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.'"Ml.U J'l.i I,, i I.J. THE WEATHER FORECAST. Unsettled, probably raUur to-day; cloudy to-mortA!, Highest temperature yenerifo', lowest, a 6. Detailed weatner, mail aniisriassvosiUoa pe IS. DWELLERS Important finds in Southwest may link strange race with prehistoric times. See the atory IN NEXT SUNDAY'S SUN. VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 143. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, JL916. CopyrlfiM, 1916, by the Sim i'rliifOn; ami Pubtt,hln AstocMion. tO CENTS. MONTENEGRINS REJECT PEACE; AGAIN FIGHTING Austria's Terms Iniicccpt aIiIp. Soldiers Resume War. Koine lleiJorts. KIM. WITH ARMY, IMJKIWKKS DEFEXCK I-ioirc Clashes iu Several Towns Follow the New Hivak With TVutous. trrnm (Virile Dcpateh lo The Scn. IxinpoN. Jan. 2n. Information re ceived from several sources linllcjtcs tlmt tho repot t of Montenegro's surren der mil. out from Vlcnim on Tuesday premature. To the officlnl denial Issued by the French Government have keen added a statement from the Mon ttnegro Consul-General hero and an nnounrement In Home that Montenegro Mi officially notllb-d the Italian Govern rietit of tin resumption of fighting. Th follow Ins despatch was received from Home' "Kteliting between Austria anil Mon-tr-nrgro has been reuineil. Montenegro ratified Italy officially of this fact to dy. 'Muntcnegrn's derision has been com municated to the Italian Foreign Office by the Montenegrin Premier. The note t to the effect that King Nicholas and the Montenegrin Government have re-Jerti-d all torus offered by Austria and that tlghtlnc already has been resumed along the wtole front. Kill it With Army. "K.ng Nicholas remains with Ills army tn oigaiilzc the defences of the coun Irv Tie Montenegrin legation In Pat Is to made public the following official '.jte inent : ,u.ire ' Mlnuchekovltch. I'rcinler ml Foreign Minister of Montenegro, rtied )esterdny ut llrlndlsl, .Italy. mvomiMii) log UiK-en Mlletiu and the I'i"ltio-ses en mute to France. He trvgvaphs the Charge d' Affaires at Parts that the King and Government ,h.ive energetically refused all or tbe Aus Inn conditions and that Mome nt irro Is continuing the ttruggle to the b Iter end. King Nicholas tenialns among Ills trn' with his two sons, to reorganize for final leslHtotice and to facilitate re heat of Ills valkmt army If It Is ncc raty He ixpresse the hope that the A V- w.l! lend him efficacious help In liif nation opt rations, us was done lii Hi riu-e of Serbia. .M Mlouchekovltch hopes that the tugn phase his country Is traversing u I now Montenegro's heroism. The fn hi iiunlls the diplomatic coips lti.iuiui, whence all will proceed to I.Vcillf ' 'In Keep nil Fighting. r' John Itopcr Partington, Consul Oineial fur Montenegro In Ixindon, also n ,-lvcd ofllcl.il contlrnmtion of the fact tl at Nicholas and his sons will remain uh 'heir troops and will fight to thei !! tjuecii Mllena and two of her laughters, he is informed, have reached ' Hal) mi the way to France. hi transmitting the report from the Montenegrin I'remler, the Montenegrin M iiMcr at Itome expressed regret at - h.ii'idi criticism of King Nicholas M'l" ring In the Italian press. Tie de ii'iiinced iis utterly untrue the charge that the King had entered Into a secret iisrenm-iit with Austria two months ro. The main Montenegrin army Is be. Iitvtd io be concentrated In the south ar the Albanian border, toward which ethr- detachments were retiring when , tt armlstc e caused a cessation of hos tllltlf Pier fighting between Austrian t ooi s and the Inhabitants of towns In Mono-pec o occupied by the Invaders Is 'I'll Ml in ib-patchf s from Athens. At An a- . Tlekn, Ccttlnje and Danllogrnd "ictiln.m conflicts have already taken f'a-'e and efforts of the Autrlan to Mt'b.lsh ci 11 administrations have fa.k-il Ulna at I'oduorllis. following ofllclnl announcement Jf nude by the Iench Foreign Office tnja "Tlie reported negotiation for pence . between Montenegro and Austria have four taken nlare. Kin? Nicholas Is i t I'fKlsorltia with his troop. contlnu- Ir.sr e.stance." ' "odcontra Is a small town twelve rr Its ,.,u.t (,f CeltinJe. the Montenegrin eiMm, vvl.li h Is now In the hands of t it- Austrian I The Dully ,N, s Athens con espondent r mr's the M-celpt of a telegram from Mfll .l.lir htnllllir llntf III. Aimtrlnns lltlil i.Tinnns are ttylng to persuade the ' ti upported by the section oC the p 'tn. 11,011 -t ill remaining In Serbia. T i" " I k-Ihiih w ho disapprove of the F' ,i Premier's policy," says the cor f ,,; 'i' propose a plebiscite on the i'j(tni. i s stated that the Aus ' 'an and Germans count gleatly on he siicm-s of their efforts. The Serbian I'sa ion , thens has no news on the ''iianon i declare that Serbia will I'ani i, ne ,lle," MONTENEGRINS ANGRY lle.enieii vcc Conillllon That All 1 1 1 n rm , Sns Paris Iteport. P'fial rnblr Unpaid, to Till Ru '' Jan. 20 A Scutari despatch f e eit tiv the 7'eintl.. tlirom-h ftenevii. 14 - 11 w (1 :. Lit the rupture In the negotiations untrlii and Montenegro whs ' t.e ui.iccejit.ilde conditions that a wished to Impose on Montenegro, i ids thin King Nicholas, the royal and the diplomatists accredited 1 i. have embarked from San Glo- li Mediia for Italy, e 'cmpA Infers that the rupture was Hi" humiliating terms on which 'f nps were required to lay down aim These included the literal I fa ir 1 '! t, III! tl ' d. r nf weapons In groups by all .lib to liear arms, even the very o-eri The women, although they had Uken part In the actual fighting, were Continued on Flth Pag: Bomb Carrier Is Seized Near Municipal Building Fear of Blow at City Struc ture Keeps Detectives Watch iu r. LOITERER WITH EXPLOSIVE IX BAG Companion Arrested Two Men Followed All Day on Hint of Plot. A Isimb plot, apparently directed agalntt tlie Municipal llulldlmr, was frus tinted early esterday evening when the IKilice arrested two men, members of a gang of Italians that the detectives of the "bomb" s'Uad have been shadowing for the past thioe months. The arrest followed a warning received yntcrday afternoon by acting Captain Tunney of the squad that the men would at oncu try to destroy one of the city's sky sctaptrs. For more than an hour Ciipt. Tunney, with S-erst. Ilarnlti! and other detictlves. watched one of the Mispcetcd men as ho walked furtively nliout the Municipal Itulldlng. carrj'ltiK cheap canvas suit cae in which was hidden a powerful bomb. The man loitered In the arcades and nooks of tlx? building and appeared to be seeking a spot In which to leae tlm bomb. They walled In the hop that lie would place tins explosive and arrested him only when it si-emed that he had changed Ills Intentions and started toward the New York end of hen there was 1 1 1 rook 1 vii Itridge. Then danger that ho .would elud them in the crowd they selied him. A IMrkiinrkrt. Sny the I'ollre. This prisoner said that he was Mlchele (Jraslano, 3'.'. and that he came to this country from Italy seven )ears ago. He said that he lived at the llinton Hotel, Hester street. The police say, however, that lie did not live nt the Bos eon Hotel. According to Capt. Tunney i the man has a police record as n pick I pocket. 1 In the suit case was a bomb, alxiut four Inches long and of the same diam eter, made of a metal cylinder flattened , on two sides. It was wrapped with heavy paper and wound about with cord. This was roveied with tar and glue that was still moist and sticky. From the top of the bomb extended a fuse five Inches long, which protruded , through a hole In the side of the liag. i An overcoat and several newspapers In Kngllsh and Italian were stuffed Into the bag to keep the ltonib In place ami the I fuse from slipping from the hole. I Detectives began to watch the two - COLUMBIA TELEPHONE GIRLS GO ON A STRIKE rnivcrMty Is Isolated for Many Honrs While Digni fied Professors Fiune. Columbia Fnlvemlty had a taste ;n terday of how the city would have felt one day last fall If the suffragettes had carried out their threat to call a strike ... n .nmii letenbone workers. For .i,,. ..-aw ovnetlv what happened tlie ... .... . . . two operators at tbe switchboard P" " on their hats and coats Jut when the: 0lly ntvl ,lri,f,, ac(unly ), morning rush on the wires began, anJ Un tralnli.g at oni-, the other drafts for several hours "Mornlngslde 14n0' J following on succeeding days. Tills . ,ii.t tl tme been stricken from i order lo lelleve congestion ni the re. the American Telephone and Telegraph Company s service. I Professors, staid and dignified, fumed and muttered nuotuiions ironi from the classics while they Jiggled the hooks of their desk phones In a vain attatrpt to get 'in answer from oentrnt. The uo little' signal lights on the extenslorf plugs of the switchboard bllnkul merrily and the buxkers on the two dozen trunk lines hummed angrily. There was no such hi., !lM setting thiough a call to or i,.li,n,hlii. There were a number of students who thought they knew how to, operate a switchyard, and sonic of them tr e 1 It. Hut they gave up In despair when the) , "led to straighten out the tangle of some one calling some ""' """ tuin was trying lo set some other num L t' was not until after luncheon ,l0U'r ,iat two operators arrived from the ... w.. .,mnrmv. after some one had n,,,i,i m run outside to a pay station .lM( Krt on a telephone that was really working. Kven then the turmoil Inide'l for some time, and late last night the service had not yet composed itseir. tl-l... tlie two irill (lUit Was a hi) S- ,ely. They admitted having loiisuiien Ice ml tv authorities before they left BRITISH SEIZE TWO TOURISTS. i,,, h'ronclocn Coniile Taken Hit the '.ncapa Klnaston. 1 Two passengers who sailed hence by ,i. niieri Fiult steamhlli Zacapa for the Caribbean on Janu iry E, leglster-1 were made by Walter Hume Iiong, Preiil Ing as Mr. and Mrs. M. Hermann of i dent of the Ixx-al novernment Hoard. San Francisco, were taken from the I and A, Honar Uw, Secretary of Stale liner nt Kingston, Jamaica, by the Hrlt- for the Colonies. Mr, Ixing said he desired t Ish authorities, according to officers and . to remove the Impression that under passenger of tho steamship Almlninte, (lie compulsion bill the Government was In yesterday from the West Indies. 'creating n monstrous military machine The Almlrante and tho Zacapa were that would grab at every man romlm? 1 In Colon on the samo day and that Is 1 within Its scope. I how the Almlrante heard the report. Mr. MW .pressed the grateful thanks lit Is said the couple were taken to tlie , of himself and Mr. I-ong for the re dctentlon camp outside of Kingston, strnlnt tthbwn by nil sections of the I A despatch from San Francisco says House during tlie difficult committee 1 a Mr. and Mrs. M. Herman were In 8tage. charge of the Luxemuurg exnimi ni ine Panama-racuio r.xposiuon, mr im there for Panama via New York last month. LESLIE TWEEDIE KILLED. soldier Son nf Mrs, Alee i'vvredle Dies Flahllnir In Frniu-e, Special CaMt Vtipaleh lo T.IK Si's, 1ondon, Jan. 20, Leslie Tweedle, son of Mis. Aleo Twcedle, the author, has heen killed In France, He nai a Lleutennt In the artillery. BUILDINGS MENACED BY BOMB PLANTERS Some structures here that hae been menaced by bomb planters are : HI. Patrick's Cathedral On Oc tober 13, 1914, a bomb exploded In the pews, wrecking the flooring. Hectory of St. Alphnnsus's Church On October 13 a bomb exploded In front of the building. Ilronx County Court House On November 1 1 a bomb wrecked a door. Ilronx Municipal Itulldlng On May I, 1915. a bomb exploded Inside of the building, wrecking the east wall and the celling. Dozens of buildings have been damaged by bottfca during the last three years. Arthur Caron and three others were killed when a bomb which Caron was making ex ploded on the top floor of 1626 LaA Ington avenue on July S, 1914. men early In the day after Capt. Tunney received the Information that they planned to place a bomb under a build- Incr Tim aAlnrtlli'.a f.tllfiwMiil rTpimlaim ' .. . . ... .-..!vo iuiiu".. v. -'.. ... and his companion, Ionardo de Vlilo. 3T, of 44 Kldrldge street, to Molt street1 shortly after noon. loiter the two men i went to De Vlilo's home. After a while Oraslano came out carrying the suit cae with the bomb, lie went to the Munici pal llur.dln. Cnnt neloiKjeil to lie Vlslo. te Vlilo's arrest followed that of Oru Ma mi. The overcoat In the suit case was Identified by De Vlzlo's wife as belong ing to him. Iu Ie Vlzlo's Hat the de tectives found paper like that wrapped about tbe bomb and glue and cord sim ilar to that ued In making the Infernal machine. The police bifiieve that the two men belong to the band that tried to blow up Police Headquarters on the night of last July According to Detective Santello. who has been detailed to watch the men for the past three moiuhs. Oraslano has at tended eeral meetltigH of the llrescl gtoup on 101th street, which Ik suspected of having been Implicated' In the Cathe dial bomb plot. Craskino has also been seen frc'iucntly loitering about the meet ing place of a group of auarchisis on i ui i) .pminu siirci. .iiiuuuKii lie hi , art'im? urn inn iiuunu hii ui me men lllgs. The Municipal Kulldlng bus been threatened several times. Th police fay that anarchists consider It an ideal place for their operations. Owing lo the many a I cades there are many places for the kecretlng of a bomb. These same arcade have given rise to the fear that a sutllclently strong explosive mkfht , blow- up the entire underpinning of the, building and cause the skyscraper to collapse. Capt. Tunney waa not able to get Into communication with Inspector Owen Fitan of the llureau of Combustibles. For that reason it whs decided In keep the bomb up nt Headnusrter until this morning, when It will be examined. - RRITA1N PlAIIiS DERBY RECRUITS TO COLORS 1 III). 000 I'lllliai'l'iPtl Men, 1!) tO '22, Inelnded Compulsion Rill in Final Stage. I.0XP0N, ifan. 20. In accoidance with the proclamation of December 13, group 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the recruits who en listed under Iord Derl's plan were calb-d to the colors to-day. These groups Include the unmarried mn Is: iweeu i.. ana ycare or age. una are . . m . w..an.l tn ...1,1 innAlfl . ,U. I rrultlng offices and to minimize Incon- penience ior me men. ah recruits nave iK.,n warned of the necessity of repott- ing iinmcuinieiy. Any one summoned i who falls to ajipear will Is- t tented ns a deserter. suggestion innde by William O. Anderson of the Labor patty that the military -ervlce bill be followed b ' one for the consct Iptlon of all surplus Wealth and landed estates met with a chilly icceptlon In the Home of Com- mons. Premier Asfiulth declined to ipen tlie way at all to the Introduction of such a measure, reminding Mr. Anderson that steps had already Iwen taken In the dl tectlon of Inking over surplus wenltli In the Income tax, the super tax and the excess pioflts tax. "I need lutdly say," he added, "that It may be necessary to Impose further burdens of till character. Meanwhile I ram,0t anticipate measures which mav I j,p proposed In the future," The compulsory military service hill waM paused through the committee of ,M(, wj10e 0f u,e House of Commons nt ' . . .,-nlnpl. tn.nlc-ht Aenr.ll ,n nn.un . meIllary procedure the bill now goe to ,. no,.,. In the reonrt .in.. n...i .i,- comes up for the third and final reading. , willingness to give Ills support to Sen John Dillon said he had never seen a utor Cummins If ho were nominated, bill which might have led to passionate 1 Some of the recent visitor to Oyster and heated debate conducted through the I I'-1)' have given out Information that House with greater skill. Philip Snow- Senator Cummins had been transfeired den. Socialist member from Rlackburn, to 111,1 "f candidates who would re nn m.ivineiii of the hill nni.i .i..,iin. eelve Col. Roosevelt a support If noml- tribute to the Ministry. The closing speeches of the dlsciisslmi BEER CAUSES BOW LEGS. While tho movement contemplate ro- nuniner ui nn oi in sun isoiiiieu. And HnlnaiiM Helps, I. WarnlnK of i opeiatlon for legislative purpose its southern California to-day began repair ! ciij .- , I .i,i.f nlm unnarentlv Is lo liitliienee tf IliK the damage done by the six day PlTTSiiuiin, Jan. 20. Ilologna sausage and beer cause children to become bow legged, according to the flouth Side Child Welfaie Association, which la waging a light for the betterment of children. Hctween twenty. five and thirty minis ters have ngrred to advise their congre gutloDs from the pulpit against feeding children these and other heavy foods. CO. P. MOVES TO NAME PROGRESSIVE Thirty Repiililimiis in Con press Unite to Prevent Choice of Hcne.tionury. PLANS MADE AT DINXEHS Agreements Itenched by Which Strength Will Be Solid in Convention. Washington, Jan. 20. A formidable ' movement has been organized within the Republican party tn prevent the i nomination of a so-called reactionary j for the Presidency. Thirty Itepubll cans In Congress have ijuletly Joined In this movement to Innure what they resnrd ns a progressive nominee and a progressive platform nt Chicago. I The plan has progressed so far that one formal dinner has been held within a few da)s, at which eleven Senators were present or were represented by -1 t.i.. ... .- If a.ntltl 1 11 M I iirUAlI.'?. I n K U .115 IIIOIIJ il I nepresentutlves from the Hives from trie nous ltous tended. Sceral Informal conferences dinner will have been held. Another bo held Saturday at the Capitol Park Mr. Mai-donald, who Is a member of l Hotel, nt which It Is expected there the firm of II. II. Thomas & Co., brokers, ' will be several recruits. I of "1 H roadway, and Mr. Kabln, who Is The facts came out to-day nt the 1 president of tho.Ouaranty Trust Com Capitol and the Senators and ltcpre- j pany, acted also for James Stlllman and Mutative Interested In the movement Frunk U Crocker, their associates In talked freely of their plans and nmbl- I the formation of the new club. ttons The eleven Senators from the He publican side who have Joined the Pro gressive Republican alliance are Itorah of Idaho. Cummins and Kenyon of Iowh, Clapp of Minnesota, tlronna of Norfli Dakota, Sterling of South Da kota. La Follette of Wisconsin. Norrls of Nebraska, Polndexter and Jones of Washington and Works of California. Already the progressives in the tie publican party have reached nn agree ment that nt more than one progres sive candidate for tin Kepubllcan nomi nation for President shall go before the voters In any primary State. To Prevent Division. in mis way me progressive lepuo.i- cans expect to prevent a division of , their strength that might permit the choice of n delegation that would vote reactionary." This' . , ,, LJ..I SfTK?Lu,"."Il!;dS.?. :.hr iLtit: 1 ator Cummins and Senator 1-a Follette with respect to North Dakota, but It was said to-day that It would ajiply to other primary States. Now that Senator la Follettc's candi dacy has been formally launched In his own Stat' his followers are looking f to North Dakota, which he caTtlti over THft and Itoosevelt iu the camnalgn for delegates In 1912. and where he Is still held to be popular. Sen ator Cummlns's friends have been active In the State and expect to carry It. Hut i. ha heen agreed that both shall not ...i. .v.. .i.t..nn.. n na nm heen determined et which wm rrirc from the light, lnit one of them will, nrobablv with the understand- ing that If the other falls to lund the, nomination or to show formidable , iclwl"?'. the .lVVgalesesha!i be'besT.med on the candidate, who gave way Iu the primaries. The men In Congress who have en listed In the cooperative movement for progressive legislation, a progressive candidate and u progressive platform have not cotiulted the regular ltepub. llcans or Invited them Into the council Ka'.iima thpl felt thev were not 111 SVtll I ! pathy with the plan. At the same time the men In the movejneiu are very in- sWent that It lias no ulterior purpose and Is not Insurrectionary. They all claim to be Hepubllcan and desirous only of "putting the Republican house tn order." C'ainmtns Chief neneflelnrj. On the surface Senator CummliiH ap pears to be the chief beneficiary among the Presidential aspirants. Senator ' IMJIOI1 ie Itorah is not an avo-.ved candidate. Selallir Ul Follette Is expecteil to have a group of delegates In. the convention, but will have a serious llglit iu his own .State for the delegation. If Senator Cummins should fall to de velop formidable strength and his fol lowing should be dissolved lifter the first few ballots the ues wouiu uniiouiiitiiiy i )e divided among several candtdates. Senator Ilorah would piobably control i most of them tor nunseir or me candi date he tnigiu lavor. I'ndoulitedly Justice Hughes could command the votes of most of the pro gressive If hi name Is voted for. Senator llurtou will have a following In ea h of the Slates icproscnted In tlie movement He Is "aid to Ih' especially sttong In Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, . A story has been atloal In Washington for several weeks that there whs xiine. thing iikln to a working agreement or UUUerSlUllUIIIH urmcvil v ltifu.--v.l-l, and Senator Cummins. It has even ts-eu ' strongly hinted that Senator Cummins had expiessed a willingness that Ills fol lowers might support the Colonel arter they bad discharged their duty lo him In the convention If It seemed to them to be the wisest course for promoting the progressive cause. Colonel .! He for Cummins, It has been considered significant here , that l.ol. Itooseven only recemiy, ir , some of his newspaper sponesinen cor- reetlv Interpret his attitude, expressnl 1 nated at Chicago. Rut the progressives vvno nave m-en fUurlng in Hie confidences under the new alliance said to-day that the co operative movement did not conceal a Roosevelt boom. They pointed out tlmt Senator La Follette would hardly nub scribe to such a plan If Roosevelt weicilals to-day. was brought by Carranza to be the beneficiary of It in tlie end. It was eald also that Senator Cummins lias developed antl-ltooarvelt lendencles at the conferences that have been held. Uut the Colonel has many friends In tho new movement. Senator Chum and Senator Polndexter lire special friends, of Ills, and Senator Ilorah ha been very friendly to the coionci ami was his sup Potter at the Chicago convention four years . .... nA ...ll.l. Il,e ...nirue ,it 11ei,nl,tl,. L ,i', nroirresslvn riennbiicni, ,r,i i lh. Western Stales nnd to control ll It, the convention, accorillng lo (lie views taken by politicians here. rinrliur.t, N, C, centre of outdoor .ports. Rett) Carolln. Holly Inn, llenksalre. Now eptn. 4. RICH MEN FORM CITY nj TTr nvn iiaiti rutin1 CLUB FOR GOLF FANS Tour Hny milltlinir Site lleforc Milking l'p List of Members. AltCIIJTECTS AT WOKK Tenlafive Plans Call for Struc ture That Will Cost. $120,000.. A social club, to be composed mainly of golllng enthusiasts, Is lielng organ ized In this city, and plans are being drawn for Its home, a handsome building to bo creeled In the uptown club dis trict. OfTlccrH are yet to be selected and the name Is still lo be decided upon. To date only four men have Joined, but the situ for tin; clubhouse has been chosen. It Is at 30 and .1ft Cast Hlxty second street. lowers fk Sands, acting for the owner. Mrs. T. Wyman porter, hac transferred to Charles II. Macdoimld and Charles It U..I.I.. .I. t .1.... T l.ll I ..... .. c. It. kj.tflll, llMWUHII I '(.UN Illf IJ. l.illlimil n; nt-ICo., tho KIMy-secoiid street property. I ni-;r;o.. tho Klxty-seeoml street property. Two houses now standing on the site are , to be torn down at once. Tentative Plans Itrann, The ground purchased has n frontage of 40 feet, with a depth of 112." feet Cross A Cross, architects, have been con sulted, and It is understood tlmt tenta tive plans, calling for a building to cost in the neighborhood of S12(,un, hav been drawn. All the latest Innovation . iu clubhouse architecture have been In corporated, The members of the new club will be selected from among men who are able , to discuss all the fine points of the most Intricate golf problem without foozling. I.'ich of the tour acting In the plan, besides bring a member of many social ,.ru.u..l!,lt,...u ! u ,l.u t.urn,iu (ml(oor po.t, , amnion , Kf. Thus, Mr M.lc(onjlJi an Hcivc memUT of the Garilen CUy f,olf nuh ,, otlle . . . ...,,.,. ,-.,, r .......i.... .." . i .i.- IHIl I Ivrt. .til. .lllll IB l IIICIIIIST UI llir and Tennis Club. Mr. Stlllman belongs to the hleepy Hollow Country, the Jekyl Island and the Hiding clubs and the Automobile Club of America, while giving play to his fondness, for sailing as a member of the New York 1 and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht clubs. The ltaeiiuct and Tennis, Piping Hock and Meadow Brook clubs have Mr. Crocker at a memlier. It Is reported that the Idea of forming the club was discussed during the trip of golffrs to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va In September, when Mr. Macdonald took a tralnload of friend to the open ing of tho new Greenbrier, course. Admit rarchaar of Property. "So far we have not proceeded beyond the point of after dinner talk," said Mr, Mactloiiald last night. "The nrolect Is as et too much In the air to justify, me In saying much about II. Hut we have i iMtigm me property ana win miiKc use of it, Mr. Crocker nnd Mr. Sabln both ad mitted that architects had been con sulted, tint said that no plans hae been definitely ih elded upon. "It wnlllil tint ho rtpht fn ttitv tlint mmtterMhlli III the tiLC eltili trill hn Hi.,. Ited to golf ila)ers, for I am Included In the list, Mr. .sauln added, modestly. ; "Hut wo all have a pretty good under' standing of the game and are enthusiasts. We have outlined the project to CrosH it Cross, the architects, and they are draw ing plans. We do not contemplate the Installation of Indoor links. It Is to be a strictly social club and the will le thoroughly modern. 1 any Idea how many member we shall have. Plans have not yet progressed to the point of discussing the limit to lie llxid." Mr. .Macdonald is one of the best j known amateur golfers In the country and was amateur champion of the 1'nlted States In 1S95. lie has displayed great proficiency a a golf course nrchltect. He laid out the National links, near Southampton, and the Piping Rock and Sleepy Hollow Country club courses! as. slsted In preparing the tln enbrler course. anil Is now engaged In laying out the new l.ldn eoui"e lit Long Reach, I,. I. , Among Mr. Macdonald's guests on the special trip to witness the Invitation I tournament at the opening of the lireen brier course on September 25 wcte. be sides Mr. Sabln. John F. Harris. II. M. Iliurlman. A. de Navarro, C w. Hum mill, .11. R. Wlnthrop. D. II. Pomeioy, II .1. WhlKliam, Martin W. Littleton. It. T Howe, .loseph P. Knapp, R. II, Will lam, fienrgp L. Scott, Malcolm Steven i Mn "wilson k, Klnnear. Walter Watson. Louis Livingston, J. A Stlllman, W. lie L. Kountze. A. II. S. Post, W. II, Sands, F. S. Wheeler. C, CI, Coinstock. Jr., Joseph S. Clark, William II. stnuf ller, C. T. Cowpeithwalte, Daniel rhaun cey, W. D. Vanderfiool, Frederick H. Tlioinas. Albert It. Fish, A II. Johnson and C. S, Lee. It Is expected that several of these names will appear eventually on Hi membeisblp lolls of the new dub. JAPANESE TROOPS IN MEXICO? Iteport iij rineil Force In In Lower California, Uis Amiki.ks, Jan, 20. It was rc poiled bete to-night from Cnlexlcn that he twee 1 1 200 and 30(1 armeil Japanese soldiers ale enciiluped III the Siena Pel Pinal Mountains, twenty miles south of .lacumbii and the American bonier, in Lower California. Information about the piesence of the soldiers, who are wearing the regulation Japanese mi no uniform, uecoidlug In repoit leceiveu ny immigration fill representatives, who asert they passed the camp several days ago. CALIFORNIA FLOOD RECEDES. Sixteen Di-hiI, :i,niMi,ii(o !, J.IHMI llniiieles. Los ANOKI.RS, Jan, 20. With sixteen I persons known to have perished, prop. erii iiism ,'j,('l-ciiiiik u.'i"v.,iuir. .lull 11 I -'.'...,'..,....... .n, .... . . StOrlll W'hlrll SWel.t t tarlo, Siindlmas mid Monrovia were the 'woist HIlffrrvlH. San Diego and Pomona leport propci t loses estimated at tl.iiun.UOli. It is estimated that two thousand ate homeless. Passenger trnlnu -which have been Mulled since Saturday began to arrive here this evening. Villa Reported Captured ' ' Near Scene El Paso Hears From Two Sources That Bandit Was Sur prised by Carranzistas and Is Being Taken to Chihuahua for Execution. BETRAYED TO PURSUERS ON LOOTING RAID t'opyrlffht American Pre. Association. Gen. Francisco Villa. Ku Paso, Jn, 20. Reports have come from two sources that Francisco Villa has been made a prisoner In western Chihuahua. The capture I said to have been made by Oen. Cavaxos. Andreas Oarcla, Carrarixa's Consul, said he had the report unofficially both from Juarex and Kl Paso. A local min ing company nlso received u message till evening saying the reports of Villa' capture bod been brought to Chihuahua city from Hacienda San tieronimo In western t. liinuatiua. This reisirt also said that Villa and j,), followers were Is-lng taker, to Chi- huahua city for execution. It came from the same source that first reported the massacre at Santa Ysabel, a source regarded as entirely reliable by the com pa n. The American State Departing of llcl.it . considered the assertion authorita tive enough to tclein.iph a report of It to Washington this afternoon. Villa Is Mild to have been captured not far from Santa Ysabel, where the eighteen American" were recently lubhouse slaughtered by bandits who formerly be haveii't I h'K'(l lo Villa's forces and vyhete Villa is Known lo nave oecn. n is io- n-um-reglon In which he held sway as a l.indlt leader prior to the days of the Mndeio revolution when he became a Colonel In Madero's army. "We have not leen officially advised of the reported capture," said Consul llama, "but we are trying to ascertain whether or not It Is true." The Carranza Consul explained that his continuation of the report was based on -unofficial but reliable Information. He telegraphed at once to Chihuahua citv asking Immediate official Informa tion from lien. Jacinto Tret Inn, the mil itary chief of the northern Slates. Want llxi-ciHlou In .liiares. At tlie same time a message was pie paied, tn be llled In the event nf formal coiillrmallon. leipiestiug thai Villa be sent to Juaiez to lie executed lit the inee trnck. This message was written at the otflre of lieu, tiabriel ilavlia, comman dant at Juarez. I'liofllcial but seemingly tellable .id vlci form Chihuahua city s.i that Villa, who had been operating with nbnul Hid men mar Cludad tiuerriTO searching for Ainerlciilis and looting, was surprised at the Hacienda San fieronlino, whore he had gone to seize supplies for III men Men In tile hnclenda revognlwil Villa and sent se ciet couilcr to Gen Civuzos, who was scouting around Cuslliuli iachlc fin members of the baud of bandits who had taken pail In the slaughter of Americans at Santa Ysabel Cnvnzos sent a part of hi command In one dliecilon toward San licrnnimo and with the reniaindei rushed to Hie spot when- Villa happened lo be resting fiom his campaign. Villa vins sui rounded and overpoweted before he leal Ized that Ills Identity had become known, lion. Cnv'iizos, fearing an attempt at rescue by a target folic which might be near, sent appeals to Chllinithua foi mole 1 1 oops. Without waiting lor ic enforieuieiits, however, he stinted with his prisoner toward Chihuahua llxclleniell t In Clilhunliiin, In Chihuahua tho leport enured Hie Wildest CMllelllelll. (ill-lit clouds ir.it tl ered In the streets waiting tor the ar rival of the bandit leader mid excitedly talking of the ciipliiie, F,lghtei-n men wljo uto alleged to have been a P-ul of the bandit band which . executed tin- Americans last week and who were pursued west of Chihuahua are icported as having been executed 111 Chihuahua to-day by Cariana officials. 1 It Is stated officially by the Carranzistas - that these men confessed that Villa was near when the slaughter took place, hut that lie was not actually pieriut. that the) were members of his band. orders to kill all Ainericinie they nnd In Mex co have been Issued to Ills men ..:, li.... i ,, .ir. ...i It'g a mixed army of Zapatisins, Oaxaca i.iImiik nnd former l-Vderals in the Torreon count ry. rjiespnlches from Torreon to-day sav that Ararumedo told his men: "Amerl- of Massacre cans and Carranzistas are all alike. Kill them all Americans more quickly because they are foreign enemies." There are fifty Americans Btlll In Torreon who cannot get to the border because of destroyed railroads. The city Is surrounded by Vllllstas and Ar gumedo's men. The garrison of Car ranza soldiers In the city Is said to he badly demoralized and ready to sur render without giving battle. NO CONFIRMATION HERE. Mute Department Only Has nr - purl of Villa's Cup! ore. Wahhinotov, Jan. 20. Confirmation . ... I., .ti. .. ., l. . . wa i.icnuiK ai ine ;-inic 1'rpanmeni io- night of repotts from 1:1 Paso that Oen. Francisco Villa had been captured by Carranza soldiers In northern Mexico and taken to chihuahua city for execu- Hon. Officials of the Department manifested great Interest In the pies. leports. how ever, stating that the capture of Villa would not only give the strongest kind of evidence of Carranza'. good fultli iu M-eklng out those responsible for the massacre of the Americans at Santa Ysabe.l, but would probably mean a col lapse of the guerrilla warfare now being waged against tlie Carranza Government In northern .Mexico. Tlie last official reports showed Villa was iu the territory named and this led the Washington ofllclul to manifest additional Interest In to-night's reports. Accordingly on the suggestion of the State Department the Department of Justice is working on vague evidence of a new revolutionary movement against Carranza to be headed by Gen, Felix Diaz, nephew of the late Portlrlo Diaz, Hie former President of Mexico. Al though the State Department admitted knowledge of the rumor. It was not Inclined to take them seriously. It said that Diaz, who for a long time had hl lieailquatteis Iu Havana, Cuba, I now In New- Yolk, His name has been tunnected, they said, with various plots, none of which has ever materialized. although oiuciais nave kept watch mm. A .vear ago lie made an unuo i and fireman lie was taken to the lum-i liZ: S.' r ' .....,. ".,,.. 1M0 R,e, was associated for a lime with Huerta in the uprising against former Presl- dent i-ranclsco .Madero. Although re,irt of the plot state that It Is backed by the Catholic- party In Mexico and embraces In part ti, n.M,l iicmwi.1 f.,r.u 1m, . ,.., I.n-n ' Mexico by way of Guatemala officials of the Mate Department denied to. night tli.it any iepresenation on the subject had been made to Guatemala by the Government. "It seems Imvedlhle to believe that any serious movement Is actually on foot," said one official, "Inasmuch as the men mi whom Diaz ha been no ciisomd to rely principally are not In tin cntjntiy to advise him, Gen. Ulan. 1 ipn-t Is iu Canada and Gen, Mindiegon I vi-lllng his family In Spain, The tn IK that Diaz Is seeking a loan of ; t lO.uoii.ooo In Now Orleans sound gro- j trsiiue." In Carranza c tvlcs here it stated to-night that there Is no tu. i m thin-ports of the plot tis far as Carr.iitz.Vs fi lends know. In these quaitir It was . staled that Pelix Diaz ha generally been legarded a anv thing but dangeiou wii; nvvnrT rivrirn v ,lhV hhVUljJ lA ULIi 'A Y Coniblneil I'orces I npture Tonn Cr.v Kill All Americans!" Kl, Paso, Jan. 20. "Americans and ; Caitnnzlstas look alike; kill them all!" ' This vva the niiler Issued by Gen. HcnJ.imiii Alguniedo when he got to Vclardt-na on hi inaii-h at the head of the combined foice of Zapatista.", Diaz Istas and Vllllsta Just previous to his captuie of Gouii . Piilacio un Januaiy f, according to Mexicans arilvlng fiom To; i eon to-day Gen, Arguniedo plans to' drive Cairanzu and all foielguers f l mil Chihuahua State. Gen. ('.utilities was Identified with the advancing column ami t no move was " , ; , , ' "' . , " '.' possisrlon of that town, driving Amer ?', Smelllnif and Helming Company em- i ployees iioithv.aril to lorieou. The ' forces inn not imger in uomcz Palaclo, I CoiHiMiird on rotirflt rant. BDILDUPTRADE DEFENCES TOO, IS T. R.'S PLEA Scores Professional Anti- Trust Men in Quaker City Speech. UNIFOIttr LAWS F0H IxNDUSTRIAL JUSTICE Urgos business and War Trcpa redness Through Unity of Action. T. If. ALSO WRTTKS LETTEW ON DEFENCE Urffes Compulsory' Military Service Calls Continen tal Plan Sham. Theodoro Roosevelt by speech nd letter yesterday propounded hl pre paredness iKilicles to twi audlenc one In Philadelphia and another la Washington. In Ills Quaker City Mieech ho urged preparedness In business n. well as war. Ho urged encouragement for bin business and scored tho professional anti-trust men. He sold this could he, achieved only through nn efficient national Govern ment. In a letter to the Security League In Washington th Colonel urged com pulsory military service oh an anti scorbutic tor tho hyphenated Amer ican danger In this country. Representative. Gillette warned 7on gre.. that America's peril would bg1n when the Kuropean war ends, th vic tor with ttreat forces and material coveting our accumulated wealth. Gen. Weaver told the House Military Committee that tho mounting of 1 Inch gun. would soon niako the coast defences utrong enotig-h to protect Mew York nnd San Frnnclsro. A bitter debate went on In the Sen ate, over our foreign policy. The Brit 1 lh embargo vvn. bitterly ntlncked. as was Wilson's actions Iti dealing with Britain nnd Germany'. U..rnK. Il4nl1 .1.. Il..i.. I .3. ii... i I'.tiinin u'Mi iiii- nini-n v-,.i ,ff,u, , ,,. ... I ,N,mi1 Affairs l ommlttee that the navy wker than tlmt of Germany, that wo "r0l battle cruiser. nnd more 1 officers, He hopes for dlsarmimcnt eventually, but think. the United States should not tie caught napping. T. R. GETS OVATION IN PHILADELPHIA 'Cnnie llai-U, Teddy," Cries of Crowd That Greets Him. I'lllI.APF.I.rillA. Jan 20 Col. Rnr, velt addressed a huge throng to-nlchi nt n mass meeting held by the Nations,' Conference on Immigration and Anierl canlratlon When the Colonel appeared on the pint fm tn at tlm Opera lloue. the cheering lasted several minutes. At the conclusion the cheering was unbroken for thirty seconds. Col, Roosevelt nnlved at ltio.nl Street Station nt 4 o'clock. Crowds nwalleil him, cheering, ir)lng "Come bark, Ted dy!" "Our next President!" "Oh, you 1 11 C," nnd other phrn-e which brought a smile to the ev-Presldent's face. When Roosevelt had shaken nanri on vvlth the Pullman imiductor, the cnglniu I'' ue hiiiaie. w nose guest itociseveit wa be until be leaves the city to-day. Awaiting him there wete Miss Aglir 1V1'',"?r', V . l-lllllK',al1' moi tested there until fi.lS, when lie left "I illoninn iwuiiir im utc i iiuaiiri phla Club, where he was Mr. Robins' guest at dinner Among those presen were Rlchnid M. Cailwabider, Chailc iCustls Hariisnti, William Potter, Rnher I.. Montgomery. Owen Wlster. Chatllo lYaiunll, John Hampton Harnes, Mnjo John S, Groom, C Willing Hare, Join W. Geary. IMward F. Heale, Kdword 14 Smith. Alba It Johnson, Charles V,. In- ' gersoll, Arthur 11. It New bold, C. Stuart Patterson, George H McFaddeti, Raiard ! Ileuty, S. Pembertnit Hutchinson and I.. Waller Clark. Di White, who was 111 at the Unlvn- , sit) Hospital, had been taken in liv home, but was unable tn attend the din net, President Wllioii, in a telegram t Judge Clarence N Goodwin of the HI nols Appellate Court, who was appnlnte-l chairman of committee to formulate I plans for a national council to facilitate I the work of Amerli-ariliratlou of Imm grants, told of hi sympathy vvlth the oh SpH "f ,"'lf'm",, lls i""s- I ness to receive represent Hive of tlie I committee to-moriow. The cominitti-e 1 however, decided to postpone Its visit to the President until us plan ii.nl ueni more definite)) fotinulated Resolutions were adopted sujestlng that nattiinlizatlon com Is be held at night, so that worklnginen would not lose n day's eniplo) ment. and calling on the Federal bin can of education to pre pare and publish In as many 'aiiKiiagei as possible a pamphlet containing nec essary Information icgarding the gov ernment of the country, to be uei a i standard In the imtniction of aliens. The Colonel's Speech. Ill Ills speei'a at the Opcui l!nue Col Roosevelt said ii p.itl "National pieparedncs? . lilmi for peaen or war c,i:i in alevcd oi.l, d ' the basis of unl' , sti uniciitalny of ai-d , iioluIi .o- i 1 , 'II. e ' 'i.il -i governmental s.sic Ml tin 'or . mak4forllidustrial.il n..li:.i, , . ,, nesj must be iindei the .e-jirrt' . 1 J