Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 16, 1917, Page 1

Testified That Congressman Henry Was the Person Who Told Him Cabinet Officer Was Implicated CONNECTED P. M. WARBURG WITH “LEAK” RING .In Face of Chairman Henry’s Denial, Lawson Solemnly De- clared That Every Word He Uttered on the Stand Was the Truth—Subpoena Issued for All Whom Lawson Tes- tified Were His Informants or Were Connected With the Leak—One of the Most Dramatic Charges of Scandal Washington Has Seen in Years—Statements of Denial Were Issued by Secretaries McAdoo and Tumulty and Correspondent Price. to have been connected with “leak” and also their names, Lawson rose and sald he desired to make a Washington, Jan. 15—Thomas W. Lawson, haled before the house reso- Iutions committee to tell what he knew or had heard about a stock market leak on President Wilson’s peace note or be punished, calmly declared today that the mysterious congressman who told him a cabinet officer, a senator and a banker were engaged in 2 stock gambling pool was none other than Representative Henry, the committee. One Sensation After Another. Then, before his hearers had time to recover from the shock, Lewson sprung one sensation after thr other by declaring that the cabipst officer was Secretary’ McAdoo; that the benker was H. Pliney Fisk of New York and that he knew the senator oply by the initiul “O.” T am going to answer your ques- he began significantly. insisted that he first be permitted to make a statement setting forth that it was against his wishes to give the names in public. Chair- man Henry Lawson_ should answer the questions put to him and he said he would be later given an opportunity to make apy statement he desired. Insisted on Making a Statement. Despite the decisfon of the chair- insisted on making a statement and pleaded for an oppor- tunity first to present his information have just a word?” he “I will be short and to the It seems to me you owe it to to me to allow me to state things which I think are absolutely neces- answer your questions, if forced to, but I want to make one more appeal before I an- “May I not knowledge of the leak machinery: re- & rumor that Count von Bern- the German ambassador, two millions in the stock mar- t and mentioned a list of well known men who, he thought, should be ques- Honed. The committee promptly is- tued subpoenas for all of them. Those Who Knew of Leak. Mr. Lawson said he had been told that Malcolm McAdoo, the secretary’s brother, knew of the leak, as did C. company and Stewart . Gibboney, of New York. Ruth Thomason Visconti of this city, he said, bad declared to him in the presence of her attorney that Secre- “received his bit” and that W. W. Price, one of the White correspondents, between for Tumulty and others.” H. Pliney Fisk, Lawson said, was the banker to whom he referred previous- ly as dominating a cabinet officer and d S. White, he said, bad given this information. Declares Hanry Told Him. Representative Henry was said by by Lawson to have told him, at the conferences that preceded the open- ing of the leak investigation, of re- ports connecting the cabinet officer, banker and senator and also_to have told him of reports that Secretary had been seen conferring with Baruvch, the Wall Street oper- to have made a clean-up fhe falling market which accom- Ppani © peace note. Lawson declared Henry had asked him on patriotic grounds not to_press his charges. At no time, the Boston financler testified, did he ever say he $ad direct Information. Derfial by Chairman Henry. When Lawson had finished his re- Chairman Henry took the stand re that at no time had he to Lawson the names the that he had no information and had none now of his own completety ol T e Aataas e o wson’s testimony relating ,to him. Sticks to Statement. he had concluded Lawson rose ly declared that every word uttered on the stand was “the ; s0 help me God, without varia- T back it up, Lawson said that im- after leaving Henry at their conference he laid his Informa- before John O'Hara _Cosgrave, New York I am going asons for Not Giving Names. ““I stated before that my reasons for refusing to give the information I had were that publication of lead to the destruction and also that a i had convinced me that was serious to the nation and ministration. g Wanted to Give Names in Lawson expressed willingness to give but appealed to the committee to take all his answers in of corgress vcflnfiflm. tary Tumulty the names, Chairman Henry announced that the | witness should answer the questions Lawson then stated: “Chaifman Henry, of your commit- tee, is the congressman who save me Henry Not Disturbed. Mr., Henry, without a sign of per- turbation, proceeded to read the next Asked who told him that o New York banker, a cabinet officer and a senator had a joint stock brok- érage account, Lawson said: “The man who told me that was Archibald S. firm of White & company.” In answering the question as to other persons who had given him evidence in substantiation of his various state- ments, Lawson brough. in the names of Secretary Tumulty and ‘W. Price,” White House correspondent of the Washington Star. He read a letter from a Washington Mrs. Ruth Thomas Visconti, Letter from Mrs. Ruth T. Viscenti. “My Dear Mr. Lawson: If the name of the man who was the go-betweer in the present leak and the amount of money be of assistance to you, 1 can supply the name and the amount he received and give the name of at least one associate at the White House who participated in the haul” The letter went on to offer to make an appointment which ~Mr. said he made with Mrs. Vieconti. the presence of her attorney he said she gave him the names of Price and Said Mrs. Prica Had Part Lawson then testified he made an appointment with Mrs. Viscontl, who came to his apartment with an attor- ney whose name he could not recall. After a long conference he said Mrs. Visconti told him that Mrs. Price “hud a part in the leak affair between Sec- retary Tumulty and others.” erence was made either by Lawson or the comfittee to the amount of money referred to in Mrs. Visconti’s letter. H. Pliny Fisk, Banker. Asked to whom he referred as the “alleged senator, an alleged banker and an alleged member of the cabinet,” Lawson said he understood Secretary McAdoo was_the cabinet member; Pliny Fisk, the banker, and the sena- tor was a man whom he had heard of only as Senator “O." This information, Lawson sald, came to him from one source and was cor- roborated by another. He was not asiced for the sources of the informa- seventh question, -asking to whom Lawson referred by saying a member of congress had given him three names of persons .reported have been invoived in the deal, for the third time b /“Chairman Hen Bunday editor e li!-mm;n L Bitsway. Dresident erybody’s Magazine, an® Donald McDonald, publisher of a Boston fi- nancial paper. “Call these men,” he demanded, “and they will bear me out in what I say. Won’t Go to Jail as the Goat. Almost immediately Henry’s _absolute denial of his state- ments, Lawsoh shouted: and I won't g0 _to jail as the goat.” Secretaries McAdoo and Tumulty Price at once issued state- ments denying Lawson's references to them. The committee promptly or- fored stbdesns - Sagway, grave, Warburg, Fiske, Price, White, Malcom McAdo: and Company, Mrs. Visconti and John R. Rathom, editor of the Providence Journal, who published some articles Secretaries Tumulty mnd McAdoo will appear without sub- bout “leaks.” Greatest Scandal With that, the committee adjoarned antil tomorrow morning to resume its dearing on the most dramatic charges scandal the capital has seen nany years. Today’s sensational proceedings dis- sosed of the elaborate preparations for olding Lawson in contempt of the louse for his defiance of the com- nittee at the previous hearing. Crowd Packed the Room. A great crowd was packed into the -oom when Lawson atrived. With a set of fourteen questions before him, by _Represen: 2 rought the reply: The next question and the two fol- lowing were virtually the same. Had Other Information. Lawson then was asked if he had any other information in relation to his intimations that another “high_of- ficial” of the had informa- tion regarding the “leak” and that a relative of a cabinet official also had He replied that the firm of C. D. Barney & company, in - been mentioned. e — referred. He added the public man_“who knew of leak machin- ery was Paul Warburg, of the federal reserve board.” Editors May Make Good Witnesses. Suggestion by a committeeman that there might be other persons who could give the committee valuable in- formation caused Lawson to say that John R. Rathom, managing editor of the Providence Journal, and the editor of the Boston Transcript might be good witnesses. He held in his hand at the time a clipping from the Jour- nal which he said referred to “White House leaks” and he thought Rathom might shed some light on it. The Transcript, he said, had a “flat-footed story” recéntly about one firm making $8,000,000 in the market on Dec. 20 and he thought that should be investi- gated. At that point Chairman Henry took up a list of cabinet officers and asked Lawson if he had “connected each of them with the leak.” Coming to the name of Secretary Lansing, Lawson said he had not made a suggestion of him in the affair in connection with the names the congressman had given him as being parties to the “leak.” Lansing's Name Mentioned. “Do vou refer to Secretary Lansing in any connection?” Mr. Henry asked. “Yes,” replied Lawson. Henry then accused Lawson of drag- ging the ‘of Lansing into_th hearing an n flared up furi- ously. “ 1d the names of Lansing rman ambassador out of this,” e said- “I have kept auiet when I have been charged with withholding information which I have not, arfd I have been libeled in the press of the country as a result. One of your own. members has said on’ the floor that it was a matter of dispute as to whether I should be in jail or a lunatic asylum. I will not have this thrown on me.” Details of Conference With Henry. Lawson then related in detail how he had come to Washington at the re- quest of Chairman Henry and had called on him at his office; how Henry had told him that he wanted his help to run down the leak charges. Law- son said he thanked Henry and urged that they talk freely and in confidence, Henry, he said, explained his position as chairman of the committee charged with looking into all information that might bear on the _investigation.. “Congress wanted something tangible,” he quoted Henry as saying, and added {hat the chairman asked him to give him any information that he had about any individuals involved, “I told him that the only thing to| be done was to set first-hand infor- mation and to get it from other peo- Dle” said Lawson. “I said that I Would not give him hearsay informa- tion; that my principal reason was that' T did not want to besmirch any one unjustly, but 1 declared that I could give him a formula for getting all the information through a real in- formation. “I asked him what the committee had heard. He said the committee al- ready had heard that Secretary Lans- ing had gone to the Biltmore Hotet in New York four times to meet Ber- nard Baruch. The chairman also said that he believed Secretary Lansing absolutely innocent of giving any confldential information and he asked me what I thought about it. Certain Lansing Did Nothing Wrong. “I said. ‘I will stake my head onyit that Secretary Lansing did not_do anything wrong.’ I also thought Sec- retary Lansing might have been giv- ing ‘information that was perfectly fair for any man to give. “Chairman Henry also told me that there had been given to the commit- tee a report that the German ambas- sador had profited over $2,000,000, but he said he did not think there was any truth in it Henry Didn’t Want Hearing. Lawson further declared that Henry pleaded with him at the end of their gecond conference to cease urging un investigation of the “leak” charges, It would be a serious think to the cown- try, Lawson quoted Henry as say- ing, to have an inquiry at this time. It might be possible, however, Law- son said Henry poinfed out, to inau- gurate a wide inquiry into the stock market situation in the course of thirty days .or so. Such an inquiry being to Lawson's liking, and as he had repeatedly stated that the “leak” now under fire held no inter- est for him, he said he readily agreed. Never Said He Had Direct Informa tion. At that point Lawson reiterated his statement that he never told Henry, nor had he told anvone, that he ha direct information regarding a ‘leak. In the midst of Lawson’s remarks, Chairman Henry rose from his seat in the center of the committee table and started around toward the wit- ness chair, telling Lawson that he would be excused temporarily. Rep- resentative Pou assumed the chair- man’s seat and Henry, taking the stand, began a statement. Henry on Stand. He first reviewed the introduction of the “leak” resolution by Representa- tive Wood of Indiana, told of seeing Lawson's charges in ‘the newspapers that there was a “leak” and gradually led up to Lawson's visit to Washing.. ton to confer with him. Henry explained how he had begun a preliminary inquiry into the charges made by Lawson and the matters pre- ses in Representative Wood's reso- | lution. He first called Wood and said he-could not furnish “a single name or date or fact” Then he reviewed the telegraphic correspondence with Law- Son, leading up to their conference of uary 2. I told Mr. Lawson,” Henry sald, “that this was a very important gerious matter and that in so Tar a8 impose no but that if he had any facts. thought he should give in 1 would respect his confidence. I ask- ed him over and over again to name any man who might have of the subject. He did not name & single person and I did not name one. Did Not Mention McAdoo’s Name. - even disturb me.” . matically, house and the country that he zot his information from me!” shouted he added. nothing can embarrass me. with the . investization, ed Representative Garrett, never mentione to Mr. he. Lawson was on the three times I had said to him ‘bridles are off. ference was concerned and he stated nothing to the committee.” years’ not?” asked Representative Pou. it out,” Henry replied. of fact,” Representative Garrett asked, “you have no information bearing on this subject?” " “Not a bit on earth.” COVERS ESCAPADES AS WELL AS COMMERCIALIZED VICE SUPREME COURT RULING Decision Affects Many Pending Cases —Broad Interpretation Given to the Law by a Divided Court, Five to Three. Washington, Jan. 15.—The federal white slave law was construed by the supreme court today to prohibit interstate transportation of women for any immoral purpose, including pri- vate escapades as well as commercial- ized vice. In three test cases the court, in a divided opinion, affirmed con convic- tions of F. Drew Caminetti and Maury I Diges of Sacramentq, Cal, and L. T. Hays of Alva, Okla. Their impris- onment sentences and fines will be- come effective within thirty days. Court Divided, Five to Three. The court divided five to three in broadly interpreting the law, enacted in 1910. Chief Justice White and Justices McKenna and Clarke, in a minority opinion. held that congress intended to have the law apply only to actual “traffic’ in women and not to personal immoralities. Justice Mc~ Reynolds, who was attorney general during prosecution of Caminetti and Diggs, took no part in the cases. “For Any Other Immoral Purpose” The majority opinion, given by, Jus- tice Day, held that while congress may have intended the law to prohibit only traffic in women for pecuniary gain, its plain terms include interdiction of their transportation “for any other immoral purpose” If it was not so intended, the majority said, it, was congress’ function—not the court’s— to amend the law. Ruling Affects Pending C: Wider scope In enforcing the law now is open to the department of justice, which contended for the broad- er interpretation. The ruling affects many pending cases, including that of Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, who is a fugitive from justice. Whether the law makes “accom- plices” of women involved in personal escapades was not definitely decided by the court, but their testimony against men ‘indicted was upheld as permissible. In the test cases, Caminetti was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and fined $1,500; Diggs to two years and a $2,000 fine, and Hays to 18 months in prison. These _sentences will go into operation when the court’s mandate is issued, undeg the rules, within thirty days, unlese earlir ac- tion is reguested by the department of | justice and.assented to by the court. mention the name of any of the per- sons Lawson had declared he named. “I say to you now,” he declared with great emphasis, leaning over to- ward the committee, “that 1 never mentioned the name of a banker, a senator, nor a great official to him. I have no fear of my reputation in the public or in the country, and what this gentleman says here today doesn't Henry then referred to a communi- cation Lawson had sent him early in January asking that an inquiry into the stock exchange be inangurated and that he be put in charge or it. Lawson said in the letter would like to have charge Untermyer did in the Pujo investiga- tion.” ble evidence, ued, nominously fired.” that _he “like Sam if he could not produce valua- Lawson’s letter contin- he would be willing to be “ig- “After that” Henry exclaimed dra- he comes and tells this Then, turning upon Lawson, Henry Henry Turns on Lawson “Mr. Lawson- 1 could say mere. I could take another course, but I have made my statement and submit it to the house and to the counthy.” Lawson started to reply but was checked by Henry, who assarted that he @id not wish fo enter into any col- loquy with him. placed himself before the committee and urged them to “searchingly.” The chairman then question him “Make it as scathing as possible,” Tet me assure you that Proceed gentlemen Henry Cross-questioned. “Did I understand you to say,” ask- “that you any of these names Lawson?” “I aid not,” Henry replied, “nor did I should add here that when stand, two or that In so far as our con- Had No Knowledge of Leak. Asked by Representative Pou if he had any actual knowledge of any one being onnected with the so-called “leak” Henry veplied that he never had any such knowledge. “The first time,” he said “I ever heard of the name of a public official in connection with this matter was at the White House on January 3, 1 think, when Secretary Tumulty told me he had heard his name was being mentioned in rumors ‘Washington.” circulating in “You are just winding up a twenty service in congress, are you “Yes,” Henry said, “and 1 wish to state that I am retiring _voluntarily and that I could have been re-elected to the house from my district without the expenditure of a single cent.” “Iam' not even going to ask you whether throughout your congression- al career there ever has been a black mark?” Representative Pou continued. “If there ever was I have not found “As a matter Crocker of California, proxy: S New York appeared as proxv, Ralph E. Williamson, of Oregon, rep- resented by Congressman C. N. Arthur of Oregon. every word of his testimony was the truth. day was the truth. so help me God, without varfation,” he fairlv shouted. PRICE TWO CENTS INDIGNANT AT ACTIONS TAKEN BY REPUBLICANS e, TO EXPLAIN TODAY Asserts That Action of the Executive Committes of Republican National Committee Leaves Split Between the Republican and Progressive Open. New York, Jan. 15.—George W. Per- kins, chairman of the national pro- gressive party, issued a statement here tonight in which he declared that “the several actions taken this afternoon,” by the executive commit- tee of the republican national com- mittee over the protest of Chairman Willcox and other members of the committee had failed to heal the breach between the republican and progressive parties. This, he added, left no doubt that the split between the republican and progressive parties was as wide open as ever. Mr. Perkins and several other pro- gressive leaders failed to attend a_din- ner given tonight by Chairman Will- cox of the republican national com- mittee. His statement said in part: Statement by Perkins. “At 7 o'clock tonight we withdrew our acceptances to Mr. Willcox's din- ner to the republican executive and campaign committees. “We did this because of the sev- eral actions taken this afternoon by the executive committee over the pro- test of Chairman Willcox and other members of the committee. Will Explain Matters Today. “It is too late this evening to cover the matter properly in a statement. We will do this tomorrow. “Briefly, the action of the executive committee was a_deliberate and wilful reflection upon Chairman Willcox and an affront to every progressive voter in_the country. The selection today of John T. Adams of Iowa to be vice chairman of the republican national committee was reported tonight to have been in opposition to the wishes of Chairman Willeox and a victory for the so-call- ed “old guard” faction of the party. Persons who claimed to be in_close touch with the situation assertsd that it might create a dual control of par- ty management, with Mr. Willcox in charge in the east and Mr. Adams in charge in the west. Beyond the bare announcement by Chairman Willcox that Mr. Adams had been named vice chairman, there Wwas nothinz prior to the issuance of Mr. Perkins' statement tonight to in- dicate that a disagreement had arisen between republicans and progressives as to the action of the executive com- mittee today. The statement issued by Mr. Per- kins was signed by himself and Ev- erett Colby of New Jersey. COOPERATION OF REPUBLICAN AND PROGRESSIVE LEADERS To be Fostered by Executive Com- mittee of Republican National Com- mittee. New York, Jan. 15.—What was de- clared by Republican Natfonal Chair- man Wiiliam R. Willcox to be a move to maintain active co-operation of re- publicans and progressives in_party affairs was taken here today by the executive committee of the republican national committee. This was in the form of a resolution naming all ex- ecutive committcemen present at to- day’s meeting as members of a com- mittee “to consider the question of adopting plans for giving recognition and looking to the cooperation of all elements that are opposed to the dem- ocratic party.” The_committee consists of Chair- man Willcox, Charles B. Warren of Michigan; John T. Adams of lowa; Frea W. Estabrook of New Hamp. shire: Alvah H. Martin of Virginia: A. T. Hert of Kentuck: Herbert Parsons of New York; James A. Hem- enway of Indiana and R. B. Howell of Nebraska. The three members of the executive committee who wer= not present today were not named in this were Willlam H. represented at today’s meeting by Former Governor James N. Gillett of Californla as A, Perkins of Washington, for whom' Lafayette B. Gleason of ang committee. They Me- A meeting of the committee select- ed today will be held tomorrow, Chair- man Willcox said, and it will report back to the executive committee at an early date. committee meeting Mr. tertained at dinner tonight, the com- mitteemen and such of the prozres- sive party members who served on the recent republican campaign com- mittee as he could locate. Following the executive Willcox en- It was reported to the executive ‘committee that a $30,009 deficit with which the republicans closed the cam- paign had been wiped out. “Every word I have uttered here to- “Immediately after leaving Chair- man Henry 1 went to New York and laid all the information I had before John O'Hara Coserove, Sunday editor lof the New York World. I also sum- moned Brman J. Ridgway of Every- body’s Magazine, and told him how I had seen Chairman Henry. ed my trip to Washington and how, because of the seriousness of the sit- uation, T had been requested to aban- don my efforts for an The next morning, immediately after breakfast, I met Donald McDonald, of Boston, whom I had not seen In fif- teen v “Call " son, what I say. 1 describ- investigation. d told him the story, t0o.” thundered Law- they will bear me out in Lawson spoke particularly of having three men that Henry had to Bim about Secretary Lan- Haruch in New York. s i e New York, but I know He was born on Governor’s Island, his tosi, Mexico, to investigate the the life of the War Bureau in was offered by Chairman Alexander of the House Committee ‘on Marine and Fisheries. steamer Umatilla off fornia. Los Angeles harbor in a sinking con- dition. rying 15,281 names, demanding sever- ance of relations with Germany un- less the stopped, was forwarded by the State Department to President Wilson. sellor of the ‘Washington, was German Foreign Office that Emperor ‘William has appointed him as minister plenipotentiary in the German diplo- matic service. rocks of Hampton, brak ensed Telegrams rts of specie from the dis- trict of New York on Jan. 12 were $4,261,213. - Charles E. Hughes was unanimously elected president of the New York Bar Association. xports of neral merchandise m:'m et port. of New Yori on Jan, 12 were valued at $15,059,851. Senator Luis Alberto Carbo, first secretary of the Ecuadorial legation, was made Charge d’Affaires. The graystone mansion of Mrs. Nathan C. Scoville of New York, was destroyed by fire at a loss of $275,000. Two men were seriously injured ‘when they were struck by a taxicab at 23rd Street and Third Avenue, New York. 5 Lady Grenfell, widow of Vice Ad- miral Sir Harry Grenfell, once com- mander of the British China squadron, is dead. Margaret Meleche, of New Bruns- wick, N. J., was shot and instantly kill- ed when she refused to marry John Colesar. Stati of Sing g for the year 1916, made public, show that in the last twelve months the prison receiv- ed 1,138 prisoners, Rear Admiral Wm. B. Caperton, com- mander of the Pacific fleet, was ordered to take charge of the relief of the oruiser Milwaukee. The condition of Former Qu Liliuokalani of Hawail is again criti- cal, according to advices received from Honolulu. Three persons were injured when an automobile in which they were riding crashed into a_telegraph pole at Spencer Place, The Bron: Suit against Harry K. Thaw for $30,000 was filed in White Plains by Walter L. Rathbone, a New York at- torney. He is suing for fees. James Hohl, Jr, a private in the quartermaster’s corps at Fort Hamil- ton, was shot in the back by a guard when he attempted to escape from the fort. The American Society for the Reliet of French. War Orphans cabled $100,- 000 to Paris for distribution among the children made fatherless by the war. A contribution of $25,000 from.Mor- timer A. Schiff was among those an- nounced by the American Jewish Re- lef Committee for the special $10,- 000,000 fund. The Department of Water Supply announced that $20,000,000 gallons of water . was used Friday night in Brooklyn to keep - exposed plumbing from freezing. The total value of the exports in- voiced at the American Consulate in Germany for the United States during 1916, was $8,349,902, as against $39, 967,183 for 1915 Manuel Diad Rodaz, of Oaxaca, Mexico, nephew of the latet President Porfirio Diaz, was found dead in a house at New Orleans with bullet through his hear One child was mortally burned and two others were seriously inujred “Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population But There Are Indications of Another Big Battle ENGAGEMENTS IN MESOPOTAMIA ARE REP The Russian offense in the Riga re- slon of Russia having abated to such slight proportions that Russian nor German official commu- nications deal with it. tinues to be the only theatre where vigorous operations are in although there are indications of the possibility of another big the Macedonian front in the near fu- in Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Kut. el-Amara, British the other fronts and encounters by small parties con- The Teutonic allies are now in full control of Vadeni, six miles southwest of Galatz, Rumania, and Galatz is un- der fire of the Bulgarian artillery from the right bank of the Danube. After |of the occupation of Vadeni which was the last town south of the Sereth held by the Russians and Rumanians, the Russian made a vigorous attack in an attempt to dislodge them. The Turks, however, cording 'to Berlin, which also reports | te: the repulse of Russian offensives near Fundeni, on the lower Sereth and be- OF WAR INTERES Macedonian Front in Near Future Both the Turks and British Claim the Advantage Near | Amara—The Teutonic Allies Are Now in Full C of Vadeni, Six Miles Southwest of Galatz—Fro Right Bank of the Danube Galatz is Under Fire Bulgarian Artillery—Russian Offensive in the Ri gion Has Abated to Slight Proportions. tween the Kasino and Su near the Moldavian Petrograd takes i v man report as regard River sector, sayir here forced bacik that also heavy flicted on them in ¢ Foksshani. battle on| In Macedonia on south of Lake Ochr several encounters betw and the Austro-Germar Teutonic allies are de many finally to hav French. across the . ther south, on the enst Lake Malik, the Frer advance for their t To the east along T the British have ra Akinjali and also bomb: Neochari from b According to the Lor the right bank of the 7T cept for a small str Kut-el-Amara Ottoman troops. fice says that ea ttack the Tur British position, mac captured three mact neither the Rumania con- progress, There have been engagements with both the Turks and claiming the advantage. bombardments put down the attacks, ac- ADMIRAL DEWEY’S LIFE In Semi-conscious State—Doctors Say Washington, Jan. ey, admiral of the navy and hero of Manila Bay, general arterio sclerosis veteran's strength in year and tonight he lies at his home ually ebbing away he may Thursddy as he was leaving home for the navy department, where been at his desk almost daily during when fire swept their bedroom in the four-story dwelling at No. 58 West 113th Street, New York. Forty needle straighteners went ona strike at the plant of the Excelsior Needle Co., Torrington, today, join- ing 17 who quit Saturday after de- manding increased wages. The National Special Aid Society at a special meeting, voted to send Miss Tessie McNamara, heroine of the Ca- nadian Car & Foundry Co. fire at Kingsland, N. J,, a check for $25. The Harvard Memorial Society an- nounced that it had begun the collec- tion of data concerning the life and experience of more than 400 Harvard men engaged in the European war. Howard_Thornton, president of the National Bank of Newburgh, is dead. father, William A. Thornton, being the general commanding the post at the time. The State Department ordered Con- sul General Williams at San Luis Po- suspi- cious circumstances surrounding the death of Luis d’Antin, former Ameri- can diplomat. A bill extending for another year Risk Insurance the Treasury Department Merchant The lumber schooner Daisy Putnam was run__down by the passenger southern _Cali- The Putnam was towed into No lives were lost. A’ petition from Massachusetts, car- Belgian. deportations _are Herr Haniel von Haimhausen, coun- German Embassy 2t the past 16 of his 62 in the to be carried to his bed. Inquirers were been told that the end is near. Charged With Perjury With the counsel Charles H. Way had been induced to vepresent himself as the elusive ver” in order to save James W. borne's_reputation. Mr. Osborne testified that Wax vol- untarily divulged his identity to both |fie in himself and Mrs. “‘desire to save an innocent man Miss Rose Helen witness, who became engaged to her under the name_of “Oliver Osborne.” Mrs. Wilhelmina Menckel, voborated her. - 26 LIVES LOST WITH Zagreb Was Sunk by a Submarine in London, sinking of steamship Zagreb, 537 tons gross, by informed by the -The desertion of five sol from the punitive - expedition Thursday is belleved by army officers to have been responsible for a report hich gained circulation on the border that a large number of American soldiers had de. serted the expedition. : The New York Churchmen’s Asso- ciation adopted -a resolution calling upon the churches of the country, the labor unifons and all lodees and or- ganizations to observe Washington’s Birthday, S protest against the deportation of Bel. glan workmen. February 22, as a day of Brakeman Killed. Hartford, Jan. 15.—George P. Shor- 21 years old, a ‘eman on thc New Haven road, was killed at the Avon street eross- ing in this_city this morning. He and fell while trying to board & traln. He was decapi- _his right arm' was broken. a submarine in the Adriatic on Jan- vary 14, with the loss of 26 lives is reported in a telegram from Vienna to Amsterdam, as forwarded in a Reuter despatch. bave been torpedoed without warning off the coast of Central Daimctia. Middletown, skating on Pamecha Rudolph Behm, 20 years of age, a member of Company C, First Regl- fell through a hole in the Ice and was drowned. attempts to rescue with his company at Dorder last summer. recovered. . Boston, League of New England today ‘lected the old board of officers head- ed by Former Governor Movements of Steamships. Copénhagen, Jan. 14. steamer Oscar 11, New York. - - ANTICIPATES ARRIVAL DEUTSCHLAND AT NEW Manager _of. Eastern Forw There to Await H GRADUALLY EBBING AWAY He May Live 36 Hours. 15.—George Dew- | New York, Jan 15.—1I of the arrival at New L« of a German merchant was announced by warding Company her the concern's general Hilken, had gone i It was reported sub-gea trad. the Deutschland or about Januar here about Wed however, could not More than 2,000 tons ber, tin and nickel, it is stored in the iastern & company’s pier shed at awaliting shipment to ( Deutschiand, on her is on breakdown his ‘death bed. A accompanied by has shattered the his eightieth sémi-consci with life grad- The doctors say six hours. as stricken us, er somew! had 1 live thirty admiral last as pres- board he has of the general ars of service had nayy. He collapsed and told that the ad- miral had a cold. But there was no | Bremen, carried 1,009 recuperation. This morning his con- | materials. dition had become so serious that it —— was decided to state the facts to the | THREE CAPTAINS OF public. Later it became known that Ramiral Bewey nad o sever: ness U. 8. ARMY D imore than a vear ago about which s his_physicians and _intimates | For Submitting Traced Maps knew and that he never had been the Own Drawings. same physically since. s Dewey and the admiral's son | Leavenworth, Kas, J George, Jr, are with him and have |captains of the United have been dismissed frc according to a messag, day by the command SECOND TRIAL OF Fort Leavenworth tron FRANKLIN D. SAFFORD |Partment. They are Wi strong, Fred H. Gall 1 Graham, who were tr in Connection phsiepleben PR iy martial ‘last July ing maps of the reservation and turr York, Jan. 15.—-James W. Os- Cew risiss turning former assistant aistrict at- | (ol OWn drawings. Tl torney, testifying today at the second th trial of «Franklin D. Safford, who is - chargea with perjury in connection | SOUTH 18 COATED with_ the ~Oliver Osborne” case, ridi- WITH SNOW AN attempts of Benjamin Slade, e for Safford, to show that|Heavy Fogs in Some Ha ed | dangered -Shipping Os- Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 1 ice coated the south t as to Virginia, interferin many places with sbrouding some igation perilous. Georgla and Florida e worst rigors of the storm all the other Guif states had snow a ied by freezing temp Osborne because of Kaiser, another identified Wax as the man Her sis- cor- SECOND OF THE _ ANNUAL CABINET DI AN AUSTRIAN STEAMSHIP |\ o ot and Mre. Wilse of Secretary and Mrs. McA the Adriatio, Jan. 14. Washington, Jan Wilson and Mrs. Wilsor tonight of Secretary and Adoo at the second of th inet dinners. Vance chairman of the demoer committee, was among present. Later Mr. and attended a gharity ball 5. 6,46 p. m.—The Austrian passenger Jan, 15, the The Zagreb is reported to OBITUARY, Rev. Edwin B. Cumm Indianapolls, Ind, J Rev. Edwin B, Cummings, r the first legislature of S Civil war veteran, cla llam McKinley, editor died here today at the £ He' was connected wi corps in the army and e the Civil war bec: r the New York Me conference. - He the Black Hills of South Da elected to the legisiatur Indianapolis In 1891 as ¢ Non-conformist, 2 Popul Sister Mary Ross Hartford, Conn, J John L.| Mary Rose, one of the old « |of Mercy in the state. died St. Joseph's convent after a ness. Bhe joined the sisterh. seven years ago. In w name was Maher. Drowned at Middletown. Conn., Jan, 15.—While Pond _ tonight, Connecticut National Guard, His brother made heroic him. Behm was the Mexican The body was Day League Reelects Officers. Jan. 15.—The Lord’s Day re- “— Arrived: