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Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18
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Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Word has been received in this
city from Shawnee, Okla, of the
arrival of daughter at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Winans.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18
oENTRALIA LETTER

]. w. Pool sold black mare to
Lee Bros, of Mexico.
The. Prairie OIL Co.. is busy laying
pipe in our vicinity, :.
H. d. Lloyd and family have re-
turned from. a visit with Mrs. Loyd's
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Tom cfun1.
south of Mexico. ffN q.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

JOHN F. DAVIS is back on the
street again. He solicits your patron
age In deliveries. Phone at Dry &
Sappington's Hardware store.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Mrs. Kate Pryor has bought the
H. D. Hunter residence on East Jack
son, paying $H65. 1t is a fine To-
cation and can be made into beau
tiful home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Two suits have been siled against
the Prairie Pipe Line Co., by.Cs w.
shipley. of Sailing township. $500
damage is asked.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Prof Herbert Pryor and the
daughter. Betsy. are tussling with
the prevailing sore throat and grip,
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Tom Bass, OF this city, shipped a
car Of fine show horses to Denver
the other day. They will be entered
In the Denver .HpEss Show (which
takes place this moHtR
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18
Earl Dobyns hes bought

idence of DE- w. r. Berrey on West
Monroe street and win take posses-
lon about the first OF April. DR.. Ber-
rey Will build handsome residence
ON the lot adjoining this property IN
the spring.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18
Kryptok
The Only Invisible BifOcal

Have you ever had the pleas
ure OF seeing both distant and
near objects with the same pair
of glasses?
DO you know the "story" of
the wonderful KryptOk lens,
the double union glass without
ridge or seam?
II you have not come in and
permit our optometrist, who is
an expert in all eye troubles, to
explain their advantages to you.
20 we are equipped with the
most modern optical instru-
ments, and these combined with
3 our knowledge and experience,
enables us to fit the most diff
cult cases.
OPTICAL DEPT.
WOrrell, The JeWeler
e MEXICO, MO.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

l.. C. Cove hes sold the Poisson
stock of dry goods TO H, G. Berg, of
Barron. - Wis. Mr.. Berg win take
charge at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Says Cuba Knows
Germans Backed
Revolt on island
Consul Asserts 1t Was Easy
for Them to Communi-
cate with Rebels

at is common belief in Cuba that
the Germans are either behind or in
terested in the revolutionary movement
there, which is now practically sup
pressed"
This statement was made last night
by Eduardo Desvernine, Cuban Consul
in Baltimore, who arrived from Havana
yesterday on the steamer Metapan. Mr..
Desvernine is cousin OF DR.. Pablo
Desvernine, Secretary of State of Cuba,
and is in close touch with conditions
throughout the republic.
He will remain in this city few
days, presumably to investigate the
New York end of the German plots af-
fecting his country.
II left Havana ,ast Friday said Mr..
Desvernine, "and up to the time of my
leaving was unable TO acquire any per-
sonal knowledge Of German conspiracy.
| believe the Germans were engaged in
plotting with the revolutionary lead
ers. and that the Cubans generally be.
ieve it, because | saw an article in one
of the New York papers to-day saying
that had denied the report of German
completely. | was not asked whether
thought the Germans were concerned
in the abortive rebellion"
Mr.. Desvernine explained that it
would have been easy for Germans
from the United States TO communi-
cate with the rebels while the latter
held Santiago and supply them with
money and munitions. The revolt
virtually came to a close with the
capture Of former President Jose
Miguel Gomez, the only figure in the
ranks of the revolutionists who COM
manded any considerable following, he
asserted.
Mr.. Besvernine's assertions dove
tailed with other developments Of yes
terday in the course OF the investiga-
ton which is being made in New York
both By agents Of the Cuban govern
ment and by United states Secret Ser
vice men.
officials Of the Bureau of Publicity,
Republic Of Cuba, said that Gomez, lust
before the revolt began. turned over
his immense estate, reported to be
worth more than 100000, 10 n biz
German banking firm OF Cuba and TO
a leading German capitalist who lives
in New York and j. interested IN the
Cuban banking house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Bernstorff on Train for Berlin;
Ships Band Plays American Air
Former Ambassador Receives Orders Copenhagen Not to
Discuss Politics-Praises British for Courtesy at Hall
fax-Countess Saddened by Departure from H. 5
Takes Train for Germany

farewell TO America. 81 shall scarcely
see il any more" she remarked, sigh
ing.
Takes Train for Germany
The count and his wife then gave
themselves up 10 the photographers.
Following this an exclusive luncheon
took place on board, the German and
Austrian ministers and the Austrian
charge being the only guests of the
count and countess.
While the main part of the company
remained on the liner for the night, the
former ambassador and his wife took
dinner at the German Legation. and at
7:45 this evening left for Berlin on a
special train.
Count Won Bernstorff had no commu
nication by wireless with the German
authorities until he reached Norwegian
waters, according to his fellow passen
gers. The first news he received was a
telegram telling of the capture of Bag
dad by the British. This created a deep
Impression on the passengers of the
Frederik VIII, especially among the
few Turkish people on board
The returning Danes left the steamer
with joyous hearts, considering them
selves especially favored as they be
lieved this ship was probably the last
that would sail for the old country
from America in many months. At the
present moment, however. it seems not
unlikely that sailings will be resumed
by Danish ships.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Won Igel's Plots
To Engage Grand
Jury for Weeks
Hindus to Tell of Anti
British Activities With
out Delay

The Federal Grand Jury yesterday
continued its investigation of the Ger
man plots and plotters whose records
were kept by Wolf Won Igel. 1t is un
derstood that the government will not
complete its inquiry into this phase Of
the neutrality cases now engaging its
attention for three or four weeks.
1t is reported that the stories told
the Federal authorities by Chandra
Chakraberty, the Hindu, who admits re-
ceiying $50 000 from Won Igel for stir.
ring up trouble in India, and Dr. Sc
kunna, his German associate. and that
of Ieramba Gupto, another Hindu, who
confesses to having received between
$4,000 and $4,000 from Won Papen,
will be given to the grand jury this
week.
No confirmation could be obtained
yesterday Of published report that
Germans in New York CITY and in
parts Of Long Island. adjacent to
Brooklyn and Queens, were planning
an armed revolt in the event Of war be-
tween this country and Germany. One
high Federal official said that it was
news to him and that the only sort OF
trouble the government expected in the
event Of war would be barroom brawls.
There was plan reported to the
government some time ago that in the
event Of war the government could ex-
pect trouble from the 100000 German
army and navy reservists in this coun-
try" said the official But the gov
eminent docs not look for anything OF
the sort. The Zimmerman note was
responsible for winning a bulk of pro
Germans over 20 the President"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Deny Searching Shoes
Of Countess Bernsforf

Ottawa, March 1S.-OAicials who
were in charge of the staff engaged in
the examination of the Frederik VIII
at Halifax say that. while the exami-
nation of the ship and her passengers
was, of course, thorough, there was
not moments unnecessary delay. and
special care was taken TO prevent any
of the passengers being subject to in
dignities.
The examination of the women pas
sengers was done by female eXamin-
ers. The examination of Countess
Bernstorff took less than three min
utes. The published statement tina;
the insoles Of her shoes were Ripe
off is an absolute falsehood the Off
Gals declare, as is also the statement
that all hot-water bottles, baby nip
pies and rubber heels were confs
Gated. Passengers having more than
one water bottle in their baggage were
relieved of all but one. There were
no baby nipples or rubber heels
seized.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14

tile 20 authorize the capture o. sub
marines. bat the President has gone
further. He has authorized the in
slant destruction of every submarine
that appears near an American snip
with the apparent intention OF carry
ing out the German threat Of Janu-
airy 81.
The orders 20 armed merchantmen in
1928 provided that if a French naval
vessel approached for the purpose o.
visit and search it was TO be permitted
10 perform that function. The orders
to the earned guards on American
merchant ships will be to permit no
submarine TO approach the vessel on
any pretext
Suppose the submarine signals that
il desires to search the vessel for con
traband?" high State Department on
cial was asked to-day.
"No attention will be paid 70 suen
signals" was the instant retort Ihat
sort of plea must come from Berlin IN
the form Of a complete withdrawal OF
the announcement of January 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14

which Fischer was accustomed TO make
in his sea-going yacht.
Adalbert X. Fisher who is held as
a chief agent in the plots and
is reputed relation of the Kais-
er's, sequestered himself at the Rae
ouet Club to-day. He will make no
statement. He has hired ohm G. john
son. Philadelphia's most expensive law
yer. to look after his interest. Mr..
Johnson is famous as the man who
never gives interviews A lawyer for
Henry Rohner, the wholesale grocer
whose delivery wagons are said to have
figured in the smuggling plot. issued a
statement saying that il his client had
offended he had done so innocently and
had been used as a catspaw OF others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
rrrrn Tie Tribune Bureau J

Washington. March l3.-On the same
day that revelations in the League ISL
and Navy Yard plot at Philadelphia
showed Germany's hand in contact with
the American navy the German gov
eminent. through the Swiss Minister
renewed its efforts 10 obtain from the
United States a protocol amending the
old Prussian-American treaty Of 1913.
This IS the protocol Ambassador
Gerard refused to sign under pressure
in Berlin, when. after the break in
diplomatic relations, the German gov
eminent threatened to hold American
citizens as hostages. II would guaran-
tee Germans resident in this country
immunity from arrest in case Of war
between the United States and Ger
many and reserve TO all German ships
the right of safe conduct to their home
ports.
Pretext for the Demand
The pretext on which this demand
was made upon Ambassador Gerard was
that German citizens were being in
termed in this country As matter Of
fact, no German civilians or merchant
sailors have been interncd at any .ime
either in the United States or in its
island possessions. There has been no
change of status for Germans even in
the Canal Zone, reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding The only intern
ments at any time have been those Of
the crews of interned naval vessels,
like the Eitel Friedrich at Philadel-
phia.
When the scuttling of the war-bound
merchant ships in the United States,
the Philippines, Hawaii. etc, began,
Immediately after the break. the mill
tary authorities on the spot took pos
session Of the ships to prevent block
ing the harbors or damaging other
shipping. At the same time Secretary
Baker issued a statement that crews of
vessels were entitled to go on destroy
ing them under the supervision of
American officials. so long as they did
no harm TO navigation.
This treatment Of Germans by the
American government is in strong con-
tIast with the threat to hold American
hostages IN Germany, and with the
treatment, for instance, Of the Ameri-
can sailors captured on the Yarrow-
dale. They were detained on one pre-
tence or another until the State De-
partment for the fifth time had de-
manded their release.
Some Further Contrasts
The contrast does not end there.
One cannot imaPine an American spV
system operating in Germany. One
cannot imagine Americans being al
lowed in Germany to maintain asylums
for Americans implicated in acts of
violence against German property and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Boy-Ed Now in Berlin,
Gerard Party Says
Working as Press Censor When
u. s. Ambassador Left

Savannah, Ga. March 10. Members
Of the party Of James W. Gerard, for
NOR Ambassador 20 Germany, passing
through Savannah tonight on their way
20 Washington. said Captain Boyd
was seen in Berlin by newspaper cor
respondents just before they left the
Gcrmen capital for the United States.
They said upon his return home the
former military attach6 was assigned
to duty az press censor for the Minis
ter OF Marine. and still was serving In
that capacity NJ late ~ day oil two
before Ambassador Gerard departed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14

of the American break. 0A9
daily papers in Chihuahua, rorrecn
Saltillo. Monterey and Aguas Cslienta
and many papers in Southern Nexlo
also are being subsidized by Germans
IL is claimed.
An increasing number Of Germans
believed 10 be German reseTists, ha
been crossing into Mexico al Tera
border points, according TO reports r.
coived here to-day. From ten to twssg
Germans are said to be crossing a
each of the waterways daily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Germans Subsidize
Mexican Newspapers

FL Paso, Tex, March 13.-Mexican
newspapers are being paid large sums
by German government agents to print
pro German war news and are publish
ing entire pages of German inspired
articles. according 70 Americans who
have been investigating German activi-
ties in the interior.
"El Hidalgo del Norte," daily paper
in chihuahua City. it is charged. is
publishing columns daily of German
news tending to show the German side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Germany Urges immunity Pact
AS Plotters Try to Cripple US.
vventyseven Consuates in This Country Still Manned by
Germans Point Contrast to Treatment OF
Americans in Germany

plots 10 embarrass other governments
with whom Germany was al peace. III
this country such asylums for Germans
are numerous.
After the break in diplomatic rela-
tons with Germany the German con
sular Offices were taken over by the
Swiss, but in every case Germans were
retained in service.
The Swiss Legation explained at the
time that the enormous work OF look
ing after the interests of the numerous
Germans in this country necessltated
force Of trained men. The Swiss have
no such men, as most Of their eonsuis
are purely honorary. The arrangement
was made with the consent Of the state
Department. which has list Of all
Germans so employed.
Germans in All Consulates
There are twenty-seven consular Off
ces in American territory, located as
follows:
Alabama, Mobile.
California, San Francisco.
California. Los Angeles.
Colorado. Denver.
Florida, Pensacola.
Georgia, Atlanta.
Georgia. Savannah.
Hawaii, Honolulu.
Illinois. Chicago.
Louisiana. New Orleans.
Maryland, Baltimore.
Massachusetts,. Boston.
Minnesota, St. Paul.
Missouri, s.. Louis.
North Carolina, Wilmington.
New York. New York City.
Ohio, Cincinnati.
Oregon. Portland.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.
Philippine Islands. Manila.
Porto Rico, Ponce.
Porto Rico, San Juan.
South Carolina, Charleston.
Texas, Galveston.
Virginia, Richmond.
Washington, Seattle.
Washington, Tacoma.
In each of these there is one or more
Germans. left behind by the consuls
who went away with Count Won Bern
storf. They have unlimited freedom
of action. The State Department has
list of these persons which may or
may not be complete and accurate. Be
sides, there are a large number Of con-
sular agencies.
Assuming the existence of a German
spy system in this country, IL is APP
parent that its ramifications might be
almost endless. The United States gov
ernment's facilities for dealing with
il are inadequate. There are perhaps
not over one hundred operatives at the
command Of the United States Secret
Service. The work of the whole Blu
reau Of Investigation at Washington.
which is the Secret Service, is covered
by a blanket appropriation Of $is5,000
"for the detection and prosecution Of
crime Largely the United States Sc
cret Service must rely upon the coop
Grafton of municipal police organiza
tions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
BY KARL J0ERGENSEN
fBy Cable 10 The Tribunel

Copenhagen (via London), March Is
The harbor of Copenhagen was gay
with craft of every description and
the quays were thronged with cheer
ing thousands when the Frederik VIII
bearing Count Won Bernstorf and ms
party. worked her way slowly through
the ice Jams to her dock at 10 o'clock
this morning.
When the liner first edged into the
harbor her band was playing the Dam
ish Royal Honor March," but as she
neared her dock this was suddenly
switched to a rollicking American air,
and the decks burst into a mass OF
fluttering American flags. On the
promenade deck, fanked on both sides
by waving Stars and Stripes, stood
Count Won Bernstorff and his wife.
After the customs and sanitary for
malities. the Frederik VIII was board
ed by Count Brockdorff Rantzau. Ger
man Minister at Copenhagen; Count
Szechenyi. Austrian Minister; Baron
Frantz. Austrian Charge d'Aifaires, and
the stats of the German Legation and
Consulate.
Orders from Berlin Silence Count
Count Brockdorff- Rantzau handed to
the returning envoy an immense packet
of instructions from Berlin, the chief
of which was said to be an order not
10 speak a word concerning the polltl-
cal situation to the foreign press.
When the former ambassador was
hailed out on the deck by the crowds
of Danish, German and American cor
respondents who swarmed aboard later
he refused to discuss politics in any
form.
The subject of his conversation was
exclusively the monotonous voyage,
the mild critics he had discovered
among his fellow passengers and the
sudden departure from Christlania
that left several passengers stranded
there.
Count Won Bernstorf said to me:
I'VE were treated with the utmost con-
sideration and politeness by the exam
ming British officers at Halifax. Re-
ports of harsh treatment of myself or
my wife are unfounded."
Countess Won Bernstorff was soon the
centre of a circle of intimate friends.
She expressed deep sorrow at having
said what she believed was her last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Only Meant To Be Effective
if u. S. Opened War,
He Declares
Denies Intrigue
In Other Nations
Calls Reports of Interior
ence in Cuba and Colon
bia Fairy Stories"

London. March 13.-The Hamburger
Fremdenblatt," according TO Reuters
Amsterdam correspondent, prints an
interview with Count Won Bernstorf at
Copenhagen, in which the former Ger
man Ambassador TO the United States
is quoted as saying that he was keenly
affected by the news. which he re-
ceived for the first time at Chris
tiania. that instructions which passed
through his hands to the German Min
ister in Mexico had come to the knowi-
edge of the American government
1t is natural that its publication
caused the greatest sensation in Amer
lea. Count Won Bernstorff said, declar-
ing 1--WE always strictly declined to mix
ourselves in the politics of the Ameri-
can continent"
Calls Intrigue Stories Fairy Tales"
Gail American assertions about such
ntrigues in Hayti, Cuba and Colombia
are fairy tales" Count Won Bernstorf
IS quoted as saying, and adding that
positively so long as he was ambassa-
dor at Washington he was never aware
of the slightest indication that the
German government tried to influence
the policy in Central and South Ameri-
can states in any sense hostile TO the
United States. 1--WE even sometimes
subordinated great economic interests,
which we have in all of those countries,
to spare the sensitiveness Of the United
States" he declared.
The interview concluded with the
declaration from Count Won Bernstorif
that from instructions to the German
Minister to Mexico it was clear that the
Mexican government, if the United
States did not declare war on Germany,
would never have heard Of Germany's
intentions from a German mouth. ii
believe it is hardly possible 20 have
acted more correctly" he said
Count Won Bernstorff prepared
statement on Germany's dealings with
Mexico after his arrival at Copenhagen.
This statement will be forwarded TO
the Berlin Foreign Once, and II ap-
proved will be made public through
the Wolff Bureau, the official German
news agency. 1t is understood that the
statement deals with the way in which
Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's in
structions to the German Minister in
Mexico City fell into the hands of the
American government.
The Zimmerman Note
II is asserted by the "Norddeutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung," of Berlin, semi
official newspaper, that Foreign Secre-
tary Zimmermann's instructions TO
Minister Won Eckhardt, in Mexico, re-
specting a possible alliance Of Germany
with Mexico and Japan in case of war
between the United States and Ger
many. were not sent in the form Of
letter from Berlin TO Washington or
from Washington TO Mexico.
In an official announcement IN Ber-
lin on March 7, explaining Germany's
plan with regard to Mexico. II was said
that the German government did not
know how the American government
learned of the secret instructions, but
that il seemed that treason had been
committed on American territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
Secret Radio on Appom
Kept Germany Informed

Norfolk. Va. March l3.-Discovery
of secret wireless outfit on the prize
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14

steamer Appam here has been followed
by evidence that Lieutenant Berg. the
German commander. as late as Decem
Der 3, had sent radio messages TO a
German ship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
q. AItmtatt & On.
Wicker Furnishings

for the Summer home i'm town or country
contribute an attractive note to the dis
rlay ora the Fourth Floor. Included are
Settees, Chairs, Tea Wagons; Tea, Tele=
phone and Card Tables; Desks; Book ana
Magazine Stands; Serving and Breakfast
Trays; Muffin STANDS and Sandwich Trays;
Window Boxes, ETC., all moderately priced.
Many of the pieces mentioned may also be
obtained i'm solid mahogany, or i'm black
lacquer with Chinese decorations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14
The Zimmerman Note

In an official announcement in Ber-
lin on March 7, explaining Germany's
plan with regard to Mexico, II was said
that the German government did not
know how the American government
learned of the secret instructions, but
that il seemed that treason had been
committed on American territory.