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The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
ten STEAMERS SUNK
MONDAY, SAYS Berlin
Only Five Ships Reported by London.
Sixteen More Vessels Torpedoed.

tBy the International News Service
Berlin (via wireless Sayville), Feb. 13-
1t was announced tonight that among ten
steamers reported sunk on February Ii.
were one English grain steamer of about
1900 tons gross, three large armed freight
ers, and one unarmed English freight
steamer of about $500 TONS
Only five ships reported in London dis
patches to have been sunk on Monday,
They were: Netherlee, British, 4.227 tons:
Lycia, British, ans tons; Achios spyri-
dion, Greek, 76S tons; Voltaire, British.
400 tons; Olivia, British. 242 tons.
In German circles here IT has been
claimed since the Inauguration of unre-
stricted U-boat warfare that London only
announces the losses of ships plying be-
tween British and American ports, and
such vessels as are partly insured in the
United States.
1t was further announced by the Ger
man admiralty last night according to
Berlin dispatches, that supplementary re-
ports from U-boats operating in the
barred zone" report the following yes-
sells as sunk:
Seven steamers and three sailing ves-
sells Of an aggregate tonnage of % 900
tons; one English schooner of about 400
tons, laden with pig iron and erenades.
the French bark Hoeland, sO5 tons. laden
with salt and wine; the French sailing
ships Confiante and Sainte Marie. with
coal for France; one steamer with hidden
lights, about 1000 gross, and the Russian
steamer Cerera, 5000 tons. with coal for
the French admiralty.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
ROADS ON WAR BASIS
inside OF 4S HOURS
Council Arranses for Mopilization of
Transportation Facilities.

Mobilization of the railroads, capital
labor and all industries needed in time
or war was given an impetus yesterday
at the second meeting OF the Council OF
National Defense. The meeting brought
together army and navy officials and
groups of industrial and financial leaders
and plans were rushed forward TO CO.
ordinate resources 1 n every important
field of activity.
Arrangements whereby the nations
railroads could be placed on a war foot
ing within twenty-four hours IL an emer-
gency arose were begun by Daniel Will
lard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, who was designated by the
council as chairman OF select commit
tee in charge Of transportation and CON-
munication-
Plans to this end are to be worked ou,
in forthcoming conferences between gov
eminent officials and the American Rail-
way Association, Mr.. Willard announced
after talking with army and navy chiefs.
The first step to be taken as q result OF
yesterdays conferences will be the ap-
pointnent of committee Of expert en-
gineers Of the railway association to
work out with government experts de-
tailed plans of procedure to be followed
in quickly whipping the transportation
resources into shape. IL war comes.
President Willard announced that heads
of fifteen of the largest railway lines OF
the country had decided to make the
American Railway Association the instru-
ment for handling transportation Of meu
and supplies, Committees of railway
presidents will be organized in each OF
the -four military departments-northern
southern, eastern and westsrA
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
ARRIVES SAFELY
Ryndam, Turned Back by u
Boat, Reaches Gotham.

(By the International News Service
New York. Feb. 1a-The steamer
Ryndam. Of the Holland American Line.
which sailed from this port for Rotter-
dam on January .. and was turned bach
by a U-boat when she was one day ava,
from Falmouth. reached Quarantine
shortly before midnight
She has sixty-nve cabin, thirty-two
second class, and twenty-five third-clas as
passengers aboard, and of this number
twenty-five are American citizens. Her
cargo was all consigned to the Neither
lands Overseas Trust Company and was
non-contraband.
The Ryndam's return to her port of
departure after an absence of fifteen
days without touching at any port, re-
calls the exploit of the cold ship
Kronprinzessin Cecilie, of the North Ger
man Lloyd Line. The Cecilie was turned
back in July, 1914. after being near the
English coast. and reached Bar Harbor
safely.
Vessels Requisitioned,
Word was received here late tonight
that the fleets of the Booth Steamship
Company. Limited, and the Alfred Holt
Company, the latter better known as the
famous Blue Funnel Line, had been re-
Questioned by the British admiralty.
The Booth Company owns twenty-six
passenger and freight vessels, averaging
4,143 tons. and the Holt Line owns eighty
four vessels, averaging 6,75 tons. The
total tonnage requisitioned approximates
6l6.s0o tons, and means the withdrawal of
merchant ships from the England-Sou
American and England-China, Japan and
Far East trade.
Grave anxiety was expressed here to-
day for the safety of the White Star liner
Adriatic, the largest passenger vessel
now in service. The Adriatic sailed from
this port eleven days ago with a rich
cargo OF munitions and should have been
at Liverpool on Monday. @. W. Udriger,
an American of. San Francisco, WAS
among her forty-four passengers
The French liner Espagne, with 80 pas
sengers-slxty-seven of them American
citizens-sailed for Bordeaux at 10 o'clock
tonight.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
REED SEES War
Don't Let America Spill All
the Blood" Senator Urges.

"If we are to waIlow in blood, let II
not all be the blood of our American
boys" said Senator James A Reed. Of
Missouri, in an address before the WASH
ington Chamber Of Commerce last night
There is no such thing" said the
Senator. ''as an International eonscienoe.
England, supposed to be DE foremost
type Of Christian nation. said to the
Chinese when they pleaded that the
opium evil be not forced on them Take
our opium or our grapeshot' And when
the British greyhound reached across the
sea and lunged at the three little re-
publics in South Africa, where was in
ternational conscience?
There is no greater enemy to a re-
public. SO dangerous to humanity and
peace, as a man who would leave his
country so untitled as not to be able
to defend itself when the time came.
have no grudge against England, but
1 am merely using this as an illustra-
ton. Just as long as nations are selfish
in their ideas, and are controlled by
the vicious elements, we must stand
prepared to defend ourselves by force
The world is upside down. We must
be prepared TO meet new conditions.
The shores OF Europe are very close.
But whoever lands upon our shores-we
can guarantee they will never get back.
"Tfme We Wake Up"
This must be SO IL We are to continu>
to be a great nation and the home OF
Christianity. Our land ought to be filled
with great military universities and col
leges, training the young men to defend
their sacred rights. 1t is high time we
woke up and realized our position. Years
ago, when II required long time TO
transport men and munitions across the
Atlantic, We could meet them and take
care of them, but today we are rubbing
elbows constantly with Europe. She Is
only step away.
mo nation in history ever acted on the
Golden Rule for fifty years in succession.
The nations Of Europe has gobbled up all
of Africa Little nations exist only by
the grace of larger nations, and most OF
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
PASS naval BILL
To Spend $368,0OO, for
New Fighting Vessels.

The House yesterday passed the naval
APPROPRIATION bill carrying s3ss, ,ooo,0 900 by
a vote of s2 to q. This tremendous ap-
preparation is more than double the aver.
age annual appropriation for naval con-
struction and naval upkeep for the past
decade. 1t exceeds the army appropria-
ton bill which will follow 1t before the
House, by more than $I20,000.Ooo.
Just before the vote was taken Re-
publican Leader Mann offered as an
amendment the following affirmation of
Americas international policy which was
adopted without a record vote:
1T Is hereby reaffirmed to be the
policy Of the United States to adjust
and settle its disputes through mediation
or arbitration to the end that war may
be honorably avoided"
The building program embodied in
the bill includes the following pro-
visions:
Three battleships of the first class,
each of $4,000 tons displacement, and
with speed of not less than twenty
three knots an hour. They will mount
each twelve 16-inch guns and will be
both in size and armament the larg-
est battleships in the world.
One battle cruiser of $4,000 tons dis
placement and with a speed of IS
knots an hour. mounting twelve IA
inch guns.
Three scout cruisers OF sS-knot
speed.
Eighteen submarines, each capable
of taking to the sea for extended
cruises, and fifteen destroyers.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
four MORE SUNK
IN U-B0AT RAIDS
Afric, Worlds Bigge st
F.reighter, Heads Days Toll
In Sub" Warfare.
(By the International News serviee.)

(By the International News Service. }
London, Feb. 1a-The biggest freighter
in the world, the White Star steamer
Afric. of 1889 tons. fell victim today to
unrestricted U-boat warfare. Seventeen
of the crew are missing. She IL the
biggest prize exacted by the German sub
marines since the decree went into affect.
Her loss brings the total number of ships
known to have been destroyed in thir-
teen days up to ninety-three, with an
aggregate tonnage of 20,620
The biggest weasel sent to the bottom
prior to the Afr1c's destruction was the
British steamer California. Of ae0 tons.
The third largest lost was the Port
Adelaide, British. 41oo tons.
The Afric had never been In an Ameri-
can port, having piled regularly between
Liverpool and Australian and New Zea-
land ports. She was built in 1888, was
565 feet long. 3 feet beam, with a depth
of "A feet. She was owned IN Liverpool.
Restrictions withdraw.
Another vessel sunk today was the
Foreland, British, of 1850 tons, included
in the above figures
The British steamship Ada also was
reported sunk today In Lloyd's list, as
was the Norwegian motorboat West. The
crews of both vessels were landed.
Thus today's toll consists of four ves-
sells. with total tonnage of A,1B. this
figure not including the tonnage Of the
West, which is not listed in maritime
records.
The last shreds OF restriction for neu-
trails were torn Off the barred zone to-
day by the German admiralty. which an
nounced that after midnight February
II, no warning can be expected by any
vessel and that the U-boats now reign
supreme and hold free sway. The state
ment asserts that up to last midnight
not a single neutral vessel has been tor
pedoed without warning. all reports
spread by the enemy being incorrect
Even passenger vessels Of the belligerents,
it Is stated, were warned
One of the three American fremen
who were aboard the British steamer
Saxonian when she was sent down by
torpedo last Wednesday was wounded
by a shell splinter. He II James Weygard
He Is now in a hospital at Queenstown.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
Sends Blades to Germany
With Bernstorf Party

As Count and Countess Won
Bernstor1 and their party Of more
than 200 German consuls and at
taches walked solemnly between
files of policemen at pnion Station
last night, a man who had been
anxlously awaiting the arrival Of
the party called one Of the secre-
taries of the Embassy aside and
handed him a small package.
In the package were 500 safety
razor blades, and the stranger
asked the secretary to deliver
them to one of his friends In Ber-
LIN. explaining that be had . razor,
but could not buy any blades any
where in Germany. A safe deiiv-
cry was promised.
Another man among those who
had assembled at the station to see
the departure of the Official party,
yelled to the Ambassador In the
German language,
You VIII soon come back
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
Does Your Wife Nag You?
Don't Go to Divorce Court;
Simply Buy a Nerve Tonic !!

Chicago. Feb. 13.-Are you and your
wife incompatible7 Have things come
TO such a pass you are thinking OF
running down to the divorce court?
Wait!
1t Is not "cussedness" on her part. but
an emotional disturbance that Is respson-
sible. and it will pass away.
SO declared Dr. Rachel Watkins be-
fore the Medical women's Club Of Chi
cago. which Is host to the National
Clinical week here. Hundreds of special
lists are In attendance.
"Warring couples will find the cause
in nerves and not in incompatibility, "
declared DIR. Watkins. THE man they
want to see is not the divorce Judge,
but an alienist."
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
NAVAL and SUBMARINE
BASES RECOMMENDED
Training Station at Los Angeles and
Underseas Station at San
Diego Urged.

A naval training base at Los Angeles
ana q submarine oper attng base at San
Diego are recommended in a report of
the Helm Commission on Navy Yards and
Naval Stations to Secretary Daniels late
yesterday afternoon.
For the former it is recommended that
10000 be appropriated and that a tract
OF l6S acres near the inner end of the
breakwater, offered by the city of Los
Angeles, be accepted as the site Pro-
vision should be made for eighteen SUBJ
marines at this training station, the board
reports, declaring the station could also
be used as a base of operations in time
of war.
The board recommends that the San
Diego submarine base be located at the
present naval station between the north
end" and quarantine.
1t is further recommended that a naval
aviation training and experimental sta
tion be located on the Pacific Coast. The
board finds San Diego the most suitable
site, a location being found on the North
Islands in the bay. For the establish
ment OF this $4,000 would be required,
the report says.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
GIRL ATTACKED
Miss Mary Miller Saved from
Negroes by Mother.

Rescued from a brutal robbery and at
tack by the timely appearance OF her
mother at the door of her home. 3si0 New
Hampshire avenue. Miss Mary E. Miller.
an employe of the numbering division of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Is
in her home suffering from a wrenched
back and shock.
The young woman was attacked on the
steps of her home at 1880 O'Clock last
night by one of two negro men who fol-
lowed her from a Soldiers Home street
car. Miss Miller had reached the ton of
the steps and knocked on the door when
the negro grabbed her. Placing his
hand over her mouth he threw her to the
porch. Her mother opened the door in time
to see her daughter thrown to the ground.
They then ran off,
Miss Miller had been visiting her sis
ter a few blocks from the home of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Miller
She bade her sister good night and walk
ing to Upshur street, boarded a city
bound street car. She alighted at New
Hampshire avenue and Rock Creek
Church road. When the girl rose to get
of the car she noticed that two negroes
who had been sitting in the car playing
q mandolin and a guitar, alighted Miss
Miller walked hurriedly toward her home.
The negroes followed.
Reaching home, Miss Miller ran up the
steps and knocked on the door. As she
knocked, she saw one of the negroes
mounting the steps. She screamed and the
negro grabbed her.
HE put his hand over my mouth and
knocked me down. said Miss Miller last
night MY mother. who was on. the
first floor, heard me knock and opened
the door just in time. The negro ran off.
One of the negroes dropped a mandolin. &"
Miss Miller gave the police a good de-
scription Of the men.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
Do You Want to Be Healthy
and Live Without Working?
Eat Herbs, Friend, Eat Herbs

Chicago, Feb. 13-"How 10 Tixse with
out Work." as explained by DR. Rober,
T. Aston. devotee of efficiency, consists
largely in getting by on a minimum of
labor and diet of fruits. nuts. succulent
herbs and uncooked foods.
These are the cheapest and the most
nutritious foods" he said. at will re-
auire less work oh your part to obtain
them"
somo Of the results he said would fol-
low are:
You would be happy and contented.
and would not have to work to nav -
preacher to talk to you of a better life.
Your teeth would be preserved, and you
would not have to work to pay a dentist
to repair them.
You would have better health and you
would not have to work to pay a doctor
to treat you
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
UNCLE SAM NOW JINGLES
.sl,22O,OOO,OO0 WAR GOLD
Morgan Receives SIS. 100000 More
for British Purchases.

New York, Feb 13.-With the arrival to-
day from Canada of SIS, 900 in gold
consigned to ]. p Morgan & Co., for
account of the British government, the
yellow tide of English gold has again
started running toward the United States.
There was a suspension of gold i'm
ports for several weeks, due to the
credit established by the recent British
loan, but apparently this sum has been
exhausted and once more gold must be
sent to pay for the purchases OF food
stuffs and war munitions in this country.
Since January the gold importations
from all sources have amounted to
$50, 500 900. In the two years and six
months since January 1, 1915, the gold
coming into the United States totaled
81 .29O, 100000, nearly all Of which has re-
manned here.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
Won BERNSTORfF,
HEART BROKEN,
OFF FOR HOME
: German Ambassador, In Mes
sage to American People,
Prays for Peace.
BIG CROWD AT STATION
Baroness Zwedinek. Wife of Austrian
Charge, Accompanies Departing
Diplomat.
BIG CROWD AT STATION

Count Johann Won Bernstorn. before
starting on his homsward trip to Ger
many last night expressed In . farewell
message the fervsnt hope that war BE-
tween the United States and Germany
may be ayerted and said It was his earn
est wish that the "old friendly relations
between the two nations soon may be
restored. The former German Ambassa-
dor and his suite left on a special train
last night for New York and will sail to-
day on the Scandinavian liner Fred
erick VIII
The popular diplomats hours before de-
parting were filled with many sad fare
wells. Count Won Bernstorn, crestfallen
and disconsolate, felt a genuine regret
that he had to leave the scene of eight
years of brilliant effort. He told friends
before leaving he would have considered
1t the greatest triumph of his long ca
reer in diplomacy II he had been able to
preserve unbroken the bonds of friend
snip between the two nations. He said
he had considered this task his life
work, and that now that it had collapsed
he felt the bitterest disappointment In
farewell statement which he gave his
newspaper friends he said his heart was
filled with gratitude to those whose
AA4ShuSAA4p AOT mas Deen unwaYertng z
since hostilities began.
The official party made a silent depar-
ture from this city. Arriving at the
Union Station at I0:4O o'clock last night
IN more than a score of automobiles.
Count and Countess Won Bernstorfr, sur
rounded by squad of Secret Service
agents, led the party Of more than 100
eonsuls, from all parts of the United
States and attaches through files Of Do
Hcemen to the special train which was
awaiting to carry them to New York
City.
Guarded by Detectives.
Baroness zwiedinek, wife of the Aus
TRAN charge, accompanied the Bernstorfr
party to New York and will sail on the
Frederick VIII for her home in Austria.
At the Austrian Embassy it was ex-
planned that the baroness had taken
what seemed to be a safe opportunity to
return to Austria where she wishes to
De with her chilcren. The sudden de-
parture Of the wife of the Austrian
charge was regarded as significant in
some quarters because of the uncertain
status Of present diplomatic relations
between the United States and Austria.
y large crowd Of spectators assembled
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
DANIELS TRICKED
BY GERMAN SNARE
Propagandist Hoodwinks OF.
ficials, with Aid Of Bryan,
Into Sending Message.

The story Of how ''Dr" George Bar
thelme, Washington correspondent of the
Cologne Gazette. succeeded in pulling
the WOOL over the eyes of William ].
Bryan and tricked the unsuspectins
Josephus Daniels. Secretary of the Navy.
into permitting him to send . radio to
Germany which enraged officials of the
State Department, came to light yester-
day.
DR." Barthelme was the originator OF
the nl-starred German peace move which
President Wilson turned down 20 abrupt
ly Monday.
The correspondent Is the hsro--or other
wise, take your choice-of an exciting
melodrama which was played in WASH
ington directly after President Wilson
severed relations with Germany.
Bryan's Arrival Paves Way.
It will be remembered that William
Jennings Bryan arrived in Washington
shortly after the break, armed to the
gunwales with pacifst arguments and
reasons why this nation should not go to
war with Germany. That timely arrival
gave Barthelme his opportunity.
Anxious to preserve peace, as any
loyal German in the United States would
be. the correspondent conceived a plan
whereby he could enlist Bryan's aid to
send dispatch to Germany which other
wise, he knew, would not have the ghost
OF show in getting the 20. X" Of the
State Department
hitherto Barthelme had religiously sub
mitted his dispatches to the State De-
partment for visee, and had been some
what hampered in his expression of views
for German consumption thereby. So
he enlisted the aid of Dr. George Kirch-
way, dean of the Columbia University
Law School of New York and a power
In pro-Gernan circles, in the work. DR..
hirchwey. in turn, asked Mr.. Bryan. an
old friend, for a letter of Introduction
TO secretary of the Navy Daniels, who
not only was a political associate of
Bryan's Of many years standing, but also
and this Is more to the point-had direct
charge of the censorship on the Sayyille
and Tuckerton wireless
Daniels Sees No Harm.
DR.. Kirchwey. armed with the let
ter' saw Mr.. Daniels and gained per-
mission to send q radio to GERMANY
which he believed would avert war
between the two countries Re-enter
Barthelme with his message Mr., DAN
iels read 1t, saw no harm In IL. and
sent Admiral Benson to the State De-
partment with a simple inquiry as to
whether radio dealing with the gem
eral subject of averting war with Ger
many could properly be sent on the
wireless. -.
The State Department. caught of
It's guard, did not ask for the text of
the message. but answered in a gem
eral way that II had no objections.
Whereupon the message was sent,
A few days later followed the peace
move from Berlin which caused
amazement and chagrin among off,
cials here, particularly as they real
lied il would strengthen ihe pacifist
propaganda in the United States.
which probably was exactly what Ger
many and DIR" Barthelme were
aiming at.
The real mischief of the radio. from
the official point of view, was the wrong
impression 1t gave the German govern
ment as to American opinion and the open
attempt to use diplomatic move from
Germany to embarrass the administra.
ton in the present crisis
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
SPY SUSPECT Is HELD.

Trenton, N. j., Feb. 13.-Moody Cooper.
VINO was arrested Saturday night last
while acting suspiciously near the Mott
iron works, munition plant, was ar
raisned before Police Justice Geraghty
lats night and remanded to jaiI pending
further Investigation by the police.
AT the time Of his arrest Cooper said
ne was a. machinist and had been em-
ployed In New Brunswick. He claims
he came here to look for work and was
seeking shelter when picked up. The
police assert he had money, and doubt
his story.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-14
Practically Certain, However, that President
Soon Will Provide American
Ships Protection.
DANIELS OPPOSES THE PROJECT
But Lansing Backs Wilson in Belief that Vessels
Should Be Armed-U. S. May Demand Re-
lease of Prisoners.

Plans for protecting American and American ships the
yesterday taken by President Wilson with
regular Cabinet meeting.
The Cabinet reviewed the and
its deliberations the problem of
problem developed division of opinion
1t stated last night however that despite the divided
the Cabinet practically time
would take provide American shipping with protection
1t was understood that the President favored the State Depart
proposals that the Navy Department should provide guns gunner,
for American vessels travelling through the death
mar blockade.
ORDERS under the personal direction of the President protective
be furnished all American ships with
little delay.