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UNITED STATES ENVOY REFUSED TO SIGN TREATY
PRESENTED TO HIM BY COUNT MONTGELAS
AFTER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS HAD BEEN
SEVERED BY PRESIDENT" WILSON.

had been given long prior to the thirty
first and probably as carly as the
fifteenth.
I sincerely believe tht the only object
Of the Germans In making these peace
offers was first TO get the allies. If pos
sible. into a conference. and there 10
derach some or one of them by the offer
OF separate terms; or IL this scheme
failed. then it was believed that the
general offer and talk about peace would
create a sentiment so favorable to the
Germans that without fear Of action by
the United States they might resume
. ruthless submarine warfare against
England.
4 week or two before the thirty-tirst
. Of January. Doctor Solf asked me
whether I did not think it would be pos
sihle for the United States to permit the
, resumption Of ruthless submarine war
! fare against England. He said that
: three months time was all. that would
be required to bring England to her
knees and end the war.
! And. in fact. 80 clcvcrly did Won
, Tirpitz. Grand Admiral won Mcuster. the
! Conservatives and the enemies of the
| chancellor and other advocates OF sub
! marine war carry on their propaganda
/ that the belief was ingrninHd in the
! whole OF the German nation that re-
! sumption OF this ruthless war would
lead within three months to what al
! Germans so ardcntly desired: namely
/ peace.
! 1t was impossible for any government
| to resist the popular demand for the
use Of this illegal means of warfare
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a Summons Prom ztmmeru7nn and
Arnertca's Breaking Of Relations.

Not only had cahled- the information
collected BY Commando Gherardt as 10
the. orders given to submarines long be-
fore the date Of the presidents speech.
but on the night utter had received
the German note announcing this re-
sumption I was taking walk after
dinner about the snoW-corered streets OIL
Berlin. In the course Of this walk met
a young German woman OF my acquair-
lance who was on intimate terms with
the crown princess She was on her
way on foot from the opera house
where she had been with the crown
princess. to the underground station. for
By this time. Of course. ta1is had be-
come an unknown luxury in Berlin. and
Joined her.
I told her Of the ultimatum which
had received at 6o'clock that evening
from Zimmerman and that l was sure
il meant the breaking of diplomatic
relations and our departure from Ger
many.
She expressed great surprise that sub
marine warfare was set to commence
on the thirty-first of January. saying
tn At weeks before they had been talking
ever the matter at the crown princess S
and that she had heard then that orders
had been given to commence on the
fifteenth.
At any event. IT is certain that the
orders to the submarine commanders
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WEST VIRGINIANS AT
CAMP SHELBY NOW
IN GRIP Of STORM

CAMP Shelly. Miss. Sept. "a
Camp Shelby tonight is on the right
wing Of terrific hurricane. which Is
sweeping through the entire south. and
while the wind is blowing AT n high
velocity. no damage of a material ma
turC has been done. Precautions have
been taken. MS n result Of Geographic
instructions having been received here,
and indications late tonight were that
the camp would escape. Rain fell heav-
.ly all today and at 6 o'clock high
wind struck camp with little damage
reported thus far.
". II. Hu'lihcrg. purchasing agent OF
L. S. Moudy q Co.. building the camp.
announced today that 200 additional
buildings were to be built here to take
caro- Of 10000 drafted men who will be
sent here from Kentucky. Indiana and
West Virginia. Hundreds of workmel,
relieved 10 days ago. have been recalled
10 begin the construction Of new build
inES. II wnS also announced today that
hot water will be installed in all bar
racks and that mess halls will be built
with windows and shutters for winter.
The new work will mean that two
months moro will he consumed before
the camp Is complete.
Captain Robinson nf Company L OF
MorGantown. who has been nj Fort Sill,
Ckln.. taking special instructions in
modern methods of warfare. arrived
here today and Joined his regiment
Several thousand kentucky and In
diana troops arrived here today.
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WHEElINC'S SECOND
INCREMENT GIVEN
UNIFORMS, FRIDAY
BY A, B. LAND,
lnteiIiqencer Correspondent.

CAMP LEE, PETERSBURG. Va
Sept. 28.-The, second increment OF
Vest Virginia drafted men were being
issued their equipment at Camp Lee
today, and officers had to have every
man in the camp in uniform BY to-
morrow night.
Training operations were interfered
with today BY the heavy rain, which
fell last night. turning the drill
grounds into great mud puddle. ,
Following the announcement today
that the best drilled company in the
S0th division would De allowed to
spend one week in Richmond during
the Virginia state fair, an intense riy-
airy has sprung up between every
company in the division. Each regi-
mental commander is. anxious that
one of his companies secure the. COW
eted honor. and an intense training
period will be staged the latteS part
of next week.
. Many Of the men ip- camp today
were planning little trips to points
of interest tomorrow afternoon and
Sunday. when thew receive holiday.
Some will visit Richmond and Nor
folk, while others plan small boat
rims down the James river from City
Point.
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eral Fetain's front along the southern
part Of the battle line in France, con-.
tinues here and there to strike violent
~. His latest attempt has been in the
forest Of the Argonne, where three times
he threw his troops against the French
men. AS on the observation-disclosures and
before Verdun. where similar assaults
recently have been made, the effort OF
the Germans was fruitless. and brought
to them only additional heavy casual.
ties.
Comparative quiet prevails on all tha
other battle fronts. although there has
been resumption by the Russians OF
their activities in the Caucasus. where
at several points Ottoman forces have
been defeated. =;
The British controller Of shipping
announces that the losses OF British
ships sire last February have approu-
mately equalled. the total losses In the
war before that period, and that It sts
reasonable to expect the enemy Will de-.
stroy with U-boats zoo vessels In ex.
cess Of the Tonnage that can be built by
next spring. He says there 10 urgent
need for the United States to under
take merchant shtnbuilding on bread
scale. AS otherwise It will be impossible
to send a substantial force Of soldiers
to France next spring without seriously,
affecting the tonnage required for the
carrying Of food to Franco Italy and
Great Britain -
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F'riedlaendcr-Fuld House. where We had
n supper fur four n Mrs. Milford
apartments After supper. while | was
talking TO Zimmerman. he spoke or
the note To America and said:
During the last month this is what |
hav" been doing so often ut the general
Headquarters with tho Emperor. | often
Thought Of telling yUu what WAS going
on as used to tell you in I'll" old days.
hut thought that You would only reply
that such 4 course would mean break
of Diplomatic relations, and so | thought
there WAS no use In telling You. But
Won will sec everything will he all right.
America will do nothing. for President
Wilson is for peace and nothing else.
Everything will 60 on as before. / have
arranged for you 10 go To Great General
Headquarters and see the Kaiser next
week. Everything will he all right"
The next day. Sunday. we had a Ger
mnn who is connected with the Foreign
Office and his American wife to luncheon
and another German who had been In
America also connected with the For
eign Office. Just as VIC were going In
n lunch. some one produced copy of
tho "B H." the noon paper published
In Berlin. which contained what scemcc
tn ne an authentic account Of the break
ing Of Diplomatic relations by America.
The lunch was far from cheerful. The
Germans looked very sad and said Tir-
tuaIly nothing. while I tried TO mako
polite conversation at my end OF the
table.
The next day ] went over to see Zim-
mermaun. having thnt morning received
the official dispatch from Washington.
and told him that ! had come to demand
my passports.
OF course. Zimmerman by that time
had received the news and had had time
to compose himself. The American cor
respondents old me that when he saw
them on tn day before he had at frsy
refused to Gay anything. and then had
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because army and navy people were con-
*inccd that ruthless submarine war
spelled success and Il glorious peace.
But this peace. Of course. meant only
n German peace: Il pcHc" rs outlined To
me by the chancellor q peace Impossible
for the allies and even the world 10
accept: q peace which would leave Cor
many immensely powerful and ready
Immediately after the w:tr To take up z
campaign against the nations Nf the
Western Hcmisphcrc: peace which
would compe! every nation. 50 long us
German autocracy remained in thu sad
die, to devote It's best energies. the most
fruitful period OF each mans life. Ia
preparations, for war.
l received on January 30 Il dchnit"
intimation nf the coming ultmatum the
next day: judging that the hint meant
the resumption of ruthless submarine
war. tclcgraphcd a warming to tin:
American Ambassadors AMI Ministers us
well as to the state Department
he Summons From nlmermann.
On January 81. at about 4 o'clock IN
the afternoon. I received from thinner
mann IL short letter. of which the fol-
lowing Is n copy
The Secretary Of Stat" nf tn"
Foreign Office. Zimmerman. re-. ..
quests the honor nf the visit Of his
ENcellcncy. tho Ambassador of the
United Stut"S Of america this after
noon at g. o'Clock in the Foreign
Office. WihclmStrassr 1916 Berlin.
the 31st January. 1917.
Pursuant to this letter | went to this
Foreign Office ut o'clock. Ximmrr
mann then read IN me in German Z
note from the Imperial Government
Announcing III" creation Of tho war
zone about Great BIRTH In and France,
and the commencement "f ruthless sub
marine warfare ut |: p. IN. that night
! made no comment. mt the not" III
my pocket and went back to the en-
hassy II WAS then nhou, : =. III. and
Of course. the note was Immediately
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At last accounts Field Marshall Haig
was holding and consolidating the sal
lent positions won from the Germans
in Wednesdays rattle east OF fpres'
tho extension Of which would give him
a dominating point from which to oper-
ate against the Ostend-Lille railroad.
and also a position thanking both the
northern and southern parts OF crown
Prince Rupprechl Of Bavaria line
All the commanding positions taken
by the English. Scotch and Australian
trnops In the latest drive have been hrm-
" held by them, despite numerous
furious counter attacks delivered with
huge electives. in which the Germans
suffered terrible losses In men killed
or wounded. The Rerlin official commu-
nicetiun reports that To the cast OF lpreS
the British artillery again has assumed
tho proportinns Of drumtirc. which Is al
ways an indication that Haig has IN
store for the enemy still fnrther re-
1cntlcss attack against his lines.
Crown Prince Frederick William.
nrohablv inhued with the Idea that
sometime he will be able to pierce Cen
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In the first hour thirty-five men
were thus hailed into the mar
shal's office and later were ques-
toned by investigators for the
department Of justice. Among the
first to be taken in custody was
William D. Haywood, secretary Of
the national organization Of the I.
W. w. who was questioned Sep
TEMPER 5th. when the headquarters
Of the I. w. w. in various cities Of
the country were raided by the
government.
An explanatory statement Is
sued by the government attorney
who directed the investigation Of
the seditious conspiracy, the crime
of which the men named In the
indictments are accused, said:
THE prosecutions are under Sec
tions G. 19 and 81 of the criminal
code. and under the espionage act
only leaders in consptracies or
those personally culpapale In con-
ncction with the preparation Of
crimes against the United States
are included as defendants"
To permit the sure arrest Of the
indicted men. no hint Of their
names was permitted to escape dur
ing the court proceedings. which oc-
cupied only few minutes, and
consisted Of statement from the
foreman OF the federal grand jury
that it labors had been completed.
the handing Of bulky sheaf of in
dictmcnts to the clerk Of the court
and few brief words from Judge
Evans thanking the jurors for their
sacrifice Of time and effort and as
surfing them that they had done
their duty ms citizens. a duty which
the court said was quite as lmror-
tant as any obli gatiotI, 1ich rests
on a citizen"
None but members Of the I, W.
W. was named in the Indictments.
the government attorneys taking
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HELM FOUR-F[USHES AND
CLASHES WITH NORTH DAK0TAN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Hot de-
bate eliminating in a physical en-
counter between Representatives Hell
lin, Of Alabama, and Norton. of North
Dakota, was precipitated in the house
today, by q report from the rules COM
mittee that it Lad been decided not
to act on any Of the various resolu-
tons for an inquiry into whether mem
bers Of congress have been influenced
by German money.
At adjournment tonight, the two
belligerents were clanloring for an
opportunity to address the house, and
other members who want an inquiry
were striving TO have one ordered in
spite of the committees report. Dis
cussion will be resumed tomorrow
with demands from both sides OF the
house for investigation Of MI. Het-
Inns charges that several members
have not acted Loyalty.
Groans For Heflin.
Chairman Pou explained in submit,
ting the rules committee report that
an Inquiry would interfere with
sweeping Investigation Of the use Of
German money now being made by
the department of justice. He said
Representative Heflin had not reflect
ed on, the intsesity Of any member OF
the house, and had spoken in the heat
OF debate. Some loud groans greeted
the latter statement Representative
Britten Of Illinois. who had been crit
icised by Mr.. Heflin for introducing
a measure to exempt German aliens
from military service, shouted that
resolution to expel Heflin should be
considered Immediately.
fha nlidSr IF thn storm RCnrnSen-
tatlve Steenersor. of Minnesota switchs
cd the discussion TO other business.
and thcnceforth. save the the few min
utes In which Heflin and Norton had
CONTINUED on Page Twe1ve.)
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MANY LOCAL DRAFTEES FAIL
IN APPEALS FOR EXEMPTION

cLARKsBURe, w. Va, a1pES
2s.-sefore the district draft Snss
emption board today, many SAR;
peals for exemption Were refU04ds:
Including a number from tho eouHs;
ties Of Ohio, Brooke and marslall
az follows:
ohio-oear p. eueeold, VIZ
liam johnston, Chester 0enno
William c. Nlekerson, Marion f
Miner, Frank J. Michel, Erno1k;
Schubert, Roy Douglass, HarryyJs
Loeffier, Erwin Reynolds, Guy ksl
Chapman, Glen n. Chambers, Aass;
old J. Roth, Charles w. EbhoGfr
Perry c. Hartman. ~
Brooke-Mlek charakopos, NHds
sfo ArsIne, Lazo GearzeH, vernoN2
L. Lucas, John c. Miller. ;:5gk
MarshalI-Nick Vailrkfs, J.:,yvss
Church, Paul Ha1erman. 1a.sss33!:s
Out Of . total OF - oasa1 -:
ported, 1ve appeals for exs1JDS,
were granted. Those exsmpto6A 49,
william Il. Hkinnsr Of 9A15c9y
county, Russell L. dsorys Of Q11a;
county, Z. vGnhorn ana 1o01aaAi
Bailey Of ClArksbury, SAD chakj4g
HArtsr Of IumbArport. <,
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! been rather violent in his language and
! Ind finally shown great emotion. ] am
sure from everything I observed that
the break Of diplomatic relations came
MS M intense surprise To him ana 10 lhe
other members of the Government: yet
I cannot imagine why Intelligent men
should think that the United States OF
! America had fallen SO low As TO bear
! without murmur this sudden kick in the
face.
! Tho police. who had always been
about our embassy since the commence
ment Of thr war. were now greatly In
+ creased in numbers. and guarded not on,
, " the front Of tho house, hut the rear
and the surrounding streets. But there
was no demonstration whatever on the
part Of the people OF Berlin. On tues
day afternoon went out for walk,
! passing through most Of the principal
streets Of Berlin absolutely alone.
On my return to the embassy found
! Count MnntEeias. who. with the rank OF
Minister. was Mt the head or the oe>
partmcnt which included American ar
fairs In the Foreign Once.
! I asked MnntEelas why l had not re-
: ceIved my passports. and he said that I
was being kept back because the I'm
perIal Government did not know what
had happened to Count BernstorH and
there had been rumnrs that the German
ships in America had been contiscatcd by
our Government. I answered that I
vas quite sure that Berrstorn was be-
ing treated with every courtesy and
that the German ships had not been
cunhscnted. and said:
! 81 do not sec why I have TO disprove
your Idea that Bernstorf Ia being NAL
treated and the German ships conflscat-
ed II seems to me 1t Is for you 10
prove this. and ut any event. why don't
YOU have the Swiss Government which
now represents you. cable to their Min
lister in Washington and get the exact
! facts%
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ABUSE Of PRESIDENT WILSON IN
A||CHAEL|S' RE|CHSTAG SPEECH

AMSTERDAM. Sept. 2S.-Dr- Mich
aelis. the German imperial chancellor.
in a speech to tie Main committee OF
the Rechstag sad that Pope Benedicts
rcacc proposals were inspired by moral
seriousness. pure Justice and neutrality.
which things were lacking in tho reply
made by President Wilson to tho pope.
Justifying Gcrmany's refusal to stat"
her war aims, DR.. MichaeliS said such
action would only have g confusing ef-
feet and would iniure German interests.
The chancellor said the announced
American military eXertions wore await
ed by Germany with calm confidence.
Were Germany to state her aims. the
chancellor asserted. it would perjudce
the complex qucations to be- discussed
at the time Of peace negotiations.
The chancellor strongly attaGkcd
President Wilson's reply to tho pope
which. he asserted. merely bound the
German people together moro firmly.
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translated and dispatched with all speed
In America.
After tho dispatch Of tn" note | had
an interview with the Chancellor in
/ which. as | hay" stated above, he crit
iczed both the peace note Of December
Is HS not being dniiniic enough. AMI tho
SPEECH, 10 the Senate Of January 20;
further. he said that NJ believed the sit
uation had rhangcd--that in spite of
what President Wilson had said in the
note before the Sucss"X settlement. the
President waa now for peacc; that ~"
had been elected on II peace platform.
and that nothing would happen.
Ximmrrmann ut the time he delivered
tn. note told me that this submarine
. warfare was u necessity for Germany and
that Germany could not hold ont Il year
on the question nf food. He further
said: "Cilvc lis only two months of
this kind Of warfare and We shall end
III" war md make peace within three
, months"
Americas Breaking Of Relations.
The President on Saturday, February
3. announced to Congress the breaking
Of diplomatic relations with Germany.
The news of this Of course did not
roach Rerlin until the next day. and on
this Saturday afternoon Mrs. Gerard
ana h1d an engagement 10 go IL inc
! theatre with Zimmerman and Mrs
! FrirIland"r-FuldMi Milford. II young ludy
/ whose father is considered the richest
/ nnn In Berlin. and who had hcrn mar
rird tn II young Engl!shman named
Milford. son Of Lord Redcsdalc. Through
no fault on the lady's pnrt. there had
! been nn annulment of this marriage and
she was occupying n floor of her own
I in the handsome house nf her father and
mother on the Partser-PlatZ in Berlin
We stopped for Mrs. Milford and took
her to the theatre. where We saw very
, clever play. ] think by Thoma, called
die verlorene Tochtcr" ('"rhc Frodi gal
, Daurhtcr'). Zimmerman did not come
10 the play. but Joined US later at the
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COUNTER-ATTACKS BY
BOTH CROWN PRINCES
REFUSED BY ALLIES

LONDON, Sept. 2s.-corrs-
spondeats at British headquRr-
tiers in France advise all their
English and American nswspA-
per1 to expect nothing from
their respective correspondents
today. no reason for this 10 a.
signed, but it IL supposed TO
presage another British often
sive.
The only occasion previously
Of interrupting the nswS Of ths
correspondents WAS In October,
1915, when IL was announced
from London that Thousands OF
words Of news from AsSociAtSd
Press correspondents In Sofia
and from the German lines on
tho wostoru battle front were
being withheld. by tia BdtiSh
censor. Two days Later ANNOUNCE
mont was received Of the entry
OF BulEaT4AsiRto thu war on the
side Of the Tsutonio Allies, and
q day still later came thu news
that Field Marshal Sir John
French, who had remained sneut
for five days, had mads oonstd-
cradle gains in tho Loos sector,
drivinT q wedge Into the oer-
mans from 500 to 1000 yards In
depth.
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"Nu -Four Years In Germany AtnbaSSQd0r GerQrdS BOOK

He replied: well. you know tho Swiss
are not used to cabling" i&
He then produced a paper which was
n rcaff1rmation Of the treaty bstWeen
Prussia and the United States Of 1873.
with some very extraordinary clauses
added. He asked me to read this over
and either TO sign 1t or to get authority
to sign 1t. saying that II 1t ware not
signed II would be very dffhcult Tor
Americans to leave the country, pa1ucu-
larly the American correspondents.
I read this trenty over and then sAid:
"Of course, cannot sign this on my
own responsibility and will not cable
to my Government unless I may cable
in cipher and give them my opinion OF
this document" He said: THAT Is I'M
possible" This treaty was as follows:
Agreement between Germany and the
United States Of America concerning
the treatment Of each others citizens
and their private property after the
severance OF diplomatic relations. -
ARTICLE ].
After the severance Of diplomatic re-
lations between Germany and the Unit
ed States OF America and In the event.
OF the outbreak Of war between the
two powers the citizens OF either party
and their private property tn tho ter.
rttory Of the other purity shall be troNfal
ed according to Article % OF tho tro1a
OF amity and commerce between PrU1
STA and the United States Of II July,
1893 with the following explRn&tSey|
and supplementary clauses. .Z%
ARTICLE II. -.
German merchants In the Ouitod
States and American merchants In Ger.
many shall so far as the treatment q
their persons and their property IL con
cerned be held in every respect On Q
par with the other persons mentioned
in Article 23. Accordingly thAy AaAIl
even after the period provided hpr
Article % has elapsed be entitled
fnnnf6AnAd "a RARA IINAH
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ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.. Sept. 20
Vast oyersubscription to the three bill
lion dollar second Liberty Loan was
confidently predicted by Secretary
McAdoo in an address here today De-
fore the American Bankers asSocia-
ton, calling upon the bankers to give
the same patriotic support to the new
bond issue that they gave to the first.
at has been urged upon me" SAID
the secretary, that many men OF
wealth will refuse to buy the 4 per
cent bond with liability to super in
come taxation. I should be loath to
believe this: but II it Is true. the
position Of the government must al
ways be to offer a bond upon terms