EVENING EEDGER PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1D13. G GERMAN ATTACHE DENIES ENGAGING IN BOMB PLOTS Baron Von Brinckcn De mands Evidence Against Him Be Made Public (lEItif ANS DESTROY FOUR AXULOFUBNClt AEROPLANES ALSO INVOLVE VON PAPEN SAM FRANCISCO, Cut., Dec. 15. On the heels of tha revelation that Captain Frftnz von Papon, military at tache to the German Embassy In Wash ington, was Involved In tin allcced plot to hlow up n California powder mill. George A McOownn, attorney for Uaron von Brlncken, nnd father-in-law of the attache of the German consulate, Issued a statement today, denying the conspi racy charge ogolnst him. Tha fact that Federal nconts have ob tained telegrams, showing that the ques tion of price to be paid for the destruc tion of a powder mill nt I'lnole, Cal., was "to be put up to von Piipen" and the statements of denial, were the latest de velopments In the Investigation of Ger man activities In the West. The statement follows: "Lieutenant von Itrlnckcn Is a man of high standing In his own country, n mem ber of nn honored family and nn attaclio of tho German Consul. Ho stoutly mnlt talns his Innocence of any wrongdoing and demands an Immediate hearing to confront his accusers and refute state ments not founded upon the truth. "The action of the Federal prosecutor In denying a hearing beforo Commissioner Krull and Uiuh withholding the actual evidence from tho defendant has. we con tend, subjected himself to public criticism. It Is, Indeed, a peculiar kind of testimony and evidence which will not stand the light of an Immediate public hearing "This Indictment we feel to bo nothing short of an outrage. Lieutenant von Brinckcn never wiote or caused to bo written or had nn thing to do with the letters set forth In this Indictment, nor did ho know anything of them or their contents. "Tho reputed charges made by van Koolbcrgcn aro totally denied. This man Is utterly unreliable, an adventurer, a British spy and, It Is reported, n con vlctnd felon now serving a year's sen tence In o penitentiary." Von Brinckcn. Charles C. Crowley, for merly a detoctlvo for the Gorman Con sulato hero, and Mrs. Margaret Cornell, Crowley's employe, are under Indictment and at liberty on bonds of J10.000 each on charges of conspiring to destroy com merce with the Allies nnd using the mails to Incite arson and mmder. Tho Federal authorities today tried to determine possible connection between tho dynamite plots and an attempt to smuggle four Teutons Into tho United States aboard tho United States transport Sheri dan, frustrated with tho arrest of the aliens and four American soldiers on the transport. The Americans nro said to have aided In tho smuggling plot. The transport arrived from Honolulu. Tho men arrested woro United States army uniforms, and when questioned, passed themselves oft as discharged sol diers returning' from a tour of foreign duty. Immediately following their seizure Jf. Peterson and Gcorgo King, masters at arms on tho transport, and Emil Gerlng and Jacob Klanhaus, ship bakers, wore placed under arrest charged with trying to smuggle undesirable aliens Into tho country. Later charges of accepting bribes may be placed against tho men. Both tho military and civil authorities are- working on the Investigation as to how' nnd why tho foreigners got aboard the transport. Tho plot to smuggle them Into the United States was unearthed In Honolulu, and the arrests wcro made hero following cabled advices from Brigadier General John P. Wlsser, com manding tho Hawaiian department of tho army, that the men wero aboard tho transport when the Sheridan touched at Honolulu. Two Germans, Paul Simbach and Lynatz Tobolsk!, also wearing United States army uniforms, and claiming to ba discharged American soldiers, were seized by the military authorities and thrown into Jail as men fraudulently wearing tha uniform. Closely questioned after the transport had left Honolulu for the United States the men said that they wero German sailors who had been Interned at Manila. They said they had bribed men on tho transport to smuggle them Into San Fran cisco. It Is stated that they declared that tho men on tho transport were to receive In all 000 to get the men safely on American soil. Beforo the transport was 200 miles from Honolulu the men said that four others were on hoard the transport and they save the names of Peterson, King, Gerlng and Klanhaus as the quartermaster em ployes who had engineered the plot of getting' the men into the United States. General Wlsser cabled what he knew about tho matter to tho western depart ment here. Testerday wireless advices were sent to the transport and then be gan the work" on board of locating the refugees There were more than H0O troops on board, among them hundreds of casuals, men for discharge from the army, men going Into the reserves and men already discharged. Every man aboard had to either show his papers or be Identified by an officer or a non-commissioned officer, and after several hours the bogus soldiers were lo cated. The four Austrlans and Germans ar rested here and the two apprehended In Honolulu claimed that they were sailors from German merchant ships Interned for the war at Manila, The Federal au thorities, however, believe It will be, under the circumstances, a mighty good thine to look mighty closely Into the whys and wherefores of the men travel tng with American troops on a Govern ment transport and wearing the uniform. The big- bribe for smuggling them In here, alleged to have been offered, leads the authorities to think that very pos sibly the men are not simply common sailors. Peterson, King, Gerlng' and Klanhaus are being- held by the Federal authorities In 11000 ball each. This will be increased if additional charges of accepting bribes are brought against them. Kaiser's Airmen Successful in Rnid on English Ship BEItLIN, Dee. 15.-Todayvs official re port from tho General Staff announces the destruction of four enemy ncroplancs by German nrtlllcry and n successful at tack by German aviators on a" British steamship lii tho western war theatre. The report follows: "An English steam ship was successfully attacked by Ger man aviators yesterday. "Four aeroplanes, Including one battle aeroplane with two motors, were lost by the enemy, who tnndo attacks with sev eral aircraft detachments nt Bapaumo and Peronne, In Lorraine, nnd nt Mul hclm, In Baden. They were destroyed by tho German defense artillery " FRENCH GUNS DESTROY BRfflGEATST.MIfflEL German Defenses in Cham pagne Also Damaged by Heavy Shell Fire PAHIS. Dec. II French artillery suc cesses along the entire battlcfront nro claimed In the communique Issued by tho War Ofllco this tifternuon. With the base supplies of nmmuultlon that hnvo reached tho front tho French troops op pear to he not onlv maintaining but add ing to tho ndvantngu gained In earlier artillery duels The otllcl.nl communlquo follows: "Artillery duels were very violent last night In Artols, where, to the southwest of Heauraln, we deslrncd n German work: also to the north of the Alsnc mid In Champagne, in tho region of the butto of MesnII. "At St. Mlhlel our batteries serlouslv damaged tho single German brldgo which the flood In the Meusc Itlver had left rest ing on tho St. Mario side north of St. Mlhlel. Our lire seriously dnmagcil an enemy blockhouse. "Late reports furnished by our observ ers show that our bombardment of tho Bouchot woods on the heights of the Mcuse had excellent lesults. Some Ger man trenches were completely shuttered nnd several rapid-fire guns destroyed. BULGARS STOP PURSUIT OF FOE AT GREEK LINE Continued from 1'nco One fearing an attack by Invading armies, already have made prepaiatlons to leave. General von Gallwltz, with nn nrmy of 60,000 Germans, Is reported to have left hla camp near Phtlloppolis nnd to bt, marching toward tho Itusslan front. A news agency dispatch from Athens says that Greece has withdrawn nil troops from Salonlca except ono' division. In accordance with the nrrungement mnde with tho Allies. A Joint commission of Austrian nnd Bulgarian officers Is administering af fairs in Monastlr, recently captured from the Serbs. According to advices reaching here from Paris, a big nrcn of Greek territory has been devnstnted, the Allies destroying everything ns they fell back. All the Indications nro that the next big battle In southeastern Kuropo will bo fought on Greek soil, somewhere be tween Salonlca nnd Glovgoil. Heavy Anglo-French forces opposed tho Bulgarians on the Vardar-Dolran front. The Anglo-French forces expect tho German Allies to attack Salonlca, accord ing to Athens advices. The city Is" an nrmed camp. Forts havo been built nnd trenches dug on tho land side. Heavy artillery and many machine guns havo been put In position, Only the Jowlsh residents remain In the city, all others having evacuated It. The Paris War Ofllco today announced thnt after repulsing all attacks by the Bulgarians tho French army of the Orient (Balkan expeditionary forces) had suc cessfully1 accomplished Its withdrawal with all its supplies. Macedonia has been pillaged, according to refugees. The Greek. Bulgarian, Ger mnn and Austrian flags have been hoisted there. The following official Montenegrin re port was Issued here today: "A battle has begun. Our Sanjak and Herzogovena armies are engaging the Austrlans. The Issue Is undecided as yet." Mayor Approves Paving Contracts Mayor Blankenburg today approved two contracts awarded to the Union Paving Company, aggregating $32,300, for surfac ing Tyson street from Jackson street to the Boulevard, and repaying of Terrace street between Walnut Juno and Dawson street. I JACOB REED'S SONS i Indian Rights Association to Meet The Indian Illghts Association will hold Its 33d annual meeting in the assembly halt of the College of Physicians, 13 :-' South 22d street, at 8:15 o'clock. Ad. dresses will be made by the Rev, Dr. Carl E. Grammer, Arthur C. Parker, sec retary of the Society of American In dians; William Alexander Brown, 8. M. m Broaius, wasnington agent of the Indian Klgnts Association, ana Jiaitnew K Soltten, secretary of the same organiza tion. The fetter's talk will be illustrated with lantern elides. fr TJ W CHESTNUT ST. Bell rhon. Walnut 3891. 'si O A S APPLIANCES Mr m i SaM OS H WL, TtCfrl Wk S ft W ' M H ) jL 1 " f. r i jvien s oioves .for jj Holiday Gifts 1 P The land you want j at the price you want to pay. Bountiful as- sortments of the most rlesirafcle Glovea in the world. Priced $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50. Closing Hour 6 P. M. Jacob Reed's Sons j 1424-1426 Ckhmt Street I FOOD AND MONEY CRISES COME TO HEAD IN GERMANY Conditions Grave, but Kaiser's Treasurer Calls Finances Sound FRENCH MAKE REPLY Ucrmnnj's financial nnd economic; situation apparently Ims reached tho climax of acute crisis, according to what appears to lo ml Informed estl- mnto mndo hy nn Amsterdam editor. Food riots, nbsonco of'ffold from cir culation, discontent nt high prices ainntiH tho proletariat, fenr on tho part of financiers of a uoncrnl pnnlc aro among the factors analyzed. On tho other hand, Dr. KnrI von Helfterlrh, Imperial Chancellor, in sup porting the now wnr loan of 2,5OO,00O, 000, declaretl today In the HeichstnK Hint Germany's (llinneiiil position Is more sound thiin thnt of Hi I tain or l'rance. Ho aaln placed responsibil ity for rontlnunnco of tho war on tho Allies. France meanwhile Is "flnniielnlly" rallying to the support of the wnr chest. Today, the closlnjr day for sub scriptions to the vnst now loan asked for to continue the war, Parisians nnd provincials flocked to tho Treasury fluencies to purchase bonds with their thrifty hoards. AMSTCnDAM, Dee. IS. Despite tho far-slRhtedncss, elllclency and preparedness of the German Govern ment, tho Internal situation of Ocrmany Is causing grave anxiety In Ilerlln. It is becoming exceedingly dllllcult' for travelers to get in nnd out of Germany. All news coming out of the Empire la rigidly censored. The two Items of chief concern nro food and money. It 13 impossible for the Government to disguise tho seriousness of tho food Bltuatlon--n situation which Is going to become nccentunted before tho winter Is over. TROOPS CAM3D FOIt FIHST. The Government, at tho Insistence of tho General Stnff. thinks first of tho soldiers' needs and consideration of the needs of civilians comes later. rho flist mention of actual confiscation or foodstuffs In Germany was mndo In tho Reichstag yesterday, during it stormy scene precipitated by Dr. KnrI Llebknccht. the "stormy petrel" Socialist of that body. Doctor I.lebknecht wanted to know Just bow far the Government wns prepared to go to bring about an cquttnhlo distribu tion of food, but this and other questions wcro drowned in tho storm which fol lowed. Afterward a hostile demonstration was made toward the Socialist lender. If tho' supplementary credit of 2,500,- 000,000 sought by Dr. Karl Helfterteh, Secretary of the Imperial Treasury, Is granted, the war will havo cost Germany MO.000.000.000. The bill for n supplementary wnr credit ot $2,500,000,100 has been given to the ltelchstag Committee on Finance In supporting the measure Dr. Karl Helfferlch, secretary of the Imperial Treasury, declared that Germany's fin ancial position IS more sound than that of Knglnnd or France. Ho said that, whereas French rentes hail declined more than SO per rent, and Ilrltlsh consols more than IS per cent German 3 per cent, bonds had lost only 7.7 per cent, ot the nnte bellum value. Tho Herman wnr secretary called the British war loan In the United States a follurc. There no gold In common circula tion. Only tho fenr which the Govern ment Inspires prevenls opposition to tho ncceptonce of currency on the part of the merchants. MONI3Y IS SCAIICE. Alllinnch the Government Is keeping down prices, the scarcity of money has ' the same effect that higher prices or dinarily would have. Ono of the big problems Is the milk supply for the babies. Germany Is called upon to feed not only the pcoplo of tho Empire, but hordes of homeless In Po land. Helulum and France The resource of Austria-Hungary arc already tnxed to the limit, and there aro Indication") thnt Germany will soon hnvo to extend nld In thnt direction. Tleports circulated In Kngland that I many persons were killed by tho police , In Ucrlin last Thursday during bread riots in the principal streets were denied today In Ilerlln by the Oversens News Agency i FHKXCH AXSWKK HOLLWKU HY KKI'LENISHINtt WAR CHEST I'AUIS, Dec. 13. The people uT Prance wero today an swering the statement of the German I Chancellor that pioposals for peace must i como fiom the Allies Thousands of men nnd Women from all , classes were flocking to subscribe to tlio new lonn to continue the war. I Today was the closing day for sub- . scrlptlons. Long lines formed outside the postofflces and tho shops ot the to bacconists where subscriptions were be ing received In Pari1?. There was evcrv Indication that tho loan would prove a great success. Other cities reported similar scenes. Subscriptions wcro being taken in nil French colonies and In foreign countries. Because of this fact It will be several days before the returns can be tabulated, Kxoot figures on tho present loan may bo still further delayed because largo num bers ot people took advantage of the Government's offer to convert Govern ment bond which they held at a lower rate of Interest. Government officials are highly pleased at the results of the call for fund. They refused to estlmato the sum raised, but pointed out that It had been unnccesary to extend tho time limit for tho closing of subscriptions. KAISER'S FINANCIER SEES WIUTINI ON WALL FOR ALLIES HKIH.IN, Dec. 15. Responsibility for continuance of the war must rest with the Allies, Dr. Karl Helfferlch, Imperial Secretary of tho Treasury, told the ltelchstag In discuss ing Germany finances. Quoting from the Scriptures to drive homo his point, Doct- Helfferlch pre dicted the downfall and dissolution of tho British Empire. "We stand like rocks In tho soil of their home country," said Doctor Helfferlch, "nnd on the columns of the British Em plro aro written in glowing letters tho anmo woids as on Belshazar's palace. "Itesponslblllty for tho blood which will flow from now on. for tho misery which comes upon the world, for the danger to which civilization Is exposed, falls, not upon Germany, but upon those who can not resolve to draw tho conclusion from Germany's military successes which no body can any longer dispute. Tho re sponsibility falls upon those, who, In foolish crlmlnnl allusion, still now speak of Germany's annihilation nnd partition and of winning a wnr of exhaustion." Great applause followed his statement that Germany has now opened "the Iron door of tho Danube, barring tho way to tho Far East." 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FALLACY is an appar ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument. F)ESPITE all FALLACIES circulated in the wide-awake State of Ohio, a Commonwealth in which such national Prohibitionists as W. J. Bryan centered their efforts to bring about "dry" conditions, the Buckeye State's citizens have rejected' a Prohibitory law for the second time in two years. NOTWITHSTANDING the FACT that Prohibition has been turned down twice in two years by Ohio's people, with decisive majorities that leave no doubt regarding the wishes of that State's citizens, Anti-Saloon League agents and other paid "reformers" continue their agitations to disrupt the public peace. FALLACY THE PEOPLE WANT PROHIBITION QOMMENTING upon such pqrsuits. Bishop Warren A. Candler, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, remarked: "P OR one I am tired of revolutionists who call themselves 'reformers.' Weary of men who would pull down our ,v system of government in order to "correct evils which lie beyond the utmost power of wisest legislators and most skill- ui icgiBimun. vyuai wc nccu is not more revolution, urn religion. We will have bad, business by individuals and cor porations, despite Congresses and Courts, until the nation is Christian in FACT as well as in name. Let every man be sure that his own life and his owa methods are above reproach before he tries to reform others," n i jfmm s&jae MflLjKP.1" h ij parr-T- -lj-z&t OURELY this good Bishop's observations, of how society is constantly .kepj. in turmoil by Prohibitionists and others with FALLACIES, is a timely criticism of professional dis ruptionists who do more harm than good. ' Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers' Asssociation The Vf Article Will Appear Saturday, Dtcember 18th) (I FACT "PAID"Reformers Do MoreHdrni Than Good' -. . ' 1 '' J i' '. " lv' I J " r 1 w - ' -te t.V I J 4 A JaTO.3KE-rT' r N, SKELMiNBURG & CO.' .