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The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
IS NAMED
House Probers Try to Show
Won Bernstorf Conferred
with Lawson.
OBy the international New. Service.

iBy the international News Service.
New York, Jan. ga studied effort to
fix Count Won Bernstorr, the German
Ambassador. and Thomas w. Lawson
in stock market meeting was the out
standing sensation of the resumption to-
day Of the Wilson peace note leak" in
vestigation. ...-....
1t failed because Archibald s. White,
the presumptive go-between, denied that
he had arranged such a meeting, though
he admitted that Edward McSweeney.
La"sons confidential man, requested him
to bring the two together. White had
previously repudiated the statements at-
trtbuted to him by Lawson that Pliny
FISK, the BANKER, had boasted of hIs
control over Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and had offered to call the lat
Ter from MS bed over long distance tele-
phone in proof of his control.
Fiske, preceding White on the witness
stand, denied every having made the
boast.
He said Lawson had "wantonIy'' black
ened reputable name. but that perhans
II was the result of a disordered brain -
And while denying all knowledge OF a
leak or deal with McAdoo. Fisk admit
ted previous close business relations with
the secretary. He had closed UP the
secretary's business when he became a
Cabinet member and had been associated
in McAdoo's Hudson tube project,
Lawson's testimony, quoting Archibald
White as saying Fisk had boasted of hav-
ing control over McAdoo, was hotly de-
MED and provoked this outburst from
Fisk:
This statement of Lawson's about an
alleged interview with Archibald White
has gone broadcast. and think that Mr.
Lawson should be taken at his word and
be put behind the bars for perjury, for
wantonly using a reputable name as he
did mine.
1 said at the time that maybe 1t was
the result of a disordered brain, and IL,
that case the good Lord might take care
of it in His own way"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
Names Woman Who Pulled
Her Husbands Cigarette

New York, Jan :-.--,rs. Frances Pom
nett Dougherry told Justice CobaIan To-
day that while she and her husband
theodore Dougherty. a ship broker were
dlnlng in an uptown cafe she got her
hrst intimation that her husbands af-
fections had been transferred to another
woman.
We were dining very pleasantly" she
SAID when Anna White came to our
table, pulled cigarette from my hus-
bands mouth and began to smoke it.
Dougherty brought suit for divorce
naming Frederick G. Signor and Mrs.
Dougherty has filed counter claim NAM
ing Miss White and Helen NJ. Gibson.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
"Mile-a-Minute" Murphy,
Motorcycle Cop, Retires

New York, Jan. Cit was announced
today that "Mile-a-Minute-M Murphy" New
York's fastest motorcycle policeman, has
retired. The terror to speeding auto
mobilists, an old-time bicycle Champion
he served for fifteen years in the de-
partment. Last September he suffered
injuries, however, which put him out of
the running.
Murphy won his ''mile-a-minute' title
by keeping up with a Long Island Rail-
road locomotive going at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. Murphy rode on a board
in the center Of the rails.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
GERMANY 'BOOMS'
Money Never So Plentiful in
Empire, Says Won Wiegand,
BY KARL II. Won wIEGANu

Copyright 1917, by the International News Service
New York, Jan. 29.-Money never was
so plentiful in Germany as in the last
few months. Domestic trade, within GER
tain limita tions, is very brisk. The i'm
preston that trade conditions in Germany
are dead" and fiat" are erroneous.
There is veritabIe war boom" in
many branches of trade and industry.
Labor is scarce and wages are high, quite
beyond the dreams of the German work
ingmen few years ago. There is great
imitation of money. The use and pur-
chasing power OF money is somewhat
restricted, and there never was evidence
of so much money in circulation as to-
day.
Germany has today approximately
s2,145,O 1000. or 1900, 600 marks, IN paper
money in circulation. This is about four
times as much in bank note circulation
as before the war. France has s. 113 600, =
600, as against 81, ,2sO, Ooo. 900 before the war.
England has approximately four and one
half times as much paper circulation in
bank notes and currency notes as it had
before the war. and it is exclusive of
Irish and Scotch bank note issues.
/. 1t will be seen from this that war is
conducted largely on a paper basis of
promise to pay" In Germany, as in the
other warning countries, the gold reserve
constitutes the financial backbone of
the paper circulation medium Germany
has well nigh doubled her gold reserve
during the war. The day before war
was declared the Imperial Reichsbank
had s325, ,0S7, 142 in gold. On December Z,
1916, this had been increased to $599, ,1O4,-
Co., There are no gold mines in Ger
many. The gold was brought out of
old stockings and other concealed and
safe places. 1t was a patriotic duty to
turn in every 20-mark gold piece that
showed up anywhere.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
ExecnfINa

Executive in Accord.
H. NJ. McLarin. of the Federal EN-
PIoyes' Union. presented the petition in
a brief speech to which the President let
it be known that he was in accord with
the movement of the government en-
ployes to better their condition.
This petition will receive my most
serious and friendly consideration" he
said, in coming as a request from gov
ernment employees"
In brief informal remarks the President
declared that ne had worked for a salary
himself and realized how elastic a salary
was. He felt he could still look at the
situation from the point of view of a
salaried employe.
Throughout the interview the attitude
OF the President appeared SO sympathetic
and friendly that the committee left the
Presidents room of the Senate with
smiles and confident that the Executive
will approve any horizontal increase that
the members of the House and Senate
may deem appropriate.
The Petitioners.
The petition was presented by a
committee consisting of Miss Florence
Etheridge, Indian Office, Interior De-
partment; G. A. Warren. office of the
Secretary of the Interior; John ]. Shir-
ley, pension bureau. Interior Depart
ment; ]. S. Beach. Pension Office, In
terror Department; V. E. Keiser, office
Of the Secretary of the Treasury;
Owen P. Keller. office of the auditor
Of the Treasury; K. D. McRae, office
OF the Secretary OF the Treasury; E.
{. Miller, office of the auditor, Post
office Department.; Thomas P New
bold, quartermaster generals office.
War Department; Miss Lillian V
Keathley, Bureau of Insular Affairs,
War Department; E. L. Cogan. ad-
jutant generals office, War Depart
ment; E. W. Reese, Militia Bureau
War Department; Z. ]. Newmyer,
Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture; Miss Florence P.
Smith, Bureau of Plant Industry, De-
paTtment of Agriculture; S. F. San
ford, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Department of Commerce;
John Kuhn, Bureau of the Census De-
partment of Commerce; w. S. Douglas,
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy
Department; George B. Squires, postal
savings system, city postoffice; Jere-
mtah Connolly, division of rura mails
Postoffice Department; C. F. mmler,
division of tariffs. Interstate Com
merce commission; J. A. Dorney, divi-
sion Of documents, Library of Con-
gress; ]. H. Hurley. disbursirg office,
District Building, president District
branch; Miss Jessie Dell, qua ,terInas-
ter generals office. War Department.;
Carl Freeman, secretary Brotherhood
Railway Mail Clerks: Thomas F.
Flaherty, secretary-treasurer National
Federation Postoffce Clerks: T c,
Parsons, international Typographical
Union; n. P. Alifas, president District
~. International Association Ma
chinlsts; Miss Gertrude McNally, Bur-
CONTINUED ON PAGE eight
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
CRISIS ON ARMED
SHIPS EXPECTED
Government Ready for Flu,
ture Onslaught of U-Boats
on Merchant Vessels.

The sea warfare OF the European strug-
gle again confronts the United States
with a threat of grave complications
Following a declaration by Secretary of
State Lansing that the entire disputed
question of armed merchant vessels was
before the State Department for consid-
Grafton. the following developments be-
came apparent:
The American government will stand
pat on the principle enunciated March Is
last that not the character or the amount
OF armament ship carries but the use
to which 1t is put determines the status
Of the vessel
Ihe question as to whether heavily
armed merchant ships will be allowed to
clear American ports will be decided on
the merits of each individual case
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin was re-
quested TO furnish promptly a statement
OF the facts in the Yarrowdale case and
OF the status OF three Americans known
TO be among the crew OF the YarrowdaIe
and held by the German government as
prisoners of war because they served on
an armed" belligerent ship.
From Teutonic diplomats came en-
phauc statements that ships thus armed
would be looked upon as auxiliary war
ships and would be sunk by sybIna-snes
on SIGHT. With the seas made the scene
of open combat between merchant ves-
sells of the entente powers and subma-
rlnes of the Teutonic allies seeking to en-
force a food blockade, the safeguarding
OF American citizens on the high seas
Will force summary action by the
United States.
The OHciaI Ruling,
While a ruling OF the State Department
was held that vessels clearing from
American ports as peaceful merchantmen
can carry only single gun astern, the
department has fatty declared that be-
cause a vessel carries more guns is not
sufficient reason for declaring her a
warship and sinking her without warn
ing In memorandum prepared last
March on the question. the department
said
A presumption based solely on the
presence of an armament on a merchant
vessel OF an enemy is not sufficient rea-
son for beligerent TO declare il to
be a warship and to proceed to attack
1t without regard to the rights Of those
on board. Conclusive evidence of a pur-
pose to use the armament for asgres-
sion is essential"
Under this construction. it was stated
tonight, a submarine would have to wait
Tor an armed merchantmen to fire the
hrst shot before it would be justified in
sinking it,
Diplomatic Washington saw in todays'
developments clear indication that if
the war is to continue it will become a
war upon the sea. German diplomats
declared that if the neutrality rulings
OF the United States allowed heavily
armed entente merchant ships to prey
upon submarines. the submarines vol,Id
not be backward in responding
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
u. S. AGAIN QUERIES
ON RAIDER PRISONERS

Department at Washington has deliversS
to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin second
note urging immediate Investigation into
the holding of Americans Captured bv
raiders as prisoners of war, was the dec
laration credited to United States Senator
William ]. Stone, chairman of the senate
Foreign Relations Committee, in an in
terview printed here today
Senator Stone did not discuss the CON-
tents of the second communication which
he says was sent just before he left
Washington Thursday.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
POWERS ARE READY
FOR ENDING OF HOSTILITIES
How Many Eggs VIII
A Spring Hat Cost?

Chicago. Jan. 2s.-How many
eggs will miIady's new spring hat
cost?
Although eggs are not legal ten
der. millinery prices actually will
be based on wartime egg values,
according to W. c. Scmiegel, who
has Just returned from a trip
abroad.
"Visca braid will be used for ex-
pensive hats, as well as those of
medium price," he said today.
"visca is made successfully only
in Germany. The raw material is
being sent to Switzerland in ex-
change for eggs-and butter-so the
price of millinery may be COM
puted in eggs"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
PRESIDENT ACCEPTS
PLEA. FROM CLERKS
IN CORDIAL SPIRIT
Says He Will Give Friendly Consideration
to Petition from $4,000 Federal
Workers-Committee Elated.

In three talk with of government District employees
the Capitol Yesterday afternoon President Wilson accepted petition
oOOO Federal workers with co and evident endness the
cause that convinced the committee he thoroughly sympathy
movement for horizontal increase in salary.
lhs reminds of college said the President
the committee filed into the bearing petition with $4,000 or
more signatures from employees interested presented the diplomas
With and ribbons attached representing the various States from which
he lohn Hancock'
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
FINERY LOST IN FIRE.

Bloomsbury. Pa, Jan. 29.-The fact that
fire ruined the home of Sidney Kingston,
of Hemlock township, destroying the
brides trousseau, all the gifts and house
hold furnishings, even to the clothing
of the bridegroom, who had just ar
rived from North Dakota didn't inter.
fere with the wedding here of Charles
Robert Watkins and Miss Rebekah
Kingston by the Rev. p. H. HoevSs.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
STEAMSHIP Is AFIRE.

San Francisco, Jan. 29.-The steamer
Harold Dollar. plying between Vancouver
and Shanghai, is afire at Shanghai. ac-
cording to advices received here by the
marine department of the chamber OF
commerce late today. The cable stated
that the fire is confined TO No. hold.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
Central Powers R ported Willing to Nego-
tate peace Without Victory" as
President Has Suggested.
KAISER PREPARING ANSWER
Emperor Said to Have Dictated Note That Will
Meet Demands of United States with
Respect to Ending of War

Amsterdam JAM 29Gemany and her allies ready conclude
peace without victory"
But concluding it, she would have the world that she
views this famous strictly pointed out by President
Wilson on his Senate speech-and only in that sense
lhs is learned hs. authority tonight will and sub
stance OF the which Germany. tonight
is planning o send to the United
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
LOCAL SLEEPING CAR
TO PHILADELPHIA
BALTIMORE a OVyO n ID

A business and social convenience
car ready for occupancy at Union Sta
sengers may remain in sleeper at Phiia-
dslDhfa until . q m.-AdN
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30
VIII Not Force Victory.

VIII WI force Nlct0rys
What the Central Powers will sub
stantially say to the world in re-
sponse to the Presidents address, ID
this:
I'VE do not propose to force VIC
tory upon the loser.
Nor do we intend to impose
victor's terms upon the vanquished.
They will not use the words
loser" and "vanquished."
They will insist, however, without
using these terms. that on the battle
field they are the victors and that,
therefore. to offer the hand of peace
again after the blunt rebuffs hurled
at them by the entente, they are not
acting from fear or weakness. but
from the previously emphasized ar
dent desire to bring peace to the
world and save Europe from utter
ruin. They will assert that il there
is to be peace without victory" this,
and this alone, is the time to con-
cludc it.
Peace Possible Now.
The peace that Mr.. Wilson has pro-
posed. they will say, is possible only
now when neither side is crushed
They will state that they are N-irforforrs
on all fronts on their struggle on
gigantic plan TO crush them: that they
have attained the only aim they had
in this war; to defend their existence.
They will outline, in general way,
similar TO that or the entente note 10
President Wilson. their peace terms and
viii emphasize that the terms entitle no
humiliation. no duress no intolersble sac
rlnCe' would leave no sting, no resent
ment, no bitter memory.
The guiding keynote of the message, IL
is said. will be:
We are not crushed and never will
be. We have not crushed our foes. The
time TO make peace is now. We are
ready
Will Indorse Address
The note. it is further reported. will
mdorse President Wilson's address in
every essential point. As indicated in the
parallel 20 the Presidents speech refer
ring throughout TO the conditions out
lined by Mr.. Wilson and often quoting
his own phraseology
The note Will announce tho central
powers Willingness TO join after the con-
ciuSion Of peace an international con-
cert which must thereafter hold u. ,
world at peace" 1t will announce their
readiness TO enter into an agreement with
the other great powers-sgain after peace
is msde-to limit armsments.
IL Will emphasize that none Is more
interested in both these problems than
are the central allies, claiming that the
realization OF the Presidents aims in
these respects will prevent a recurrence
OF the present war which they VIII reiter-
ate. was forced upon them
Fsvors Freedom of se..
The note Is expected 10 indorse, in the
strongest possible terms, the President.
advocacy OF the freedom Of the seas
II will assert that this principle is on~.
OF the great objects for which the CEN
tral powers are fighting this war.
Among these objects the document viii
aver. is also the principle OF government
with the consent Of the governed.
. The note is expected to reveal the o~,-
tral powers readiness to give up Belgium,
and Northern France and to ra-ests blish
Serbia and Rumania as Independent King
Cons along racial lines
Beyond these main points everything
regarding the reported new note 10 susG
work
The Washington herald., 1917-01-30

OF paid advertising than the combined
loss and gain of %ail the other wash
inEton newspaper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-30

NEED OF MUNICIPAL
BATHEOUSE rs FELT

~-t4a5cinaI baLhh0use VIII not be
erected i'm Moline this year but tenn
D0rarv improvements viii be made at
The Fortg-elghtn street beach for the
convenience OF the batEers th1s sum
uar II contemplated plans carry il
Will not be necessary for bathers 70
nrena~e themselves for q dip behind
the uone-too-deuse bushes and hang
their clothes ON a willow tWIg.
George Gould has come to the res
r7ra with the suggestion that q part OF
mis- property be converted into ref
rra for Eeptune7s sons and daughters
Gould has made the proposition to put
an tents ia his yard and provide space
for parking automobiles. a small
stream running through mis- land VIII
pr14fea "a place Tor bathers to WASH
their feet after the plunge Gould is
offering this plan By way OF salf-pro-
lection. Since the Forty-eightb street
beach was opened his place has been
infested with bathars seeking places
TOR changing their clothes. Ehey have
utilized every available space on his
property for the purpose, some even
crawling under the porch TO change.
The original plan was to erect a
parraanent building last spring but
the money was not available s. de
cfsf0u was then reached to build only
q temu0rary structure. 1t was only
recentIv that amy action was taken in
rhe matter and then it was felt that
the money that would be required fer
a Temporary building could be used to
better advantage II made part OF q
fund for d larger permanent structure
which is contemplated for next spring.
The permanent beach VIII Akely pc
built Ia Sylvan park.
s-.- ts4ET g I'm 3 =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-30
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
IN LOCAL HOSPITAL

Emil PaI1nsrea, 43 years old, Civ
ing Minnesota as his residence.
walked iii Moline police station last
Thursday evening and asked the p0-
lice to direct him 90 q doctor as he
had only SIS. although = week before
he was in possession Of $500. His left
eye was cut and mis- right arm was
Injected and severely swollen.
PaImEren died at the Moline city
hospital yesterday morning. This
moring G. "A. Palmgrea of Galesburg.
brother Of Emil asked the police TO
Investigate
When Mr. Palmgren was informed
OF his brothers. death in a Moline
hospital It was the first time in 10
years that he had heard Of Emil II
understood las was in Minnesota,
said aIr Palmgren. "aud that he was
working for railroad and was ac-
customed to travel quite a Bit"
Moline police directed ealmgreu 10
DR. II. A. Beam. Palmgrea, says Dr.
Beam. did not 90 to him.
Friday morning PaImEran entered
the Office Of local physician and
asked 30 be sent 20 hospital HIS
right arm was infected and swollen
to three times its normal size says
the physician His right eye was
also swollen. The man according TO
the physician was very i'll.
Saturday morning PaLngren t1I0
the physician that he did NOT recall
what had happened ne him during the
previous week He did not remember
having visited the physicians office.
DRINK get lae." lac said. II had 10
work 0n arm in order to keep
away from drink.
Saturday afternoon hospital auth
critics called the physician telling
him that Palmgrea was suffering
from an attack of deErium Lremens.
that he was raviaz mad and disturb
ing the naighoora5od
He was In that condition until his
death at 90 sunday morning. TO the
question OF the nurse as to how he was
hurt he gave no answer.
paimgrer would be alive today,
said the physician il ha had not been
an ba8lsua1 urtuEar Death was
caused by the infection en- the arm.
but the infection would not have been
fatal if the man had not been suffer
ing from aIcaboIiaEs according to the
attending physician.
i Paugreu was born in Sweden. He
was not married Ea has four broth
ers "a America. The body was to be
taken 10 GaLesbuTg TOR burial this
afternoon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-30
rnEtFE0 DIsTI- RRAEC E.

E-r ROSS. fco1orea} Of Paducah. Ky
was arfaieaed in Moline police court
This morning o1 a charge Of aiscr-
derby conduct preferred by George Co
burn Ross fs alleged tn have been il-
tes5aatc5 and to have created q dis
turaaHoe ia the Negro lodging house
ar Third avenue ana Fifth street The
case was continued until early this
evening
T. d. Allen. s5G Third avenue. ar
rested Saturday evening, viii have a
hearing ire Moline police court this
evening ON charge o speeding
william Maize tc1}ored5 alleged
vslEe-haat6r. was Hned S25 and costs
hv Justice r. g. Entrikiu this morning.
Ha was found guilty Of a charge Of
assault and battery preferred By his
wife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-30

Scenes FL one of the Cureiss Aero
plane company's plants
The factories Of Glenn Curtiss, one
Of america pioneer flying men. are
Turning cut hundreds of planes Of
tae scouting ard battle-crulser type
a. the same time Uncle sam IS
training small army q men 70
p5.os them. The upper r31oTo2Er Pa
SLOWS the shop jim one Of tie caftiss
plants where the motors are as
se-1.ed and tried 0ue before beng
placed in the planes Upper photo
SHOWS one % the worar ooms q ire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-30

All the news ~ the tine-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-30

zsx WasaI9ls- -,..--.-... City Editol
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-26
SAYS JAPAN MUST NOT
EXPECT u. s. TO CANCEL :
ITS EMBARGO ON STEEL
CBy Associated Press1

TOXIC, Japan. - Baron Shimpei
Cote, ,Tapan's home minister. has
characterized the United States ban
on expectation of iron and steel as en-.
tirely necessitated by the war and as
declaring that it is unreasonable for
Japan to expect an absolute cancella-
ton or removal OF the embargo. The
only way for Japan to approach the
question. he said. was to request some
exceptional treatment affording Japan
smooth operation of the shipbuilding
industry. He believed the steel ques-
ton would be settled satisfactorily.
Baron Goto added:
Recently the movement of the Ja-
panese business bodies opposing the
American embargo on iron and steel
is becoming stronger and some agita-
tors at times indulge in utterances
which are by no means pleasing to
America to hear Such an attitude on
the part of our countrymen cannot be
They should observe
an attitude of calm circumspection
seeking the solution of the problem by
moderate and conciliatory means. At
tho same time they must not be-
grudge making sacrifices in the cause
If tho u-oP