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GUARANTEE Your Money Back If You Want It |gl fcd.ion?! P?f*, Firat Colum?. Mem ISlotk atibune WEATHER ? \IK IO-K\V AMI KI-MOKROU. VrM* nI?iv'? Trni|i?-rii!iirr?: llilh. M| Ion. Ml I nil rr\Hirt on I'll? 11. First to Last?the Truth: News - Editorials - Advertisements ^ LXXIV....No. 24.9CT. 11 op>rl?ht. IIM?. H> Tlir Trtlniiic V.ni.m THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1916. * * In ( ?iv or KM York. Nrwnrk. fafM* ? 1?) and llntmkra. i.i *? \\ in lo; rwo i EM r THICK ONE CENT STOCK MINIMUMS POLISHED AFTER RECORD TRADING All Restrictions Removed. Throwing Market Wide Open. DAY'S SALES BIGGEST SIM I: REOPENING Action. Following Announcement of French I oan. Taken to Shou Faith in Allies. TV b?t> ' >?? ? c trad ^^ i >pened wm followed iwfci] -??1 of the "peg" rning committee stocks from selling t*;cw :'xcJ - nimum pr.ccs. 1 h is re> ..?vfcn ?h< - of trading in the fJth?r.re IP ' ?? full freedom that ex? ited before e ?Hi\ g committee's lution. ?iiich effect? ; ?H ieenrititi previously nHriet4 M>ly on the an nclusion of ar .,?,,.- .lean & id., the \,t,on?! I : u k and the First Na loa of $J .o.OOO of French ? ?o be offered to the American public. Hi (et idered significant, it liad been appaient anger of liquidation but also became one I ? nationi which ii ?t:ll t ??rce '? ? ' ? ihod of paying her ! Bi that she here. : tit h n Mlles. Wall ( ?c- i ol the commit- ! let's co ultimate victory the thief btru mtnt? heretofore put forward foi umine minimum price? bus been the Htaibility of a great German victory, which would upset the security mar? kst*. ecu-ion of the | i of pproval ol ted bj tr Ml committee? appoinl ablish ?sA&imuma on both Stocks ami bond.*. committee consistid of II. ? of thf> exchange; k, D. t?. : Theii r?solu e appointed by I . ? on the 15th { day sf ?' tatal um prices I ,i not be dealt In or nimousli of the ipiaion for such aiaimum pru ci "Their r< g at this toi.clu a i irst, that in most cate? thi ai<' far abo? e The nil and hence the ? eond, throughout the ?nntrv ? . n trade situation rare j.i improved a- to remove the the time of the re tstninc '.'? ? Such being thee?-.. ? rcommends the i abolit".- pricei ra it nul ? arge of the com? mut?e" The ?; ? tl rec. con M. Newcombe, W. 11. ?\ illii D. Wood, appointed hat December to ?upei port : "That . . continuance of such, ary or mmend ?d that nil mil imum pricei on bondi be ?tolishe ! and ? committee dis Plises %hoT? Minimum?. mes in pparcnt toi issues har alao extend international list established . i o longer *te?aary "*t ?f toi ? the foreign hold- ] :?r? sit be lar?;": ? ?i v? ? Tr?n>a<" "??i *<'? the larges! i- ' Mr"'' if the Stock gf**??*- t broadei ;"* deiuv.l ? of the g*?foi ?tions. | 2J Wi'' day of ?rtipi MlH, ... ,| no, pVove, ?,, .* * ' tor in the com? ! T?WN TO SUE MRS. LEEDS Nortb Hemp^tcHcl Says She Sliced in Wrong Road. ? ife Of War | ??i.'vl i r,.j , a '"'1- ' ? ce which she '?? t ? '" ' ? it I ??? ? ],.""' I dec ded to sue rWpM "'" ''' ; I. i riat, of a*7 "'? . ' of North Hemp Hn4, ' '"? doed to her '??t ,h" ' nd, but *k?,V the one claims, \ former lirut? 5 *Lh"\ ?' ' Dowsey. have, 'Jj ?he Shopper Found h a w?fL,s,7p?' B-r?*in? Wom. ? ^lv F'?*urr in um*n? Section of Sunday Tribune. Tortured by Drus Habita ! Workhouse Her Only Cure [Impairing Woman, I founded by Quarks, Asks To Be Committed?Says Law That Aims at Practice Gives No Relief to Victims. B] i i EANOR BOOTH SIMMONS. This is the true itorj of h woman,' *r educator) woman, n self-supporting, self-raspfeting woman, who went be? fore * mngistrato and wrote herself down i? vagrant that win- might bo sent to Hlaekwell's Inland, because lone search hHd convino??! her thRt the wirkhouse hospital was the only place where she could be- freed from the craving for morphine that hold her in thrall. Th.it was ti| week? ayo. Last week I hoard the stoiy from the lip? of the woman, Mrs. Anna Wells, in the "dope ward," otherwise Ward I?. She is homo now. '.o all appearance? absolutely cured. Her tnio was confirmed by her sister, a business woman of this city, and by the visiting physician at BlaekwaU'i Island. Dr. Ernest S. Rishon. And in Ward I> J talked with other rietimi of the drug, women of all classes, from a gentle old Southern woman who. cast otT by her family as a "dope fiend," had come to New York to bury herself and what ?he con- ! siderod her disgrace to women of the street. And through all the talk lan the same thread of testimony that a world which persists in regarding the mor? phine craving as n mental and not a physical ailment. :vat the ration and ?:ich make it illegal to buy or take the drug and yet provide hardly any place where the craving can be eradicated, are eausing unimaginable and needles? raftering. Suffering Indescribable. C raftering when you drug and can't gel it," Mrs. Well? told ? no other disease on earth. J. P. MORGAN'S ART MAY PAY PENALTY Extra 10 Per Cent Levied ?f Inheritance Tax Is Not Paid In 18 Months. Msassjti te tas THbuai 1 Albany. March 81.?The J. I', gan estate will probably now ha\e to pay -an inheritance t;. v. possibly oil more than $l 000,000, on the srl coll?e- ' tioti loft by the lato financier, the value i of which ha? been estimated anywhere! from s4ii.d0ii.oofi to $75,000,000. As it wa? thought the estate might pi\e this collection to some public in-1 ? n, a hill was passed by the l?eg- ' islature <>f 1919 exempting the art col? lection from inheritanee 1a\ for two years from the date of Mr. Morgan's death. 'Die purpose was to give 1 heirs timo to make Up their minds as to whether they would bequeath the Ion t" a public instiluti< n, in wh:ch caso the inheritance tax would ? imposed. A' the exemption expired today, the collection will be appraised and the tax imposed, unless it can be shown that ?lection or some part of it has boon giver, to a public institution be? fore today. Up to the present time the Morgan estate has not notified the Controller'.- office a- to Its intentions. The inheritance tax law pro that if the tax on an e.-tatc is pad within six months of the death of the owner a discount of 5 per cent il al Taking advantage of tins, the Morgan estate, on September ~~. 1913, paid the Controller':-' office 12,500,000. Officials of the Controller's office de dare that this does not include the ta on the art collection. If that is so, thsr estate will have to pay ? pen? alty of 10 per cen? of this tax oi the vaiui i ?i th< law provid? ing that penalty after eighteen months. Coiitroller Travis .-aid that if the hud any in;ont,on yet of making of the collect ion to a public in? stitution, he would like to give more time, but that tho law absolutely pro? hibited the remittance of the tax on any gift made after to-day. Mr. Morgan is in England, and from ro one representing him could informa? tion be obtained a- to what the next development would he in the history of his father's collections. However, Ed? ward Robinson, director of the Metro? politan Museum of Art, set a*. r>st the report that hey were being removed ;.est? rday. "So t'ar as the museum is concerned," he ?-aid. "the Morgan collections have the same status as throughout the last year. We are not advised in regard to piration date or what action will be taken. This can be answered only by tIh- executors of Mr. Morgan'i i - t?te. The sale of the Fragonard panels and the Chinese porcelains by Mr Morgan gave rise to the balief that he intended pose of all his father's collec but as yet no indication has come fiom him as to what he will do with irts still ? the museum. Leu is I . dyai d. jr., co?t lei foi the Mor? gan estate, refused yesterday to dis the natter. Wed 60 Years; Die Same Day. Irlrgiapli I" ' Stamford, Conn., March SI. Born s -tone's throw of each other in Cread ley Heath, England, more than eighty \ear.s ftgo, and married more than - St) seals. Mr, and Mrs. William M'oodhall, of 195 Hen;y Street, died 0-day within -even hours of each other. Iowa May Taboo Tips. lies MoinOS, Iowa, March SI. An anti-tipping bill was paasad to-day by the lower houe. M applies '" hotels, restaurants, timing ano sleeping cara, ?-?d i's violation i? made a misde? meanor. 1^ cnn't describe it. though I am trained nurse mid fairly familial w disease.'1 It seems incredible, but for twel year? this woman, nursing In excelle familiei and under wise physieiai w taking ten grains of morphine <:a\. : no one, ?he ?ay?, ever St M ???' it Only when the HVnlan la ? Ne v York State measure, and t federal provision called the Harris law cut her off from the drug did d :: 1er n\ ertake her. "Not that 1 didn't always want stop it.*" she told me. "It wasn't plei ant to feel that I was a slave. I ha cone to specialists, applied to san tori uma, collected all the literatu there Wh- on the subject. Thev all si 'Decrease! Decrease!' I tell you" and her bright, dark eyes flamed, a : he laid her hand on my arm "th don't know what they are talking aboi "My taking the drug began with i operation. That was twelve years an For six nights nfter my recovery b gan the physician gave me the need [01 I rouldnt sleep. Then he took tl syringe away from me. 'Stop the nio phine,' he told me. And I think could have Stopped it. but fifteen da; : fter going under the krife I was call OUt on a case. 1 had two children at my mother dependent on me, and went. "1 xas cairied home m collaps i>ut the pair and nervous breakdo* caused me '<> r< sort to morphine ta Vt*. ', returned to work, taking a II tie mor] Sine daily, because it kept n up. nn 1 I believed 1 could stop as u came back. It was perhai four month? afterward that I wak? UB to the fact that I was a morphii Victim, p. 'dope fiend.' "Dr. Bishop -ays 1 have taken OUsly, 1 didn't, like some of the; poor girls, li\e on it, eating nothin ng the clock around, waking OB 4 untiniii?! mi page II, enlunin t GOVERNOR WILLING TO KILL GRAB BIL? Won't Allow Short Weigh Artists to Swindle Peo? ple of State. 1 ( i s ,f? (>>rre*poii<Iei:t of Vhr TWini ? ' Albany, March 31. -In i?n intervic to-njght with the Tribune eorrespoi dent, Governor Whitman declared h would veto the Wood bill abolishing th Department, of Weights and Measure if it came before hrm and it was show that the bill was as its opponent claimed it was rncrelv an excuse fc 1 permitting the shoit weight artists ( 1 the business world to swindle the poo and the unwary. "If it pa.--< \ lembly, will yo giant u hearing to the opponents I the bill?" the Governor was asked. "I certainlj shall," ?<-.?? the emphati r< ply. The Got 'mor expressed turpri : when told that Senator Wilson, in de tending the bill in 'he Senate venter day, where Senator Brown rushed i tluoiigh with a party lash, which ha a stimulating effect on all the Repub Mean , except Senators Ogden I.. Milli em M. Hill and William Bt declared the passage of the bill mean la aaving to the stale of from $16,00 ? tu $iv K) innually. By an expenditure ?as* year of $19, the Department of Weights am irei saved the Utopie of the stat $50,000,000, according to the figures o ? partment, i'hat the bill will probably be beatei in the Assembly was the opinion o several Republicans with whom Th I ribune correspondent talked to-day Said one, who requested that his na:n< be not 01 ed : "The Tribune, in conducting a figh for the retention of this bureau, is ti i be congratulated. It should have thi , upport of every honest man am woman in the sta'o and every busine.v man as well; and it is thp duty o !??. ry one who is not lined up with th? ? weight srtists to send telegram' and letters to their Assemblymen tell ing them to vote against this bill thi meanest bill ever submitte 1 to th< ure." Following The Tribune's editorial ol March 21, protesting against tin- abol< ishment of the department, letters pro ; testing against the passatre of the bill were sent to the Governor, to member i of the Legislature and to the >>inciali ? of the department. Many of them are ! from presidents of housewives' league? ite over. I he Housewives' League ?tandf squarely sgainst the bill to abolish tiie department of Weights and Measurei which was passed by the State Senate t.ii ruesday. "May 1 urge all housewives through The Tribune," said Mrs. Julian Heath president of the league, last evening, "to urge Governor Whitman not to sign it? W.hy should our state fail behind , other states in this matter? "The point I want to make is that i such h bill is a backward step it will i weaken the department to incorporate it into the Department of Agriculture. When thi? came up before, I went to Governor Sulser about it. and if necee l shall go to Governor Whitman. w e must not fall behind." GEN. WOOD TO TEACH WAR Will Open New Military Course at Princeton April 15. Princeton, N. ,).. March 81. Majoi General Leonard Wood, commander of the Department of the Kiast, will on April 16 give the first of the military lectures in the new optional course at Princeton University. Hi-; topic will in a survey of the military history of the l ni ted States, with special reference to the War of I81X and the Mexican, Spai ih-American wai-, one ,. wees will be devoted to it. ami ocrrse will be combined with prac ' eld and road WOI k. The special faculty committee on militar) training In Princeton is com ? | the schedule of the lectures. and already several army officers of high rank have been detailed by the ' War Department to ?peak before the undergiaduaU's. CALL HAYWARD WHITMAN'S IfU BOON MANAGER Rancorous Attack on (iov ernor ?n Senate by Democrats. COLONLL CONFIRMED BY VOTK 28 TO 15 Senators Mills, Bennett and Cromwell Take No Part Other Republicans Silent. i t surr ( mnmmiimx <.r i ? Albany, March .11. The appointment of Colonel William Hayward as Public Service Commissioner for the 1st I' tnrt, to succeed Milo R. Maltbis confirmed by the Senate to-day follow? ing a bitter and scurrilous attack on the Governor an attack that was re? ceived in silence by the Republicans. The appointment is for a term of five >ears, at a salary of ?15.000 a year. The three Republican Senators from Manhattan and Richmond Ogdeu I* Mills. William M. Bennett and George Cromwell refused to vote when their names were called. The Brooklyn Re publican Senators voted to continu. The Democrats voted solidly against confirming the appointment, the vote being '?H to IV No (iovernor has been attacked M bitterly on the floor of the Senate in many years. Senators Irngi ivce here say. In unequivocal terms the Democrats charged Governor Whit? man with appointing Colonel Hayward in order tb:.t be in.,-ht mana| presidential boom and collect campaign contributions from corporations. Sens ?or Klon R. Brown, temporar) pre i dent . ' th ? Senate, w'w> ?| irai expect? ed would d? fem' the Governor, uttered no wor I in his defence. 'T enter a general denial," laughed the Governor, when he hcaul of the charges. Colonel Hayward also fell in for a few broadsides from the Den:' who kept up the debate for nearly the hours. Their chief attack on Colonel Hayward w-as that he was born in Ne? braska. Senator Brown, aided I . ators Walter*, of Onondaga, and > Thompson, ot Niagara, sprang to 1 Colonp Hayward'? defence, but none of ?them ro c to champion the Governor. t barge* Absurd. Sa>s Hayward. After being ?nom in by Secretary of S'fjto Hugo, Colonel llayv.: rd -aid to the Tribune correspondent. "I plead guilty to the charge that I was born in Nebraska. I tried to Btone for this grievous fault by coming to New York City as quickly as I could. , Ar to their other charges and veiled in? sinuations, I decline to dignify them with a reply. They are too absurd." Colonel Hayward will assume offlee to-morrow. He left here to ? ght 'or his sister's apartment, in the Hotel Marquise, in Thirty-first Street. I'.' will remain there until his ankle, which he sprained a fortnight ago, is mended. Then he will resume hi.- re idence at the Union League < lub. Just before Marting lor New York hfl issued thfl followiug statement : "I shall de - ot >? mysel ( ab ol tely and exclusively to the place and to a prompt, fair and \igorous enforcement of the provisions Of the law a- it was originally intended, using eery I given by that law to securi for the of Now York i itj decent and adequate service and treatment by the public ,-eivice eorporatioi ? I am concerned there will he no politics directly or indirectly, in the Public Service Commission." The tight over Colonel Ha) appointment came with s snap th< ment his name was read from th< Senator .lames A Foil Senate not confirm. Senatoi -:. . ai chairman of the Pi? i presented the name. i good word for Colo'. 1 Hayward New York Republicans Opposed. The attai ko Gov ernor then began In earne I opene bj Senator William l! Carswell, of Brooklyn, who said that had the 'greater New York Republicans '.i tirmly against Ha, ward's appointment the upstate Republicans would have ? followed suit. "It is the consensus of opinion in greater New York." said Mr. Carswell, "that tiiis nomination should nevei have been made and should not h ! We are replat ing Maltbie, an expert in municipal affairs, by a man witl a pleasing exterior, s fanciful If not fictitious title, and a career unfit? ting him for ti e office of Public Service Commissioner. "It is a 115,000-a. yreai ob ai 'I it should be filled with s $15,000-a-year man. I deny the right of any exec? utive to pay iis personal political debts by making appointments not com? mensurate with the public good. ? olo nel Hayward is wholly destitute of lability to tit him for this place." Senator Walters tookithe floor and . accused the Democrat- of hadow danc? ing and making speeches solely for publication. Senator Foley, who was one of the members of the Thompson committee ' winch investigated the Public ? <nntie:ieil eil pair I. toll.tin ; AMERICAN HELD IN PARIS FOR FIRE ON LA TOURAINE Raymond Rolfe Swoboda Accused of Burning French Liner. CAUSED SUSPICION BY HIS MOVEMENTS Declared by Four Persons Here Tu Be Agent for French Supply Syndicate. Pour men in this city declared last Bight that Raymond Rolfe Swoboda, ?nested in Paris charged with setting tire to the steamship La Touraine, was nn American citizen ?nd represented in this country a French ayndicate ei gaged ?n purchasing supplies for the Preach government and the civilian population. This was attested by 1!. K. Maclea, formerly textile expert for the-Federal Tariff Hoard, m its investigations of that industry; Thossas Hooper, of Vic? toria, H. ('., an Fnglish-born Canadian, and by Eugene Davis and W. F. Mohr, Americans, of this city, all of whom said they were associated with Swoboda m the purchase of supplies. All were unanimous in asserting that a grave error had been made in arrest inn Swoboda. They have made repre? sentations to th" State Department, accompanied by affidavits to prove that Swoboda'? mission to Pans was solely to submit -amide of American goods to t m1 l-'i ench j ndicete. It aas declared by Mr. Maclea that' Swoboda ws known to the Department of Commerce Snd had been instructed, arrival in l'aris with ]);. ' . \\ . A. VeditS, commercial at-; tache of the United States Consulate, there, on n . ommcrcial inter- j I the 1 nit.-.I States. F.xehanged l'ansports Here. Swoboda, according to Mr. Hooper, i uno layi he was in direct partnership with him, bore an American passport . to ium here in exchange for a rt he obtained from the Ameri? can Embassy in Paris m January. Swoboda was born, according to Mr. Hooper, in .san PieMMtOOO thirty-eight of ;, Scotch mothir and a Rus ian l.i'tier. il,- spent hi- early youth in Russia and later went to Pal . where he became a member of the Pari? Bourse, He was associated' with a commercial concern of high I standing, name.I Morrison & Duelos, who when the war broke out. formed a syndicate for the purchase of war sup plie end were official in their char* . scter In an affidavit sent to the State De? partment Mr. Hooper say^: "I entend into nn agreement to pur ehase supplie? with Swoboda when he ?un-, and during his stay Wa? constantly with him night and day, travelling to Montreal, Toronto, Chi? cago und Cleveland to visit am' get de of materials from the leading tirms of these cities. A full duplicate . corre, pendones, co?? ete., ?I here, -whiret to any in l?mii to show what our business relal " < ame Here on the Knchambeau. On the cabin !i-t of the French steamer Kochambeau, which came here Havre on January 14, was a "M. i Monsieur i Swoboda," of Paris. It is 1 he wa? the Raymond Swoboda j now under -in> it About th'- middle of February Ray !'., Swobo !n Used a telephone to communicate with Dr. Henry .1 Swo .i, nna; ! ? ' ' b.ic | >wobodn 11 be ? ould like tn call, lie made 1 s finally ?hrua ; v '_' '. ? .-' . told the chemist ? he was living at the Hotel Manhattan, but it was not until ~:. re ? y-second rt (?stored there Before engag . he cas frequently he hotel lobby and at the bar, e nversing ? irni I with strangers. Two day s after establi ah ing his addt c is ? ? ? Hotel Manhattan he used it m obtaining a taking oath that h.- wa? an American citizen, born in San Pranci CO. The chief clerk in the naturalization bureau of the Feder ,1 -if tin; district would not divulge yesterday the name of the person who Swoboda, Allowed to 'lake Gaaeleae. ? p , ? ??! at the? French ? late, and the French Fine hon- ? ored it, permitting it- holder to take La l'on aine, w hich -.ailed Neu ^ orh on February 27. He took ttith him on the voyage several specimen cans of gasolene, "He impressed me as a very ?lever, capable man, exceedingly diplomatic". Dr. Swoboda declared. "He made a| many inquiries into my family history, and we finally decided we were ; very distant cousins, and that our fam- : ille^ had been more elosoly related m i. generatioi n A I ria " The ticket agent at the French Line i i he remembered Swoboda as a man about thirty-five years old. who ? I he wa? going to France to sell ? ? \ H ? wanted to take .. ? baggage several sample? I nntiiiiicil on BOCC ?-', million 4 Another Beautiful Number of the New BR AV.N AND GREEN GRAPHIC SECTION With Next Sunday's Tribune Light pages of fascinating brown and srcrn effects in Camera Photogravure?picturing people and thing3 that claim our immediate interest. In Mttki (l/'Mi/t <>/ tOUt ( "/n/ Order from )>n'r newsdealer lo-dtty i WARTIME MENUS OF ROYALTY. DINNER AT COURT Of PRU88I?, BERLIN. Soup. Vermicelli or Macaroni. 'Potatoes in Jackets. ?|'e?.:i,f w.iilit Ik ,,ii, uf sflMs nuu-rn' DINNER AT BUCKINGHAM FAIr ACE, LONDON. Fish. ( hicken. Ham. Duck, with Mousseline Sauce. < hocolate Cake?. [Bj Cafctl to Th? Tribun? I London. March It Table expenses at Buckingham Palace have been reduced from $3 to $1 a person each day. When the war started expenses were immediately cut to $2, but now another reduction has become neces? sary Tic dinner menu has been reduc.d. therefore, from twehe courses to live, and last week for three successive dinners the meats consisted simply of cold roast beef served with -alad. The menu cards at Buckingham Palace arc now written by hand in the campaign to cut expenses. The cost of maintaining the palace has be"n reduced $'150 by curtailing menus, dismissing servants and similar econo? mies. At ?he Prussian court, in Berlin, the attempts at economy are even more pronounced. Kmperor William, in his brief appearances there, makes it his business-to see that ther" is no waste of food. Kim Offers to Give Up Drink for Britain's Sake George V Tells Chancellor of Exchequer He Will Bar Alcohol from Royal Palaces as Example to Nation. London, March 11. King George come out flatly for prohibition of iiquor traffic by volunteering per; ally to irive up the use of all alcoh liquors and to issue an order aga their use in the royal household. 8 a notification has been sent to Di Lloyd George, Chancellor of the chequer, by the King'3 private se< tary. Lord Stamfordham, in tho lowing letter: ' Dear t'hancollor of the ExeheoUfl "The King thanks you for so prorr lv letting him have a full report the proceedings at yesterday's meet of tho deputation of employers, majesty has r?ad it with intense irfl est, but also with tho deepest cone He feels that nothing but the m vigorous measures will BUecessft cope with the grave situation r existing in our armament factoric "We have before us the statenie not merely of the employers, but the Admiralty and the War Off which are responsible for muniti? of war and for the transport of troi and their food and ammunition. Fr this evidence it is without doubt lar ly duo to drink that we are unable secure the output of war material dispensable to meet the requireme of the army in the field, and that th has been ?uch serious delay, in con quenco, of the necessary romfor ments of supplies to aid our galli troops at the front. King Kead> to Gi\e Order. "A continuance of such a state things must inevitably result in I prolongation of the horrors and bi dens of this terrible war. "1 am instructed to add that, if it 1 deemed advisable, tho King will be p i pared to set an example by giving i _ _ BANK MESSENGER AND $6,000 VANIS1 Trusted Employe Fails t Return to Irvington Af? ter Cashing Draft. Edwin Wood, thirty-five, a trust? messenger in tho employ of the Irvin ton National Bank, at Irvington-oi Hu(Doii, disappeared yesterday afti obtaining $'>,000 on a draft from tl tehester Trust Company, in Yonl era, and no trace of him has bee found by the bank authorities or th police of New York and WestcheeU t'olllltV. Wood obtained the money from th Yonkers bank about 10 a. m. When h did not reach the Irvington bank b 2 in ihe afternoon his employers be. came nervous and notified the polic? R. G. Abercrombie, president of th Irvington bank, suid at his home to night that Wood had alwuys bee: thoroughly trustworthy during hi twelve years' service at the bank am had bean trusted with large amount? Any opinion as to whether the mes : met with an accident, hai been held up and robbed by highway men or hud appropriated the mono; would bfl mere speculation, said Ml Abercrombie. Wood lives in South Broadway, Ir vington. He has a wi'e and three ehil dren. Mr*. Wood Wf-S prostrated h; her husband's failure to return home. ? ?? LAW GUARDS WOMAN'S AGE Rejoicing in Jersey at Passage of Oliphant Bill. Trenton, N. J.. March II. Women ot Now Jersey rejoiced when they learned that the Oliphant bill was passed by the House to-day. This measure does not require them to tell their ages when they vote that is, in the event that they get the ballot. Instead of the conventional "How old are you?" which the Goran law de? mands, this bill, if it is accepted by the Senate, will ask merely "Are you more than twenty-one?" CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER HUGE GUN Panama. March 31. I ?? an was killed and anotht r was seriously in? jured to-day, when ihr- tackle of a I t lncb gun they were mounting on the canal fortifications at Naoa Island broke, and the huge machine rolled down the hill, crushing them under it. The two mon w-ere members of the gang which was hauling the gun to the top of the hill. Vhey were walking be? hind it, aiding the ascent, when the rope broke. Before they could move out of its path the heavy wheels of the carriage on whict? ttie gun was mor. mg bad passed over them. sil alcoholic liquor himself and issuing orders against its consumpti in the royal households, so that difference shall be made, so far as 1 majesty is concerned, between t treatment of the rich and the peor this question. "LORD STAMPORDHAI . "The King's Private Secretary." According to "The Daily Telegrapl there is official warrant for stati that the King's example will be f< lowed immediately by a large numb Of persons holding high offices, i eluding all the Cabinet ministers a other officers of the government, a probably al! of the judges of the S preme Court of Judicature. The question of drink and its effe o the work which is considered nece sary for the successful prosecution the war overshadows at the prese moment everything else in public i terest. T pre^s and the public fav some drastic measures, a majority the newspapers expressing the beli that total prohibition, which would a 1 ply to all classes, is necessary. T government, however, nas not y reached a i tision on the question, i though, if Y i. Lloyd tieorge and Lo Kitchener have their way, it is h lieverl there will be total prohibitic To bring this about the governme must have at act of I'arhament passe Hours Will Be Shortened. D is pointed out that to prohibit t' sale of liquor only in the localiti where men are engaged in the man facture of munitions would cause great outcry, and that, aside from tot prohibition, apparently the only way dealing with the matter is a furth curtailment in the hours of sale. Sor persons favor prohibiting the sale spirits, but. allowing the sale of be and wine It is i.nderstood, howeve that the leaders in this matter wou not be satisfied except with the mu ' stringent restrictions PRINZ EITEL COALS UNDER ?. S. GUAR? Troops Sent to Pier Fol lowing Captain's Appeal ?One Arrest. I\ IwesrSSS M Th? Tribunr 1 Norfolk, Va., March 31.-While th 1 thousands of watchers constant! around her mooring place are guessin I ?.'! to whether Captain Thierichens wil , carry out his expected determinatio: to make a dash for the open sea wil the German cruiser, the Prinz Fite Friedrich, taking a chance with th foreign cruisers hovering off th coast, 1,600 tons of coal are beim rapidly stowed away in the bunkers o the (?erman rover. The amount, al letted by orders of local naval authori ties, Was brought in barges from Sew ell's l'oint to the side of the cruiser Three hundred German sailors, direct td by officers of the Prinz Fitel, an handling the coal, while the ship's bam is playing, and every effort is beinf n ade to complete the coaling opera Cons in the shortest possible time. There is also a rumor afloat that th? Prinz Fitel has asked for and has been assigned a pilot to navigate her past the dangers at the entrance of I ? > peaks Hay. FiTorts to verify this failed as those able to talk about the report are silent. Captain Thierichens has ' a'so sealed his lips, merely smiling when asked direct questions. An incident this morning on the wharf leading to the mooring place of the Prinz F.tel caused Cautain Thierichens 1 iter in the day to appeal to Rear Ad? miral Beatty for an American naval guard for the wharf. It also disclosed the fact that Captain Thierichens has m his employ a number of -ecret ser? vice men. who are mingling with the crowd of sightseer?, to aid in the pro? tection of the Fitel. A stranger neatly dressed and -peaking English perfectly, asked to i he allowed to pas- tic ?ate leading to the Eitel'a pier. He claimed to have a note for the (?erman crui-. Dut acted so suspiciously tfiat he was refused admission. Guards were forced ??) use harsh method? to liar bis In? gres? to the gate A few minute- later the man attempted to gain admission by vaulting the fence. He ?a? down and surrounded by a score of plain clothes men, all armed with police authority. At the police Station it wa? learned tha' the man under arrest was dement? ed, and he was turned over to friei da The jii,lice declined to identify him for -,iper men. The request of Captain Truer ? for a naval guard followed, and was i communicated to Washington To? night the wharf is being patrolled by ( uni'li o ?"I "O pd*e S, entuma 2 THRASHER DEATH RAISES SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS Washington Fears Grave Consequences from Falaba Tragedy. STATE DEPARTMENT INSISTS ON SILENCE U. S. Note to Germany Said De. struction of American Ufe Would Be Unfriendly Act. 'From T> T'Mir.? 1 -. Washington. March IL So serious is the international situation created by the drowning of Leon Chester Thrasher, the American rngneer who went down in the British steamer Fal? aba. that a renewed policy of silence on the subject has been enjoined upon all State Department officials. The position taken b ; the Cnitod States in the note to Germany, protect? ing against the impliod and directly expressed threats of the war rono proclamation of February 4, was such that by no possibility, it is thought, can Germany misinterpret the meaning of the State Department. Tho I'nitod States, it was therein stated, could not look upon the destruction of Ame; ?can life, or American property through ?nforcement of the <-nr zone decree in any light but that of an unfriendl/ act. It was frankly explained to Germany that the slaying of an American would be an intolerable t'niii". On this po^is the American note ?aid: "it would be difficult for the govern, ment of the i'nited States to view tho act in any other light than as an inde? fensible violation of neutral rights which it would be very hard indeed t<> reconcile with the friendly relations now so happily subsisting between tho two governments. "If such a deplorable situation should arise, tho imperial German gov? ernment can readily appreciate that th<i government of the United States would be constrained to hold the imperial ( German government to a strict ac ? countubili'y for such acts of their na? val authoiities and to take any steps it miuht be necessary to take to safe? guard American lives and property and secure to American citizens the full enjoyment of their acknowledged rights on the high teas." Secretary Bryan .said to expected Ambassador Page, m London. to submit a full report on the r advices there eonfirmad reports of Mr. Thrasher's death, but added that no in? quiriofl had been received bj thfl de? partment, nor hud any been mad? o? Sir. Page. It was suggested in some circle? that ?he German position would be to placn responsibility for th- destruction of ? the Falaba upon her captai . contend ' mg that his effort to escape renden i ! his vessel liable to attack un'h-r th? I rule*? of international la*. <?n ?ln> 'other hand, however, it was ?aid tha*. while tho rules of international law as heretofore applied permitted the do? . -:on of merchant craft which re sisted search by belligerent war ves. ! ?<ds, it appeared that the Falaba only I attempted to escape and did rot ? ; It was pointed out in official circle? | that, according to reports, the .diip's boa:s wer? over her lid? and her pas lengers and crow attempting to leav-? her when tho torpedo which destroyed I her was discharged. London. April i. Th? sinking of the Falaba and the Agria has arbUSfld a ? storm of Indignation throughout tho country, and the demand ik being mad?? that the crews o( tubo - treat ed a.- pirates, if eaptui A- th? destroyers ha?? boon unablo to round up tin' submarinos operating British coast, sh p owners hava ,l the | 11 ernme ir a I i lowed to arm their ship?. This i : boon permit toron could then be considered ships of war and be sunk without BO Thrasher Family Asks Investigation Bj '1. *? . BM I Worcest tr, Mass., March SI. Mrs. M. L. Thrasher, of Hardwlek, Mas-, mother of Leo". Chester Thrasher, who imong the in persons to 'o-e, th? ir live? on th? '? amer Pal? i ? Sunday, confirmed to-day the fact tha? bei v ri ?? m zon. The family has ?! I s com? plete il and the brothers of the re m in declared to will emplo) counsel to look after their Interests in th? Congressman Ptodei Massachusetts, wa I with bv B .ly to-day by telephone, and hfl promised the family to mal vcatigation through Ambas ador P.??;? in London. Leon Cheater Thrai i ond of th n ?? son i, i d w is bort, m Hardwiek m 1884. When yuan old he went to S| where h? learned his trad? aid 04 a master mechanic. Upon eompl hi* apprenticeship, he I course of hi work in of th? globe H.s first employment was m 1908, m Ecuador. Later ' came ? isociated a f h I of the <ta*T of the Aboi i Gol.I Mining Company, a* its Gold Coast hcadquar ter>. H?- a i ? ara* to Africa when he lost hi k been ill his home in Hard? I ? 'irht. m.i-. 1911, when he returned itorti Ahi'k.i Ph? last rd reei sd by the family came last Fnda> wrote his mother rotura to Hardwiek m a ye? he leaves two brothers Howard R.aad .'ustiii V I h i ?? si Mrs. Kuth A Ni lo H irr ion o. r i >ince then 'to- widow m the fami!) I ome, ?? .?? of meal -. and ti i prominent -ociali> '. t Leon Chester Thrashei fcr em| - at < I.-thmus of Panama, is on RI? m thia city at tho ofAco? i" tn?- Panama Rail i way Cempaay, M bute Streut He tilled