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Voi.- LXXV1 No. 25.575 |(op>rlahl lsia.Tha Tribune l>n| THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1916 . ? . (kVi; rL'VT ln \>w >»rf» fll.. Neaarfe.

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TORPEDO SINKSHUGE HOSPITALSHIPBRITANNICWhite Star Liner,47.500 Tons, Lost

with 50 Lives

1,100 SAVED AFTERU-BOAT ATTACK

Britain Efiraged at Firingon Red Cross Boat; NoWounded Aboard

Bt ARTHUR S. PRArtRBt oflMsteVfceMhflflaJ

Lmdoc'. Nov. 22.-Germanywhieved one cf ber greatest naval

succesfles tn the war yesterday when

cne of her ?_V marines torpedoed the

White Star Un** Bntannic, of 47.,"'00

itut, thc third largest ship ever built,i the \cssel which was

in the morninp off,n the JEgMII

ftj lives,*-._ more than a score cf.-.-c ii:jure.l. aeeordtng to

;hf at hand.

crving as Hospital Shipservinp flJ a

| hotween Eng¬land A' !h'

approaching Salonka when

rrpedoed, there were no

n board.Un Admiralty is eareful

hc ship was sunktorpado," 4iffi-

cial? ef thfl Whitfl >tar Line 4ieclare

¦_pka.ti.aUy that only a torpedocould havi pien-e.l Um steel hall of.h* Britanate.]nU. l.een aroused

_ttt at the contravention of all lawsofwar _:nl humanity shown in the

i

Of the big hospital .h»p.Th. British people are particularlyhard hit by thr- disaster becau.c theBriU* built to replacc it_

ed aiatar ship. the Titanie. as

I rtire.t ihallenpe to the .upremacyf the preat German liners, th" Vat-

:he Impcra-or.\e*.er Saw Naw York

ad coincider.ee that rhe two

-rs Britain built for trar.*-

kS-e both failed to see KatW

Vor- I T.tanic went down on hor

,Ke to America, axxd the Bri-

r. :. t.OB-4 as a hospiUl, .he had undertaken her

.. tr:n.

crcsses. painted on either

hill, ar.d a large red cross

|U1M. :,. . roflfl ber lunne'.s. Illa-Inight by red and flrhltl

eleeti c lighU. proelfliflaod <he Bntan--I1.-4.

Net. Phase «>f rrightfulne*.**yj. a show n.it

.h, ir: a*. thifl phase a

man frlfhtfU-BOBfl. They had expect.dthst till 'iermans would make flOflM

such ..".'¦¦ Bt ll tl"' hepe of accelerat-s- c movement. But any sueh

German ' xpectation disj.'.as*- B woful

igr.orar.ee of the Briti.h attitude iflwar.

Thst the loss of life was as small as

report*-.! was (iue in part to coolheaded. esn-f I part to the com-

plete equipment of l.fe-saving appar-atus on the Pr *_.- . r.c. The ship carriedfllght] Sta and specially con-

.tructed J_\ ;r« permitted three boststo be loviered simultaneously.The | tl.e Bntannic, *.'. A.

Bartlet'.. :s known as a rc.ourceful andexperiru'd seaman snd shippir.g* men

hrrr ctr t him with having broughtmost of the passengers through safely.

Sank la 55 Minutes

Thfl Bntannic wa? torpedoed at

o'clock in the morning and t.ar_ r.ear

skors flfty-flve minutes later. .v he waa

going to Salonica, but had no woundeden board."Her complement included 121 nurses

ii offlcer. and men of the army.:,.. Twenty-IWe of the in-

ired from the Steamer are now in thehospital, while others are

¦board Aliied ver.hipv.i saw the vessel

I and the vietims stru-fgling ontht flravofl. ar.d promptly responded toths appeals for belp, aml an Anglo-French .quadron from Pireus, com-posed of rjafltroyfllfl and auxiharics, im-,Biediately went to thc scene."The injuries of some of those on

teard are very severe, especially theeecu'.ar.t al twe boats which were

csu_t . by the propellora of the .team-er. ihe women of Zea tore up theirflothintf *o bandage the injured. The,Britar. ... had 3,000 bedn, which hadhoen piepared for the reception of sickand _<._!i_ed an hour prior to the tor-Pedoing."

liner < oet JH.OOO.OdOTh. Britaaatc «.¦ launched at Bel-

fsst la February. 1V14.I She remainedlaeemp'eted until the outbreak of the,*»r. ln the fall of 1914 she was _n-I'hed. at a total cost of $_,0OO,0O0.The hijfh cost was partiy due to the¦.fll that after the Titanie disaster the.'_ -I design was altered and thehfltannic waa fUted with a double hull.tke laaer .heil being: three feet from*-be ou'< r and extending over _ve-*l_ths ot the vesael's bottom.Aj soon aa the Britennic waa eom-

»joted ahe waa pot into the Admiralty'¦flrvtee aa a hoapltal ship. She made

raatlBBll .»¦ pt»ae t. emltumm 9

C. W. Morse to Build ShipsAs Ford Builds His Autos

Expects to Turn Out Twenty 10,000-Ton Boats a Yearon Assembling Plan.Will Save Money by

Construction on Same Design

Wt. More. head ef the I'nitedishia < 'umpar.y. announced

\esterdav pUns by which his companyto become to the shipbuilding

industrv what Heary Kord &-.J his fae-»»-e te thr automohile business.

Mr. Morse is vetnf* to build ocean-

goin*? fhnrere. That is. he flrill operatea $1.000,"On shlabaildiajt plant near,New 1 ann., along tlie same

:.\<- made For.i's auto-,mobile factories s<> aecceaafal.

Ship* to Sell nt Law PffccWith r.-ik'iirii te ''¦¦. heweTer, the,

eetnpai i a iii produce a lllbr far from fliv.erv. Thej arill beK000 to 10.000 ton steel steiimers. Butby quantity production and bv buildingvessels identical in type Mr. Morse andhis associates expect to reduce the costof production to such an extent thatthey can sell their ships for remarka-bly low prices.

Details of these plans of the UnitedBtatea Steamship Company were madepublic yesterday. when it became known

that the companv had purchased a

thirty-acre tract of land near New Lon-

don. Conn.. on thr enst bank of the.

Thames River. whkh arill be the site

EMPLOYES SHAREGAS CO. PROFITSConsolidatedto Pay 17,000Workers Million More

in Salarics

T'r>e (onsolidated Gas Company an¬

nounced vesterday the inaugurntion of

a profit-sharing plan for its employeswhich will be equivalent to an increase

of 7 per cent for those whose salares

are $3,000 a year or less.The plan, which becomes effective on

PeeembeB-/15 and applies to aU em¬

ployea who have been v ith the company

ala months on November 30, benefits

17,000. lt applies to the main coiapanyand to all its afnliated gas »**'(1 .***-**rt*-companie* in The Bronx. Queens, West-

chester, Yonkers and Northern W> est-1

chester, including the New York fcdison

Company.Statement by the Company

The company's statement follows:-It is increaringly recognixed that

proflt sharing ia some form promisesmore than anything else to stimulateth- interest of employes in the suceess

of tka underUkings with which theyare ider.tifled. This relntionship tends

especially to promote individual and

eellectrve effort ar.d a better spirit of

cooperation in the various departmentsof tho complex orjranizations now re¬

quired by the larger public utility cor-

porations to render satisfactory ser-

\ice. Feeling on the part of an em¬

ploye hii immediate personal interest

by having a direct part in the resultstends pe.haps more in this than in any

other way to secure and maintain that

staridard of excellence ao essential in

the conduct of the utility which seeks

the highest attainable ideals in the

public service..Mn the desire to meet ia the fulles'

sense their obligations to the public of

New York. the directors of the Con-

solidated (ins Company and the New

York Kdison Company and the affih-

ated ga« and Blhetrie companies have

been studying this question with a

-rest deal of care for some time past.

The directors of these companies have

n0w decided to pay to all employes.other than those of tha eaexcutiv. and

administrat.NC staffs, receiv.nir not

over three thousand dollars per an-

i um. a percentage upon their salaries

or wagea equal to the dividend rate

pa,d to the stockholders of the Consol-

,dat<*d Cas Company.17,000 Workers llenefited

"Quarterly dividends are now paid at

the rate of 7 per cent annually. and,

cor.sequently, these employes, some

17 000 in number. will receive a like

nuc. wh.ch Will approximate $1,000,000.ia addition to their salaries and wages.

The first payment will be made on De¬cember II next to all employes who.m November 30. 1916. have been six

nonthl or longer in the service of th"companies. and as in the case of the

payment of dividends to the stock-holders, will be made bv check.

*'lt is very jrratifying to the directorsthat they are thus able to ahow totheir employes, upon whom the satis-faction of the public with the semce

cf the company so largely depends.their recogmition of the faithful andeffioent dischance of their duties, bythe adoptron of this method of prolitsharing."

-a .-

LF.AVES EX-WIFE $60,475Former Husband. She Norsed. Rewarda

Her for klndnessWhen Henry J. Bamesby, of Garri¬

son, Na Y., fell ill, it was not the womanwho waa then his wife who came and

cared for him.It was his dlvorced wife, Sarah Frey-

fogle Barnesby. of Nanuet, N. Y., who

nursed him through the flve months

of illness. which culminated in his

death.When the man'a will waa read yea¬

terday it was found that he had left

his wife $10,000. To hia ex-wife hehad ba«|ueathed $60,476, for "her kindand sympethetie eare for me in my I*»t

dajra."

of thr i.r.'. alant. Ihe tract has hrrr.known as the H. E. Kowe property. andis six ttiles from the shipbuilding; yardalready operated by the Morse interestsat Noank. Conn. Mr. Morse did notdivulire the purchase price, but saidtha plant to be erected would cost at

least $1,000,000.Work to Start in Spring

It ia expected to start constructionabout the first of the year and to bepinpredneiatt ihia* in the spnntr.

Follewiac FereVa plan of producingaoteaaebilea, the shipbuildit.K plant willbe an asscmbling factor* Most of thevarious parts of the vessels. includingthe steel plates. will be received in

finished form and put together at the

New London yards. In this wav thacompanv expects to be able to turn outtwenty vessels a year. By makink* ves¬

sels Identical in type a great savingwill be made on the cost of designing.The United States Steamship Com¬

pany will ultimately operate about 100of the vessels produced at the new

plant. Mr. Morse said. The propertyacquircd for the she has 2,200 feet ofwater front.

ADAMSON LAWHELD INVALID

Preliminary Decision Per-mits Quick Action by

Supreme Court

iii ni a S'.IT ro-rnpnndfr.r of Tla Mkaai 1

Washington. Nov. 22. The decisionof Judge Hook in Kansas (ity to-daythat the Adamson law is unconstitu-tional has upset. trmporarily at least,the negotiations between tha AttorneyGeneral and counsel for the railroadslooking toward an agreemenfron a test

case to be rushed through the SupremeCourt before Januarv 1.Counsel for the railroads believed

that some such injunction suit as thatof the l'nion Pacific rr the Santa Fe,'representative of big, compllcated rail¬road business, should be the first toreach the Supreme Court. The govern¬ment, however, through its specialcounsel, Frank Hagerman, obtained thedecision in the case of a small, incon-

sequential railroad, the Missouri, Okla-homa & Gulf, which has only 334miles of track. 42 locomotives andabout 1,000 passenger and freight cars,all at present in the "nands of Federalreceivers.

Want a Complete TestThe result of ths.t move has been to

delay an agreement for a test case

until attorneys representing all therailroads have s-tudiei. the bill of com¬

plaint in the Missouri, Oklahoma ¦_

Gulf suit, which the Iiepartment ofJustice ia hastening to the SupremeCourt on appeal. Counsel for the rail-roads rai.se the point that the M., O.- G. case as a tinal test may not in-volve the complications in scheduleson which one of the vital objectionsto the Adamson law.

Ar-ide from thia, Judge Hook's ae-cision is regarded by the railroads as

a substantial vietory. Their attorneysdeclared that Judge Hook apparentlydisposed of the case on the points oflaw nnd constitutionahty involved, anddeflaea the issue clearly for final dis-position by the Supreme Court. Theybase that conclusion on the few linesof the opinion which read:"Upon a consideration of the Adam¬

son laiv and of what is said of itspraetieal effect and what waa intended,to be aecomphshed by it, the judgmentis that aa thr court construes the termsaf the law it eannot be sustained."

Government Seee Only HastaThe government, on the other hand,

ron'ends thut Judge Hook rendered hisdecision hastily, simply to expedite a

linal determination, without special re-

gard to the merits of the case.'* Kl tiie request of the Iiepartment of

Jaetiee," said Attorney (ieneral Greff-ory to-night, "Judge Hook. in the suitfiled hy the Missouri, Oklahoma \Gulf Railway Company, to test theAdamaon law, rendered his decisioninstanter and without argument ao aa

te make it possible for the SupremeCourt to decide the queationa involvedbefore the law goes into effect on

January 1 next. Appeal of the case,will be perfected to-day."This statement was based on te!e-

grams from Assistant Attorney GeneralK. Marvin I'nderwood. who withThomas H. Todd. assistant to the At-

I onilnuril on ]*ofr B. roliitnn 4

CARDINAL GIBBONS S AIDASKED FOR BELGIUM

Country in Grip of Disease, Rclief Managers Declare

Baltimore, Nov. 22. There ia a widediffusion of disease in Belgium. espe-ciallv tuberculosis, on account of lackof food. Thia was the statement madeto Cardinal Gibbons to-day by themanagers of the American Belgian Re-.lief Committee, who visited him.They tpldrfhe Cardinal they had been

informerf that the Pope had dispatcheda personal letter to him. inclosing a

sum of money and intimating that ne

would favor a collection in Cathoh^churches in behalf of the Belman chil¬dren. Cardinal Gibbons said he had1nol yet received the I'ope's letter, Dut|that he waa in entire aceord with theidea. A general appeal to the Amer¬ican nation ia to be made, accordin?to the comnusaioner.i.

Havre, Nov. 22*! King Albert of Bel¬gium has sent autograph letters teKing Alfonao of Spain, Pope Benedictand President Wilson on the sebjeetof the deportation of Belgians by the,German authorities, according to the"VingtienJ* Siecle."

ALLIES BEGINCANCELLINGWAR ORDERS

Midvale Steel GivesUp $60,000,000 Arms

Contract

EFFORT TO KEEPTRADE AT HOME

Munition Makers Here GetWarning from

Davison

Conflrmation cf . report that theBritish government had obtained therellnquishment of a $60,000,000 muni¬tions contract by the Midvale Steeland Ordnance Company was tsken lnmsny qusrters yesterday to Indicatethat the days of some of Wall Street'smost thriving war babies are num¬bered.That the Allies have worked Into a

position where they are almost indus¬trial!} independent of the I'nitedStates became a matter of cummon

knowledge three weeks pgo, when H.P. Davison, of J. P. Morgan «_ Co.. re¬turned from Kurope. Mr. Davisonbr.ught with him the new? of wh.tEngland. France and Kus.ia have beenaccomplishing behind the lines, andalso a warnin;;.

Warning to AmericansCnle.-s Ameriean manufacturers of

munitions decided to relax theirterms, he predicted, the Allies woulJprobahly flrlth-ISfl* a great share oftheir war trade."Great Britain and France," said Mr.

Davison, "have developed their manu¬

facturing resources in a way that sur-

passes belief. To-day they find them¬selves well equipped and able to pro-vide not only for themselves but in a

laigfl degrec to assist their allies."It may be that the busy munition*

makers of the United States d!d not

Kee fit to line their t-xactions with thewarning; or possibiy the Allies even

then had resolved to turn their muni¬tions millions into their own new in¬dustries. At any rate, ii. is r_ad»known by persons ifl close touch withthe commissioners handling the Britishcontracts in this country tnat effortsare being mad" both try England andFrance to ' bring about a generalcancellation of c«r.tracts for arms andammunition now standing.The purchases of shell steel, regard-

lcs« of any plan the Allies may havo,will increase, of necessity, as the de-;mand for finished goods decreases. Itwas reported yesterday that. the UnitedStates Steel Corporation had taken or¬

der?; for 1,51.1,000 tons at about $80 a

ton for the first quarter of 191.. Th.

price ranges between M- and $70through the last half of 1917.

Ordera Held in AbeyanceSo far have the negotiations pro-

gressed that French orders are beingheld in abeyance in several Ameri¬ean factories. It is recalled in thcStreet. too, that only a short time agothe Anglo-Russian commission boughta controlling interest in the stock ofthe Eddystone Ammunition Company,which had been organized by a group ofNew York bankers to executc Alliedorders.

In both these eontracta the BaldwinI.ocomotive Works had a royalty inter¬

est. The royalties are fraived with

the relmquishment of the Midvale con¬

tract, it is understood, and the Baldwin

concern in compensation is relieved ofcertain operating expenses for whichit was responsible.The Midvale Steel and Ordnance

(ompany was not altogether unwillingto let the contract go by the board, for

it is said the profits had not proved so

great as expected. The ordar on whichthe British government obtained thereleese covered 2,000,000 rifles, and hadbeen distributed by the Midvale com¬

pany among various plants of the Rem-

ington Arms-Union Metallic ( artndge(ompany snd the Winchester Repeat-ing Arrr.s Company.

lt is understood the Midvale companywill be reimbursed to the extent of$10 000,000 for outlay. thus far madeon the rifle contract, but whether there

is to be a further reimburseroent cover-

ing the $_0.000,000 spent ia acquisitionof the Remington Arms Company is not

known. The company however, is to

pet a specific per rifle proht on allrifles above a million which may beinanufactured at the Remington plantat Eddystone under control of the

British commission.Big Expenditure Maele

Despite all their swollen nrofits. theAmencan munitions makers have not

been travelling entirely along a prim-rose path. Many of them found the

necessary outlay for ".xhineij «p-Dallmg. I-est January the CanadianC.r and Foundry Company with con¬

tracts for $83,000,000 worth of *helland shrapnel, found itself unable to

D-oceed. The company's stock went

tumbliag, and it was only after theRussian Purchasing Commission hadrr.ade an advance of $10,000,000 that it

was possible to continue work.In the last few months shipments of

-ifles for the French gcernment haveirectically ceased. while French agentsiave been busy arranging eancellations._t the same time the situation be-'ween contractors and snb-contractorsiss been tense. Several munitionsjlants. including that of the Winehes-er Repeating Arms Company at NewHaven, Conn., and those of the Rem-

Camtimmt* ea papa I. -.I__sn .

DAY'S DEVELOPMENTSIN FOOD PRICE WAR

Ye.iterdatf't dcvelapmcntsin tlie campaign arjaintthigh priccx xierc:

The fi\e-cent loaf of brradwas advanced to six centsthroughout the city.A coal yard for the poor.

to be opened and operated bythe city on the East Side isproposed to defeat piiccmanipulators.

District Attorney Swannannounced that hc wouldsubpocna books of coal deal¬ers and ohtain all facts eon¬

cerning present high prices.Mayor Mitchel announced

that a new market bill was

being drawn to permit theproducrr to deal dircctly withthe consumer.

Rrpresrntative htzgeraldannounced that hc would in¬

troduce a bill in Congressproviding for an embargo on

foodstuffs.

JACKLONDONDIES;ILL ONLY ONE DAYAuthor Is Found Uncon-

scious On His Califor¬nia Ranch

Santa Rosa. (*!., Nov. 22- Jack Lon¬don, author, died at his Glen Ellenranch, nrar here, at 7:lo o'clock to-

night. a victim of uremic poisoning.London a as taken ill last night andwas found unconscious early today bya servant who went to his room to

av.aken him.His sister. Mrs. Kliza Shepard. sum-

mon. d physicians from this city. It

was at tirst believed that the authorwas a victim of ptomainc poisoning. but

later It developed that ho was suffer¬

ing from a severe form of uremia. Dr.

J. Wilson Shiels. a close friend of the

wfiter, was summoncd from San Fran¬

cisco.From the time London was found

this morning he did not regain con-

sciouaness. About midday he seemedto rally. but later auffered a relapseand sank rapidly until the end came.

Besides his sister, Mrs. Shepard,London is survived by a daughter, who

is a student at the University of Cali¬fornia; his mother, who lives in Oak-

land, Cal., nnd his widow, CharmionLondon. Mrs. London was with her

husband when death came.

London would have been forty-oneyears old on January 12. Mr. and Mr*<.

London recently returned from a so-

journ of several months in the Ha-

waiian Islands, and have been living on

their Glen Ellen ranch, one of the

most elaborately equipped in Northern(alifornia.

Jack London, romance writer of the

wild, was born in San Francisco on

January 12, 1876, the son of John andFlora Wcllman London. Hia father

might have been a character from one

of Jack's own tales; a wandering trapperand frontiersman, of Fnglish, Welsh,Dutch, Swiss, Freneh and German an-

cestryHis mother was descended from

rathef Jones. a famous circuit ridingpreacher of early Ohio days. So Jackeaaae hor-estly by his adventurous dis-

positioa, which he cultivated ta boy-bood on (.'alifornia ranches. Also, whenhis parents moved to Oakland. he tookto reading "Cook's Voyages," "Du Chail-lu's Travels" and other works of thatstamp. , _ ...

He entered the University of Califor-

( ..iiiinnril on paa* .. roloain S

SEA GOING BEARLASSOED AFTERROWBOAT CHASE

John D. Crimmins's Escaped PetTowed Ashore After Few

Days' Vacation

A bear, which for several days hasroamed around Port Chester, was capt¬ured yesterday on Eimers Island, off

Byram Shore, in Long Island Sound.Ha escaped from the estate of John D.Crimmina, of Noroton, Conn., and lastweek devoured a 100-pound pig.Tha bear **as seen on the eatate of

the late Seyrpour J. Hyde, in FieldPoint Park, Greenwich, yesterdaymorning, and the Greenwich policewere notified. Sergeant Patrick Flanni-

gan led the search.but without suceess.

Shortly after 8 o'clock. carpenters em¬

ployed on the estate of W. T. Graham

.pied Bruin near the water frontTheir yells cauaed him to Uke to thewater and Edward Nelaon, of Port Ches-ter, and Anthony Thompaon, of Green

wich, chased him in a rowboat.As he approached the bresakwater

near Eimers Island Thompson, who

had improvieed a lasso from a pieee of

rope, threw it over the bear's head.The bear pushed off the rope with his

front paws and ran up on shore, buton a second east the rope lodged se-

curely around his r.eck.The captive was pulled into the

water and towed ashore, where he was

placed in a crate and returned to theCnmmins estate.- .-

ri.NEHmsT ii'iirisaaii tiOLr UMtaiN. epaa liiaulr. tmobo*t*l Ai* Um. UM B'wa...aYdfl

COLD STORAGEPLANTS FILLEDAS PRICES RISE

Visits Disclose BiggestSupplies of FoodThey Ever Held

BREAD ADVANCESONE CENT A LOAF

Mayor and City's HeadsDiscuss Measure to Low¬

er Cost of Living

Disappeararvce of the five-cent loafof bread from the New York market,with the substitution of six and twelvecent loaves, was accompanled yester-'day by a redoubliu*; of efforts of thecity's officials to curb the activities otfood speculators, who are held respon¬sible for thc prevailing high prices.

Criminal proceedings, opening ofpublic markets and coal yards, speciallegislation for both state and nationand investigations that may lead to

vvholesale prosecutions were among

the developments proposed oractuallvcarried out that are expected soon to

make price conspiracy not only danger-ous but impossible.

Incidentally, a eareful survey of thecold storag" plants in New York Cityand Jersey ('ity by c xpert>s assigned to

the task from the office of thc Bureauof WeighU and Measures disclosed the

latgaat supplies of fre.h foodstuffs ever

placed in these houses in their history.Butter, cheese. chicketn, spples, Itidarm eggs, which were said to havereached the disappearing point, were

found in unheard of quantities.Some Refuse FoodstnfTs

These abnormal stocks have made it

necessary. according to one official, for

some of the big cold storage ware¬

houses to refuse foodstuffs offered them

for temporary storage. Tons of food

tjajt would cause the bottom to dropout of the present high prices are being¦held, it was shown, for atill higherprices.Joaeph Hartigan. Commissioner of,

the Mayor'fl Bureau of Weights andMeasures, explalned that these supplieswere not being held exclusively for!

.peculative purposes, but in some in-

stances hud been stored under con-

tracts preparatory to shipment abroad.ln most cases, however, it WM ac¬

cepted as evidence that the unprece-dented prices being charged for the

city's food supplies were the result of

mnnipulation. and not of^ the small

ihpiaMMtfl from producers that havebeen described by wholesalers and com¬

mission men as the real basi- of thefood famine.That the bakers of the city had de-1

cided against further efforts to sellbread for o cents a loaf with wheat at

$'_ was learned during the day, when in-

bpectors \isited shops to lesrn whetherstamps marking the weight of loaveswere being used, fts is required by cityordinance. *

Others to Change To-dayThey reported that most of the city's

bakers had changed to the 6 and IIcent Ifl-Tfll yesterday and that the oth¬

ers, almost without exception, wouldfollow their example to-day.There was no evidence of collusion

among the bakers, they said simply a

general agreement that the co. t of

everything entering Irto a loaf of breadmade it impossible to continue sellingit at old prices while paying new ones

for msteriala.Recently the size of o-cent loaves

was cut d.04t.n. ... _. . .

Meantvhile John J. Dillon, State Mar¬ket Commissioner, completed his planfor opening cooperative stores in thecity to make it possible for the farmerto trade directly with the grocer, deii¬catessen owner or even the consumcr.Commissioner Dillon hopes to open a

store on the Fast Side, near 110thStreet, Monday.

"This plan should go a long waytoward cuttmg down the prices of foodsin the city," he said. "Il is ss near as

we can come to solving it until moneyis appropnated by the state or enablinglegislation passed for opening a greatterminal market."The saving to the eonsumers

through such a market would be tre-mendous ao great that the liguresmake one's brain reel. The terminalmarket might pay for itself in a month.certainly in six months. This is no

new project. It has been under con¬

sideration for a long time, but it mustbe remembered that there are stronginfluerices operating to prevent the cut¬tmg down of food prices.

Dillon Feara Big Interests

"Whenever anybody suggests thatanything be done there is strong pres¬sure from th^ moneyed interests thst

I .mtlnu'.l oo p-8e 4. ol.imn 4

EMPRESSS BROTHERSFIGHT FOR BELGIANS

Paris. Nov. 22. - ThePrinces Xavier and Sixte ofParma. brothers of the new

Austrifln Empresi. are serv-

ing with ihe Belgian army.President Poincare recentlydecorated both with the WarCross. The __n_prets waa thePhnceit Zita of Parma andwai brought up in Italy.

HITCHCOCK FAMILYSAVES HORSES IN FIRE

Hunters Led Out Blindfoldedfrom Blazing Stable

The stable where Thomas Hitchcoek.of Hempstead. Long Island, keeps his

string of hunters and bjoIo ponies was

burned to the ground last night. Mr.and .Mrs. Hitchcoek, their daughterHelen, and the guests whom they were

etitertaining at dinner swsrmed from

the house when the flames were discov-ered, and saved the sixteen horses bycovering their heads with blankets and

leading them through the smoke. Noth¬ing else was saved.

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LOST GIRL FOUND IN HUT

Bayman Is Arrested After MlsslngChild of Thirteen Is Reacued

( entreport, Long Island, Nov. 22.Sheriff elect Biggs's five-day search forElizabeth Hoffman, the thirteen-year-old East Nortiiport girl who was kid-

napped on Saturday, ended to-nightwhen the girl was found in the hut ofArden Conklin, thirty-seven, a baymanof this place.

Biggs was compelled to break intothe hut and to subdue tha bayman be¬

fore reaching the girl. who was hysteri-cal. Conklin was arrested.

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AVIATOR SPERRYFALLS INTO BAY;WOMAN WITH HIM

Duck Hunters Rescue Two inGreat South Bay After

Accident

I.awrencc Sperry, aviator. accompa-

nied by Mrs. Wuldo Peirce. his pupilin the art of flying. dropped with their

I ydro-aeroplane into Great South Bay

>eaterdiv ufternoon. and for half an

hour clunir to the winjes of the craft. up

t,o their nccks in water. be-fore they

were reacued.According to Mr. Sperry. who suf-

fered little front his wetting, the pairhad left the hangars at Amityville andwere flyinir toward Babylon. when

something went wrons: with the engineof the fly inc boat. Sperry says that he

was dropping* into the bay to adjust tt

and was about to make a landin* when

the stake of a fyke net off the mouthof Goose Creek ripped its way throughthe bottom of the boat and sent it to

the bottom.The cries of the couple attracted a

party of duck huntees. who brouffhtthem to shore. Mrs. Peirce is ln the

South Side Hospital at Babylon, suffer¬

ing from shock and cxposure. The

lower plones of the machine and the

body of the boat were shattcred.

BANDITS~GET $40,900:ROB EXPRESS WAGON

Two Hold Up Messenger in Chat-tanooga Yards

Chattanooga. Tenn.. Nov. 22. Accord¬

ing to estirnates. $40,900 was stolenfrom a Southern Express Companytransfer wagon in the Western & Atlan¬

tic Railroad yards here to-night. Two

jnen held up the driver, Frederick Cor¬

nell son, who said they forced him to

unlock a box containing the currency.

The robbery took place in the busi¬

ness district. less than a block from

the local express office.The money was in packages made up

for shipment from various Chatta-

nooga banks to several Southejrn cities.

MUSIC CHAKMS T0 THIFT

Two Guesta Are Accused of SteellngHoateaa'a Phonograph

Mrs. Julia Cox, of '36 WalworthStreet, Brooklyn, has regained her

phonograph and has deleted two names

from her visiting list. When next ahe

gives a party among those missing will

bc William Tighe and Edward Murphy.of 129 Clymer Street. Probably theywouldn't be able to come anyhow, for

at present they are held at the Vernon

Avenue police atation on a charge of

burglary. |Tighe and Murphy made their final

appearance as Mrs. Co::'s guesta on

Sunday night. They admired her new

phonograph. The next day the machine

disappeared while Mrs. Cox was shop-ping. The pol>ce 'ouna ¦* ¦t tht ,odl*r'ings of Tighe and Murphy._WOMAN SLAIN; GEMS STOLEN

Head Croahed by Hammer; HoebandFlods Her Deed la Home

Mrs. Rose Zamkin. of 123 East 101st

Street. lay on her kitchen floor laat

night when her husband. Morris, came

home. She had been dead for more,

than an hour. By her side was the

blood smeared handie of a hammer; a

little further off lay the head of the

hammer. IThe woman had been struck several*

times on the head. IL*r shirtwaist andskirt were torn and the chamois bagwhich she wore about her neck, and,which contained faur diamond ringa.¦ diamond pin and 150 in cash, hadbeen tak*n.

Detectives of the Third Branch Bu-.refcu are looking for Alexander Gold-,etein, a tailor. out of work, who hadbeen living on the charity of the coupleHe has not been seen since early itl

the afternoon. when he waa doing od 1jobbs about tha house for Mrs. Zamkin.

Reichataf Meeti SaturdayLondon. Nor. 23. A Reuter dispatch

from Berlin sajrs that an imperial de¬cree has lixed November 25 for theconvening o( the Reichstag.

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HUGHES CALLSWILSON VICTORIN TELEGRAM

Offers Congratulationson Hearing Califor¬

nia Returns £.- ^

ENDS ALL TALKOF A CONTEST

Appears Happy and Welieved That Long Sus-

pense Is.Over

Lakewood, N'. J., Nor. _2..Charlflfl

Evans Hughes has eoneeded thfl ro-

election of Woodrow Wilaon.Following a report received froas

California by William R. Willcox, tho

Republican candidate has acknowledgedhis defeat and sent early this eveninga telegram to the President, congrat-ulating him. This follows:The President. White House. Wash¬

ington, D.Because of the doseness of ihe

vote I have awailed the officialcount in California. and now thatit has been virtually completedpermit me to exter.d \o you mycongratulations upon your reelection. I desire also to express mybest wishes for a most successfuladministration.

CHARLES E. HIGHESMr. Hughes's action brings to an end

all controversy over the election andstills the rumors which nave hithertobeen circulated concerning further con¬

tests and recounts.

Aaanrcd Reault Is SureThe telegram waa written eflrly ia

the day, but it was not sent until thisevening. Early this morning ChairmanWillcox left Lakewood and went to NewYork. He had discussed the recount inCalifornia with Mr. Hughes last night.and he carried to national headquartershere the latter's decision to o.ncede theelection.On arriving in the city Mr. Willcox

telephoned to the coast and was asauredby Republican leaders there thst al¬though not all the returna were yet in,the fight was over in California andWilson was the victor.The chairman of the national com¬

mittee then called up Lakewood and in-tormed Mr. Hughes of the word fiomthe Pacific seaboard. The defeated can¬

didate immediately set about complet-ing tho telegram.

Message Sent in Evening

Sfcortly before B o'clock Mr. Willco.came back to Lakewood and went at

once to Mr. Hughes's suite in the Lau¬

rel-in-the-Pines Hotel. There the Cali¬

fornia situatfon was discusaed again in

detail, and at the conclusion of the con¬

ference the telegram was placed in the

hands of*Mr. Hughes's secretary, Law-

rence Green, with inatructiona to senii

it at once.Thc former Supreme Court justice

would make no comment on his action

He dined with his wife, and Mr. and

Mrs. Willcox, and appeared more ligh*.hearted than since the beginning of

the campaign.To those who have watched him Ifll

the lobby and about the grounds of

the hotel for the last few daya it

seemed to be another man who sat a*.

the table with hia. three companiona.After dinner he strolled through the

corridor of thfl hotel, talking and

laughing with acqualntancfla, Hkfl *

boy suddenly releaaed from school. Al¬though he will not Ulk of politica hira-

Mlf, he has let it bfl known, throughhis 'secretary, that during hia daya of

waiting here he haa written num«rous

letters and telegrams, which, now that

defeat is certain, will be sent to hia

political allfea throughout the country.ltumor Hfl Will Jola Law K.rar.

There is a rumor here that after a

short rest the defeated candidate will

return to New Y«rk City. where he

will announce hia alliance with a lawtirm. For the present, however, h« willsay nothing of the future. He declinedto say whether or not he contemplateda retirement from politics.

Apparently, all that is occupyingMr. Hughes's mind at present ia howbeat he can enjoy hi- vacation whiehlies before him. Since kifl arrival herehe has been implored by organisationsall over the country to apeak at theirdinnera and oth«r funetions. Thiahe will not do until the time which he

haa aet for absolute rest is at an end.He and Mrs. Hughes plan to remain

at Lakewood t.r at leaai *m. w.eka

longer. Preparations have been mad_for him to conduct all of his personaleorrespondence from his suite m thehotel. Members of the cottage colonyat Lakewood now hope that thc in¬

vitations which hfl has so consisteatlydeclined since his arival here, will hereceived in a more cordial ipirit.

Thrcatens to Hold UpCalifornia's Electors

Raeramento, Cal.. Nov. 2_. Secretaryof State Frank C. Jordan predicted that,unless certain miaUkes and omiasionsdi-covsred in returns cf the electionfrom Yuba and Orangg countiea ar«

c.rrected. ke will witkkflld tke ccrtirt-