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FREDERICK MACMONNIES
In a remarkable interview in next
Sunday's SUN declares Amer
ica's attitude in the war a
great mistake.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Increasing cloudiness to-day. . Snow or
rain to-night or to-morrow.
Detailed weather, mail and marine reports wll
be found on -page 13.
tm.
VOL. LXXXII. NO. 180.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 15)15. C ;,;,(.(, 1915, by the Suit Printing ami VubHshlnp Aasodrrllcin.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
CONGRESS SINGS
AS IT ENDS ITS
LONG LABORS'
A Woman Contralto iJou1
House by Koali n' With
"America."
WILSON OLAD THAT
SKSSfUX IS OVE11
WILSON CALLS IT
A GREAT CONGRESS
WASlll.vnTON, Murrli 4. After
Cit'cnnM . ('Ji ui'iH-ii 1 1 1 lit Wll-
i r.it-tii lt.l the following state
ment 1 " g.'e.it ( et'iHH l'.is il(letl Its
sessions, Its u irl will prove tho
' purpose and qimllty of Its stutes
) manj'hlp rtii'i" and iiiiu'i' the longer
it is tested.
"Business Inn now a time ot
a in .tii'! tii'iiigliiful adjustment
j "ef'.rr :, disturbed only liy the
I F.tiropoin vvtr The circumstances
' Ca'ed I.V llle Will' Pllt tile lllllliill
I tn ;i special t-st. a torn nf lt.i true
1 cuai.ielei' mill nf Uh edf-cuntrol.
I "Tie constant thought of every
p. r tti.vi "liotilil now he for
.ie itiun.ry, its peMiv. Its onler. Its
i it anil tempered Judgment In the
f.l -l if pel ilixtnu difficulties.
"It- dignity ami Its strength
a. Ike will ip.i" ii' not only in the
revival of i' memes d"splte ab
normal crnnltli n hut also In Its
power to mink, m purpose anil to
n ' iv.t'i nntleiKe. with t'lMnterestel
fa.iiiiij-.inil with'. ut excitement. In
a sp.r. of fr ' lulllneis unit en
igl tenmeni vvouh will firmly cs
tn'il x'i It. Inline nee throughout the
world.'
: J
Tlic S xt-thlnl Co gies expired by
m Mti'iu of law yesterday.
I're-iili nt Wilson pan-eii two hours
st 'he Ctpltol before adjournment and
lenrd the following measure.:
The j int resolution empowering
him t employ the army and rttvy to
enforce l'nlted States neutrality In
ihe Krat war.
Tir -enmen'. bill, which place on
Ms shoulders the tak of revising
"ca'is ions: In effect with other
nantl.iie nations,
The resolution to give medal to the
, It C mediators in the Mexican
i 1 fur taelr service.
The lull making Col. GjiIw1 a
M jor-t5enop.il In the army and giving
m -Gen. Coigns the same rank In
h Me 1 c.il Corp.
Tii- appropriation bills, except two,
w. faib-1 mi tne l.i-t tulnui -the
I' -'al M'l'vt e and the In.liaii appro
priation iiKMMiivs., Congress, how-
er, extended relief In these matters
by reortlng to the extraordinary ex
iHihei' if continuing by Joint rosolu
t' n the appr prlatlons or lat year.
installs of the II ii it 1 legislation will lie
fuiniil mi i.iir 4.
SCICS'KS AT WIS'DUP.
Hsireeiitnll e lierooil' Dnuuh
ler lnu " inerlcii" In lliinse.
'i 'is,' ' , Maii-n I. The l"iii!i:,
(- i ,1 n .it expensive Corgi ess
n ' I'o'i .ir the Cnitii State
.ill end ,it noon to-day Twenty
.1 v h 'ids e nb.iluieil In the Con
' Utcttrtl, .,lino-t two jvais of
iT' ' i talk that is the moord of
Sixiy.th rd Congress which expired
t! aw
Aboui H20 a woitl Is what It has
' Me t'cople .1 the l'nlted States In
i .ipiir jpil itlons, the record for this
ff ,il r.e being about I, 120, 000,000.
T i .f the hlg appropriation bills
, ,i' the .ant moment. It was the
r.i"j i ,) ly the Administration for
is tip Hie time of Congress with the
r-' dfor tn pass the ship puronase
r l if n .itieinpting ti force thioiigh
,hs i if, mejHipeh in the final hours
''t t t . -ifiii
I ilriionlliinr IZxpcillent.
' i e ' ig money bills that failed
isure iiu'idin funds for the
' 'I the to l.il eiice in the next
i e otbei was the Imlliin
' '. Without sonie means
1 ore of tlii'M' iiii .ihuiis would
- uteil a special session, ami
' lis the Deni' cratb: lenders
i ie extruordlniry expidlent
i k by Joint resolution the
i . ens of last year.
M'si nine since S"1 Congiess
n I resort to till lllelhl"! of
' i ansi'H of the (ioverninent.
1 acknowledged to be an
,i'id slipshoii way of run-
' 1 - of the (lovornnieiit, but
Ii -il preferable, to an extra
' the jiart of Postnmler
Hi i on to saddlii 110,000,0110
' ' "Ml. e Department's deficit
' .- .if the country was
I' de for the failure of the
" ii- t323.00n.fi00 appro
l nt i i here were other cop-
It k. .1 M"- S
i ( 'lb' c Department is facing
'r ' . iki. ioi the fiscal year and an
" orporated tn the postal
- 1 iisini.iNiei -fjniieral pimci
reiion lo reduce llle piesent
' 1 oa oy up a mount estl-
" Id M l0(l SemitOI- Weeks
'r eiued tins latest drive at
" i ml served notice that they
mow tin bill to pass.
1 ihrd Congress sat M2 days
t t'nnUnund on Fourth Poo,
JZZ.
Month.
Ex-Bank President's Bride in
Quiet Wedding Was Miss
Mnrein Wnlther.
i Daniel 1 Hoy Dresser of New York
and Newport, one time president of the
Trust Company of the Republic, was
married In Albany on December 22 to
Miss Marola Walther, sister of Mrs. Al
beit Sterner of 1 Lexington avenue. The
bride Is it daughter of Mrs. Henry
Walther, whose home Is on Woodbine
street, Brooklyn.
The announcement was made .vester-
i day In Newport by Mr. Dresser himself.
Albeit Sterner, now Mr. Dresscr'n
brother-in-law, said last night that Mr.
1 'lesser anil Miss Walther went to the
home of a friend for the ceremony,
which was quietly arranued. None jf
the f i lends or relatives of Mr, Dresser
or his bible fiom New Vork went to
Alhau for the wedding.
Nothing wa said by Mr. Dresser or
Mr. Stenier regarding the reasons for
withholding publle announcement of
the marriage for over two moiiths.
.Mr. Dresser, who bus made his home
; here at the New York Yiieht Club, was
divorced by his tlrst wife In Sioux Fall".
S. I '., on August 10, 190H, on the Krcund
of deertioii. The tlrst Mrs. Dresser
w.i Kiniim Louise llurnhani. daiiKhter
of th late Douulas W. Hill iili.un. She
was marrlej to Mr. Dreser on Novem
ber 20. 1 sun. Mm. Dresser hrotiKlit suit
for a separation eaily In 1907, the news
hi inning puinic In June of that year
when Mr Diesr'i lawyers gave tiottee
that thev would llle ,i motion asklne that
Mis. lneser lie teitralneil trotn i.im
! their two chlldien, Susili Fish Dres(-r
and Daniel I.e. Hoy Diesser, Jr. out of
tii" country The sepmatlon suit was
, dropped and Mrs. Dresser took the chil
dren to Ihiiopn witli her On her leturn
she e-tabllslieil a leHlderte ill South
Dakota.
Mr. Dresser's tlim, Dresser & Co., a
wholesnle commission house handling
hosiery and silks, failed on March 5,
1 SOS. with liabilities of Jl,i:'5,0u0, nom
inal assets of 7.10,0no and actual aets
' of $500,000. It was nald at the time of
the failure that Mrs, Dresser's private
foituue of Slflti.Ouo, which she hud in-
, herlted from her father, had gone In the
SlllH.sh.
The failure of the Dresser firm fol
lowed the collapse of the l'nlted States
Shipbuilding Company, for which the
Trust Company of the Republic, of
which Mr. Dresser was piesldent, under
wrote It, 750,000 of the bond lsuc.
line of Mr. .Dresser's sisters. Edith
Stuyves.mt Dresser, married lleorge V.
Vanderbllt , another. Natalie II. Dresser,
I the widow of John Nicholas lirown
and mother of the boy who was called
"the richest baby In the world" ; i third
is the Countess d'Osmay of Paris, and
a fourth Is the wife of the Rev. Dr.
tienrge (irenvllie Merlll of Tuxedo.
Mrs Dies'er paused her girlhood
aluoari studying music and art. lielng ed
ucated 'n Herlln and Frankfort and
i ther musical places. About nine years
ago she was engaged to play as piano
soloist here with the Rusv-inn Symphony
Orohistta. but two weeks betore the
date set for the concert she broke an
ann. She and Mr Dr.ser met two
years ago In Newport.
KILL BILLS PRAISING WILSON.
; Tnn Slate Sriinfrs Ilefuse tn In-
ilnroe Ilia Wnr Polio.
Dks Moinks. Ia March t. n In
iluiseiiieiu of I'leslilent Wilson's lluro
pean war policy was tabled In the Iowa
Senate to-day by a vote of 2i to H. The
' Indorsement was contained In a lesolu
tlon which urged that Congress take
steps to end the war by naming u com-
mission of five men to act as a pettce
I commission.
The original resolution, offered two
' weeks ago, piovlded that ex-l'resldeiits
Roosevelt and Taft be members of the
ioonunllon. The debate to-day Indlnated
i that the chief objection to the amend-
nieiit win a section which praised thr
' policy of President Wilson.
Madison, Wis., March . The Sen
ate by a vote of 1? to 9 rejtsied to-day
a Joint resolution xtendlng the l,egs.
Iiiture's sympathy and emouragement to
I'resldtnt Wilson In hainllln',' the nen
ti.ilitj ptoblem, also, by 111 to 12, a res
olution asking Congress to stop the ex
piiitatlon of war material supplied to
belligerent nations.
6 Gallons of Rum
a Year for Each
If They Don't Like Whiskey.
North Carolinians Can Have
1'JO OalloiiH of Beer.
ItAt.Ktnii. March 4. Houe and Senate
conference commltteeH agreed to-night
upon the passage of the Gller anti-Jug
art, which prohibit the lecrlpt and de
livery of morn than half a gallon of
whiskey or ten gallon 01 oeer to any
' Nort' Carolinian emcli month,
' The House two weeks ago passed the
i set prohibiting any delivery of whiskey
I In North Carolina, but the Senntc de
stioied the bill yesterday by referring
It to a special election lu August,
, ICx-dovernors Olenn ami Jarvis ad
i vised the lower house to refuse to con
cur, and by agreement to-night, It Intro
' ilucei the bill allowing quart shllitnonts
, of whiskey nnd five gallon shipments of
j beer. Delivery from one Individual to
i another free Is prohibited.
! ALABAMA FIGHTS RUM ADS.
i -
Mnle le Will lei Force SeHf
paper In llbey vt I.rtt.
Mobiuk, Ala,, Marnh 4, Attorney
Heneral W. L. Martin tiled an appll- i
cation heie In the Law and Kqulty Court
to-day for an Injunction against the Mo
bile Hem Publishing Company, publish
ing an afternoon imper, to restrain It
Mom publishing advertisements of all)
liquor concerns In reference lo the sale
of any alcoholic stimulants. Including
whiskey, glu, wine, brandy or beer, In
violation of the anti-liquor advertising
laws paused recently by the State Legis
lature The writ Is relin liable on Monday and
attorneys it-presenting tho publishing
concern wilt contest the granting of the
writ on the ground that tho law is un
constitutional In that It takes away the
liberty of tn press.
Miss Cook's Body, Found;
Fired Bullet Into Heart;
Mayo Admits Dual Lifel
LILLIAN COOK ,
h the yjrj ef Aer Stoma in Brooklyn
(Mrl's Employer Tells f
Homes in New Haven
and Brooklyn.
liKASOX FOR snriDE
HEMAIXS A 3IYSTERY
The Iwjrty of Lillian Ma Cook
daughter of l'rank II. Cook of JS9
I'nlon street, llrooklyn, was found at
West Rock, near New Haven. Conn,,
yesterday nl' e moon, Just a few hours
more tlmn a week nfter "lie disap
peared from the otllce of the Mayo
Radlntoi Company In New Haven. She
had committed suicide by shooting
herself In the heart.
Just before the discovery of the
body Vlrglnlus .). Mayo, president of
the nullator'compnny, who had olleied
a rewatd of $fi00 for a definite clue to
the girl's whereabout-'', hud admitted
that he formerly employed her as
a nurse maid In an establishment
he mnlntninH at J46 Fourth ure-et.
Brooklyn, but that he had advanced
her to the position of llllng clerk In
his New Haven ofllce.
Tho Investigation Into the dlap
peamncv of the girl caused Mr. .Mayo
to admit Mint lie wus living- a'duul
life.
SEARCH USDS .V PARK;
TANGLKI) LIVES SHOWS'.
X Iruinlns Vlnjo h lit- llt-Hed
Contention ns Itoillet,
Nr:w Havuv, Conn., Mardi 4. The
body of Lillian May Cook, the eighteen,
year-old Brooklyn girl who disappeared
fiom her filing desk In the otllce of the
Mayo Radiator Company's plant here a
week ago to-day, or about the same
hour that Vlrglnlus Mayo, hend of the
firm, left for a business trip to Washing
ton, was found this afternoon In the un
derbrush on tho top of West Hock, a
mountainous park four miles to the
northwest of this city.
The girl had shot herself through the
i heart, evidently on the afternoon of the
day of her disappearance An examina
tion by Di. Marvin M. Scui borough,
' county medical examiner, failed to dis
close any pathological reason for her
act.
1 Only two oi three hours before the
girl's body was found It was learned
here from Brooklyn messages that Vlr-
irlntUK Mayo, the distinguished looking
emplojer of Miss Cook, who had per
sonally taken her Into his olllce an llle
1 clerk a year pro, nialntnliieii h second
1 household, occupied bv "Mr. and Mrs,
Jaincs Dudley" at 3lii Fourth stieot,
Brooklyn, In addition to the pietentlouH
; home ho had horn with his wife.
I
Father of Dudley Children.
Mayo admits he Is th" "James Dud
Jej" of tho Brooklyn establishment,
which he visited onie n week, and that
the "Mrs, Dudley" in hi Hrooklvn home
Is not his wifei, but Is the mother of two
of the three children who live ttieie. At
the same time Mayo vehsmeiitly denies
that there ever had been any wrong
doing as far as Miss Cook was con
cerned, But Mr Mayo docs admit that for
some months Miss Cook II 'cd In the
"Dudley" house In Brooklyn In the en
paclty of inn let to Mrs, Dudley During
this period, Mayo said to-night, Mis
Cook knew that Mayo was not the hus
band of "Mrs. Dudley," who Is a New
Haven girl nnme Lois W'ntrrbury,
Continued on LatPage4.
BROOKLYN HOME of MK DUDLEY
.w.MeS LOIS DUDLEY 546 FOURTH '
.sr. owned ey vieciNiuS' wtAto.
Dies Trying to Be
Rid of Her Freckles
Slnli'ii Islniid Wiiiiiiiii Victim
of Henri Hiscnse Wlicn l"ii
(Icroiiiu' Ojierntion.
San I'hanvisoo, March 4. Mrs. Sophie
Alnbeig Levy, a wealthv widow, whose
home Is on Stateti Island, N Y , sacrl
Iked her life to-day In an utfempt to
rid hel'S'di of freckles,
A liypoibi mlc injection of moiphlue
mid atropine, almlutstei ei tn hei by Dr
II. 1. Fowler half an hour heroic i-he
submitted to an operation to leniove the
freckles, caused hei dentil thin morning
while the doctor wa treating hei f ,u o
with a carlsiltc mid solution.
The physician was arrested Mrs
Lnvy arrived tn San FranclMo six
wimK.s ago to vi.tlt filend and view
tho exssttlon. To the Coroner the
phjslchin said he had p-rfonned many
such operation as that submitted t
bv Mrs. Levy and that he alwajs had
administered the Kimo amount of mor
phine and atioplno successfully.
The Coioncr said to-night that the
autopsy shows Mrs. Levy died of heart
illscuso.
The telephone director) gives a Mrs.
S A. Levy living at 7s Cilenwood streit.
Stapleton The house could pot be
reached hy telephone last night
NEIL PRIMROSE TO WED.
son of Lord llosebcrj Hummed In
Ilnrl of l)erb's Diiouhler.
.special Calif ti'tl'Meti Id Tar St x
Los-pox, March 4 The e ng-igemriit I
ann nnceil of tin- Hon. Ni 11 Prlrnro-e
second son id the Kali of Hoseheiy and
recently appointed P.u llauient.irv Under
Hecietary r State for Foreign Affairs,
and Lidy Victoria Stanley, ddest daugh
tci of the Karl oi De b
M IV, p. in... Was hoi II 15 12 ,illd
has 1 1 presented ti e Wisbech division of
Cambridge In Psii.,iiniii since pun
Lady Victoria Stanley was born In H1'2.
SAYS U. S. SHOULD JOIN ALLIES.
Prof. Noyes of Princeton lliillcnles
Monroe Doclrlne.
Piiisvkton, N .1 , March 4 - lfied
Noyes, professor of KnglMi In Pilnce.
ton, made mi addles to. night u which
he i xpiessed the opinion that the l'nlted
Suite should enter the Kurnpenu con
flict on the side of the .Milt.- :md that
she should cut olf food supplies fl.iin
ltellll.HI III mile! In pill mi end to the
struggle morn speedily
Prof Nojes told of having seen in
Hngland a map of South AnierUn with
Herman postei.slons In Brazil marked In
red, and he asked; "Would the Monroe
Doctrine, that mere ghost of a scrap of
i paper, be In any way effective against
the new baibarlum ami against the
1 Krupp b'i X' , .
5 CENT PHONE
RATE ASSURED;
$2,700,000CUT
.Most Komoto Points of
(ircater City Only Will
Kate He 10 Cents.
VIIITTAL AtJKKKMKXT
liKACII KD AT HKARIXO
I The New York Telephone! Company
and the up-State Public Seivlco Com
mission came to a virtual agreement yes
ti'iilay on telephone rates The com
pany submitted a schedule of new rates,
which will cut Its reviilles 12.700,000
at otic", and approximately this schedule,
with pcrhaiis n few modlilcitloiis. will
proh'ibl be ordered, to becomo effective
In (ircater New Vork on July t next and
to renin n unchanged for three jears.
The reduction will amount to more than
1.1,000 emit soon. It was said
Amont the mine Interesting features
of the in w rate proposition are these:
Metwten one I. 2, and dlstii' t
comprising Manhatt.ili. the loner part
of The IJionx and all of the thlcklj In
habited part of lhooklyn along the K.ut
River fniin Aturla to Cotiey Island,
t'.eiv is to ie a II. il rate of live cents,
w.th all tolls iiiiollshcil. That l to say
u person nun telephone from Fordham
to Conc Island or from Tltne Square
ii i he iiiis,ui; section of Hi viklyn
for five ems
The onh 10 cent rate from Manlut
,.li i.e. ' l!Htll siren will be to Tot
t. " lie iml l'ir R(H'kawa. Zones in
and S repeetlvel. There will be a
I a : i'. r.n i o-'i-r r.one thin .one
1 (Manhattan i between widely sepa
rated zones, suth a between Westches
ter unit Tf'ttcnvllle. Tbco arc general
lndie.it:. ns of the lessened rate.
Ilnllt Idiilil l.lnen.
Th- iiiirimum rate for Individual I ni
bus lies and residence service in Man
hattan and Uiooklyn is to be reduced
from jls foi t "0 messages to J 12 for
Sin messages Additional messages fiom
Mo . i 1.2HH aie Ti cents each, Horn
I ,ic t. 2.100. I cents each: fiom 2.400
to .i.CUO, 3 i nits each, and above 2,000
a le.v low price per message of 2i-j
cei ts .s proiocd.
Two patty line measured service 's
n.iule ava. table In these nones for rel
oVt re service, starting at t.i'i for 720
me.ige. a compared with the present
uiid s 'ouiitcd rate of J12 for HOO mes
sages Four parly residence servlc sturt
Ing at Ii" lor 'oo nirtssages, I made
available In The Hionx it nil IIns)kl)Jl.
It is ile-igtlc.l pi ntipe.eede the present
rate m J.11 for 000 ine-sages. Tin
present r.ite.s for llldilidted residence
seiv e i pl.Miig III Ilrmiklyn are con
tinued under the new plan, so thu
the esi'ieme sub j-lliers will have lh
opll in if selecting the unllmlteil rates
wi'h i'e piesent local areas or lb'
ine.istircd rates with the enlarged
areas prqused
For private branch exchanp'i ser
vice 'ho minimum rate has ben made
$132 for a switchboard, two stations,
one trunk and 2,t00 local messages,
as compared with tho ptTSent mini
mum lute of 20l for 3.600 messages
and two trunks. Th pioposed sta
tion rate undor private branch ix
chatige contract Is fi fu- the tlrs
ten. il SO for the second ten and $3.60
for all stations alsive twenty con
nected with one s)tem.
Choice Between ertce. I
Subscribe s in upper Bronx, outly
ing Qui-c'is and Staten Island are given
the choice between measured service at
3fl per yea- for 720 niess.iges or their
present unllmlteil m- g.iboriiood Hat rate
"'liy"-' ..... u .i, i
I Tile Commits nil gave inr jmuii. un...
I . . . . ...nl... ...!.... LKun.lllnn.
Tl!eS!ia II IllilhC lUllnei ei.K. "... .
about new iats. It will probably hold
no further public healings, but after
piivato discussion Issue It order.
Wo n i sterility's bearing opened John
L Sate. general counl for the tele
phone company, mid'
"1 ntn author .zed to propose the fob
lowing adjustment
"In tho very complex and difficult sit
uation whldi now exists lis to the New
Vork city telephone rate the company's
iittl'ude le one of conciliation. It Is will
ing to go far to avoid the possibility of
litigation, which would necessarily be
extremely annoying and expeuslvn to all
concerned.
Coiiiuilsslon'a PliidlnKa Accepted.
"In older tn bring about an amicable
and satisfactory adjustment and to re
tain mid strengthen If possible the good
will It now mjovs the company will as-
i sent to a revision of the rati. The
i company ImH before It the finding of tho
commission that $3,000,000 should be cut
, from its net revenue and schedules have
'been prepared which, recognising tint
'amount of the cut of $3,000,000 as pro
1 posed bv the coiiunls.tlon. will produce
an Initial reduction n revenue of ap
proximately $2,700,000 rind will tm
.douhtrdb amount to more than $.1,000,-
OOn iii a short time
"It Is practically Impossible, recoi
. nirina all the ileinentt of the situation,
tu make a balanced and harmonious
schedule which will cut out a fixed
and arbitrary amount The amount 'f
the cut which will result from a sched
ule of rates Is necessarily a question of
judgment nnd will vary with the tr.ullc
All estimate of the amount of the cut
rnii arv 10 per cent.
"If till following points can be a-ticed
upon llii'n the comp.in lu pi opart d ut
orco to presctll a scliedllle nf rales.
"That the valuation of the property
of t.he New Voik Telephone Company
fin i ato making pill pose lie llxml at
tsLo'ui.oilu Tho additional plant con
etiiicteil since June 3d, Htll, and tluit
necessary to carry trallli; which, falling
wllhln tlie minimum rates, will product
no additional revenue, amount approxl
matel) to $2.000,1010, which milled to
the $s2.ono,ooo llxed by the commission
,it of June 11", mil. makes a totnl hnse
valuation of $M,00u 000.
I'.luht Per Cent, on Valuation,
"That the rate of return upon the
valuation be 8 per (.tilt
"That a leasonible period before the
new rates, If adopted, tako effect bu al
lowed In onler that the additional' plant
lequlred may be Installed and that other
I necessary change may be made to m
Continued on ieewt Fag
German Government Ready,
to Fight British Embargo
With Stringent Food Rules
it'omprdicnsivc IMan to Prevent Waste ami Increase Home
Production Prepared by Economists and Housewives
To Kiit Less .Meat. .More Dairy Products.
lieiman polltleians, economists, physi
ologists, geologists, fanners and house
wives working together have evolved u
coiiiprnin nsive nrnl authoritative plan of
defence against the lirltlbh starvation
move. This plan they believe Is bound
to be successful If followed to the let
tor by overy element In the empire.
Their programme, which has the Cov
eminent' sanction and Is issued in Its
name. i contained in a 200 page bok.
Just published In (lei many, emitted "The
Food Supply of the tierman People and
th lliltish Statvation Plan." The Um
don .inter call It "(in expos'tlon of the
piobleins of a nation's food supply with
such wealth of information as can hardly
ever have been brought to bear before on
the topic."
Tim pamphlet demands rha! the tier
man Hovernnient forbid the exp.nl V
f(Hltiiff or the u. of corn a fodder,
rediue the numb".' if srvlne b nine
indlloii bead and the number or milch
iow b one million, that waste In
household case and that plisoners of
j w.ir lie set to cultivate unused moor
land. These tiling the prominent men
who helped In evolving the plan nru
tonllibnt will b- done, and they Kiy:
"Wo shall e'evne through. In spite of
dosed fior.tlers and suppression of se.t
trade the Ur.gllsh starvation plan will
founder on the cooperation of our mill
ions "
Tim pamphlet first points out Out
eb.-many Is now a dieted economic area,
1 which cannot even rely on the "oon-
quc.it d lands ".for food, with starvation
setting In. Production must give place
to consumption' us the leading Idea, and
the Individual must give In to the state.
' At eJi's time every ona Is, so to speak,
j a socialist " Maximum price must let
1 fixed, In addition to prohibiting export.
.lla Imports I'm in t .. X.
Tho reduction of the food supply ts
laid to reduced Imports from the
l'nlted States to countries bordering on
Cermany as well as llermany herself.
Meat, butter, cheese and fish, formerly
obtained fom Holland and Denmark,
and herring, from Norway and Sweden,
can no longer b relied on ns food for
(lerm.iny There is no Rumanian whejtt
slid the North Sea fisheries. 'Isldlng
17S.000 tons, nre closed. Farmhands are
few, H per rent, of the horses are
with the army and In Kasl Prussia
and Alsace the crops are destroyed Th(j
situation is summed up thus
"We nre a people In the p-vlllon of
an individual who has heretofore had
Burning Oil Ship
Sets Ocean Afirel
Hla.inr Cnrso of Norwegian
Tank Cover Sea for
.Miles Around.
tiroar C.iH OetpaUh to Tnr. St
Uinimi.v, March 4. Tie Norwegian
oil tank steamer La Habra. which ar
rived in the Thames to-night, report
that she had terrible experience In
the Atlantic. An explosion occuried
during a gale and the centre of tho
ship was soon a mass of flames The
iapt.i.11 tut lied the s' lp broadside tn
the waves with the Idea of quenching
the llle
This carried the blazing oil overboaid.
and the ocean was nsm a sheet of
Haines for miles lo the leeward. A
boat was launch' d and thu men em
barktd on hei The le.ui was sw inip.sl.
and the mm were drowned The Mr
burnt d for forty hours until the tank
were empty
The ship was greatly dnninged, but
snuggled to th Azores slid thence to
Loudon
U-8 SUNK BY DESTROYERS,
f.ermnn nliiuiirlne CretT Prisoners,
siij. French (ImIcIhI Iteporl,
P.inis, March 4 The Mlnitr of
Marine announced otllclally to-night that
the tierman submarine t'-S, a sister of
the famous !"!. has been sunk b dr
stroyeis belonging to the allied flotilla.
The members of the crew of the t'-S
were made prisoners,
Bull) III the wai he l'-D became fa
mous by sinking the British cruisers
llogue, Abouklr and Crcsv In the North
Sea In October the I'.S sent the
British cruiser ll.iwiie to the ts'ttom
Some t me later the siibaiaiine was re
ported -n have bet II wrecked b) be.
coming entangled In a llsheriuan's net.
The l'- wns built In If'O1", and wa a
vessd of 300 tons displacement. She
had a speed of 13 knots above water
and S knots submerged Her maximum
radius of operations was 1,200 miles.
SANK SUBMARINE: WIN ?5.800.
( rett of llrlrlsli Collier Thnrdls In
(iel Hettnril.
Isi.s'tioN. March 4.-The captain and
crew of the rnlllcr Tllordls will prob-
alls i ie rewards nmnuntltig to $.'...
sun. offered by various agencies to tne
tlrst merchantman which sank a sub
marine. Substantiation has apparently
been obtained of the skipper's statt
incut, when hn arrived at Weymouth on
Tuesil.1, Unit his vessel was Rttncked
b an undersea, boat, dodged a t irpedo
and then rammed nnd sank her nsiull
aut off Heach Head,
The Thordls went Into dry dork to
day at Plymouth One nf hrr propeller
blades had been torn otf and tier keel
was bully damaged, Knowing that he
hit the submarine bard
XTLANTIC COAST I.INF.
t'H.Mtl.KhTON M'(irs.T. SAVANNAH
KI.IIHIIIA HAVANA.
, Trains Hilly Compartment firs via
Mtunilai'd It. It. f Suuth. Oitltc U1S li'nuy
( considerable Income ,md who learn by
i sudden inisfoittiue. that with careful
oiisbalidiy he can get on with much
less."
I The Uaik then considers Just what
1 this "much less" is with which the
, (boiiian people can get on. The fisid
fin I oiceviiry to support 0, 000,000
' no u, women ami children 1 estimated
' at fiti.i.lO.iMio.ooti.OOO calories a year, or
i 3,000 calories per adult a day. A calory
' D the heat necessary to raise a lltc
) of watet 1 degiee Centigrade. Tim
rpiuillty or protein (albumin) this food
must contain is I.CnC.oOO tons a yu.tr.
or a little more than three ounces per
n an eiieh day In contrast to Ibexe
tlgures is set the annual consumption
befoir the war of 'JO, 120.000,000,000
calorie, or 3,ii(2 calories a day per in
habitant At that rate. It is estimated, flerminy
'cfin yield oid "7.s(-,o,u0ij.00o,000 cnlo
I rle. or l,it;i,oO0 tons of protein. If tho
old production methods are continued.
Thus the food fuel yield Is 13 per cent.
'great(r than the requirement, while the
protein yield for repair is 3 per cent
, Icrfs. If the people al found to have
I lived Uuiliig the first six months or
war a they did previously a deficiency
' of 21 per cent In food calories nnd 60
per cent. In protein will be found
Must Diminish Wnste.
The means to cover this deficiency,
j the book sivs, Is an alteration of eco
nomic life In accordance with war con
J dltlous. Waste must be diminished and
I production increased and foodstuffs
'stored which nave high nutritive value
and require little space The prohibition
' of foodstuff export should be made abso
lute, not even sugar being excepted, no
I matter with what diuigir to frlenJIy
, lclatlons with neutrals,
i Meat consumption must be i educed,
cheese and skimmed ini;k replacing it
Th" crop of beans, high In plot' In, should
be Increased, the numbei of pl. whleh
(ontume much food that man needs, re-
diiccil three and ri half million, or 12
, per cent., and the number of cows one
' million, or 10 per ennt. Hrendtuffs
should not be fed to anlnnl, nor grain
used in manufacturing white starch or
alcohol. Stan-li should not be used In
laundering. The production and ue of
butter are to be restricted, and fruit t.
, to be preserved as Jims and Jellies.
Sucar. which hy no mer.ns to be ex
ported. notwlth"tmdlng claim of the
I Industry for special consideration, may
! he fed to pigs.
The principal crops to be sown are
i beans, peas, potatoe. beet and seed
I corn Harlev e.m replace oats, and
freight rale must Is- reduced to permit
the traiisirtntion of fertilizer, no.ahly
i nude phosphate, pom Helgium. The
i Russian prisoner of war. tnnt of them
ugrlcultur.il worker, must be employed
on the in. oon iuare kilometers of un
um1 moorland.
'Ih' ilovernmer.l ras already for
bidden the use of hi end corn as fodder
fo' ea't;, and there mutt be limitation
in the production and bleeding of cattle.
Coiirinued on rtml ruflf.
Big British strike
May Cripple Nation
Miners Meet Miircli 17 lo Pis
cuss Plan lo Win In
crease in Ware.
rn) riblf VeialM fo Tnr. ms
Lonpon, March The 7'nnejt tbl
J morning giv-. prominence to the threat
! etied labor troubles in the Biltlh ona!
fields
The .Mine-.'s Federation meet, on
i March 17 to conlder the repeirts com
piled by local agent in the fields on
1 the question ot Immediate action to ob
tain an Increase In wage lu view
of the high prh I coil
If a satlsf.n tors .iri-inmil i not
reached with the "-i.il ltlln owners the
innsi dang isms siiuition possible will
devil'ip Tin 'tines ilsewbeie In its
column relets to laboi dlMliUltus at
n nv hampering the etllcleiit prose,
cutlon of the vvai more seriously than
most people are awaie
It prints .a despatch from Berne to
the effect thai lierm.iii .s flooding
neutial coiinliies with leports of s'rl
ius -tr ke In Hp-at Britain. dntlhg
to British degeneracy in contrast to
the unltv of Hi-many
! BRITAIN TAKES STEEL WORKS.
I
Scolllsli Iron Vlnsler sj Price ot
i ('out Will "oe I'lirnitces,
i
i sptclif 'n'V I't.'i'Jlri Id Tnr.
. I.OMIH.S. Mai eh r, --The morning pa
' pers s.iv th a; the ilovernment has ;akeu
lover several Scottish stielwoiks. T.e
j British i d Freeh lveui.nf..t-' orde s
bate broken all lecoul
The Scottish tronm isle' s tleci.ire that
j the high price of coal w.'l compel them
t ' damp tlnir iron finniics
' BRITISH HAVE NEW AIR BOMB.
' t. tutors xttHcl. Veroplnnes M'llh
i
1 r.xploslte on l.nng Wire,
ITompon, M .r"h ( Bf!tlh aerop!inAs
I ir tnw ciiilpped with a new kind or
homh suspend! d from ,i wire Running
j op a reel supplied with a length llnli
! c.itor. this wire can Ih let nut a mil
I When nt'ack.ng a hostile Zeppelin or
a-riplam the aviator .Inies until he is
exactly above the tnettii He itteinpts
to drag hi" bomb across the hostile craft
i and thus explode It.
Theie Is an Intel esting report to the
'effect that many small rigid dirigible
are being built to make war on Herman
I airships They would play tho samo
1 part In tho atr that torpdo boat di
I stroyrts do on the rca
XI me, llerohiirdl Still In llmn,-er,
B.iiiprAi'X, March 4 Tho isindlt'on
nf Mine Sirah Bernhardt has been caus
ing much uuxietv reccntl) After hor
right leg was amputated on February 22
(lie seemed lo bn reitiveniig splendid y
but complications dun to other causes
than the operation have set in fifio
was slightly better last night, but L
lot jet out -f danger, ,
, ARMY OF 100,000
1 MEN LANDED TO
ATTACK TURKS
(en. d'Amade Commands
Force Sent- Against Forts
of Dardanelles. ;
0TT03IAX FLEET OFF
TO SEA OF 3IAK3IOKA
Allies Shell Positions on
Strait and on Peninsula
of Gallipoli.
JH'LAIK BOMBARDED
BY FRENCH WARSHIPS
Turkish Officials Say Big
Defence Line Has Not
Been Reached Yet.
vj.eciff e,i,f Dtrpnlcli ta Tier .St".
Paris, March 4. The French Ministry
' of Marin Issued to-night the following
'official statement concerning the Dir
danelles. slttiAtlon:
i Systematic opri,tlons against the
defence of the Dardanelles con
tinued throughout Wednesday, de
spite a troublesome northwest wind
Trawlers dragged the entire part
j of the strait lutween the entry and
I Point Soumtdere in order to allow
I th cru'sers Iviinbnrduig Canal; Ix.i
lesi (Fort Sultanle) to move s fely
( llle cruiser destroy d the ub-i i-v,t-I
lion point st Cahalope The albed
j ships bombarded Held batteries nprl
collection of troop a' v.irlou
i tiolnt on the coast The cruiser
I D'Fntrecasteatix deni" .sb it th
semaphore at Arson-, and the bat
tleship J.tureguiberrv deatrojed the
1 petrol depot at Salda In Suit,
twenty rnlle south of He. rut
TROOPS BOMBARDED.
Mx
Turkish Gons Destrojed.
HrlnglnH 1'otnl lo l'ort.
Sftuil Cihh P'ipalrh in Tin Sc
Ixi.vnoN, March J. The AtlmiiM,'
.Issued at midnight the following sine
ment on thu Dardanelles opeiattons.
' The attack on the fortresses in t -
Dardanelles continued yester.lriv
Admiral Carden has not jet tepo e
the results within the tralt
, "Outsld.t the ftr.ilt the cruiser Dub! n
i demollh(l an observation station on the
Peninsula of (1 illipol The cruise
1 Sapphire bombarded gun and troops at
v minus point of tlio (lull of Adraii
and six modern field gun ne.ir tne r
, have been demolished, hi lug tig the t it i
of guns diMrojed up to foite
"French bittlcshlps have tiomlvi'ib.
I'ort Bulalr and have exit eked ICu -. t s
' Bridge "
Foie. No. 5. the bo.'iibnr.lmet.t ..f h i
was niintmried m the Adinlralt . eti.te
merit jesterdav, hat bteti ib .-r o;. ed
'This fort, which was ciinctriK 'id "i e
'water's edge opposite Cape lfep -'designed
to piolt-c. one of the n t' iiin
inirio depot.
Belays o battles nns t-n a . i
resumed the bombardment nf the mi-'
for'. this morning
tip Iti. t n ii i in ti,
Su Kdwin pears fin forti .e,rs a
resident of Constantinople, nt v i !i
Is tho tnobt prominent l'l.it op. .u. . ' ' -r.
s.iys .ii a letter to l!'." ' wen ipe. - .
, tepnrts fiotn Athens lit tt "ii1 it" ''
, the Dardanelles forts me lll' i i' n I tm,
will be doubted. M- !ldw, m i
now In Isindoii, depi'i Hi" tie- e
evpectutloli of spiel. imMts 1' , i
bouibardment, st mug t L t ih. 'v '
miles biy.inil the pooi olll . II
' nouuieil as the luithest ,i,h,ni, - .
most dmigeli as of all lb- -is',
between Cape Ktpes mil I'.ip. S 'i' '
' the ships iimhi bu :ilt.o ki '1 b. -lei
pnnerful butt! rles, tin sltont'st
Tuiks posscsh.
Th" .Veirnlm; 'ol pi'inl" a '.'
from a neutral at Constantinople, d i"l
Febru.il' 21. stating ti.it Orirati ' or
trol over Turkish an.um i sti-.u. r
than mi' The price of foislsniff s
j constant! elslng anil ! tits pisiple ,.r
i compelled to ent the plainest fare. t.,.
i enst of wVcn In n irtnal ttn.es wou..l
enable them lo live like p.ih.i
"Prussian m.litary law," the wits
eay. "enables the eoldicrs to s' ra
themRelves at the cxpensi of the pop
lntlon. The result Is eveiely felt !
the poor of Stan Is.ul, where i iev
lutlon would not 1- a sti-pr.se
"Wonderful a' counts of Turl h i I
Oerman rlctoiles n-e pnhl.-hed. T
(Jennar. cer.sor upprese all '
which would be l.lcv '0 c tne u-ei'i-ness
amoii? fie Turks The -llch'e.'
rumor of anvthlnc wrong -votie'
fatal,
tctlvlly si lloeUjnrds.
'There Is extreme nervousness rem
ing the D.irdareHe There Is Rtcit ,.
ttvltj at the ilnckvards and th cru'e
(loelion is being hninmi rei on d.t ir 1
niphi viirh remarkable enero P '
believed that she will at least be ab!
use her guns ae a nut o' tons' ri"
it thu wort comes
' It s certain Ilia' .1 '.he A'lie
gets tlirnugh, there wll' Is a I t
( 'inist.intlnpple."
The pi ogress of the suuhined '1 r t
been of such u nature that the n
authorities of France iwd firiat I 1
deem t io moment r I"' for ti e
inenceiiiei.f ot land operation. '! s-e.
fore a large f't'ie has been pqi
on the pen 'twill, i of il.illlpoli. .
, trig to .uhlces Iron points I" t. . s
Eust mid the ovir. b hctt'isI i i . ,
Turkish tr ops his ben Harttd
The al' i I a ' "'c ' leu ,
r , d 1. ..). ! t' ". "
brought Mni-"4 . o .. the )' i "
and ' is id a " " " ' ' I '
on the w i sti e t
h'm ire n' n
tger i . t , It . S
Pimlei'' l" i'
and S 'ots t i
I to have been i ous- i
lUcj; bail luca cucutUatui pj h.-.h, i