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ATJ, flïERCHANDISE ADVER¬ TISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED ^SP*^ First tn It First to Last. the Truth: News . Editorials - Advertisements WEATHER Rain or Snow and Warmer To-day; Southwest Winds, Shifting to Wert Thursday Full Beport on Face 14 Vol. LXXVTII No. 26,323 [Copyright, 191a. Hew York Tribune Ine.J WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918 T *P T _____-___$In Greater New York and I THItfcK < KM» TWO CENTS j Wjthln commuting distan«-* | Elsewhere COILED IN THE FLAG S-S-S-T 500 Bovs of 27th Division Home Again first of 'O'Ryan's Rough¬ necks* Brought Back F rom t li e F rout Wounded Happy to See New York Again Qet Royal Greeting at Dock as They Leave To Be Mustered from Army Back in the days when the 27th Em¬ pire) Division.New York's own -was ut Spartanburg and it seemed that the ready, anxious, finely trained soldiers would nev< r get across in time to play a pari, they longed for just one hour on the battlefront. Weeks and months passed, and there they were, praying for the luck that seemed to be against them. Two hundred of these same boys came back to New York yesterday, arm- j leg?, legless or otherwise maimed, the fame boys who wept because they thought they'd never get a chance. They formed part of the soldier pas¬ senger list of the British transport Empress of Britain, which brought seventy-six officers and 2,339 men into the city yesterday, the first of a string of soldier-laden vessels due in port within the next dozen hours or more. Except for one. untoward incident,; «.hich happily was without casualties, the return of the men was an event of unalloyed joy. This was when a ferry- boat laden with 1,500 troops tipped as she left her slip and nearly capsized, throwing1 terror into the hearts of the thousands who watched and waved. 1'roud of Nickname Men who.make a practice of holding :;¦ street corners used to call the same ho are back homo wounded "tin ." ¡Slow the bravest, most dar- ing fighters in the Allied ranks call ihem "O'Ryan's Roughnecks," not in Igar sense, but in the veteran üds of such hard-bitten men as! those from the Dominion and the Com monwealth, who fought side by side with them at Mont Kemmcl and St. 'Quentin. Maybe some of the "tin-soldier" or¬ iginators were down at the pier yes- terday afternoon. Especially would they have felt badly if they had seen Corporal William Mitchel, a New York hoy, Allen Valentine, of Rochester, »nd Harry Hughes of Brooklyn, for each had lost an eye, yet they were smiling and happy. And all of them were "tin-soldiers," now members of "O'Ryan's Roughnecks." There was not one man of the 27th Division aboard t'.e ship that had not taken part in or had seen the oper¬ ations of the division before Cambrai Knd was not able to tell of the hard¬ ships it was called on to endure. From .July until late October, when the bat¬ tle-scarred remnant of the Empire "¡vision was ordered to rest billets, 'die full fury of German attacks was riifected at these men from New York. Many Tales of Heroism It was this New York division which cooperated with the French and British armies in driving the Germans back "lile after mile and had them still re¬ treating when the armistice was signed. The slope of Mont Kemmel will always °e a monument to the 106th Infantry, which gave its best. Like all heroes, the 27th wounded who returned on the British transport scaled their lips when it came to tell- "ig of their own exploits. However, !rom others aboard it was learned that Corporal A. R. Ropp, of 537 Franklin Avenue, The Bronx, who was with the -7th Engineers, lost his left leg in '>" fighting around Le Catin. It was on October 17, while ho and other engineers werf constructing a bridge, ¦ne German artillery got the range, a '8 f hell exploded and took off his leg. rt°PP slid down a hill, fell into a tfeam and was dragged ashore by his ""'ends just as ho was drowning. Private Bernard Owen?, Company IT, fi Cantry, of 881 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, was attempting to e'ean out machine gun nest when he He was limping about the deck r°ro the effects of operations to his tere machine gun bullets had landed. Private Julian Gerst, Company ;.: W6th Infantry, of 1857 Faile Street, ronx, was shot through both legs a fierce engagement at Mont September 2. Has Seven Wounds ' fivatc Dominick Vallair, Company ,: i.O'th Infantry, part of the old 7th piment, whose home is 247 West, ,: st Street, lost his right hand. Pri- .;';'¦'. William U. Stevens. Company K. ,,->1 Infantry, of Palisades, N. J., had; ;'':i meces of shrapnel in his right ,',;; "nd amputation was necessary.! Str'Vîlte Louis Sweitzen, 71 West 101st! had both hands injured by ma- .R;|x' gun bullets. John Brady, whose f engineer ai the Green- ¦: I. in Brooklyn, and whose 235) Withers Street, was shot ¦¦-¦ the thigh and right leg at St. Private Elmer Murray was Continued on page 7tine .4 ~ Germany, to Get Peace, Must Hold Assembly \ MSTERDAM, Dec 10..The "i~*- "Deutsche Tageszeitung," of Berlin, a copy of which has been received here, says it learns from a reliable source that the Entente powers will refuse to conclude a preliminary peace treaty with Germany before the meeting of a German national assembly. Wireless Asks Wilson to Help Free Ireland _. Great Crowd at Madison Square (»arden Shows It Is Strongly Anti-British Self-determination for Ireland van demanded in thundrous shouts last! night by a crowd waving American Hags and Sinn Fein colors that covered the many-acred floor and tilled the high-piled galleries of Madison Square Garden. Outside in Twenty-sixth j Street an overflow meeting voiced a similar demand, while a cordon of po- ¦lice kept them out of the big building. There was an anti-British flavor to the meeting that lirst expressed itself when John Finnegan's singing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" was interrupt- '( ed abruptly by the cheering of the standing multitude at that point in the anthem which reads: And where is tiiat band who s>o vauntingly Bwore 'Mid tho havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country they'd leave us no more ? Their blood has washed out their foul foot- steps' pollution. Even then the wireless was crackling out this message from the gathering to President Wilson somewhere on the Atlantic, on board the steamer George Washington: "Twenty-live thousand American citi- zens, assembled in and around Madison Square Garden, with Cardinal O'Con- nell, of Boston, and Governor Whitman ! of New York, as principal speakers, wish you-.godspeed and safe return, and urge you to demand at the peace con¬ gress self-determination for the people of Ireland." The message was signed by the chair¬ man, Justice John W. Goff, and the sec¬ retary, Assistant District Attorney Al¬ fred J.Tallcy. Governor Whitman, in his talk, said little about self-determination for Ire¬ land, but a ticmendous lot of enthusi¬ asm was vented at'his glowing praise of the 69th Regiment. Cardinal O'Connell's entrance, es¬ corted by an honor guard that included some men in evening clothes and still others garbed as Irish bag pipers, brought every one. in the hall to their feet in a wild demonstration of en¬ thusiasm that was nut equalled during! the evening until in his speech be de- clarcd: 1 "Lut the test of sincerety be Ireland.¡ Then we will be convinced that truth still lives." Seated in the front row before the; high platform draped in the green, orange and white Sein Féin colors was- United States Marshal Thomas Mc-! Carthy. The marshal, however, was there in his official capacity and not as a Mc-] Carthy. lie took a chair and placed it in the centre aisle, in continuation of J the front row of scat?, and listened carefully to the speeches, with is hands folded during most of the oratory. Handbills printed in green ink, dis-1 tributad by "New York American" em- ployes, promised a "full report" of the meeting in a future edition of the Hearst publication. Ovation for Cardinal Cardinal O'Connell was easily the hero of the evening, and his every move and phrase was an excuse for cheering. He said that in finally yield¬ ing to repeated urgent invitations to attend "this significant meeting" he had listened to the voice of duty alone. "As the case was presented to me," continued the churchman, "it became clear to my mind that to stay away would be tantamount to the evasion of a grave obligation to my faith, my country and my race." i At a later point in his speech he said: "The war can be justified only by the universal application of those prin- ciples (self-determination). Let that application begin with Ireland. "Ireland is the oldest nation and the ! longest sufferer. If these principles are not applied in her case, no matter what else may be done, there will be no complete justice, no genuine sin- cerity believable, and the war, not bringing justice, will not bring peace." Cheers lor Resolution Justice Edward J. Gavegan read a resolution with a long preamble that was adopted by a rising vote that ended in a cheer. The resolution urged President Wilson to "declare at the peace conference that the people of Ire- land should, as a matter of right and justice, be governed only in accordance with their consent ami that the will of the majority, ascertained by a plebis¬ cite of the adult population, be adopted as the sovereign will of the people, instead of the present foreign will of force." Others who spoke and who occupied ! positions of prominence on the plat- form were Judge Daniel F. Cohalan, John Dcvoy, editor o!" "The Gaelic American"; Vicar General Mooney, of the Archdiocese of New York; James P. Hastings, secretary of the United Irish American societies; and at least one member of the 69th, who limped to the stand after the meeting began. This man wore a wound stripe and service stripes indicating at least one year in 1' ranee. Held over the heads of the crowd in Twenty-sixth Street were numerous black-lettered cardboard signs. One of' these read: "Ireland Is the Test of America's Sincerity in the War." An¬ other: "Is Not Ireland as Entitled to Freedom as Other Small Nations?" One asked: "What About Self Deter¬ mination for Ireland Ï" Joffe Admits He Aided Plot Of Berlin Reds Bolshevik Minister Says Barth, Haase, Ledebonr Planned Reign of Terror Had Supply of Firearms Seditious Literature Was Spread to Put Germany in Same Plight as Russia COPENHAGEN, Dec. 10. Adolph Joffe, former Ambassador to Germany of the Russian Bolshevik government, who when recently accused of circulai ing seditious literature in Germany de¬ nied it, not only admits it now in a telegram received here, but glories in the achievement. He declares the literature was circu¬ lated "through the good offices of the Independent Socialists," and makes the further declaration that a number of weapons were handed over to Herr Barth, secretary of the Independent So¬ cial Democratic party and a member of the Ebert Cabinet. Got Vast Sum for Arms Instead of receiving 105,000 marks ($26,260) for the purchase of arms, Joffe says he received "several hun¬ dred thousand marks," and adds: "I claim for myself the honor of having devoted all my powers to the success of the German # revolution throughout my activities, which were Carried on in agreement with the In¬ dependent Socialist Ministers Haasc, Barth and others." H is known in Berlin that Haasc, Barth, Ledcbour and other Indepen¬ dents were friendly with Joffe, but this telegram gives the first disclosure that they actively headed the Bol¬ shevik ambassador's plan to introduce Russian methods into Germany. Planned Proletariat Rule A further illustration of the Inde¬ pendents' sympathy with Bolshevik- methods is reported by Adolph Hoff¬ mann, one of the Independent leader?, who in a speech on Sunday, after de¬ claring his opposition to a Constituent Assembly, said: "If the elections do not give the So¬ cialists a majority the National As¬ sembly must be dispersed and a dicta¬ torship of the proletariat must be established." Hoffmann, although a professed atheist and unlettered, is Minister of Education in Prussia, which post has jurisdiction over the churches. Scheidemann Says He Will Resign if Chaos is Continued BERLIN, Dee. 9 (By The. Associated Press).."I will not put up with these conditions another week. I will get out," declared Philipp Scheideinann, a member of the government, in a speech to-day defending the government and himself against the attacks of the Spartacus group. Scheidemann de¬ clared that the government had 00 per cent of the German population behind it, but, "nevertheless, it is sitting on a powder keg." He added that Georg Ledcbour, a Radical leader, had obstructed the for¬ mation of a Cabinet for thirty-six hours. After the revolution Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the Radical leader, wanted to join the Cabinet, but only for three days. The speaker described Lieb¬ knecht as a "person" who lacked "ev¬ ery sense of responsibility." Menace in Spartacus Group Scheidemann said he regretted the occurrences of Friday, but declared they worn a natural consequence of the appeals made by the Spartacus group to the masses to arm themselves and overthrow the government. "Socialization along the lines de¬ manded by the incompetents," Scheide¬ mann added, "would ruin industry and trade. If we remain longer in this revolutionary crisis we are lost beyond hope of rescue and wo will not have a piece of bread. If the people do not come to their senses they will bo brought to their senses by the Ameri¬ cans." A groi^p of Spartacus party adher¬ ents, headed by Dr. Karl Liebknecht, made a demonstration last night be¬ fore the Chancellor's palace, now the headquarters of the government. Crowd Demands Barth The crowd clamored for the appear¬ ance of Herr Barth, Secretary of the Independent Social-Democratic party and Secretary for Social Policy in the Ebert Ministry. He is a former mem¬ ber of the Spartacus group of whom the remaining Spartaeides are suspi¬ cious. In answer to tho clamor Secretary Barth appeared at a window and ad¬ dressed the crowd. He said that if he could meet Dr. Liebknecht in a pub¬ lic hall for a straight talk Liebknecht would afterward not 'have a single workman behind him. !!c declared Continued on page five -.-a, Wilson Fleet Outruns Gale, Passes Azores Brest Plans Big Welcome Friday, With French War¬ ships Escorting Parly In Mimic 'Sub' Hunt Staged President, on the Liner's Bridge, Sees Destroyer Ma- nceuvre and Drop Bombs BREST, France, Dec. 10 (.',. p. m.) (By The Associated Press)..The steamship George Washington, carry- ing President Wilson and the Ameri¬ can delegates to the peace congress at Paris, was reported by the naval wire¬ less as passing the Azores at 1 o'clock 'this afternoon. All on board were well after the stormy weather through which the Presidential lfncr passed. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of; the President, arrived in Brest to-day to meet the Presidential party. She, will accompany the party to Paris. Preparations for receiving President Wilson here now have been completed.1 The city is fairly humming with ex- pectancy. The progress of each step taken by the American visitors now is followed with eager interest. The first plan of sending an American dreadnought fleet seaward has been changed. French Ships to Participate I According to the new plan, the fleet v ill go out early Friday morning toen- counter the American party a short j distance olí the coast and accompany it to port. French warships also will take For¬ eign Minister Pichón, Minister of Marine Leygucs and Andre Tardicu, head of the general commission for Franco-American war questions, for the first greetings by an exchange of salutes. Freneh officers arrived hern to-day from Paris to make iinal arrangements with the local authorities for the President;« landing. The George Washington' draws too much water to enter the inner harbor, so the President's ship and the entire fleet of warships will anchor in the outer harbor about a mile off shore. I Americans to Greet Them An American party, consisting of General Perilling, General Bliss, Ad- mirai- William S. Benson, Admiral Henry B. Wilson and Colonel E, ftf. House, will then board the liner and bring the President and Mrs. Wilson ashore aboard a naval tug. The landing will be made at Quay No. 3, where the French ministers will extend a formal welcome to the Ameri¬ can President as he sets foot on French soil. The George Washington is expected to arrive about noon Friday. The ! landing of President, Wilson is planned for 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and he is expected to arrive in Paris at 10 p'clock Saturday morning. This schedule would leave less than an hour for ceremonies here, which necessarily will be restricted, although .he Breton peasantry is gathering from miies around to give Mr. Wilson an enthusiastic greeting. Crowds to Assemble The President will drive direct from the quay to the depot, passing along the Cours Dajot, a splendid terrace overlooking the harbor. The populace; and soldiers and sailors will be massed along the course, and if time permits there will be a brief address of wel¬ come by the Mayor and a response by the President. The Presidential train will proceed slowly, stopping for several hours dur- mg the night so as to arrive at the; Paunhinc station in Paris exactly at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.' Wilson Sees Mimic "Sub" Hunt ON BOAKP UNITED STATES SHIP GEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec. 0 (6 /'. m.} (By wireless to The Associated Press).- President Wilson stood on' the bridge of the George Washington this afternoon and saw a United States' destroyer stage a thrilling demonstra- tion of the work of repulsing a sub- marino at tack. A touch of realism was given by the drill of the men on board the liner and the convoying ships. The great liner was gliding through the tropical; waters like a chip on a duckpond when bugles and alarm bells; called the men to battle stations. President Wilson! was taken to the bridge by Captain McCauley so that he might get a bet¬ ter view of the demonstration. A destroyer which had been lagging' far astern sudden,y leaped forward, her tunnels vomiting smoke and whita spray dashing from her bow as she! tore through the water at 30 knots. Depth Bombs Dropped As the destroyer came abeam of the liner depth bombs were dropped and great geysers were thrown high Tito the air as the warship zigzagged its Continued on page six Publisher Revealed Telegrams as Dir Fight to Block ^ by His Own ecting Papers' 7ar on Germany fr.v rTïnâSôT! .»JKAML Aüä* m ¦ MM* i If»«. «;« .*,««> >r «mm«.I i THREE TELEGRAMS FROM HEARST WESTEHHL UNION NtWCOMI «ARLTON. n^nmn .BOOM W. c ATKINS. Vic* pauioc*-* SILVIDCRR *MO0K>. vics-nuMMMT '*ww«f .-^f "*¦¦« BarUatr K^W ¦¿3SÄT «vSiwH M*'MllllU<WHlOll«- WHtMlMratibkSMbrtli» KCEfô©« ^W^ § ;r? à^e^c^yié. m <JL MARCH 3 1917 ¥ 3 CARVALHO NY AMERICAN NY CITY 17 SITUATION QUIETS QOWW PU ASE REMOVE COLOR FLAGS FROM FIRST Ptef AND LITTLE FLAGS FROM INSIDE PAGES, RESERVING THESE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS OF A WARLIKE OR PATRIOTIC KINO. 1 THINK THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR THI8 WEEK, GIVLNG US A VEÄY AMERICAN CHARACTER AND PROBABLY HELPING 8ELL PAPERS, 8UT T* CONTINUE EFFECTIVE THEY SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR OCCASION©. HEARST. CMtt SP SERVICE SVMÏCL JOnJiaans- DayUa» FJSL_ Tii iiJ»\»»û»rr.»r»vt«. o»«- lllMl^lllli" i'i mi' 'l UNION Nl'^OOMB CARLTON. r*»»lo«wt elviocrb .nooks, vie«*«««!»*? eaK1 A¿.w fJ^^^^im iiixiiim «ft» »» ««it y 3.S CARVALHO n/ Attpi^Al/^sJlY CIÎTY JiO-UAY COULD Ma/e SfRONCJcÍGHT-COLUMN CARTOON OCCUPYING IN. DEPTH r.VO-Ti-ÍHDS.iEO J TORI ALPAGE, SHOWING SMALLER FIGURES UNCLE SAM .».NO GERMANY SHAKING THEIR FISTS AT EACH OTHER ON LEFT SIDE PAGE ¿NO ON RIGHT SIDE BIG HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF JAPAN WITH KNIFE IN HANO LEANING OVER INTO PICTURE AND EVIDENTLY WATCHING CHANCE TO STRIKE UNCLE SAM IN BACK, TITLE Of PICTURE TO BE CUOTE WATCHFUL WAITING UNQUOTE» SUBTITLE QUOTE LOOK OUT UNCLE SAM YOUR NEIGHBOR JAPAN IS E»«RW «»TIN« AN OPPORTUN.TY T, STKlKE YOU IN TH6 3«.^' 7ïï,lF.ÏRAli h Jebruary 2b, 1917. 8. S. CARVALHO, NEW YCR K AMBRIC AN . NÎW YORK CITY. Plea'sa, iceeg standing in Amorto an aoroea top of tn« editorial pflf^'e' the'verses of the Star jSpangled, Banner ae or initially written.- , Please ketp .standing in %he evening pnperfl trie verses ¡a*inted in American r produced from Har- per»¿ Weekly aurin,^ Civil War and referring shipment of arms by England to trie Sautn. HEARST. rOR ANS n . £ Facsimiles made by the photostat process of messages sent by "The American's" owngr to bis representative here. The messages were introduced in the Senate propaganda inquiry at Washington yes¬ terday. The cartoon referred to was drawn by Winsor McCay exactly as outlined by Hearst and was printed in "The American" with the caption, "It Is a Dreadful Mistake to Blind Ourselves to Japan's Plots and Her Preparations Against Us." Marshall Presides At Cabinet Session By Wilson Request V ice-President Carries 0>it Wishes Expressed Before He Sailed and in W ireless Message Sent From Ship WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Vice-Pres¬ ident Marshall presided over to-day's Cabinet meeting following a wireless request from President Wilson, who is en route to Europe, and set, accord¬ ing to the White House staff, a new precedent in the conduct of American executive affairs- No other Vice-Pres¬ ident, so far as records show, ever pre¬ sided at a Cab:;.et session. In taking his teat "Mr. Marshall set at rest any theories that he might be acting as President. He said lie was attending the gathering "informally and impersonally, not undertaking to exercise any official duty or function." This summary of his statement was given out at the White House: "In assuming the chair and presid- ing over what is known as a meeting of the Cabinet. I deem it proper to make a brief statement so that my' conduct ireed not be misunderstood nor misinterpreted. I am here and am act¬ ing in obedience to the request pre¬ ferred by the President upon the eve of his departure, and also at your re- aue¡ t. But I am here, informally and per: onally. I am not undertaking to exercise any official duty or function. I snail preside in an unofficial and in¬ formal way over your meeting-; out of deference to your desires and those of the President." Before going to the White House, Mr. Marshall explained that the Presi¬ dent, before departing for Europe, had asked him to preside at the Cabinet meetings and had repeated the request by wireless from the George Washing¬ ton. No Wireless Sent to Ship Mr. Marshall made it plain that he had no idea of exercising the functions of the President. No business requiring the attention of the President developed at the Cabinet, it was said, and the wireless carried no message from it to the Presidential ship George Washington. The Cabinet meeting was the last which Secretary McAdoo will attend, as he will Vie succeeded next Monday by Carter Glas: Mr. McAdoo bade farewell to mem¬ bers of the Cabinet and attaches of the executive offices, although he will rcpiain in Washington until January ): or until his ¡-.ueccssor as Director General of Hailroads is appointed. M Johnson Refuses To Serve With Hearst Publisher's Presence on Com¬ mittee to Greet Troops Called "Insult" Robert Underwood Johnson, in a let¬ ter to Mayor Hylan last night, declined to serve on the committee of welcome to homecoming troops. He said: "In ordinary circumstances I should esteem this appointment a great honor and should loyally respond to any de¬ mand of service it required, as I have done in many similar instances under former mayors of the city. I am, how- ever, obliged, in self-respect, to decline the appointment. "My reason for doing this is that the honor of such an appointment is vitiated by the inclusion in your com¬ mittee of William Randolph Hearst. whose sinister attitude from August, 1914, toward his country and toward thj principles for which her allies were fighting is a matter or public record, ¡ so conspicuous, indeed, as to make his appointment on such a committee an insult, not only to our gallant soldiers, for whom, under whatever auspices, America will have an overflowing wel¬ come, but to every self-respecting citi¬ zen of the country. "This welcome, moreover, should not be tainted by an endeavor to rehabili¬ tate the public reputation of any man." If you have money, buy n.oi e LIBERTY BON!>S .from us If you »¡»el money, v.p will buv LIBERTY BONDS.from you, Juiua ¿luir * li>. 61 ü'\»*¿\. A.¿\í. Ordered Brisbane, Man Who "Writes What He Pleases," to Vigorously Assail Espionage Bill Hoisted Flag,'Then Assailed President Called Wilson Dictator, Pictured a Monarchy Ahead and Suggested "Yellow Peril" Cartoon Sew York Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Dec. 10..William Randolph Hearst's directions for the editorial policy of his papers; an or¬ der to Arthur Brisbane who testified. "I write what I please and Mr. Hearst prints what he pleases"; directions .'or displaying the flag and printing the .'Star-Spangled Banner" on the pages of his papers; orders to print and then not to permit a sympathetic mes sago from Germany; a protest from Caleb M. Van Hamm, managing editor of "The New York American," against the Hale telegrams, which, so far as the records show, went unanswered these and other activities of the Hearst organization in the ten days from February '-'1 to March 5, 1917, while the country was on the verge of war, were revealed here to-day. Major E. Lowry Humes, counsel tyr the Overman Senate Committee in¬ vestigating German propaganda, put into the record a scries of thirty-two telegrams sent and received by Hearst at Palm Beach during that period. Photostat copies of the originals wer íiled with the committee. This is the evidence which was held out yesterday Dy an objection of Senator King, of Utah, as to their relevancy. Professor Hart Testifies Earlier in to-day's session the com¬ mittee liad heard Professor Albert Bushneil Hart, of Harvard, name was on the "important list" found ni the Iuehr papers. Professor Hart gave proofs of his anti-German atti¬ tude fron early in the -cor. though ad¬ mitting that a book he had written in 1914 showed enough sympathy for the German cause so that it might have led to his name being on the list. The committee adjourned to Captain Lester, of the Millitarj Inte gence Bureau, time for the preparath of more evidence, some of which will concern Hearst, and which is expect to be ready for presentation on Friday. Most interesting of all the Pal i Beach telegrams is one which does not bear Hearst's signatuie, but is signed "Doctor." This telegram declares thai the Zimmermann note, attempting to get Mexico and Japan to start wai upon the United States, was a ful.t. perpetrated by "a very unscrupulou Attorney General's very unscrupulous department," because \\ ilson could not repeat the "false claim" of having pri¬ vate information, which he used in the Panama Canal tolls case. Postmaster General Burleson also is described aa a House appointment, and "House has been a corporation lobbyist all his life." Cadis Burleson "Crooked" The telegram also ftontains this par¬ agraph : "Gregory and Burleson are so crooked that, as Alfred Henry Lewis used to say, one of them could lie in bed on top of the Woolworth Building and the other on the ground floor and look down and up forty-seven flights of winding stairs into each other's eye and understand each other perfectly ." With this telegram are four other; which possibly may have a bearing on the identity of the author. The time of their tiling is of importance. The "Doctor" telegram was filed at 2:40 p. 1 m. on March 2, 1917. At 2:51.', twelve j minutes later, the Palm Beach operator wired the Jacksonville office: "Have approximately 2,000 words in telegrams for 'New York American.' Can you name us a New York ckt. (cir- I cuit), please'."' I A* 2:54 p. m. a message signed Willi- j combe, the name of Hearst's private secretary, said: "S. S. Carvalho, 'New York Ameri¬ can,' New York City, will take care of letter. Wiring long message fron: chief." A message received at Palm Beach at 5:19 p. m. and signed "New \\ American'1 asked: "Have you any more editorial matter in sight roi Hearst to Mr. Carvalho-."' And at 5;4<ïsj>. m. Palm Be»çu ..- S

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Page 1: ADVER¬ TISED IN TRIBUNE GUARANTEED COILED INTHE …night by a crowd waving American Hags and Sinn Fein colors that covered the many-acred floor and tilled the high-piled galleries

ATJ, flïERCHANDISE ADVER¬TISED IN THE TRIBUNE

IS GUARANTEED

^SP*^ First tn ItFirst to Last. the Truth: News . Editorials - Advertisements

WEATHERRain or Snow and Warmer To-day;

Southwest Winds, Shifting toWert Thursday

Full Beport on Face 14

Vol. LXXVTII No. 26,323 [Copyright, 191a.Hew York Tribune Ine.J WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918 T *P T _____-___$In Greater New York and I THItfcK < KM»TWO CENTS j Wjthln commuting distan«-* | Elsewhere

COILED INTHE FLAG S-S-S-T500 Bovs of27th DivisionHome Againfirst of 'O'Ryan's Rough¬necks* Brought BackF rom t li e F rout

Wounded Happy to

See New York AgainQet Royal Greeting at

Dock as They Leave ToBe Mustered from ArmyBack in the days when the 27th Em¬

pire) Division.New York's own -was

ut Spartanburg and it seemed that theready, anxious, finely trained soldierswould nev< r get across in time to playa pari, they longed for just one houron the battlefront. Weeks and monthspassed, and there they were, prayingfor the luck that seemed to be againstthem.Two hundred of these same boys

came back to New York yesterday, arm- jleg?, legless or otherwise maimed, thefame boys who wept because theythought they'd never get a chance.They formed part of the soldier pas¬senger list of the British transportEmpress of Britain, which broughtseventy-six officers and 2,339 men intothe city yesterday, the first of a stringof soldier-laden vessels due in portwithin the next dozen hours or more.

Except for one. untoward incident,;«.hich happily was without casualties,the return of the men was an event ofunalloyed joy. This was when a ferry-boat laden with 1,500 troops tipped as

she left her slip and nearly capsized,throwing1 terror into the hearts of thethousands who watched and waved.

1'roud of NicknameMen who.make a practice of holding

:;¦ street corners used to call the same

ho are back homo wounded "tin." ¡Slow the bravest, most dar-

ing fighters in the Allied ranks callihem "O'Ryan's Roughnecks," not in

Igar sense, but in the veteranüds of such hard-bitten men as!

those from the Dominion and the Commonwealth, who fought side by sidewith them at Mont Kemmcl and St.'Quentin.Maybe some of the "tin-soldier" or¬

iginators were down at the pier yes-terday afternoon. Especially wouldthey have felt badly if they had seen

Corporal William Mitchel, a New Yorkhoy, Allen Valentine, of Rochester,»nd Harry Hughes of Brooklyn, foreach had lost an eye, yet they were

smiling and happy. And all of themwere "tin-soldiers," now members of"O'Ryan's Roughnecks."There was not one man of the

27th Division aboard t'.e ship that hadnot taken part in or had seen the oper¬ations of the division before CambraiKnd was not able to tell of the hard¬ships it was called on to endure. From.July until late October, when the bat¬tle-scarred remnant of the Empire"¡vision was ordered to rest billets,'die full fury of German attacks was

riifected at these men from New York.Many Tales of Heroism

It was this New York division whichcooperated with the French and Britisharmies in driving the Germans back"lile after mile and had them still re¬

treating when the armistice was signed.The slope of Mont Kemmel will always°e a monument to the 106th Infantry,which gave its best.Like all heroes, the 27th wounded

who returned on the British transportscaled their lips when it came to tell-"ig of their own exploits. However,!rom others aboard it was learned thatCorporal A. R. Ropp, of 537 FranklinAvenue, The Bronx, who was with the-7th Engineers, lost his left leg in'>" fighting around Le Catin. It wason October 17, while ho and otherengineers werf constructing a bridge,¦ne German artillery got the range, a

'8 f hell exploded and took off his leg.rt°PP slid down a hill, fell into a

tfeam and was dragged ashore by his""'ends just as ho was drowning.

Private Bernard Owen?, Company IT,fi Cantry, of 881 Pacific Street,

Brooklyn, was attempting to e'ean outmachine gun nest when he

He was limping about the deckr°ro the effects of operations to his

tere machine gun bullets hadlanded. Private Julian Gerst, Company;.: W6th Infantry, of 1857 Faile Street,

ronx, was shot through both legsa fierce engagement at MontSeptember 2.Has Seven Wounds

' fivatc Dominick Vallair, Company,: i.O'th Infantry, part of the old 7thpiment, whose home is 247 West,,: st Street, lost his right hand. Pri-.;';'¦'. William U. Stevens. Company K.,,->1 Infantry, of Palisades, N. J., had;

;'':i meces of shrapnel in his right,',;; "nd amputation was necessary.!Str'Vîlte Louis Sweitzen, 71 West 101st!had both hands injured by ma-.R;|x' gun bullets. John Brady, whosef engineer ai the Green-

¦: I. in Brooklyn, and whose235) Withers Street, was shot

¦¦-¦ the thigh and right leg at St.Private Elmer Murray was

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Germany, to Get Peace,Must Hold Assembly

\ MSTERDAM, Dec 10..The"i~*- "Deutsche Tageszeitung," ofBerlin, a copy of which has beenreceived here, says it learns froma reliable source that the Ententepowers will refuse to conclude a

preliminary peace treaty withGermany before the meeting of a

German national assembly.

Wireless AsksWilson to HelpFree Ireland_.

Great Crowd at MadisonSquare (»arden Shows ItIs Strongly Anti-British

Self-determination for Ireland vandemanded in thundrous shouts last!night by a crowd waving AmericanHags and Sinn Fein colors that coveredthe many-acred floor and tilled thehigh-piled galleries of Madison SquareGarden. Outside in Twenty-sixth jStreet an overflow meeting voiced asimilar demand, while a cordon of po-¦lice kept them out of the big building.

There was an anti-British flavor tothe meeting that lirst expressed itselfwhen John Finnegan's singing of the"Star-Spangled Banner" was interrupt- '(ed abruptly by the cheering of thestanding multitude at that point in theanthem which reads:And where is tiiat band who s>o vauntingly

Bwore'Mid tho havoc of war and the battle's

confusionA home and a country they'd leave us no

more ?Their blood has washed out their foul foot-

steps' pollution.Even then the wireless was crackling

out this message from the gathering toPresident Wilson somewhere on theAtlantic, on board the steamer GeorgeWashington:"Twenty-live thousand American citi-

zens, assembled in and around MadisonSquare Garden, with Cardinal O'Con-nell, of Boston, and Governor Whitman !of New York, as principal speakers,wish you-.godspeed and safe return, andurge you to demand at the peace con¬

gress self-determination for the peopleof Ireland."The message was signed by the chair¬

man, Justice John W. Goff, and the sec¬retary, Assistant District Attorney Al¬fred J.Tallcy.

Governor Whitman, in his talk, saidlittle about self-determination for Ire¬land, but a ticmendous lot of enthusi¬asm was vented at'his glowing praiseof the 69th Regiment.

Cardinal O'Connell's entrance, es¬corted by an honor guard that includedsome men in evening clothes and stillothers garbed as Irish bag pipers,brought every one. in the hall to theirfeet in a wild demonstration of en¬thusiasm that was nut equalled during!the evening until in his speech be de-clarcd: 1"Lut the test of sincerety be Ireland.¡

Then we will be convinced that truthstill lives."

Seated in the front row before the;high platform draped in the green,orange and white Sein Féin colors was-United States Marshal Thomas Mc-!Carthy.The marshal, however, was there in

his official capacity and not as a Mc-]Carthy. lie took a chair and placed itin the centre aisle, in continuation of Jthe front row of scat?, and listenedcarefully to the speeches, with is handsfolded during most of the oratory.

Handbills printed in green ink, dis-1tributad by "New York American" em-ployes, promised a "full report" of themeeting in a future edition of theHearst publication.

Ovation for CardinalCardinal O'Connell was easily the

hero of the evening, and his everymove and phrase was an excuse forcheering. He said that in finally yield¬ing to repeated urgent invitations toattend "this significant meeting" hehad listened to the voice of duty alone."As the case was presented to me,"

continued the churchman, "it becameclear to my mind that to stay awaywould be tantamount to the evasionof a grave obligation to my faith, mycountry and my race." iAt a later point in his speech he

said:"The war can be justified only by

the universal application of those prin-ciples (self-determination). Let thatapplication begin with Ireland.

"Ireland is the oldest nation and the !longest sufferer. If these principlesare not applied in her case, no matterwhat else may be done, there will beno complete justice, no genuine sin-cerity believable, and the war, notbringing justice, will not bring peace."

Cheers lor ResolutionJustice Edward J. Gavegan read a

resolution with a long preamble thatwas adopted by a rising vote thatended in a cheer. The resolution urgedPresident Wilson to "declare at thepeace conference that the people of Ire-land should, as a matter of right andjustice, be governed only in accordancewith their consent ami that the will ofthe majority, ascertained by a plebis¬cite of the adult population, be adoptedas the sovereign will of the people,instead of the present foreign will offorce."Others who spoke and who occupied !

positions of prominence on the plat-form were Judge Daniel F. Cohalan,John Dcvoy, editor o!" "The GaelicAmerican"; Vicar General Mooney, ofthe Archdiocese of New York; JamesP. Hastings, secretary of the UnitedIrish American societies; and at leastone member of the 69th, who limpedto the stand after the meeting began.This man wore a wound stripe andservice stripes indicating at least one

year in 1' ranee.Held over the heads of the crowd in

Twenty-sixth Street were numerousblack-lettered cardboard signs. One of'these read: "Ireland Is the Test ofAmerica's Sincerity in the War." An¬other: "Is Not Ireland as Entitled toFreedom as Other Small Nations?"One asked: "What About Self Deter¬mination for Ireland Ï"

Joffe AdmitsHe Aided PlotOf Berlin Reds

Bolshevik Minister SaysBarth, Haase, LedebonrPlanned Reign of Terror

Had Supply of Firearms

Seditious Literature WasSpread to Put Germany inSame Plight as Russia

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 10. AdolphJoffe, former Ambassador to Germanyof the Russian Bolshevik government,who when recently accused of circulaiing seditious literature in Germany de¬nied it, not only admits it now in a

telegram received here, but glories inthe achievement.He declares the literature was circu¬

lated "through the good offices of theIndependent Socialists," and makes thefurther declaration that a number ofweapons were handed over to HerrBarth, secretary of the Independent So¬cial Democratic party and a member ofthe Ebert Cabinet.

Got Vast Sum for Arms

Instead of receiving 105,000 marks($26,260) for the purchase of arms,Joffe says he received "several hun¬dred thousand marks," and adds:

"I claim for myself the honor ofhaving devoted all my powers to thesuccess of the German

#revolution

throughout my activities, which wereCarried on in agreement with the In¬dependent Socialist Ministers Haasc,Barth and others."H is known in Berlin that Haasc,

Barth, Ledcbour and other Indepen¬dents were friendly with Joffe, butthis telegram gives the first disclosurethat they actively headed the Bol¬shevik ambassador's plan to introduceRussian methods into Germany.

Planned Proletariat RuleA further illustration of the Inde¬

pendents' sympathy with Bolshevik-methods is reported by Adolph Hoff¬mann, one of the Independent leader?,who in a speech on Sunday, after de¬claring his opposition to a ConstituentAssembly, said:

"If the elections do not give the So¬cialists a majority the National As¬sembly must be dispersed and a dicta¬torship of the proletariat must beestablished."Hoffmann, although a professed

atheist and unlettered, is Minister ofEducation in Prussia, which post hasjurisdiction over the churches.

Scheidemann SaysHe Will Resign if

Chaos is ContinuedBERLIN, Dee. 9 (By The. Associated

Press).."I will not put up with theseconditions another week. I will getout," declared Philipp Scheideinann, a

member of the government, in a speechto-day defending the government andhimself against the attacks of theSpartacus group. Scheidemann de¬clared that the government had 00 percent of the German population behindit, but, "nevertheless, it is sitting on a

powder keg."He added that Georg Ledcbour, a

Radical leader, had obstructed the for¬mation of a Cabinet for thirty-sixhours. After the revolution Dr. KarlLiebknecht, the Radical leader, wantedto join the Cabinet, but only for threedays. The speaker described Lieb¬knecht as a "person" who lacked "ev¬ery sense of responsibility."

Menace in Spartacus GroupScheidemann said he regretted the

occurrences of Friday, but declaredthey worn a natural consequence ofthe appeals made by the Spartacusgroup to the masses to arm themselvesand overthrow the government.

"Socialization along the lines de¬manded by the incompetents," Scheide¬mann added, "would ruin industry andtrade. If we remain longer in thisrevolutionary crisis we are lost beyondhope of rescue and wo will not havea piece of bread. If the people do notcome to their senses they will bobrought to their senses by the Ameri¬cans."A groi^p of Spartacus party adher¬

ents, headed by Dr. Karl Liebknecht,made a demonstration last night be¬fore the Chancellor's palace, now theheadquarters of the government.

Crowd Demands Barth

The crowd clamored for the appear¬ance of Herr Barth, Secretary of theIndependent Social-Democratic partyand Secretary for Social Policy in theEbert Ministry. He is a former mem¬

ber of the Spartacus group of whomthe remaining Spartaeides are suspi¬cious.

In answer to tho clamor SecretaryBarth appeared at a window and ad¬dressed the crowd. He said that ifhe could meet Dr. Liebknecht in a pub¬lic hall for a straight talk Liebknechtwould afterward not 'have a singleworkman behind him. !!c declared

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Wilson FleetOutruns Gale,Passes Azores

Brest Plans Big WelcomeFriday, With French War¬ships Escorting Parly In

Mimic 'Sub' Hunt StagedPresident, on the Liner's

Bridge, Sees Destroyer Ma-nceuvre and Drop Bombs

BREST, France, Dec. 10 (.',. p. m.)(By The Associated Press)..Thesteamship George Washington, carry-ing President Wilson and the Ameri¬can delegates to the peace congress atParis, was reported by the naval wire¬less as passing the Azores at 1 o'clock

'this afternoon. All on board werewell after the stormy weather throughwhich the Presidential lfncr passed.

Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of;the President, arrived in Brest to-dayto meet the Presidential party. She,will accompany the party to Paris.

Preparations for receiving PresidentWilson here now have been completed.1The city is fairly humming with ex-

pectancy.The progress of each step taken by

the American visitors now is followedwith eager interest. The first planof sending an American dreadnoughtfleet seaward has been changed.

French Ships to Participate IAccording to the new plan, the fleet

v ill go out early Friday morning toen-counter the American party a short jdistance olí the coast and accompanyit to port.French warships also will take For¬

eign Minister Pichón, Minister ofMarine Leygucs and Andre Tardicu,head of the general commission forFranco-American war questions, forthe first greetings by an exchange ofsalutes.

Freneh officers arrived hern to-dayfrom Paris to make iinal arrangementswith the local authorities for thePresident;« landing.The George Washington' draws too

much water to enter the inner harbor,so the President's ship and the entirefleet of warships will anchor in theouter harbor about a mile off shore.I

Americans to Greet ThemAn American party, consisting of

General Perilling, General Bliss, Ad-mirai- William S. Benson, AdmiralHenry B. Wilson and Colonel E, ftf.House, will then board the liner andbring the President and Mrs. Wilsonashore aboard a naval tug.The landing will be made at Quay

No. 3, where the French ministers willextend a formal welcome to the Ameri¬can President as he sets foot on Frenchsoil.The George Washington is expected

to arrive about noon Friday. The! landing of President, Wilson is plannedfor 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and heis expected to arrive in Paris at 10p'clock Saturday morning.This schedule would leave less than

an hour for ceremonies here, whichnecessarily will be restricted, although.he Breton peasantry is gatheringfrom miies around to give Mr. Wilsonan enthusiastic greeting.

Crowds to Assemble

The President will drive direct fromthe quay to the depot, passing alongthe Cours Dajot, a splendid terraceoverlooking the harbor. The populace;and soldiers and sailors will be massedalong the course, and if time permitsthere will be a brief address of wel¬come by the Mayor and a response bythe President.The Presidential train will proceed

slowly, stopping for several hours dur-mg the night so as to arrive at the;Paunhinc station in Paris exactly at10 o'clock Saturday morning.'

Wilson Sees Mimic "Sub" HuntON BOAKP UNITED STATES SHIP

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec. 0 (6/'. m.} (By wireless to The AssociatedPress).- President Wilson stood on'the bridge of the George Washingtonthis afternoon and saw a United States'destroyer stage a thrilling demonstra-tion of the work of repulsing a sub-marino at tack.A touch of realism was given by the

drill of the men on board the linerand the convoying ships. The greatliner was gliding through the tropical;waters like a chip on a duckpond whenbugles and alarm bells; called the mento battle stations. President Wilson!was taken to the bridge by CaptainMcCauley so that he might get a bet¬ter view of the demonstration.A destroyer which had been lagging'

far astern sudden,y leaped forward,her tunnels vomiting smoke and whitaspray dashing from her bow as she!tore through the water at 30 knots.

Depth Bombs DroppedAs the destroyer came abeam of the

liner depth bombs were dropped andgreat geysers were thrown high Titothe air as the warship zigzagged its

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editorial pflf^'e' the'verses of the Star jSpangled, Banner ae

or initially written.- , Please ketp .standing in %he eveningpnperfl trie verses ¡a*inted in American r produced from Har-

per»¿ Weekly aurin,^ Civil War and referring tó shipmentof arms by England to trie Sautn.

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rOR ANS n . £Facsimiles made by the photostat process of messages sent by "The American's" owngr to bis

representative here. The messages were introduced in the Senate propaganda inquiry at Washington yes¬terday. The cartoon referred to was drawn by Winsor McCay exactly as outlined by Hearst and wasprinted in "The American" with the caption, "It Is a Dreadful Mistake to Blind Ourselves to Japan'sPlots and Her Preparations Against Us."

Marshall PresidesAt Cabinet SessionBy Wilson Request

Vice-President Carries 0>itWishes Expressed BeforeHe Sailed and in W irelessMessage Sent From Ship

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Vice-Pres¬ident Marshall presided over to-day'sCabinet meeting following a wirelessrequest from President Wilson, whois en route to Europe, and set, accord¬ing to the White House staff, a new

precedent in the conduct of Americanexecutive affairs- No other Vice-Pres¬ident, so far as records show, ever pre¬sided at a Cab:;.et session.

In taking his teat "Mr. Marshall setat rest any theories that he might beacting as President. He said lie was

attending the gathering "informallyand impersonally, not undertaking toexercise any official duty or function."This summary of his statement was

given out at the White House:"In assuming the chair and presid-

ing over what is known as a meetingof the Cabinet. I deem it proper tomake a brief statement so that my'conduct ireed not be misunderstood nor

misinterpreted. I am here and am act¬

ing in obedience to the request pre¬ferred by the President upon the eveof his departure, and also at your re-

aue¡ t. But I am here, informally andper: onally. I am not undertaking toexercise any official duty or function.I snail preside in an unofficial and in¬formal way over your meeting-; out ofdeference to your desires and those ofthe President."Before going to the White House,

Mr. Marshall explained that the Presi¬dent, before departing for Europe, hadasked him to preside at the Cabinetmeetings and had repeated the requestby wireless from the George Washing¬ton.

No Wireless Sent to ShipMr. Marshall made it plain that he

had no idea of exercising the functionsof the President.No business requiring the attention

of the President developed at theCabinet, it was said, and the wirelesscarried no message from it to thePresidential ship George Washington.The Cabinet meeting was the last

which Secretary McAdoo will attend,as he will Vie succeeded next Mondayby Carter Glas:

Mr. McAdoo bade farewell to mem¬bers of the Cabinet and attaches ofthe executive offices, although he willrcpiain in Washington until January): or until his ¡-.ueccssor as DirectorGeneral of Hailroads is appointed.

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Johnson RefusesTo Serve With Hearst

Publisher's Presence on Com¬mittee to Greet Troops

Called "Insult"Robert Underwood Johnson, in a let¬

ter to Mayor Hylan last night, declinedto serve on the committee of welcometo homecoming troops. He said:

"In ordinary circumstances I shouldesteem this appointment a great honorand should loyally respond to any de¬mand of service it required, as I havedone in many similar instances underformer mayors of the city. I am, how-ever, obliged, in self-respect, to declinethe appointment."My reason for doing this is that

the honor of such an appointment isvitiated by the inclusion in your com¬mittee of William Randolph Hearst.whose sinister attitude from August,1914, toward his country and towardthj principles for which her allies werefighting is a matter or public record,

¡ so conspicuous, indeed, as to make hisappointment on such a committee aninsult, not only to our gallant soldiers,for whom, under whatever auspices,America will have an overflowing wel¬come, but to every self-respecting citi¬zen of the country."This welcome, moreover, should notbe tainted by an endeavor to rehabili¬tate the public reputation of any man."

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Ordered Brisbane, ManWho "Writes What HePleases," to VigorouslyAssail Espionage Bill

Hoisted Flag,'ThenAssailed President

Called Wilson Dictator,Pictured a MonarchyAhead and Suggested"Yellow Peril" Cartoon

Sew York TribuneWashington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10..WilliamRandolph Hearst's directions for theeditorial policy of his papers; an or¬

der to Arthur Brisbane who testified."I write what I please and Mr. Hearstprints what he pleases"; directions .'ordisplaying the flag and printing the.'Star-Spangled Banner" on the pagesof his papers; orders to print andthen not to permit a sympathetic mes

sago from Germany; a protest fromCaleb M. Van Hamm, managing editorof "The New York American," againstthe Hale telegrams, which, so far asthe records show, went unansweredthese and other activities of the Hearstorganization in the ten days fromFebruary '-'1 to March 5, 1917, whilethe country was on the verge of war,were revealed here to-day.Major E. Lowry Humes, counsel tyrthe Overman Senate Committee in¬

vestigating German propaganda, putinto the record a scries of thirty-twotelegrams sent and received by Hearstat Palm Beach during that period.Photostat copies of the originals weríiled with the committee. This is theevidence which was held out yesterdayDy an objection of Senator King, ofUtah, as to their relevancy.

Professor Hart TestifiesEarlier in to-day's session the com¬

mittee liad heard Professor AlbertBushneil Hart, of Harvard,name was on the "important list" foundni the Iuehr papers. Professor Hartgave proofs of his anti-German atti¬tude fron early in the -cor. though ad¬mitting that a book he had written in1914 showed enough sympathy for theGerman cause so that it might haveled to his name being on the list.The committee adjourned to

Captain Lester, of the Millitarj Integence Bureau, time for the preparathof more evidence, some of which willconcern Hearst, and which is expectto be ready for presentation on Friday.Most interesting of all the Pal i

Beach telegrams is one which does notbear Hearst's signatuie, but is signed"Doctor." This telegram declares thaithe Zimmermann note, attempting toget Mexico and Japan to start waiupon the United States, was a ful.t.perpetrated by "a very unscrupulouAttorney General's very unscrupulousdepartment," because \\ ilson could notrepeat the "false claim" of having pri¬vate information, which he used in thePanama Canal tolls case. PostmasterGeneral Burleson also is described aaa House appointment, and "House hasbeen a corporation lobbyist all hislife."

Cadis Burleson "Crooked"The telegram also ftontains this par¬

agraph :

"Gregory and Burleson are so crookedthat, as Alfred Henry Lewis used tosay, one of them could lie in bed ontop of the Woolworth Building and theother on the ground floor and lookdown and up forty-seven flights ofwinding stairs into each other's eyeand understand each other perfectly ."With this telegram are four other;

which possibly may have a bearing onthe identity of the author. The timeof their tiling is of importance. The"Doctor" telegram was filed at 2:40 p.1 m. on March 2, 1917. At 2:51.', twelvej minutes later, the Palm Beach operatorwired the Jacksonville office:"Have approximately 2,000 words in

telegrams for 'New York American.'Can you name us a New York ckt. (cir-I cuit), please'."'

I A* 2:54 p. m. a message signed Willi-j combe, the name of Hearst's privatesecretary, said:

"S. S. Carvalho, 'New York Ameri¬can,' New York City, will take care ofletter. Wiring long message fron:chief."A message received at Palm Beach

at 5:19 p. m. and signed "New \\American'1 asked: "Have you any moreeditorial matter in sight roiHearst to Mr. Carvalho-."'And at 5;4<ïsj>. m. Palm Be»çu ..-

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