Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 4, 1914, Page 1

Only on the French Right Wing in France Are Troops of Opposing Nations Showingl Activity. : NO STATEMENT GIVEN OF ACTUAL OPERATIONS In Poland the Geranms Have Extricated Themselves from a Difficult and Menacing Position and are Now Directing Seid to Have Been Taken by the Austrians Since They Began Their Recent Offensive Movement—French Cabinet is to Return to Paris—Action Taken as an Indi- cation That the Allies are Convinced That They Have Sufficient Forces in Northern France to Check Advance of the Enemy. With hundreds of thousands of fight- _ ing men stretched out along the battle v in the eastern and western are- the official statements vouchsafe information regarding the actual ns. Apparently only on the Prenen sisht wiag in France have the tabops of the opposing nations shown oy particular activity during the past hours, and the French report the of Lesmenils and one of the stations at Xon, on the right jank of the Moselle. Likewise, in the the French have taken an ob- on point previously occupied by Poland, upon which all eyes are the Germans, having extricated ives from 2 difficult and menac- position, are now directing their fero, ‘against the Russian army which a few days ago, to encompass invaders. The Petrograd view of e situation in Poland is that {ihe arsaw campaign of the Germans ap- pears o bave resolved itself into a persistent and dosged grinding against the Russian center, with the aid of the recently 'arsived ~ heavy reinforce- ments.’ Nineteen thousand Servian prisoners @re sald to have Heen taken the s ey ‘an . - i she folows the savice of ‘The premier, in a t made at the opening of the . parliament luring le course Which he was frequently applauded, that a careful study of her £y obligations and the cause of the ‘war had convinced the govern- ment that Italy was not called upon Ttaly, he added, ‘has vital interests o protect and justly aspires to main- ny and the navy to a state cabinet i8 to return to Bordeaux and the French will meet in extraordinary in Paris on Dec, 22." The an- nouncement of the return of the gov- ernment to the capital is taken as an indication that the allies are con- vinced that they now have in northern France forces sufficient to check any further advance that the Germans may attempt to make. NINETEEN THOUSAND SERVIANS TAKEN AS PRISONERS Since the Austrians Began Present Offensive Movement Berlin, Dec 3, by Wireless to Lons) don.—Nineteen thousand Servian prisoners have been taken since the Austrians began the present offensive movement, according to & Teport re- ceived here today from Vienne. News other sources indicates that Ser- via’d casualties ' since the beginning of e war will reach about 100,000, or vitually one-third of - her ~entire rength. Reports of further Servian defeats to the east of the Kolubara and Ljid rltv':‘tulllld to confirm lh"hp:fig‘:ltduool; tary. observers that Servian resistance cannot be far off PITIFUL: APPEAL FROM - RUSSIANS IN LEMBERG. Ven' Moitke Confers With Military Men . Berlin, Dec. 3, via Wireless Telegraph to London, 7:35_p. m—Field Marshal Count Helmuth Von Moltke, the chief of the German general staff, who has Dbeen in ill health, ‘today conferred in Berlin with a n high military dignitaries from the German general headquarters in the fleld. LETTER SUBMITTED IN 3 = ATLANTIC BANK CASE. Tells of Way to Obviate Withdrawals of Money From an Account Which Has None In It Providence, R. I, Dec, 3.—A letter from Henry E. De Kay, a New York broker, to Edward P. Metcalf, presi- dent of the Atlantic National bank, re- ferring to the putting through of “a larger transaction” that “will obviate the necessity of drawing on a bank account which has no money it it was_introduced today at the trial of Metcalf and De Kay on charges al- leging miSapplication of .the bank's funds. Mrs. Bertha M. Riker, a stenog- rapher employed by De Kay, identi- fled the letter as having been dictated by him, but could not remember the circumstances surrounding _the bank: account mentioned. Mrs. Riker had previously testified that she signed|” Gomat Packing Compiny, Limited, and tional Packing. Y, 3 sent them to Metcalfy to be filled out angd forwarded to the hegdquarters of the company in Mexico City for pay- ment. Cablegrams alleging to have bdeen nt by John W. De Kay, who was indicted in connection with the bank’s fajlure, but never arrested, to his brother Henry De Kay. were offered in ovidgnce. ‘Some of these contained gootations of cablesrama which Jobn . De Kay wished Metcal? to send. him as answers alleged to have been written by Metcalf were also Tead. The letter indicated confidence in the| Mexican company property and were to be shown to London investors, ac- cording to the evidence. PERSONNEL OF STAFFE OF GOV.-ELECT HOLCOMB. Urging Relief For Widows and Or- phans. Ry London, Dec. 3, 6.05 p. m A pitiful peal, telegraphs 'S corres- Dondent at Petrograd, has been re- ceived by the municipal authorities of the Russian capital from Lemberg. urging that rellef be extended to Russien widows, orphans and _other destitute persons who are stranded in| Galicla. , About ten thousand Rus- sians, the appeal says, have Deen ar- rested by the Austrians. The Rus- stan army rescued 2,000 .0f these men. The remainder were, taken .into the interlor of Hungary, and nothing h Dbeen heard of them since their de parture. The appeal is endorsed by the Rus- sian governor-general of the portion of Galicia now under Russian control. 1t is said in the appeal that since the beginning of the war, 1,000 men have been executed in Galicia. * VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY FOR MRS. MABLE SCUDDER. Jury Deliberated Over Five Hours— Was Cherged With Murder of Brother-in-taw. River Mass, Dec. 3.—A verdict guiity™ was returned tonight 2 ot st S o T WEALTHY CHICAGO LAWYER ARRESTED FOR !}D OFFENSE. CRarged With Forfelting Bond of Cli- ent In New York 22 Yeers Ago. LARGER AP"RQPRIATIONG FOR GEODIC SURVEY. Scoretary Recfisld Says Thres of the Vi Are a Menace to Crews Manning Them. z New Tork, Dec. 8.—Larger appro- priations of money by congress to ex- tend the work of the government coast and geodetic survey to make the ser- vice sate for those emplozed in it were declared - necessary Willlam C. Redficld, secretary :’ the department e A L for the members © time ex-. change. Three of the. vessels used in chart- ing the and waters along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts were ob- solete, unsanitary and a menace to the lives ‘of the men manning them, he| Becretary Redfleld, while praisin; the efficiency of the steamboat lng on bureau, added that it was a way from perfect and wes hamp- ered seriously in its ‘development & scarcity of numbers. Six more as- sistant juspectors were needed in New York, alone, he sald; two in Bos. ton and others elsewhere, e T GQUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED BY A WOMAN Gangsters in Toledo Were Bent or - “Getting” Her Husband Toledo, Ohto, Dec. 4—Four gunmen called at the home of E. Plum- mer, 38, tonight with the inteition of killing’ . As a result one of the erine °°d her !Iby s er an usband. tteir Tntendod vicsim, s suftering foo bullet wounds in a hospital. Tt s thought ‘the would-be assas- sins came from Louisville, Ky, where Plummer hed been unsuccessful in the saloon business. Flummer was called to the door fo- nighf “We've & ‘message here for you from Loulsville,” said gne of the men. Then he began Mrs. Plummer, who was in her room, held a revolver. Her appearance was a general signal for a pistol battle. A dozen shots -were exchanged. Mrs. Plummer fired the shot which struck ‘one of the assallants in- the mouth. He fell dead in the'back yard. ‘The others disappeared. 1,444 Horses For Frenoh Army. Omaha, Neb, Dec. .-~A shipment of L&4 nocaes titended tor the French army here T Jersey bor day. An order was given for ten or thousand more to be ivered after) December 21, i 7 v he had been found guilty by the jury of Brigadi George. M. Cole, of Hartford, the adjutant-general (re- appointment). " Colonel Frank J. Regan of Rockville, quartermaster-ge: Colonel Phineas H. Ingalls, M. D,, of Hartford, eon-general, . . Colonel Wi Cheney, '~ of South Manchester, ~commissary-gen- eral. Colonel - Alfon Farrell, of Ansonla, ter-general. paymast 4 Colonel Armon :A. Alling of New Haven, judge-advocate-general. Major Samuel Russell, Jr, of Mia- dletown, aide-de-camp. (o Mslor John N. Brooks.of Torring- n, aide-de-gamp. Lieutengnt~ Commander William Sheffield Cowles, rear admiral, U. S. K. (retired) of Farmington,” naval e. CLEARANCE PAPERS FOR STEAMER BERWIND Recently Detained at‘New York Pend- ing Neutrality Investigation. Washington, 3.—Assistant Dec. Secretary of the Peters to- night instructed Collector of Customs Malone, of New York, to grant clear- ance papers to the American steam- ship Berwin, recently detained by cus< toms officials there pending an inves- tigation to determine whether she had violated the neutrality laws. The Berwin was chargedswith fur- nishing contrabana articles to a Ger- man warship outside the three mile limit. Upon investigation, however, the treasury department found it had no ground upon which to hold here. The vessel, it Was said here, is clear- ing for Charleston to take aboard a cargo of cotton for Bremen. One result of the -investigation by the New York authorities was a fine of 3500 on the Berwin's owners for making out a false manifest, in failing to declare certain articles board on the voyage which led to the inquiry. The $500 was paid under protest. LAMAR SENTENCED TO SERVE TWO YEARS. Jury Finds Him Guilty of Impersonat- ing a Congressman. 9 New York. Dec. 3—David Lamar ‘was sentenced to two years in the At- lanta penitentiary by Judge Sessions in the federal district court today after impersonating Representative A, Mitchell Palmer with iritent to defraud J. P. Morsan & Co, and the United States Steel corporation- The jury was_out 45 minutes. After Lamars lawyers had interposed motions for a Writ of error and permission to file a Dbill of exceptions, he was admitted to $10,000 bail pending an appeal to &, higher court. The sentence was the full penalty, When Judge Sessions asked Lamar ‘whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced at once, he replied, “There is nothing for me ot say.” He was plainly much af- fected by the sentence. Joe Cannon's Campaign Expenses 83274, . . ‘Washington, Dec. - 3.—Representa- tive-elect Joséph G. Cannon of Illinois, former speaker of the house, according to his report of campaign expenses Emperor William Visits Troops. Berlin, Dec. 3. via The and London, Dec. 4, 1:33 a. m.—] ‘William of today visited a part of the A end . German are fighting in the re- gion of - 458 (CHARGED WITH THEFT OF $86,000| FROM LOAN CO. MORE Investigation of Peoulations of Minor Employe Resulted in Discovery of Greater Thefts by President Wi 2 Boston, Dec. 3.—William Cobb, who resigned today from the presidency of the Collateral Loan company, known as the largest pawnshop in the coun- Satine from It fonde | Thett & its fun efts 386,000 are charged against Mr. Cobb. The .actual losses of the company, however, are greater. ‘Accountants have discovered lar- cencies of $28,000 additional, which are regarded as distinct from those charged against the former president. Any one of seven or eight employes of the company might have been re- sponsible for these other peculations, 50 far as present investigation has’de- Veloped, it was said. Worthless Mining Stocks “Kited.” The transactions charged against ‘Cobb were described by _ Assistant District Attorney Thomas Lavalle as “dummy * in which compara- tively worthless mining stocks was “kited,” checks bging exchanged be- tween' the president and the “dummy” and actual cash being taken from the company’s treasury to pay for the ledges. Three of these 'transactions, each involving the name of another per- son, are specifically mentioned in the allegations S CEbD. Assistant rict Attorney Lavelle sald that none of those whose names appeared in these transactions was Ield responsible for the alleged thefts, How Discovery Was Mad The shor in the company’s ac- counts was discovered in connection with investigation of the petty pecu- lations accomplished by he-hypothec ating pledges placed with the com- pany. When private detectives and accountants employed by the dirtctors examined the employes they were met, according to Lavalle, by the query: “Why don't you look higher up? See what the boss is doing.” The “dummy” transactions _then were fognd angd responsibility charged against the president. - Mr. Cobb resigned this morning, stating that his resignation had no connection with the losses sustained by the bank. STATEMENT BY FATHER L OF 'ACCUSED MAN Daclares It is Nonsense to Say His Son Resigned Because of the Trouble. Barnstable, Mass., Dec. 3.=Francis D, Cobb, president’ of the Collateral Loan company for twenty years and father of William Cobb, his successor, under arrest in Boston charged with, theft from the company, said tonight: “In my estimate, the losses are en- tirely due to somebody on the inside. That was our. point. We had eisht or ten clerks who up to a certain time at nigi§ and also Saturdays and holidays had access to the pledges. “When my son told me about the bank's trouble, I told him all the em- ployes must be shadowed. “It is nonsense to say my son re- signed because of the trouble. He had been planning to resign for some time because he needed a rest. He and I both remain on the board of di- Tectors and are willing to stand by our guns.” 3 LAST PRELIMINARY STEP IN COTTON FUND LOAN. List Completed of Local Committees in Eleven Southern States. Washington, Dec. 3.—The last im- portant step preliminary to the actual operation -of the $135,000,000 cotton loan fund was_taken today by the eleven of the Southern states. The pleted the list of state committees in cotton loan committee when it com- statae committees will proceed at once to. select local committees in every cotton producing community through- out the south and applications for loans are expected as soon as the local organizations are formed. The cotton loan committes also an- nounced tonight that a meeting of the chairmen of the state committees will be held December 15 to talk over de- tails of the loan plan. The commit. tee for Florida was not given in to- night's statement and it was that a committee might be named for Mis- souri, since the southeastern part of that state produces cotton. Although the plans for putting the fund into the hands of cotton produc- ers have gone so far, it was indicated tonight, that it is possible that a large part of the $100,000,000 contributed by northern banks might never be used. Officlals here realize that some south- ern producers are not particularly en- thusastic over the plan in view o the interest.to be pald on loans and of the prices now quoted wn cotton on the New York and Liverpool exchang- es. At the same time, it was said that the plan is regarded as smccess- ful whether a dollar is -borrowed un- der it or not. The very fact that the cotton exchanges have reopened and that cotton is selling for fairly good prices, officials declared was due to some extent at least to the completion of the loan fund. John R. Voorhis Vindicated Alany, N. Y, Dec. 3—Carges filed by the ' Honest Ballot association against John R. Voorhis, state super- intendent of elections, alleging official misconduct and recommending _his removal were dism! today by Gov- ernor Glynn. This adtion was taken, the governor said, on the recommend- ation of John D. McMahon, & commis- sloner who investigated the charges end reported them not sustained. Inceme Tax Costs Congressmen $16.00¢ tal of 316,000 from the salaries of represent es in congress for the current year., The deductions .were made today In the checks.issued by Sergeant-at-Arms Gordon to the per- sonnel of the house and will be turned back imto %:o mqua-“’lm at the age of g Militia CONTENTION OF FORMER SENA- TOR THOMAS M. PATTERSON GUARD o o Says Governor Ammons Changed His|road Orders After He Had Called Them Out to Protect Property and They Protected Strikebreakers, Denver, Col, Dec. 3.—Governor Am- mons of Colorado changed his orders 1o the state militia atter he had called em out to protect' property in the Colorado coal strike, said Thomas M. Patterson, former United States, sena- tor, here otday, testifying before the federal industrial relations commis- sion. After sending the state troops out with orders to protect property and men who were at work and strik- ers who desired to return to work, the governor changed his instructions and ordered the militia to act under the Moyer decision and to protect strike breakers. These orders according to Mr. Patterson, made Adjutant General supreme in the strike districct. Mistakes were made by all parties to the trouble, Mr. Patterson said. Declares Gov. Ammons Erred “The strike is a mistaken system,” he declared. “Nevertheless, it is the only recourse of the men. The op- erators made a mistake in not meet- ing the employes. Governor Ammons made a mistake in using the militia President Wilson alone saw the point when he directed the federal troops not to take sides and mot to escort strikebreakers. Criticized State Troops Mr. Pattersan severely criticized-the workings of the state troops under the Moyer decision and said that he had prepared for submission to the legislature a bill providing compulsory arbitration. “You belleve compulsory arbitration would be less likely to break down than_the mediation board created by the Newlands act, now at work upon the eastern railroad situation?” Operators Impervious “With ‘any ordinary body of men,” sald Mr. Patterson, “or any ordinary corporation, I care not of what wealth, the views of the president of the Unit- ed states or his suggestion of a board of citizens would have a wonderful effect. but I can clearly see that such a body of men as are represented by the operators here would be abso- lutely impervious to what such a board would. do.” “You believe the Newlands act would fail here Operators. Believe in Divine Rights “Certainly. It is not compulsory. These operators believe -in the divine right of legal rights.” In attacking the acts of the militia and the powers conferred by the Moy~ er_decision, Mr. Pattersron ‘said: “That decision has done more to demoralize society where these indus- trial disputes arise than any other agency. 1 think, where you put the lives of a community at the will of a mere soldier and suspend the opera- tion of the courts, that the soldier is more than human if he does not abuse it” Arrests Made hout Court Proceed- ings He stated that after the order to the militia had been changed the troops were engaged in taking strikebreakers into the mines and ‘arrests were made without court proceedings. “All of these’acts,” he sald, “by the militia, were done under the Moyer decision. Some authority ordered the enlistment of ‘gunmen’ mine guards and men under obligations to the op- eratorsr in the militia—men who had absolutely no right in the militia of any state.” Mr. Patterson declared that in con- ferences the operators had spoken in contempt of their employes as lawless, easily led, ignorant, unable to speak English. ‘Yet, he maintained, the op- erators had proffered them and made efforts tof put non-English speaking people into their mines to minimize the possible co-operation of the men. WITHDRAWS FROM COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Miss Sadie American, One of Its Foun- ders—Action Caused Surpri New Orleans, Dec. 3—Miss Sadie American of New York, one of the founders and for almost 20 years ex- ecutive secretary of the national cou cll of Jewish women, severed all con- nection with the organization at the conventlon here today. The action was taken at an executive session and, it is sald, caused great surprise. Miss American made her announce- ment just before the convention be- gan work on revising the constitution, one of the main objects of which was to consider curtailing powers of the executive secretary. A statement given out quotes Miss American as saying that the action was taken because “the conduct and acts of several of its (the organiza- tion's) officers makes service with them inconsistent with dignity and self-respect.” THREATENED TO EXECUTE AN AMERICAN OFFICER? Department of Justice Investigating Action of Governor of Lower Cali- forni Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 8.—John M. Bowen, special agent of the depart- ment of justice, left for San Diego to- day to investigate a report that Bal- tazar Avilez, Viliista governor of Low- er California, was threatening to exe- cute an American officer named Sa- bin and also that Avilez had. violated American neutrality laws by recruit- ing a force of several hundred men in United States territory. The arrest of Sabin was reported by a United States official on the border. Avilez is said also to have purchas- ed a quantity of war 'munitions in San Diego las night and to have trans- ported them across the line. The ll- legal recruiting is sald to have oc- curred in San Diego and Los Angeles. Old Odd Fellow Dead. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 3.—Philip Herz- big, Teported to be the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States, died here 93. Death was due infirmities of old age. the tatoes. ¥ ¥ : Forest fires in the state of Pennsyl. vania this year have caused damage of more than $450,000. A Philadelphia Stock Exchange seat sold for $3,500, the last previous sale being made at $3,100. The Chicago & Eastern lilinois Rail- has completed its new $800,000 car shops at Oaklawn, Il Many cotton mills in Denmark and Sweden are closed because of the scarcity of raw material. b H. Schiff has resigned from the Japan Society, giving as his reason his sympathy with Germany. Lawrence Page, of Quebes, his gulde and two helpers have been frozen to death at Lake Septile, Canada. As a rival to “Tipperary,” the Ger- mans in Belgium are singing @ song, “It's & short, short march to Calais A reserve force of 28,166 men has been recruited in New York city, to clean the streets of snow this winter. Three hundred hotel men gathered in New York city for the annual con- vention of the State Hotel Association. The Prince of Wales fund for the relief of the families of oldiers at the front has reached a. total of $20,000,000. Eighty-four employes of the Ellis Island Immigration Station, New York, received a month’s furlought without pay. Temple Bowdin, member of J. P. Morgan & Co., died at his home in York, following an operation for ap- pendicitis. Police Commissioner Woods of New York advocates freer use of the night stick by policemen to drive out city gangsters. A postalcard addressed simply to “The Most Popular Man in Germany,” was delivered to Field Marshall von Hindenburg. The Women's Freedom League in London has formed a corps of police- women wnder the name of Women Police Volunteers, ¥ As a result of a_practical joke, 83 doctors called on Mrs. Charity e~ Carter in Washington, having been summoned by postal card. The Treasury laundry machine used in making old and dirty paper money clean. and erisp will be exhibited at the San Francisco Exposition. Purchasing agents for the Rocke- feller Foundation hought 585,000. bush- els of wheat in Chicago markets for rellef of the starving Belgians. she was “Happy Wearing men's ev- ening clothes, was arrested in New York charged with masquerading. Enlistment for the second contingent to be sent by Newfoundland to join the British army is proceeding. rapid- 1y. John F. Lamb, who retired as de- partment commander of the Grand Army in Maine, last June, died yester- day. Alfred Ayotte, aged 12, was drowned at Biddeford, Me., by breaking through thin ice while skating on a brook. He is the first victim here this year. Thomas J. Hill, an aviator, was kill- ed in the suburbs of Los Angeles when his machine fell to the ground, while he was attempting & loop-the- 1oop. An unidentified man was roasted to death on an ashpile at Sparta, N. Y. He had laid on the pile to get warm, and was overcome by gas. found A prisoner at Auburn Prison, New York, has offered to give up his life to aid cancer research. He will allow himself to be inoculated with the can- cer germ. Cuban authorities have seized a se- ditious proclamation issued at Sague Lagrande, in Santa Clara province, ad- juring the negroes to arm and assert their rights. For the first time since the New York City Hospital on Blackwell's Is- land was opened in 1870, the old fash- ioned farm lamps were replaced by electric lights. On personal representations from President Wilson through Ambassador Gerard, Germany has released Admiral Neeld, retired, and his wife, held at a German health resort. One person was killed and several injured and dozens driven from their homes by a terrific wind and rain storm at Houston, Tex., during which six inches of rain fell. Mrs. Victoria Jerezyk, aged 52 died at the New Britain general hospital from burns received at her home when she attempted to replenish the fire in the kitchen range with kerosene. The American consul-general at Genoa has made arrangements for the free transportation by rail of the American Christmas gifts to the or- phans of Austria and Germany. In a running Tight with a raflroad car burglar at Buffalo, N. Y., Police- man Richard Cronip was shot and- fatally wounded. As, he fell he shot and killed his assailant Stanley Wru- blewski. Official announcement is made at [La Paz, Bolivia, that the mm lial re- lations between Bolivia and have not been interrupted, and that no mobilization of Bolivian troops has taken place, as reported. By a vote of 20 to 16 the directors of the Connecticut Chamber of Com- merce in Hartford voted to held the next. convention of the chamber in Windsor. Thirty-five cities and towns were represented at the meeting. The Chicago Assaciation of Com- meree has called a meeing of various interests for December 7, to consider the advisability’ of changing Chicago R e hour er than present time m"’*mmflmmm Dof SAYS GARDNER'S STATEMENT IS IS gressman Spoke of in His Effort to Have an Asserts—They Were Built for the Nevada and Oregon, Which Will Not Go Into Commission Until the End of NutYm—TwpedoaHannHidiaR-nge,ulw_- pedoes Not Required for Submarines. Washington, Dec. 3—What officials regard as popular exaggeration of ad- mitted defects In the American navy's torpedo equipment ,was the subject of a statement fssued tonight by Secre- tary Daniels embodying a special re- port from Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of the bureau of ordnance. Specifical- ly, the statement was prepared to prove misleading a declaration that “of long range torpedoes there are only 58 in the navy,” quoted from a speech by Representative Gardner of Massachu- setts, who is urging the administration to support his resoluiion for an inves- |eigh: tigation of the nation’s military pre- paredness. while the recent discussion of the subject has dealt only with the equip- ment of battleships and cruisers, Ad- miral Strauss took occasion to point out that long range _torpedoes are neither reguired rior desired for sub- marines. He recalled that the British armored cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue were torpedoed and destroyed by a German submarine at a range of 500 yards. Gardner’s Statement Leave False Im- pressian. “This statement standing by itself is calculated to leave a false impres- sion,” said Mr. Daniels. “In view of Tepeated statements that the navy has only 58 long range torpedoes, the chief of the bureau of ordnance has been asked to furnish a statement concern- ing the torpedo situation, and has complied, s follows: "“The 58 long range torpedoes, so often referred to as the only ones the flavy possesses, are of the 21 inch, 21 foot type, and there is no.ship in the United States navy yet in commission that is prepared to take them. They were manufactured for new construc- tion, beginning with the Nevada and the " Oklahoma, ‘and thees two ships will not go Into commission until about the.end of next year. Their long range is obtained by an increase in length over existing types, and no ship prior to the Nevada and Oklahoma s con- structed for torpedoes of this length. So far as the bureau of ordnance can ascertain, these torpedoes have as high a range, or higher, than any tors pedoes manufactured abroad. . “ ‘Beginning with the Virginia clage, which went into commission H ly in 1906, and up to and inciuding the Texas, which went into commission . - this, year, all the battleships are pro- vided with 21 inch, 17 foot tubes. Within the last two years it was found impossible to so improve the 21 inch, 17 foot torpedo as to practically double its range, and steps were taken at once to construct mnew torpedoes having the Increased- range. We al- ready have a sufficient number of these longer range torpedoes to outfit the t most recent dreadnoughts in commission, and that is the equipment that they will have on board. Torpedoes Enough fer' All Ships. * ‘In_addition to the above, there are being manufactured at the govern- ment works at Newport and the Bliss works at Brooklyn a sufficient number to provide all of the battleships of the United States navy beginning with the Virginia class with the ong range tor. pedo. The Ohio class, which were first commissioned about I304( are fitted . with 18 inch tubes and torpedoes of the highest range cannot be substitut- ed for the equipment now them, without_serious altera: Cruisers Well Provided. “‘All of the armored cruisers excep! four and all of the older re provided with 18 inch . tubes. af. the cruisers and all of the destroyers subsequent to destroyer No. 28 are provided with torpedoes that were up to date in range and speed-one’year e s e ko range of the 18 inch -and }E are now in process of co: n 18 inch torpedoes of the newer type, which will outfit all destroyers from No. 28 with the long ‘weapon. ‘Long range torpedoes are neither required nor desired for submarines. Submarine warfare is of such a char- acter as to' make it advisable to use short range, high speed that is the class that su being . furnished with. Cressy and Hogue were Te- torpedoed cently, it will be recalls of 500 yarde. " U i gty i CANAL: MANAGER CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBES. John Burke of Commissary Depart- ‘ment Indicted on Two Counts. New York, Dec. 3.—Additional in- dictments against John Burke, an employe of the isthmian canal commis- sion, as manager of the commissary department, were handed up today by the federal grand jury which has been investigating_allegeq frauds in the canal zone. In them Burke is charged with accepting two bribes totalltng nearly $10,000, The first indictment charges that Burke accepted a bribe of $5,686 from Arthur Goldsmith, member of a Han- over, Germany, firm, for passing a consignment of supplies. The second indictment alleges that he accepted a bribe of $4,000 from P. Canavaggio, a merchant of Colon, for passing wines and other supplies intended for use in the canal zone. Burke appeared in the criminal branch of the United States district court and entered pleas of not guilty. He was required to furnish new bonds of $14,000, which makes the total bail in his case $35,000. In a dozen or more indictments Burke is charged with re- celving bribes agsregating about 321 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE Expended $36,201 in ‘Recent Campaign Cash on Hand. ‘Washington, Dec. republican congressional _committee has only $17 in cash on hand, after recelving $36.218 in contributions and expending $36.201 on the recent con- gressional campaign. The committee, in filing its report at the capitol to- day, announced that the contributions in amounts of less than $100 each, aggregated only $5,533, and that the expensés were of a routine character, for traveling expenses, headquarters bills, etc. Movements of Steamships. land. "Napies Tor New ¥ouk: sienaned ind, for New. 1,050 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon., Dock §.30 a. m. Monday, New York, Dec. 8.—Arrived, steamer Ancona, Naples. Tiver FUNERAL OF REAR ADMIRAL A. T. MAHAN, Without Military Display—Bedy Bur- ried in Village of Quogue, L. I. New York, Dec. 3.—Exercises of the simplest character marked the fu- neral of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Ma- han, the noted naval authority and writer, today in the little village of Quogue, Long Island, where he had spent his summer months for many years. It was the wish of the naval officer that his funeral be without military display and his wishes wers respected. No representative of the army or the navy were present. The body was brought to Quogue this afterncon from _Washington, where the rear admiral died on Tues- day and buried in the Mahan family plot. A brief service was conducted at the grave by Rev. Samuel B. Fish, rector ‘of the Episcopal church at Bridghampton. DEER, ALIVE OR DEAD, PROPERTY OF THE STATE. n Given by Attorney General Light in Windham County Case. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 3.—In response to a request from the fish and game commission, Attorney General John H. Light has given an opinion concerning the ownership of deer. Some time ago a dead deer was. found by a man in ‘Windham county who claimed posses sion. The county game warden dif- fered with him and an appeal taken to the commission. The attorney general says: \ ‘I am of the opinion that the own- ership of every deer, or the carcass of @ deer, s in the state—in its sovereign capacity.” ciies the restraining law for hunting deer, running to June 1, 1917. * 560,000 ACRES OPENED TO HOMESTEAD ENTRY. Non-lrrigable Land in Oregon, Mon= tana and New Mexico- Washington, Dec. 3.—Orders wera issued today by Secretary Lane open= ing to homestead entry more then 560,~ 000 acres of western public land which have been determined to be non-frri- gable. After Jan. 11, 1915, the lands may be taken up in tracts of 320 acres each under the enlarged homestead act.. More than 300,000 acres of the props; Y ved lies in central and east- ern Oregon—Wasco, Crook and Grant countles. In Montana there are 100,000 acres, mostly in Chouteau, Bus and Custer counties, and g than 160,000 acres are located in ] Mexico—Guadalupe, Roosevelt Chaves counties. 3 Opi Russia Buys Airtight Gasoline. cost. ximately $25. Ged I8 sbnetractng poNoO in their militarv operations, to a statement issued this Steeland. are criindsic