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TOM, wawKl, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1918.
NO. 2483.
CAP’T VON RINTELEN SENTENCED
CONSPIRACY PLANT
BOMBS IN VESSELS
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Captain
Franz von Rintelen and eleven
German associates were today
found guilty of conspiring to plant
explosive bombs on vessels carry
ing ammunitions and supplies to
the powers at war with Germany
and her allies.
[Von Rintelen was the only one
sentenced today. He was senten
ced to eighteen months in the pen
itentiary and fined the sum of two
thousand dollars.
,The offenses for which von Rin
telen and his associates were tried
wore committed prior to the en
trance of the United States into the
present conflict.
Captain Franz von Rineelen was
no ordinary G roan soldier but
one of the most highly trained ex
ports of the German secret service.
He was a man highly bred, posses
sed a wide and intensive kuowledge
of finance, of military strategy and
diplomacy. Was admirably fitted
to win favor among men even at
the moment he was betraying them
Nest to von Popen and Boy Ed he i
was held by the German Foreign
office to bo the smoothest of all the
secret sei-vice agents in America.
Von Kintelen brought to his assists
ance all the resources of the scein
tist, toldier and stateman together
with the cunning and trickery of
the finished thief. He was picked
as one of tho leaderj to head the
underground war fare of Germany
in tho United States. HiB work
was to overtoo the starting of
strikes in munition factories, the
blowing up of bridges, canals, plots
to plant bombs amongst the car
goes in the holds ct ships and any
thing that would in any way tend
to hinder transportation of sup
plies to the Allies also to aid In
stirring up sedition between Ger
man-Americans and Americans of
other decent. He was protected in
his work by diplomatic immunity,
being attached to the staff of Count
von Berntorff, the German Ambas
sador, and had unlimited funds
which he proceedod to spend lav
ishly. Before commencing his pre
sent sentence he must first serve
out two years for having been con
nected with the plot to blow up
Wliiland Canal and so cripple com
merce on tbe Great Lakes in 19 J 5.
At the time of his arrest Mac.
Nordica, the grand opera singer,
indignantly denied that he was
guilty. After he was proven
guilty Mae. Nordica wrecked her
oepratic career on the American
stage by boldly defending her
husband and claiming that he only
did his duty for the Fatherland.
URGE WILSON TO
NEGOTIATE PEACE
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—The social
ist headquarters today made public
a leaolution demanding that Pre
sident Wilson and Congress nego
tiate immediate peace statement.
That the government at this time
should demonstrato to the people
of the country its willingness to
enter peace negotiations which are
now imperative and that the pre
sent situation calls for more than
a /near statement of war aims and
peace terms. Prof. Scott Nearing
said that the socialist vote recently
polled in New York and other Am
erican cities is a demand that we
at least keep sane and, above ail,
it is a reminder that there are such
things as American liberties and
an American constitution that gua
rantees the right of the people tc
discuss, not some, but all the
things which concorn them "Twice
the United States has forgotten
this. The first time was, I think,]
in 1798, when we passed the sedi-|
lion act and gave the people a
choice between jail and silence.
That smashed the great party
of Washington, Hamilton and Jay,
and we have been looking for the
pieces of the Federal party ever
since. The second time was in
’61, as I remember, arhen Lincoln,
at ibe advice cf Stanton, r. man
of the stuff kaisers are made of,
put the United States under mar
tial law. The next fall the great
States of New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois
turned on Lincoln and went Demo
cratic. An action which came with
in an ace of breaking down the
Northern cause, for on account of
INSTRUCTIONS FROM
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. B.—
The Federal Food Administration
today notified all State Food Ad
ministrators that hereafter all pa
trons of hotels, restaurants, clubs
and dining cars, must be restricted
to two ounces of wheat bread or
four ounces of bread mado from
corn, oats or bran.
The Food Administration holds
that this ration is entirely ample
when served with the other articles
which go to make a meal.
OUT THE NEWS RIGHT. UEA.it
THE WORKER.
NO GOAL FAMINE
CITY NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY, Feb. fi.—
It wag reported today that this city
is in no danger of a coal famine.
The city has practically no stor
age facilities, and muct be ocn
teut to have its supplies shipped in
in. small consignsments, keeping
only a few tors ahead of actual
daily needs. Philadelphia and
other cities must do the same
this repudiation cf Lincoln, Eng
land was almost persuaded to re
cognize the Confodcrr.cy.
"The Socialist campaign, largely
fought cn the issue of freedom of
speech and resulting in a 400 per
cent gain, should make our politi
cians pause, lest they furnish a
third example of the fact that Am
erica is after all ceentially Amer
ican.” While the Socialists were
making demands on the national
Government they ulao remembered
Alice Paul, Roeo Winslow and the
other suffragists who are at pre
cept languishing in, what is claim
ed to be a foul 17th century jail,
for picketting tho White Houso
while attempting to secure the
rigiits they shtnld be entitled to as
[citizens of a free country.
thing. There will be enough an
thracite to go around, is wa3 said
at the fuel administration, if con
sumers will wait until it can get
sent to them.
“Us assertion v/as made in
spite of the fact that labor condi
tions are bad in the anthracite re
gion, and that tho consumption of
hard coal is tremendously increas
ed. Pejple who formerly burned
soft coal aro using more anthracite
than ever, it was said.
Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
and repaired at the Nome Tailoring
Co., .next door to Segerstrom and
Hagen's.
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Anything in ate live at Job work
•t the Industrial Worker Office.
Satisfaction assured.
Customer (annoyed) I wish to
leturn the Paper-cutter, it is not
Ivory, as represented.
Clerk.—Not Ivory Madam? I
can’t understand that unless the
walrus had fatso teeth.
Let ns estimate on four Job Work
CONGRESS DISCUSSING
SEND MORE TROOPS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.—
John Franklin Miller formerly
Mayor of Seattle, now United
States Representative from the
State of Washington has just re
turned from a trip to France where
he has been making an extenslvo
investigation wHh regards as to
the real conditions obtaining at
tho front. Miller stated to the
House that beforo America could
begin to have her hopes realized
she must have at least threo mil
lion men on the firing line and
should have five million. He :
claimed that Americans should not
be lulled to sleep by any hopes of
a German revolution for there was i
absolutely no chance for lho war ]
to bo wen in that way. Miller '
claimed that at the present time i
Germany has 9,000,000 perfectly i
equipped men mostly all of whom i
are well drilled and perfectly dis- ]
ciplined. German Generals are a god i
In the eyes of their men decar- i
es Miller especially Is this true of i
von Hlndenberg who orders the i
nen obey as implicitly a* though
.hey camo from God himself, and
with such men and such beliefs he
tees no chanco for a revolution. He
>redicts that there will be a great
ose of tonage this coming summer
lue to destruction by submarines
ind declares that his firm convic
ion that this country's shipping
>rogrnm must be greatly enlarged
.o make good tho submarine los
es. Greatly increased shipping is
absolutely essential as a means of
imerica winning the war.
STREET CAR STRIKERS
IN SERIOUS RIOT
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 5.—The great
street railway strike is becoming
more serious daily and threatens
at any moment to become a general
strike and tie up the entire bus
iness of the city. The company to
day again attempted to run cars on
the Jefferson Ave, Olive St., 18th
St., Forrest Park, Jefferson Bar
racks, Bast St. Louis and a few
other lines about ninety cars in all
But public sympathy was so favor
able to the strikers that showers
of racks, bricks rotten vegetables
and other mU*‘les grooved the ap
pearance of the street cars on most
every line with the exception of
those who run for the soldiers at
Jefferson Barracks. Broken wagons
ties and rubbish of every kind were
piled on the tracks and when the
scabs, under the protection of city
bulls, stopped and attempted to
clear the tracks they were bomb
arded from all sides. On the 18th
St. and other lines running through
or close to "Kerry Patch" the car3
were derailed and then complete
ly demolished wdth rocks and
bricks and the crew together ran
for safety. It was a job that the
bulls surely were disgusted with
and many of them quit ratuer than
be scab herders.
About 3,500 motormen and con
ductors are out and tomorrow this
number will be increased by over
3,000 shopmen. All unions of the
city have adopted resolutions pledg
ing taeir heartiest support.
So far three deaths have been
reported, ono policeman and two
who are supposed to ha-e been
strike-breakers, as well as twenty
six others, strikers and sympathiz
ers seriously wounded and taken to
the hospitals, several will probably
succumb on account of the seri
ousness of their injuries. The ex
citement hero is intense.
RETENTION OF RAILROADS
RY GOVERNMENT FEARED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob. 5.—
President L/eo of the Order of
Railway, Trainmen, while before
the government wage committee to
day accused the railroad managers
and owners of trying to hinder the
successful! government operation
of railroads.
Mr. Lee charged that the owners
did not want tho government co
succeed for fear that if govern
ment operation was shown to be
more economical and beneficial to
the general public than private
operation then the people would
protest against the return to the
private graft system.
Mr. Lee showed how the con
gestion of trafTic was invntionally
caused by the present general man
agers, traffic managers and owners
all of whom were preventing ex
perienced- railroaders to perform
their duties. And tha'. th!p bunch
of plutocratic preachers and patri
otic hypocrites were doing more to
defeat the real interests of the
country than all the Herman spies'
and pro-Germans in oui* midst.
Those pirates or human vultures
want to pile up the expense to the
government for operation and so
bring traffic up in general that gov
ernment operation would seem a
failure. Then they also wish to
put the blame, for all extra ex
pense, on Congress for having pas
sed the Adamson Law. "fr'ine bunch
of ‘Patriots’ we don’t think ”
GET THE VEWS RIGHT. BEtO
rHK WORKER.
FRENCH SHOOT DOWN
EIGHT GERMAN PLANES
, PARIS, Feb. 5.—A large Ger
man air-fleet : lade a dismal failure
of tbe attempt to raid thi3 city
today.
The French bird men had warn
ing ir. plenty of time to make ready
to receive them. The German
planes attacked in groups but ihe
aim of tho anti-aircraft gunners
was so true rnd the daring work
of our airmen so effective the Ger
mans never reached St Dennis or
Rosmy before being driven to re
treat. Eight ^German planes
were shot down and entirely de
stroyed and live other were so bod
ly crippled that they had to de
scend within our lines.
These five machines were not
so badly damaged but whal they
can be used again after slight re
pairs. All crews were taken pri
soners. Two of the gunners of one
machine were so badly wounded
Crom shell splinters that they riled
while on the way to the hospital
uid one of the pilots of another
had both legs and one arm badly
smashed when his machine struck
heavily.
rhis is the best record made by the
French birdmen in any twenty
four hours for some tlmo and
1'aris feels relieved.
Anything In the line ef Job worn