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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
Many Conductors Oppose
Strike, Leaders Assert

Chicago. March IA division OF
opinion as TO whether the railroad
unions should strike exists tonight
within the rank and file Of at least the
Order Of Railway Conductors.
That a number OF the organizations
members may refuse to quit If a strike
Is called was Indicated by statements
by r. ID. Sughrus, local chairman OF the
order. who said he believed the present
time inoppOrtune in view Of the inter
national crisis.
Members Of the order among whom
the greatest share OF snti-strike sentl-
nent lies are passenger conductors VINO
have been i'm the employ of the various
railroads for years, and there exists a
"nersonA touch" that may prove
stronger than the bonds linking them
70 the brotherhood.
"Tbe passenger conductors generally
would not benefit from the strike said
Mr. Sughrus, "even il every point at
stake ia won by the brotherhoods. Only
Tho men with the freight runs in our
organization would profit by a union
81 am inclined to think that there
will be no strike. ! believe the con
troversy will be settled before II gelS
70 that -,
That the brotherhood heads realize
this attitude among the passenger con
ductors and are making efforts TO elm
mate disaGection from their ranks was
indicated By the fact That circulars
Announcing strikebreakers were scat
tered among railroad workers to-day
Tbese migsives, typewriter, say:
..t,kou,reakcrs are 20 their trade
,,bst traitors are 70 their country. Al
ss,ne tineS they are detested by all
when peace returns. when help IS
needed the strikcbreaker is the last TO
eontributc assistance and the, hrst 70
grasp the benefit he never iabored 20
seeure. A strikebreaker - n traitor
10 his country, his family ana ms cias'' ;,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
eepted Zimmerman note.



FL Paso, Tex, March 14.-Germany
through agents and the use of unlim-
tied sums Of money, is organizing Mex
leo for war against the United States.
Information received to-day from va
rious sources in Mexico and along
the border shows the existence Of gen
eral movement by Germans 70 make
Mexico an ally of Germany.
In addition to subsdizing the Car
rama government, Germany is re-
ported, on what appears to be good au-
thority, TO be treating with Francisco
Villa ir an effort TO make peace be-
tween the Villistas and the Carranza
government, that the forces Of Villa
may join those of Carranza 10 aid Ger
many. German agents are known II
have been for days in Villas camp, per-
suading him to begin at once cam
paign to harass the border.
United States Machine Gun Stolen
German plotters are reported busy
in American army camps on the border
The disappearance Of new model me-
chine gun from the camp OF the l1th
Cavalry is believed TO have been caused
by a Gerran-born trooper of that regl-
ment. Sergeant Alexander Frutcher. OF
Company X, that regiment, is being de-
tanned at the Fort Bliss guard house on
a charge of desertion. Frutcher is OF
German birth and German letters and
other papers were found in his effcts
Another German, a civilian. who has
been frequently seen with the suspected
Germans in camp is under surveillance.
The Society of the Iron Cross. the
German secret organization with three
thousand members in Northern Mexico
is reported by Americans who have
been investigating German activities
in Mexico TO be actively organizing
forces of Germans and MeXicans TO at
tack border American towns IN case oi
war This society appears to have uh-
limited means. and is reported TO De
distributing money freely among Mexl-
cans of all classes, especially oihcials.
Fear that the secret visits OF wen
known German from Chihuahua 70 the
great Elephant Butte Dam, one hun
dred miles above FL Paso, might be for
the purpose of damaging that slOOOO'
600 plant caused secret agents OF the
government to-day TO put the suspected
German under close surveillance.
Wrecking of the dam would destroy all
towns in the Rio Grande and Mesllla
valleys. in New Mexico. and would
wreck a large portion of I'll Paso.
Germans Offer Regiment
German residents of Chihuahua and
Juarez to-day petitioned General Fran
cisco Murguia. Carranza commander m
chief at Chihuahua, TO permit them 20
form a German regiment in Chihuahua
20 aid Mexico in case of Mexican
break with the United States, which,
the Germans told Murguia. was certain
to come if the United States went to
war with Germany.
German military officers are said TO
be helping Carranza army officers reor-
ganize the Mexican army. German re-
servists. who are going into Mexico IN
large numbers. are TO be formed into
regiments in case Of war. Reports to-
day from border points indicated that
increasing numbers of Germans we're
crossinp into Mexico.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
Algonquin Fired On
At Three-Mile Range;
Shelled and Bombed

London, March 1.-THE American
steamer Algonquin was sunk early Mon
day morning by German submarine
after being fired on without warning.
The entire crew of twenty-seven men,
including eleven Americans, was saved.
The Algonquin, a steamer Of 1906
tons, bound from New York for Lon
don with foodstufs, was attacked at
s O'Clock, the submarine opening fire
from a distance Of about three mile,.
After twenty shells had been fired at
the vessel, four Of which found their
mark, the crew took to the boats. Men
from the U-boat then boarded the
Algonquin and sunk her with bombs.
The submarine commander was asked
to tow the lifeboats toward land, but
he refused, saying 81 am too busy"
Captain Describes Attack
Captain A. Nordberg, Of the Algon-
quin. is now at Penzance. In an inter
view tonight he gave the following de-
scription Of the attack:
"On Monday morning, just after day
light, was on the bridge. IL was the
mates watch. | saw two steamers, ap-
parently colllers, steaming west, one on
the starboard and the other on the port
side. Two minutes later the mate called
my attention to another object, and az
once | said, Il think that is a subma-
rine.'
"The submarine was about three
miles distant, as were also the steam
ers. Immediately ! saw fash of
gun and shell fell short. At once l
stopped the engines and then went full
speed astern. indicating this By three
blasts on the whistle. The submarine
kept on firing, the fourth shot throwing
I'D a column of water, which drcnched
me and the man at the wheel. II was
a close thing.
"The fifth shot struck the ships side
and the next went aft. The submarine
was using two guns. Twenty snots were
fred at US. | ordered the crew TO the
boats and we pulled away two ship
lengths. All this time the submarine
was firing at US. Some OF the SHOTS
came very close.
Sunk with Bombs
"Once we were in the boats, the Ger
mans ceased firing and the submarine
dived. Later we saw the periscope.
which circled the Algonquin half
dozen times. Then, finding her aoan-
doned, the submarine came TO the sur
face and boarded the steamer.
"The first thing done was to lower
the American flag Then ! concluded
they were going to sink my ship. Ten
minutes later heard the crackle OF an
explosion and saw smoke. They had
blown the ship up with bombs. In nj
teen minutes the Algonquin had suns
"The submarine was fying the Ser
man ensign. Her commander asked me
NV name, nationality. destination sno
cargo of the ship. which had the amer
ican colors painted on her sides ana
Aew the American flag day and nign,
| asked him 70 tow US toward ianh' ou,
he refused, saying: I'm too BUSY
expect a couple OF other stsamers
THE weather was hnc and the see
smooth. After being twenty-s's"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
Cold Welcome Home
Is Given Bernstorff
Press Criticises His Interviews;
Envoy Sees Kaiser To-day

London. Marcn 14.-The German
rress has greeted Count Won Berns'oTh
With conspicuous coolness according
% an Amsterdam dispatch TO the FIX
change Telegraph Company. The papers
no,nt out that he granted interviews
which he should not have done without
consulting :he Germany government
Count Won Bernstorf, the dispatch
Al snent the day in conference at
NV Foreign Office and was also re-
ntyod sn bv Tho Imperial Chancellor. He
.oones,ed an immediate audience with
80 Fmperor. which. II IS expected. VIII
take place tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
White and Two Comrades
Guilty Of Desecrating Flag
Each Faces 500 Fine or Jail Term-ury, Which Delber
aes Five Hours, Urges Cemency-Eight
of Pastors Followers Are Freed

ceded the turning over Of the case TO
the jurors for decision
"If an enraged American citizen had
shot White deaG when the American
flag was being desecrated at that orgy
Of anarchism in the back yard Of the
Internationalists' church you couldn't
have found a jury in the whole coun-
try that would have convicted the
slayer!" shouted Mr.. Rorke after sum
ming up the events Of the night when
the flags of the nations were burned.
The revolutionary Mr.. White began
his plea like an orthodox legal
strategst with a fowery offering to
the court, praising and thanking Judge
Mcintyre for the fairness of the trial
at will be verdict for bloodshed or
humanity" he continued. "The melting
of the flags into the international ban
ner was only a symbolic ceremony "a
lead men to thoughts of liberty ana
peace. If the flag burning ceremony
could be repeated IN the hearts OF the
warning nations in Europe, IT would DC
a beacon light of progress, and wouiu
end the most appalling human slaugh'
ter the world has ever seem,
Mr.. White said nothing was more az
borrcnt to him than anarchy, whether
practiscd by lawless mob or a truS'
magnate. The law under which he was
indicted. he said. was ancient and OF
solete. having been passed IN l9oJI
while August, 1914, began new epcch
in human history.
Tells of Ancestry
White grew boastful Of his ancestry
in telling tnat ne was no alien. lie
eyplained that his fathers ancestors
had landed at Plymouth Rock. and tnat
his mother was of old Dutch STOCK,
while one of his progenitors had mar
ried an Indian woman.
80 | am probably the most Ameri-
can person here" he went on. II was
at San Salvador when Columbus sailed
m and | stood on the shore and said ::
Welcome Christ stood on Plymouth
Rock and hailed the passengers OF the
Mayhower, and ! was down at the pat
terry 10 receive the Dutch when tney
arrived.
"Now. I don't want TO go to jail, but
iail has no terrors for me. am a
poor man and cannot afford any OF
the luxuries of life. I'd be just as well
off in iail. ! would much rather go
there than remain outside IN quiet
acquiescence. But this jury will show
itself an enemy OF progress If 1t sends
me 10 jail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15

Further developments Of the
Boy-Ed mystery and other Ger
man plots on Page ).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15

Bouck White. pastor of the Church
Of the Social Revolution; Edward H..
Ames and Augustus II. Henkel were
found guilty early this morning OF
desecrating the United States flag by
burning it in the melting pot Of ma
tionality" on June l. 1916.
The jury returned its verdict after
five hours debate, with a recommenda-
ton for clemency. The other eight de-
PENDANTS were found not guilty and
were discharged Sentence will be
passed upon White, Ames and Henkel
to-day. They face a fine of 500 each.
thirty days in Jail, or both.
Henkel was the man who threw the
American flag into the "melting pot"
Ames read a prologue before the flag
burning ceremony and introduced each
of the flag burners to the assembled
congregation.
Judge Thanks Jury
81 thank the jury for the patience
thew have shown throughout this long
trial" said Judge Mcintyre. "Your YER
dict. gentlemen. is out to the world 10
show the people of this country that
any person who desecrstes the Amer
ican flag will be punished
Assistant District Attorney Alex
ander I. Rorke joined the jury in ask
ing clemency for Henkel.
"Why. he's the one who burned the
American flag" said Judge Mcintyre,
surprised
ayes. | appreciate that" returned
the attorney. "but my request is based
on my'own personal opinion as to his
mental makeup. We may know by the
time he is sentenced who gave him the
flag to burn
Shortly before 10 o'clock the jurors
had returned to the courtroom ana
asked Judge Mcintyre two questions
These were: Does the public burning
of the flag constitute per sc vlola-
,;on Of law? II the times were so
turbulent as 70 warrant tne purh,ne
for the public good. would the cere-
mony be justified by that necessity
To the first question the Judge re
turned an emphatic Yes; TO the sec
ond an equally positive "No."
Heated summings up by Whlte' as
counsel for himself, and Mr.. Rorke pre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
Society Of Iron Cross Form
ing Regiments of leu
ton Reservists
Bribing Villa to Make
Peace with Carranza
Kaiser Men Crossing Border
American Soldier
Held in Plot

"We shall give general financial
support, and il Is understood that
Mexico is 10 reconquer the iOSf
territory In New Mexico, Texas
and Arizona. The details are
left 10 you for settlement
Germany offer 10 Mcrico, in The inier-
cepted Zimmerman note.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15

Tug cRyEsBHIEh White sulphur
enyinss West Va, Ideal time ior .hs
eurs. Only oss night from Ns~ i'fN
s-Adyt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15
W Z AT II f R

r,oudy to-day. Tomorrow fair.
Shifting winds, becoming south
west to west and fresh.
Iun Report on Page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15

FOR YOUR srOMACH's SAKE DRINK
DR. Brushs Kumyss.-Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-15

st,,,t me brotherhood leaders and
tesf.Fh we're in session, the national
s.s .s.hef committee Of the railwsys
n.s,l 'f.nng ~ the Grand Central Ter.
n "a bis meeting decided 20 insist
nt ii. snanze 70 the situation pending
b sr1,o. of The Supreme court. and
hsae', tD sr5itrate everything II The
Z" hsid Invalid. Elishs lee, chair
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-31
Russian despotism would not yet have come 10
its end, as now appears, forever.
PAYING FOR THE WAR.

Every citizen and particularly every taN-
paver will find it worth while to read the llunl-
mating article on ''Power to Tax is the POWER
ito Destroy printed today on this page OF Inc
Gate City The writer, Jacob ID. Schltt, Is more
than great New York City banker; he is one
of the keenest observers in the country and a
practical man of affairs. He says that IN TINS
crisis the taxpayers will willingly furnish
what will be needed to insure the victory OF the
cause of democracy But he reminds us that
the power to tax is the power to destroy, ana ne
asks: "Should congress not stop and CONSIDER
lest the imposts it proposes to levy may SO al
feet orr economic structure that much that has
been builded in the course of many decades may
become endangered, if not destroyed Els
peciallv timely is his declaration that we are
going into battle to save the fay for poster
itv. who of right should bear part of the bur
den we shall have to assume. He is absolutely
right in saying that because of this 1t would
be perfectly proper to provide for the payment
of the larger part of the cost of the war by
bond issues to be gradually extinguished
through larger annual sinking funds
The work of the house of representatives IN
framing and passing war revenue bill shows
the extent of the danger menacing the country
as a result of unscentifc taxation. Mr.. Sch1ff
has shown how to finance the war without de-
stroving the sources of revenue. The danger III
unwise taxation is great, but the means OF pre-
vention are simple It will not do to put all, or
even the larger part of the burden OF paying for
the war upon the present generation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-31
kAHokA, MO.
, = . o q . = . . = .

Mr.. and Mrs. .ohn Hanslow are
guests of their daughter at Alton, Ill.
Sam Wells came in last Friday
from lola, Kansas, where he spent
the winter.
Mrs. Ed. Hayden of near Wyaconda
left Monday for Washington, D. c.,
where he has a position in the war
department.
Miss H. Jess Watson, teacher OF
the fifth grade in Kahoka schools,
left Tuesday for Kirksville to attend
the summer term at the Normal
school.
The registrars have been named
and everything is in readiness for
the registration in Clark county next
Tuesday.
Miss Mabel Keester of Bakersfield
Calf, formerly of Kahoka, is to be
married in June to DR.. Kenneth P.
Baber of Los Angeles Her many
Kahoka friends extend hearty con.
gratulations and best wishes.
Miss Anna Evans of this city was
united in marriage on Tuesday, May
90. to Mr.. Claude L. Mitchell OF Lin
coin, Ill.
Miss Elsie Reser. teacher in the
high school at Macon, Mo. is the
guest of Kahoka relatives.
Miss Imogene Johnson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson Of Clark City,
has accepted position in the Buck
lin, Mo-, high school for the coming
winter term.
A number of auto loads of knights
of Pythias were in CORN Tuesday
night where the second degree was
conferred on a large class
Mrs. G.. NJ Callihan and little
daughter of Oklahoma City, who have
been guests of Kahoka relatives, left
Thursday for visit in Chicago.
Satisfactory progress is being
made on Kahoka's new school build
ing. Contractor Williford is expert
encing some trouble in getting ship
ments of material.
he special election to vote bonds
for the payment of Clark county's
floating Indebtedness will be held al
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-31
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Is 7zM!I791: =: Mz7 .: ! Il
HAMILTON, Ill, MAY 81.

Decoration day was fittingly OBJ.
served in our city and although the
inclemency of the day prevented
many from attending, those who at.
tended the services in the afternoon
were not disappointed, for the pro-
gram was an excellent one.
In the forenoon the cemeteries
were visited and the graves of the
soldiers were decorated with flowers
and the usual ceremonies carried out.
At 1870 p. M, at the Christian
church the following splendid pro-
gram was given:
Song, Star Spangled Banner" by
the community chorus and the con-
gregation.
Invocation by Rev. H t. Scherer.
Recessional. Lest We Forget
Community chorus.
Gettysburg Address-Miss Lucy
Kiser.
To Our Community chorus.
Reading-Miss LESSEE Hastings. !.
Scatter Flowers-Mens' chorus.
Mr. a. l.. Macarthur gave short
talk and introduced Hon. o. F. Berry
of Carthage, who delivered fine ad-
dress that was greatly appreciated
by the large concourse Of people in
attendance.
greater part of Hon. Berry's adj
dress was historical, but he paid
glowing tribute to the soldier dead
and to the few who still were living.
He also talked of the present inter
national crisis and said it was the
duty of every man and woman of to-
day to do his or her part in this war.
Captain A. D. Barber in few well
chosen words, in behalf of the G. A.
r., thanked the speaker and the COM
munity chorus composed of about
thirty voices and all the citizens
who had assisted in the observance
of the day. He stated that Decora-
ton day had been observed in Ham
ilton since 1859 and that there had
been about one hundred members Of
Russell post in this city in the early
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-31
RUSSIA WILL FIGHT ON.

RESPONSIBLE heads Of governments through
out the world gave sigh of relief on learning
that the new provisional government Of Russia
would make no separate peace with the CEN
trail powers In this determination it is sup
ported by the entire people, who believe that
German triumph would be calamity for them
selves a setback for civilization and disaster
for the world
For nearly two centuries Russia may almost
be said to have been exploited by Germany.
For much Of this time Germans occupied the
best lands in Russia free from taxes and mill
tary service and German adventures were re-
ceived at court with open arms. Being merci-
less in their treatment Of the peasants and
frightfully efficient in squeezing the last penny
and hours work out of them, the Germans
were extensively employed as managers Of
estates. Thriving through their special priv
leges, a vast amount of private property came
into their possession. They became the heads
of important families and rose to high posi-
lions in the state. But they were always Prus-
sian in their sympathes and characteristics
They glorifed the kaiser and everything Ger
man, were never Russians at heart but de
spised and exploited the Russian people and
came in turn to be detested by them
The evils of the Russian autocracv and
bureaucracy which have Just been overthrow
were largely due to the teachings of and
methods of men Of German blood. They were
the advisers of the weakling car, who was
warned Of the peril in which he stood and tolC
to get rid Of them if he would save his throne
But he was a man of clouded vision and feeble
WILL impotent to shake off the malign influ
ences that controlled him. Otherwise democ
racy could not have triumphed as it did, an
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-31

1t is entirely proper that the tax i'm
posing power exercise in times sucn
as have come upon us the widest dis.
erection in the levying of taxes, and
the taxpayer willingly furnish all that
may be needed TO insure the victory
of the cause of democracy for the up
holding and defense of which we have
drawn the sword.
But the power to tax is the power to
destroy and being in these momen,
tous times clothed with the RESPONSE
bility of enacting laws to produce an
heretofore unknown and unheard OF
amount of governmental revenue,
should congress not stop and consider
lest the imposts it proposes to levy
may so affect our economic structure
that much that has been builded in
the course of many decades may be-
come endangered, If not destroyed?
The insis:ance that the cost of the
war we have rightly entered upon
should, to the largest extent, be paid
for by taxation is not justifiable. we
are going into battle in order to save
the day for posterity, who of right
should bear part fof the burden we
shall have to assume. Because of this
it would be perfectly proper to provide
for the payment of the larger part OF
the cost of the war by bond issues to
be gradually extinguished through
larger annual sinking funds. What,
ever Indebtedness we may have to
shoulder, a sinking fund of five per
cent, a year, which would not form
too heavy a burden, would amortize
the debt in about fifteen years.
Were such plan adopted in order
to raise the large sums now and here
after needed, in place of the crushing
tax measures that are pending, capital
would not become frightened. as is
very likely to be the case if the propo-
sition already before congress be-
comes enacted into law, and the coun-
try's industrial and commercial devel-
opment can then progress and not be
crushed by an unscientific system OF
taxation, such as We are threatened
with.
There is another aspect that should
not be lost sight Of, but be seriously
considered.
A very considerable number of our
important universities, colleges and
educational instftutinos of every kind,
of hospitals, orphan asylums, aitruis.