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GRADUATING EXERCISES
ARE BEING PREPARED
! Seminaries and Private Schools Ar.
range Dates for Closing the
Years Studies.

Preparations for the graduating ex-
ercises Of the seminaries for young
women and other private schools of
the city are now being completed, and
from time to time within the next
week. it is expected, the programs will
be announced.
Among the first exercises to he held
will be those of Chevy Chase Semi
nary, Connecticut avenue extended
,, Today DR.. Samuel Nelson Barker and
Mrs. Barker. principals. announce the
drst affair for the class will be given
Friday evening, when a musical will
be held at $50 o'clock On the fol-
lowing afternoon. from 4 to o'clock
Mrs. Barker will give a reception for
the class. which is made up of Miss
Ellen Adair Of West Virginia, Miss
Dorothy Bartene of New Jersey, Mis-.
Bernice Claypool of Ohio, Miss Doro-
katherine Grace Gallagher of Pennsyl-
wania. Miss Helen Britain Hall Of Ore
gon. Miss Martha Lingle Holman OF
Ohio, Miss Edwina Horn Of Indiana
Miss Alberta Kirchof of Colorado, Miss
Helen Boynton Lane of Massa chusetts.
Miss Julia Neville Lawson Of West
Virginia. Miss Leonora Elizabeth NC
Cormick of Pennsylvania. Miss vir-
GINA Cecel1a McDonough Of Oregon,
Miss Monica Marion O'Kelly of Canada,
Miss Mary Lambert Ross of Kentucky
and Miss Esther Mears Wood Of wis
consin.
The graduation exercises of the class
will be held Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
Other Exercises.
The exercises of commencement week
at Washington College. according to
the announcement of DR.. Flournoy
Menefee. principal. today, will begin
the evening of Thursday, May 20, when
the school Of expression of the institu-
tion will give Midsummer Nights
Dream
The next evening at o'clock the
school of music will give a concert.
while Sunday. May %. at o'clock in
the afternoon, Rev. A. F. Anderson, as
sistant pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church, will preach the baccala ureate
sermon.
Glass day exercises will be held on
the following Monday at 1890 am,
and that evening the commencement
exercises in the auditorium of the
Johns Hopkins University as the
speaker of the occasion.
The presentation exercises Of the
Friends School will be held Friday
evening, May 81. at 8 o'clock. at the
Friends Meeting House on I street
northwest reception will be held
at $50 o'clock following the exercises.
This affair will take place at 1909 I
street.
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PRIVATE CHARLES H. BRAY
UP BEFORE TRIAL BOARD
Member of No. 8 Truck, Fire De
partment, Charged Whit Vio-
lating Regulations.

Battalion Chief Samuel r. Henry.
Capt. j. Darlington. No IA engine COM
pany, and P. r. Davis, No. IL engine
company, comprising trial board OF
the fire department of the District OF
Columbia, are sitting i'll the case OF
Private Charles H. Bray. charged by
Private F. NJ. Edwards wi h violation
of regulations, in that Bray had a
wor1ly alteration with Private M. l..
Woolard in the locker room of No. 9
truck March 1. ...
Bray was previously tried on the same
charge by a similar board, found guilty
and sentenced to forfeit for a period
of nine months his right to avail him.
self of the usual absence from duty for
one full day in every five.
He appealed from the sentence and
asked that it be set aside. but the Dis
trict Commissioners ordered new
trial, and Bray, through Attorneys Will
ton j. Lambert and Frederic r. Whip
pier. has assailed the jurisdiction of the
board to try him, on the ground that
there is no warrant of law vesting
power in the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia to order a new trial,
but only to approve or disapprove or
modify a sentence recommended by
such a trial board.
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MISS MARY ROSA OYSTER
is DEAD AT AGE OF SIXTY

Miss Mary Rosa Oyster, member Of a
well known Washington family. died
this morning at her home. at 212 East
Capitol street, in the house where she
was born and had lived for sixty years.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock at st. Peters
Church and interment will be private,
at Oak Hill cemetery.
Miss Oyster was tho daughter OF
George M. Oyster. who survives her at
the age Of eighty-nine years. Much
of the daughters life had been given
over to tho care and comfort of her
father. Although she had been in i'll
health for three months. she spent as
much time as possible In attending to
her duties in her fathers home. She
had been lifelong member Of st.
Peters Church. and was associated with
many charitable organizations. through
which she had become widely known
and loved on Capitol Hill and other
sections of the city.
In addition to her father the sur
viving members of her family are
James T. Oyster. George NJ Oyster. jr,
and D. William Oyster. her brothers,
and Mrs Albert Schulteis and Mrs. j.
b. Rutherford, her sisters.
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BUS LINE TO BALTIMORE.
Commissioners Grant Company Right
to Operate in Capital.

Permission was given by the District
Commissioners today to the Baltimore
and Washington Boulevard Motor
Company to operate a bus line between
the Raleigh Hotel in Washington and
the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore. Serv-
ice on the new line will start imme-
diately, 1t is announced.
The company will operate two buses
a day from each city. They will enter
the District by the Bladensburg road
to Maryland avenue. along that thor
oughfare to D street, and thence to
either North Capitol. street or New
Jersey avenue.
The buses will traverse either Of these
streets that the company may select. and
will then proceed to B street. thence to
I'd street and to Pennsylvania avenue.
The incorporators are all of Baltimore
and Baltimore county. namely. DIR. F. J.
Kenney, president: F. NJ. Manns. vice
president; E. Reiner. treasurer. and Will
liam Laynor. secretary. Application for
permission to operate in the District was
made by ]. Morton Lehman. attorney for
the company. The application has been
under consideration by the Commission
ers for several weeks.
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LIST OF SURVIVORS,
INJURED, HOSPITAL DISCHARGES

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE names OF
additional survivors among the Lusi-
tania passengers. taken from a revised
list issued by the Cunard line, follow:
First Cabin.
All Adams, New York: maid of Lady
Allan: F. A. McMurtry. New York
Myers. two, one without initials and
other probably Herman A. of New YORK
Miss Laura Ryerson, Detroit.
Second Cabin.
E. Bartlett, New York: Mrs. William
Baster, Welland, Ont: Mrs. A. Dixon
New York: Mrs. Robert Duncan, Mon
treal; A. W. Elliott, Calgary. Alberta
Mrs Margaret Ferrie, Peticton, B. c.;
John Gray, San Francisco: Duncan A,
Haynes, Saskatoon. Sask.: Miss G. NJ. f.
Lertold, Chicago: r. 7. Linlott, Calgary
Sask.; Patrick McGinley. New -, lorn
Mrs. E. C. McKetchen, Gillespie. Ill; X
Matthews, Canada; Matthew Muir. New
York: Mrs. Theodore Naisch, Kansas
City: Miss Freda Neatly. Saskatoon
Sask.; Henry f. Needham. New YORK
Robert Norman. New York: Robert
couver, B. c.; Alfred f. Smith. Ellwood
Pa: l.. r. Storch. San Francisco: Mr.
and Mrs Sullivan, Boston. Mass; w. T.
THOU. Toronto; Mrs. V. A. Webster
Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Wicking-
smith; Mrs. A. v. Virgins. Toronto
Third Cabin.
Two children of Antflla, William
Beauchamp. Judka Blankman. Pawel
Chwyseck. W. q. Cook. Bernard Cough
lin, Catherine Coughlin, John J. Cough
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lin. Master ]. Coughlin. Nellie E
Cooper, Kate c. Duncan. John Gately
George Gordon. Antoni Gryszkewicz
John Henry, Jane Hogan. Miss Agnes
Kenny, Mrs. Ruth Logan, Andrew NC
Dermott. Mitrofan Sobolewski. Mrs
Kate Spendley. Mary Jane stockton
Albert Veale, Mrs. Agnes Veale.
Unc1assified.
Chapman. Master Bernard Olive. Mas
ter John Edward. Andrew Favalis. Mrs
Arthur Ferris, Mrs. P Hepden, Mrs
Houghton, Kenneth James, DR.. J. T
Johnstone, Violet Johnstone, H. R
Kenny, Master Robert Lund, Mrs
Alice Lines Rankin. Master Donald
Miss Steed, George Wakefield.
The Cunard Steamship Company also
announces the names of additional in
Jured survivors who are confined In
hospitals in Queenstown. The list also
contains the names of injured who have
been discharged. 1t is as follows:
Discharged From Hospitals.
August w. Schwartz. New York: AL
garet Touhy, Herbert Light, Hugh Nc
Fadden. Calf. Ontario; Arthur Shep-
pardson. Los Angeles, and Andrew
Faulds.
Additional Injured.
Robert Duncan, Montreal Miss c. F
E. Leopold, Frank Hook. Fred S. Jud-
son. New York; w. Storck. Mrs. A
Dixon, New York; George Gordon
James ]. Leary, New York, and Joseph
Myers, crew.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE SUE ROAD.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Porter Seek
$25, 900 Damages.

Mary NJ. Porter and her husband
Charles w. Porter. have filed suit 10
recover $25.0o0 damages from the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. Mrs. Porter asks $4,000 for
alleged personal injury. and the hus-
band wants 5000 for the loss of serv-
ice Of his wife as the result of her
injury.
Through Attorneys D. w. Baker and
o. H. Osterman, Mrs. Porter says she
was alighting from a car February %
1914, At Georgia avenue and Taylor
street, when the door was prematurely
closed. and. tho step closing, threw
her to the ground. infiicting painful
and permAnepI injury.
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bits last moments aboard the ship.
Heroes Go to Death.

When the Lusitania was in her death
throes there was no cooler group
aboard than that composed of Nine
Marie De Page, Herbert S. Stone. Lin
don w. Bates. jr.. and DR.. J. T. Hough-
ton. The last named was the only sur
vivor of the party. This little band
guiAed women and children, supplied
life belts. bound up the wounds of
other passengers and then plunged
hopelessly into the sea, having given
up their own life preservers.
Another throng of anxious friends
and relatives arrived here last night,
but the chances Of identifying more of
the dead are remote, as the great pits
in the cemetery are filled with those
buried as unknown, while other bodies
which come ashore soon will be beyond
identification.
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Planning to Meet $500, 900 Claim.

NEW YORK. May 11.-How to satisfy
the Northumberland light thou
sand-dollar judgment obtained by
Loewe & Co. of Danbury, Conn.,, in a
suit against the Danbury Union was
the chief business before the conven-
ton of United Hatters of America in
session here today The judgment with
interest now amounts to about $500, 900.
were pledged as security during litiga-
ton. Loewe & Co. have given warning
that the Judgment must be met. but
the organization Is said to have no
funds for that purpose.
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wrong. held Its twenty-frst annual

wrong, held Its twenty-first annual
meeting yesterday.
DR.. Paul Sperry was reelected presi-
dent, and other officers elected were
Rev. Lewis F. Hite OF Cambridge,
Mass, ecretary-treasurer: Rev. John
Whitehead assistant recording secre-
tary, and Rev. Axel Lundeberg, assist
ant foreign secretary.
At noon yesterday paper was presented
for considera ation of the convention by
request of the New Church Club of Bos-
ton. The paper was written by Rev.
William F.. Wunsch, and it's subject
was Insist On Being New Church
Men"
Evening star., 1915-05-11
PRESIDENT TO REVIEW
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
Regiment Appears on White House
Ellipse This Afternoon
for Drill.

With President Wilson scheduled to
review the High School Cadet Regi-
ment, members of that organization to-
day are ready for their first public ap-
pearance this year-to be made at the
White Lot ellipse this afternoon. Every
white high school in the District will
be represented. Many thousands of in
terested persons are expected to be
present.
In addition to President Wilson, Secre-
tary Garrison of the War Department
Secretary Daniels of the Navy Depart
ment and Postma ster General Burleson
are expected to be present, as are also
school officials and members of the
is to review the boys about $50 o'clock
lust prior TO the end of the drill
Maj Wallach A. MacCathran. command
ant of the cadets, is to have charge of the
drill. Arrangements for the event We're
made by Stephen +. Kramer, assistant
superintendent of schools, who has direct
charge of cadet matters. Col. w. w.
Harris, superintendent Of public buildings
and grounds. has charge of the grounds.
Regimental Officers.
Col. Gilbert Church Clark of Eastern
High School is to command the regiment.
Other regimental officers are Lieutenant
colonel. Ernest Williams. Central High
School; major. LIST Battalion. Chester
Bassett, Central High; major. I'd Bat
TALON. Balm Lightfoot, Western High;
major. Sd Battalion. NJ. ]. Filius. McKin-
ley Manual Training School; regimental
adjutant, ]. II. Fellows, Mckinley School :;
regimental quartermaster. Joseph Spill
man, Western High.
Twelve companies are to take part.
They are: A, b, l. and NJ, Central High;
c. ID, / and X, Mckinley; E and G.
Business; f. Eastern, and H. Western.
Saturday members of all the COM
panies.. as well as many from the high
schools who are not cadets, are to go
to Winthrop, Md. to hold the spring
outdoor rife shoot. Permission for the
use of service rifles and ammunition
for this event has been granted by
Secretary Daniels
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Commercial Club Men to Dine.

Members of the Commercial Club have
completed arrangements for a beef
steak dinner and social evening at the
clubs home tomorrow night. Many
novel and special entertaining fea-
lures are on the program.
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Brewery Workers Admit Using
Pickets, But Deny Plan to
Iniure Saloons.
ONLY SEEK TO CURTAlL
SALE OF NON-UNION BEER
Defend Practices and Declare Them
Fully Within Laws Of the
United States.

Alleging that they were compelled TO
leave the employ OF local breweries
because the latter refused 10 enter into
new contract to employ them. and de-
nying any policy to interfere with the
sale or the locally made beer or to
boycott the breweries, William Rob
erts and his co-defendants among the
striking brewery helpers today filed
answer in the District Supreme Court
to the Injunction suits brought by The
odore G. Stoner and Charles Wolf. sa-
loonkeepers, who charge an unlawful
interference with their business. The
defendants admit that 'pickets" have
been established on the sidewalk near
the business places of the defendants.
but deny that the intent Of such pick
citing is unlawful. and say it has been
conducted peaceably.
No Desire to Injure, They Say.
The defendants deny that they have
the slightest desire or intent to injure
the plaintiff in his business in any
way whatsoever. They deny that they
have made any peremptory demands
Of any kind upon him for the exclusion
of the beer brewed by the Nationa
Capital Brewing Company.
The defendants deny that any one OF
them or any person by their authority
has notified any boarder or roomer ir
the plaintiffs house to cease roomine
and boarding with him because he has
not ceased dealing with said National
Capital Brewing Company. They say that
their acts have been entirely peaceful. and
have been confined to the quiet commu.
nication to any person interested OF
the single fact that the plaintiff sold
non-union beer. with no further sug.
gestion or request, or the furnishing
Of any additional information unless il
was asked for.
Deny Unions Acts.
The defendants assert that they have
committed no act calculated to ruin and
destroy the trade and business of the
saloonkeepers, and they have no rea-
son to believe that the saloon men have
suffered any considerable loss to their
business or are in danger of losing
their whole patronage.
Attorneys Ralston & Richardson rep
resent the strikers. The saloonkeepers
have as counsel Leon Tobriner. Alex
ander H. Bell. L. A. Bailey and T. F.
Woodard.
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DIED.

COMBS. On Monday May 10. 1e15 at n a M,
At the home Of her daughter. Mrs. ". B.
Birch. Piney Point. Nd, Mrs ROSA H..
Fnueral Wednesday, NAV ~. at 10 an, from
the residence OF her daughter, Mn. james J.
Greenwell, Meadeys Neck, Nd.
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BERL|N'S
I. AVOWAL OF REGRET
:,
Count Won Bernstorff Gives
Statement on Lusitania
to Mr.. Bryan.

Count Won Bernstorn, the German
ambassador. today, accepting as au-
thentic the text of Germanys formal
expression of regret for the loss OF
Americans on the Lusitania. whlch
was received in last nights news dis
matches. formally presented the state
ment today to the State Department.
The official text has not yet reached
the embassy because of difficulties of
wireless communication.
When the German ambassador left
Secretary Bryan's office he said he had
delivered the message forwarded from
Berlin.
Referred to Secretary Bryan.
:, That is all I can say" he added.
"For anything else I respectfully refer
YOU to the Secretary Of State
While the ambassador was talking.
Secretary Bryan came out of his office
with an arm full Of documents.
The ambassador has just delivered
to me a note from his government
which was carried in the press dis
patches last night, said the Secretary,
pointing to document in his hand
which he took with him to the cabinet
meeting.
Secretary Bryan was asked IL there
ambassador concerning the note or the
Lusitania matter.
Nothing that I can talk about" re-
piled the Secretary.
Text of Germany's Message.
The text OF Germany's message fol-
lows:
Germany Expresses Sympathy.
please communicate the following to
the State Department: The German
government desires to express its deep
est sympathy at the loss of lives on
board the Lusitania The responsibility
rests. however. with the British gov
eminent which. through it's plan OF
starving the civilian population Of Ger
many. has forced Germany 10 resort 70
retsIiatory nea Sures.
In spite OF the German offer to stop
me submarine war in case the starva =
ION plan was given up. British mer-
chant vessels are being generally arm
sc with guns and have repeatedly tried
70 ram subnls rlues. so that previous
-~arch was Impossible.
They cannot, therefore. be treated
as ordinary merchant vessels i recent
declaration made 70 the British parlia-
nent by the parliamentary secretary
in answer to q question BY Lord charles
Seresford said taat at the present
.,ractics lly all british merchant vessels
ecre armed and provided with hand
rcrades.
Claim Ammunition Carried.
Besides. II las been openly admitted
10y The English press that the L.usi-
-au.a "r previous yoyag"s repeatedly
,.s,gried lar2e quantities. Of war ma
lerial c,u the present voyage the Lusi-
iania carried 100 -: :s"S Of ammunition
while the resi- Of The cargo also con
.isted chiefly Of contrabaud,
III t.ngiafd. after repeated official
.,.d unofficial warnings, considcre her.
self able 10 declare that that boat rar
no risk aut thus liSht-heartedly as
surned responsibility for The human life
on board steamer which. owing &c
its armament and cargo. was liable tc
destruction. the German government ir
spite Of IT'S heartfelt sympathy for the
loss OF American lives. cannot but re.
gret that Americans felt more inclined
10 trust 70 English promises rather thar
TO paw attention TO the warnings from
the German side.
(Signedj FOREIGN OFFICE"
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Evidence Society Meets.

The American New Church Evidence
Society. whose purpose is to collect
evidence pro and con concerning the
writings of Swedenborg and their re-
ception by the public. and to correct
such opinions upon those writings as
may. in the opinion Of The society. be
Evening star., 1915-05-11
tCOntlnued from FIrst PaRe.J
Of the disaster to look for bodies had
,,ot returned to. Queenstown up to noon
today.
Lady Allan Goes to London.

today.
LADY Allan Goes to London.
1adv Allan, wife of Sir Montague
.u.n of Montreal, left on a special
,r,in today for London. Lady Allan's
h.ck was injured. but she was well
enough to travel. under the care OF
several doctors and nurses. A number
~ other survivors went to London with
her.
probably the most unconcerned OF the
srrviyors is the eight-month- old son OF
Mrs n Booth. The mother lost her me,
hut the father has been ioca.ed al lotei '.i
j., ottawa The baby was picked up from
,ha water but apparently is suffering no
m effects A number of the SURVIVORS
recognized the infant. and reheinpered 20
that the father had remained behino IN
Canada An aunt OF ,ns me- .i,,srtl, ns hi,r wiz -
nathetic case is that of Moiile NAM
man aged sixteen. and the seven-year-
old twins, Elizabeth and Edwin Mainman'
who lost their father. A X Mainffah
;iv was on the way to Chester. England
~ t.ke possession Of an estate there
,,hich had been bequeathed to them
r,ba children were taken in charge by
lawyer.
More Bodies Come Ashore.
The body of Albert Thompson OF
Toronto. brought in by an admiralty
r., w,er. was found drifting with wreck
.za near the coast not far from the scene
~ the I,usitanis. disaster, which leads to
,ba bdpe that additional bodies may be
found In that vicinity
current of from two and one-half to
three knots races around Old Head Kim
Gale and this has been augmented by a
stifY cast wind, which at the end OF elght
or nine days may carry noores ss. asnore I,;ah
60, The winds ordinarily prevailing
,,nmld have brought bodies ashore on the
Atlantic coast of Cornwall. England
The Cunard Steamship Company. after
,nch trouble. has sent a tug to the scene
nr tha disaster, with instructions to run
y, a.. the nearest cove and inform Cunard
ntSc;ais here if even single body is
found
Scarcity Of Life Belts.
rhere are indications that the heavy
death roll among the American men IN
the first cabin was due 10 scarcity
of life belts, many or them having
given the ltfe-preserVers they mad OBJ
,,ired to helpless women. There is a
nrenonderance of testimony that no
American man got into boat until
after he had been thrown into the
water.
webb Wade. secretary of Alfred G.
yanderbilt has not yet been able to
arrange with the authorities to COM
Dly with his request that all necessary
tugs he chartered at the expense of
the Vanderbilt family to search for
other bodies as well as that of Mr..
Vanderbilt.
Kenan Of New York Mr.. Wade be-
iieved his employer had entered one of
the boats smashed against the side of
the ship. but DR.. Kenan's story Is
definite. and it is accepted generally
as the correct version Of Mr.. Wander
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No Official Warning Given.

Secretary Bryan when asked apou
this phase of the matter. ana "he'h.
any warning had been given TO Anie'
cans from the state Department.. sa,u
II think I rad better go no iai
than to say that no "arnihe
given"
He added that the German 80. -,
,aser allied the departments at
tantion 70 the warning advertisement.
Fear that the fate of the Lusltanla tsins
,,,,sbt he shared by her sister SHIPS
has caused a number of the ,,ia- neu,la- :
missions here TO withhoia ,ns o..ern.
finlomatic mail report to their s,;,
,ent until the sailing of ships whicn
fiv neutral Aags. When qusstiotnea pn
- nationaIs many of the foreign =
REPRESENTATIVES are advising asss
the use of British vessels as i"
of travel.
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ltic representatives of the

the diplomatic representatives OF the
allied powers.
Chevalier Van Rappard. minister
from the Netherlands, also called a,
the department, and made 1t clear tina,
the situation OF his government Is
identical with that of the United
States In relation to the Lusitania
Lansing, Mr.. Van Rappard said that
citizens of Holland had lost their lives
on the Lusitania, that Dutch ships had
been torpedoed. as was the American
steamer Gulfiight, and that Dutch com
merce had suffered more severely than
that of the United states.
Exchange of Notes Expected.
There is continued discussion here OF
the suggestion that the United States
severe relations with Germany without
a declaration of war. In this connec-
tion, however. it has been pointed out
that such a course would have serious
effect upon humanitarian work the
United States has been conducting
tbronzhout the war Whatever Is
done. it is believed. probably VIII be
prefa ced by an exchange OF notes with
the German government.
C'onsiderab BILE discussion developed III
official circles over the attitude taken
in Germany that the people OF the
United States were warned by the Ger
man government against gong 70 r-u
rope on belligerent ships. In TINS con-
nectioo il was pointed out by a soN-
.rnment offcial that no official warning
such as was given in the adNe IS IS
ment inserted by the German ampaSSy
In American newspapers ever was
given.