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Show r 5. 10 BE PURGED II. n v H. OF I. t- - xv -- ' ,J7-- v ! i . j s u. j jii " . j - 1"- . V , ; -1- nmi mi ' OF INDICTMENTS AT ONLY A BEGINNING OF THE WORK.' HARVEST CHICAGO Document In Possession of the Government Are Understood to Show Extensive anL Plans Against Government. Far-reachin- g Washington. The grput harvest of indictments returned tft t hi on go, it was authoritatively a fraction of what the govern men LwlU reap as thejesultMiiami.- stated-Mond- a, r8hLjti,lttdustxiflf'ttiktu:i Jhit-witl- e of the World offices Reptetnbor fi. Only those regarded I hy the go eminent as the chief 'figures in the til leged conspiracy to thwart the Its war plans Juve been Tons of documents seized in the raid have yet to be studied, their disclosures catalogued and arranged for use In further proceedings. This work Is now going on in approximately fifty towns ami cities from In Indicted. pun ' JAjxw:.- (ft tTvf? . x .as.ha.,u..A f fWi ao. r-- - iT Mark Lawrence Itoquu i Sun Francisco. who l in barge ot the commercial relations dil-l- n of the food 2- - Secret a Including wholesale grocer, vegetables, fruds. mnikets, et of War Raker and General rj l.liss reviewing tin toriv second oi Rulnbovv division at t'anip Mills; the Imlinml l'leld nrilllery marching by. 3 rein h soldiers building tlieii winter shelters on u hillside tn the Marne nectol. 1- coast to coast. In obtaining indictments against 160 alleged ringleaders of the conspiracy the department of justice has simply skimmed the cream of the investigation. . Documents in its posses-sloare understood to show extensive and minor plans, confined to particular localities und designed to affect local "situations, through which those named iu the indictments and many others are beto have lieved by the authorities sought to hamper the government by methods, some of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. Contrary to the general belief, no direct connection has been shown thus far between the alleged leaders of the conspiracy and the huge German corruption fund.helieved to have been operating in this country since Americas entry into the war. Many Indications point strongly to the connection which officials hope to establish, but none. It Is reported, is absolutely confirmatory. Tills development has led officials to believe that the full scope of the conspiracys opera tiou has not yet been revealed. So far as yet determined, there was no master spy, no single controlling head, which directr worked the activities of the ers. A group of fairly generous proportions, the evidence Indicates, has been in charge of the entire program of propaganda, and outrages from the spreading of alleged seditious literature to the burning crops and the arming of farmers, and others to resist the draft law. - 1 BERNSTORF.F SLUSH FUND SCAN-DA- SMUGGLING FOOD FROM OF UNITED STATES THROUGH HOL-LAND TO GERMANY REVEALED. L TO HAVE AN AIRING AS RESULT. n REMARKAB " far-reachi- Alabama Representative Claims That Appeals for Supplies Will Be DisreMembere of Senate and House Have garded Unless Ironclad Assurances Acted Suspiciously and Probe Are Given That Teutons Will In Will Follow. No Way Profit. Washington. The Bernstorff $50 000 slush fund scandal took a new turn September 27, when Representative Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, created a sensation by naming five legislators and demanding Information of what connection they bad, If any, with activities. With his startling accusations .he Immediately removed all doubt that' there will be a congressional Investigation. Nothing can prevenrlc how, whether the administration wishes or not. Goaded to name the men he accuses, lie named these: Senator La Follelte of Wisconsin, Representative Fred A. Britten of Chicago, Representative William II. k Mason of Chicago, Representative I). Norton of North Dakota and Representative John M. Baer of North Dakota. These names were brought out hy the Heflin when he appeared-beforhouse rules committee which is considering resolutions offered by Norton ami Fordney of Michigan to $fobe the Bemstorff fund and its application to congress. When word came that he had mentioned these five, sentiment demanding an immediate and exhaustive inquiry spread like wildfire through the membership of the house. Republicans find Iemocrats joinbd in demanding that the house take up the matter and find out once and for all If Representative Heflin had any ground for mentioning names In connection with his German propaganda cause. If the resolution Is not reported goon any one bf the several memhgrs Is likely to rise to a point of highest privHeflins proof or ilege and force-cithhis expulsion front the house. Of the men named, four were In Washington Thursday. Senator La Toilette declined to answer questions concerning the neflin charges. Norton, Britten and Baer issued warm retorts. Mason wns In Chicago. In an impassioned speech Heflin demanded that the rules committee ask for a general investigation so Unit he might learn! 1. Where the money came from that produced literature supporting bill of Representative the anti-dra- ft Mason. 2. Where the money came from that produced literature supporting the Britten resolution to exempt service from military abroad. 3. What congressmen are planning to line up with the Nonpartisan league that elected Baer and which is said to oppose the war. 4. Who was in tUerganlzallan La Follette Is championing that would leave the president without an army. Why Norton insists on turning over the promised tdush fund Investigation against 1dm, Heflin. Heflin, has threatened to Implicate others besides the five already named, j He declared he would name more of Uie suspicious thirteen of fourteen before a committee. and, failing that. before the b ou -- e i I m f . The threats, t with feeling so high, make an investigation certain. pro-Germ- Iut-ric- anti-wa- . e jf POPE MAY 8ENO NEW NOTE. Will Ask Warring Nations to Outline Their Peace Terms. Rome. It was stated by a source close to the Vatican on September 30 that the pope proposes to send a new note to the governments of Germany and Austria requesting them, slrtee they have accepted the basic principles of his original peace proposals, to outline their definite peace terms. At the same time It Is reported the pontiff will ask the allies to give their condl-tion- s. . . er FRANCIS BOWES SAYRE Gernian-America- wmtD j , Washington. Evidence that large quantities of fats and other large ports from the I'nited States are he- iui-o- mg smuggled Into tiernumy on a much larger scale than lias been even intimated before wits brought to light here on September 3. As a result it was stated the buu onexports tI4ol-lam- l and other nortliern neutrals would be dmwu even tighter than In the past. The attitude of the United States will he that she cannot afford to lumber sup, lies lind their way Into Germany to holster up the strength of the soldiers 'vvno shortly will he face to face with American troop on .the western front. The plea of Holland and other neutrals that they cannot exist without Atnerlean exports will he disregarded entirely unless Ironclad assurances nCe given that Germany will not pro-S- t in any way thereby. Situation Serious. It was admitted here that the situation Is fraught with serious possibilities and may result In a marked change In the relations between this country and the Netherlands. Holland maintains that she cannot exist without certain exports from Germanv and that these exports cannot he gotten unless she giveln return a large percentage of the fats raised la her own country, muklng It vitally necessary that the deficit be supplied by Imports from tbe United Htntes. Not only is it extremely unlikely that further supplies of foodstuffs and fats will be allowed to reach Holland, buttliehnn wllL not be lifted on cattle feed. By this step Holland will lie forced to slaughter a large percentage of her herds and supplies of futs to Germany necessarily wilt fall uuthorltn-Jlvojji-Ab- . m Bonds-Abov- - w , stock-exchang- WHERE CHURCH tv Y- T rj' WAR COMMISSION i jt2- MET. ed "f U Cl v 2 kN ) 3 I; V kl , LCl tI g 7 n fr yrrit:giu Tlie war commission of the Irotestant Episcopal church Is iu session in n completed portion of the new St. Allmns cathedral In Washington and plnns to raise half a million dollars to maintain a bishop of the churthln Eumjie, who will look after the spiritual Interests of the American soldiers there. The commission Is composed of six bishops, idx clergymen and !z laymen. . DUTCH MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES f. tXHTnffZS e Harold Braddock, vice president Ameriesn City Bureau, nd wnpert organizer of chambers of commerce, Is director of the $1,000,000 campaign for war libraries In every cantonment a nd t raining csnip jn ths United 6lata-":':- : of-th- - -- Representative Hill Dies. Washington. The house adjourned session In honThursday after a brief of Representative memory or of the died at his who J. Hill, Kbenezer an illhome in Norwalk, Conm, after weeks. several ness of fire-arm- 2X-O- permanent -- motor-drive- s. School Work Should Be Extended. President Wilson deWashington. of all our schools work the that clares must be Intensified and extended. He recommends this not only as a temporary need of the war time but ns Replacing Gasoline as Fuel. Gasoline at GO cents ot more per gallon has stimulated British search for some other fuel for automobiles Coal gas Is being tried In many cities, and Consul Claiborne, at Bradford, intimates that, us Its chief disadvantage is Its hulk, complete success in Its use awaits only facilities for compression or storage. As now used, the gas drawn from the main is carried in a rubber lined . .canvas bag- of mattress shape, which Is strapped to the top of the motor omuibus or to the rear of the aiyomohile. The gas In the bag is 4t the-- . pipe, aai-th- e cnglnb Is worked hy the suction process in the . name manner as the ordinary gasoline vapor induction. In a trial of gas for four mouths, a syMem of omnibuses operated by the Grimsby municipality is said to have reduced the fuel cost jer m a the price per gallon nearly of gnsoline and that per 1,000 cubic feet of coal gas being each Cl cents. The only change In the motor has teen the fitting of a butterfly valve in the Intake pipe for regulating the air ply; and ns an advantage fn iC1 of gas, it Is claimed that tbe r? It cleaner nnd the valves do n- grinding so often. In$tk an- n- generals is Frederick S. Strong, who was born In Michigan In 1833, graduated from the Military academy In TSTCrand breame aTtrlgadler general in 11)15. He has been in the artillery branrh of ths service. -- Lose Dozen Ships in Week. The Trench admiralty the following losses by or mines for the vveek tbe recently appointed major Among Radical Step to Conserve Food. Amsterdafii. The Telegragm says a Mil Is being prepared In Berlin authorizing the German government, in of the scarcity of foodstuff, to remove from the country all foreigners not employed in war Industries, French Baris. nounced marines S. STRONG iS - Plot to Arm Finland. Retrograd. Many arrests have, burn sub- made lu Retrograd of iFlnnlsh agents end-iThe who were purchasing JGUO .tons, newspapers say the arrests revealed Yer SSeptember for the armseven; under 1600 tons, live. Three mysterious arrangements Finland. of unsuccessfully. attacked were x ing steamers - MAJ. GEN. F. - - HAROLD BRADDOCK Cuts to Be Made in Oil. Washington. Substantial- cuts . in the prices of fuel oil, both for the government and the consumer, and for zinc and lead are expected within the next week from the president, acting through the war Industries board. - . , While the American Y. M. C. A.mis-sioe Far,was visiting thd Italian front" the "Liberty' in ether day an Austrian shell fell close Liberty 3 New York. Trading the party, one of which wasFrancia per centf government bonds at quotaRowes Sayre, of President-jyn- . tions running from 100.04 to the new w fl fea Qnemcmber ofthc mission ,oL,10t).2 ' n ndayr rwas'sffghtly wounded. the ture-o-- This extraordinary photograph, just received from Europe, allows the first mad flight of Russian troops at one point in the eastern line when the cry was raised: The German cavalry hn.ve broken through," off. 1 son-in-la- n n two-third- An unofficial mission of three men from Holland who will attempt to Lave the United States alfolish or modify the embargo on fool-tuff- s to tiie Netherlands has arrived in Washington. They are, from left to right Joost YoUenboven, A. G. A. Tan Ealde, bead of the mission, and J. B. Van Der Hooven Von Oort s, r rt 1 |