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B ^B^ Br BB^ ^r ^r ^B Bftr ESTABLISHED 1832. ' NEWARK, N. J., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1916.— 24 PAGES. _WEATHER: J^V;:„TVn,1ko,Txb,.v k.ub.i / --- I Board of Works Suggestion for Joint Action by Riparian Municipalities. CONFERENCE MAY BE HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY J ————— “ Proposition to Assess All Pri-' vate Owners—Government Assistance Wanted. __ / I A proposition having as its object the formation of a Newark bay har bor development commission was ! suggested at the meeting of the Board 1 of M orks yesterday afternoon, tl ; was decided to hold a conference next week to which representatives of Newark, Jersey City, Bayonne and Elizabeth will be invited. The pur pose of the movement will be to con centrate on a Newark bay Improve ment program that will be satisfac tory to the municipalities along the waterway. Commissioner Charles P. Gillen be lieves it will be possible to assess a large portion of the cost of dredging ' the bay and channels on the riparian owners. He suggests legislation that will permit an assessment for tilling in the low lands. As a result, he says, the waterway will lie deepened and the adjoining lands will likewise be benefit ted. Colonel Charles H. McKinstrey, the engineer for this district represent ing the war department, is of the NT opinidn that such a plan could be worked out. Colonel Frederick V. Ahbott. also of the war department, else : ’vanced tills theory. He was of til* pinion that by joint effort of Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth and Bayonne, it would lie possible to irlng about a development zone in Newark bay. Commissioner Gillen yesterday urged upon his colleagues the im portance and necessity of holding a conference of officials. It Is his plan to secure legislation which would create a comBi'-^nn that would finance the greater portion of the cost of making Newark bay more available for commerce. The United States government, it is expected, also will pay (or part of ihe work, while ihe mun(c!pa||(!gs directly benefiting would also pay their share. Tt was also figured out that If riparian own ers on Newark bay could be charged ' lor the benefits received the financial problem would be materially re duced. • Fedrrul Aid. Newark's single handed effort to get a federal appropriation for New ark bay improvement lias not met with much suecjjss. With a united force of the four larger cities of the Plate interested in one program of work and development it is the opin ion of Commissioner Giller. that bet ‘ ler and more satisfactory results will be obtained. Chief Engineer Morris Tt. Sherrerd said lie had discussed the question with Colonel McKinstrey. He an nounced that possibly Wednesday next would lie the day set for the conference. Commissioner Arthur Tt. Denman presented a letter from Richard C. Jenkinson describing a lodge of rock <n which the Bergen light is located in Newark hay. Mr. Jenkinson. who is a member of the New Jersey Har bor Commission, enclosed a blue print showing the course which vessels en tering Newark bay have to follow on account of this ledge of rock. The Question of having the ledge removed will be adopted as a part of the city's program. WILSON NOMINATES • JERSEY POSTMASTERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—President Wilson today sent the following nom inations for postmasters in New Jer sey to the Senate: Mary A. Hyde, Franklin: Thomas Quinn, Chrome: Willard N. Apgar, Dunnellen; Har vey II. Van Derveer, Englishtown: Alexander A. Yard, Farmingdale; Charles E. Paxton, Jamesburg: Rieh : id F. White, Perth Amboy; S. Dana 1 Ely. Rutherford. Sister Frederica Funeral Will Be Held at Hoboken Funeral services for Sister M. Frederica, of the Order of Sisters of Charity, "ill he held in the Church of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken, to morrow- Solemn high mass of requiem will be offered at 11 o'clock v itli Uev. William B. Mnsterson, of Caldwell celebrant. Rev. Michael P. White, rector of St. Columba's parish in this cit\. will deliver the eulogy. Sister Frederica, in charge of the parochial school of Our Tgxdy of draco parish in Hoboken since last September, was engaged in school vork in Newark for thirty years, t wentv-seven in St Bridget's parish .ml three in SI. Columba's. She was Mother Superior of St. Bridget’s Con vent for seventeen years. Fire Starting in Shed Does Damage of $200 \ __ fire starting in the shed in the i car of a Turkish bath on Charlton street, where maple leaves and other • •yatinl used in the bathhouse are • to**od, caused damage estimated at *0» The origin of the fire could not ho discovered. The proprietor of the I athhouse, Nathan Goldberg, was un b’e to explain how the lire could nave started. Boiler Explosion on Persia. Suggests Capt. von Papen tJ' tin* tnilrd Prc*s. THE HAGUE. Jan. 7.—Captain Franz von Papen, recalled German military attache at Washington, left i |,ir Berlin today after a brief visit to I i (tie German legation. Several teport 1 i , rs interviewed von Papen, but drew U l from him only the statement Uiat.tho Jl J. British liner Persia might have been I j|\ ,-unk by a holler explosion instead ot ’ <3 a torpedo. PERSIA CASE BEFORE CABINET; j AUSTRIA HAS NO INFORMATION Ambassador Penfield So Told in Reply to U. S. Inquiry for In-j formation—None of Survivors Saw Submarine or Heard! Warning, American Consul Carrels Says. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The sub-' marine crisis, still of uncertain status because of lack of details, was placed by President Wilson before the cab inet today in its first meeting since his return from Hot Springs. Va. The Senate foreign relations committee also met to consider the situation, but as Chairman Stone was detained at the White House by a conference with the president, adjourned with out action. Although more than a week lias passeu since the steamship Persia was sunk in the Mediterranean, with tlie loss of American Ute. officials were today still, untnfonnod as to whether the vessel was torpedoed, and. If so. the nationality of the sub marine, and other details which would det<i nline the nature of the action the White House,lias announced it will t a lie. Developments continued today to indicate that tile American govern iiuiit would withhold action, pending official advices determining these points. overnight developments included the receipt of dispatches from Ambassa dor Penfleld at Vienna asserting that the Austrian government was with out information concerning the inci dent up to the night of January -land front Consul Garrets at Alexandria, Egypt, stating that he had obtained affidavits from twenty-one survivors and that all confirmed previous state ments that "no warning was given and no vessel was seen.” Ambassador Penfield’s dispatch added that Baron Burian, the Aus trian foreign minister, has asked what information concerning the Incident was in possession of tile United States. Officers and crew of the Persia, Consul Garrels reported, have left Alexandria for England. Their affi davits, state department officials be lieved, would he obtained upon their arrival there. As the cabinet assembled it was ] made plain that the members agreed : with the president,that in the case | of the Persia nothing ea;i be done until all the facts were at hand. Some members expressed tjie opinion ! that it might never he learned wheth- ! er the Persia was sunk by a submar ine, and if so what notion was re sponsible. Regardless of the outcome of ttie J Persia case, however, the majority ' of the cabinet members are repre sented as believing that the time lias come for making certain that no fur ther attacks on merchant ships carry ing Americans will be made. The administration leaders are said to feel that continued loss of Ameri can lives will lead the United States into hostilities. The Persia incident was taken up briefly at the cabinet meeting because Secretary Lansing bad no definite recommendations to make in the ab sence of specific facts regarding the sinking of the ship. One cabinet, member said that the mention of the foreign situation at the meeting was i "only superficial." The status of the preparedness pro gram. revenue, plans, conservation and Mexican affairs, its well as the submarine crises, furnished topics of discussion at today’s session of the cabinet. The Senate resolution calling upon tin* president for information about Mexico was gone over thoroughly. The administration is willing to furnish the facts called for, and many of them have already been assembled at the state department. By the Associated Press LONDON, Jan. 7.—An announce- I mcnt made by the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company says that the number of persons on board the steamer Persia who have not been ' accounted for aggregate 336. of these 110 were passengers and 217 members i of the crew. “FATHER FIXED IT,” i ' I Whereupon Judge Who Had In tended to Suspend Sentence imposed a Fine. When Jacob Greenbaum. of 311 Liv ingston street, a Jitney driver, was arraigned before Judge Mancusi-L'n garo in the Second precinct police court today, charged with passing a trolley ear on the wrong side, he told the court that an East Orange police officer told him it would be all right. "The way he explained it to me.” Greenbaum said, "was that i ought to give the right sltje of the car the preference, but if it was not possible to pass on the right to go to the left." "I wish I had ytilir East Orange policeman friend in here," eaiu Judge: Maucusi-Ungaro. “Maybe he knows a lot more things like that. I'm go ing to suspend sentence in your case because it is the first time you have been brought in and not because of your excuse. Don't ever put anything up to East Orange in this court.” Motorcycle Policeman Fischer, who arraigned Greenbaum, looked around the court vainly for another jit ney man he had summoned yes terday for the.same ocense in Orange street. Leaving the courtroom, the policeman found the missing one driv ing over his regular route, just as though no summons to court had been given him. He was William Russomano. of 387 Bloomfield avenue, Bloomfield. The policeman put him under arrest and brought him to court. In presenting the prisoner, the policeman said: "I found this fellow driving his oar and when I asked him why he was not tn court, he said: ‘Oh. it's all right; my father fixed it.’” “Oh, ho!" said Judge Mancusi-Fn garo. "So your father fixed It? I’ll show you how well he fixed it. Five dollars fine. You would have gotten off because it was your first offense, but when fixers ‘butt in’ only fines go : —no suspensions.” The proceeding instituted by Ben jamin Joseph Formans and Alfred Stumpf against the city of Paterson for damage to properties owned by them, caused by the pollution of the Passaic river, continued today before Vice-Chancellor Stevens. John F. Bee, court crier in the Court of Common Pleas of Passaic county, a real estate expert, wus call ed as a witness for the city. He de clared that the Gruneau property, consisting of forty-four acres, on the east bank of the river, opposite Thir ty-third street. Paterson, is now worth between $400 and $.">00 an acre. There would be no difference in its value after the purification of the river, he said. He estimated the value of the Formans and Stumpf property at $600 an acre, but declared that, there would be no advance there in the price of the property radar any condition Adele Ritchie Reported as Married to Guy Bates Post NEW YORK. Jan. 7.—There was a report along Broadway today that Guy Bates Post, now playing in i “Omar, the Tent-Maker." had mar ried Adele Ritchie u week ago in At i lantic City. In reply to a telegram Mr. Post, who is at the Belasco The later in Washington, wired: I "Regret I canot confirm report that | I have married Adele Ritchie. Accept 1 my gratitude for your courtesy in the | matter. G. B. POST.” Charles Bell, of this city, was mar ried to Adele Ritchie several years ago. He was reported out of town to day. NO CANAL BILLS BY REPUBLICANS i AT THIS SESSION * House Majority Decides to Let 'the Issue Die a Natural Death. From h staff Correspondent. TRENTON. .Jan. 7.—No Morris canal legislation will l>e aftempted by llie Republican majority (luring the coming session of the Legislature. While there has been some supposi tion that this would be the case, its accuracy was not. clearly established i until Just before the tlnal confer- ! ence of the Republican assemblymen today. The leaders In both houses are ; agreed that the Morris canal Issue should be allowed to die a natural j death, after its fiasco of 1915. Efforts | will be expended toward smothering, any attempt among the individual as- ! semblymen to revive the .Morris canal bill, it has been feared that Carlton B. Godfrey, of Atlantic City, the speaker in 1916, would again sponsor the Morris canal bill, but assurances ! have been virtually received that he j will not touch the matter Senator William T. Read, president-j to-be of the upper bouse, briefly j sketched the viewpoints generally j held by the leaders, that the State j should wait for the expiration for the! Lehigh Valley railroad's lease upon the Morris canal a few years hence [ and then take tin properly over. The Republican members of the House are In session here today pass- j Ing upon the final drafts of bills to be; Introduced next week. The confer ence started before 12 o'clock and , will continue until late this after noon. PlpdKfs to llr Fulfilled. The measures under discussion arc all designed to carry out the pledges ; of the party platform. There are al- j most twenty such bills, and an equal number will be allowed to originate in each House. Other than the regu- j lar party hills are not down for con- ; sideratlon by the conference. The conference is intended to facil- j itate the work of the coming Legis lature, as the .sentiment is unanimous in all parties for a short session, j Adjournment will he taken at the | earliest date in years unless all plans j miscarry. None of the party bills to he intro- j diteed embodies anything like an j issue that is dividing the State, or is ! even attracting general interest, j There are a number of matters to be j disposed of that are important, how ever, and the main features of which | have been described during the last { few months. Some entertaining times are prom ised during the session by Republican raids upon certain pet measures of the Democratic regime. This means the passing of bills over the Gov ernor's veto before they become laws. Flection Law ll«»vlhlon. The form which the republican attack upon the Goran election law will assume began to take shape and j was one of the more interesting ques- - lions taken up in the conference. \ One thing certain is that the agita- ; tion for a grouping of candidates' j names according to party will not j result in the adoption of a lmllot exactly like that in use in New York, | where a cross under a party emblem ! means a vote for the full party | ticket, instead, the names of can didates may be grouped in party col umns and a cross would have to be placed before each individual name. This proposition has not, however, been finally passed upon. The Republicans are fairly certain, the conference indicated, to endeavor to remove the requirements that a* voter must tell his age when regis- . terlng. Simply "over twenty" will | be sufficient as an answer under the . plan advocated by the majority. Further exemption of municipalities in which personal registration is j necessary is also contemplated. Alber* N\ Dalrymplc. of Essex, was j a conspicuous figure about the cor- j ridor while the conference was in progress. Cariosity was also excited by the appearance in the Chancery Chambers of Professor John D. Prince, former senator from Passaic, under the escort of Vice-Chancellor Lewis. It was Mr. Prince's first ap ^ont I fitted on Page 2, Column (f.J URGES RAYMOND FOR ACIOR ROLE IN CITY PAGEANT Pageant Master Suggests the Mayor to Take Part of “Robert Treat." DIALOGUE IS READY WITH THE SCENARIO General Arrangements for Per formance Are Submitted to Sub-Committee. Newark's pageant and the work of preparing for it. is taking definite shape. Pageant Master Thomas Wood Stevens yesterday read to two sub committees of (lie pageantry commit tee, the scenario of the lirst move ment of the pageant and the dialogue of part of the movement. Mr. Stevens suggested Mayor Thomas B. Raymond would fill the role of Robert Treat splendidly. He possesses the requisite strong voice. Mr. .Stevens believed. Mr. Stevens Instructed the committee that in all choices between a descendant who doesn’t look the part and who hasn't the proper voice, and any other per son who does HU Hie pupt, the man who tills the part should he chosen. It was especially desirable, how twer, he felt, that the thirty people who will be the company on the first ship, shoulu be to as large an extent ns passible direct descendants of the members o'' that company. To one committee, that appointed t1 see to nit historical accuracy of the pageant, lie submitted in addition a list of historical events suitable for incorporation in the plot of the drama, and asked their advice on the comparative historic value of the various incidents. To the cast com mittee lie tentatively outlined iart of the cast requirements. As Professor Stevens read his scenario of the first movement and the text of part of it, and described the prologue to the book committee in the afternoon, the pageant took on the aspect of a stupendous spectacle ot limitless dramatic strength and splendid historical value. The mem bers of the committee, all masters of the detail of the city’s history, were enthusiastic in their approval and felt that Professor Stevens had selected his incidents with a sure touch both from the dramatic and historic stand points. The outstanding events of the city's founding and early development make up the "focused" net inn. occupying •lie center of the stage and interpreted by dialogue largely taken bodily from existing records of the events, and during the plot's development there Is constantly in progress ''unfocused" action, doings in pantomime on the sides of the singe in which scores of participants will busy themselves in occupations or situations character istic of tile period, and clearly con veying information on the customs, manners and activities of <lie early period of Newark’s life. Many hap penings, important, hut falling short of the supreme importance which alone can entitle an incident to in corporation in the main theme of a gigantic drama in which .'),500 people will tell the story of a city's 250 years of life in only 150 minutes, will be in cluded in tills "unfocused” action. The "focused" action of the first movement of the pageant will cover the period from 1666 to 1680, after which a jump to 1746 will be made in the action. The second movement, be ginning in the latter year, will in clude tlie making of the covenant on the ship in which the settlers arrived, the landing, the dickerings with the Indians, the appearance of Governor Carteret to relieve the situation which developed when Robert Treat and ills hand discovered the governor’s assur ances that arrangements had been made with the Indians for them to occupy the land were not acknowl edged by the natives, the purchase from the red men, and the arrival of the Branford settlers. Then comes the first town meeting, the election of Robert Treat as first magistrate and head of the town, the naming of the town, tlie- drawing of lots for home sites, the erection of the church, the oatli of allegiance to the Dutch king when Holland took possession, the return of- Governor Carteret and English dominion, and. in conclusion, a Puritan church scene. It’ is impossible to gei the attention of a vast audience of 40,000 by t lie use of spoken words at the outset of a pageant, Mr. Stevens declared. The pageant, he explained, is not a carnival or a procession, but a real play, a dramatization of the life of the city, and a drama requiring words ir. the telling. So. to achieve the necessary focusing of the audience's attention on the stage, a striking pantomime movement must precede the speaking. This will lie in the nature of a prologue, working up the atmosphere and spirit of the seventeenth century period. It will be purely pictorial, willi music. The only appeal to the ear will he women's shrieks, warriors’ crieH, and pistol shots. 11 will contain nothing unhistorleal in spirit, but will present nothing of immediate incident whose absence from Hie plot of the pin grant itself would be a ioss to the latter. Staged in Weequalilc Turk. The pageant will lie presented in a great natural uphlthcater in Wee quahic Park. The stage will be in a valley, the audience nn Ihe slopes of a gently rising hill A lagoon will stretch between the two, the full width of the stage and more. The prologue will begin with an Indian village dimly revealed. A lire will he lighted, and a steam curtain will be thrown up at the rear and sides of the stage. The figures of the par ticipants in the pageant will he thrown rn shadow on the steam screen, making huge, wierd hulks, mysterious and riveting the attention. There will be an Indian dance, an attack on an Indian village, the coming of white men and Ihe death of Henry Coleman in the fight with the Indians, the first death of a white man in these parts. Also the ships of Cabot, Hudson and a French explorer • will cross the lagoon, symbolical of the adventur ous exploring spirit of the times. Small people will be required to enact this prologue, none of them more than five feet taii, Mr, Stevens explained to tne cast committee in the evening. Then, by contrast, the figures of the Puritan settlers will he heroic. Also, smaller ships can be employed without detracting from the effer.t of the scene in the prologue. (Continued on rnge 2, Column 3.) SCHOOL BOARD Eighth Ward Resident Chosen by Raymond to Suc ceed Taylor. TAKES THE PLACE LEFT VACANT BY FEIGENSPAN Mayor Declines to Give Out Statement Relative to Lat ter’s Withdrawal. The selection of Edwin Ball, of the firm of Carr »v Ball, of Harrison, for appointment to the Board of Educa tion was announced by Mayor Ray mond today. Mr. Ball resides at 242 Mt. Pleasant? avenue, in the Eighth I ward. He is slated to succeed Charles I I*. Taylor, Democrat, at the explra Ition of the latter's term on February | 1. Mr. iiaii is a Republican. i The announcement of the selection of Mr. Hall was made after it became ; known that Christian \Y. Feigenspan ! had declined to accept the nomina* ; tton to succeed Commissitfner Tay ■ lor. Mayor Raymond today declined to i talk about tin* withdrawal of Mr. I Feigenspan, except to say that any (statement regarding it would have i'n come from Mr. Feigenspan. The ! latlift* has declined to talk, hut it is | understood lie declined to act on the : school hoard alter he had received legal advice to the effect that the duties of the office might clash with , his position as president of the Fed i oral Trust Company. The Federal Trust Company is a depositary for school funds and to remain on the school botird Mr Feigenspan would have to withdraw from the hank. Mr. Ball has been a resident of Newark for forty years, but has not been prominent in public life. He is vice-president of the Washington Trust Company. The firm of Carr &■ Ball Is one if the best known of its kind in the country. It has a large plant in Harrison and has been a leader in supplying material for large construction work in New York and other large cities. When asked whether Mr. Ball would accept, Mayor Raymond today replied that lie had. The mayor add ed he had selected Mr. Ball on ac count of his long business training, and felt that he would make an ex cellent member of the Board of Edu jration. STRATTON TO BE SECRETARY FOR Appointed to Succeed Carl J. Ahlstedt, Who Has Resigned. — It was announced today by former Governor Franklin Murphy, chairman ! of the Committee of Ono Hundred, I that Carl J. Ahlstedt, secretary to the 'committee, had resigned and that former Fire Commissioner Matthias Stratton had been appointed to till I the vacancy. Mr. Stratton will assume his new j duties next Monday. 11 is understood that Mr. Ahlsn di's private business made such demands i upon his time that he fell that he could no longer give l<> the celebration | work the attention that it repaired land that for that reason he tendered his resignation to the chairman. I Mr. Ahlstedt was appointed to the position of secretary two months ago. i He succeeded Wilson .J. Vance, ilie : first secretary of the committee. MOODY “IIP” Gossip Has It He Will Be "Put Across” as Comp troller. “Moody's going through some time, I and maybe tonight." was one of the lips around the City Hall today, but diligent search brought no substantial confirmation of the suggestion that •Mayor Raymond’s nomination of his secretary, E. Erie Moody, for cornp j troller would be confirmed at to night's session of the Common Coun cil. In spite of the elusiveness of the tip, many who pretend to know the ; trend of undercurrents insisted that "four Democrats are going to Hop; the | only question is when." Getting the 1 rumor mongers to name the four i prospective “Hoppers” was another | proposition. Tyler Permly, the present incurn | bent, lias had the support of the i Democratic members of the Common | Council thus far, and the lirst sug gestion that a Wreak in his support j was possible came New Year's Day. When the nomination of .Moody as ! comptroller was read Alderman E. jOarliidd Gifford, minority leader, in stead of permitting an adverse vote i to be recorded, moved that the nonii | nation lie on the table, thus making possible its revival at any future ! time. i The procedure caused many to say jtliat it was not for nothing the aider | man made the move and that its only ! possible meaning could be that the cause of the mayor's secretary was not hopeless. Since then the rumors have continued to grow, but they seem to have no more substantial foundation than the belief that l he action of minority leader has a sig nificance. After the business session of the Common Council tonight outgoing and incoming members, as well as the holdovers, will join in a social session, when (lowers and more cost ly tokens of regard and esteem will be distributed according to custom. BRITISH CABINET FACES CRISIS IN BITTER ATTACKS I _ Under Double Fire Over Con scription and Dardanelles Failure Charges. LEADERS TRY TO PREVENT A GENERAL ELECTION Hint of Railway Strike Over Compulsory Service Bill Causes Alarm. Hr' the railed Press. LONDON, Jan. 7.—The government's position is most critical today. Faced lirst by bitter hostility of labor toward its conscription bill, the cabinet found itself also under heavy lire because of the Dardanelles failure. The London press divided space to | day between accounts of the action ! of tlie National Labor Congress in condemning the conscription bill, edi , torlal denunciation of tho govern i ment's Dardane’Ies policy and th » d<— jhate in Parliament last night, prceei ■ ins the first voie on conscription. General Ian Hamilton's tlnal report on the Dardanelles campaign, frankly ascribing the British defeat to tlie government's failure to send rein forcements he asked, was printed in : the morning papers today. The op position newspapers seized upon it as , another basis for editorial attack on the Asquith ministry, using the Lloyd , George accusation, "too into.'' Powerful Men Aid Government. i Powerful men of all parties, liow | ever, are coming to tho government's assistance to prevent a general elec tion in the midst of the world war. The conscription crisis that threatens |a cabinet upheaval at tlie, same time is welding together many discordant groups in Parliament in support of the Asquith ministry. On the other hand, several leading supporters of the government declare they would welcome a general elec tion. They believe the people would i indorse conscription by overwnelming majority and return Asquith to power. Another source of gratification to : the government's supporters today j was tlie fact that opponents of tho ! conscription policy rallied only 107 ! votes oil the lirst reading of tlie bill i to 403 for the government. Tlie resignation from the ministry I of Arthur Henderson, labor member, and two other labor officers, an under secretary and lord commissioner of the ii-astiry revived rumors that i other cabinet,rmfcmbera would quit, though .no report™ v’^r"riot generally j credited. Threat of ftuilwny Strike. Admltte-Hv one ci the most serious i factors in the whole situation was : the* thlniy-vc led hint, dropped by j President Bailatry, of the Hallway ! Men's Union, that e railway strike l might follow ar. attempt to enforce j conscription. Dei r.iry declared at the lai'or congress tl.a* compulsion was i a. direct blow at organized labor and .-aid j.‘ might arouse passions that "even the kings government might not be able to enpose.” Doth the Daily Mail and tlie Daily Telegraph today expressed the view I that a general election almost eer i tninly will follow as a result of labor's I opposition to conscription, j The consensus of opinion among ' members of Parliament, notwith standing the labor vote, is that a vast majority of the people of the country I favor compulsion," said the Mail. ! "The government may take advantage of the labor vote to obtain the raan ' date of the country and so dispose of I criticism. Some members of the gov i eminent believe that, an election is i inevitable, and also that it is the best ! solution of tlie difficulties." Ily the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 7, 1:43 p. m. - There ! seems little doubt tliat a general elec tion will be the very last measure \ resorted to by tlie government to obtain the desired "general consent” lo the establishment of the attenu ated form of compulsion provided for in the pending military service bill. That such general consent would be obtained by an appeal to the country I is admitted by virtually everyone. lint the belief is expressed in many ; quarters that it can be won without I such an upheaval, _ Ily the Associated Pres*. LONDON, Jan. 7—<1:12 p. m.).— ! Tlie text of tlie military service bill ' waR made public today. The publi cation shows that the only provision of tho nmisurc not amply outlined in Premier Asquith’s speech regard ing it is one for a penalty of impris onment not exceeding six months for I persons making false statements in i order to obtain exemption certificates, i and a fine of £30 for failure to notify : the authorities should there lie change in circumstances upon which tho cer I tificftte was granted. Review of First Regiment by Security League to Take Place in the Armory Members of ihr Newark branch of | the National Security League will ?■<••• I view the First Regiment militia at l Ibe First Regiment armory on Jan uary 15. An invitation extended by the militia officers to review the troops has been accepted by former Governor Franklin Murphy, chairman of the local branch, oil behalf of tlie | league members. Following the re view there will be a regimental drill ] and general dancing. Invitations aro being issued for the affair. Mayor Will Address the Young Men’s Business Club i Mayor Thomas L. Raymond and Judge Robert Carey, of Jersey City, ! will be the principal speakers at a i dinner and rally to be held at the I Down Town Club by tin newly or ; gunlzed Young Men’s Business Club, I of Newark, on Tuesday evening, Jur. I uarv 18. William K. Vanderpool, I vice-president of the organization, j will act as toastmaster. George F. Owen is president of the dub and a cumpaign for members Is now in progress. Permanent quarters are shortly to be secured, and efforts will be made to bring the members closer together in a social as well ns business way. , LUSITANIA CASE SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT AS BERLIN PLEDGES INDEMNITY AND NEW POLICY f-\ $386,000,000 Paid to Italy for Joining Pact Against Separate Peace. Report ll.v the Associated Press. BERLIN, .Inn. 7, by Wireless to Sayville.—"Tlie Neue Zurleher Zoi tung lias received reports from re liable sources,” says the Overseas News Agency, "that the London treaty providing against the conclu sion of a separate peace signed by Italy contains u special clause un der which Italy received 2,000,000,000 lire for giving her adherence to the agreement.” The news agency says it lias "special information” that another clause in tlic treaty is directed against tlic \ oilcan. :---— K i j Gen. Stopford, Severely Crit-| icised in Hamilton’s Report, j Asks Immediate Probe. Ily tit* l nited I'rpus, LONDON, Jan. 7.—The whole Dar danelles failure may be subjected to nn official inquiry, it was reported to day, as the result of General Hamil ton's report. General Stopford, men ! tioned by General Hamilton, has do | rnanded that the war office make an Immediate investigation of the Suvla bay failure, the Pull Mali Gazette an nounced. General Stopford. who won honors In Kgypt and in the Doer war, was severely criticised by General Hamil ton in liis report on the 'Hritisll de feat at Suvla bay. He *ii» relieved of command of his division, and re turned to London. "The division generals were in formed that, in view of the inade quate artillery support. General Stop I ford did not wish them to make I frontal attacks upon entrenched ! positions,” said General Hamilton In one section of liis report. "Within tlie terms of this instrue ! tion lies the root of our failure to t make use of the priceless daylight i hours of the Sth of August." I Hamilton also complained that Stop | ford was moved by the objections of .some of ills division commanders to refrain from pushing on against the I Turks, though that was the proper | course i — - ! LONDON ADMITS I Sunk Off Coast of Holland. Crew Rescued by Dutch Cruiser. i i lt> the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 7 (11:27 a. m.)—The I sinking of a British submarine off the i coast of Holland was officially an | nounced this morning. The crew was I saved. The admiralty statement says that ] the submarine, the name of which is i not given, was sunk yesterday off the i Island of Texel, the largest and most southwesterly of the Frisian group. Tlie entire crew, numbering thirty three, was rescued by the Dutch cruiser Noord Bradant and brought Into the Dutch port of fielder. H.v (hr Amoi'ihIoI I'rrsB. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, Jan. 7. via London, 12:38 p. m.—The ministry of marine announces that a British submarine which was flying signals of distress was encountered by the Dutch cruiser Noord Drabant outside of Dutch territorial waters. — i Separate Peace Sought With Japan and Russia by Germany, Says Okuma th«* I nitotl rrrus. LONDON, Jau. 7.—Count Okuma, Japanese premier, told interviewers that Germany has made overtures to both Japan and Russia for a separate I peace, but that they have been re I jected, the Tokio correspondent of a I news agency reported today. \ Court Clerk Fred Oehring Is III at His Home Fred C. Oehring deputy clerk to Judge T. Mancusi-Ungaro, of the Sec ond Criminal Court, is confined to his home, 115 Bloomfield avenue, suffer ing from the grip. Mr. Oehring was compelled to give up his duties late yesterday afternoon and return home. Hodge Assumes Duties NEW YORK. Jan. 7.—Henry W. Hodge, who was appointed a number of the Public Service Commission, tirst district, in place of Robert Col gate Wood, resigned, today began his duties at a hearing of the commis sion. Mr. Hodge's oath of office was said to have boon filed with the secretary of state at Albany early today. Will Not Torpedo Any Ship in Mediterranean Without Warning. ONLY PASSENGER LINERS IN NORTH SEA EXCLUDED Pleads Retaliation to British Blockade and Calls Assur= ances Disavowal. AGREES LIFEBOATS INSUFFICIENT SAFETY Proposals from Germany Dis cussed at Conference Between Von Bernstorff and Lansing. h ASHINQTOX, .Tan. 7.~-Proposals which dm German government be lives will end the controversy over the Lusitania disaster in a manner satis factory to the United Stales were un derstood to have been received today from Berlin. Count von BernstortT had an appointment to confer with Secretary Lansing this afternoon. Germany is believed to have agreed to pay Indemnity for the Americans lost when Hie liner was torpedoed, at the same time basing a reservation of any wrongdoing upon the contention that the destruction of the vessel was an act of reprisal in retaliation for the British blockade of Germany. Germany is also understood to be ready to give assurances that her submarine commanders operating in I lie Mediterranean will not torpedo without warning privately-owned ves sels of any description, including liners, freighters and tramp steamers. Nortli Soil rliMlftr Itcstrioted. German assurances in regard to sub marine warfare in the North sea in clude only liners lit passenger service. It was also stated with authority today that O-rmany virtually had v.greed with the position of the United StnTi’h 111“Tt’fiWtT to small boats not being under all conditions a place of safety for passengers aboard 'a ship about to be destroyed. These last concessions are under stood to have been contained in the last note from Germany regarding the sinking of the ship William P. Frye. The communication reached the state department several weeks ago, but has been withheld from publica tion on the ground that it had a cer tain bearing upon the Lusitania ne gotiations. Germany is understood to have fully agreed with the American point of view. Americans ITnlmbly Not Aboard, 1 n excluding all ships except liners from the assurances covering sub marine warfare in the North Sea, the German government was represented as considering that no Americans could possibly be aboard ships other than liners in regular passenger carrying service. it has been known for some time that. Count Von Bernstorff had de vised a, plan which he believed would satisfactorily end the Lusitania con troversy. lie was understood to have submitted the proposition to the Ber lin foreign olllee before Christmas. There was some delay because of adverse sentiment created by the re quest for the dismissal of the German naval and military attaches, and the demands in the first American note to Austria-Hungary on the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona. As for the disavowal asked by the United States, the German govern ment was represented as considering that the most effective form of die avowal was assurances that such acts should not be committed in the future. The assurances regarding the con duct of German submarines in the Mediterranean was understood to be m arly identical with those contained in Austria’s reply to the last Ameri can noto on the Ancona. Plush Coats Stolen as Shopkeeper Slumbered Airs. Minnie Lepsky, of 39 Boyd street, reported to Captain Oscar Vogel, of the Fourth precinct today, that while she was sleeping In her drygoods store yesterday someone en tered the place and stole two black | plush coats. John D. Berry, of 93 Scherrer ave i nue, reported to Captain Samuel ! Brown, of the Sixth precinct, that h | negro bad broken a pane of glass in a cellar window of his home early this morning. !n tin attempt to enter ' the building, but had been frightened hi way by Special Officer Pruden. I Snow Predicted for Tonight; Pair Tomorrow Snow tonight, followed by fair weather tomorrow, with decreasing temperature and increasing northwest I to north winds, were the indications I seen by the forecaster at noon to | day. The temperature then was 25, one I degree below the temperature at mid ! night and the end of a thirty-degree | drop. A ten-mile wind from the northwest was blowing at noon. Little Girl Asks West Orange i Police to Find Missing Bunny The West Orange police today wore asked to look for a pet rabbit missing from the home of Charles Wilson, 4i A'allev way, since Wednesday night. The description of bunny in a child's hand writing was received by the j authorities. The white rabbit was well marked, having black ears, black 1 rings around its brown eyes, a black i strqak down it.« back and "a little J blaek on its tall.” The police are | hopeful of restoring the pet to Mr. 1 Wilson’s little daughter, who IS J mourning itj loss.