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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.
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FREIGHTER ISSUE
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lU-BOAT REPLY
IT. sSfote demands Classic
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-jWS&ivipg Warning ?
AjtfUj3fi TO, YIELD
By CARL vF. ACKERMAN
BBnUJJ. April 26.
President Vilor.'fl demand that aor
tnan submarines warn frolfihters ns well
as passenger liners, constitutes the most
Mrlou obstacle In the way of h satis
factory settlement of German-American
, relations, I learned nuthorltatlvely today.
Other points, nt controversy can bo set
iied 'without any danger of ft diplomatic
rupture. But strong opposition exists here
to safeguarding the crews of freighters,
slrice It Is held that every enemy freighter
is engaged almost solely In carrying muni
tions or other war supplies to the Allies.
There Is a growing feeling, howover.
that there will bo no diplomatic break.
w It Is entirely too early to say that the
crisis has passed. The situation apparently
' depends upon tho firmness of President
Wilson's stand. ,i--.,.k
Matters marked tlmo today, pending-the
return of Chancellor von Bettrmiinfwlpi.
r.n. 1. 1 a mivinil rnttforenCA will) IOC
, Kaiser at army hendauartcrs. The phhrt-J
i cellar carrieu i iu o'i'"" V !Ij i
his conversation with Ambassador CserftrQ
Monday noon, fn which htr-soughl f.6 jlearrf.
exactly what condition- .qominny must
comply with to satisfy mxsldont Wilson.
A prominent Gorman 'who t,alUd with
the Ambassador after J. confcrcilco said
he hoped Gerard's mtspnge ' Tfquld reach
President Wilson and. si rcfely berecelv6d
hafnrn anv definite action ivas taken here.
This German declared'-' that, G5rmahy's
v..-. fnWMii -.uAfn ntinMntlria to reach a
satisfactory understanding -and would bo'
successful unless wasningion ivik" ,
lightly Germany's position. ,
The Chancellor had nnother brief con
ference with Ambassador Gerard before
he left Berlin. Admiral von Holtzend.trrf
! nf tho Admiralty, who did not par
ticipate In tho first conference at army
headauarters. accompanied the Chancellor
on tho visit to the Kaiser. . '
It appears that tho German reply -will
not bo sent until an answer Is rccolvcd.
from WnshlWfton to tho message dis
patched, hy Ambassador Gerard Monday
night, with' 'tho request for more definite
Information ns to what conditions, tho
American Government wants to Impose,'
Ambassador Gerard has received no con
n.tftntlnl Information since tho note was
received here and knows nothing further
of the attitude of American, uniy meager
nmn iiiann trlir-B hnve. been irecolved! hero
from tho United States slncoUho note .was
dellvrd. r , ...
"Ouo need not surrendervhopo that rt
break with America can be jlreventcd .with
honor," the Frankfurter Zeltung's Berlin
correspondent, who 1b In closo touch wtyh
oUcIal views here, wlrod his paper.
In connection with tho editorial, com
ment. It is pointed out that slnco Gerard
sent his last -communication ninny 'tor tho
newspapers havo softened their caustic
comment, indicating possibility of a mbro
nearly unanimous desire to maintain
peace. ,
VKPPpfjN DAMAGED
IN THRILLING FIGH?
Contlaofd from Faie One
the camp from all directions and dropping
bombs at vnrlous points. Little damago
-was done by tho raiders, according to tho
dispatch.
Aside from this aerial activity there
was calm along the front
XONDON, April 26. A British acro
plano attacked an enemy seaplane about
Ave miles off Zeebruggo Monday, killing
the pilot Last night's official statement
making this announcement adds: "Tho
machine dropped, tho enemy observers
falling out while tho machine was still,
atr a height of 3000 feet Tho hostilo
seaplane crashed Into the sea nnd sank."
Further aerial activities are recorded
in tho same statement as follows:
On the morning of April -3, In spite
of most Inclement weather, a bombing
attack was carried out by our naval
eeroplanes upon an enemy aerodrome
at Uartakcrke. The machines were
heavily fired on, but succeeded In re
turning safely. As far as, could bo
observed, good results were obtained.
One of our fighting machines at
tacked an enemy neroplrne and drove
It down. The hostilo machine was last
seen close to tho ground and out of
control.
The morning of April M a further
attack was carried out agatnat the
same objective In co-operation with
our Belgian Allies. A largo number of
bombs were dropped. A heavy flr
was encountered by all of the ma
chines. There were no British casual
ties. The results obtained appear to
have been very good. '
Tho following report on aerial activities
-was Issued in Paris last night:
Near Vauquols an enemy aeroplane,
compelled to land inpide his lines after
a combat, was destroyed by pur can
non. In the region of Verdun, ons of
our pursuit aeroplanes brought down
uennan aeroplane, wnicn leu on g
Cote dtl Polvre, about 60 metres fromi!
our trenches. "
A third, enemy machine brought
down by oije of our pilots fell in the
Forges wood. Finally a Fokker, flred
at pojntblank by one of our aviators,
plunged down in the region of Ilatton
chatei. Last night one of our dirigibles
dropped 10 shells of IBB millimetres
- nnd. six shells of S!0 on the Conflans
station, .- '.
BERLW, April 26.
A. successful Germain ar atack upon
th Russian aviattop. depot, at Papenhorn,
on Oesel Island, itas repoted today in an
ofHcfal statement by- (hei4.dm!ralty. It
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A squadron b 10 German aero
planes attacked the .Itusslan aero
nautlo station at Pjkpenhorn, on Oesel
Island, aruj 'dropped iZ bombs. Very
successful effects -were noticed. A
Busian aeroplane was forced to land.
All of tho German aeroplanes returned
TOksrrned In pite of very heavy
helling.
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VON IGEL PAPERS DON'T
Gfirmnn Embassy Changes Tack
aid Now IaCalm Purely
' ' a Legfy" Matter
vaiSHINGTOS. April 2B. Itetum of
Ambassador von Bcrnstorft from New
York- today resulted In a marked change
of tfetltude at tho German Embassy re
garding the seU4fO of the now famous von
Igel papers. CnJRi Indifference Is the new
attitude. The Ambassador, It was said,
will hot call nsfciln at tho 8tnte Depart
ment, regardlnglrVturn of the papers, but
It Is probable aW attorney will.
Tho whole qviostlon Is a "legal matter,"
It was suggested, and the German view
Is that tho United Stales authorities acted
Illegally,
If It Bhouil bo ; showp, however, that
von Igel Was guOtyof activities Improper
on the part"bf at) embassy attacho which,
of coUhje'.ift.not 'admitted, tho Embassy
lakes Ihftt rieVututt this Government will
ask rc-r.hi&rtcalh In that event, It la
IntlmatodnftS' will be recalled ns von Pa
pen and Bb-Vil were.
That, sb'tinbassy Intimations were, Is
ns far as'tnAftbh.ssndor himself Is Inter
ested In the?Saso of von Igel or tho papers
seized In Ij'fftNew 'York, office. ;
Porsohnyn Jt Is declnre'd, he- is- not
Interestettjaf hi). . ,...,
Tho l)epaHmeut of Justice hasTvelt un
der way an Inyosttg&tjori of tho.ovldenco
in mo papers, ine ionowingjjui ay uo
partmenl ngents ofthi-joviairte Is ox
pecftcd to result In arrtMMargcly around
Jscw York, It was sald.'yL-
Arrests resulting from Uio stntcmrfnt of
.Itorts'von der Golta tj flrltsh oltlelals aro
expected shortly by tno Department,
, These .arrests wlll.be at least as numer
ously, and probably mi)re scattored, than
the. vort Igel, nrrosts. 'It was Intimated
they -may cover u largo part of tho
country.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
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JIIcha-1 Kcllr. C18 rnnrhall nc, nnd MsV-
Knrt 15, 1ko. Colllnitdiile, I'a.
Howard Zimmerman, HfU7 U. Cumberland St.,
and Mary Fraris. S107 n. CumbrrUnd t.
Jnme-s McDonald, Clip's M. Taylor at., and
EIliabMh Manlcy, S02S, N. Tnylor'kt.
Ertwarrt S. Whltemm, Ortraantown, and Mary
P. Troy, -J023 N. tSlKTst,,
William lluckl!y. 1305Wthodox it., and Alice
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John Ryan, Tacony, l'a and May tjulgley,
Tacony. ,
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ARTILLERY BUSY
ON ENTIRE FRONT
IN VERDUN FIGHT
German Guns Batter Vio
lently Avocourt Wood
and Hill 304
FRENCH GAIN NEAR AISNE
PAIIIS, April 26.
An Intense bombardment of Avocourt
Wood and HIU.304 by heavy German guns
InBt night was reported In the official
statement from the War Office today, but
no Important Infantry notions occurred on
the Verdun front
Tho bombardment was violent on the
whole Verdun front, but attained Its
greatest Intensity on the French left. In
the Woevre, German howitzers played
upon French positions around Haudromont
and Ilonvaux.
Tho Germans attempted to attack n
Bmall French post north of Embermenll,
In Lorraine, but were repulsed with heavy
losseB. Prisoners admit that tho Germans
also lost hehvlly In yesterday's attacks
against the French salient nt La Cha
pelotto. North of the Alsne French troops took
72 prisoners In tho course of yesterday's
attack, which resulted In tho capture of a
small wood south of Hols des Uuttcs. Sev
eral German reconnaissances were dis
persed on tho I'nlssy and Troyon sections.
Tho text of the official communique, fol
lows: North erf tho vAJsne, In tho courso
of an attack which yesterday enabled
us to enpturo a small wood south of
Bols I)es Buttes, we took 72 unwound
ed prisoners, of whom one was an of
flcor and seven sub-ofllecrs. Numer
ous rcconnolterlng forces of tho enomy
which had attempted to approach our
trenchos during tho night were dis
persed by our fire In tho Ecctors of
Palssy and Troyon.
West of tho Mouse thcro was an In
tense bombardment of our positions
nt Avocourt woord and our first lines
north of Hill 304.
Kast of the Mouse thcro wns mod
erate artillery activity.
In tho Woevre tho enemy directed
n bombardment with nrtlllery of
large callbro upon Haudromont nnd
Honovoux. Our artillery responded
energetically, Thcro wns no Infant
ry. action In the courso of tho night.
In Lorraine the enemy nttemptrd
a surprise attack ngalnst nno of our
small .posts north of Embermenll. It
wns repulsed with losses to tho
enemy.
In tho Vosgos German rcconnolter
lng parties were dispersed In the re
gion south of Ccllcs-sur-Plalnc. Wo
took some prisoners. An unsuccessful
attack launched yesterday by tho
enemy ngnlnst our positions nt Chap
clotto cost him very severe losses
Ono of our pilots, following nn aer
ial combat . this morning brought
down n Fokker machine, which fell
Into our lines In the neighborhood of
Hoevlllc. north of Luncvllle. Tho
enemy (tvlator, wounded, was made
prlsonorj
Hinhlnntf Park Firemen's Officers
Tho Highland I'nrk Flro Company has
elected these ofllcers: President, Georgo
T. Wadas; vlco president C. I. Bowers;
financial secretary, F. C. Mowry; record
Irig secretary, William J. Herrmann:
treasurer, J. Milton Kolp; chief, Wlnfleld
Shaw ; assistants, Harry Story and Waltor
Haddock,
BRITAIN DEMANDS
50,000 RECRUITS
OR COMPULSION
Conscription Will Be Ex
tended Unless Married
Men Enlist
CHALLENGE TO NATION
LONDON, April 26.
When the second sccrot session of Par
llamant rnnvnA,1 Innv n, T.lfe nn...
tlon was taking equal dominance with
conscription, and It was "expected that the
Government would be Interpolated ns to
the extent of the uprising In Ireland, the
number of persons killed and tho rango of
military measures that havo been taken.
A statement Issued etly today by the
press bureau as to the proceedings of the
first secret session says thi unless 60,000
married men have enlisted by May 2T
conscription will be extended. At the
samo time Premier Asqulth announced
that boys of IS would bo drafted If It
Is necessary to bronden the conscription
mensuro.
The following Is tho statement In full:
"At the secret session Premier Asqulth
at.ited thnr (1ia VAn-.tltl,., n,,....,. .... i
date aro short of tho requirements nec
essary 10 proper milltnry cfTorts. Tho
Government lias determined upon three
proposals:
First Prolongation of tho war servlco
tlmo of tlme-cxplrcd men :
Second Tho empowering of tho mili
tary to transfer territorials to nny unit
whero they are needed;
Third Tho rendering of exempt men
to bo llablo to servlco Immediately nt tho
expiration of their certificates of exemp
tion. With a view to the ultimate nddltton
of the forces, tho Government proposes to
conscript youths under 18 on August IB.
as soon ns they shall havo reached tho
age of 18.
Premier Asqulth nlso stated that tho
Government, recognizing tho necessity
number of unavailable servlco-tlmo men
required under the present arrangements,
agree upon an Immediate effort to obtnln
men by voluntary enlistment of unat
tested married men.
Premier Asqulth, Bonnr Law nnd Lord
Kitchener conferred today with a number
of radical Labor leaders to learn whether
Labor will offer nny further opposition
to tho general conscription proposed nt
yesterday's secret session of Parliament.
Bnmscy McDonald, Ben Tlllett, Will
Thorne nnd W. J. Jowctt, president of the
Independent Labor Conference, attended
tho conference. Jowett presided nt tho
labor conference on Mondny which voted
opposition to tho drafting of married men.
One Man Killed in Frisco Wreck
Ni:W ALBANY. Miss., April 26. One
man was killed nnd many passengers suf
fered Blight Injuries when an outbound
Frisco train collided hend-on with a south
bound freight today.
For Pre
A Business Man
IF the business men of this country fol
lowed the same system in choosing
executives for their various enterprises
that the voters have generally followed
in selecting an executive for the govern
ment, American commerce would, be the
, laughing-stock of the world.
As individuals we have exhibited good
business sense in conducting private and
corporate undertakings, . but mighty poor
business sense in running our own" gov
ernment. It costs a billion dollars a year to run the
United States. Experts agree that three
hundred .millions nearly one-third is
wasted in inefficiency, red tape, loose
organization and political catering. The
latest report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury shows that the per capita cost of
C1 .vernment in 1915 was seventy-two per
cent greater than in 1886.
Where will it stop? When shall we start
getting the worth of our money? What
private concern would rest under such a
record of extravagance, waste and mis- .
management?
0
There's no lack of patriotism in the one who
' dares to make such a statement. On the
contrary, it is evidence of patriotism when
a man is not afraid to declare that the
American flag representing peace, pre
paredness, equality, progress, business and
all other things that the national banner
should stand for is a better trade-mark than the
pork barrel.
Some partisans are inclined to run the government
on theories, others on the spoils system. One class
is as dangerous as the other for the weakness of
not knowing is as great a menace in this' kind of
government as the deliberate sin of mismanagement
Business Men's .
Presidential
League
Suite 1615 165 Broadway
New York City
AMERICA TELLS
WORLD POSITION
ON ARMED SHIPS
Merchantmen Immune
From Attack Unless Hos
tility Is Shown
CALLED HINT TO BERLIN
WASHINGTON, April 26.
Belligerents should preserve nn armed
merchantman Is peaceful unless there Is
"conclusive ovldencc" to the contrary.
That Is the United States' position, offi
cially declared today by tho State De
partment. Merely becnuso an enemy mer
chant vessel Is armed does not constitute
sufficient renson for a belligerent to de
clnro It a warship and to nttack It re
gardloss of tho rights of persons aboard.
These points were announced to tho
world In a memorandum Intended to make
clear tho American position on tho' gen
eral subject of armed shlfs.
The memotandum was nlmed particu
larly to forestall nny question Germany
may offer as to what tho American posi
tion In on "present methods" of submarine
wnrfnrc.
UIGHT TO SINK DOUBTFUL.
Tho right to sink a neutral merchant
man "In niy clrcumstnnco Is doubtful,"
tho messnge said.
Tho text of the memorandum foltows:
"By direction of the President a memo
randum wns prepared during March, 1916,
In regard to tho status of armed merchant
vessels In neutral ports and on tho high
seas. This memorandum Is now made
public ns a statement of this Government's
attitude, on thnt subject.
"Tho status of an nnncd mcrcKnnt ves
sel of a belligerent Is to bo considered
from two-polntn of view': First, from that
of a neutral when tho vessel enters Its
ports, nnd, second, from that of nn enemy
when tho vessel Is on the high sens,
IN NHUTltAL POUTS.
"First, nn nrmed merchant vessel In
neutral port:
"First. It Is necessary for a neutral
government to determlno tho status of nn
armed merchant vessel of belligerent na
tionality which enters Its Jurisdiction In
order that tho government mny protect
Itself from responsibility for tho destruc
tion of life nnd property by permitting
Its potts to ho used ns bnscs of hostilo
operations by belligerent warships.
"Second. If tho vessel carries n com
mission or order Issued by a belligerent
government nnd directing it, under pen-
nlty, to conduct nggrcsslva operations,
in your close:
them nro umbrHUs ncedlnrl repatTnr
or rccoverinc mono or se us.
The Chambers Urbrelf
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18 N. (ITII ST, 393tl,nKi!rST.
If It Is conclusively shown to havo con
'ducted mrch operations, It should bo re
garded and (rented ns ft, varshlp.
"Third. If sufficient evidence Is want
ing, a neutral government. In order ' to
safeguard Itself from liability for falluro
to preserve Its neutrality, may reason
ably presume, from tho fact tho status of
an armed merchant vessel which fre
quents Its waters.
There la no settled rule of International
law as to tho sufficiency of evidence to
establish such a presumption. As a re
sult a neutral government must decide for
Itself tho sufficiency of tho cvldonco which
It requires to determine the character of
tho vessel. For the guidance of Its port
ofllcers and other officials may, therefore,
declare, a stnhdard of evidence, but' such
standard may be changed on nccount of
the general conditions of naval warfare
or modified on account of tho circum
stances of a particular enso. These
changes and modifications may bo mode
nt nny time during tho progress of tho
war, slnco tho determination of tho status
ii mi nrmra mcrcnnni vessel in nctltrin
waters may nffect tho liability of a neu
tral Government.
AHMED SHIPS ON HIGH SCAS.
"Second An armed merchnnt vessel on
tho high seas:
"First It Is nccessnry for a belliger
ent warship to determlno tho status of nn
nrmed merchant vessel of nn enemy en
countered on tho high sens, since tho
rights of life nnd property of belligerents
"u ."Junius on uonru mo vessel may be
Impaired If Its status Is that of nn enemy
warship.
,"Sccoml- Tho lotermlnntlon of wnr
like diameter must rost In no enso upon
presumption, but upon conclusive evi
dence, becauso tho responsibility for tho
destruction of llfo nnd property depends
on tho nctunl facts of the caso nnd cannot
bo avoided or lessened by a stnndnU of
cvldonco which n belligerent mny nn
liounco ns creating n presumption of hos
tile character. On tho othor hand, to
safeguard himself from possible liability
for nmvnrrnntn,! ,1.at.it,.tin. r u. '.
property, the belligerent should. In tho nb
sonco of concfisiv'o proof, net on tho pre
sumption thnt an aimed merchantman Is
of peaceful character.
"Third A presumption bared solely nn
tho presence of nrmament on a merchant
vessel of nn enemy It not a. stifllclent
reason for n belligerent to declare It to
bo ,n warship nnd proceed to nttack It
without regard to tho rights of tho persons
on board. Conclusive evidence of a pur-
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IN a business-like government there would
be neither ignorance as to methods nor
public graft. A business President would
ftnoty. With a business man as man
ager of the country's affairs there vould be
a vastly decreased percentage of criticism,
because of badly adjusted tariffs, poorly
regulated railroads, unequipped fighting
forces, money-losing postal service and
extravagant expenditures to please con
stituencies "back home."
These things are of vital importance to you,
Mr. Voter. It js your money that is wasted,
either wilfully or through carelessness. It is
your family whose interests are well or
poorly served. It is your government, v and
you are paniy responsioie.
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Decide now t4 do vour
ing in the White Hou
rubbed up acfainst the nf obi
iness: who lias maste
proved his executive abi
industrial undertakings J
ma 1 siiuuii uc uppueu
nation s business, i
This movementis jnspired by a desiro on the part
of a large Immhcr of men in all sections of the
country to see-ffie government given into the hands
of those who will think first about making divi
dends for the stockholders and last about building
an organization to insure re-election.
As a government stockholder you are interested in
the dividends. And these dividends should be the
economic, efficient management of all our institu
tions; the return f adequate service on all public
investments; a dollar's worth of results for every
dollar of tax collected.
We believe the time has come to elect a business
man President.and have a business-like administra
tion. Tell us we can count on you.
If you favor a Business Man for President, sign
this coupon and send it in; it entails no oblteatioa'
.
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Name
Address
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I Business Men's Presidential League
, JSiilte iJS U$ SrcNMUvay, New Yrk City
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A new, H. G.
Wells novel
is always an
event. The
Wells serial,
"Mr. Britling Sees
It Througtf"," has a
meaning Jtor every
American. It de
picts grahically, hu
mor'ouslj serisly, tho
transitioiyfj&meace to
war of kpeace loving
Anglo-Saxon .nation be
ginning in this week's
Colliers
TUB NATIONAL WBBXLT
pose to uso the nrmament for aggression
Is essential. Consequently, nn vnrmnmcnt
which a neutral Government, seeking to
porform Its neutral duties, mny presume
to bo Intended for nggresslon, might In
fact, on tho high sens bo used solely for
protection. A neutral Government hns no
opportunity to determine the purpose of
nn nrmament on a merchnnt vessel unlosa
thcro Is evidence In the ship's papers or
other proof ns to Its previous uso, so that .
tho Government Is Justified In substituting
nn nrbltrnry rulo of presumption In nr
rlvlng nt tho status of tho merchant vessel. '.
On the other hand, a belligerent warship
can on tho high seas tCRt by nctual ex
perience tho purpose of nn armamont on
nn enemy merchnnt vessel nnd so de
termlno by direct evidence tho status of
tho vessel."
GERMAN DYE
BLUE SERGES
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