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New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

HONOLULU, Dec. 16.-While the
ships band was playing lively tunes to
drown out all telltale sounds, the wire
less apparatus Of the German cruiser
Goier, at the time she was interned in
this harbor, relayed messages between
German agents in the United States
and Japan in furtherance Of plot to
embrol the two countries in war, ac-
ccrding to an article printed in The
Star Bulletin" here.
The article, which is published with
the authority of the United States
Naval Intelligence Bureau, declares
that the seal placed on the Geier's
wireless by the American government
was broken by the Germans in order
that the messages might be trans
mitted. This information was obtained
from the diary of Captain Grasshof OF
that vessel, the article states.
Grasshof's diary says that in No
vember, 1914. and February, 1917, mes
sages ordering widespread promulga-
tion OF reports that Japanese forces
were to land in Mexico and German
forces in Canada were handled by the
Geier's wireless. the operators working
night and day in order that there would
be no delay in the transmission of these
radiograms.
According to the diary, Count Won
Bernstorff, former German Ambassa-
dor to the United States, and Captains
Boy-Ed and Won Papen, his principal
aids, figured prominently in the plot.
George Roedik and H. A. Schroeder,
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

week has brought suffering not only to
the poor but to thousands of families
that never before had known a winter
hardship.
with the Great Lakes closed TO
navigation" said +. +. Loomis, presi-
dent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
"the railroads will be in a position to
food the city with coal"
Distribution Still Problem
Distribution remained the greatest
problem involving the coal that reached
the city yesterday and last night.
Street conditions, due to the storm,
were still bad, and many of the trucks
sent to the ships to receive the lighter
cargoes were stalled, so that dealers,
working under the direction OF fuel ad-
ministration officers we're able only 10
get coal to hospitals and other public
institutions whose supplies were low.
The problem OF getting coal 10 the
cellar men and small neighborhood
yards which supply the people of the
poorer quarters Of the city where the
fuel shortage caused the keenest suffer
ing, remains 10 be met to-day. The
street cleaning forces quit work at dark
last night. but Commissioner Fethers-
ton promised to have fifteen or twenty
thousand men at the task OF removing
snow to-day in The Bronx, Brooklyn
and Queens and on the East and West
sides. south OF Fourteenth Street.
OF the coal that reached the city yes
terday The Bronx received 1900 tons
FIVE lighter loads. Cyrus Miller. gov
eminent fuel administrator for that
borough, said last night that owing to
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
One Days Supply Rushed
From Jersey; More
to Come
Ample Stock Soon,
Says Railway Head
Distribution to Dealers
Only Problem To Be
Met, Officials Say

The coal famine that daily became
more menacing to New York City as
last week drew to a close was tempo
rarily relieved yesterday with the
ferrying to this side of the Hudson
from New Jersey of 10000 tons of fuel.
This is a days supply for the greater
city.
About $4,000 tons more are in the
New Jersey terminals, and vast gangs
of laborers, directed by railroad Of
ficials and boss stevedores, are at work
in shifts getting this into lighters.
Government and railroad officials said
that if the weather did not again inter
fere there would be no repetition of
the situation which during the last
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
By Frank B. Elser

Something over nine years ego-in
July. 1s0s-Wilhelm II, then and now
Emperor of Germany, sat on the deck
Of the imperial yacht Hohenzollern,
riding at anchor Of Bergen, Norway,
and talked with William Baysrd Hale,
thsn--a--higblxs..ss4pected American
writer of unquestioned attainment.
His majesty talked long--for two hours.
He had dined well, but not wisely. as
the saying goes. and his words came
with a rush, and they had sting to
them. He was an Emperor, but more
than that, he was human being, and,
as all human beings are wont at times
70 do, he was unburdening his heart,
telling, If you choose, what was on
his mind" venting long pent-up
spleen, airing his hatreds.
Hale listened, inwardly a-tremble,
outwardly calm. For although since
classed as q German propagandist Hale
has never been rated poor reporter,
and when he left the yacht he reasoned
that he carried with him the most
momentous interview ever accorded
journalist. And unquestionsbly it was.
II was full Of dynamite from start to
finish. 1t reeked with abuse Of Eng
land and King Edward; it slurred and
maligned the Catholic Church in Ger
many and elsewhere; ii damned tho
Japanese and the Anglo-Japanese slli-
ancc; it predicted the world war.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
New Gas Device Lifts
Ship From Sea Bottom

HAVANA, Dec. 16.-A successful
public demonstration Of new system
for raising sunken vessels was gwen
to-day at Regla. across the harbor trorH
Havana. where the siXty-ton two
masted barge Regla was brought to the
surface. 4;
Four specially constructed tanks oi-
vided into sections. one section con
tanning acid and the other water, were
attached TO the hulks by divers. When
ali was ready valve in eaen OF the
tanks was opened by means OF iines' -,
lowing the water in one sectioh 70
n,ix with the acid in the other Inc
gases thus formed expelled the wafer,
conyerting the tanks into buoys, Vhe
lifting power Of which was suineleht 70
brina The craft TO the surface ana
maintain il there. r. ~ -
Although only few feet OF one OF
the mnsts was visible above the water;
the moment the valves were opened
the barge began TO rise. and witnih
minute IL was floating erect
Officers OF the army "a navy VIII
messed the demonstrsF
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Rolshevik-Gernan
lArmistice Is Signed;
Peace Farley Starts
Guillotine Threat
Made by Trotzky for
Foes of Bolsheviki

PETROGRAD, Dec. 16.-The execu-
tive committee Of the Workmen's and
Soldiers delegates, by vote of $50
to l04, to-day approved a decree de-
claring the Constitutional Democrats
enemies of the people.
The Peasants Congress, by a vote
OF $50 TO 32l. denounced the arrest
OF members of the Constituent As
sembly and called upon the country
and the army and navy to defend
the Delegates with all their forces.
Trotzky. the Bolsheviki Foreign
Minister, in an address to his oppo-
nents, said to-day:
you are perturbed by the mild
terror we are applying 10 our enc
mics. But know that within month
this terror will take the terrible form
Of the French revolutionary terror
not the fortress but the guillotine."
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-"No eie-
r.ent in the military situation should
lead us to conclude that the initiative
in the West has passed from the Allies
TO the enemy" says Secretary Baker,
in his weekly review Of military opera
tons. made public tonight and devoted
largely to the German advertising OF
an impending great offensive.
During the period of the review
Cweek ending yesterday the general
military situation in the West has re-
mained unchanged the Secretary says.
"Rumors of great preparations on
the part Of the Germans with a view to
achieving some major strategic success
in the West continue TO reach ua.
Reports Of massed hostile concen-
tra.:ons in those sectors where the
enemy proposes to break through the
French front and roll back the allied
line on a broad scale are numerous.
BOLD Advertising
"Thc German higher command seeks
peace through victory. The enemy is
apparently very eager to have us be-
lieve that he is about to win such a
victory.
"For the last two years the Germans
have been on the defensive in the
West. The bold advertising Of an i'm
posing offensive on the part of the
enemy. while in the realm of pos
sibility and therefore should not
be neglected or overlooked, must in
no wise be interpreted 70 mean that
/ the increasing strength Of the hostile
I forces will result in any permanent
/ strategic advantage to the Germans.
Surveying the outlines of the gem
eral war strategy on all fronts, we lind
that both belligerents have been on
/ the offensive during the last six
months.
"The Central powers have taken the
/ initiative in the Eastern and Italian
] theatres; the Allies along the major
| front in the West, in Palestine, Meso-
potana and East Africa.
/ Gains in Italy
"Thc enemy has confined his efforts
| to advancing his lines along the Rus.
I sian front, resulting in the capture OF
| Riga. and then by well conducted Of
l fensive in Italy. with the assistance OF
an intensive political drive, gained a
marked strategic success in this sector
"The Allies, in the principal theatre
Of operations. the West, have been able
/ 10 record an almost uninterrupted
/ series Of tactical advantages, and IN
| snite of the concentration of prepon-
/ derant majority Of the most efficient
| German divisions, have gained consid-
erable terrain and taken large quota
Of prisoners. 49,
"In the outlying areas OF Mesopo-
famia and Palestine the British have
driven the enemy before them, and
,hejr offensive eliminated during the
week in the capture Of Jerusalem.
Though the capture OF the Holy City
/ cannot be held a principal military OBJ
( jective OF the campaign, so vigorously
pursued by General Allenby in this
/ theatre, the conquest Of Jerusalem will
have wide influence throughout the
Turkish Empire and will go
far toward reafiirming the prestige OF
the Allied powers throughout the
Orient.
Germany Anxious for Speedy Peace
Germany realizes the danger at
tendant ppou the waning of her in
huence in the East, and will therefore
be more anxious than ever TO conclude
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Revealed Himself as
Worlds Trouble Maker

In other words, Wilhelm II, ss far
back as 1908, had revealed himself as
the character in the role OF which he
now stands convicted--the worlds
trouble maker. As such England and
the rest Of the world might have ap-
praised him with more or less accu-
racy immediately the Hale interview
appeared in print. But the interview
did not appear. IL was suppressed.
The Kaiser had talked for publication,
but it was suppressed nevertheless
The Tribune is enabled now TO prescns
for the first time the true story OF the
suppression, together with a series OF
incidents bearing on the suppression
leading right up to the outbreak Of the
present war. Moreover, IL has estsb-
lished a fact that should be OF prime
interest to the Kaiser, 10 the Imperial
German Chancellor and to the late Ger
man Ambassador 70 the United States,
Count Johann Won Bernstorf. II is
this:
One printed copy Of the interview is
still extant, and in this country. Il is
in place where neither the German
government nor the United States gov
ernment is supposed 10 intrude Some
day il will be printed.
But TO go back TO the summer Of
1908, when Hale, the royal interviewer,
departed from the royal yacht mental.
ly bulging with the verbal high explc
siyes that he carried. What the Kaiser
had told him was not only astounding
in itself, but more so in view OF the
fact that the German people were then
indulging in r great hub-bub over an
interview the Emperor had a short time
before given to q representative OF
"The London Daily Telegraph" The
Kaiser's tongue was too loose, so folks
we're saying. Prince Won Buelow, the
then Imperial German Chancellor, was
of the same opinion, and the story goes
that he had obtained from his majesty
pledge against loose talk to guard
against just such an international SEN
sation that Hale was about to launch.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Kaiser's "Killed" Interview
Foretelling in 1908 World
War Rises From the Sea
Interned German Cruiser
Relayed Spy Messages
CAPTAIN Of the Geier Held Before War at Honolulu, Broke
Wireless Seal to Connect Agents Here With Plotters
in Japan, Paper Charges

former German consuls at Honolulu and
Manila. were also implicated. Both
pleaded guilty in San Francisco re-
Gently to completely in plot 20 estab-
lish a revolutionary government in
India.
A German secret agent known as
"K-17" was said in the diary to have
aided in the transmission Of these mes
sages, and also to have advised the
German government of the sailing time
of Danish vessels from here and else
where. The diary hints at plot TO
stir up revolts in China against the
British, in furtherance of which guam
titles of arms were supposed 10 have
been secretly buried in Shanghai and
Manila. Il also reveals supposed or
ders from the German Embassy at
Washington following the destruction
of the Lusitania 70 destroy German
vessels in American and insular ports,
as immediate war was feared. The
diary states that these orders were can
celled subsequently by certain III. V.
B." presumed to be Won Bernstorff, but
such cancellation came only after the
machinery in these vessels had been
destroyed
Orders TO the sailors of the Geier TO
return 10 Germany through the use of
false passports also we're issued, the
article states.
The article says that Grasshof was
court martialled after the discovery OF
the diary. and is now in solitary con-
finement pending his removal to Fort
Douglas, Utah.
on February 4. 1917, the Geier was
set afire by her crew and badly dam
aged. Afterward she was towed to the
Pacific Coast for repairs.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Kaiser Forms Department
Of NaUy for U-Boats

LONDON. Dec. l6.--An imperial de-
cree prescribing for the duration of
the war the formation of new Ger
man Imperial Navy Department to he
called the u-boat department has just
been published.
The new department deals solely
with U-boat affairs, which heretofore
have been handled by the dockyards
ection Of the navy.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
One Missing Man Was
NeU York Policeman

Corporal Frank Upton. one OF the
missing engineers, was the first New
York policeman, his wife said last
night, TO join the colors. He was small
in stature and was known as "the mid
get COP nom de'guerre which hood
lums of the Gashouse district came to
hold in deep respect. He Joined the
police force in 1900.
His home was at 25i West Twenty
second Street. His wife, three chill
dren and father are living there now,
all Of them confident that he has come
out on top somehow. He is thirty-nine
years old
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
IL Engineers
Among Missing,
Says Pershing
Most of Men Supposed
To Be Prisoners Were
Trapped at Cambria

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-Seventeen
enlisted men of the United States
army engineer corps were reported
missing in action by General Pershing
in dispatch to-day to the War De
partment. They were missing on No
vember 30, the day of the German turn
ing movement at Cambria, and are be-
lieved to have fallen into the hands OF
the Germans while fighting valiantly
with the engineer contingent which dis
tinguished itself helping the British to
check the attack.
The missing men, with their emerg-
ency addresses. are:
Sergeant PAUL ". SWENSoN. Mrs.
J. +. Swenson (mother), 366 Wads-
worth Avenue, New York City.
Corporal FRANK UPTON, Mrs. Jane
Upton (wife), All West Twenty
fourth Street, New York City.
Privates
SOLOMON GOLDWETTER. Miss
Rose Perlstein (friend), 81 East
18th Street, New York City.
GEORGE II. J. SEAMAN, Mrs. Anna
Seaman (mother), Woodhaven, L.
l., New York.
DALTON RANLET. Danlet VI. Ranlet
(father), ll5 Forty-fourth Street,
Corona, New York.
CHARLES A. GEOGHEGAN, Mrs.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Austria's Seventh Loan

:, ihNlNA. Dec l6 (via Amsterdam 49,
4 e.sssoroing % provisional estimates,
~ .VVV oo5 krcncn ($l,i60, 200 ,000)
~ been subscribed ~ the seventh
atsAFisn war loan.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Truce for 2S Days
Can Be Extended
Prohibition of Move
ment of Teuton Troops
Too Late To Be
Effective

Berlin lvia London, Dec 16.-An
,,ris,iee agreement between the
pJ,bsyisi government in Russia and
=, Teytonic allies was signed at
p,,...ri,ovsk Saturday. according to
oHcial communication issued to-day.
Tss srmistce becomes effective at
,oo, Monday. and is to remain in force
mil January Il.
proyision in the srmistice agree
n.,t is that peaee negotiations are to
heir Immediately after the signing OF
The srmisticc.
The text Of the communication says;
An armist.ce agreement was signed
., gr.s,.Litoysk yesterday by plenipo-
..,,iarv r.Drcsertatiycs Of the Russian
rpper Army Administration on the one
ts7d and those Of the Upper Army
Administration OF Germany, Austria
punra-v. Bulgaria and Turkey on the
other hand.
~The arm.succ begins at noon De-
,,mber g.. and remains in force until
January u. 1918. Unless seven days
-,.;ee is given. 8. continues in force
;g.onatcaNy It extends 70 all the
lsaa. sr and naval forces OF the COM
non fronts
easee-dinc 10 Clause . Of the treaty,
.....:...or. o~o % beeir irme-
'-"'e -.
cisie.y u-ei tAe signing OF Nn "i ''''S
ties."
prTpoCpAD Dec. 16.-Announce
s... b.. .to Po1sbo,.i.,
"tnl "0S maui -.,
chcisl news agency that RUSSIA anu
German, had agreed upon the terms Of
ni.....
Clause as 10 Troop Transfer
..i..... .o,st;tr,irc
iHe hu, Ia" tso-'' petr;,'
me sih'i,'IC -'iiI,Ni-tee i'-:,. -,
Sfsh nave aqN.9eu u. tuc Po.tuv Iotsi.,,.n tbst
lnoIlties al ine enly'n{ .-;.L IHsSi.I, .ho c.
stise'ne"5 N9s IesSi.eu s. 80, +be +rsns-
ler o. troops. It was 70 TINS eHec1' .
hind foo~soIves urfiI December 80,
iei7 NOV s+v,e January 12. 1879 not
IN ssrr, ON onarstire military trans
fsrs On .5e fror- IRON, the Baltic TO
tbe Rlect Scs evcro. such transfers
=, ,rrrs sf-s,g,. beau- mn TO the mo-
r.,. N s.,-rrrc -bi. agreement"
-, T,.,.i,l-l. q, ..or1r,s,do, i'm chief
~ tbe s-mv. I'm a reclamation ad-
lrcssed to aIl the Inv commands on
'sB,to frort. and tbo military rcvolu-
.iorsr,. ror,r,i,,.~- ~oYoyrces that in
,srseoYorr, ~ trc s.c,rirc of inc ar
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Won Buelow at Once
Planned to Intercept II

Learning then with what frsnkness
and indiscretion tho Emperor bad
talked to the Ame, lean writer. ths
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
w z A T H E r

Light snow to-day. Continued cold.
Tomorrow fair and cold. Mod
crate northwest winds.
ruiI Report on Page
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-07-28
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

TO the property of Little River unity, Arkansas:
VIII endeavor to explain that was
passed by our last General Assembly, This provides
lows towit
That will have township each and ever,
township to meet with the of
township - ~
personal or real property must meet the County Assessor
two township Assessors while township If anyone fails
TO meet the board of while session Township
III WHICH, lhey i've VIII become delinquent and the Board
assess all property and charge per per
penalty on both personal and real If any
land in township in county file list of such land
with the County Assessor either Township Assessors
or before the first day said board shall
snail be declared delinquent and shall duty Board
OF to make such list and property and
they shall ax penalty of per you own property in
more than one township will either have Board
WIN he county Assessor or either member Of the Township
SCISSORS or before the first that they in session in
the township in which such property located
h we VIII nave assess said lands and charge per
penalty against same This will be assess lands and
dont fail to bring DEEDS you will
be at the following places opposite for the
auon IN Little River County for the year 1917:
LICK Greek Township Oak Hill Church. Monday Tuesday,
June 18th and 9Th.
Red River Twp, Wednesday June Saturday June 9th
FRANKLIN Twp Davis school house, Mon.
1Aiueh Wp Arden Mon Tues and We'd, June 49, 10
Arlnda Twp Arkinda, Thurs and Friday 81 %
jackson Twp, Union Gin, Saturday June 90
burke 1wp AHene Mon lues and We'd June 25 26 and 81.
Cleveland Twp Wilton, Thurs Sat- June % 20 and 80
Caney Twp, Cerro Gordo Monday July g.
Caney Twp, Pauley school house. Tuesday JULY 8
Jeff Davis Twp. Miller School House, Wednesday july T.
JeH Davis Twp Jones School House, Thursday July
Little River Twp, Winthrop, Fri Sat Mon. July G. and g.
chand Twp Richand church, Tuesday and Wed july H. 49,
Gcnand Twp I CTlten Ridge Monday July IS
Jefferson Twp Ashdown Court House. july 20 to Tues 81
Don't fail to meet the board the township
in which live If do you will delinquent and will
be harged with % per cent penalty both
and real estate
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-07-28
.NRiEN NEWS

Arden, July 27.-(SpeciaD-Mrs
Gus Phillips and son have returned to
their heme in st. Paul after a visit
with parents here
Miss Leona Wyle of Dallas is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Davis.
Misses Hattye and Elsie Locke o.
Lockesburg are visiting their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs r. S. Davis.
Miss Hazel Perkins OF Ashdown
spent Wednesday and Thursday here.
Mrs. Phillips is visiting her son
Gus at st. Paul.
Chas. Perry was in AshdoWn Thurs
day.
Hal Perkins ana Earl Adams were
here from Ashdown Wednesday.
Miss Elizabeth Bagby is visiting he.
mother near Richmond
Miss Jackson and friends were here
Wednesday.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-07-28
ARKINNk NEWS

Arkinda, July 27.-(Special)-M
and Mrs, w. M. Willmeth and daught-
err, Effie went to Oklahoma Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Taylor are visiting
at Fulton this week.
Mrs. Robert Morehead passed
through here Wednesday from Pres
cott on the lookout for her husband
who had deserted her unawares. She
found him on the McDougal farm farm
about miles south of here. She WAS
in an auto and was accompanied to
the McDougal farm by T. NJ Fortner
of this city. 1t was after night when
when they arrived. 1t was not learn
ed whether they reconsidered.
T. NJ Former will go to Idabel in
few days to have his eyes tested
again,
K. e. Sims is seen behind the count
er at q. Taylor's store now taking in
the dimes and nickles.
A Mr. Duffy arrived here from Tex
as this week he states that crops are
good there.
Six young couples are expected at
NJ Falls Saturday night from Ger
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-07-28
CHANGES SCHEDULE
*. {. $. viii Make Important Changes
Effective july -,

In view of the suggestion of tho
Railroad War Board for the reductio1
where possible, of passenger train:
where such reduction wi not ma
terially discommode the railroad pa
irons, it has been decided to rear
range the schedule of the Kansas City
Southern Railway, effective July 90
1917.
The new schedule will restore the
operation Of trains in effect prior to
December 3rd. 1916 Trains Nos. l. >.
and running at about the same tine
as present; but train No will leave
Shreveport, La, at $40 a. M, instead
OF 1900 noon, and reach Kansas City
at 7;15 a. m. the following day, max
ing all stops as previously made.
There will practically be no change
in time of trains south Of Shreveport.
The schedule of the Arkansas West
ern Railway, between Heavener, Okla,
and Waldron, Ark, will also be chang
ed so as to make one round trip per
day instead of two as at present.
1t is believed that the new schedule
Will give ample accommodation for all
patrons of the company, and in view
of the war conditions existing, it is to
be hoped that all concerned will ap-
preciate the necessity of the railway
company conserving its power and
equipment for the needs of the govern
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-07-28
CALOMEL IS MERCURY! IT S!CKENS!
ACTS ON LIVER like DYNAMITE

Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug
store and get a so cent bottle of Dod.
sons Liver Tone. Take a spoonful to-
night and if it doesn't straighten YOU
right up and make you feel fine and
vigorous by morning | ant you to go
back to the store and get your money.
Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the
sale OF calomel because it is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it
can not salivate or make you sick.
guarantee that one spoonful of bod.
sons Liver Tone will put your sIucrish
liver to work and clean your bowel j:
that sour bile and constipated wasre
which is clogging your system and max.
ing you feel miserable. | guarantee that
a bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone will
keep your entire family feeling fine for
months. Give it to your children. IT is
harmless; doesn't grippe and they like its
pleasant taste.