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. VOO ANr lOnTpo; TO ORtf T ANOTHER SPVV f Jlh HIM OVER TO lW"fTl 'rfikL
'iTUCD l ME iELFr I ONE ALREAO , bS Q DN TO L H TpC -
LEVELAND DANGEROUS AS
EVER; PHILLIES ARE SHOT
TO PIECES, SAYS HUGHIE
i . :
diant Will Always Be Active Element in American As
Long As Speaker Can Hit and Bagby Pitch; Phils
,j Burn Bridges Behind Them and Moran
i Must Build.
By HUGH S. FULLERTON. ,
Cleveland, in spite of the pessimistic predictions of the
apheto, remains an active element in the American league
d always will so long as Tris Speaker can hit and Bagby et al.,
a pitch. It is a team being patched up in spots, renovated,
d one that is more liable to turn an unexpected trick thai
y of the American league clubs.
! Our other study is of the Phillies, a team which has burned
j bridges behind it Alexander won 30 and lost 13 games last
won. Subtract these games won and lost' from the Phillies'
ials, allow that Chicago would have won at least four more
mes and the Phillies lost four more had not the great Alex
en against them, reverse the process and you have a fair idea
'what the Phillies are against
j Last season Alexander won seven and lost one game in
mbat with Chicago. This year he will pitch for Chicago
atnst the Phillies. That gives you a basis for doing some
inking.
j' The Phillies are a shot-to-pieces team which was great only
the sense that it possessed Alexander and Killifer. It sold
.em and now it is up to Moran to prove his contention that he
un was good even without them. k
Cleveland is a team that had wonderful possibilities l
im that has loomed formidable on paper and faded out on.
a ball field. Philadelphia is a team that has never looked:
od on paper and which has, under the Moran regime, been
-onger on the field than in the dope. ,
! THE PHILLIES.
in miliary service, 3. ,
liable to immediate call, S.
ht Moran it great manager an
Jerestimated manager, a manager
0 has taken mediocre material and
1 great battery and troubled teams
' .t cost twice as much and figured
,(ttMgtier. ' ' r
'. Too much of Moran's success has
-n ascribed to the fact that he had
- reat citcher who could win two out
i three games he pitched without
ch effort. The team has been fig-
I'd for three years as Alexander and
i1
liter, amea oy a mcaiocrc crown.
J C . 1
wd, but It had s punch. The punch
',? consisted largely in two men
iderus and Cravath, who when they
' I together managed to bang home
pugn runs fof Alexander to win.
e other pitchers ? have averaged
" . )urid the .K)0 mark, and the vjin
g percentage has been Alexander's.
; Moran has a great shortstop, one
, the best, and he had (and mav Mill
' e) one Whitted. an outfielder who
yer has been rated as a stat, tut
f '"Jo is one of the smartest and best
; iftelders in the business and a man
i j infinite value to a ball club be
! 'ise he possesses brains.
' fhese elements have spelled sue
is under Moran's clever hand, ng
1 Hhe pitching Staff. The prob'em
w is: Can Moran, with his star
cher and catcher gone, with his
. st outfielder and smartest lieutenant
enated, keep his team in the r&re?
" lie can make the Phillies finish 1 Hh
; 'better this season he ought to have
Jtosj of honor and be rated tht best
t onager of them all. '
; I ; ' Not Much Left
V There is not much left of the Phila
' Iphia ball club.. In Philadelphia the
ks and the scribes have been rap
f tg the owner vigorously and harder
! bn than they have been tearing into
. I Athletics. The charge against
' m is the sale of Alexander) and
- ?Iifer. ' '
r Let's examine into this; Alex is a
f Ht pitcher, he is in the first call
- Mhe draft Killifer Vis a, great
Ichcr who always is bracketed with
! ex. The Phillies are not a rich c ub
? Id have not drawn patrons to the ex
j st they deserved. It would seem
f 'od business for them to sell Alex
i d Killifer, who are not yourg by
y means and one Of whom is liable
be called into the array, and devote
t money to getting new and cheaper
.yers. Even with them and Paakert
f t team did not figure a pennant win
r. ;.. ,
Must Build.
I Now Moran must build. His
; nidation work is largely combed
i Burns, a corking catcher wnuse
) ility has been dimmed by Killifcr's
i cat work; Stock, who his developed
jo a fine third baseman; Bancroft,
, J xi of the greatest shortstops n the
Vjgue and very little besides that.
has taken on Williams an., pf
;.ts that the enlongated ex-Cub will
; a wonder. Perhaps he will if he
,5ti be helped , by the short fences,
j th in hitting and throwing. - His
Towing arm is bad, and he cannot
it good pitching. .
;,Moran has argued to me for three
an that Alexander was not the only
! eat pitcher he, had and what he
.u!d win without Alex. He has the
knee. An examination of the figuies
. 4ls to support his theory. Subtract
!: games from the won column and
from the lost in Phillies last year's
sending and see what that percen'age
-rie4 ot would be.
; Moran has prove(himself a vtreat
dcre of pitchers and of the condition
i pitchers on certain days. H'u task
i II be harder this season. Ve"l be
,oting for him, but it doesn't look
' CLEVELANEj.
In Military Service 6
; Liable to Call 7.
' Poor Cleveland seems destined al
ways to. fall just a bit short With
a team almost ripe to bid for a cham
pionship, it slips and it seems to
nave slipped again, although not hope
lessly. ,
No team possessing the punch fur
nished by Tris Speaker, Roth, Harris
and Chapman no team with a field
ing pair like Wambsganns and Chap
manno team with pitchers like
Bagby and Klopfer can be counted
out at this stage of the game.
The team has been hit by the war,
but not in the most vital spots.
Giusto was the hardest wollop it re
ceived as he seemed to be convng
along and getting to be a competent
first baseman. However, the team
can patch that hole. The big danger
is that Wambsganns may be cilled
out during the season, lie is in the
first rank of those to be summoned.
.This team has about the best team
spirit of any club in j,the American
league, the players are more loyal
to the management and tp each other
and they have a mutuaf admiration
society centring around Tris Speaker
that is wonderful almost like old
college days.
, Lacks Punch.
But it seems to be a club that lacks
that final finishing punch that old
follow through Wrist stroke that adds
40 years to the drive. It fails when
the final test comes not through
nerve or lack of courage, but simply
because it can't go any further.
It has weak spots. It could use a
finished first baseman and young ag
gressive third baseman and it is in
desperate need of one more good
pitcher, one who could work, say 24
games and win better than half of
them. With such a pitcher to relieve
the strain it might have a fighting
chance of topping Boston and Chi
cago this year in spite of its losses
and disappointments.
There appears to be something rad.
ically wrong in the system on which
this club operates. Lee Fohl came
into the major leagues with one great
qualification for a manager; the abil
ity to pick good pitchers and condi
tion them. His reputation largely was
based on the fact that he found and
developed Morton and other pitch
ers. Since he has been manager of
the team he seems to have fallen
down right where he was considerd
best in conditioning pitchers.
For two seasons the team has
fished brightly for a time and then
slumped away toward the finish. For
two seasons Bagby has finished all
pumped out. Last year the pitching
staff was so dog weary by the end of
the year that the Cincinnati Reds
trimmed them in the post series
games rather handily. Bagby was alt
in, simply through arm-weariness.
Yet an examination of the records
does not show that the pitchers
worked much above the average, and
a closer investigation seems to indi
cate that they were worked without
much idra of conserving their
strength. Pitchers were worked out
and benched and then the next one
to show form was worked until he
was done.
Need Help.
This seems to have been the decid
ing factor for two years. Of course
it is not always possible for a man
ager to get three or four pitchers into
top condition at the same time so as
to work them in rotation and it some
times becomes necessary to work one
or two men too hard over a period
in order to hold the pace. This does
not seem to have been the case at
Cleveland. Coveleskie, Bagby and
Klopfer needed help to carry the club
o victory and they did not get it, es
pecially from Morton, who was due
to come back.
The team has plenty of young
material and must develop much of
it especially one strong-armed
pitcher to cut much figure in the
race.
This completes the preliminary
study of the major league clubs. I
have tried to show, conditions sur
rounding each team that may affect
its playing to explain what it needed
and to review briefly what new ma
terial it hat to fill the wants. Tomor
row we will tackle pure dopeJ-and
apply the facts to figures.
(Coyprlg ht, IMS by th Bell Syndicate, Ine.)
Future of International
League Still Undecided
New York, March8. After an all
day session at the headquarters of the
International league here, the club
owners adjourned until tomorrow
without having reached any definite
agreement as to the future of the or
ganization. Acting President Chapin of Roches
ter said after the meeting:
"We discussed a number, of im
portant matters today, but the future
of the International league or what is
to become of it was not one of them.
I cannot say what our club owners
will decide to, do, but for myself I
state that if minor league base ball
is to be played it must be done on a
war basis. The public is not con
cerned about base ball at the present
time."
Central High School Athletes
Start on the Spring Work
Central High school athletes will
today begin foot ball practice, and
track work. Wednesday class track
captains were chosen. The diss track
meet will hi held April 19 or 20, the
dual meet between Omalja and Lin
coln the following week and the state
meet in Lincoln May 4.
The season is three weeks earlier
than usual, that it may not lack inter
est because of the absence of the ath
letes who will be on the farms by the
second week in May.
Britton Awarded Decision
Over Duffy in Ten Rrounds
Atlanta, Ga., March 28. Jack Brit
ton, welter weight was awarded the
referee' decision over Jimmy Duffy
in their bout here tonight. Referee
William Haack, in the eight round of
a scheduled 10-round fight, stopped
the bout and, pointing to Britton,
said:
"This Is the only man doing any
fighting, and I award the fight to
him."
Duffy and his manager claimed they
had not been given "fair treatment.
t Keferee Stops Fight.
' Fort Worth, Tex., March 28. A
scheduled 15-round bout between Otto
Wallace, Milwaukee, and Jimmy Rea
gan, San Francisco, was stopped in
the 11th round tonight to save Rea-,
gan from a knock out.
Husband and Wife Arrested.
Mrs. Florence Bowen, 1506 North
Twenty-sixth street, was arrested last
night, charged with stealing a quantity
of clothes, silk dresses and $19.75 from
Mrs. Harrison, who lives at the same
place.
Frank Bowen, her husband, was ar
rested later in the Reo hotel, where
most of the stolen goods were re
covered. i
Army Order.
WMhlnrtoa, -March (Special Tele
tram.) The followlnc officers of the med
ical reaerve corpa are aulgned to duty at
Dei Nolneet Flrit Lieutenant Charlea P.
Charlton, William J. Hawea. Harry W. Mo
Redden, Raymond B. MoNamara, Clarence
E. Smart, Arthur M. Sonneland, Francis M.
Swartwood, Mark T. Vornholt. Hal D. Wll
tneth. Captain James MoD. Patton, First Lieu
tenant Lynn W. Elston, Second Lieutenant
James O. Crawford, Infantry reserve corps,
are relieved from duty at the United States
army balloon school. Fort Omaha, and will
proceed to Camp Dodge.
Soldiers' .Horns Notes.
Orand Island. Neb.. March IS. (Special.)
James Fry Is recovering from his' recent
Injuries.
Chester Hanchett. Fred Hanchett and
Mrs. Oarnaey are at the bedside of their
father, who is not expected to live.-
A. P. Culbertson Is abls to be out after
his illness. '
Rsr. Mr. Arthur of Grand Tslsnd had
charts of the services at the horns chapel
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Hanchett's condition Is serious. His
children are at his bedside.
With the
LAD1K8 LKAOVK.
HERZBERO TOOQRRT.
1st. Jd. 3d. Tot.
Housman ..U HI 11 "t
Bessoa ....lit 111 10J 348
Jamison ...115 Its 144 44t
Sporrr HT 131 143 St
ptiitnsT .....in in hs-hi
Totsls ...tST7M 7SS 1186
OMAHA TOWEL SUPPLY.
1st Id. Jd. Tot.
Jsnssn 141 1 IIS 37S
Murray .... 143 10S 7S
Murphy ....10J T 1 1T4
Straw HT 110 143 S70
Hanson ....111 111 10 341
Handicap ,...T IS l-
Totals .. .tiT 111 IJ3 ICS
MARSH-OAKLAND.
1st. Id. Id. Tot
Cowlss .....3TI HI 1ST 414
Psvldson ..lit lit 111 3t4
Collin 113 161 114 414
Oetty 141 11 1ST 441
Handicap ...17 17 17 61
Totals ...611 t4T 613 1761
HETN BTl'DIO.
Haft Ill 174 160 til
Thompson ..lit 117 ITT 470
Crow 140 117 141 413
Thompson ..lit 161 lit 447
Totals ...III Ml 6t 1M4
AMER. STATS BANK.
Hslns ..-..144 114 177 43
Ksrls 140 131 lit 407
Byrd ......114 131 10 Stl
Straw 147 17 lit Iff
Nelson 1.10 104 15 403
Handicap .. 69 49 73 181
Totals 747 t41 7J1 S163
A. B. SWEET 8HOP.
1st. 3d. Id. Tot.
Nasblt ltl 13 13 ISO
Oo-rn 147 169 141 431
Blerman ...13 127 115 445
Brarh 16 197 174 630
Miller 173 131 140 464
Totals ...344 71 7t 128T
SWIFT'S PREMIUMS.
Williams ...162 181 lit 499
Newman ..'..131 166 lf8 464
Robson .....154 160 148 463
Sweeney ...130 130 130 390
Perdue .....143 131 136 416
Total ....Tit 7(1 Til iiil
Handicap . ..' 6 6.1 16
Totai 70 763 743 i!3t
BROOKFIELDS.
Rohen 163 163 Ht 456
MUii lit 143 187 446
Hehn 164 146 lt 479
Straw 130 130 130 390
Lorlng 160 176 166 4S0
Totals ....711 736 781 !160
WOOL SOAPS.
Selzls ......Ul 174 160 473
MARTIN SHERIDAN,
STAR ATHLETE, DEAD
Famous Irishman Who Won
Fame for Self and America
Dies of Pneumonia in
Hospital.
New York, March 28. Martin J.
Sheridan, world-famed athlete, died
of pneumonia at a hospital here to
night. Sheridan was born near Swinford,
County Mayo, Ireland, in 1880. Twen
ty years 'later he came to America
and soon became prominent in trajck
and field athletics as a member of
the Irish-American Athletic club of
New York. He joined the metro
politan police force in 1905 and won
the individual all-around champion
ship of the Amateur Athletic union
that same year. He duplicated this
achievement in 1907 and 1909.
Olympic Star.
During the interim he earned
world-wide fame by winning the shot
put and discus contests at the
Olympic games at Athens, Greece,
in 1906 and the discus event at the
Olympic games at London, England,
in 1908, as a member of the American
teams. s
During his athletic career, which
ended abou 1913, he won nearly 100
championships, including Canadian
and American titles. (
Republicans Bring Suit
To Get Harris on Ticket
Frembnt, Neb., March 28. (Special
Telegram.) Mandamus proceedings
to compel City Clerk George Basler
to place his name on the city ticket
for the short term for council have
been brought in district court by
Charles W. Harris, republican candi
date in the third ward. Harris was
nominated to fill a vacancy caused by
the resignation of Fred Stewart who
refused to make the race. Harris in
the petition claims that Basler re
fused to permit' the change to be
made.,
The democrats in their answer al
lege that the republicans are endeav
oring to switch candidates so that
their strong candidates will be pitted
against the supposedly weaker of the
two democratic candidates. The dem
ocrats allege that the time limit for
making the change has expired. The
city clerk is charged with fraud by
the relaton '
Insurance Agents Hold
Two Days' Convention Here
The Equitable Life Insurance com
pany is holding a two days' conven
tion in Omaha of agents from all over
Nebraska. The convention started
Thursday morning and will continue,
all day Friday. About 80 agents are
in attendance. Shop talk is the order
of the program. iMany dinners and
theater parties are planned.
Kaiser Calling Upon God Not
New for Tyrants, Says Dean
"The kaiser in calling so pften upon
the name of God is following a time
honored custom of imperial tyrants,"
declared Rev. John Dean of Chicago
at the no6n meeting yesterday in the
Young Men's Christian association.
C. S. CORRTGAN, prominent busi
ness man of Casey. Ia., died Wednes
day at an Omaha hospital after an
Illness of two days. He was visitln
his son when taken sick. Death was
due to heart desease.
MARTIN DINUZaO, 34 years old.
died at his home. 1316 South Twenty
rm.rth street vilnps(lav. For several
"years he has been proprietor of a
drug store at uwemy-iounn siruei
and Foppleton avenue. He Is survived
by his widow and a brother In Cali
fornia. JAMES V. SWEENEY, Omaha
monument maker for nearly 40 years,
died Wednesday "morning: at Elmwood,
Neb.. of heart disease. At the time of
his death Mr. Sweeney was engaged
In erertlng a monument In a ceme
tery. Sister Mary Llola of St. Berch
iruxn's academy is a sister of Sweeney,
and a brother in Wisconsin also sur
vives. Burial will bs in Omaha.
Bowlers
Boatman ...111 11 11 41
Straw 130 130 110 30
Klefer 14t 119 148 423
Baconian ...171 110 11 136
Totals 737 767 738 123!
PRIDES.
1st Id. 3d. Tot.
Hsnnan ....131 161 161 444
Carper 131 136 161 417
Wilson 17T 1SS 14S 608
Hav 130 130 130 390
Or 1mm 180 16 196 644
Tutal T4 770 T84 1333
Handicap ... 6 t t 18
Totals "66 776 790 1361
T. M. C. A. I.KAGCE.
W. O. W.
1st 3d. Jd. Tot.
Livingston ..164 174 163 491
Clark 130 19 166 496
Broto IS m 161 MO
Armstrong ..178 11 151 633
Ramey 1!2 107 131 366
Totals 780 853 771 J403
EVANS LAUNDRY.
1st id. 3d. Tot.
Kahr 144 12 188 46
Ely 127 ltl 164 412
Liable 132 148 161 421
Elsasser ....161 181 lit 477
Happy ......161 107 16f 431
Handicap ... 31 SI 114
Totals . . . -T6T TSt 111 IS15
Obituary
POSTAL DEPARTMENT
REPLIES TO OBJECTOR
Applies to "Certain Locality"
Where Religious Organization
Is Against War; Will Not ,
Buy Savings Stamps.
Lincoln, March 28. (Special.)
"Every member of the Pentecostal
Nazarene church has been protected
in his person and property by this
government and its constitution and
laws, and I submit that each owes to
the government that thus protects
him his undivided, unwavering sup
port in its titanic, unprecedented
struggle in the cause of that liberty
so dearly prized, so compalcently en
joyed, that it may continue, and may
be extended to the oppressed of other
Christian lands 'whose people have
suffered so grievously under the rion
heel of tyranny, which threatens to
enslave the civilized world."
This statement is contained in a let
ter sent out by the postoffice inspec
tion service, copies of which have
been received here, in response to a
communication from a postmaster
whose name is not given, stating that
the residents of a certain locality had
declined to buy war stamps on the
ground that they belonged to a reli
gious organization which is opposed
to war. The letter in reply to the
communication from the postmaster,
made pulbic today, in part, follows:
"Our government is a democracy
'of the people, by the people and for
the people,' and the people of your
community, of whatever religious per
suasion, are a portion of that people
who constitutf this government, each
having a-.yoice in determining its pol
icies. The policies of a democracy are
determined and properly so, by a
majority of the electorate and when
in its wisdom and its patriotism that
majority has decided by proper meth
ods and has spoken - in legal and
proper manner, every loyal member
of the minority should become one
with thes majority and do all in his
power to carry out the policies de
creed by the majority. Permit me to
suggest that any other course, be it
lukewarm indifference, in the present
situation, is giving aid and comfort to
the enemy in a negative but very ef
fective way.
Religious Rights Respected.
"While our government, in its great
desire to demonstrate to the full the
widest religious liberty- and exercjse
thereof, according to individual con
science, has declared that these mem
bers of religious sects that are con
scientiously opposed to war and to
fighting may be relieved from partici
pation in actual fighting in the armies,
it has not and does not release such
from their obligations' as protected
citizens, from their duty to support
the government with their substance
secured under and by reason of its
protecting laws, through the payment
of taxes on property assessed and on
incomes or from their duty to lend
to the government of their surplus
revenues.
"Most if not all Christian churches
throughout the land, if called upon in
their assembles to vote on the ques
tion of favoring or opposing war, as
an abstract proposition, would unhes
itatingly declare against war, but
when the very foundation of peace,
the very bulwark of our liberties are
directly threatened, by the most
tyrannical oppressor of political lib
erty the world has ever known, by
the" greatest and most powerful mili
tary organization that has ever exist
ed: when Christian nation after Chris
tian nation of lesser political and mil
itary strength and power has been
ruthlessly overrun in violation of
every heretofore recognized sacredly
given pledge; when Christian mothers
and daughters and sisters have been
debauched and their noncombatant
fathers, husbands and brothers
slaughtered without provocation or
justification, and all has been in the
name of the God of the German
emperor, it is high time for every
American citizen o declare himself
bv his acts and to give to the govern
ment the unqualified support of every.
dollar he is able to produce and spare
"PTTMTIHI iswhat
JL AJ 1 nVJL Jl puts some
thing worth while across.
The new Lanpher styles have lots
of it quality, too.
Lanpher Hat
from the support of himself and
family. "
Should Stand Together.
"Any man who has throughout his
life enjoyed the blessings conferred
upon every American citizen by the
beneficent laws and institutions of
this country, who does not openly de
clare himself and stand shoulder to
shoulder with every other loyal citi
zen, no matter to what church he be
longs or whether he is identified ac
tively with any church or not, does
not deserve the protection of the laws
under which he has thriven. He de
serves to become the political slave
of the autocratic unspeakable Hun, of
the junkers, who would rule the
world, and who will enslave everyone
who shall oppose them if America
does not win the war. I cannot be
lieve that your people have looked
this situation squarely in the face,
else they would see the truth as it
has been seen by the vast majority
of their fellow citizens who are cheer
fully accepting the sacrifices imposed
upon them by this war, which is so
eminently a war of right and which
must be won by the right else the
lamp of.political and religious liberty
will be "extinguished for centuries to
come and the people of this country
and their allied co-fighters against au
tocracy that knows no right but
might,, wil be enslaved for ensuing
centuries.
Everyone Is Giving.
"Thousands of people in this coun
try who are as conscientiously op
posed to war as are the members of
your church are cheerfully and pray
erfully contributing of their cash to
fill the coffers of our government to
support on the fighting front and on
the high sea the flower of ou young
manhood giving its lifeblood in pro
tection of our dearly bought and to
be dearly defended liberties. In this
present drive your people are not
asked to give of their substance to the
government, only to invest with the
government at a goodly rate of inter
est, all of the surplus they would oth
erwise invest in banks at a lesser in
terest or on mortgages, the principal
and interest free from taxes. Can a
loyal citizen do less and deserve the
claim to loyalty? Would they dare by
reason of failure to rally to this call
to. be considered less than loyal?
"Go over the top and carry every
one of your thrifty, loyal thinking
people with you. They owe it to their
country, to their president, who is
the president of the whole people, to
their wives and children, to them
selves and to the God of the father
less and oppressed of other Christian
lands to do their bit, their whole duty
in this and every situation that shall
arjse in the cause of right."
William Binder, Wealthy
Table Rock Farmer, Is Dead
Table Rock, Neb., March 28. Wil
liam Binder, sr., a wealthy; German
farmer, died at Corpus Christi, Tex.,
Sunday morning. Mr. Binder had
been in poor health for several weeks.
The remains arrived here yesterday.
Funeral services will be held this aft
ernoon in the Methodist church, of
which he was a member. His age was
69, and he is survived by his widow,
three sons and two daughters.
The barn on the property of John
Nemechek was burned to the ground
yesterday. There was a high wind
and the firemen had extremely hard
work to save the adjoining buildings,
the entire block being threatened.
'William Veits of Humboldt, who
had been ill, died at his home yester
day. He is survived by his daughter,
Mrs. R. J. Hnizda, of Table Rock.
Funeral services were held today. In
terment was in the Humboldt ceme
tery. Mayor Issues Daylight
Saving Proclamation
Mayor Dahlman has issued a proc
lamation calling upon all citizens of
Greater Omaha to observe the new
daylight saving regulation. "Before
retiring Saturday night set your clock
ahead one hour, and it might be well
to retire a little earlier on that night
in order to get your full amount of
rest before rising hour Sunday morn
ing," the mayor states. "This will
give us more time to work in our war
gardens," he adds.
The mayor also issued a proclama
tion declaring from 12 o'clock noon
until 3 p. m.. on Friday, will be a
public holiday in recognition of Good
Friday.
WORLD EMPIRE
GERMANY'S GOk
ADMITJUilERS
Militarists Declare Canaill'
Who Agitated Against Hin
xdenburg and Ludendorff
Unworthy.
New York, March 28. That Ger
many is engaged in a war f5r world
domination was frankly admitted at
the annual meeting in Berlin on Feb
ruary 18 of the Bund Ded Land
wierte, a junker organization compris
ing the large land holders of Ger
many, The junker speakers, according to
German newspapers received here, de
nounced the Reichstag majority reso
lution against annexations and the
policy of former Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg.
Socialists and others
who are attacking Field Marshal von
Hindenburg and General von Luden
dorff, were attacked bitterly.
Food Situation Bad.
It was admitted that the continua
tion of the war was attended with
great difficulties and that the unfav
orable food supply situation had con
verted many monarchists into social
ists. A violent attack upon democracy
was made by Dr. Wildgrube, a mem
ber of the Reichstag, who said there
was no conciliation between democ
racy and imperialism. Referring to
former Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg, he declared:
"One cannot get rid of the impres
sion that God in His wrath made this
man chancellor. Through him the
government and empire came under
the dictatorship of democracy. Ger
many will be either monarchial or
nonmonarchial We passionately ap
peal to our emperor: 'Hold what you
have so that nobody can take your
crown.' "
Fight for World Mastery.
Chamberlain von Oldenburg mad
this statement:
"This war is a fight for world
domination and, difficult as its contin
uation may be, it must be fought out
until victory has been achieved, if we
do not want to sow the death germ
for our fatherland.
"I hope that after the war," he said,
"we will, be strong enough to main
tain peace. To that end we need dif
ferent frontiers and a larger measure
of independence. Only fools believe
in an eternal peace of the nations. As
longas the army is fighting every
thing" is all right, but what will hap
pen thereafter and how we will get
out of it only God knows."
The speaker predicted that Ger
many's chancellor, after the war,
would have difficulty in keeping with
in bounds the spread of democracy.
He attacked the peace resolution
and said it was an assault upon the
army from the rear. He concluded
with the following reference- to the
Germans attacking the policies of
Germany's military leaders:
"Canaille, here and abroad, who are
agitating against Von Hindenburg
and Von Ludendorff are not worthy
of unlacing their shoes."
Germans Shoot Chaplain
And Two Belgian Nuns
Washington, March 28. An official
dispatch from France today said the
chaplain and two nuns of the hospi
tal of St Elizabeth, at Antwerp, have
been executed by the Germans. They
were killed in the courtyard of the
barracks at the same time as the Bel
gian occulist, Dr. De Mets.
Execute Germans Who
Dressed in British Suits
Paris, March 28. A number of Ger
man spldiers, who had put on Brit
ish uniforms in order to create con
fusion in the battle on the Somme
front, were taken prisoner and exe
cuted, according to the Intransigeant.
