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RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1915. ?TEN PAGES.
^S'^-FAIR
PRICE. 2 CENTS
ornmittec Rules Against
Testimony to Show Rep
utation of Judge.
HOST OF WITNESSES
HAD BEEN SUMMONED
Accuser of Jurist Makes Virtually
No Progress With His Case
at Day's Hearing.
hkckss untiij mommy xoox
Prosecution Apparently Has u^en
Hadly Crippled by .licence
of .Noel.
t-r,,.LB'Vft K,a ^'"respondent I
J-RKDERn;Ksi:rru';t v.\. .\u--ust n
Delegate .Samuel p. Powells efforts
men to <.mZ' r.'"l,h"'Z' wh"
nice rr,i th?- purpose of serving
"" """? h, MulVlf
?ins. lo-rtay. Me n.n.lo virtual!,
no progress with his case.
"l of the commit lee at the
'to ?h??n arSl?"- ,c*"n?o?.y Intend.-d
ludce'cihl y, Bener;'' reputation or
? h"-tr '? S'?f>t,y|va.ua Coun? v
> / ,H "x,'lu,k"1 henceforward,
n S prevented from putting
stan.l a host of witnesses who
?ire presume,I to he t,lR,r ,f. ?lv? test*
mony against the accused Jut-imt
told,va?,'V.m;,,,,"r ?f comment
?> that the prosecution is sorelv
? rippled by the a hsenee of former Sena.
>r . oel. who was compHlcl to with,
draw from the case hy reason or the
critical Illness of his wife. new
figure occupied the chair heside JudKH
-I'terrTon^H S ai,<],,ser ;,t ,h'' morning and
"noon sessions. Hf. is Prof>l,sol
wh . ''rother of the nrw,
"h" i?1 now n-'Jitiiik' desperate!-, an.I
ftjnglc-handcd to substantiate the aravf,
?harres he made aKalnst a distingulshe-i
member of the Judi, |arv
Professor Powej|. who bears a strona
rese;nhl fac(t nmI fjK ire ^ ?na
brother |.s a member of the fa,ultv ?f
? University. Wn.-o, Tex ||, j,
attending the in vest Igating merelv ?,?
?i spectator. hp explained
In accordance with the rule adopted
h V in ?he
hearing of evidence at I o'clock tbis
afternoon, and the chair was vacated
by Walter Tansill Oliver until next
Monday at noon. Mr. Oliver, aceom
aT.v'f hV,S W""*
1* . for Washington In his motor car
"legate T i\ Commins went to Ms
.home in numford. and Delegate |
Kpalig left for Cat a w ha. where he wil'l
attend a meeting to-day ,,f ,j,e Vir
ginia Commission on Tuberculosis of
which he Is a member. Two of the in
vestigators remain to hold the commit
tee In constructive session. Thev are
Mjhchalnnan John W. Stephenson and
Delegate K V. Ma, ley. MK, ^airman
? M,e?* ??'o numbers of the com
rnitt"e are lawyers.
r.\Ki>f; ok nor i ^invTAm
K\ IDMXCK It KM
The talc inc of documentary evidence
Offered by l?elega,e Powell was re
?sumed at the op.nlng of the morning
.session, with A II frismond. clerk or
the tircult four, of Spotsylvania
ounty in the witness , hair, reading to
Oflscial Stenographer Thomas < \ ,,we?
the orders indicated by Mr. Powell.
This tedious but essential formalitv
consumed some time. Some animation
was injected into it when Mr. Powell
stated that he had requested the clerk
to show him the "personal fee book."
which the Jaw requires court clerks to
keep. iip sa(d Crismond had failed to
produce the book, and he was. there
fore. constrained to believe that there
was no such book.
"We deny that any such request
was ever made." said Judge Kmbrey.
Powell asked Crismond to produce tlie
fee book. It was done. Two hooks
were exhibited. The "personal fee
hook," showing fees paid to the clerk
on deeds, held the attention of Mr
Powell.
"Did you keep a personal fee book
prior to January 13?" )?<? asked.
"No, because the law did not require
it. answered Crismond.
Following a verbal exchange be
tween Powell an,J Judge Kmbrev.
Chairman Oliver took occasion to re
quest counsel on both sides to refrain
during the remainder of the pending
investigation from addressing "nagging
remarks' to each other Nothing could
he accomplished thereby, he reminded
the lawyers, and i, cou?, on,v
annoyance for the lawyers and the
committee alike.
Petitions on which Judge Chichester
made certain appointments in Spotsvl
vanla County were produced and en
tered upon the record. Powell s purpose
being evidently to show that'some of
the petitioners whose nanie? werc
signed were residents of other conn
ties.
Clerk Crlsmoml replied to many and
frequent questions asked l?y .\it\
Powell. He proved himself what ex
amining lawyers would call an excel
lent witness, his answers at all limes
being prompt, dear and carrying the
convincing ring of sincerity.
After listening patiently an hour and
a lialf to the call of Mr. Powell for
court records of various kinds. Judge
Emhrey protested that it was unrea
sonable and wholly unnecessary to ask
Clerk Crismond to produce all of the
documents desired hy the prosecution.
"To comply with his reciuestjs, it would
he necessary for Crismond to get a
truck and haul here ahout a ton of
papers and hooks," said the Judge.
Powell explained that he expected
to show that the fees charged hy com
missioners of the court in certain chan
(Continued ou Fourth I'age.)
C..\Y OCKAN VIKW.
*' Something doing every minute. $1.50 round
trln Every Sunday via O. O. Three
trains, 8:30 A. M., 9 A. M. and 12 M.
Landmarks Put
in Federal Care
Yorhiown Monument and Civil
War Markers Included in
List Authorized.
(Spwial to Tin- Times-1>ispatch. J
WASHINGTON. August 13.?Secre
tary oT War Harrison, in areonl.inc
with an act of Coiibivsk providing for
the preservation of Ameri'an antbpii
, ti'-s, including historic ami prehistoric
I ruins and monuments. gave out a list
to-day of such structures which are
j to he specially careij for by the War
Department as "national monuments."
Those designated Itt Virginia, are:
Arlington National Cemetery?Second
Connecticut Heavy Artillery Monu
ment; Wint .Monument, erected by the
State of Pennsylvania: national monu
ment. eroded in 1SCG in memory of -.111
I'nion soldiers, unknown, whose re
mains are buried under the monument;
national monument (table monument I,
erected in 1911 to mark the grave of
Major l/Knfant. designer of the city
of Washington: the Confederate Monu
ment, erected in 191-1: the Maine Me
morial. consisting of the mast of the
battleship Maine on a white marble
foundation, erected in 191-1.
Cold Harbor National Cemetery?
National monument, New York State
Monument, Pennsylvania State Monu
ment.
Culpeper National Cemetery?Penn
sylvania State Monument; Second
Massachusetts Infantry Monument;
Seventh Ohio Monument; Twenty
eighth New York State Volunteer In
fantry Monument.
Fredericksburg National Cemetery?
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Mon
ument; statue of llrigadier-Heneral At
kinson Humphreys.
Hampton National Cemetery?l.arge
granite monument erected through the
efforts of Miss I> I* I?ix.
Winchester National Cemetery?< ?ne
Hundred and Fourteenth New York
Volunteer Infantry Monument. Penn
sylvania Slate Monument; New Hamp
shire State Monument; Massachusetts
State Monument: Connecticut State
Monument. Vermont Stale Monument.
Yorktown National Cemetery?Na
tional monument, granite, about eighty
feet iiith, erected in 15-STi "to commem
orate the victory by which lite inde
pendence of the United States was
achieved."
FURTHER RESTRICTIONS
'I'rnilr Willi tfnlliiml >|julr Morr l)lin
?* 1111 l?j (hfrsrnn 'I'rust.
WASH IN?iT'"?N. August 1? Further
restrictions on oomiii'rw with Holland
wh p t (>poi ted to the Department of
< 'ommfri'f to-clav by Krwtn W. Thoinp
.>?011. American commercial attache as
signed to Berlin, but temporarily ha ml -
line l.'nited States commercial interests
at The Hague.
Mr. Thompson cabled that the Ovcr
kcas Trust, which handles all imports
Into the Netherlands under an agree
ment with (treat Hritain that 110110 of
the cood:; will r?n h (jermany, had de
cided to issue licenses <?nl\ to impor
ters able to satisfy the trust that for
mer consignments have been consumed
in Holland
Dutch importers will be required
hereafter to dispose of their poods un
der the immediate supervision of the
overseas Trust, which has formed a
new committee for the purpose.
WOMEN ARE^NOT BARRED
Court lliildx Tliein llllullilc to Slcn
??nhion Petition.*.
ST l.'M'iS. August 1?A State law
i specifying tlmt only tax pay in g voters
shall be eligible to sign saloon petitions
was declared unconstitutional in the
< 'ircuit Court here to-day by Judge
Thomas I.. Anderson.
The jiidco ruled that women tax
payers. though not voters, were eligible
to sign saloon license petitions, and
those not slguinc should be counted
i against tiie petition, lie ruled that the
law excluding thevn was a violation of
property riahts.
Under the present law, a person desir
ing a saloon license first presents a
discretionary petition, which must he
: signed by a majority of the taxpayers
in a block, men and women. If the
petition is denied, the applicant then
tries to eet a mandatory petition, which
requires the signature of two-thirds of
1 the taxpuying voters.
DETECTIVES BUY WOMEN
Spy They Cnn (Jot Them of Ally Age.
Siar.r or Complexion.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
NI0\V YORK, August IS.?The propo
sition that girls and women of any
age, size or complexion could be pro
cured and offered for sale, figures in
the charge against two men held here
following a trade several detectives
say they made with the prisoners for
two women. The prisoners are Joseph
D'Simone and Anthony D'Andrea. They
\ were held in $12,000 ball l?y Magistrate
J Levy this morning.
Detectives located them in Williams
' burg They then rented a flat, and De
! tective Knriuht opened negotiations
i for women. Mrs. Lillian Miller, tweti
: ty years old, ami a woman who said
site was Mrs. D'Andrea were turned
over for $20 and $10 respectively, the
detectives say. The bills were marked.
TEACH 'EM TO SWIM
Chicago llonrd Wants It J'nrt of Chil
dren'* Kduentlon.
<"IIICA(? >. August I* ?Members of
I the committee on buildings and
{grounds of the board of education to
day adopted a resolution j'cconiinend
! ing the teaching of swimming in every
! public school.
It is estimated that it will cost the
city about $1,000,000 a year to add
swimming to the curriculum in every
school.
The steamer Hastlnnd disaster led to
a consideration of the subject by the
committee. A committee, was ap
pointed to work out the details of the
ntan.
APPEAL STARTS
ON PEACE MISSION
In Few Days It Will Have
Reached Every Part of
Mexico.
WASHINGTON IS HOPEFUL
Carranza Will Remain Defiant,
but His Generals May Be
Won Over.
WASHINGTON. AucufI 13.?The
Pan-American appeal to all element:!
in Moxirn to cPijic fighting and join ir?
a sincere inovcinciit to restore consti
tutional government. lifRan to go for
ward from the State Department to
night. First, the (lociimoiit was dis
patched in ICnglish to the various
Latin-Anierkan legations in Mexico
<*ity, whose attaches will translate it
info Spanish and deliver it to the mili
tary leaders in that vicinity. To
morrow the appeal, in original Spanish,
will he forwarded dircctl> to Generals
\'illa anil Carranza. governors of
states ami many other chiefs in dif
ferent parts of the country. The text
will Vie made public here in a few days.
With the appeal dispatched, this rov
eminent will institute a friendly and
persistent effort to induce Mexican
leaders who have shown a disposition
10 oppose the movement to sacrifice
their personal views in the common
Mexican interest. That General t.'ar
ranza will maintain the defiance he had
Indicated in his recent communications
is expected by the administration, hut
it is regarded as probable that many of
his generals and other adherent* can
be induced to join in a peace conven
tion.
COlATIMi ON IMM.t i:\< T.
OK SCOTT
It is believed hero that if a few of
' the Carranza generals participate in
a convention of the factions, it will
not be Imik before organized opposi
1 tion to a new government could be ef
fectively checked. In this connection,
it lias been reported that Major-Gen
eral Hush 1. Scott, chief of stafT of
the army, who is remaining at the bor
der at the request of the Slate Depart
ni'nt. is expected to perform important
mission:* 1 y work. As he knows many
of the .Mexican military leaders per
sonally. it is believed he may exert a
powerful inflm ? <?.
Absolute)} no resistance 10 the plan
is expected from any source other than
from General Carranza. aiul in some
quarters here the feeling is growing
that even Carransa himself may re
spond favorably to the appeal after lie
| has studied its friendly tone carefullj
and sees that he has been misinformed
in advance regarding its purposes.
General Villa and bis adherents made
it clear in a statement issued to-day by
Diaz l.omhardo. Foreign Minister at
<'hihuahtia, that they are ready to elim
inate themselves for the common wel
fare. provided there is no recognition
of the old Cientifico group and that
a constitutional government is re
stored.
\ >1IIASSA 1IOII N A(l\
WOItniKI) in RKPOIITS
Ambassador Nuon. of Arsjentina. hur
, ried to Washington to-day to confer
with Secretary Lansing concerning re
ports circulated that there had been a
difference of opinion between the State
Department and his government re
garding tl?e Mexican peace proposals.
These reports said denial had been made
here of a statement issued by the Ar
gentine Minister of Foreign Affairs
that the Pan-American conference was
based from the beginning on the as
I surance that any thought of armeil in
tervention would be eliminated from
the plans. After the conference. Secre
tary l.ansing said there had been no
misunderstanding whatever, and that
he had assured the ambassador there
was no warrant for published state
ments which had aroused him.
1 "There has never been any misunder
i standing with the Argentine govern
ment." Mr. l.ansing said, "and in this
connection, I wish to say that Inter
' vention in Mexico was never mentioned
at any of the conferences."
The Mexican border situation con
tinued to absorb attention in official'
quarters to-day, and was the subject
of a conference between President
Wilson and Assistant Secretary Breck
enridge. of the War Department. The
President had before hint the appeal of
Governor Ferguson, of Texas, for more
Federal troops. Mr. Breckenridge sub
mitted Major-General Funston's re
ports regarding recent disturbances
and outlining the military forces now
011 the border or at near-by posts,
about 17.000 men in all. Later Mr.
Breckenridge reiterated the statement
that no more troops would be ordered
to the border unless General Funstou
should request them.
NO IKTIXfJ XF.WS
COMKS KIIOM YKItA CIU '/.
No news of a disquieting character
has come from Vera Cruz since Gen
eral Carra nail's announcement that
Americans would be given full guar
antees of protection. The battleships
New Hampshire and Louisiana are ex
pected to reach Mexican waters in a
few days.
Secretary Lansing made plans to-day
for receiving with formal ceremony
?lose Cardoso. Brazilian minister to
Mexico, and for many months the rep
resentative of American interests in
the republic, who is <1 tie to reach New
Orleans on Sunday on the L*. S. S. Sac
ramento. Leon J. Canova. chief of the
State Department division of Mexican
affairs, left to-night for New Orleans
to meet Mr. Cardoso and to escort him
! to Washington. Mr. Lansing also tele
I graphed to Governor Hall, of Louisiana,
I anil New Orleans officials requesting
" (7'ontTnued on Second Page.)
Delightful Overnlsnt Sail In llaltimore.
Via Yerk Klver and Chesapeake Bay. Only
I2..-.0 one way. D and $I.M> r7*nid trip. At
tractive week-end trip. Inquire 907 K. Main,
nr phone Mad. 212. relative A_tUnUe_Uty und
GRAND JURY HOLDS
CHE HENDERSON
Deposed Head of Hopewell Po
lice Force Named in Three
Indictments.
EIGHT FELONIES REPORTED
Magistrate Pulliam Charged With
Offering Bribes?Sensa
tions May Follow.
< Itv a Staff Correspondent.)
PRI.VCK liKORGK COURTHOUSE.
VA., Aucusl 13.? Indictments charging
former <'hief \\". (j. Ilpndfrson, of the
IlopewRll police force, with malfeas
ance anrl misfeasance in oflice. selling
j liquor ai.'l beer without a license, and
I conductInsr a gambling Imtiff. were re
ported by the special strand jury in the
j Circuit Court of Prince <?eorue County
late this afternoon. No report was
I made on the information in the hands
of the prosecution regarrt'iiR Hender
? son's connection with the bribery and
graft revelations, which brought about
the removal <<f himself and subordin
, ?ites from their official positions by
| Judge .lesse F. West
i In addition to the Ikiideoun prescnt
! merits, there were eiuht indictments
I for felonies and iifteen for misde
i meanors, making twenty-six in all. re -
j turned by the grand jury in connection
i with the Investigation of lawlessness
j at Hopewell. I'oui of the felony eases
? were reported on Monda.v afternoon,
j but the formal indictments were not
I presented in court until to-day.
T\\ O I.VDICTMEM J MAIM-:
AGAINST JVSTII K IM t.I.l\>l
The indictments for felonies were:
Two against William St. I'aul I'til
liam, a justice of the peace of I '.land
j district. Prince tieorue County, charged
with offering bribes to officers.
I Three against John A. Porter, former
I lieutenant of police under Henderson,
; for offering bribes 10 oflicers.
I Two against Antonio II Recessi.
[ cabaret proprietor, for offering bribes
I to oflicers.
line against former Policeman Sum
i uel Saffer. for accepting a bribe from
a merchant at Hopewell for "protec
t ion."
une against former Policeman 11. W.
Pollard, for accepting a bribe from a
poolroom proprietor.
After the indictments had been re
turnee). Judge West ordered a capias
issued for the arrest of Magistrate
; Pulliam. who formerly presided over
! the Police Court at Hopewell, and is
j connected with several of the leading
, families of Prince (ieorge County. He
j is the only man held for a felony who
. had not been taken into custody, but
he has been under surveillance for the
( past week.
'.It m.K W'KST Sirrx t AMSS
l-'OH TIIIAt. THIS MOM'll
Over til*1 protest of Richard T. Wil
son, of Petersburg. "f counsel for sev
eral of the Hefcuilanl?. .Iiiflee West set
tli** trial of four of the men. charged
?\ itli the more scriou< offenses. for suc
cessive days, begihninsr Tuesday, Au
gust 21. ?'otumon wealth's Attorney
Timothy Rives and Special Prosecutor
Ueoree K. Wise, of Richmond, an
nounced tlieir desire m have Portci
tried first on an indictment charging
him with giving ' M. Reeves, super
visor of the Du Pont police. $2.% in cur
rency as tiie "rake off" furitn certain
gambling houses. This money was
i marked by Iteeves and sent to ilnv
' ernor Stuart.
i "Mr. Wilson, you don't want more
I than a week to prepare for these
trials?" .Iwlge West Inquired of the
{attorney, when the latter stated that it
might he necessary for him or his
partner. Richard il. Mann. I'nited
i States district attorney, to ko out of
i the State to secure important evidence
j for the defense. Mr. Wilson asked
j that the first of the cases in which he
j is interested he set for a day early in
I September. The court made it plain
that no unnecessary delay in bringing
the defendants to trial would he toler
ated, and what may prove to he the
! crucial case in the investigation?the
j $2"> bribery indictment against I'orter
? ?was set for Tuesday, August '_'4.
The other cases set for trial were
' the indictment against Pollard, for
I August the one against Suffer, for
j August 2<>. and one against Uecessi.
i August 27.
Kle-ven of the misdemeanor indicl
I meats charge the defendants with-the
j operation of gambling devices, prin
I cipally slot machines. Four others are
j against keepers of road houses, half
I way between Petersburg and Hopewell,
I charging each with selling liquor with
out a license and conducting disorderly
' resorts. The indictments reported
: against former Chief Henderson are
, for misdemeanors.
J OTICKItS MAV It I* INVOI.VKl)
IIV I'OHTKIPS I.\1)I(TJ1K\T
out of two indictments against
' Porter may come sensational develop
ments, which will involve other men
not heretofore publicly connected with
the bribery revelations. A count in
each of the two indictments not set for
I trial charges that Porter and certain
other persons, whose names were tin
known to tIie grand Jury, conspired t<>
extort $.100 front "a certain person."
and that by offering officers of the I>u
Pont police force various sums of
money, the former lieutenant sought
| to influence them against the perform
ance of their duties as sworn ollicers
of the law.
AT'l'KJII'TKI) lOXTOHTIOV WAS
<"(>&' XKt'TKI) WITH lllltnr.lt
i one indictment charges that Porter
offered Supervisor Reeves ?.?0 on condi
tions that he take no part in any pro
! ce.edings which might come out of the
| attempted extortion. The other con
| tains a similar count, in which'it is al
! legod that .1. M. Dallas, another Du
Pont officer, was offered $.1 under simi
lar circumstances.
The. facts in the ?>100 extortion caser
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
TAKK TIIK IM?ri!I.AR <'. & <),
Sunday outlnga to Old Point, Buckrne,
Ore?n View, Norfolk: lt.r.0 round trip; tlireo
trains, 8:30 A. M.? 0 A. il. und 12 M.
Russians Gradually Being Pushed Back,
but Not Without Giving Battle to Enemy
WIIIM. I'et rou rn <1 claim* flint the
ItUKsbin troop* have driven
ItlM'k tile t.emillll* ill the ion of
l(iK"< i? ml llml In the vicinity of
l\iii no llif Teuton* have temporarily
iiliiiiidnited their attack* In (lie fniT
of Hie IIiinkIuii rmlxtuni'i', it 1m ikI
uil(ti,il by I'etroicrnd tiuit the town*
of SoknloiVi Slpillvr mill laikon.
Mtrnt?*i;li* riillmi) iiolntN to tin* ra*t
of Wnrwiw, linvr been evacuated. mid
thnt between tlie Mirew ami the IIiik
lllvrrx the ItllMMlun*. through eoini
terjlttnek*. Iinve lii'rn helped further
In their retreat tonnril their newly
<*ho*rii position*.
Of Hie tlulitiiiK In tlie region of
HIkii. Ilerlln claim* tluit re|ie:ite<l
nttai'kH again*! Field Mar*hal von
lllndeiiburK'* force!! n ere without
Mtli'iTNN. t oiiccmliin the Kovno lint
tle. Merlin iikmtIh Hint tlie tiermniiN
hnve nmile further prog re**, tliu*
I'linlrovertliiK Pet run rail's *tntc
nieiit. \*lde from till* di*crrpancy,
the otliciul communication* nIiow*
that the IIUNMlaiiM are terminally be
ing |iti*lied hack, lint not without
Klvini; battle to tlie TrutniM.
tin the western front tiiere lias
been little lighting. e\ee;it artillery
engagement*. although in tlie re
cion of Mletiport h tiermnn Infantry
attack una put ilotvn, nccnrilinjc to
I'nrlN.
In tin* 11 ii 11 ii ii ?nr tlientei* nowhere
have soy ili-clKhr result* heeii at
tained.
On tlir I*a111 poll Peninsula t ho
'I'urkM claim In have taken "trenches
of Hill yards" nrnr Sedd-cl-llalir ami
in tl?i* vicinity of Arl lltirnti to liave
captured machine kiiiin nml muni
tion* of mir from the nllioil forrrA.
In addition. mi iiiilcfl Mnrxliip I* ilr
ciareil to have liccn Ml ruck liy n
Turkish shell oil' A ri Huron.
The pn.it const of Dnulniiil again
has Iippii \isitcd Ii y '/.eppeiin air
ship*. ivlilcli dropped lioniiis nmj
killed *1 \ persons mid Injureil
t?rn( j -tiiree nml dllitliliced fourteen
houses. Tl|l.* n?? the second rnlii
In three dnjs.
Another Austrian nnlunn rlne, the
second of tiie hfrk, lias lieeu nent
to the bottom In the lower Ailrintle
hy the Italian*. 'I'he Austrian* have
tiomlmrdcil the Itnilnii const line In
tiie rcKiim of llnrl. doing consiilcr
nhie dnnwiRc to several tmrnx, Vl?
eiuin reports.
: FSCIFIC Ml CDMPANY
I IS DISPOSING OF FLEET
|
! _
Five nf Its Largest am] liest Vessels
Are Sold to Atlantic Trans
port Company.
XKW SK.\.M.\ \ s LAW TO BLAME
Withdraws l-'rom Transpacific Ser
vice Itecuuse It Cannot Compete
With Japanese Linos?Steamers
Are (ioinn i" Transatlantic Trade.
Ni:\v vol J K. A ua ust riif p.iclfiu
j Mall Steamship Company, in pursuance
of its plan ;i nnounced some timo ago
of disposing of its fleet an.I other prop
erty, has soM five of its steamers in
the Atlantic Transport Company, of
W est \ irsinia. The steamers so dis
pose*) of are the Mant'hnria. Mongolia,
Korea. Siberia and China. No tortus
w"'" niontionod hi the announcement
to-day. and the oflicials decline,1 to (|i.
cuss the matter at this timo.
The last sailing from San Francisco
l>y any of those vessels to Oriental
? ports under the Pacific Mall (lag will l.e
.on August 25 by the Mongolia.
Some months ago the company indi
i on led that it would withdraw its
steamers from the transpacific service
and prohahl\ dispose of them because
ot tiio n< w seaman's law. passed by the
last session of Congress, the terms of
which, it is claimed, made it impossible
tor the Pacific Mail to compete with
the Japanese lines Many of the mem
bers of the crows, chiefly in the lire
rooms. consist of cheap coolie labor.
Jtnd under the new law the Pacific Mail
would have to replace them with men
spoakinu the same language as the of
Hcers Of the ship. There wore other
clauses of the law, it was said, which
: contributed to the company's decision
to dispose of its property.
VHSSHI.S \ It 10 I.AHtiKST
OK PACIFIC SKRYII K
The vessels sold are virtually the
largest and best iu the Pacific Mail
; service.
The Mongolia nnd the Manchuria are
j twin vessels of 27.000 tons each: the
Korea and the Siberia each are of
IS.or,ii tons, and the China of 10,200
t OI1S.
Philip A. S. Franklin, receiver of the
111Jern.? i ions I Mercantile Marine Com
pany. of which the Atlantic Transport
(Company, of Went Virginia, is a sub
sidiary. declined to name the price paid
, for the vessels. lie said the steamers
I would be transferred to his company
i as soon as possible to be used in the
I transport company's regular trade be
. t woe ii New York. Philadelphia, Halti
: more and ICuropeun ports and between
| New \ ork and San Francis -o.
I As to whether the steamers would
j remain under the American Hag. Mr.
!? rank lin said this would be determined
j by insurance and other matters, lie
i added, however, that the registry would
I not be changed at once, if at all.
f All the steamers will be brought to
j Now York, via the Panama Canal
; Mr. Franklin said the Atlantic Trans
j port ('ompau> purchased the steamers
; to help out its regular tleet. which is
| unable to carry all the freight offered.
! "e said the company had chartered
I several steamers, but decided to pur
. chase the Pacific Mail ships out rivrh't.
i PltOVfI)t.\<; MAcm.VKm
i <>it m:\v nkama.vs i.aw
WASni.VilTON. August 13.? llegula
lions covering the much-discussed Inn
! guage lost provision of the new sea
i man's law were approved to-day by
| acting Secretary Sweet, of the Oepart
: meni of Commerce. They were sent
j to customs collet-tors and shipping
commissioners, with a circular calling
for information as to what additional
; iiiacliinerj will bo needed for their on- I
I forcemeat.
The law provides a vessel, except on
rivers and small inland lakes, shall not
bo cleared from any port unless "she
has on board a crow not loss than 75
j per cent of which in each department
thereof are able to understand any!
j order given by the oilicers of such
j vessel." The department construes
? this "to mean the necessary orders that
may bo given lo members of the crew
, in each department in the course of the
j performance of their duly." Under
this construction, it was pointed out. .
it would not be necessary for a dock j
hand to understand the orders usually !
given lo tiremon or vice versa.
Regulations also were issued to-day I
for I ho enforcement of section 2 of
the law limiting the hours of labor
and regulating the kind of labor to be
performed on shipboard. This section
provides for two watches for dock
labor and throe for the engine-room.
STATEMENT PRESAGES i
CONTRABAND COTTON
Lord Hubert Cecil Says Sucli Step
Would He l.cgal anil Inter
nationally Just ified.
COINTKV KOIt IT
Knglnml Wants to Do What Is (light
by .Neutrals, but Is Determined
Tlint Cotton Shall Not Find Its
Way to (ierniany.
1.ON DON*. August 13.?Lord Robert!
Cecil. parliamentary Under - Secretary j
for Foreign Affairs, in the course of a
formal interview to-day defining the |
British government's attitude in the
complicated cotton situation, made this'
statement :
"T!ie allies must by all lawful means j
prevent cotton reaching their enemies;
it may he considered necessary to make
! cotton contraband."
' I'?' r.Trained from any hint that the
i commodity would he removed from the
1 free list at any .specific date or that
the government had evolved any solu
tion to meet the demands of American
< cotton growers and neutral consumers,
lie stated explicitly, however, that if
cotton were made contraliahd Kngland
would consider the act legal and inter
nationally justified.
st.vri: u k xt it i:i.11: v i:i)
TO !MtKSA<;K STKI* SOOX
His statement, the first in behalf of
the government outside Parliament
relative to cotton, and coming at a
time when the public is clamorinc for
l drastic action to shut off the sitpilv*
fiom t'icrimtny, is taken in some fpiar
ters to presage this step soon. In his
statement, which announces that it de
scribes the government's position on
cotton, so far as it is at the moment
I possible to define it," l.ord Cecil says:
"The P.ritish government, acting in
; conjunction with its allies, is giving the
cotton situation its continuous and
most earnest consideration. The gov
ernment is fully aware of the import
ance of cotton to America. We fully
| understand that upon a satisfactory
j adjustment of the matter depends to
? a considerate degree the welfare of
I nearly a quarter of the population or
the United States. The welfare of the
whole population of Great Hritain,
however, also is involved, as well as
that of all great Britain's allies, foi
whom the Itritish government is acting
in these and other matters concerning
contraband and trade.
"The fundamentals of the situation
are qpite clear. The allies must by all
lawful means prevent cotton reaching
their enemies. That is a vital militarv
necessity which all the world will
reeogni/.e.
t ovsim:itATio\ >n st
UK <;ivi;\ PltOIHI KIt*
"At the same time an equaJAy Im
portant consideration must lie given to
a great cotton-producing country like
America and to consuming countries
like Sweden, Norway, Denmark ami
Holland. A policy must he devised
which will respect the legitimate rights
of lieu 11 a Is and yet saie^.i?.,iii the legiti
mate interests of the allies and inflict
much damage as possible upon our
enemies.
"Cotton has not yet been declared
contraband, but under our blockade all
cot ton which is believed to be dosfit:eil
for Germany Is stopped. It may be
considered necessary to make cotton
contraband. There is a demand in the
allied countries that this should be
done. I here is assuredly ample Justi
fication for the action if it is deemed
neeessaiy.
"There may be a substitute for cop
per in making munitions of war. Kor
cotton there is no known substitute.
"Making cotton contraband would be
a distinctly legal action, ami can l>e in
ternationally justified beyond protest.
So far as American cotton is concerned,
however, the problem of marketing cot
ton on this side would undergo little
change. American cotton destined for
Germany Is now stopped. If the pro
duct were made contraband, it would
be stopped in the same manner. The
principal diflietilty would be that if
cotton were contra ha ml. shipments
from America which were suspected of
being for Germany would be seized and
would be liable to confiscation by prize
court procedure if proof were obtain
able of Herman destination, whereas,
now the cotton is seized, but not noces
sarilx confiscated."
IXTKICK.HTKD OM,Y
IN DKI'ltlYIXfi Gr.ll MANY
"We are interested only in keeping
cotton out of (Set-many. \Ve not only
(Continued on Second Page.)
N. A W. MOI'XTAIX KVf'l KSIOX
N>xt Tumria), August 17. Phone Madison
1ST lor full particular*.
TASK OF TAKING .
MO IS GIVEN
10 HINDENBURG
Germany's National Hero
Already Has Made Prog
ress Against Fortress.
REPULSE OF INVADERS
CLAIMED BY PETROGRAD
Russians Are Fighting Hard to
Retain Both Threatened
Strategic Points.
I)K1 VK IS DKVKLOIMNG SLOWLY
Talkotl-flf Advance on Cznr's Capita!
Seems I"ii?s l?Io to (Jet.
Started. .
Germans Worsted
in Naval Battle
[Special Cnlilp to 'I'lio '1'iniea
IJispatcli. I
IMTIIDiniAl). August I.*!.?Ac
cordliiK to the la(rst iinnlllrlal no
cnuiits, the It u ss In n Itultic Meet In
flicted lipavy Ionm-i oii tlie (irrmnn
I in 111 o stiundron near Or.irl Inland
yesterdnj.
It h slated that a large tierman
criiisrr wn* destroyed anil several
other warships Mt-vcroly daiiwiKfid.
Despite the heavy tiring of th?
ftcrainit ylilpN. the Ittissinn vessels
sustained no loss or serious Injury.
Itussiiin sen |t I a ii I'm again rmdrrnt
invaluable service in supporting the
licet.
It In surmised that tlic encniyrs
l>ur|iose nan to t-ccnnuoiter the
ualerjt of the \ortliern llaltle and,
if possible. to liottle up the Huswinn
fleet la the (iulf of f-'iiilnnd nnil the
tiuif of llotiinia.
So Ions ii.h the Mussina warship*
are nlile to penetrate to the south
it will lie impossible for, the (irr
mniiH to provision \ on llneiow l?y
nea or to .send IriinNpnrtN for the
I.It??iii nml ludaii operations.
Tlie hostile fleet, therefore, munt
lie regarded as a neeessnry adjunct
to tlie land operations between tlie
1?% i ii ii mid tlie Nienien.
Oescl lidnud is nt the mouth of
mid commands the entranee to the
<?ulf of iilRii In the Itaitie.
LONDON. Aus?list 13.? Kield Marshal
von Iiindeuburg, upon whom the most
dillicnlt tasks art- imposed. has per
sonally taken command of the German
army attacking Kovno, ami to-night
has inmlo further progress in the fight
ing against the Russians in that re
gion. nays to-nit; Ill's tier man official
mIii lenient.
The selection of Germany's national
hero for the duly of capturing the for
tress of Kovno. which stands between
I he Hermans and Vila and the Warsaw
I'etrograd railway, is an indication of
the importance which the German gen
eral staff attaches to this operation.
Ill SSIANS I--M.IITIM: 'I'll
IIOI.I) HOT 11 POINTS
The news that the civilian population
had commenced to evacuate Kovno as
well as Vila, led many to believe that
the Russians either had decided to give
them up or had no hope of holding
these points. Now, however, they are
fighting hard to retain lioth cities, and
i'etrograd's latest oltlcial report claims
that the ilussians have repulsed the
*:>-rniaii attacks, except at one poiiit,
where a desperate artillery engagement
is in progress, Farther north, be
tween f'oniewesch and Dvinsk, where
General von P.uelow a week ago was
advancing rapidly toward the railway,
the Germans apparently have suffered
a setback, for the Russians now speak
of pressing tlieni. and declare they have
reocctipied ihi- town of Toviny, con
siderably west of the point lo which
the Germans bad penetrated.
South of Riga also the Germans are
said to be doing littlo more than hold
ing their own. so that the talked-of ad
vance toward I'etrograd seems to be
developing very slowly.
i mi the other hand, the Germans con
tinue to drive in the Ilussians to the
northeast and east of Warsaw, and
with the capture of Siedlce are within
a short distance of the i!ug River, one
of the supports of the lJrest-Litovsk
fine, which it was believed the Rus
sians originally intended to hold, but
which the German offensive may pre
vent.
The military critics disagree as to
the probable line on which Grand Duke
Nicholas will elect to make his stand,
but a majority of them consider it
hardly likely that he will try to hold
the Hrest-I.itovsk front.
(JKIHIAN OtOWX I'lUM K
CO.VMM ISS HIS ATTE3IPTS
The German Crown Prince continues
his attempts to pierce the French lino
in the Argonne forest, lie has had a
few local successes, but is declared also
to have suffered very heavy losses.
The Germans also have attacked in
Artoirs, hut without success, the
French claim.
Two Zeppelins last night \ islted the
east coast of Kngland. dropping bombs.
Six persons were killed ami twenty
three injured, ami fourteen houses
were seriously damaged.
Tlits Is the sixteenth air raid on
Kngland since the commencement of
tht* war, and in .ill seventy-six persons
have been killed and I7."> injured, while
two Zeppelins on their way home were
destroyed, and one of those which took
part in last niglu's raid is believed to
have been damaged by antiaircraft
guns.
The negotiations between th.e Halkan
ft? UWS IX Till* MOI NTAINS?'
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