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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
USE NAME OF SPY
TO SPY ON GERMANS
British Get Inside Information
by Writing on Kuepferle's
PAPERS.

London, April 2s.-Anton Kuepferle'
the American citizen Of German birth
who is held for trial on charge OF
supplying Germany with information
concerning the movements OF English
troops and ships, Is said to have been
the means of affording English de-
tectives much inside information con-
corning the workings of the German
spy system, with headquarters IN hol-
land.
Kuepferle's arrest was kept secret
for nearly two months. Meantime II
Is reported that Scotland Yard men
were using the prisoners name as
means of communicating with German
officials In Holland. In Kuepferle's
baggage sheets of paper used for invisi-
BILE ink were found. Initiating kuep-
ferle's handwriting, the detectives are
said to have written letters TO German
spy chiefs, between the lines OF which
they traced in invisible ink all sorts
of questions asking further instruc-
lions. A rapid-fre correspondence is
reported to have continued for many
weeks.
The prisoner is charged with having
visited many English and Irish ports
to investigate shipping and report to
Germany the movements of transports.
Dublin, Liverpool and Belfast are said
to be centres where he was active. His
capture took place the day following
the declaration of the German submit
dne blockade, February l8.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
BRONCHITIS CAUSED
BY GERMAN GASES
British Expert Reports They Are
Extremely Brutal in
Effect on Victims.

London, April 28.-Dr. John s. Hal
dane, an authority on the physiology
of respiration, who was sent to France
to observe the effect Of the gases used
by the Germans in opening their attack
near Ypres, reports that he examined
several Canadians who had been inca
pacitated by the gases.
"These men," he said, were lying
struggling for breath and blue in the
face On examining their blood with
spectroscope | ascertained that the
blueness was not due 20 the presence
of any abnormal pigment. There was
nothing 10 account for it but the fact
that they were suffering from acute
bronchitis, such as is caused by the
inhalation Of an irritant gas. They
said that when in the trenches they
had been overwhelmed by an irritant
gas carried toward them from the Ger
man trenches by breeze.
zone of the men died shortly after
our arrival. post-mortem examina-
tion showed that death was due to
acute bronchitis and its secondary eff
feet, due to irritant gas.
"A Canadian battalion captain who is
suffering from the effects of gas and
from wounds says that from a support
trench, about 600 yards from the Ger
man lines, he. observed the gas. lie saw
white smoke rising about three feet
above the German trenches. Then in
front of the white smoke appeared a
green cloud, which drifted about seven
feet above the ground to our trenches.
when it reached our first trenches
the men were obliged to leave and a
number of them were killed by the eff
fects of the gas. About fifteen minutes
after the gas came over we saw twenty
four men lying dead from its effects.
These symptoms point to the use by
the German troops of chlorine or bro
mide for the purpose Of asphyxiation.
There also are facts pointing TO the
use in German shells of other irritant
substances. Still, the last of these
agents are not Of the same brutality
and barbarous character as was the gas
used in the attack on the Canad.' ms.
The War Office IS appealing for home
made reSpira.ors. 10 enable the troops
20 resist the German poison fumes.
The women's emergency corps yester-
day purchased material for making the
articles Within a few hours of the
publication of the appeal. one of the
big West End stores had a window dis
play Of respirators made in accordance
with official requirements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
BRITISH POSTMEN
THREATEN STRIKE
Dissatisfied with Govern
ment's Refusal to Grant
War Bonus.
[By Cable 20 Tbs Tribune ]

London, April 2S.--Intense dissatis,,
faction occurs among British postal
servants because the government re-
fused their demands for increases
ranging from two shillings to four
shillings weekly for all earning below
s210 annually, which they claimed nee
essary on account of the increased
cost Of living. So strong Is the feel
ing that unless the Cabinet gives way
it is highly probable that general
strike among all postal servants and
telegraphers is likely to occur in the
course of the next few weeks.
When refusing the demands the gov
eminent gave as the reason that If II
were granted all members of the civil
service would agitate for similar in
crease and that it was only just that
government employees bear the burden
like the rest of the community.
The reply to this is that $4,000 mem
bers of the postal service are now un-
der arms and those left behind are
doing a great part of the work OF the
absentees.
James Ncwlove, secretary of the Pos
tai Servants and Telegraphists' Asso-
citation. said to The Tribune correspon-
dent to-day:
eve are holding meetings all over
England protesting against the gov,
ernment's refusal of war bonus. and
we are now agitating for the matter
n be referred TO arbitration. II we
don't get the bonus it means that many
of our members who are earning ~
shillings weekly will find themselves
and their families brought to the verge
Of starvation. Our only remedy Is
drastic action"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
OWES LIFE TO ALBERT
Wounded French officer Car
ried from Field by King.

Paris, April pa wounded soi Wisa
in tho Nantes Hospital tells how h,ns
Albert saved the life of French ot
Acer. During n furious bayonet ena. IL
y lieutenant ventured too far INTO .no
German lines, and was brought down
by a rife shot. He was grieVously
wounded and evidently was thought Dy
the Germans to be dead. The scene or
the conflict shifted, and though tne
officer was very weak from loss OF
blood he dragged himself out OF the
range of fire and then tainted.
On regaining consciousness ne saw
two Belgian officers beside him, one
with a lantern and the other, dressing
his wounds. They carried him TO
motor car in the road. Arriving at tne
field hospital, near the general head.
quarters Of the Belgian army, he got
a better view of the two officers; one
of them he recognized, saluted, ana
started to speak, but the King hushed
him. Ill
"All right, my brave hero" he said,
Save your strength; the world can
afford to lose men like you"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
HARVARD MEN FREE.
DIR. MEYER IS TOLD
President Lowell Says Policy of
Liberty of Speech Will
Be Preserved.

Cambridge, Mass, April 2S.--Presi-
dent A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard
University made public to-day his re-
ply to Professor Kuno Meyer, of the
University of Berlin, who protested
against the publication by a Harvard
student paper of poem entitled "Gott
nit Uns."
Dr. Lowell, speaking for the univer-
sity authorities, disclaims any respon-
sibility for the verses and says that
Harvard's policy of freedom Of speech
will be preserved His letter follows {:
MY dear Professor Meyer: Your
letter has come, and | am grieved at
the feeling Of irritation against Har-
ward that it shows. The poem and
prize 10 which you refer | had never
heard of until your letter came. On
inquiry find that it was a prize Of
fered by the students for a student
poem. a matter with which the author
tiles Of the university can hardly inter
fere.
"As you are aware, the freedom OF
speech of neither the professors nor
the students IN an American university
Is limited, nor are they themselves
subject in their utterances to the d.
rection of the authorities. On the con-
trary, we have endeavored to maintain
the right Of all members of the uni.
versity to express themselves freely
without censorship or supervision by
the authorities of the university, and
have applied this rule impartially to
those who favor Germany and those
who favor the Allies-to the former in
the face of a pretty violent agitation
Tor muZZllng professors by alumni OF
the university and outsiders.
This policy of freedom of speech
we shall continue TO pursue, for we be-
lievc 1t TO be the only one which ac-
cords with the principle Of academic
freedom. hope the time will come
when you and your colleagues in Ger
many will recognize that this course is
the only right one, and that it il es-
sential 10 The cause of universal schol-
arship and progress that scholars
should associate together on friendly
terms. without regard 10 natlona! CON
hicts that have occurred"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
SUSPECT SPYING ON
ANGLO-DUTCH SHIPS
British Stopped Traffic for This
Reason, London Rumor
(auc
Try Cable o The Thbun. !

London, April 2s.-The continued re-
strictions on traffic between England
and Holland remain mystery. The
delegates to the Women's Peace Con-
gress at The Hague are convinced that
the Admiralty adopted the restrictive
measures solely to keep them from the
conference. This is denied in official
circles.
The New York Tribune's correspond
cnt learned to-day that Dutch over
seas traffic is not interrupted, how
ever. This would appear to dispose Of
the reports that Anglo Dutch traffic
was suspended TO prevent the obser-
walton OF important movements in the
Aarth Sea. Ii 10 rumored to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
REPORTS SO GERMAN
SHIPS IN NORTH SEA
Skipper at London Says Fleet
Includes Battleships and
Torpedo Boats.

London, April 2s.-Captain Scott
commanding a Swedish steamer Just
come to port, reports the presence IN
the North Sea of German feet num-
boring no less than sixty-eight vessels.
While crossing the North Sea, Cap
tain Scott reports, his vessel was held
up by a German steamer. After an
examination of his papers he was per-
mitted to proceed. The German feet
was composed of vessels of all classes
from battleships to torpedo boats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
ENGLAND AIDS BELGIANS
100000 Already Contribut-
ed to New Relief Fund.
lRy Cable 70 Tie Trihnn. l

London, April 2S.-The National
Committee for the Relief of Belgium,
organized as an auxiliary of the Amer
lean Relief Fund, has made an excel
lent start. Although its appeal was
issued few days ago, 100000 has
already been subscribed.
Many AngloAmericans have con-
trlbuted, among them Countess STRAIT
lord, who sent $500. The success
which the appeal has met is regarded
mere as wonderful tribute to the
American organization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29

stoned officer at the military prison
camp at Doeberitz. The verdict Of the
court is subject to the approval OF
Emperor William, and the sentence
will possibly be committed
Ronald B. Harvey, second secretary
of the American Embassy, attended the
session of the court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
GERMANY FOR CHURCHILL
London Says Berlin Hopes He
Won't Resign.
lBy Cable to The Tribuns.l

London, April 29-"The Morning
Post" to-day publishes what purports
to be a dispatch from Berlin, which
says:
much anxiety is felt in German
naval circles lest the rumor current in
Germany that Winston Churchill, First
Lord of the Admiralty, may resign,
should prove true"
THE Post" is one Of the most vigor-
Gus of the London papers in its oppo-
sition to Mr. Churchill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
TO RESUME HORSE
RACING IN GERMANY
Ten-Day Meet, for S92,5OO IN
Purses, VIII Be Held In
Nav Near Berlin.

Berlin, April 2s.-At meeting TO-
day Of tho Union Club, the controlling
body for horse racing In Germany the
announced that permits
sion had been received to reopen .h1
racetracks for racing on hm,teu
scale, but without the operation OF pe'-
ting machines.
The first meet will begin ut hoppe
earten, near Berlin, May "a, and CON
tinue ten days. There will be three
DAYS of racing each week for three
weeks and a final day of the sport IN
the fourth week. The usual programme
Of seven races will be run Oft each day
The purses will amount to S92,oOo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
All Officers Lost.

All Officers Lost.
In addition to the information con-
tanned in the unofficial dispatch from
Brindisi, the French official report
says:
THE armored cruiser Leon Gam
BETA, cruising at the entrance Of the
Otranto Canal, was torpedoed the night
of April 26-27. and went to the bottom
in ten minutes.
"All the officers on board persisted at
their posts. One hundred and thirty
six members of the crew, including
eleven under officers. were rescued by
vessels sent out promptly to their help
by the Italian authorities"
According TO the Vienna official dis
patch telling of the sinking Of the
Leon Gambetta. the Austrian subma-
rine is a vessel of 273 tons displace-
ment and Of a capacity of 500-horse-
power when on the surface of the wa
ter Her speed is 1872 knots above
the surface and ten knots submerged.
Her maximum cruising radius en- the
surface is 1000 knots.
A Milan dispatch to "The Daily
Chronicle" says survivors of the Gam
BETA state that German destroyer
protected the attacking submarine and
also fred on the Gambetta, whose wire
less apparatus was rendered useless.
The Leon Gambetta displaced l2,4l6
tons. and usually carried crew of
from 700 to 500 officers and men. She
was built at Brest in 1908. She was
4s6 feet long. 70i. feet beam, had a
mean draft Of 26i1 feet. and carried
four 76-inch guns. sixteen 64-inch
guns and tweuty-four 3-pounders The
Gambetta was equipped with FIVE IS
inch torpedo tubes. She e9st $3.50
400
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29

nevertheless. that much information
has been reaching Germany tnIIusdd
passengers aboard boats from Ehg,anu
10 Holland and that the british 60.
eminent desires 20 make the trahsmm
sion of information in this man"e'
totally impossible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
LONSDALE'S FATE
IN KAISER'S HANDS

Berlin (via London, April 2S.-The
supreme military court has confirmed
the sentence of death imposed last De-
cember on William Lonsdsle, Of Leeds,
England, private in the British army,
for attacking a German non-commis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
5000 ITALIANS
QUIT SWITZERLAND

Geneva, Switzerland. April 2s.-Dur-
ing the last three days 5000 Germans,
5000 Italians and 1000 Austrians, ac-
cording TO records here. left Switzer-
land for their respective countries. II
is believed these men are reservists.
Several banks. including the Banca
Commercials. which have their main
branches here, have urgently advised
their clerks Of German and Austrian
nationality 70 leave Italy.
Rome, April %. Tomasso Tittoni.
Italian Ambassador 10 France. had q
long audience this afternoon with King
Victor Emmanuel, Who IS devoting all
his time 10 study OF the international
situation. -------
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-29
AUSTRIANS SINK
FRENCH CRUISER
Continued from page 1

the submarine in about twenty hours.
The Us was sighted by fishing boats
on Monday afternoon.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24

year to grand dukes and duchesses,
but when everything is taken into ac-
count the Cars income is far ahead
of that of the Turkish Sultan with
e1,500,o00, ou orr own king who is
the poorest in pelf and palaces of all
the old world potentates. A state
grant OF e1,5O0.O0O, added to his
other revenues brings the Cars in
come UP to $4,000, 900 a year. Out Of
this he has at least $4,000 a year for
his private use.
King George receives G470.O00 per
annum from the state, but little more
than fourth of this goes into the
privy purse. 1t would be naturally
impossible for our king to live in a
manner betting his rank on an in
come of 100000 or so, but there
are miscellaneous revenues from in
vested funds and other private sour
ces which help to swell the privy
purse.
The Emperor of Austria, who is
also King of Hungary. draws two sal
aries amounting to &562,5OO each.
The King of Italy receives s75O,OOO
year, but has to make allowances
to several members of the royal fam
lily out of it, King Alfonso has an
allowance of G357,OOO, a sum which
is his own to spend as he pleases.
Belgium's King receives about G175,-
900.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24
Thinks Any City Can Exile Smoke.

The traveller, relating the exper-
fences of his journeys, in speaking OF
visit to Pittsgurgh, no longer ex-
cuses himself by saying: "Um, err
well, had to go there on business.
For Pittsburgh, be it understood
no longer bathes in smoke. Pitts
burgh now is clean Immediately
clean, compared to st. Louis. in the
opinion of j. C. Mcdowell, a civil en-
gineer from the former Smoky City
who was in Kansas City yesterday.
The secret of Pittsburgh's cleanli-
ness and that it has natural gas, and
aplenty. The price of gas there is
80 cents, the same price as the natur-
al gas companies here are hoping to
make the people of Kansas City pay
this winter; but in Pittsburgh there
is enough to supply all the great
manufacturing plants and the homes
Pittsburgh's fight for clean city
has been long and trying. 1t ha:
taken this cithy five years of efforI
to see the sun. Now practically al
the large plants, including the Car
negie steel works, use gas and thos'
that burn coal have checked the
smoke.
"Any city can get rid of its smok'
If the officials are willing to enforc'
an anti-smoke ordinanc." Mr.. Nc
Dowell says.
Kansas City, according to Mr.. Nc
Dowell, is a city of smokeless skies
compared to st. Louis.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24

Tradition has ii that the wise
preacher who wrote in Ecclesiastes
that "all is vanity" wrote also. in one
of his love songs, "How beautiful are
thy feet, with shoes, o princes daugh
ters!" The two expressions hang
together well, indicating at least that
human nature is much the same now
as it was in Solomon's time.
Our princes and our peasants
daughters and sons still have feet
that are conventionally beautiful in
audacity to say that the average
adult has pretty feet outside of shoes.
1t is the allness of vanity-if one may
take liberties with good word
that deforms feet. We of the west
ern world differ only in degree from
high caste Chinese women, who in
defiance of edicts still bind their feet
to prevent their natural growth. We
bind our feet, with the aid and con-
sent of the shoemaker, to secure an
artificial conformation, a pointed toe
that. however well it may appear in
shoes, is a distressing physical de-
formity and. when the feet are bare,
horror to look upon.
One wonders just why civilized
persons. so-called, approve of the
pointed toe. 1t is unnatural, it is
uncomfortable, and custom alone
makes it, even in shoes, beautiful.
All grown persons admit that ba-
by's feet are beautiful, but they will
not permit the baby to retain this at
tractive feature beyond it's babyhood.
It's feet are quickly forced into de-
forming leather bonds.
But what is most astounding is
the compaisanc of shoemakers to-
ward the strange foible. Cobblers
are proverbially philosophers, and in
that quaint book, Lives of Illus
trious Shoemakers," are mentioned
dozens of cobblers from St. Crispin
/ anu QOWh " Jul OWh
poet Whittier, whose constant aim
was to benefit mankind. 1t is
strange that these reformers did not
seek to reform mankind's atrocious
footgear. But they, like so many
other reformers were bent on re-
forming somebody else. The shoe
maker stuck to his ancestral last and
did his improving in other direc-
tions.
Perhaps as a symbolist has re-
marked, the feet merely symbolic
mankind's understanding, and until
the understanding is improved the
feet will reflect that mental deform-
ity which is said to exist. This
brings US back to Solomon, who plac-
ed understanding even above wisdom
and knowledge.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24

According to reliable reports. the
war has brought about decided di-
minuation in the income of the Kai-
ser. The tearing up of the little
scrap of paper" has already cost
him PERSONAL y f5.000.000. viii
helm. however has still a respecta-
BILE fortune left If recent calcula-
ton by Herr Martin, an authority
on German rich people, is correct
wilhelm was supposed to be worth
f7,OOO,OO0. but Herr Martin has
pointed out that a trifie of. rougly,
$4,000, 600, the valuation OF the
Kaiser's forest lands and farms had
been overlooked. This brings up
the royal estate to total Of $780,
900, 900.
The Kaiser, however, has never
been the richest monarch in the
world. This honor belongs to the
Gear. who on his accession came into
the Romanoff private estate, yielding
about f2,0O0,000 year. Beyond
that his salary amounts to another
100000 pounds, besides many pro-
fitable investments abroad. There
are small expenses to be deducted
such as some 100000 pounds q
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24
A Cough Remedy That Relieves.

It's prepared from the healing
Pine Balsam, Tar and Honey-all
mixed in a pleasant soothing Cough
Syrup called DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Hon-
ey. Thousands have benefited by its
use-no need of your enduring that
annoying Cough or risking a danger
Gus Cold. Go to your dealer, ask
for a Csc. original bottle DR.. Bells
Pine Tar-Honey. start using at once
and get rid of your Cough and
Cold. z
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR five YEARS

taking other medicines. decided =
take his advice, although did not have
any confidence in II.
] have now been taking Black Drausiyo
Tor three months, and il has cured me
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using it.
| am so thankful for what Black
Draught has done for me-"
Thedford's Black-Draught has bees
found very valuable medicine for de-
engagements of the stomach and liver. n
is composed Of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. It CAR be freely
used by young and old, and should -
kept in every family chest.
Get package TO az.
Only quarter. -
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-09-24
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There 10
only one way to cure deafness. and that ID
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an infiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube 10 infamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when 1t 10
entirely closed, Deafness Is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored TO Its normal condi-
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten aare caused by Catarrh.
which 10 nothing but an infamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free.
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Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.