:.5' 77.0 Paper Complete The Times-Dispatch Cov ers the News of the World. ? ? ' ? M Richmond Events Read The T.-D. Columns for Current Happenings. 70TH YEAR. VOLUME 10 N" I'M 111" U 10 RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1920. ?TEN PAGES. WKATIIKB PAID HACK 7 * A IK.. PRICE, THREE CENTS TRANSPORT, WITH 500 ABOARD, HELPLESS AT SEA LABOR OUT AS OPEN FOE TO ANTI-SEDITION BILLS MILLER AND ASKED TO FORM NEW FRENCH MINISTRY Formally Announces Decision of Federation to Fight Against Legislation. HOTLY DENOUNCES BILLS Declares They Violate Constitu tion and Rob Public of Basic Guarantees of Freedom. [By Associated Preaa.j WASHINGTON*. Jan. IS.?Formal announcement that the American Fed eration of Labor will oppose "with whatever power it may possess" enactment of the antlseditlon bills now pending in Congress, w? made in a statement issued today by Samuel Gompers. president of the federation, lis attack Is directed impartially at the Sterling bill, recently passed by the Senate, and the Graham bill, based on proposals by Attorney-Gencral Palmer and awaiting action by the House Rules Committee for a special tule to expedite consideration. "The proposed bill." ho tald, "if j enacted, would violate the Constitu-I tion and rob the whole American peo- i pie of their most cherished and basic ' , Guarantees of free govcrnmcni. If the American people, and, in 1 tact, a majority of the members of' -;?ncress, were awake to the dangers : concealed in this bill, a storm of in- i dlgnatlon would sweep the nation, f'" Kill Free Speech, "It has been widely advertised that th a measure protects free speech fully, but prevents advocacy of ford- ! ble revolution, Bolshevism and an - ' ?irch>. In fact, it would pcrnetuats 'l an autocratic censorship over the cn or?kiMmfrriCUin ,)rf63- .II tan be used it Htrtu/v Te overthrow 'ojr" covJ-rSf a political end in view ami Afik?. 'l?8 ing union Is 'affiliated with' thlf ?trik" lean Federation of Labor ,1^ AAmT can Federation of Labor wouuT'Ti" compelled at once to exnm th? . union or Itself become^UfawfulJk,njf would at once become a crlrnn i, mi able by up to twenty year. to .Nome, k . " of -l,H71 milra, hna plotted by the army air nfrvlrp with a vlcvr to a (light over thin courae at aomc time la the future. ? he proponed route vronaea the u . n border at Winoi, .\, D. At it u"' ^ 'be route turnn ?? ??<;?vrecn the Coaat llnnRt and ^' itoeklea to White llorac, Yukon, croaaea the Alaakon liorder at -XL ktfbert ?nd thence to Nome. I he oou rae aeieeteii, the War I)e today, lead, the uioat populoua aection, anppiiea and telegraphic eom mnnicatlon and l? lp*n llkelv to he covered with fog. ION CLEMS OUTRAGES ON JEWISH RACE FOUND TO BE INDIVIDUAL Moreen than Report Saya It la Unfair to Condemn Notion for ^Sl| Kxceaaea. tl?y Associated I'resa. J SEW TOKK, Jan. lg.?Details of ex cesses committed against the Jews In Poland, In which 252 members of the race were the victims of mob violence, are civen in the report of the mission headed by Henry Morgenthau, which investigated the outbreaks and which was made public here tonight Tho mission which was appointed > Secretary Lansing on the request of Ignace Jan Paderewski, then Prcsi ?*?} 01 t,lft Polish Council of Minis Mr comr'0?ed of, In addition to i.'d^r i?r.ce,,l,,iiu* Urigadier-Generul Kdgar Jadwln and Homer H. Johnson It arrived in Warsaw on July is, 1919* monfi,rCrn.ain.c'1 in roIan Kly ,ln^air to condemn lvioi?^,iHh na,i?n ? a whole for the I ioiencc \ committed by uncontrolled , troops on local mobp. These excesses !IferteheavPPhaetnVy not Weraeditated." for ! 11, tliey had been pan of a nrecon I have run "in.*10 n,umber ot killed would iof the thousands instead of amounting to about 280. ft is be result ifata exc"8e" th^ result or a widespread aJHi-Spmttlo 1 M?f ^v. f :\Faln aggravated bv tho be n?nn n t?e Jaw,Bh inhabitants were i politically hostile to the Polish state." MINE WORKERS DEMAND OPPORTUNITY TO WORK \ THROUGHJNTIRE YEAR Lewis Defends Wage Schedule Which Miners Assert Is Required. t !>y Aaaociited Pr?_x?. ) WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.?Defending bituminous coal miners' demands for a thirty-hour week and a CO per cent increase in wages. John L. Lewis, act ing president of the United Mine Work f?ni^K,A!Vlirt.Ca,.^ccI,'irctl ,n a statement tonight that the present number of miners could produce 50,000,000 tons of coal, the estimated requirement of day basfc0' '?r 1920> ?n lhc s^-hour "1 he head of the miners' union sum marized in his statement evidence to pe placed before the coal strike, set tlement commission tomorrow when it resumes its hearings. ,hc min?rs really mean is that they be assured of at least thirty hours' work a week during the year," Mr. Lrewie sa.id. "They want to ffet awuv from the present system under which they may find forty-eight hours' em ployment one week and none the next. One of tho great troubles of the coal inincra has been lack of employment. "The average number of d.iys worked per year in the central competitive field since J 013 was 20f. 1-2. A man cannot earn enough in 206 1-2 davs to keen his family for 3C5 days. "There is si ill another reason. Min ers work underground, completely shut off from sunshine and fresh air. Un der these conditions men cannot work as continuously as thoso employed above the ground." ADVANCE GUARD AT ALBANY TO FIGHT FOR SOCIALISTS Hcneatin^ of Aaarmblymen Ousted I by ilrpuhlicnnn Will Urtng Stronj? Content. my Universal Service. 1 ALDAN'Y, N. Y.. Jan. IS.?The ad vance guard of the New York City As sociation of Protest tonight indicated its plans for reseating tho five Social ist Assemblymen and overthrowing the ' Assembly Republican majority ouster. It will be contended that the Assem bly action was in conflict with the constitutional provisions for freo thought and representation in public assembly?a direct blow at an under lying fundamentals of American gov ernment. Technically, admission will he made that Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet and the other Republican leaders respon sible for the ouster were within their strict legal rights in unseating the Socialist members. A provision of the State Constitution gives the Legisla ture the right to be the sole judge of the fitness of its members. COOTIES SERIOUS MENACE Danger of Rpldrmlc IIInmiuci* Followa Their Wakr, Snya Agrlcnl* turnl Department. t Bv Universal Service, l WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.?"Cooties as wen as crowned heads suffered as a 7??ult of knowledge gained In the ,,w*r-' saya an announcement todaV Department of Agriculture M,!3he Snot.ics wcro laughed at?by rm? ? 1? not havo them." points Bureau of Kntomology of tho ,,ut aro no laughing SI8' " because of tho danger of cpl waTe dl?cano? whlch follow In their suggests cleanliness as the aureat safcRuard agalnat cootiea. CHIEF BRITISH FINJINCIEH SPENDS WEEK-END HERE Sir George Paish Hays Food and Kan- Materials Arc Europe's >>ccd;>. \ I8ITS I'EDERAL COMPTROLLER jl>oe.s Not Kear~Auotl?er War in -Near f uture, |mt Ex,wets Scattered "evolutions Inless Hunger Is ! Relieved. 'and'1 raw t.,"" ,SCt SUpI>l'es u{ ^<>od i S ates nJ'n&t?n*lb fr?m tho United Mates and other countries, the Uan ! f.erous "Pread or Bolshevism over the j checked" ^ntrita be effectively youkf??j.!u"s no.?h?vls,?.: hrst' nnanclat envoy tronitfrf'ssman | I Mrs Sh;Pi?.j ... of Kentucky, and 1 .May j- ind Involution*. i another w oi !^^^&r^lunku,8hed vV?i": ^OOd'^upp^ l^thc^wni^n maUf" ?f ? ^: usmfi ?j ulsi on i imp?.-Uinjr tho n?^ powerful motive count r^j -ll.lrc.aed | re-jovcry w??,vk m/rl'VpSi .... ?nl' w*??? investors. and "other?*coun tries ,"ve6,?" this ' money to buv products frnm?^1^ the i Si? o<"oUh??- H3r"???^ |ss?.??*" ejiateftuf'ti; the nations "/? "rousedpa.!.hy botl"fin !?f,p"r?nc from the effects of ^hC??very j Will be swifter than r .if ? lho vvar tional co-operation/* fairf ihiS n,?.na who ranks as one of tV/j1 ?? visitor, ciora of England YblJ2 leading- rtnan-. i "ion was in tills coun,d "j,1 llis replied that it wi?r t0 1kJ.' , ir 9eorge ledge of condition's h,?! n,a know information in regard to' Europe P'VC q:r ?pw,kl,,ff Tonr Arranged. Vork on Ne^ Year^ Pvel^ ? at Xew his time since then in v-ll vUS,sl,ent Hashlnttton. On Mondnv iti y? , anfl *ry l'7. he will snwi in l" 6ht' Janu ?n Chicago, and th,n St" Louis, then t .co Co'n i k?te?v<> ' erakewh,ietif?retrebuttted byeth?r'KOn' pers in their statement m?, ship ton-.jrht. were that the rniiii. ,e P>'bHc country for several ylars 'bsfl" of n,e Ins under government ? pass fHciner a curtailment of cmlt?ro?i w?">r?nT' tinued. tJencral Harbord hSided ^ .American military mission tho cently investigated conditions |n Ar" East.a an ?U,er floctions of the Near ecuad^euctspresident Kour Day* of Votln* r;|Ve Dr. ,?o.e I^al* 1 a mayo 05,000 Ballot*. [By Asstocinted Pro.-** 1 WASHINGTON', Jan. l^?Dr lose Luis Tamayo, representing a m'aloritS of tho Liberal party, was elected prcsl dent of Ecuador for tho term bcalnnlntr r^t-.s^rcmb0r \y a voto ot 35.000 ^ tho eloctionn conductod four days last week. Ecuadorean minister Ellzalde wae informed today, e HIGH RENT LORDS FACE INCOME TAX RETURNS ; StruKKliuK Tenant Is Expcctcd to Toll How Much He Was l'orccd to Pay. PROSECUTIONS THREATENED Blanks Will He Sent to Those Who Reported Previously, While Those Failing to Receive Them Must Make Application. (Uy Associated I'rcas.J WASHINGTON. Jan. 18.?Through | the collection of taxes on 1919 incomes, ! the first step in which will be taken | tomorrow, the government will wage i war on profiteering landlords with , "sweet revenge" in prospcct for "the ! tenant who hay had to dig deep into ! his earnings to pay a high rental iti i 1919." First intimation of this new aspect ' cainu tonight In announcement by I L?aniel C. lioper. Commissioner of the j Bureau of Internal Revenue, that forms j for makiug income lax returns, which j will ho in th?j hands of .ill internal I revenue collectors and rea,dy for dis ] tributlon tomorrow, will contain a sec | tion prov.ding that tenants shall in | elude in their statements the amount I of rents paid and to whom it was paid, j This information will l>c turned over ( to the Department of Just.ee to o2,000 and $4,000 from ! married persons, as was done last ! year, only -1 per cent, will be collected ; this time. Single persons will get an j exemption of fl.000, as was provided 1 under the previous revenue law. On incomes above 14.000 the normal tax i will be S per cent, instead of 12 per ' ccnt, as last year. Hut the surtax | begins operation at. J4.000 and con ; tinues upward, until the government j will assess CO per cent of annual In j comes above $1,000,000. ( Internal revenue officials will send i income tax forms to all persons who ! paid taxes last year. Others who are i taxable must apply to the col.cctors i for them. Returns and at least one-fourth of the amount due must be In the hands of internal revenue collectors by ! March 15. SUPREME COUNCIL TO DRAFT LIST OF HUNS TO BE TRIED ? Clemenccau to Attend Session, but Will Do Nothing to Bind IIis Successor. I By Associated Press. 1 j PARIS. Jan. 18.?Premier Ciemencean . will attend Monday's meeting of tne supreme council of the peace confer t enee and will help draw up a definite I list of German oilicer? anil soldiers de j manded by the allies for trial on I charges of violating the laws of war. Premiers Lloyd George, of Great Rritain, and Nitti. of Italy, and Hugh C. Wallace and Baron Matsui. respective ly American and Japanese ambassadors to France, will bo present at tho ses sion. if by that time the Jtigo-Slav (govern ment has replied favorably to tho virtual ultimatum sent to Belgrade by the council relative to the Adriatic question, it will be acted upon. Jf the Jugo-Slavs refuse t?> meet the council's demands, M. Clemeneeau wlil leave tne matter to be settled by his successor. It is improbable that the Premier will take any part in the decisions 10 ! nrding the future form of the council ! and its replacement by an ambassa dorial conference, as his action would bind the man who assumes his duties in the French government. The text of tho note demanding the extradition of former Kmperor Wil liam of Germany, sent to Holland by the council, which will be made public on Monday, is understood to sunnort the demand by citing Article 227 of the Versailles treaty, which "publicly ai raigns" the erstwhile Kaiser for a "sunreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties." It appeals to the lnitcn government's sentiments of justice, begging ?t to associate itself with the allies in a "work of exemplary repression," ac cording to the report. FIUME REPRESENTATIVES WANT D'ANNUNZIO TO GO I Hold Meeting nnd Adopt Rriislntlon Recommending l'oet l.envr City nt Onee. [Tly Associated Press 1 BKI.O RADIO, Jan. 18.?-The following semiolllclal statement was issued hero today: "According to advices from Buec'ari (five miles east of Kiume) representa tives of the town of Kiume yesterday held a meeting and adopted a resolu tion recommending that. d'Annunzio leave Kiume as soon as possible. "Intelligence from Spalato reports on good authority that Arditi and volun ; teers at Zara are preparing to flro the town at the last moment should ?t bo given up to Jugo-Slavia. Tho arrival of an Italian warship is expected and the Italians ure preparing to resist at all costs whenever our troops arrive." Would lOxpel Agitators. DAYTON A, FliA., Jan. 18.? Impul sion of foreign-born agitators. Includ 'ng naturalized aliens, adoption of the English language throughout tho na tion. and more religion among the peo ple of tho United States wore advocat ed by Vicc-Prcaldcnt Marshall today. President PoLnearo Picks Alsatian Governor to Succecd Veteran Premier. G IVES A N S W K It AT NOON Deschanel, President-Elect, Reported to Have Also Picked Mlllerand to Korni First Cabinet Under .New Administration. [By Associated Press ] PARIS, Jan. 18.?Tlie Cabinet of i Premier C'.emenceau resigned today, i President Poincare ton.ght nuked j Alexandre Millerand, Governor of Al ! eacc ,to form a new. Cabinet. M. Mlll ; erand will give his answer at noon ' Monday. The outgoing ministry has been in ollice slnco November lt>. 1917. .Mlllerand Called lo Palace* M. Millerand was tlrst caned to the Elyseo Palace at 4:30 P. M-. whero he remained ton minutes w iti\ President Poiucare. Ho then conferred with presiuent-Klect Deschanel. M. Clemen ceau anu Leon Bouigeots, president of I itiu National Ashemuiy, at tnuir rcsi- i i uences. lie returned to Hie lilysec l'uiace at 7 o cioeK. at winch t.nie ' .m. Poincare formally requested him t lo torm a Cabinet to succeed that of I M. Clemenceau. | M. Mhlerand promised to give his decision between 11 o'clock mid noon Monday, lie said Pres.dent Poincare had asked him to consul with M. Des I chanel before undertaking tho task. 1 Later M. Millerand *aid that he had 1 had a long and cordial conversation i with M. Deschanel, who gave him his ' best w.slies for success. President I'oincare. after receiving Premier Clemenceau and a.l the min isters and svrosecretaries and receiv ing their res.gnatlons this morning, kept XL Clemenceau three-quarters of an hour. He expressed the gratitude of France for the Premier's services I and his personal appreciation of their ? excellent relations. Poincare VlilU Dtuchtntl. j President Poincare visited M. Des | chanel at tlio Bourbon Palace at 2 i o'clock th;s afternoon to discuss the ' situation and decide who should bo | intrusted with the ? task of forming a 1 Cabinet. He Chen received M. Bour geois at. the Elysoe Palace to consult/ with him regarding the choice of a Premier. ' _ Accord ins to tho Oeuvre. M. Des ch&nol baft inlormed hia friends that M. Mlllorand will bo the first Premier of his term as President. It is gen erally considered impossible that a Cabinet should be formed for the month only which elapses before M. Dcsclianel takes office. It Is believed M. Poincare is acting !n close agree ment with the President-elect with repard to the choice of a Premier to succeed M. Clemenceau, and that M. Deschanel will confirm M. Poincare a choice on February 17. Probnhle Millerand Cabinet. , Th^ Millerand Cabinet will be , ap proximately as follows: Premier and Foreign Minister?Alex | andre Millerand. Minister of Justice?M. L. Hoplteau. i Minister of the Interior?Andre Hon ' norat. Minister of War?Raoul Perot.. ! Minister of Marine?M. Landry. ! Minister of Public Instruction?Vlc I tor Berai d. * ? Minister of Commerce?M. Isaac. Minister of Colonies?Albert Sarraut. ! Minister of Public Works and Trans 1 poriation?Paul Bignon. ? Minister of l. authorities is sweeping through Poland. I according to American Red Cross ic > ports. The direase is marked by the I suddenness of attack and the high per centage of fatalities. Hundreds of per sons are dying dally In Warsaw, the reports show, while three-fourths of j the hospital attendants have been stricken. . , Red Cross doctors who had experi ' ence with Influenza epidemics in tne United States and France say they are I amazed at the almost Instant infection ' upon exposure and the quick develop ment of tho disease. Death in many cases occurs within twenty-Tour hours. Women and young people appear to be partlc.ularlv susceptible. There is al most a constant succession of funerals at Warsaw, many of them being neld j at night, the pallbearers carrying j torches in accordance with the Polish custom. _ , , , This.Is the third influenza epidemic j Poland' has suffered. I IRISH LOAN GOES STRONG I | I York SnbNcrlbr* $U,r?00,000 on Klrat Pat of Drive for 910,000,000. tF.v Universal Service. 1 NT3W YORK, Jan. 18.?Tho Irish $10.- | 000.000 loan drive, which started today, went flying over the top here with pledge the first day for $2,;>66.000 of ] New York's ?3,000.000 quota. The. ra- i sponse. was far beyond the fondest ex pectations or hopes of leaders. 'Ihreo thousand greeted the announcement at | the great mass-meeting in the Dexing ton Opera House which formally opened ! the drive. i Cheers greeted the reading of a let tor from Archbishop Havnes, which started with the announcement that he | inclosed his personal check for $1,000. WOOD~COFDEMNSliAVY I tieneral Sari All We .Vott Have Is "Floating Death Trap," In Huston Aildrea*. {By Associated Press.] BOSTON, Jan. IS.?Major-C.eneral t Irf>onard Wood, speaking to members of the American Legion today, called for a large navy and asserted that "all ' we have now Is a floating death trap." "Wo want," ho said, "a flrst-class navy and we want it always ready. We cannot mako it In a hurry. We cannot have It with a divided fleet. We cannot llll ships with untrained men and say we have, a navy. It is not a navy al all, it is a floating death trap." Pole* t'?ptnre German*. BI5RMN*. .Ian. 18.?An official tele gram received from Danzig reports a ?ollislon between Herman troops and Pole* near Argenau (Province, of Posen) in which the greater part of the German occupation force fell Into the handa of the Poles. Here's Life Story of Man Who Collects Revenue Illy Universal Senicc.l XliW VOIt K, Jan. IN.?I-'.tiKland has her "I'ussyfoot Johnson," mill America nutv linK her "Honest John Kramer." The former In dolni; hi* physical nncl mental best to c??n \rrl A.Moil to the virtue* of pro hibition, uhilr thr latter now, ill on ii t k urlm viRrll at the massive nnrt hermetically untied tonili of the Inte lamented John Barleycorn. | lie 1* the i'Vtleral Prohibition Com missioner. For llie iienellt of those who mithl he inlsftcu.dcd enough to lie- I lieve ''Honest John" Is at all lenient, ! notii-e wits sent out tonlelit liy the Anti-Saloon I.capruc unalyziiiR his vliRrai'ter>tlvN, Here they ore: "Ont In .Muns ilelfi, Ohio (Ills home tuIV111, Honest John is known as "the silent little mnn with the iron jatv and the telegraph-pole backbone.' He I* I not afraid of anybody, and never allowed anybody to pret anything 1 on him, nnd. judging- by his utter ances since he wn s made prohibl- j tlonixt commissioner, he .seems de termined not to let any one ?et anythlnu on I nolo Sam, or pel away with anything: illegal under the law he Is to enforce." RECITE CRIMES OP MISER SUPREME COUNCIL IN NOTE TO DUTCH ASKS DELIVERY I'nints Out That Former Emperor Would Have lleen tilveii Up by liermnnj- If He Had Stayed. [By Associated Press.] I'AKIS, Jan. IS.?The supreme coun cil's note to the Dutch government, asking' t'liat the Cornier German Km peror be given uj> to the allies under article 227 of the Versailles treaty for trial, points out that if the former Km peror had remained in Germany, he i wou.d have been delivered up under the same conditions by the German I government. "Among so many crimes." the note recalls the "cynical violation of tho neutrality of Belgium and Luxemburg, | the barbarous system of hostages, massed deportations, systematic de vastation without military reasons, the submarine war," and declares: j "For all of wnjcii acts responsibil ity, at loast mora), reaches the su preme ch.ef, who ordered them, or abused Ills unlimited powers to break, or permit others to 'oreak, the most sacred rules* of human conscience. "Tho po.wors cannot conceive." it adiif, "that tho Netherlands would re gard with loss reprobation than them selves the immense responsibility weighing upon tho cx-Kmperor. IIo. | land would not be fulfilling" her inter national duty if sho refused to asso ciate herself with other nations, so far as she is able, to prosecute, or at least not impede the punishment of crimes committed." Tho note points out that it is the duty of the powers to insure execu tion of article 227 without entering into argument, because "it is not a question of public accusation having throughout a lega. character, but an act of high international policy im posed by tiie universal conscience, in which lepal forpis are employed sole y to Insure the accused body guarantee's such as have hitherto been unknown In public law." ! CALL ADMIRAL BENSON TO EXPLAIN ASSERTION MADE BY WILLIAM SIMS i # ' | Dan icls A Iso Expected to Repeat Parting Instructions to Commander. f Bv UniverAa4 Serviced WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.?The return here tomorrow night of Admiral Wil liam S. Benson, who all during the war was chief of the bureau of opera tions, is expectcd to bring tho most im portant development in the scandal j that has arison out of Admiral Sims' : indictment of the conduct of tho navy , durinK the war. ' It is known hero that Admiral Den ! son, together with Secretary of the ? Navy Daniels, gave Admiral Sims his | parting instructions hefore his depur i lure to Kurope shortly before war j was declared against Germany by the I United .States. When he appeared be I fore tho Senate subcommittee investi gating naval awards yesterday, Ad | miral Sims asserted that among tho instructions wan this verbal order: I "Don't let the British pull the wool over your eyes. We don't want to pull their chestnuts out of the fire. lle menibrr we would as soon light the British as tho Germans." Officials of the Navy Department de clared that If the complete Senate Naval Affairs Committee undertake an Investigation of Admiral Sims' charges it will have to summon not only Secre tary of the Navy Daniais, but Admiral Uetison as well. Navy officials say that Admiral Sims' assertion resolves it seif into a question of fact. It was also asserted today that it was unfair for Admiral Sims, before a Senate subcom mittee yesterday to make, a statement of that nature without repeating the entire conversation which took place at the time, so that lie meaning could he fully appreciated. Senator 1'age, Republican, of Vermont, has called a special meeting of the Naval Affairs Committee for tomorrow morning to decide whether or not to extend the scope of the Senate Inquiry. SAY MEXICO CONTROLLED PRIVATE TELEGRAPH WIRE News of American Military Movements Said to Have lleen to Mex ican Capital. [ lSy Associated l'ress. 1 SAN ANTONIO, Jan. IS.?Testimony in the form of affidavits and deposi tions wlil bo taken this week by the Senate subcommittee investigating the Mexican situation in order to hasten Its examination of witnesses. More than 100 witnesses have not testitled. and reclassification of their informa tion was made today, In ordor that those whoso testimony la expected to t>? merely corroboratlv? may tllo their statements. Information which will be presented by witnesses will show, according to Senator Marcus Smith, a Mexieaii-v*on trollcd wire into Mexico was used dur ing the war for transmitting Amer ican military information. An Amer ican officer who suspected the use to which it was being put made the ex i poauro. BOILERS FLOODED Powhatan, With 500 Passengers, Reports Water Gaining and Pumps Out of Order. > - LIQUOR CARGO IS DOOMED Ship Owned by Negroes in Jeopardy?American Vessel Founders Off England. BOSTON, Jan. IS.?Two steamers are in distress and another foundered In the Atlantic tonight, according to wireless messages received at the local station. The army transport Powhatan, with 500 passengers aboard, sent a radio stating that her boiler-room was flooded, with the water gaining momen tarily, and help from the pumps uncer tain. f>h6 gavo her position as CCQ miles east pf New York. Another radio announced th.it the British freighter Yarmouth, which left New . York for Havana yesterday, wit'.* a cargo of liquor, is sinking. She gave he." position as latitude 39 north, longi tude 74 west, and that she was twenty four miles northeast of light vessel No. ?3. Tho message also stated that tho forward ballast tank ia leaking Into the engine-room. A heavy mint is pre vailing, according to the message. lilts Hocks and Koundern. I A messago rccoivcd u>night from I London announced the sinking of the | American steamer Maeona. The ves sel struck a rock olT Nidlngen light and toundcrod. Tho Maeona was it i Y^'S^ol of 5,311 tons, and was owned ibv I ^ <~?* sailed from New I lork November 24, and was last ro ! ported at Rotterdam, December 20, pre i paring to proceed to Copenhagen In reporting the accident to the Pow . hatan. Captain Randall gave the posi 1 lion of the ship as latitude 41.00 north longitude t>.01 west. I he llrst message said the transport's fireroom was Hooded with the pipes choked and water gaining. In a secooA message Captain Randall said: ,, .J1**5 have oOO passengers on boArd.', Boiler-room Hooded. Desire shlua stand by untU results of attempt to ruuju steam to start pumps Is known." A?k* tor Tush . to Be Sent. Colonel Mitchell, in charge of tho army transport oflh,*e. a^lced. the naval authorities 'at Halifax to send tiitrs to immedlatiMy.CC ?L tU? d'3Ue3i5od vossul, It was ori the Powhatan that former Kmperor Wilhelm visited Kngland in lJOb. At tills time ho was 'reputed to i Hamburg-American Lino ?**."? 11 (la> ^or the USC of the liner ? burs ,VaS t,ica known as tho Ham Later the vessel was used to carrv 1 heodore. Roosevelt and his p^artv to hi?nft?n,7 M"Hc,h' WW, when he made In 1914 thn hunilnE tranic. in 1J14 the liner was chartered by the American Ked Cross to take dontor.-i and nVri?s l? the.E"r?Pean war zone, and made a number or trips in this ca'V>?'ty, under the name Red Cross When the United States entered tho rv?tvh1? 7 thie 1|cd ?ro-S8 was renamed ser vIrV t?i" placfd ln th0 transport of1 V.e8ael Carrie,l. thousands nni in vi ?? "u,r?pe and return with:-. Septcmbe?nV3.lnm9lK hCr lawt tr,1> on Cutters Sent to Aid Ships. Three revenue cuttprs froni the Bos ton district, two destroyers from New port and che two army transnorlii ?|^J"thern Pacific and the Martha Wash ington have been ordered to proceed ^ *1? the assistance of the Powhatan. Colonel Mitchell ??announce ?' re? Northern Pacific and Mmrthii ar? homeward bound from Brest, Prance, with the hist contl.V fo?" eSs. ? LhC AmcrIc;in expeditionary. The coast guard cutters Ossinee 1 ortsmouth, N. H? Acushnet at Woods - i ??k?' "1 c,rosham at this port, arc the other ships ordered tonight to the us?. sistance of the Powhatan frnmWirv,0le D "loasage received tonight from the Powhatan stated that he I passengers would be transferred #? ; he White Star liner Cedric a? soon aJ | the weather permitted. The message I asked that tugs with "heavy towlnc ' slble. ? d,3patched " soon as po? Vnrmontk Owned by Negroes. r?,T'\e ^"armouth flies the colors of tho Rlack star Line Steamship Corporation the first company of Us kind to be i ?rp2Cn ?,nt,rely hy ne?foes. The offi ! <-ers and crew are of that race and i the original Intention of the 'com-' ; Pany s founders was that careoes would go to negroes only. carEoes The cargo of liquor carried on fi? j Yarmouth, consisting or whisky? gin I champai?ne, is valued at I' onn ' She left this port yestefd'ynft rnoon for Havana with a heavy list to ??wln?r to ^'o haste with which longshoremen loaded her in an "(Tort to get her away before prohlb" ThCrscfay. effect,ve nt midnight Revenue agent's were at the nier watching to seo If the ship would put. ofTvnt1 fhe amendment went Into tUn i. mT'j ?ht there were still ?'!cd w|th cases of liquor Sr Th/!?HarSeufilclt8 of ,f on l,lfi nl. hi- cnt,r? shinment was stop Ji,? rcv?rme agents, but vester I;.,. afternoon the Yarmouth was per mitted to proceed with what hid been ia? k ? About 3.000 cases of liquor '-,00 0i?o worth between $250,000 and ..00,000 at present prices, were on the nier under police guard when the Rtenmship moved out. U,? r.v.T>,r.rtr