The Washington herald., 1917-03-02
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

; Today's exposure Of the German-Mex-
ican-Japanese muddle only serves to yer-
ify the suspicions that American people
said A. r. Herrick. prominent attor-
fney Of Stamford, Conn, and one-time
resident of Phoenix, Ariz.
you can just bet your last dollar"
said Mr.. Herrick. at the Willard. that
in every case where there has been
trouble between the United States and
any other power. the Germans have had
a hand In II. Gradually we are learn
ing the meaning of the German Friend
ship recall very plainly one case
where the Germans meddled, In Mexico.
Shortly before our feet arrived at Vera
Cruz. there were at least twenty Ger
man officers at Vera Cruz. who under
instructions from Huerta. laid plans for
the embarrassment Of American naval
officers when they arrived.
! .Huerta had no hope of keeping
Americans out OF Vera Cruz, but he
had great expectations. from the Ger
mans. They were to trap and strange
an American off1cer, now dead, and OBJ
tain certain plans they knew were in
his possession. The whole scheme was
to have It appear that this officer was
on the American officer being quick on
the trigger. Three women attempted to
lure this man in the Mexican dance
hall where this Observation-Disclosures stunt
was to come off. Right here was where
four drunken American sailors whipped
five times their weight in Mexicans and
Germans. One of the Americans lost
his life. but the plans fell through.
| Three sailors became infatuated with
the girls and would not let UP with their
attentions. so the girls were delayed in
their part One OF these fiery Amazons
finally doped the officers coffee, but
owing to a weak stomach the dope would
not stay down. The officer was not
| very far of when the scrap occurred
between the u. s. sailors and the COM
bined Mexicans and Germans. He ran
to the fight and planted a shot right in
the eye of a German baron, who was
once a consul in America"
Frank A. Amrein, Of Denver. Col, con-
ducts a business on one of Denver's main
| streets, and was one of the merchants
| slated for ruin by the wet" forces who
| went down to defeat a short while ago.
Mr.. Amrein. who is at the Raleigh, came
| on for the inauguration.
Il do not mean that the vets attempt
ed any blackhand stunts" he said, but
| owing to the fact that Denver went dry
every business man was condemned tc
perdition.
But would you believe It. my business
has tripled. even though 1t is one that
| as whole has been declining on ac-
| count of the automobile. I have sold
more harness and horse trappings than
ever before. Denver was publicly con-
demned to the lower regions. very for
chilly and with n solemn certainty by
the vets but I want to tell you that the
town never was SO prosperous. and it is
not due to war orders.
Many a woman in Denver has a full
market basket on Saturday night who
never expected to see one and many a
kid has a pair of shoes who would other
wise be barefooted There is a great
class of people liquor has hurt, who when
1t is taken away from them, will not
hunt for it, but will turn their money
back to legitimate channels.
The banks are the best barometer of
prosperity that know of. The savings
banks report 100 per cent more deposits
and depositors. and this increase is
mostly from the working classes No
state or no city has ever gone to the
dogs because 1t went dry I am enough
but there are so many people who run
drinking in the ground, that It Is abso-
lutely necessary to put a stop to It.
The Germans in this country are not
responsible for the onward march of pro-
hibition. because they are the most mod
crate Of drinkers. But there are many
of them who are willing to sacrifice their
daily beer. II 1t is for the benefit of all
OF course, though, there also Is a class
who are not willing.
THE liquor people themselves are bet
ter arguments for prohibition, than all
the 'drys' combined"