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THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Overcast and colder to-day; probably
snow at night; to-morrow fair.
Highest temperature yesterday, 47; lowest, 36.
Detailed weather, mall and marine reports 011 page 8.
IT SHINES FOB. .ALL
VOL. LXXXIV. NO. 132.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1917. Copvright, 1917, bv the Hun 1'rinUng ami PublltMng Aasortnffor:.
ONE- CENT
In Orratrr New York,
.leraey lltr and Newark.
Illfewhere
TUO CUNTS.
THAW INDICTED
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AS BOY BEATER
AND KIDNAPPER
TV...4I. I I 4.. V - ...I.
Snys ile Was Lashed
With Whip.
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I Ilh llUlrjli JICAIjL liN
George C. OMJ.vrne. Thaw's
Bodyguard. Who Shares
looms. Also Indicted.
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SKAHIU IX MANY
Friend of Stanford White's
Slayer in Custody in
Philadelphia.
Hairy Kendall Thaw, charged with
enticing a nineteen-year-old boy from
California to New Yoik and beating him
with a whip in a room at the Hotel Me
Alpln on Christmas night, was Indicted
by the New York Grand Jury yesterday
for kidnapping and second degree as
fault. Detectives with a uuirrant ex
recteil to find him at the Belgravia Hotel
in Philadelphia, but If he was there he
sot away, and the police everywhere aie
looking for him.
Thaw's companion or bodyguard,
George C" O'Byrne, was Indicted for kld-
napping, being accused of helping Thaw
to keep the boy a prisoner.
man mn. I
posed lo be O'Uyrno was arrested In
Philadelphia at a rallioad station. He
nald that he was Oliver Browcr, a Pitts
burg salesman, and was not the man
named In New York. He admitted that
he had been with Thaw "as a friend" In
Philadelphia up to Sunday night.
Thaw wns in Jack's restaurant. Sixth
nienue und Forty-third street, as late as
last Sunday morning. Persons who saw
him there say be was drinking brandy
jtxMJmt w'ubh ho went nu he noglected
to pay his check. For some time after
his release he kept away from the white I
nsnis, out tccentiy tney nave mummed see me rrcsiuent, ostensibly to jircfcnt punisnment. it was admitted by the
him again. In the List week of Decent- i memorial on the death of Mrs. Inez Lieutenant-Colonel that since the return
wr he was In Jack's nearly every night, 1 Mllholland Ilolssevaln. Because of the of the Held artillery the men had re
nin ays in evening dress and buying re- j affair In the House gallery In December ; ceived a considerable amount of leave
freshmcnt for all who cared to share
hit bounty.
Ili t'onien to Tesllf
The ho who makes the chances is , suffrage amendment the President ex
FrederleU Gump. Jr.. of Kansas, City, , pressed his sunrise.
on of a manufacturer of trunk leather. , ..i i,,i n.. ,,.i..i
,: mji. uf cscitix:! iiom inuw on tnc
morning after Christmas, hurried back
to Kansas City and told his mother and
father what had happened. They told
frank P. Walsh, who has known the
Jumpi for a long time. Walsh came j
iigni to .New York with the boy and j
.hey gave District Attorney Swann the
fctory
Tli.it was last Friday. Hv 2 o'clock I
Snttir.lm. Willi.... Il.....n
evam nei nil ihe nv9i1.1t.ia .. ii,.e.ea in.
eluding' cmployeciVof tiie McAhdn. and
had the case icady for thc Grand Jury.
Laat night Wab.h and young Gump went
to Philadelphia, where the boy was to I
cc If the nrlsoner lirnu-or was the man ,
He knew ;ih OMU'rnp ThnvR lhrulvcriinril.
The minimum punishment for the i
- - - - - - i
crime of
kidnapping Is five years in
1 the maximum Is fifty years. '
I'rlsoii. and
A Brooklyn Judge recently sent the kid-1
napper of a child to the penitentiary fori
forty-nlne years. The penalty upon con-
mi Hon for second degree assault Is an
imieteiminate sentence of not more than
llve jcars.
Previous Hentliiff Clinricea,
The offence of which Fred Gump, who I
U a tall, thin, dark hatred boy, not long ,
mil of high school, accuses Thaw, recalls
some of the myriad stories told In court
about the antics of the man who killed
Stanfoid White, who was twice tried for
his life, sent to Matteawan as Insane,
and after his escape declared sane by a
hiry on July lfi. 1D15, and set free by
Juftlce Hendrick.
I" an insanity hearing at While Plains
In July 1909. Susan Merrill told of see
Ins Thaw, before the shooting of White,
lashing girls with dog whips In a room
lneh he hlied in Mrs. Merrill's lodging
hous-e in Manhattan. Kvelyn Nesbit
Thaw, testifying in the two trials of her
nuMianil. said she had nearu stories oi
Ims Ijeaiing women.
Ur.ham Travers Jerome, who as Dis
trict Atlnrnev iirnseellted Thaw relent-
IcsMy and later as special Deputy At-1
torney-tieneral did his best to keep him
In Matteawan, has always Insisted that
Thaw, if set at liberty, would "break
loose ' sooner or later and do some vio
lent thing, particularly If he did not keep
away finm alcohol. Thaw, according to
all niaht observers of Broadway and
stations, has been drinking both
iH ,.,igne and brandy on recent trips to
this city from his Pittsburg home.
First Mel lloy In llll.".
Mr Jerome wa asked yentcrday what
he i ..iiiKht of tho developments,
I don't want to say anything," he
rep n d "l am unwilling to make any
Ma'rinent This Klinply confirms my
Judgment '
The story of Frederick Gump, Thaw
and 0'ltrne ss toM to the District At
torney and Frank P. Walsh, who was at
the Holland House jeslerday, runs ub
"antially as follows :
In November, 1915, four months after
Thaw was set free 111 New York on a
bond of tnj.AOO, which was cancelled
when the titate decided not to appeal
t om the sanity verdict, he was enjoylror
Innifelf at Long Beach, Cal., a resort
"ear Los Angeles, The Gump family,
'laving moved to Long Beach from Kan
City, whither they later returned,
were among those who believed that
T aw had been horribly mistreated an1
whalever his past woukl prove himself a
worthj citizen, .
Thaw met youiK Gump In nn Ice
rream parlor and became Interested In
him Gump told dim lie ewocted to en,
Co ui I iiucil on I'QUith Page. ( j
D'ANTIN'S WIDOW ASKS I
FOR AMERICAN INQUIRY
Diploimifs Dentil in Mexico n
.Mystery 1 s. Willing
to Investigate. .
"ASIItN.I
zen attached to the Mexican Kmb.ifsy '
' here. In Snn Luis Potosl while on rnnln1
to Mexico city with Kllseo Arrcdondo,
uprana Ambassador, has raised
mystery which may be Investigated by
the State Department. Official .!! in.
clay that If members of d'Antln'n family
I requested It they would make Inquiries.
, IVAntln, for years Chancellor of the
I American Kmbassy in Mexico city, was
i. """V lo w,c Mexican ism.
" hero. He was said to know more
about Mexican affairs than any other
American.
w,,,nn " i'ry.
telegram sent from here last night by
the widow of Luis d'Antln to order an
Investigation Into the death of her hus
band. Mrs. d'Antln asserted that her
husband had complained of headaches
tor several days before he left this coun-
If.. H III. x-l
Ann " .Vru "S"':
(other signs .if Tii heinh.
A Frenchman by birth, Mrs. d'Antln
Mld- her husband was naturalized as an
American rltl,en .u.i
American citizen about ten years ago.
SILENT SENTINELS
TO WATCH WILSON
Suffniffists Announce Women
Pickets Will Guard White
House Grounds.
Washington, Jan. 9. Woman suf
fragists, aftr another futile appeal to
President Wilson to-day for bis support
of the Susan H. Anthony amendment, an
nounced plans for retaliation by picket
ing the While J louse grounds with
"silent sentinels." Their nurnose Is to
make It Impossible for the President to
enter or leave the White House without
encountering a sentinel bearing some ,
device pleading the suffrage cause.
inu mun was acanowjecigeu to no a
step In the new. policy of mild militancy,
which began with the coup In the House
gallery on December 6, when a party of
suffragists unfurled a votes-for-women
banner -while the Pi esident was making
his opening address.
After the audience to-day the women
returned to headquarters of the Con
gressional Union, formed their, new plans
and held a meeting pledging 13,000 for
the "silent sentinel" campaign.
Headed by Miss Maud Younger and
Mrs. Sara fiard Field. 200 sufTrairlsts
from the Congressional Union went to
there was some diniculty In arranging
the audience, but the President con-'
sentcd to receive the women. )
When they made It the occasion to '
renew their pleas that he support the
were coming here to make any repre
sentatlonn or would Issue an appeal to
me," said the President. "I had been
told that you were coming to present
mmnnrlnl raunl III lnn Tl'lttl reirai'd to the
very remarkable woman whom yjur
cause i,as i09t. I therefore am not
" y anVtldng 7u ther than i l!
.
nave sam on previous occas.ons w mis
'...'. . . - .... ,
,,- , .1 . ;n w..
"h? lnZ n,,n, 1 an,' hound
t)ie leader of a party. As the leader of
a par'tv my commands" come from tho 1
party and not from private personal con-
I
i iniiunn.
t - .t.n.1 nt full in
( uu lltH !ex nun nil! uwuj vit a i
observe from the utterance of the last
ca,palgii that the Democratic party Is
m- inclined than the opposition party
" assM , ,h,s great cause, and it has
becn a matter of surprise to me. and a
a er of very deep regret, that so many '
Jf t)luMe who were heart and soul fori
tnIs caute seemed so greatly to mls-
understand and misinterpret thc attitude
i of parties."
ARKANSAS, DISABLED, IN PORT.
llnttlrahlp Splits Tnrlilnr Kiiglne
on Way tn w York.
Nohfoi.k, Va Jan. 9. The battleship
Arkansas, en route here from New York
to Join the fleet gathering for winter
manreiivrcs at Guantannmo, limped Into
iininninii Itnads to-dav. disabled ns a
result of splitting one of her turbine en- )lave RUcl, a p0ic exhibition. It wa de
glnes. The ship will not be able to sail cMfi to change the punishment to soli
south with the fleet and is expected to bo tary confinement on bread nnd water,
ordered to thc navy yard here for re- Tnat was (IoI1p T1C nt)(.r tiVP prison
pairs. i ers are in a comfortable guardhouse."
Bear Admiral Itodgers, commander of , Major-Gen. O'ltyun. wlio was reaches
the neventh division of the fleet, berauso , OVpr t)P telephone, said he knew noth
of the accident will transfer his flag to , ,ig about the affair, but said that Col.
the Florida. The Utah and 'Nevada , George A. Wlngate, In command of the
sailed for the Southern drill grounds to-
day.
EUROPE COAL FAMINE GROWS.
SvrlUerlnnd Decides to Hrduce
nnllnny Traffic Soon.
Geneva, via Paris, Jan. 9. The Kuro
coal situation is becoming a seri
ous economic problem The Federal
Council decided to-day to reduce consld-
emblv ra way tramc at an eariy natc.
as It Is not possible to obtain coal from
neighboring countries, wnue i.ngnsn
coal Is at a very high price.
Italy has not sufficient coal for It
self and France only enough for home
rotiHumptlon. Austria Is In tho same
plight as Switzerland, both of them de
pending for coal on Germany, the sup
ply of which Is from 30 to 40 per cent,
less than normal.
SPANISH CABINET REMAINS.
KIliK Ilccllnra lo Accept Hralgna
tlon of Ministry.
Mapiup, via Paris, Jan. 9, King Al
fonso had a long conference to-day
with Count de Uomnnones, tho Premier,
who presented the resignation of tho
Cabinet.
Full confidence In the Premier was
expressed by the King, who requested
that Count do Ilomationes continue in
power. The Government therefore will
resume Its duties, with the same Minis
ters holding portfolios,
1'AI.M IlKACII-MIAMI.flT. PETERSBCBQ,
neiirulr. Beabosrd Air Una uvti bra. n
routt. 4 sUtl truloa. Inq.aiK Cdway. 4v,
tQDDUAnUAPIU'
DrKMUMllLIl
ROW IN MILMAl
Private in Buttery K. 2d
Field Artillery, Lashed
to Gun Carriage.
FOll BIDDEN 1TNISHMENT
Visitors to Hronx Armory Sec
Strange Spectacle lie
ports of .Revolt.
A private In Mattery E of the Second
Field Artillery who returned with his
comrades last week from the border re
ceived "spreadcagle" punishment yes
terday afternoon In the regiment's ar
mory, at lfGth street and FranHfcn ave
nue, The Bronx, For more than an hour
' "tood lashed with his back to the
rf1 - 0', n s.u." car.rlR.Re- '"8 han:ir oa,1
!'''r!tChei! a"'"''1; t.hat ,,,?,l,1,,0".l!"
wafl " piking spectacle to visitors who
assembled 'n the gallery of the armory
until finally ordered to solitary confine
ment on bread and water.
This man, whose name was reported to
be Max Kellerman of The Hronx. with
live other prisoners, had been assigned
to certain work nnd had refused to per
form It, the report goes, until they te
celved food. The other five men, threat
ened with slmllAr nennltlea ns that in-
I dieted on Kellerman, immediately yielded
and agreed to obey Lieut. Frank A.
Spencer, the officer of the guard.
Punishment Forbidden In Arm?.
According to -an officer of the regular
army this form of punishment Is no
longer permissible In the army. The of
ficer said that the only forms of pun
ishment provided for were four, namely :
Confinement, suspension of privileges,
tho Imposing of money fines and solitary
confinement. It was explained that the
last named form of punishment was
only Inflicted by n court-martial. When
a man became violent'. It was said, the
((traitjacket could be used and then
only In a hospital.
The fact as to the "spreadcagle" pun
ishment and the solitary confinement
was made public last evening by Lieut..
Col. Frank A. 1 lines of the Second Ar
tillery after wild rumors had circulated
through The Bronx ns to what had oc
curred In the afternoon. One story had
It that four men had been tied to wheels
of gun carriages and that the men In
the regiment had threatened to revolt
If their comrades were not released ;
that the men were planning to make a
raid upon the armory In the evening and
rescue the prisoners.
Two Canara of Insubordination.
TherP''sWm-'rm-e"been-tWo causes
of the Insubordination displayed by the
men and the consequent Imposing of
and, meeting many friends, had been
prone to overstay their time. In some
cases It bad been necessary to send out
detachments to bring some of the men
back to duty, as the regiment will not
be mustered out until about the 15th of
the month.
In the second place, there was a hitch
in the rationing of the men. When the
men left McAllen on December 29 they
received rntlons for fifteen days. When
the various batteries arrived In Jersey
City arrangements were made to lighter
tne artillery wagons nnd the mess kits
ted. wl.rU tKt
tIlPre was no food for thc mfin ,n ,he
armory.
lne" 'pae iroin 5 in the afternoon until
8 :30 'cl.oc.k .,lle they
,rocuir,'' rood ror hemselves. That was
""t;!' 'l ''J'1 "ot ""P 10 ,he nrls
f7! J.i tn i ,.. , ,
Lieut.-Col. Hlnes admitted last nigh
i inai mere nan Deen a ume trouuie In
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, ., .
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, but said : "I am conn -
t as much food as I did."
cc ".A" l.J." '
n!"e . p
' "Th,?' 'er ""j"1 Va aKHBne!!
"ork tnls morning under Lieut. I-rank A.
Mnccr; officer of the guard. The work
to wl,ich the men were assigned was not
pleasant.
i
Four rtefnsrd tn lln the Work. 1
"Four of the men refused to do the 1
work. They gave as a reason that they
had not had sufficient food. They were
threatened with the wheel In lieu of
Irons, for refual to, obey order Is a
serious proposition for a soldier. Filially
three of tho men yielded and agreed to
do the work assigned to them. The .
fourth, thinking to make a hero out of j
himself, refused and he was tied to the
wheel. That lasted for an hour, and
, ,i, .... ,u,i , ,i,inl it .., uic in
, Second Field Artillery, was an exee-ient
I commander He said that the conduct
j of the 19,000 guardsmen from New York I
I on the border had been most excellent..
Col. Wlngate. when reached by tele
phone, said ; "I havo no knowledge of
the facts. Anyway, this tying n man to
the wheel of n gun carriage Is not an un
usual form of punishment. 1 am sure
there was no cruel or Inhuman treatment
of any soldier."
TO RESTORE OLD CATHEDRAL.
IVrncli rmy Officials Wlll Do It
When I'lre on Itlirliim Stops,
PAnis. Jan. 9. Albert Dallmier, un
der secretary for fine arts, made a brief
statement to-day regarding the Ithelms
fcathedral, which, It has been reported,
the Pope Is anxlom to havo restored and
has asked permission to mis enu irom
tho German authorities.
"Orders were given by the French
Government for provisional repairs to
the roofs of the Cathedral In autumn,
1914," said M, Dallmier, "but we were
unable to begin work without an agree
ment with the military authorities, and
they begged us to do nothing.
"They iiolnted out that tho Cathedral
was still under German lire, that from
Nogent lo La Bassee, where the bat
teries firing on the town were Installed,
everything that passed could be dlHtlnctly
seen and that workmen on the Cathedral
would thereforo be sure to be observed
nnd fired upon, When the situation per
mits the work will bo undertaken."
COM I'AHT.M K.NT CAIIH FOIl HAVANA.
Only ! hours via Atlantic Coaat Una. 4
trains daily. 18 lTway. Tel. Mad. Sq. 1110.
Uic.
TREPOFF OUT, RUSSIA
HAS A NEW PREMIER
I'iiK'C Oolitzinc Named in His
Place Three Other Changes
in Cabinet.
Lonpo.v. Jan. 9. Russian Premier'
AlexaudertTrepoff has resigned. '
According to Renter's correspondent at
I'ctrograd, Count lgnhtieff. Minister of .
Public Instruction, also resigned. !
Prince Golltzlne. a Senator and mem- TIH OVER OERARD TALK
ber of the Council of the Kmplre, lins'i,l,n lM "1'"'ln"
been appointed Premier.
Senator Kultchllskv has been appointed I
Minister of Public Instruction.
M. Neratoff, Foreign Minister, has
been appointed a member of the Council
of the Empire.
Alexander Feodorovlch Trepnff suc
ceeded Horls V. Stucrmcr to the Premier
ship In November, 191B, bis appointment
being regarded as a victory for public
opinion against so-called "unjust In
fluences." Soon after taking office Premier Trc
poff made his famous speech In the
Duma. In which he declared that the
lintcntc Allies had agreed to the Hus
slan cluim to Constantinople and the
straits. The existence of this agreement
had never before been publicly and
formally admitted.
In an Interview published In The Sun
on November 27 last Herman Bernstein,
editor of the .Aiiirrlcrm Hebrew, said
that the passing of M. Stuenner from
the Premiership and the appointment of
M. Trepoff meant "tlrtit the Czar has
been forced to abandon publicly the
move to bring about a separate peace
with Germany."
MACHINE 6DN PELTS
HARTFORD HOUSES
Weapon, Shooting ."00 Mullets
n Minute, Gets Beyond
Testers' Control.
IlAnTf oaii, Conn., Jan. 0. Hundreds of
persons had miraculous escapes from
death and considerable property damage
resulted In Hartford's business section
this afternoon, when a new machine gun,
shooting 500 bullets a minute, got be
yond the control of testers at the prov
ing grounds of the Colt Talent Fire Arms
Company.
Although the factory managers ac
knowledged readily to the police, who
rushed down to the plant, that there had
been a miscalculation on the proving
range, they were vague In explaining
exactly how the gun became unmanage
able. At police headquarters to-night It was
not known whether the Colt factory,
which has tested Its own guns for fifty
i ears, holds a ypeclal permit to discharge p,ac."c aml friendship existing only as
firearms within the city limits, which , ong aH Ms official Intercourse In Ger
Is prohibited by a city ordlnnnce. Hart. I ,,ianv Is with the men who created the
ford cltlzeim nre discussing means oi
preventing another bombardment.
Col William C. Skinner, president of 1
the Colt company, refined to say j
whether the weapon was one or tne
new Vlckers machine guns which are
being made at the plant. In filling the
recent J10.000.000 order of the United
States Government. The Colonel denied
the leport that the un had exploded
and said all damage would be promptly
adjusted by the company.
He was glad there wee no fatalities
and promised that the occurrence would
neer be reiieated because the testers
l.au learneu .n r i.,i .u 'TIT:' The Mersru y.eltung, Berlin's leading
after have sufficiently large abutments , flnanc,aI orK:1I1, Glares that the ban-
to stop lonne shots. j , jven , Mr (.pran ha,, unusual
The Colt factory Is in the southwes - , ,nl,ortance an1 expresses almost en
ern section of Hartford, about a mile , thusl,um . ,0 rordial relations evit
from thc most distant point at which a nR ,)Ptween tn rnitP1 states and Ger
bullet was "Portef TnU wns In the of-1 ma .1S (t ,,,! ,, )n )e t.spr0limi,
flee of Dr. Frederick T. Simpson at 22 f ,h p(.akers. several papers declare
High street, where a U calibre bullet iat ,.,,nnany wlll elcome every sup
crashed through a window and then , AmcrIl.a miiy lpn(1 to tlie ,,ea,.e
pierced two walls In the house. . i movement "so long as It does not at-
A shower or millets strucK ana almost
.ni.i one nf the steel i!inl nf the
,
; Hartford City Gas Light Company, about
ha)f a mne from the gun. and scattered
the tank's ways and girder rollers. The
dents In the tank are an elghth of :m
men uvtt . iu , , V.i .
lets struck St. Patrick's Catholic Church,
SWISS WILL WAR TO
DEFEND NEUTRALITY
n.. U';il Cm- l.ivi.w iiv
urn, ii uu .jn.it in Tndiwii .t.
Any Ilelliuerent Will He
Opposed With Force.
special Cablt linpatch. lo Tin: Si
Paiiis, Jan. 9. The .Untin's cone,
spondent In Hern has Interviewed Gen
1,,lln ........... II ..e
"V.": ,,r,;"V,",;l.
and her allies thnt Germany coiitem -
plates another violation of neutral tcr -
rltory and Is planning to send two pow -
errill nrinle. iici.llist lllllv hv WHV of the
I cantons of Grnuhiicndrn and Ticlno. In
reply to questions Gen, Wlllo said;
"It Is needless to say that when the
reports of a forthcoming German of
fensive through Switzerland were cir
culated we were somewhat disturbed.
We have Investigated the leports, and I
am now able to affirm that the fears
which woro felt were unjustified.
"According to Information communi
cated to our General Staff the Germans
have no Intention of sending troops over
Swiss territory. However, you may he
certain that If any belligerent tramples
upon the neutrality of Switzerland our
army will reel it to lie its uuty to re
slst to the very end nnd without falter
nfanVfVrne
national patrimony ngalnst any ono
seeking to attack it The honor of tho
army Is unassailable. The Confedera
tion Is neutral und the army will de
fend It.
"Furthermore, owing to thc recent
nlarmlst reports, wo have redoubled our
vigilance, taking the precautions which
wo considered necessary. I can assure
France that thc doubts which were ex
pressed In certain quarters regarding
thc sentiment of tho Swiss General Staff
havo no real basis, Tho Swiss army
Is always nt the post of action, ready for
every sacrifice for the country's honor,"
France HequUltlona Alcohol,
Paris, Jan. 9, All etocks of alcohol
above lb' hectoliters (2.612 gallons)
have been requisitioned throughout
France by the Government,
nr. Broah'i Kumii mrery drink adda
nw strength and couraja. AdvcrtUtmtnt.
O.S.WARTRADE
O.K.'DIN BERLIN
Semi-Official "Lokalanzci-
gcr says Herman ian
kee Haters Arc "Wrong.
"Hocrscn Zeituiifr" Remarks
That the Speech Hcflccts U.
S. Changed Attitude.
Bf.hun. via London, Jan. 9. The sale
Jit American ammunition to tho Kntente
Allies Is defended by the l.nkalanzcitjrr,
a seml-ofllclal organ, in a half column
article vubllshed In connection with Its
comment unon the i-cntlment voiced by
Ambas-sador fferard at the dinner given I
to him by the American Asroclatlon of j
Commerce and Trade. ,
The paper sajs It has the greatest sat- ;
isfactlon concerning Mr. flerard's utter
ance but some doubt as to the finished
diplomacy of some parts of his address. (
It takes decided Issue with that portion
of the press which has been more or less
savagely criticising blm and the whole 1
idea of giving the banquet in his honor.
Theru are unfortunately," says the I
kalanzcipcr, "too many people in Ger-'
Lokalan
I many who regard as degradation any re-
suit achieved by yielding and who nc-.
little uiiythlng not gained ulth the ilfit. !
Meanwhllo the number of Germany's !
enemies has so Increased that It Is de
sirable to build "golden bridges' for those
real or would-be enemies who mantfest
a desire to revise their earlier opinions."
Trade In Monition.
In Its defence of the delivery of Amer
ican war munitions the ,oiulni:eiyer
says :
"It must ahva;n be recalled to the
German 'Yankee haters' that Ihelr stand
point Is legally wrong, that the Hague
convention distinctly permits neutials to
make deliveries of ammunition and that
Germany's representatives In that con
vention expressly opposed changing this
clause.
"Despite the large number who loudly
proclaim that one more enemy would not
harm Germany there still are wide cir
cles of perfuns who would like to ee
the war brought to a close without an
secession to the ranks of our enemies,
especially of an opponent truly not to be
underestimated. For these reasons
alone It seems tifeful to meet half way
I those who are or seem to be ready lo
work with us and go our way.
In Its comment on Ambassador Ge
rald's speech the Kienlscnc Wesfpha
tischv Zeitunp says :
"Why should not the Americans en
tertain the frlendlieet feelings for us so
long as we do everything they wish?
We do not try to overlook..the fact that
Mr. Gerard attaches condltion.4 which
nre not unsubstantial to his peace testi
mony. W hen he ventures to speak or
hitherto prevailing political relations of
Germany with America he expresses the
opinion that a departure from the lines
hitherto followed would endanger Ger-
man-Amerienn relations.
Wi- suspect such peace messengers
We desire to use our weapons as we are
hound tn use them In otder to settle with
our enemies, and when we believe the
hour has struck for every British trav
eller to be ruthlessly sunk by our under
sea boats we cannot answer to God or
mankind if we do not do our duty.''
I'liiniicliil I'm per ' View.
; temnt to narrow. or fllll lb(. acquisition
. '
ipmni in T nr
' L ' '. .
' ,. '
nrthy of Germany and the
lighters
looks upon an America "which has re.
covere, from wtlat ma. he termed It
carouse over its rich war gains rather
than upon an America which Germany I
! ainiy tried to arouse to a sympathetic
i understanding of her situation ''
I Thc paper warns Americans, how
ever, that they must not expect tho Ger
I man people to lie deeply grateful for
peace efforts which, It says, are actually
! Inspired by America's own desires and
needs for peace. After saying that the
banquet Itself was far more important
i than
an ordinary festivity the linemen
.eltunii manes tne ronowing comment op
the sneech of Ambassador Gerard . !
t lt wnlllil lie foullsll In pile llin fctieeeh
more Importance than it has, In view of l,'""','!"
I the fact that our enemies hao been'
jable to draw a part of their strength PLANS $1,000,000 CLUBHOUSE.
from America during two years of tin
conlllet, but it would be unworthy ofi.. , ., . . .., ,, .. , .
us to nssuine no mote than a coolly 1 ""' Moni.tnln I Project
criti al attitude of reserve toward the
hanged and , favorable attitude of
1 ,bc L n"1''1 b,a,l''
1
1 t)r . ?c nnir .4 p itf-jv
' O U li U ljtl t I I Ji .
Ilnllncu In Outline Pence Position
III Itelclialnir,
Amstf.iipam, via London, Jan 9, Dr.
on Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Im
perial Chancellor, may be expected to
make an important declaration about the
middle of the present month, neconllng
to a despatch to the V'Od fioin Heilln
to-day.
The rejily of the Kntente lo President
Wilson is being awaited, says the des
patch, and the Chancellor after Us con
tents are known will further define In
the ltelchslng the position nf Germany
V
WARNING TO GERMANY.'
i (.-punish steamship Pelayo, with a cargo
Manchester "Guardian" Mi; a ol oil and domestic nitleles has been tor-
. .... . .. ,, , . i pedoed and sunk while bound for Lng-
Hpeccl. llll. at Mm rirplla t runil, j i j,,,,, ,,onlnR ,,, f u,0 .inking f the
Lonpon, Jan. 9. The .Manchester Spanish stcam-hlp San Leandro, has In
(iitfirrlfmi In it comment nn Ambassador creased popular resentment," says the
Gerard's speach In Berlin says It re-
gardH It as a plain warning to Ger
many.
"The versions of the speech deserve
careful study," the newspaper declares,
"because they throw a good deal of
light on the Inner mind of diplomats."
After quoting the veinlon of thn Am
bassador's remarks In which ho is made
to say that so long as Germany's ilea
tiny Is conducted by her present lenders
he did not fear that tho relations be-
Continued M Second Page,
-m-
GIANT ZEPPELINS TO GUARD
OUR COAST FROM ATTACK
Secretary Daniels Announces Government Will Build
Giant Airships and Large Calibre Mobile Rifles,
the Latter Mounted on Tractors.
J Washington, Jan. ?. Secretary Dan-
Ids announced to-day that a Zeppelin
i type airship is to be constructed by tho
I United States Government. The decision
Is based on Joint recommendations of the
army general staff and navy general
board. Work on the new airship Is to be
begun at once under direction of the
chief constructor of the navy.
It Is understood that much valuable
Information concerning German Zeppe
lins has reached here through advices
from American military nnd naval at-1
Inches. Whether this Government will I
bu able to practically duplicate the Ger -
man craft remains to be demonstrated,
ITALY TO HELP
CURB GREEKS:
A (iiwww In Policy AllniitCll llV
lOHL AlKipiLU 1)J
Allies as Made Clear in
Ultimatum.
Paris. Jan. 9. Premier Briand re-
turned tq-nlght from Home, nherc he j London, Jan. 9. "Die correspondent of
attended the conference of leprescnta. I '"HE -t-'N' l able to present letters of
tives of the Untcnte Allies. The attitude Suaranteeil authenticity, taken from Gcr
of Greece, it Is learned, was one of tho ' "la" Prisoners captured on the Sonmie
principal subjects considered. Italy had
made certain reservations hitherto, but
according to the Petit Purislen he ac-lon
ccuteil the nolnt of view of her allies nr.
icr naving oDtained tne explanations she
desired
A despatch from Athens says the ulti
matum of the Entente Powers, after
making the demands on Greece, gives
Greece guarantees against any exten
sion of the revolutionary movement. The
note demands, among other thlncs. that
nil l!pnntf fnn.au ,.iitut.ln nf ll.l... ... i
be reduced to a number strictly neces- I
sary to the preservation of order; that
of the Isthmus of Corinth be prohibited : '
that all persons detained for high trea- 1
son or for any other political reason be 1
released forthwith; that the commandant !
of the First Army Corps be dismissed, !
and that the Greek Government make
apologies to the Allies' Ministers and pay
respect to their Hags at some public spot
in Atnens.
Included In the ultimatum nli-o was a i
demand that the Greek Government
fulfil at the earllet possible moment '
the agrrement of December II to with-
draw all troops from Thessaly.
Besides the question of Gieece. the
''"' ,u""lan ,ro'11
" "."'.VLf Cf,len?r an? ?!1ore effectlve 1
unity in tne direction of the war were
.. ,, , ' ,,ne, ,toi1"' TOn,'erence.
,,: 1 ' , , . . -'yern " their potatoes without tickets.
re.eJv i ,n ,h ' A? H' " "'i Kts worse every day. A hundred
,Z ,i ,1 ,. ""'J if,ot women marched through the streets,
nri.J rU'..niS "r'r1, M '"rjer.They all wanted more to eat. For a
during' the discusslonV we Vound at
an absolute agreement existed among
the Allies. We decided to accentuate
still further thc coordination of our
efforts
"Such was the principal object of the
conference, and It has been realized
Personam- I am hlghlv satislled with the
results of our meeting, and I have more
than ever a deep conviction of our ulti
mate victory."
The '(( Partlien sas: "The agree
ment as to the operations in Macedonia
Is complete, thanks largely to the pres
ence ot (Jen. Serrall, the Kntente com
mander nn the .Macedonia front, and
Gen. Cadorna, the Italian Commander
in Chief. Great Britain, Itusala, France
and Italy will apply one policy toward
Greece and tow.nd making the necessary-
effort at Salonlca.
"We are obliged to maintain the
. losest reserve as to the organization of
alhril resources m men and material, as
well as their distribution among the dif
ferent sectors of the single front, but
we can say that exchanges of material
among t lie allied countries will be In
tensified methodically and regularly. As
to effectives, the decisions naturally are
bound up with the plans of action dis
cussed at the meeting which were held
by military chiefs, apart from the politi
cal conferences in Home."
Atiikns, via London, Jan. 9. The
withdrawal of Greek troops from Thes
saly has virtually been completed.
Women armed with ritles are lephuing
the guaids nn the railroads, bridges and
i.iiiiiineril nf lliliiiiiet.
Plans for a new million dollar club-
house weio announced last niulit nt the
; tenth annual banquet of tho Itocky
.Mountain Club at Delniouico's. the new
quarters of the club to be between Fifth
' -iil ytvlli fiieimes relifleels nlremlv
have ill awn tentatlc plans for the
struetuie anil a site has been purchased.
John llns Hammond, picsldcnt of
the club, told the diners that thu mem.
bcrslilp had leached 1.00(1, and that It
would be the endeavor to double this
within another icar
Telegrams weie received from all over
the i'ountr fioni members unable lo be
present. Speeches had been scheduled
inn the elaborate entertainment provided
hy Chatles B. Dillingham put them out
of the mind of the members and they
were eliminated,
SECOND SPANISH SHIP IS SUNK
l'eliio. Ili-porled Torpediieil, In
creases ill l-lierinn n I'eellim,
Paiiis, Jan. 9. "A report that the
7 mini's Madrid correspondent
"111 political circles," continues the
correspondent, "It Is believed that Ger
many Is much concerned about the meaa
ilies tho ilnti'tite Allies Intend tn adopt
to protect merchant ships. According to
Information from a lellablo source the
Ambassadors of the Central Powers will
prcicnt a note to the Foreign Office de
manding thnt all merchant ships shall be
treated as warships In Spanish waters.
The Spanish Government, however, does
not Intend to give In to any Intimidation."
but both Secretary of War Hakcr and
Secretary Daniels believe n beginning
should be made. They realize tho Im
portance of the rigid airship for mili
tary and naval purposes.
Coincident with this announcement It
became known that the War Department
plans to procure laige calibre mobile
rllles and howitzers to be mounted on
railroad trucks for coast defence or
hauled by tractor engines over country
roads.
Army ordnance plants arc building in
the Watervllet Arsenal, New York, pilot
guns of the 16 and 12 Inch howitzers.
Plans are also practically completed for
a 14 Inch high power rllle with cairlage
for mounting on railroad trucks.
WOMEN LOOT
FOOD STORES
German Housewives, Unable to
(Jet Supplies, Rreak
Into Shops.
iiu Cible Pttpntch to The St v
l"'hln the last two weeks, revealing the
auual ' ""dltions In Get many In ought
b' tho foo(' shortage. The following
i'ener was wiuien Horn Hanover:
Here In Hanover the people are Grad
ually becoming thinner, always thinner.
Nobody cer grows any fatter. Any ono
desiring to obtain food must obtain noth
ing. Isn't this awful?"
A letter from Hamburg found on a
German prisoner says-
"Here In Hamburg there has been a
frightful riot. To-night in the Hofwec.
""KW'eB nJ other streets) women and
, 1 ' .ir0 , nto shopH and rohhpl1
them. What Is going to happen? The
I'eoIll have nothing to eat. there are no
Pota'cs. Rrease ami bread are scarce
. . ,
"P "' ,,n,,"'r'
Another letter from Hamburg says
Yesterday It was war here too. There
Were soldiers with bayonets at our backs.
All the bread and butter shops and some
grocers' ohons were wrecked. Then
nounted soldiers appeared. What a life
They were after Us with their sabres
right up to our doorsteps. This Is a fine
state of affairs"
A third letter from Hamburg says:
"There has been a frightful commotion
,ere- uln sno' ' Tletz and Hellbutt
have been broken Into and everything
plundered. Bread has been stolen from
the bakers. The green grocers had to
im" T ',0 , T!m'."
' wl n" Sf JS""- 1 "0n 1
K"" wl'at the end w III he.
' rossheig woman writes her soldier
ton as 'llows.
"' fe"' very lnlu'h that I cannot send
5"u ""-,hlng, hut times are hard. Often
1 1,av0 to KO out 1,1 the motnlng without
" "l mean in my soup
C'nrils for All Thins;.
"Money is scarce too. We get so little
Hour that only a little baking is possible.
There Is much woik lo he done with all
these cards. We have hiead cards, meat
cards, soup cards, butter cards, rice
earns, on cards. If I could only send vnii
something I would do it gladly, hut things
'are mi dear It Is high time we had
'peace "
! Publication In The Si v nf ,1en ,nh..
ciescnning rood conditions in Germany.
with information based exclusively on
facts obtained from German sources .hum
caused the British press to take up the
sunjeet, which It had left untouched
hitherto. To-day every London news
paper, morning and evening, publishes
long reports, obtained
sources, verifying the Information pre-
Bi-llieil fly llK rt N
Co ii 11 nn the in..ie Ileports.
Simultaneously, the arrival III ,!llfT.
land of repatriated Hngllshmen from,
German internment camps has furnished
V'l.eieVT. i r 1,1 S",r" """I
........v... .....ti,,,, i nr. r,i--M i,.
ports, ah ridicule tho contention, that!
Ihe German Government has puiposely
caused a misrepresentation of the facts
ii onler to deceive neutrals and obtain
suppoit for Its peace offers.
A high neutral authority asserts that
the sole reason for the peace proposal
was the extreme gravity of the situa
tion, lesultlng from the diminished food
supplv and the efTect on the minds and
the health of the people. He says there
Is no reason to expect the Immediate ex
haustion of the Germans, but warns the
Britisher against overconfldcnce. The
fund huppl) Is low, but there is still
enough to go around, nt a pinch, for
many weeks to cmne.
He adds that there Is good reason to
believe that the country's resisting
powers in the economic sphere might
prove more stubborn than many siupoct.
The German people unquestionably have
been greatly Irritated by the duration of
the war. which has resulted in a vast
amount of suffer ng, but, despite the food
riots, there Is no sign of a revolution
yet.
MORE FOOD FOR ILL IN BERLIN.
Innileiiiati- Nourishment Cnnsr nf
Increiisr of Slckneaa.
nrrtUN, via London, Jan. 9 The Sick
Benefit Association of Berlin, in which
the working classes aro Insured in case
of sickness, has como to the conclusion
after an Inquiry among physicians Hint
a largo amount of prevailing illness s
due to Inadequate nourishment, which
nlso decrease! thu powers of resistance
of the patients.
The association has decided to make
special provision for the feeding of na.
tlents where recommended by physb mis
and has ui ranged to Issue gratis meal
tickets in such cases, Itlenrge's speii Ii was notice that tha door
- 'was not closed Seeing ihis, I sold the
Fines for I'nlliirr o 'ote, market short on Tuesdav before tha
WasillNuToS. Jan 9 An amendment I'l'vecli was made, and dining thu "Pfih.
to the Owen corrupt practices hill pro-1 Partlculai ly when he k.U.I tho word hut.'
vldlng that every qualified voter whoTiie next U. 1 bought i.. a Utile over
falls to vole in a Federal election, except
oecauso ot sicKtiess. snail he sunjected
to a fine of $25 was introduced to-day
by Senator Works, '
LEAK INQUIRY,
FALLING FLAT,
MAYENDTO-DAY'
Jiartich, Saltin and Kahn
Deny All Knowledge
of Xote.
MOKE It SOLI) SHOUT
OX PEACE MOrOSALS
Lloyd (Jeornp's Speech Tip
Enough to Wise Specu- "
Iator.
I
LAWSOX. IX COXTEMPT,
MAY XOT BE TRIED
-Rules Committee Undecided
Concern in"- Further
Investigation. Washington, Jan. 5.-Heriiard -Baruch.
Wall street operator and friend
of President Wilson, who was reported
to have profited by advance informa.'
tlon concerning the despatch of tha
peace note to the belligerents, told th
Hules Commltteo this afternoon that
he had gone short of stocks a week be.
fore the Pn-Mdent's note was mada
public. Mr. Harticli Insisted ho had'
considered the German peace proposals
and subsequent speech of Lloyd Georga.
far more disturbing hear factors thaa
the pence note, and instead of selling
short In anticipation of the despatch o
the note, he had completed his short
selling operations and had begun
covering the day before the peace nota
was made public.
Confronted by the denial? of . Mr
Baruch and otheis prominent in Wall
Street ftname that they had any ad
vance knowledge of the peace note, and
the refusal nf Thomas W. Lnwson to
' divulge the Information he says he pos
sesses, the Hules Committee of the Housa
founil Itself tn-nlght f.iemg the question
of either abandoning its prcllimnniy In-
estigation of the alleged peace not
"leak" or of recommending a thorough
Inquiry by a special committee.
l.nttsoii Maud Pnt,
Thomas W. I..'iwmii, author of the
charges on whi. h the re-nlut,.,n of in-
j qniry is based, refused persistently to
give the .ommltte,. the names of "th
member of the . 'ah.net. the rmted States
Senator and the New York banker," who
maintained, according to information h
received, a "Joint Mock gambling ac
count" He did give his promise to di
vulge these names and the name of tha
member of Congress from whom he re
ceived the report if the spec.al Investi
gation committee is authorized.
Charles S. Sabln, president of tha
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
told the committee he had received no
information whatever . nwcrntng tha
peace situation from oillilals in Wash
ington. He was permitted to leave with
out more than a perfunctory examina
tion. Olio Kahn of the firm of Kuhn.
Loeh it Co. repeated the dental he had
made in a telegram to Chairman Henry.
Allen Curtis of Curtis & Sanger. Ben
ton stock brokers, nlo made a statement
to the committee denvuiK any knowledge
of identity of "A. Curtis," the signer of
the letter submitted to the committee hy
Bepresentatlve Wood
liuinlr; Ma) Foil To-dnj.
In an executive s,.snn held after to
daji's hearing the Itules 'oniiinitee ion
sidered the question of bringing Ita
Pielimlnnry invest mat
ti
, iii-r to.
morrow. It also toou up tne pro
lios.il to i . t e ih" ii al. mailt Boston
financier to the Speaker of the House for
refusing to answer lis liiiunies. It now
appears doubtful whether any attempt
will be made to bring Mr. Law son to
, t l.lu l,allln.irniit ,.ll,lll,1e r,,nf
members of the .ominltt. being of th
opinion that It would be a futile pro
feeding
At the outset of his testinvnv Her.
i.aid Itaiueh made befoie the commute
the following fntnul statement:
"I had no Infoi million of any kind,
name or natuie. from am one in tli
Administration or from anv mic directly
or Indirectly connected with the Admin
istration, or from any one cle In th
world concerning the Prisulrnt's peaca
note or Mr Lansing's statement or th
Von Bethmann-llollweg pem e offer other
than the public pre-s gave lo tne na It
Cave the Infnnnailnn to the wiuiil."
Operations of Mr, Munich.
Mr. H.uii'ii told the committee that
his short selling operations had been be
gun nearly a wei,v In advance of th
publication of the President's peaeo note.
According in the calculations of thn New
ork operator the fact that a cabled In
terview with l.lojil George terminating
with the wold "hut,'' which he construed
as leaving open tho way lo peace nego
tuitions, was far moie MRnillcant than
the communication of President Wilson
suggesting that Ills belligerents stato tha
terms upon which they weie willing to
conclude peace It was on the strength
of tills "but" that Mr. Baruch. according
to his testimony, went short of the mai-
hrt and protltcd accordlnglv. But by
the Urn the Piesldent's note wan mad
public, entirely Ignorant of tho fact that
It had been sent, ho as on the bull aid
of the market
"The thing that affected the market."
Mr. Baruch explained, "was the Von
Helhmann-Hnllweg pence offer. That
was followed by the Llovd George speech
which gave Hie opening for peace nego-
! tlatinus. It was natuial after these that
linen's minds would ho tinned toward tha
possibility of peace and Its effects, Lloyd
;oiie-nan oi wnai i n.in snui on uw nay
of tho Lloyd Grot go speech'
Oil December 2U," added Mr Baruch,
"I unfortunately bought befoie the Pretl