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THURSDAY, OCTOBEB 21, 191R.
DOT.'-." , _ \' L.' /*_'VI' In ' tly et ?w York. Newark. Jermej t Ht BS? H-**_?a.
I I ( I i I U.\ I\ V. I'i.N 1 __L__Eir_r___i TWO CBMTC,
hellen hopes
H.H.DEFEND.4NTS
WILL BE CLEa\RED
?They Arc My Friends,"
Says Chief Witness for
Government.
BEGINS TESTIMONY
OF RAILROAD DEALS
Rrrnarkable Memory Shown in
Giving Hlsiorj Of Forty-eii:ht
\,",v ? tiuland Uni"?.
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soberly,
ftwackor, epoeial ?A*
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cupitien.
A;u. . thai hia -.d< - I
i pcintor ??.'. placed in hia haad sad
g blueprint
-,
_. Ii ho s
uilroad car I
Hf * . . ? when he ?
I of New Ham- -
?r.d i? kl vi - K oat Hoc
M tritl ' ?
eaanUtivi -?.-pree? of importoaco, the
? corne a chart f?f 'he
- f Charle
meeklj ?s hf itood there
., -, ... map. -with *h? f/larc
- ? ? the aap
-(? irirr.ework for '-.tenser illu
* hairless head.
. . foot, that r.ot
?ven the stenographer could heir him.
? '? su
- It.
Kt-cite? Railroad BloOOIp.
ii- ri-ia?. ? ': ?-. his narrai I
id effllistioni into s
rnsir*-- of NOW Eflg
rtilwiy devolopmer;?, naming roadi
'.' .
?vulotred u] ii tha years of tl
? the Tan y-worded,
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-ourt day i
and a
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ttr.
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lev ? othing but long . ? ?
BBBBB,
He ?r- - -rig and
MM |SV| ?? ? long
ttr ?a .
nnge*-1 - ? points he
:?.?:
frorr.
vith si] th? ?ire? of ehang
i8| tra ns ei ai less through
art'r.i Bade ? ?? mi-ir.? of for
r.tr? act il th?* river? surrounding
BOO York.
Temrlmonj Pleanes Defence.
TM? pi-?8a af hia testimony wai
OjBBrh.- ? bo, oBo of their
?Maraevi pelm ng out afterward that
''* ? . Mew Haven
'*" r , -t-e^A traffic impera
?trtio*.. | - tead of eoaatitutiag a
,r*?' ? t wolf ore really
???(if fai th? ; .? .- .nvenien?-?'. 1 KI
au?he a mam lin. of defanaive argu
'-"- i? rrom passoBfor boai'
util ? the early 'aiBetlea
to te I", af tl agresiBonts be
j***' tha , iint rond?.
at vaal ste >. deta ed axplanation of
'" USpn ihlch a rood with
??T.I. rooi Lai it ro? ?? lowed
?y other roadi to eharga leai thai
Modai - . . t its ahora
?' su ? ? ?.
said, wa? to provtVOt
tine i
if ?he
...
I1!"l " ?' ? ?' wai rtc of Mr. Sa
ors nu ,,
?Well, If it got a carload of fl,
<*te m . ?hila it tried ?<> ?ret it
/A?" *?'? en replied..
, Did it havs ar v loiat arrangement
ait? .-, ,? .... othe, r(>|t,,, ,??
It did not v? Nets Haven,"
???llsn &n?wrrr I Whei Swaeker asked
?? ? It w*s not tro? New
m/"i. Pr' ' e'"' "-'rroun.lfd that
J artford Some - ?
m_* ' 't, he
mm
< omprillion in ItM.
a*1'' me what compe?
?a ?2J?v *M t,,r Stm v"rk ''*" r
M* he named eight ei rompet
..' ' then. The
i., r' '' ' 'r>' lorgeljr done
i.?.^*' ''" *' '? "l,rn*- rail lint
J?<8abo.t rout?. There were In I IS
?2aaVL.*'?d' " ' K open cornpe
Csit-a? ? b*??>ne?a from all over the
?BKaaS***' '? S*w **f*oo* Th?
IBBB?t ?P* rh' N>* "?v"
ii ?i!.: I Whlch bu?""*a# it had
- W. , y*
tker? *' l'*'*,r,r*' of competition wa?
taZ?-V7, '?'B or v**rr much of :r-'
?tier kiked
nmim.,,1 thini. ther4 "A? cor.'iderable
Uat h.. l is * fenditioB o'
yHri? "0t *xi!,t?-d for the ?a" Ul
Mr S.?'iV ' ur'-""-?tand that," ?aid
' m h' an* " ' a
?tnetl? . ' *rn refi.rr.ng; n..?v
RP '"5 -?H OBd that imn.ed.ate
?Irk.H l?*? W'r* d"f?-rer,t 'hen," re
^*'i m.ilan
?^?uV ^a"'" 'B'-"-'d tha e? .i- .*
"-larBK. .1 WV faeted
.B u t07^? ?levan men again?
SiY. the sovernmerit'? tna.n
?*-? ?*? mesa 10. c?l?ama S
CHARLES S MELLEN ON THE STAND.
--.vpi? Near ll>ivr-n Railroad, who teetified y.st.rday in the
government's ease again? hi. former associate*.
East Side Is Strongest
Suffrage Spot Yet Found
Canvass of Professional ?Men, Shopkeepers and Working
men Sweeps "Antis" Aside as 222 Vote "For."
32 "Opposed" and 14 "lr.de.idcd."
FIFTH TRIBUNE SUFFRAGE POLL
P!r...s canvassed For. Against. In doubt. Total.
j-vvibn newspapers . 78 13 0 91
Professional men . 27 7 0 ?4
. 23 7 7 37
V? or*;in_;n.en . 94 5 7 106
Totals . 222 32 14 2(8
Previously canva-sed . 1.873 1.219 335 3,427
Totals to date. 2.095 1,251 349 3,695
"How about th.- Faet Side?" was th
boao inv?
m o-1 is city. 1 " .
report? ton ed th
m?ri eaterday.
. . I ? .
?
an saton shing BonUmeat for -uifn?...
etronjcrr, indeed, than in any elefl I
yii polled. Four out of five voter
polled declared in favor of the amend
ment, ?if _.r. shopkeepers, clerk?
Work? ? -.eedle and allied *
lewyen, physiciens, and both
lied worktngraen, 222 voted fo
. .-uiTra^e, S. Bgainsl and 14 un
led.
?he poll of labor token the vote
. I east almost solidly for th?- amend
i.nr vote appro.i
mate? about two thirds of the r?galai
Jew! I -vs.?. estim?t?-,! ??-:. rdo]
b) Abraham Shiplakoff,secretary ??t' th?
? ?? : !l.i>r?-w Trade.-?. A canva?. oi
IM v. ? | ? b] a Tribune reporte!
. I | .1 thai N i
vor, ,ri agoii I i-Troge and 7
?
?'Intellectual?*' Are "For."
I* a b an ideo ?>f what tho
. ? ! "titellectuals." or leader? of
thought, sack a. Bovrspopor
end lawyora, hh.uk ht
of vv ? ? 'ihiif that The Tribune
? ? editor? of " Th. jew leb
Morning Journal." Thi. paper i? re?
corded ..' '?< ? at the eoaeervetlve. of
ra.t by the men BBsployed
I by it 42 voted for woman sulTra;
'
At ' Ti ' Forward." the lead ng Jew*
- . rot?
. tist
?i . ?? ihon ed ?
?rere ?i favor and tha
opposed. The numb? r ol vote?
polled was ?'?.. ths "pros" voting H and
the "antis" 7.
Thirty-five ?hopkeeperi were \d?ited.
Ti ' Stores were situated on ?even dlf?
ferenl .streets, ?eparated from each
o'ht-r, and ranged from cloth?-.-pre??
er?' seteblishiaenta to ?how rnenderj'
shop?, drug stores and fruit stands.
Of ..7 bailo!? cast It. the M. places
voted in fovor of woman IBfrage. 7
again, t and ' Bndocidod.
"There i? too much graft now," said
the owner of u HqOOl ?tore. "Ma-, h?
the administration will boeoms bott i
with women i -.ting."
"IVi. weeks ago S woman ne?-!?-.tod
her ?mall boy in the flat next to mine
because she WBBtod to go out nr.d cart* -
-, r I -. for women," declared
at 'aati' from Brooklyn who eoi
a barber -hop. "That's one reason I'm
agam?t it. Mrs. Qolt, the President'
lad ? ssn . cure to rote.
Neither doe? my wife"
"Theri H-, i >'ht votes in mv family
in favor," sa..i the proprietor of a
cloak and suit Store "n Gl ,
"Women ero equal to moa, pay tha
t??\es, werk just as liar.i an ?I
? ? '?' border. I see no reason io?
voting
A barber asserted that the world
,- and that it wea sim
P? > aiding world progress to give **??>
man trie ote.
The owner of a ?hoestore on De
leacey Street would give women the
t "?itInn?*, on page 5. column 4
STEAM PIPE WIRELESS
PREVENTS JAIL BREAK
Sound nf Sawing Heard by
Maid. Who Gives Alarm.
Heekeaaaek. H, J, Oct. 20 Miss
Greyes Van Horn, a maid in the BBS*
< I Bher f Robert ... Heath's fern*
ily. was mainly the reason why Harry
Cere, alir.? Harry Cordt, of 11 ? Fa?t
143d Street, Mew York, did not sue
"aping from the Hacker ?ack
irtlj after mmnight.
\ Btoeia pip?- near the to?d proofed
barred door carried the sound of 'he
| to the bodroOSB "f the maid.
sound wea traced to tl s _
? oro having folgaod illnes?. The
IT investigated and found tha nian
.: away at the outer bars. He
subdued him after a ?tiff fight.
'ore said a former pri?oner ; ro
vKiid Mm with three raw h.ade? and
a pair of plier?, the matron
! up from the sidewulk with a
rope made out of blanket tl.
Kaiser Promotes Boy-Ed.
Y-, v. releas ta Bey?
M, Y t'aptain Hoy Ed, naval
the Gei man Emba ??
?igton. ha? been promoted '??> u
fuii cepteiaey, aecordiag to the Over?
seas New? Ayency.
VINCENT ASTOR PLAYS
TAG WITH SUBMARINES
I) 1 CangtH Napping by Hydro
aeroplai?* in Mimic War.
?f.. - * -
MOW London. CoBB., "ct. M Two of
the seven ?iibmarines wbch are sta?
tioned at the old ? . ? perd, the : ew
has?- reeOBtly established by Secretary
DoBiels, bad a 11v. v gBBM "f tag itn
ncent Astor thl M - .\ ?tor,
BCCempaaled by ? aptnin Yate? Sterl?
ing, commander Of the submarine flo?
tilla flagship, the rrui?> r Colombio,
followed the I ? -1 and ti 1 boat? out into
lx>ng Island Pound in A-tor's ?peedy
hydro-aeroplane and for a short time,
while the fog cleared, bad an exciting
little mimic war game. The ?iibma?
rines came to the surface in various
?pots 01 .! Mr. Astor. who was _t the
helm, put after the BBderSSS craft at
. I sel ?ail
The D-l wa? BBBghl .?nng once
...t.en iha tata? I faaa ? hun?
dred fards n
II,.. . .-ti
the undei-i a craft and had her on the
"captured" lilt.
5
BANDITS IN AUT
AGAIN HOLD UP
TRAIN IN JERSI
Freight Crew Compel!
to stand Covered h
Guns as Car Is Looted
DETECTIVES START
RUNNING PISTOL DU
Thieve. Drop Plunder in Ba
and 1 ! .t in Machine
i oward Paterson.
Wvs ? , ,.,'h imw-i g
held up a wool bound freight train
the Her;.- County short cut of
Fr?e Relira ??! al <? i n Roe'*, K. J ,
? .oellir.g the crew to s'.
they broko open
?in aii! ro:?,,; two valuable bales
rew - ground Their r
lo get away w.th the .ilk was in
rupted bj "f three I
detectives, oho engaged them in a r
ning f-un fight
More then twenty shot? were
changed a. the robbers ran acr
(?elds to a waiting automobile and i
appeared in the direction of Paten
N'o one was injured by the gun pi
In theii heats to gel away, 'he bam
left th? i', the railroad.
This second revival of Jesse .(..:
da in robbing freight tea
within a few days has aroustd
id police forcc-t to unusual
'? il bondi! sa yet t
captured held up a West Shore froi|
i.car the tunnel at Cengera Men
Bight, making away with l?verai pa
?Voii ;h" e.r?
According to Chief of I'olice Mar
Johnston, of (lien Rock, the mach
tha Uve b-rn!;'? last night I
a sevea-pessengor brown Hambler, w
the license numbot "N. Y. 17600."
local Eieodauortors this machine is r.
i the name of John H Watk
i.f Moual Kisco, S. Y. Dotocttvos ht
been assigned to watch for the au
mobile at the various ferries.
Tin- freight train, which is known
No. IT, 'ravelling a? fair speed throu
the Bergen ? ut, was approaching
crossing near Glen Hock station, wh
?he airbrakes were jammed down. T
police are convinced that two of t
were riding on the freight a
that they were familiar with
members of the train crew i
buck to sea what was the matter wl
'Y.<* brakes they were confronted by t.
? at pulled dov
over his ayes, sad each armed with
revolver. N'one of the men wo
?: Lsaviag two men *.o cover t
Crew, ti.e Other 'hree went to the c
which they apparently knew contain
the ?ilk, broke open the lock and thr?
two bales t,, the ground.
Th?.y were about to carry their lo
to the automobile, when the Fir., dots
appeared Chief Johnston hm
the ?ho:- and had men at th?- .-.eerie
- -.1. Tl
and New York polies ws
eral alarm was sei
out, giving a description of the aut
mobile.
? ral hundred feet above the ?ret
? '1 up an Elia trai
Was robbed m a similar manner of
ease of cutlery a year airo. The bandi'
were tie-. ??: GSptUrod.
LUTHER C. WHITE
QUITS SING SIN(
Superintendent of Industrie
Mints at Interesting Story.
Luther C. White, superintendent- c
industries, quit his j?osf at Sing Sin
prison yesterday. When asked why h
got out at his home in "arrytown las
e -ening Mr. White said:
"I'll hare nothing to ?ay. Not jus
yet. I.et Mr. Osborne ?ay what h
iike?. I may have something very r
t. resting to tell you in two or thre
i!a vs."*
White, next to Osborne himself, he!
the biggest post in the prison. lie *.
ceived .. salary of $S?M- per year am
1 . ! ful! charge of ?he n-.anufucturin,
department. He came t0 Sing Sing i_
!? ruary from Amsden. Yt., where H
had charge for several years of th.
\ den Lilas Works. He succeed."
Superintendent Fgan, of The Bronx.
\\ 1 er. un effort wa? made to gi
f -i Mr Osborne last evening the re:-.
son? for Mr. White's retirtment it wn
said at 'he pri?on that he was no
there.
. e
STRIKE RIOT VICTIM DIES
Oae Man ?barged ?1th Murder and
live Sent to Jail In Nashua.
Nashua. N. EL. Oct. 20. J ?mes
I, whs ????i? ir-iured l_?t night In
a tight between strikers and stnke
breakers 'ear the plant of the Jack?
son Manufacturing Company, died here
to dny. Adam Sharpie -us arrested
on a charge of murdo- and held with?
out bail. Other? injured In the ?Hs
tarbaBCS Brers reported recovering.
- ? !ing to the police, Stivis received
? .iuries in B ' 'hreo men.
Striken at their meetings t<> day
expressed ?orrow and indignation over
? I their be
inf tha' be was no? killed by one of
th-ir number. 1 ;? v .!?cide_ to at
? . | -eral en Sunday in s body.
, dice and militia are mskintr plans
-h* to hnv. the route at tho
procession guarded.
CARSON RESIGNED
TO SAVE CaABINET
FROM DISRUPTION
Ex-Attorney General De
nies Politics Ever Fntered
Into Meetings.
NEVER HAD SPLIT
WITH COLLEAGUES
Admits Near Pastern Policy
Forced Mini Out, but Impresses
Confidence in Ministry.
taOl ion. ' let. ?tC - ', mir*.-.- ?iirec'. from
Buckingham Palace, ? re h<- had
handed to Km,; Qaocga the ??'al? of h-.s
otf.ee on hi? resigoatiOfl from th<- Cabi?
net, Sir Edward ?.'arson appeared in the
Houa?> of Commun? this afteraoon ?nd
BOt at rest all conjecture r<-?.?rding the
reo ? for his r.-tiretnt-nt.
Kising from hi.? old leal OB the front
Opposition bench, the es .?."torne;. G? H
eral in a few arords Btada the House
. conversant with the cause of the Mm.
tena! criais, which ha said Was due en?
tirely to the fact that he found him
SOlf ifl complete variance with the ? ah?
met on queatioai of Near Boatora pol?
icy. He felt, therefore, that his pres?
ence in the ( a'o.i . be n source
Of weakness and BOl of strength.
Sir Edward added thai he never had
had the slightest personal diff?rer.???
with any of his colleagues.
Britain to Fight to the End.
After expressing regret at the ab?
sence of Premier Ait,uith and stating
i that for this reason he would give a
shorter explanation than he had in?
tended, Sir Edsrord said:
"I am well nware of the difficulties
under the existing circumstance! of
making any full statement or of sav?
ing anything that might be taken hold
of as ?howing any signs of weakness
or divergence in the main object we
have in view- of carrying the war a?
all sacrifices to a final and conclusive
| issue. I need hardly say that upon
that issue there i* not and never has
i been, either in the cabinet or in this
Hou?e or ir. 'he eoun'ry. any disagree?
ment or divergence of op,p.,on.
"The real unity which the country
wants is ?hat steadfast unity of pur?
pose to defeat oar enemies and to sav
SOT country, and I entirely deny that
the fact of holding a divergent view as
? to the best policy and the method? to
! 8'lopt in the various war theatres in
: order to bring it to a successful con?
clusion is in any sense an element of
disunion.
"l hove boob erltJeUiai of myself
and roaaooi for m*. resignation of %
v..iv petty and malicio-i? character, at
?'? ? motives ro a parry and
; . .-ire.
Political Motive? I.aid Aside.
"I do not desire to ?lea! with the?e
ridiculous assertion?, except to say
now, in the presence of many of my
lata eolleogaes, that since 1 oBtored
the Cabinet I have never heard a word
of diseuaaiOB or dispute on those party
questiOBS Which divided us before the
war. In every Cabinet meeting I have
'?. .| at? sll devoted our energies
wholly sad solely to the discussion, of
bich oraos arltk reference
, tu the prosecution ??f the war.
"I | to ?ay that ?hiring
?he whole time I have been in the
Cabinet I never have Bsd any BOTSOI si
difTererice eitiier with "he Prime Min?
uter, whose unvarying courtesy I de?
sire to acknowledge, or with any one
of my late colleagues. May I also add
that no one realizes mor? than I the
great ?difficulties under which we la?
bor, owing to the fact that our policy
and methods must at all time? In
adopted in concert and coordination
with our various allies, and must also
ver; frequently be framed with a view
to consulting sentiments and feelings
in tho?e neutral countries with whom
we remain on friendly terms? Thi? of
ten has been lost sight ..f by critics
of our actions who cannot possibly
know the difficulties which arise from
time to time.
The Balkan Situation.
"Difficultie? which have arisen !n the
Eastern war theatres have created s
situation which to my mind must -iec
essarilv lea?l to far reaching reaui?..
At the' time I entered the Cabinet we
already were committed to what may
he called the operations at (Jallipoli.
I* is not, of course, my intent 1? ;? ? i
* ither wi'h the inception or the
carrying out of those operation?, but
it mu?t be plain to any observer that
the new war theatre m the Balkan?
create?! a lituation which co ild not be
divorced from our potition on the (Jal?
lipoli peninsula, and the atatement
mile In this House by the Foreign
Minister, with the unction of the Cab?
inet, appeared to me to be an an?
nouncement of a policy of the highest
Importance with regard to our obliga?
tions in tha Halkani, involving our
prestige and honor.
?'That litOOtiofl with all its complica?
tion? necei?-.tatcd in my opinion ??
dearly defiaed, well thought do! and
decisiva pol e, so 'he ? f tha gov?
ernment, and, :'.nding mvsetf ur.able ?o
airee ,r. any rOBBect with what I un
oer??oo,| to h-" laid down a? i. t
approved by "he government, I felt tnat
Tontlnned on pace i. rolnnin S
Alice Barrows Fernandez
Dircctoi of the Vocational Education Sarrey
whose department devoted to the Gnry School Plan
started in The Tribune last Monday, answers this morn?
ing some of the first questions asked by Tribune readers.
It's a problem of timely, intense interest, being discussed
by parents and teachers. Are you either. Turn to
Pace 7.
?hc (Tribune
Ftrtt to l.mt ? tht Truth: S'eut ?Edtttrtnli ? Ativfrf.temetti
England Offers Cyprus
As Price of Greek Aid;
Serbs Transfer Capital
SERBS MOVE CAPITAL TO PRIZREND,
CLOSE TO THE ALBANIAN FRONTIER
?By Cable to The Tribune.)
Sal?nica, Oct. 20.?With the Teuton armies under Mackcnsen push?
ing down from the north and the Bulgarian forces pressing on from
the east, the threat to Nish h-s become serious. This city, an important
junction on the Oriental railway, which, controlled by the Central Pow?
ers. me*ns a strong link with Turkey, is one of the main objectives of
the invader.
In view of tiis menace, the Serbian government has transferred the
Capital from Nish to Prizrend, in Western Serbia, close to the Albanian
border. Prizrend, in the light o: the present operations, is far removed
from the zone of hostilities. The enemy seeks so much of Serbia as will
secure nosscssion of the railway The new capital is not included in this
territory.
Ac7ivc preparations are under way to remove everything of value
from Nish. !f the Teutons reach the city they will find it stripped The
banks and most of the legations are already being moved to Prirrcnd.
and, should the Teuton drive continue unchecked, a general evacuation
will follow.
Aroused by the danger to Nish. the Russian consul here has sent
his automobile to Nish to bring the Russian minister to Serbia to this
city. But, owing to the muddy condition of the roads, it is doubtful
whether this effort will succeed.
Aerial Torpedo Is Guided
WO Miles by Gyroscope
Sperrys Invent Self-Steering Plane Which Can Carry Five
Tons of Explosive?Compass and Stabilizer
Insure Great Accuracy.
By GORDON BRITE.
;n, cal - ? - i - r-s'.n- ]
London, Oct. 'JO. A device whic
likely to revolutionize modern wat
has been invented and tested, and
be ready for the market within a
short time. It Is an aerial torpedo,
the men who have worked out the
?re Elmer A. Sperry, president of
Sperry Gyroscope Company, of Br.
lyn, and his son. Lawrence B. Sperr
Particulars of the aowest aod a
destructive engine of death and
results of various tests were given
to-d.->y by Lawrence B. Sperry, wht
in England in connection with the bi
ne.?? the Sperry concern is doing v?
the British Admiralty.
If carried out on a large scale.
Sperry scheme would make possible
destruction of a whole town with
single torpedo, and the bombardm.
of cities as far distant as one hund?
miles could be carried on wi?hout r
of a sing!? life by the assailants.
Plan Self-Steering Aero.
What ?he plan amounts to is thi
An aeroplane, complete with the exce
tion of landing gear, Is constructed ai
fitted with gyroscopic SOBSpOSa BI
?tabiHsor. The torpedo, bearing an
where from five hundr.d pounds to ti
fon? nf 'ri-n.t i o t'.'umiiie, is set
pine?-. From :? specially srraagi
launching ?-.adle ?he craft - Mat loi
r h.- :i :r
The direction to be taken by th
ib b cob be determiaed by si
entlfic calculations, and the gyroecopl
compass will insure a, true co I roe.
The stabilizer can be >.. set an
gauged that the 'plane will rise at an
angle. At whatever height the adjust
ment of the stabilizer calta for, th
machine will automatically assume
horizontal course, fly a predet-^rniin-i
distance along that course, and thai
descend at the desired angle. The ma
chine can be made to take a perpendic
ular drop over a certain point. It --ar
be launched from a battleship as wel
as from the land.
For ?.-.ample, if a torpedo were to be
discharged from a Britioh vessel ?fty
miles from the Kiel Canal, the toad of
high explosive could he sent unerring?
ly among 'he vessels of the Gorman
Boot there, sad the only possibility of
tiefence would be the exploding of the
bomb in the air by gunfire. If the at?
tack were ma'le at r.ig'nt, even that pos
llbility would be .remote.
Great Accuracy Possible.
ExperiflMBti svith scale Modela show,
Mr. Sperry said, that the following ?le?
gre?, of accuracy can be depended on
'with his device: One hundred miles,
8 miles; fifty miles, '_._ miles; twenty
miles, O.H mile; ten miles, 0.3 mile.
Thus, if a torpedo were discharged
ageiaat a fortification or city a hundred
miles distant, it .ould not diverge from
it? course enough to carry it more than
eight miles wide of its mark. If set to
land in the very heart of Berlin, for in?
stance, it would explode within eight
miles of that point. Rut, on the other
hand, it might, and probably would.
speed directly to its mark. And so on
down, until u torpedo tired to explode
St a point ten miles away woulii not
vary mor. than three-tenths of a mile.
The principle i? the seats as that ap?
plied in the Sporty plan for the control
of marine torpedoes. A recent test was
made in San Francisco harbor with u
torpedo . minu? the war head I. and the
missile, equipped with a gyroscopic com?
pass, was sent ten miles from snore and
returned to within a few feet of its
starting point, showing the accurate
control lent by the compass.
Kvery warship of the British navy,
as Broil a* every submarine, is fitted
with Sporty compasses and stabilizers,
as are the vessels of the United StatOI
Germany has no stabilizer?, but, ac?
cording to Mr. Sperry, the German gov?
ernment bought one compass and pro?
ceeded to appropriate the idea, claim?
ing that, the Sperry instrument was an
infringement of a patent already owned
by Germany. He also called attention
to the fact that an American never h.. I
won a patent suit in Germany. There?
fore the new- torpedo would not be of?
fered to the Germans under any con?
sideration.
<an Carry Great Weight.
As to the posaihjlity of carrying the
great weights arhich the new torp.-.io
would require, it may he point?-,! eat
that the America, built by Glenn Car*
tisi and Lieutenant forte to cross the
ocean, lifted almost three tone, and
with the improvements which have
been made in motor construction since
that time Mr. Sperry feels sure that
I toe burdens can be taken care of
without any trouble. However, he say?,
two tons of tri-nltro-touiumine would
probably be sufficient for all purposes,
although he makes no claim to a knowl?
edge of chemistry.
The .Sperry instruments are the ?ub
ject of open admiration among British
naval officers, and the inventor is cor?
dially referred to in naval circles a*
"the man who can do anything." Ha
won the French government prize of
..iiiinO franc? for nis aeroplane stabi
User, and many of his instrument? are
in use in the royal air serrice of Great
Britain.
Mr Sperry told to-day of an amusing
incident which occurred at his field in
Amityville, Long Island, during the
progress of his experiment? with the
??rial torpedo. After making trials with
modela, hs said, he tried out the prin
. ontlniie. on [_.??" -. onlnmn S
SAYS FORD CO. WILL
HELP CANADIAN LOA1?
Head of Firm in Toronto Prom
ises $1,000,000 for Bonds.
[Br T' .i-api. -o Dm im em '.
Toronto, ?'?nt., Oct. M, Gordon M
MacGregor, head of the Canadian Watt
Mr-tor Company, ?aid in an interviev
here to day:
"If the ?'?radian government IB .kei
a flotation the Cooodlofl Ford n.rr'i .n\
will take a million dollars' worth 01
the hoods."
Presumably thi? refer? to the pro
jeeted Canadian loan f-.r war purposei
which H I? ispeetod will be announce.,
about the end of the year. Mr. Mac
'".reifor ??id that Mr. F??rd w.? friend?
ly to the A'.iie?. explaining tha" Mr
Ford'? remark about the Anglo-French
eoflaaaiaaiofl vas a chare., itatameol
ma?ie 'o Mr .lohn Bun. Ogfas aritl s
few f| sod " 'hout thought of its
- ; sblisbod
Mr. Ford hold? 'If. per cent ?f the
stock of ?.he ?'anadian Ford company.
? -, a
EMPRESS ASKS GIFT OF JAM
Suggest? That Germana Ob.ene Her
Birth a. "Marmalade Day."
London, Oct. tO. Berlin newspaper.
?t?te thai the German Empress has
a?k-.| that her oirthday. whi-h .'<.':'.
OO F-i ? iv of thi? we.V, be celebrated
M '"?rrnalade I'.iv," accord* i* g to a
? b?a.
The Empren hs? ?ug?;ef..>d ?hat
gifts of .-am ba ?ept to troops in 'hr
trerehfi and In military hoipitali ai
Sift? from fc.r.
ZEPPELIN DEFENDS
SHIP FROM RAIDER
Answers Call and Forces British
Submarine to Flee.
Amsterdam, Oct. 20. Zeppelin? are
being used by Germany for the defence
of comm. rce against attacks by Briti?h
and Ressisa submarine?, according to a
dispatch from Berlin. It i? stated that
the steamer Scotia, of Stettin, bound
from Sweden to Stettin with a cargo of
ore, was pursued by a British ?ubma
rine otf Born'.iolm. In reply to wire?
less calls for assistance a Zeppelin sud?
denly appeared, whereupon the subma?
rine submerged and ....appeared.
Berlin. Oct. 20. Denial is giren in a
semi-official statement issued here to?
day to the Russian report that ?is Ger
' man transport* have been ?unk in the
Baltic. Only commercial ?teamer?, the
statement ?ays, hav? been sunk, and
several of the?e have been lent to the
bottom within Swedish territorial
waters. I'ommercial traffic in the Bal?
tic is said to be going on as usual.
During the period of October 1 to 15,
it is stated, 1,188 vessel? left ?eren Bal?
tic ports, exclusive of two important
port? from which no ?tatistles are
available. The figure? do not include
coastal fishing ressela.
DANISH SHIP DETAINED
I_?n?|on, Ost. 20 Vhe I?un.?h ?team
ship Virginia, v-hich left New York on
September tl , bound fo? Cbristionio
and Copenhagen, has been t_k? r. Into
a British poi*. as a pr.ze.
Aecording to ?hipping record?, the
Virginia put into Kirk wall. Scotland,
on October 10 and arrived at Gnmsby
on October 19.
Banks and Govern?
ment Moved to
Prizrend.
TEUTONS CLAIM
WIDE ADVANCE
Austrians Move Toward
Shabatz and Bulgars Oc?
cupy Sultan Tepe.
CAPTURE 2,000 SERBS
Bulgarians Concentrate on Ru?
manian Frontier as Mission
Leaves for France.
.By C_MS to Th? MSSOO]
London, Oct. 20.?Great Britain
has made a formal offer to Greece
of the Island of Cyprus in return for
Greek intervention in the war on tha
aids of the Allios. "The Daily Tele?
graph" will make this announcement
to-morrow mornir.g.
Thus begins another diplomatic
pame in the Balkans?the attempt
o? the Allies to woo Greece back to
her alliance with Serbia, and to
counter Bulgar aid to the Kaiser
wit!; Greek troops.
Premier Zaimis already is willing
to give furmal assurances, the Rome
correspondent of "The Daily News"
telegraphs, that Greece will not in?
tervene in any circumstances in
favor of the central powers, but bo
yond that he is not y" prepared
to go.
The offer of Cyprus, the third
h.rgfst island in the Medtterranian,
only sixty miles from the *t____
Minor coast and Greek by tradi?
tion since the dawn of history, it 1*
i hoped may h?lp overcome tho oppo?
sition of King Constantine.
"Thus fr.r." "The Daily Tele?
graph" will say, "Greece has not re?
plied to the offer of Cyprus. Our
Athens correspondent informs us
that it is believed the offer will cre?
ate an exc-llent impression in
Gratet, -inet i' it an actual present
concession and not a mere promise
which Germany might suggest and
would never carry out.
"The .ooner we all recognize that
purely chivalrous motives ere not
prominent in the Balkan politics of
to-day, the better." "The Daily Tele?
graph" adds. "Thi* cession of Cy
pru- to 'lie sia'e to which most of its
inhabitants are related by race ami
history dearly Involves no departure
from the principles upon which ws
have taken our stand from the begin?
ning, and it comes with especially
happy rffoi'i from the power to
which Greece owes her possession of
the Ionian Islands."
Thus ends another day of su
pense over the Balkan situation. Ba ,
fore the constant hammerings of von I
Mackensen and the Bulgarians, Ser
b.an resistance is steadily crumbling,
but still tbere is no news of _U_*0.
from the Allied expeditionary fores.
Except for Berlin's almost auto?
matic daily bulletin of progresa, the
whole situation again has been
plunged into mystery.
With Serbia's need of assistance
constantly growing more acute?ea
sistanee which dispa'ches passed by
the Press Bureau have in<licat<td was
1 eing rushed to her by for?ai
marches and by rail -word comes
from Sal?nica to-day that che Alli?e
are marking time.
Movement? of Allied Fore? H_L
Their only move, apparently,
pending the concentration of the
whole force, has been to protect the
lower end of the Nish railway.
The dispatches also say, though
this is doubted here, that Strumnitaa
has not been occupied, and that the
Pistada1 troops have receive, ordere
not to erosa the Bulgarian frontier.
These contradiction?, eren though
| bred out of the secrecy with which e
! Ministry trembling for its life has
I shrouded it? conduct of the war, hare
lieft an air of bewilderment and ratted
a new cry BgeiaS- the censorship, with
1 a demand that the public he informed
if the government would longer be ?de?
tained.
Meanwhile, th? Serbian? are prepar?
ing to evHcuate their provisional ? ap ?
ital, and have begun the transfer of
government departments, bank? and
th? legation? to Prurend, near the Al?
banian border. Th? Foreign Ministers
are all preparing to depart, the Rus?
Biei. (?maul at Sal?nica having sent an
automobile overland for the Csar's
officials.
Although commjnieation with Nl.'.
h_s been interrupted for four days, the
Serbian Legation here denied to-day
that \ ran;? had been ocupied or th?
| roilrosd to ?a.omcA cat by Us Bui?