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RAMMEYER
STAMPED ON A SHOE
MEANS STANDARO OF MERIT
6--AVE AT 20 "ST.
Men's and Women s
Low Shoes at
FINAL PRICE
REDUCTIONS
'1.45/1.95
Former Prices
Range From
$4 to $11.
All Styles--Incomplete Sizes
EDISON BATTERY
SECRETLY PLACED
IN SUBMARINE K-I
Marines Guard Boat at
Navy Yard and Officials
Withhold Information.
Carefully guarded preparations were
made by officials at the navy yard yes?
terday for the installation of Thomas
A. Edison's new hickel batteries abosrd
the submarine K-l. R. A. Bachman,
? h\ manager of the Edison concern
charge of the work.
If the batteries prove as effective in
practical u are s.iid to have
done while the electrical wizard was
mentmp with them the United
? y will possess the first
underwati r craft in which the danger
of the crew 'icing suffocated by chin?
gas is practically eliminate?.
Mr Bachssan arrived about 11
o'clock at the navy yard yesterday.
He immediately went to the K-l and
, woik ?>n the batten?'.1-. Extra
precautions were taken to keep away
persons from the submarine.
None of the officers at the navy yard i
: talk of the batteries. Most of
theas said they knew nothing about ,
them. Chlorine "~ai is the DU|
of undersea boats, and most o
who are familiar with them believe
that chlorine gas caused the destruc- ;
tion of the F-4 at Honolulu, several
month i
The nickel bctteries are the result
of a visit of Mr Edison to the navy
yard about seven month? ago. He vis?
ited one of the bouts of the l. typ.'
with Seer? I - ??"?l spent about
three-quarters of an hour studying the
vitals of the submarine. At the con- ;
elusion of his visit it was announced j
?he wizard believed that he had
solved the problem of doing away with
dancer of gas suffocation and that he ?
would immediately begin ar. expen- j
with a new battery.
ay that there is no doubt
eeeaa of Mr. Edison's tests
igerly a-vaiting the re
.
How long it would take to install
the i i would b?
at the navy
yur?l - lid that it would
abo..- install the bat?
terie??. A doch * r?,-?1 will be given the
Mil-?-:, trine, al will take
around the.
,,r.
putting in of the batteries ii
pra<"!? lall* the of the new
.
in no wa>
ntion, it i
hurried matters and
that ? i will I,?
a i-hort time.
-,
FAIL TO WIN SENATOR
Dillingham Tells Suffragists Question
l<? One fur States.
Aug. 24. Mrs.
: man of the New
? ?
Union, and a d?l?gation of the Equal
Vermont called
on Senator W. P. 1'illinghnm here to?
day. Th?y inquired why he opposed
a constitutional amendment granting
rutTrage to women.
Senator Dillingham reiterated his
Congress, that
the question was one to be decided
by the states, rather than by the
Federal government.
AT HER SERVICE
rut ADAM has at her instant
service (at the Toilette
Counters at Bloomimgdale's)
the thousand first-aids to
beauty and health that are to?
day so indispensable!
From "Endura" tooth?
brushes with their enduring
I ristlcs at 25c. and 35c, to the
rare perfumes of Kcrkoff and
Brecher of Paris!
JoaimWaaatttiS
BUSTANQBYS
METAMORA CLUS
39th Street
Known the world ovrr for
cuisine and Parisian atmosphere.
AMATEUR SOIREES
KVKKV Ml.ll'I
Eeauttfui Dancing ?Prizes
at Lunch, lea and Supper
Continuous Entertainment
1 P. M. to 2 A. M
U. S. IS SEEKING
TO BE FINANCIAL
PILOT OF HAYTI
Negotiating for Treaty
for Ten-Year Control
of Customs.
REBELS AGAINST
PROPOSED PACT
President Dartiguenave's Life
Threatened if He Puts Con?
vention Through.
I From Thf Tribun? Bureau.)
Wnshington. Aug. 24. The State De?
partment hiis opened negotiations with
tho Haytian Government for a treaty
similar to that now in force with Santo
Domingo, which will give the Cnited
States control of the Haytian customs
ar.d a supervision over the national
finance.? for ten year-?. It is hoped the
negotiations can bt carried on so as to
conciliate the mi?s of people in Hayti.
The negotiations are being conducted
by American repreientatives in Hayti,
and the State Dep-irtmcnt has tried to
keep them secret until their success is
assured. The custom houses of the
three principal ports have been for
some time under the control of Amer?
ican officers, who were placed in charge
after the military occupation of the
republic.
President Dartiguenave, whose elec*
tion was due in large measure to the
protection of American troops in Hayti,
favors the plan, but is fearful of pop?
ular disapproval. The Bobo party,
which has not ceased its activities in
spite of the exile of its chief, is openly
hostile to an American protectorate in
Hayti, and. under the leadership of
General Morenei. one of Bobo's prin?
cipal adherent*?, has enlisted the assist?
ance of the Cacos, a native caste of
rough riders.
Hebel* Aided by Guerillas.
The Bobo party's activities are chiefly
confined to the north of the island.
The Cacos ere roving bands of mer?
cenaries, who are skilled in guerilla
fighting, and deeeend on the coast
towns only for sudden raids. While
their power .s not great, they are able
to harass the administration and are
not easily subdued.
Every effort is being made by the
revolutionists to incite the populace
against the proposed treaty with the
Cnited States, and Dartiguenave's life
een threatened if he persist in
allowing the pact to be put through.
The administratif n, however, is confi?
dent that the intelligent citizens of
Hayti will support the measure and
back up the -government against the
If the treaty is concluded, the Amer?
ican troops will undoubtedly be kept
in Hayti until all danger of revolt is
past. The Sacramento left New Orleans :
to-day to join Rear Admiral Caperton's ?
command, and preparations are being i
made by th Navy Department for a
prolonged occupation.
It il pointed out, however, that the
-ination of President Guillaume
was ?lue to popular indignation, stirre?!
up by Bobo's charge that the govern- ;
iras planning to hand over the
custom houses *o American control. At
that time Santo Domingo was pointed ?
a horrible example of the havoc ''
'? t by American interests.
Haytian Officials Want
to Discuss Treaty Terms
I'urt-au-Prince, Hayti, Aug. 24. The
American government ha.- addressed
the government of Hayti expressing its
desire that there be accepted without
delay the draft of ? convention for ten
under which there shall be es
,. d an effective control of Hay?
tian customs as well as administration
of the finances of the country under a
er general and American em- '
lindes the terms of the convention,
both municipal and rural police are to
be natives, under the command of
American officers. The plan includes
the arrangement of the debts of Hayti
to foreigners and an engagement to
.lile du Haytian territory to any for?
eign power except tho Cnited States.
The Havtian government is request?
ed to reply to this communication not'
later than Wednesday.
The Haytian Deputies and Senators
have been in secret committee meet- !
ing to discuss the matter. They are
hostile to the principle involve?] and '
find the conditions inacceptable. It Is
believed they will vote a resolution au-1
thorisinf the executive power to sign a
trcnty with the Cnited State?, but they
doubtless will desire to discuss thp
terms of the convention before giving
it their approval a measure ne?'
under the provisions of the Haytian
c?rr?t'-tution.
Under the provisions of the sutr
gested convention dealing with control
of the nation's finances, all Haytian
revenues collected Will be set apart for
payment of tie government personnel,
payment of interest and sinking fund
charges of the foreipn and domestic
debts of the republic, and to meet ex?
penses under the regular budgets.
Naval Constructor Stocker
to Leave Navy Yard Sept. 1
After five years ?if service Naval
Constructor Robert Stocker, builder of
the dreadnoughts New York and Ari
ni,a, will leave the N'a\y Yanl. He
r D ordered to Washington to th
Bureau of Construction and Repair.
Naval Constructor (?. H. Rock will take
Ins place, beginning September 1. Mr.
RoCK comes from the Bureau of Con?
struction at Washington and will finish
Mirk on the Arizona.
The change is in line with the an?
nouncement in The Tribune three
months ago that Naval Constructor
Stocker and Commander Louis C.
Richardson, head of the machinery ?li
. would probably leave the yard.
Since that time Mr. Richardson has
been relieved by Commander Karl
Jessup.
i ?nnmander Stocker enjoys the dis?
tinction of building the two biggest
warships in the navy. The New York
is the larg?.>i vessel afloat, and when
ihe Arisons go?'s into commission sh
will be the biegest warship in the
navy.
EX-SPY HAS HIIS SPY FREED
Dr. (.raves Aaka Court to Release
Kneeland. Whom He Arrested.
Dr. Armagaard Keil Graves. ex-Ger?
man spy, who caused the arrest of
Ell wood Van Wyck Kneeland on the
charge of spying on him, pleaded ves?
t? n'.ay in nigh\ court for the latter's :
release
Judge Appleton told Kneeland that
he regretted seeing him arraigned be?
fore him. arni. if it had not been for
hie uncle. Robert Van Wyck, who :
simke to him regarding his nephew's
predicament, he would punish him se?
verely. Kneeland was then released
on probation for six months.
Jewellers Urge Wrist Watches
to Grace New York's "Finest"
Miss Catherine Thompson, wearing 5320,(1.00 worth of diamond--, at the
Jewellers' Exhibition at the Grand Central Palace.
Feminine Taint Gone from Useful Adornment, Says
Decree of National Association, Which Dooms
All Men to Yield to the Clasping Charm.
Wrist watches for men! This is the
pronunciamento of three leading
watchmakers who have booths nt the
tenth annual American National Retail
Jewellers' Association, whose exhibi?
tion at the Grand Central Palace
opened yesterday. If J. B. Warren, of
the Elgin company, has his way, every
traffic patrolman in New York will goon
become an advertisemen* for the
wrist watch whenever he raises his
hand to stop vehicular traffic at a cor?
ner.
Mr. Warren is to ask Commissioner
Woods that the Police Department fol?
low the lead of the government, which
recently bought 400 wrist watches for
Its cavalrymen. At the Elgin booth arc
photographs of Richard Harding Da?
vis, Theodore Roosevelt, jr., and
Christy Mathewson, whose wrists arc
protected by watches. The Waltham
and Ingersoll companies, too, are try?
ing to popularize the wrist watch.
Jewellers said most men on the Con?
tinent wore them and that in this
country already 10 per cent of the
males used the handy timepiece.
?'Cartoonists and kicders have tried'
to hinder their sale," said Mr. Warren
yesterday, "but they are now coming
into vogue, and because of their many
advantages are here to stay."
Jewellers are striving also to edu
rate wearers of gems. Charles F.
Manahan, second vice-president of the
association, pointed out yesterday that
it was foolish for women to wear
heavy adornments with light clothing,
and vice versa. Turquoise and mala?
chite, heavily set, he suggested as
suitable for winter wear, and clear
stones, daintily set in platinum, for
warmer weather.
One of the most attractive displays
at the exposition, which jewellers
? iited contained more than $1,
000,000 worth of g?ms, is' that of
Powers ?V Mayer, Inc. Here Miss
?iitherinc Thompson sits behind a
table wearing |S20,000 in precious
stones and ornaments. Her jewelry
attire consists of an Egyptian tem?
ple headpiece, a Du*rh collar of dia?
monds, a huec corsage, a pearl and
diamond girdle und Btudded bracelets
and rings. At another booth Is to be
found a diamond valued at $3rs,000.
While the visitor waits a machine
in the Whiting A. Davis booth will
manufacture for him either a gold
watchchain or a dainty mesh hair. A
rollection of cultured pearls, at L.
Heller &. Son's exhibit, was the centre
of large gatherings yesterday. These
pearls are cheaper than ordinary
pearls and are obtained from carefully
guarded shells in the Hay of Ago,
Japan. It requires four yeai I to g>?t
the cultured pearl from the oyster.
Friday the jewelleri will meet and
announce the styles for the coming
year.
WOMEN'S VOTES
URGED AS REMEDY
Continued from pase 1
i? declares, should be enough to sup?
port a wife and three children, the
natural resources of the country being
ample to allow this if the industrial
population is properly educated and
organized. It is suggested that the
government, through a bureau, collect
and make public annually full infor?
mation in regard to labor conditions,
hours of work and wages. It place-;
' ight hours a day, six days a week as
the maximum of work under normal
conditions.
As to safety and sanitation, figures
are quoted showing that yearly there
are 36,000 fatal accidents in imlustrial
work and 700,000 injuries causing dis?
ability of more than four weeks, with
?he estimate that from a third to a
half are preventable. It proposes a
bureau of industrial safety to obviate
this, and appropriations of the public
health service to improve industrial
> an-.-.at ion.
*> a result of their unprotected
condition," the report continues,
"women and children arc exploite,! in
indu.'try, trade, domestic service and
agriculture to an extent which threat?
ens tj-ieir health and welfare and, men?
the wellbeing of future genera?
tions. The competition of women and
children is a direct menace to the wage
and salary standards of m?'ii."
The increasing employment of women
has bien caused by the low wages of
men, making the work of the women
s necessity to support the family, the
report Anda, ami the child labor la?vs
have been a hardship on the work'ng
classes and not on industry. As rem?
edies it suggests:
That laws be passed for fixing the
? -ati >n of women the same as
that for men for the same service; the
fuller organization of working women
If protection and the extension
of the principle of state protection and
education of children.
Taking up the telegraph and tele?
phone companies, the report finds that
they are rendering inefficiint service
at exorbitant rates, despite underpay?
ment of employes, because of uneco?
nomical organization and over-capi?
talization. Repressive measures have
kept the workers from organizing, it
states.
It recommends the government pur?
chase and operation of the properties,
with provision for continuing workers
in their employment at better pay
or absorbing them into other branches
i,f government service.
Criticising the Pullman c.-mpany, it
ray? the tipping system is degrading,
the company being the real beneficiary
of it, since it enables it to pav lower
wages, and also denounces measures
to prevent it? employee! from joining
I unions. The company is tremendously
! over-capitalized, it s.-serts. Abolition
by law of tipping and regulation of the
hours of work are recommended.
As to railroads, it call-, for sanitary
; improvements for workers, prohibition
! on companies to induce or compel em
! aloyes to sign accident liability re
:? asas, or to contribute to benefit funds,
, and federal regulation of railroad po
? lice.
In a supplemental statement by Com
! missioners John B. Lennon and James
O'Connell, a protest is made against
the assertion of the Weinstock report
j that evils in labor unions are also to
; be blamed for industrial nrest. This
i supplemental report is signed also by
Commissioners A. B. Garretson and
, Krank Walsh, chairman of the Commis?
sion.
They deny the justification, also, for
? the criticism made of the work of Ba
'. sil M. Manly and his staff in preparing
: the minn report. They say all his
| statements und conclusions are war
; ranted by the facts brought out.
They dc-cribe the plan proposed by
i the other reports of the commission to
1 establish an industrial commission, as
"bureaucracy run mad and a subver?
sion of democracy, dangerous to the
] civil and social liberty of all citizens."
| I bey stand on their idea that the
.stronger organization of labor i- the
! panacea for all troubles between work
! ?r and employer.
i < a
1 STRAY GRIP SCARES "WORLD"
Many Shun It, Egan Opens It and Finds
Not Bomb, but Clothes.
A suitcase which went astray caused
no little excitement in the editorial
j rooms of "The New York World" yea
. terday afternoon. It was found by As?
sistant Superintendent Hibbins, of the
Pulitzer Building, and no one could
account ion it. 1 ut, in view of the re?
cent expoti-res of "The World" regard?
ing Germar propaganda, and because a
bomb was found in the offices of a
Serbian newspaper in the same build?
ing, it was given a wide be; .
uwcti Eg in was sent for, and found
that it contained no bomb only cloth?
ing and lett-ers.
13. SHI'S STRANDED HERE
Banj-nr Miss Spends Her $2">?Winds
I i? at Police .Station.
"I'm tired, Mr. Policeman, an?i I've
?.pent all the $25 I had. and I want to
go home," ?aid a trim and good-looking
little miss to the desk lieutenant at
the Greenwuh Btoeai S'ation at *
?,k lsst night.
"I'm Helen Hryer. thirteen years old.
and 1 live *n Hir.gnr, Me. I got tired
and wanted to sec New York, so I took
f'.'.? my foster-father had, an?! I came
here. Now It's all gone. I'm tired,
and I guess I've seen all the sights,
anyway. I want to go home."
U. S. WINS LONG a
MONOPOLY FIGHT
ON KODAK TRUST
Judge Hazel Holds East?
man Company Violates
the Sherman Law.
MUST ABROGATE
TRADE RESTRAINT
Jurist Finds Government Showed
Unfair and Illegal Supres
sion of Competition.
RutTalo, Aug. 24. The Eastman Ko?
dak Company, of Rochester, is a mo?
nopoly in restraint of trade in viola?
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law. ac?
cording to a decision handed down here
lste to-day by Judge John R. Hazel, of ?
the United States District Court. The I
decision grants the defendant company
an opportunity to present a plan "for ,
the abrogation of the illegal monopoly"
M the first day of the November term.
Judge Hazel in his opinion stated ]
' that, while it appeared that no irreme- I
: diable hardship would result from a
separation of the present business into
' hvo or more separate companies, it was
| not at this time intended to indicate
, either a dissolution, division or reor?
ganization.
It no doubt is possible, he said, that
an adequate measure of relief might
result from enjoining the unfair prac- ''
, tices of the terms of sale agreements,
and from a separation of the business;
but the defendants should have an op?
portunity to present to the court on
the first day of the 1915 November
term a plan for the abrogation of the
illegal monopoly unduly and unrea- |
sonably restraining interstate trade ,
and commerce; or, if an appeal from
this interlocutory decree is taken to ;
the Supreme Court, ar.d this decision is
affirmed, such plan is to be presented
within sixty days from the riling of the
mandate.
Insisted on Price fixing.
The Federal suit against the East
. man companies was filed in the United
, States District Court in Buffalo on I
] June 9. 1913. and for a year attempts ;
I were made to bring about a settlement, i
the company agreeing to make changes \
; in its selling policy and other altera
tions in its business methods asked by
the government, except its practice of
Axing retail prices on its goods, which
it contended was neces-ary for the pro- !
tection of its customers against price- ?
i cutting by retailers.
Acquired Twenty Concerns.
The bill alleged substantially that
from 1802 to 1906 the Eastman Com
pany of .New York intentionally monop?
olized the business of manufacturing
and selling cameras, plates, photo?
graphic paper and film in the United
States by acquiring control of twenty
competing concerns, which were after?
ward dissolved, the plants dismantled
and their business removed to Roches?
ter.
That the Eastman Kodak Company of
New Jersey acquired many stock houses
engaged in different states in selling
photographii? supplies manufactured by
the defendants and their competitors.
That the defendants with the inten?
tion of monopolizing the importation
acquired the exclusive right to sell in
the United States and Canada raw
paper stock from European paper mills
a nec-sr-ity in the manufacture of '
photographic papers.
( umpetition Stifled.
That from D?99 to 1908 all Eastman
products were sold by dealers under
restrictions and with discounts which
Stifled competition. In 190S these dis?
counts were discontinued, and subse?
quently so-called terms of sale were
adopted limiting dealers to the hand?
ling exclusivt-ly of Eastman products
i under penalty of revocation of the
i right to deal in any of the Eastman
-commodities.
By the acquisition of properties and
i enforcement of the terms of sale, it
was alleged, the defendants acquired
i the largest percentage of the trade, un- i
? lawfully restrained such trade and ob- :
i tained an illegal monopoly.
The defendants in their answer de
; nied restraining trade or competition or
1 engaging in a monopoly, and claimed
! their status was a result of the crea
? tion and development within their
plants of iroducts of a superior quality
and of the manufacture of a camera in
, which they were the conceded pioneers. !
Built Perpetual Barriera.
The opinion reviewed in detail the
I acquisition of the control of raw paper ;
| and of competing companies, and stated
'. that it was difficult to avoid the con
i elusion that these acts were for the
purpose mt suppressing competition
i and in furtherance of an intention to
I form a monopoly. In substantiation of
I this it was pointed out that in nearly
every instance the conveyances con?
tained restrictive covenants prohibit?
ing the officers of the acquired con?
cerns from re-entering the business for
periods ranging from five to twenty
live years, thus serving, as said in the
Tobacco cause, "as petjietual barriers
, to the entry of others."
Judge Hazel dismissed the govern- ?
' ment's claim that contracts for the j
manufacture of motion picture film en
tered into between the defendants and
the Motion Picture Patents Company
wore violations of the statute.
Enormous Cains Shown.
The court quoted the great gains and
i profits of the company for the year
1912, which amounted to $15,633.551.33,
or about 171 per cent on total sales of
; $2-1,763,407.1*5, as showing the large
disproportion between the cost of man
[ ufacture and the price paid by the con?
sumer. It is undisputed, the court held,
i that the Eastman company controlled
I approximately between 75 per cent and
SO per cent of the entire trade, and
had accordingly obtained a monopoly.
"The burden rested upon the d-fend
1 ants to prove that this was accom
pli-hed by lawful methods," Judge
Hazel said, "and after careful consid
? eration I have concluded that such
j burden was not home, but that, on the
! contrary, the government has ?how
I affirmatively that interstate trtd-- -nd
I commerce have been unjustly ar.d b
i normally restrained by the defendants
j by the formation of a monopoly n
, duced by wrongful contracts with .e
j gard to raw paper stock, preventing the
| trade from obtaining such stock: by
: the acquisition of competing plants nd
stock houses, accompanied by covenants
, restricting the venders from re-enter
! ing the business and by the imposition
on dealers of arbitrary und oppressive
terms of sale inconsistent with air
dealing and suj pressing competition
! Such act?, when taken together, are
I most significant, and seem to me to
indisputably disclose an intention to
violate Section 2 o? the Sherman fct."|
$100 FOR BLACK HAND SLUR
Jury Settles $5,000 Slander Suit Be?
tween Rival Contractors.
Paaqu-il Libutti, a contractor, of -127
East 1 inch Street, obtained a verdict
for $100 yesterday for being called
"chief of the Hlack Hand."
The accusation was made by Gui
seppe Preiuiso, another contractor.
Libutti. an officer of several Italian
organizations, refused to permit the
accusation, made in the presence of
several persons, to go unnoticed. Ho
sued for $5,000 damages for slander.
Prezulso foiled to answer the suit in
court and the Sheriff's jury was asked
to assess the amount of damages.
Sam
BETHLEHEM STEEL MEN
DROP TOOLS ON PAYDAY
Promised 10 Per Cent Wage
Increase Doesn't Ma?
terialize, So
South Bethlehem, Penn. Aug. 24.?
Fully one-half of the employes of the
/Bethlehem Steel Company at its new
fuse plant at Redington, near here,
walked out this morning, and many
more followed at noon, so that very few
of the twelve hundred working force
at the plant remained.
Yesterday was semi-monthly pay?
day a*, the plant, but the expected l?i
per cent increase, which was to be- )
come effective on August 1, was not in?
cluded in the payroll. Quite a number
of girls are employed at the plant.
Many of them also walked out.
KOELBLfPLEDGES
GERMAN SUPPORT
'if Germany Wants War,
She Will Get It," Says
Alliance President.
"If the Germans deliberately sank
the Arabic without warning, then, in
my opinion, Germany has extended an
invitation for war to the United States !
and she will probably ?ret it. In the :
event of positive proof that Germany
has thus assumed the attitude of the ;
aggressor, I believe that German
Americans will be in the first ranks j
of volunteers for the United States.*4
In these words, Alphonse G. Koelble, '
president of the German-American So- i
ciety of New York City and president I
of the German-American Alliance of :
the State of New York, answered yes- j
terday a question that has been de- j
bated frequently during the last few I
days. Returning on the Scandinavian- |
American liner Heilig Olav, after a |
six weeks' visit to Germany, Mr. Koel- ?
ble lost no time in making known his ;
opinions on the present crisis.
Ho is not a Gorman-American him- ?
self. He was born in this city of Ger?
man parents. He has a law office
at 80 Maiden Lane.
"If, on the other hand. President
Wilson makes a blunder in making war
upon Germany," said Mr. Koelble last
night at his home, 140 East Ninety
second Street, "that is another ques?
tion. If we feel that war is brought
on by hasty decision, by newspaper
agitation, manipulation, outside influ?
ence or some other similar cause, then,
naturally, German-Americans will not
have as much enthusiasm for the con?
flict. It is hard to make men light
for a cause that they believe, down in
their hearts, to bo unjust. There were
many Rritish people who did not get
enthusiastic over the Boer war.
"I repeat, however, if the ?-inking of
the Arabic is Germany's method of,
telling the United States where she can
get off, then the crisis is serious. If
any German-Americans should start
to make trouble hy showing their al?
legiance to the fatherland, I am sure
that other German-Americans, standing
by this country, would be the first to
make life miserable for them."
?in the question of exporting of ->m
munition. Mr. Koelble has decided
views. "I believe that America hi,s a
right to sell ammunition," he cor.tn
ued. "Rut this right also gives rise
to the corresponding right of Germany
to s'tik every bit of that ammunition
that she can. Germany has a riithl
to sink any British. American ??r other
neutral ship loaded with ammui
Now when you put American c I
on an unarmed merchantman carrying
ammunition you have ? different prob?
lem. I believe that the liner should
be warned and the responsibility
should be upon the captain if he rt?- i
fused to accede to the warning.
"But we have no international law
on the question of submirine warfare.
It seems to me that the United States
might yield, temporarily, the right of
American citizens to travel on the high ;
seas on ships containing ammunition i
until an international ruling is made.
Such a step would not hurt this coun?
try in the eyes of the world and it
would save a delicate situation. Ger?
many must continue her submarine !
warfare, and England, by use of our !
lag, aiming her merchantmen and of- |
fering prizes for ramming submarinas, :
has forfeited all right of warning."
">lr. Koelble also expressed himself
In favor of a popular referendum in !
this country on the question of war ?
with Germany if the established facts
on the Arabic'- sinking justify such a '
step. "In a democracy every man from
the President down to the humblest
citizen ought to have a vote on whether '?
he favors war," he said.
MARTIAL LETTERS
GREET PEACEFUL AD
"Coward and Milksop" Hurled
at Author of Notice.
Charles Meigs Ripley, of 15 West
Thirty-eighth Street, who in a news?
paper advertisement proclaimed him?
self an American citizen and a de?
scendant of General Ripley and Gen
?tal Meigs of Civil War fame, and said
it was deliberately unfriendly for
Americans to sail on any vessel flying
a belligerent flag, was bombarded with
letters yesterday.
The letters called Mr. Ripley every?
thing from a selfish milksop and cow?
ard to a hero and the savior of his
country. "You needn't worry about
your country ever asking you to fight
for her," said one letter; "the United
States wants men, not cowards and
milksops such as you are."
OUSTS DETECTIVE GRAFTERS
Woods Arta on Charge of Sparing Man
for $25.
John T. Maddock and John A Dolan.
second grade detectives of the Wast
Side Harlem Bureau, were dismissed
from the department yesterday by Com
missioner Woods. Deputy CommissiOtt
? er Godley found tha-m guilty of hav?
ing extorted money from a man they
I were assigned to arrest.
? On July 15 the Woman's Hospital
Bald an illegal operation patient impli?
cated Edward S. McNevin, of 9ti Whit
?lock Avenue, The Bronx, a clerk in the
Finance Department.
McNevin said Maddock and Dolai
took him to a saloon and offered to
save him the humiliation fur $25.
MEXICAN PEACE
POLICY AWAITS
RESULT OF FIGHT
Victory by Carranza May
Lead to His Recogni?
tion by Washington.
PROVISIONAL HEAD
NOT YET DISCUSSED
State Department Puts End to
Reports That Vasquez Tagle
Had Been Selected.
[from Thi? Trll"ine Bureau.)
Washington, Aug. 21. -The Ameri?
can government has not even consid?
ered the selection of a man to head a
provisional government in .Mexico, says
an official statement from the State
Department to-day. The announcement
Was made to put an end to reports that
the government had decided on Vasquez
Tagle as provisional President.
The announcement was regarded as
significant also as indicating the open
mindedness of the government and the
possibility that the claims of Ger.c'al
(a'arranza may receive serious atten?
tion. Although the administration has
been opposed to the recognition of Car?
ranza or of any other factlonist, it is !
believed that much will depend upon
the military events of the next few ',
weeks.
If Carranza is as strong in a mili?
tary way as he appears to be he should ?
have no difficulty, it is believed, in de?
feating Villa and taking complete con?
trol of the situation. On the other
hand, it is considered not impossible
that Villa will turn the tables on his
former chief and strengthen his own ;
chunces for consideration.
It ia expected the Pan-American con?
ference will not be called into session
until the controversy with Germany ,
is settled. The administration has
shown a determination to deal with one
problem at a time.
Carranza's reply to the Pan-Ameri?
can appeal is not expected for several
days. While it is known that he will i
not accede to the demand of the con
ferrees unless he can control the peace
parleys, officials say certain influences i
are beginning to work on the First'
Chief that may persuade him to a more
conciliatory course. It is believed Car?
ranza wouid have an excellent chance
of securing practically all he has con?
tended for if he would enter the pro?
posed peace conference.
Encouragement is s_i.d to have been
given Carranza's representatives here
by several of the European govern?
ments whose diplomatic agents have
been consulted. C. A. Douglas to-day
called upon Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the
British Ambassador, and submitted to
him Carranza's claims for recogmtioni
Creat Britain has said it would follow
the lead of the United States.
Tho Villa agency to-day stated that
General Chaos, who hn.l been reported
to have deserted to the Constitution
. was still loyal to Villa. General ,
Chaos telegraphed the agency that
there was no truth in the report of his
defection.
Villa Army Near Revolt;
Defeated at Monterey
(By Tclearapli in The Tni.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 24. Villa's ac- '
ccntance of the Pan-American peace
non without lirst getting the
consent of his army ha-, .started a re?
volt in the southern division army, a.
cording to reports from Torre?n to?
day.
General R. Eierro and the 7
commanders, who supplied reinforce?
ments to Villa's ar.ny, resent \
action, and it is sinl a#crist? which
tens the ?iisruption of the Villa
forces is near at Torre?n. It is said
that Villa's action in splitting his
army into small guerilla command
the result of the rebellious s--i;:d of
some of liis generals, he hoping in that
fed tti ring
the command
hetail'' of the attack oi
hy the Villa army commanded bj
eral Raoul Madero reached El Paso
The attack, the report says,
vas a complete failure, Madero'sforces
being cut to pieces and Mattered by
ral Jacinto Trevtno's Carranza
army holding Monterey.
General Madero, it is said, was
forced to abandon his army and tlee
to Ixtle, Xuevo Leon. General Oresta
Pereya, commanding one wing of Ma?
dero's army, was killed, and General
io Hernandez, one of the most
prominent of the Villa commanders,
was mortally wounded and il said to ,
have died.
General Madero used nine cannon In
the bombardment of the city, and
eight of the.m were captured by Gen?
eral Tr?vir,o, the report
Confirmation of the defeat was re?
ceived in Juarez to-day in a message
from General Madero, dated at ?xtle,
which stated that the assault had been
unsuccessful. Carranza advices from
Monterey say Madero's army was badly
scattered and that he now is trying to I
reassemble it at Ixtle.
Nu- ' i received by Cnited States
army officers here to-day that leaves
of absence now are restricted to fifteen
days. No reason is given, but :.rmy
men think it is the result of the Mex?
ican situation.
Mexicans and Rangers
Fire Across the Border
Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 24. I-ouis Ste
i-ttiinty ranger, reported to-day
that Mexican n the border
had tired upon him and two companions
last night a' S:ui .\ntonio Canyon, two
miles south of Duquesiu-. The tire was
returned, about 500 shots being ex?
changed at 500 yards' range.
Sonora Capital Attacked
by Yaquis; 26 Killed
Douglas, Ariz., Aug. 21. Dispatches
from Nogales reporte?! to-day that
Vaqui Indians had at'acked Hermosillo,
capital of Sonora, yesterday, but were
repulsed by Carranza adherents.
Twenty-six were killed during the
fighting. Among the dead are Alberto
Camou, a wealthy landowner, whose
?.our mill was burned by the Indians.
OPEN AIR TO EVERYWHERE
' I 'HERE are 2oo,?x>o viv
? itors in New York today,
yet the city doesn't seem
any more crowded than
usual! Father Knickerbocker
has a way of providing for
his guests. He lets them go
about town as comfortably
as i( they were in their own
motor cars at home ? he
offers them travel de luxe on a
Tvfth
o?ve,
venue
Bus
OPEN AIR TO EVERYWHERE
BURNS ALL TITLES
TO HER $500,000
s
Buffalo Woman Died in Fur?
nished Room. Where She Hid
Her Fifty Gown-.
[By T-lesriph ??. Iks Trt-jn? *
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. M. sV."- the
date of burial indefinite, the body of
Mrs. Belle Eihot lies in an under?
taker's room, although she had prop?
erty valued at about IM0.000, When
she died yesterday in a rooming
house and no trace of her sraalth wss
found, it was recalled she had burned
a bundle of papers a couple of days
before These are believed to have
been deeds to her property ?n this
city and her bank book.-.
Mrs. Elliot had been known for
years in brokerage off. t?- a? a con?
sistent speculator. None of the brok?
ers, however, knew anything shout her.
Nor does any one eise, so far du
covered. The only address ike ever
gave in her transaction*, was a post
office box. She always paid I
her transactions.
It is understood that Mr?, r
husband, Ralph E lise, but his
whereabouts is not known. There ap?
pear to be no other relatives.
One block of property In the buii
iiess section shown by the a*-.-essor'i
books to belong to her | I a- ?? ralead
^-a* ?12.000, and another at $'??"
Mrs. Elliot returne?! from a trip to
Florida and Colorado Sprlngi t?o
weeks ago, and took a room in the houu
v here she died. Her wardrobe in?
cluded tifty costly drei
Mrs. Elliot's maiden nam? ?si
Reamer. Her fortune got its s'srt
from a hotel she and her mother ran
here for lake captains year? -.?ro. She
was about fifty-five years a I
a
Prohibition in Sonora
Is New Carran/a Decree
Douglas. Ariz., Aug ranza
officials have put absolute prohibition
into effect in the large town- of So?
nora now under their control, I
ing to travellers who arrived h? re from
interior "exican points to-,:
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