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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-26
PUT UNDER BONDS.

Frank Dominick who was arrested for breach of the peace and charged with threatening to kill. was put under peace bonds of $250 and re leased upon his own recognizance by Judge Newark L. Burton, in the Com missioner's Court yesterday after nOOn
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-26

that division.
 Vote of Unreported Precincts. Here is the way the unrep0rtel precincts in the Third Division voted two years ago
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Democrats "Dry"
Pledge Compared
To German Treaty
Anti-Saloon League Head
Attacks Conventions Ac-
ton on "Prohibition"

William II. Anderson. state super
intendent of the Ant-Saloon League.
said yesterday. in commenting on the
work of the Democratic State Conven-
ton. that the Democratic pledge with
reference to temperance matters is as
worthless as German treaty. His
statement was in part as follows:
"The action Of the recent convention
of the Democratic party on the liquor
question is calculated to do more harm
to itself and to give more help to the
prohibition movement than anything
else that could have been done. The
silence of the Republican platform put
ratification up to the legislative cam
didates in every district-where the
Federal Constitution intended it should
be-
"The Democratic platform. not only
lines the party up against prohibition,
but is hypocrtical in pretending to be
for referendum, and attempts fraud
and deceit upon the public in declaring
for the sort of socalled referendum
ing force. The pledge that the can
didates would abide by the result of
such a vote, when contained in plat
form that tries to perpetrate such a
fraud, is as worthless as German
treaty.
''In view of the fact that practically
every Democratic state is certain to
ratify and that Democratic Congress
is on the verge of passing war pro-
hibition, it is plain that the attitude
of the Democrats in New York on the
liquor question is not Democratic, but
just squalidly pro-brewery."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Viereck Was Preceded
By His Father as
Propaga,,dist Here

In furthering German propaganda
in the United States, George Sylvester
Viereck carried on the work begun
here by his father, Louis Viereck, more
than twenty years ago.
The elder Viereck was naturalized in
1901. He came to this country in 1896,
ostensibly Socialist refugee, in re-
ality the Emperor's paid agent. George
Sylvester accompanied his parents
when they arrived in New York and by
virtue of his fathers citizenship also
is citizen of the United States.
BY writing, by lecture tours. by or
ganizing German societies, Louis Vie
rcck pursued his work of kultur
spreading for many years. He was
recalled to Berlin in 1911. and his son
continued his work in this country.
AT the outbreak of the war the
younger man started the pro German
newspaper "The Fatherland," which he
used in a desperate effort to keep
America out of the war. When the
United States opened hostlities he
was forced to change the name of his
publication. and masqueraded as the
editor of "Viereck's American Weekly"
He was a bit less direct in his subse-
quent writings, but the Germanism
carried over into the new publication.
The father and son were known to
have received. large sums from the
German government, paid through the
lrussian Ministry of Education and
the Hamburg American and North Ger
man Lloyd steamship lines.
The Vierecks both have boasted of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Army Drops Empey
At Presidents Order
Special Dispatch to The Tribune .,

Especial Dispatch to The Tr1bune)
WASHINGTON, July 25.- CAPTAIN
Arthur Guy Empey, author of cover
the Top" has been honorably dis
charged from the United States army
by order of the President, under cir
cumstances declared to be "confiden-
tial" and about which army officials
decline to comment.
Empey was commissioned a captain
in the National Army, Adjutant Gen
erals Department, July Is. An army
order, dated July 10 and made public
only to day, reports his honorable dis
charge under section 8 of the act of
Congress, approved May 18, 1917,
authorizing the President to discharge
officers in the National Army at will
and without a hearing.
Much mysterr seems to surround the
case of Empey. Secretary Baker, when
asked about the matter to-day, said it
was something about which he "could
not talk"
Adjutant General Henry P. Mccain
was equally uncommunicative. Another
h,lgh, army official declared the order
dlscharging Empey was "confdential
order" and could not be discussed.
Empey served at the front with the
Canadians.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Fifth Avenue Halls a New Flag
AS 700 "Y" Men Pass in Review

cocoa" explained "Y" official to the
visitors.
The music provided by the French
Military Band, commanded by Captain
Gabriel Pares. who wears many medals
and for eighteen years has been leader
of the Garde Republicaine. The French
musicians will give concert in the
Central Park Mall this evening, playing
French military airs as we'll as classical
music.
Last Concert Tonight
This will be their last appearance in
New York before starting on tour of
the Chautauquas and summer resorts.
The "Y" men were reviewed by Brig
adler General William A. Mann, com
mander of the Department Of the East;
Colonel John Ross Delatield, Lieutenant
Colonel George w. Burleigh, Major
Howard w. Kingsbury, Captain Frank
f. Davidson, Lieutenant f. J. Bradley,
jr., aide to General Mann; Lieutenant
Colonel Dennis and Lieutenant Colonel
Athcll, of the British Army; Lieutenant
H. 2. Gallagher, Captain II. P. Will
Jams, Captain l.. A. Keyes, Lieutenant
Dillingham;, Lewis Slade and John S.
Hoyt, of the National War Council Of
the Young Mems Christian Association;
William G. Gardner, representing the
British Consul General, and Cayetano
de QuesadA, vice-consul Of Cuba.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
DR.. Wetzel Denies
Disloyalty Charge

TRENTON, N. j., July 25.-Dr. Will
lam Wetzel, principal of the Trenton
High School, issued reply to-day to
an accusation of pro Germanism made
against him by Mayor Donnelly. The
Mayors allegations, he said, were ma
licious lies.
"a man to do a hellish thing must
have hellsh motive" he said "Why
should | want to defame my country =?
| was born in America, my parents
were born iii America; on my mothers
side my ancestors go back to Revolu-
tionary times and fought in the Revo-
luton. My crime apparently is that
fourteen years, left Germany about
1923 and came TO America
~ was educated in America. Both
my college and university degrees are
from American institutions of learn
ing. My children were born in Am
erica. My home and their home is in
America. One of them is about to
enlist, although at his age the war will
probably be over before he would be
drafted"
DR.. Wetzel denied that the National
War Work Council of the y. NJ. c. A
had declined his services. He had
temporarily withdrawn his application
for work with that body, he said, be-
cause of the attacks of his enemies.
He denied saying that he was Ger
man and proud of it, and as to the
assertion credited to him that he was
glad he learned TO speak German be-
fore English, he said that he was re-
ferring to the homely, honest Penn
sylyania Dutch.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26

A new flag passed in review up Fifth
Avenue and before the crowds that
lined the knolls bordering Central
Parks sheep meadow yesterday after
noon. 1t was the flag of the Young
Mems Christian Association Overseas
Forces, the red triangle on a white
field. Army and navy dgnitaries re-
viewed seven hundred "Y" secretaries
who marched and drilled with a snap
that did credit to their two months of
training.
Lieutenant Colonel George W. Bur-
leigh, of the Ninth Regiment Of Coast
Artillery, who has been drilling them in
the armory at Fourteenth Street and
Sixth Avenue, surveyed the recruits
with pride.
Most of Them Over Age
Most of the "Y" men are over mill
tary age, as was apparent from their
somewhat portly figures and fringes Of
white hair showing under their caps.
Two of the recruits were one armed.
These were men who were within draft
age, but owing to their obvious physical
defects could be accepted for non-mili-
tary service.
at only requires one arm to dish up
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
George Sylvester Viereck
Oustedby Authors League
Darlington Phelps and Louis Joseph
Vance.

Darlington Phelps and Louis Joseph
Vance.
Indictment Summed Up
Mr.. Thompson in letter to the cx-
ccutive committee of the league
summed up the Indictment of Viereck
in the following paragraphs:
Judged only by what he has pub
lished since April, 1917, Vicreck to-
day publicly stands convicted of dis
loyal, if not, indeed, reasonable, utter
ance on the following counts:
Through his articles attacking war
Through the constant issuing of ar
ticles lauding the German race and the
German empire.
Through his slurring comments on
our Liberty Loan.
Through his direct and indirect OBJ
struction of the draft law.
Through his attack on group of
American writer's of unquestioned 10y
atty.
Through his repeated charges that
our war is the Wall Street war; of the
House Of Morgan
Through his continuing support of
pacifist German made peace drives.
Through his repeated, insulting and
disloyal attacks on our ally, Great
Britain"
Mr. Thompsons letter contained two
Enclosures. One was the formal petit
tion asking for the expulsion of Viereck
and the other the Statement of facts"
compiled by Mr. Thompson from the
publication of Viereck.
A Defender of Hearst
Viereck's views on the sinking of the
Lusitania were expressed in "The
Fatherland" on May 10, 1915. They
follow: much as we regret the stag
startled the world, the facts in the case
absolutely justify the action of the
Germans. Legally and morally there is
no basis for any protest on the part OF
the United States"
On May 26. 1915, in "The Father
land" Viereck wrote: owe feel sure
that Germany will make every possible
concession to avoid conflict. If y
conflict should arise, nevertheless. the
blame will rest on Washington, not on
Berlin"
On December 20. 1915, he printed the
following eulogy of William Randolph
Hearst:
"Mr Hearst has the courage of his
convictions. His publications deserve
the fullest support we have in our
power to give"
COlOnel lheOdOre ROOSeVelC is an
officer OF the Authors League and
member of the council. In a letter to
Eric Schuler, of the council. which was
read at the meeting yesterday, Colonel
Roosevelt said:
~ cannot be at the meeting of the
council but I will be glad to have you
say for me that cordially indorse the
request for the expulsion of George
Sylvester Viereck from the league
membership"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Austrian "War Liar"
Sentenced to 7 Years

Max Freudenheim, an Austrian prop
agandist, who was arrested when
spreading alarmist stories designed to
prevent recruiting among the colored
people of Harlem, was found guilty by
a jury in the Federal District Court
yesterday of violation of the espionage
act and sentenced to serve Seven years
in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta
by Judge Learned Hand.
Freudenheim, while engaged as an
insurance agent, met hundreds of ne
groes in Harlem and told them that
they were fools to fight for the United
States, because when the Kaiser won
the war he had every intention of es-
tabishing a kingdom in this country
for the colored people. He added, how
ever, that if the Germans caught them
in France they would be cut up and
then shot like rats in a hole.
In explaining the kaiser's plans
Freudcnheim said that there would be
negro king and queen. and that every
one would have chance of being
picked for the kingly job
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26

their blood connection with the i'm
perial family of Germany, through a
pedigree of royal indiscretion. Louis's
mother was Edwna Viereck, a popular
actress at the court of William l, King
of Prussia. Ellis Parker Butler
recently stated that George Sylvester
Viereck had spoken to him of his
relationship to the present Kaiser, and
on June 20, 1907, "The New York
Times" printed story of the family
history, which the younger Viereck
allowed to pass for ten years without
denial.
George Sylvester Viereck, besides his
political writings, is the author of "The
Vampire" sensational sex novel, and
the "Confessions of a Barbarian" He
lectured at one time on American liter
ature at the University of Berlin. He
served successively on the editorial
STATS Of Current Literature" "Rund-
schau Zweier Welten" and the "Inter-
national"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Count" Isn't "Proud
He's German" Now

Count Childe de Rohan d'Harcourt"
OF yesterday is just Greenwich viii
lager of German descent, with a bat
tered jaw, to-day. The Count" lost
his tile and the regularity of his feat
ures within five seconds at Yesterday
mornings lineup at Police Headquar-
ters.
When the Count" was arrested on
Wednesday night, accused of extort-
ing $25 from Mrs. Julia Bowie, of Tren-
ton, j., pNromising to find her four
teen-year-old daughter, Thelma who
had disappeared. he threatened the po-
lice with the power and wrath of the
Spanish King, Ministry, army and
navy.
At the morning review d'Harcourt
stood beside Peter Coccaro, seventeen
on serious charge in connection with
the Bowie girl, who was found in a
dangerous condition in Bellevue Hos
pital yesterday. Inspector Cray scru-
tinized the "count" and smiled in rec
ognition.
Your accent is not that of sunny
Spain," said the inspector. "and this
tingerprint card seems to bear out my
suspicious. AS Gustave Won Donwitz
you were arrested in 1914 for stealing
Jewelry from patron of the Park Ave
nue. Hotel, ana you were Tor TINS
at the Elmira Reformatory And {
footnote relates to your being arrested
in 1917 for tossing brick through a
Fifth Avenue jewelry store window"
The "count" disdained argument as
to the truth Of this arraignment, but
burst out:
"No, Pm not Spanish count. Tn
German and Pm proud of it,
Coccaro has relatives in the Italiar
army. He hit the count. Nobility fell
Detectives sprang to separate the mer
and those holding Won Donwitz hae
far the easier job.
Both Won Donwitz and Coccaro were
held in $4,000 bail by Magistrate Cor
rigan in the Jefferson Market Cour
in the afternoon. The police say ths
men are strangers. They have beer
placed in different cells.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Carlton Expects to
Remain w. u. Head

OMAHA, July -Newcomb Carlton.
president of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, declared here to-day
that although he probably would not
be called upon by the government to
act as operating head of the system
under Federal control, he probably
would continue as president of the cor
poratlon for the operation of the
transatlantic cables and wires in
Canada and Newfoundland, which were
rot seized under the Presidents proc
lamation
Government control will bring no
Physical change in the operation of
the telegraph system, Mr.. Carlton said,
as the actual maintenance and opera
uon must continue in the hands of
telegraph experts.
There will be no wholesale reduction
IN rates, Mr.. Carlton said, although
local adjustments might be expected.
The attitude of the public after the
war said Mr.. Carlton, will determine
whether control Will be turned back
l. the government gives increased
facilities and satisfies the people,
doubt whether the property ever will
revert"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
go Days for German Wish

Bernard Clark, thirty eight years old,
of 306 East 120th Street, while waiting
for a train at the City Hall elevated
station, was heard to say:
~ would not want to help the United
States win the war with my money.
I'd buy German war bonds if I could
before I'd buy Liberty bond. J would
like to see the Germans cruelty the
Yankee soldiers"
Harry L. Steitz, one of those who
caught the scditious remark, com
planned to Thomas +. Garity, of 2s6
President Street, president of the
American Protective Society. Clark S
arrest followed
Yesterday the prisoner entered a
general denial before Magistrate
Trough in the Tombs Court, but he
was found guilty of disordcrly con-
duct
you are menace to the nation
and should be placed where you can
do no more harm Six months in the
penitentiary," said the magistrate.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
100000 Paid
To Vereck BY
Kaiser's Aids
Continued from page l

furled in the whirlwind alongside the
red, white and black
When this book was put on the mar
ket the German government imme
diately purchased 5000 copies and at
tempted to smuggle them to Ireland.
Another book which had large cir
culation was Behind the Scenes in
Warning Germany" by Edward Lyle
Fox. Fox was sent to Germany by
the German Information Service IN
this city and was received by the inner
circle. Every opportunity was given
to him to see the best of German life,
and he came back to this country to
write stories which were to be used
as propaganda. At present he is a
captain with Pershing in France.
The most interesting feature Ct
Viereck's examination was that part
which had to deal with his relation
ship to the German imperial family.
Relationship to Kaiser
The following is transcript of the
questions put to him and his answers:
Q-Are you related in any way to
the imperial German family?
Any father denied that story.
published his denial.
Odd you ever tell Miss Deincr
that you were?
A. 1t was generally belleVed IN Ger
many and was so stated in some book
@. What is your answer to it all
A. accept my fathers denial.
accept his denial that his father was
Wilhelm L. He never denied that he
was related in some way to the family
@. What relationship did he admit
A. He didn't express himself on thai
subject. 1t was we'll known that there
was some connection. but what The
connection is, | don't know.
@. Do you mean to say that as
member of the family you do not know
what that relationship was?
A. As member OF the family | al
ways looked upon Queen Louise as m.
great grandmot
Queen Louise was the grandmothe
of Kaiser Wilhelm H., which make
Wreck the German rulers frs
cousin and also brings to light hi
relationship with DR.. Frederick Rich
ard August Won Strensch, who is hal
brother of the Kaiser. DR.. Vol
Strensch was arrested week ago fo
conspiring to organize a German arm,
for the invasion of Canada. He i
now being held by the Department o
Justice.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
First Sale August Is
Of Enemy's S Property

Plans for the disposal of the $3.50
100000 worth of enemy-owned con-
Germs taken over by the Alien Property
Custodian were discussed at the first
meeting of the advisory committee yes
terday at the office of the Custodian's
Selling Organization. 10 West Forty
second Street.
The first concern to be sold will be
the Orenstein- Arthur Koppel Company,
of Koppel, Penn. valued at more than
81 100000. 1t will be put up at auction
Approximately forty corporations,
with capitalization of more than
S10O.OO0.O00, are to be sold now, and
100 more, with an aggregate value of
S15O.OOO.OOO will be disposed of as soon
as the selling organization can make
them ready for the market.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Held to Have Earned Every
Dime Germany Paid Him
for Propaganda
Request to Resign
Met With Refusal
Editor of Former ather-
land" a Defender of Hearst
and Lusitania Sinking

George Sylvester Viereck, poet and
editor of "Viercck's Weekly" was cast
into outer literary darkness yesterday
by the Authors League of America.
The expulsion of the editor of "Vie-
reck's Weekly" formerly "Thc Father
land" was announced following a meet
ing of the leagues council, which con-
sidered statement charging in effect
that Viereck had earned every dime Of
the money Germany paid him for
spreading propaganda in America.
An effort on the part of Viereck to
forestall expulsion by resigning was
defeated by the executive committee of
the organization. which rejected his
resignation on the ground that he had
been Informed that serious charges
were pending against him.
Reply Sent in Rhyme
Following the receipt of notice of his
expulsion Mr.. Viereck sent to all the
New York newspapers last night the
following metrical reply dedicated to
the Authors League:
Co play your Liliputian game
fe lisping scribes and ladies lyric.
While brave men die and oceans fame.
Your victory at best is Pyrrhic:
The Future knows your Scroll OF Fame
But for the e1purgated name
OF George Sylvester Nicreck.
Ellis Parker Butler made the formal
motion for the expulsion of Viereck
1t was seconded promptly by Mrs. Ger.
trudc Atherton. and few seconds later
the editor of "Viereck's Weekly" was
no longer member of the Authors
League. Among the members of the
council who were present and haG
signed the petition asking for the ex-
puls;on of Viereck were Clarence
Smedley Thompson, who instigated the
action: MONTAGUE Glass. Orson Lowell
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Hearst;s Aid
Is Scomed by
Whitman Men
Continued from page /

Senator Robinson said he was going
last night to his home in Herkimer
and tomorrow he will hold a confer
ence with the anti Whitman Repub-
licans in Syracuse.
Governor Whitman was in Buffalo
yesterday, where he was billed to
speak. Asked about Mr. Brisbanc's
errand, Mr.. Cocks said he hadn't the
slightest idea what Mr.. Brisbane
wanted.
"Thc Governor sees almost every one
who calls on him while he is in town.
am informed that Mr.. Brisbane called
in the interest of a convict, but as a
matter Of fact, | don't know what his
errand was about do know, however,
that we are getting along very we'll
with the Whitman campaign without
any help from the Hearst people,"
"The Evening Journal" to day will
print the following editorial in reply
to Mr.. Cocks:
"The estimable manager of Mr.
Whitman's campaign has gone off at
half-cock
"'The Evening Journal has no in
tenton whatever of supporting any
Republican for Governor in this
election.
at considers both Mr.. Whitman and
Mr.. Lewis reactionaries, unworthy of
the support of progressive newspaper
but there are degrees of unworthiness,
even among reactionaries
"Mr Lewis is contaminated by the
approval of the booze and Doodle bri-
gade, led by Barnes, Brown and Root
while Mr.. Whitman is merely handi-
capped by the association Of the SIM
pie minded Mr.. Cocks.
There is as much difference between
the characters OF these respective man
ayers of each of the two candidates in
the Republican primary as there is
be .u,aau q ! II ND
New-York tribune., 1918-07-26
Merton E. Lewis
Tells Roosevelt
He Will Make Race
He Declares Whitman Has
Demonstrated the Selfish
Quality of His Candidacy
By BRIGGS

SARATOGA SPRINGS, July 25.-
From local hospital, where he is re-
ceiving treatment for injuries sus-
tanned in an automobile accident
week ago, Attorney General Merton Z.
Lewis to-day sent the following letter
to Theodore Roosevelt in answer to
communication from the latter declin-
ing to become a candidate in the pri-
maries for the Republican nomination
for Governor:
81 have received your reply stating
that you viii not enter the Republican
primary for the Office of Governor.
Prospecting, of course, your decision,
| greatly regret it, not only because |
believe you would have been nominated
and elected but because since your
came was suggested | know from what
| have heard that it met with wide
spread support
Both Mr. Bennett and l offered to
withdraw from the race in response to
this opinion. Governor Whitman de-
clined to do so and stated that he would
be a candidate against you in the event
you should determine to meet the call
made upon you.
~ ~ my llleeHIloh, DIS Wlreu you
last Thursday evening, to make the pri-
mary contest against Governor Whit
man, confident that in refusing to meet
what he must have known was the de-
mand of the Republicans of the state
he again demonstrated the selfish quail
ity Of his candidacy.
Il am imrelled to this course by as
surances from Republicans from all
sections of the state that the appeal to
you to run has served to show that
most of The leaders Of opinion in the
Republican party have in effect regis
tered protest against the candidacy
of Mr.. Whitman.
Your refusal makes the issue clear:
Shall the Republican party be organ
lied as a vitalizing force for good gov
eminent or shall it remain the field for
personal ambition alone? ~