AMERICA'S SEA GLORYRECORDED AT INDIA HOUSE

Striking examples from greatest pictorialHistory of the merchant marine and

" 8fy of the organization.IN THE SUN NEXT SUNDAY.

VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 147.

THOMPSON MEN

SHUT OFF FROM

'FISHING TRIPS'

Coiiiiiiiilt'itoGot.$:().ooo to

Coiitiiuu' Work, lint Must

Spend It lp State.

ONLY A YKI.YFKWMOJtKX. V. CITY SKSsjlONS

Senator's Own District to

lie Looked Into if thePlan Goes Through.

I

3FQI ISTIOX PROPOSAL

TO DIE IX C03IMITTEE

Time to Stop Bickering andCall Junketers Home, G.

0. P. Leaders Agree.

Indications nt Albany j estcrday werothat Scnntor Thompson will receive(he $30,000 extra nppriipilatlon neededto pay the. bills of hi committee

l'libllc Servlco CotnnilM-len- s.

Thero will bo only u few moremeetings In New York city, the greaterport of tho remaining time beliiRtaken up with an Inquiry Into thelighting system of Senator Thoinp-ion'- s

own district. It Is regarded astwo sided victory. The chairman

cf the commission prevents his com-mittee from being shut off entirely,but is forestalled from conducting a

".shins excursion."Strons pressure Is Ising hi ought to

bear by Gov. Whitman to end theb.rkerlngs among Itepubllcau leaders.The sentiment expressed by speakerSweet, Senator Klon It. llrown andS.mon Adler, I'cpuhlicuti Moor leaderof the Assembly, was that it Is timefur .ill committees to llnl.sh up their

ork and come back to the Capitol.Assemblyman Mcljiilsltlou Intro-

duced his resolution calling for an Il-

lustration Into the xpeiitlltuies andreports of all committees. This wasreftrred to the Assembly Committeeon Ways and Means and will probablydie there.

Senator Tlinmpsou. in 'ailing for apr ilong.itlon "t Ills work, ileclatvil thattli' niembcrs of the ctunmlttee wouldtriV'i in nelKlit ciiih and the em-ployees uccept reductions in wages tocarry cm tho task.

District Attorney S.vann will beginth presentation of the lllltmore bills

the Thompson committee to theI. rand Jury Tho hotel auditorwho swoie t the bill and two

Mitnes-.e- s will be ciilletl, whileh diicimients as filed with the State

I'omptroUcr will - contrasted with'he bonks of the hotel showing theKiutl r.xJicildltUli'S.

The State Comptroller's oltlco at AlMny rejected vcstrrilH.v the claim of'V I'atiama-I'aolll- c Exposition Com-mission showing the payment of $20,-M.-

to tho New York Central Hall-oa- il

for transportation for the Whlt-n.i- n

party to and from S.nv Kran- -'

eo. The only reason was that tho'aim svas not Itemized, according to

"i refiu'.rements of tho nfllce.

TffrllfPcnv TwnirnTO STOP HEARINGS

''Hslrmnn of I n v est tun tors Hefn.rslo Unit Inquiry,

Ai.nvs-T- , Jan. 24. Indications,

'fir that the Thompson committee willit the evtra month's time asked for by'l e'lairman of the committee and theKO.onn ne,, led to pay the bills of theomntttee, but that most of the re-

maining time of the committee will 1k

ovniM to louklng Into the lighting'iki mi in Sen.itoi Thompson'H home '

ni'j-ic- t ami i th.. .ir..ni..L. ..r ti.. .,. I

injur, h ri jiort and iccoiuinendatlons toI

' Uirlslature.Ttie Thonipson committee may nnd It

ise'stry m hold a few mote meetingsIn New Vnrk city to clean up the situa-tion ttir re, hut it Is not expected that thecommittee will gu into any thorough

in of new questions imperilingI'Ubb servki corpoiations,

in effe. Chairman Thompson wins.Ight, but the opponents In tho l.eKs.

.iure to tlie contliiiiliig by tho Thomp."!) 'mini ttee of Its InvestUatlon as a

'ikr.ns . uihlon also win, mt It was Uie?era impulsion that for ailliraetti al piirioses thn Thompson com-m.tt-

has about completed Its work.

Promise Volunteer 1'iiiid.''nitor Thompson was advised by

' te to.iiigiit it, H telegram ulRned byH'lijainln Nolan of ST1 Whltlotik ave-nue, Nnn York clt), that a fund would

raifd lj the honest citizens of Now'rli cjt i to pay thn expenses of thoIVi,i(iii enininittee.

"T.ii honest citizens of Greater Nework," said the telegram, "will guaran-"- i

to raise a tund to continue the inottffftotlve linestlgatlon ever had In the.

Mate. Your courase and honesty arotl.e admiration of overy Ivoncwt ciMzeaIn the Kuto. Continue tbo Rood work."

'!ov. Whitman took a hHnil in swttlltiRtin. toucher squabble He had atoiiR talk with Senator Klon It Brown,Ilepubllejit leader Iji tho upper branch'f Hi' I.eRlslmure. Afterward thn lov-'rn-

had iuiother talk with SpeakerThaioim C. Sweet of the Assembly andthe Republican lloor leader In the lowerfcmise, Simon I,. Adler.

A score or more of Senators and As.(mblymrn also talked with the Gov- -

Continued on fourth rage.

inin in a

of

.Inn. 21. All'"'kins of a fist ArIii

which took place this betweenloorRo von I Meyer of Hoston.

of tho Navy, nnl Truxiun Ucaloof this city, who In a oftho

Mr. .Meyer- ami Mr. eae, both ofwhom are. members of thoClub, worn In the when nn

began. Them has been hardfccllns between Mr. Meyer aiul Mr. Healefor a Ion tlmo over an Incident thathail occurred In a New York club, andtho old showed lUtelf whenHie two wero thrown together tnotay.

ii.. t.. . .... ....".-.m-m mat one word led tonothcr until the Ho was passed and Mr.

Itealo the ex.Seerei.-ir- instep outjldo ami settle It. .Mr.

...Meyer tl Id

.

so ami me two wero no sooner on the.than they were at each other

with their lists.A fine old rough and tumble contest

was under way when Capt. T. M.Potts, who was a member of Mr.staff when the latter was oftho Navy, rushed In between the twoand them. Hothentered tho In a Unity mussed

Mr. Meyer was slightly cutunder one eye and Mr. Ile.tle's foreheadwas minus a patch of skin.

Ir. Cary T. theto be In the club,

house and he treated Mr.Meyer' eye.

Capt. Henry Ward was giving aluncheon at the

Club and Mr. Meyer was to be one "fthe guest of honor The fracas causeda lot of at the tintthe of the Navy calmly en-

tered and took his mm) after his clotheshad been dusted and his eye cared for.Mr. lleale was not at the luncheon,

Mr. Meyer until the end ofthe and Mr. Heale als stacdIn the but the two did notmeet lIRalll.

Neither would make n statement to.nlKhl about the affair.

Mr. Meyer's friends said on hl be. I

us mill Two

TUESDAY, JANUARY

GEORGE VON L. MEYER INFIGHT WITH TRUXTUN BEALE

Fists Fly Old Fashioned Rough and Tumble ContestWashington Street After Altercation Club

Ex-Secret- Navy's Eye Cut.

Wahiiin-hton- ,WashliiR-,0- "

afternoon

brother-in-la-

Itusnlun Anib.iNt.idor.

Metropolitanclubhouse

altercation

animosity

challemretl

sidewalk

Meyer'sSecretary

separated combatantsclubhouse

condition,

Grayson, President'sPhysician, happened

Immediately

Metropolitan

excitement luncheon,

remainedluncheon,

clubhouse,

WM, THAW 3D CATCHES

PALM BEACH BURGLAR

Wife lirnbs Kevolvcr From

Culprit lliisl.iiii.Others Simple.

YORK,

I'.m.m Hkvcii. ria.. Jan 21 Mr. and Comidi.nts regaiding the molality ofMrit. William Thaw 3d. Vainier l.uiKley I In the Serge de tilaghllefT Hatletof I'mvidetice. whom thej weie entel- - ' Itusse at the Cvntury upera limine led

mining, nnd their servants hud a hand tlie police to bi uin an Investigation, an I

to hand tight with a burglar 'at the Saturoav matinee last week lep-l- u

the Thaw villa and c.iptured the In- - r seiitallves of th depai tmeiit were senttruder The man. who had a Jimmy, to witness the production. As a resultbl.tcklttk, revolver, skeleton keys andchhirofoini, put up a hard battle. i

As a detective tivjk the chloroform

from tlie robber lie elled: "I meant this

for you. Mis. Thaw." and breaking away

grabtwd a table knife, but was quicklyoverpowered.

This was after Mrs. Thaw had askeil

him If he had not roblx--d the home of

Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Kent linlton of

Iike Unrest, on Christmas eve. It wasnot puMkiy known until thatthe I Wilt on home had been filleted andnil of Mrs. Itolton's Jewels taken. The i

Ilollon loss Is said to have been 12,000.

Tho Thaws and their guest wero atdinner when they heard a commotion on

the veranda and rushing out saw theircmplosec. Marcellus Turner, a negio.grappling with the thief. Turner hadseen the robber take ofT his shoes andMart to climb a tree, presumably toswing to an upper window, when hegrabbed him. The two were rolling on

the Rround when Mr. Iongley and Mr.Thaw arrived and Joined In the eon- -

the four HtruRRied, .Mrs. mawsnatched a revolver from the thief'hip pocket. The robber was locked In

a room while .Mr. maw weni lor ui

The iiecm said that when be nrstiRrabbed the thief the latter offeied him

1200 for freedom. Mrs. Thaw said thatthe burfilar came to her piazza this after-noon whllo she was sitting theie andaskeil some questions, alleging that he.

was a bicycle repairer. The Thaws wereInvited to a dinner at the open-

ing of the Heach Club, nnd they believethe burglar knew It.

Some burglars woruen neie success- -

fullv last season, making seveial inlilier- -

les. among which was one of 110.000from Mrs. Charles P. Vail of (icneva,N. Y.

FEAR POWDER PLANT AIR RAID.

I'. S, A (tent Ask II ilroiieroilnneturners tn l.naril Mnchliie.

PHil.AtiEl.PHiA, Jan. 21, Itobeit I?.Glendltililng and Clarke Thomson, prom-Ine-

socially and owners of hydroaero.planes, have been asked by Federalagents to guard their planes so tintthey cannot be used in the air on thedu Pont powder mills In New Jerseyand Delaware. The Government in- -

vestlgatorn requested that the ttyingboats, which are stored along thDelaware Itlver, be aismanncti or piaceuunder guard.

Tho Federal Investigators' visit, It Isbelieved, was Influenced by rcixirts In

towns near Penns drove, N, J.. that anaeroplane had l en heard circling overthe powder mills at night.

GERMAN EXCHANGE HIGHER.

Teuton Mar llnve Men $ llli,lin,.000 to Holland to Aid Rates.

Spnial Calilt Otspatch lo Tiia Six.Ixinpon, Jan. 24. (lormati and Kng

llith exchango lates havo ImprovedallRtrtly In Ajnste,rda.m, telegraph

It learns that the recent checkIn tlie depreciation of the marks waadue to gold deposits In Dutch banks.

Tlie exltent of thesw la unknown, butDutch financiers told the emissary of thoDeuUch Itelchsbank last week thatnothing short of fi2.fjoo.non (ii2,r.no,.000) to clear I ho Dutch market of niliiiMr would be of any use.

CUBA, Ff.OBII... (SAVANNAH. AUtitlSiTA.4 All Steel Merited Trillin Dally.Atlantic Cosit Lint. Ofllce, U'way A :tii Ut.

Adv.

NEW 25,

half, however, that "he. hail been at- -

tacked." That was tho only commentthat was authorized.

Truxtiui Heale In fD years of age,but has the apppariiticn of belnit con-siderably younger. He Is of an athleticbuild and a Rood sized man. Mr. MeyerIs OH years old mid also h actlvo amirobust. 'Mr. Heale Is a brother-in-la- of JohnIt. McIamii, tin- - publisher. He marriedHarriet lllalne. daughter of James tl. I

Hlalne, lint they were divorced. H Is aJiMtn of tlen, lleorge lleale, one of the1

famous California 'forty-niner- s. Mr.Heale was United States Minister toPersia and nlso to (.Jrcece, ltum.inla andSerbia at ono time. He Is a member of

. the Ixtilrkcrliockcr ami University clubsor .New votl..

Mr. Mry,, besides having bren Set-r-

tary of the Nnvv under President Taft"'as Pnstma.ster-ilcnrr.i- l under theiwoeveii niiministralinii ami has scrveit!, Ambassador to Italy anil to Itussln.He Is an overseer of Harvard Unlversin- -

TriiMuu lleale was a member of theThaw part at Cafe Martin on the eve-iiIi- ir

of tlie murder of Stanford WhiteHe was illvorced by Harriet lllalne InI SPG. two years after their marriage,she uIlrslUR rt and Retting thecustody of their only child. In 190 J Mr,Heale was married to Miss Marie (?eof San Itafael, Cal., a young womanabout whom Mr. lleale, had previ-ously had a tight with FrederickMeirlott. editor of the .Vncs f.rflrr, .

Journal devoted to California social Koe- -j sip, oer an article which Mr. llealeI contended was unfair to Mist Oge. The

edllor was shot three' times, lint re-

covered from his wound and sued Mr.lleale,' but failed to recover damage

Mr. lleale was born In WashingtonMarch , IsSii. Ill grandfather was thecelebrated Commodore Truxtiui of thenavy. He himself Is a graduate of the

I Columbia law school nf the class of 'T.III 1 1t: Mr lleale was api.ititeil a

' member of thn Assay Commission byi l'resldenl Itoosevelt In making theI appointment Col. tnncvclt H,tld that he

had for "enine time desired to recognizehi suitable Cuiilon Mr. Truxtiui Iteale'ssignal services In the community Inwhich he lives," '

POLICE CENSORS SEE

NEW RUSSIAN BALLET

As liN'Milr Opera I'mniif rollerWill Visit .Miioislinle

McAdtiti To-ili- i.

Third Deputy Commissioner Lawrenceft. Illinium sent a letter to John llrown,business comptroller of the Metropolitan(ijieia Company, who Is managing theballet, yesterday leqiiestltig Mr. llrown'juesence at an informal hearing befor.Chief Magistrate MnAdoo at 11 o'clockthis morning. The letter follows.

Serious complaints have been re.celved by this department as tn cei-tai- n

alleged objectionable features ofthe ltiis.in Mallet performances atthe Century Tlie.it ie. The Saturdaymatinee was attended by witnesses inwhose Judgment this department hacontiileiue, and their statements aieon hand.

In ortler to avoid rccouise to thelaw and assuming that after the ob-jectionable features have been pointedout to you. you will correct same, anilafter consulting with Chief Citv Mag- -Istrate McAdoo, I am wilting to re.quest jour pieccnco hi Judge Mc- - '

Adoo's oince, 300 Mulberiy stieet, at11 o'clock morning, Tue- - I

day. January 25. when you will beJoined by representatives of this

It I Important for you to lie present '

al the time mid place mentioned,The Inquiry started by the police came

as a complete sui prise In oltlclals of theMetropolitan Opera Company. Mr. llrownsaid he would comply with the orderof course, but could not say Just whatstantl he would lake.

It was pointed out by those In au-thority at the theatre that the com-plain-

might have referred to lertalnscenes in "Scheherezade" or In "I." Spies.Midi d'un Kaune." The former balletwas given a few seasons ago at theWinter Garden, where no objectionswero raised,

An amendment to the unoltlclal "whitelist" of ceiisoird plavs Issued everv rVw

.mouths by the Catholic Theatre Societv(was sent out yesterday, ilealltur evcln.slvely with the perfoniianie at the fentury Theatie. It was headed by a quo-tation from the society's announcementa year ago concei nlng the growing immorality of the stage.

UNION PACIFIC HEAD IMPROVES

President Xlnhler Iteeoverliiu fterI'llll nn Ice,

ii.WAHA. Jan, .'l President A I.Mohler of the Union Pacific Kallro.nl,who fell on the Ice yesterday whileskating, wa much improved to day

His physicians believe that Mr. Mohlerwho Is fill years old, soon will bo outagain,

LINCOLN, SPY, STILL MISSING.

Kalrl lo llnvc Iteeelved Lxrue Snmimill (.one West. '

Ignatius T. T. Lincoln, who boastedso loudly about being an Intel nationalspy, was still missing yesterday. The t

reucrai aiiiunriiies iieuted that therewas anything reliable In tho report thatLincoln was on a train bound for thoPacific, coast that was due In Denveryesterday.

The story was that Lincoln receivedtwo large amounts of money on Friday,was conducted to the Pennsylvania staHon and placed aboard thn tiler. Thomen who aided In Lincoln's tscapn nroknown, It Is said, to the special Invest-igator.

.Marshal Johnsoii, fromwhom Lincoln cKoaHl, s now workingfor Capl. tlllley of the Dcnairtmcnt ofJustlte In tho hope of llndlng Lincoln.

Ptnehursl, N, C, eentr of outdoor inert.Rottl l.'arolln., liollr lun, Utpiihlr. Newpen. A4v.

FILIPINOS FREE

IN2T04YEARS,

WILSOITS PLAN

Senator Clarke. Offers Sub-

stitute Hill After Presi-

dent Calls on Him.

--UKASITM. IS FAT KIT KM

TO PASS TIIK SKXATti

W.vlits-iiToy- . Jan. 21, President Wil-

son has virtually given bis approval toan ameiiilment to the Philippines government bill now pending In the Senatevvhlili provsles for the Independence ofthe Hlaiiibt In from two to four years.

The amendment was Introduced In theSenate y by Senator Cktrke ofArkansa. It was offered an a substitutefor nnother nmendmcnt by SenatorClarke which had been before the Senatefor several weeks.

Till first amendment gave Independ-ence to the Filipinos In two years fromthe passage of the not and directed thePresident to beRln negotiations al oncefor an international agreement with tholeading Powers to rrsect the Imlipend-enc- e

and neutrality of the Islands.President Wilson learned a few days

ago that there was a stioiig probabilitythat If the Clarke amendment, proios-In- g

hide iH'tuletice III two years, came to avote it would pas. It jvas learned thata majority of the Democrats favored It

Wilson ('nils nn i Inrke.The Problem sought nut Senator

Clarke when he beard of the situationand proposed a moJltlc.it ion of theamendment The President, It I understood, went lo the Ctiiir.tli lintel, wheieSenator Clarke llv.s, to see liim aboutthe matter

lie iKiluted out to the Senator the ililil-cull- y

of reaching any internationalagteemeiit under the condition thatnow pievall In Kurnpe The Pieslibntnlo suggested it might be advisable toput a piotlstou In the amendment thatif the President denned It Inexpedientat the end of four years to ptoclalm

In tlie Philippines herdmuld U einovered to state that fa--

to Congress In a message and ask thatiudeH.Midenre be postponed.

Senator tiaike agreed to the amend-ment. To-da- y he Intioduced It. ThePresident has assured Ills fl lends in Con-gress that he will not oppose the amend-ment If the Iciiiociats in the S. natcfavor it.

The iisldcnt I'liiiiiiiiesloni r from thePhilippine. Manuel (Quezon, has given

Mils appioval to it as fulnllng the ple.Inemade by th" Iinioeriit In their pattyplatfotm looking to llldependett' e

iflillls llxpeeleil tn I'ns. II.Senator Hltihcoek had a confennie

with the Pieshlent y on the ubj-c- t

ami exprtseil the opinion aftei the con-ference that the bill c.iiryirg the liaikeamendment would probably pass theSenate, but said that a few minoramendments would be made to it The!Senator Is not sn sure It III paes th,.House

When it became knoau at tlie Senatey tll.it the President had done tlie'

unusual th'lig of going tn Senator,Clarke's hotel to confer with him on thePhilippine legislation then- - .is ninthcomment The relations of SenatorClarke with the Adainlstratlou weie notso cordial in the last session of emigre.lie fought the Administration ship pur'chase bill, and many of the men cisc,lo the Prlsedeiit tried tn ptevent Illsselection as President tiro tetn of thn'Senate. Mr Clarke won over hi op-ponents after several day of hard fight-- 1

inc.The vote on the Philippine bill. It was

soi III . will probably be postponedday. The bill was laid before

tlie Senate at 2 o'clock this afternoon.The prlncjpal speech was made by Sen-nt-

llnrah

TO OPPOSE NEW TRADING ACT.

1 . s, llolils llrlltah l.nn Xunlnsti

llealliiK Willi Herniiuia llleunl.Washinoton. Jan, 2t. Vlgnrnu pro.

test will be sent to (Jreat lliitaln bv thU I

tiovernment within a few days agalntthe boycott features of the recent exten- - '

slon of the trading with the enemy netpassed by the Itrltlsh Parllameiit. i

Under Hie term nf these extensionIlritlsli merchants may be nrohlblteitfrom tradliiR with any Inillvlduals, Mrmor corporations In neutral cnuntrlewhich had tradn relations with businesshouses In tountrles at war with tireatllrituln.

In the protest whkh will go toIiiiilun the United States i ioi eruuientwill contend that the i est rle Inns

coimtltule unlawful lutrrfetencewith American trade. It will take theposition that it Is a well esl ibllshedprinciple in iiiieni.iiioii.il law mat the1U.111I lie of a person, llrm or coriKiratlon '

ll.xes lis entity ; that with lespect tocomniene In time of war the trade of aperson, Arm or cortmratlon resident Inneutral tountiy lias a neutral status andconsequently Is not subject to Interference.In liausll the goods of such a firm, themete will hold, ate not subject to con-- Iflscatioii by a belllgeienl unless they arccontrail and and arc consigned to anenemy country.

WILSON GETS DIX A JOB.

Ri' tint ernnr Cnnrl Fortunetsrw llnnnll.

111. Paso. Jan. 21 In outer lo earnliving John A. I)lx, of NewYork, may lake up his icsldetice InHawaii. '

Charles I!. Forlios, chalriii.ni of thnPublic Utilities Commission of Hawaii....n.i.. i... t.l r ... .... .... .."""" ti""-"- i," i i y w e,. ,.,., ,. m,.,.!,!,.-,,,- ,, , i..

'

olsco, whence he will return to Honolulu,K..,i .

"President Wilson and Senator u'llnr. '

man both Informed me It was absolutelynecessary to proi-ld- o a place for Dl.They asued for u place that Wlllll. I ivivtr. ono i. in in ii fi veur i.UI"-'-- ' Tl j .11. riiieil them ,

no such slllons were available, but IU...I I,. ..I,.,.n 1,1... ...11

interest lit n Klnaller M.lurv "i mi. iven in ini,i' i io- - .....

nothing left of the fnituue hi V"'" l,OH- -sessed, and desires In get as far away '

from old ass K'lntlon as possible whllorudeavoiliiR to rehabilitate himself"

Mr. and Mrs DIx have been visiting1in California for several weeks.

Tor noiirlshlni diet in mpn or sore 'hroMties llorllck'. Mtltrd MtU. AtoIJ ubstituiM.

Aiv.

1916. Vopjrtpht, 1916, hy the Hun

WHYFORDQUIT

PEACE VOYAGE

TOLD AT LAST

His K.ves Opened to GermanIdea I,: Sehwimmer '

Documents.

WAII OX OSCAR II.

AIDED HY LOCIIXKK;

II .1. IIKtlllllMT ll ii WOHTII.The true story of the historic wranK

lings on the Ford peace ship. Oscar II.,and of the happenings at Kirkwall thatled to Henry Ford quitting the stop-the- -'

war pllxriiti at Chrlstlanla and return-ing to the United States has never beenfully published either in the United

' States or England. When I left t'open- -'

hagen the American newspaper cor-respondents had wood reasons for su-- 1

' peeling that these fads had lensecretly and heavily censored by Mme.Schwlmmer, the self.tyed "expert ad-viser"

I

to the mission, lefore the storieswere sent ashore at Kirkwall, 'I

I soon learned on my return fromNorway on the Krlstlanlafjord vester-Id.t- y

that all of the many stories descrlb-- Ilug the first big row on "Ford's Folly" I

that I know weie written had reachedNew York In a sadly r, Hilled condition. 'I heard rumors before we reachedChrlstlanla on the outward trip that''apt. Ilempel of the isonr II. had of.

feted to allnH .Mine. Schwlmmer tn seeall of the correspondents' despatches be-fi-

they were handed over to the King'sharbor master at KlrkAiill for deliveryat the cable olllce there. I know pol-livel- y

that the contents of my 2,0"0 wordmessage to the London Inli Mull ereknown m the Ford "insiders" a fewboms after I had delivered It to theship's piiccr and 'hat not a line everreacliiMl I.ntnlnn.

in the luiil of subsequent discoveriesIt is not at all surprising that MineSchw limner should have been eager topin a check upon the comment of the!ievvp.iN.r men.

Jti't what it was that tinned Mr.lord back linn of us pteclsely knewat the time he took his to l.

i tn the Umteil States. We knew,of inuts,.. tout ii,,. party bad left NewYork on I . einls r I bless.il by the Ger- -'

man , and Mr.lliy.m. and thn four day out its mein-- 1

Per (rid bt i nine the most disputatioustroMd ever iloated by a hull at sea. Hut

'

not one of us newspaper men wa ableto discover when It happ ned precisely '

what It wa that had given the lihallslfc.Mr Until bis tlrst "hunch" a to tlie use

'that was being made nf Ills high mlndeilsimplicity ad Ins high plied millions. I

i ne iiisiiiiisimmiert must pave come.w tli smbb nnes-- .

l.llr Mine. II n in Iter!' Million.' The I, v Is supplied by t itnu.. mysteri-ous document which Mme. Schwlmmerhad claimed to have received fromstatesmen high In the councils of thebiillgi'ciit nation inmmittiug tli--

ilelinlt ly to appro al of a peace con-

ference Upon them she had based r

ontlibnt claim that all i.urnpe wastaged In re "iv. tll Uord delegatewith op ii .nil This m felons do-l-

I not iiiilllaiy lo hiv,. a place In his-tory with the Humbert millions

Uor days Hie lluiiuai .an peace agl-tat-

had been boasting to tlie deb galeof the Importance of these myst rlouspapers. Th. tm.illc atlon wa that theyhad all but settled tin- peate missionIn .nlvaii.s

It may be miagln il lll.it the news-paper men wete keen to know theircontents. A batch of pipers with Im-

portant!' iiiotigh to ill t an end to aworld wai weie uopetiy no object ofi liriosity on tlie patt o( nine seekerof news The geneial Insistence AnallyibltEe.l Mine Srliwlmnier to disclosetheir naiiite at tut open meeting. ....."' i

by one these vastly eignlllciint assents i

wen' bmiuiit fotth and vaguely Idea-tille-

aiul. lo, they turned out to bethe same old papers toilet led In Uuiopelast spring by tlie Hungarian agent ofthe G'lm.in peace piopaganda after theWomen's Peace Confei wice at TheHague

So far .i. the debxates and the news- -paper men weie cniiretned. M'ne.Schxvltn tei's bluff had been effectivelytailed Mm the Hue significance ofwhat I. ail happened that night was notIhiow n till later. That was December

Kirkwall, Ktiglaiid, mid H Is now",,wn thai not until that day had

Mr. Fold hlmwlf known the true 'natureof these papers in the strength of whosealleged Impott.mce he had largely beenmoved to undeitake his peace mission,(in that day Mr. Ford's leturn wuhmade Inevititbb, a the only way outnf an linp"!hle situation

Many explanation were given, butnone of the explanation explained. Thelittle n game had been ex-posed, and tlie kindly- Mr Unrd saw.albeit hazily, when- - lie stnod The breakup of the entile projei t began in themunis of all lhn.se on tmaid the OscarII arter this r.imoiis meeting in in,.oce tn. Herman llernteln a friend ofTolstoy lien l.lmbev of lieuver,S S Mcliure and (int. ll.nina of NorthDakota, disgusted with the course ofevents nf vx III Ii this disclosure wa theclimax, made up their minds lo quitthe paily on teaching Norway It wasa levolt against Mine. Sehwhnnier andUitllH P. Lochiier, the "peace secielary,"who never left the side of the dazedMr Ford

liven 1'nril llliln'l Know.I hail asked Mr. Ford bluntly Just lc

fom we reached Kllkwall, "Do you thinkthis peace ship plan is C.irm.in piopa-- 1

gaiiila'." I mlglit have step the full tmthIn his answer The mulllmllilou tlrn

'motor car niaiiufactiiirr answered wear- -

ily lint frankly, "I don't know." Thenand there he aduiltled tli.it he waswholly at sea as to the real meaning of

'his own ventuie, and that othets mighthave given it a meaning he had neversuspet ted it to have.

"Well, If yoll Mini out that It Is tierman propaganda will you drop it'."' I

asked."That discovery," he answered, a hit

..O IS III .1 l tl nwuin IIUl IIIIII.U""' r"1 .'.l"U VCn "f'r' ""y ""' '",

liilit sunimeil up the bewildered statel"f 'r l'"m H " ' "" of Illsunlttue pilgrimage.

tll'sl v:' 'Peaee ' Iiio.. Hie few d- a

..iv,...ii,.s imivi.r.,1 .ii .I'l" - ..it... in,, nieni

CioiHiniid nil Srrnml I'niir.

hKT(i (IVhTHIt are certified,'the hllle IHK "II del) sin II lot roil llisa

I on In ti f shell oysters nt crrllned freih-nets- ,purity nJ f.iiuliit Urep-ae- flavor

I lit;.

THE WEATHER FORECAST.Fair and warmer to-da- y; cloudy andtm. colderHighest temperature yesterday, 43; lowest, 3.In'tulled weather, ni.i.11 :iml m irlur reports on pago i;t.

Vvinting antt I'tibtlsUint) A&stwinttoH,

COMPULSION BILL PASSESCOMMONS, VOTE 383 TO 36;

TO BE LA W BY FEBRUARY ICHIEF STEPS IN TEMPESTUOUS

PASSAGE OF CONSCRIPTION BILLThe compulsory military service hill wuh intrmluceil in the House

of Commons on .Inntinry (5. The vote on the tlrst reading wits403 to 105.

A Cabinet crisis followed. John Simon, the Home Secretary,resigned. Three other memhciH of the Ministry threatened to resign.The Irish party decided to stantl by the Government and tt motion tokill the bill when it came up for second rending on .January 12 witslost by.

431 to 39.The bill passctl its third reading by

383 to 36.It is now in the House of Lords. Th

it through is indicated by the following programmeJanuary 25 (Tuesday) Second reading.January 20 (Wednesday) Third reading.Janunry 28 (Friday) Parliament be prorogued.February 1 (Tuesday) Bill be law.

SCUTARI TAKEN BY j

AUSTRIAN TROOPS1

Three luviiilinj; Annies Now .

I'lisliinir Korwiuil in Al- -

li.illillll ( "Jtlll ii

lin.UAI.S XKAIt AVI.dXA

cii,i inhlf D"i"iteli In Tm: StJ

LoMkis-- . Jail. Scutari, the most.inpottant city lit northern Albania, fell

into the hand nf the Austrian yester-

day. Iteports that the t Ity had Iwenraptuicil were olllclally contlrnifil fromVienna No resistance wasoffi red, the Serbian Rarrlson stationed111 the tn.vn having "retreated without

I

lighting," according to tho Vustrlan '

f tateiin nt.I

Nlksltch. in rcntt.il Montenegro, anilHanilogiad anil Podgorltza, on the Al-

banian Isinler, have also been capturedby the Austro-Jlnng- I. in Invaders, TheAustrian ar Ofllce statement follows :

;

Yesterday the Austrii-lluiig- Iantroops ciitertl Nlksitch, tianllogr.nl andPodgorltza,

The disarming of the country (Mod-icneur- I

is pioieeillng without col-lisions.

We occupied Scutail yesterday. The.Seiblsii jarrlsnn rfticated withoutrighting.

A Saloinca despatch savs that an Ausai my ha captuieil the

city nf Herat. Unity miles from Aviona,the principal Albanian port.

The same despatch say- - thai III",llulg.tr ale advancing on Aviona. wtwietin' Austrians are approaching luraz7.omi the north Albanian coast, the si mlblgge.si imrt At Durazzo listed PashaIs organi7ing his force preparatory tomaking a stand, the despitch adds. ,

Albania Is now be.ng Invaded bvthree armies: the Austrlati. who cip.Hired Scutari and are now mmsouthward, the second Austrian army,advancing against mrazo, anil thetlulgars, moving on Aviona At thestwo I.tter Albanian ports Italian for-- e

concentrated w hos, hircngth Is vari-ously estimated at between .'.n.iimi amiI'.'i'.oiln. The reci nt teport of ihelr with-draw-

remains imconllrmeil.I'arazzo lies near the southeast, in

extremity of the lake of tin- - sam nam"..... ........ . ,......aim ii'iiy-ni- c inio- miui-;,-, ,.iThe city has yard for shipbuild-

ing and manufactures textile and U-narm.

Scutail nineteen miles west of t lieMonte'iegrlu port of Dulclgno, winch,togtther with the only other Montene.gtln poit, Antivarl, wa eaptuied bythe Austrian yeMerday.

AIR RAID O.V MOS' ASTIR.

lilt French IMiinc Shell llnluiir mid(.eriiinn lleitilq nil rter.

iji'rin 1 it'll r tits)Kiir. in Tin: i v

LnNlsiN, Jan 24 The Salniuca cor- -

lespontlent of the I'HJ Ciroiiici tele- -

gi.iphs'Thirty-tw- o Urenth aeroplanes left

Salonlca at T o'clock this mot mug torMonastlr, where a concentration of tier-ma- n

and Itiilgar troops was reportedlecently. The number of the troops wasvariously iim (light IookJust a llltle more than two hours. Theweather was line, but at ! o'clock a vio-lent wind aiose.

"Some of Hie aircraft were battleplanes They bomltiTd'! Hie Herman andHiilgarl.in hradiunrtern with gun, whiletin other neiiipl.incs diopived shells andIhiuiIis.

"Hulldmgs wtilch were known to beused as hospital wero avnlileil by thoraiders As the last squadron was pitch-ing in, a tudsternUH north wind r.o, butllying In regular order, the aeioplanescrrcbd over the town.

"Tlie pilule sow clouds of black smokerollliM fixim the places wheie bombsfrom tlie at midline had fallen , themachines were vlgoiously -- Helled bv batteties II 1 1) 11 lit tile town, bill ivcivletiirned unhurt to Salonlca al n ion tinhe way back they dl'opptd Hie icm.ininu

bombs on two or three villages iie.uliuevghell, where Hulgnrian (roupsconcentrated."

The Ddilw .Moll's Salonlca concepoude n t ilescilbes the raid as follows:

"The raiders dropped 2H bombs uponMonastlr and inn on liuevgliell, Hog.tlaiicl (wiv-- t of Lake Doiran) and tinrentze, Indicting very great damage.The lllght cnveied 2110 m'les nut andback. The exploit was a Impoitnut usthe recent French laid on Stutlgail,which necessitated Hying over theVtwRce. In 's raid the aeroplaneshad to rise K.Iino feel in older lo getclear of the mountains."

Hnj' Ilritlsli Losses tun,Spfrla) Inhlf linimlrti In Tar Si'v

LoNPoN. Jan. 21.- - To.diy's olllci.ilIlritlsli ciusualty list, mvcilmj all fionts,gives Hie number of ofllcets at 22, fi o'whom have been killed, and the ninr.her of men as H2t, '.'.Ml nf whom hnvbeen klllnl.

rtii nitMnvditoiiH wiioivi.UTVIKNT CAMS TH I lailtlllV.Srnlsiard Klorlibt 1,1,1.. '.' 16 I' M ,e,,

host equlpiira riorldnlrtiln, Inq ,1111 H'wat'AtX,

(iovei nmcnt'.s plun to rush

loto

21.

are

one

.ire

I'A

GERMANY DISAVOWS

SINKING LUSITANIA?

nliiiii;iiiii Positive Hern

trrf lln Note Tlliil WillSet I lt Incident.

m: xotk to ai stima

W vsinv.T" Jan. 2t Count von i

IteinstntlT is uiiiii-rstoo- to have rcte.vedfioin his tlovermnent a new

nop- - to Hi.. United State on the l.is.t i ti i.i i onlrovi-tsy- . Although the tierman Ihulnssy ri fiieil either tn confirmor deny the lepntt that tioh a note hadarrived II was coutidctitly predicted thata settlement of the controversy I abmitto take place. The Ambassador piobablywill call at Hie Stale Itepartment to'inrmw anil piesent tile minmunlcatlotito Sei titaiy Lansing

For two wifk tlie ilciman llmbassvhas in en expecllng word from Merlinwhith would enable the Ambassador toeffect a final settlement of the emtioversy. At tin- - last Interview bitweetihimself .nid the Secietaiy of State thetwo reached an agp ement. It Is said, onall feature of the proposed agieementexcept the language to tie used In thedisavowal asked of tjermaiiy

iIllllllllllllr Vleotli f Warning.Uollonlug this Interview a form of

expiission sugjesied by Mr. Lansing andapproved by the Presldnit was fo: .warded to Herlln. wl'h a suggest ion '

from the Ambassador, it Is unilei stood,that If possible the expicsi"ii be ap-proved

It was staled t -- night that t iei manyfinally had agi 1 to i iiinln.ite ftniii thetxt of the agreement any mention of '

the warning issued by the liciman Kmbassy the day the l.iisitama sailed onher last trip from New York. Mention

f tills warning is mulct spind to haveU iti i iintait.ed in Hie last previous pio-p"s,-

who li was reje ted aftei PtoldentWlNon had , tisulci ed it

I'. illi'li i,i,i'l also that liiriuanvhas left ,itt he I pioposeil general ri

of ailmis-'o- n of wtongdoitig inthe part of to. subin. trine commanderlo which the United State objicteil

.Mention of tin- warning Is believed tohave b'eii most ohj. ctloti.ible to tne

on. In itfect it wa legatdcla c, nvinitig the 1,1, a that no A merit anlives would have been lost hid the warnlug I'd n lleciled

It is also stated that 'n liet last communii ation makes n leferenceto a llese lo see the United Stltestake .n t 'mi in regard to the quest! mIIIVi'lV'l-- the fieeiloin of the seas

n New viii'iinn iite,llfti ials of the State Depai tnieni de-

li. id report th.it the United States waspreparing lo .nldii-- a new note to Aus-tii- a

char.n as unsatisfactoryci it. nn feature of the last Austrian H"teon the sinkluu of the Anemia.

"Mallllf l. tilled out of W'h-,1- .loth"was the of a lush State

nlTlcl.il when his attentlnti wascalled In lln lepml.

Settlement nl the Al , .ma totitioviistit was explalnc'i, h.is b.-r- held u.opending leceipt in, ill Ambas.iiloi Pill-hel- d

of Austria's denial of responsibilityfor tlie slinking of the P ,v u llneVI'eisla. sunk abnin tinie (hat All.Il ia's second Am una pole was received

Follow lug receipt of the Petitbld des-patch the Slate Dcpirtineut piobahlywill illicit Amli.issadoi .Mm neuihaii atConstantinople in impinc of Tin keywhethir a Tiiiklsli Mihm.i: Inc s.mk i,rPctsla i'lni f.ir i In I lep.u inient hastiothinj In il -t ,i .i t tlie tcpoitprilled this moi'ioiig from Aiusii-iilai-

tliat Ttllkev is prepared in accept'

THE VERONA HERE ARMED.

tn the lll'iillll I lll'rle'.'t I ll ell (liilcl. I'lri-r- .

file iMl.an I'ln-- Veion.i, wlli.h us I ill-i.urlis. passengei s. arrived yestinkivfrom Lallan ports w th men liauilise on y

to lake li.ii l, to Italy munition. andShe is a slstei ship to Hie

An, im. I. tiitpeil In the Meilllei cane. inTin Vim una has niniiuled no her aflei

deck two It Inch Aunslrong quick tiringKimi- - and tlht-- Inspire I an inspector ofCo! led or Maloiie's neutrality toreport the ai m.i iiictii to him.

As In Hie case of the steamshipliiiuscppe u is likely ih.n tpoVrona will teieive cleaiaiice papeisafter asMiarnces are received from theItalian Ambassador at Washington thather guns will be used for defensive pur-pose nnlv

vnslrln will llcmiril Xrnied Vler- -

r tin ii I in ! us Wnrlili.Wasiiinuton. J.,ii 21 All the le.all

of the arrival nt New York of the Italiansleanieliip Veinna with iwn gunsiiioimteil at her stern it a- - Matid lu-ll. gilt ti'i.H the Austin-Hungaria- n ilov

would piohabl) inrm inStates t li.it any aimed ship

loiinleri'd In an Au'j"lui subiimum-woul-be iigai'iled ae a warship and lie

sunk without warning, nf vv'iimight liapptn to be aboard. Il Has alsosaid thai .he Vienna t lot crnmcnl willdiscuss ullh lb,. ili., Stales all I iequestions involved In Ihe armlii-- of

(nit rctnuii snip of defensive purposes.

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PRICE TWO CENTS.

.Mciisiuc Xnw in I lie House!' I .mils mill Will l!c

I.'iisIkmI Tliroii'li.

ASOTmi MIMSTIJV

SmilKS A TIMr.MI'll

Win- - (UTiui' Aliciiil.v Imh'111- -i

i i- Tiibiiiiiils tn Knfmvi'

Ad's I'ruvi.siniis

F n.TI IK II HOSTILITYMY LA IK HI K XT KIT KM

Three .Mi nisi pin )Li. liVsitiii

(ii'iicml Opposition

Not Looked For.

,ie' ' thU Ir.irtr. In Tlir. M

IimhiN, Jan. 21. -- Th nipul.-nr- y

military set vice lull il its i hi i I andfinal leading In the Mouse of t'onimonthis afternoon by it vole of Sx.1 to .tt,and wns advanced In ii lirstreading In the House of Lords.

No delay Is expected In the upperhouse and It Is believed that the hillwill have lis second and third teidlngsthere by Thurjolay and receive the roj.Va.cnl and become a law by the llrst ofFebru.n y. Uaillanient will piobahlv h.pinrogiieil Friday.

The voles on Hie three tcollug nf thsbill hi i ' oniic'lis h ive Im en a. follows :

Kilt leading pl.t to In;.Secniid rcollng. by as., ni. ,

t rr--

liltlon to tlnow mil the bill vv.ut lost,Cll to :i!.)

Third leading .isn lo r..Triumph for Ministry.

The passage In a little less, th in thleoweek of what Is tonldcied the mostradical dep.irtuio from the lltmllsh

of personal liberty since tin tlmini unver fiomwill has been a greattriumph for tin coalition Ministry, from

'Which It Is geliet. ly tsitl.eded PlC'iltcAqullh and hi colleagues have eme ge.lmuch sliengtheiied.

Dollar Law in his spec, h wiinlmi:up the di bain rem irked on the won-tlelfl-

ili.illgn since tile tilst leadingthe bill, which, he said, was ,i con- -

ptomis.. hi tw ceii those who thought tin'It went not far enougl I those wle,'"lleVld it aent (no far.Th.. i !... .....no. in ,m .niiei ,,.im-ii- t that "pltal punishment shoiilil i,- .b Indicted for iclusil to obev ato the colors

Kotulilv ll'e .11 111..' bill I !!lHOli iauthoi Hie, p, I. Ill In Hi,. Mil, OS isingle man tp f n milii.i i

tailnl to op,., II. lllselt in I 'ie 1..

ii on.iig . mo, nK, Cx. . ptbiiisof Mien I.i ".t.,.,., iniluM es ti,,,,"""j ' ''-'- I" In Im t nt the w.ir

SO Slipjlio t,.r. ,,. .,, Mir, ,,,, ti,,,...

.line I,, ,,, olhel g reason Im I;.i e.X'luiIe.l fn,i Us piovlslnns

I llbliii'l spill ,,,, locsloo.met was Icirndih in in--

"lull., by I'r icr anil .siliillli ledthl'"c;;h the t.iru.us stages liy Seeret.ii .

for Hi.. Colon os A. Hon.,,- - .,,alter Hume I. ng, President ol iheLocal lion Una id It ...is c, us, o

Hie icsigii n: n trnin Hie Cabinet of Sr.l"hn San, ,ii. the Hum,, wArthui Ileiidei-o- n. I.il'-- ineinlMr aii'lI'lisi'b of till 11.1.11'd ui IMui-.i- i k.iifeted pis I,n- - ,t w.i'i..ta. ci pt. il

At Hie rst I. ,., the I. ,,,p.,e, by i. i. i x t y uieinbeis t.f the h,sN.HionaliU party, lint nt n,,.,-,- , fj,,,

H I uutli Ipated In , , , ,.s ,,at lln labor i inference wine i npi o, ,LCrist, I .it Wedliisda- a lesolui.on w II". pu-se- d 'l.l.stde to the bill Wiielln- - .isIt leslilt ,,e (II-,.,-

. ,,'. Mllllslcis -Hiur Henderson, Parhamei,irv UnderM'Clet.llJ for the , lllllc.- Hill.,,,,,P.race. and l,,.d I'hanil.erlalii ,.r t e

Uisiig,, . It,,!,,,!,, .U ,,sign, ., in.tins n be .tcti

t is 0"t ex ted ihat th,. , ,i,,,, s ,ullI' hn.tll. to th. bill .s , ,,, sp, iltrouble i.,-- ,.,i ,..,(,, i lP ,,.,ol intor, emeiit. Til. War 1,.0 , ,

ready funning the ' biinats, ,p,i- -,

!" - "".u ,i III, l in--. ..

II. ItUlc I. iircl

ARMY TO MATCHLimit l.eurm. ". t: iu hi ml Will

I liriitt I'iiII VV elulil I n I ii v a,-I.'ISI'OX. ,1,11, J ti nli ,

g'V nit ll.ivnl l.'"t, li. ,,Ihe Vllolstel nf M.oiiti gave Hi,low lug v Ii w nf i i, i mam I Ihema 'is

"' ,l,thK M 'I'M I'.'l all ,,r .i .,lialue there wete ij, . , ,M f ,

11" W.H l, Hi,, ,. , , n111" industrial, coniniercl.il ai ;, q.Mini ileimaiiy ami In a mnsi n n,,,, i, ,i,--

way sin- had ,eii,.-- the H ,. ,,. .

"Now that lieimany it,, rendering 'gri al civic lo civilisation. i , ,,qileilng tin- world by Hi,. s,.,.,.SN , f ,. ,no Minds and example Tb.,i , ,,,.wi'iild have piiiieil a on gi nqi,,,, ,,Ing . Il would liave been ti, menus .if .,.ing .mm' of lln ten Ible w asp tioouj,,,most of ihe so. I.i evils ,,f Intiii.miivspi e.iding Vs an anient s,,. i., nfom,,I ficely nulls h.i 1... i r n ig a g,ideal lioin III. side of I i,-- oiany , p.i,ticulaiiy in Ihe dire, Hon of iniiiil. ,p(and national nl gaiilatlnn,

"Hut till is my oilier n,i.i Side Ii.side witli this ib rniany win. u we ad-mired was Hie mllllaiy ih-- nin

"These two i ii i many s , ,i,i ,H,logethci- in l .i il. and beneil, ,,t i(Xelopulent This s liciiuam incini thepeimaneul ovcithiow of old 1, , i .t ierinany, for in spite nf the fact Hi,i

weapon of sclenc. ;,,u , ,

line II wa-- . Hill the less b I I'll. oil '

.Mr. Lloyl lii'ilge Is cnlitlilonl f ntoutcome of Ihe wai tctliilitU-- t of a tne.