Semi-weekly herald., 1915-12-06

about what the Republicans or Demo
Gratis may do. We are going straigh
ahead with the 1916 plans. The 191.
platform brought up to date will b,
the basis for the Bull Moose appes
to the voters.
Mr.. Perkins is planning to make I
popular appeal for campaign funds.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Henry Ford.
secretary admitted that perhaps
after all, they would be unable tt
get the boys out of the trenche:
by Christmas"
He said: "The whole expedition i:
really an attempt against the impos.
s:ble."
There is delirous activity at head
quarters, preceding the sailing of the
ship Friday.
Mr.. Ford is now in the city.
Newspaper men asked him how he
expected to get the men out of the
trenches by Christmas?" Mr.. Ford
said: I'VE will leave an information.
al court sitting at the Hague to which
any belligerent can turn when they
want peace"
Mr.. Ford said he would finance
the court to the limit.
CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 2.-G. w.
Ritter held here in connection with
the bomb and munition plant con-
spiracies, stated that he received
$500 for making an affidavit that
there was guncotton aboard the Lusi-
tania.
Ernest Ludwig, the local Austrian
consul admitted paying Ritter, but
aid it was for services and expenses
ard not for the affidavit.
Ritter today made a clean breast
of his connection with the various for
ejgn consuls and officials, saying
that they had forsaken him, and that
he was penniless.
Ritter tried to sell his liquid fire
invention to the British vice consul
IN Cleveland.
The consul admitted giving Ritter
small loans. He claimed that Rit-
TEL also tried to sell him informa-
tjon.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-In a scorch-
ing closing argument to the jury.
Prosecutor Wood called the four Ham
burg-American officials who are on
trial here for supplying German COM
merce raiders on the high seas,
"Whimpering patriots"
The prosecutor charged that Buenz
lied when he professed ignorance of
the details of the plot to falsfy the
clearance papers of the ships, and
said: "one supply ship without papers
IS like a pirate"
The defense attorney said: even
f the manifests are proven, the de-
PENDANTS are not guilty of conspiracy.
War is no crime. 1t means, evading,
tricking, eluding and deceiving the
enemy. Secrecy is essential to sup
ply ships. Even then the enemy got
all but one of them"
Attorney Rand for the defense
pleaded that patriotism inspired the
defendants.
The judge instructed the jury that
The fact that the cargoes were in
Tended for ships at sea should have
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The sentenc-
ing of the four Hamburg-American
officials whom the jury found guilty
Of the charge of supplying German
commerce raiders and falsifying the
clearance papers of their ships, will
be postponed until tomorrow at the
request of the defense.
The attorneys said they wished time
10 carefully prepare motions to set
aside the verdict on the grounds of
insufficient evidence and errors in the
the judges instructions to the jury
and in the arguments of the prose-
cution.
William Traverse. Jerome is asso-
ciated with the defense. He said:
The legal battle has just begun"
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. g.
Following the conviction of the Ham
burg-American officers, the New
York justice department is turning its
attention to the cases of the owners
and officers of the steamships Sacra-
mento and San Francisco, which will
come up for hearing on December II.
The charges are very similar.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a
prominent Washington diplomat who
came here in September, under an
assumed name was a higher up" in
| the bomb and munition plants on the
coast, according to hints by federal
authorities.
His indictment by the grand jury
is considered certain when the jury