Resignation of Bryan Overshadows AII Other News in German Capital
HARRISBURG IP!®®. TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 135
BERLIN MAKES REPLY
ON SINKING OF FRYE
Will Not Assume That Destruction
of Ship Constitutes Treaty
Violation
WANTS CASE FOR PRIZE COURT
Suggests That American Interested
Parties Enter Claims in Ac
cordance With Code
By Associated Press
Washington. June 10.—Germany's
latest note to the United States on the
sinking of the American sailing ship
William P. Frye by the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich, received here to-day, makes
the far-reaching claim of a right to
destroy any American vessel carrying
contraband, while agreeing to pay
damages for the act.
Two poin.ts made by the United
States are rejected by Germany. One
was the statement of the American
Government in its note of April 28
that prize court proceedings mean un
necessary delay, all matters concerned
being susceptible for prompt settle
ment through diplomatic channels and
the other was that the destruction of
the Frye was "unquestionably a viola
tion of the obligations imposed upon
the Imperial Government under exist
ing treaty stipulations between the
United States and Prussia."
Under the Prussian-American treaty
of 182 8. the binding force of which was
admitted by Germany in its note of
April 5. the right of citizens of either
country to ship arms and ammunition
as well as all other kinds of contra
band in their own vessels was granted
in time of war. but each party had
the right to detain such contraband
and payment made for it If confiscated.
The note from Germany to-day en
larges upon tlte treaty of 1828 l>y
claiming that while the treaty did not
specifically permit the destruction of
a ship, nevertheless if Its contraband
could not he stopped in any other way,
it could In 'the extreme case be ef
fected by the destruction of the con
traband and of the ship carrying it."
The effect of Germany's answer to
day, if its assertions are accepted by
the United States, would be to throw
into the prize courts for decision all
cases of whether destruction of an
American vessel constituted an ex
treme case of military necessity.
German Note In Full
The following is the German reply:
"Foreign Office. Berlin, June 7. 1915.
"The undersigned has the honor to
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French Have Plan to
Use Barking Dogs to
Help Annihilate Germans
By Associated Press
Paris. June 10.—Frank suggestions
in great variety for swelling casu
alty lists or the German armies have
been sent by patriotic Frenchmen to
the committee of scientists which is
examining military inventions in the
bope of finding among the many sub
mitted a few revrces which might
prove of real value.
One of the most novel proposals, ac
cording to Proressor Appel, who heads
the committee, was made by a man
who bellevec the barking of dogs
might be used to advantage. He ad
vised tying revolvers to the heads of
dogs with triggers attached by wires
to the animal's jaw so the weapon
would he discharged automaticallv
when the dogs barked.
Another idea submitted was to train
falcons to carry into the air an ap
paratus which would receive missiles
dropped from Zeppelins.
Prof. Appel said his committee had
been able to do really useful work, es
pecially for the aviation corps. The
scientists are flooded with inventions.
All of them are examined rather than
risk losing something which might be
of value.
Market Square Pastor
Likely to Be Chosen
at Meeting June 16
At a meeting of the congregation of
Market Square Presbyterian Church,
next 'Wednesday evening. June IS, the
committee headed by Judge S. J. M.
McCarrell will present Its choice for a
permanent pastor. A number of
prominent Presbyterian ministers are
being considered.
On this committee are all the offi
cers of the church, deacons and elders.
Since the resignation of the Rev. Dr.
J. Ritchie Smith as pastor, last year
they have individually been hearing
different pastors. In several in
stances. members of the committee ac
companied by their wives have trav
eled as far as two hundred miles to
hear ministers, whom they had been
Informed were qualified for the pas
torate of Market Square Church.
THE WEATHER
For Hirrtabii* and vicinity: Fair
Friday partly cloudy;
moderate temperature.
For Faster* Pennsylvania; Fair
Friday partly cloudy;
light north winds.
Wtw
The rim and all Ita
branches will fall slowly or re
main aboat stationary. A stage of
about 4.0 feet Is Indicated for
HarrlabQTK Friday morning.
General Condition*
Shower* hnve fallen In Northern
\err England and In the Canadian
provinces of Quebec and Ontario
In the laat twenty-four hours.
Throughout the remainder of the
eastern half of the country fair
weather haa prevailed under the
Influence of an extensive area of
high barometric pressure from
the West now central over the
fireat l-akes.
Tempera-tore: § a. m„ 18,
Run; Rises, 4:S« a. m.; seta, 7:!t3
p. TO,
Mooni Wew moon, Jane 12, 1 iST
p. m.
Klver Stage: 4.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Hlctest temperature. 70.
f/owest temperature. 157.
Menn temperature. M.
formal temperature, (Ilk.
MORION TELLS STORY
OF SUBMARINE CHASE
Local Finn's Contracts With the
Allies Said to Total Five
Millions
ZEPPELIN DAMAGE HEAVY
Declares British Reports Concern
ing Results of Raids Are
Fabrications
Contracts closed for the Morton
Truck and Tractor Company by Sam
uel A. Morton. 215 South Eighteenth
street, and Robert C. Morton during
their recent trip to I,ondon total
55,000,000. according to the former,
who was interviewed at the home of
his mother. Mrs. Clarkson S. Morton,
at York, last evening. Robert C. Mor
ton. a cousin of Samuel A. Morton, is
now in Detroit on a business trip.
The contracts with the Russian and
British governments call for 100 big
tractors with a four-wheel drive, 75
armored cars. 60 five-ton trucks and
100 three-ton tractors, to be delivered
within three months. Later, after a
demonstration. Samuel Morton said,
an additional contract for 300 regular
tractors and 150 wtieel tractors was
closed. After the armored cars are
finished the Russian government will
lease the local plant for the exclusive
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SIXTY SOLDIERS EXECUTED
By Associated Press
Eagle Pass. Texas. June 10.—Sixty
Carranza soldiers were captured and
executed Monday near Muzquiss by
\ ilia troops under General Hernandez,
according to a report received la«t
night by Villa officers in Piedras
Negras.
CZAR'S CHASE DISCUSSED
By Associated Press
Cincinnati Ohio, June 10.—The re
cent ukase of the Czar of Russia or
dering nation-wide prohibition and
prohibition in Turkey were amoner the
sijb.iects discussed at the final session
or the annual convention of the Na
tional Wholesale Liquor Dealers' As
sociation of America here to-day.
TRAWLER'S CREW LANDED
By Associated Press
Hartlepool, Eng.. Jnne 10. 11.20
A. M.—The crew of the trawler Veloc
ity, whioh has been sunk at sea bv a
German submarine, were landed here
this rooming- after being- 52 hours at
sea in a small boat without food or
water.
TRAFFIC VIOLATORS
"GETTING TBS"
62 Arrests Since Campaign Against
Reckless Drivers Was
Started
Activities on the part of the Motor
Club of Harrisburg and the police de
partment, is bringing about a closer
observance of the traffic laws, through
out the city.
Since the campaign started several
weeks ago for the enforcement
of the traffic laws. 62 arrests
have bee made. The total
amount of fines in round figures col
lected is $l3O. Arrests during the
past 30 days numbered 29. Of this
number nine automobile owners and
drivers were warned to give closer at
tention to traffic laws. The charges
against them were held open, and a
second arrest will mean a double fine.
Mayor John K. Boyal said to-day:
"Activities against traffic violators
will be continued. The Motor Club is
doing good work and the campaign
for the safety of pedestrians and auto
mobile owners and drivers in general
is largely the result of that organiza
tion's efforts,"
AGRICULTURAL BOARD
NAMED 9Y GOVERNOR
Seven Men Chosen to Have Charge
of Farm Affairs of State
Government
Governor Brumbaugh to-day an
nounced the appointment of the fol
lowing members of the Agricultural
Commission which will have charge of
the agricultural affairs of the State un
der a recent act of the Legislature:
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Vice-President of P. R. R.
Weds Mrs. A. R. MacLeod
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, June 10.— W. W. At
terbury, a vice-president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, and Mrs.
Armlna Rosengarten MacLeod, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Rosen
garten. were married at Mrs. MacLeod's
home at St. Davids to-day. The cere
monv was performed by the Rev. W.
A. Patton. of tho First Presbyterian
Church of Wayne There were no at
tfndants and only relatives and elose
friends of both families were present.
Mrs. divorced her husband
in 1913 on tln> ground of desertion.
Mr. Atterbury was also married be
fore. his first wife dying In 1910.
THOHAS J. RYAN INSPKCTOR
Thomas J. Ryan, of New Hope. Pa„
has been nppohited factory Inspector in
the Department of I.nbor and Industry.
HARRISBURG, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 10. 1915.
BRETHREN COMMEND
PRESIDENT WILSON
Governor Brumbaugh Compli
mented For His Attitude on
Temperance Question
REBAPTISM IS VOTED DOWN
Neckties Declared Articles of
Adornment and Their Wearing
Absolutely Unnecessary
By Associated Press
Hershey, Pa.. June 10.—After
adopting resolutions, under a letter of
greeting to President Wilson. com
mending him for his stand for peace,
humanity and religion, and a similar
letter to Governor Brumbaugh, com
plimenting him for his attitude on the
temperance question and his high
ideals in the matter of administrative
policy, the conference of the Church
of the Brethren adjourned to-dav to
meet next year in Ohio.
By many of the churchmen it was
considered one of the greatest con
ferences held in recent years. Aggres
sive steps along the line of church ac
tivities were taken and changes made
in the church policies that is expected
to bring about closer relation between
the congregations of the church as
well of the allied bodies.
Five missionaries were sent to for
eign fields and the conference offering
for missions was more than $22,000.
The closing act of the conference
was the offering of pravers for world
peace, led by the Rev. Charles D. Bon
suck, of Maryland.
Hershey. June 10.—Notwithstanding
the fact that the Brethren conference
is drawing to a close, the tnterest and
attendance is not on the wane. While
some of the delegates and visitors are
leaving for their respective homes,
others are arriving to participate in
the closing sessions. The attendance
or actual delegates this year is 453.
this being the highest ever enrolled at
a conference held in the East. Only
twice has the attendance been larger,
and this has been at Winona Lake,
in opposition, 257. This question has
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RCSS DENY BERLIN REPORT
By Associated Press
Petrograd, June 10. via London,
12.13 P. M.—ln spite of the German
denials it is insisted ttpon in authori
tative circles here that one German
torpedoboat and'one transport were
sunk and another torpedoboat dam
aged by a Russian submarine in the
recent naval engagement In the Bal
tic.
BERLIN NEWSPAPERS
DISCUSS lESIGITH
Bryan's Action Overshadows in
Interest Even Report of
Military Operations
By Associated Press
Berlin, via London, June 10.—The
resignation of Secretary of State Bryar.
was the big news of the day here yes
terday, overshadowing in interest even
the report of military operations. The
newspapers showed divergent views in
interpreting the event and advised cau
tion in forming opinions before an
authentic explanation Is received from
"Washington. The Lokal Anzeiger was
the only paper to print what purports
to have been Mr. Bryan's letter to
President Wilson explaining his resig
nation. The newspaper questions th«
authenticity of this letter.
The Vosslsche Zeitung assumes that
President Wilson favored a sharper
note to Germany than Mr. Bryan, but
also that he does not desire war.
"Probably America's foreign pollcv,"
the paper says, "will be less English
hereafter, although, of course, it will
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Bryan's Resignation Still
Holds Attention of U. S.
Officials in Washington
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., June 10. —Wil-
liam J. Bryan's resignation as Secre
tary of State and the circumstances
lending up to it still held the center of
interest in Washington to-day, over
shadowing even the dispatch of an
other note to Germany. Its effect on
the nation's foreign relations and also
its political consequences afforded
wide speculation.
Chief attention was concentrated on
the effect of Secretary Bryan's per
sonal statement giving his reasons fo*
his resignation.
The propositions which Mr. Bryan
expects to urge upon the people are
that an offer should be made to Ger
many to submit the questions in dis
pute to an international commission
for investigation (luring a year's time
and that meanwhile American citizens
should by proclamation be warned not
to take passage on belligerent ships or
on American vessels carrying ammu
nition.
Mr. Bryan's statement, some officials
thought, was unfortunate, coming at a
time when the discussion with Ger
many was in progress. Some mem
bers of the Cabinet had advised against
the issuance of the statement.
ITALIAN'S MEET RESISTANCE
Rome. Jujje s, via Paris, June 10,
S.JS A. M.—Efforts of Italian troops
to force a passage of the Isonzo river
are being stubbornly contested by the
Austrians but. are meeting with suc
cess, according to a statement sfcrned
by General Cadorna, chief of the gen
eral staff Issued at the war office to
night.
CONSTANTINE IS IMPROVING
London. June 10. 10.40 A. M.—Reu
ter's Athens correspondent says that
King Constantino !s making satisfac
tory progress toward recovery.
PEACEFUL DAN CUPID INV
~
; if M * arf
HON. MI!S. GEOFFREY HOWARD
Peaceful Dan Cupid has been busy making matches In the war hospitals.
The war brides now include the , Honorable Christian Methuen, the eldest
daughter of Field Marshall Lurd MetWuen,. thp Uovefnor of Malta,->who was
married recently to the Honorable Geoffrey Howard, brother of the Earl of
Carlisle. The courtship was carried on during the bride's work at the head of a
hospital on her father's estate In Wiltshire. The bridegroom was at the time
enlisting recruits in that section.
CITY TO CELEBRATE
'FOURTH' Oil JULY 5
General Holiday Will Be Pro
claimed; Stores and Mills to
Close Down
Recommendations for a general holi
day on July 5, with an appropriate
program in the afternoon, will be
made to the Liberty Bell reception
committee to-morrow night. It is pro
posed to have tlv? afternoon observ
ance precede the reception to the Lib
erty Bell in the evening.
At a meeting of the committee last
night numerous suggestions were con
sidered. Xo definite details were
agreed upon except that the school
children are to meet at their respective
school buildings and march to the
Pennsylvania Railroad station, where
they will see the Liberty Bell. Each
pupil will receive a small flag and card
picture of the historic bell.
In view of the fact that there is a
general demand for an afternoon cele
bration. a different program may he
outlined at the meeting to-morrow
night. One suggestion made to the
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Eitel's Captain Under
Arrest in Europe, Report
Says, but He Is in U. S.
Paris. June 10.—The captain of the
German converted cruiser Prinz Kitel
Frledrich has been arrested while dis
guised as a cook aboard an Italian
steamer, says an Algeciras dispatch to
the Havas agency.
Commander Thierichens, of the
Prinz Eltel Friedrich, interned his ves
sel at Newport News on the nitfht of
April 7. He and his officers Rave their
parole to the United States authorities,
thereby agreeing not to leave Ameri
can soil, although they had the free
dom of the country.
Norfolk. Va., June 10. Captain
Thierichens recently returned from •*
leave of absence and now is aboard
the Prlna Kitel Friedrich at the Nor
folk navy yard. At the navy yard it
was said Third Sirrgeon Nolte went
away on leave about a month ago. He
failed to return on time and the mat
ter was reported to the Navy Depart
ment.
Bryan to Run For
President on "Peace-
Prohibition" Platform
Washington. D. C.. June 10.—"Wil
liam J. Bryan will he a candidate for
the presidency in 1916 on a platform
of prohibition, peace and woman's suf
frage. This has been evident for some
time to close observers. The questions
of prohibition and woman's suffrage,
which have been viewed as 'State Is
sues' by President Wilson. Bryan has
rushed In and indorsed whole-heart
edly. The break with President Wil
son would have come anyhow. It was
only a matter of time. Bryan will he
the candidate of the Prohibition party."
This statement was made yesterday
by s memb"'- cf the Republican na
tional committee.
BRUTAL ATTACKS ON
WOMEN STIR POLICE
Four Victims Within Six Weeks at
Steelton; Latest Attack
Last Night
A number of brutal attacks upon
defenseless women with hatchets,
hammers and other weapons within
the past few weeks are baffling the
Steelton police.
Four attacks have been reported to
the authorities within the past six
weeks. In each case the assailants
attacked the women while alone in
their homes. Three of the women
were beaten into insensibility.
The latest attack occurred early this
morning at 528 Mohn street. Shortly
after 1.30 o'clock a man gained en
trance to the home and went to the
rocm of Mrs. Mary Robensinger. The
woman was awakened by a sharp
pain in her head. As she sprang out
of bed screaming she saw a man stand
ing beside her bed flourishing a
hatchet. Before she could avoid the
man he struck her several times over
the head and shoulders with th« blunt
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OPEN PARKWAY DRIVE
FOR TRAFFIC SEPT. 1
Park Department Has Completed
Surveys and Will Ask For Bids
Early Next Week
Bids for the construction of the pro
| posed parkway road thai in to connect
' the present terminus of Cameron
j Parkway with Reservoir Park will be
I asked for by Commissioner M. Harvey-
Taylor early next week. The road will
he ready for service it is expected by
September 1.
The twenty-foot drive has already
been staked out and the engineers of
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DELEGATES GO TO MADRID
By Associated Press
Rome, June 9, 7.00 P. M.. via Paris,
June 10.—Jane Addams of Chicago,
chairman of the special committee ap
pointed by the Women's Peace Con
ference at The Hague to visit the capi
tals of Europe In an effort to hasten
the end of hostilities, has left Rome
for Madrid, whence she will go to
France and Belgium. While here Miss
Addams was received courteously by
Pope Benedict, Cardinal Oasparrl, Pa
pal Secretary of State; Premier Salan
dra and Foreign Minister Sonnino.
BREAD PRICF REDUCED
By Associated Press
London. June 10.—A reduction of
one cent , in the price of bread Is an
nounced. The price of a four-pound
loaf haa been 16 cent*.
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AMERICAN NOTE IS IN
AMBASSADOR'S HANDS
Official Washington Believes Mes
sage Has Reached Its
Destination *
TO BE PUBLISHED FRIDAY
Bryan Permitted to Read Re
joinder Before It Was
Dispatched
By .Associated Press
■Washington. June 10.—The Amer
ican note to Germany concerning the
sinking of tbe Lusitanla which precipi
tated the crisis in President Wilson's
cabinet and as a climax to which Wil
liam J. Bryan resigned) as Secretary of
State, was belteyed here to have reach
ed Ambassador Gerard in Berlin early
to-day. It was expected that the em
bassador would prestiit the communi
cation immediately to the German
Foreign Office. It will be given out to
night for publication to-morrow morn
ing. In the meantime President Wil
son has asked that detailed forecasts of
the note be not published.
It is understood here that the Ger
man government will not make ans
wer to the American note until after
Meyer Gerhard, the special envoy
chosen by Count Von Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, to outline the
American point of view to the govern
ment at Berlin, arrives and explains
the situation. This, it is estimated,
will take at least a week or ten days.
The latest note, though couched in
friendly tones, reiterates firmly the de
mand for reparation for the loss of
American lives in the sinking of the
Lusitania and sets forth clearly the
earnest desire of the American govern
ment that Germany signify her early
adherence to the principles of inter
national law—that neutrals be permit
ted to travel on unarmed ships without
being subject to the dangers of sub
marine warfare.
Bryan Roads Note
It became known to-day tha* Just
before tbe note was forwarded to Ber
lin it was shown to former Secretary
Bryan by Acting Secretary Lansing
at the personal direction of President
| Wilson. Some slight changes had been
J made in the note and the President
I wanted Mr. Bryan to see it in its final
I form.
Pending the publication of the note
to-mortow off! ials would not discuss
its details but it was declared it was
no more in the nature of an ultima
tum than was the last note. The note
makes St very plain, however, that the
United States expect* that Germany
shall cease attacks on American ships
and citizens.
X WORKS >
HafriisbUrg.—The old Chesapeake Nail Works is to be ■
L dismantled and converted in scrap iron by-the-Central Iron m
and Steel Company-. The scrap will be worth about $? I
| a ton. ( *
* 9 H rrisburg.—One cf the seven properties sold at June ,!
1 sheriff's sales this afternoon was No. 8 Market Square, g |
I * known as the "Trustee Building." It was s<jld as the prop- ;
I erty of John C. Wensell to Attorney Joshua W. Swartz for »
I l $51,633.14. 1 *
London, June 10, 4.12 P. M.—The total number of of
< I ficers and men who perished through the sinking of 1!'
British naval craft since the outbreak of the war is 6,409, ac
, ( cording to a statement made by T. J. McNamara, Financial, w
; Secretary of the Admiralty, In the House of Commons this m
i afternoon. '
London, June 10, 6.10, P. M. Two British tcrpedo !
I bo%ts were crpedoed this morning off the east co=?t of ' *
Er Germ he.ji
1 bottom. I.; .y-onc survivors were brought ashore. \ ►
. .
New York, June 10.—Robert E. Hicks, an aged, gray- | ►
j I haired man was sent to-day to the New York county peni- t
tentiary to serve a ten months' sentence imposed upon him »
< | more than twelve years ago. Since the original sentence j t
| had been imposed, Hicks, a fugitive from justice, had re- :
1 pented, become a Bowery Missicfti Worker, married, and ' *
established a reputable business. Hicks was convicted in
' 1903 of violating the statute against mailing objectionable * *
* matter. His conscience troubled him, he said, and recently
< t he surrendered. The court vsaid it had no choice but to re- ' |
impose sentence which included a fine of SIO,OOO.
( , Washington, June 10.—General Obregon, Carranza's * T
commander in the fighting against Villa, at Leon, lost his 1
right arm and narrowly escaped death by a shell while | ►
< * directing operations on the firing line. »
Queenstown, June 10. The body recovered on the ( ,
< l coast of County Clue apparently was that of a laborer, a *
, Russian or a Pole. The Cunard Company announced
j i definitely that it was not A. G. Vanderbilt's body as was ' *
, first reported,
?
T MARRIAGE UCENSES
J J. Raymond Hfmnlmtr, Carllale. and Miriam C. Shinier, Mfltom.
1 J»«pph Pratt, March Hill, aad Kdlth *rllrr>. York. a (
t Raj- l.eeae. Hty. and l.rni I-nntm, Nerr C umberland. ►
c Jacob Derrick., W IroaUtHi, and Mabel Seohrlat, I.ykena.
* POSTSCRIPT
ITHLMIiS CAPTURE
IMPORTANT POSITION
Take City of Monfalcone After
Stubborn Fighting, the
Report Says
16 MILES FROM TRIEST
Germans Lose Vessel in Naval
Engagement in the
Baltic Sea
By .Associated Press
Capture of the Austrian town of
Munfal<-one Ir announced In an offi
cial communication from Rome. Gen
eral Cadorra, Italian chief of staff re
ports that the to.vn was occupied aft
er stublKim fighting along the Ihou/.o
river. Monfalcone lies three miles
east of the river and about an equal
distance north of Jlie gulf of Triest. It
is 16 miles northwest of the city of
Triest, against which the Italian in
vasion presumably Is directed. Posses
sion of Monfalcone would l>e of strate
gic importance to the Italians, partic
ularly as that point Is connected by
railroad with Triest. At various points
along the Isonzo sharp lighting has
occurred and sevornl successes for the
Italians are announced, hut it is con
ceded the Austrian* still hold dominat
ing positions on the right or west tank
[of the river. Italian forces arc still
I moving northward over the Trent
frontier, but thus far the engagements
apparently have been little more than
J skirmishes.
t'ulnterrupted successes for the Aus
trians and Germans In Galicia are
Claimed in Vienna where it is said
the advance south of the T)neister Is
continuing. In Central Galicia. how
ever, the Russians apparently are re
sisting the advance with more success.
German submarines have sunk two
more British trawlers. The crews of
both vessels were rescued.
A Berlin dispatch concedes the Ger
mans lost one vessel, a collier, in the
Baltic engagement of last week, and
that a destroyer was damaged. It
Is asserted in Pctrograd that a Ger
man transport and torpodoboat were
sunk.
AWAIT COUNT BKRNSTORFF
By Associated Press
Xew York. June 10.—Summer quar
ters of the German embassy at Cedar
-1 hurst, I.ong Island, were in readiness
i to-day for the arrival of Count Von
I Bernstorff, the ambassador, -who was
I expected there the latter part of this
I week. The workings of the embassy i'i
located In an unpretentious house and
as yet displayed no German Flag.