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at . ‘ ' PRICE ONE OENT. CONGRESS URGES RUSH |“ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ fa NEW YOR ‘York World). K, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1916. WORK ON BATT « RICH FEES BERLIN YI NOREPRISALS ON NEUTRALS, «ATTACKS ONLY ON ENEMIES, BERLIN'S CONCESSION TOU. . ‘Statement Taken as Inferentially Ad- mitting Illegality of Sinking of Lusitania—Senator Stone Says Case Is Practically Settled. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—It was announced to-day by Senator Stone) + @f Mtesouri, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, after! & conference with Administration officials, that “practically settled.” Germany has agreed that reprisals must not be directed againet any other than enemy subjects. The expression is offered by Germany to take! the place of the phrase containing the word “iNegal,” which was incor-| porated in the draft of the Lusitania agreement now under consideration. | the Lusitania case was German plots were In circulation as} Circulation Books Open to All.’’\ _ Oy ¢ PRICE ONE CENT. 14 PAGES FOR SU LDS POINT IN LUSITANIA CASE Y DEAL LA CANADIANS FRE ON SUSPECT AT NAGARA BRDGE Man in Boat at Bridgeburg| Escapes Across River to the American Shore. PLOT GUARDS DOUBLED FOR FASTER NEW FLEE Democrats and Republicans Join in Voting Appropriations for Navy Yard Needs. Big Force of Troops Sent to Watch Welland Canal— German Is Held as Spy. CLARK LEADS IN MOVE. Calls for Quick Work— Twenty-two Ships Can Soon Be Built. WASHINGTON, Feb. T.—In the first naval debate of the session tn the House to-day, Speaker Clarix took the floor, and to enthusiastic applause OTTAWA, Ont. Feb, 7.—Sensa- tional reports of the discovery of new Parliament prepared to assemble this | afternoon to discuss the origin of the fro that destroyed the Canadian Par- lament buildings. : From Bridgeburg cume the report CONGRESS HURRIES ACTION. This might:be taken es inforentially admitting that killing of neutrals was illegal. ‘The exact language of Wilson's note, bald to bave been paraphrased by the 2 memorandum, follows: . 4Hlegat and inhuman acts, how- ever jpatifiable they may be thought be against an enemy. who is believed to have acted in contravention of law and human- ity, are manifestly indefensible when they deprive neutrals of their acknowledged rights, par- | | + tieularly when they violate the right of life Several high officials said a more; choice of words would not be permitted ; to stand in tho way of success of the Lusitania negotiations, and that the ton the use of the word or “dis- avowal” in Germany's acknowledge- ment that sinking of the liner was without justification. Secretary Lansing denied that new demands had been made at a time when the German Government con- sidered the negotiations practically were at an end. He “s speaking of the Berlin despatches quoting the references by Dr, Zimmermann, Gi man Under Secretary of Affairs, to ‘new demands.” “This Government,” said Secretary Lanoitig, “has not increased the de- / mands made in the Lusitania case, ae QUARTER: MILLION F MAL | the boat pulled hastily for the Amer- | ican shore. The Ninth Overseas battalion of 2,000 WORKERS Victory Won Through Arbi- tration in Struggle of Waist and Dressmaking Employees. 9 eer A decision of the Board of Arbi- tration, headed hy Judge Julian Mack of Chicago, which was handed down this afternoon at the Bar Association, distributes approximately $250,000 in increased salaries to 20,000 operatives in the waist and dress industry in the city, The decision was reached after an all-night session of the board and a revision that kept the members at work until 1.30 to-day. got forth in the notes of May 13, June Sand July 21, I doubt if Dr. Zimmer- Mann ever made the statement that new demands had been injected, be- cause he must know that it ts utterly ‘falne.” {In an interview with the Asso- ciated Press, Dr. Alfred Zimmer- mann, Under Secretary for For- eign Affairs, was quoted as fol- lows: ("We had thought the submar- ine issue settled and the Lusi- tania question on the way to ar- rangement—had agreed to pay in- dempity and all that--when the United States suddenly made its new demand, which it is impos- ible for us to accept."") Secretary Lansing would not go into details or discuss Dr. Zimmer- mann’s statements further, P Secretary Lansing made it known that the State Department considered the situation unchanged. There was no indication whether the President had decided definitely whether Ger- many's latest proposal was satisfac- tory or unsatisfactory, It became known to-day that Ger- many expresses the hope that it may have the opportunity to co-operate with the United States in some action looking toward the freedom of the seas before the end of the war. Thid statement is taken in high diplomatid cireles to imply that the Berlin Gov- ernment sees no occasion to awalt the cessation of hostilities before set- ting that issue Furthermore, the German Govern- ment refers to the British blookade * of Germany as being inhuman, calls attention to the fact that neutral ves- sels have been affected by the efforts of the British Government to starve The board also fixed forty-nine hours of work as a weekly standard, ‘The union demanded forty-eight hours. The union, as far as wages is concerned, gains a large share of every point’ in its demands. The increase is close to 15 per cent. over yesterday's scale, and it took effect at owce, Here are some of the special increases given: Full fledged cutters, a mninmum of $27,50 a week,|came suspicious and made an exaim- an in e of $2.50; hour workers are | nation ‘ded from 19 to 30 cents an hour,| The Police would not confirm the according to grade: cleaners, under| report of the finding of maps in sixteen, are to receive 12 cents an hour until they attatn their sixteenth year, when the rate shall be 14 cents an hour; piece workers are awarded & minimum rate of 8 cents an hour. Apprentices are divided into four grades, In Grade A the minimum is to be $6 a week; in Grade B, $12; in Grade C, $18; in Grade D, $21, Both sides accepted the ruling, making reservations in spectal in- stances, The decision does not bind the independent ‘shops, which employ 20,000 workers, But the union is al- reody preparing a new scale based on the present decision, and purposes to attempt a strike if the indepen- dents do not submit: Germany, and puts forth the conten- tion that the German retaliation in the War zone around the British Isles is justified by the actions of Great Britain. legal are not made. As has been previously stated, Ger- many sayé in the communication that the killing of citizens of the United States was without intent and that the method of conducting warfare in the’ North Sea had been changed out of regard for the long standing friend- ship between the United States and Germany and because American lives were lost, Claims that the reprisals are that Canadian guards hed fired on a ™an in 4 rowboat who approached the International Bridge early to-day. ‘The guards were fwntediately doubled on the suspicion that an attempt was being made t6 dynumite the “Britwey spanning the Niagara between Bridge- burg and Buffalo. The | suspect in) | 1,156 men arrived at Welland to-day jto reinforce two other regiments| | guarding the Welland Canal and mu- {nition plants in that vicinity. Re- | ported plots to destroy the canal, through which pass millions of bushels of Canadian wheat destined for the allies, led Gen. Logie of Ta- Tonto to place a heavier guard, Soldier guards to-day went on duty at munition plants at St, Catherine's, Ont. Lieut. Col, Burleigh made hur. ried trips until dawn to-day, dispos- ing armed detachments about the factories. Previously civilians had guarded the plants and requests for military guards had been refused, Extra sentries were placed at the public buildings at Port Colborne throughout the night. Orders were issued to-day that hereafter the canal and all bridges shall be guarded both day and night. The plot rumors have gained more credence since the alleged discovery by the police of plans of the Parlia- ment buildings, of the city of Ottawa itself and of several Canadian harbors in the trunk of a German named Schweiber, who came here from the United States about a year a Schweiber wrote from San Francisco two weeks ago, asking that the trunk be forwarded to him. The police be- Schweiber’s trunk and the manager of the hotel, where the trunk was held, absolutely denied it. He said only several letters in German and a few clothes were found. The commission which is to inquire into the Parliament buildings fire hae been appointed. It consists of Robert A. Pringle, K. C., df Ottawa, nomi- nate? by the Government, and Judge D. B, MacTavish of Ottawa, nomi- nated by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, WINGHAM, Ont, Feb. 7.—Adolf | Schutt, a German bandmaster, was arrested here He is said to have had passports showing that he had recently been in Belgium and Constantinople, Police also reported finding a mysterious box containing to-day. seventy pieces of explosives here, Schatt's arrest is not connected with the discovery of explosives, Col, Sherwood, head of the Do- minion police, is said to have ordered Schatt’s arrest, Besides his pass. ports, the German is said to have had several drawings which were for- warded to the Dominion police at Ottowa for inspectio! ie a ct CRUISES TO W mx WAY tes, all rate, att Yona aco toate past Usted Rie eal iow, N, ¥, Ci, Telephone B ‘ee ae from both sides, spoke for faster pro- gress in increasing the navy. Ho de- clared that if seventeen-ineh’ gums” were being placed of fereign ships, the United States should uve them fas well, or the best guns attainable now, or hereafter, “a “The Speaker knows,” said Repre- sentative Butler, Republican of the Noval Committee, “that things better In the navy we have to pay the price demanded.” ‘That is true,” replied the speaker, “but suppose we pald the full price What ia the reason we cannot bulld battleships as quickly as England can?” “We can,” Mr. Butier replied. “We never have done so,” replied the Speaker. “If we will begin to build and take the money and push aside private construction,” replied Mr, Butler, “we can build twenty-two ships in two years and put them to sea, if we can find the men to put on them,” “Do not the English build a battle ship much more quickly than we do?” said the Speaker. “Yes,” replied Representative Gard- ner, Republican, “but not as much more quickly as is usually thought ‘The Texas and the New York, which are the latest two of our dread- noughts) were completed in two years and nine months, and two years and eleven months from the laying of the kecl. The last dreadnought before the war completed for Great Britain took only about two years.” am for the twenty-two ships, if necessary, and will help to ralse the money,” interrupted Representative Hill, Connecticut, Republican, Following the debate House authorized immediate uxe of $500,000 to equip Mare Island Navy Yard to begin butiding a dreadnought or bat tle-cruiser, the first to be constructed on the Pacific Coast In a Government yard, and authorized expenditure of $100,000 to enlarge facilities at New York yard, ‘The Senate has not yet acted, DU PONT POWDER CRASH IS FELT FOR MILES Ww 1 took if we want the TACOMA, rific explo the Dupont Powder sh. Feb. A to-day place in plant near here wrecked within It is be- lieved life Wires to the powder works were ca: Houses were partly a radius of several miles, there was some loss of ried down PRES Socal VILLA STILL ON THE JOB, He's on the Defensty Army of Twe EL PASO, Tex., Feb, 7.—Gen, Fran- cisco Villa with about twenty-tive men js on the defenvive in Nidos Canyon of the Santa Clara Ranch, according to official advices received at military headquarters in Juarez to-day, BUILDING OF FOR THE NAVY WOMAN WHOSE AVIATOR. HUSBAND IS SUED FOR STEALING ANOTHER LOVE. OF G6-0865-6-04-0-O64 04.4 HdOL OS | OOO DODD DA MRS. W. IRVING TWOMBLY. KIEL IS IN TERROR OF RAID BY AIRSHIPS Authorities Publish a Warning and Arrange for Use of Steam Siren. H Feb. 7 authorities COF HAG (via London) Denmark, ‘The Kiel have published a warning concerning the action to be taken by the popula- tion of that German port in case of an aerial raid A steam siren, the warning says, will give notice of the ratd with a series of short shrieks, lasting two minutes, and a similar notice will be viven when the raid ix over The inhabitants of the eity are urged not to expose themselves a the Parisians did during the recent Zeppelin raid on the ‘KITCHENER TO QUIT, LONDON HEARS AGAIN Daily Sketch Says Sir Robertson Will Have Direction of War. neh capital William tive LONDON, F 7—Changes of great importance in the direction of the war are conteinplated, says the Dally Sketch, It asserts Earl Kitchener probably will leave the | War Office. The Sketch also says Sir William Robertson, now chief of staff, prob- ably will take over active direotion of the war without interference, ex- cept from the Cabinet as a whole, and that @ civilian of real ability for organization will become Secretary tor War In the event that Earl Kitchener leaves the War Office, the Sketch will undertake work of ant character elsewhere ew WYERS TWOMBLY STOLE HIS 2-DAY BRIDE, CHARGES HUSBAND Former Head of Aero Society Sued by Californian for $50,000 Damages. LIVED IN LUXURY HERE. Reese Tells of Tracing Young Woman From Los Angeles Across Country. After a hot pursuit across the con- tinent for his fleeing bride of two days, Francis W. Reese, a wealthy resident of Los Angeles, Cal., to-day ended the chase by suing W. Irving Twombly, automobile maker and former President of the Aeronautical Society, for $60,000 damages for al- Mes. Btyel Helon Long’ Reese, The papers were filed !n the Supreme Court after the complaint had been 'hefved last Saturday of Mr. Twombly ‘ip lity office, No. 1310, Times Building. Reese alleges that Ne found his wife maintained in most fuxurtous style, with servants and automobiles ‘galore at her command, all of which, he charges, were furnished and paid for by Mr. Twombly, although the latter 1s married and has two children almost grown Mrs, Reere was described this morning as a beautiful young woman whose parents are among the elite of Los Angeles. Her husband is said to have made a fortune in the auto- mobile business in the Southern Call- fornia city. After a brief courtship, Reese al- leges, he married Miss Long in Los Angeles on July 29, 1915. The next day, he asserts, he found ber indif- ferent, and though he pressed her for an explanation she refused to talk, The next day, he alleges, she disappeared and the hunt for her began. Reese essayed the role of detectiv he says, and found that just prior to his wife's departure she had mot Mr. Twombly and that he began to ex- orcise a strange Influence over her and showered gifts upon her. He learned ‘Joged alienation ot the affections of OPPOSITION LAWYERS GOT $63 128 OF FEES LAVISHED BY THE INTERBOROUGH Secretary Tells Thompson Committee of Strange Mix-Up—Own Coun- sel Got $50,000 Gift; Francis Lynde Stetson Got $50,000. PRENDERGAST SUBPOENAED; SWANN’S AIDE ON HAND A remarkable mixup whereby the directors of the Interborough Cgm- Pany paid $63,128,62 fees to members of. two law firms who’ fought against the subway extensions came to light to-day through the testimony of Secretary Horace M. Fisher of the Interborough Company. Fisher had told. of the interborough's gift-of $50,009 ta.its Robert Reid Rodgers, for his extra work in putting through the extensiéns and especially because he had not employed outside counsel to help him. Then he read of a $50,000 fee paid to Francis Lyrde Stetson for his opinion on the bond issue. Next he testified that the Interborough directors on Oct. 9, 1912, paid to Hays, Hershfeld & Wolf $37,809.90 and to Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall $25,318.72 “for inquiring into the validity of the contracts in the proposed extension of the subway system and for services in the suit of the Admital Realty Company against the transit companies and the city of New York.” ———— LANDIS DISMISSES FEDERAL LEAGUE SUIT, ENDING BASEBALL WAR — Judge’s Ruling Puts Feds Le- gally Out of Exist- ence, by. of the committee road record of the Court of Appa pany, having failed to get an in- Junction to prevent the subway ex- tensions, appealed to the Court of Appeals on June 1, 1912. ‘Thelr coun- sel on appeal wero Louis Marshall, Daniel P. Hays, Ralph Wolf and Samuel Untermyer, of the two firms just mentioned, SECRETARY COULDN'T EXPLAIN MIX-UP OF LAWYERS. Counsel for the Interborough Com- Pany were Robert Reid Rodgers and Alfred E. Mudge; for the B. R. T, Charles A. Collin and George D. Thereupon Counsel Bainbridge Col- ing (hat the Admiral Realty Com- SAILING TO-DAY. Neordam, Rotterdam 12M, C, of Montgomery, Savannah. 3 P.M, CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—Federal Judge Landis to-day dismissed the Federal League sult against Organized Base- ball, thus legally ending t' ) baseball The muit, directed -®Mainst the later that Twombly had gone to New York, he alleges, and later enticed Mra. Reese to come on. A few days after his wife left Los Angeles, Reese says, he followed. war For avine time after his arrival In) oat commission a®4/its “com- Now York he tried in vain to seo his |” eer ae eck wife, but could not locate her, When 5 ; he finally succeedel he found that the Sherman she was harbored by Mr ul wa motion of Twombly he alleges, tolthe erstwhile Federal Le be permitted to talk to his wife ¢ Stewart 8. Jun atten repre- | just a few minutes in the hope that) sentir Balt gue hoe could win her back to him, This! Club, declared his clients had no ob- plan of reconciliation, Keese says, | jeetions to dismissal of the sult, pro was frustrated by Mr, Twombly, Viding it could be done without preju- latter, the suing husband charges,|dtce to the rights of any Individual openly told Mra, Reso that her bus-|intervenor ts ney on this band was not ft to be her life com-| pon ohy ‘the Baltimore lawyer de- panion Riured that unless adjustment of the Reese says that he found his wife| difficulties with his club is made at « established in a costly apartment| meeting of the National Commissi next week legal in New Yot surrounded by all the wealth and at-| wi) be taken. tention customary in the homes of] Janney declared he tas been viru; the’ very ri Ae owned: ps tly assured by Garry Herrmann tha’ th ry rich, She owned neveral| Aly SUimculties will be smoothed automobiles, and the » Wee] Over, If not, he intimated, a civil purchased by Mr Pur-| sult for damages or a new proceeding thermore, the husband alleges, helander the Anti-Trust Act iv conten found hi had taken Mr, Twom. | Plated _ bly's name. | | nis to tin resienation os! 89 WAVAL CADETS of t Aeronautical remus aes "MUST LEAVE ANNAPOLIS . by announcing nad planned to make a fight ingland, He also led the move. ment to establish a volunteer military aviation battalion to be drilled and maintained und the auspices of the ‘Aero Club of Ameri > hey Have Failed to Make Aver- age of 60 Per Cent. in Mid- Year Examinations WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Kighty- two naval cad Annapolis have Antonio Scotti, the opera singer, who has been critically il with pneumonia] failed to make wverage of 60 per at his hotel here, was stated by his in the mid-year examinations, physicians to be out of danger to-day.Jand will be asked to resign, it was The doctory said Mr. Scotti passed the}announced at the Navy Department Grials of bls illness last night. to-day, Scott! Is Out of Danger, 4 at cent, Yeomans; for the City of New York, Corporation Counsel Archibald Wat- son and for the Public Service Com- mission, Roy Harkness, George Gole- man and Oliver 8, Semple. Sceretary Fisher could not explain how such a mix-up occurred. John B, Stanchfield asked that tite examination of President ‘Theodore Shon put over for a week to await the arrival of Delancey Nievil, “who hag been counsel for the Inter- borough and the prec companies since the first brick was lald fifteen years ago. He could be of great an sistance to this comunittee, Chairman Thompson demurred that he did not want to establish a prace~ dent that witnesses could be_repre- sented by counsel; but finally cop~ sented to let Mr, Shonts's examina- tion go over until 11 A. M, Tuesday, Feb, 15, Mr, Nicoll ts expected to ars rive from Europe next Monday. Comptroller Prendergast was sub< poenaed to-day to appear before the Thompson Committee on Friday and tell all he knows abo how the con. tracts between the city and the Inter- borough and B. R. T, for the subway extension we wotiated and signed, The Comptroller has volunteered ta all the information in his pos+ ne will asked why he voted against the contracts in July, 1941, xiv be and voted for them, through the then Deputy Comptroller, Douglas Mathewson, in May, 1912, Senator Thompson will also seek to learn from Mr. Prendergast if any signifis cance attached to the removal from office of Lawrence Gresser, Borough President of Queens, who was op- posed to the subway contracts, and the appointment to succeed bim of ~ ne |