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New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Lawyer for Packers
Halts Search of Vault
Court Delays Case to Pass on
Validity of Federal
Action

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Attorneys for
Henry Veeder, general counsel for
Swift & Company, to-day filed writ
of error and obtained a supersedeas
from the United States Circuit Court
Of Appeals in the governments search
warrant case, despite the protest of the
legal representatives of the govern
ment, with the result that further
search of the vault Of the packers law
yer for evidence in the Federal Trade
Commissions investigation will be de-
layed until after March l.
On that date, the three judges of the
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
will review the case and pass on the
validity Of the governments writ, is
sued under the search and seizure Sec
tion Of the espionage law.
Trade Commission declared that the de-
lay resulting from the appeal Of the
case by the counsel for Swift & Com
pany will not seriously hamper the
government agents in the investigation
and prosecution Of the alleged felonies
charged in the affidavit on which the
search warrant was issued.
"The men we are after will not get
away, and perhaps this is as good
time as any to thrash out the question
of how far the government may go un-
der a search warrant after documents
and papers alleged to have been used
in the commission of fclonies," said
Mr. Heney,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

Members Of the District Board here
still chafe under Secretary Bakers re-
versal of their ruling on war mar
riages. Though they enforce Mr..
Bakers Interpretation, most Of them
feel that the rcgistrant who escapes
military service because Of depend
ent wife whom he acquired since the
selective service law was passed is get.
ting off too easy. They particularly
criticise Mr.. Bakers throwing on them
the burden Of proof that the intent of
the marriages is "equivocal."
At first the members grumbled at
the ruling. Then they sneered. The
protest yesterday scared to a new
height, when l. T. Flatto, member Of
the board, wrote poem against Mr..
Bakers reasoning. 1t cannot be fore
told how the Secretary Of War will
weather this new attack.
Of the thirty members of the District
Board, Lcwis Delafeld and Colonel
William N. Dykmann are the most
friendly to the Baker regulation, and
Charles E. Hughes, the chairman, al
ways insists on rigorous enforcement
of the Secretarys rule. Until yester-
day Louis Marshall and George w.
led the opposition.
The poem:
! haven't served prison term,
] haven't got dad infrm:
I'm not attached TO any church.
leave no children in the lurch.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Plot Revealed in Chicago to
Supply Kaiser's Agents
in America
Marked'F From Sweden
Several Of the Conspirators
Said to Have Already
Been Interned
Especial Correspondence

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Local govern.
ment officials to-day revealed the dis
covery Of a plot to supply German
spies in this country with high ex-
plosives by using food containers with
Swedish labels for shipments.
Tritulol, one Of the most powerful
explosives manufactured. has been
discovered packed in tins similar to
those used for preserved meat The
explosive is compressed in blocks and
IS accompanied with several feet of
fuse. Most of the cans bear the label
"Svea kott" Swedish meat1 and the
firm name, "Broderna Kessler" (Kess-
Ter Brothers), "Stockholm The
words Made in Sweden" are en-
blazoned on the label in large letters.
America is the third nation in which
Germany has attempted to supply its
agents with explosives by the "Swed-
ish meat" method. Quantities of ex-
ploslves were shipped into Italy in
similar cans and used to destroy rail-
roads, bridges and factories. Spain was
the next sufferer, and recently ship
ments have been attempted to agents
in the United States.
The government officials refused to
divulge how large an amount Of the
meat had been passed by the Gus
toms officials in New York, or how
they obtained the information. Local
agents are now making an investiga-
ton to see if any has reached Chi
cago.
1t was intimated that several men
for whom the meat" was intended
have already been interned.
The explosives act passed by Con-
greSS, which requires every person
who intends to use dynamite to ex-
plain his business to the government
and requires factories to render a
strict accounting Of all they sell, has
made it practically impossible for Ger
man agents to make much headvsy in
this country. This is supposed to be
the reason for the attempt to supply
the spies from Europe.
The "meat" packages are said to have
played an important part in the prepa-
ration for the German drive on Italy.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
British Labor Leaders Bring
Rebuff to Pacifist Party Here
Nalyng Cry hat Trade Unions Want Peace Unfounded
Say Delegates, Who Declare Organized Workers
Are in War to Finish

-FOUR British trades union leaders.
here as representatives of organized
labor in Great Britain, brought scant
cheer for pacifsts here who have
sought to rally union men to them
with the cry that British labor wanted
peace. Peace on the Kaiser's terms.
according to the British delegation. is
the last thing that British labor wants.
Joshua Butterworth, Of the Associated
Shipwrights' Society; Charles Duncan,
general secretary of the General Work.
ers' Union; W. A. Appleton, Of the
General Federated Trades Union, who
is the Sam Gompers of Great Britain.
and D. l.. Moses, Of the Pattern
Makers Union, constituted the he'll
ligerent quartet. They spoke, they said,
for 100000 loyal British workmen,
while the pacifst element numbered
not more than 10000.
Oppose German Peace
eve did not want war; we did not
invite it," said Mr.. Duncan, "and. now
that we have suffered by it, we arc not
prepared to let the enemy make the
terms Of peace"
Moreover, the delegation agreed, the
pacifist convention planned for Satur-
day and Sunday would waste it's time
and money'if it elected and sent repre-
sentatives to the "inter-Allied confer
ence" in London this month. That
gathering, the Britishers averred, was
a conference between the United
Trades Congress and the Labor party,
was entirely domestic in its scope and
no place at all for paciists Of any
nationality to intrude.
So-called labor unrest in Great Brit
ain was not sponsored by nor did it
have the sympathy of the bulk of the
workers. the labor delegates asserted.
adding that if the question Of continu-
ing the war or accepting Germany's
terms were submitted to a vote the
pacltists would be overwhelmed.
Say Henderson Is Misunderstood
Arthur Henderson, Labor whip in the
House of Commons, was misunderstood
IT. this country, they said, as to his
attitude concerning the advisability of
general labor peace conference. More
specifically, Mr.. Butterworth added, Mr..
11eHoerSon would be showed under" in
an election at the present time.
"At least seven of the fourteen
points embodied in the war aims of
your President, Wilson, and our Prem
ier, Lloyd George" said Mr.. Duncan,
"are identical with those in the decla-
ration of war aims made by the work.
ers of Great Britain"
Serene confidence in Britain's ability
to hold her own was expressed by MI
Appleton, whose son is fighting in
Flanders.
america hasn't to do what we had
to do" he said. "Tell your people to
complete the training Of their soldiers
before sending them into action. We
may bend, but we will hold fast, We
want drive on Germany's part. Let
1t come. We are in better position
to-day than we were year ago."
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Pershing Announces
Promotions of Men
With Overseas Force
IStdf Correspondencel

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Thc Sec
ond list Of promotions of mon in the
New England National Guard division.
now with the American overseas force
was announced to-day by the War De-
partment. The advance in rank Of the
men was ordered by General Pershing.
and all promotions date from Feb
ruary 2.
The list includes four commissioned
officers and eleven commissioned
men. The commissioned men promoted
include:
10 be Captains-First Lieutenant Bertrand
w. Ashby. 81 Summit Road, Medford, Mass.
ana First Lieutenant Francis M. Leahy. &
baliy Street. Lawrence, Mass.
TO be First Lieutenants-Second Heuten.
ant Francis V. Logan. $50 South Broadway.
Boston. and Second Lieutenant John s
NJ Y s""ee'S'e'
The non-commissioned men, whose ad-
dresses are not in the War Department rec
ords. include Sergeant William j. Knowles.
10 be first lieutenant. and the following to
be second lieutenants: ~
u, Sergeants Winthrop P. Mandell, Clarence
W. Clark. Wilfred n. Turcotte. Albert "
Mracauey. Alden g. burlington, Roland W.
Edwards. Leo B. Murphy, John I. Baker
narry !1y {. Davis and Corporal Charles W.
Barton. W.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Draft Is Wrong and Bakers Right,
Say Newlyweds Afraid to Fight

My health is good, my head is sound.
And high enough above the ground;
No fiatness at the pedal base,
No lack Of molars in my face.
I sail no ship. I serve no farm;
No industry will suffer harm
If I am absent from my post
They need me like they need ghost
I'm not Judge or county clerk.
I'm not engaged in public work;
The only title that bear
Is "Registrant in QUESTIONABLE"
My origin. I'm proud to say,
Is New York City. u. s. A.;
The only flag I ever knew
Is Uncle Sans Red, White and Blue.
I love my native country we'll.
Its foes shall feel its shot and shell:
But waive exemption? Not a chance!
A waiver means l fight in France!
AS Baker said, mans intent
Is sometimes food for argument:
His act seems unforgivable.
His purpose quite eQuivocal.
When So S. L. went into force
! took wife, but not. of course.
With any thought to use the fact
- NiSdiic W CiICuUVeuC the act.
The mind that understands what's meant
By mans eauivocal intent"
VIII blame not me, but blame my fate
For forcing me to marry late.
L'Envoi
I'm the man who never valves a thing.
Except my country's flag;
l never wore wedding ring
Until struck snag.
When Baker runs for President
III stand UP and applaud;
he understands my true intent
Much better than the board.
r r II
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

and would leave no commercial ADVANTAGE
& TO be fought for. It is urged that this
would settle at once the question of colonies
and remove the prime cause Of war;
Scott Nearing was out of the c;+v
yesterday, but Mr. Lochner. sacretary
of the Peoples Council, said he had
received DR.. Holiness letter Of with
drawal "As'
"Dr.. Holmes seems to have wanted
TO Withdraw because we did not receive
9 formal invitation to the London CON.
ference" said Mr.. Lochner. "The fact
Is we endeavored to communicate 3v
cable with the organizers of the Lon
oon meeting put were unable to obtain
without DR.. Holmes. And we viii elent
delegates, and, if possible, start them
on their way to London"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
No.D Up to Hurley, Say
Staten Island Strikers

Representatives of the Shipping
Board conferred yesterday with the
officials Of the Staten Island shipbuild.
ing companies whose carpenters have
gone on strike for increased wages.
No announcement followed the session.
and neither the employers nor the
government representatives would
make any comment
The attitude of the i've companies
engaged in building ships is that thew
can take no action, but that inasmuch
as they are engaged on government
work, any matter of dissatisfaction
must be referred to the Shipping
Board.
Peaceful picketing was the only ac-
tivity of the strikers yesterday. At
the noon hour a few loitered around
and urged other workers to join them.
but with little apparent success. Ma
chine shop workers and others engaged
at the yards are said to have voiced
intention to stay on the job.
All the companies have put on ex-
ira guards, but no trouble is antic;-
pated. In addition to the regular
guards Of the company, the shipyards
are patrolled by marines or soldiers.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

as human being. He has the ideas
W feudal baron and is living in a BY
suns age, SO far as the treatment OF
employees is concerned. The govern
mene surely can't with any oonsistencc
.orold private employees to break down
sne laws for the protection Of labor
ana tnen allow one Of it's greatest or
sanlzations to destroy every safe
These are some Of the charges which
Wall be put before the President in the
campaign to renovate the mail service.
Distributors are now working from
ten to twelve hours day.
despite a tremendous increase in the
voiume of business of the mail service
and the pressure of war time. the per.
sonnet of the railway mail service has
decreased in The last two years. When
vacancies occur the work is divided
among other employees without any in
crease in salary.
Men old in the service are dismisscd
or denoted.
zone hundred and forty distributors
recently resigned in Washington be-
cause of the long hours and lack of
rest days.
No Rest in Seven Weeks
Employees are KEEP, working in the
foreign branch of the service seven
weeks at one stretch without rest.
Despite an increase in the postal
revenues from 1915 to 1917 of only
about per cent, the "driving meth
DDS" of the Postmaster General brought
an 80 per cent increase in the surplus.
Christmas mail FOR men in the
trenches mailed in November did not
leave the Chelsea station in New York
until January because Mr.. Durleson
hired surplus clerks at low salary
to- do the work, leaving idle expert
enced men commanding higher salaries
who were working. Forty per cent Of
the soldiers mail was wrongly distrib-
nfnd
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Camp Greene Condemned
Will Be Abandoned as Train.
ing Centre; Too Muddy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Camn
Greene, Charlotte, N. c., now occupied
by regular army troops, is to be aban-
doned as permanent training centre
because OF unsuitability of the ground
on which it is located.
Major General Dickman, senior Off
Ger at the camp, was at the War De-
psrtment to-day and reported the camn
site knee deep in mud in some places
owing to an unusually hard winter and
the clay soil which underlies the sur
face and prevents rapid absorption.
The Medical Department has deter
mined, however, that there is no danger
to the health Of the soldiers there until
summer comes, and by that time the
men will have been moved Wv
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Hennig Fled From Germany
After Attacking Kaiser, He SAYS
Foreman in War Plant Tells How He Came +o RI 6 FL
lowing Political Speech-Witnesses Declare He
Urged Workmen to Buy Liberty Bonds

Paul c. H. Hennig, foreman in the
Il. W. Bliss torpedo works and now on
trial for treason in the United States
district Court, of Brooklyn, took the
stand IN his own behalf yesterday.
After telling of his German birth and
education, he related how he had left
tne Fatherland in haste to avoid being
arrested for attacking the Kaiser IN a
public address.
The prisoner told his story calmly
ana answered all questions with the
appearance of perfect sclf-possession.
lie was preceded by several character
witnesses, both from the torpedo ,vorks
and his home, Ozone Park. These testi-
ned that they had never heard him
make any disloyal remarks, and told
OF how he had urged his workmen to
buy Liberty bonds.
Hennig said that in 1904 be WAS
elected an alderman of Leipsic on the
ooclal Democrat ticket. In 1906. he
sa'o, ne, Liebknecht, Bebel and othors
addressed large gathering in one of
the rural districts on political prob
Forced to Flee Germany
=. "lmme ediately afterward," he con-
tinued. II was warned that there was
a warrant out for my arrest because
of certain remarks I had made about
the Kaiser. Leaving my only son, Carl.
with my mother, fed to Hamburg
and took ship to the United States. I
have never. since been back in Ger
many. A few months after arriving
scopes for the E. w. Bliss plant ~
Hennig also said that he had stud;ad
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13

feet the war is having on industrial
workers.
All the commissioners made brief ad.
dresses, in which they presented the
side of the workmen Of England. They
we're Charles Duncan, W. A. Appleton
Joshua Butterworth and D. L. Moses.
Leon H. Rouse, president of "Bip
Six" New York's typographical union
introduced the commissioners, each of
whom spoke briefly.
Warns Americans
Mr.. Duncan dealt with the .expe.
riences of Englands workers, and urged
the laboring men Of the United States
to profit by the experiences their
brothers had gained through the more
than three years Of war. He recoun.ed
his experiences as a visitor to the bat
tlefront and warned the people of
America that they have no idea Of the
great task confronting the Allies.
The splendid work being done in th,s
the theme of Mr.. Butterworth's talk
and he praised the loyalty Of the work
ers who are making possible the carry
ing out OF the great project.
MI. Moses reiterated the promise of
the commissioners, made earlier in the
day. that the French. British, Belgians
ana Italians were prepared to hold In
filnching. to their battIefronts until the
men OF America were in sufficient trim
to offer formidable relief.
In his. address Mr.. Appleton re-
viewed the struggle organized labor in
Great Britain had before the war and
how now, coming into its own, it is one
OF the most potent factors in the
British war machine.
Cooperation Pledged
Chairman Rouse pledged the workers
OF New York to active cooperation with
their fellows overseas, and told the
commissioners that after they have fin
ished their tour of the United States,
in which they are scheduled to visit
many large cities, they may expect to
be greeted in this city by great mass
meeting which will convince them of
the true spirit Of unionism in this sec
tion of the country.
More than fifty union officers at
tended the conference 1t had been
intended to invite the public, but there
was not sufficient time to send out
notifications.
Mr.. Duncan also spoke in the after
non at the annual meeting of the New
York Letter Carriers Association in
Sulzer's Harlem River Casino.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Mixed Flour May Be Sold
Without Substitutes

. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. - Mixed
n neur containing less than SO per cent
OF wheat flour may be sold without ac
companylng substitutes. the food ad
mlnlstratlon announced tonight in
special rules governing the sales OF
mixed flours. -
Where retailer sells mixed flour
containing moro than 30 per cent of
wheat flour, sufficient other substitutes
must be sold to bring the sale to A
basis of one pound of substitute for
each pound of wheat flour. Grahaa,
and whole wheat -four, however. NAV
be sold at ratio Of three pounds to
five pounds of wheat -four.
A special exception may be granted
upon application showing necessity in
the case OF specially prepared infants
and invalids' food containing four
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
York Men Win
Army Commissions
Bud" Fisher, With Excess
Of Personality" Hands In
His Resignation
[Stcf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. "Bud'
Fisher, cartoonist, former athlete anc
soldier, returned to-day to private life
his resignation as second lieutenant Of
the Field Artillery branch of the Ma.
tional Army having been accepted by
the President, the War Department
announced.
Fisher was graduated from the last
Plattsburg training camp and was
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the reserve corps on November %, 1917.
He was first assigned to Camp Meade,
Maryland, where the Maryland, Penn
sylvania and District of Columbia con-
scripts are in training. Later he was
recommissioned in the National Army
and assigned to Southern camp.
War Department records do not
show the reason for his resignation.
His commanding officer, however,
some time ago, advised the department
that Fisher possessed ian excess Of
personality"
The War Department to-day an
nounced promotions to the rank of
captain of First Lieutenants Ralph L..
Thomas and Victor S. Thomassen,
Engineer Reserve Corps, now stationed
at Camp Upton.
The following non-commissioned Of
ticers of the New York Guard Divi-
sion in training at Spartanburg have
been promoted to second lieutenant:
First Sergeant Thomas J. Simpson.
Sergeant Alexander E. Ostrander r. First
Sergeant Thomas Fl. Bauchle. FIRST
Sergeant Richard M. Raven, Battalion
Sergeant Major Joseph A. Breen and
Battalion Sergeant Major Leo E. Buck-
ley.
Army engineers, signal corps men
and physicians from New York were
commissioned to-day by the War De-
partment as follows:
Engineers Reserve Corps-Henry r. Put
nam, 80 West Sixty-seventh Street, captain.
Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps
Miller K. Taylor. 600 West 1920 Street.
~ MEDICAL Ms. Reserve corps--Jehiel H. Patrick,
Joseph M. L. Bruno. Long Island 1r College
HOSPITAL, Brooklyn: Joseph % Harkavy' ''Nfe NJ
Sinai Hospital. and Michael G. Healv. Ell;s
Island Hospital first leutenants.
SANITARY Corps, National Armv-WaIt4r
~: r.; talbot, 18th Regiment Armory, and
Thomas Wilson. 4e3 Seventh Avenue frst
lieutenants iie'
New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Roosevelt on Wav
To Convalescence:
Has an Easy Day
progress Likely To Be Unin-
terrupted," Bulletin
Says

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was de-
cidedly better yesterday, regaining the
ground he lost Sunday night and Mon
day and progressing further toward
convalescence, it was announced at the
Roosevelt Hospital. The surgeons
hopeful prediction of a good night
Monday proved true, and yesterday the
Colonel was more comfortable than at
any time since he was operated upon.
For these reasons last nights bulletin
was quite the most cheerful yet issued.
1t read:
'This has been Colonel Roosevelt's
most comfortable day. His progress
is likely to be uninterrupted from
now on"
The bulletin was issued after Drs.
Walton Martin and Arthur B. Duel had
made their afternoon visit. They found
pulse and temperature normal and the
when they issued this bulletin:
Colonel Roosevelt had a comfort
able night and his condition is i'm
proving. Temperature and pulse are
normal. At present there is nothing
to indicate further operation"
The pain suffered by the Colonel was
somewhat less intense than on Monday,
the nurses reported. and he more read
lily absorbed nourishment than on the
preceding day. Examination of the left
internal ear showed q further subsi-
dence of the Inflammation which had
threatened to make serious operation
necessary.
There we're many callers at the hos
pital during the day, a few # whom
were Rear Admiral Gleaves, William
H. Hotchkiss, Clarence II. Mackay,
George K. Cherrie a member of the
Colonel's Amazon expedition; the Rev.
John C. York, Henry A. Wise Wood,
Russell J. Coles, the devilfish hunter;
Newcomb Carlton and Oscar S. Straus.