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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-12-17


other bells ring from morning until
night. After which they jangle through
ones dreams.
The Christmas doorbell is a great
institution. 1t is the busiest bell of
the lot All day long the doorbell has
pressing engagements. When the
doorbell rings on Christmas day. every
body gives heed to its sweet sounds
And everybody rushes TO the front
door as If the house had caught Oh
fire. and thai was the nearest exit
The do0rbell has everyone in the fam
lily hopping as if they were so many
trained ducks.
There are two reasons why the
Christmas doorbell is a welcome Wis
itor when it jars upon the ear In the
first place you know that no bills
are going to be presented by the caller
at the door. In the second place the
doorbell may announce the arrival Of
a package.
A sawed-Off express wagon driver,
with chunky, holly-bound package
under his arm, can get more attention
on Christmas day than the governor Of
the state, surrounded by his military
staff and preceded by a Chinese or
chestra, playing "Tippealy."
The package the exPressman or
mail carrier brings, is seized by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
1.-THE Times"

Our sense of the fsthoml SIS stupid
ity of the German propaganda in this
country supplies a comforting emol-
lient for the anger and resentment
which the disclosures of the work of
the propagandists naturally provoke.
II is hatef | hing.
But in the month of August wrath
is an unreasonable emotion, and we
are saved ON some of its discom-
forts by our reflections upon the
amazing asininity of the German prop
agandists. They brought With them to
this country and sought to apply the
methods that are of customary use in
Germany, where what is called "the
reptile pres" has always been ready,
by hire or command TO aid those who
had an interest in poisoning public
opinion. There is no ~ountry on earth
where that hoary device would be so
absolutely sure to fail as in the United
States.
We knew that the conspirators were
at work, that the conspiracy was wide
spread, and we had pretty good idea
of the identity of the chief workers.
We did not know until the latest dis
closures were made that the creatures
who were all the time bawling about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
Secretary Lansing Hears
Report on German Plots
from The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington, Aug. ia conference
between Secretary OF State Lansing and
A. Bruce Bieaski, chief of the Depart
of Justice Secret Service" at which
Mr.. Bielaski is understood to have laid
before the Secretary the results of the
investigation into German activities IN
this country, was the most important
development of the day with respect
to the charges of German intrigue
made by "The New York World" THE
Providence Journal" and others.
Secretary Lansing authorized the an
nouncement after the conference that
the Department of State was not max
ing any investigation into the condl-
tons alleged He did not say. how
ever, that there would be no investlga-
ton.
Few of the allegations are violations
of any Federal law, and therefore nave
not warranted, in the opinion OF IT'S
officers, rigid investigation by the De
partment Of Justice. The Bureau Of In
vestigation, however, has kept an eye
on many Of the activities Of the Ger
man agents. Little surprise was occa-
stoned in the bureau when the charges
which have so repeatedly been the SUD
iect of gossip. were finally printed.
The Department of Justice has been
quite actively investigating the pass
port frauds and enlistments, as these
were open violations of the neutrality
of this government. In their WORK
agents of the department have come.
upon other activities, it was said, OF
the German propsgandists, and the sum
total Of the information gathered was
placed at the disposal of the Secretary
of State when Mr.. Bielaski talked with
him to-day.
1t is believed that the agents have
obtained evidence which may be OF use
at the right time in pressing some OF
the charges against German intrigue;
This relates particularly to the alleged
attempts of German partisans to place
bombs on transatlantic liners, TO lhe
ramihcations of the work of Holt VINO
exp oded bomb in the Senate wing o.
the Capitol and attempted TO Sssss-
sinate j. r. Morgan, and TO sfldaVlts
that the Lusitania carried big guns
mounted below decks.
Investigation of the Lusitanla am
davits was imperative, because II was
necessary to substsntiste the Fres'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17

dents claim in the first Lusitanis note
that the ship was unarmed.
Ii was pointed out that if Count Won
Bernstorff, the German Ambassador,
were involved in the charges the Fed
eral authorities could not remain indit-
ferent. Their only recourse would be
notification to the German government
that the methods alleged were highly
Objectionable and in case OF Count
Won Bernstorff became involved, the
United States government would, OF
course, have the option OF demanding
his recall.
Attorney General Gregory to-day or
dered that the hearing of the alleged
Austrian spy, Adolph or August
Ortolph, as he at various times gives
his name. should take place tomorrow;
Artolph is accused of having maps and
drawings of United States forts, light
houses and other structures in his pos
session. The arrest occurred Friday
in Jacksonville.
Should it be proved that the inten-
ton of Ortolph was to give to Ger
many or Austria secret military infor-
nation, the only punishment when
could be imposed, as this country IS
not at war with either, would be fne
of 81, 900 and one years imprisonment.
The combination OF these two Is the
maximum penalty provided by law
enacted as recently as 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
The Herald.

No one in this country has been in
ignorance of the great effort being
made by Germany TO bend the United
States TO her will. The elaborate
scheme to run" this government from
Berlin has been known to all men, and
"The World" has performed good SER
vice in producing documentary proof.
Proof is what is needed at this time.
Our government was to be bullled
and threatened and our foreign policy
was TO be made in Germany" Where
the Kaiser touch" could swing Ameri-
cans susceptible to fattery the Kaiser
touch" was applied. Where the clink
of coin would prove effective the coin
clnked.
So it went. It is a revelation which
should stir this government to action.
The Germans appear to have assumed
that President Wilson would tolerate
anything. The exposure should 90 on
and there should be house cleaning
in the diplomatic corps. For this mat
ter goes at the very heart Of national
decency and national seif-respect.
This government must be conducted
by Americans and not by Germans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
GERMANS PAYING HUGE
PRICES FOR FOODSTUFFS
Offering Three Times Normal
Values for Rumanian Goods.

Paris, Aug. ia delayed Havas dis
patch, filed at Bucharest on Saturday,
says that Austrian and German agents
at points along the Rumanian frontier
are paying three times the normal
prices for wheat, corn, hay, fax, peas
and beans exported from that country.
This is the result Of heavy export taxes
placed on Rumanian agricultural prod
ucts on Saturday, following the action
of the government on the previous day
in removing the prohibition against
sending certain food supplies out Of
the country.
The export tax amounts to 400 to
1000 francs $3.50 to 5000 on a carload
and from 200 to 500 francs on a farm
wagon load.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
LAWYER TO PUT
LID ON WAR AID
CA. Oberwager Will Cen
sor CargoeS and Start
Suits for Peace.

Charles A. 0berwager, attorney for
-, .o.eaUed National Labor Peace
c,r,eil. IS about 10 stop the exporta-
10, Of arms 20 Europe. As the al
,.,.s representative Of 100000 work
=, !, the United States, he intends to
- ,s censor Of the cargoes Of all
',.,mers going 20 the allied nations.
ms how many Of the 100000 sup
,orters claimed by Mr.. C5erwager are
,ssUy behind him is not known. sam
ri Gompers already has asserted that
- American Federation OF Labor re-
.,3;s.es any association with the peace
s..r,,iI Nevertheless. whether he Is
,v0rorted by organized labor or not,
~ Oberwager is about roll up ms
,'ssves and rnsh this war, right OF.
we will supper, President Wilson
b., his patriotic efforts said the peace
.,greil's lawyer yesterday, and then
rsrt on 10 prove this by asserting that
10 wopld eu6eayor during the coming
rssk 70 obtain from state or Federal
,ourts iniunc,louS against all steam
shin companies 20 prevent the snip
-e1t Of further arms 10 the Alles.
Having done this, he will further hold
10 The Chief Executives proclamation
n neutrality by proving that the Lusl-
tsnia was an armed cruiser of t-e Brit
Isl government. and by bringing a
$4,000 suit against the Cunard Line
ior her destruction. Just how Mr..
0bsrwsCer was Affected by the disas-
,sr 70 The extent Of g quartz Of a
-ilIon dollars is not known.
There is 2 existence" the lawyer
declares, ian organized system, fos-
tered by mel VINO p~o4t by the war, 70
violate the laws. Labor's National
Peace Council viii request the Presi-
dent 70 call Congress in special SEES
sion and demand an immediate lnvestl-
cation TO be held before proper tri-
bgnal as 70 ne violation of interna-
iionsl law and Federal statutes.
IN the legal work I shall associate
with Frank S. Nonnett and H. Robert
Fowler"
Nr. Fowler is q 70. er United States
representative from Illinois. He was
at one time 3 supporter OF David La
mar. the "Wolf Of Wall Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
The Sun.

"The World" properly describes the
process of intrigue and bribery in the
guise of subsidy as the Sowing broad
cast the seeds of treason throughout
the United States" That is what il
is; the seeds of treason, but not tres-
son just at present.
II is so easy to acquire a dangerous
habit during recognized period of
immunity that we implore our fellow
citizens who sympathlze strongly and
naturally with the German cause. and
who are not overpart.cular as TO the
form in which their sympathies eX-
press themselves, to ponder well the
slightness of the transition by which
deeds and words now legally immune
may suddenly become the deeds and
words of crime for which the pun
ishment is death.
The chief cndeavor of the foreign
sewers of the seeds of treason is now
to influence the vote of American citi-
zens and members of the American
Congress against the declared policy
of the American government with re-
gard to the export of munitions of
war. This policy has been stated with
Incompatible clearness, and its basis
in international law and in national
right has been demonstrated with I'M
answersbe force in Secretary Lam
sings reply TO the Austro Hungarian
protest. The evidence OF German Off
cial participation in an organized at
tempt to influence the American vote
for pro-German military advantage is
already hundred times stronger than
that which impelled President Cleve-
land, in October of 1888, to instruct
Secretary Bayard to send to Lord
Sackville, the British Minister at
Washington, the communication, in
closing his passport.
And Sackville Vests objectionable
conduct" as described by President
Cleveland in his message to Congress a
couple of months later, was "interfer-
ence by advice and counsel with the
SURFACES of American citizens in the
very crisis of the Presidential election
then near at hand"
No sower of the seeds of treason was
poor Lord Sackville, nor were there
sewers of the seeds of treason in the
ministerial family dwelling in his lega-
ton; yet Sackville got his passports
and Sackyille went.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
Keppler Denies German
Money Spurred Strikers

John J. Keppler, vice president Of
he International Association of Ma
ehinlsis, who has been so active in
-rnsttutlng the aight-hour day in New
England factories, denied yesterday
nat ne was the mysterious OK" alluded
70 IN some Of the correspondence pub
"shed m THE World"
knew Of this matter a week ago"
ne SAID yesterday. "A man came here
ana asked ne about il. | told him
mere are many men whose names begin
YIN h, and If any man tried to iden-
.'y me with This affair he would have
a9'tle with my lawyers.
me only man / know whose name
Ias been mentioned is McLane, and |
olly Know him casually. | have never
sa approached directly, or otherwise,
I'm me offer Of money or through
eAy other Influence TO aid the Ger
-.anS' All the kaiser's money will not
Event our men from working now
ne. they have the eight-hour day.
'.as was wha. they wanted. The best
~ mat there is nothing to the idea
u, uermans influencing the strike is
Ia we are working with the Anal
..Sa.naied Association Of Engineers for
;ls elght-hour day. And that is a Brit
'a Organization"
q; opeakng Of a suggestion Of an abor-
attempt on the part of a group of
E.iimens 70 purchase The Evening
). ). Mcclure said during the
80 inns effort had no connection with
-. 80 purchase OF The Mail by its pres
s 81. owners. Not a single person inter
A. s,'eo IN That effort has a share of stock
v. collar Of money in The Mail
-. McClure also sent out a copy of a
;,..eF ne wrote 10 DR.. Edward Rumely
- before THE Nail" was recently
g-'Vhased. Il deals with Mr.. McClure's
-I S.., OF a newspaper.
william BaSard Hale and William T.
W,O1me' both Of whom figured IN "The
EO'la expose. would say nothing.
81 Serome sent out word he would
,1,ne nothing 70 say now nor in the
Are Dr. Constantine Dumba, the
80 ssIo- hungarian Ambassador. was
SeSu. a. a. me 81 Regis to be absent from
'tS York City.
M point was made yesterday by
y, UI ne Leon. French lawyer. that
N. ieTeek had violated Section 5 of
Act OF March 4. 1909. relating TO
,os.,nlhai correspondence with foreign
g..eIhments." when he wrote to DR..
P,,Lnneh Albert in regard to ."The
no Hetand." The offense is punishable
nv. n0t more than $4,000 fine and not
thsn three years Imprisonment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17

the payment of British gold TO infiu-
ence public opinion here were them
selves taking German money in pay
ment for their services.
As vet there is some remaining doubt
"a TO whether the disclosures call for
action by the Federal District Attor-
news. IL is plain that our laws have
been violated The propsgandists have
seemed to feel that where the imperial
interests were involved our statutes
might be set at naught. The Depart
ment of Justice has not been alto
gether idle, and it is understood that
it is considering whether the evidence
il has accumulated will furnish suf-
ficient proof in criminal actions. How
ever that may be. the propagandists
have had their warning. Their work
should stop and stop now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
FIND BIG LEAKS
AIDING GERMANS
Continued from page I

with the conditions as outlined, it
would be impossible 70 bring any
charge of piracy, but that any person
or persons, whether protected under
ordinary circumstances by the embassy
relationship or not, who had given in
formation to the German Admiralty
which led 10 the destruction OF the
Lusitania were guilty of murder in the
first degree as accessories before the
fact.
"On April 80, the day before the
sailing of the Lusitania. a number of
messages were sent from Nauen to the
German Embassy and from the embassy
TO the German government with regard
TO certain ciphers alleged to have been
sent by the ambassador in previous
messages, but which, as a matter Of
fact, had never been sent. The Jour
raps' files fail to reveal any such num-
bcrs as those indicated or any attempt
TO reply 20 such messages. In other
words, the German Foreign Office, in
asking for alleged repeats of previous
messages, was really sending code
messages in disguise.
con May 4 a wireless message ar
rived at Sayville signed "Ernestine'
and addressed to 'Nordmann, Room
500. II Broadway. This message said:
"'Has father received letter seven
teen?
"The "Nordmann' referred to is the
rame Captain Boyd uses in New
York and the address given is his
secret room in that city.
Code to Evade Ccnsors.
con May Nauen sent to Sayville a
service message marked No. 81 and
purporting to give list of messages
received by it complete on the pre-
vious day. Among these appeared the
words '275 ambassador 284 bredOw.'
"Ten minutes later a wireless mes
sage was received from the German
Foreign Office addressed to the German
Embassy, stating; We will repeat
wireless message No. 81 if still neces-
sary.'
"To this last message no answer was
sent, but the fact that message No. 81
posed as a service message is cOnclu-
sive proof that the German govern
mont was using this method of cooling
messages in order to evade censors.
ION the evening of May the Ger
man Admiralty sent a wireless mes
sage to the German Embassy as fol-
lows: Boyd and Moller awarded
iron cross of second class. Inform
Moller.'
"Why the government decorated
Captain Boyd with the iron cross
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
The World.

While the German government has
been substituting a propaganda ip the
United States to prevent the sale of
munitions Of war to the Allies, German
agents in the United States have been
purchasing war supplies for the use of
Germany.
The American people have no griev-
ance against Germany because Of these
enterprises. Germany has a right to
buy ammunition and equipment in this
country. But, taken in connection with
the bitter campaign of sedition and race
hatred which the German government
has instigated in the name of fraudu
lent neutrality, the hypocrisy of this
Teutonic proceeding makes the offence
smell to heaven.
The governments reply to the Aus
trian note protesting against the trade
in war supplies comes at the psyche
logical moment. Mr.. Lansng's citation
of the many instances in which Ger
many and Austria have sold munitions
of war to belligerents, even to Great
Britain during the Boer War, when the
Boer Republics were isolated as Ger
many and Austria are now isolated,
could have been made still more strik-
ing had the State Department had &C
cess to the documents in possession of
The World The Secretary of State
might have said that Austria was ask
ing the United States to prevent !egi-
innate American traffic in which Ger
many is one of the purchasers, and that
the Austrian note was in effect de-
mand that the United States decree a
double violation of neutrality, with one
rule for Germany, which is operating
secretly, and one rule for Germany's
enemies, which are buying in the open
market.
German money and German intrigue
have done much to muddle sentimental
lists and mushy-minded Americans as 20
the moral obligations Of their govern
ment in respect TO the sale of NUM-
tions OF war In the light of "The
Worlds" revelations, it is time that
these people gave serious consideration
to their own moral obligations toward
their government. Are they pro-Amer-
lean, or are they pro-German?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
DISGUISE DESTROYER
As A SUBMARINE
Navy Men Paint Periscope and
Raiders Outlines on McDon-
ough for War Game.

Newport, R. l., Aug. 16.-The torpedo
boat destroyer McDonouGh presented
strange appearance when she slipped
out of the harbor to-day to join in
the Atlantic fleet war game off Block
Island Black paint had been used over
the battle gray sides of the destroyer
to form the outlines Of a submarine,
and the shape of a periscope was
painted on the middle funnel. Shore
observers found the illusion effective at
a comparatively short distance.
Other destroyers have been painted
with black and white squares, which
serve to obscure their outlines. The
new coverings will be given tests IN
action during the war game, which is
to continue for week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17

two days before the sinking of the
Lusitania is not known.
ut is interesting to note that on
May 10 Captain Boyd sent the fol-
lowing dispatch to the chief of the Ad-
m rally staff of Berlin:
1.-The Lusitania had 5,400 cases OF
ammunition on board
1.-TWO days later, on May IL, the Ger
man Foreign Office sent an order TO
the German Embassy in Berlin over
the Sayville wireless:
"'Please communicate with the State
Department that German government
knew that on present voyage Lusita1ia
carried 5,400 cases of ammunition
"As matter of fact these wireless
messages prove that the German bov-
eminent did not know Of this item Of
the Lusitania's cargo until it was mott
fed of the fact by Captain Boyd,
three days after the Lusitania was
sunk.
To Finance Longshoremen's Strike.
with regard TO the German plot to
finance strike of 'longshoremen, t is
learned to-day that the government has
in its possession all the facts concern
ing this propaganda. The sum to be
paid by the German Embassy for the
creation of this strike was S1,700,000,
and arrangements were made with the
leaders of the 'longshoremen' Union
pledging to every striker $40 week as
long as the strike lasted.
"All the material with relation to
this matter, including the names of the
men involved, is now in the possession
of Secretary of Labor Wilson, who has
been investigating the entire subject
through the Secret Service for several
weeks.
"The Secret Service has in its pos
session facts which prove beyond any
question that a great part Of the Ger
man propaganda argued among the
mobs that gather at certain wei! known
meeting places on the streets of New
York is directly fomented and paid for
by German interests. A number of
these agitators, all of them Germans
and Austrians, have been traced di-
rectly 10 the Offices of George Sylvester
Viereck, editor of The Fatherland,'
from whom, the government officers
state, they have received money for
their services.
Last week the government was able
to secure possession of a bag of docu-
ments which had been left in charge
of a high German Secret Service Off
cal. These documents reveal a great
deal Of information of startling char
acter, and also connect the Hamburg
American Line ,ctly with the Ger
man plots that have been carried on IN
this country. They prove conclusive
Is. among other things, that Captain
Koeng, chief disbursing agent of the
Hamburg American Line, has been
handing out most of the money in con-
nection with the various plots and
schemes that have been operated from
New York City by the German En-
bassy."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
u. S. MARINES WASHED
OVERHEARD, DROWNED
Gale Off Florida Sweeps Men
on New Hampshire Into Sea.

Washington, Aug 1.-two American
marines were washed overheard from
the battleship New Hampshire and
drowned yesterday wnile the ship was
sailing through a gulf hurricane, south
of Florida. No damage 70 the New
Hampshire or Louisiana, which are pro-
ceeding to Southern waters, was re-
ported.
The marines were James Franklin
Robinson and Bardie Wayne Ray. Rob-
inson's mother lives in Urichsvlle,
Ohio. Rays residence is given as Mis-
sissippi. The bodies were not re-
covered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
PRESIDENT CANCELS
CABINET MEETING
Other Business PostpOnes De
fence Conferences.

Washington Aug. 10 President
Wilson has cancelled to-morrow's regu-
lar Cabinet meeting. as well as his
usual Tuesday conference with the
Washington correspondents.
The President had planned TO see
Secretary Daniels and Rear Admiral
William s. Benson, chief Of operations,
today on the question of national de-
fences, but postponed the meeting be-
cause Of other business. Later this
week the President will see Secretary
Garrison. Neither Secretary Daniels
hor Secretary Garrison has completed
ts report on national defence for
which President Wilson Is waiting.
The President has made engage
nsnts which viii keep him in Washing
ION for a. least another week. The in
aestions are ne may not go back TO
Cornish before September l.