The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-26
NO PROBE OF
GERMAN PLOT
Congressional Leaders Will
Not Probe German
Bride Scandal
MORE SENSATIONAL
EXPOSURES COMING
Won Bernstorf's $4,000 Plot
Money Was Only a Part
of Immense Fund

Washington, Sept. 26,-There will b,
no congressional probe of the Bernstorfl
slush fund" for peace exposed by the
state department
This was assured yesterday following
"A conference between Democratic Leader
Senator Martin and Senator 0verman,
chairman of the lobby investigating com
mittee.
Let the House investigate if it wants
to-we'll make none," 0yerman said.
House leaders already have decided to
let the general investigation drop, con-
corning itself solely with the advisable
ity of inquiring into remarks by Repre-
sentatives Hefn and Howard rejecting
ON the integrity of some members.
Washington, Sept. 26.-The House is
divided over the punishment to be melted
to Representatives Hehin of Alabama and
Howard of Georgia for insinuations that
some congressman were interested in Won
Bernstorif's $4,000 "slush fund"
Representatives Norton and Fordney
yesterday demanded the two be expelled
unless they can prove the truth of the
statements they made. More friendly
members suggest a formal reprimand.
Punishment other than expulsion is
not severe enough" said Representative
Norton. Apologies and retractions don't
right the wrong done the regulations of
the House.
Il shall appear before the rules com
mittee to demand action on my resolu
ton. If the committee delays, | will call
the resolutions before the House itself.
The rules committee will try to delay
matters until the temper of the House
cools
New Disclosures Expected.
In the meantime Washington is being
stirred by intimations coming from Off
,ia and semi-official quarters to the eff
feet that other disclosures, more sensa
.ional than any that have gone before,
IRE on the way.
1t is stated that the department of
Justice is holding in reserve, pending
favorable moment for its publication, a
mass of data to prove that the $4,000
which Bernstorff proposed on Jan, % last
lsing to influence Congress was but a
lrop in the bucket.
The data, it is stated, indicated that
rom the time of the outbreak of the
European war to a time beyond the
ntry of the United States into the world
truggle there was fund totalling mil
ons of dollars which Germany main
aimed in this country to conduct prop
ganda and finance plots against Amer
AN neutrality.
DN;o;aIs 1;,t al n IA 81
ames and dates in possession of the Sc
ret service having to do. not alone with
work, but with conspirators t
} obtain fraudulent American passports o
,r German spies working in England v
nd France schemes to blow up muni- d
on factories in this country; plots to G
ir up demonstrations in Mexico and
ong the border for the purpose of di. 7
erting American attention from the raw
res of the submarines and anti-prepar- n
mess agitation to keep the United II
,ates helpless before the growing AFRO I
nee of Germany toward neutral rights N
OF more intimate consequence and q
omising revelations of distinctly per- III
nal character is the assurance that the al
cret service has the names of women Z
social prominence in Washington and Y
ew York whose friendship for Count II
IN BernstorT often caused them to be h
e unwilling sources of information. sc
Always adroit in conversation, the NJ
unit, it is stated, invariably profited OF
om talks at social functions at which IN
IRE the wives of government officials, of T 81
.mbers of Congress and of business
IN who were in a position to know of ID
portant matters of interest to Ger.
my. =.
The department of justice, it is stated I
reliable quarters, is also prepared to 20
close the identity of individuals who se
rked in various clerical capacities at ~,
; German embassy in daytime, but -
10 served as walters at social functions an
Washington at night. ny
L is reported that some of these men -"
IN succeeded on occasion in working as
tiers at dinners given by members of -,
, cabinet and at some of the entente
bassies. From the table conversations ny
these functions, il is stated, these iAt
snts of Bernstorff were able to obtain i' ai
ch information that later found its no no
y to Berlin. ''''