The evening world. Newspaper, July 29, 1915, Page 2

ree ‘eree murder. “During the time Twos his counsel,” eaid Mr. Mcintyre, “he never ceased to protest hie innocence, He never Veffered to.piead to any degree of mur- der. my wide experience ae Prosecutor and a lawyer for the dofense I had . ater known of # case of an innocent iol man going to the char. I used to anawer in the negative, Hereafter I shall saw I know of one innocent Becker.” Mr. Manton and Mr. MeIntyre are both familiar with the circumstances attending the death of Becker's first ‘wite and Mr. Mcintyre says Gov. Whitman knows all the facts, too, ‘The first Mrs. Becker, they say, died | @f tuberculoris after a long iliness ‘whd there was nothing in the slight- Gegree suspicious about her death. Re is vouched for by Father Mc- > ene of White Plains who was her advisor in her Inst tliness, Becker's second wife divorced him— arrangement, Mr. Manton sald— Gomestio dificuitios arising ‘from the fact that one of Becker’ Brothers lived with him, This brother married the divorced wife and they | @fe now living in Nevada.’ As to the alban 39 offer to pleada|* I" s ty HE ; | 33 Ss F have been overtaken, but it wi heat to let her get home be- |! she heard it. Deputy Warten Johnson went . to Becker's cell at 1 Soar wes altting on the edge of his ages hag the door. Tasous® | hie nt erating Clasped Johnson’ face worked nervously. I have bad news for you,” f; @aid Johnson. Your appeal has been denied.” “Denied? Denied?” repeated Bec- ea if dased for s moment. Til die Uke a man, anyhow,” the condemned man. whispered ‘Tho news travelled rapidly thro Prison through trusties and the ‘The inmates of the death Jove a sonnet it from the solemn he Deputy’ eat ‘at Becker Fe deen told, Father Was sent to him and spent minutes with him. ‘% hes been “quietly preparing ” What_might happen for several days. Yesterday he gave away most ‘of his books and trinkets, saying if jhe lost he would not need them again, and if be got a new trial he would he moved to the Tombs, A picture | ao wife will be the last thing to go, _ He wrote a number of letters, one E Of them quite bulky, He does not - bsire them matied until after his ¥ >, ‘ for whom they are intended hae not addressed the envelopes. fs believed the long document is Daily and Sunday World All Prices, Sizes and Lecations Next a et Ae —_ list ot Grilahle ¥en Peond Seto “I have often bern asked ff, In all and has been 80 careful not to it - empnatic in stating that Becker 4id/ wife, brothers ahd sister and such of . ir ot offer to plead gullty to second de- | his other relatives as desire to vinit him. From 6 o'clock he will have with bim Fasher Cashin, the prison beter and his apiritual adviser, the Rev. James B. Curry of St. Jamen's Church, New York. They will give him epiritual consolation and admin- inter the last rites of the church. When he goes to the death chambor to-morrow the priests will walk on either side of the condemned mea, with two keepers preceding and two following. Others in the death cham- ber will be Principal Keeper Fred Dorner, Assistant Warden Johnson, the newspaper men and other wit- nesses, Dr. ©. W, Farr, phy- siclan, and his assistant, Henry Mereness. Because of thelr nearness to the condemned man the clergymen will stand on rubber mata. In the execution new and more powerful electric apparatus Will be used. The State Electrician will stand just back of the chair, two or three steps to Becker's right, ready to throw the switch. A system of signals between the death room and the power house has been arranged. Instead of the old method, by which the executioner signalled with his im to the man in the power plant, there is @ little electric button be- nd the chair, and above it is tacked & placard bearing these directions: “Five belle, get ready; one bell, turn on current; two bella, turn on more current; three bells, turn on leas current; one bell ehut off eu. . ix bells, all thro m Leetonia eas laynes, founty negro, who Is to be executed for the murder of a woman. Jo rio, a lay er of this sa pian fa of prison during any treet, te, ported ution. Guards will be bo @ entrance to the prison Cr only thoae eye cre- wi eas rit en Becker gave, ee ae golume a Theo- siign Wilderness" Cashin Ped A eer a nouveair. edition de luxe “The Panama Canal” to a , m8, auch as a foun- tain pencila and pictures, he among other occupants of f =. ee i an wit that eaten Hon £6 othe My was permitted andi: MURDER VERDICT. \, ‘wtrnrmtloogt Whe Dropped Children From Window Found Goi "Guilty of murder the frat de- Sree" was the verdict brought in this afternoon in the case of Hyman Lieb- man, thirty-five, a tailor, who on March AT dropped his seven-year-od daugh- ter kanpet and his fivesyear-old son out of @ window af his hom oe Soret s Dp te commit headlon, iaithe og, wi of strength and Kindle atta Bln | sel la YACHTING PARTY IN PERIL. Ald Hurried to Cleveland Peop' Board Stranded Cratt, CLEVELAND, ©., July 29.—The tug Fairmount of Detrott, and the United cages t throwing. hitnsel Warden John ie an ina inary By switching the checks on trunks belonging to guests at the Hotel Knickerbocker, Alexander Breoken- istant porter thore, them shipped to and then r. back to his liome at No: 216 Twenty-fourth Bireet, aeccordin, hi de against him to w found in Breckendal jon when he was urreste: Policeman Donnelly. 4 guilty, Wratten C4 ple Woman Killed ti Coach Run- Fune away. Mrs. Catherine Storoly, thirty-ne Years old, of No, 195 West One Hu dred and Thirty-#ixth Street, Manhat- tan, Was kilied away at Calvary Cemetery and hoad- ed towardd Penny Bridge, Mrs. Sto- thrown out and killed. The sent to Vogel's morgue at BPNECA FALLS, N. ¥., July 29.— ‘Thomas Barron was burned to death ane six other persons injured when ew Lux Hotel at Waterloo wai Parnes early to-day with §60,000 to Poltee velleve the fire was incendia: Berron was manager the Beveral rescues were made. Prison: oribed himself as Frank eae Pk ve) that he was foke Ee ie L tw | teered to bury the lad, and "| from the -] although the fingerprints of al} we, BECKER COUNSEL TO SEEK "FINAL WRIT FROM APPEALS JUDGE | 2=/TWO GRAND URES |WARORDER STOCKS |U.S. FORCES GUAR TAKE LATE DROP | FOREIGNERS INTWO SEEK GUILTY IN EASTLAND WRECK Manslaughter Charges Against Six Recommended by Coroner’s Jury. * CALL CREW !NEFFICIENT, Witnesses Also Give Testi- mony to Show. There Was Negligence. CHICAGO, July 29.—Governmontal efforts to place the responsibility for the capsiaing of the steamer East- fand in the Chioago River last Saturday got under way to-day with the convening of the Federal Grand Tury and the opening of the investi- pee | aot by the steamWoat Inspection service under the direction of Secre- tary of Commerce Redfield, One of the points to be lald before the Grand Jury is the competency of the crew of the Eastland, reports of Investigators indicating that many of the members of the crew wore un- familiar with nautical work. Evi- dence supporting a charge of negil. gence also Will be presented to the Grand Jury. The firat witnesses called before the steamship inspection service investi- gation wero Capt. Westcott, super- visor of inspection for the district, | and Inspectors Eckiiff and Reid of Grand Haven. The County Grand Jury, which was adjourned yesterday following a con- ference between Secretary jReafela and State's Attorney Hoyne, ‘was re- eonvened this morning and the report of the Coroner's Jury, recommending that six persone be held, was laid before it. A charge of manslaughter was rec- ommended by the Coroner early to- day against William H. Hull, general Manager of the company owning the Eastland; Harry Pedersen, the cap- tain; Joec sh N. Erickson, chief en- Gineer; Walter H. Greenebaum, gen- eral manager of the Indiana Tran- sportation Company, which chartered the Eastland; Robert Reid and Charlies C. Edkiiff, steamboat in- @pectors at Grand Haven, Mich, The jury declared that the East- land was “bo! improperly con- structed for the service employed, and improperly loaded, operated and) t}maintained, and that the parties “/mamed are responsible.” In the morgue of the Kastiand dead there atill lies the body of “No, 3! an eight-year-old boy, unclaimed an: unidentified, Except for a hole in the knee of his trousers, there is no dia- tinguishing mark about his apparel, and none of the thousands of search- for the missing could place him, #o the public has olaimed him for its kein, A mound of flowers hag risen about tho little body and to each wreath is pinned a kindly message, “For 396, a poor kid,” reads one, “For No, 89¢—tho Poor Little Kiddle, fe a third, Another voto resentment against those responsible ot| for the disaster, No, 396 is sure to have his trip to the burial ground attended by mourn- ers, More than a dozen have volun- the Boy Scouts have offered to give hfm a mil- itary funeral, Coroner Hoffman says the body will be preserved as long as ossible—posaibly another week—for identification. ——_————_ NOORDAM WAS HELD UP; Off Three and Then Sent Them Back. A British cruiser patrolling the them claiming American citizenship, Holland-America steam- ship Noordam, which reached this port to-day, closely questioned them | Ashore at Deal while the ship was them with an apology. One of the trio was Dr. Middleton, formerly of St tor xteen years a st at stuttgart, Wurtemberg, He on bis way to Pennsylvania, whore his mother recently died, An- other was Sigmund Schopflocker, who linen salesman of No, Louis but 640 Broadway and for forty-five years | | a resident of this country. The third Louis Mietler, on had only a@ trave! ling pass issued by the German Gov- ernment, havin left behind his proofs of American birth, picked from the list, Sehbopfiocc’ claiming America as “For the little | boy from Mrs. O. J. L.” saya another. 2 ® apifit of | 4 PASSENGERS QUESTIONED | British Commandant at Deal Took| | Downs took three passengers, two of | ; held at anchor and finally returned k Robert | 5 practising den- |’ AFTER BIG RISE Calling of Loans Causes Sharp|Rebels Now Menace French| CITIES OF HAYTI Break in Prices at Close Consulate at Cape Haitien of Market. Big dealings in special stocks, with the railroad shares quite neglected, | French Consulate was the foature of the stock market| Maytl, is menaced The market was in a tur-| 02 4 suard-from mail all day, fluctuations were wide; AUXiary Cruiser to-day. and trading was the heaviest of any day during the upward movement of the war order stocks. A sharp break in prices occurred late in the afternoon. It was brought about by the calling of loans and in- creased diffieulty In obtaining new accommodations where the collateral was largely made up of the advanced industrials. There wan hurried liquidation and the market immedi- ely swayed downward, Crucible Steel led the downward trend. From 83 the price dropped to 66, but soon rallied to well above 70. Rethiehem Steel dropped from 275 to 260, Republic Steel from 46% to 42 and U. 8, Steel from 68 to 66%. As soon as the market opened there with @ rush to purchase war stocks, with the prospect of sales amounting to more than a miliion and a half shares before the day should end. The Stock Exchange roared like a battlefield from the moment the gong sounded, Steel and rallway equipment shares showed the most pronounced ad- vances. Trading in them was done in blocks of several thousand shares. Bethlehom Steel advanced 6 points to 270, Crucible Steel 18% + 78%, West- Inghouse 2 to 112%, Pressed Steel Car 3% to 53, U. S, Steel 1 to 67%, Re- publio Steel 7 to 46%, American Locomotive 7% to 60, Studebaker 3 to 84% and Continental Can 2% to 78%. Two stocks on the list eagged down. They were Brooklyn Rapid Transit, which dropped 2 3-8 to 84, and Cana- dian Pacific, which went off 2 3-4 to 142 1-2. One of the most encouraging feat- urea of the day was the firmness of United States Steel, The shares did bo gymnastics, but the undertone was 0 good as to create the tm- pression that there would be a grad- ual sustained advance, Two hours after the market opened profit-taking was begun,on a large scale and there were relapses in price, me of the ahares receding 2, 4 and even & points, But recovery came, owing to the insistent demand, and prices rallied again, The volume of business on the {Stock Exchange was betokencd by p to noon the tran- o shares bad reached a total of 612,444, *againat 629,365 for the same period yesterday and 399,810 for Tuesday, Closing Quotations, With not changes from previous closing. ‘TEMG FOR INVESTORS, National Lead Company—Quarterly admitted that he had never mn out his papers, so he followod the dentist. hen Mietier had been picked out all tare od" re ashore at Deal and fore the ie] naval ormemantoay . Redraiens they After they were were sent back to the dividends of 1% per cent. on preferred and & of I ir bat. on commagn poe. Preferred dividend ‘payable t. Books, close Aug. mon dl me payable Sept. 30. “Books close Sept. 10, Juliet, —Check Port Au Prince Mob. July 29. — The at Cape Haitien, by Revolutionists, the United State Eagio has been landed to tect it. This informa- tion was abled early to-day to the! State Department by American Con- oul Livingston. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hayti, July 29.—With United States marines and bluejackets from the cruiser Wash- ington, numbering 500 men, surround- ing the United States Legation, the Frenes Lesath. and the Unttod States Consulate, and the collier Jason on the way from Guantanamo, Cuba, with reinforcements, Hayti's revolutionists were cowed and inac- tive to-day, The arrival of the French cruiser Descartes is expected to-day. The French Minister, M. Girard, is said to have reported to his Government the action of the mob yesterday in drag- ging Pre. c of th from the French Legation, where he had taken refuge, and assassinating him, No ro. was offered to the landing of the marines and blue- Jackets. A \ went of the Iatter were placed in the Hotel Montaine, overlooking the city and bay, For- eignera came from behind closed doors to cheer the United States troops as they marched through the streets, WASHINGTON, ao BOMB FALLS NEAR Austrian Aviator Bombards Place Made Famous by Shakes- peare’s Play. ROME, July 2%.—The Venice Gaz- zettino reports 4 thrilling battle be- tween an Austrian aeroplane and Itallan troops at Verona, in the near destroying the famous tomb of play, “Romeo and One incendiary bomb dropped so close to the tomb that the ground near by was torn up. The blaze was quickly extinguished, The aeroplane, which was of the Ettrich type and flew the tricolor of ‘rance, despite the fact it was an Aus- trian flying machine, dropped five in- cendiary bombs. One fell within the barracks at Campofiore, causing slight damage. Rifle and artillery’ fire caused the —_—— N, ¥. COTTON EXCHANGE, Cotton prices were up 6 to 9 point on firet call market ulet. Cy igh. Low, 0 gs ast ‘fom #3. x theo ng UNAUIES oF bet Bt. lg wus THE TOMB OF JULIET; course of which the acroplane came) known to the world through | Shakespeare's Juliet.” HENRY W. WELLINGTON | ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET Found by Physigian With Whom He Shared Apartment—Had Business Reverses. Henry W, Wellington, formerly of Boston, who was until recently .a INPLEA TO MINERS himself to-day in the living room of! “No Price Is Too Great to his apartment, No. 4 West Fortieth Street, which he had been sharing} Pay for Victory,” Declares Munitions Minister. NATION IN PERIL with Dr. John Welsmuller of No, 40 Bast Forty-first Street. Dr. Welsmullor was called out at % o'clock this morning to attend a patient. He left Mr. Wellington sleep-| ronDon, July 29.—"No price ts too jing, Reeturning at a little after 9] erect to pay for victory.” declared o'clock the physician found his friend,’ sinister of Munitions Lioyd George face down on the floor, dead. A re-| to.day in a characteristic speech urg- volver was held in his right hand and] ing representatives of the mining in- there was a wound in the right dustry to “speed up.” There were temple. Dr. Welamuller notified Cor-| more than 2,000 coal operators and | oner Feinberg, who gave @ permit for} representatives of the workers in Lon- the removal of the body. Gon Opera House. Mr. Wellington had been brooding) The demand for coal is the greatest & great deal over recent business re-|in our history; the supply of labor is verses. the shortest,”. the Minister declared. Mrs. Wellington and the physician's} «Coq) {g the lifeblood of the nation. I wife have been in Gloucester, Mass.!am not sure the coal industry has for three weeks, A married daughter| realized its importance, As a matter of Mr. Wellington lives in Boston. of fact the nation is in peril. sa sagen aa EARNND “It Is now necessary to appeal to GERMAN CHANCELLOR | tsto‘two new partion-peosimiata and CALLS IN GERARD optimists. Von Bethmann-Hollweg Arranges) “Let us look toward the firmament, ignoring nothing, preparing for the a Conference After Visit to Emperor William. thunderclouds when they come, with shining behind the darkest storm clouds. No price is too great to pay for victory. There has been too much of @ disposition to cling to the ament- ties of peace.” TWO SHIPS AT DOCK GUARDED BY POLICE Precaution Taken After Mysterious Warning That Both Wefe to Be Blown Up. Five detectives and several ual- formed policemen are guarding ap- proaches to the dock at the foot of Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, where the steamship Asuncion de Larrinaga of the Barber line and the steamship Cragside, ssid to be in the service of the British Admiralty, are lying. They were stationed there on receipt of a mysterious tip that the ships Hundred and Twenty-| Were to be blown up, and Lexington Avenue} The Cragside, The general foreman’ and blaster were! sugar, valued at $140,000, caught fire Poe rte Mtrte eto, 202 Eligabeth|!n hold No. 2 on Saturday while she street received a fractured skull. Wih-|was lying In the North River off lam Spable of No. 196 Elizabeth Street! mwonty-third Street, ‘The sugar was eived lacerations of the forehead. muel Carpenter of No, 2407 Beaumont BERLIN, July 2% (via London).— Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Holl: reg, the Germ@ Imperial Chancellor, who returned to the capital yesterday from a visit to the army headquarters in the field, where he talked with Em-+ |peror William, sent for James W. Lee the American Ambassador to Germany, to-day. ‘Tho conference between the Amerl- can Ambassador and the German Chancellor is expected to have an im- portant bearing on the future devel- opment of the relations between Ger- many and the United States. pair i to * THREE HURT IN BLAST. js of Rock Injure Work- men in East 128th Street, Three laborers were injured, one per- haps fatally, this afternoon when they were struck by fragments of a blasted} On at a lock yesterday afvernoon. Threo hours later the Larrinaga was moored at the opposite pler in the same slip. She has taken on no cargo and her destination Is unknown. ‘The Cragside, acording to one of her men, will probably clear for a port in’ England and then open sealed orders at sea which will dis- close her real destination, The fact that a number of bombs were found in the sugar bags unloaded by a GERMAN EMPRESS ‘ AND CROWN PRINCESS ON VISIT AT FRONT. BERLIN, July 29 (by wireless to} Sayville).—Empress Augusta Victoria | and the Crown Princess Cecilie, who | are travelling through East Prussia Net | aeroplane to rise t) a height of 2,000/on an inspection of the villages de-| iT t Marseijles last month Sy ‘tt | metres, where it hovered for a time|stroyed by the Russians, reached | {."enen Wer A Mathlotent. ground for a + 2% | before concluding further * damage | Neidenburg yesterday and paid a visit the precautions taken in the caso + 1 | could not be wrought and finally dig-| to the hospital there. Pie Coamaiaes e 2) oe | Appearing. They also stopped off at Allénstein, | ¢ a 66 miles south of Koenigsberg, whero ee + at art +h - they met Field Marshal von Hinden- 'W $1,000,000 FINE a iit sig — | $1,280,600,000 PAID burke NEW $1,000, = ,280,600, . a ea “4 IMPOSED ON BRUSSELS, Te ae ‘at ‘at + | OVERENCH FOR FIRST | | Janse, SAYS A PARIS REPORT Ba are) FIVE MONTHS OF WAR. ' a0 tf fy TEMPLE, Tex., July 2%.—Three chil- tae 9 + ad dren of W. R. Grimes, a farmer near| paRIS, July %.—Another fine of steel shite t aif PARIS, July 29—The first fivel!here, were battered to death with a $1,000,000 has been imposed on the city ra ¥: + .§| months of the great war cost France|hammer Inst night. Grimes and his} of Brussels by the German authorities ~ 4” | ¢,403,000,000 francs, or $1,280,600,000, | Wife Were beaten unconscious and Mra, wed Sahil Py ei chit Grimes js not expected to live. Search | In consequence of the destruction of a Hath, Steet i mt This is shown by the report of the | for the player, Bo ty ner Fnown, is be. Zeppelin dirgible balloon at Evere by tt ‘ity = 14] Budget Committee on Supplementary |!né made with the ald of bloodhounds, | Zepbelln core ble ie eo tt ee 438 rh = 4% Military and Naval Credit, just is- ing to the correspondent at Havre of af 3 we ue . sued, ST. LOUIS, July 29—A spot six|the Petit Parisien, ino ¢ pee HS WG As + 1k) Witkon saves o From the Unves bina ag id yo was! A despatch from Amsterdam June Continental Can he 8 ie + ry Death Penalty, oe faatronomers at Christian Brothers |14 said that British Sen J nd ate t B% + &) WASHINGTON, July 29,—Prosident Colle It will be visible until Aug. is, and had set BS Bu lotiwi ot “Phe spot firat appeared last Febru | be my A 3 Wilson has commuted to life tmprison- ho and now is on its sevepth rota. destroying the toe doy — ‘TR | ment the death sentence imposed at| tian with the sun. Zi 40 40% + | Milwaukeo, Wis, on James’ Waupoose, io JR — 2] an Indian, wh pleaded guilty of the Soy A murder of an Indian woman, “The fact ayy ate Sj that if Waupoose had stood trial a ye GR Cae FB] jury ment have recommended a lighter we aig F penalty influenced the President's om 10% 80% + ton. a1 Pt io i —_—_——-— I ta $2") sees Munitions Plant tn Boatom, 143 He +1%| BOSTON, July 29—Some 600 ma- & TPB] chinists and other employees struck, my Seg oitae Suse, Mase oF tae. Mane HERE IS NO AIR OF MYSTERY SURROUNDING “PENNY A ’ ci 7 pest - + \|company refused to grant. their de- POUND PROFIT” CANDY—It is mer a story of Kotor, @ i mands for a 20 per cent. increase in prise, good live merchandising, shre clever by Oe “~ S| wages and the reinstatement of dis- purchasing in quantities ‘80 overwhelmingly great as to fairly + yh] charged workmen. ‘The plant hax stagger the average large candy manufacturer. e most ; rs § b night and ei citing ies roved M i Rearement in the world, economical handling + 8. rapid eran hese are only a few of the many reasons for ¢ 8 +> —_ PURE, WHOLESOME, DELICIOUS CANDY at a “Penny a Pound Profit.” Be + 1g | CHICAGO WIARET ANE): CORN Special for Thursday. Special for Friday. Resales, ee. Be WHEAT, PLANTATION BON BONS—rne || BUTTE RCURS ca tno not i ue te Lom, Clom, cigs, |] | Rewrt of this sweet le formed by p kz foighed cei set a a. iy ' ti UGA “TGA |] | moret ot delicous, chews Old- Fast ily tinted ‘tnd dgiioate Hy t oR} ToS WOH 1b 100% SE |] | tom Motaanes Candy, Jeckoted In rich having Fite es a +1 CORN, Chee. flavered. oe call | Nuts, Texas Company, hy t if ” oe High, te Lal Malan Uaeiie, cy 1 ame iy is i We Also Offer Extra Special for Friday, 8 Mbbee:¢ ity t ‘stiae te oS a FIFTH AVENUE CARAMELS || CHOCOLATE COVERED PEA- * + 3] was buying on-rains in belt and rust |} | FlE 1% — Ml reports. from Northwest, but offer- Taam ae t fy | ings were tberal and market sold off gad Choc. 3 4% y cloned at lowest price for the is are em ri eae ity ape Cy gs Born, barely steady in morning, ||| ¢ tS 9c + | ciosed weak fae “yin the full knowledge that the sun ta} with 28,000 bags of! almost entirely ruined by the water} feaicak Teeuis cant Spunie” wie! pumped in fo quench the flamos, but | taken to Harlom Hospital. the cargo was left aboard and the > sh noved to her present moorings AUSTRIANS REPORT SAYS LLOYD GEORGE} BIG DAMAGE DONE IN RAID 10 ITALY Railway Stations and Bridges Shelled by the Warships and Airships. BBRLIN (via Sayville), July, 20.—A remarkabi * -ceeseful raid by Aus- trian warships and airships on the coast of Italy is reported by a Vienna official # ent. Great damagp was inflicted along the line of the Adriatic Railway, which follows the coast line closely between Ancona and Pesaro. The raid occurred Tuesday. A fleet of light cruisers and destroyers, evad- ing all Italian craft, got within shelling distance of the railway and found the range of stations, bridges and locomotives. At Fano a powder magazine was fired, causing a ter- rific explosion. ‘The airships shelfed the station, @ military barracks and military stores at Ancona, The flames from a naph- tha tank that caught fire were visible thirty miles, GERARD WANTS WORD OF AMERICAN SAILINGS This Would Enable Him to Have Submarine Commanders Notified, BERLIN, July 29 (Via Wireless to Sayville) —It became known to-day that Ambassador Gerard hed cabled the State Department requesting thay he be notified by cable of the departuy, of American steamers on a course that would carry them through the war zone. If Gerard received cabled notifica~ tion of tho sailings of American ships he could telegraph it at once to Wil- helmshaven, where the information could be given German submarine commanders. jee TWO AIRMEN MEET DEATH. pena s im 1,000-Foot Wall, Other Is Burned to Death; ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France, July 29.—A French aeroplane carrying a pilot and an observer fell to the ground from a height of about 1,000 feet while making a flight here last night. One of the men jumped as the ma- chine was falling, but was killed on striking the ground near a ratiroad track, The other occupant of the ma- chine was burned to death as the mo- tor exploded when it hit the ground, Beginning August 9 BUD FISHER Will Draw “MUTT and JEFF” Exclusively for the NEW YorRK WORLD