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S$UtL THE WEATHER FORECAST. ' Cloudy; rain or snow to-day; unsettled to-morrow. t Highest temperature yesterday, 47; lowest, 31! IT SHINES FOP, ALL Detailed weather, mail nml marine reports on pnge.II. VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 177. ft NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1916. Vopurlght, 191, by Ihe Sun VrMlng and PiiWUnfri; tj-orfnffoii. PRICE TWO CE A. NTS. ir DUAL SUBWAYS MAY BE ILLEGAL, N1WLL AVERS .SOirtlos Thompson Com jniltee liy Doubt inj Sta ins of Contract. Thompson conscious m vn.-rr vin nrir .of a vritv " 1C nnu-h steamship . llAt Kul. A 1 1 1 J ULJuu'u'Hihun, f nlQ . . , , . ' ' . ","'fn. of -.01S tons, has arrived at ' the port of Santa Cruz itc Tenerlfte, tic- p(, L-necy Nlcoll. to whom the In- ter!irnuch It.tpld Transit Company paid tlifi-1 1 - dollars for his cervices In ,orinr'tin with tho final system con tacts, startled the Tlutitpson loglsla t ve intntnlttue yesterday by assettlng tut he had had grave doubts ns to the ,t.-.t tu'lotiullty of the arrangements mie for extending the rapid transit o". Ho could not bo forced to admit .l it be still doubts tho wisdom of the 'nun of Appeals in deciding otherwise, wit he pointed out that this conclusive .11 is op was mull! by a divided court Hi a tin 11 majority In favor. similar opinion was given by Daniel I'. Il.os. who was counsel for tho Ad miral liealty Company, In tho suit which t brought to test the validity of the impacts. tannic! i:iy Qulgg In an open letter to Mutur Tliomnson last night said to the fmator; "Your conduct H the conduct la mnsuou macKKuaru. lie rcierrc.i to tlie recent publication of letters of I V liilleiple and tin- reproduction of j a f:.0o , hick Ktven by the contractors I in (.'uifci:. ' 1- 1 tho entire afternoon yreterday : e "nimitteo devoted Its attention to f,i t fur injunction brotiKht by the . , il liealty Cnniian. with which ' Jo.in'il the suits of John It. Hon ! ' .lo'oi ,1. Hopper URalust the Public' . Commission and the Hoard of "-" .itc and tin- Itrooklyn tt-ipld Tran- 'iii.m The attornejs on both! - in the Ad111l1.it Itcal'y Company .urc paid by the tnterbomugh. and ii.ii Thompson. llalnbridKe Colby 1 '1 1 iv I'nink -Mos have taken the if.t.oii that the suit, as It went to the touri of Appeals, was a collusive suit. t 'lias.lt With Tlioniiaiiii. T e -luestlnn of whether or not it wa 4 1 l'i-lve suit and wlnthr or not the 10 'In " of the law.vets concerned was : ii.oviikeil i'l. mhes of Senator ' n.-mi and Mr. Nlcoll and Mr. lta.vs. I Ni 'oil said ho was willing to arguo e propriety of tho suit b.-foro any i-t and the Senator replied that he .M jitob.ibly have a chance. He said i - that ho bad no Idea of having an i on It-gnu t" test tho validity of the 11 1 slum contrai ts, '- I'.ov T. 1 1111 kin'hs, asslstunt counsel to ' i. Public Service Commission, out 'it'll tlie suit of tho Admiral Itealty 1 I'i'iy ami tho two othor actions as- I with It. He said that Samuel -".nv.r, lyouls Mut shall, Daniel P. 1 1 ind Itnlph Wolf apjieareil for Uie i' ci.iiii.iii, Hubert It'ld Honrs for I'terburough. tleorge I, Yeotnans 1 P.. It. T Asi-lstant Corporation l' . Hull for the Hoard or Iittlm.ite i 'n i'ge S. Colom.ui and himself for in i'i.".- Service) Coinenlssiiiii, ciar-' : .-Mriui. now- a Supremo Couit Jus t . 1 ed a counsel for Ibjipcr. 1 M ll.irkness said he e.xpecteil that I i.'. Iioi.iuk'i iinpany w.im iwhlnd ' - . '. but thai he made no effort to .. ,1,0. in- lilt,.,: i, I' Mill 11,1 the lawyers on the s!do hid. nV.1l to the lnt rlnirough " is- paid by that cotiiiany, 1 v S Coleman, chief counsel to 'm!'1.' S.-riice Commission, sild bo '1 suit was really hostile and I never ni-picteil anything In ' ' "I Mil It Me dill Mlsp,.,', that I ' 'ii -u'l was brought b Interests II lo t'.ie Inti rborough. hut said i I '.noun; to 11 ml out d finitely. I he wasn't interested In that 1 , '- L i.'uai kenbush. general nttor- r t . Iiitiiboiougli, said that he ""''in..- to do w'th the Admiral ompany suit, but declared that I ' ! t nought, and did not now . i'm the Milt was In tho Intirest t iierhiirough. Itn said h had .11 vied against the I'oiistltutlou '' th ipaiigi'iiiint that had been 1 I w tii the It. It, T, ntid Ihit had ' 1 member of the Court of Ap- tv'rn the diclsion was rendered " alf riimpimy suit he would ' io'I wi'h the nilnorlt.v. 1 1 t' ! U I" h Mi, P. Meoll Ulieslioueil liillllll. I I ' N'lcnll testltlnl that he tog' I th ll.is. llershtleld & 1 '.hi,,: sii't In test the validity 11 I! T 1 nntriiet. He said that " '""i , 1 preferi ntlal I lor 1 t emit, lined ' 1-. Hie operating company and 1 grave . institutional question i- P raised. I , SB-. ,;n:,:,Ma:,'' ,' ..",n, "y"- .'. ' ' 1 ray in.ide. them only when ' r ' do iin thine; else. ! was ' ' " pol ey f the company to I i" i' h i schenio As a 'enant ' ' '1. Interbnroiigh believed r ati l is duty to extend Its private c-ipltal. Thnt has n t.i ivd io here several times," ' ' ,i moments' after this Senator i ti under! mk to tell Mr. Nlcoll ' i should answ er nuestlons. if V i 1. . '"I answer the way I want to." re tnrt.., ih ,,BW,r "f guess I know I'"w io ennduct myself on ths witness "'i I dun i pied you to tell rr.e." 'Mr Moss will ask a question and ' ' " il .intwer It." '"I- Moss will asT me nuestlnns nnrt I de ide whether or not they are ' und then I'll answer." r.qulr'. went on smoothly enough SVnnt.ir Thniinmnn niiV Hfe. I'M 1 tin '"''11 llli.lt r,n Hum In n Mil nr.Mnl.l I'S' hurt to the Interborcogh on June 1, 1M3 meant. This Item referred to an invext.gition by a Joint lefflslatlve com- unilf e. "J'liut servlco did you renderf "r Chairman, that l one of the fl'"tion that Is neither pertinent nor 'r"Pr, but I am going to assume that l and tell you what aervlce I rn-tt-rn. I cxamtntd the resolution under "Giicli this commutes waa appointed and if" scope ,f its authority. T also mads 'mis examination of tho personnel of ' committee and the character of lis '"rnir.er and reported hlghtr on tin in," "In that case," said Senator Thomp "". "I think your bill was too small." "Much too small." replied Mr. Nlcoll. I'l'i witness mid that back In 1D0 " promulgated H suit brought by the o'J'iilial Itealty Company ugalnst the CnnHniiril os Twelfth Par. Germans Take 206 Aboard, to jThe Westburn, With Sailors From Seven Vessels, Latest Victims of Mysterious Teuton Sea Rover. Sails Into Santa Cruz HAS SURVIVORS OF THE CLAN MACTAVISH Special Cable ttrrcaleh to Tiir. Sc -" " i.iiuiun, I't'U. J3. r lying the (lcrm.111 naval cnuign and In charge coidltiK to despatches from the Canary Islands to-day. The Westburn asked the hospitality of the Sp.inirh Guvtrn- ' nient "pending the making of epalis." , The Westburn Is in command of a Herman prize crew consisting of one ottl cer and seven men. She has on board "0(1 prlsomrs taken from sK British and olio Belgian vessel, all except one of which aro believe! to lu.vo been le sttoyed lij a myster ous Hitman .aider. One'iif the numbers of thi nir.f crew' t wore a cap bearlim, nrcnrdlnir to the. 1 TeneiltTo despatch, the Inscription "S. M, S. .Mot ben." This Is assuml to be meant for Moewe, the (lerman raldi. which j after Hlnklntr six llrltlslt vcsseN in mld- I Atlantic placed their crews, or pirt of 1 them, on the Hrltlsh passenger liner Ap- pam In ch.irce of I. lent. Ham Iter,: and a prize crew of twtnty-two and sent youne otllcer nwny with the command "Urlnfr her Into an American port or sink her. ( British Mirxltnra Iboard Anions t.u- prisoners aboard the West- , ' ' - Meani-dilii Clan MacTavlFh. sunk, ar- cordlntt to Its catitaln, by tin- Moewe on January 1? last ulf the coast of l'urtnir.il. This fact, couiiled with the inscription on one of the sailor's raps, connects til" , Westburn with the exploit of that sea 1 lover. A third "clue" leadlliR to tho 1 Moewe is the fact that the Wtytlmru I'.as aboaid part of the crew of 11 slean ship called In despatches rroni Teiiirlir.il t-enth vese) sunk or captured by that the Cambridge. This Is supposed to bo j adventurous rover of the seas, of these the llrltlsh tteanishlp Corb'.lilKc. sunk. fourUen are llrltlsh and one. the I.uxem. according to previous advice" from ! bourg, Iltlglan Newport News, by the Mo.-ve on Jantl-I A little more than three weeks ago ary 11. off the co.ii-t of Portugal. on Kebnuty 1 th BrltUli liner Appam. The Westburn left Liverpool on Janu. 'f ninrly 4, POO tons, nt that tlmo re ary 21 for llui-nm Ayres. u voyagu ported "lost." entered Hampton Itimils which would have taken her about thirty. five ila).. as she is not believed to be capable of maklnc more Ui.m between six and seven knots. She was last re lirteil ,i passim: St. Vincent, Cape Venle, IVbruary 4. . All of the ships previously reported sunk or captured by the Moewe met their fate In inld-Al-1 kimic. I It appears, therefore, that the West- burn, which must havo steamed Into the "ralillnii zone" off the Moroccan coast about ten or twelve da after her de- paitiiro from l.lvenol, ran Into tho' Herman sea rover's path about the end' CURB BROKERS PLAN TO MOVE INDOORS1 ltadical Kcoruaiii.ntioii hihI ; Ticker Service Arc Likely to Follow. Wall Street heatd yctei d.1.1 that a . special committee has bei n appointed by 1 the New York Curb Market Association I to move the outside market Into a build- ' Ing within a block of Its present location, , thus stamping out the objectionable fea- tures and ivll which under present con- dltlous cannot be eliminated ei.tlrel.v. , The members of the special committee, are K. It. MeCnrmlck. chilrman. who Is also chairman of the Curb Market Asso- elation. George Schmidt of Schmidt & ! .. .1., t.-.. .u f ....I.. ri,.i. liaiiaiiii. r-i"iii r i..i 11, i.iiii- ..I, 1 ii-ii. man, chairman or tho curb listing com mlttcc, and Arthur Gwynne of Gvvynne, nros. When asked Just what the com mlttee would do Mr. MrConnlck said: "Thl special committee has been an- pointed to eradicate tin cn-iit tunny evils that have existed on the cm b which pre. ' vlously the noe.itiou ha been unable, I through force of circiuusiaiires. in pre- vent. The, commute! will go nun reor- I gnnUatloi plans on a scale and basis greater than ever before attempted " 1 It Is understood that the committee ' will look for a site for the housing nf tin outsldo market under a roof located ...I.V.I.. nr.... bounded bv Itronilwiiv. ' Willi! - --. . Beaver street. Wall street und Hrn.nl street. In the tln.tnrl.il district It Is x- nected that th" rem ganlzutlon of th Pe"pi . ,., ...,.h ,,. ,.,., v " ''"J ' , t e Sti ck ltM-hange It " n.ts nn 1 .,, ... i ; cn, ;rvT;JuTiii"s .m.rk,-; tn the .1, ... .1.. ...1 r.t linsli.esu I l.o necau.-c - " ..', Stock Hxclu.ngn Is consldi red responsible for the, smaner noain 1 ''''' 11 w' II has been estiuiaieu uiai niiriiig- inn past year there, weie more than Jiibii,. 000 000 of row stocks and bonds ad milled to dealings on the curb, chiefly In dustrlal Issues, The movement for a genet a I denning UB of the outside mat kid, which. It Is said, will probably result In the estab lishing of u ticker sirvlce or messenger service for tho distribution of quotations. Is said to have originated nmoim the curb broke! s themselves. During the last twelve mouths prnb ably 200 concerns which applied lo the outside markit for listing nf their slocks were rejected, The present fee for list ing Issues on tho curb Is 1100. but It Is understood that under the. now regime this will be Increased. The special committee will meet for the first time to-day, and It Is bellevtd that the reorganization of tho curb asso ciation will take at least six months. DISMISS HELP, SAVE, IS FLEA. British Committee Asks Wraltnr to Jlve Up Luxuries, Special Cubit Despatch lo Tun Sun. IONOOH, Veb. 23. The press bureau of Ihe national organising committee on war savings Issued an appeal to-day addressed to employers of domestic ser vants In large houses. The appeal urges that the house holders drastically reduce their staffs of servants, close part of their houses, take simpler meals anil sacrifice garden lux uries, especially hothouses, In order to save money and release labor for use ful purpose. British Ship, SpanishPort do Teneriffe. 1 I of January or In the first days of Feb- . rll.in-. T.ll., 11... A....-.. -s - - ' rii.trv. i.ikc lie Atinam. sfm was .1 welcome arrival to tho Moowe. for she T'!' JV1,,fr.'h'! nie-ih:a of '.msfprrlnif to her the tn of seven ,vff, .A.t, lhe difference that she x despatched to a nearby Spanish port Iiixteacl of the 3,00ft mile trip to Nor folk. Spanish sailors .1 board. Aboard the Westburn there are also eaen .-pan sh mUlors. It could not be . niiiHii. wiinnrr iney were irom 11 Spanbh vessel captured or sunk by the Herman rHlder. The llrltlsh The llrltlsh vessels whose crews are , h. ....... mr unnunrra m me 1 Westburn are riauuno. C.t. Martorell. 2,93 tons 1 kilometer front (six miles and a nuar om ' tlucno.1 Ayrrs. Januan- 8. for ' ,er) the re"10" of th' villus of Con- fro Hordeaux i last reported at Gibraltar. January 20. Horace, Opt, Jones. 2,133 tons, from Liverpool for Iluenoj Ayres; Inst re ported arrived a. Montevideo, January 14, "Cainbrldse," believed to be the Cor hrMse, with fino tons of coal, captured by tin- Moewe nn January II. r.illuhuiRh (Capt. Ilurntey, bark. 1,40s tons, last reported leaving Ran- coon 011 September last. for Llrer- pool. "DelKr. supposed to be the Ilelclnn (Cap. Mldnpon), 2.364 tons, last re- Atu"u m mo!) Uary " for 71 1 a Belgian vessel renresented by prisoners on the Westburn Is the Lux embourg (Capt. Kberhiird), 2.782 tons, list reported leaving Newport on Janu ary 1R for Tluenos Ayres. (Built In l'.'OS If the Westburn was eaptuied by the e.i nildcr Moewe t'a.s Is the flf- in cnarge 0: i.ieui. nans iierg, com manding .1 prlro crew of twenty-two n n Like the Westburn, she flew the German n.ivnl ensign. She brought the first hint that a Gr man raiding vessel, believed to be an auxiliary cruder called Moew In honor Of .1 Sltl.ltl MllPl.Vln. VA.uot a,,l. 1 . jear off Dar-e .-Salam. was holdlrg sway over .1 w.de stretch of the seas which had b"ii .-.upposed to be cleared of German ships. With her arrival seven matitlm mys- Cniillitiifif on Thlnt P'apt, NOT TO END AMERICAN CAN CO. IF IT BEHAVES , ISrokc I.jim in Hen nn hi"-, hut p I'inc Organization Now. I'. S. Court Holds. IUt.Ti.Mimr. Feb. 23. In an nninlnn . " handed down to. day In the L'nlted States 1 District Court Judge Ilnse bebl th.,t 1,. would not order the dissolution of the American '"an Company, but retain the ''"I tiled against It by the Government, "" 'he corporation should at any time ,ln anything which required action by l'""rt ,1"''"n seems to be no reason "hy Hi- Governnieiit should not then " '" " ""' 't might b. entitled, I The court holds that "while It the ll'e attacker-. It Is admilKd that American Can Company) had Its origin i l" l"c'l attacks have had a ceitulii ad. In unlawful acts and thereby acquired a ' vantage, owing to the wooded hills and power which may be harmful and the I ravines, which create dlfhVultles for the acquisition of which In any event wan ' defending artillery, especially when con contrai; to the policy of Congress as I centratlng for curtain lire embodied In llin utntiiin l ,i ! Th.rii Im a inarUeil tendency on both tMh llh ,lIlt ,wer ol, (m whole mther for weal than for woe " in fiankly reluctant lo destroy so finely adjured an Industrial machine as tin- record srmW the defendant to he Yet the Government too bus Its rights, and has thus far boon properly Insistent upon them, "t'nder the circumslarires, would It not e ,K-Uer umpiy to retain the hill. w llllOUl at present decreeing a dlssn. liltlou. but reserving the right to do so ' w .eiiever, if ever. It shall be made to appear to the court that the size and Ismcr of the defendant, brought about as they originally were, are being used ,l'"' originally were, are .ho Injury ,.f the public, ever such sl7.e and power, wl or when- nd power, without being n:':" T'1- -- nerenn.llll 11 Ol iiiitnslice and control over tlie. industry or some porlloti of It, so great as to make dissolution or other restraining ibvree of the court expedi ent'"' "What is proposed Is in default of it better form of dealing with a some, what unusual and very difficult condi tion, It Is to be hoped that before any occasion to act upon the power re served shall arise Congress will sub dilute some oilier method than ilis.,nlu. Hon ror dealing with problems which arise when a single corporation ah- sorbs a large part of the country's pro ilucttve capacity In any one. line. "I ahull titkci tho course Indicated,! unless one of the parties Insist on my entering such a final decree as will en able tJiein to seek at once a review by a higher tribunal," FUMES ROW IN SUPREME COURT l.a (inardla Asks Leave to Proceed AKalnat .Km Jersey Concerns, Wasiiiwoton, Feb. 83. K. H. La Ouardla, Deputy Attorney.Qeneral of the State of New York, tiled a motion In the United States Supreme Court to-day ask ing leave to flit, complaints against the New Jersey manufacturing concerns, the fumes from which are alleged to annoy New York city residents. The concerns named are the Bulls Kerry Chemical Company, the Valvollne Oil Company, the Midland Linseed Prod ucts Company, the Corn Products Com pany and the Bairrtt Manufacturing Company. It Is understood six more manufacturing companies will be In cluded. The Supreme Court must pass on tits motion before the cases may b entered upon the original docket. GERMANS REPORT m GAIHATVERDUH riorcp French Line Almost 2 .Miles, Ciiplmln- :t.mm Men. IJerliu iSiiys. HEAVY OFFENSIVE (UIOWS Seven Army Corps in Attack Purls Admits Loss. Siiys Enemy Paid Pearly. Sp'ttat Vablt Popn'ri to Tin; Sr t.0MioV, IVb. 23, The luttle noith I of Verdun, precipitated by the offensive of the- German army under command of the. Crown Prince, which was begun Monday night. Is Increasing In Ir.tenMty The German official statement Issued to-dny claims the tuhlnrt f the Trench positions to a depth of three kilometers m!,. ... ..wn.-lrl.thsl on a tell senvoje. More than 3,000 Ft inch weie taken prisoners, the German statement nayn, and the French n!o lot heavily In killed and wounded and In material c&ptured. The French admit the loss of the village of IlaumonU although they say that they still hold the environs after a Mublwrn fight, and they also admit that the Germans, havo penetrated Into the Wavrllle wood, west of the village of Wavrllle, In the same sector. Troopa of seven German army corps are betmr used In the offensive in this sector, according to the French official communique Issued to-night. Seven corps of tho Qerman army In war time comprise some 305,000 men. German Attack Persists. The Crown Prince's attack on the Ver dun sector resulted on Monday, Its first day, In the Germans gaining a foothold In certain advanced French trenches at Brabitnt-sur-Meuse, between the forest of Hautet and L'lIerUbois, They were driven out of iMmnmnlcatlng trenches to which they had penetrated at fome points. The first assaults wete preceded by artillery preparation of exceptional thoroughness and this bombardment, from guns of large calibre, hn leen continued ever since without cessation. Vesterday the attucks were resume.) against the llrb.nt-sur-Meuse-I(erle. bols front, with the result that the French were forced out of the Hols Hhu mont and the Germans we:e left in possession of the French salient north of lleaumont. At the same time attacks gainst Brabant and L'llerbebcis were rfPUld. Hamnont was evacuated Tuesday n'lti hut the French made a stand In 1 the outskirts of the village, and the I.Germans were unable to dislodge them. I rxencn counter annex recovered me j irreati-r part of the Kector north of Beaumont and the Germans were pre vented by the French fire curtain from carrying out an attack on L'llerbebois. the Germans suffering heavy losses. , ' These positions north of Beaumont. which are within the forest of Caures. were again the scene of terrific fight ing to-day. the German trying In vain to maintain the advantage which their offensive had gained at this point, only to !ose it aealn. In the Wavrllle uon.l. which i to the northwest or the caure Tn..t. tliev were more hltocernl :ife wooJ, they were more suecessrul after attacking repeatedly, and it was hen that they made one of their Important gains. Claim CSaln In I'pper Alsace. A second Important gain Is claimed by the German ottlclal statement Issueil '.' ml to-day in upper Alsace. An nsault made east of Heldweller. nui tlieiist or Altklrch. th- statement says, gave tlie (.ermaiis French positions on 11 front of 700 meters (T.1! an!s) and lo a depth of 400 meters 1 437 yards). The prer-ent German offent-lve. of which the m'sault mi the French lines defending Verdun Is the latest develop meiit, was begun on January 2!', Desnatches received from Parti dwell on the Importance of the German at- temm on Verdun and the severe lo.-fes sides to hold the front trenches. ,Pry llglitly. since the tlrtt trench line ills, appear under n liens- bonibariliueiit, while large forces are held further bar rradv for counter attacks when the enemy guns are Inactive, Consequently the loss of first line trenches mi either side no longer possesses its former sig nificance. For this reason tlie loss or the i-rench advanced trenches Is regarded calmly, while great confidence Ik expressed In the ability of the French to hold their own The Pari correspondent of the 7(ior says that hitherto neither side can claim any definite advantage, and adds; "The general commanding the Ger. man Held army In thla region Is unlikely to encourage the Crown Prince to push much further." German Ofllclnl Report. Following Is the German official re port: In the neighborhood of the trenches raptured by our troops February 21 to tb enst of Souchex tho positions of tho enemy were considerably dam aged by mining operations. The num ber of prisoners taken hero was In. creased to eleven officers and 34 N men. The booty consisted of three machine f""'' . . . ... lcry duels continued w Ith undiminished , , , ,1 On tne neigius tu mo aicuse arm- i Inlence. Itant of Ihe Meuso lllver we at tacked ft position which the enemy has been fortifying for one und a half years with all means of fortress con struction In tho neighborhood of tho village of Connenvoye In order to maintain an embarrassing effect on our defence In the northern sector of tho Woevre. Thu attack was delivered on a front extending well over ten kilo meters (six miles) and we penetrated as far as three kilometers Into the enemy'e Unea. , Apart from considerable, sangui nary losses the enemy lost more than 3,000 men In prisoners ami great quantities of material, the extent of which cannot yet be estimated. In upper Alsace our attack to the east of Heldweller resulted In caplur. Ing an enemy position extending over a width of 700 meters and for a depth Continued oil rftird Vagr. CURAT IIKAR NPRINC1 WATFK. lie. tho case el sfct glass stupparsd bellies. 44. immmMXW;, ib u-uwrn wu Police Lorain Mini Who Shot Wonmn anil Order His Seizure. f'AI.I.S IT AX ACCIDENT Detectives Find Him in n Sa loon With Eleven Men fitiarding- Him. "llelli! Is this 3100 Spring?" risked - maudlin voice over the wire of Patrolmnn Jullu It. Scheffier, n wide awn!. telephone operator at Police Headquarters, at 7:02 o'clock Inst night. "Sure thing," replied Scheffier. "What m we do for you?" "I J-J-Just s-s.shot .1 woman nt 111 17.1 st 112th street." the mnn gasped, 'b-b-but I didn't mean to. 1 was Just fooling with a revolver. I think you'd bitter n-nd an ambulance." "That's too bad, oung fellow," Schemer said In his most s mp.ithetlc tone. "What did you say your name Is?" "Itabert Watson ' "And what's onr number"" "This is tr.sl Harlem." Scheltlir placed his hand over the receiver and whispered to the operator next to him. "Get central to locate 4391 quicker than blares." Then he continued In his mildest manner1 "Say, nr friend, where are you now"'' "I'm at 111th street and Pari; ave. nue." answered tho man, and then sud denly the connection was broken off. The number was located as that of tt saloon at 113th street and Park avenue ntid Scheffier called up the bartender. "This is Police Headqimrters," h said. "I order you In the name of the law to seize the man who used your phone and hold him till we can get some officers there," Some quick orders were sent over the police wires by direction of acting C.ip- tnln nines and when Detectives Carmody, Cassettl. Conroy und Meyers arrived at the saloon they found ti man surrounded by the bartender and ten customers. The detectives placed him under arrest and for 11 time he Insisted he was Robert Watson, a bartender, but later he de scribed himself as Itobert F. Trnnk matin. 24. a song nml dance artist. He refused to tell where he lived. In the meantime It was learned that Mrs. Kate Falcone. 21. wife of Aurelio Falcone, a barber at 90.1 Broadway, had been shot through the heart and killed Inftantly In her rooms at 111 Itast 112th street Tr. Ink man 1 1 admitted that he was if sponsible for her death, but In slsted that the ihootlng was accidental. Trankmann spent the afternoon In the apartment with Mrs. Kttlcone and Mrs. Itllen Stefano, her fliersl, of SIS KasT llsth street. Mrs. Stefano said that while she was playing a new pianola she honid "Watson." as she knew htm. s.iv to Mrr. Falcone In another room: "If I ever catch you with another man I'll kill you." Then n shot was fired and Mrs. Falcone died In her chulr. Mrs. Falcone's daughter. Kllzabeth. 5, mid Mrs. Stefano's dnughter, Marlon, 4 ij, were present. Trankmann was locked up for homi cide. Mrs. Falcone was a Miss I-ondrigan. She formerly lived at Monroe, N. Y. Her father waa killed In a railroad wreck and her mother was burned to death at Suf fern. N. Y., three years ago. SNAKE BITES MRS. ABCHB0LD. Illllen In l.rft Let-, nattier. She Kills TlinM,vsv!Lt.K, (!n Feb. 23. After beliiK bitten by a large rattlesnake late this afternoon Mrs. John P. Archbold, daughter-in-law of John I). Archbold, head of the Standanl Gil Company, shot the snake and was assisted to her win ter home, where the wound was treated, Physicians found Mrs Archbold In a good deal of pain, but say that she will recover. Mrs. Archbold was bitten while hunt ing nu the Archbold estate near here. She was In short skirts and heavy leather bunting boots. Mrs. Archbold almost stepped on the snake and had no time to draw back. Tho reptile struck at once. Us fangs penetrating her left leg Just above the ankle. Mrs Archbold did not lose her, pre., cm of mind, but shut the snake and then called to members of her party When the boot was removed It was found that Mrs. Archbold had been slightly bitten above the left ankle. The heavy hoot checked the snake's fang. and ph)hlcUtib say that It undoubtedly saved Mis. Archbold's life. Her limb was considerably swollen and Mrs, Archbold was In sharp pain when the physicians arrived. Mis Archbold had the dead snake, brought home and will have the skin stuffed. BARRED FROM YALE BY ACCENT Harvard Preacher's Talk Described n "Too KnKllsh." Nr.w ll.vvn.M. Conn.. Feb 22.- Accord ing to a statement made to-day by Prof. John Wesley Wetzel, who h.w'ehapge of punnc spe.iKing in vale, ,m eminent Harvard piofivsor because of PIm jiir. v.'ird accent hat. becnine nersmi i I grata at Yale, and will no lunger be marlm' on slKht. The unlets themselves i ll1' ' 's known that the Government asked to prcai H lo Yale students In I arc contained In appendices being lor-,''1 ' u'"nl' ",4M r,',l,,,'"l'"l further Infnr the college chape). For the last ni-. ...ui (mlan. iilm iterant fr.im 1 nullon from the. 1 lilted States concern. or six years he has been nu occasional , preacher there ' Prof, Wetzel in a lecture at Hartford . ythterda) mentioned the fact that one ; of the best known men nf tho linn I faculty, a professor who went there five oi six years ago from the Wet, had be come so imbued with the Harvard and Boston atmosphere that recently tiU nc. cent had been the subject of comment by Yale undergraduate on the occasion of his preaching here. It was contended that as his ait grew broader, the reach-1 , , . ,,er willingness to postpone I., . 'V.1 J; '" ' ".,' ?U l ....nf,'from March I ottlclal ate l.,, , ... i" .1 ii iiiiiei. He was then Informed that Iih engiqje. ment at Yale had been cancelled, ac cording to Prof. Wetzel. Prof. Wetzel said he took the matter up with Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary of the coiporallou, and after asking him why Hie engagement of the noted Harvard professor had been cancelled was told by Mr, Stokes that his accent wan ginwlng "loo Itngllsh." A a re. suit nf hl iicnolred liccelil. 1'rnf 11.. zel, the Harvard man "falls to pass for half his worth aa a public speaker." I I.ORIItA "llivr rotUT" KKSIIRTH RK.It'HKIIIIVN.Y. r'l.OIIIBANI'RCI.II." .Mliintlc Cnsst Line, 'JUS P. M, 3 other All.Slrel Ltd. Trains Dally, tint B usy, Jdv. CONGRESS m v BQAT policy U. S. INTO WAR, SA GORE BILL TO KEEP CITIZENS OFF SHIPS OF BELLIGERENTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.1. Senator Gore, who recently returned front Florida, where he saw ex-Secretary Uryan, It Is said, will Introduce a reso lution to-day nn follows: Section I. Be It enacted by the Ken- shipwreck or other distress nt sea, ate and House of Hepresentntlves of "I"1" ,,n nullty of a felony, and upon the United States of America in Con- VX: WVZ gress assembled that anv American tr. ..a.-. ... i... ... . , iirrpuii entiiien to re- celv-e a passport under the laws of the United States at the tlmo of making and verifying an application for pass port, shall also malto oath under such rules and regulations as the Secre tary of State may prescribe, to the effect that he will not. during the tlitm for which such passimrt Is Issued or renewed, travel or accept trnnspoita- tlon as a passenger on an armed ves- Vi . country or rower which shall be at the time In a state or war. Section 2. That when a state of war exists between any two or nioie foi elgn Powers or countries no passport shall Is? authorized or Issued bv the Secretary of State, or by any person acting for, or under him, to any cit izen of the United States, or to anv person owing allegiance to the United States, until such citizen shall have made o.itlj, as prescribed In the preced ing section, that he will not during the time for which su-h passport I Issued or renewed, travel or accept transiortatinn as a passenger on any vessel of any foreign Power or coun try which U at the time In a Mate of war. Section 3. That any such citizen or person falsely making the oath pro vlded for In the first section hereof, or who having taken such oath shall travel or accept transportation as passenger on any vessel of anv such v.i 1 1 .......... . ,. . . s-r,, ,.,1-11-111. i imrr ur country uuriug the time for which such nnssnort was Issued or tenewed, except In .ac of Wilson's Talk of a Break Stuns State Department Officials Say U. S. Could Not Consistently Shut the Doors to Further U Boat Discussion With Ger many Should Await Allies' Replies. . IVasiiinoto.v, Feb. 23 State Depart - mcnt circles to-nlghl seemed amazed over the sudden wave of apptehenslon which has swept through the House and Senate following the publication of the details of the conference at the White iiuuk uii .'iwiiuu?- niKiil. neil uie i iesi dent. met Senators Stone and Kern, and Hcpresentatlve Flood. Officials of the Department appeared unwilling to believe that the President had Informed the members of Congiess that hn did not nronose to prolong the ne.ntb.tion. with tternianv if ihe com. ' Ing communication from Berlin falls en- tliely to meet the views of the United Slates. That Germany will propose a discus slon of the question as to the right of merchant vessels to arm for defenie or the extent to which they might arm and still retain their character as mer chant ship Is exjKCted at the Depart, nient. It was even admitted that iicli a proposal from Germany was anticipated when Mr. Lansing, at his last confer ence with Count von Hernstorff, In- formed the latter that the United Mates could not accept the proposed settle merit of llm Lusitanla case until It was assured by Germany that the new sub marine declaration would not nullify the tffoct of past assurances. Couldn't Be Arbltrnr). Neither with respect to t lerman. nor with respect to the Itntmte Powers, it w.is Mmestcd to-night, could the Unltnl States consistently shut the door In all further discussion of the question, Count von Hernstorff. It was Insisted, I was not told by Mr. Lansing that tier-, I many must withdraw or mouiry per new declaration. It" as to.u mat tne new declaration as communicated to the United States appealed to be ln,',niiM. ent with Germany's past assurance that "liners would not be sunk without w nn Ing and without measures N'lng taken for the safety of the non-ciiinlialants on board, providol the liner did not resist or seek to escape capture" Liners, ac cording to th American iitidersliindliig of the law, had the right to arm for defence. German, It was iiuted out, had based her new declaration on the state ment that In view of secret orders sunl to llrltlsh tvieichaul ships b the British Admiral! It was Impossible to draw the distinction between llrltlsh ships armed for defence and those armed for offence. Tim seeret orders reftil red to. the Iter. man decl.irat on set torlh. reunited .. ,.i-..l, ,i,tii,m for defence to attack suh. Berlin by mall. They have not I u c- celved. Official nf the Department de elate that It Is Important for tlii ni know exactly what the niders are. Die opinion Is expressed that it might lie veiy difficult for the United Stales t. contend Hint aiinanient nt British nu- chant- Shl Is of a defensive chir-tctii. If the ships have received such urdeis, as Germany claims they have. On the other hand, If Gennan, in . ., ji. ,.i .,t n,.. Ileve that a crisis would develop which would demand an immediate break in relation. Many of those In high position go cv-i so far as to say that 11 Is douhtful whether American lives would be 'In any way endangered If the new- declarit 01, went Into effect at i.nce. l''ln-l out that as none of the British shin sailing between the I ti led Slates ind 1.-....I .....1 . ., at in.,,! am ii. Itii, I.Vkiw,,, 1,,, - - " " 1 "hips are not nrnien at all the aclu il fecl 01 oiciai.iuon ninim n- limited lo British vessels travelling a routes which Americans are not likely to Use. It Is realized III official circles that acrmany may Instruct Ambassador vun DEFIES WILSON; iii'.ii. .in ,ii ,u,viv, nr iij I luifi fvniii,-n . for not less than one year, nor mote than live years, or both. Section 4. That no person ow ing nl-leglnni-j to the L'nlted States who shall travel or accept transportation as i passenger with, or without, a pas'jport on the vessel of any country or Power which Is at tho time In a .i,.t.. ..r -r .n i i'in..i .. n,'. piotectlon of thla Government. Section 3. That any emplojee or officer of the United States whose term of office Is not fixed by the Con slitutlon thereof who shall be con victed of violating the provisions of this act, shall, In addition to the pen nlllis above pres-rlbed, be removed from offiiu or from tlie public ser v ice. Section . That the President shall have the power by proclamation when ever. In his Judgment, the public peace. Interest or safety will not be Jeopar dized theieby, to suspend the operation of this act ns to the vessels of British Honduras plying exclusively between that country and the United States, and the vessels of the Dominion of Canada plying exclusively between ports and place In the Dominion of Canada and ports and places In the United States, and he shall have power to revoke such proclamation whenever the public peace, Interest or safety re quire It So.-tlon .. That all acts or part of ucis in ennHiet herewith nr- 1,-r.i... . . . .. . .. . ' ' repealed, and this act shall take effect fifteen days after the date of Its np. pi oval by' the President. 1 Iternstorff to piopose to Mi Lansing or.e ol' ,wo things, either one of which, it ' "ZvTio cons Ider."td HM" mM lm. lirt pI(u.Pi (t , .JaK,,ted the) i Ambassador might be told to submit to i 1 Mr; '-"'""ir compromise suggestion l caning on tne i nueii itatni to taKe the , , . , . , ..(.,. ... ,.,,i -,, i.MI, of submarines, defensive uimatnrnt oil nienliani ship. Instead of Including six Inch guns, should be limited to guns ofi much smaller calibre: or, soundly, re quest the United States to act as Inter-1 medl.tr in bringing about a modus vlvcndl. which would limit the calibre f defensive armament to one ur two 1 Inches. The Main Object. Wtcr all, It was said, what cotuerns the United States most at this time, and what was responsible for a holdup In the Liisltauia negotiations, was a desire to hilng about some nrrangemrnt which would nniovc all prospect of American, live- being endangered In any new sub-j marine warfare. I If sii h an arrangement 1 iwsslblei through furlliet negotiations, officials ex-, piesred cnnllilence that the United i Sl.tlis Government, even nt the cost of i ,-,,,,,. lMliy , K,.g settlement of the l.usitatna case, would not reje t Ilium t hi the other hand. It was pointed out at the State Department that while the I'.htoiilc Powers have Indirectly mani fested an unwillingness to agree to the proposals which Mr. Lansing made to tlietn on January IS, looking to a dls- j a. m iment nf all merchant ships, their) .actual replies have not been received. j While It Is resarded ns probable that the entente Powers will never agree in niltught disarmament, It may he pussllile mat the might have alternative Hug uetlons to nffer. In which event, It Is' pointed nut, It would bit unwise for the United States to close the door In fur ther ii.-cts..ion of the subject by break Ing ntr the negotiations with Germany. The Herman ICmbassy I expecting to har from Berlin some time tn-ninrrnw although nt a late hour this evening. It was declared that the Ambassador had not .vet been advised that hi new in structlons were on the way PETROUTK REPLY IX. Instrlii U Mure Details n At tack mi the Tanker. Wtsiii.MiTiiN. Feb, 23. Austria's re.' Id lo the American request for an e. il,iii.illoii of the submarine attach up, the Aineilcan steamer Pctrnllte. remind ""miiokioii io-na I Althmigh lis text was not made nuli- j IK "j" American version of the attack, and ha Intimated that thu evidence submitted by this countty is sotiiewli.il at variance with the statements made b ihe Austrian submarine commander. Follow lug the rcctVpt of the coinniunl eatloii. Secictary Lansing directed that Immediate steps lie taken to gel In touch with the crew of the Pctrnllte, which, when last heard from, was at Liverpool, and to get the additional In form. illoti requested. According to the American version, the Standard O'l tanker was hailed by an Austrian submarine In the eastern Mediterranean and ordered to stop, but when the order was obeyed the submarine cmitlnueil firing shells, ope of the Khnis exploding n the hull of the ' ',, ' , ; ' .. ", ,;. ; ' , T,Mh. ,.,rt.os h,rP . v),,w , ,,,, ,f A,,Htrlu , convinced on ,)f ,,, ad,'tlopal Information ;,sK..il for that the circumstances were s,., described bv the United Stales 1 f satisfaction will be given. Including . . . , alio iigv. iiiiiem 1 ii ror anv ,i.in,,iu.. done ami punishment of the submarine. , commander - m .vt.w BAIIt Gin' tliniisaiul piniiiiis fliliit-se limnmi ! hair nr mle In.piit. Hit tH.ljY k SMITH, Kr'Viiuoi-i'jr" 1 TO FORCE Y LEADERS Tbrcatcns to Put Han on Armed Ship Travel Over His Head. ACiAIX I ITC INSISTS HTCOrPOSTCSAVAlJMXU Tells Senator Stone 1'ijrlits of 1 S. Citizens .Must Jle Protected. STATK DKl'AltTMTCXT TAKTCX HV Si:iMM!ISTC Many of Wilson's Inflnen tial Friends in t'onjrress Desert hi": Mini. Wasiiinhtov, Feb. 23. A stave turn In the submarine mntiovci cam to-day. when formidable opposition flared "P In Omci'es In Piesldottt Wilson's determination m force showdown with Germany. To-night the I'lesideni find." him self confronted with a threat from Important Democratic lenders In th Mops., that a resolution w.ll be put through over hi iippos.tliin w.itiiit). Americans fiotu travelling nn at tiled merchantmen. Demo 'ratlc leaders in the House, who .-eeiit In have vvotked themselves Into a high state of excitement over the, submarine situation, vvete pte dieting to-day that the President's dt tct initiation to Insist upon the tixht of Americans to travel m it li immu nity nn armed merchantmen will eventually lead this country into the war. So firmly Have the House leaders convinced themselves of tin- that thej moved without d i.i.v 10 vitn thu President of the urovMiiu si ntlnictn in Congress. n tho Senate sidt also their vt . evidence of Intense feeling mi ti. stlbject, and notice w.i, served nf ti,( Intention of cettaln Ietipi.r,itii s, u. Mors to pi ess fot tip passage of a resolution regardless, of the Prc-nP nt', stand. In the Sennit-, lmwiver. :ue Administration force seemed io i In better control than 111 tne lluii.se. Wilson n Worst Pllubl. Not since the .sillilti.iiitif issue was raised ha. the Prcslibni fiuiiul himsc r In such a discouraging picdliaiin 11, as to-nlght. At the npiiiion: wim. i, needs to - .strongest support to larry Ills Issue with Germany in n suitelu tnuclitsinn he llnds hltn.-clf dcscrtcl by many nf the lnltucntl.il bailers of his own party, who ,110 .issening openl that Cotigres. will not stand In hind him In a cniirse that will briny; u rup lute w it li tle'iniaiiy. It I iindcrstuiiil th. 11 the President and Senator Stunc came pear tt breaking their friendly iclutluii. :, the White lluu.-e confluence on Mun Uy night. iiImi that tip. Presiilcti gave his t-allei's to understand that h!s patience in the submarine negotiations wns Just about exhaust, .,1 lin, tml ,,, did not propose pup h lunger to op- dure passively the . hai gcs nr non action that weie I eng mode agcln-i his Ailmlnlstratiun. The curlnus siicclaclc Is presented of ItopublUun leaders such as Jam H. Mann Miunling luynll.v by the D'Miinciiitic President and iippe alltig to Congress to support him in .my (oiir-.c that In- may piiifm,.. The Prcsidi'iit's ileicrnitiuitlnn to stiitnl utiiilterably against nn letrtsln Hon or this character, curtiiilin American tights, wa Just as rtrni to night as It vvmh on Mnndiiy night, when he first served notice mi members of Cottgrcs. that lie would regard such action by the tiatlnniil legislature not only .'is 111nv.se tun personally nflcn slve 4uiiln IiiUi-s I'lrtii viand. When the President heard this t ve iling of the turmoil in the linn.-.. ,md the ti'reiit that were Is'lng uttcr-M ee iiilltd Chnlrmrin Flood of the lions Foreign Affah-.s Coniintttce on !u n I, lilnuie und again told him that he v.u emphatically opposed lo the p.-i.-s,,,. e :i rcMiliitioii nf warning nml il.a: h.. ptcfencil that the entire iiisn,m r, submarine warfare should lie dealt with exclusively through liiplutii.i 1 l.iinni-1. Notwithstanding the President uL. terinlui'd opposition, the I icttinerntic nn ,p. bei of the House I'ollllllilli 11 f, . Affairs i-Muissed tne onmlop that 1 . . man I'l 1 ind Clialim.in St ,' Senate 1'i'Higii lii'latlnus Chip 1 1. should call on the President tu- iiuii .-, and ii 11 1 11 1 1 ii I him In detail with 1,, situation In CopgrisN At this llleetlPK nf the 1'o i'gi' (airs Committee it w.is illsiio,sei . p, pr.ictle.tll every I 'einocrai a- 111111111,1 nt the lomiiiittee w as oppose, I to tin l' -, dent's stand on the aritud ip'h.i.. , .,t.i Issue Whether or not t'le (lareup in C.i-,. gies.s will result in an act, mi g ,, Hon, mall here realize that 't '1. ni ha,s il, imaged the Presiiletii'i us r,p. dcmonstratlop will stiei,gtin.i, , ptl'SSloil vvlliill 'in- Her'u, liove already ha old, rued that Pre e Wilson w mid have ,1 11 cu.'j ,, ,,in mg the support of Congress to any act u, il hreak with Genu 111 011 the qucniig of armed incichantnieii. The most notable fiatutv- of ihe llnre