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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-28

Manhattan boasts of a six-acrc playground for
her school kddies. the only town in the state
boasing large Last gardening
and handwork conducted and most creditable
crops produced by the youngsters. The tract
laid out by professional landscape gardener
and in time will be a thing of beauty.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-28

The farmers Of Hopsonve have organized a
local society along the lines Of community club
with view to local betterments. They will
operate with the Forsyth organization in working
for the general good of the county. Monthly
meetings are scheduled.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19

as the Savannah line. The City of Memphis, of 5.252 tons gross, sailed from New York January 23, carrying 9,653 bales of cotton, valued at $600,- 900. This she delivered at Havre, France, and was on her way home in ballast, when sunk. Her captain was L. P Borum, of Norfolk, Va.
 While on her last voyage from New York, the City of Memphis was halted off the Scilly Islands January 20 by a German submarine whose captain de- manded to see the papers she carried. A mate went aboard the u-boat and was informed that inasmuch as she was American and carried a contra band cargo, she ought to be sunk, but because America and Germany were on friendly relations, she might pro- ceed.
 The crew of the Vigilancia com prised of 45 men, of whom 21 are Americans, including Capt. F. A Middleton. Two of the 21 were natu- ralized and one had his first papers There were also five Porto Ricans and one Filipino in the fireroom force Captain Middleton is New York man.
 When sunk, the Vigilancia was under charter to the Globe line. The Vigilancia registered 4,115 tons gross
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
CITY OF MEMPHIS
 SUNK OFF CARDIFF

London, March 18.-The American steamship City of Memphis, which left Cardiff Friday, in ballast for New York, was sunk Saturday, when she left port.
 The City of Memphis had the Stars and Stripes painted on both her sides. She encountered the submarine about 5 o'clock Saturday evening. The Ger man commander ordered the captain of the steamer to leave his ship with in 15 minutes. The entire crew enter ed five boats, and the submarine then fired torpedo which struck the ves- sel on the starboard side, tearing a great hole. through which the sea poured. The steamer settled down quickly, and foundered within a few minutes.
 During the night the boats became separated, and at o'clock Sunday morning three boatcrews were picked up by a patrol vessel, and landed. These boats contained B men, most ly Americans. All the officers are Americans. The officers believe that the other boats will be rescued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
WHY TAFT GOES SOUTH.

New York. March 1S.-Former Pres ident Taft's tour through eight states of the South and Southwest. begin ming at Richmond. March 21 and end ing at Oklahoma City March 29, will not be his first trip to that region, but it will be the most important visit he ever made there. For, with the hearty cooperation of eight sovcr- nors, as many mayors, the same num- Der of chambers of commerce and long list of leading private citizens, the former president of the United States, who is now president of the League to Enforce Peace, will do all that is possible in so brief time to explain what the organization just mentioned is and what it seeks to accomplish.
 Briefly stated, the points are these: The League to Enforce Peace is not yet a League" but an organization to promote a league of nations to Dc
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
COACH MCCONNELL
 QUITS UNIVERSITY

Fayetteville, March 1S.-T. T. Me- Connell who has been director of athletics in the University of Arkan- sas for the past two years, has re- signed the position. Mir. Mcconnell, who is specialist in agriculture, be- ing graduate of the college of a2ri- culture of Purdue university, will re- tire from athletic work and will un- dertake the management of two large plantations owned by his father near Springfield, Mo.
 President Futrall stated today that Mr. McConnells successor had been selected, but that no announcement could be made until few minor de- tails had been agreed upon. The new director is said to be man of national reputation, member of All-American teams and graduate of one of the largest universities.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19

cover from his injuries although he was hurt internally, suffered severe wounds about the head. and sustained a bad fracture of the right leg.
 Mr. Verdue, and young man named Owens, also of Star City, were in the car, with Marvin Norton of LaddtoWn, a merchant there, and Mr Morton was driving. The car was coming down a hill about two miles from Star City, at a rapid rate, when the driver lost control, the machine turning a somersault and landing n the ditch. MT. Norton was badly hurt also, but it is. not believed his condition is serious Owens was only slightly bruised.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
ILLINOIS WAS OIL BOAT.

Port Arthur, Texas, March 1S.- Customs house records here show sixteen Americans among the officers and crew of the tank steamer Illi- nois. All gave their residence as Port Arthur.
 The Illinois was in command of Captain H. lverson The Illinois left here February IF, with a cargo of oil
 for London. She was on her return
 voyage from London, when she was ] sunk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
STAR CITY MAN HURT
 WHEN AUTO TURNS OVER
Robert Verdue Suffers Internal In. juries When Car SOmersaults
 While Descending Hill.

Robert Verdue, aged 23, a we'll known citizen of Star City, was brought to the Clark sanitarium here yesterday afternoon from Star City, in the Holderness automobile ambu- lance, and is suffering with serious injuries received near Star City T an automobile accident yesterday af- ternoon.
 The Holderness ambulance made the trip in 40 minutes, which speaks plainly again of the very great value of good roads to the individual, IS we'll as to the community.
 It is believed MT. Verdue will re-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
WAS STOPPED BEFORE.
City of Memphis Had Been Allowed
 to Deliver Cargo of Cotton.

New York, March 18.-Forty- eight men who are Americans by birth or naturalization, and nine others, sev- eral whom are believed to be natura. lizedAmericans, comprised the crew of the American freight steamship City of Memphis, reported from Lon don today as having been sunk by shell fire.
 The vessel itself is valued at $600,- 900, and is owned by the Ocean Steamship company, commonly knowr
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
CONGRATULATE CLARY.

Little Rock, March 1S.-While Alder man Ben D. BrickhOuse has been ap- pointed state labor commissioner, J. C. Clary will not retire until April l..
 One of the appointments to be made by Commissioner Brjckhousc soon after assuming office will be that : state boiler inspector, an office erea by the last legislature Mr. Clafy Na5 active in securing the passage Of the law, and has received numerous mes sages of congratulatlon upon the part he took in the matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
$50O,O00 IN JEWELRY DISAPPEAR

Los Angeles. Cal, March 1S.-Po- lice were asked to aid in the recovery of a pearl necklace, valued at ap- proximately $500,O00, which was re- ported as stolen from Mrs. Frank Sul- livan Smith of New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19

formed after the close of the present war for the purpose of malntainlng the future peace of the world, so far as that is humanly possible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19

Washington, March 1S.-ConsuI Frost at Queens town, reporting the sinking of the American City of Memphis, said 49 survivors have been picked up and that admiralty vessels searching for eight missing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19

The worlds rarest plant is the sil- ver-sword, a species of cactus that grows only on the most inaccessible slopes of volcanoes in Hawaii.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
GERMANY PR0V0KES WAR WITH U. s.
 BY SINKING THREE AMERICAN SHIPS
Continued from page oncA

reason of Germany fragrant assault American ships Such action would be subject to the approval of congress
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
BINGHAM WAITS
FOR NEXT MOVE

WILMINGTON, North Carolina,
Sept. 24-Dr. Charles E. Nesbitt,
county health officer, acknowledges
today that he had issued a permit for
the exhumation of the body of Mrs.
Robert Worth Bingham He explain
ed that the reason he had withheld in
formation was that he had been told
by those seeking the permit that they
thought crime had been committed.
LOUISVILLE, Sept 24-Robert
Worth Bingham and his friends are
today awaiting the next move of those
who, according to statement given
out last night by counsel for Judge
Bingham. in the early hours of last
Tuesday morning, caused the body of
his former wife, formerly Mrs. Hen
ry M. Flagler, to be exhumed, an au-
topsy performed and some of the vital
organs removed and sent to New York
after which the body presumably was
re-interred
The statement issued last night by
Judge Bingham's attorneys contained
the first definite assertion that Mrs.
Bingham's body had been exhumed.
The exhuming of the body was car
ried out surreptitiously and without
notice to Judge Bingham, the state
ment said. adding 'It belongs to the
public to form its own opinion of this
CHASTITY drama.
After reciting that when Mrs. Bing-
ham became i'll three physicians had
been called in attendance, the state
ment adds that when two weeks be-
fore her death her condition apparent
ly became serious, her brother, Will
liam R. Kenan. was sent for and came
to Louisville. He and Mrs. Bingham s
sister who was called to Louisville a
few days later, were informed of the
measures that had been taken and
gave their approval, the statement
asserts.
In its concluding paragraph the
statement says if whispered suspi-
cion shall end in the making Of charg-
es, the charges will then be met with
facts"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24

Prince Hatzfeldt was an official of
the German embassy.
The Hamburg American Lines bu-
reau of investigation. the committee
states "an innocent pretending agen-
cy was at the outset the secret service
Of the Hamburg American Steamship
Company. Under Paul Koenig, it's
manager, it became an adjunct of the
German diplomatic secret service. A
letter dated July 20, 1915 from 20.
R." one Of its operatives to 1000"
characterized by the committee as
Capt Won Papen, former German
military attache,) tells OF the pay
ment of $50 to an unnamed person,
under peculiar precautions after the
recipient had made this statement:
81 intend to cause serious damage
to vessels of the allies leaving ports
of the United States by placing bombs
which | am making myself, on board.
These bombs resemble ordinary humps
of coal and am planning to have
them concealed in the coal to be lad
en- on steamers. of the allies"
Money apparently went from Ger
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
Pershing Endorses Tobacco Use;
Palladium Smoke Fund at $l7O.25

Everybody has some habit. Habits
stamp and leave their impress on
mankind land womankind) from the
cradle to the grave.
I'VE. from the cradle of our coun-
try's history, formed and acquired the
habit of demanding and fighting for
liberty for ourselves and for those
weaker sister nations unable to fight
and win liberty for themselves. This
habit has grown on US to such an ex
tent that we are now fighting that
the entire world shall enjoy that same
liberty which our forefathers fought
for and won for us, and which has
been the magnet during the past CEN
tury or more that caused enslaved
peoples the world over to flock to our
shores, that they and their offspring
might enjoy this God given gift.
"Our soldiers are already in Flan-
ders fighting for these principles, and
with them a habit acquired by nine
tenths of them-a habit that soothes
the troubled mind, brings peace and
comfort to the weary body and re-
stores snap and vim to the shattered
nerves That habit is SMOKING."-
Major-General John J. Pershing.
The biggest man in Americas fight
ing forces endorses the use of tobacco
among the American soldiers now in
France, and were he in America there
is little doubt that he would commend
the newspapers throughout the coun-
try that are conducting campaigns
similar to the Palladium Tobacco fund
for the Sammies' smokes.
A few people say that to allow the
American soldiers. to smoke Is detri
mental to their ability as fighters, but
it has been found that just the re-
verse is true. Nine-tenths of the men
in France are smokers and every
smoker knows that to give up the
weed would require some time and a
lot of discomfort.
The next time you buy that supply
of cigars for Sunday or get new
humidor of tobacco for your favorite
"house-pipe" think of the boys in
France who cannot even buy tobacco,
and send your contribution to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
America, Official Expose Develops

tee states, in letter found in the
Won Igel papers in cipher with inter
linear translation dated New York,
April II, 1916, numbered 335-16 and
inscribed at the top Very secret:
Judge Cohalan requests the trans
mission of the following remarks:
1.-The revolution in Ireland can on
ly be successful if supported from
Germany, otherwise England will be
able to suppress it even though it be
only after hard struggles. Therefore
help is necessary. This should con-
sist primarily of aeriafattacks In Eng
land and diversion of the fleet sumul-
taneously with Irish revolution. Then,
il possible, landing of troops. arms.
and ammunition in Ireland, and possi-
bly, some officers from Zeppelins. This
would enable the Irish ports be closed
against England and the establishment
of stations for submarines on the Ir-
ish coast and the cutting off of the
supplies of food for England. The ser
vices of the revolution, may therefore
decide the war
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24

man sources in the United States
through embassy channels to Sir Rog-
er Easement, the Irishman executed
in London.
John Dewey Named.
Several lines of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments," the statement continues.
John DeVoy, of New York. now ed
itor of the Gaelic American, a violent
ly anti-British paper. was one of the
active agents of this connection. Sig
nificant entries appear here and
there; references to messages from
the German embassy at Washington
and the German consulate at New
York; mention of a secret code to be
employed in communicating with him
and of cipher Dewey" also nota-
ton the details of which remain un-
discovered, concerning communities
ton re-manufactured hand grenades.'
The following reference to supreme
court justice Daniel F. Cohalan of
New York is contained. the commit
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
PROTECTION
OF AMERICA
ABUSED IN
BUCHAREST
Germans Hid Germs and Ex-
plosives in Garden After u.
S. Had Assumed Charge of
Their Affairs.
REPORTED BY ENVOY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-Germany
, "shamefully abused and exploited" the
protection OF the United States by Sc
creting in the German legation at
Bucharest, after the American govern
ment had taken charge of Germany's
affairs at the Roumanian capital,
quantities Of powerful explosives for
bomb plots and deadly microbes, with
instructions for their use in destroying
horses and cattle. This was revealed
by Secretary Lansing
1t was another of the series of Mr..
Lansings disclosures of German in
trigue, made public without comment
In the same manner as the Won Lux
burg kilograms which have brought
Argentina on the verge of war with
Germany, the Won Eckhardt letter
from Mexico City, and the Won Bern
storff telegram asking the German
foreign office for authorization to
spend $4,000 to Influence congress.
Told in Report.
The latest story is told in a report
to the state department by William
Whiting Andrews, secretary of the leg
alton at Bucharest, and letter from
Foreign Minister Porumbaru of Rou-
mania.
Parcels and boxes taken into the
German consulate at Bucharest with
display Of great precaution aroused the
suspicious of the Roumanian govern
ment. On Aug. 81, 1916, the evening
prior to the date of Roumania's dec
laration of war, some Of the cases
~ fhA
located In a different building from
the consulate.
Convinced that the boxes were not
taken away from the legation by the
German diplomatic mission upon it's
departure from Bucharest, the Rou-
manian authorities later ordered the
police to find and examine their con-
tents. The police communicated with
American Minister Vopicka, then in
charge of German interests, who reluc-
family assigned Secretary Andrews to
observe the search.
Found In Garden.
The boxes were found buried in the
garden OF the German legation.
Mr.. Andrews report says:
Upon my return from the examina-
tion which resulted in the discovery
of the explosives and of the box of
microbes, both Of which the legation
servants admitted having placed in
the garden, the former confidential
agent of the German minister, DR..
Bernhardt, who had been left with the
legation at the German minister's re-
quest to assist in the care of German
interests, admitted his knowledge of
the explosives placed in the garden,
told me that more were in the garden
than had been found, that still larg-
er quantity had been buried in the
house of the legation, and that still
worse things than this box of microbes
were contained in the legation. and
insinuated that they would have been
tcontInued On Page Nine.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
WAR LIBRARY
CAMP PAIGN ON

This Is War Library Fund cam
paign in Richmond
One million dollars is to be raised
in the United States to buy books for
men In military service.
Richmond's quota Is $1,000. A num-
Der Of organizations have volunteered
to help this campaign by organizing
a team Of ten persons Each team Is
expected to raise 800.
Mrs. Ada Bernhardt, who is in
charge Of the campaign, said Monday
that she was very much pleased with
the prospects. A number of persons
have voluntarily offered their services
or donated money, she said.
The county organization of the w.
G.. T. o. has asked Mrs Bernha11it
to meet with the society this week 10
make plans for its part In The cam
paign-
This campaign win not be q houss
to house canvass. An persons who
are willing to donate any sum TO this
cause are asked to turn It In at the
library or give It to any Of the or
ganizations that are canvasstng. Per
sons giving 81 will have their name
on a small coupon which will be past
ed in one OF the books given to the
soldiers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24

that Holland is merely a way station
for shipments of contraband into Ger
many. Here is official confirmation
from the Won Igel records which would
seem to indicate suspicious and con-
fidential relation between the Holland
commission and the German diplo-
matte officials accredited to this coun-
try. or possibly a belief by the Ger
mans that they could not successfully
get the munitions to their own coun-
try. The message in code with inter
linear translation Is entered as "A 2493'
and headed German embassy, Wash
ington, D. C. April s, 1916 1t runs as
follows:
Text Of Telegram.
Telegram from Berlin by secret.
roundabout way for Carl Heysen:
Consent sale Holland three hundred
thousand chests (cartridges) and two
hundred tons powder. Please get in
touch with Holland commission. Send
er, war minister, foreign office, in
representation
"'(Signed) HATZFELDT.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
INDEPENDENTS
MAY PUT UP
FULL TICKET
WITH BAVIS
Candidates for City Clerk
and Councilmen May Be
Brought Out in Fall Elec-
ton, 'Tis Said.
LEADER KEEPS MUM

A full ticket for the legislative and
executive offices Of the city may be
placed In the field by the Citizens.
party, 1t became known Monday.
While 1t was said no final decision
has been reached 1t Is believed TO be
almost certain that the full ticket VIII
be made up. for the purpose. It Is said.
Of furthering the candidacy Of Alfred
Bavis for mayor.
II 1t is decided to place the fun ticket
In the field for the election on NoTem-
Der Z. It will mean that candidates for
the office Of city clerk. and all city
councilmen will be brought out by the
Citizens party.
Feels Need Of Il
It Is also said that Bavis, feeling the
need Of full ticket, insisted that It be
made UP.
Bavis declined to say, however.
whether he had insisted upon It. He
admitted however that Citizens COM
mittee was considering the matter"
Il won't know definitely until some
time his week." he said. The ticket
will consist of candidates for all legfs-
lative and executive offices IL It is
placed In the field.'
In Hands Of Committee.
The question as to the adyisabiIity
is In the hands Of a Citizens commit
tee he said. He declined to say who
the members Of that committee are.
It was rumored Monday that It had
been definitely decided 70 put the
ticket out, and that action was taken
at a recent meeting. According to
Bavis several days ago, there has been
no meeting of the party, and no or
ganiBation has been perfected.
It Ia unknown who has been men
toned as candidates on the ticket.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24

WASHINGTON, Sept. -24.-Further
disclosures cf far reaching German
propaganda, intrigues and plots in this
country prior to the diplomatic break
with Germany were made today by
the committee on public information.
In bulletin styled Official Expose,
the committee quotes numberous let
ters ard extracts from letters seized
by the department of justice in April
1916 in a raid upon the New York
offices of Wolfe Won Igel. Won Igel,
In carrying on his manifold pro-German
and anti-American activities, the rudi-
ments show, was in constant touch
with the German embassy and with
Count Won Bernstorff, then the Ger
man ambassador to the United States.
I'm the form of letters, kilograms,
notations, checks, receipts, ledger,
cash books, cipher codes, lists of spies
and other memoranda and records"
the committee says, were found indi-
cations-in some instances of the
vaguest nature, in others of the most
damning conclusiveness- the Ger
man imperial government, through it's
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
Bernstorff Affair
"Highly Regrettable''
Says German Paper

LONDON, Sept 24.-In commenting
on the latest Washington disclosures
concerning the activities Of Count Won
Bernstorff, former ambassador to the
United States, the koelnische Volks-
zeitung according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuters, limited, says:
This affair, If true, has very dis
agreeable character, and it is highly
regrettable. The American govern
ment God knows how, was able to get
hold apparently of the whole col
lection of German diplomatic docu-
ments, which it is now exploiting
against us and Sweden.
What the state department remarks
about the relation between Won Bern
storff's policy and the U-boat war can
be recognized as a misleading inven-
tion by everyone who knows the his.
tory preceding the U-boat campaign %