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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915.
LEADER KITCHIN
TO FIGHT WILSON
ON DEFENCE PLAN
pr Whip in Nxt House
Will Conduct Personal
( Hnipaiarn Only.
flE WANTS NO BREAK
WITH THE PRESIDENT
VFAMtttatoN, Oct 3. The Wilson
AdtnlnMtratlon'i MtlOMl defence plan
ncounitred Mrtoui obatacte M-day
wtieg ii became known thai Repreggntg'
1 1. Claud' Kltehln of Worth Cargllng,
the llgted aUCcegeOf i o RgprggOntallVg
I'gderWOod a- tn:iJoiil lender of 111
ywu' erill oppoee th Prcgidgnt'g pro
gramme
Hi Kllchln, who wroa In Washington
tv-d.iy on biMinoM connected witii the
, rini - lip of ine Wnyi ami lloona
Committee. I old nonropnpti I'Of ronuund'
tnt thai li' hriJ iiti oflttinl Information
II f.t Mm plan ill aiMy ..-ml navy de
talopm ni a h 'h haa bt?n fixed ttpo . i
;i p.. . ill t. bill thai if the plan lia
fcetii gerreetlj outlined in Hie aeml-utll-i
at reporta ilready published he win
ffl coiled on to oppoeo it.
M: Kltehln einptioolggdi huwever, nig
Intention i" uonftm tile oppooltloti to ina
uifluenci aa .m Individual member "f the
lluui" and not to enter the fight in hla
capaeHi aa lha mojorit) leader. Ha
glided ojt that Kepr.aentatlvr fader
tod, when ha found it impooolMg to
luriend) ln ii.ina! e-Vivicilone In the
Pan-American am; toiia fttjht, adopted'
t course it unit easeaderlai frk
1 1.
l.i malting known in position, the
gtcii ,t: i it of w dch had boon forocagi
. t. pravtotia uttcrst Mr Kltehln
i.iok H'.ai'ion io sin that ho mtenda to
(.ovi'tirtt- 'th 'he Atlin.ii,!ti,iiti'in in the
I. atlfl .n if:. pert to all other
gMMSOree, indicating tout hta pn ?ent at
I i... ahuuM iioi be taken aa prophetic
i break or vn a rupture of pleasant
i,.'i: between hlmoelf gftd tha Presi
dent BaMler in It. day White Houaa "Hi
. a:s aaj announced tiiMt the Praaldmi
gould oi.fcr wi'h Mi Kltehln to-ni'r-
Tiu announce manl r.iv.- rlaa to
lac hop am ing tha triltolgtg that the
President would be aba to ;me Mr.
Kltehln up with th.' othar Democratic
part lead art in Congreee who huvc
greed to tin Administration's pro
i gmme,
Mr Kltehln I. ft the clt wit" ut aee-
im t .e President, huwavar. and it whj
ieceaaar' to poctpottg tha conference.
He ".lit rot return to Washington tor
aer two eek
1: ,- underMood in official quart era
fiat fie I'reelden. will now go forward
with other plans for gdvMictng the
gat tonal defence programme, not with
tending the oppoaltlon of tha next m
fch t leader.
Vtianda Mi. KUohln ie!i-e that
he . larWiea no llualona us to the ex
leni af the eupport which will ie given
to the Prealdcnt'a prugraattena in Con
graff. They ut icrtiand .nat Mr K!:ch"ri
f'l Intenae regrat at hi inah'llty eon
f. e t. n iy o atrppurt tha AdminlMnt
ton without aacrlfldng hla own convlc
HOoa el n .nat:er of principle, gttd tha
lie i.- determined to luce the imssi
gtUliei : ' ui pleaaantnaaa ton rnln mum
I I a
I'rared.
Ac inlntatratlon atithorltlca. however,
hd- grave fean 'h it it will lie dlfTloul:
In pn vi .; hltierne-s from in ie.irmg in
th. u'. altlon of Mi Kltehln as ai
re... ly bas n -oved the cast with rjieot
of i Bryan.
With i email Democratic majority In i
the ne, Kouae tin- Admlnlatratlon lead
ets v .. with fcreuudina ai proapacle
or a split iii tin' party on any laaue aa
inn . a that of tin national da
fence,
The ori feai" entertained ore that
tiie btttei ehatacterigallon alniady aii
gtigd by Mr. Bryan to tin- national d.
ieme propaganda win be alloaotl to
.ivji into tiie apaoobtei af Mr. KUohln
ami other Oamocraia who join with in n
in opooolng the Admlnletratlon. and that
Hi I'realdettt'a fr.emi.s will f. ei callod
lllsin to retort in '.;ind.
The oppoaltlon of a member a- influen.
i ! .i" Mr. Kltehln la regarded as (taught
"th poeHlbllltlej of eorloue danger ti
Uu nurty welfare
L- idota of the llicie already regard
It settled ;hat the number of tbe
Demo'iata win. will oppuae the part
programme w in be Inconaplcuoua a com.
gated with ii"- overwhelming maj rltj
'hut will rail) to tin- h'reeident'a aland,
rd.
The) believe t iia: Mi Kltehln will ha
ti on!) member prominent in th. party
leadoianip who aill attempt to with.
land t .' national defancg ntovamant.
Mini that with the leadcia of all of the
w i nittees concerned with the drafting
of the Admlnlattatlon'a meaauree al
ready conforming lo the Admlnlatra-
liOl 'a poaltlotl the i ppoeltlon will not be
rti... louely io hamper tiie pingi'gpa
of l ie meaaiirc
R'preaentatlvee Hlaaon of Miaalaalnpl,
v ' i ipoon of Miaalegtppl and othara
ahu will Join Mr, Kltehln in his oppo
alt. "i .i.i, comparative!) little follow.
; - .'-I navel have been counted amon;
tne eudcrg of the II,. i.-.
In lnrniiiia lePOOt.
'-I I
tu.iti.n
,v Inch
g eta We, i ,ith consideinbl. u.aim fron
ii.. atandpolnt. tw waver, is the
probability that ihe Adminialtation will
'-1 lo fall bach upon Kepuldican
- foi thi meaauree II oontemplatea
i i... deprtvex of tiie opportunlt)
I" i the enat'tmenl of the national de-
n lirogramma as a strict paity
hlevament,
I lol i . onsideration that ca.sls a
' ' . ' auroea the plans of the Admin
hgralloi la the pruopget of attempted
eg iliing mi tin- pan of Ruunbari of
Congroaa intetoated in rlverg ami bar
be - -,i public building projaotg a the
P ' "' ' " i aupplNI fur tiie national
fence,
itepr, aenta 1 1 ve Kltehln has mad ii
aaai thai ha would not be a party to
lay uc sndeevore. lie hag taken occa-
t'i point out tha: he liemocralie
Nf'! il ead) haa hewed KtrlOtly to the
Jne i i regaetlimt these ao.ealle.t
Iglproi ni projects.
U Kllchln pointed out Hint in the
two k istuiia of tiie past Congfggg "ft
f"1 ' i i ng bllla were allowed to be
"' i ft the Commit of Pubilg
' g and titounda and inei he him
"I favored a pioKiamme nf strict
econorm .
CANAL TO REOPEN IN A MONTH.
. MDoaaM '!' fredletloii
ttler I'aiiainn gggtj'Pgi
Panama, Oct, II,- "Within three
.i month 'in- t'hgmnel of the
rai ' mi Canal will In- ,,en again 10
j " nil Donald K. Moponald,
lornierl) geologlal of the Cgnal fom
'asiOU, Alio ..tilled hare recently,
rl I ' lhal nine on the dredges can
' : 1 11 id of the siMc-. provided aome.
tWni utterly unforeaeen does not hap
pi The work now going on is the
jyei ffi un thai can dona in the
tin umatanceg."
Majoi-iien, Qoethula, Uovernor of the
t 'i cue. conferred lo-day with Mr.
Jtclloiiald m il the latter in ide his pre.
l;'1"1 11 .. reaull of ins atud) of the
farth alldea into Ihe canal channel dur-
on last moinn.
U. S. BACKS BIG COMPANY
TO BOOST EXPORT TRADE
American Oversea Corporation Will Guarantee That
Goods Will Not Fall Into the Hands of Belligerents
British Sanction Is Expected.
r.,7,1. "' - The Hureau of
eorelgn and Uoniaatlc Commerce Inaued i
a Matement to-day In i espouse to In-
nulilea regarding the functlon'a of the
American Overaea t'orporatlon. which
la to be operated In cooperation with !
the Federal Hovernmenl to assure un-
lei guaranteea American ahlpmenta to
the neutral countries; of Kurope
Tlila propoaed corporation la the out- 1
growth of the organlaatlon of the N'eth-
erlands tivrraea Truat i'u, wlib h 1 , owiareu conn aoanii--eniito French h ive extended their gaina i orth
"W woenpany, wntcn I aboolute or oondltlonal hi ballloaraat I . ..
guaranteea that all articles Imported b
II will be used or consumed only In
Holland
It was pointed out by the buieau
that shipping onipaulH mululaluiug
regular sailings between New York and
Rotterdam several months ago began to
lake unusual precautions In accepting
egatboUnd freight In order that no pos
s.lde grounda might be had for search
and detention of their vassals. The
oiopames leareu mat any cargo was
i .i.i. in - ,,i r .i
.7" '""i
l oel'limelit Itself.
liseii. i
1-hr l a tea Aclloa.
According to t'ne hureau oAel
difllcultlee weie Intenalflod in
ila, thOMl
tiie faOt I
tlial Ihe t Mitch
iioveinment would not :
coiiarnt to have consigned to it anv ar I
tu n- on wiiiivi n nan no embargo : that p
Is, un article not on the Dutch Official I
eontratagnd I tat The statement con-1
tinuea: . " J , , , " ,
The reason for this obvloualv is that ! The American oveisea Corporation! ho offensive were successful In break-
If the oonalglllna of goodj to the OOV b 1,1 aubOlanoe a forwarding cor- mg the counter attacks of the enemv
ernmenl is to be .eganled ae a auftVlent I POratlon, but Its functions will lv con-' IVely altack to the northeast of
nuatantee that au-h goods will not no ! "'d xcluplvly to th shipment ofj Masslgea made us master of a Oor.
to a belligei eni countrv. then th OOV-1 gOOdl to neutral countries Aasurancea man tprnch close to the laisitions re
ernmenl must of ixiurse be able lo guar-1 hv all peiaona Interested that these goods COHtl) COOqUOred hy us.
ante that these gools will not leave i will l absoUitel. confined to neutral; The official communique laeued bi
the country.. Ilince it waa not a practl-1 countries will be ncaaar to acura Its; th War Offlc to-night followe :
at matter ro c uisign goods lo the llov-1
eminent inat were noi enioargoed oy I oe open to an iMina no snippets, si. in,
th..t Ugsernment. : or large, in th Cnttod st.it.
" slight deviation fiom this rtllO waa It is not organlxad for i.roflt. and,
RUtdg by one compani maintaining regu-1 beiond its expenses no charge will he'
Igr talllnge between New York and Hot -, exacted. The hope is to prevent deten
terd m This company took limited' lion of shipments, leduce the cost of'
lUantltlea of contraband and other liuiKli
-unsigned dtredly to the purchasers
provided such purchasers signed an Iron
. lad agreement that the gOOdg they te
COlved woulil not be tian:nltted to a
belligerent country either by th1 pur
has. -rs themaelvee. their agents or cus
t miers
"This was a moat exacting guarantee
MAYO'S NEW HAVEN
WIFE ASKS $250,000
Allegeii Marital IMrate He
retrcd Her by NVt'dtlinjr
With Other NVifc LIlBff.
SUICIDE IN MASKED HIM
Virgiicu' St Julian Main. pres. dent
. . ... D..I ,lnr CfUnMIIV .,f W
..i me m? v ..........v. .
"XTS faTho'r i
rhlMron f two others, was dlaoloaad i
i: March through the suicide of
Brooklyn girl employed "'J?? ,
was brought "tr c urt aga n )'aatoroa) i
When his New Have. i wife. Mrs WtlhOl I
in. i a Ma'0. rVed suit In th uprgmg
I'ourt here for ItJMM damag-s for
T a plaintiff, who deaorlbea haraalf j
us vt'Uhelmir.a Meyer, otherwia kievwtt
a Wilielm.iKi Miivo. Iiase.s rer sui
;tuat oi s that her nusuanu I
o marry him tnrougn i . ....... ;
...... . ,,9 ,, nun. wncrvws i.v
man. Will oaa
had .i inf.- living a: tne lima.
Mr. Mayo win nut aak for I
, or ler marriage .e r a -
fU . .lillette ""'ui" nCff waa -
court hold thni the pia.nt.tr was ,
calved . I thai Mayo was already mar-
ad '.,'. rlndlnga WlU lla' tha effect of!
nullifying her marriage.
m hi vvllhelmlna jaayoa own an .nio
on the divorce decree obtained Iti Junelooma convinced, and that the Hritiah
i Mcrenton, Pa., by Mra. r loranee oovarnmani would thereupon otder the:
W Mayo, who inarrlad the defendant ' relaaae of goode under auch approval.
In Uingnamton In lh Mayi alien- The release of goods Is already being
1 1 hit K fe a I three daughters m affected In considerable quantities under
i- it, 1809, and they lost trace uf ' agreement of the Hritlsh liovernmenl .
him ; i I he got into the public gaze j )(1 p,, ,,,;, t,e asportation to the United I
through ituiiea ccrcern.ng his "om" j states in all casea where the goods were j
t Hi II it. on due tJ the death of i.ii- P0ltrill.tca u,r ucfore March 1. 115. I
li t Ma) Cook. Mayo a office as. A large part of the goods wanted by
Tin nrei Mrs Mayo titan
her hush nid had ma tried Mrs. araisii-1
mm. i Mayo ami ahe broufht sun tor
divorce m Pennsylvania
Mre W 11 helm Ine Maya haa daollned to
d.s.iis any proposed action against
Mayo avet su e the .iiaciosjira ,
titer women were inane, aou ' '"".
.,r thr ii i here vesterday was ine ore.
...I.i Ilia IirBl
In, II. n ,f her intentions. The papers
wan served on Miyo In tbe house all
iit Kourth street. Hrooklv n
.. h bs
bouahl for Mis. Lois
hldley, formerly
haa I
cinplowd ;n M.iyos ''"'?""" ...
two children by him, ami wuere ..p flel, ,.,, geuulu(. The state ie
beert apending much 01 nig um.,jh((1mltm j imrtment. on the other hand. Is averse
Mever plaintiff m the suit brought here
veaterday. wan the result ot an e.uv-
meut. Mayo, then In the electrical aup
plv business in Brooklyn, caused MUM
Meyer to b eak an engagement will
another man and lo wed him at a ehur. li
ln IJ. ., il.lv II
I oi ine , i'a- " ,,, I,.,
the
later innerueo an "e
K ra ne mot he
1i- M una Jieier oi
Ml .viuwm
I Newark
MEATLESS DAYS FOR TEUTONS
1 liar MB a l"arl I. coders 10 lllacoss
Ihe read Probleiw.
upmai f'e DugafrA t Th gN,
Bggt,IN. iia Amsterilam. OOt, 2. The
Iforoenpoal savs the Imperial Chancel
lor, lit' von Hetlimann-tlollweg has In
vited t ie party leaders in the I'rutslun
Diet I" confer on the foodstuffs problem
on Movember 2. .
t ierman papers ow I hat Ihe pi ojiosal
10 tlx certain days on which ho meat la
to le eaten la being universally dis-
PumH 1 it is predicted t'i' pop''
will Bdapl themselves to the restriction
I without protest The Government s onll
' nance hM not yet been Issued, but ape
I ciflc restriction days are helm speeu
i latel upon. ,.
I The 1'ossisetie .ritunu prinla thla
1 "Hauafratl'e euggeatlo'n" of the best
schedule :
No meal on Monday and Htday.
No fat on TUOBday and Saturday.
1 Nn poll, on e.iiipp.....
Hill rations on Sunday and Thtiraduy. j
CARMEN SYLVA NEARLY BLIND.
Queen Mother of Rumania Will Be
operated On at Hare,
tpr. iat utilt lletpatrl. to Tlla Si v
Vikvna. via Amaterdatu. Oct. :'.
pspf, l.andHU Is eapaotg) to arrive al
Bucttaranl to day from Paris to operate
on tiie eyes of Ihe tjueen Mother )f
Rumania (Oarman gylva).
The yueen Mother's condition is seri
ous a d an Iminedlate operation Is nec
omMVi BlU it le duubtful U her elg'it
can be aaved.
and one that aa dlfflctlll to enfoi.e. the
rogyll of Which whs that a small amount
ot liuslneta only wj a4le to move "
To nmiMith out these illlMcultiee. the
bureau points out that the Nethei landa I
viaea Trunt fompany waa organiaed. ,,
'" ,! 1 ,u V a
Chanta or tradlna ramunlH With a VIM
l enabling the unPioleated conveyance
"' "4,,ri"" mer. liiindlae, which haa been
States
The Hiltlah Uoiernmeni promptly I
sanctioned the organi.atlon of Ihe Neth- ;
erlands oversea Trust Company. !
Since Mien the federal Coun. il of
witaertand had approved the creation
of a similar organisation known as the I
Swiss so. lety for Koonomlc Burvell
lance." Its purpose Is to supervise the
I Impoitatlon of goods Into Swil.eiiaud
fiom and through the lerritoiv of the
! Rntente allies witii guarantees against
any or tne goods reacniug me enemies
of the Knlenth alllea Similar organl-
r.anons are reporieo io ih- in pro.es oi .
deelupinent in Sweden and lienmark.
The general purpuee of the American
. . . . .
Oversee) Corporation will i th same.1
OOeratlng aa an additional guarantee I
aamlnal American exports to the neutral I
nmntrlaa Csllina lata ihe hands of hats
I - .
'
i roiwirdlaa i orn. ration
services i ne c,impan s serines win;
Insurance and help to establish credits
xiilcii
are now- In aheaiH-e
It has la-come known here that the
American Oversea Corporation will re
reive the approval of the Htitish tjovein
menl aa aoon as It can be shown that
It can guarantee that goods exported
under the corporation's rules will not
reach the enemies of the BntOJItg allies.
ARBITRATOR URGED
IN BRITISH BLOCKADE
S. Favors This Way of lit't
tinsr (leTinan (iuods Out
of Holland.
MANY CLAIMS CNSOl'ND
WAgHINOTOK, Oct. it lnfoi mal dia-
, -. . k .
elusions ate in piogress iipoo-rn ore
State ..-, ,h British em-
baggy with the object of deviling a aim-
Wav of arranging for the releaae for
pXor, tn the United States of Herman I
good which ate held up in Holland by I
,,e Uritish blockade
Ambaaaador, Si, Cecil
piing.Rlce, ami Counaaltor Polh of the
gtate Depart men! went over the whole I
mnttci in conference to-day, hut no da-
cUlon was leached
nnf Qf he ,,ro,)S , ,,, consid
elation is the anaolntmanl of an arbitra-
agieeable to the British government
., ,e state Dope rt ment, who ehall
have authority to tiaa upon the validity
0t claims preeented by American Im-
poiteis
Another suggestion is that the Mat
Depai tmont give its appioval to claims.
th a I muorte re coitaiate of articles for the ;
i hristmas trade
It waa Indicated to-day that the Brit
Ish Bmbaaay would be glad to have the I
United States accept responsibility for I
the goo.1 faith of the claimants Many
fraudulent claims have been presenle.l.
.... BUsiiiclon belna that they were of-
e I
fered laraely to stir up trouble between
I the United States and Ureal Itrltaln by
creating mutual oisirusi
ine urnisn i.overnmeni is uiaincunea
10 hVg the I'nlted States indorse any ,
claim except thoae which It had satis
lo doing any thing w hich would appear
to lend the aanction of this Govern
ment to the British blockade, which the
I'nlted Statea has already declared II
legul The Department favors therefore
the plan of having an arbitrator ap-
polnted, 10 determine whether a claim
of contract for (ierman goods Is Justl-
',, i -nm. ,i,h
i
GERMANY DROPS PARCEL POST,
er Ice to I . SI. Illtl'O 1 1 rd o
Reason l.lven.
Bggbtffi via Anwteidam, Oct 116. The
parcel post aervloe to the I'nlted States
has bean discontinued until further no
tice. No reason le given offloiall).
om.lal Notice la Not IteeeUed
Here, bal II Is Bgggglggi
W'asiiinuton, ()ct. 2.- Postal mi
thorltlag have received no nOllflnatlntl
of a dlsconllnuanne of parcel isist from
iierman', aa gnnounoad from Iterlin to
da.v. The two countries have lieeti op
erating under a parcel treaty for ap
proximately twenty years and the ex
change has continued throughout the
war. Katly this ear thousands of par
cels forwarded from Germany to Ameri
can destinations by way of Swltaerland
were returned to the senders hy the
Swiss postal authorities because of no
lice given by the French and British
that all pan els found on ships addressed
to tierinana In the United States would
he seized Pan-els sent fn.m Germany
lu Portugal and Spain hi-ve been seized
gy the French.
QerPJMty Itlgpgntlgd Ihe parcel post
service to South America on April 7 and
ofliclals here believe thai the service from
Get many to the United Stales la about
to be cut off.
Hrlllah Mink Tarblah Transport.
blirrial ahlr Itmpalvh to Tin St s.
Atiikns. via laondon. Oct. 2a. A
Turkish transport laden with munitions
has been sunk hy a Hri'ieh submarine in
the flea nf Marmora.
GERMAN ATTACKS AT
LA GOURTINE FAIL
Kij-lifiiifr rontintips Without
OalM French Storm j
Mnssjirps Trenrh.
KI?T0N BIPLANE TAKEN :
gaaegfl I ggfa hrtpairt, to th St a.
I'AitiH. i)- If. The righting In the
ponltlon Know n aa Ui OMItlM, In
hanirmgne coillnuefl. with!ul advan-
tag to either ai.l. The Krench have
m - oaen up e:emy counter auacaa aim
have resiatid atubbortilv Herman at-
tempts to gain ground at HIM point. The I
; east 01 aiessigee o laaina i wihvi
ilei uian trench,
The capture of on of the lates:
models f fast Herman biplanes was
annoui.ced bv the War ifflc to-night
a Prarcn aiiatr chaaed the Herman
machine until ho got w ithin shori range
and then opened rlrc with his mltrail-
leus., uamagiog tiie nmv maoliine's
eiglne and compelling til rmaii air-
men to descend When they ianded the
OOI mane at one sought io destroy their
inacltlne In order that II
machine In order that it might not fall
lingo Ihe haTla of th Kren-h. but they
were laaen prisoners nerorc iney oouiu
put the plan in operation.
The afternoon communiuue follows :
. . . . - .. ,j
The cloea fighting In the Champagne
rilatrial bus .ontlroi...! in lha ..ntr. of
n,. ,.,.im , i,. ...... t i .. rv.Mie
... . a . .w. -i
.111.1 ne un. iu.iii.i is ui i up in ip n
I battle lillie i. held to a limited
j aiea. The stubborn rgalatanco of our
There Is nothing to report sine
1 ht prt'ref.ltifC - unmuir -
Mi of our Minis tn monoplane
-aptur?l aft 9t ;i ;mj? an nein,v
aeroplane, which he attacked at hort
ianfe after catrhlnn up with it. The
ernian aeroplane, tn motor having
lern struck In several plares hy
mitrailleuse btllltS, was ompetled t
land near .lauljroiiNe, ip the valley
of the Met me. The two officer who
were in it, a aptaln and a Lieu-I'-nant,
wer made prisoners Just as
they wei" Attempting to l-Mtoy the
apparatus The aeroplane remains
IntftCt in our hand. It is a very
rapid biplane, provided with all th
latet improements.
TREXCHES RETAKES'.
l.eranaaa Hegala SS tarda North ,
.
' I
Hkp.iiv Via London, Oct. ! The
War office iasued th following atat- '
I ment to-dav regarding operations in the
west .
Norm of goUflhel enemi hand gie
nade attacks were repulsed
In the fighting Which took plaoa Oc
tober -4 at a aallent angle tiorth of
1-e Mean 1 1, in the Champagne, about
ards of our poaltion fell leiio
rarlly into the hands of the enemy. The
l-Yench yesterday were driven out.
Five oftlcera and more than ISO men
remained In our hamls Northeaat of
l.e Mesnll the enemy atlll occupies a
small t.erman trench
in Comb roe height our mine explo
sions were aucOaaafuL FYenoh min
ing oporaHona In th Ho.s i rretr
achieved no succesa
KING GEORGE AT THE FRONT.
rln-rr nfert War i ron on the
Prll.ce off Wales,
pARIfi Oct. King iMrirr f Kn
land. iOCOniptnld hy I 'rMtdMti I'oin
Cftlt anil War Minister Mllltrund, vis
ited the Anglo Prtnch from yesterday
;nd rvilwed thf British trnoji. T-dy
King if'Tge gnd I h Prince of Witltn.s
visitrvl the French tnops ami ralltnl
on ien .loffre
The V.r "ros mas ronferred by
pfssldtnt Polnoare upon the PHnct of
Waltf-
STRIKERS PLAN REJECTED.
Nfw Haven Will t'oaaltler Owly
iiemaa f iia uea Men.
Kohton. net Id, Supt Woodwatd Of
he New Haicn railroad conferred with
a OOmmlttee of striking freight handlera j
to-day The oommitteemen ware Informed I
that the New Haven regarded the settle-
monl "f an) dlfferenoee Willi its own'
amployeeg or former employ eea as a
nrol.leni aenafate from that which any
.other railroad may nine.
: The strikers took the pogHlon 'hat I
they all have a common cause and that
their dlfferorjbge with the New Haven.
naton and Albany and lloston and
u.
Ine " 11,1 all he settled by joint
......
ference
s.wi.
No flirt hei
oonferenooa will be held a'
his time
li. ww ...,pl, huvin. I 1., heir,
.omMim the f... tions the I.lera1 ftov
Pr,m,n, ,T, r,,( ,, helping hand to-day.
gooratar)' "f laahnc VVIIaon aent word
in.it he had named .lames . Smyth t
come here as his repreMeaiU' t Ive in an
effort to remedy the situati.n. Mr
Smyth Is expected here to-morrow
gn4,iiHi.non nropa to gunn.onn.
The amount of personal tax assceis-
, men! subjected to examination by the
Manhattan Tax 'onimlssloners yesterd.iv
i ... ... xh u, ,,,,,
..
11(1,100 less than 1 p.- cent, There
i were til examinations and the nutnher
of persons neni was seveiny-iwo pori-
live were non-residents.
ONE GOLFER TO ANOTHER
F. I 'ope Stamper, an KngllHh actor
who, two seasons ago. was in the
caat of "The Hollar Princess'' ut the
Knickerbocker Theatre, In a leading
part, and who was a member of the
PunWOOdtg Golf i 'luh and who now Is
lu active service with Ihe British
army In France as a Lieutenant In the
Fifteenth Durham Infantry, writes
as follows to a clubinate in New
York :
"Well, 1 did my little hit In the
great advance recently and came
through without a scratch. Was
under flre for two nights and one day
and was sent lo hospital suffering
from shock.
"I gp burled twice by shells,
though not badly. Really, it's won
derful how I came out alive. I'm
out of hoHphnl now and am at the
base, and expect to go up again in
u few days.
- The Ogratggg br taught tu
rrplnre thr dirott knockrtl out hy
thrir thrlta
"I really think we've arrived at
tha turning point, and if the flue
weather continues should push iheni
well buck."
NEW YORKER KEPT
OFF BRITISH SOIL
M. .1. O'Connor. Who Boflfhl
Whole Irish Village, Not
Allowed to Land.
REASONS ARE WITHHELD
vae in( l ahl, Itr, patch to Tm Sun.
Uinoon. Oct it. Michael .1. O'Con-
nor.
a New Yorker, who arrived at
Liverpool
on the American liner St.
teMlg on Sunday, waa not permitted to
land. II la -till on board the St Louis
and will I. .. nhllvea In eetul-n In the
I nlted Htnte
ontior'a passport and papers were
In perfect order. The British author
ities, while maintaining the stride! re
aerve about Ihe case. Insist that they
have adequate Information on which to
base their refusal of permission for
ti'Connor to laud which they have a
perfect right to do O'Connor Is living
'aboard Ihe vessel until arra ngenients for
sailing on his return trip have OMn I
comtileted I
The aerlous view which la taken of j
O'Connor s cas la indicated by the fact
that he nrobablv la th first American
,.tlien outside of a iterman American
who has not hespti permittetl to land
I The Uriiial prtn edure Is to permit aliens
I to land niui 1 1 Ion a II Their p.r '"'"
j are taken up and they are permitted to
i no anywhere they with, but must rail
; for their pimnports after a day or no. If
investigation meanwhile proves them to
h- desirable conditional ermblon
to rptnaln In Rnfftftftd Is Riven and llltlf
paMpOf tl are returned. if the cus
! plrlons against them turn out to he v.ell
I foundeil the are foned to leave 'he
country.
A high offl ial of the Hrltlah (govern
ment said to Tilt: St'N's correspond: '
to-day :
"It must he reallxed In the 1'nlted
States that cMreme care must be excr
ClMd In the cae of all DtftOM arriving
i In Kngland while a tate of war rlt-
! Otlt" entleavor Is to 'Xen'lse a much
I courtesy and kindness as possible am!
i at the aine time to protect the national
Interests. In one t-ase we permitted I
'ierman American to come to laOndon to
1 transact his business, but Insisted that
he tnturn on the neit steamer,
j "The taking tip of a paasport Is eiin
I ply a precaution c that a man cannot
dlsappfHr Without our knowledge. Thia
1 Is not a hardship, an those travelling in
RUMMI and (ictmany can tell, aa the
taking up of passports Is customary In
: those countries.
Michael .1 O'Connor a native of
Ireland wno owns a noiei ai j"" uaainv-
iton axenue. anu wno, sump up pio.-p.-if .i
here, achieved uublici b having bought
a whole town in Ireland --lesitrlm the
villag of his birthplace.
O'Connor, who came to New York
more than twenty yars ago. announotd
In ltiii that he had gratlfteil his early
ambition to purcnaa an naiive Home
stead and that he had bought the whole
of Ueltlim, which belonged :o a French
family of refugees named l.a Touche.
In IMJ Mr. O'Connor announced ihal
I he had aim purchased Irumhierney
I House and the domain of the La Touche
family, as th last of th family died
j and the place was sold at auction
' O'Connor's posseaaton amounted to ttt
acres of Irish land and the town he
houglr contained about 300 Inhabitants.
A: the time that O'Connor made the
aecond announcement of his ownrrship
of LeMrlm CMnDtete John W. O'Rourke
1 addressed a letter to the editor of Tne
!8t'! in which he called the story of
lo'Connor'a purchase "something contain
ing an ounce of fact and a ton of fit -j
tlon" and described Leltliffl aa being
I so forlorn thai It must huve been the
Mown Oliver Ooldamlth had in mind when
'he wrote "The Oeserted Village'
O'Connor s friends said yesterday that
they couldn't understand why he bad
been refused permission to land in Kng
land. They denied that he had ever
taken any part in agita'ton directed
against the British Government He
sailed as a second class passenger on the
i Ht Louis and went for the purpose of
selling to the British liovernment some
of the timber from his Ueltlim land
lie told his friends tha.: he enpected to
be back in flv weeks His home here Is
; at IS Kast Utth street. Where be lives
'with his wife and family.
SAYS BOY CONFESSED
PART IN NICHOLS PLOT
mittrd Rotrayinir Mis
tftss to Slayers.
Onnle Tallee, ihe alghteen-year-old I
houseboy w ho is accused of the murder j
of hla employer. Mrs. Klizabeth linuitsl
Nicln.ls, at 4 Kast Seventy -unit n street
on September V made a i onfessUin of
his crime, according to evidence sub
mitted at his trial before Judge Malone
in Ueneral sessions yeeterdhy. Mra
V,. -Iwils was found dead in the library
i D lrr home, There were indications
that she had been strangled to death
while three masked thieves were rub-
b.ng the houee.
Ir. Joseph Delahunt of Flower Hos
pital testified that In Ins opinion Mis.
Nlchpla had died from strangulation,
aa he hUd found a twisted piece of
cloth about her thrust. 1'r. A Itichard
Kent gave similar evidence.
Detectlvi wmiam J Bnright mid "f
queetlonkng Tallas soon after Mrs.
Nichols was murdered Thi first un
told by the boy. the detective said, was
that three men had threatened to kill
him when they pushed their way into
the lower hull and that they bound Ins
hands and feet.
i Then, after he had been questioned
for twelve hours, the detective said.
Tallas broke down nnd confessed that
I he bad entered n plot to rob Mrs. Nich
ols. According to Knrlght. he said thai
I the others in the plot were Arthur
Waltonen, Kddle Isihto and a man he
i OPUld not name. These three have not
been capt tired.
Charles B, La Bat bier, cninsel for
Tallas. asked the detective if t h- house
boy had not been beaten before he de
cided to in1 ike a confession. This the
detective denied. He said that the boy
had asked for tood and that as soon
Us he had eaten he announced that he
was ready lo tell the truth about the
crime.
Other detectives will testify to-day
BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK.
The Marquette Torpedoed In thr
.KpeanOB I aaccoaatrd For,
special Cable Ite-ipatch to Tut 8rs.
1.ON0ON, Oct. If,- The War office mi-
........caH lo-lillfht that the Irunaiuul Iia.
I quelle had been torpedoed In the ,4-lgean
Sea and that ninely-lilne of those aim ml
! have not been accounted for.
The Atlantic Transport Line's Vgggg
of thla name la In the service of the
British Government und presumably Is
the Marquette whose loss Is announced.
She waa of 1. dim tona net, 46tt feet long
and wu hull! at Glasgow in rails', lit,
name originally waa the noadicoa.
SON OF MUNITIONS
MAKER DIES IN WAR
New Comes a Nathaniel Cur
rv Reports on Contracts
With Allies.
PAN AIM AN PLANT IS BCSY
Nathaniel Curry, president of th
Canadian Car and Foundry Company.
who announced to stockholdrs yester
day MM Hi company Is filling mu
nitions contract! worth 1M.M.Hi ha
learned that hli gpn( Capt. i.on n
t:urry of the Forty -second Montreal
Mlfltllandorg, was killed by a Herman
shell on O, lober ir. only three daya
after he reached the trenches.
Capt Curry, who was an years old.
enlisted fast spiing Ila waa formerly
assistant manager of ihe Canadian
Steel Fonndri Company) A brother,
Capt V ii Ctirry of the Fourteenth
mi, ia n in ooia i i ".p--
"ig after amniuiiition work ftir the Fng-
iBaH UOVgrnmont, He went to the front;
and was caught In the terrific flra at
l.angemarc k and St Kesturbert. Out Ot
,,'' battalion of 1,10ft. only r.OO were not
pit out of action. When the battalion
waa reorganized he was sent to this;
country.
in ins announcement to stockholders
Mr. Curry estimates the W'ar order j
business ot the COPipgn) for the fiscal;
year to end September 30, 1916. at
)1 ",li, noil, OOli. as compared with about
ItTitOg.gOl In the best previous year of
the company s history. The railway
business of the company has fallen off ,
considerably and several of th factories !
huve been turned over entirely to tbe
manufacture of shrapnel. Mr. Curry's j
statement In purl la as followe;
"It Is the desiic of your board that'
ti.e stockholders shall have as clear a
view of the situation as it is possible
to give them, both regarding the afftOUnl
of such wai orders and the piOgl eel
winch lias taken place In the manufac
ture of the same, although for obvious
ranaoni It s not considered wise 10
publish much detail regarding the or-
del s received
"Vour company's railway ciuiptnent
bUalnOea la less than 111 forme.. year.
gave re I of our plants, as well iis those
of Canadian steel pnundrtan, Ltd.. have
been equipped for the manufacture of
narta of anoint, the production of which
H well under way limits pre working
twenty four hours a day and production
Is cnnstantlv tin leasing in a sallsfac
tor) manner A large portion of this
work is for the Brltleh Government, on
which aubetantlal deliveries ha al-
eady been made.
"Several month! ago two contracts
were made t,. supply ti:e Russian liov
ernment with a large number of com
plete shrapnel and ingh explosive shells,
and recent!) a thud order has been ob
tained subject to the negotiation Of
minor details In connection with same.
"The tranpactlon of this buelneaa hai
Involved the negotiation of rirge con
tracts for parts of shells la-twecti this
company ami manufacture! in the
tinted Btataa, as well as Canada.
greatly increasing the magnitude 'if t ie
operations of your company. This work
has now progressed to a point where the
llrst shipments a: e about to hi' mad,
ment feels tha lhay can make fairly I
reliable MtlmfttM Kth tn oOf-M I nd
Ttt earnitiK-"
"lour maiiatTTntynt khowi thai iheTe
In a reao)ialI pi oflt In nil ynur cOtV
biin:niip flurinjr t hf ru n nt .Ittcal pa r
tn S-l10TlUfr ri". lTlh, a.hfHJl'1 IT III ?-
rfun of I1I0.000.00A, ai compared with
jibnut J27."t.",l' tu tMp : prtvlom
year In ttlO t ontpany- h ftory.
"While (hi fllr't-tor Aa not frrl at
thin tl!ti thHt thy hould makt- any
dflnlto nnouniiint ' ih dlnpcutl
lion of tho urptui Mrninyt which will
artTUi from this bualnOM, thry for) tha'
th harBli"l"l'Ti m look forword, with
.-on TleiPiH'1'. tn an tttrly roMiiniptinn of
Itlrnd)" "
Th ron'r:'!1 mentloiiffd fmm lh
Ruulftn Oovornmont w r fm
shells, of which one-half 'cre stuapnel
and one-half asploalva It was gold at
that time that it amounted to ai'proxt-
matety iio.ood.noi) The third order,
which' Is all hut closed, la for 1.009.000
shells, one-half being for ghrgpnol and
the remainder ggplOglVO,
-
.losiice simith ia He t'.ievaied.
A I, has v , .' '-'K OOV Whitman le
expected to dealgnato Supreme rourt
l,..i,.. W..11..P l.lovd Sn.t.l, nf Klentm
as a member of the Am.eii.iic Dlvlalon,
l-'irs Departnient, In Manhattan, .lue
tic Smith is now Prealdlng Justice of the
Appellate Invisi.-n, Thud I '.-(.a rimem ,
located at Albany.
Contact .between
Customers and Officers
Personal contact between the customers of the
Irving National Bank and its officers is furthered
by the special design of the bank's quarters ; all
officers are within easy reach.
Personal service has been an important factor
in the growth of this bank; since 1900. tlrc increase
has been as follows :
Capital and Surplus- 1900
Capital and Surplus 15
Total Assets 1900 3,471.057
Total Assets 1915 80,770,848
IRVING NATIONAL BANK
Strictly a Commercial Bank-Capital and Surplus, $7,000,000
WOOLWORTH BUILDING NEW YORK
franklin Simon & Co.
Fifth Avenue, New York
Men's Clothirt Shor
8 W. 38th St. SEPARATE SHOP
A St p from Fifth Actnut
Men's
Si Ik Lined
Overcoats
( Chester fie!d
model )
23.50
Tlzjy's furrifhwi Shop 16 West 38th SI.
SEPARATE SHOP- A Step from Fifth At tnut
Men's Shirts Exclusive Pattern
Of fine quality Crepe and Madras; made expressly a 7(5
for Franklin Simon & Co. Iei7
RUSSIA AMD FRANCE
SEEKING NEW LOANS
Proiptctfl Hold Good for CieW
( Dot From mfiO.OOO.tlOO
to sioo.tino.ooo.
j gatef Lord Reading MM made Ilia re
I sr to the Chancellor of the Kxoheuuer
.w v i- r vnTrn I IV VI V VM xhv n,,w ProianaWon for suppie
0NK i r.AR NOlBn ulaVBtJii mantar) credua before the nriti
- I Tl'aaelll ) Department, the remaining
financial envoi-e are sounding the bank
a - i..,., and I '"g frivternit.v if thi cttv on various fea-
Negouationa lor oor. 1
banking
Ruaata
rsdlts for th accounts or
nid Kranc Involving many
,,,, r Hollars have been opened
millions or dollar
between agent of the two i.rvernment.
and prominent banking groups In thin
1 1
These new financial arrangements
are to b undertaken
Independently of
any supplementary Anglo-French credit
which may be put through In the near
future In neither case would the
financial arrangements entail gold eg
por;s. It wis learned yesterday that Rus
aian financial agents nr.- In tins city
and are conducting active negotiation!
for placing a short t rm loan "f proha
bly one car duration hare Although
Itussia Is said to he desirous of bor
rowing -verv cent she can raise in tins
Country, It was Bald the amount sh
may be aide to obtain will prohably he
between M0.OOA.006 and $ 1 nn.nnn.nnn
Home bankers believe Kussia has a
areat trade future and that her un-
lata.. A .a,:,nw I. ,.f m YnMnAtMi I
. rt ,
1 1 ' 1 ' 1 lw ' ... ..
nf thi Mafpty of the InVMtmtltf. It is J
. gre;vt 'Ii ill' un i ii i ai.-MiK in inia I'wun"
try any UIH within the liinin staled
if the- lnt n.-i rato on tlo notn wen
- Ufllclont t make them atirae tivp.
RAtikori wort talking otordoy f
hlffh ii " I't't ctBie on on ra r notoi
which Hurla mlfhl sell horc. mtt nalmi:
that Ihe ne.MintieH ninrht b (trTt ntl .it
a Tlaui e somewhat ktotoW m : . Which
, would tond t" niak tin invootnioni
more nttfOCtlVt Some t ImO .R" Ifisj-ia
ho!i $2,,"., three month MCOptAnc4
In Utlt country booiitil Intototl at tiu
i rate of I per rent, with 1 pOI OOHtt
dtductd from t tier 1 1 1 let ( th notoM
. for .uveidance Ihe aereptancei were
: renewable up to nine months, and at the
ejid of that tunc were prompt!) paid off
I by the Ruoaten Ooeornment
Krance is negotiating foi placing lit.
000.000 three months acceptances in tine
country, 'he proceede of the funds, it is
I understood, tc be used f.c .1 n rnu ti it inn.
'i h,- Bankora True! Compan) la one "f
the institutions Which are interested ,n
putting through the deal, nut 11 was
elated ." the otllces I III Late that
they were not the prlniipale in the nego.
tialions. Inasmuch .,s tiie proceadg
of the acceptances .ire reported 10 '
Intended for Ihe purchaee of ommunl
tlon, 1t was rumored m Wall Street
$ 300.000
7.000,000
Men's Shoe Shop
4 W. 38th St. SEPARATE SHOP
A Sup from Fifth Aftnut
Men's
Franklin
Shoes
5.00
yeaterday that the original proposition
had been made hv the l-'rench llovarn
ment or lis agents to certain of tbe big
powder Interests, which had signified
their willingness, provided that a gioup
of banks was willing to tike the ac
ceptances In the meantime neuotiatio is looking
to the eeitabl.Hlinieiit of gtlpptantantPgy
credit by Kranoe and iire.it litit.uu are
proceeding between the remaining mem
bers of the Anglo-Krctich Bfuanco and
credit commission and prominent ban-king
interests. Although It Is cort.i..n that
nothing win be decided definitely until
1 turaa of rha nronooad nrw credlta Hank.
ers feel thai Ix.rd Ite.llnu; and the ..thar
mamhera of the commlaefon who have
loturnci io nurvpn loaj oa.c loine um-
flculty in persuading the big banks of
I EnffllUld, Which are Jealous of their gc
I coptance market, to agree to ilraw dollar
lull on tins countrv
Tne stoning oacnaraje mVK1. n V
erratic yesterday, and demand fte l ug
after advancing to 4..',.',(, ,'N,ed at
. . .p
4. HI , ai sitnpare.l w ith a otOM of 4 . el 2
on Monday. CaMae were also lower,
closing at 4 a I, agalraM 4.ss for the
prev ious iose. At one time eeiterday
they sold as high aa 4. Hit"1.. Franca
were lower, otoghlg at V.t" for checke
and .".!! for cables. This comparae with
,V4j and .'.14 on Mondai It.i'ian lire
dropped from k.4." o g.tdH and i ublgg
wore unchanged nt MI4.
Mark clicks wei- till changed nt visa
and the cabtca advanced to sl"4. agalnat
:i previous close of M I I -1 ti Austrian
kronen rose from 14. dO to 14.7..
There w-as depooltod ai the Ash.i ff-
flee yeaterdaiy 11 too, in gold by the
Guaranty Trust Company.
! RUSSIANS DRIVE TURKS BACK.
i ( mulr- ( rtiilnrra lniMrtnn( Vnwn
In the ('nueNMua.
VjNWtf( 'I'"'' ttfffl'rf. tit Till ii
l,op... Ot;. :'T Th. fUlily thiit'n
correii-ondMii .i I u, leleuraph n
undor dot of Octoher 5a,
"A de-pat. h from TlfltK Niy that IMo-
s:.tn eft volt) hft drlon th.. Turku trxh -loan
mllot nouth of Menormlri In tht
I'MUCUKUfte I1" COptUrwl pAMftM Of
gnwi fttrotrgU'ftl mlw ftr dorvc hami
htind nolitlitii with Kurdft'
Saks on
Youth
Youth in " habit
there are plenty of old
men at twenty, and nc.
lack of young bloods at
fifty-five.
C We do not claim that
Saks clothes will keep a
man young we do
claim that they will ren
der first a il.
F We are talking not
about radical youthful
styles, hut about the
spirit of youth which
permeates all we do.
Q Whether we turn a
cuff, indent a waistline,
or roll a lapel, we never
fail to do it for all that
it is worth.
Q In fact, tin- prime
requisites of a Saks gar
ment are yout hfuiness of
lines and originality of
treatment.
4 And whilst we make
the proper distinctions
between the style re
quirements of all ages,
from mischief to mem
ory, such distinctions are
simply variations of
which is the eter
nal lilt mt .
S$W lapel and
new cuffs.
N$W rests and
new pockets.
NtW fabrics and
new cttlttrs.
But tho same old prices
Suits 117.50 io $:m
Fall Overcoats Itf to $3K
Broadway at 31th Sired.
i