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CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
20460
FOUNDED 1881—VOL. XXXV—NO. 344
HIM SHOWS
MCESW
SWS ROOSEVELT
Plight of Belgium Only One
More Proof Declares Col-
onel Roosevelt.
LETTER TO SOCIOLOGISTS
Can No More Abolish Force
Than We Can Abolish Po-
lice and Courts.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 29.—
A paper by Theodore Roosevelt on
•‘Social Values am’ National Exist-
ence." furnished a theme for ani-
mated discussion here today at the
convention of the American Socio-
logical Society. It was read by
Professor Edward A. Rose of tho
University of Wisconsin president of
the society.
"Infinitely the most important
fact to remember in connection with
"ar and militarism In relation to
moral and social values’’ wrote Mi.
Roosevelt "is that if an unscrupul-
ous. warlike and militaristic nation
is not held in check by the warlike
ability of a neighboring militairistic
and well-behaved nation then the
latter will be spared the necessity of
dealing with 'moral and social
values.’ because it won’t be allowed
to deal with anything.
Belgium as an Example.
‘‘lt seems to me positively comic
to fail to appreeviate with the ex-
ample of Belgium before our eyes
that the real question which modern
peace-loving nations have to face is
not how the militaristic or warlike
spirit within their own borders will
affect these ’values.’ but how failure
on their part to resist the militarism
of an unscrupulous neighbor will
face them.”
Mr. Roosebelt referred to mediae-
val Persia and Russia and to mod-
ern China Korea and Armenia to
show what happened to nations
which applied practically the the- 1
cries of pacificists.
"There are well meaning people."
he asserted "utterly incapable of
. understanding any lesson taught by
history utterly incapable of under-
standing aright what has gone on
before their very eyes during the i
past year or two who. nevertheless
wish to turn this country into an Oc.
cidental China—the kind of China
which every intelligent Chinaman of
the present day is seeking to abolish.
There are plenty of politicians by
no means as well meaning who find
it to their profit to pander to the
desire common to most men to live
softly and avoid risks and effort.
Emotional philanthropists to whom
thinking is a distasteful form of
mental exercise. enthusiastically
champion this attitude.”
The Moral Issue Involved.
Discussing the mental confusion
of the average citizen who thinks I
war in itself is wrong. Mr. Roosevelt
wrote that war could be defined as
the use of force between nations and
that the question whether it was
right or wrong depends purely up.-.. :
the purpose for which the spirit in |
which it was waged.
‘‘There are. of course persons we
believe all force is immoral that it is i
Immoral to resist wrong-doing by [
force’’ he added.
"I have never taken much inter- i
est in individuals who profess this
kind of morality. But. if they are I
right in the theory then it Is wrong 1
for a man to endeavor by force to 1
save his wife or sister or daughter I
from rape or other abuse or to save '
his children from abduction and ’
torture it is a waste of time to!
discuss a position of such folly anil
poltroonery.
"If the man who objects to war
objects to the use of force in civil |
life his position is logical ahhougit i
absurd and wicked. If the college!
presidents politicians automobile
manufacturers and the like wnoj
have preached pacificism in its most
ignoble form are willing to think-
out the subject they must neces-
sarlly condemn a police force just as
much as they condemn an army and |
they must regard the activities of the
sheriff and the constable as being |
essentially militaristic and. therefore. ;
to be abolished. • • •
Need New System First.
"When we have discovered a i
method by which right living may •
be spread so universally in Chicago
and New York that the two cities
can #ith safety abolish their police
forces then and not until then. It
will be worth while to talk about
‘the abolition of war.’
"The Sociological Society meets at
Washington this year” continued
Ihe paper "only because the man
after whom the city was named was
willing to go to war. If he and his
associates had not gone to war.
there would have been no possibility
of discussing 'social values’ in the
United States for the excellent rea- *
son that there would have been no
United States.
"At present in this world and fnr
the immediate future it is ceilain i
that the only way successfully to op-
pose the might which is the servant I
of wrong is by means of the might j
which Is the servant of right."
WANTS LOYAL MEN ONLY •
“ । <
Jlcxkans Holding office Inder Oth- I
er Regimes Repudiated.
—
LAREDO. Tex. Dec. 29. —Reports 1
reaching here from Mexico City to-'
day sav that First Chief Carranza
has decreed that officeholders who '
have served opposing administrations 1
or those who have failed to support ■
the Carranza cause shall be re-1 •
moved from public office. Advices I.
are that the decree is being applied I
leniently.
The decree says that offices thus I.
vacated shall be filled by loyal sup-|«
porters of the Constitutionalist cause i
THE_^LANTONIO LIGHT
KANSAS CONVICTS
■ WIN FOOD STRIKE
Men in Mines Hold Guards
and Secure More Elaborate
Menus..
I
LEAVENWORTH. Kan . Dec. 29.
—Fifty ring leaders in a threatened
mutiny in the coal mine operated at
the Kansas state prison were in foll-
tary confinement today. The mine
was opened as usual this morning.
| but a number of trusties were sent
’ down the shaft. The demonstrators
l demanded better food.
IJ. K. Uodding recently appoint-
ed warden .of the prison said today
i he believed most of the 200 convicts
at work yesterday were aware of
the planned demonstration. Officials
learned of it however only after the
descent of Professor R- I* Crider of
the mining and engineering school
at the University of Kansas and a
party of twelve from Hie university
on ’a trip of inspection.
As soon as the cage stopped at
the bottom of the mine a committee
of prisoners separated rhe visitors
• and took Professdr Crider to the
mine stables where twelve of the
prison guards already had been im-
prisoned by the miners.
At different points in the mine
prisoners held the other guards at
bay with mine pick” threatening
them with death if they made an
outcry. The prisoners had overp >w-
' ered the guards one by one. several
convicts falling upon each at an op-
portune moment. Then the guards
were hustled into the stables. The
convicts worked with the greatest
system and nothing was known aN»\ e
| ground about conditions in the work-
ings until Professor Crider induced
the convicts to permit the univer-
sity party to ascend. Thon the stor?
was told Warden Codding and at ’
.o’clock prison officials agreed to the
1 demands for better food and agreed
to meet a # committee of prisoners to
talk overworking conditions.
ALL WESTERN MEXICO
SOON TO BECOME "DRY"
Governors of Stales. Ameri-
can Says. Plans to Forbid
Liquor Sales.
SAN FRANCISCO Cal.. Dec. 23.—
All western Mexico from Topic to
tho border probably will soon be-
come "dry" territory according to a
statement today by Thomas D. Boyd
Jr. manager of the United States
Sugar Company who has arrived
fr »m the company’s holdings near
Su i Blas. Mexico.
"Sonora is absolutely 'dry.' ” said j
Boyd “dry" in the ..ill sense of the
word. There 1s no bootlegging and
anybody caught taking a drink runs
a chance of being stood up against a
wall.”
All the Carranza governors said
Boyd are thinking of making their
states dry. The project is looked up-
on with favor by Carranza. h r added.
PRAYER HARD ON NERVES
Postal Clerks at Belk'iiHe. Illinois 1 '
Told to Suppress Card”.
BELLEVILLE. TIL. Dec. 29 - Dos- |
tai clerks here have been instructed ;
by Philip Sopp. local postmaster not
to deliver postal cards bearing a cer-;
tain endless chain prayer. The post- ;
master said he took this action at the •
request of a physician who said the 1
message accompanying the prayer j
had affected the nerves of some re-1
cipients.
The postal cards contained the fol-
lowing prayer:
"Lord bless all mankind. Keep ।
them from evil. Take them to dwell I
with Thee eternally."
Following the prayer is a message'
saving that all who write the prayer
md mail it to nine friends will be I
'lightened of some great calamity"
mt that those who do not "will suf-|
Fer some great misfortune."
THE WEATHER |
TEMPER.4TIRE4.
DEC. 28. 2 h. in so
s n- ni 44 .1 a. m 30
4 £• ni 47 4 a. m 31
F P m. .. . 4G Sa m a
I*. *»• - • • . 4 -’ a. in. 33
7 p. m 4 1 7 n. in 33 ।
s P- m 42 8 a. n ss
9 P- m. . . . 41 » a. ni 4 1 ।
n P- in 3S 10 a m 4R
It n m ... 3” 11 a. m 52
12 midnight.... 34 12 rn 55'
DEC. 29. 1 p. m 59
I®. m S 2 2 p. in ci ;
lAM AL FORECAST.
For San Antonio and vicinity: Fair and
rarmer tonight; colder and cloudy Thura- 1
tay: probably tain.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOI RISTS.
ST. LOUIS: Temperature. 24; cloudy. 19-i’
nilc wind from the north w rat; warmer!-
fhuraday: lowest temperature In last 24 ।
tours. 20; hlaheat. 20. -
CHICAGO: Temperature 2S; cloudy. 34- ’
nile wind from the northeast; warmer;
□west temperature in last 24 houra 26; । ^
ligheat. 2R. '
MILWAUKEE: Temperature 22; partly!
loudy; 10-mile wind from the north; '
rarmer: lowest temperature in last 24 (
lours. 18; highest. 28.
KANSAS CITY: Temperature. 12; clear;!
-mile wind from the east; warmer to- | ■
ay. colder Thursday with rain or anow; 1
iwcst temperature in last 24 hours. I; j
ighest. 48.
NEW YORK; Temperature. 32: raining q
2-mile wind from the northeast: rain or : j
now Thursday; lowest temperautre in the 1 <!
ist 24 hours. 32; highest. 44. j r
WASHINGTON: Temperature 36 rain- t
ig; 14-mllc wind from the northeast; rain c
r snow- Thursday; lowest temperature in | -
pit 24 hours 36; hifhest 41.
wi my gjle
SWEEPS EJST
GUUFCDUST
Heavy Rains. Severe Winds
and in Some Sections Sleet.
Are Reported.
—
NO LIVES ARE LOST
But Wires Are Down and
Trains are Reported Many
Hours Late.
MOBILE Ala. Dec 29. —Exton-
-1 sive damage was reported early to-
| day along the gulf coast and adjacent
। territory as the result of a storm
! which swept over this section last
( night. Telegraph and telephone wires
1 are reported prostrated in every di-
rection. This morning Birnnmr^ m.
। Montgomery and Pensacola fltill v e*e
cutoff from communication with the
: rest of the world. Mobile's onb
: means of communication was by way
I of New Orleans.
A heavy downpour of rain ac-
! companied the storm two inches of
' precipitat-. »n being recorded here. Ai
I Demopolis. Ala. the rainfall was 2.6
; and at Birmingham 2.62. The
veiccit> of ihc wind at Birmingham
। is unofficially reported al bu miles
'an hour at one lime.
The local weather bureau reports a
I wind velocity of 18 miles an hour
along the coast just before midnight. ■
A coal barge anchored in Mobile bay ।
with 30 to 40 negro laborers aboard. 1
went adrift during the height of the 1
storm and is reported ashore near!
Point Clear. No lives are reported'
Lost but the barge is is in a pre- j
various situation. Tugs left earb to- •
day io rescue those on board.
•
OTOim IS MOVING NOHTH. !
Disliirbam c Uairsin^ snou and Meet .
t ciitral Over Ohio.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dee. 9.—
Sleet and snow crippled wire com-
munication today throughout the
East. The storm moving northward
over Louisiana gained in force dur-
ing the night and today was central |
over the Ohio valley.
Rain sleet and snow were falling j
throughout most of the eastern pan
of the country and as the storm '
motes northeast these conditions will
prevail tonight and Thursday in the ;
region of the great lakes northern '
New York and northern New Eng-j
land. Hains have hern general;
throughout the Gulf South Atlantic |
and middle Atlantic states being
heavy in the east Gulf states. Ten-’
nessee tho Carolinas and Georgia i
Storm warnings were ordered up by
the weather bureau along the Atlantic
coast from Key West. Fla. to East-
port. Me. No damage to shipping was
reported.
STORM CRIPPLES TRAFFIC.
Trains Arc Lat<* and Wires Down.
Says Memphis.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Dec. 29. -Gen- i
oral rains throughout the Mississippi :
' alley last night which in some sec- !
tions turned into sleet resulted in a j
serious crippling of telephone and •
telegraph communication today. '
Trains from the west were late and* ;
reported running on slower orders i
In Memphis the thermometer '
dropped to 28 the ice causing serious ;
delay in street traffic.
Another stnrm. but accompanied (
by rising temperatures is on the way
from the southwest according to the!
local weather forecaster.
•
STORM GROWING SEVERE.
slc<*( ami Ice Cqusc Much Damage
to Traffic.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29.- Belated re-j
ports to the local weather bureau of.
the storm now raging over the Aile- I
ghanies. told of sleet and ice J
broken w ires and overturned poles. ! .
Interrupted telegraph and telephone |
service for h time shut off commu- ! <
nication with the eastern coast by <
the ujual means.
The storm which started yester-
day in Eastern Texas and broke last (
night over Alabama at noon today
was apparently «-entere<i over West « j
Virginia according io the local
weather bureau and spreading east - i
ward over Pennsylvania. Reports
From Western Kentucky and ad-
jacent parts of Ohio told of much I.
damage hy sleet and wind. Farther ;
louth rain "as heavy and through-
nut all the region affected high '
winds prevailed.
The local forecaster said the Mis-p
dssippi Valley would feel the storm ’
»nly in brisk northeast winds. 1
——•
BLIZZARD IN < I^VELAND. '
Vorst storm In Tito Years Threat-
ens to Isolate City.
CLEVELAND Ohio Dec. 29. —
leveland was in the grasp of a bhz- ! 1
ard today ’worse than any which .
i&8 afflicted the city In two years i 5
nd which may completely isolate 1
he city and tie up all street car traf- ।
ic before night. The heavy snow was |
eing borne by a 35-mile gale which ; T
ras expected to become more vio- r
?nt. Street cars were stalled every- N
her'e and wires down al! over the tl
ity at noon. b
• fi
SLEET IN ARKANSAS TOO. r<
Hrcs Down ami lYwffh* Badly Im-
jxxicd by Morni.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Dec. 29.— F
hq first sex ere cold of the season
ist night followed the rains of Mon-
ay and Tuesday and today tele- I
hone and telegraph communication I ni
iroughout the state has been badly 4'
rippled by the falling of sleet-laden Y
| a]
(Continued on Next Page.) fr
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. DEC EMBER 29. I!HS
FRENCH ABACK
HAS BROKEN DOWN
Teutons Declare French Took
German Positions and Then
Lost Them.
BERLIN Dei. 29. (Via London.)
—The offensive movement under-
taken by the French in the Vosges
at Ilirzstein. is said by the German
war office to na\e broken down last
night. The report concedes that tho
French penetrated German positions
on Hartmans-Weilerkopf. but says
they wore expelled later.
RELIEF IS HURRIED
ID GREEK STEAMER
The Thessaloniki Disabled
250 Miles East of New
York.
—
NEW YORK. Dec. 29 —Summoned I
by wireless the coast guard cutter'
Seneca is speeding to the aid of the j
Greek steamer Thessaloniki with 300 I
passengers board the Thessoloniki ;
"as in distress this morning about!
250 miles east of Neu York and H- '
boring toward this port at the rate
of two mi’ea an hour.
Tho Greek vessel is bound from '
Piraeus. Greece to New York. Last
Wednesday when 700 miles from the
Ameroican coast she sent out her '
first “S. O. S.” call reporting that •
her boiler and engine rooms had |
been partly flooded in a heavy storm. |
The steamship Stampalia hurried to ■
her relief but soon received word;
that the Thessaloniki would not re-
quire aid.
Yesterday morning the Thessalon- 1
iki reported by wireless that she was :
300 miles cast of Sandy Hook and in '
no danger. Early today another I
wireless message from the Thessal- •
oniki said she was again in distress. (
This gave her position adding that
she was "making two mi’es an hour}
toward .New York." The Seneca
which left the harbor at 3:20 a. m. I
will require nearly twentj hours 10l
reach the distressed steamer.
URGE ZOO AT AUSTIN |
L< gislaturr to Be Asked h» lYovide
!.and for Purpose.
AfSTIX Tex. Dec. 2».~That at i
the next session of the Texas Legis-
lature an appropriation will be urgeq j
for the establishment near Austin '
of a state zoological and botanical :
garden is now practically certain.!
The idea was suggested to the Austin !
Chamber of Commerce by John T.
Smith former chief clerk in the
comptrollers -department and the
Chamber of Commerce looks with l
great favor upon the proposition.
It is not expected there will bo any '
difficulty in finding a suitable site!
near the city for the establishment !
uf the garden in which would be 1
kept animals reptiles and birds of!
Toxa”. Vr. Smith belieies that most
of the specimens would he donated
and that t\e principal cost would be;
the purchase of the land and ttm
main entrance nf the garden. It is
pointed out that such a garden
would attract thousands of people
liere. A bill making a suitable ap- !
propriation for this purpose will;
ikely be offered at the next regu-
ar session of the Legislature.
DINNER BY PEACE PARTY
-
Hord Ex|>cdition Entertains in Stock-
holm for SivediMi Friends.
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 29 The'
nembers of the Ford peace expedi- 1
ion tonight gave a banquet in a Io- I
•al hotel in honor of their Swedish ‘
tosts. Mani prominent men and
vomen of Stockholm were present. 1
dayor Carl Lindhagcn one of the '
peakers said:
"You are vikings in a spiritual ‘
>ense. 1 agree with the Americans!*
hat it is better to tt? something!
han nothing."
It was stated tonight that Viggo ?
’avling editor of the Copenhagen ■
’olitiken. had arranged a reception j
a Copenhagen for the party. i 1
DENIES HOUSE RUMOR r
• *’
'resident\ Friend Not Going to Lu- (
rO|K* to End Dispute. 1 <
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 29.— L
ecretary lensing today formally de- : »
ied published statements that the j i
eal purpose of the visit 1o Europe • i
f Colonel E. M. House was to settle |
ifferem es between Ambassador I t
'age at London on one hand and ■ r
mbassador Gerard's and Penfield q
t Berlin and Vienna on the other. ( a
HOMPSON NOT CANDIDATE
_ i <•
layor of 4'lucago Asks Name B<* li
Taken off Presidential Ballot. J'
i r
CHICAGO. Dec. 29.— William Hale | c
hompson mayor of Chicago toda.v p
‘quested the secretary of state of
ebraska tn withdraw his name from |
>e Republican presidential primary ”
illot in Nebraska. The Nebraska of- j 11
•ial replied that he would grant the i p
jquest. *
GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS i"
jR
iris Military Postofficc Handles l
180.000 Packages. I eT
pi
PARIS. Dec. 29.—The central tr
Hilary post office yesterday handled to
0.000 parcels. containing New di
jar's gifts for soldiers. One hundred a?
id eight? thousand were carried al
ee. This is believed to be a record at
Brans is
MUG OB
MLIOB LINE
Slavs Evidently Intend to Try
to Force Way Past Aus-
trians to Balkans.
MAY INVADE EGYPT SOON
Von Mackensen Reported to
Have Been Selected to
Lead New Venture.
LONDON. Dec. 29. Th< fierce
fighting on the Galician-Bessarabian
front of which mention i« made in
both Russian and Austrian otTirial
statements seems to support the
forecast that Russia instead of di-
re<*tl\ attacking Bulgaria hopes to
reduce the pressure on the nitmle
allies in the Balkans and \sja Mi-
nor ami impress Roumania ami
Greece by a diversion to ihc north-
oast with the intent it possible of
breaking through the Austrian lines.
Simullnneous|\ conies news of tho
capture by tho Russians of Kashan.
one of the principal < itie* of Persia
and of an advance toward Ispa-
han. These points arc too remote
for their o< . upation direct ly to
menace the Turks who are fight-
ing the British under General
Townshend • n Hie Tigris In t un-
doubtedlv the Russian .idvamo will
have an important effeci in Persia
and possibly an effect on the pro.-
jeeted movement of the < entral pow-
ers against Egypt.
<;n*wv still Doiibiful.
Conflicting accounts eome from
Athens and Saioniki regarding the
movement of the troops of the cen-
tral powers on the Macedonian bor-
der but then* are persistent reports
that the Greeks have giv - n the Bul-
garians permission to cross the bor-
der if they ami their allies are still
indent on following the entente
troops to Saioniki.
The recent French offieial state-
ments indicate that the allies are
maintaining the offensive in the
west with the lighting fiercest in
tho Vosges.
The German campaign in the near
east and beyond according to yes-
terday's telegrams is to be pushed
witli the utmost vigor ami energy.
Field Marshal Von Mackcnzen is re-
ported to be the leader selected for
the new theater of joperations and
the invasion of Egypt is said to be
bis Immediate object. Numbers of
trainr are reported conveying am-
munition ami guns to Constantinople
and other preparations are being
pushed on a big scale.
Prr|mring Spring Campaign.
From many isolated front.” come
reports of preparations for spring
•ampaigns. either in the 'orm of a I
•hange in the location of large bodies '
af troops or in the building of forti- j
rications. Along the Dvinsk and Bug (
lines the Germans are said to be con- '
'tructing colossal fortifications!
rqiiippeil with heavy artillery ami
nith machine guns ami automatic;
•jfles supplied in nnlimit. il quantitv.
Conscription in modified forms is
•onsidered probable in Great Britain
.ate London dispatches say that the I
British cabinet has virtual!' decided
ipon a bill to this end . hich will.
»e introduced in the Hou” 1 ' of Com-I
nons next week and gives the gov-
*rnment the power to act in case of ;
lecessity.
Dissension in CabineL
Th£ cabinet councils in London *
ia\e aroused intense interest be-i
ause of the rumors of dissent ion :
imong the members or their Inahil- ■
ty to come tn an agreement on the!
luestion of how the British army is
o be brought up to ihe standard t
Itemed essential to win the war. But !
he latent reports of ’he cabinet '
uceting^ would seem to indicate thar
he ministers have found n way our '
f the difficulties confronting them.;
The line of polh ' upon which a !
majority of the ministers agree in-j
Heating that some at least of tho t
ntl-conwrlptlonist section of ’hej
abinet so far waived tlmir principle;'
s to consent to a modified appiica-
ion of force is as follows:
Modified I of I
First That the premier's pledge
a married men H binding on the
•bole government.
Second That the pledge should ■
e redeemed forthwith.
Third- Thai the principle of « mn-
ulsion should lie cepted
Fourth That the* premier should j
nnounce this polio at the earliest <
pporrunlt* after the reassembling '
f Parliament. I
It is behoved tha: the actual for- ! -
ial resolution on th<* m w* policy has ;>
eon postponed until another meet-! >
ig of tha cabinet on Thursday and i >
ial in the short interval Mr. As-I <
nith will be emplov pd in asserting [<
ip strongest influences to avert dis-
iption of his cabinet. It is still ।
nite possible that a crisis may bv I
voided. ’
Must show I'nitcd Front.
The importance as far as military 1
aerations and political nrestige is J
mcerned of the ministers present-j
K a united front to the nation ami ;
-re allies to sav nothing of the ef-
ct produced by disruption in en-
mraging ’he enemy. is fully . (
•Raped and this influence cannot •
il to have its effect.
There is a further possibility tn i
• considered. This i<« the announce- • r
ent of an immense number of ap-’s
ications would have such .an im- <
ediate effect upon the laggard that <•
mav never become necessary to ■ c
it the measure in operation i s
e
ppublii’ar I en<h'r Die* In Pri I
M A LESTER. Okla.. Dec. 29. Ret J
illard. for years a Republican lead- |
in . OHahomfl. died in the state * h
ison here early today of heart . n
whje. He was received here Oc-। o
her 28. last to serve a v-par and a li
y for embezzlement while serving I 1;
treasurer of Osage county. He lit
so ha<l served as the Osage agent! 5
Pawhuska. r
BUILDING SHIPS FOR
MERCHANT MARINF
Plants in U. S. Working to Fill
I Capacity But Can Increase
Facilities Quickly.
NEW Y’tRK. Dec. 29. —Ship build
‘ ing p'an* in the I'nitcd States ar l
w< rking to full capacity but can in
• reuse their output from 15 to 60 pe
cent within । year according to in
formation obtained by the New Yorl
IG’hamhor of Commerce which show
that the tonnage under construction
।or ordered a’ present is double tha
I of any year in the last ten. Accordlni
I to one prominent ship builder th<
J amount of ocean-going merehan
tonnage now building in the Unitec
States for Ameru an registry has in
creased tenfold since July 1 1911
The Chamber of <'omm-Tce repor
says that one leading New Englnm
i plant which has a construction c ip
J acity of 10000.000 tons a year. Im
iwork o’l hand for fift* rn months o
I which one-half is for men hunt ton
। nage and the oth< r half gov ernmm
i work.
In the Delaware ami Chesapeak*
। sections full' 100 vessels of v ariom
' kinds including n larger proportiot
( of ocean-geing craft than usual arc
'being constructed on the Delaware
river 82 vessels are being built val
j u* d at $58000000.
OSBORN APPEARS TO
ANSWER INDICTMENTS
Warden of Sing Sing Asserts
He Is Hounded by Corrupt
Politicians.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29. Timinas M
Gsborn warden of Sing Sing prison
went to White Plains today for np-
pearanre before the Supreme Court
to answer to Indictments by the
Westchester county grand jury
charging him with perjury neglect
of duty mismanagement and immor-
ality.
li was learned today that after he
was informed of his indictment Mr.
< KboAm addressed the 1600 prison-
ers nt Sing Sing told them it is pos-
sible he would be suspended and ex-
acted from them a promise to live
up to the principles of the Mutual
Welfare League and to continue or-
der ami discipline. Every prisoner in
the* hall stood up to pledge himself
as requested.
Warden Osborn issued a statement
which said:
"Because I have run Sing Sing
prison with business honesty and ei-
fi<*iemy I have made myself hated
by the corrupt political element that
have long utilized the prison fur their
own foul purposes.
"Because I have reduced vice and
disorder to a minimum within the
prison I have incurred the hatred of
the few prisoners who had long en-
joyed special privileges at the. ex-
pense* <»f their fellows.
"I have* no fear of the result."
Ovborn to Be Reiiioird.
ALBaNY N. Y. Dec. 29. Thomas
Mott <’shorn millionaire warden of
^ing Sing prison will be removed
from office as soon as a sue- e^sor
an he named. John o Riley state
'Uperlntendeni of prisons said after
lie had learned of the specifications
n the indictment returned against
he Sing Sing executive by the West
.’hester county grand jufy.
"No man who is under indict ment
rhouhi continue in the office of war-:
len." Superintendent Rile- s id.
Governor Whitman's comment uas
imited to a bi.ef typewritten state-i
nent which read;
"From the first I hrve Relieved the '
■barges against AH •’shorn's prrson-
il character <ninel' unf< .mled. and
am astonished at the a< lion of the}
pand jury. But of < ( .urse | know
lothing whatever of Ibe evidence i
vhi<h presented to that bodv " !
ALCOHOL IS DISCUSSED
’an- \mericiin- Consider Liquor
<Juc*lion and ( rime.
WASHINGTON. D. . Dec 29.—|
Msrussion of prohibition of the use J
if alcolvlie beverages and the pre-
ention of crime directed a greater
merest to the members of tho Pail-
imerican Scientific t'ongress to the
ection studying public health and;'
iiedhal science but those discussing
uternational law with the numbers
f the International Law Society
ontinued attract attention.
Education'was suggested by Dr. !
larvoy W. Wiley the pure food ex-!
ert. as the prophylaxis of the a!-|<
nhol and drug habits. He . lasses \
Jcohol. nicotine ami caffeine as the!"
abit-forming drugs most extensive- 1
. used.
TO SELL FROZEN MEAT /
. *
ity Council of Paris Voles Credit I *
to ihien sixty Stores.
PARIS. Dec. 29. In view of the
tfuaal of the regular butchers to i •
*ll imported frozen meat which is I
lieaper than the home product the
ity i oun. il lias voted a < redit to
table co-operative societies to open t
xtv meal stores in Pari” for the i
<clusive sale of frozen meat.
I ix'ik Ii May Conwy Ship*. ;
PARIS. De< . 29. Ernest Outrey 1 <
us announced that he will ask the f
inister of marine »n the ’hamber i
r Deputies if. in view of the sink- 1
g of the French steamer Ville de t
I'iotat. the minister does not think I
necessary to eonvov liners in the i
lediterranean in order to prevent I i
•petitions of such a talastrophe. <
TWELVE TAGES TODAY
HEADS COMPANY AT 20 1
This photograph of 4 apiuhi Ki. li-
m'd Lloyd-George. son of Ihr Hritt*h
ininiatri* of munitions. David I lord-
t.corge was wide al the front and
shows the young commander a- hr
apiM’ardd at th.* head of II -' com-
pany .
Captain Lloyd Gcorq;r is 20 ye irs
of ago and rose from the rank" to his
. present command.
\ list of young ronim.wders roti
at the front with th:* British contbi-
। gent would read like a social register.
Year I.t every well knomi family in
England is represented Many of the
young men of high-iwM’n fmiilirs
hair iohinierred in tin* ranks and
have rixn to commands hy sheer
ability.
FRENCH AMBULANCES
AIDED BV AMERICANS
Thousand Dollars a Day Being
Expended in Work De-
clares Robert Bacon.
NEW YORK Dec. 29—The Ameri-
can ambulance work in Paris is cost- 1
ing a thousand dollars a day. accord-
ing to Robert Bacon. for* *‘r am- '
bassador to France. Mr. Bacon one i
of the heads of the work. ariveii in r
New York on the steamer W w York
after being abroad since November.
The scope of the work had been
greatly broadened he added.
Mr. Bacon places link* faith in the
talk of dissension among the allies
describing their unit} "as mar per- 1
fed as could he."
Harold .McMahon connected uno!
a submarine signaling company with
headquarters at Boston. vho has
been in Russia was another passen-
ger.
The Russians. hr said were now
receiving tremendous qi mimes of
munitions from this country and Ja-
i»an and in the spring in his opin-j
on. they will launch another great |
irive against the Germans. Concern-!
ng »he much disc ussed Russian of- ■
’ensive against Bulgaria. Mr. M< Ma- 1
ion said he himself saw twelve
ransports loaded with troops and
•scorted by battleships cruisers and 1
lubmarines. set off fur the Bulgarian •
•oast. ;
From Italy he continued he »x 1
jpcted great things in a naval w.c.
Ie has been in Italy ami praised ‘
taly's new submarine signaling sys-
em by which an underwater raft 1
annot only communicate with ..inc 1
übnturines. but with surface u;.*- 1
hips. The Italians also <r- mning
nany small bydro-aeroplant
ng one man and a small g r for
• hieh Mr. McMahon j : .p . c.a ’
' ll is claimed." ho said. * hat :h» se 1
ecn launched.' .1
COXEY FOR*SENATOR ’
General" Front Ohio Belie iv* in
Preparedness. Too.
I
cobI'MIICS. o. De. 29 "Gen- i
ral" Jacob S. Co\e-. . Massillon.
who lo ( | the "Arne of the Com-1 1
uonweaith" to Washington in 1894.
utlined today plan- for his earn
aign next year as an independent
andidßtc for I'nitcd States smut- r n
rom Ohio* tn succeed Senator P.
ene. lie said he would run on a pl it-
nrm demanding t’.iat Congress a - b
b. Tize an issue or 3 I.VGii.OO V
?gal tender current*.' ha’i' of w h
i to be used in creating a men b :n* t
marine and half for naval equipment'!’
r coast defense*
CITY
EDITION
4 P. M.
— PRICE. FIVE CENTS
IW llim
KN RELEASED
IN»GAIL
Warrants Are Issued for Other
Six Charged With Strike
Conspiracies.
WELCOMES AN INQUIRY
—
We Have Nothing to Fear
Says Head of Labor's Na-
tional Peace Council.
NEW York Dec 29. — Of rhe
I eight men indicted y esterday charged
pvith conspiring with agents of the
German government to foment
■ strikes in munitions factories two
I ha<l surrendered to the federal au-
■ thoritie* before noon an»l a third*
was in Nnw York. For the others
warrants were issued.
The two who surrendered wore
David Lamar alleged paymaster for
• aptain Franz Von Rintclen and Ja-
। cob Taylor of East Orange. N. J.
president of labor's National Peace
• '•uim ii the medium through which
ihe government alleges. Von Rinte-
। len sought io direct his activities.
Roth entered pleas of not guilty and
| were released in $5OOO bail.
Ihe third defendant who signified
ion oduntai to give 'im-
; ^elf up ami who came to New York
I from ’'olumbus. is Frank 8.
Motin* (t former at.ornev general of
”hio.
Welcome \n ImeMigation.
"I full\ realize the gravity of the
indictment of myself and my assw-
! ciates. but I ini not worried over
। t he outcome." said Mr. Taylor. "The
organization lias no reason at all to
fear investigation. We welcome :V*
It is understood Mr. Taylor's ref-
erences to officers of the council
meant Henry |:. Martin its secretary
i Herman Schulties of Washing-
ton. D. ’Representative Frame
Rui-hanan of t’hicago and H. Rob-
ert Fowhr. formerly representative
trom Harrisburg. HI. had not aig*
nified early today whether they
would appear before United Stales
i commissioners in their respective
j districts or in New York.
There is a <iuestion whether Bu-
. i hanan can claim immunity from
; arrest on the ground that he is a
J member of Congress.
\<» Word From Lamar.
Franz von Rintclen also indicted
is a prisoner in England. David
Lamar alleged to have distributed *
considerabe portion of the $500000
<»f German money said to have been
। devoted to the organization of
■ <' ncil. a to foment-
I ing strike” in war munition facto-
ries. has given no intimation as to
whether ho intends voluntarily to
appear to answer to the indictment.
His home is near Pittsfield. Mass.
It was learned today that these
indictments do not include the work
:of government atrents but that a
new grand jury wil be sworn in next
Tuesday to take up the work of
bringing to justice the persons the
I government believes to b< at the bot-
tom of recent alien conspiracies.^
A government official said that
yesterday indictments were 'just a
beginning." and that further devel-
opments may be expected within a
few weeks labor's Peace Council ■
jwas no; identified with these other
1 alleged plots it is said.
ARBITRATION *FOR
AMERICAN DISPUTES
Delegates to Pan-American
Congress Urge Peaceable
Method for Future.
WASHI XGT’’N. D C. Dee _*9.—
Arbitration <»• ad disputes between
the Ameraan ntiums was the key-
i note “f virtual'] all the addresse* at
today s session f ihe Pan-American
Seientifi' Congress. While many*
|<le!egatrs v.m* engaged m scien*‘fic
discussion jn the sections into which
th*' meeting has been divided the
griu ral subject of political means
of binding all the Americas closer
was the outstanding feature of all the
conferences.
I’r. Eusebio Bracamon a dele-
gate । r un Salvador advocated cum-
pulsory arbitration between all the
American nations in a Pan-American
court of justice.
Ren »to Perez Verma. ? delegate
fr< in Mexico dev’an.i su. h an insti-
tution would in tin:” b- ‘ollowed by
Europe. He also st s” f* r the adun-
tion of h private . : d public law code
between the Anvr m states. Eran-
• isco Capella I’< t delejat* frvm
Uruguay fax r- • s ablishing perma-
nent internat : r laltons between
the Americas
PRESIDENT IS*FIFTY-NINE
'lr. U I '*i < 't ' i iii*^ Birth lay and
id- M iiv '!c: x: lcs.
Ip r SI . \G<. \a Dec. 29.—
Bi 1 ' '. grams • ongratuiaXing
Pi -in- 'V b a • :i hip fifty-ninth
:: ;vd today to pour
Into i. St . More than 2#o aa*!
ie voatorday. Th®
•- • . 1 • \ w il •>n sjm ■ ■
fcie? •«n ..< rerding and replying
>. o. I th* afternoon they ex*
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