St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 18, 1915

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EO Pie Demeanet, origgae and Star combi The Seven-Day Count of Wants: Post-Dispatch. .. .11,314 se Post Dispatch Wants and: GET RESULTS! ‘ST.LOUIS “POST-DIS Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. eeedihe ta we ae Cane Be : VOL: 67. Ne. 182. le ee AO ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, (1915—22 PAGES. —:} PRICE ONE CENT| eee te tte —_ GERMANY’S NOTE CRITICIZES UNITED STATES FOR NOT PROTECTING TRADE WITH HER AND FOR SUPPLYING WAR MATERIALS TO HER ENEMIES act 8 can firms and Germany’s enemies. that the practice of right and the toleration of wrong on the part of neutrals are matters absolutely at the discretion of neutrals, and 1n- volve no formal violation of neutrality. Germany, therefore. did not complain of any formal violation of neutrality, but the German HE German Government feels itself obliged to point out with the greatest emphasis that a traffic in arms, estimated at many hundreds of millions, is being carried on between Ameri- Germany fully comprehends Government, in view of complete evidence before it cannot help pointing out that it, together with the enire public opinion of Ger- many, feels itself to be severely prejudiced by the fact that ueu- . FROM U. S. NOTE 66H F such a deplorable situa- I tion (the destruction on the high seas of an American vessel or the lives of American citizens) should arise, the Impe- rial Government can readily ap- preciate that the Government of the United States would be con- strained to hold the Imperial German Government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities and to take any steps it might be neces- sary to take to safeguard Ameri- can lives and property and to secure to American citizens the full enjoyment of their acknowl- edged rights on the high seas, eS eS ee eS ee OoeereOTeehCOeelOeelhCOCheelhCOhl ee eC emLUhLcerlhUhDLUlhc er mhUhl Ll cml Cl i i i Ne ce FROM GERMAN REPLY 66 EUTRAL vessels, which, despite this ample no- tice (the German declaration of a naval war zone 14 days ago), which greatly affects the achieve- ment of our aims in our war against Great Britain, enter these closed waters will themselves bear the responsibility for any unfor- tunate accidents that may occur. Germany disclaims all responsi- bility for such accidents and their consequences. ’’ Paragraphs of Note Dealing With America’s Trade in Contraband With the Allies ‘Not Responsible for Injury to Neutrals’’ trals, in safeguarding their rights in legitimate. commerce with - Germany, according to international law, have up to the present achieved no, or only. significant results, while they are making — unlimited use of their right by carrying contraband traffic with Great Britain and our “Tf it is a formal nght of neutrats to take no steps to protect trade selves to be influenced in the direction of the conscious and willful restriction of their trade, on the other hand they have the perfect right, which they unfortunatelydo not exercise, to cease contra? their legitimate band trade, especially in arms, with Germany’s enemies.” other enemies.” with Germany even to allow them- NEWSOME'S WIFE KFPT YOUNG RIVAL TILL-FOOD RAN OUT “Other Woman’’ and Family of Promoter Under Prison Sen- tence Are Destitute. Ward D. Newsome, architect, pro- moter and “high flyer,” is endeavor- ing to stratentéen his business affairs, s beat she can do from jail, in the remains beforé he must Ay he pamivedtlary for embezzie- time, it was and ren, iving at 3715 St. nue, and the “other woman, Fisher, whom the wife fed 4s long as she had food to spare, are destitute. This stute ‘of affairs is t sult of Newsome’s connection with Sy ac and Consuniers’ Mar- Ri nsate which he promoted, and ‘according to his nnounce- hp’: wae to be built at Laclede ave- neu and Sarah street. He pleaded guilty yesterday to converting to his Own use a check for $2405, given by a construction company to guarantee its bid on the buliding of the market house. Two other similar charges, involving nearly $850, were dismissed fin consideration of his plea of guilty @n the chief charge. Profitea Have Vanished. If Newsome retained any of his profit from the market scheme, nei- ther his family nor Miss Fisher has any of it. The family got very little at any time, but Miss Fisher lived well. She traveled with Newsome while he was promoting the scheme, and was at the same time his part- ner in what she terms a “trial mar- riage.” Mrs. Newsome said today that she and her family had had no breakfast, and no meal last evening. Her oldest son, - Roland, aged 20, is looking for work of any kind, she said, and if, he can get nothing else will do work offered by the Provident Association. This will make it possible for the family to get groceries from the association as a charity. The association will not give the groceries so long as the son is at home, unless he does the work which it offers. ‘She said she would like to see her hus- band freed, though she felt that he - ‘would probably go back to the other woman. Even then, she said, she would be satisfied if she could receive some help from him toward feeding and cloth- ing the children. _. Beth Plead for Man. She expressed the kindest feelings to- ward Miss Fisher, whom she sheltered in her home until a few days ago. The young woman is now staying at 2324 Olive st. She accompanied the wife yes- terday to the Circuit Attorney's office, and the two pleaded for clemency for Newsome. . Assistant District Aateomer White in the United States District Court this morning asked Judge Adams, sitting in Judge Dyer’s absence, to fix the amount of bond to be given by Newsome in a case in which an indictment was re- ‘turned by the Federal Grand Jury about _ ten days ago. The indictment had, been mee » Adams asked. if Newsome was ‘of means. White told him no, _ @nd@ said “he was in jail now on another _ @harge. Adams then asked the federal % %. . ¥ bs . ty eee ae 3 S ‘ a ¥ ; 2 >? rate . PS Sed ane ae: yes Me ‘~ git 2 ’ lurday night to attend the meeting of thé MISS RUMBOLD ORDERED TO REACH OFFICE AT 9A. Complaint Follows Offer of $4000 a Year From New York; Salary Here $1800. If you were making $1800.a year here ‘and somebody in New York offered you $4000 a year to do the same work——_ And if, while you were considering the offer, your boss here began to find fault with the time you were gétting 46wn to work in the morning—— What would you do? Would you write a letter accepting the New York job—or would you telegraph? That was the question that presented itself to Miss Charlotte Rumbold, sec- retary of the Public Recreation Commis- sion, today. The $4000-a-year offer, from the New York Municipal Board of Esti- mate, came yesterday. This morning Miss Rumbold got a notification that she was expected to be in her office at 9 o'clock every morning hereafter. Miss Rumbold would not say from whom the 9 o'clock order came. But the way she spoke of it made clear that she did not like it, and that it would lessen any regret she might feel in leaving, in case she should decide to go. Her habit has been ‘to spend her morn- ings in visits to playgrounds and other places of recreation, and to get to her office about noon. The Municipal Assembly has refused, in the past, to raise Miss Rumbold’s salary, though other cities have twice before offered her much more than she was getting here. She rejected an offer from Boston, a year ago, because it would have kept her from completing her work as executive secretary of the Pageant and Masque of St. Louts. MEN AT POLLING PLACE CHASE AND CAPTURE PURSE THIEF Man Who Says He Was Hungry Snatches Hand Bag From Woman on Street. Mrs. Gertrude Ward of 3247 California avenue, was walking west on Cherokee stret between Ohio and California ave- nues at 11:30 o'clock: this morning when a man slipped up behind him, grabbed her handbag and purse containing $5, and ran east with it. Mrs. Ward ran after him screaming and a number of voters who were reg- istering in the polling places at #832 Cherokee street, heard her and ran aft- er the thief. eH was captured by A. O'Rourke of 3240 Missouri avenue. The man was turned over to the. po- lice and the hansibag given back to Mrs. Ward. He said his name was Charies Burgdorff and that he had snotehed the purse because he was hungry. TWO MEN ARE ACCUSED OF NATURALIZATION FRAUD A naturalization fraud inguiry, kept secret hitherto, was made known this afternoon, when Henry Reich ofg 1308 Howard street, an interpreter, and Aug- ust Gorka of 1122 Cass avenue, a bar- tender, were arrested by a United States Deputy Marshal, charged with violating the laws for earenrery coters. SCHOOLS TO GLOSE FEB, 22 The public schools will be closed Mon- Gay in observance of Washington's birthday, thus giving school children a §upt. Blewett, accompanied by about 20 teachers from the Farris Teachers’ College, will depart for Cincinnati Sat- superintendents’ department of the Na- tonal Héucational Association. that Hi os t as ny : ‘pis its lint: me Oe eS ee te a eeannnmatalenel ee ee ee ae Ne = south TWO TICKETS UP FOR FIRST. TIME IN COUNTRY CLUB Mahlon B. Wallace and Charles W. Scudder Nominated for President. For the first time in the history of the St. Louis Country Club two tickets are in the field for the annual election to be held Saturday. Benjamin Gratz, who for many years has been president of the club, has de- cided Het to be a candidate for re-elec- tion this year. He appofnted a commit- tee of five to select a nominee to succeed him. They chose Mahlon B. Wallace of Clayton, president of the Samuel Cup- ples Woodenware Co. Under a provision of the bylaws which says any five members may name an op- position candidate, Charles W. Scudder of ‘75 Vandeventer place, president of the Rawlings Manufacturing “o., was nominated to run against Wailace. Charlies W. Whitelaw and Harry Pot- ter are named as candidates for vice- presidents on,the Wallace ticket. For- mer Judge Daniel G. Taylor and Dwight F. Davis have the corresponding posi- tions on the Scudder ticket. nated far secretary and treasurer, re- spectively, on both tickets. Frank V. Hammar and J. H. Brookmire Jr. are nominated for directors on the Wallace ticket and Mahlon B. Wallace and Dan- iel K. Catlin on the Scudder ticket. Prominent members of the club today said the naming of two tickets did not indicate any friction in the club. When the Supreme Court of Miss suri decided that all clubs selling drinks to members must take out a saloon iicense there was some discussion as to whethe- the club should install a locker system or take out a license. The advocates of the locker system won. STATEWIDE PROHIBITION IN IOWA AFTER JAN, |, 1916 Bill Repealing Mulct Law Ready for Governor, Who Has Indicated He Will Sign It. DES MOINES, Io., Feb. 18.—The Iowa House of Representatives today passed the Clarkson bill, which repeals the Malct law, by a vote of 79 to @. The measure already has passed the Senate and will now go to the Governor, who has indicated his intention of signing it. Its effect will be that Iowa will return to State-wide statutory prohibition Jan. 1, 1916. WARMER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, WITH RAIN THE TEMPERATURES, Official fere- cast for St, Loulg and vicin- ity: Rain te- Bight and to- morrow; warmer tonight, with the lowest tempera- ture above the freezing point. Missouri — Rain tonight and te- morrow; warmer in east and south} portion tonight; FW WERE ALL SUNDAYS WE'D HAVE NO WEAN DAYS. tion tomorrow. Iilinois— Increas- ing cloudiness, with probably rain tomorrow and in and west portions rising temperature | fhe German War Zone About England and. Points at Which ~~ PROPOSES T0 D0 9 British Ships Have Been Sunk to Date by Submarines 7 Yj Lloyd P. Wells and James H. Wear are nomi-| | colder in west por-+ Y Ria Fe “ A a . a: + Ppt is 8 SH Siar a BEN CRUACHAN SUNK “ 4 = 4 a fi i. oh ; EL INE Bsa ca @ SUNK. Seen: LINDA BLANC H M.S. FORMIDABLE’ | GERMAN SUBMARINE U.18 SUNK NOV.1914 UNKNOWN VESS"1 SI ISLCOAN SUNIC Is MILES N.W.of LIVERPOOL Y V.19 SINKS ‘DURWARD JAN 2) SUNK a S.S"TOKOMARU -SUNK. 4S. DULWICH SUNK FEB. 17. T English also say, they HE heavier shading on the map indicates land and the lighter the water. area. free zone 30 miles wide extends along the coasts of the neutral Scandinavian countries. Nine British ships, two of them battleships, have been sunk to date by submarines in English waters. The sank the submarine U-18 in A neutral or November off the northern coast of Scotland. “The Ger- man submarine bases are at Wilhelmshaven and Cux haven in Germany and Zeebrugge in Belgium. From Zeebrugge to the Irish Sea, it is 750 miles by the south- ern route and between 800 and 900 miles from Cuxhaven to the Irish Sea by the northern route. * WASHINGTON HAS ONLY AN OUTLINE OF GERMAN REPLY Officials Await Official Text Before Commenting — Bryan and President Discuss Situation — Warship Convoy Opposed. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The official text of the German reply to the Ameri- can -warning against destruction of American lives and vessels in the war zone around the British Isles had not reached Washington this afternoon, but a message was received from Ambas- sador Gerard giving an outline of it. Evidently his dispatch had been sent before the official text had been con- serted into the diplomatic code and started on its way to America. Administration officials read the texi as transmitted in the Associated Press dispatches but declined to comment un- til the official text had . been received Ambassador Gerard's dispatches con- tinued to give the texts of anti-Amert- can editorials being printed in semi-of- ficial papers in Germany. Officials of the Washington Government, However, were confident of the rights of the; tonight; Washington Governmeni, ang pointed! et ON ALE ee ee i ee Ce ee : re > { mer ‘ * PE gas Rai aaa rs MR ee Be ‘ - a out that a position similar to that of the United States had been adopted by virtually all the other neutrals of the world. Many American vessels will be in the war zone in the next few days, having left the United States before the Ger- man proclamation was made public, and these will be afforded, it is be- lieved, an opportunity to reach their destinations. The recent suggestion from German sources that American merchantmen might escape attack and obtain safety if convoyed by American warships has not met with approval in naval circies here. It was pointed out today that no raval Captain would be willing to as- sume full responsibility for the non- contraband character of the cargo of any American ship which might fall ‘n« with his vesrel and claim his protec- out of the question. tion, as an adequate search of the mer-} The lchantmen on the high seas would be “ * ae. Furthermore, it is suggested that the threatened British retaliation for the German war zone order may be the iasue of notice of a blocKade of the Ger- man coast. In that case not even an American man of war would have tho right to pass the blockade lines alone much less with a convoy of merchan:* ships. Forinal noice by the British of the blockade and recognition of it by the tinited States would, of course, at ance remove from the field of diplomatic ne. gotiations all questions relating to the right of neutral nations to send cargoes of food to the civil population of the blockaded state. President Says Embarge on Munitions Export Would Be Unneutral, WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—President Wilson told a delegation of women wh» brought a petition signed by 28,000 per- sons asking an embargo on exports of war materials today that such an em- bargo, in his opinion, would be an un- neutral act. The gravity of the European ditua- tion, the President said, made it neces- sary for the United States to be ab- solutely impartial fn its attitude. The delegation recalled that President Grant had signed such an embargo dur- ing the Franco-Prussian war. The President is understood to have replied that the cases were not paraliel. The pon) Dispatch fs 's Ne oniy : or pul rae Bows ealsered by the . a a Ngati. Pr “wad BS 2 tote Kae OB PS 2 gat BA Se oe Ge ‘American Suggestion Is Made That. War Vessels Convoy Ships in Dan- ger Zone—Hope Expressed That U. S. May Prevail on Britain to Restore Freedom of Seas. -_ BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. BERLIN, via London, Feb. 18.—The reply of Germany tothe warning of the United States that Germany would be held te a strict accountability should she destroy American vessels or lives of American citizens in the war zone now established around the Brtish isles, is couched in the most friendly terms, but firmly. maintains the position of Germany as at first announced. The answer, which is a long document, has been transmitted in full to Washington after being converted into code at:the United States Embassy under the direction of Ambassador Gerard. The note explains that Germany’s proposed action is rendered neces- sary by Great Britain’s policy of attempting to cut off the food supply for the German civil population by a method never recognised in interna- tional law. England’s course in ordering merchantmen to fiy neutral flags and equipping them with artillery with orders to destroy submarines, the German reply contends, renders nugatory the right of search. thus giving Germany the right to attack English shipping. Germany holds that she eannot abandon that right until the stress which England has forced upon her is removed. Since Germany must compel the nations with which she is at war to return to.the recognized principles of international law and restore the freedom of the seas she argues that the stand she has taken is necessary. The note recommends that the United States Government send war- ships to England to convey merchant vessels through the danger sone . thus thoroughly identifying them as security against attack with the un- derstanding that vessels thus guarded shall carry no war supplies. Hope is expressed that the American Government will understand the position in which Germany has been placed and appreciate the reasons for its course. The reply closes with an expression of the hope that the United States may prevail upon Great Britain “to return to the principles of interna: — tional law recognized prior to the outbreak of the war,” and in particular obtain the observance of the London declaration by belligerents opposed to Germany. If tnis were done, the note explains, Germany would be enabled to import food supplies and raw materials. Germany would recognize in this, says the reply, an invaluable service toward a more humane conduct of the war and would act fo accordance with the new situation thus created. : . Text of German Reply to American Note. | ‘ The text of the German Government’s reply to the Americao note foll . vee The Imperial Government has examined the communiestion from — the United States Government in the same spirit of good will and friend- ship by which the communication appears to have been dictated. ‘The far Govranen sort to Und Ore pan atagarrigies baleen rmamdine vrs So hy standings which might arise from measures abnounced by the German _ Admiralty and to provide against the occurrence of ra ge might trouble the friendly relations which so far henry ied betwen, : the two Governments. Pi se (ie Be game ‘‘With regard to the assuring of these friendly pe re the | man Government believes that it may ‘ee understanding with the United States as the e : 7 German Admiralty, which wn fully expla in ee oe instant is in no way directed against shipping of neutrals, but