SPY OPERATIONS
IN U. EXTENSIVE
News of Activities to Stop and
Punish Espionage Would
Startle the World,
Says Official.
Washington, July 5. Officials, who
for obvious reasons cannot be quoted,
declared today that if the govern
ment's activities against German spies
in the United States could be pub
lished the news would startle the
world.
While not admitting, they are con
vinced that the 6py system was en
tirely responsible for the massed sub
marine attack on the transports of
General Pershing's expedition, it was
said that the combined forces of the
State, War, Navy and Justice depart
ments were working in Cohesion and
systematically unearthing information
of an amazing character and of great
value to the government.
.-a nninterl out that even with
the strictest censorship of mails, ca
bles and press, the European auies
have not been able to meet the situa
tion to their complete satisfaction.
The problem is of far greater magni
tude in this country, with thousands
of aliens, an immense border. and
countless -possible means of outside
communication. '
Secret Operations Extensive.
Secret service operations, neces
sarily carried on under cover, - are
given little or no publicity, and this
fact, officials say, gives rise to a sur
mise that Jittle has been accom
plished. It was pointed out today that, al
though the allies have never main
tained spy systems as far-reaching or
effective asx Germany, even that coun
try, desp" e its registration of indmd
tials, its comparatively small border
line and its network of secret polite
has been unable to prevent informa
tion of its military moves from reach
ing the outside world.
Germany's realization of that is
shown in its absolute suppression of
all mail and cable communications for
a considerable period preceding any
important military movement.
Secretary Daniels advised to,day
that the NaVy department had re
ceived information that German sub
marines were operating in the vicinity
of the Azores islands. For military
reasons, he said, no further informa
tion would be given out for publica
tion. ' Four Are Killed in
Amsterdam Food Riots
Amsterdam, July 4. Four youths
were killed and nineteen persons in
jured when police and troops fired
on a mob which was pillaging shops
last night. The clash followed a pa
rade of a large number of workmen
through the streets, contrary to po
lice orders.
Previously a protest meeting at the
Diamond bourse denounced the "brute
forces of the wealthy classes," and
the action of the police and military
in connection with the scarcity of po
tatoes and their export to England.
The meeting adopted a resolution in
favor of twenty-four-hour general
strike as a remedy.
Rioting also occurred in the Katten
burg market district. Fresh troops
have been summoned to Amsterdam.
Railroads Advise People
To Buy Near Their Homes
Baltimore, July 5. Daniel Willard,
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad and chairman of the advisory
commission of the National Council of
Defense in a statement today ap
pealed to the people of the country
to buy their supplies where possible
from the nearest sources. He said he
is anxious that the railroads be re
lieved from the necessity of making
long hauls for ' merchandise.
"As war needs grow," said Mr. Wil
lard, "the government will require
about 75 per cent of the capacity of
the roads, leaving 25 per cent to take
care of the requirements of the
public."
He emphasized that all luxuries
yhich are now carried by the railroads
might be dispensed with.
German U-Boat Sunk by
Shot from British Liner
An Atlantic Port, July 5. Confi
dence thai their gunners had added
another victim to the list of German
submarines sunk was expressed by the
officers of a British liner which reach
ed this port today. Attacked on the
morning of June 26 by the U-boat
which suddenly appeared about 500
yards off, the liner's course was
promptly changed. Almost at the same
instant the stern gun was fired and a
shell sped' toward the submarine. A
column of black smoke spurted into
the air and the U-boat sunk under the
vaves, leading the 'observers to be
lieve a hit had been scored. '
Two Die When Excursion
Train Strikes Trolley Car
Manistee, Mich., July 5. Two wom
en were killed and twenty, four of
whom may die, injured when a trolley
car and an excursion train on the
Manistee and Northeastern railroad
collided here tonight. The dead and
dying have not yet been identified.
The trolley car drawing two steel
trailers, was crowded with holiday
seekers.
Motorcycle Races Feature
Fourth at Grand Island
Grand Island, Neb., July 5. (Special
Telegram.) Automobile and motor
cycle races on the Bradstreet two
mile track attracted a large crowd
here today. . Leroy of Lincoln won
first in three motorcycle races, Muhl
of Grand Island being second.
In the forty-mile automobile race
Ruenker of Grand Island won first,
with Strohl of Aurora second.
A dance on the new Davison street
asphalt pavement and fire works fea
tured the evening entertainment.
lUlnota Teanla Tottrnamsot.
Chicago, III., July l Mel Rosenbtrff of
8aa Franc eo and A. L. Green, Jr., former
western conference champion, von their way
today Into the aeml-tlnali of the Illtno
patrlotlc tennis tournament. Rosenberg- de
feated A. C. Snow, Chicago. (-1, and
Oreen twk the measure of I. T. Day, Chi
sago, t-l. t-l.
. Ne-Hlt Game at Julmburg.
Julesburg. Colo, July f.(8peclel Tele
gram.) Before a crowd of MOD people
Juleeburg bait team defeated Haxtun,
Colo., S to t In ten Inning. Fred Russell,
Julgeeburr pitcher, struck out eighteen
men and pitched a no-hlt game.
feVnayler Win Came.
Schuyler. Neb- July I. (Fpeclat Tele
gram.) Schuyler won from Howells S to
I. Batteries: Schuyler, Arps. Buresh;
Howells, Zavadll, Smith. Umpire: Blrkf.
DERBY WINNER TO RACE
HORSES HERE Lord Rose
berry, the famous English sports
man and former Premier to Great
Britain, who is arranging to have
his stable of race horses shipped
to the United States to take part
in turf events in tins country.
SAXON DIET MAKES
DEMAND FOR REFORM
Socialist Resolution for Liberal
Reorganization of Empire
is Passed After a
Stormy Debate.
Copenhagen, July 5. Saxon sol
diers are not fighting out of loyalty
to the king, but for love of the fath
erland and monarchical principle.
Saxony is suffering sadly from the
mistakes of an incompetent bureau
cracy. Such were the declarations
which the government was forced to
hear from all parties except the con
servatives, in a debate in the Saxon
Diet yesterday, a report of which has
reached licreT
The discussiin was on necessary in
ternal reform. The occasion for the
debate was a socialist resolution de
manding that the government make
an effort to secure liberal reorgani
zation of the empire. After Count
Vitzthun, premier of Saxony, had de
clared that the Saxon government
would fight any attempt to secure' any
franchise reform in individual states,
through the Reichstag, the socialist
vice president of the house, himself
an ex-soldier, flatly denied that loy
alty to the kind played any role with
the soldiers.
He warned Count Vitzthun against
persisting in his reactionary attitude,
saying that reform would come, if
not from the crown, then from the
mob. Count Vitzthun attempted to
meet the storm with the old formula,
devotion to the crown, but even the
national liberals backed the socialist
with identical declarations regarding
the sentiment among the people.
One nationalist declared, as a good
royalist, that unless the government
rose to the emergency with the ac-i
tion demanded he feared for the con
sequences. After this debate, almost unpar
alleled in a German legislature since
the days of 1848, the Diet adopted the
socialist resolution, the conservatives
alone dissenting.
Strangler Lewis Throws
Zbyszko Two Out of Three
Boston, July 5. "Strangler" Lewis
defeated Waluck Zbyziko in a wrest
ling match at Braves field, winning
two out of three falls. Zbyzsko took
the first fall in 57 minutes and 47 sec
onds with a head lock and roll. Lewis
then scored with a body fall and front
nelson in 24 minutes, 44 seconds, and
was conceded a second fall after a
few minutes more of wrestling when
Zbyzsko, who had been tossed out of
the ring, appeared to be in such dis
tress that his manager declined to al
low him to continue.
"K. 0." Has Best of Ten
Round Bout With Harrison
Benton Harbor, Mich., July 5.
George "Knockout" Brown had a
shade the better of Phil Harrison in
a ten-round boxing match here today,
which was supervised by the sheriff
and proscciiting attorney. Governor
Skeeper telegraphed the sheriff to for
bid the match, but the two county of
ficials ruled that it was a boxing ex
hibition and therefore could be held.
Browa and Harrison are middle
weights and both hail from Chicago.
White Breaks Hand and
Al Young' Is Ring Victor
OgdenUtah, July 5. Al Young of
Oklahoma was awarded the decision
over Jack White of Chicago at the
end of eight rounds of a scheduled
fifteen round bout here this afternoon.
White broke his hand in the second
round, but refused to quit when his
seconds tossed the sponge into the
ring. Kicking the sponge through the
ropes, White fought until the eighth,
when he was compelled to give up.
Enormous Sums Already Spent for
Maintenance of the Fighting Forces
Washington, .July 5. An idea of
the enormous cost to maintain Amer
ica's fighting forces is given in a
statement issued by the committee on
public information, showing the rela
tive amounts expended in 1915, when
the country was at peace, and to be
expended this year.
Subsistence, for instance, which in
1915 was supplied at the modest cost
of $9,800,000, this year has been pro
vided for in the appropriation esti
mates at $133,000,000.
Clothing and camp garrison equip
age, which two years ago were had
for $6,500,000, will cost this year
$231,000,000.
Ordnance stores and supplies, which
in 1915 were furnished for only $700,
000, this year will cost more than
$106;000,000.
Manufacture of arms, which in 1915
cost $450,000. this year will cost more
than $55,000,000.
THE BEE:
SAY GERMAN SPIES
REGULATE I. W. W.
Arrest of Organization Leader
Brings Report that Teu
tonic Influences Cause
of Strikes.
Bj Associated Press.)
Scranton, Pa., July 5. With the ar
rest today of Joseph Graber, an or
ganizer of the Industrial Workers of
the World, charged with being a spy
in the employ of the German govern
ment, federal authorities declared
their investigation had satisfied them
that recent strikes and agitation of the
Industrial Workers of the World in
the anthracite coal regions had been
stirred up by German agents with
the hope of lessening the power of
the United States in the war by de
creasing coal production. Graber, who
was taken into custody by United
States Marshal James S. McGee, was
held without bail under the alien
enemy act.
"Information in our hands," said
John M. McCourt, assistant United
States district attorney, who has
charge of the investigation, "proves
the connection between the organizers
and leaders of the Industrial Workers
of the World movement here and the
German government. Graber, an or
ganizer of the Industrial Workers of
the World, is a German agent. Our
information proves that German
money has been poured into the dts
triet in an effort to cause strikes and
thus lessen coal production."
Beginning last summer, numerous
strikes occurred at the various mines
in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties.
Industrial Workers of the World
parades and demonstrations became
common. In the late summer Sher
iff Phillips raided an Industrial Work
ers of the World meeting at Old
Forge, near here, arresting 3 0 men.
Recently twelve strikes have been in
progress in this vicinity. One strike
at Duryca 'tied up 800 men because
it was alleged a religibus fanatic
would not join the union.
Name Hugo Bezdek New
Manager of Pirates
Pittsburgh, Pa., July 5. Hugo Bez
dek, supervisor of athletics instruc
tions at the University of Oregon,
has been named to succeed James C.
Callahan as manager of the Pittsburgh
club of the National league, it was
announced here tonight. Bezdek, who
is JJ years of age, has been acting as
scout for the local club. Since Cal
lahan was relieved as manager of the
team last lhursdav J. It. (Hans)
Wagner has been acting as manager.
Jones Says Hartzell
Will Not Manage Bears
Wichita, Kan.. Tulv 5. Huchev
Jones, owner of the Denver Western
league baseball club,- here tonight
stated that he made no deal with Roy
Hartzell to manage the club and
knows of no negotiation under way.
It had been rumored Hartzell had
been secured from Toledo to take
charge of the Denver club.
"I tried to sign Hartzell before the
season opened" said Jones. "Right
now I am pretty well satisfied with my
club and am not contemplating any
changes."
Griffith Gets Newspaper
Decision Over Ted Lewis
Akron, 0., July 5. Johnny Griffith
of Akron, was given the newspaper
decision over Ted (Kid) Lewis in
their fifteen round no-decision bout
here today. Griffith had a shade the
best of five rounds; Lewis four, and six
were even. Lewis is welterweight
champion of the world, having
wrested the tittle from Jack Britton
at Dayton, O., ten days ago.
Jockey Club Obtains
English Race Season
London, Julf 5. Yielding to the
strenuoas protest of the Jockey club,
the war cabinet has decided that "a
limited amount of racing will be al
lowed in England from the middle of
July to the close of the flat racing
season.,,
Murray Wins Denver-
To-Laramie Road Race
Laramie, Wyo., July 5. Rob
ert Murray of Denver won the
Denver Times automobile road race
today, covering the distance of 132
miles from Denver in three hours and
nine minutes. Cliff Sundin of Denver
finished second in three hours and
sixteen minutes. Six of the eleven
cars that started finished the race.
Will Teach U. S. History
' To French Children
Taris, July 5. A brochure on the
subject of the United States, their
strength, role in history and interven
tion in the war, has just been distri
buted to all schools by M. Steeg, min
ister of public instruction, with the
object of making the American re
public better known to the youth of
France. ' . ,
McCoy and Cark Fight
Ten Rounds Without Decision
Cumberland, Md., July 5. Al Mc
Coy, middle weight champion, and
Jackje Clark, of Allentown, Pa.,
fought ten rounds without a decision
at Lonaconning today. The crowd
gave Clark the better of it on points.
McCoy fought under cover.
Ammunition for small arms, which
in 1915 was had at $875,000, this year
will cost $148,000,000.
Transportation, which in 1915 was
furnished at $13,000,000, this year will
cost $222,000,000.
Regular supplies, which in 1915 cost
$10,000,000, this year will cost $110,
000,000. For aeronautics $430,000 was ap
propriated in 1915, while $47,000,000
already has been appropriated for this
year. This does not include, of
course, the administration's big air
craft program, which calls for an
initial appropriation of $639,000,000.
Among the items already purchased
are:
Five million blankets. 37,000,000
yards of bobinette, 2,000,000 cots, 45,
500,000 yards of cotton cloth. 21.300.
000 of unbleached drilling. 6.000,000
pairs of shoes and 11,191,000 pairs of
light woolen socks
OttAflA, FRIDAY, JULY
To Deport All Germans
From Liberian Republic
London, July 5 Arrangements
have been completed to deport all
Germans from Liberia, it is learned
here. They will leave in a few
days, with r ranee as their destina
tion. GRAND JURY TAKES
RUTH CRUGER CASE
Governor Whitman Orders Spe
cial Investigation of Mur
der of High School
v Young Woman.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 5. Leonard Wall-
stein, commissioner of accounts, who
has been conducting Mayor Mitchel's
investigation of police laxity in the
case of 'Ruth Cruger, murdered high
school girl, was ordered by the mayor
tbnight to discontinue the inquiry, as
a direct result, it was announced, of
Governor Whitman's instructions to
District Attorney Swann to begin a
grand jury investigation.
All evidence, documentary and
other information, Commissioner
Wallstein had gathered during his in
quiry were delivered to the. district
attorney Grand jury subpoenas
were served today on several onv
cials at police headquarters and de
tectives attached to the fourth branch
bureau, where Miss Cruger's case was
handled.
Page May Act.
Rome, July 5. Joseph W. Grigg,
New York police agent, who has been
in Bologna in connection with the
case of Alfredo Cocchi, slayer of Ruth
Cruger, was received today by
Thomas Nelson Page, American am
bassador. The American agent dis
cussed with the ambassador the pos
sibility of interrogating the prisoner
through diplomatic channels.
Liquor in the Cooler;
Owner Pays Big Fine
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 5. (Special.) Before
prohibition made its appearance in
Nebraska frequent stories how men
lost their jobs because of drink were
heard. Now that prohibition prevails
it appears it is still possible for a man
to lose his job by reason of drink.
A certain well known Lincolnite
thought it a great idea to take to his
place of business a few bottles ot
beer each day so that he could enjoy
a sip when the hot weather brought
on that languid feeling. So he was
accustomed to place a bottle or two
in the water cooler where it would
be handy.
Some time ago he discharged an
employe and the said employe was
sore. Another employe who was a
close friend of the discharged man
tipped the discharged one off to the
fact that the employer had some beer
in his water cooler, contrary to law.
And here the plot thickens.
One day in walked an officer of the
law; opened the water cooler, took
out the beer, arrested the business
man and before a tribunal of justice
the latter paid a fine for illegal pos
session of liquor which amounted to
$62 a bottle, the highest priced beer
he had ever possessed. Worse stilt,
he didn't get the beer back.
Next day the unlucky employe who
had tipped off the possession of the
liquor to his friend, was fired, and so
again intoxicating drinks were the
cause of a man losing his job.
Americans May Control
Great Mines of Russia
Petrograd, July 5. A special min
ing commission of the ministry of
trade has decided to recommend the
transfer to American hands of a great
part of the empire's mines and other
mineral deposits. The commission
has decided to speed up its proceed
ings in order to reach a decision dur
ing the stay of Elihu Root, head of
the American mission, and also in
view of the pending departure to
America of Russian mining experts.
who will join the party of AmbassadorJ
Three Aviation Training
Fields Nearly Ready
Washington, July 5. Rapid pro
gress in the construction. the avia
tion fields for training fighting flyers
for war is being made, according to
Howard Coffin, chairman of the air
craft production board, who has just
returned from ail inspection trip. He
declared today that the Chanute field
at Rantoul, 111., where 2,000 men are at
work; the Wilbur-Wright field at
Dayton, O., on which" 3,000 workmen
are employed, and the Thomas Self
ridge field at Mount Clemens, Mich.,
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Except Electric Light
THE cost of practically all household necessities has risen tremen
dously during the past 10 years. During the month of April 'alone,
figures issued by the Department of Labor at Washington show that foods advanced an
average of 32 per cent. Ten years ago your dollar bought three times as much as it purchases
today. i
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lower cost of Electric Light. In place of climbing in price it has not only actually decreased
during the last 10 years, but the volume of light which your dollar buys today Is 10 times as
great as it was in 1907. Were such gratifying conditions to be found in other business, a
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Delgada, The Azores, today, says an
official announcement by the Portu
guese minister of marine.
The transport, which was discharg
ing coal, aided the land batteries in
forcing the submarine to withdraw
out of range. The announcement says
the submarine is still off the port.
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C. Ed Thornburg, and Frank M.
Brunson were married by Rev.
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