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VOL. XLVI-NO. 174.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1917.
gi TrelRt, tt Nattfe
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS,
HUNTING FOR LEAK
ISTO BE RESUMED
Oil BROADER SCALE
Monday Score or More Men
, Will Be Quizzed as to How s
Wall Street Got Tip on
Peace Note.
NEWSPAPER MEN CALLED
Tumulty Denies That He Con
ferred With Baruch Prior to
Publication of Document.
v TICKER RECORDS WANTED
Jew .York,, Jan. 7. Thomas W.
Lawson of Boston left here late today
for Wajhmgtonhere it is expected
ht will appear tomorrow before the
rules committee of the house of repre-
i.uiaitvi-9 wiiitn ta investigating an
, alleged "leak" of advance information
on President Wilson's recent peace.
( . nuic. nciorc leaving nere Mr. uw
, son said -that he had no intention nf
"spilling a lot of names" in Washing-
ton. . .
Washington, Jan. 7. Congressional
invcaiigrtiiuii 01 allegations or a jeaK
of advance information to Wall street
. nn PriiHtnt Wifcnn'a ni. inAL
a, broader range yesterday and the in
vestigators expect to lay a more deh
nite foundation for their work Mon
day, when a score of men mentioned
- in, connection 'with the inquiry appear
before the house rules' committee.
Secretary Lansing, whose depart
ment has been drawn indirectly into
. the investigation, by suggestions that
it might have been the source of a
leak regarding dispatch of the note,
and Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to
. the president,, whose, name was men
tioned yesterday by Representative
Wood, instigator of the inquiry, noti
fied the rules' committee todav that
they wished to appear nd make state-
: menis on tne suojecr. - v. v v
suDpoenas were issued tor seven
newspaper men representing in Wash
ington the Wall Street Journal, Finan-
cial America, Central News of Amer
ica and the New York Evening Sun,
and they were ordered to bring their
I recorns witn tnem,.
! ? i Lawson to Appear Monday. f
Under subpoena to appear Monday
are Thomas W. Lawson, thes Boston
financier; Bernard Baruch, New York;
Charles H. Sabin, president of the
Ouaranty 1 rust company, and man
agers of the two telegraph companies,
who will be asked about .messages
passing over their' wires on the day
the peace note was given in conndence
to newspaper correspondents. - .--
- Mr. Lawson, who has made sensa
tional charges of a leak, was declared
today by Representative Chipperfield
of Illinois, a republican member of
therules committee; to have been the
principal beneficiary of the falling
, market that followed publication of
the note. He said Lawson transac
. tions aggregated $3,000,000 on that
market.. i,
Representative Gardner of Massa
chusetts told the committee he had no
evidence involving anybody in official
life, but was convinced there had been
a leak. He produced a copy of a dis
patch sent out over the Dow-Jones
ticker in New York, December ' 20,
forecasting t peace note ten hours be
j fore the note was published. ;
Newspaper Men Called. - O
Mr. Gardner will be represented
again before the committee by coun
. scl, who will submit an analysis of
file effect of the premature announce-
- ments on the market.
Subpoenas tor seven newspaper
correspondents were issued after Rep
resentative Harrison, a democratic
committeeman, had asserted that he
believed advance information in the
note was sent to Wall street papers
in breach of confidence. He also criti
cized Representative Wood for giving
out a memorandum trom A. Curtis,
New York, who gave no address and
who has not yet been located, with
out having made an effort:to inquire
into the genuineness of his informant
Secretary .iumultys statement de
nying any assertion in the memoran
Hum that he and Mr. Baruch con
ferred in New York prior to publica
tion of the note was put into the rec
ord and a motion- was adopted calling
upon the New York and Chicago
stock exchanges to preserve all their
brokerage slips from December 10
to 23. '
Woodmen of the World
" Circle Have Big Ball
A largely1 attended ball was held
Saturday b Woodmen of the World
Camp No. 21 and Woodmen Circle
No. 129 at the Danish hall, 2555
Leavenworth street. '
The Weather
Tm Denature at Omfthtv Yesterday.
6 '. m....
7 a. m. ...
f a. mT.,.
f a. m....
10 a. m....
11 a. m....
13
1 p. m
2 p. m
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4 p. m
6 p. m...,
1 i. p. m. ....
. 7 p. HI...... 3i
C'emparmUv Local Record.
' ltlf.-ltlt, WIS. 114.
Ulsrhest yMterdatV, 34 35 28 S3
(oweat yesterday.... SO 21 J. 20 80
Mean temperature-.. 27 21 ' 24 , 42
Precipitation ....... .00 " .00 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation departure!
from the normal at Omaha eince Slareh 1,
compared with the laat two yean;
Normal temperature 31
Exceee for the day 0
Total exeesa alnce March 1 244
Normal precipitation . .02 Inch
- Deficiency for the day. .02 inch
Total rainfall since March 1. .10.72 tnchee
Pflflrlenry alnce March vl . ., .12.07 inches
deficiency cor cor. period, 1211. 1. flinches
leflciency (or cor. period. 1214, 1. 37 Inches
KftporU Frass StettoM MtP.K
Station and State Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7p.m. 'eat. - fall.
Omaha, clear .......... 21 24 v .0
.- "T" trace of precipitation. '
U A. WNLoiii MetieMlariK
Skyscraper State
By Solon
Legislator Thinks This Would
; Be Best Way to Solve
i . State's Problem.
NEBRASKA IN OWN CLASS
,
Lincoln; Jan. 7. (Special.) A sky
scraper state house with perhaps nine
stories and , seven basements may be
the good or bad fortune which Ne
braska will have thrust upon it by the
present legislature if a scheme pro
posed by some is put into effect
In the fitjst place the committee
which will have the responsibility of
reporting a measure to the house will
be captained by a member who is op
posed to ;building any state house
whatever, li the people who work in
the ancient 'and dilapidated old shell
are not satisfied they may get out and
there will be plenty of others willing
NO POLITICS IH
FARM LOAN BANKS
Board Assert! Party Record No
Recommendation for the
, Directorate.
WANT MEN OP FITNESS
Washington,, Jan. 7. Organization
of the twelve federal land loan banks
has been undertaken, the farm loan
board announced tonight, with a de
termination to eliminate politics en
tirely from-4he selection of the men,
who are to set up and operate the
new institutions. The board's state
ment, explaining that pressure is be
ing exerted lor tne appointment ot
men of party influence, particularly
democrats, says: -
it may be stated without nuah
fication that these jobs will not be
handed out as political plums. The
only consideration ' which will be
taken into account is that of merit.
efficiency and ability. There is no di
vision ot opinion among the members
ot tne Doard as to this principle. ,
for eacn bank the board is , to
name five directors, from whom a
president, secretary, treasurer and
vice , president,' will be chosen as
managers. In addition there will be
fpr each bank a registrar to act as
fiduciary agent of the government.
The board anounces that in mak
ing these appointments, every effort
will be made to get men whose fit
nessjvill commend thenC.not only to
farmers, who must borrow money,
but to investors who must look upon
farm loan bonds 'as safe and prim
securities if they are to buy, them, and
accept a. low rate of interest. v
Secretary McAdoo, made public to
night a 'letter he has addressed to
the governors of all states, urging
that they recommend to their respec
tive legislatures, the enactment of
laws to make farm, loan bonds legal
investments for trus funds and sav
ings banks, where 'such laws are
necessary. Mr. McAdoo also has
written to the various farm loan or
ganizations of each state pointing out
the desirability of co-operation by
them with the governors in any meas
ures, adopted, looking to the enact'
ment of such legislation.
Lincoln Beauty
Wins Husband and
Tidy Little Bet
Lincoln, Neb., is the birthplace of
one of the recent sensational brides,
Mrs. Herbert D. Betts of Wilming
ton, Del., formerly. Miss Eleanor B le
vins. Mrs. Betts has been living dur
ing recent years in Los Angeles. She
was a star with a large motion pic
ture company, and was known in that
city both for. her beauty and her skill
in athletics.
The romance began early in Decem
ber when the young woman, who is
an enthusiastic motorist, won the
road race from Washington to New
York. .On the way, however, there
was a break-down near Newark, Del.,
and the former Miss Blevin's me
chanician, a man prominent in New
York society, telephoned his friend
Betts for assistance. 'Betts motored
out from Wilmington with the neces
sary parts for repairing the machine
and literally met his fate.
After the repairs had been made
and Miss Blevins was about to speed
on her way, the rescuer proposed a
bet of $1,000 that she would not win
the race., The bet was immediately
accepted. Upon winning the race.
Miss Blevins received a check for
$1,000, accompanied with a long letter
of congratulation, from that time on
both the winner and the loser saw
much of each other, but Betts soon
decided to get out of the losing class.
He proposed to. Miss Blevins and was
accepted. ' ', , . '. ;
the were married at the home of
the bridegroom's father, Dr. Thomas
Betts. - ' ' ..: '
Dr. Allen, Alleged Slayer of
- . Iowa &rl, Is Recaptured
Seattle.' Wash.. Jan. 7. Dr. Perci-
val Vt Allen, who escaped from jail
here while serving a year's sehter.ee
on a statutory charge based on rela
tions with Miss Anna Marie Dnicl
son, and who after his escape was
formally charged with the murder of
Miss Danielson, has been captured at
Hemit, Cat., according to advices re
ceived by the chief of police 'today.
Miss Danielson of rort Dodge, Ia-
and who was the owner' of considera
ble real estate there and in Minneap
olis, died under suspicious circum
stances last July. She became ac
quainted with 'Allen a few weeks be
fore her death on a steamship voyage
trom Ma rrancisco.- ne and Allen
were married in Tacoma, but the po
lice say Allen already-bad a wife from
whom he had not been legally sena-
House Suggested
of Economical Qent
to take a chance, according to this
wise statesman. . -
The committee, however, may be
about evenly divided and it is known
that five of the eleven members who
will probably compose the commit .
are in favor of a substantial bui1 ' - ,
but there are others" ton the ' ..a
the house who are oppos- v'- '.
structure except a plain h
without any attempt ' ,. e of
a beautiful design, j,
"This is the age V V .. and
do not have to folio , the lines of
other states, said a.iiember todav.
"Build a building just as any one
would build an omce bunding and nay
no attention to architectural beauty or
former designs.
Ift this is followed. Nebraska may
be in a class by itself when it comes
to a state house erected for business
purposes only and because it may be
done to save money, while the peopi
of the state may look on. and wonder
what the future may bring. -
CENTRAL-POWERS
CAPTURE BRAILA
Roumania's Most ; Important
Commercial City Falls Into
Teuton Hands, j
GREAT BOOTY IS TAKEN
Berlin (By Wireless to Sayville),
Jan. 7. The battel for possession of
the soutbefn bank ; of tfce lower
Sereth river, in Central Roumania.
along a thirty-mile front, has been
decided in favor 'of the central now.
ers after fierice fighting, writes the
military .critic of the Overseas News
Agency, who points out that the Teu
ton troops took iust one month ir
forcing their way from Bucharest to
urana, a distance ot U5 miles. The
military critic adds; -
'.The Russians were defeatd and
lost their fortified field positions after
weeks of preparation on the southern
bank of the Sereth river from where,
according to repeated announcements
in tne entente, press, accountcr of
fensive was to have been launched
On a front of ten miles, except for
some villages south of Fundeni, the
troops of the central powers reached
the swampy district and river bed
of the lower Sereth. The booty has
not yet been counted, as battles are
still going on. -, -
"Thanks to the splendid combined
operations of the Danube and Dob
rudia armies.- which exercised
dobue pressure from the west and east
against Braila, Roumania s most im
portant commercial town, fell into
th hands of-ihe central -pdwrsrlt
was conquered atter tenacious house
to house righting. 1 v- . ' . . .
"The Danube town1 of Braila with
its 65,000 inhabitants and important
ano emcient locks, depots and tie.
vators. offers an extraordinarilv im.
porUnt strategical point of support
for the' central powers.. ,
Danube ships now may go from the
heart of Germany as far as Braila.
On the other hand, navigation by I the
Russians and Roumanians- on . the
Danube has been completely stopped.
."The extreme eastern point of sup
port of, the Russo-Roumaniari armies
in 'tne aeretn position at bnalez al
ready js under artillery fire. At Fun
deni, the center of the Serth nosition.
the troops of the central powers are
victoriously going' forward and the
German and Austro-Hunrarian tronni
are pushing against the extreme west
ern positions ot the Sereth line at
focsam. .
New Battle Cruisers
Must Wait Until '
. Cost Price Reduced
New York. Ian. 7. The Nnv de
partment faces the possibility of re
peal py congress ot the authorization
for construction of four battle
cruisers until the expense as estimated
oy snip builders tor construction can
in some way be reduced, according
to a telegram from Franklin Roose
velt, assistant secretary of the navy,
made public here today by the Beth
lehem Steel company, which received
tne message. - ,
"The ship builders' bids are f.1 000
000 in excess of the $16,500,000 limit
nxeo oy congress on each cruiser,"
says Mr. Roosevelt's statement. - .
The Bethlehem company sent a re
ply, it was announced, offering to cut
10 per cent from the cost of all ma
terial it might contract to supply to-
1 . 1- - 1 1 1 I F .... .
warn inc uuuoing oi tne cruisers. It
was stated that this was done in the
"interests of patriotism." The
pany informed Mr. Roosevelt that it
estimated that "if other interests meet
you in the same spirit the dfesired
$1,000,000 saving on each cruiser can
be effected. . ' -
Hatch Gets Seve'n Years for
Falsifying the Books
Newark. N. J.. Jan. 7. Edward H.
Hatch, .who pleaded guilty to falsify
ing accounts ' of the Mutual Tmxt
company of Orange, N. JM while presi
dent, was today sentenced to serve a
minimum of seven years . in state
prison. ) .
Thomas S, Byrne, who, as cashier of
the company, pleaded guilty to sim
ilar charges, was given a suspended
sentence on the ground that he' had
simptv carried out his suoerior's nr.
ders. i . v
Holdup Prevents Victims f
From Telephoning to Police
After a negro who walked intn h
store of E. M. Jensen, Twenty-sixth
and Grant streets, had robbed the till
of $25,. he forced Emil Olsen and
Myrtle Jacobson, employes, to accom
pany him to Twenty-eighth and Yates
streets, where he allowed them to go.
now you can teiepnone . to the
police if vou want to. he told them
as he started to run in an opposite direction.
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. i P w'WMftw , t First p xmys-TM. an awmuy 'W''wyWW, .
ADAMSON PROPOSES
ANOTHERMEASURE
Introduces Bailroad Labor Bill
Designed to Meet Wishes
. of President Wilson.
8-HOUK DAY PROVIDED
Washington, Jam, 7. A bill de
signed, tc meet , President Wilson's
recommendations for supplementing
the AUamsoA Taw; wisihtrddu'eed In
the house today by Representative
Adamson,who, 'is chairman of the
commerce committee. " ; ; 'i ,
The measure was framed by Mr;
Adamson after, conferences on the
subject with President Wilson and
Senator Newlands, chairman of the
senate committee. There has been no
indication, however, whether it mil
have the endorsement of the adminis
tration in all of its details. '
An eight-hour day is provided for.
but railroad employes could work
over-time upon approval by the In
terstate Commerce commission, which
could in specific cases, use "excep
tions or allowances," from the eight
hour requirements. The eight hours
need not be consecutive. , ,
Settling the Disputes. ' h
After all efforts at mediation of
differences had failed, the president
upon notification would create a spe
cial board of inquiry under the meas
ure comprised of three members, who
would investigate and report to the
president, or the mediation board 'as
the president may direct, as speedily
as possible. In any event a report
would be required within three
months from the reference of the dif
ferences to it. It would be required
to make its recommendations in its
report and pending the report a strike
or lockout wquld be prohibited. No
person couio serve on sucn a hoard
he were pecuniarily interested m
settlement of the differences.
The bill backs up the reauirementa
with a provision that the president
shall have authority to take posses
sion of any. common carrier's lines in
emergencies, which term, , Mr. Adam
son said, he construed to mean mili
tary necessity, or the blocking of
commerce. -
Southern Pacific Must Pay .
i ax on umuenas 01 ienirai
New York, Jan. 7. The govern
ment s right to collect an income tax
of $183,882 from the Southern Pacific I
companv on, dividends of $18,361,597
received By the company from the I
Central Parific Railway company in I
tne nrst six months ot ivi4 was up
held by a decisiion in the federal
court here today. The decision was
rendered m a test suit brought by the
Southern Pacific to recover the above
amount It assessed against it by the
collector ot internal revenue.-
Ihia was the second of two test
suits brought by the company, but by
stipulation only'the second was liti-
t,, mat, III lllg HI
131,563, being held in abeyance oh
thejjutcome of the second action.
Widely Known St. Paul -
Editor Dies in West
St. PauI. ' Minn Jan. " 7. George
Thompson, editor of the St. Paul Dis-
Eatch-Pioneer Press, died today at
.os Angeles, according to informa
tion received here. Mr. Thompson
had been in poor health for a number
of years.
Villa Partisans Claim -
- Jiminez Their Victory
El Paso. Tex.. Ian. X-Villa oartf-
sans here claim the battle at Jiminez
resulted in a Villa and not a Car
ranza victorv. Government airrntu
also claim to have the same informa
tion. ( "i ", , - -
The Case of John and Henry v
SALVARSAN IN BRAIN
AS CORE FOR PARESIS
New York Surgeons Have Had
Success From Remarkable
7 ' Operation, i
PUT IN CENTER CAVITY
New York, Jan. 7. Salvarsan ad'
ministered directly into the inner cav
ity o the,, brain .guy, be regarded as
one of the most advanced and hopeful
methods of arresting the destructive
process of paresis, officials of the New
York Post-Graduate school and hos
pital announced tonight. Their con
elusion, they said, wis based on ex
periments made at the hospital '
: By the method used at the hospital.
it was said, an opening is made
htrough the skull and the oura of the
brain and then with a blunt hollow
needle that is Dossed directly through
the tissue of the brain to the main cen
tral cavity salvarsan is conveyed di
rectly to the cerebrospinal fluid in the
main cavity of the brain. From there
it is carried by the circulation of the
cerebro-spinal fluid throughout the en
tire cerebro-spinal system. By thus
reaching every cell of the brain with
the salvarsan preparation a uniform
effect is produced,
No symptoms o any serious nature
have been noted after any of the Oper
ations, of which several doben have
been performed at the hospital, it was
declared. Each patient is operated on
three times. The. second operation is
performed ten days after the first and
the third a month after the second.
None of the patients into whose brain
cavities the salvarsan has been ad
ministered directly has remained in
the hospital more than four days after
the operation, it was said. ' -
Out of fourteen patients who have
undergone the operation four have
been able to resume their occupations,
according to the hospital authorities.
Salvarsan is administered in a serum
maae irom tne diooq oi tne patient,
Colonel Cody Back
i In Denver; Still in
Critical Condition
Denver, Jan. 7. Colonel William
F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" continued in a
serious condition tonight, his physi
cian Dr. J. P. East, announced. The
colonel made the railroad journey
from , Glenwood Springs last night
better than had been expected, but
developments durinz the last twentv-
four hours brought nothinir to aive
Colonel Cody's relatives hope of re
covery. 1 he colonel s wife and daugh
ter are hurrying here from the family
home in Cody, Wyo. '
Five Hundred Gallons Whisky
Stolen While Guards Watch
Girard, Ala., Jan." 7. The sheriff
discovered today that thieves, using
a rubber tube arrangement nassed
through a hole in a warehouse, had
syphoned out 500 gallons of whisky
seized in recent wholesale liquor
raids here.
The barrels from which the whisky
was taken were full a month ago
when a special guard was placed at
the warehouse, because 500 cases of
whisky had been stolen previously.
Today members of the guard were
replaced. ' '
Senator Gore to Hospital to
Find if Operation Necessary
Washington, Jan. r 7. Senator
Thomas P. Gore, Oklahoma, who has
been ill at his home here for several
days, was taken to a hospital today
for an X-ray examination to deter
mine whether a major operation
would be necessary, . . ,
FIRST NATIONAL IN
NEW OFFICE TODAY
Papers and Books and Some of
the Money Taken to the
New Location.
MANY AT THE RECEPTION
1 The First National bank is now
snugly located in its new charters on
.the second.floor .the. new First JSa
tional bank building, southwest cornSr
of Sixteenth and Farnam streets.
The move was made oh Sunday.
This was done in outer not to inter
fer.e with banking hours. Thus, while
the bank did business at the old stand
all through the business hours of Sat
urdayit is in a new location today.'
The difference will be that' the
quarters will be more spacious and
elegant. Tellers will smile through
brand new polished brass and bronze
bars, cash will clink on- brand new
pink Tennessee marble, officers will
sit in more luxuriously upholstered
swivel chairs and rest their writing
arm on tne most Highly polished new
walnut desks.
Many at Reception, ,
It was late SundaV mornino? before
the moving commenced. That was
because the officers were un so late
the nighi before when they we're hold
ing a reception in the new quarters, at
which time tens of thousands of peo
ple stroucd letsureiy through every
department of the new place and com
mented on' its magnificence, while
they were treated to several flavors
of punch, orchestra music and
(lowers. .' , . . . ....
Early in the morning, however.
trucks .hacked up to the door of the
new bank building and hauled away
the bushel baskets of dishes used in
the serving the night before, hauled
away waste paper and other rubbish
that accumulated on the1 polished
marble .floor during the reception- of
seven solid hours the previous after
noon and evening.
:v . Some Honey Moved.
The moving itself was not so farse
a job, though it was not exactly a
small one either.. Books and records
were the principal things moved,
though enough cash had, to be moved
to conduct business today and for a
few days until the main body of the
money .fan be hauled to the new
vaults. But there was no moving of
furniture or fixtures. Every fixture
in the new bank is" new. Every chair
and every desk is new, so the old was
left in the old quarters at Thirteenth
and Farnam, even as Oliver Wendell
HoTrfies said of the Chambered Nau
tilus, "Leaving thine outgrown shell
by life's unresting ea." 4
Japanese Navy Will Arm 7
.Vessels Bound for Atlantic
Tokio, Jan. 7. Owing to the activ
ity of submarines, it is understood
that the navy will arm Japanese mer
chantmen bound for the Atlantic
ocean and the Mediterranean sea with
six-inch guns. The arming of mer-"t
chantmen will begin with the steamer
Euwa Maru. which sails for London
on 'January 20. ' '
Steamships bound for the Atlantic
ocean by way of the 'Panama canal,
it is understood, also will carry guns.
Socialists Plan for Union
Of All Their Organizations
New York, Jan. 7. Conferences
aimed to bring about a union for po
litical purposes of the two great wings
of the socialist ranks began here to
day at a joint meeting of committees
representing the socialist party and
the socialist labor party.. Arthur E.
Reimer, Boston, member of the latter
group, was made chairman, and
Louis B. Boudin, a Brooklyn leader
in the other, vice chairman. -
GERMAN NOBLES
LIKEN GERARD TO
DOVE IROM ARK
Qovernment Officials Laud the
Ambassador as Representa
tive or Nation Friendly tr
' the Teutonio Powers.
CARRIES OLIVE BRANCH
Envoy Says Relations Never So
Cordial Since Beginning
of War.
ZIMMERMAN IS FRIENDLY
Berlin, Jan. 6. (By Wireless to
The Associated Press, Via Sayville.
Jan. 7.) The dinner given tonight by
the American Association of Com
mere and Trade of Berlin in honor of
James W. Gerard, the "ambassador to
Germany, who has just returned to
the German capital from a visit to the
United States, ; developed into
demonstration of the good feeling
entertained in the higher government
circles 'and banking and business
spheres toward the United States. ,
The guests included three ministers,
at least two exministers, the ,-vice
president of the Reichstag, the heads
of Germany's big financial institutions
and other leaders in German public
life. David Wolf, president of the
American association, who presided,
was flanked on the right by Ambas
sador Gerard and on the left by Rein
hold Sydow, Prussian minister of
commerce..
V Notable! Are Questi.
Next to Mr. Gerard sat Dr. Karl
Helfferich, imperial chancellor, - and
then came Arthur von Gwinner. di
rector of the Deutsch bank; Dr. Bern
hard Denburg, ex-secretary for the
colonies, and Dr. Hermann Faasche.
vice president of the Reichstag, white
I I oj .
ocyimu minister oyaow, were josepn
C. Grew, secretary of the t American
embassy; Dr. W. S. Solf, secretary for
the colonies; John B. Jackson, former
American minister to the Balkan
states, and Adolf Wermuth, lord
mayoyry yof. Berlin. -
In all 175 guests, about equally
divided between Americans and Ger
mans, were present. The usual toasts
to Emperor William and President
Wilson were drunk standing. Presi
dent Wolf introduced the speakers of
the evening who were Vice Chancellor
neutericn, uirector voij Uwinner and
M.r. sGerard-.i,-... t -"-" ,- ,
llie ambassodor s speech avoided
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mentioned the large contributions
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the relief of German widows and or
phans and for the other nonpartisan
works of mercy.
Gerard Peace Dove. ''
A large number oi the leading per
sonages of Germany, says the Over
seas News agency, were present at the
dinner given last night in honor of
James W. Gerard, the American am
bassador to Germany, by the Ameri
can Association of Commerce and
Trade of Berlin. .,
Ambassador Gerard, who was lik
ened by Arthur von Gwinner, director
of the 'Deutsche bank, to the "neare
dove of Noah's Ark," is quoted by the
Overseas News agency as saying that
"never since the beginning of the war
have relations between Germany and
the United States been so cordiaj"
and that he had "broucht back an
olive branch? from President Wilson.
: Vice Chartcellor Helfferich in his
address said he was pleased to know
that Ambassador Gerard had visited
the United States "where be had an
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state of affairs in Germany," and For
eign Minister Zimmerman declared he
felt sure the friendly and trustful
relations between both countries as
enunciated by Mr. Gerard will con
tinue." Telegram to Wilson. ;
A telegram expressing the "sincer-
est wishes," of the association in the
"crucial time" was sent to President
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warded to Emperor William, v ' '
Dr. Helfferich, as quoted by the
Overseas News agency, allied atten
tion to the increase in commerce be
tween Germany and the United States,
savins' that in the ten years trom lvuj
tn lOt.t it had increased hv irulre than
1,000,000 marks. The Overseas News
agency continues: o
, "Arthur von Gwinner, who spoke
next compared Ambassador Gerard
with the peace dove of Noah's ark, on.
the return of which Noah realized that
he had sent it out too early, but never.
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"Ambassador Gerard in his speech
told oi tne sympatny in me united ,
Ctgtpc far nr(nin charity work. Manv
prominent people had handed him
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