The Salt Lake Herald-Republican from Salt Lake City, Utah • 1

Intermountain Republican Salt Lake Herald Vol 183 No 24 HUNS MAY TURN ARMIES AGAINST AUSTRIA AS SPLIT OVER RUSSIAN PROBLEM WIDENS Salt Lake Smelter Settlements Lead 700 (N 712) Silver oSygC oz A Quality Newspaper' ZIH uSLAJ vOC HzbJEiJEr air and Scpiare i the weather gy A I I I Jflir A rcT 1 'B 'l Ejrl 1111 vl vziro I Zinc (t ijouisj castf a mo nM wf ww SlHJt Tnke Citv Utah Thursday Morning ebruary 28 1918 Price ive Cents 4 5 NIPPONESE WASHINGTON HEARS JAPAN ASKS DIPLOMATS ALLIES' AID SERIOUS BREAK IGURE IN IK IKON 4 BETWEEN EMPERORS HINDU ELSE SIBERIA JW Would Hold Vladivostok to Prevent Supplies Sent Rus ore the Poet Implicated si a bv America rom all ight but Regiments Yield Without Resistance Is the by Intercepted Documents Word Sent to United States by War Correspondent EVIDENCE IS CLIMAX ATTITUDE TO CONSPIRACY TRIAL ON PLAN UNDIVULGED Germans Shown as inan YEAR IN JAIL IS feel With Woman the Czechs Supply im Marshall Miss Emelia Lumpert (at left) and Miss Mary ri re money the Public tank tofore nvR AID REPUBLICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY (Continued on Page 4 Section 2) (Continued on page 2) gove the and not the of it this un con STARTLING EVIDENCE OERED BY ACCUSED time from con were Austrian Refusal to Assist in Russian Invasion Is Cause too Salt Lake Society Girls Leave Tomorrow for Service There Asserts He Saw Millionaire i i i With Small orce rom Those in Philippines to which are still in modifying tude German and Austrian fronts A good dead of accumulation was removed but on the docks even in the and at point The mat erial deterioration fc the principal territory in ronr the this subject appea rs real estate agent Mrs Alafgaret SENTENCE OR BLACKMAILER of American engineers made extraor dinary efforts to improve the facilities of the Siberian railroad so that these stores could be transported westward orcible Coercion Is Near Says an Official Dispatch Russian Soldiers Refuse to Resist Workmen Ready to were delivered long before the Bolshe vik! took possession of the Kusslin Present and ormer Pre London Dentes German Claim London eb 27 The Japanese naval attache here declared today that the German official report so far as it con cerns the Haruna pr any Japanese cruiser is without foundation The British admiralty also Increase Is Shown in British Shipping Losses for Last Week Londop eb 27 In a dispatch filed at Petrograd yesterday a correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph 'Company Sags that Germans operating in the re gion of Pskov inquired of the German general Hoffmann whether in viewov Russia's acceptance of the German peace terms they should continue to advance General Hoffmann the dis patch says replied in the affirmative Luga half way between Pskov and Petrograd has been occupied by the Germans" according to an unconfirmed rumor a Reuter dispatch from etro cers of Indian Revolt in Se Misses Marshall and Lum pert Given Active Roles in War Cause great quantities remain niul in warehouses and open both at Vladivostok westerly on the railroad suffers greatly from through exposure but matter of concern to the allies is the danger that tlie stores shall fall into the hands of the Germans who may make their delivery a condition of any peace treaty which they may compel the Bolsheviki to sign Jap a Invites Co operation Tliis situation is regarded by the Japanese as warranting military action on their part They are quite willing to have the co operation of the entente and American forces and the problem now before the cobelligerents is whether Japan shall be allowed to pro ceed single handed if such a campaign is begun or whether there shall be joint operations It Jias been argued that fchere should be a combination movement avoid any question as to the ultimate disposition of occupied leave prepared to handle operator might ne even in strenuous Cruisers Available tone of the discussion in official Washington that while the entente incline favorably to a joint campaign with Japan in siberni they are faced with the obstacle that prac tically none lias any ships or troops available for an Asiatic campaign Tliis statement does not apply however to America which not only has some powerful cruisers with large crews and marine contingents row in Asiatic waters but in addition has about 20000 troops in the Philippines and two full battalions about 900 strong in China and on the railroad where they could be rushed quickly into Siberia While that American force vould be insignificant compared to the participation of the American troops in the campaign would serve to main tain it's international' character The Russian representatives? in Washington strongly disapprove of any campaign in Siberia conducted un der Japanese auspices even though there be joint operations urging the belief that the Bolsheviki elements struggling for control at Vladivostok ccuser of Atlanta Mayor Declares He Did Not Ask Russian Soldiers Quit Workers JUant to ight larger part in the war is said to have been i nQ ucnfial in bringing about the negotiations Officials here refuse to discuss subject for publication but it is derstood that so tar as America is cernetl the broached was The dispatch refers to the meeting between Emperor Charles and Kaiser Wilhelm ebruary 22 and says there seems little doubt that a serious con flict has arisen between the two na tions which Germany is determined to settle bv violent measures if necessary Coercion by Arms orecast The dispatch 1 I jaid a visit to Wilhelm El ebruary 2 2 Ludendorff was present at the interview If we are to' judge from tlie tone of the interview it must have been lacking in cordiality There seems to be little doubt but what a serious conflict has broken out during the week between the courts of Vienna and Berlin a conflict which Germany is determined to settle if need be by violent measures international situation of the dual monarchy is such that the Vienna government in order to avert a catas trophe has been obliged to distinguish by means of public declarations its own policy from that of Germany The re port that at the conferences of eb ruary 14 and Ludendorff had deciiled to pax no attention to the Russian demobilization and to prepare gain tlie conflict on the east stir throughout It was not simply the dis the front caused a great Austria senting nationalities Slovenes or the Poles who do not de sire to fight any more but it is the mass of the population of German origin who refuse to sacrifice them selves any longer to assure the triumph of Prussian imperialism Austria Holds Ouftof War official note of the loth had announced that Austria for her part would continue to consider the war as terminated with Russia and would ab stain from taking part in the opera tions planned by the German command A second note of the 19th repeated the same statement When asked to give further particulars at tlie sitting of the chamber on tlie 22d the Austrian pre mier formally stated: words uttered by different deputies have proved that the explana tion which has been furnished up to the present by me have not been suffi ciently explicit I repeat therefore that Austria Hungary 'will participate in no way in the military action which is now being carried on by Germany against Russia I repeat that there is no question of having our troops penetrate into Ukratnia with whom we are at peace I repeat that the armis tice exists between Austria Hungary and Rumania and' that we are only considering entering as early as pos sible into peace conversations with tliis count declarations are serious Without a doubt in his speech on eb ruary 19 Seydler pleaded his fidelity to the alliance But more and more Germany runs the risk of seeing Aus tria and after her Bulgaria and Tur key take a positive attitude and prac tically withdrawing from the struggle witness as spectators the continuation of makes the announcement that it has leased The Herald Republican and its property to the Tele gram Publishing Company that the Telegram Company on March 1' 1918 and thereafter issue publish and deliver The Herald Repub lican to each subscriber every morning as lierc Mav Send Cruisers A number of British subjects have left Petrograd for home during the past week The embassies still remain there The Bolsheviki continue extremely busy enrolling men gathering and shipping arms and supplies and in oth er defense activities A dispatch from Moscow says that 70000 revolutionary Atlanta Ga eb 2 7 One year at hard labor in the chain gang and a fine of J1000 the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor was the sentence posed in the county court here today upon AV Cook a indicted jointly with Hirsch wife of Hirsch an insur ance man for an attempt to blackmail Asa Candler Atlanta's 67 year old multi millionaire mayor for $500000 Mrs Hirsch will be placed on trial day The Jury deliberated less than an hour and the trial consumed quite eight hours Before noon state had virtually completed its through the testimony of Mr Caridler and orest Adair who acted as Cand ler's agent in dealing with Cook and Mrs Hirsch TJie defense depended on a brief statement by Cook himself Pending decision on his motion for a new trial bond was placed at $3000 in default of which he was manded to jail Woman Is Unconcerned The courtroom was crowded spectators including many women children Mrs Hirsch who is 38 years old entered court wearing a heavy veil but after taking her seat with counsel for Cook she removed it and smiled and nodded to those about her in an unconcerned manner Cook told the jury that he at no sought to procure' any Mayor Candler and that the two ferences he had with orest Adair at the solicitation He told of seeing Mrs Hirsch go to the mayor's office on two occasions and of patch ing through the letetr slot in the door He said he once saw them in a com promising' position and that while he was at the door Mrs Hirsch rushed over arid opened it He saw a garment on the floor which he picked up He displayed to the jury what he claimed was the same garment Mayor Denies Improper Acts Mayor Candler told of meeting Airs Hirsch in connection with charity work and of her visiting" his office to discuss such work He said he never had made any improper advances to her and that on ier last visit after she had removed her coat arid hat while he was inves tigating her statement that a man was looking in the window lie started to go to another office in the same building and met Cook outside the door Adair told of a conference with Airs Hirsch ebruary 12 at which Asa Candler Jr was present Airs Hirsch he asserted asked for $500000 for her self and $5000 to pay her debts Cook he said had been the first one to suggest a money payment that having been at a previous conference Adair said his object in carrying on the negotiations was to secure evidence BOMB IS PLANTED AND GUARD BEATEN Newburgh eb 27 An at tempt to blow up machinery in the plant of the Newburgh Shipyards com pany here today was frustrated Jjut only after a guard had picked up a bomb and hurled it out of danger It exploded and did some damage but not enough to delay work at the plant The bomb was1 placed under a com pressor machine in one of tlie build ings by a stranger who escaped after beating the guard WillianiiHogan who discovered him near the machine and demanded his badge The man was bending over and suddenly straightened up struck the guard over the head with a club Hogan was dazed but on recovering from the blow started his search which resulted in discovering a suspicious looking ob ject under the reposition when first not wholly acceptablehanges on the subject over 1800 tons In the preceding nineteen British merchantmen sent to the 110110111 cret Papers Introduced by United States Prosecutor TEUTON MARINE TOLL EIGHTEEN WASHINGTON" eb 27 urther evidence of tlie growing strain in re lations between Germany and Austria over the refusal of the latter to participate in the renewed attack upon Russia is given in an official dis patch received' here todny from rance It quotes 1he Austrian premier as formally reiterating ebruary 22 that Austria Hungary will take no part in military action against Russia or Rumania and will not send her troops into L'krainia Txjinlbn eb 27 Eighteen British merchantmen were sunk by mine 01 submarine in tlie past week according to the British admiralty report tonight Of these fourteen were vessels of 1 GOO tons or over and four were under that tonnage Seven fishing vessels also Ic The losses to British shipyilng last week show a considerable increase over the previous week when the vessels destroyed' numbered fifteen twelve of hem weelc were The of all "Some where in is tlie destination of two SaltJTake girls Alary Marshall and Emelia Lumpert who leave tomorrow to play an active role in tlie greatest of all world war dramas Aliss Marshall the daughter of for mer United States District Judge John A Marshall and Aliss Lympert a na tive of Switzerland hut for tlie last four years a resident of Salt Lake ap plied last for enrollment in the signal corps as telephone operators A week ago they received orders to re port at Trenton the coiicentra ion point for tlie war telephone girls rqpi there they will go to an Atlantic seaport for embarkation to rance and "oyer Undergo Strict Training Since filing their applications Aliss Marshall and Aliss Lumpert have been receiving active training as telephone operators at the training school of tlie Mountain States Telephone Tele graph Neither had knowl edge of the telephone switchboard and its intricacies but after a month everything that an called upon to do uni rfa rn lenhnn Both Salt Lake girls keenly desired to do something to help win the war and when they heard of the demand for telephone operators in rance they immediately filed their applications for service Each speaks and understands the rench language and their appli cations won quick attention from the signal" corps officers Both Are Society Girls 'Although they do not know tTieir final destination both hope and expect to see service near the battle fields They may however have to spend some time in intensive training in Paris or some other rench city Aliss Marshall and Miss Lumpert were given a farewell dinner by tlie staff of the local telephone training school last week Miss Marshall is well kndwn in Salt Eake society circles as is Miss Lum pert The latter is a graduate of tle Weber academy at Ogden stated that no British cruiser had been dam aged by the Wolf adding: value of the rest of the report may be gauged from S'a AN CI SCO eb he United States goverinnOnt "made public here today intercepted German diplomatic correspondence intended to show how German machinations car ried a band of so called Hindu plot ters into the private audiences of min isters and statesmen and financed lav ishly their aims toward revolution in British Secret papers introduced by the gov ernment purported to show that Sir Rabindranath Tagore British knight and winner of the Aybel prize for poetry had enlisted the interest of Counts Okuma and Terauchi former premier and premier respectively in tlie movement to establish an indepen dent government in India The inter cepted correspondence however was indefinite as to the connections be tween the Japanese statesmen and the alleged Hindu conspirators The name of Wu Ting ang former Chinese min ister to the United States also was mentioned in the documents as one of the with whom Sir Rabindra nath had obtained a friendly interview The papers were all introduced by the government in closing its case against tlie thirtv defendants charged with fo menting a revolution against a friendly Accuinulat ed tary supplies of all kinds much American manufacture and even great Tanker Is Torpedoed Ph i 1 n1 nl nli i a eb 2 i steamer Santa Alaria has been torpe doed and sunk off the Irish coast ac cording to a cable received here today The crew was saved Tlie Santa Alaiia was of 8300 dead weight and was owned by the Sun company of Phila delphia 35 Ships Sunk ly Wolf Berlin eb The German raider Wolf which has returned to a home port after raiding entente shipping in the Pacific destroyed at least thirty five vessels it was officially announced today Some of the steamships it is stated were loaded with English troops and the sinkings therefore caused a corresponding loss of human life iiiir Into Hands TI7 ASHINGTON eb 2 has directed inquiries to be en tente powers and the United States government to test their towards a proposal io institute joint military operations in Siberia to bine the vast quantities of war supplies stored at Vladivostok and along the Siberian railroad Criticism at home poxver Interview Are Recorded The correspondence sent on from Washington xvas dated for the most part at Rye at one time the summer headquarters of the German embassv It recounted alleged favor able interviews that Tagore had with Okuma and Terauchi the difficulties Wu Ting ang found in acting favor ably because of the influence of Dr Sun Yat Sen former president of China and revealed the hitherto hidden source of Hindu funds The correspondence xvas intercepted by the British censors Most of the messages were in cryptic phrases Mystery surrounds the iden tity of the authors as only one of them was signed That one was signed by Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States and xvas addressed to Alfred Zimmermann former Germany secretary of stae foreign affairs It is known that tills (Continued on page 2) US miers Wu Ting ang Ta yflR MMK 'M 'fcar yMSHL SHMl SMi Act With the Japanese i JM i MIK 'ST Japan SI yip Ifctsk BMaEMMOiV 5 s' jg Vf wHHBk rf fJrMflJ uU I Lew ess may result atn 4 Mxi wi 1 1 1 i Stork IK gw a ostok are mill fc Mg 8 inMr mm i I.