Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 13, 1915, Page 1

‘.ifiisters of Bulgaria and Turkey Again Protest to ; the Greek Government ITALY ALSO IS TO COME TO SERBIA'S AID Advaidce of Austro-Germans is Gmwing More Difficult Now That Serbians Have Taken Up Defensive Positior on the " Left Bank of the Southern Morava, Where Heavy Fight- London, Nov. 12, 9.20 D. eontinued anding of some uneasiness the Greek government, formal, notice of their protest. Strong Allied Aid for Serbians. The' determination of the entente al- lies i@ their Balkan campaign is shown E. large force they are sending to the Balkans and news was re- from Rome today -that Italy also had decided to intervene in this A “in° a manner worthy of her fness” and to give sufficient sup: Port to the British and French to as- sure complete triumph. This is said to;have had some influence on Greece and Rumania. Rumania, however, is waiting for the development of the by t] celvéd Russian plans. Invaders. Advance Slowly. _Meanwhile the Austro-Germans m‘: %a’féfifi? Serbians now have mnpu ‘Bulgarians are advanch thelr efforts to cut. nfl."u‘r‘ ani @ -to their positions X til the . ground and are falling “back or are driven back from the Dvina, ‘was their obejetive. ns Attempt Outflanking. «Fhe Russians in the Riga region are an outflanking movement successes have nq'? them within striking distance the Tukum-Mitau railwa, which it b Tortresaof Windan. The ’ ndau. The falling back before of Russian offen- negr Laky Swenton while in the Ivanoff has continued their recent with the Dvinsk as the . sive 3" arass patches, s gt umm c ners on tronts he Trentino -and them on vmmmhu artillery b-v;y-tnflhc Artof wxmthem =d foretell another offe e e EXPLANATION OF SEARCH | OF STEAMSHIP ZEALANDIA m.—The British and French troops at Saloniki is causing to Bulgaria and Turkey and the ministers of those two powers today again protested to which took to brought him nearly In the most recent near Rudka, the bag ll-l-ll’ of whom 'h'“h Mlhmln Offensive. The Italians keep up their offensive Isonzo ‘were are making another effort to take .uo:-w. which has withstood 5t the ground. this can rensive. ing is in Progress—Big Battles Also Are Proceeding in the South Between the Bulgarians and Anglo-French Troops—Germans Have Apparently Abandoned "All Hope of Reaching Riga and Dvinsk, and Russians Are } Attempting to-Outflank Them—Italians Keep Up Their Offensive, and Artillery Actions Are Prevalent in France ment officials took no today in the situation. It is believed details reach here tomorrow. Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page's visit to the Italian foreign office is expected to de- velop at least whether the Ancona was torpedoed without warning, or whether shots were fired at the vesse] after she had stopped. Until definite in- formation is available on these points, any representations to Austria-Hun- gary will be withheld. The impression is strong in official quarters, based upon press despatches, that the vessel tried to escape and that those oi her passengers who were lost were drowned in the panic that ensued when she was halted. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL RESIGNS FROM CABINET. Join Expeditionary Army Now in France. Nov. 12, 10. :u e m—it is ol further steps probably will S of . ne etlndwt‘l)ohflmmln ch;trc 1n his tet resig- axnulg“l that he m in the rmmuon of & $mall war council and ties ai. | @ppreciates the intention which Pre- mier Asquith _expressed to include him among its members. He foresaw that | the difficulties that the premier would have to face in:its composition, he states and he makes o complaint be- cause the scheme was changed, but with that change his work in the ernment naturally closed. He. he ‘could not aceept a position of gen- ‘eral responsibility for war policy with- out any effective share in its gurd- ance and contrel and did not feel able. in times like these.to remain in well- pair activity. Rumors had been current for some time that Mr. Churchill would resign his seat in the cabinet and go out on active service at the front. He is a major in the Oxford Yeomanry. Mr. Churchill was serving as first lord of the admiralty when the war began and filled that office until the um- © fthe coalition cabinet last - took the position of chancelor of Duchy of Lancaster in the new mb- inet, Arthur J. Balfour being made first lord of the admiralty. GREAT. BRITAIN TO FULFIL PEACE PLEDGE London, Nov. 12, 326 p. m)-Re- affirming by Premier Asquith of the pledge regarding the -entente's peace pledge, delivered at the lord mayor's banquet Nov. 9, 1914, was made by Sir Edward Grey, British foreign sec- Tetary, today, in'a written answer to a question put by Sir ‘Arthur Mark- ‘member of p: the ll‘:uneld division otmm. shire. . After stating that Gml Britain’s po. llflenin!b'wnriaflxelhyhg&llb ‘ences with Japan, Francé the forelgn secretary ".‘:tnotx;x"n\lfl«w the con b, m those laid. down mmnmn-am a; very desirable tl derstood _once B tor | wmtan .m Duchy of Lancaster, lm.I re:itned from | he French in Montenegro Alfe Safe. Paris, Nov. 12, 2.40 m.—The French minister at Cet telegraphs that all the French citizens in Mon- tenegro are safe and well. Communi- cation between Montenegro and the outside world is extremely difficult, Robert Woolfenden Dead. Liverpool, Nov. 12, 9:05 p. m.—Rob- ert Woolfenden, head of Woolfenden, Thompson & Company, cotton mer- chants, died here today. Mr. Wooly fenden was formerly in the cotton business in New York and other Amer- ican cities. MISCONDUCT IN OFFIGE. NEGLECT AND |NEFF|clENgV Charges Against Edward E. MoCal of New York Public Service Com- mission. New York, Nov. 12.—“Misconduct in office, neglect of duty and inefficiensy” are -among the reasons in a statement tonight by the legistative committee {nvestigating the public service commissio nfor its recommen- dation to Governor Whitman for the dismissal from office of Edward E. McCall, chairman of the public service commission of this district. In its statement the legislative in- vestigating committee group its find- ings under nine heads. Of these four are devoted to “misconduct in office” and five ave glven under “meglect of uty.” . While the committee, headed by State Senator Thompson, the chair- man, details specific charges, it makes numerous general accusations. Among these are that McCall “has exercised his official power and influence for the particular advantage and benefit of certain interests” The committee ac- cuses him of using “time required in officiel business, in private law practice for hire” and of failing “to give adequate service as a commis- sioner in the supervision and the reg- ulation of corporations.” Mc. McCall's own testimony on the witness stand concerning the owner- ship of 387 shares of stock in the King's County Light and Power com- pany, Senatar Thompson said, “were among the o _reasons for recom- mending M Call's dismissal. VILLA AND OBREGON BOTH AT NOGALES. Carranza Leader Declares It Nothing More Than a Coincidence Nogales, Ariz, Nov. 12—Francisco Frelgm Handlers CAME TO AGREEMENT WITH BOS- TON & ALBANY ROAD. BACK TO. WORK TODAY No Agreement Has Been Reached B tween the Boston & Maine and the New Haven Road and Their Em- ployes. ade Boston, Nov. 12.—The first. break in the week's strike of railroad freight handlers came tonight with the an. nouncement that the Boston and Al- bany road and its 500 employes had reached an agreement. Some of the freight handlers are to return to work tomorrow, according to union officials, nothwithstanding a vote passed recently by the men of States demonstrated their faith in the various cities of the country. ‘When railroads and churches ders daily. Villa, chief opponent of the Carranza government in Mexico, arrived at No- gales, Sonora, opposite here, today, wit! 00 troops, a few hours after the arrival of General Obregon, Carranza wilitary commander. General Obregon-said that his pres- €nce here at the game time Villa was ting Mexjcan Nogales was fiothing re than a coincidence. The BAL 1] Indians 7a leader. late today annot came_here- to infjuence. the Yo Fortmarty were snder commALG 3 m;—ma i nqi 10 Cuflnz s swi Ecign” Ho predicted that fariss of the de facto government would be in complete possession of the state of Sonora within 40 days: Reports that General, Villa had been offered amnesty were emphatically. de- fled by General Obregon, who declared that Villa would be treatéd as an out- law if captured. General Villa announced his visit to Nogales was for thé Purpose of con- ferring with Carlos 1, acting governor of that portion of " Sonara controlled by Villa. He said he might make Nogales his headquarters for fu- ture operations. REVISION OF GEORGIA'S' PROHIBITION LAWS Passed Last Night by Lower Branch of Legislature. Atlanta, Nov. 12.—A ‘measure revis- ? Georgia’ tion laws, design- to eliminate completely breweries, lo¢ker clubs and “near beer” saloons now in‘eperation, was passed tonight by: the lower house of the legislature. It aiready had .passed the senate and is understood to bave the approval of “speciically prohibits _the manufacture ‘or sale of intoxjeating liquors. in the state and defines liquor as any drink having more than half of one per cent. alcohol. . Presént laws permit manufacture and sale of drinks Containing mot more than four per fl:‘“u W the nate to s passed e ‘senate to pro- hibit liguor advertisements in the state limit the amount of liquor each i may import into the state come up in the lower house next week. . ALLEGED MONOPOLISTIC ACTION OF NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS Within “the . Three Year Period of ‘Statute of Limitations. New York, Nov. 12.—An alleged act u.xn + to_ monopolize, committed withi le three year period of the statuls” of limitations, by former di- rectors. e New York, New Haven and , eleven of whom are 0o trial, charged with criminal violas £ the Sherman law, was de- serined jury today. The testi- umml to prove it marked the “thus far during the trial mflunhlln- o aedpariod. consisted of the .pprovyg the board of directors in 1912 gt.:gmmun 6 acquire “open ‘coi ferc] ts' Transpoitation company and 1o celab. t:line from Boston to Gal- ‘fhrough the Panama canal Vhen KM ‘be compieted. MEXICAN BOUNDARY LINE MARKED BY FLAGS. Action Taken After Villa Cavalry_Had Pursued Dourm Over Line” Nov. 12.—The boundary ‘lfiflco!mfl the United ked . at fifty Zard i the three roads involved that any set- tlement. Dbe a general one. Mayor Curley Optimistic. “So far as um.l?nbl lmrn.duumllht no agreement was_in.immedia: between the Boston:and Maine and the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford roads and their former employes. Sayor Curiey, however, expréssed hope that the\ settl ‘would be complet- ed_ within a w Neither the Boston and Albany of- ficials, nor the union committee which reached the - - would -discuss the basis of it: The men of the Bos- ton and Maine originally-struck for in- creased pay, reduced working hours and compensation for holidays. The freight handlers' subsequently STEAMER &ITY OF SEATTLE FLOATED AFTER GROUNDGN! Rupert, by tross. The steamahip. Sty of of Seattle ‘was floated - this ana_proceeded to Prince Rupert, B. C.. under her own Steam, convoyed by the steamer Prin- cess May, according to reports reach- ing here. irless reports, received by. the Pa cific Steamship Company, owners thes City of Seattle, said that the vessel was not badly damaged. GRANTED DIVORCE DECREE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, Judge Burpee in Supsrior Court Estab- lishes Record for Conectiout. Middletown,“Copn,, Nov. 12—A di- vorce was granted by Judge Luclen F. in superfor court tod&y in the briet space of five minutes from the galllng of the case from the docket 1t was -thought ‘by &ttorneys 'in at- tendance ‘at court - here that - Victor Hedlund was given a decree from her. 0. The plaintiff said away in 1912 with and’ he served a jail duct, - The Hed: led at: Haddam' Neck CASHIER Newm-lunnu umv:mm umaue lle.l.lnt mAn Being ‘Audited. Chicago, Nov. m—mh son, bookkeeper. al;fl v-shrn uniy from the unhmm business . Be Alive to the Opportumity Before a convention at Chicago Garrett Fort, general passenger agent of the (Union Pacific declared that railroads of the United $10,000,000 for newspaper space during the last fiscal year. Concerning the value attached to newspaper advertising for church purposes Rev. E. A. Rumball. of Boston, at a conference of the Uni- tarians of the middle states and Canada spoke paper advertisements which the Unitarian churches are displaying in and resembled the advertising of department stores.” pays to advertise it must be apparent to the .business man, little, that he is neglecting his opportunity unless he is profits by their experience, and when it comes to selecting a medium the best is the cheapest. Such is the service which The Bulletin ren- Matter carried by The Bulletin the past week is shown as follows: Bulletin Télegraph Local General Total Saturday, Nov. 6.. 114 1370 1100 1351 Nov. 8.. 120 154 252 . 526 Nov. 9.. 94 144 207 445 Nav.'16.. 95 131 193 419 Novii11.. 9@t 428 261" 479 Nov. 12.. 130 187 444 to Steel Magnala RAPID ADVANGE OF J. LEONARD REROLGLE OF NEW YORK. NOW BUT 38 YEARS OLD Bid Against His Former Superior Of- ficer for a Block of the Cambria Steel Stock, and Got It—Largest Single Holder. New York, Nov. 12—Three hundred thousand - sates of stgck or there- abouts in the Cambria Steel company ‘were sold today for approximately $1%,000,000 to J. Leonard Replogle of this cigy, who started his business ca- reer when 11 years old as a water boy at less than $5 a week, in the Cambria ls, at Johnstown, Pa. r. Replogle, who is now 38 years cmdmud Iclogrm The strike.of the Michigan Camtral railroad clerks has been off. All Greek citizens who have not done military eervice will be put into h'l-ln ing. H. U. Mudge was slected president of the Denver and Rlo Grande rail- The Phillips M and Tin Plate Co. will bulld & 31,000,000 adaition o its strip plant at Weirton, O. The thirty-ninth_annual convention of the American Humane association opened at St. Augustine, Fla. President Wilson has virtually de- cided to attend the army-navy football game at New York Nov. 27. The American line steamer St. Louis arrived in New York. Harry Lauder, the comedian, was a passenger. The special train carrying the Lib- erty Bell from San Francisco back to Philadelphia left San Francisco. Patriotic demonstrations were held throughout Italy to celebrate King Victor Emmanuel's 45th birthday. Soldiers of General Villa are desert- ing in large numbers and érossing the American border near Naco, Ariz. Fire destroyed the' rope mill of the newspaper advertisirg by spending “of the large news- Some of them took whole pages have fully demonstrated that it big or alert and 2200 3664 old, bid against his old superior offi- per. Wiltiam H. Donér. for the block of stock.and won- it after negotiations in Phi] hia ‘which lasted all day and virt all night for several days and nights. The stock was boushit com- from the Penngyivania pany; which formerly w 450,820 shares of the 900,000 issued—a control- ling interest in the Cambria company. The capitalization of the Cambria Steel_company is authorized at i 000,000, , but only $45,000,000 (900, &hates’ it §50 par Value) were is ~Agcquired About 112,000 Shares. Of the railroad’s original 51 one cent. holdings of Cambria Steel, Mr. Donner. had already acquired. about 112,000 shares, - This was secured in two lots; one of 56,000, on which he had an option and the other, of the same amount,” ob which he acqired a_conditional option. The condition was that he should find a purchaser for the railroad’s holdings of Pennsyl- vania Steel stock. M. Donner 18 pres. ident of bath the Cambria’ and Penn- sylyania Steel com; Charles: M. Séhn B Vou sontud 6t Bethilehem Steel, wanted the Penn- sylvania_Steel propertels, it was re- ported, to combine them with his Beth. lehem 'Stee] propertiés, it was report. ed, to combine them with his Bethle- hem t and thus form the nucleus gigantic steel merger. Mr. S e crossed with this id Mr. Donner won in the quest the Pennsylvania steel stock. He * tried, v "Cambria stock owned by the From Water Boy to Vice President. Three weeks ago Mr. Replogle, Who felufied ‘as vice president of the C company ~ Marel began nm- for the .pui of the remaining riastock by the rallroad. - Durks the ~twenty-seven years he had been with the bria tompany he had risen from 2 to (occupy lll'nnnlt every ine r\ma. however, the Pennsyl road no longer controlling the: company ‘after Mr.. Donner had exer- Cised his options, sold some Of the stock in the open market led as un] 3 plant “will be pe énsively on munitions o John A: Roebling Soms Co. plant at J., at a loss of $500,000. | An American eagle was captured by ‘the crew of the battleship New Hamp- shire and will'be kept as a mascot. Dr. John McVannel, former professor of philosophy at Columbia university, died at his home in St. Mary’s, Ont. After an investigation, Major-Gen- eral William C. Gorgas announced that there is no yellow fever in Porto Rico. The Dutch fishing boat St. Nicholas was sunk in the North sea after hav- ing been in a collision with another boat. The annual convention of the Phi Alpha Gamma fraternity —openmed in Pittsburgh. About 3,000 physicians are in attendance. ‘wrecked" the safe in the Co- le, Mich, state bank early yesterday, secured $4,000 in cash and made their escape. Stricken suddenly with heart failure, Lieutenant Charles Greber feil dead from a chair in the Morrisania police station, New York. MMM Cors it 'is said, to” obtain the |, Kaiser Wilhelm decorated Mrs. James W. Gerard, wife of the Ameri- can ambassador, with Red Cross gold medals of the first and second class. William J. Walsh of Bayonne, N. J. a special policeman empioyed in _the | Sunnyside yards im-Long Islangd City, was struck and killed by a train. fire at the t, 100 gnards, the. company’s - entire - special . police force, were picketed about the works. W. R. Grace & Co. of New York are reported .to have purchased the entire Panama fleet; consisting of six steam- ers, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. The pelice department census of the Alexander and Victor Gondos of the Bndgmrt Daily News CHARGED WITH BLACKMAILING A TRUST CO. Plot Was to Accuse the Trans-Atlantic Trust Company of Handling Money Sent From Germany for the Fay Bomb Plot—Further That the Bank Was a Medium for the Foreign Spy Service and That it Committed Offenses Against the Neutrality and Laws of the eUnited States— For Its Suppression They Are Alleged to Have Received $2,000. New York, Nov. 12.—Alexander and Victor Gondos, editor and publisher, respectively, of the Bridgeport Daily News, were held for the grand jury in bail of $10,000 each today after the charge of extorting $2,000 from Jullus Pernitzer, president of the Trans-At- lantic Trust Company of this city, was reduced to one of attempted extortion. This action was taken afier their ar- raingment before a magistrate on the extotrion charge. Plan Against Trust Company. After Pernitzer had testified that the Gondos brothers called upon him and produced a plan, in Hungarian, of a campaign to be made against the trust company, adojurnment was tak- en in order that the plan might be translated into English. Pernitzer swore that Alexander Gondos asked for $2,000 to suppress the campaign and that when he handed a check for that amount to one of the defendants, their arrest followed. The plan as submitted to htm was in the hand- writing of Alexander Gondos and was handed to him by Victor Gondos, he testified. Portions of Alleged Plot. One section in the plan as translat- ed sald: “The money for the Fay bomb plot was sent from Germany through the Trans-Atlantic Trust company.” Another was to the effect that “the bank is a medium for the foreign spy service and commits at least offenses agailst the neutrality and laws of the Tned States.” - SHill-snsther. @elint e “The Trans-Atlantic Trust Company represents here a policy of inducing immigrants to return hom” and after outlining the policy said: “This policy is harmful to the United States.” Pernitzer denied that he knew Fay or his alleged plot to blow up ships, insisted that his bank was, not a me- dium for any spy service and that it had received no money from Germany in furtherance of any plot. The Fay referred to is Robert Fay, who with four others is held on & chafge of attempting to blow up mu- nitions ships. RETURNS FROM CONGO WITH 100,000 SPECIMENS ANIMAL LIFE Herbert Lang Headed an Expedition for American Museum. New York, Nov. 12—Herbert Lang, an explorer, sent to the Belgian Congd in 1309 by the American Museum of Natural History as the head of ‘an expedition -to gather for the museum a_ cpllection animal and bird life of “Africa, returned hgamm hx:‘; Lang edition ~ ha nt.hgia more than 100,000 specimens of ahimal life -as weli as over 6,000 specimens of bird life. The expedition into the Congo, ac- cording to Mr. Lang, was primarily to secure a representative group of the Okapl, first reported as being in_the Congo by Sir Harry Johnson in 1903. In this he was entirely successful, se- curing_magnificent specimens of the male, female and their young. Of his total collection, about 20,000 specimens borougn of Manhattan shows the pop- ulation of the borough to be 2,295,671, or 192,465 more than the recently taken state census. Ezra Winter and Eugene Savage, American artists, who were thought to have been on the torpedoed liner An- cona, are safe in Italy, having post- poned their sailing. All the crew of the British steamer D. A. Gordon, which was wrecked on the Canadian coast, between St. John, N. B, and Syduey, N. S., are believed to have perished. Following the disappearance of its cashier, the Merchants’ and Farmers’ National bank of Clsco, Tex., closed its doors. The cashier's loans with the bank were excessive. The lumber-laden schooner Empress, Bridgewater for New York, caught fire during a_gale, while anchored at Bar- rington Passage, N. S. It is thought that she will be a total loss. The cellier Tnn-”rfitfion, outward hound for Norfolk, was stopped in New York harbor by the neutrality patrol and ordered to return to quarantine. The ship had failed to clear. Representatives from and towns in Massachusetts and _other other states attended the third annual conference of city. and town planning boards which opened at Boston. Irvl Watkins, a 33, colored, of Torrington, . was e ool oo mtaten prison for from 11 to 15 years for an assgult committed on an 11 year old colored girl of Torrington on Oct. 30. Coast guard headquarters in Wash- ington announced that three . coast uard cutters are on their way to re- ve vessels in distress in a serious Bale reported off the north Atlantic coast. W. Eberhardt, member of the New York stock exchange and repre. sentalive of the Pittsburgh firm of G. W. Eberhardt Co.. was suspended for ©One year for dealing with bucket shops. Reports that W. S. Winham, for- merly a banker of Pasadena, Cal, had been murdered by ‘Mexican bandits in the territory of Tepec, Mex., were gelved by Los Angeles friends of ‘Windham. Miss Nettie Folum. 76 years of age, was burned to death in her home at Lynn, Mass. She was alone at the time and it is believed that her cloth- ing was accidentally ignited when she lighted a match.* The scheener Kitty Madeira and Canary Island: to Newport, R. L. with more than 500 of birds and animals for university. 3 A., used by a Azores, Detroit, . . Nov. 12—Dr. Wayne Smith, ‘superintendent of Harper hos- and widely known as :ndi.e‘;w- on ‘management late '6:5?' caused by apoplexy. were large animals. He also said that he had secured a- -compléte family group of the faded white rhinoceros as well as nine lions, four elephants, three giraffes and a complete buffalo fam- ily. Other portions of the collection include smaller animals, specimens of their habitations and 800 snakes of about 50 species. Despite the dangers of the jungle, Mr. Lang said that he and his party enjoved excellent health. To trans- port the specimens from the interior to the coast, a distance of more than 300 miles, the services of more than 2,000 porters working in relays were employed. During the six years that the party was gone but one fatal ac- cident occurred, that being when one of his native hunters mistook a wound- ed lion for a dead one and was fatally clawed and bitten. MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS SETTLING DOWN TO PEACE Improved Conditions Follow Recogni- tion of Carranza. Washington, Nov. 12. Mail reports reaching the state department today from Piedras Negras said people ar- Tiving there from the interior of Mex- ico brought word. of greatly improved conditions following the recognition of the Carranza de facto government. “The recognition of General Car- ranza,” said the report, “seems to have considerably changed th eminds of many revolutionists who-now desire to setle down in peace and devote to rebuilding’ the war-torn ASKS FOR TRANSFER OF FORMER VILLA SOLDIERS Over \American Territory from Agua Prieta to Piedras Negras. ‘Washington, No 12.—General Cal- les, the Carranza commander at Agua Prieta, telegraphed the Mexican agency here tonight asking that the permis: sion of the state department be ob- tained for the transfer of 500 former Villa soldiers over American territory from Agua Prieta to Piedras Negras. The request will be presented tomor- row. The Villa soldiers were granted amnesty and will be given sufficient money to pay_transportation to their homes from Pledras Negras. Movements of Steamships. Gibraltar, Nov. 1L — Arrived: steamer _Perugla, New York for Naples. Liverpool, Nov. 11.—Arrived: steam- er Dominfon, Philadelphia. Almeira, Nov. 10. ed: Italla, New York. 10.—Salled: steamer New York, Nov. 11.—Sailed: steam- er Cymrie, Liverpool. Liverpool, Nov. 11.—Arrived: steam- er_Adriatic, New York. Falmouth, steamer Gibraltar, Nov. 11.—Salled: steamer Itali, New York. Skirmishing Near Naco, Douglas, Ariz, Nov. 12—General P. Eifas Calies announced today that skirmishing had been in progress all day at Los Cerritos, five miles south- east of Naco, between- 1,000 Carranza scouts under Colonel Lazaro Cardenas and an unknown number of Villa in- fantes. MEETING OF ACADEMY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Senator Weeks Argued for a Large Merchant Marine. New. York, Nov. 12.—Assertions that in the event of future foreign wars ex- portation from the United States would virtually cease and that only the su- perior British and French navies em- able exportation te continue in of the present European conflict, made at the meeting of the Academy of ‘Political Science today as.argu- ments for the upbuilding of the Amer- ican merchant marine. Senators Duncan Fletcher, -of Florida, John W. ‘Weeks, of Massa- chusetts and Robert L. Owen of Okla- homa were_the speakers, Sepator Weeks argued for a large merchant mariné’ Pointing out that this country now pays to foreign own- ers of ships $300,000,000 annually to transport American products abroad, he asserted the creation of a mer- chant marine by subsidies would in< crease industry in this country and give employment to probably 500,000 workmen. 1In the event of a great for- eign war, he sald, an ample merchant marine would be invaluable, because 1t would enable America to continue ex- porting regardless of the war, where-; as now, if it were not for the superior British and French navies, American exportations would be stopped. SESSION OF AMERICAN BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION in Mapping Out Work for Its Future Activity. New York, Nov. 12.—The executive committee of the National Bank Sec- tion of the American Bankers' asso- ciation met here today for the pur- pose of completing organization and mapping out work for its future ac- tivity. There was a full attendance of the committee representing all sec- tions of the United States and in ad- dition there were present Governor Benjamin Strongwof the federal reserve bank of New York and Plerre Jay, fed- eral reserve agent. The committee or- ganized by choosing J. Elwood Cox of High Point, N. C., as chairman, and Frederick E. Farnsworth as secretary pro tem. The meeting was largely glven up to a discussion of legislative Tmatters pertaining to the federal re- serve system and its relation to the national banks. PRICES OF FRESH FISH HIGHEST IN YEARS. Cod and Haddock Retailed in Boston at 15 Conts a Pound. Boston, Nov. 12.—Prices. quoted day for fresh fish were said to be the highest recorded here in many years. Cod and haddock, usually so_plentiful that they sold at less than § cents a pound, were retailing today for 15 cents, and were comparatively scarce even at that quotation. The prices of other fresh fish also were advanced. GENERAL SCOTT ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR. During Temporary Absence of Secre- tary and Assistant. ‘Washington, Noy. 12—President Wil- son today issued an order authoriz- ing Major General Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the army, “to perform the duties of secretary of war during the illness or temporary absence from the seat of government of the secretary of war whenever, during such illness or absence the assistant secretary of war is also absent” Small French Vessel Takes Prize. Paris, Nov. 12, 7.10 p. m.—The foi= lowing official statement was issued by the ministry of marine tonight: “A small French vessel, having a crew of surprised off Crete a schoon- ng arms and ammunition and, 48 Turks, among whom were eleven officers and captured all the men,and material.” Negro Lynched at Aberdeen, Miss. Aberdeen, Miss., Nov. 12.—John Tay- lor, a negro charged with having.fired at a deputy sheriff who was ati ing to arrest another negro, was from jall here last night of masked men. His holy today swinging from a bridge. Engaged only of ca by \&‘ ®E