Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 2, 1916, Page 1

o i 1Dyestuffs and Drugs Worth That Amount, Besides “Possibly Stocks, Bonds and Preciou; Stones” 'STATEMENT MADE BY CAPTAIN PAUL KOENIG 'German Undersea Merchantman Had Dodged Under War- ships, But Was Under Water Less Than 100 Miles Dur- ing the Trip of 4,500 Miles—Storms Caused More Trouble Than the British Continuously—Submarine Had Started Oct. Blockade—Engines Were Run 1, But Owing to a Collision With a Tug Was Forced to Return —Public Have Slight Chance of Seeing the Vessel, as She is Closed in on Three Sides—Only a Guard Remains Aboard, as Captain Koenig and His 28 Men Have Re- moved Their Effects to the Willechad—Captain Koenig Expects to Start on Return Trip Within a Fortnight, and Make Ancther Trip Before the End of the Year. New London, Conn., Nov. 1—The German under-sea freighter Deutsch- land braved stormy seas and the ships of the allled blockade to bring anoth- er cargo to this country today. Valuable Cargo. Ten millions of dollars worth of dyestuffs and drugs, and, it was said, “possibly stocks, bonds and precious stones.” were in the submarine. This was the statement of the Deutsch- land’s skipper, Captain Payl Koenig, who had succeeded in aga#h crossing the Atlantic despite the British and French patrols where the German merchant submarine Bremen had falled. Bremen Given Up As Lost. First of the submarine merchant- men by use of which Germany hopes to keep open the {fade route with the United States, tke Deutschland ac- cording to h ptain, is at present the only vesselfof that fleet. The Bremen, whicl started a voyage from the city after which she was named on August 26, he said, has been given up as lost. He thought she “must have struck a mine,” but he added, “she has not fallen a victim to this almost blockade. I am sure of that” The Amerika, which some ships have indicated was a merchant submarine captured by the British, does not exist, Captain Koenlg assert- ed. Nor has there been any other submersible vet built for tra(\e pur- poses, he said. Another Voyage This Year. “I must keep up this traffic alone for the present, that is the Deutsch- land must,” he said. “In a fortnight I shall be gone. 1 hope to return be- fore the end of the vear.~ It was pos- sible, the nawigator stated, that other merchant submarines would be built before that time. In a summary of his voyage just (Continued on Page Three) MRS. ANTHANY J. DREXEL IS SEAKING AN TNJUNTTION To Prevent Her Husband from Ob- taining Money Belonging to Her. London/ Nov. 1, 2.45 p. m.—Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel is seeking an in- Junction In the British couris to pre- vent hef husband from serving her with pepers in an action in the French courts/ to obtain money which the Britisk courts recently decided belong- ed tothe wife. The case was men- tione¢ today in chancery court, when Mrs. Drexel's counsel said that Mr. Drexel, after the court gave him four days in which to 'sign documents in order that his wife might cbtain the mopey awarded to her by the court, hag left for France, where he remains. A separation agreement between the Drexels was executed in 1913. and last year Mrs. Drexel eued her nusband to recover money under the separation deed. In June last a London court awarded Mrs. Drexel a yearly allow- ance of 10,000 pounds. FORERUNNER OF CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS A “Bongress of Constructive Patriot- ism” to be Held in Washington. New York, Nov. 1—A “congress of eonstructive ' patriotism” will be held in Washington in January as a fore- rupner of a campaign in 1917 for greater national preparedness, it was announced here tonight by the Nation- al Becurity League. At a meeting of the league today a committee was ap- pointed to urge the legislatures for forty states which convene in J to pass a physical and militar: ing bill applicable to schools. committee also was instructed to ini- tiate & movement for universal mili- tary training and a resoluiion was adopted providing for the amalgama- tion of the women's section of league Wwith the main organization. DECLARES HE WAS TRICKED INTO CONFESSION, James Walton, Who is Facing Charge of Robbery in Detroit. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 1.—The statement of James Walton at Detroit, facing a charge of robbing the Burroughs Add- ing Machine company’s pay car, that he was tricked into a confession in Dallas, today was branded as false by N. L. Alexander, superintendent of the detective agency which had charge of his arrest here. “I never threatened never promised him Alexander said. POPE’S APPEAL TO HELP RELIEF OF POLAND. Sent Word to Bishops Through- out the World. Walton, and anything,” Mr. H Rome, Nov. 1, via London, 2.25 p. m. --Pope Benedict's appeal {o bishops throughout the world to help in the relief of Poland has brought to the vatican the sum of 4,000,000 francs, which will be sent to the Polish com- mittee in Switzerland for the reliet of suffering. TO CONTINUE SESSIONS AT ATLANTIC CITY Mexican-American Joint Commi Not to Meet in Washington. Atlantic City, N. J, Nov. 1—The Mexican-American joint commission today rejected the proposition to transfer the conferences from Atlantic City to Washington. After consider- able debate late today it was gdecided to meet tomorrow for the last ses- sions prior to the national elections. Most of the commissioners, and per- haps all of them, will leave here Fri- day and return Wednesday for 4 re- sumption of their conferences on Nov- ember 9. The decision to continue the con- ferences at Atlantic City was taken to indicate a conviction of at least part of the commissioners that an agree- ment on some form of border zontrol would be reached soon. ion MADE OVERSEAS MIN!STER OF MILITIA FOR CANADA Sir George Perley to Have Adminis- tration Over 275,000 Men. Ottawa, On:, Nov. 1L—Sir George Perley, acting Canadian high commis- sioner in London since the beginning of the war, has been made overseas mirister of militia for Canada, it was announced here today. He has admin- istration over the 275,000 men des- patched from Canada who are now in the trenches in France or in training in England. He will form an over- seas Canadian war council from offi- cers who have hal experience with the Canadian forces. FRANZ ZETTLER OF MUNICH IS REPORTED ALIVE AND WELL, Was Believed to Have Been Killed in Battle Two Months Ago. Chicago, Nov. 1—Franz Zettler, president of the Royal Bavarian Art institute at Munich, Germany, report- ed killed in battle two months ago, is alive and weli, according 'o a cable- gram received today by Louis Merkel, a business associate resident in this city. The cablegram was signed by Franz Zettler and his brother Oscar also. Both are well known in art circles of New York and Chicago, to which cities they have made several visits. e e HIGH MASS OF REQUIEM FOR SOULS OF WAR VICTIMS At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, This Morning. New ork, Nov. 1.—Members of the ambassadorial and consular staffs and delegations of the national societies of all the countries involved in the Eu- ropean war are expected to attend a solemn high mass of requiem at St. Patrick’'s cathedral tomorrow fore- noon for the repose of the souls of the soldiers who died since the beginning of the war. Cardinal Farley will of- ficlate. DARING HOLD UP IN CENTER OF CHICAGO. New York, Appointed to Annapolis. Meriden, Conn., Nov. l.—Lester W. Martin of this city has been .appoint- ed principal in the competitive ex- aminations for Annapolis by Congress- man John Q. Tilson. Martin is a Junior in the high school and went to the Mexican border with Company 1 Second Infantry. 8ix Armed Men Took $1,000 From Adams Express Wagon. Chicago, Nov. 1—Six armed _men stepped from a motor car a few block from the center of the city tonight, held up the money wagon of the Adams Express Company as it was returning from the Union Station and escaped with $1,000. Cabled Paragraphs Two British Steamers Sunk. London, Nov. 1, 516 p. m-—Tho sinking of the British steamers Merce and Terno is announced by Lioyds agency. PRESIDENT WILSON TELLS OF VIRTUES OF UNITY Questions Patriotism of Men Wi Make Play With Loss j;.u‘\"“ Americans. : Buffalo, N. Y. .. 1—President Wilson, in his first speech in New York state since the campaign opened, to- day questioned the patriotism of men who in the midst of the most critical relationships, the details of which they do not know, make play with the loss of the lives of American citizens even, in order that they may create a do- mestic political advantage” He de- clared that political parties should be used but that partisan use should not be made of them. “Out of a heterog- enous nation we have got to make a unit,” said the president, “in which no slightest line of division is visible be- yond our borders. Varety of opinion among ourselves there may be discus- sion, free counsel as to what we ought to do, but as far as every other nation is coficerned, we must be aboslulely a unit.” The remainder of the president’s ernoon speech, delivered at a lun- cheon given in his honor by a non- partisan club, was devoted to a dis- cassion of internal and foreign prob- lems facing the United States. He de- clared he was glad the campaign was nearly over, because “within a week we can begin to talk sense again.” He added that “nothing so disturbs the discussion of public questions as a partissr approach to them. TRIAL OF SUIT AGAINST NEW HAVEN ROAD DIRECTORS Denial Made That Company Conduct- ed a Monopoly in Restraint of Trade New York, Nov. 1.—In an answer filed here today in the federal district court to the suit of Bdward Adams and other stockholders to recover $165,000,000 from William Rockefeller and_ associate directors of the New | York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company, denial was made that the company had conducted a monop- oly in restraint of trade. The com- plaint charged that the amount sought had been lost to the company’s treas- ury through allesed efforts of Rocke- feller and other directors to create and maintain a railroad monopoly in New England. The answer declares that each and every railroad, trolley zand steamboat line acquired and co'w”olled by the company is being operated “‘in accord- ance with and subject to the express provisions of the statutes of the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con- necticut and New York, respectively, and in accordance - with the pubiic policy of these states.” It also is asserted that if any com- petition did exist between the lines of the company and any of the ac- quired lines, “such competition was noT substantial and even after the ac- quisition of such lines _and each of them, there was, and is-sew, s to j;lx lines, no unreasonakile of and proper meaning of the Sherman law.” The answer declares that the acqui- sition of the lines complained of “was for the best interest of .the public within the New England states,” as well as for the lines themselve The court is asked to dismiss the compiaint “with reasonable costs and charges.” MILITIAMEN ANGERED BY MADE OF MACHINE GUNS At Springfield Armory by Board of Army Officers. ‘Washington, Nov. 1.—The board of army officers, headed by Brigadier General Francis H. Irench, which has been studying the subject of machine guns, has completed iis_preliminary work here and adjourned to meet aagin later at the Springfield armory for practical tests of various types of weapons. During the hearings the “|board encouraged American inventors to present their ideas and assembled all the information it could obtain as to machine rifles used abroad. It is understood that no recommendations would be made until after a program of practical tests has been carried out. PRESIDENT WILSON NOT TO SPEAK IN BOSTON. No More Speaking Engagements Be- fore Opening of Congress. Boston, Nov —President Wilson today declined an invitation from Mayor Curley to speak in this city be- fore election day. The president’s secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, notifled the mayor, saving that the president ~| could not undertake any more speak- ing engagements between now and the opening of corgress. TRAFFIC ON THE NEW HAVEN ROAD BLOCKED By Derailing at Woodmont of Some Freight Cars. New Taven, Conn., Nov. 2.—Traffic on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was blocked for ‘a time early today by the derailing at ‘Woodmont of some of the cars of a freight train. No one was .njured. A passenger train leaving < this city shortly after midnight was held up by the accident and the delay wave rise to a report that it had been wrecked. OBITUARV—. 7% Joseph Carthage Criddle. Bridgeport, Conn, Nov. l.—Joseph Carthage Criddle, prominent for more than a decade as a theatrical manager in New Haven, Bridgeport, Springfield and Worcester, died at his home her® today after an illness/of three years. Mr. Criddle was a New Haven news- paper reporter when he entered the fleld of theatricals, and managed vari- theatres of the Poli circuit. William Pollock. New York, Nov. 1.—William Pollock of ‘this city, for many years an ex- hibitor of trotting horses at the New York horse show, died here today at the age of 57. Among the better known horses he owned were Holmes- dale, Magnum, Nero, Osceola and aBron Ban. He was born at Pitts- field, Mass., and was a graduate of Phlllips Excter academy and of Yale, class of 1882, Movements of Steamships. ‘Christiansand, Oct. 30. — Arrived, steamer Frederick VII, New York. restraint | rade or commerce, within the fair Hughes Further Outlines Policies INTENDS- TO FOLLOW ELECTED ‘PRESIDENT HE IF AT TERRE HAUTE, IND. Declared That He Understood Union Men Had Been Instructed to Vote Against Him, But Believes Nc.u One Can Control Labor Vote. Terre Haute, Ind, Nov. 1—Charles E. Hughes, speaking before an audi- ence that crowded every available foot of the big Wigwam here tonight, de- clared while he understood that union labor had been told officially to vote against him, ‘he knew that nobody could direct or control the labor vote and that it would be cast according to its sober judgment. End of Campaign in Middle West Mr. Hughes wound up his campaign in the middle west with a speech here tonight and left soon afterward for points in New York, the last state in which he will appear before election. Mr. Hughes made five speeches to- day in which he outlined policies he intends to follow if elected, assailed the administration for the enactment of the Underwood tariff and Adamson law, and expressed the belief that he would win. He spoke tonight before an audience in the wigwam here after reviewing a torchlight parade. Just before his departure the nominee ige sued the following statement: Wonderful Reception in Indiana. “I am leaving Indiana after what is perhaps the most wonderful reception ever given & candidate for the presi- dency. “This splendid tribute was not to me personally but as the representa- tive of the great united republican party moving forward to victory and service for the nation. The men of Indiana have organized a people’s vic- tory and I want to thank the leaders of the reunited republican party for their effective work.” Speaks on the Tariff. Mr. Hughes, on his final day in the middle west, devoted much of his speeches to the tariff. He addressed two audiences at Linton and Brazil, composed largely of employes of the coal mining companies. “We had souphouses and bread lines twenty months ago,” he told his au- dience at Linton, “and we will have them again if we do not protect American industry and if we attempt to carry-on this business of this coun- try on the policy indicated in the Un- derwood bill.” “When the war-orders end,” he said at Rrazil, “under our_ present policy as embodied in the Upderwood bill ssed by o-r eppenents, vou can just s€e yourself going back to work, for one ‘or ‘two or three days a week. That is what it means to you.” Discussed Adamson Bill. In his speech here tonight Mr. Hughes discussed the Adamson biil at length. “l ‘am informed that the general chairman has advised the local chair- man of_the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers of the Penn- Sylvania lines east that the Adamson bill is establishing a new basis for reckoning wages, will eliminate the payment of-all arbitraries whiech are based upon time made within the first eizght hour period of service. Uncertainty of the Law. “The uncertainty of the law is rec- ognized in various particulars. It is { said what it will be decided to mean {no one can now tell, as it is possible to construe it in several diff The chairman also adds: | does not change the application of the hours of service law. The company still has the right to work you sixteen hours within any 24 consecutive hours if they do desire.” Elffect of Adamson Law. “I'note that the chief of one of the locals of the brotherhood has ascer- tained the effect of the law on those | who complete their run in less than eight hours. He says that if a man makes ahundred mile run in five hours instead of getting his full day's pay he will get only five-eights of a day’s pay when paid on the eight hour basis. He also says that formerly the railroad men were entitled to pay for 25 miles whenever called out, whether they were used after representing or not. But the Adamson blil enacts a flat basis of eight hours for the pur- pose of paying compensation, while on the other hand it does not estab- lish an eight hour work day. A Gold Brick for Labor. “I think it will be found that the Adamson bill is a gold brick for labor.” TALK OF SUBMARINE LINE MAIL SERVICE Prepared to Accept Proposals Through German Embassy. Washington, Nov. 1—Interest here in the arrival of the German subma- rine merchantman Deutschland at New London, Conn., on her second voyage centered today largely on ne- gotlations for establishing a subma- rine line mail service between the TUnited States’and Germany. The postoffice department let it be known that it was prepared to accept & proposal made through the German embassy that the Deutschland and any sister ships that may ply out of American ports carry not jnore than 300 pounds of first class mall at the regular trai COINAGE OF NEW DIMES WILL NOT BE SUSPENDED. Treasurer McAdoo Says Artist’s Initials Are Obscure. New York, Nov. 1.—Coinage of the new dimes wili not be suspended, Sec- retary of the Treasury McAdoo said here today, taking cognizance of re- ports that such action was being con- sidered by the treasury department because of the appearance ef the art- ist's initials upon them. He said the initials were ‘“obscure and insigmifi- cant,” that they appeared on other coins, and that the circulation of the dimes would continue. Mr. McAdoo passed through this city today on his way to Hartford, Conn., to deliver an_ 2d A Hard Fighting on the Somme Front BRITISH AND FRENCH ATTACK- 3 ING TENACIOUSLY GERMAN LINE HOLDS On the Transylvania Front the Ruman- s Are’ Keeping Up Their Drive— Again the Russians Have Assumed the Offensive in Galicia. Hard fighting is again taking placa on the Somme front in France tween the entente allies and the Ger- mans. Since Tuesday the British and French near Courcelette and on_the Lesboeufs-Gueudecourt front and to the south have been attacking violent- ly, with the Germans tenaciously hold- ing them back, except east of Les- boeufs, where combined entente forces have gained some ground, and west of Lesboeufs, the St. Pierre Vaast wood, and near Sailly-Sailliset, where the men of General French took addi- tional German trenches. Between Lesars and Gueudecourt an_ din the vicinity of the Schwaben redoubt the Germans are heavily bombarding Brit- ish_positions. On the Transylvania front the Ru- manians are keeping up their drive of the Austro-Germans in the Jiul valley, but according to Petrograd the Teu- tons have occupied two villages south of the Rothenthurm pass. In the Pre. deal pass sector the (ermans have penetrated Rumanian positions anf captured 10 cannon and 17 machine guns, and also have made further progress southeast of the Rotbenthurm pass. Again the Russians have .assumed the offensive in Galicia along the Narayuvka river and in the Michisouv region. Berlin records the repulse of five heavy attacks in the former dis- trict and Petrograd admits that the Russians in the latter zone have been pressed back by superior Teutonic forces. Bad weather is again hampering the operations on the Macedonia front, but nevertheless the Britisk in the Struma rezion have taken Barakli- Azuma from the Bulgarians, while the Serbs have made a slight advance on the left bank of the Cerna river and also put down an attack by the Teu- tonic allies and made prisoners of both Bulgarians and Germans. With the advent of fine weather in the Austro-Italian theatre artillery engagements are being fought all along the line. The bombardments are especially violent east of Gorizia and on the Carso plateau. MILITIAMEN TEAR DOWN AN OBJECTIONABLE POSTER Under Belicf 1t Was a Reflection on the American Soldier. New Haven, Cofnin., Nov. 1.—Declar- ing that a political poster set up on a bil'board in this city today was a re- flection on the American soldier, a number of militiamen recertly return- ed from the Mexican border and now waiting to be mustercd out, attempted to tear it down today, but were pre- vented by the police. The poster shows on one half an American woman holding a drowned child. and on the other the figure of an American _soldier ng on the ground with Mexicans jabbing bayb- nets into him. The poster bears the line “He has neglected me and mine,” and is a parody on a democratic cam- paign poster displayed about the city to further President Wilson’s cam- paisn and which bears the inscription “He has protected me and mine.” When the soldiers were warned away they made inquiries of the re- publican and democratic. town chair- men to find out who was responsible for the appearance and asked the acting mayor and chief of police to have it removed. When they were unsuccessful many of them declared that the poster must be removed and if it was not done by the authorities vould be by other means. While a smail number of militiamen, it said. were active in tne affair, was scores of others followed to look, on. Previously an indignation meeting of the soldiers had been held in the armory. The men claim that there is no political bias in their attitude, as there are differences of political belief among them. WALL STREET IS GIVING LARGE ODDS ON WILSON Wagers Made at 10 to 7 That Hughes Will be Elected. New Yo 1.—Commissioners on the curb today quoted 10 to 7 1-2 as the prevailing odds on the election of Hughes. It was announced that about $10,000 had been placed on Wil- son at 7 to 10, and that $20,M0 had been wagered on the presidential elec- tion during the day. The odds were quoted at 10 to 6 that Hughes would carry New York, with one bet at $1,000 to $590. Other quotations were “even money” that Wilson would carry Ohio, $1,000 even that Whitman would run ahead of Hughes in New York state, and 3 to 1 on Whitman to defeat Sea- bury. The betting today represents a wider split in the odds against Wilson, which yesterday were 10 to 8. It was stated on the stock exchange that the Wilson supporters would not offer better than 6 1-2 ‘to 10, and that there is little ‘Wilson money to be found. A bet of $20,000 to $13,000 was later reported on the Stock Exchange. COLOMBIA HAS PROTESTED TO THE UNITED STATES Against the New Canal Route Treaty With Nicaragua. ‘Washington, Nov. 1.—Colombia has protested to the United States against the new canal route treaty with Ni- caragua, it became known tonight, on the ground that the granting of a_ 99 year lease to this government by Ni- caragua of “Great Corn and Little Corn islands is a denial of Colombian sovereignty in those fslands. Colom- bia claims that the islands, though recently subject to Nicaraguan ad- ministration, are part of her territory under the cedula of November 30, 1803, issued by the king of Spain to demar- cate the various Spanish provinces in the New World. The islands are not claimed to be of any especial value except strategically. They lie about ten miles oft the coast and have about 2,000 population. Condensed Telegrams Thomas Wheeler, Ttica, is dead. twice mayor of The Crown Princes. of Sweden gave birth to a son. General Huang Sing, formerly com- mander of the rebel army in China, is dead. 2 British casual in all war areas were 4,331 officers, 102,702 men. The British st foundered 27 miles west of Ushant in a heavy gale. Rev. William F. Gannon, one of the best know Jesuit priests in the United States, is dead. The Pike Coal & Coke Co., of Pitts- burgh ,has increased its capital from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Brig.-Gen. Carroll A. Devol, U. S. A., was reitred at his own request with the rank of major-general. Five hundred men employed in the works of the Crucible Steel Co. at Jersey City went on strike. Nicholas E. Young, old-time base- ball player and formerly president of the National League, is dead. Samuel Stevenson, a junkman, of New York, jumped fro mthe Brook- lyn Bridge and was drowned. Articles of incorporation were filed at Albany by the Latin-American Bankers' Corporation of New York. The seventh annual convention of the American Manufacturers' Export As- soclation opened at Ne wYork. Hewitt H. Langsdale, chairman of the dead in his office at Easton, Md. Joseph Kamiske, of Jersey City, was killed when an automobile moving van upon which he was riding overturned. Rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of the grain stand- ards act, will be issued in a few days. Coach Mitchell and four members of the Ypsilanti, Mich. college foot- ball eleven were stricken with small- DOX. Four persons were injured vhen two surface cars crushed together at 42nd Street and Madison Avenue, New York. Exports of cotton from Galveston, Texas. ,in October were 313,000 bal of which 204,000 bales went to Great Britain. England is reported to have sent a squadron of warships into the Arctic Sea to protect Archangel's traffic from Submarines. Gold to the amount of $5,000,000 was received from Canada and deposited at the assay office for the account of J. P. Morgan & Co. Pope Benedict received in private audience George Barr Baker, a mem=- ber of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. Imports of precious stones into the United States in August, 1916, amount- ed to $5,567,830 compared with §1,559,- 774 in August, 1915. Frank C. Dailey, special attorney in the Federal election law violation cas- es in Indiana,, Illir and Ohio has transferred his activites to Oho. Governor M:Call of Massachusetts, who has been ill with home in Winchester, has been advised to remain indoors for at least 24 houars more. Mrs. Bridget Kelly, of Newark, N. J., died in the City H swallowing a chip from a soup bone, which brought on a hemorrhage of the stomach. Eleven persons were seriously hurt and a score of others badly shaken up when two trolleys crashed in a thick fog at Trooper, two miles from Nor- ristown, Pa. isto ° Mme. George Bakhmetoff, wife of the Russian Ambassador to Washington, has been decorated by King Nicholas 1, of Montenegro, with the gold medal “Pour le Merite.” Fin Wellhaven, an American, was killed and two other American mining engineers wounded in an encounter with bandits who ambushed the party in northern Korea. Five men were injured when an au- tomobile in which they were riding crashed into the side -of the bridge over the Pequannock River, at East Bloomingdale, N. J. The Department of Commerce re- ports the exports of cotton for the week ended Oct. 28 at 183,407 bales, against 127,537 bales in the corre- sponding week last year. One man w: illed and several others cut and bruised in a head-on collision between a fast freight and a work train on the Delaware & Iiudson, near the tunnel station at Bingham- ton, N. Y. President Wiison’s address at the luncheon of the Wilson Business Men's league at New York today will deal with the enactments and policles which have a direct relationship to the country’s business interests. Trial of T. R. Watson, president of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Teague, Texas, charged with killing John . Patterson, state com- missioner of banking and Insurance at Teague last August, began at Waco, Texas. The American who is among the missing members of the crew of the Donaldson Line steamer Cabotla, sunk in European waters on October 23, was G. Garriety of Mauch Chunk, Pa., ac- cording to a list of the crew made public at Montreal. LONE BANDIT ROBS BANK OF EAU CLAIR Made Cashier Hold Up His Hands— Got Away With $4,050. Niles, Mich., Nov. 1—The State Bank of Eau Clair, about twenty miles north of here, was robbed of $4,050 late today by a lone bandit, who with a re- volver compelled the cashier, Vere Beckwith to stand with his hands up- raised while the money was being re- moved from the cashier's cage. The robber escaped. Eastern Utilities Commission, was shot | a cold at his| Bids for Four Scout Cruisers are High CONGRESS TO BE ASKED FOR INCREASED APPROPRIATION ONE DIRECT PROPOSAL Electric Boat Company Submitted the Most Comprehensive Estimates on Submarines—Awards Will be Made Only After a Detailed Study of Plans. ‘Washington, Nov. 1.—Authority from congress to raise the cost limit may have to be sought by the navy depart- ment before it can award contracts for construction of the four 35 knot scout cruisers in the 1917 building program. Bids for the vessels were opened today, with the result that oniy one builder, the Seattle Construction and Drydock company, offered 2 di- rect proposal. This company bid within the limit of $5,000,000 for huil and machinery, but it proposed to construct only one boat. Bids Based on Sliding Scale. Two other bidders, the United Iron works of San Francisco and the Fore River company of Quincy. Mass., sub- mitted proposals based on a sliding scale arraggement which would take into account possible variations of material and labor prices. The New York Shipbuilding company gave no- tice that it could not give its estimates within limit of costs. May Delay Awarding Contracts. It was indicated that the depart- ment might delay awarding contracts until congress could be asked to in- crease the limit of cost 10 per cent. or more. To undertake construction of the cruisers in government yards, it was said, would mean even greater while the yards were being Bids for 27 Submarines Received. Bids for 27 coast submarines and two §00 ton type fleet submersibles alsp will be received today, and it is virtualiy assured that all these ves- sels can be built by private contract. Included among the offers was that of Schneider & company of Paris and New York, which presented three de- gns similar to those upon which submersibles for the French and other European governments have been built. The company proposed to au- thorize the United States to construct at its own yards as many boats on these designs as it might desire on a royalty basis. Electric Boat Co. Offers Eight Pro- posals. The Electric Boat company submit- ted the most comprehensive estimates on submarines, offering eight separate proposals for boats of the coast type and two propositions under which it would construct one or both the 800 ton fleet submersibles. The nominal Jimit of cost for the coast type boats was set at $700,000 each, and the Electrlc company submitted four al- | ternative desizns within that figure, but requiring a time limit of 22 months for constructing. The other four proposals were for the same de- signs, but based on a reduction of the time of construction to 15 months or thereabouts. These estimates ran {above the 3700000 figure, but the de- partment has authority to increase the cost 20 per cent. in the interest of speedy construction, and the four high bids are within the maximum limit. Lake Co. Figures Within the Limit. The Lake Torpedo Boat company bid for from six to ten coast type sub- mersibles and for one $00 ton boat. The figures are all within the limit of cost, but the designs are for a smaller type of boat than those estimated for Electric Boat company’s pro- Awards will be made only detailed study of all proposals. after a the plans and CONFLICTING ELEMENTS IN DESTRUCTION OF MARINA. Much Essential to a Determination of the Responsibility. Washington, Nov. 1.—So many con- flicting elements have appeared so far in the dest-uction of the British ship Marina by a German submarine, with loss of American lives. that the incident threatens to fall into a tech- nicul discussion rather than a clean- cut issue of whether Germany has violated her pledges to the United States. It became quite apparent today, both from the attitude of the state department and from the despatches from abroad, that much which is es- sential to 2 determination of the re- sponsibility remains undisclosed, if in- deed the United States, Germany or Great Britain are in possession of the¢ full facts. It appears certain, however, that ne move will be made by the United States until the German version of the affair, as well as that of the de- struction of the British ship Rowan- more by shell fire, with endangering of Americans, has been obtained. The only positive developments to- day were the action of Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, in asking his government to forward full details by wireless, and the issuance of a ‘statement by Secretary Lansing that the investigation wouid be in nowise delayed because there is a po- ltical campaign in progress. CLERGYMAN TO ANSWER MILITARY CALL OF ITALY Rev. Rolando Guffrida of Meriden to Leave to Join His Regiment. Meriden, Conn., Nov. 1.—Rev. Ro- lando Guffrida, Fflltor of the Italian Baptist church in this city, nas re- signed his pastorate to answer the mil- itary call of Italy and will leave in December to join his regiment. He has been in ‘America eight years, 1s a graduate of Colgate University and has been pastor of the local church the past five years. He will be suc- ceeded by Rev. J. o of Bristol. Eiection in Cuba. Havana, Nov. l.—Returns received up to midnight by the Central electoral board indicated the election of Alfredo Zayas as president of Cuba. The conservatives who supported President Menocal for re-election are hopeful, however, that belated returns will be favorable to their candidate that he ‘may overcome the lead of his rival. /