Morning Oregonian., October 11, 1917, Page 15, Image 15

THE 3IORNIXO OKEGONIAN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917. 15
SINISTER PLOTS LAID
Orders Issued to Blow Up Mu
nitions Factories in U. S.
'RELIABLE" MEN BLAMED
Revelations Made by Secretary
Lansing From Secret German
Diplomatic Correspondence i
Prove Conspiracy.
(Continued From First Page.)
most elementary and generally ac
cepted principles of international in
tercourse and comity.
They declared that not only does this
correspondence, taken in connection
with what went before and has already
been made public by the State iJepart
ment, convict the German government
through the Kaiser's personal repre
sentative in this country of violating
American neutrality and the effort to
deal a blow at its European .enemies,
but it clearly discloses the calculated
purpose to strangle the Administration
in any attempt which it might make to
preserve that neutrality by deep-laid
plots to control the legislative branch
of the Government.
A significant feature of the revela
tions to which attention is also invited
by the officials, is that they have been
in a sense progressive in intensity. Be
ginning with rather mild statements of
German intrigues, each batch of tcle
- grams that has been given to - the
American press has developed graver
accusations against Germany and to
day's disclosures are regarded as vastly
strengthening the indictments, not only
in the new matter disclosed, but in
supplying missing links in the chain of
evidence to connect the German foreign
office and the German Emperor's per
sonal representative in this country
with the sinister conspiracy against
American integrity and the very lives
of American citizens.
Allien All Approve.
Secretary Lansing has conferred
with the French Ambassador and with
the British Ambassador in the latter
case as recently as yesterday and it is
understood that the startling dis
closures today, as well as those which
have preceded them from the same
source, has been made with the full
knowledge and approval of the entente
governments. That they will have aJi
effect upon the British and French
publics as well as in America is fully
realized here. In all three countries
where there has been more or less
agitation in favor of American peace,
.even if conclusive, the governments
have found it necessary to exert them
selves to prevent such a spread of
pacifist ideas as might jeopardize the
success of the armies in the field.
Perfidy and Dishonor Plain.
The keystone of the arch upon which
any such peace negotiations must rest
Is reckoned upon the honor and in
tegrity of the German government in
its international engagements. This
further demonstration of the perfidy
and dishonor of German officialdom, it
Js hoped in official circles, will tend to
silence much of the pro-German peace
propaganda, not only in America, but
among the entente powers in Kurope.
Among the. interesting features of
the dispatches made public today is
the evidence that the embargo con.
. ference which was held in this coun
try in the Summer of 191U already had
received support from the German gov
ernment. Mling llirrnd Supplied.
Apparently this statement supplies
the missing thread in the story of
Bernstorff's request for the $50,000 with
which to influence Congress through
i an unnamed organization.
It is admitted by the officials that
many of the persons who participated
in the embargo conference, which was
the chosen German agency to influence
Congress, probably were in - simple-
Portland, Oregon, October 11, 1917.
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minded ignorance of the fact that they
or their more or less distinguished
names were being used by a few trai
tors in German pay.
It is believed that other disclosures
are in prospect, but the State Depart
ment makes no promise in this respect.
O'I.enry's Telegram Recalled.
In this latest exposure, the Stat
Department believes it has removed the
last doubt that Count von Bernstorff
was the directing head in America of
the German machine for espionage.
Publication of the German Koreign
Office's message referring to Jeremiah
O'Leary caused many smiles of grim
satisfaction at the White House. It
was recalled that during the last Presi
dential campaign O'Leary. as president
of the American Truth Society, tele
graphed the President that he and
other Americans would not vote for
Mr. Wilson aon account of his interna
tional policy.
The President replied from his Sum
mer home at Shadow Lawn, under
date of September 29, 1916:
"Your telegram received. I would
feel deeply mortified to have you or
anybody else like you vote for me.
Since you have access to many disloyal
Americans and I have not, 1 will ask
you to convey this message to them.
"WOODItOW WILSON."
Von Bernntorft Celt His Danger.
Presumably the secret dispatches
made public by Secretary Lansing to
day form part of those taken by the
American Secret Service men in the
raid on the office of Wolf Von Igel in
New York. That Count Von Bernstorff
was fully aware of the intimate danger
in which he personally was placed by
the raid on the secret German files, is
now recalled by newspaper men who
had daily relations with him. He did
not hesitate to express the blief that
his official tenure in Washington was
bound to be very short. When re
minded that nothing in the state of the
negotiations then in progress between
his embassy and the State Department
regarding interference with American
commerce indicated any such critical
situation, he darkly hinted that there
were other matters not published that
might cause trouble and that he him
self might be the victim of misrepre
sentation to the State Department.
The correspondence made public by
the Ktate Department has connected
Bernstorff with the r'rench traitor,
Bolo Pasha, whom he supplied with
funds to corrupt the French press and
strengthen the peace party in France.
Today's disclosures follow naturally,
developing the former Ambassador's
close connection with the extensive
sabotage which prevailed, to some
extent in the United States and to a
larger degree in Canada, with the pur
pose of crippling the sources of muni
tions and food supplies for the entente
allies and also of wrecking Canadian
troop trains bound for the seaboard.
For this purpose Bernstorff was to
have all necessary funds and was to
employ Americans as his agents in this
underhand work.
More Money Va Xeeded.
An interesting statement in one of
today's telegrams Is the reference to
the embargo conference which the Ger
man government understood was about
to endeavor to secure a majority in
Congress favorable to Germany, and
the declaration that this conference
"requests further support," suggests
inquiry into what measure of assist
ance and of what character had al
ready been advanced to the organiza
tion by the German embassy here.
Count von Bernstorff evidently felt
absolutely secure in his dealings with
these people, as well as with the Irish
pro-German propaganda, in view of his
assurance to the Foreign Ofiice that
there was no possibility of their being
compromised, a contingency which had
evidently given some concern to the
home authorities in Germany.
The desire of the German govern
ment, at that early stage in the war,
to aoid any excesvses on the part of
the German agents in this country in
carrying out their programme of de
struction that would lead to a break
with America, is evidenced by the
strict injunction that in the attacks
upon the railroads, the embankments
and bridges should not be touched.
Apparently, it was realized that other
wise passenger trains might be
wrecked, involving loss of American
life, as many Americans patronize the
Canadian railways. As the main pur
pose was to cut off supplies of muni
tions and food from the allies In
Europe, it was probably thought thV!
could be accomplished without going
to the extreme of destroying bridges
and embankments.
Apparently the correspondence issued
today must soon be followed by addi
tional disclosures to clear up some of
the mysterious transactions referred
to. as the State Department doubtless
has other material in hand.
Dr. Ilales Connection Shown.
Dr. William Bayard Hale was a spe
cial representative of President Wil
son in Mexico in 1913 and was for
merly referred to as the President's
biographer. Kariy in the war his ar
ticles from Berlin attracted attention
by reason of the intimate relations he
secerned to have with high officials
of the German Foreign Office. Mrs.
Hale was with him in Germany. She
alto wrote many articles that were cal
culated to give the world the most
favorable impression of Germany's aims
and methods of warfare. She was one
of the leaders in the women's move
ment to secure an embargo on arms
and ammunition.
State Department officials regard the
evidence that has come to them as a
simple explanation of the rapidity and
strength with which the embargo move
ment swept the country, finally find
ing expression in Congress in the Mc
Lemore resolution to forbid Americans
to travel on ships carrying arms and
ammunition to Europe. One of the ear
lier focal points of the movement was
the conference held in Chicago, where
protests were made. Afterwards meet
ings were held in many cities and the
mails and telegraph wires were con
gested with messages to the White
House and Capitol carrying appeals to
stop or to check the movement of sup
plies to the allies.
Circular Letter Recalled.
Senator Husting has a copy of a
circular letter sent out in May, 1916,
by the American embargo conference
in a peace propaganda, urging recip
ients to read Dr. William Bayard Hale's
book on the armed ship question, en
closing form letters to be used in writ
ing Congressmen.
Captain Boehm, mentioned in the dis
patch of January 3, was a German
secret agent who operated for so-ne
time in the Vnifed States. His activi
ties included an investigation of the
Mexican crisis, on which he made a
lengthy memorandum on March 1, 1916.
Boehm'.' activities were brought to
a close because hi: tongue was too
loose for the good of the German serv
ice. The Government files here con
tain a report of the German military
information bureau, dated March 21,
1916, which says:
"Captain Boehm decided to leave
after reports received here were sub
mitted him to the effect that members
of the press were informed as to his
personality and the purpose of his be
ing here. Too great confidence in the
silence of his fellowmen, especially the
members of the American Truth So
ciety, was probably the cause of his
becoming quickly known here."
Three l'orcst IMres Reported.
GOLD HILL. Or., Oct. 10. (Special.)
Three forest fires, one of which is at
the head of Elk Creek, on the Umpqua
divide north of Gold Hill, are being
given special attention by a large force
of men under the forest supervisor.
Other fires are reported on the Little
Applegate. while several brush fires
are raging along the foothills west and
north of Gold Hill, and in the vicinity
of Jacksonville.
Two Indicted for Threat.
TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 10. (Special.
True bills were found by the Federal
grand jury Wednesday against John
Brennan and Fred Meischki. of Aber
deen, who are alleged by the Govern
ment to have mad" threats against
the life of President Wilson. The men
are held in the County Jail under $T.oo
hail. Henry Do Graf, of Montesauo,
was sentenced to six months in the
County Jail for failing to register for
the draft.
Trooper Killed Wat Pendleton ltoy.
PENDLETON, Or.. Oct. 10. (Special.)
Dan O'Donncll, member of Troop D,
Oregon Cavalry, who, it is reported,
was killed today at Camp Greene, was
a Pendleton boy. Hhe worked for sev
eral years in the Taliman drug store,
and later operated a small repair shop
for himself. He leaves a mother, Mrs
William Nelson, near IMlot Uock, and
a brother at Nye.
B.
HARRY THAW SUED
Action for $650,000 Damages
Instituted.
BOY FLOGGED IS CHARGE
Frederick Gump, or Kansas City,
Acting for Son, Is Plain
tiff; Defendant in
Asylum.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 10. Suit for
damages aggregating $6Jo,000 against
Harry fC. Thaw was filed in Common
pleas Court here today by attorneys
representing Frederick Gump, father
of Frederick Gump, Jr., the Kansas City
high school boy who was alleged to
have been flogged by the Pittsburg mil
lionaire in a New York hotel Christ
mas day, 1916. Thaw, who was ad
judged insane after attempting suicide
here, is in a local asylum, where he
was committed some time ago by a
committee on lunacy.
In the suit technically listed as a
summons in trespass, J. Denniston Lyon
and Walter Biddle, of Pittsburg, who
are in charge of Thaw's estate, are
named as co-defendants. Of the total
damages Gump asks $500,000 for "the
wrongs, injuries and gross indignities
to which my son was subjected," and
$150,000 for the sufferings he said the
affair caused him.
According to statements set forth in
the petition Thaw started to correspond
with young Gump from Pittsburg No
vember 1, 1915, and under a promise
to obtain employment for him induced
the boy to visit him. Later, according
to the petition. Thaw persuaded Gump
to accompany him to New York on the
promise that he would educate him in
a well-known technical school. For
several days during ChristmaB week,
1916, the petition alleges, the boy was
kept a prisoner in a New York hotel,
during which time the flogging is said
to have been administered.
When Thaw was located by detec
tives in a rooming-house in this city,
he slashed his wrists with a razor and
was critically ill for several weeks.
Later he was adjudged insane, com
mitted to an asylum here and extra
dition for his removal to New York
to answer art indictment on the Gump
charges was denied by Governor Brum
baugh. CONTESTED TAX IS LEVIED
Tillamook. City Council Passes Par
inz Assessment Ordinance.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Oct. 10. (Special.)
The City Council of this city at an
adjourned session Monday night pawsed
an ordinance levying an assessment for
the pavement -constructed several years
ago by the Warren Construction Com
pany. . The matter has been in the courts
for the past five years. Judge Campbell
having restrained the Council from
making an assessment on the grounds
that the work was not according to
contract. Recently a decree was en
tered in the Supreme Court by stipula
tion between the company and the liti
gants, and the Council was required
by the decree- to make the assessment.
Attack on Wife Is Charge.
IKKjl'IAM. Wash.. Oct. 10. (Special.)
J. M. Bricker. a local undertaker and
prominent lodge man, was arrested
this afternoon on a complaint sworn
to by II. B. Jennings, plumber, charg
ing attack on the latter's wife. Brick
er's bail was fixed at J2000. The case
wiil be taken direct to the Superior
Court.
Rifle School Wins.
Beebe, Vice-President
cial.) A large crowd attended the an
nual community fair held at the high
school here Friday. Splendid exhibits
of fruits, vegetables, poultry, sewing,
and manual arts were plentiful. All
schools of the district had exhibits.
The Itiffe School took first prize and
Saukum second.
TWIN STRIKE IS ENDED
Union Trainmen Arc to Return to
Runs, Others May Apply.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Oct. 10. By unani
mous vote, the striking employes of
the Twin Cities Rapid Transit Com
pany last night agreed to a.n order of
the Minnesota Public Safety Commis
sion which terminated the strike, now
four days old.
The union trainmen are to return to
their old runs and those who were
discharged before the walkout was
ordered are to apply lor employment
tomorrow.
Another Jury Venire Ordered.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10. Another
venire of 100 was ordered to be in court
tomorrow morning, when the trial of
Israel Wineberg, jitney driver, on a
charge of murder growing out of a
bomb explosion here in July, 1916.
which claimed 10 victims, was to be
resumed.
$6000 In Bonds Sold.
BAKER. Or., Oct. 10. (Special.)
The sale of liberty bonds started here
today with several small individual pur
chases and with the subscription of
$5000 by the Eastern Oregon Building
& Loan Association. The total of sub
scriptions passed the $6000 mark.
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KLICKITAT FAIR OPENS
EXHIBITS OK SCHOOL. CHILDREN
STRIKING KKATIRE,
Stork Exhibit Falln Short of Last
Yenr Because of Dry Season.
Indian 'Dash Exciting.
GOLDENDALE, Wash.. Oct. 10.
(Special.) The ninth annual Klickitat
County Fair opened here today. Th'e
agricultural and fruit exhibits are up
to former years, but the stock exhibit
is short, the extreme dry season
making it hard to get stock in shape
for show purposes.
An added feature this year is the
size and quality of the display made
by Klickitat school children, under the
community center plan. The displays
contain canned fruit, agricultural
products, manual training work and
all other branches of school work
selected as the best from contests held
in each community.
The mile race open to Klickitat
horses only was closely contested by
Oakland Jlohr and Oro May. The half
mile Indian dash furnished the most
excitement on the running card and
was won by All Alone over Cross Cut
and Sleepy, played by the crowd to
win.
Chrome Ore Deposits Reported.
BAKER, Or., Oct. 10. (Special.)
Reports of chrome ore in the Upper
Burnt River district, near Unity, said
to rival that of the John Day Valley
in value, are brought to Baker by pros-
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Oregon.
pectors. A ledge owned by Frank
Lyon is believed to he the equal of any
in the state. Mr. Lyon has had his oro
assayed and says that the tests have
been very satisfactory. Moreover, he
believes that the ledge contains im
mense quantities of the metal.
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BACK HURTS OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Says ' Uric Acid in meat clogs
Kidneys and irritates
Bladder.
A glass of Salts is harmless way
to flush Kidneys, says
authority.
If you must have your meat every
day. eat it, but flush your kidneys with
salts occasionally, says a noted author
ity who tells us that meat forms uric
acid, which almost paralyzes the kid
neys In their efforts to expel it from
the blood. They become sluggish and
weaken, then you suffer with a dull
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache,
dizziness, your stomach sdurs, tongue is
coated and when the weather is had
you have rheumatic twinges. The urine
gets cloudy, full of sediment, the chan
nels often get sore and irritated, oblig
ing you to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the
body's urinous waste, get four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia. and has been used
for generations to flush and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize the
acids in urine, so it no longer irritates,
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