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During the Summer Remember to Have The T-D Sent lo Your Resort Address. J?icl?mottli time D uring Vaca tion Let The T-D Keep You Posted on Richmond*s Home News. 65th YEAR VOI,()MK ns. > I'MIIKit 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?' C <>. evcurjtion. August 13 t?> ?'h.?rlr>ti??. vlll*. White Sulphui. Hot Mprinr* Ami <!) in?i.nl..ln rosnrl.i Hound trip fare* HVi Ij