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mete LL LS Ot ERR tp . Publio Service Commission and I Sa A A ‘A Teason, A. You, but counsel has He could not get Mr. Lane, for one, think it would have been right tor ' Cotting to let you see the Gardiner. | been quoting literature. @. Did Lane or Read say anything two women at a mill? A.T ¢ think We got as far as a pettl- bat) aie: win. if I remember correctly. NO RECOLLECTION OF AL FROM MORGAN. R act on THE EVEN the Public Service Commission to your suggestion and waive their right of supervision? A. I think McLane memorandum “Your letter to Mr. Kames, saying that we could have your correspond- Q, Will you produce a letter to you they should have done so under the ence with Mf, MeLane, carefully ex- from Mr. Morgan on this matter? A cireumstan: This was a remark- Q. Was there anything singular In| I've no recollection of such a letter. able case. y resignation from the board? A. He told me his health was fadfigg and he couldn't attend meet- ings. He came to only eight or nine t that. What made you think Lane and had suspicion of your proposal? A. Their remarks about my friend- ship with Stevens and my associa- tien with him at Panama. Q. How did you happen to say that Mr. Freedman was not to get any share of the $2,000,000 com: ion? A. never heard of any $2,000,000 commission till | read it in the pa- ra. How could there be a commis ‘til the percentage was fixed? (by Senator Thompson). Do you Commissioner Maltbie or Mr. jarkness of the Public Service Com- ission would swear to a falsehood 6 this committee? A. No. I ink you are telling me the truth. “On certain conditions 1 would have een willing to pay 10 per cent. com- mission—the elimination of the plant ani equipment by us and the engi- neer supplying It. 4 @ You are not familiar with the -festimony that you said Stevens 4 receive not less than 10 per and that it might be from 12 to Coe tlt A. No. ~@ Are you familiar with the fact that Judge McCall swore here that qyeu ought to be knocking at this .cemsmittee’s door and asking an op- Portunity to explain? A. I know what “you are telling me is true, but I know ghar Stevens and I never agreed on @ percentage. That is the fact. ¢9@. The most important thing in a ugentract ts the percentage, isn’t it? g& But you couldn't tell the percent- ‘age tll you knew what the contract ~agvered. The more there is in a con- tract, the less the contractor has to My secretary says there's no such letter, I reall Chairman T don't recall it a letter from Mr, Morgan upon such a matter and not remember It. A. |My best recollection in I received no such letter. I don't believe I received one. Q. (By Mr. Colby) Mr, Morgan sent for you to come to see him after that, jdidn't he? A. Yes Q. What did he say to you? | A. That Mr. Lane and Mr. Read had called on him about the Stevens mat- ter. | told Mr. Morgan | had made | certain commitments to Mr. Stevens and that I'd like to get him to look in of extension of Q. When you say “commitment,” do you mean it as an obligation to be discharged by you? A. 1 had talked with Mr. Stevens, whom I'd long known and whose work and skill I knew, and that I would recommend him to do our work, Q. And was he willing to give up higypresent work without any definite urfderstanding as to Mig percentage? A. Me told me he could put the man- agement of bis work in other com- petent hands and give his entire time to our work. Q. What did Mr, Morgan say to you as to the reason for Mr. Lane's visit? A. He said that either Mr, Lane or Mr. Read had called on him about the proposed arrangement with Mr. Stevens, He said they told him they influence against it. SAYS MORGAN NEVER JECTED TO ANYTHING. Q. Did he say they expressed any suspicion or disapproval of your re- OB- devest, the less his percentage is. HEDLEY SUGGESTED 20 PER - CENT. FOR STEVENS. Q. Who suggested 20 per cent. for “Mi. Stevens? A. I think it was Mr. “fledley. The contract had been formulated by Mr. Quackenbush on “Whe theory that the board would de- cide al! matters after the Public Ser- “Slee Commission acted. But the Pub- Me Service Commission never acted. *mQ. Was it put tip to the Public Ser- ‘Yjee-Commigsion? A. Yes, in April. g:% The mecting of Juno 24, 1918, Was to conclude the matter, wasn’t ‘mn? .A, I'd never brought the matter othe board's attention, I'd heard » matter had come to life in the “Wanted the board to know what I'd ~@ene in case. The matter came omp during my absence in Europe. I ‘Wha wsked the Public Service Com- mission to waive ita constructural inspection, rights on the elevated ex- tension “work. The only purpose of she meeting” Was ~to acquaint the board With what I had done. eacQ. What did you tell Mr. Stevens Sis percentage would be? A. I didn't “241 him anything, as that was a inat- fer dependent upon the contract. °READ WAS OPPOSED TO THE : WHOLE CONTRACT. SQ. Did Mr. Read say anything to . ‘about the percentage? A. I sup- ho must have, He was opposed (Ap the whole contract. : Did_he not move that the con- “fact be not approved? A. I don't re- member, but I've no doubt that's it happened. (@,.You had advocated the adoption “Of the contract? A. Yes; | earnestly -sidveoated, also, that Mr. Stevens take ip the supervision of the work a je best man we could get. Then I'd been able to go away to Europe a very free mind. But no per- centage was arranged for and no con- s@lusion was reached. ™@. Did you say to Mr. Lane any- ‘thing, about your “commitments or AbMigations” having to do with the “@ite} contract? A. No, I did not. 1 absolutely deny that! “2@. Did you not make efforts to GFing, about a meeting of the board the @¥ening of the day meeting? A. Yea, but the secretary could not get the members of the board together, lations with Mr. Stevens? A. No, he certainly did not. Q. Did not Mr. Morgan object to thé work being undertaken by any contractor on a commission basis? A. No, Mr. Morgan never objected to anything. He said Mr, Lane and Mr, Read had called and objected, and that was all. Chairman Thompson—Did = Mr. Morgan tell you the arrangement was extravagamt? A. I don't see how he could, as no terms had been settled. Q. (By Mr, Colby)—But the con- tract was all drawn up, was it not? A. Yes, it had been, Q. Then why did Mr, Lane and Mr, Read go to Mr. Morgan to ask his pulssant influence? A, Because Mr, Morgan was at the head of the syndi- cate, 1 suppose, Q. The only unspecified part of the contract was the percentage, wasn’t it? A. No, not the only part. Every- thing Mr. Stevena wanted had been included, but there were things in the contract to which I'd never have agreed—ono was the matter of equipment; I thought we knew much more about the necessary equipment than Mr. Stevens, But I'd not have thought 10 per cent. an excessive al- lowance. It's I than we eventu- ally had to pay. STEVENS DIDN'T KNOW THE TERMS OF CONTRACT, Chairman Thompson—Mr, Stevens didn't know the terms, did he? A. No, he did not. Q. Mr. Stevens had never spent a dollar in looking over the work, nor in inspection of any kind, had he? A. I don’t know anything about that. Q. The board has not seen the con- tract. There were certain things in it you opposed and yet you sent the contract to the Public Service Com- mission for its approval, didn’t you? A. Yes, but as to form only. Q. Do you think that a Publio Ser- vice Commission should perform an official act in just that way? Ves, in view of its confidence in the Board of Directors, “If the Board of Directors had passed this contract it would have gone through, ,wouldn’t it?” asked Senator Thompson, “Yes, it would,” sald Mr. Shonts, Counsel Colby read from a copy of the letter President Shonts sent in May, 191%, regarding the elevated rail- road third-tracking, “that for the pur- pose of saving time the Public Ser- vice Commission waive its right to approve the third-tracking ccatract The Good Ship Opportunity! ‘She sets sail every morning, Be it shine or rain; ‘She lets loose Opportunities And then sets sail again. sues always for Preparedness, For Peace, Prosperity; Her guns are of the biggest type— Be" Guns of Publicity, “7” Whe World prints MORE THAN DOUBLE ithe number of advertisements pub- © lished in the Herald, ‘he World's near- est competitor, The World gives advertisements x clreu- F "lation in New York City, every morn. and Sunday, greater than the Her- Times and Tribune COMBINED! er +4 GOOD SHIP TO SAIL UPON: in advance and sign its agreement to that effect.” Q. What did the Public Service Commission answer to this? A. Never an answer, Q. Did you state to your board what assurances you had from the Public Service Commission? A. 1 couldn't have made them if I hadn’t had any. Q. Will you swear you did not? A. Wel—m—m-~no; I won't swear. Director Berwind, Mr, Shonts said, was perfectly willing to accept Stev- ens if he said he was the right man for the job, Q. Then he was an administration man? A.I think all the directors were except Mr. Lane and Mr. Read. Q. Why did you appoint Mr. Freed- man on the special committee after telling Mr, Lane he had no interest in the plan? A. Because I regarded Mr. Freedman as one of the best posted transit isen in this city. Q. Had ho no suspicions of Mr. Freedman? A. No, He told me tn my private office that he was glad to hear what I said about him. COMMITTEE DID NOT REACH AGREEMENT, Q. Did the special committes ever come to an agreement? A. 1 don't think they did, When I came back Mr. Stevens's backer had fatled and the Public Service Commission had not acted. Q. (by Senator Thompson)—Ro you n—It's hard for! |me to understand you could receive didn't approve of the arrangement! yi, statement that Mr. Shonts had and asked Mr. Morgan to use his). Q. Did they ever do such a thing? AN ary case, Mr. Shonts expinined that the rea- son he was so anxious to get Btev- (ens was that the task of third track- {ng was so complicated, handling 8,000 traina a day, &e, “The Stevens incident died a-born- int so far as T was concerned.” said | Mr. Shonts, “I cleared up the ques- |tion when I got home. We thought Terry & Tench led the world in steel erection. We thought that Gillespio was the greatest sub-surface man in the world"-— “You don’t meon that figuratively, do you?” interrupted Counsel Colby. “Figuratively and literally, both,” replied Mr. Shonts. “There's evidence of both in record,” remarked fon. DENIES HE WAS ANGERED MORGAN'S ACTION. Q. Do you recall being angered at Mr. Morgan's position on this trans- action? A, On the contrary. I ap- proved what he did Q. Did you sharply criticize Mr. Morgan's action? A. On the con- trary, Mr. Morgan apologized to me for asking me to call. He said these two gentlemen had called and he just wanted me to drop in if | was p: ing. It took only a few minutes. We didn't even sit down. Mr, Colby showed Mr, Shonts the letter of Gardiner M, Lane to George W. Young on Oct. 1, 1913, reaffirming the Senator Thomp- BY aid the $2,000,000 Stevens fee was to neet and pay certain commitments and obligations incurred by me be- fore the dual contracts were signed.” “It doesn't remind me of anything further,” said Mr. Shonts. Q. Was Mr. Lane a hysterical man? A. No. But for some months before his death he was a very irritable man, There is nothing in my conversation with Mr. Lane to be shrouded in mys- tery. I was talking with one of my Neutenants and he remembers it just I do. Mr. Colby read from Lane's letter: “This is a very delicate matter, In the light of what has happened it is well that each of us should preserve his own memorandum of what has happened.” “What is your explanation that?” Mr, Colby asked. of cluded anything about that mem jaughing again without mirth. Q. Your suggestion in the last part of your letter was not broad enough to include the private memorandum of Mr. Lane, was it? A. There was no Intent to make any reservations. | Q. You are willing that the Lane ‘memorandum should be placed jevidence? A. Yes, entirely so. Q. When you came back from Bu- jattitude of your special on the Steven's contract? A. eliminated from consideration, Counsel Colby asked Mr. why he had been so anxious to award and extension contracts to a limited number of engineering firms, The work has been done by Snare & Triest and Terry & Tench, supervised by the T. A. Gillespie Company. The ques- tion gave Mr, Shonts his cue to make & apeech. “For the reason,” he said, bringing his fist down on the table with much emphasis, “that if you are going to have an operation for appendicitis you have much fewer surgeons to choose from than If you were going to lance a boil. “| would have aplit with the city— ined my job; | would he contract with the competent take cha handling of the 400 trains a day, just to save a few hundred dollars.’ Q. When were the bids received? irk where we are A. 1 haven't the date in mind, shows on your file there. Mr. Thompson said it was about Dec, 23, 1912 Q. When was the T. A. Gillespie contract awarded? A. Jan, 20, 1914, HE WANTED COALITION OF CON- TRACTORS, Q. Was the contract made in eon- formity with the resolution setting forth the bids recived? A. The Gil- lespie bid was lowest, but I wanted Snare & Triest to do the work, so [ requested the board to suggest a coalition of Gillespie, the lowest bid- der, Snare & Triest and Terry & Tench and the letting of the contract to them. They did get together and the percentage was 15 per cent. for the work, Q. Had the contract been prepared and submitted at the time of the award? A. I presume so. Q. You sent out notices to six con- struction concerns, Don't you think that non-competitive bidding? A. No, I don't, ‘The Chairman—Well, every one else does, Q. Could these six firms have made thelr bids for the work as they made them unless each knew what the other bids were to be? A. Of course they could. It “All T can say is that it is a very remarkable document,” replied Mr. Shonts, looking very serious. DIDN’T SAY IT IN THAT PAR- TICULAR SENSE. Mr. Colby read from Mr. Lane's letter to Director George W. Young Lane's statement that their recollec- tion of the incident agreed in every- thing except one minor detail. “Well,” commented Mr. Shonte, 1 | can say ie that | never said anything to Mr. Lane about oom- mitments and obligations in the jense in which the term is used here, Vm eurprised Mr. Lane never men- tioned the subject to me again, though we had ten or a dozen con- versations afterward.” Mr. Shonts admitted that he had told Lane that neither he nor Freed- man was to get any benefit from the proposed third-tracking contract. Q. And that Stevens was not to benefit by the contract? A. How could that be? The contract was to be made with Stevens! President Shonts admitted again that he had had the private talk with Director Lane and with Banker Mor- gan, “But all the commitments and ob- ligations I had were with Mr. Stevens and that’s all I told Mr, Lane,” Shonts insisted. “So then,” interrupted Senator Thompson, “you agree with all of Mr. Lane's record of this incident ex- cept the interpretation of the phrase ‘commitments and obligations’? Mr, Shonts went all over tho incl- dent again, but finally admitted that this was true, He also admitted that Gardiner M, Lane William A, Read and George W. Young, the directors who opposed the plan to give the third-tracking contract to Joln F, Stevens, soon thereafter ceased to be members of the Interborough Board of Directors, Counsel Colby read a letter from Huyler, Corneau & Eames of Boston, counsel for Charles B, Cotting, ex- ccutor of the estate of Gardiner M, Lane, to Mr, Shonts, Mr, Eames wrote on Oot, 16 last that the Thomp- son Committee wanted to get Mr. Lane's personal memorandum on the Shonts conversation about “commit- ments and obligations” and putting John F, Stevens in charge of the third- tracking. Mr, Eames suggested that Mr, Shonts should not consent to the giving up of the late Mr, Lane's memorandum, This was after Chair- man Thompson had gone to Boston, engaged counsel and tried through the courts to get ‘hold of the paper, Mr, Colby also read Mr, Shonts’s reply that he had not tried to keep anything from the Thompson Com- his face turning very pink, “I didn't know you as well then as I do now, “The hasanie of this enterprise were so great,” Mr. Shonts began, ex- plaining once more the third-tracking Job. “It was as if you were going to perform a Caesarean operation” “I don't care for that explanation, interrupted Chairman Thompson. “I don't admit these extreme hazards. I'm no engineer. I'm a lawyer. But I'm willing to undertake such a con- tract ae that and do it safely and make money out of it.” “AM right,” shouted Mr, Shonts, “and as an answer to that I'll tell you something. We have a contract with the city of New York under which it i# stated that the Interborough Rapid Transit Company shall not make a profit. That 4s contract No. 2, We've been running under it for ten years, We are required to do any ‘workkk the city of New York tells us to do. The city of New York requires us to add 10 per cent. on material an 415 per cent. on labor, and since the passage of the compen- wation law"— CHAIRMAN ORDERED SHONTS TO STOP. “I want you to stop there,” Sena- tor Thompson broke in. \ “Well, you're the arbitrator,” said Mr, Shonts (meaning arbiter); “but I want to say that even under these conditions we have lost money,’ “But under the Stevens contract’ Mr. Thompson began. “Oh, that never happened!” shout- ed. Mr, Shonts. “You never intended that Stevens should do this workk, did you?" asked Mr. Thompson, “Well, now, you're getting on to somethin gnew," said Mr. Shonts, “You didn’t think Stevens wus get- ting ready for it, did you?” “If he didn't,” cried Mr. Shonts, “he was a damned fool, He told me he was setting aside his other work in order to go ahead with this.” “That 1s not what he testified he ted §=Senator looking perplexed and dropping his voice, "I can't reconcile that with what @ know. I want to get my version of this thing on the record. Mr, Stevens was to get 10 per cent. aa the original contract was drawn, so that no matter what it cost htm for hia office or even for his postage stamps, he'd get 10 per cent. A. Yes; if the contract had been signed as orliginany drawn, The Chairman—That's I wanted to get. Just at the close of the seasion a tilt occurred in which Chairman Thoinp- son, Perley Morse, the expert ac- countant of the committee, and Mr. Quackenbush, general attorney for the Interborough, engaged, Chairman Thompson had, after many requests, at last come into pos- session of Mr. Shonts's accounts with the brokerage firm of Charles 8. Barney & Co, At adjournment Mr. Morse picked up the great batch of papers and put them under his arm. Mr. Quackenbush at once confronted him with a protest “Mr, Chairman, Mr. Morse ts tak- ing away the Barney statement of account, you will notice,” “Yes,” replied Senator ‘Thompson, “we've had a hard time to get them and we're going to keep them, We'd like to look over them.” “Yes, I'm going to take them into what mittee; that they could get all the|the other room, at the direction of y the Chairman,” Mr, Morse retorted. : letters between him and Mr, Lane| “sat, Morse ts the one person who ry rerey aida, si furlen = from the Interborough records and} has been going through these papers | Joe, 105; Garnet, 108: Tralee, 108 Rong Mariea, that he thought the Chatman of the/and making public things whtoh | }¥)\ Madame Herriman, 113) Iaicky Wy 219) Thompson Committee was “simply Eyal shea ee, yee public,” My, Hi ny ndicaps three-year uackenbush said in turn. ° eeiaky, OL; acting in * way to attract newspaper | “sy defy you to prove that I've done | {iA 0%) CRS te pig attention, anything of the kind,” erted Mr, | moueh, it: SHONTS WILL TRY TO PRODUCE|Morse, | "You know you can't, | seurolit and Piet won have aL} nes e eh Ue: By ye THE LETTER. Dimese ane pitti tas th “Ha, hat exclaimed Mr, Shonta,| ‘Well, I will say them!" the Inter~ ‘guitee, "tod Hilonde, 1 borough attorney exclaimed, “But you can't prove them!" waa Mr, Chatrman, and I'l) gure the fault /Row by writing @ letter asking Mr the retort, and Mr. Morse tucked falls bad g them together under his arm and nine of strode from the room. in rope what did you find to be the committee 1 didn't take the matter up with the committee as Mr. Stevens had been | Shonts | the elevated railroad third tracking | ING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Map Showing Er 1 Ze) rum, the Captured | And the Positions of Russians in Asia Minor orandum, which was no letter at ail?” | |. “Yes, it did," Mr. Shonts admitted, But this was an extraordin- , Fortress, The present objective of the Grand Duke is appar-| Bagdad and the branches from Trebizond and other ently to seize control of the railroad system which con-| ports to the interior, Below Bagdad {s Kut-el-Amara, nects Erzerum with the line from Constantinople to| where a British army is bottled up. LAWS TO DEVELO MERCHANT MARIE Senator Says 900,000 Tons of Ship Are Under Construc- tion in United States. Former United States Senator The- odore A. Burton of Ohio sp pn the subject of the necessity for rehabili- tation of the merchant marine to a large audience of financiers, mer- chants and shipping men at the Whitehall Club in the Whiteball Building this afternoon. John A. Top- ping, President of the club, presided. Among those present were Rear Ad- miral Usher, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; A, Barton Hep- burn, James Ward Warner, President | of the Produce Exchange; Samuel V. | Vv. Huntington, President of the Board of Trade and Transportation, and P. A. S. Franklin, Vice President of the International Mercantile Ma- rine, Senator Burton traced the history of the merchant marine of the United Btates from the early days of the Re- Public down to the present, and ex plained why it declined and why it is necessary that it be revived. When the Nation was young and settled only along the seaboard and the interior was a wilderness the people depended on the rest of the world for most of their supplies, Allowances were made for imports! in American bottoms and penalties were imposed on imports in foreign bottoms, In 1910 over 90 per cent. of the imports of the United States came in under the American flag. In 1910 more than 92 per cent. of the im-| ports came in under foreign flags. The mercantile marine began to| deteriorate about 1850 when the re sources of the interior of the country began to show the results of develop- ment, As the interior resources of the nation became more plentiful) and convenient the necessity for a merchant marine to bring in goods from other countries became less and Jess. The war has changed this condition, Exports are greater than ever before and because of the scarcity of ships freight rates are far more profitable, Capital is interested in shipping and over 900,000 tons of ships ure under construction, The Senator advocated legislation to aid the development of the merchant marine so that we may take full advantage of the opportun- ity offered us because of the war. ——— nn ALL OF KAMERUN WON. h Announce | Completion of m Colony, 19.—The complete conquest of the Kamerun, the German colony in Equatorial Africa, was officl- ally announced this afternoon, It was oMcially announced in London on Feb, 17 that the commander of the Entente forces in the Kamerun had re- portted that the conquest of this Ger- man possession waa complete with the exception of the isolated position on Mora Hill, ‘ Mora Hill js in the northernmost sec- tio nof the colony. The German forces In Southern Kamerun crossed the border into Spanish Guinea and were interned on Feb, 6, thelr retreat following the British occupation of Yaunde on Jan, 1, pecans NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES. FAIR GROUNDS, NEW ORL. Feb. 19—The entries for Monday's races are as follows: Pure; maides nt ny two -vear-okis: ar + tion en. ers Hnsten “abe et a iraoe, 2 . Hatouche Thy it, MARTH aCe ior Jéar- olds BURTON ADVOCATES! TURKs FORCE BRITISH |these positions were BACK TO THE SECOND LNE OF TRENCHES (Continued from First Page.) leaving the garrisons of the widely separated forts to their fate. The campaign began to reach its) climax in the last days of January. The Russians dragged their artillery to the heights surrounding the for- tresses and when all was ready be- | gan to bombard forts Kara Gudek, ; twenty miles, and fort Dalan Gez, | fifteen miles northeast of Erzerur, | preparatory to the bayonet assault. | On Jan. 29 both forts capitulated. The taking of Dalian Gez made a} breach in the outer line defences along the Bebe Boinu range in front of the city, The capture of Kara Guaek opened a direct passage through Krabagas Pass to the city proper from the northeast, Fort Tafta lies midway between these two fortresses. In a night at- tack on Jan. 30 this fort was cap- tured, leaving only Chaban Bebe be- tween the two armies operating from this quarter. On Feb. 2 the Russians began to storm the whole front line on th Bebe Boinu Heights. By evenin, Russian hands, permitting complete junction of the troops on the northeast. The fall of this first line quickly decided the fate of the inner forts, | Meanwhile the Phalan Teken group | of forts, seven miles to the south, had been surrounded on three sides. The general assault on the second line/ began without giving the men time| for a rest, The five inner forts made} only a feeble resistance, Their gar- | risons beat a hasty retreat Into the} city and followed the bulk of the, troops which already were on roads leading westward, Only the rear guard took part in the fighting of the last day. Signs that the evacuation was under way were observed immediately after the fall of the first fort. It is thought possible the Turks will attempt to make a stand at the first favorable point, which is in the hills on the western edge of Erzerum, No news has been received of the fate of Ekved Pevzi Pasha, com- mander of the Ninth Corps, who was in charge of the defense of Erzerum. It is reported that reinforcements from Thrace were on the way to E zerum, but that they were five or six days distant when the city was sur- rendered. Artillery had been shipped by sea to Trebizond, 'A telegram from Sebastopol reports the bombardment of Vitzesu on the Black Sea, fifteen miles east of Tre- bizond. The Turks are evacuating. ‘The reference in the foregoing to Ekved Pevai Pash the command- er in charge o rum before its surrender apparently disposes of un- Official reports of several weeks ago that the Turkish army there was in charge of the German Field Marshal von der Goltz or his compatriot, Field Marshal Liman von Sanders. fetdaoBosles Soot FIGHTING WITH BIG GUNS ALONG WESTERN FRON Germans Take French Trench, but Are Driven Out, Says Paris Report. LONDON, Feb. 19.—Artillery en- gagements along the entire western front are the order of the day in the official bulletins. The German official report also says renewed British coun- ter attacks southeast of Ypres were defeated. “The English again attempted to recapture their positions but were repulsed with sanguinary losses," the report says, and tells of a minor French repulse south of the Somme, “The night was calm along the en- tire front,” says the French afternoon bulletin. ‘The British report speaks of artillery actions at several points. ‘The night bulletin from Paris adds an account of some mine and artil- lery actions, and say “In Upper Alsace, after violent artillery prep- Jon, the enemy attacked our po~ ae North of Largitson, They were to gain a temporary footing In STOLE THE OVERCOAT OFF CLOTHING DUMMY, Thougat Dummy Didn't Need It, Said Klug—Gets Job From Charitable Man, Arraigned in the Adams Street Po- lice Court, Brooklyn, to-day for steal- ing an overcoat from a clothing dummy in front of No, 122 Myrtle Avenue, Henry Klug, nineteen, plead- ed guilty. “I haven't had a home since my father died a year ago," he said. “I've been living in lodging house: and finding work wherever I could. To-day 1 was cold 4 had no over- coat. I thought the dummy could get along without the one and so I helped myself.” Heary M. Rynehart, a brush man- ufacturer of No, Brooklyn, who was a spectator In the court room, was so deeply impressed by the youth's story that he came forward and promised Magistrate Dodd to give Klug a job if he were released. He was let go under a suspended sentence and Rynehart took him away. BRITISH MAJOR HURT TESTING MACHINE GUN Hand Is Mutilated While He Is Trying Out New Shell for Allies. Major Arthur Newton of the British Army, who has been in charge of ship- ping supplies to England from the Na- tional Conduit Company at Hastings, is in St. John's Riverside Hospital, minus his left thumb, little and index fingers, as the result of an explosion of a machine gun yesterdey when he was trying out some new shells. The officer received first aid at the home of Dr, Lyman, where the am- putation of the injured members was declared imperative ADMITS SHE FIRED SHOT THAT KILLED ALFRED PENN Mrs. Mary Murphy, a Prisoner in} Jersey City Hospital, Makes New Statement. Alfred Penn, who was shot by Mra, Mary Murphy, bis landlady, at No. 968 Fairfield Avenue, Wednesday, died in the Jersey City Hospital to- day. Mrs, Murphy, who ts in the hos- pital, was made a prisoner charged with homicide. The woman at first told the police that Penn was shot by another man after a quarrel, and then that he shot himself accident- ally. Under further questioning she broke down and said she shot her boarder, who was estranged from his own family, because, she sald, he attacked | her daughter Mary, fourteen years old. Mrs. Murphy's mental condition ts temporarily abnormal and the police will question her daughter further to arrive at the real facts of the shoot- ing. HINT FOR COMMUTERS, “My wife," says Prof. Robert Hunt of New Jersey, “with have eves like the heavens, cheeks liko the rose, and Ups like the damp of the crushed strawberry.” este en BOMB AT BANKER’S HOME. Explosion Damages Residence in Fashionable Section of Chicago, CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—A bomb explo- home of Madestina Malstrogmint, able Grand Boulevard district. ‘The home of Ira J. Mix, society leader ° @ manufacturer, adjoining the bank- one of our trenc! ut a counter | an nyfacturer, adioining the bank: attack threw them gain.” ora epeigence ry ; Injured, police. said, banker's tha 'extone of $5,000, home was dai The in he wad worenty yards i Tite Anjys 11 Ml Minbar ue iat Aappreaiice allowance eae! ew Wars at el Colds Cause Grip, jest SARE te Cen at ly one “BROM Qui ignetum on bes, 2b0, n placed beneath the front steps, who lost through bis failure, it wore | 21 Fulton Street, | sion early to-day partly wrecked the a wealthy Italian banker, in the fashion- aged to bomb had Rfaiatroginint once failed in business and had recolved threatening letters from Malian LEWIS FLAYS ROOT FOR HS. ATTACK ON WILSON POLY “Would Use Mexico and Ger- many as Stepping Stones to Republican Success.” WASHINGTON, Feb, 19.—Address- |ing the Senate on “The Hypocrisy of Statesmanship,” Senator Lewis this afternoon flatly answered Senator Root's criticism of the Administra- tion's foreign policy. He declared the assault on the President as "a weak and impotent executive” uncalled for and lacking in sincerity. “His purpose was to hold the-Presi- dent of the United States up_as an individual unworthy of the confidence of his countrymen,” ald Lewts: “He would use Mexico and Germany as steps toward Republican suceess in the next election, “As to his ‘business’ programme,, we should be favored with another Mark Hanna period of prosperity, “ Lewis reviewed Root's Senatorial record to show he ‘had disap- proved Mexican intervention, in. be- half of “fatherless children and wo- en who will mourn,” “Why this change now jclaim, “Why this statesmanship?" Senator Thomas interrupted here to tell of one speech in Washingyon by Senator Root where the latter wept in an emotional appeal to the country to stand behind President Wilson in his Mexican policy, "I admire Senator Root,” said Lowis. “I once tried for a place in: his law office; he showed his excellent judg- ment by rejecting me.” “As to Germany, Root said we need a President who'll appeal to some- thing else than words, What other action ts possible? Only war? Let him declar@ the campaign boldly. “If the issue is that the President of the United States did not declare war, let him say so. “If he plans to elect a President un- der the covert purpose of war against Germany, I shall expose that hypoe- Tisy of statesmanship.”” wins why war against Germany? nal he ex- hypocrisy of new campaign fund sources are opening to our Republean friends? What interests have they found who want war against Ger- many? “War now?) When sixteen yeara }of Republicanism have left us with |no navy, no army—when we could not defend ourselves for twenty-four \hours, if our Republican friends are right!" Mrs. McAdoo was in the gallery as the defense “of her father was made, On the floor Was Senator Wadsworth, who presided in the New York State convention where Root's speech was made, ¢ ables DROVE TOO CLOSE TO CAR. Chauffeur In Fined $25 for E wering Pedestrian. William Phillips of No. 90 Alabama Avenue, Brooklyn, driver of a motor . Was fined $25 by Magistrate Quade in Jefferson Market Court to-day for violating the highway law \in passing within eight feet of an |Eighth Street crosstown car while |the car was at @ stop at Christopher |Street and enwich Avenue Joseph Sencer of No, 1224 Park jAvenue, assistant clerk of Jefferson | Market’ Court, the complainant, wax about to board the car when Phillips’ t approached, Sencer said he w forced to stand tn a space of about two feet between the truck and the car to avoid being run.down, ancareerielieadindin WON BRIDE IN THREE WEEKS, Head Announced, tr | Me | Jan. 20 Ju Edward Cain, Superintendent of Parks Be: of Flushing, L. 1, and Mi Pow- ers, of Boston, met for the first time only rriage has just been announced. Mr. Ci was introduced to his_bride while sho was making a New Year's visit with Flushing friends. The cere- mony was performed oy the Re . J. Donnelly at St. Michael's Roman Cath- ollie Church tn Flushing, —__——_— HEAR IT IS HOUSTON. ston Gossip Says He Has een Selected for War Post, WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—It was re- ported to-day that President Wilson has decided (o appolnt Secretary of Agri- culture Houston as Secretary of War. The report is without official com- firmation. Wa The strike of 700 employees of the FE. W. Bliss Company of Fifty-third | Street and Second Avenue, Brooklyn, was ended to: cording to the Departn bor the men ed the ‘er of the pany throu ¢ State Board o} Arbitration, All the strikers will re- turn to work Monday | All Ready toUse “You will like it”