senate democrats to
day indicated that the job of John A.
Lapp, head of the legislative refer
ence library was safe. An effort to
push through a bill combining the of
lice of state librarian with that of the
legislative reference bureau, failed in
the caueua and a committee composed
of ens. Yarding. Culbortson ami J, K.
Fleming, wk.h appointed to frame a
new bill on the subject if it was found
a new bill was necessary. It was
the concensus of opinion that the
committee would lind no occasion for
doing away with Mr. Iipp's job.
'Jones Rill Supporters Meet.
In order to present a united front
when the time comes for action, the
supporters of the Jones primary elec
tion bill met at the Claypool hotel
last night. The meeting ended at
midnight after telegrams and letters
from prominent democrats at Wash
ington unci from friends of the meas
ure in Indiana had been read, and
several speeches had been made in
favor of the primary bill. Forty-two
men attended the meeting, among
them less than a dozen democrats who
are not legislators. Roth senators
and representatives attended the
meeting, and it was decided that uo
Mipplementary measures will be con
sidered. The Jor.es bill will be push
ed as the Slmon pure democratic party
platform measure. If they are de
feated, the Jones adherents decided
they would see to it that the people of
the state learn Just who is to blame
for not legislating on the subject in
accord with the pledge which they
say binds all democratic legislators
to enact a primary law.
Will Have to Hurry.
The G9th general assembly will have
to hurry if it accomplishes all its
leaders have cut out for it between
now and a, little while before the Ides
of March, when comes adjournment.
S'ach questions as primary election
legislation, registration law amend
ments, workmen's compensation enact
ments, industrial arbitration, constitu
tional revision, woman suffrage, pos
s:bl state-wide prohibition prob
lems and many others are awaiting
answers and there have been in im
definitely so far.
Of the subjects mentioned probably
the primary election situation, the
proposed amending of the registration
law and the constitutional revision
now present the most immediate
problems. The house has set about
to solve the registration problem and
it now soms assured that the lower
body will pass a law some time next
week amending the present registra
tion law to provide for n. permanent
regis ration, with re-rc-Kistrailon fr
incoming voters in ; precinct and the
purlin? of the P..--ts of those who it-
;nove from the precinct.
The question of primary legislation
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. -The Grid
Iron club celebrated its thirtieth anni
versary with a dinner tonight at which
the country's most prominent men
were toasted and roasted in the style
which the club has made famous the
world over.
Among the features was the trial of
presidential candidate. The 1udge
sat on a high bench wearing a wig
and .eown and the representative of
the common people was noticeable for
an abundance of whiskers. The first
three defendants were Charle S.
Whitman. Myron T. Herrick ami Wil
liam K. Borah, against whom "Wood
row Wilson" complains and says that
"the republican party has not had an
idea for thirty years."
1'aeh of the accused said that his
occupation was "presidential candidate."
W FARMERS
GUESTS OF CITY
Saturday Was Their Day at
"Made in South Bend" Show
and Nearly a Thousand Visit
High School Building.
Relieving in the old adage that "the
nearest way to a man's heart is
through his stomach", the Chamber of
Commerce Saturday certainly went
after the heart of the farmers of St.
Joseph county and also their wives.
For it came to pass that from 11
o'clock until 1 o'clock nigh unto 1,000
agricultural representatives were ush
ered into the dining room of the high
school along with their wives and a
lot of youngsters thrown in for good
I measure and given a feed that they
will long remember.
Of course there were none of the
frills and things that go along with a
banquet, but the farmers said they
j liked it better for that. They just got a
nig tray lined up at the counter and
then helped themselves until their
tray would hold no more. Then they
sat at the big tables and had a good
meal and good time as well.
. The bill orffvre contained great- blj
fat sandwiches, baked beans, dough
nuts, coffee, two or three kinds of plo
take your choice a big bowl of reg
ular soup and coffee.
The crowd was big and came all at
once but everything went off orderly.
Everybody waited and took his turn
and all got plenty. The lunch to the
farmers was the feature of the day set
aside during the "Made In South
Lend" week for the farmers. For a
while it was feared that the threaten
ing weather would keep them at
home. However, the cloud3 cleared
away. It stopped misting and they be
gan coming in about 10 o'clock. By
noon the high school building was
pretty well filled with the farmers,
their wives and children. All took
great delight in viewing ihe manufac
turers exhibit and said it was line,
but the finest thing they said was the
lunch.
Another thing that interested the
farmers greatly was the good roads
exhibit. State Geologist Edward Bar
rett had all 'his models nicely ar
ranged on the stage of the high school
auditorium with pictures of all kinds
of roads taken by the government and
plenty of descriptive matter accom
panying. Mr. Barrett took up each
model and lectured on It to the farm
ers. Then Luke Duffy, the road ex
pert, pave :i talk to the farmers on
good roads in general, which was well
received.
All in all it was a big day for the
farmers and a fitting close to the show
week. The evening program consisted of a
concert by the high school orchestra,
consisting of Arthur Fredorickson,
leader, and Misses Vera Hawkins,
Esther Fulton. Beth Frye. Hope
Trumble and Byrle iSwartz, and Abra
ham Cohen. LaVern .Sampson, Lec It.
Spencer and Gerald Lecper.
It was announced In the evening
that J. G. Wharton, rural routo No.
S, was tle winner of the contest held
by the Russell and Russell Mattress
company. Mr. Wharton was presented
with a mattress, he holding the lucky
number.
The work of tearing down the ex
hibits was started late Saturday night,
and by Monday afternoon the high
school gymnasium will be ready for
use by the students again.
FORTUNES LOST BY
WHEAT SPECULATORS
Biggest Margin CalN on the Board in
Years Is Held Ite
sHinsible. CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Fortunes were
lost by speculators today when the
price of May wheat dropped 0 1-2
cents and July wheat 6 i-Sc. Margin
calls of 15 cents a bushel for July and
L'f cents a bushel for May. the biggest
j margin calls on the board in years.
I w ere the immediate causes.
! Wall st. speculators were the heav
j iest losers. Many of Chicago large
operators also suffered. These men
j have cleaned up immense sums on rc
icent sharp advances.
The break also hit the farmer and
the country elevator owner, who have
been folding their grain in expecta
tion that the price would go as high
as $ and $-.25.
A contributory bearish influence
was the news that wheat from Argen
tina and Russia will be thrown into
the mark -ts of the world. Announce
ment was made today that English
ships would handle shipments from
Argentina and that the financial heads
of the allied nations of Europe hud
made arrangements to bring out at
least a portion of thu Ku-'.iu surplus
wheat supplv
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"Vou made me what I am today," was the burden of Max Kleist's song,
in his suit for $230,000 against Edward X. Breitung. millionaire banker,
who recently purchased the steamship Daeia and embroiled the United
States in a muss with England, for alleged alienation of the affections of
Juliet Breitung Kleist.
"She taught me to smoke cigarets, she taught me to drink cocktails,
she taught me to love," said Kleist on the stand.
The case was thrown out of court by Judge Hand.
LUSITAWIA SETS
SAIL FOR THE U. S.
Many Americans Are Aboard
the Curnard Ship Which It is
said ' Intends to Keep the
British Flag Flying.
' - LOXrOX, Feb. 13. The Cunarder
Laisitanla sailed for Xetv York this
afternoon and it will probably be the
most exciting trip of her career.
It was shortly after 3 o'clock when
the Iusitanla pulled out into the
Merzy and stood oft in mid-stream
waiting for the final preparations to
be made before starting on what is
hoped to be nonstop voyage. '
As night closed in the dim shape of
the big Cunarder could still be seen at
anchor, hut it is understood that she
would put out for sea soon after 7
o'clock.
Aboard her were COO passengers, a
goodly proportion of whom were
Americans, Including some well
known persons such as Anthony
Drexel and Mrs. W. D. Leeds.
Others aboard Include W. Broderick
Cloete, Iord Castlemaine, Mrs. Itad
cliffo Dugmore, Comptesse De Remp
tinne, Mrs. Morton Henry of the
American embassy at Paris; William
Oeslin. Mrs. H. C. Cooper, D. E. Eeber,
Dean Howard McClenahan. John Mc
Fadden of Philadelphia, formerly well
known ns a cotton broker, and Mrs.
McFadden; Moncure Iioblnson, Mrs.
W. S. Patten, A. Slingsby, Mrs. II. I.
Squires, John Astor Squires, Baron
Ungern, Lady "Williams Eayler, J. 1).
Whepley and Dr. J. P. Crozier.
Whatever may happen the Lusi-
tania went out Hying the British Hag
and it is understood she will continue
flying it under all circumstances.
Exactly how the Lusitania is going
to make the trip aeros3 on this voyage
is unknown, but It is stated that she
will be picked up by British war ves
sels and convoyed until out of danger
from submarines.
Shipping circles in Liverpool have
reason to believe that the famous Ger
man submarine U-29 was sunk off the
mouth of the Merzy last Sunday when
three submarines were sighted in that
vicinity. At any rate this rumor has
the effect of considerably quieting the
Lusitania's passengers.
FOUR YEARS' SEARCH
ENDS WITH ARREST
Matheu- A. Schmidt Accused of Tak
ing Part in Dynamiting at
Los Angeles.
NKW YOIiK. Feb. 13. Mathew A.
Schmidt, was arrested here to
night charged with being a fugitive
from justice.
An indictment is pending in Los
Angeles charging him with having
been implicated . in dynamiting the
Los Angeles Times building.
The arrest was made at Broad v. ay
and Sixty-Fourth street, where the
Burns detective agency had traced
him after a search of four years.
Detective William J. Burns said the
Indictment found at Los Anutles
charges Schmidt, was one of two or
three who went with J. I. McNarrtara
to the Giant Powder company in Cal
ifornia and purchased 1.0U0 pound. of
.1 -r i t At th.'it timp bp is s:iid to
! have gone by the name of Price.
Magistrate McQuaid held Schmidt
without bail until Feb. -4 to await ex
tradition. SUNDRY BILL IS PASSED
Xo Material Cliange Made in Mea-tir
by Houc.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 Z. Without
any material change the house to
day passed the sundry civil bill car
rying approximately $ 1 2 j.e 0'.00).
which had been debated for the past
week. The diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill is next of the an
nual budgets on the house program.
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James Marshall, One of the
State's Witnesses in Sworn
Statement Says He Was
Forced to Stick to Story.
PHILADELPHIA. Kth. Ll. Jiinea
Marshall, the negro witness whose tes
timony aided most in the conviction of
Charles Becker, the former New York
police lieutenant, now under sentence
of death for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, Saturday night signed a
four-page affidavit in the presence of
witnesses setting forth that his words
on the stand were false. He indicated
in writing that the New York district
attorney's office influenced him to
testify for the prosecution under tho
threat of arrest and imprisonment.
Marshall declared in his statement
that he had made a false affidavit
concerning an alleged raid by Lieut.
Becker and had signed a fictitious
name, Moore, to it. This affidavit, he
continued, was laid before him when
he was taken to the district attorney's
office and he was informed there that
it would be used as a basis for crim
inal prosecution for perjury unless he
adhered to the story that he had seen
"Bald Jack" Uose and Becker in con
ference at One Hundred and Twenty
Fourth street and Seventh av. in Har
lem several nights preceding the mur
der of Herman Rosenthal.
Immediately after he had testified
at the Becker trial. Marshall testified
he waa taken before the grand jury
and after his testimony was read him
he f.-as warned by one of the grand
jurors that he at any time thereafter
told a story at variance with that told
on the stand he would be guilty of
perjury.
Furthermore Marshall said he re
ceived three checks from the office
of the district attorney while he was
under subpena, one for $70, one for
$150 and another for $70. Marshall
said he did not remember whose name
appeared as the makers of the checks.
The New York district attorney's
office advised him, Marshall continu
ed, to keep under cover and actually
compelled him to use back alleys as
much as possible instead of the more
open thoroughfares before he took the
stand for the prosecution. The pros
ecution, he said, demanded this "be
cause the Becker people were after
me and I would have to He low."
VILLA CLAIMS ARMY
CAPTURED GUADALAJARA
.Men Arc Xow in Pursuit of Ilecin
CaiTaiizitas, According to
His Di-patdi.
i:L PASO. Texas. Feb. 1.,. Gen.
Francisco Villa telegraphed here to
night from Guadalajara that his fortes
under Gen. Julian Medina had cap
tured that city, the second largest in
Mexico, after surprising the Carranza
garrison under Gen. Miguel Dieguez.
His message follows:
"We entered Guadalajara today and
immediately after pursued the enemy.
We shall continue the pursuit until
we either make them surrender or ex
terminate them. The main Carranza
force has left in the direction of Man
zanillo. but orders have been issued to
Gen. Medina to stop their progress
at Sayula and Tapotlan. Already
they have lost their trains at Sayula.
"Gen. Medina entered Guadalajara
followed by sevr.al hundred of his
men. He succeeded in surprising the
garrison, killing .60 Dieguez men:
takinsr six machine Kims and large
quantities of munitions. The van
guard was disarmed without trouble.)
"The Dieguez troops hao looted the
homes of workmen, murdered several
priests and private indiiduals. The
inhabitants are demanding arms to
fight with US."
NEAR SQUA
Blizzard Makes It Impossible
for Artillery to Render
Troops Effective Support is
Official Explanation.
SUCCESS AT MASSIGES
CLAIMED BY GERMANS
Teutons Capture 1,200 Yards
of Trenches, Also Repulse
Enemy in Attack on Sudel
kopf in Vosges.
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LONDON, Feb. 13. Signal defeat
of the French in the region of Souain
was admitted by Paris Friday night.
Following a fierce battle fought in a
raging blizzard, French forces have
been driven from their advantageous
positions in th.j.t vicinity.
The official statement received
from France Saturday night explains
the defeat by declaring the French
troops were hopelessly outnumbered
and that the blizzard made it impos
sible for the artillery to render them
effective support.
An official statement from Berlin
declares more than L'OO of the allies
were killed and that four officers and
4 78 men were taken prisoners. The
German losses, it is claimed, were but
90 men.
Tho Germans also claim taking
more than 1.200 yards of trenches
held by the French north of Massifcjea.
to the northwest of St. Menhould. A
French attack on Sudelkopf in the
Vosges. is reported to have been suc
cessfully repulsed.
Admit Success of Jtaid.
The Germans admit the success of
the British aerial raid of Thursday,
but declare the only damage done
by the bombs dropped by the raiders
was to tho civil population. The raid
ers themselves claim, however, that
a number of military stations along
the coast were wrecked.
Two British airmen gave their lives
in ThulSo'ay's attempt to reach Brus
sels, it was learned today. -'The Brit
ons were met by a flock of German
Taubes, and a desperate battle in
mid-air followed. A well directed
shot from one of the Taubes struck
one of the English machines and sent
it crashing to the ground. Its two
occupants were killed by the fall.
Several artillery actions in Belgium
are reported in the official statement
from Paris which also reports the
blowing up and subsequent occupancy
by French troops of a mined chamber
at La BoiselJe. In front of Dom
pierre, southwest of Peronne, the ex
plosion of a French mine is reported
to have killed a number of Bavarians
at work digging German trenches. The
Germans, the report says, have bom
barded the towns of Bailly and Tra-cey-le-Val.
while shots from the
French heavy artillery are reported to
have wrecked the railway station at
No yon.
The German official report declares
artillery ammunition has been found
on the extreme west front which
doubtless originated in American fac
tories. SLIGHT IiOSI2S.
BERLIN (by wireless), Feb. 1?.
Activity of allies' aviators all along
the Belgian coast: was admitted in a
statement issued by the German head
quarters today. The statement says,
however, that the bombs dropped by
the aviators only damaged possessions
of the civil population and inflicted
but slight losses from a military stand
point. French attacks in the Vosges were
repulsed, the statement says. Russian
opposition in cast Prussia has been
broken down and German operations
there are proceeding successfully.
The official statement follows:
"In the western theater of war the
enemy's aviators again dropped
bombs along the coast yesterday. It
is regrettable that the only damage
caused was to possessions of the civil
population. Only slight losses were
sustained from the military viewpoint.
"On the extreme western front ar
tillery ammunition wan found which
doubtless originated in American fac
tories." rUKXCII REI'OKT.
PARIS. Feb. 13. Night official:
"In Belgium several artillery actions
are reported.
"At La Boiselle we blew up a mined
chamber and occupied r.he excavation.
"In front of Dompierre. southwest
of Peronne the explosion of one of our
mines took by surprise some Bavarian
trench officers who were at work.
"The enemy has bombarded the vil
lages of Bailly and Tracey-le-Val.
Our heavy artillery has hit the rail
way station of Noyon.
"In Champagne, in the region of
Souain. one of our battalions which
had succeeded in taking a woods in
front of our trenches was not able to
maintain itself there before a counter
attack by superior forces. The bliz
zard prevented our artillery from ren
dering effective support."
ATTACK FAILS.
LONDON, Feb. 13. The official
oress bureau today made public a
Cairo message stating that in an at
tempted raid on the government sta
tion at Tor yesterday, 200 Turks and
Arabs undr the command of two
German officers were surprised and
practically annihilated. More than 6 0
were' killed and the rest, including a
Turkish major, were taken prisoners.
Tho enemy's eamp was destroyed and
20 camels were captured.
iiC'sft stati:mi:nt.
rETKOGKAD. Feb. IZ. The fol
lowing oiRelal statement was issued
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Poll of the voters of South Bend
made by the Union Temperance com
mission as a means of ascertaining the
status of local opinion with reference
to a "wet" and "dry" election, has re
sulted :.2:7 "dry." 2,077 "wet." and
doubtful.
A meeting of the commission was
held in the dining room of the Y. M.
C. A. last night to canvass the poll.
The concensus of opinion seemed to
be that most of the "doubtful" ones
are "wet." but perhaps eshumed to
admit it. Of the total poll .1-.". are
registered voters.
Rev. John Burns presided ov r the
meeting and more than 40 members
of the commission were present.
MEASURE TO HID
CITY OP EXTRA
RED
Board of Works, According to
Local Official, Could Handle
Parks at Less Expense
Would Avert Clashes.
That the bill before the state sen
ate to eliminate from the municipal
government the present form of park
board, and vest its powers back in the
board of works, would be quite satis
factory to South Bend, was asserted
Saturday by a public official . connect
ed with the present city administra
tion. The theory of the bill, and of the
local official who asks that his identi
ty be withheld is. that it would in
crease the efficiency of the park ser
vice, w hile at the same time decreas
ing the expense of the department
and avoiding a lot of clashes between
the two boards. The measure as it
now stands applies to both first and
second class cities, and has the ba k
ing of Ft. Wayne as well as of Indian
apolis. It is contended that it would
serve to place the maintenance of all
public property upon a more busi
nesslike basi3.
At present all public property in
second class cities, to which South
Bend belongs, is under the mainte
itenceam" f-ontrol of the board of pub
lic werks and the park board. This
means that the former board has
charge of the streets, the city hall.
the water works and all other realty j
with ths exception or the parks ami
the boulevards which come under the
jurisdiction of the park board.
There are three members of the
board of public works. These mem
bers are appointed by the mayor and
are each paid a salary. The board
meets regularly three times a wtek
and on such other times as the pres
ident of the board may see fit to des
ignate. Under this board ate the su
perintendent oC water works, the su
perintendent of streets, the city en
gineer and the other technically train
ed men who superintend the various
departments.
Functions of Park Board.
The park board has four members
who are also appointed by the mayor
and who serve without pay with the
exception of the "oark executive" and
secretary of the board, who at the
present time receives a salary of $1.
500 a year. This board meets twice
a month and transacts the business
arising from the opening and care of
the city's parks and boulevards.
There are approximately GO miles
of streets and alleys in South Bend
and these are maintained by the
board of public works. The board is
fully equipped for this work so that
the highways under its care are kept
in repair and lighted at a low cost.
In other words the board of public
works has charge of 9 3 per cent of the
streets and lights of the city with the
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With their organization and equip
ment the board of public works is en
abled to maintain the streets in repair
and to avoid repavlng oftener than is
ordinarily necessary. However, the
park board finds it difficult to ke-p
the boulevards in proper condition for
the reason that they have not the
equipment for road work. Also while
the board of public works finds it
easy to maintain uniformity in street
lightintr it often happens, with the
two boards, that a conflict of lighting
plans arises where a street may be
come for part of its length a boulevard
or -where a street may cross a boule
vard. Results In dashes.
Jt was through this divided interest
in the care of streets, boulevards and
parks tliat much of the annoyance and
extra expense arises which it is con
templated the bill which has been in
troduced in the state senate will avoid.
If the work were all under the tare
of the board of public works that
board would then s? iure a superin
tendent for the care of the parks and
boulevards and with th" equipment of
the street department at his service
the work would be made simpler and
less expensive.
It is believed, by those who are con
versant with such work, that a trained
landscape artist could be hired for
$1,SG0 of $2,000 a year who could
develop and work out a eompreh n
sive park plan which would result in a
large saving to the city and which
would show results more rapidly than
in former years, s'uch trained super
intendent would lo away with the ne
cessity of bringing men here to plan
the city's parks, etc.. as in the case of
George E. Kessler, St. Louis. Mo., at
a considerable extra expense.
miuht also serve the city in the ca
pacity of forester.
REACH FRANCE.
MOXTUEAL. Que.. Feb. l::. The
Canadian expeditionary force has ar
rived safely in France, according to a
cabin to the Gazette today. The;
movement of the Canadian troops
commenced ten days ago. The high
land division of the Canadians arrived
in France last Sunday.
BOARD
Count Von Bernstorff. Tells
Sec'y Bryan Country Will
Retaliate If England Does
Not Release Cargo.
FOOD NOT INTENDED
FOR KAISER'S SOLDIERS
Steps to Prevent Starvation of
Civil Population Might Re
sult in Damage to Ameri
cans Forecasts Attitude.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 Count
vn Bernstorff. the German ambassa
dor, acting under instructions from
the Berlin foreign oiliie. called upon
Sec'y Bryan today and delivered a
warning to the Fnitd States that if
the British government does not per
mit the Wilhelmina. with her targo of
foodstuffs to go through to Germany
Ihv German authorities will take steps
in retaliation that may indirectly
prove dangerous to American ship
ping. Ambassador Bernstorff urgd upon
Ser'v Bran firmly and insistently
that the Fnited States should not ar
cjuiesee in any ac tion by Great Britain
designed to starve out the civil pop
ulation of 'Germany.
He tidd the secretary that interna
tional law did not sanction the with
holding of food supplies from non
combatants in a belligerent countrj.
The cargo . the Wilhelmina. he
said, was intended for the non-combatants
in Germany and Germany was
willing that this cargo should be dis
tiihu ?d under the supervision of
American consular agents.
Faith Not (JmMioiicd.
With Germany's agreement that the
cargo should be distributed under
American supervision Ambassador
von Bernstorff said there would be no
question of Germany's good faith,
which he did not think Great Britain
should question. But if Great Britain
should persist in the fprcs determ
ination to take (he Wilhelmina and
its cargo into a prize court nnd if the
decision of a prize court should be
unfavorable then Germany would l,.-
forced to reprisal.
Any n prisal she might take to pre.
pnt the starvation of her civil pop
ulation, the ambassador thought,
would be fully justified.
The ambassador made it clear that
unless the Unit'-d States did uphold
the right of Germany to have the
cargo distributed to her civil popula
tion under the guarantee given, th'
Fnited States would make herself re
sponsible to an extent for such conse
quences as m!ght ensue through the
acts of German reprisal.
ForevaM Attitude.
The warning is thought to clearly
forecast the attitude which Gcrmanv
will take in her reply to the note of
the American government on the sub
ject of the North sea war zone which
Germany declared.
It is perfectly clear now that Ger
many does not intend to stop at any
reprisal which she may think neces
sary to protect her civil population
from the hardships which would b
imposed upon it under the proposed
British blockade.
Fnless Great Britain agrees that
foodstuffs shipped from the Fnited
States- and other neutral countries can
bo distributed in Germany under the
superv ision of the a cents of the neu
tral countries. Germany will do every
thing in her power to destroy British
sh'pp'ng and will not deem it incum
bent upon her to be particularly re
gardful of the richts of neutrals whn
ships enter the declared North sea
war zone.
If the Fnited States uants assur
ance that It" ships in the North sea
shall be protected from all possibility
of danger from the- operations of Ger
man submarines, then the Fnited
States, according to the warning given
by Germany today, must resist the
effort of Great Britain to stop food
stuffs from g"ing to the civil popula
tion of Germany.
After leaving the state department
Count von Bernstorff said that Ger
many had done and would do all he
reasonably could towards a fair 5et
tlement of the questions at i..;e. He
pointed out that this government had
been informed that Germany would
see that none of the fe-ot! supplies en
tering German ports would be utilized
by the German military force. lie
also emphasize-el the fa t that th
BeichsLag Itself had announced that
such was the intention of German:-'.
Plan i- Inde'leii-iblc.
The ambassador said that the star
vation plan of Great Britain way inde
fensible. It was new to modern civ
ilized warfare.
After th- call of Ambassador Berns
torff on Mr. I'tiising and S-c Biva:i
a distinct eflort v.a made ,, produce
the impre-sion on behalf of the de
partment that "no threat was in'e r.d
ed against Germany in thy r -e:u n-.te
to her and that none h.id atually
been made."
Mhcials were solicitous to convey
the impre-sion that the represent.
tive-s to G-rmanv- referred to condi
tions that might or r. t o. cur. Fr
in.-tanc e that it wu no thitat to say
that Germany would be held "to a
strict accountability" for an ;-.vt that
might not actually occur arid who h
negotiations might prevent. I'oth
notes were emphasized a . - i n sim
ply "friendly inquiries" to .t t-rtam
the views of Germany and Great Brit
ain on future condition.
faint vr-i:i.
C-OPFNHAGCX. !V!. IT Th.-
word "TVnu.ark" i heir.- paintee' on
all vessels, of the Fnited Shipping
company, the Sea n d : n a v i a n - A m or jc n
and all Norwegian and Swedish linea.