VOL. XCVH-3SO.107
RUSSIANS CLAIM TO
HAVE MADE FURTHER:
GAINS ON AUSTRIANS
J
Big Offensive Movement Con
tinues on the Front in Gal
icia and Bukowina.
IS GREAT UNDERTAKING
German Naval Critic Realizes
Russians Have Made Care
ful Preparations.
British Crisis Over Conscrip
tion Has Subsided.
London, Jan. 8. -.The battle
continues between the Russians
and Austro-Germans in Galicia
and Bukowina. The ? Russians
claim further gains and the Aust
rians claim to be holding their
ground. The Austrians have made
determined counter attacks along
the middle Stripa and northeast of
the town of Czernowitz, but ac
cording to the Russian official
communication they were beaten
back with enormous losses, while
the Russians have made distinct
gains, occupying several Austrian
positions and taking more than
thirteen hundred prisoners in all.
Offensive ;?iMI; Prepared. -,7
Count vont Revenuqw, " the German
naval critic, writes that the Russian
offensive has been. welrprepared and
that the Russians f have great reserves
of men and artillery -and f& considers
that the movement," if successful, might
brine Rumania anc 'dfttidtAS ta J
of the Entente77A;-77
Count Reventlow's opinion concern
ing Greece is not shared In-Great Brit'
. ain, where the opinion ' prevails that
the Greek king is hot likely, to oppose
his brother-in-law, the German emper
or, in any circumstances.
Emperor William's condition contin
ues to be a leading topic All messages
from Berlin declare that his throat
ailment Is only slight, while rumors
from other countries report it as dan
gerous. The British political crisis over con
scription has subsided for a . time at
least. The opposition may gradually
simmer down, as did the threatened,
revolt against drink restrictions.. Most
of the radical section of the labor men
play the socialist, talk of a strike by
the coal miners, which would brink
the wheels of industry , to a standstUl
and handicap the shipping industry,
which is the heart of the nation's life,
but there is no strong evidence that
any important strikes will materialize.
Reopen Derby Enlistment Plan. , ..
John Hodge, chairman of the labor
party in the Hou of Commons, as
well as other leaders," declare that there
is no demand for a general election.
Enlistment in groups under the Derby
plan will reopen on January 10 and
continue indefinitely, to. give an op
portunity for all who failed . to enlist
to avoid conscription by volunteering
before the act goes Into effect.
The exclusion of Ireland probably
will have an. important bearing upon
the politics of that country after the
war, as. the Ulstermen -will find the
refusal of Nationalists to place ; them
selves on the same footing as resi
dents of England and Scotland, as an
argument against home rule.- 7.,
The newspaper debate-' continues, as
to whether the government may not
cripple the industries - necessary ; for
maintaining the army and navy by
calling upon too great a proportion of
the men to bear arms. 7 7 : 7"
The mission of Col. E. M. House, the
personal representative - of President
Wilson, has created little interest here.
Colonel House is meeting - prominent
officials and civilians, but disclaims
any purpose of attempting to pave the
way for peace negotiations. . '
NAXCY BEING BOMBARDED.
Six Persons Killed and Ten Others
Wounded by German Shells.
Paris, Jan. 8. Six persons have
been killed and ten others wounded at
Nancy during the past three days in
the bombardment of the city by Ger
man 15-inch guns, it appears .from ad
vices received here. It is announced
that safe conducts have been' issued' to
S0.000 persons to leaye .the , cfty., . A
special train with some of these resU
dents on board arrived in Paris -yesterday.
Others from Nancy have gone
to Dijon and elsewhere. . i
These statements regarding condi
tions in Nancy, as the result of the fact
that the German shells bad begunto
hit in the town, were contained in a
proclamation issued by Prefect Her
man, of the department of Muerthe et
Moselle, in which Nancy Is situated," to
discredit stories of destruction -V and
panic in Nancy that have been, circu
lating in Paris', and elsewhere' "The
proclamation which is entitled "Shanie
to Sowers of Panic,"- gives, the casual
ties as stated and adds that no -fires
have been caused by the bombardment.
The prefect says he believes that
the rumors were started ' by persons
living remote from Nancy, because: any
one near there would know they were
fcrua. " ..
RIOTERS QUIET AT
No Further Outbreaks Yester
day by Strikers' Mobs. :
FIRE DAMAGE $1,500,000
Ohio National Guard Placed on Duty
at Noon Eighty-Seven Persona
Arrested Youngstown Sa
7 " loons Are Closed. -
Youngstown, " Ohio, - Jan. 8. Quiet
prevailed throughout . theL day with
members of the Ohio National Guard
patrolling .the principal streets of East
Toungstown, where last night drink
crazed mobs ran riot, looting and burn
ing property: and causing the" loss of
one ' life and 'property amounting to
?1. 500,000. Rumors of fresh outbreaks
resulted in - renewed ' vigilance on the
part of the militia. ... f
Meetings of strikers were held In
thf hills back of the town this af
ternoon at which plans bf action were
said to have7 been discussed. It . was
also learned that employes of plants in
the Mahoning Valley now on strike
will hold 7a meeting tomorrow. Ac
cording to the plans, the men will as
semble on the . outskirts of, East
Toungstown and march . past the scene
of last night's rioting and on to -a
big hall where speakers will address
the crowd. - ,
- 1,000 Militiamen In Reserve.
Militia off icers refused to indicate
what attitude the militia ? would take
in the matter. . They admitted, how
ever, .that the Fourth regiment, composed-
of nearly l.'OOO men, was. being
held in reserve, at Berlin, Centre, 15
tm??&& it
4htt9nshtiops-egti'ArrTvIng here
about S o'clock this morning, none was
taken to East Toungstown for patrol
duty until nearly noon when Mayor
W. H. Cunningham, of that place, re
Quested that tnilitiamen replace police
officers there in order ' to permit the
men to get a much needed rest. The
remainder of the troops stayed on
the trains which were backed into the
yard of the Toungstown Sheet & Tube
Company, where they will be quartered
while here.
Efforts on the part of the state to
effect a settlement between the strik
ers and the Republic Iron & Steel Com
pany and the Toungstown Sheef & Tube
Company ; will probably open here to
morrow. ' '
Saloons -Are Closed.
For the first time in the history of
the city saloons were closed In Toungs
town on a Saturday, this action being
taken by the city authorities in an
effort tq prevent further disorder. Sa
loons in East Toungstown and Struth
ers were also closed but those in Gi
rard, five miles away, .were operi and
cars running to that town were
crowded.
Reports from Struthers, where
threats had been made to blow up the
Yellow Creek Dam, which would re
sult in the flooding of the business
section of; that place, said that ot
was iquiet there. A detachment of sol
diers were sent to that point to patrol
the district all night.
Eighty-seven persons have been ar
rested as a result of the riot and every
available cell and barred room in the
jail was put in use.
Fire continued to smoulder in the
ruins along Wilson avenue tonight,
casting a lurid. glow down the ruined
street, which had been roped off to
prevent the curious from approaching
too near to tottering walls.
Lighting Plant .Wrecked.
A lighting system completed Thurs
day night at a cost of $10,000 was
wrecked by the mob and tonight the
principal street of East Toungstown
was in darkness.
Despite rumors that at least four
persons had been killed last "night,
search by the police today showed -that
only one man, George Get, aged 23,
who was shot as he was smashing a
glass in a building, was killed. Twenty-two
persons are in hospitals suffer
ing from injuries, one of, whom is in a
critical condition. According, to the
police, at least 100 other persons-suffered
minor injuries, chiefly gunshot
wounds, but were -able to be taken to
their homes. 7
Load of Beer Seized.
County authorities early tonight
raided the homes of 30 foreigners in
East " Toungstown and ' confiscated a
wagon load of beer and other goods al
leged to have been taken during ;the
rioting last night.
Five hundred militiamen under MaJ.
Arthur ' S. Houts, of Cleveland, with a
machine, gun tonight patrolled Wilson
avenue and the adjacent hills. There
was "no semblance, however, of any
trouble, but the militiamen refused to
allow crowds to assemble.
v Common Pleas Judge Barnum, of this
city, tonight communicated witn unit
ed States District Attorney E. Lowery
Humes.' of Pittsburg, with a view of
instituting, deportation ' against the
foreigners --who participated r- in last
night's rioting. East Toungstown has
a population of 16,000 persons, 01 wmcn
only 400 are - voters. - "v-77.7. 7 7:
- Washington, , Jan. 8. The corner
stone of the new home here of the-Am
erican Federation of .Labor was lam
today by ' President Gompers, in the
presenca-of prominent national and ' lo
labor leaders:. Secretary of Labor
Wilson was the principal speajte
WIIyaSTGTOIf,
jORyyiiBLE
TO MH VERDICT
Still v Deliberating in Case of
New Haven Officials. .
LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT
Points Upon Which Jurymen Are Un.
7 able to Decide Is Matter of Con-
Jecture .May be Ont Sever
al Days if Necessary.
v
1
New York, Jan. 8. The jury in the
New Haven case had failed to .reach
a verdict at 11:30 tonight and the
jurymen were again, locked up over
night.
New Tork, Jan. 8. The jury in the
case of the eleven farmer directors of
the New Tork, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, charged with criminal vio
lation, of the Sherman, anti-trust law,
were still deliberating on a verdict to
night. The .case was submitted to
them at 1:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon. Rumors circulated in the court rom
were conflicting. One was that a ma
jority of the jurors favored the acquit
tal of all the defendants; another that
they had . agreed on . the acquittal of
some and could not agree on the oth
ers; still another that they favored the
acquittal of some, the conviction of
certain others and could not agree up
on the rest.
The length of time that had been
taken in the deliberations led some of
the attorneys to conjecture that the
jury had found against the defendants
on the question whether a conspiracy
existed in 1890, the date of the enact
ment of the Sherman law. This was
the fundamental question which Judge
Hunt told the' jury in his charge must
flrs.t be settled.
In that event it was suggested that
the jurors might be deliberating on
the question- as to whether the con
spiracy was continuous to the date of
the indictment and were taking up
each phase of the case In-this connec
tion, covering the entire 25 years ;of
the history of the alleged conspiracy.'
If anything was to be deduced from
dtmhg dayr lt . appeared -that tho
question of the New Haven's competi
tion with the Joy Steamship Line, and
of the extent of William Rockefeller's
participation in it, was one issue of
debate. . In addition to correspondence
in the matter preventing : the sale of
two steamboats to the Joy Line, - the
jury spent two hours in open court
listening to the reading of the testi
mony of Frank M. Dunbaugh, former
president of the Joy Line.
The jury also asked for correspon
dence between the Maine Steamship
Company and the New Haven and for
a letter referring to rebates alleged
to have been given by the New Haven
on sugar shipments for which it was
competing; with the Joy Line.
It , was commented upon by counsel
that neither this nor the correspon
dence had been mentioned by the gov
ernment in summing up the case.
All of the defendants except Wil
liam Rockefeller were in court when
the jury filed in Just before noon for
the reading of the testimony.
Judge Hunt's plan in the event a
verdict was not reached tonight was
to send the jury to an uptown hotel
and have them resume deliberations at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. ,It was
said on good authority" that the court,
in the hope that a verdict might be
eventually reached, would keep them
out a number of days if necessary.
NEW WARSHIPS TO BE
. ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN
Nos. 43 and 44 Will be Built
in Government Yards.
Machinery Will be of Design Similar
to That of the CaliforniaElec
tric System Has Been Suc
cessfully Tested.
Washington, Jam 8. The. two battle
ships to be built at the Mare Island
and New Tork navy yards and desig
nated as Nos. 43 and 44 will be equip
ped with electrical propelling machin
ery similar to that designed for the
California, now . nearihg completion.
Plans for the ships are being revised,
it was learned today, to arrange dis
tribution of the machinery which has
been substituted for the direct steam
turbine drive proposed in specifications
sent out to private bidders.
7 The ships were awarded to the navy
yards when offers .from private bidders
failed -to come within, the- legal limit
of cost. No private concern ever has
bid on an electrically propelled vessel.
The California is the first fighting ship
on which the system has been install
ed, although- it has been giving satis
factory results in the Jupiter. Secre
tary Daniels acted : on the unanimous
verdict of his endneerii v aids in de
ciding to equip , the -.: .7 ships-with
electricity. '- . , 77 .7 .- ' .
- The Mare Island yard will be ready
to lay the keeLof one of the newbat
tleships . probably, next Octdber. .The
California will be launched at the New
Tork yard' in .time for the. other "jaew
battleships to be laid down in her
place in September, r , ' -
1ST. BJJNDY MOBBING, JAN UARY 0, 1916
LANSING HOST AT
IFftREWELL BANQUET
Addresses Are Made by Pan
American; Delegates.
CONGRESS HAS ENDED
Saures Give - ToAst : to President of
United States as Symbol of Conn
, try That Haw Entertained Us
So Fraternally."
Washington,, Jan". ; 8. Delegates to
the second ; Pan-American Scientific
Congress, which tended ' a two. week's
session here 'today, were - guests - of
Secretary Lansing tonight at a ban
quet featured by . addresses re -emphasizing
the "growing " tendency, to
wards .closer relations among the
American republics. .
Secretary: Lansing, Ambassador Ed -uardo
Saurex - Mujica, of-. Chile, presi
dent of the Congress; Judge George
Grey, of Delaware, chairman of the
United States "delegation, and Ignacio
Calderon, Bolivian minister here, were
among those on the after-dinner pro
gramme. Mr7 Lansing- explained the
gratification of the r. United "States for
what the Congress had accomplished
and Ambassador Saurez, responding
for the organization, proposed a toast
to the "President of the United States;
as a symbol of the . country that has
entertained us so fraternally."
Endorsement of President Wilson's
Pan-American policy was made by Mln
Ister -Calderon, who declared it "a great
doctrine, which "excludes no man,
threatens no country but is the culmin
ation o that" great ' universal yearn
ing for freedom, for peace, for justice
and for amity."
Monday as the-, guests of the' United
States government the foreign dele
gates will leave for a tour north as far
as Boston, which will end at New Tork
January 16. V: 'v:v7 ' ) . . . ,
Judge Grey -in his address , of fare
well tonight,. 1 emphasized: the need of
military .preparedness, directed;' "Not
for. war;" -but a. happily, has :be,en said,
"Again3t7war,. v7, ::- v a
He added hathej; ppportuhity i might
come, "andiejttifrv.ently pray it
could offer as' the" spokesman "of " all
the Americas a suggestion that "might
find lodgment in the mind and heart
of the. people of the world."
Strengthening of the ' sea power,
south as well as north," he said, was
a dtity, "that we may protect every
where the commerce that traverses the
high seas and ocean paths that are
open to all neutral nations."
"These," he declared, "are sentiments
which are felt in the hearts of the
American people as , they 'hold up the
olive bran.ch of peace to the nations
as of the world. It is for us of all
the world to make a moral salvage
of Christian- civilization."
Secretary Lansing told the .delegates
he hoped each one of them would re
turn to his country "an apostle of
Pan-Americanism, teaching his fellow
citizens the truth as to other repub
lics, wiping out the doubt as to their
sincerity. He said Pan-Americanism
should be the guide of all the Ameri
can republics in their intercourse, and
the hope of America'1 in all times.
WHITMAN CHARGES RILEY
WITH MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE
Governor Will Decide Upon His Re-
moval at Hearing Tuesday.
Albany,' N. T., Jan. . 8. Charges of
misconduct in office were preferred by
Governor Whitman tonight against
John B. Riley, state superintendent of
prisons. Superintendent Riley will be
given a hearing at the legislative cham
ber on Tuesday, after which the gov
ernor will announce his decision on
the question of removing Riley from
office.
On Thursday the governor requested
Superintendent Riley's resignation on
the ground, that Riley's transfer of 66
Sing Sing inmates to Dannemora pris
on would have the effect of rendering
intolerable the position of . Warden
George W. Klrchwey. Riley refused
to resign4 and in his reply to the gov
ernor explalne'd that when it was dis
covered that some of the men includr
ed were officers of the Mutual Welfare
League, they were eliminatd from the
draft and others named in their places.
The governor notified the superin
tendent today, that he saw no reason
for, changing his - opinion ; that public
interest demanded Riley's immediate
resignation'. " : 7
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
- 7 7 SENATE 7 ,.
Met. at noon.
Adopted Lodge resolution calling on
Secretary Daniels for Admiral Fletch
er's report on . naval war game last
summer. ''
. Woman suffrage amendment favor
ably reported by ' suffrage' committee.
Passed bill providing for a commis
sion to' codify and suggest amendments
to the general mining laws. ' 1
Continued debate on ship bill.
Adjourned at 5 p. m. to noon Monday.
' . . ' " ' HOUSE ' '
: Met at noon. s "
. Representative Rainey," of nilnofs,
delivered a Jackson day address. A
i Secretary . Garrison continued testis
mony before -military committee. .
Passed: Ferris (bill to open for fifty
year, leases undeveloped water-power
resources y!n" .eleven states. .. . . - ,
. Roads . committee reported favorably
Shacklefbrd bill to appropriate . $25,
OjOQ.OOO annually . to aid states in road
building. . - ' : 7 v : 7 - '
.Creation, of- a '.national defense, fund
toot . to exceed' I1SO.000.000 annually,
from.' income, vihherltance . and I cbrpor
atton taxes proposed in a bill by Rep
resentative Keating, Colorado.
Adjourned"
at r 4:30 p. in; to noon
Monday.
mm base .
OF BRITISH FLEET
Where Warships Keep Watch
Over the North Sea.
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE
Journalists See lumbers of War Craft
.' Under Steam Ready to Sail at Moment's-
Notice Establish
ment Full of Energy;
London, Jan. 8. Under escort of offi
cers assigned by the admiralty, an
Associated Press correspondent and a
party of foreign journalists were given
the first opportunity recently to visit
one of the. great naval bases on the
coast where .cruisers, destroyers and
submarines are . assembled for their
watch over the North Sea and from
which pointTbig ocean-going subma
rines are sent, on forays to the Baltic
and the Dardanelles.
It was an impressive sight of con
centrated power and alert readiness,
with long lines of battle-scarfed cruis
ers stretching seaward and headed by
the famous Arethusa, back of the mass
of flotilla destroyers, then a countless
number of submarines of the latest D
andrE type which have, recently per
formed such brilliant work from "the
Dardanelles to . the Bosphorus : and
throughout the Baltic. :
The day was typical of the , rigors
the British fleet is now experiencing
in the North Sea. with rain, pelting
fhem in oil skins, a northwind, cut
ting the sea into foam and seagulls
everywhere. x The little fishing village
on the coast had been transformed by
the war into a vast naval rendezvous,
with storehouse stretching a half mile,
prepared to re-equip . and send it
back to sea within two hours of its
arrival.
. Here were also the . "mother" ships
ranged in long lines along the quay
ready to receive back their fighting
children each time they came f rom . a,
raid ior a battle. , ,
XTh.'e huge .establishment was vibrat
ing with -energy and in the. harbor
tni.ne swepers were coming back from
their, work; hydro-aeroplanes werje.
maneuyreiog from the deck of their.
craft and. black smoke from the fun
nels of the Ij&misQTs- and destroyers
sea after an enemy cratt. . . v
.The. Arethusa and the light cruiser
squadron had just, returned from scout
ing along , the German coast lit search
of a German fleet which was. said to
have ventured out from the Kiel canal.
Nothing had been seen of the German
Ships and the British officers the same
who had now received their stars In
the' famous fights under 'Viee:-Admiral
Sir David Beatty-were derisive at the
idea that the Germans "would ; venture
forth. . -'7-7-' ,' "V '
One of the officers was in command
of the torpedo tubes when -they , fired
the deadly missiles which struck the
German cruiser Bluecher and sent her
reeling to the bottom ' in the great
fight of last January, He pointed out
these self-same tubes , and told how
they had worked.
"First we let, go that one," he said,
"and then this one. - It was this one
that hit the Bluecher 'amidships. She
was lying oft there about 1,500 yards.
The thing that impressed me after we
hit her. was the deathly stillness. It
was terribly still until the great ship
threw up her bow, turned clean over
and sank.
Tes, this is the one that did it,", and
he patted this terrible death-dealing
engine affectionately, as if it were his
child, as, in truth, it has been since
he sank the Bluecher. Scars of battle
(Continued on Page Two.)
AUSTRIAN UIIES ARE
BROKEN BY RUSSIANS
But Vienna Claims Enemy
Was Ultimately Ejected.
Russians Resume Heavy Attacks In
Eastern Galicia and In Bukowina.
Austrian Statement Tells
of the Fighting.
Berlin, Jan. 8. (By Wireless to Say
ville) The Russians have resumed
their heavy attacks against the Aus
trian lines in Eastern Galicia and In
Bukowina and in some places succeed
ed in penetrating Austrian positions,
but. are declared in the official state
ment by the Vienna war office, received
here today, to have teen ultimately
ejected The statement is as follows:
'The battle in Eastern Galicia and
on the Bukowina ; front has been re
sumed: "The Russians advanced under
pretense of following our batteries on
the Stripa. The 16th and 24tb Honved
regiments and the 57th Galician regi
ment by a counter 'attack; ejected the
heray. Among 720 Russians . taken
prisoners were 'one colonel and tj ten
lesser officers. : ' ;; :-. 7- '. '
;r "There has, been .bitter . fighting near
Toporout? aB47east " of Rarancza and
on the BessaTabian frontier. The Rus
sians entered- parts' of -our. trenches but
weire driven; back'by. reserves ln; hand
tir hand fighting. One . officer andv- 250
men weretaken prisoner. !v""7
. ; "The Russians attempted to re-take
the cemetery 'nprth of Czartorysk, but
ford Expedition in
Trip to HAGUE gets
A VIE W OF GERMANY
SEEK PLEDGE FROM
SHIES
To Safeguard American Lives
in Submarine Warfare.
OFFICIALS ENCOURAGED
President Being. Urged to Request of
All Central Powers to Give Den
nlte Assnranees for Safety
of Americans.
Washington, Jan. 8. Encouraged by
the conciliatory attitude shown by Ger
many and Austria in recent diplomatic
exchanges with the United States, offi
cials are -considering requesting a. defi
nite and . comprehensive ' statement
pledging not only Germany, but all of
her allies, to respect in the conduct of
their sea war fare the safety of Ameri
can lives for which this government
has contended throughout the entire
submarine controversy.-
President Wilson is being urged by
some of his close advisers to ask the
GermanlG allies for definite assur
ances that no unarmed ships with
Americans aboard shall be destroyed
by any of them until the passengers
have reached a place of safety. The
President is skid .to look with some
favor upon such a proposal, but has
reached no decision. In any case, Ke
probably will' take ho steps in that di
rection until details of pending nego
tiations with these countries have been
cleared up. ' "
Officials -are particularly gratified
over-Germany's latest note on the dis
cussion of the American" ship William
P. Frye, made public today, because
of its acceptance of the principle that
the , placing of: noncombatants -in life
a sufficient guarantee, of safety.
Tfcis concession, coupled with the of
fer of Germany to pay indemnity for
the Lusitania- victims, and. Ambassador-von
'Bfernstdrff's assurances regard
ing the conduct of 'German submarines
In the Mediterranean has contributed
greatly to the feeling that a satisfac
tory solution -'-of the entire problem
might be near at hand. This hope is
strengthened by Austria's deference in
the second Ancona reply and the as
surances of Baron Zwiedinek, the Aus
trian 'charge here,- that- if it developed
that an Austrian submarine sank the
liner Persia he had no doubt personally
that full satisfaction would be given.
No further-details regarding the Per
sia incident reached the State Depart
ment today, 'but 'there has been an ap
parent lessening of tension as the days
have gone by without any official con
firmation that it was, a torpedo and
not a mine that, sank the ship.
WILL CONTINUE FIGHT
Villa and His Army Reported to Be
Awaiting: Split in Carranza Ranks.
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 8. Gen. Fran
cisco Villa, resting his men and horses
in the Guerrero district of Chihuahua,
is awaiting disaffection in the Carranza
ranks and expects actively to continue
opposition to the def acto government,
according to a letter said to have been
received by a Villa adherent today.
General R . Hernandez, who disap
peared with a small following yester
day from the Carranza army has join-
ed Argumado, a Zapata chief, cap-
tured Harral and attacked Torreon.
according to information given State
Department representatives here. The
report lacks confirmation.
Other advices made fragmentary
through broken communication, told
of occupation by Villa forces of small
towns ' between . Madera and Casas
GrandeS. Numerous cattle are daily
disappearing from the Hearst ranch
through Villa raids, according to its
manager.
CALL FOR FULL REPORT ON
ATLANTIC FLEET WAR GAME
Motion Is Placed Before the Senate by
Senator Lodge.
Washington, Jan. . 8. The unpublish
ed portion of Rear Admiral Fletcher's
report on the war games of the At
lantic Fleet last summer in which the
invaders landed, a fopee in Delaware
Bay was called 'for today by the Sen
ate On motion of Senator Lodge.
In these . maneuvres the sea-going
qualities of the small submarines were
first tested in actual battle conditions.
Because of rough weather they failed
to do the work required of them, re
sulting in an agitation in the Navy
Department . for the . abandonment of
coast defense submarines entirely, in
favor. of the larger sea-going type. .
The maneuvres also caused a con
flict - of opinion between Admiral
Fletcher and . Rear Admiral , Knights,
who commanded the attacking force
and also acted as umpire, details of
which are undisclosed. The plan of the
maneuvres was worked out by Admiral
Knight as head, ot the Navg war col
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MAJOR B. G. M'DOWELL DEAD
Native North .Carolinian
and
Served in Confederate Army.
Bristol, ;Tenn.-Va.,' Jan. 8. Major B.
G. McDowell, 8$. years old, died at his
Ihome here today . after- an illness of
three .greeks. , Major McDowell was a
native "of North Carolina, having been
a major in the. Confederate army, at-
tached to the Sixty-second North Car
olina .'Regiment. .He came to Bristol
in the, early, 80's' practicing -law' until
about ten years ago;" since when he has
devoted 7 his entire time to . church
work. ','.,.-
WHOLE 3,438
Special Train from Copenhag
en Touched at Lubeck, ;
Hamburg and Bremen.
SUGGESTIONS OF WAR
Train Loads of Soldiers and
Nurses Passed Silent
; r; Crowds at Stations.
Dutch Government Welcomes
Expedition to Holland.
.The Hague, via London, Jan. 8.
Five weeks after its departure
from New York the Ford peace ex
pedition' reached The Hague to
p-day. The members of the party-
plan to begin immediately the
work of spreading the peace pro--paganda.
The trip from Copenha
gen via a special train through
Germany, touching at Lubeck,
Hamburg and Bremen, was filled
with impressive suggestions of
war. At the important stations
the American peace advocates
passed train loads of soldiers
bound fyr " the front and Red
Cross nurses in hospital coaches.
Silent Crowds Watch Train. '
The . progress , of the expedition
through Germany was watched by si
lent crowds, except at one place1 where ,
a ..Gerliuteoiif tejl. 4sjilpet
sfiSjetsad. success; tp-; the pro Je c t.
:-rHvi'7e'tatt :y bf
Warnemeunds in a ferry boat" from
Denmark, the Americans, with the
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish dele
gates were met -by a special train, pro
vided by special permission of the' mil
itary authorities, and -which stood on -the
dock surrounded by soldiers. The
peace advocates stood on the platform
in the dusk in drenching rain as their
names were called. One by one they -were
permitted to go aboard the train.
Then the coaches were closed, and the
train started on the trip across ' north
western Germany.
After a while the military guards on
the train relaxed the rules and per
mitted the travelers to look out of
the windows. In the brilliantly light
ed stations at -Lubec, Hamburg and
Bremen the pilgrims caught glimpses
of Red Cross nurses on the platforms;
soldiers leaning out of the . windows
of incoming and outgoing trains; arid
the familiar gray-coated German off 1- ,
cers passing back and forth. Frequent- .
ly a crowd of civilians anticipating
the passing of the expedition hurried
for a closer Inspection of the train.
j Evidences of War.
Evidence of the war was not missing
from the train itself. Only one dining -car
was .provided for the 200 travelers.
The railroad authorities explained that
all the dining cars were being used
to transport wounded. r .
Posted in the cars were printed no
tices calling upon the public to eat
sparingly and not waste food. One of
these notices gave ten rules, admon
ishing the people to cook potatoes
with the skins on, save the scraps of
bread and abstain from meat.
Another notice was to the effect that
when the train was passing rover
bridges or . through the tunnels the
windows and doors should be locked
because spies on occasions had thrown
bombs with the purpose of destroying
the railroad.
After .leaving Hamburg and .while
approaching the western fighting zone
the train was kept at its .highest speed
and the usual stops at the smaller sta
tions were omitted. The crowds at
some of tlTese stations indicated that
the people along the railroad had been ,
informed of . the coming of the ex
pedition. . Yet the spectators every
where viewed the train silently.
One enlivened incident, however, oc
curred, at Bentheira, near the Holland
frontier. There, near the end of the
trip through Germany, -all the mem
bers of the expedition were to have
been searched but the authorities, "
through -the lieutenant in charge of
the train, announced that the search
ing had ' been set ' aside.
Cheered at One Station.
The travelers crowded into the .lit
tle station restaurant at 3 o'clock in
the morning and began cheering. The
Rev. Jenkln Uoyd. Jones, pf Chicago,
thereupon mounted a chair and--thanked
the German authorities. He ex
plained the-purpose of the peace ex
pedition, v a
Cries came for ' a speech from the -German
lieutenant. He finally mount
ed the chair, lifted his helmet and said:
"I ; hope that your project will meet
with1 success."
More cheering rang through the lit
tle country s station. iater the Hol
land " customs - officer, who . crossed the
border to neet the expedition, an
nounced that the Dutch- government
waived examination and welcomed the
members of the party to Holland. Long
before daylight the train had crossed
the border and was speeding toward .
The Hague. : Within a week the offi
cials at the peace mission expect to se
lect the members of the peace board
that is 4 to remain at the Hague, The
other members of the expedition will
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