Sudden. Overwhelming Attack
' ; Out -of Verdun Puts the
ais ' ' gle.
v unaume wopa in: retain s
: Hand! the Crnwh Prince's
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. rnnnv . . u i ii iumii . nti;K.
VfWVW' f If W Vjsv W VB S enm. -a-- -r .
GAINS ARE ADMITTED
IN BERLIN STATEMENT
Slackening of German Artil
lery Fire Is Noted bv Haig:
: Riga Drive Appears at a
. Standstill; Austro - Italian
- front is Active.
., London, Sept. 8. (U. P.)
General Petaln's French troops
struck a sudden overwhelming
blow but of Verdun t?day, captur
ing all of Chatime vood and driv
ing the crown prince's' troops still
further from the fortress city.
' The Berlin statement tonight
mAtm vain. rr tVlle ea t1nn.
The Faris statement declared
slmpljri
i"We captured the entire Chaume
''On th right bank of th Mtua.'
th French official tatement saiJ.
wt; attacked on a frontage of two
kllometeie (about a mil and a -quai-ter
lit the Fcwes and Caurier fee
tor, proceeding1 deaptt Ueperat rw
Utanco," .
- -s 1 laid SlarahaJ Hals' trTght report
InJivated a n&aiked slackening of . the
UeiiMiii artliUry file reported during
tae past few days,
"Around iialijcourt the enemy's ar-
tiin-ry was mie s;iive oe ,
...... u.u... tl1lAru ae
thn.V" TaH'-a.' ' i t.'k" W
a . r -aM. t. t A.AeMAMfee 4.
west of ltcsontaux bad failed.
lulyV etfenstve;". entered into- us
,i ud ce.iohous. uncaslng and Mo-
...t iumbuMSvsn the German drie ,
wat of Klga appealed to have come to
uaM
in net gruund gained, the Italian
k'uitui have npt feten tmprelve. Bx
Vorts pointed out, however, that the
.' .erain ( which lutd been 'conquered is
inai wn rn. rt a m , w i . nm ludu . uix hjub
Italian Assaults and which 7 had been
thought practically impregnable by the J
Austrian- high command.
Except tor Monte Ban . Gabriel,, the :
Italians control every dominating peak
of the great chain of mountain for
tresses, bearing over the Balnaissa
' plateau! San Gabriel itself is pracii
' tally surrounded. It has been taken
at-least five times by Cadorna'a inde-
i wl ,.virkffi J ' 1AtMe ? : retnWrl.ri
,V( k.V , wwuv -
only to have thm Auatrlan. In massed
; atUck of thL cholceftt troops, :drtv
1 - That Austria , regards the Italian
. pressure with alarm was Indicated in
Bwiss diapatobes showing the greatest
reinforcements ever hurried to that
psiga Drive Xas Ceased
Rome reported today that during the
. ' three weeks, offensive the total bag
' ot Austrian prisoners had been 80.S71,
includlag SSS officers. . The losses of
the enemy, in . all, have been esti
mated at more than 110.006.
Austria now has a counter off en-
' slve proceeding around Mount Her-
.-. made, in three days of which Vienna
today claimed capture of 10 Italian
. officers and s JOG men. Both Berlin
: aad fetrograd agreed 'there bad. been
a cessation of heavy fixhtlnsr'on the
Riga front. German olfirjal-' state-
' mentS reported further retirement
norrnwesi oi -iui oy tne tvuasians
aad indicated Germany was ; preening
the. - rearguards.: Fetrograd . merely
. sakl 'the situation wag unchanged.
, On the west front, - Berlin claimed
: an Isolated, offensive started by the
French, north of A'erdun, which was
repulsed, but the French - statement
. ignorea mention or it. r ieia Marshal
naigs repoit aetaiiej patrol action
brna said.
Cyclone Hits Linen
. l.ew. . : i , . .
: Several Are Hurt
.-.An American' port, Sept. 8. -(U. P.)
Five i.
which to'
ours of buttlna- in a cvclonel
which 'tossed thero about and injured
verat persons was the experience of
passengers on . a . French liner which
arrived, her today.'
Among the -passengers was Lieuten
sat Rent Mitchell, who is here to in
struct -.tmerlcan aviators, -,
. An. Vifierlcan liner which arrived at
the same time experienced some diffl
,culty 'm passing through the edge of
, ths storm . t;vt.' -.r. '.-
V: - '?. ' - .mi i. . ?'r-
' A---i.-UTl-Jl "-.111
gees r" I I . W S
? bcideiitaleport
Washington, Sept. 8. (J. N. s.)
" Oeneral Crosier ot the - ordnance de
- pertment tonight iUd4 a preliminary
report on the explosion at the Frank
' ford arsenal today; when three persons
. were killed.. Nothing has been- found
. to indicate ' that the ' explosion was
' anythlnr hut- an accident, he saidj -
I ' The board ot officers examining the
' case reported to him that the damage
will amount to about 820.000, confined
, "to - small frame building. :
Index
'section oxk le 'pages
rrenca Victoria at Terdu. , '
Sweden Aided Germany la XatrirM.
Kcaprtal Bt-mb Baide Deliberate.
Sigmf Unce : ef Aircraft la Warfare ;
8.
S.
Sin-Cant rut imm.rnm. ,
federal Of fleets for Oregon Hamad.
Mother Lean ef Offioer Son' Death.
JUoeeTe.t Declare! for Eat.al Suffrage
Keveat bill Dlectuaicn Continued.
Additicnal funae fr Viata, Houae Op
pceed.
Wnua of Woodcraft to Aeeunbls..
Accidental Suicice Verdict Returned.
. Pojtand Center fcr Copra Jf roduct.
. Church Servioe in Field.
Trench Htenay Keel Fiaaae Sammy.
Grata Kea seedy to VUit Washing-
tOB. ;
Britiaa Beoruitiag Offkara Busy,
Editorial.
Brief Information.
Town Topice.
Lend Show Plane Develop,
Hill Bteamahipe' Patronage Increased.
lad not Work Proceed.
Oraaxa Baraea for American Army.
Peoria. Diatilieriee Ctoaa.
S.
7.
10.
11.
is.
it.
li.
i.
Harreat of Vartlaad'a War Garden.
Spokaae Internal 'air O oaed.
Sump tar la "Coming Back."
&siaieo4 Federal Ooatroi to Be Per.
roanent. -Kutai'i
Asa la Sliktly Crypt.
Prediction of Bain Welccmed.
Thrill of Air Battle Deaorioed.
Profrota of Labor Legialation.
State fair to Ezeet Previous Exhi
- bitiona.
Tall Quota' Beaohea Camp Lewie.
Lot-boom Praneaieee Sought.
' In tenet Taken in Jaeeuna; of Hotel
IS. Hew Sammy's Kail WOI Be Handled.
SECTION TWO 18. PAGES
it
s.
Sport Bow and Qoaaip.
Automobiles and Good Road.
Italy and franco by Freak H. 81m
eoda Perehing'a Firat Visit to His Com.
mend.
Beel Zatnte aad Building Hewi.
Waat Ada.
Market and Finance.
Marine.
11-14.
SECTION THREE 12 PAGES
Zakimo Brought to Jnatice.
Bobnd-Vp Tryent Begin.
s.
la vaaoaTtue.
In Stageland. -S.
Paotopiay fcewa.
Stage Chatter.
-!. The Week ia Society.
1. The Beala of Mnaio.
t. Women 'a Clab Affaire.
8. In the Pub.io Schoola.
10. Illaatrated Bewa Beriew.
11. Bock - Bewa and Boriewa.
IS. Faahiea Chat by Mme. tul Tie. '
Beaaty Heine by LiUiaa BaaaeU.
Cera ef toe ' Child QJ tit, Lena K,
Sadler..
SECTION POUr. PAGES
(Fictioa Magatiae)
SECTION FIVE r I'AGES
' . . i- (Comic)
Mayor Mollmah
'Paces Many Charges
. BelleyUle Ilia,,, Sept. 8. tl.
n. s.y
office.
jf!v.rM. Qt malfeasance in
.
laiure
to call. -upon the sheriff,, for
fail tre to t gly a needed instructions to
tae mMtJsv; f aUureloi accept; 41te
selves iutfepeciAl off icera, were . cbn
talned. m aA 'indictment returned this
mayor of Sast t. Louis, , by the St.
Clair county grand Jury,-on 'tharges
growing out of the race riots in Kast
St. Louis July 2. , ,
Maurice AheaVn, Mollman's private
secretary, and 37 others weie also
indicted. , i
The grand jury in its report says
that) the office of Mollman should be
taken from Mm. v
- Ahearn Is charged with conspiracy
wlvh the rioters - insofar that he or
dered policemen to destroy cameras
and photographs of newspapermen
which would have been of the greatest
value to the grand jury in Indicting
the real criminals.
In 'all 144 persons have now been
indicted on accountof the race, riots.
Wife Cause
Of General's Fall
... . ' ........ , v
Petrograd. Sept. 8. (U. .P.) Oen
eral Eukhomlinof f s domestic tragedy
was further revealed in testimony in
his trial for treason. The prosecution
introduced a letter from Prince Adri- j
Konoxr to me czarina, cnargmg. mat
Mme SukhomllnbfTs extravagance was
forcing her husband to increase his in
come by accepting bribes from con
tractors.
Previous testimony showed the sexa
genarian army chief overwhelmed, by
the expensive whims of hU 20-year-old
butterfly wife and forced to eat in
army mesa nails so ne mfght give her
the money she demanded. : Already
witnesses have testified the aged gen
eral was so infatvlated by his young
wife that he babbled to her war office
secrets. -
Shipping Board Will
Take Over Tug Boats
9 " in in lam i.ia.
.Washington. Sept. 8. (I. ' N, S.)
The United States , shipping board to-
dSZ .announced plans tor taking over
the control of all ocean coin g tugs ' on
the North Atlantic coast. The; move
will be made in the interest of eff iclen
cy. according to the statement Defi
nite action will not be taken until a
j September 18. The pUn calls for a
central office in New York.
While the present plans call for con
trol of only North Atlantic coast tugs,
the extension of the plan la contem
plated until tugs on the Pacific coast
and the Gulf ports ere under controls
Aotio!ofpfi;lsi:'
5 06)Weiffibyry
6 San Francisco, Cat, Sept. 8.: (?U. P.)
rForeman -John D. Spreckles Jr jtnd
merasers ot tae grand Jury, late today
condemned the ; action of - the United
Railroads in importing alleged gunmen
ss strikebreakers. At the same ' time
Spreckles ald he .did not think the
railroad was getting, a square dee.1 in
the strike. - , . -. .
' Chief or Police White told the jurors
that if the SS0 speciah policemen to be
tsed next week. In maintaining order
did not. succeed he would place other
special police on the regular beats and
relieve patrolmen for strike duty.
News
COMPELLING REASON
FOR LEAGUE
Recent German Air Raids
How Use of War Planes Has Altered Defense ,
Problem and Suggest Influence to Be Ex-,
ercised Over International Relations.
: By ArAur S. Draper
London, Sept. 8. As an insular country the United Kingdcm has de
pended upon her navy as a defensive weapon. What the submarine has
not accomplished the airplane is taking up. Henceforth. Britain must alter
her whole defensive problem. , "
Few appreciate the! deep meaning of an invasion of England by th air.
In the future a nation might declare war in the morning and lay the enemy
capital in ashes in the afternoon.
Or put it this way.! An international difference might aris and One of
the parties to the question in dispute .might send a squadron of 1000 air
planes over the other's parliamentary building to help the statesmen to
reach a satisfactory decision. 4 . -
Of what value will be international alliance in the next few years? The
airplane U a good reason for a league of all nations.
Two Tsars' Experience
Since September, 1915, when a fleet
of Zeppelins first rained bombs on
London, it has been my luck to be In
the city every time the Bosche ha
visited it. 1 shall not call it fortune,
for 1 have healthy respect for a bomb
and possess no curiosity when a hos
tile airship is overhead. If I be
lieved everything I read in the Lon-
IN FIRST DRAFT MAY
NOT HOLD IN SECOND
Men May Be Recalled That
Raising of 1,500,000 Men
May Be Possible.
Washington, Sept. $. I. it. S.) In
line with the policy of the war de
partment, confided .by Secretary Ba
ker to the house military committee.
to raise and organise an army of J,
($00,000 by the end - of next , yeaf. It
we admitted at ,.theiwr,,,depment
toaay tnat a numoer or exemptions i
from this draft may be hater witji-j
drtwn' Thiii annliea esneciallv to mar. T
drawn. This applies especially to mar.
ried men ehd other dependency exemp
tion. ' , ' . V": ' V'l;, '. :
To raise 1,500,000 men by the draft.
as the war department is said to con
template, it probably will, be neces
sary to, recall men who were exempted
from the first call. It is estimated
that, for the SS7.000 secured by the
present draft, it was necessary all
over the country to examine at least
3.135,000. . With the Increasing war
work and tbe growth of vital indus
tries, j it was believed that even a
larger percentage would - rule in. tbe
next draft.
Trains Will Be Late,
Declares Orowder
Washington, Sept 8(I ;N. S.) -
The principal lesson. Jearped by, pro
vost Marshal General Crowder from
the mobilization of the first quota
of the draft; army at 14 cantonments
was that in spite of the eest efforts
of railroad officials, ' trains will be
late
EXEMPTIONS ALLOWED
If the Battle Fronts of Europe Were Set Down in the U.S.
I
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it lrr4 ,f . , -o A Pjr-i-M u r stlamj o
; :-''"NN' ' My- H -' o
- i S -.ifP, - Qe3-J B U I. C A R jA . N , sVktANMAN7 .
. " KM r, . - O, '4 ,soe,. .e fV - 4 a '9 .
It is.not always realized: howxtnsfTevIaro the battle; fronts .which the aUles are holding In1 tiTope.' Xa. this map they avre 'ahovra dravna
to scale upon map ot the United, It will Toe sees that the total battle front amonnta to 2195 mfIes--A distance only 8a miles less1
.... than that lom Portland to Chicago, while the battle front in the "West, where Germany has massed her heaviest forces, ia nearly.
: half the distance from New York to Chicago. -", . .""-...'- K ;.. "v ' 1 " - - V ,
OF ALL illOHS
on England Emphasize
don newspapers about the calm and
fearlessness of the British people dur-
ing an air raid, I shoud hide my head
with shame and immediately enroll
as a pacifist or conscientious objector.
In the last two years I have been
around a dozen times when bombs
and shells were falling, and I con-
(Cootlnnrd ea Page Two. Column roart
I
STAGE
STREETS OF CHICAGO
. : . i. .
Resist Civilians, White Sol
diers and Pofice; Comman
der Marches Them Off.
Chicago, Sept. 9. (1. N. S.) From
25 to 40 negro soldiers of Company
F,. Eighth Illinois infantry, chortlr
after midnight. started a . riot at
Thirty-fifth street and'Wentworth av
enue. With bayonets .they held of f a
crowd of about 400 white persons., .
The negroes 'ebou ted that they would
"start another Houston :an4 -another
Brownsville,'' Six or seven ; white
soldiers from the Seventh regimen;!
armory :'lrl e3 to subdue the negroes.
but the latter formed a hollow square
and with drawn bayonets threatened
death to anyone . who approached
them.--" Several white soldiers were
lightly wounded by bayonet Jabs,
rive policemen and several detectives,
the first civil officers on 'the scene,
were threatened with, death 'by the
negroes if they attempted to arrest
"pv 4.,.:. ,:..v.-;. . -. : '; .
"The commanding officer of the black
company finally arrived and marched
his men off. The trouble is; said to
have started when an effort was made
by a policeman tolarrest's:negro sol
dJer;:;:,.v.v:;: . s... A - - ' w
Little Interest in ; '"
, ; : Insurance Shown
Washington. Sept. 8. (U. P.) For
the second successive day indifference
of : house members toward the soldier
Insurance bill forced an adjournment
.today. ' Opponents of the measures
raised the point of "no quorum." Rep
resentative Campbell, Kansas, rebuked
the house for its attitude.
n -
NEGRO
NFANTRYMN
NEAR
OT
X T P' EKENGREk.
Ar . Swedish mlriister to
" the United Sutea,
whose absence from Washing
ton prevents an expression on
the alleged breach of neutrality.
Nev; - W k
mm
Fliet Killed in Fight
In Air WasiHlinoisan
Chicago, Sept." 8. (U. P.) Corporal
Everett Buckley, reported today in
United Press dispatches from Paris to
have been killed Thursday morning .n
an attack with two other American
fliers against five German airmen, is
the son of T. W. Buckley of Kllbourna,
111., ' superintendent of a large estate
there.
Buckley, who was 24, enlisted tin
the French service in Chicago and had
been with the French forces 18 month.
He made bis first flight as a member
of the 'Lafayette egcadrille about
He. was a graduate of the agricul
turar school of the University of Illi
nois. .
Over Score Hurt
In Train Wreck
RHij'nT-: , Iowa:'? SeDt. .ffJ.:-iyp.l-,
More1 than.?: score of persona were IB'
Jured, eight ettaem seriously. .tonight,
when passenger train No. 8 on the St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad
was - wrecked one-aftd a ': half miles
north of here. Six coaches, all steeL
followed the- baggage car off the. track
when it-was derailed.
The track was torn up for 800 feet
the distance the cars ran across the
lies before turning: over.
The engineer and firemen Were not
injured, but . others of the train crew
were slightly hurt. ,
Flirtation Causes' ,
Death of Soldier
Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. 8. (U. P.)
An alleged flirtation with another
man's wife cost Private Walter 8trom,
Company E, Forty-sixth regiment, sta
tioned at Fort Benjamin Harrison, his
life here tonight. ..
Lured by a decoy letter to the home
of the woman,. Strom was shot and in.
etantly killed by Earl Jackson, the
husband. -
Jackson, his wife and Mrs, Rose
Dormer, who witnessed, the shooting,
were' arrested.
HOSPITAL BOMB :
DAinccun
III
BE DELIBERATE
German Aviators Dropped
Coins on Camps as Souve
nirs With Bombs Which
Killed Four Americans.
TWO ATTACKS WERE
MADE, BOTH AT NIGHT j
First Lieutenant Fitzsimmons
of Harvard Unit, 3 Pri
vates, Patient Die.
By William Philip Glmms
Scene of the Bombardment of Amer
ican Hospitals in France, Sept 9. (U.
P.) German "f rightfulness" and bar
barity reached a new height when
Boche aviators dropped bombs on this
American hospital camp, killing one
lof fleer, three privates and a patient
ana wounaing iu oiuern.
''The raids upon hospitals were de
liberate. That the Americans might
not forget the Boches dropped German
coins over the camp as souvenirs
Tntse souvenir were pfennig pieces.
The officer in command of the Har
vard hospital unit, which suffered mott
in the raid, showed me one of the
coins. The survivors of the raid, in
dignant and bitter at the display of
barbarity in the attack on the defense
less hospitals, all declared they be
lleved the German pilot deliberately
dropped the coins as "souvenirs'
of
his visit.
- American Spirit Xs Shown
The officers, men and" nurses dls
played real American spirit and hero
ism under the enemy, bombardment
from the skies.
With bombs bursting about them, I
and men already wounded being torn
by pieces of the exploding missiles.
nurses hastened to their aid. Of fleers
stocd at their sts. men responCedl.
to every call upon them, and the first I
American unit to be under enemy fire
imiujuiiu.iin
carried out the work they had to do I It was learned tonight that the British government became aware In tafl
with tbe utmost bravery. (early days of the. war of Sweden's misuse of telegraphic facilitiir but noth-
Following is the first Amerlccaa
army .casualty lut ot the .war--the
men of 4nrcyrsenr.to xneir. aeains py
i rriwnw a V-r" TWTt t re m
to the' colonel oommandlnf the Har
vard" unit - r- ' -vV
PBTVAE tttxr.vr. G. WOOD, treat.
PBIVATE BTJpOLPJi RtTBlNO. Nsw
Tone
PRIVATE OSCAR C TUGO; Boston.
Wounded:
Three first lieutenants,
ftlx privates.
One nurse. ,
Baldra Were SeUberate
A visit -to the hospital camp today
revealedthat there were two raids.
The ptafjtook the heaviest tolL But
evidence Is .conclusive that, the raids
were deliberate. Officers here v de
clared enemy aviators flew oVer the
hospitals more than once during day
light hours.
With their markings and their loca
tion there could be no mistake as to
the identity or the buildings. The
landmarks are also such that they
could be readily mapped out by an
aviator, and the location of the hosi
pltals fixed. - Nevertheless bombs were
hurled down en the defenseless attend'
ants -and -patients,.
The Chicago . hospital narrowly es-
Con clod ed ea Page Three. Colnma Three)
GERMANY
W V V JL-af JL-T ik-li
IN
Pep
German Messages Dispatched.
Through Swedish Legation in
Buenos Aires via Stockholm
UTTER DESTRUCTION i0
OF SHIPS
Diplomats
Brought
Revelations; How Lansing Se
cured Messages Is Not Told
: By Ed X. Keen
London, Sept. 8. -(U. P.) The Swedish dlploraitic corps and the for elm
(office in Stockholm have served isi
tions from other nations for three years,
This was learned on high authority
cables announcing the revelations made
ington. t , , ' -T . " V
Members of tbe Swedish diplomatic corps. It is known,-have continu
ously transmitted German secret code
in the ruise of Swedish fovernment
Buenos Airci was the;tenter of the
mria
,r0.lm"T; . -.t..
i uwu ti e n..n,.u
nc system vuerccy vjcj man iuc(ci
deciphering the telegrams made public
Hnir definite was aviilable throusrh
LwashiattonTcould be xaade. iThe watchfuifless nd. sklU of the American in.:
fm. ati. i fcirhlij rnrrH-ifH
I naeniniiontnejiw ei ..
Documents in possession or. me untv.
ed : States- government show that tni
Scandinavian country ; has Violate
American neutrality and has had trans
actions ? with r Germany that official
Washington expects to lead to a dec
laration ot war against Germany by
the Argentine - rspublic. The Utter
has been almost en the verge of such
a step for some time, but has been
placated by Teutomo promises..
Messages were maae pumie oj me
state department- to show mat ins
Swedish : government permitted Count
tiuxburr. the German charge d'affaires
1n Buenos Aires, i to send communica
tions to Germany through the zoreign
office at Stockholm. Tnese were
passed as official Swedish message.
They were in coae.
Xnthless Warfare Advtsea
While this form of communication
is not questioned in time oi peace,
it is considered remarkable that
Sweden allowed them -to go tnrougn
with assurance that, they were harm
less. ,
Three of these messages were
given out. In two cases they 'advised
Germany to pursue ruthless subma
rine warfare against the snipping or
Argentina, a neutral nation to which
Count Luxburg was accreauea. ie
urxed that Arcentine ships be "sunk
without a trace teing left," In other
words, he - urged the destruction of
the crews as well as of the vessels
themselves. 1
The statement given out by the
state department, containing the mes
sages, is as iohows:
Teat of Saassages
The department of state Jias se
cured certain telegrams from Count
Luxburg, German charge d'affaires at
Buenos Aires, to. the foreign ofice at
Berlin which, l regret- to say, wete dim
patched from Buenos Aires by the
Swedish legation as their own official
messages addressed to the Stockholm
foreign office.
The following are the English
translations ot tbe German text;
"May 1, 1817 Number 82. This
government has now released German
and Austrian ships in which hitherto
a guard had been plactfd. In conse
quence of "the settlement of the Monte
(Protegido) case there has -been a
great change of public feeling. Gov
ernment will in future only clear Ar
gentine ships as far as Las Palmas.
beg that the small steamers Oraa and
Guazo. 31st January (meanlag which
sailed on the zlst) 800 tons, Which are
(new) hearing Bordeaux with a view
to change the flag,, may be spared it
possible, or else sunk without a trace
being left. (Spur 10 versenkt).
"Luxburg, . -
"jrotorious Ass, BCessac
"The second message said;
"July 8, 117. No. 68. I learn from
a reliable source that the acting min
ister of foreign affairs, who is a no
torious ass and anglophlle, declared in
a secret' session -of the senate that
Argentina would demand from Berlin
a promise not to s more Argentine
ships. If not w: agreed ' to, i relations
would, be broken off.' X" recommend
refusal and, if necessary, calling la
tbe mediation or epain.
, - 'Luxburg. . .
A hirt BtMUfe TA
"Jul f t, UH.-N.; si. ; . Without
showing any tendency to make con
cesion. Jotpon reply, to Argentine
note oh'tH receipt of further reports.
A change of ministry is probable. As
regards Ai gen tin steamers. I recom
meSd either compelling them to turn
back.: sinking them : without i leaving
any trace or getting - them . through.
'v- 'tmxburg. "T '
Sweden, through her breach of faith
and all totercatlonaj usage, herself Is
HAD
i
HELP
X
INTRIGUES
artment Gives Out
IS ADVISED
Believe Sweden Is
Close to War By
clearing house for German communica
or since the start of tbe war. i, .
here tonight, foUowlnz the receipt of
by the state department at Wa$h-c
- - .. 'i.',.v 1
messages throurh the foreign office:
communications, i ' . ,
system for transmission of message :
- ' ' - -
.M.r.
iy. i7.uWwitiiiis
wcic i.iausiui-.icu iuiuu,u oeun, ana
today. ; , . j' . .
which such disclosures i ihos frnm
hr, , -i.- , - '
i"iut iv e,vnu. i:wr,- wiiiw
f tens -Inexcusable.
was hinted to
day th -certain quarters thatlt is most
probable- that this attitude of Sweden
was not confined to the legation at
Buenos Aires "and that in it explanation-might
-Oe 'found for ; numerous
leaks- from the United States of
military information to Germany. The
leaa - or ths sailing dates and routes
ot American transports bearing troops
to France, which enabled German sub-
marines to lie in wait and waylay
them, was instantly recalled,.
. Word & . via Xexloo : j
It is understood that information has
been, before- the government for some
time that agents in this country have
sent news of the movement of mer
chant vessels and soma warahlDs to
the Mexican border and that it has
there. Whether tbe connection can be
made between Buenos Aires and the
sending of these messagea , is bo far
vaiy prooMinaunsai. 1: . t?i
The exposure is' hailed here as ri
valled In importance only by the gov
ernment s revetation or tne zimmer
mann plot to embroil Japan and Mexico
against tne unuea states, its results
ate expected to: be far, reaching, j o f. " t
' Bombshell for Swedes ;
The state departments documentary
proof, in copy, was bended to :t he
Swedish legation and Argentine am'
dui; Dire toy- a aiaie aeparxment i-
iiciaa. us exponure was ponwatu
te the Swedea '. '' -si
'Minuter , Ekeagren " is on ''aC'tbre
weeks' vacation vand , cannot : be tlo
cated," was the statement made there.
T am. all ears but jnute,, said, Am
bassador Naon of Argentlca.- T have
already transmitted the message to my
government, but can say nothing until
I hear, from Buenos Aires." r- ,
Th : state": department rt fused" all
comment ' - on .'the disclosures. Tbe
sentiment is the air, however,' was
that a severance of relations between
the United ' States and Sweoen must
result unless ; satisfactory explana
tions were forthcoming immediately.
The United States will take no atep
until word is received from Sweden.. :
Bat Sweden is in a tight Place com-
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