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I - possible from the strike. Most of the j ( automobiles were without licenses, but | the police mode no effort to Interfere With the truffle. ' With the suspension of car trafflo the Cancer of serious disorders became less menacing, hut the police did not relax their vigilance. At 9 o'clock several automobile trucks, loaded with revolver i ammunition left police headquarters. Boxes of cartridges were left at every etatlon house in Manhattan and the . Bronx. Bach patrolman will bo pro- J vtded with twenty rounds. Two Thousand Bombard Car. The most serious demonstration of the day occurred tonight when police reeerves charged a crowd of atrlke sympathizers, said to have numbered at least two thousand, who ware bombarding a street car with stones and attempting to rescue a prisoner from a patrolman. Women and children hurled missiles from tenement house roofs. Police reserves arrived and cleared not erMt but the roofs as well. There was sporadic rioting at several points during the day. ana many arrests were made, but there were few casualties. In most instances the crowds were content to Jeer the strike breakers or regular employes who had not Joined the strike. Officials to Test Strength* Officials of the lines operating in I Manhattan and the Bronx declared tonight they were preparing for a test of strength tomorrow morning when ' the operation of cars is resumed. President Theodore P. Shonts of the New York Railways Company gave out a statement tonight in which he said: "We regret profoundly that the people of New York should be subjected to any Inconvenience. We shall do our utmost to see to it that complete service is restored without serious delay. All we ask is police protection for our passengers and our loyal employes." At many meetings held during the day union leaders exhorted the strikers to abstain from violence. ' Employes of New York's subway and elevated railway lines passed resolutions at secret meetings held today, according to union officials, asserting t their right to organize "without any Interference in any way" by the com- ii panies. They also drafted a new wage ^ scale, providing increases in all de- t , partments of the service. Mayor Mitchel, who remained up virtually all of last night, said he was f ' confident Police Commissioner Woods' 1 *r\ nrocorvfl order would prove sufficient. He said the police had In- 1 structions not to take sides, their sole \ duty being to prevent acts of violence. s PHILADELPHIA REPLY GIVER. ? Transit Company Head Says Flynn's j! Union Controls Only 15 Per Cent, q PHILADELPHIA. August 5.?Thomas 3 E Mitten, president of the Philadel- G phia Rapid Transit Company, replied 1 today to the "ultimatum" sent to him ^ yesterday by Harry E. Flynn, presi- ? dent of the Amalgamated Association 8 of Street and Electric Railway Employes. in which a strike of the 4,700 motormen and conductors in this city was threatened. The company reaffirms 6 a previous statement that it cannot 1 deal with the union or consider its c . demands. Only 15 per cent of the can- g men belong to the association headed c by Flynn, officials of the company assert. Flynn was non-oommittal as to * when the strike order would be given. 1 "It is only a matter of hours," he said. t The union demands 40 cents an hour, recognition of the union, abolition of 1 ; swing runs, adjustment of all griev- a ] ances by a union committee and the ! right of members to wear a union button while on duty. t MOOSE INDORSE WILSON. t 'California Progressives Also Register i 1 | Approval of Woman Suffrage. t SAN FRANCISCO. August 5?Presl- J | dent Wilson was unanimously Indorsed ] ' here today at a conference of California i progressives, who also completed the 5 organization of the Woodrow Wilson j Progressive League and laid plans for 1 participating in the campaign of the nation's executive for re-election. | ?Francis J. Heney of Los Angeles, former progressive candidate for United States senator, was elected presidentResolutions were adopted approving President Wilson's Mexican and European policies. Woman suffrage also J was approved. SWINDLERS GET $100,000. Operations of Gang Said to Have Extended Throughout Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa. August 5.?The operations of the gang of alleged swindlers held at Davenport to await the action of the grand Jury were said today by Attorney General Cos sons to have (extended throughout Iowa and to have been similar to those of the famous Mabrav gang. The gang, he said, had cleaned up $100,000 in the last few weeks j {by means of fake horse races and wire ta^y:r.^' William Realms. Dunlap. Iowa, is said to have lost $20,280, and David Francis. Westchester, $10,000. EABY PLAGUE OUTSIDE N. Y. Fifty-Five Cases of Infantile Paralysis Reported Over State. ALBANY. N. Y., August 5?Fifty-live eases of infantile paralysis in the state outside of Greater New York were reported to the state health department today, bringing the total number up to 030 The day's deaths were four and the total r?nc? the outbreak of the epidemic, fifty seven The officials announced hat Dr B W. Caldwell. superintendent of the city hospital in Pittsburgh, would enter the state's service, temporarily, next Wednesday He will be assigned to locating the sources of Isolated cases of the disease DEMAND FOR ACCOUNTING. Expenses Incurred by N. Y. Officials ; at Exposition Are Questioned. KINGSTON. N. Y.. A-ierunt 5.?Appllcation for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the state controller to audit the accounts of the state officials. including Gov. "Whitman, who traveled to the Panama-Pacific exposition last year at the expense of the s'ate, was made here today In the supreme court by Frederick W. Heinrieh, chairman of a committee of the Youmg Republican Club of Brooklyn, which has been for several months conducting a fight to compel an accounting of the expenditures of the trip ar.d of the state's expenses for Its building and exhibits at the fair. Involving in all 000. The court reserved decision. Counsel for the plaintiff held that for the wives and families of the state Panama-Pacific exposition commissioners there was "no warrant in law" for expenses charged to the state. The trip of Gov. Whitman's party cost 530.000. 1 the court was Informed. Qualify ai Sharpshooters. J. H. Robertson of the District of Columbia Rifle Club. H. Wendall of the Monotype Rifle Club, and E. O. Spcakman of the Crop Est!mates Rifle Club, qualified as sharpshooters on the Wlnthrop range yesterday, with scores of 185, 153 and 152 points, respectively, jout of a possible 200 points. C. F. Hlmm|ier of the Army and Navy Union Rifle jciub and E. E. Gage of the Crop Eatl1 mates Rifle Club qualified as markai men, with scores of 192 and 161. re109?ct^y?lju out at s-eowtisle 200 jolata, k commander palmer IS WELL KNOWN HERE Sew Chief of Bureau of Navigation Saw Service in Battle of Santiago. ?&b i ^ MMli itf nHB Q^J^ it"* '^^^ WBHBIW COMMANDER LEIGH C. PALMER. Commtnder Leigh C. Palmer, who has >een designated to succeed Capt Vlcor Blue as chief of the bureau of navgation. Is well known in Washington, rhere he previously had been assigned o duty at the Navy Department. He was inspector of target practice rom April 1, 1909, to February 2, 1911, nd director of target practice from he latter date to January 1, 1912, at rhich time he was detached and asigned to duty as aid to the Secretary f the Navy. He continued on this alignment until August 25, 1913, when ie was detached and assigned to command the destroyer Aylwln. Subse[uently he commanded the destroyer IcDougal, served as executive officer >f the U. S. S. New York, and June 19, his year, was made chief of staff under Hce Admiral Koffman of the Atlantic leet. upon which duty he Is now ervlng. Is Native of Missouri. Commander Palmer was born in Misiouri, January 11, 1873; graduated from he Naval Academy In 1896, and served ?n board the U. S. S. New York, flagihlp of the North Atlantic fleet, which lestroyed the Spanish fleet in the batle of Santiago. He was promoted to ieutenant (Junior grade) May 6, 1901; o lieutenant, "March, 3, 1903,; to lieuenant commander, December 23, 1908, ind attained his present rank of comnander, July 11, 1915. Cajft. Blue, who retires as chief of he bureau of navigation, which carries vith it the rank and pay of rear adniral, will take command of the batleship Texas. He was appointed chief >f the bureau soon after Secretary Daniels took office, but has been anxous for the past year or more to return to an active command at sea. His -esignation was held up at the request >f tne Secretary to permit him to appear before a subcommittee of the House naval committee to explain the selective system for the promotion of lavy officers to high command, which las been incorporated in the appropriation bill. GUARD AGAINST LYNCHING OF MURDER SUSPECT leavily Armed Deputy Sheriffs Posted at Tulsa, Okla., Jail. Rich Oil Operator Slain. TULSA. Okla., August 5.?Deputy sheriffs, heavily armed, were posted in the county Jail here tonight to prevent a. possible attempt to lynch Cecil Towery, a negro held in connection with the murder yesterday of Charles Vaughn, wealthy oil operator. It was reported that oil workers were coming here in automobiles with the intention of hanging the negro, which was thwarted last night, when officers hurriedly brought the prisoner here from Oklumugee for safe keeping. MUSKOGEE. Okla, August I.?Will Towery. negro, who, with his brother Cecil, is accused of the murder of Charles Vaughn, a wealthy oil producer. was sighted by a posse early today. and his capture is believed imminent. Vaughn's mutilated body was found in his motor car near Hoffman. Okla., late yesterday. He had been robbed. Posses with bloodhounds were seen on the trial. VESSELS BEING REPAIRED. Steamer. Schooner and Lighter Out on Nearby Marine Railway. Bennett has out on his railway for general repairs one of the large lighters used by the Washington Brick and Terra Cotta Company to bring brick clay from down river to this city. All unsound timbers and planking will be removed and replaced with new material and the lighter made practically new. The two-masted river schooner, Elizabeth Clarke, belonging to M. c. Clarke of this city, is at Dean's railway at Alexandria to be overhauled and painted in preparation for general freighting work on the river. The work on the vessel will be completed and she will leave here this week for a Potomac point to load back to this city. Work is being pushed on the rebuilding of the hull of the steamer W. I. Davis, which is out on the marine railway at the Alexandria shipyard, but it will be two or three weeks before she will be ready to be placed overboard. WOUND PROVES FATAL. Alden B. Richardson Dies as Result of Accidental Shot. WILMINGTON, Del., Auiruit fl.? Alden B. Richardson, son of former United 8tates Senator Harry A. Richardson, Delaware state trapshooting champion and member of Gov. Miller's personal staff, died In a hospital here today from a wound accidentally received last Sunday. Richardson, who was forty years old, wus shot in the abdomen when he dropped an automatic revolver as he stepped from an automobile In front of his residence In Dover, Del. Richardson was to have defended his title in the 1916 state championship to be held next week. Among his notable achievements at the traps was the establishment of a world's record ol 99 breaks out of 100 In a twenty-two yard handicap at Mgplewood. N. H.. July 7 last. In 1913 he tied for first honors In the grand American handicap at Daytea. OfcUfc MEDIATORS TO ACT IN GREATEST STRIKE Federal Board Will Consider Threatened Country-Wide Railroad Trouble. ALL ROADS FACE STRIKE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY Labor Court Has Been Busy Since Its Organization in 1913 and Been Uniformly Successful. Btandlr.tr as a safeguard for the publio against any cessation of railroad train movements and as a friendly Intermedlary between the railroads as a business organisation and employes for amloable adjustment of their differences, the United States board of mediation and conciliation occupies an Important petition In the government service. Tlds board, soon after Tuesday, when the strike vote Is announced. Is to use Its ofllres In an attempt to avert the threatened strike, which would be the greatest In history, tying up all of the 1.700 railroads of the country?Mi of which are operated under their own Individual charters?united In 225 railway systems, and affecting directly 400.000 employes, connected with transportation service and Indirectly 1,800,000 other employes connected with the maintenance of way departments. This Is the flret time In history that all of the railroads are united In one case, and with practically the entire membership of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States?nearly800 organizations with an underlying membership of more than 380,000 business leaders?appealing to the President for extraordinary action to meet this unique crisis, it Is a tribute to the federal board that the President Is confidently awaiting their Intervention. Busy Since Its Organisation. This railroad court, since Its organization July 15, 1013, by an act of Congress, has not seen one day on which some disagreement between employes and a railroad or railroads has not been under consideration. Generally these controversies, practically all of which have been settled by mediation without resort to arbitration, have touched in one phase or another every railroad in the United States. The biggest cases have not even gone to a strike vote, which means that the controversies of the greatest magnitude have not reached the stage where there was cessation of train movements. There have been nearly fifty Important cases settled and there have been but three strikes?that is, where there has been actual stoppage of train movements?and in all three of these strikes all matters under dispute were promptly settled by mediation of the board. These three strikes were: On the Delaware and Hudson, where 2,983 employes?engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen and telegraphers? were involved. It was on January 18, 1914, that the board was invited to mediate and the agreement was signed on the following day. On the Sunset Lines of the Southern Pacific, in Texas, where 1,865 men were involved. Here the board was called upon on November 13, 1913, and despite peculiar difficulties the agreement was signed on November 16. On the Gulf and Ship Island, in Mississippi, which was promptly settled in June of this year. Strikes have been on individual roads and each was precipitated by some sudden condition before the controversy was brought to the attention of the federal board. An Instance of Effective Work. A summary of one of these cases will illustrate the success and expediency with which the board has justified its existence. It should be remembered that this case developed very soon after the board was organized. The request for mediation services was not received until late in the evening, and the strike was already set for 6 o'clock the next morning. Previous to the request the board had no knowledge of the situation. The controversy was between the engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen and telegraphers and one of the heaviest traffic roads in eastern territory, serving a densely populated industrial section with terminals in several of the largest cities of the country. It was practically impossible to get in touch with the officers of the railroad and the general officers of the labor organizations in charge of the strike during the night and the strike went into effect as ordered, resulting in a complete tie-up of train movements. By 11 o'clock, within five hours of the inception of the strike, all the parties representing the contesting interests had been reached by telegraph and met in conference with one of the mediators at the headquarters of the railroad company. Before the close of that day, within twelve hours of the commencement of the strike, full train movements were resumed and the questions in controversy were adjusted through mediation. Result of Threat to Strike. This board of mediation and concilia^ t.ion came into being as the Immediate result of a threatened strike, very sfmilar to present conditions, although the crisis was not of the same magnitude. It grew out of the demands of the conductors and trainmen in "eastern territory." presented in a concerted movement to forty-two eastern railroads. There were 22,752 conductors Involved and 69,697 trainmen. The strike vote had been taken, resulting in 97 per cent of the employes voting to withdraw from the service of the railroad unless their demands regard, ing rate of wages and working conditions were complied with. Immediately upon the aDDOintment nf the board, as authorized by the Newlands act, its services were tendered to both parties and promptly accepted. Mediation conferences were opened the next day. It early developed that the only method of amicable adjustment would be through arbitration. The stipulations for the arbitration were signed by the parties July 26. 191.3, only eleven days after the passage of the act. The first session was held on September 11, and the award of the board rendered on November 10. Officials Who Form Board. The act of Congress, approved July 15, 1913, early in the Wilson administration, "providing for mediation, conciliation and arbitration In controversies between certain employers and their employes," created the office of commissioner of mediation and conciliation for a term of seven years, an assistant commissioner, and further provided that the President shall also "designate not more than two other officials of the government who have been appointed by and with the advice of the Senate, who, together with 1 the commissioner of mediation and conciliation, shall oonstltute a board > to be knownds the United States board of mediation and conciliation." At a conference held by President Wilson with representatives of the railroads and railroad employes who had urged this legislation, the President asked that a suggestion be made i for appointment of commissioner. The . name of Judge William L, Chambers gas suggests^ as takti frmtnUg HIGH COURT OF, A >:' v 'v'^, .. ?tf.^J-Vs: * 1^8 js^?ji&'''jf?^ ^ O. W. W. HAJTOKR. before as en outside party been called upon to act as arbitrator In railroad controversies. G. W. W. Hanger was appointed assistant commissioner, and during last week because of the stress of business before the board he was designated by President Wilson as a regular member of the board. United States Clroult Court Judge Martin A. Knapp was appointed member of the board of mediation and conciliation and was elected chairman of the board and Mr. Hanger as secretary. Two Previous Legislative Acta. Before the enaotment of this law Congress had legislated twice on the same subject The first of these acta approved October 1, 1888, "to create boards of arbitration or commission for settling controversies and differences between railroad corporations and other common carriers engaged In Interstate or territorial transportation of propnargrtni nnd their "employes," wAs repealed by the act approved ^une 1, 1898. commonly known as the Erdman law. This was entlttled "an act concerning: carriers engaged In Interstate commerce and their employes," This first federal law (act of October, 1888) was practically a dead letter. It was Invoked only once during its existence, and In that case by the President of the United States, acting without request of the parties, and this notwithstanding the fact that during those years previous to 1898 there were an average of twenty-two strikes affecting an average of twenty-nine railroads each year. The second railroad law of June 1, 1898?the Erdman law?undertook to correct defects of previous legislation. Records of the Department of Commerce and Labor show that from 1901 to 1905 there were 329 strikes affecting railroad transportation, while during that period there was only one instance in which the provisions of the Erdman law were invoked, and in that case the request came from the employes, was declined by the railroad companies, and the department records do not show how it was finally disposed of. The Senate now has before it an important document, which is still in the hands of the government printing office, that reviews the entire history of railroad Labor troubles in the United States. In this is included the early history of the work done by the United States bureau of mediation and conciliation. Another important supplement to this is now being prepared. It is the report of the federal board for the last year, which is to be submitted to the President in October. I FIGHT FOR BRITISH >HIP APPAM TO BE RENEWED Question of Releasing Prize Under Bond to Be Contested at Proceedings Tomorrow. NORFOLK, Va., August 5.?The appraisers named by Judge Edmund Waddill to pass on the value of the British ship Appam made their survey today and will report to the court Monday morning at 10 o'clock, when the question of releasing the vessel to Its English owners under bond will be heard. The hearing in the district federal court will be on the motion made by libellants to secure possession of the Appam pending: a supreme court ruling: on the decision of Judge Waddill, awarding the German prize to the original owners. At the same time the question of the disposition of the remainder of the cargo, the non-perishable portion, will be considered and passed upon. The British owners will insist that, under the court s decision, if the vessel is released on bond, they have a right to bond this part of the cargo and to deliver it at the original destination. Expect Legal Battle. The liveliest kind of a legal battle is anticipated over the question of the releasing of the prize under bond. It is announced that Frederick H. Coudert of New York will be on hand to handle the case in behalf of the English owners, while Judge Frederick Lehman of St. Louis, recently brought into the case in behalf of the German government, will represent Capt. Hans Berg, commander of the prize when she reached Newport News. OUTGOING BOATS CROWDED. Many Washingtonians Turn to Water Trips to Escape Heat. To obtain some respite from the hot weather many residents of Washington yesterday turned to the Potomac for temporary relief and the steamers leaving here were well filled with those leaving the hot city for the week end. "" ?*? Bf Tnhr? wh?n a Via 1 Af* here yesterday afternoon for Colonial Beach had a throng of several hundred aboard and the passenger capacities of the steamer Northumberland for river landing and Baltimore, and of the Majestlo for lower river points were taxed to take care of the throng leaving for thirty-six hours on the water. Tho Norfolk line steamer Northland also had a big passenger list for Old Point and Norfolk. Locally owned fleasure craft also were In service or cool spot hunting trips on tho river, A number left here last night for over-Sunday trips and others will leave here early this morning to reach shady spots. To Re-Establish. Cotton Standards. Orders re-establishing ootton standards will be Issued soon by tho Department of Agriculture In conformity with the agricultural appropriation bill, which contains a ro-enaotment of the cotton futures act with a few changes. The new law Is effective September 1 and the Treasury and Agriculture departments will make the neoessary regulations. To prevent any disturbance In the cotton trade, copies of the new regulations will be distributed to cotton exchanges and others Interested In ample time before the law beoomes nffintlm _I aj - r |_ ,4 PPEAL IN RAILROAD JUDGE) MAR.TT1T A. KJTAPP. HAS HOPEFUL VIElf OF LABORTROUBLE Commissioner Chambers Believes Railway Strike May fie Averted. Watchful waiting1 U the policy of the federal agrendes whloh are prepared, when It la considered "Imminent," to oope with the threatened strike on 225 Mr m.Hwflv avitAma rmhwphhin C the entire United States. Judge William L. Chambers, commissioner of mediation and ooncllatlon, who Is In charge of the government's campaign to avert the strike and who is acting on the counsyl of President Wilson, Is at his summer home in Maryland over Sunday, but ready to take immediate action when developments warrant. Judge Chambers said last night that nothing has happened to cause him to change his hopeful view of the case or to alter his program. The strike vote now being counted as received from more than 400,000 employes of the 1,700 railroads in the 225 systems that have to do wtih transportation, is to be announced tomorrow. It Is said to be very strongly in favor of a strike, if the brotherhood officials are unable to reach an agreement with representatives of the railroads. Board Will Interpose. But before a strike is called the federal board of mediation and conciliation is to be called in. Even should this board not be invited to use its offices for the adjustment of the disagreement regarding hours of service and rate of wage, it will, in the interests of the public, proffer its services. This will not happen before Tuesday, and probably not before Thursday, in the opinion of those in close touch with the situation. In the meantime G. W. W. Hanger, assistant commissioner, who has just been made a member of the board by President Wilson on account of the : stress of the controversy, is in New York. He is not there on this big threatened nation-wide strike, but is in v.vuici IUVC w iixi suiiie casiei 11 ianiud'ib and the switchmen's brotherhood regarding another emaller railroad controversy. He Is on the ground, however, and can act immediately under authority given him by his recent appointment to the board if there is occasion for action. Statement by Judge Chambers. Judge Chambers said last night that he has not heard from Mr. Hanger. He believes that he is successfully negotiating the matter on which he was sent to New York. He denied that he is there acting in any way for a set- i tlement of the controversy that threat- i ens to tie up all the railroads of the j country. No action in the matter will ; be taken by the board, according to j present plans. Judge Chambers said, i until after the strike vote has been announced and the parties to the controversy have had a chance to thrash out their own disagreements in a meeting that has been arranged for; Tuesday VOTE 90 TO 1 FOR STRIKE. Five-Sixths of Ballots Cast by Railway Men Are Counted. NEW YORK. August 5 ?When five-1 sixths of the ballots cast by the 400.000 i employes of 225 railroad systems throughout the country had been counted today it was announced that the men stood 90 to 1 for a strike. Only a few chairmen of the trainmen's unions had not arrived this forenoon, and it was definitely stated by officials of the four trainmen's brotherhoods that the count would he completed Monday, after which the final vote would be considered and Joint conferences with the railroad representatives held. $1,25l00lNT EACH HOURFOR WAR (Continued from First Page.) stand*." The allies would have the surplus of numbers, but not enough to overcome the Teutonic advantage in equipment and position. On all sides the allies would dash their surplus to ruin In vain attacks against German entanglements, artillery and machine guns. The entente powers could get back no continental territory without conceding peace to Germany on favorable terms. Now the whole plan for trench warfare on those terms has been absolutely destroyed. We have not yet got to open fighting, but we have something like Its ! equivalent as regards the problem of man power. West and east the central j empires have to throw their troops into bloody counter attacks without being able to stay the Increase of the pressure that will squeeze them to death. Thus it must always be remembered that the allies' general offensive Is concerted and designed not to gain ground In the first Instance, but to exhaust the enemy's reserves. While these are being thinned the wider the lines the enemy tries to hold the better. The subsequent collapse will only be the more complete, and the allies will then gain ground with a vengeance. What the enemy's total reserves may be we still cannot compute with certainty. It Is altogether unlikely that the central empires can have more than two and a half millions men for the purposes of the next twelve months. That they may muster so much before the very last drop la squeesed out of the sponge I think possible. Others make the estimate very much leas. But take even the maximum figures. It would be exhausted in less than six months If the prodigious rate of the enemy's present losses were continued, i She British, affensiva will maintain DISAGREEMENTS. J ?** * "^* .^a,' j^Bl Bi i ' f" 1^ ^^(Ee* HI WILLIAM I* CHAMBERS. h? : gi and Increase its fury for weeks to- *r gether. Sir Douglas Halg will not N. necessarily confine himself to one line a of advance. He is not the man to ^ simplify any problem for the enemy. g( The battles of the Somme may be fol- tQ lowed by battles elsewhere. The Brit- tl, ish army, as more and more puns d< come to hand, can broaden the range . of its attacks and yet Intensify the ls process. The Germans will work with cc frensy to multiply their artillery and m machine puns, but the allies on both main fronts ought to draw further g and further ahead. Will Hasten Conclusion. I have said nothing yet of the Rus- ^ elans in this article, but my opinion Is ^ unchanged that their operations will ^ do most to exhaust the enemy's reserves and hasten the conclusion of ^ the war. The allies by early autumn ought to r be In both Lemberg and Kovel, nor need <y, Brest Lltovsk remain beyond the ut- fj most scope of their present campaign, ti There is no reason to alter the view g that the next five months will bring jj us either within sight of the end or m to the end Itself. In any case, the third year of war is not likely to be tl inferior as drama to anything in all jv historv. .. tl AGUILAR AWAITS DETAILS. ?< Names of Commissioners and Place n of Meeting Sought?Canada's Offer. ? MEXICO CITY, ~ August 5.?Gen. Candido Aguilar, Mexican foreign min- r ister, said tonight that he had not ^ been advised of the names of the American commissioners who are to meet with Mexican commissioners to discuss the settlement of differences q between the two countries nor of the place of meeting. He said that the governor general of Canada had sent an invitation for the conference to be held in Canada, and tendered his services in making the necessary arrangements. Vancouver, British Columbia, was suggested as the meeting place. T The text of the latest note of the Mexican government to the United States was made public here tonight. ? h CALLS HUGHES A DODGER. * II William J. Bryan Thinks Republican * Nominee Ignores "Real Issues/' FORT WAYNE, Ind., August 5.?Wil- fi I liam Jennings Bryan in a statement F made here today declared that Charles E E. Hughes, republican presidential ^ nominee, was dodging the real issues E in the campaign and that, although r< prone to criticise the Wilson adminis- ^ tration, he had offered no remedy to cure the ills with which he says the ^ democratic party Is afflicted. d Mr. Bryan was en route to Hunting- ^ ton, Ind , where he delivered a Chautauqua address. GUARDSMEN IN APOLOGY. u Signed Allegations Against Officers n of 2d Massachusetts Infantry. w COLUMBUS. N. M.. Aug-ust 5.?Mill- 11 tary authorities here announced they j/ had received apologies today from w twenty-eight men whose names had ^ been affixed to a statement vouching for the truth of allegations contained in a story published in a Holyoke, Mass., newspaper. making charges ^ against the officers of Company D, 2d Massachusetts Infantry, for the writing of which Private Hugh Clarke is held in custody here. w The men, who are all members of the o: National Guard organization, asked that they be allowed to withdraw their names from the paper, asserting they A had signed it at Clarke's solicitation, a: No action was taken on the requests pending advices from Gen. Pershing. s< I INDIANAPOLIS TYPOS HOSTS. " i 01 I Washington Represented at Annual hl Tournament to Start'Today. (1 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., August 5.? Delegations from eight cities outside b the state. numbering about 450 ^ printers, arrived today to attend the tc ninth annual tournament of the Union ol Printers' National Base Ball League, which opens here tomorrow, and tonight attended a reception given in their honor by the Indianapolis Typographical local. ?/ The cities represented in the early a arrivals are Washington, Pittsburgh, New York. Detroit. Cincinnati, Boston. St. Paul and Philadelphia. John M. MoGowan of Chicago, president of the di league, will open the tournament tomorrow by pitching the first ball in the Indianapolis-Pittsburgh game. Marsden G. Scott of New York, presi- in dent of the International Typographi- a cal Union, will be behind the bat. The , games are scheduled to take place at dl the Indianapolis American Association th League park. ui b* AVENUE HALF LIGHTED. pi Circuit Disconnected at Power Plant m m for Test Purposes. w Pennsylvania avenue last night was se only half lighted, but it was a hot ch night, and nobody seemed to care. Every other light along the historic th thoroughfare was extinguished. At the power plant at Benning it was M stated that the circuit had been disconnected for test purposes. Half of p1 the lights ordinarily are turned off at ln 1 a.m., but last night's test of one of the circuits consumed tho entire evening. Officials of tho electrical department of the District were unaware that ' the test was to be made until after the lights went out. n< P? Rates Not Held Unreasonable. G Complaint of the Eastern Shore of pc Virginia Produce Exchange that the ai rate of the New York, Philadelphia and pi Norfolk Railroad Company on potatoes from points in Acconiao and North m Hampton counties, Va.( points in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, K Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee are ra unreasonable was dismissed yesterday by B tlx* Interstate commerce cuinialtifttoA* 01 e RIME BITTER ROW Ival Editors at Birmingham threaten Clash, and Keep Wires Hot?Rotary Club Intervenes. 3IRMTXOHXM. Ala, August I.?Memre of the Blrmlnghun Rotary Club oceeded lata this afternoon In erring an agreement between K. W. irrett, editor of the Aye Herald, and Ictor H. Hanson, publisher of the rmlntfham News, to submit their dlfrenoes to a special arbitration com Ittee to MO whether on adjustment n bo reached. As a reoult of recent publication* nnrolasloner of Publlo Safety Arils trber ewore oat peaoe warrants ralnst Mr. Hanson and Mr. Barrett day. and also ordered warrants larglng orlmlnal libel against E. W. irrett, W. H. Jeffries and C. M. Stany of the Age Herald. The Rotary ub secured the suspension of these arrants pending their efforts at adstment. Controversy Brought to Head. The controversy was brought to a ad today by the publication of telerams passing between Mr. Hanson id Mr. Barrett, who Is In Ashevlll*. . C., In which Mr. Hanson demanded disavowal of matter published In Frliy's Age Herald, and In which Mr. irrett refused to disavow and offered i give Mr. Hanson "personal satlsfacnn" at "a nv ttm? o r\A Til A. P. A hfi might tslgnate." The speolal rotary committee which attempting to settle the difficulties insists of J. Frank Rushtcn, chalran: R. A. Brown, Sol Capeen, George . Bllnn, Jr., J. W. Donnelly, B. B. urton and M. W. Buih. | Committee Issues Statement. The following "card to the public," gned by the committee mentioned, will > published prominently by both the ge-Herald and the News tomorrow: "It gives us great pleasure to announce i the newspaper reading public that e. as officers and representatives of the otery Club of Birmingham, have of our wn Initiative undertaken to act as iendly mediators In the settlement of te difficulties between Messrs E. W. arrett of the Age-Herald and Victor H. anson of the News both of whom are embers of our club. "We have requested both these genemen to Intrust entirely to us the adlstment of their controversy on a mujally honorable basis, and both have lis day readily assented to our proosal to them, and they have agreed 3 abide by our decision. "In the meantime, pending this setlement, both the Age-Herald and the Itvi have agreed, at our request, to old up all newspaper articles bearing n the matter." IWNER OF TUG TIMMINS CHANGES VESSEL'S NAME raft That Figured in Deutschland's Exploits Likely Candidate for Other Adventures. BALTIMORE, Md? August 6.?The tug homas F. Tlmmlns, which figured so xtenslvely In the arrival and departure f the submarine Deutschland. is to ave Its name changed to the Hansa. n application for the change has been led with the United States shipping UUJWIUW. A Hi DO or twur uora mu us ecessary before the change takes effect. The Hansa is scheduled to figure la irther submarine enterprises. Capt. rederick Hlnsch. port manager for the leutsche Orean Rheiderei. operators of ae Deutschland. has Indicated that the 'eutschland trip is but the prelude to a sgular service between Baltimore and German ports. * The west berth at the pier where he Deutschland was berthed is to be eepened to a minimum low-water epth of twenty-five feet and wareouse alterations are to be made. Vessel Takes on Provisions. At this pier today a farm wagon nloaded a quantity of provisions, rhich were taken aboard the Timllns. One of the crew said the tug ras "just going after some barges." was recalled that Capt. "Zach" Culson of the Timmtns made a similar eply to a query when the tug was raiting off the capes for the Deutschmd. SHELLS ARE SHIPPED AWAY. Lction Part of Clean-Up Campaign at Oyster and Fish Wharf. In the clean-up campaign at the holesale oyster and fish market, foot f 11th street southwest, a large ghter was yesterday brought up from lexandria and loaded with the clam nd oyster shells that have accumutted since the close of the oyster sea>n last May. These shells will be iken to Alexandria to be ground up ito lime for poultry yards and for kt ....nneee Thfillirh ftVSt LliCI jjuifuoto. *..w-0.. ^ ave been brought to this market from le Potomac beds tor over two months, ie dealers at the wharf receive them y rail from bay sources and clams re received the same way. There Is >me demand for oysters In Washlng>n throughout the year, but the bulk ! the demand comes In cold weather. WRIT PROVES EFFECTIVE. [other Gets Children Taken From Her by Her Husband. DETROIT. Mich.. August 5.?The chilren of Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. O'Donnell, ho, the mother alleges, were stolen from &r by the father in Chicago, were found i Detroit today. Mrs. O'Donnell obtained habeas corpus writ ordering the chilren and father brought into court, and ie children were given into her custody ntil Tuesday, when another hearing will s held. In court this afternoon Mr. O'Donnell, oprietor of a business college here, aditted he stole the children from their other, In defiance oT the Illinois court, hich gave Mrs. O'Donnell a decree of iparate maintenance and custody of the illdren. He said he took the children from their other to save their lives, and charged iat Mrs. O'Donnell is insane. Finding of the children here today by iss Johanna H. Penwell, a young ChiLgo attorney, ended a three-year chase at had led over the western states and to northern Canada, Commerce Department Changes. The Department of Commerce has anmnced the following changes In Its :rsonnel: In the bureau of standards Henry I. Dldman has been probationary ap>lnted cleric at |900, Harold A. Snow id Robert C. Gooch as laboratory ap entlces at $540. In the bureau of foreign and doestlc commerce the following tsm>rary appointments have been made: W. Beck, clerk, at St. Louis, at 1800; atherine M. Gibson, Margaret G. Murty at Washington, at 8900, and Clara Suit and John A. Van Dorian aa buoy i.iorist# at f>0 a month, MRS. FORNEY SUES FOR DIVORCE IN ALEXANDRIA Cue in Corporation Court Followi Attempt Made bp Husband to Sill Father-in-Law. Suit for divorce was filed yesterday In the corporation court at Alexandria. Va. by Florence Schneider Forney of Washington, D. C.. against Thomae G. Forney, formerly of thl* city. Forney waa convicted of an attempt to kill hla father-in-law, T. Franklin Schneider, In Pittsburgh. June 14. 131^ and la now serving aentenoe. It U aliased In the bUl filed that the defendant waa aentenced to confinement In the penitentiary In the state of Pennaylvanla "subsequent to the marriaye." L. B. Perklna and F--P- Buaaell represented the wlfa The divorce ault la the dlreot outgrowth of Forney's attaok upon Mr. Schneider, a millionaire candy manufacturer. Aa soon as Forney oonfeeeed that It was he, as the Pittsburgh police charged, who had made the attempt to take hla father-in-law's Ufa Mr. Schneider sent a meats ge to his daughter asking her to renounce the man ehe had married. Blow Deflected by Bat. Mr. Schneider waa not badly Injured by the attempt on hla Ufa the blow from the hammer which was meant to crush his skull having been deflected by his hat. Pittsburgh detectives arrested Forney near the home of relatives in Newcomer, Ohio, about sixteen miles from the scene of the crime, after an exciting chase. In which it was necessary to Are at the fugitive in order to make him halt. When told that his eon-In-law had been the perpetrator of the attempt at murder Mr. Schneider would not believe it. Only when confronted with Forney and hearing the young man's confession would he believe him. Friends and relatives of Forney were surprised and shocked to hear, of the affair, as he had been regarded as an exemplary young man. The wedding of Forney, who was an attorney, and Miss Schneider had been an event of social prominence. They had been married only about a year when the crime was committed. Forney gave as his reason for the deed that he was "coin crazy," and that he was desirous of obtaining possession of the large amount of money owned by the candy manufacturer, including a $75,000 life insurance policy which had just become due at the time of the crime. Forney's father, a stock raiser, was said to be well to do also. RUBBISlNOTACARRlER OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS Health Official Finds Ho Relation Between the Disease and Uncleanly Premises. , NEW YORK. August S.?There la no ! relation between lack of cleanly surroundings and infantile paralysis, according to a statement Issued today by Health Commissioner Emerson, who said that investigations made up to the present had not established that rubbish and refuse were carriers of the disease. Conditions Cited. Conditions on Barren Island, where the city's garbage disposal plant is situated, were cited by the commissioner, who said hundreds of children who live there have thus far escaped the disease. He also told of Instances in which the disease had Invaded districts which were "immaculately** clean, whereas neighboring communities not so well kept were free of the malady. "People cannot be too careful, however, in personal and neighborhood cleanliness," he said. The health department today began to make plans for a house-to-house canvas of the greater part of the city, which was recommended yesterday by the pathologists and bacteriologists who conducted a survey of the epi- f demic-stricken districts. Doctors and Nurses to Aid. It is planned to enlist the services of hundreds of doctors, nurses and settlement workers to make the canvass as a campaign of education and for the earlier detection of symptoms. The fear was expressed by department officials that the canvass would be greatly hampered in the event of a general street car strike, and arrangements for conveyances may have to be made. ITALIANS MAKE ATTACK TO EAST OF MONFALCONE Extend Occupation North of Summit | of Monte Cimone?Aeroa in Bombing1 Activities. ROME. August 6.?-Italian troops yesterday made a vigorous attack on the Austro-Hungarian positions to the east of Monfalcone, on the Carso plateau. it was officially announced today Dy mo iiaimu Italians took 145 prisoners, including: four officers. The text of the Italian official statement follows: "On the Trentlno front continuous hostile artillery actions were reported, especially between the Adige river and Monte Pasubio. The enemy made repeated use of tear shells. "On Monte Cimone, in spite of the enemy's resistance, we extended our occupation north of the summit. During: yesterday he launched two violent counter attacks, which were promptly driven off by us. "We took about twenty prisoners in some minor fighting- on Delle Kofel, in the upper But. In the upper Dogna, in the Fella valley, the enemy's artillery damaged several houses, causing casualties among the inhabitants. "On the Carso our troops made a vigorous attack to the east of Monfalcone, taking 145 prisoners, including four officers. "An enemy aeroplane dropped bombs on the railway station of Bassano, hitting some trucks. The casualties were one killed and two wounded. "A squadron of our Voisin aeroplanes dropped thirty-five bombs on the railway station of Nabresina. Good results were observed. Former Senator Near Death. OMAHA. Neb., August 5.?The condition of John M. Thurston, former f United States senator from Nebraska. ? who has been ill three weeks, continued aritiqal tonight. Attending physiolana eald his death might occur at any. 4