St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 15, 1917

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Yours truly, £ PPR eee eee ree eeeeeeese eee eeetes COE OOe * PAC eee Oe ee eee eee eee eee eeeeseeeeeee® aig ¥ DEE #0 ob 0500 neneeesesheceseekeuunl 4 had decided upon / applicants for the position of Warden | énd was not among the men with whom | éetinile understandi | famed that he woftlt | cant for the place | Created by the prison reform bin which » will be introduced in the House, this | week, and wh':h the Governor expects 7 Will be passed. 2 the man _ & guess, but seemingly the best guess :s » former Lieutenant-Governor Painter ot | Carroliton, whose name has been sug- 4 S$ the prohibitionists agree upon P language of Lhe resvlution. | the country © Manufacture and importation of alcohol Fi r 1'Wwy.«! ds > Q8cea ary F @emitted they > Dear it. HKIMBROUGH STONE TAKES OATH 3 Sworn to as Judge by Judge Sanborn | of United States Senatur | Stone. who was recentiy appointed os | Preside.t Wiison as Circuit Judge of ) ~ Get the HELP You Need ‘ " “When You Need” It! 6079 Me liis ! i $014 Geman. LE Y Fes appeared and VoOST-DISPATCH WANT ADS. STERDAY—SUNDA in Republic & the Globe- combined Only Evening , Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press 2 TD News Service Phone your want. Call 6600, Olive or leave the Want Ad with your druggist. eee k Central—or VOL. 69. NO. 149. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1917—16 PAGES. RRIGE 43, Loutn and Subs ron e where. Twe (ents DILLON ete ' fe FINANCIAL — PCESSOR 10 F WCLUNG 10 BE - HANED THIS WEEK ; Gov. Gardner Announces 4 That He Has Selected a Man for Temporary War- den at the Penitentiary, but _ Withholds Name Pending Acceptance. "NOT AMONG THE KNOWN APPLICANTS Former Lieutenant-Governor Painter Is Considered Good “Guess; Must Not Be Applicant for Place Under the Proposed New Board. —————-——- By o Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY. Jan. 1t.-Gov. Gardner announced ty. newspaper men at his morning meeting with them today | that a temporary successor tec Warden q McClung wou!d be appointed this week. The Governor said he had determined upon the man to whom he would offer the appointment, but that, tn the ab- 4 gence of an acceptance, he did not feel ‘that he should make public the name. The positive stalement was made by the Governor, however, that the man he was not among the _ he had conferred regarding the appoint- ment, SL , He also said that he- would have a with the man he 18 not be an appli- ey the board to be Painter's Name Heard. - The Governor’ rss statement would indi- > aate “that the’ ‘témporary appointment 1 mot go to James Cowgill, chairman the beratic State Committee, or ty Lester 3S. Parker, Superintendent. of ' Prisou Industries. Any prediction as to selected is little more than gested by Lieutenant-Governor Wallace Crossiev and several Senators. Painter is said to be willing to take the place temporarily, but would not consent to have it permanently. Paint- er has been interested in the peniten- tlary reform and supported prison re- form measures introduced in the Legis- lature two years ago. It has been understood here for sev- eral days that Cowgill's connection with the Deinocratic State Committee served 8s a bar to serious consideration of him for the piace. Survey of Penitentiary. The Governor told the new spa@per men that he had arranged for a survey of the Missouri penitentiary by the Prison Association of New York and the Pris- on Association of Canada, as soon as the new prison bill becomes a law. Today for the first time the Governor has publicly stated his intention of sup- | Planting Warden McClung. Technically, F it is not a removal, as McClune’s term | @xpires today, but McClung and his friends brought to bear all the pressure Dossible to retain him in office. - DRYS TO PUT A FEDERAL AMENDMENT UP TO SENATE q Sheppard of Texas Says: ‘They Have Strength to Force Con- sidcration, WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—After a can- Vass of the Senate, Senator Sheppard of | Texar announced today that the proht- bitlonists heve | force consideration at any time of nis » Tesolution proposing a nation-wide pro- p hibition amendment to the Constitution sufficient strength ‘o This wil! he declared, as soon the The Senate » Judiciary Committee has reported the reeo.ution with an amendment designed © make prohibition absolute throughout by prohibiting the S8a.e, be done. Senator Sheppard's resolution requires vete in built, tlouses Ury liders aurerted toda’ they have the stiength and wet" leaders would come dangerous! v atthe fe -ci Bulidinns. Kimbrough Stone of Kansas City, son William if. the United States Court of Appeals. q 0k the o-th of office today in the | *hambers of Presiding Judge Walier H. BE vanborn at the Federal Bullding. The oath was administered by Judge F Sanborn in the presence of de Stone's | Mother. wife and eleter, Mra. John Per- E Kineon of St. Joseph, and about 20 at- p terneys of St. Louls and Kansas C ify. The Mosti-iMepaich te tbe eniv eventing Weper in Rt. Louls that receiver or wub- UOWS Suihered t» Use Associated [’rese. ‘ NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE, BUT MORE SNOW COMING THE TEMPERATURES, ! A tri. ee@+eeete i Se SSR “16 Venterdass High. low. tt, at 5 a. m. Ofticial furceast for St. Louis and vicinity: Snow te-'cht and tomor- row: ov decided change tn tempera- fure. The lowest tempecrutoure to- tight will be abour 10 i The snow which eA RL begun falling this SNOW SHOVEL 2 sheurtly tmiidnizht at Hh. morning after i a. had regis- tered a depth of 2% # inches. depth had not bee: material- ly added.to at 12 The snow- total o'clock, storm came from the northwest and was moving slow- iy eastward. The indications are, the Weather Bu- said, that the snow will continwc intermittently aul day. Missouri—snuw tontht and tomorrow; decided change in temperature. lllinois—Snow tonight and tomorrow: not Quite so cold tonight in extreme northeast portions. Stage of a no of river, .1 fall foot. DERELICTS USED IN BALTIMORE FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSION CASES Prominent Men and Women Patients in Several of Operations Al- ready Performed. BALTIMORE, Jan. 15.—More than 100 derelicts from the Friendly Inn have undergone blood tests at $1 apiece this winter at the “'nion Protestant |nfirm- ary, a branch «* Johns Hopkins, for transfusion cases. Twenty-five of the !00 have been accepted “nd received $25 for submitting ‘to transfusions. They also are getting $1 a day to keep themselves in condition until needed. The pian wes evolved by a number of the lead- irg surgeons of the city. assisted by agents of t' e Federal Charities. In several of the transfusion opera- tions already performed prominent men and wemen .1f Baltimore were the pa- tients. foot, of .8 |] AUSTRIAN EMPRESS’ BROTHERS; 1N BELGIAN ARMY, PRAISED Gave Proof of “Car:plete Contempt of Danger” as Stretcher Bearers in First Line, Official Order Says. PARIS, Jan. 16.—I'wo brothers of the new Empress Zita of Austria, Prince Sixtus and Prince XAaviere of Bourbon, who are barred from fghting in the French army because they are of:r’ vai blood, but who are engaged as ambu- lance drivers in the Belgian army, to- day were ‘ited officially in the Frenca army’s order of the day for conspicuc es g>llantry in rescuing wounded under tire, The order says: ‘““‘They spontaneoualy offered their services in the cause of right and attached to the section of stretcher bearers in the first line have © all occasions given proof of devotion and complet? contempt of danger.”’ SNOW IN DALLAS A NOVELTY Children Use Old Rockers in the Ab- aence of Sleds. DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 15.—North . and Central Texas are experiencing an un- precedented snowstorm. Dallas is cov- ered by a seven-inch snowfall, while as far south as Waco a fall of over an inch is reported? Children in this city, virtually sled- less, through successions of mild win- ters, rose to the unusual opportunities offered and commandeered old rocking chairs, upon which they scooted in gro- tesque curves through the city streets. The ADMIRAL DEWEY DYING, END NEAR, PHYSICIAN SAYS From General Bre:*- Upon Suffering down Consequent His 80 Years. DEATH MATTER OF HOURS Physicians Fear That His Great Vitality May Fail Him at Any Time. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Admiral hero of Manila Bay, is dying Late this afternoon 1 his physicians Dewey, at his home here. he was unconscious an¢ said his chances for living another 36 hours were remote. A general break- down with arterial sclerosis is the cause. ‘‘Admiral Dewey has been slowly de- clining since early this morning. The primary condition is arterial sclerosis, which affects practically every organ in the body, especially the kidneys and brain. Although he has shown great rallying power at times he is slowly sinking. So far his heart is strong and his lungs are clear, but these organs may be suddenly and seriously affected at any time.”’ In a bulletin tssued this morning by Dr. A. M. Fauntleroy, U. S. N,, the senior surgeon in charge of the Admir- al's case, and Dr. Luther Sheldon Jr., U. S: N., who is associated with him, the Admiral’s condition was stated as follows: ‘Admiral Dewey has been suffering for the last five days from a general breakdown consequent upon his 80 years of age. For several days there was some improvement and at times fit ap- peared as if he might rally and suc- ceed in overcoming the depression of certain organs. “Last night the Admiral slept fairly well. At times he was irrational and showed evidences of a gradual! decline. “This morning, he is very weak and his general condition is such as to fear that his once great vitality may fail at any time.” The Admtral is being treated at his home, " Rear Admiral Reed, Classmate of Dewey, Dies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Rear Admi- ral Allen V. Reed, U. S. N., retired, a classmat of Admiral Dewey at the Naval Academy, died suddenly of heart trouble at his home here last night, aged 79 years. Admiral Reed retired in 1896 after more than 40 years’ service, during which he performed blockading duty in the Gulf of Mexico during the first three years of the Civil War and later com- manded the Pawtuxcnt in the blockad- ing squadron in the attacks on Fort Fisher. FLORIST, HURT CHRISTMAS DAY, DIES FROM TETANUS ght Laceration om Forekead, In- ‘licted by Fall / gainst Rad@iat« -, Develops Potsoniag. Arthur Wettig, 44 years old, of 5318 Quincy avenue, a florist, died at the ci.y hospital at 1:40 o’clock this morning of tetanus poisoning which followed a slight laceration of his head, suffered Christmas day when he stumbled in his home and fell against a radiator. He did not think the injury was seri- ous, but on Jan. 8 it became painful and he went to the hospital. The ailment was diagnosed as tetanus poisoning, al- though it failed to cause lockjaw, as tetanus usually does. He was able to talk until last night, when he became }muci worse and lapsed into uncon- sciousness, dying shortly afterward. good out of it. POST-DISPATCH alone ~POST-DIS POST-DISPATCH alone POST-DISPATCH alone ... post. DISPATCH alone . That Sells Sunday... .356,193 | Good Advertising Is an Investment Like all good things, you must put good into it to get Most advertisers know that the most good eomes from the consistent and steady pulling-power cir- culation of the POST-DISPATCH. tisers always place the bulk of their announcements in * St. Louis’ One Big New spaper’’— been unbroken for a good many years. Comparative table for yesterday (Sunday), Jan, 14: Total Paid Advertising— Globe-Democrat and Republic combined, ...... SPATCH alone exceeded both...... Home-Merchants’ Advertising— Globe-Democrat and Republic combined........ National Advertising— Globe-Democrat and Republic combined. . POST-D#SPATCH alone exceeded both. * Real Estate and Wants— Globe-Democrat aud Republic combined. POST-DISPATCH alone exceeded both...... CIRCULATION Average evtire vear 1916: ‘First in Everyéhing.’’ That’s why the adver- —a good habit that has .302 Cols. . 291 Cols. 11 Cols. .127 Cols. 135 Cols. 64 Cols. 59 Cols. 5 Cols. .111 Cols. 97 Cols. 14 Cols. the Goods. Daily Average, 204,201 | contend that 2 per | COST STATE $2943 To SEND MAJOR T0 COAST Lecisiature Nefused to Pay for Lxypo- sition Visit With Colonels; Taken From Exbibit Fund. JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 15.—The trip of former Gov. Major and his Colonels to the Panama Pacific Exposition, April 26 to May 18, 1915, the expense of which has been canceled. is shown by vouch- ers in the office of State Auditor Ilack- mann to have cust the State $2943.7). Major, after the Legislature had re- fused tu appropriate funds for the ex- pense of his official party, authorizcd the taking of the money from the ap- propriation for the Missouri building and the expense of the Missouri exhibit at the exposition. The accounts of the Missouri Commis- sion are not given in detail, the ex- penditures being shown only in the most general terms. O:e voucher on the Major official trip reads: ‘“‘To Pullman Co. service of private car Colonial, St. Louis to San Francisco, April 26 to May 18, 1915, with Gov. Major and party, in- cluding commissary supplies. $1643.71.’’ Another voucher reads: ‘Transporta- tion Governor’s car, $1300. The total thus shown is $2943.71. If there were other expenses they are not shown by ‘the vouchers on file. Major asked the last Legislature for an appropriation for himself and party and a band, but this was refused. A month after the adjournment of the Legislature, the Governor caused the Missouri Panama Pacific Exposition Commission to use a part of its funds for his trip. 10,000 ELIGIBLE FOR SKILLED LABOR POSITIONS WITH CITY New List of Efficiency Board Contains Many. Names of Union Workmen, Chairman Announces, The new eligible list for skilled labor- ers for city work, to be made up under the new rules of the Efficiency Bvuard becoming _effective today, will contain about 10,000 names, according to Chair- man Hertenstein of the Lfficiency Board. He estimated that a large proportion of these will be union workers, although the places will be open alike to union and nonunion men. The training and experience in the skilled trades and crafts required for appointment to this eligible list is the same as that required for membership in the trade union. Under the Efficiency Board rules a worker who has completed his appren- ticeship will be rated 70 per cent in training and experience and a small percentage will be added for each year until at the end of the seventh year he will be rated at 100 per cent. The standing according to work will be assinned to the will be determined by coumting perience and traininy as 6% out of a possible fitness as 3% points no formal places. CHURCH TOWER’ FLOODED WITH LIGHT, VISIBLE FOR MILES Second Baptist Church Installs Sys- tem Like That Illuminating Wash- ington University 'Tow-rs. The bell°tower of the Second Baptist Church, King’s highway and Washing- ton boulevard, was. flooded with electric lights last night in such a way that it could be seen from points miles distant. The lighting system is the same as that in use for several months on the towers of the administration building at Wash- ington University. Last night’s test, between 6:30 and 9:30 o'clock, was made with seven search- lights pointed upward from the ngle of the roof of the church, thus illumi- nating the tower for 12 feet above the church roof. It is planned to instal] about 40 such lights, and to have the campanile flooded with ‘it on Wednes- day and Sunday nights, and on nights when special meetin=s are held at the church. The tower, including the. eight- foot cross, is 224 feet high, and stands in the sunken garden in the center of the two main wings of the church. It cost $40,000 and s the gift of the late F’. H. Ludington. PETITION FOR VOTE ON LIQUOR IN EAST ST. LOUIS IN APRIL Dry Forces Arange to Circulate Peti- tions—Diapute on Number of Siguers Required. The Ministers’ Alllance vr East St. Louir met at the Kast Side Y. M. C. A. today and unanimously decided to circulate petitions for a local option election in connection with the munici- pal election in April. Six representatives of each of. the churches will meet Thursilay night at the First Christian Church and plan the campaign. The petitions will be pre- sented for signatures at the churches next Sunday: A mass meeting is to be held Jan. 24 at the First Baptist Church. Acting on advice of the attorneys of the State anti-liquor organization, the number of signatures soug't will be 2% per cent of the 7000 votes at the last aldermanic election. The liquor forces cent of the 24,000 votes at the last presidential election uw which men ex- points 10 and physical There will be examinations for these recuired., LABORER DIES FROM EXPOSURE Mon, 60, Peund Unconscious tv Shack oo River. tLuuis Lehman, & yerrs old, whe liveu alone ir a shack at the foot of Robert cet, in Carondelet, was found by a reighbor at 1 o'clock this morning uncon- scious, withuut heal or food He died in an ambulance on the to te city dispersar' The pottce reported (that his parent! was doe to exposure of food ble sistent!s rel Wa ‘ Geoatih ap» aie tear a4 was” tahorer and had co ey Aitu “he MARKETS— SPORTS } MANN ACT HELD TO | APPLY 10 PERSONAL' ESUAPADES ALSO U. S. Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Drew Cami- netti and Maurie Diggs. THREE JUSTICES DISSENT] Majority Opinion Says Law Must Be Enforced According to Its Terms, Which Are Plain. a WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Interpreting the Mann law, the Supreme Court today decided that prosecutions. under the law for transporting wome.: in interstate commerce are not limited to commer- cialized vice, and include personal, im- morel escapades. Conviction of F. Maurie Dig firmed. Drew Samenetti and of Sacramento was af- The court also affirmed conviction of L. T. Hays of Alva, Ok. Justice McKenna announced the dis- sent but did not deliver any opinion. Majority Opinion. Justice Day’s majority opinion said: “In none of the cases was it charged or proved that the transportation of the women involved was for gain or for the purpose of furnishing women for prosti- tution for hire. “There is no ambiguity in the terms of this act. It is elementary that the meaning of a statute must in the first instance be sought in the language of the act as framed, and if. that is plain the sole function of the courts is to en- force it according to its terms. “To cause a woman to be transported for debauchery or for an immoral pur- pose, for which Biggs and Camenetti were convicted, would seem by the very statement of the facts to embrace trans- portation for purposes denounced by the act. While such immoral purpose would be culpable in morals if accompanied with expectation of gain, such consider- ation do not‘prevent the lesser offense against morals from the exécution of } purposes within the meaning of the law. To say to the contrary would shock the common understanding of what consti- tutes an immoral purpose.” One Point Undecided. Whether the women involved become technically accomplices, argued in be- half of the three defendants, was not directly decided by the court. It dis- posed of that feature as follows: “It is urged as a further ground of reversal of the judgments below, the trial court did not instruct the jury that the testimony of the two girls was that of accomplices and to be received with great caution, and believed only when corroborated by other testimony adduced in the case. ‘*‘While this is to, there is no absolute rule of law preventing convictions on the testimony of accomplices if juries believe them.”’ In conclusion, the Court said: ‘“‘Much is sefd about the churacter of the testimony adduced and a3 to certain facts, tending to establish the guilt or innocence of the accused. This court does not weigh the evidence in a pro- ceeding of this character, and it is enough to say that there was substan- tial testimony tending to support the verdicts rendered in the trial courts.’’ GERMAN AIRPLANE IS RIDDLED BY AMERICAN Charles Chouteau Johnson, Fiying for France, Forces Foe to Descend, Cable to the Post-Dispatch and New York World. (Copyright, 1916. by Press Pub. Co.) PARIS, Jan. 1..—C. C. Johnson, an American aviator, attacked and forced down a German airplane on Friday after a thrilling sky duel. Although Johnson's machine gun rid- dled the German aircraft, forcing the pilot to descend, he is not credited with destroying the machine, as the French observers count only those machines positively |i: own to be destroyed or burned. Special Charles Chouteau Johnson, the avia- tor mentioned in the foregoing dis- patch, is a son of Mrs., David D. John- son, ywho was Anne Chouteau, memver of the old Chouteau family of St. Louis. With Lieut. William Thaw, he saile3 for France Dec. 16, after a furlough in this country, during which he visited his parents in New York City. He is % years old, and his father is Lieut. Da- vid D. Johnson, U. 8S. A., retired, 6 OF 200 LODGERS TAKE JOBS Police Offer Muauicipal Lodging Nouwsc Men Work. John ilowarée, superintendent of Eads Bridge. telephoned police head- quarters this morning that he could provide work tor homeless men sweep- ing snow from the upper deck of the bridge. The police notinec about 200 men in the municipal todging house, Six of the men left the lodging house fcr the bridge ‘apt. Ship With 82,000,000 Carge on Vire. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal... Jan. 1b.—With hatehes battened down to check a fire which for 10 days had been eating into “i $2,00.0% ecargo,. the Japanese freigite: Tsuslhima Merve arrived here vcsterday i with the LAWSON ON STAND IN tire under sontroi | ee ee aE Picamiia Who Again ! Takes Stand in Leak Inquiry | TWO PHOTOS of THOMAS WwW. LAWSON TESTIFYING before the RULES E of the HOUSE im WASHINGTON . ates INTERKALIONAL. PLL TE COMM IT- HOUSE LEAK” NUR Committee Now Has Power to Compel Him to Give Names or Punish Him. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.~The House Rules Committee this morning received a telegram from Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, announcing that he could not reach Washington by the time set for his reappearance before the committee in the “leak” inquiry, but would arrive later in the day. Chairman Henry then directed the Sergeant-at-Arms to get the earliest service possible on Lawson to bring him before the committee. <A recess then was taken pending his arrival. The committee voted to recommend t9 the House the adoption of another reso- lution which would broaden the scope of the inquiry still further, and extend the time tn which the committee migitt report to 90 days. This, members say, would givé ample opportunity to investi- gate anything that might develop It developed today that Chairman Henry received a letter from Lawson yesterday laying duwn certain con- ditions under which he would testi- fy. His principle contention, it is understood, was that a special con- gressional committee be formed to interrogate him. The Rules Commit- tee will not heed the contention. James Reilly, news manager of the Wall Street. Journal, and Donald Me- Donald, head of a Boston financial bureau, to whom Lawson is said to have given the name of the Congress- man who, he says, told him the name of a Cabinet member, a Congressman and a broker who were involved in stock market operations, are here to testify. Two resolutions to strengthen the power of the Rules Committee to com- pel witnesses to answer questions were presented by Representative Garrett, a member of the committee, and were adopted soon after the Hotise met. One of them was general in character, but the other would compe! Lawson to give names specifically. Representative Carmpbeil, introduced a resolution § for committee of five to deal ‘leak"’ situation. Witll Demand Names. The committee this morning met In secret session to consider a proposal to ignore a writ of habeas corpus in case Lawson should obtain it in a fight against contempt proceedings. Plans also were considered to prevent Lawson from introducing the name of any representative of a foreign nation in his testimony. Among others who are to testify are Fernard Baruch of New York, F. W. McKinnon, Chicago broker: James KH. Reilly of the Dow-Jones Co. Ticker Service. and the Wall Street Journa!: Donald McDonald of Boston, and mem- bers of the brokerage firm of Lockwood & Co., New York. As an outcome of the Lawson case, Representative Harrison (Dem.) of the Rules Committeé today proposed a con- stitutional amendment br which Sen- ators ané Representatives would not be privileged or immune in testimony be- fore congressional! conmmitteer, and would have to hare reasonable justif- cation for words spoken in Congress. Republican, a special with the The Poat-Dienmateh ts tre am os _ <~ newspaper in St. Lavwile that rece en or ‘ikhes Deus mathered by ive Associaiced Press. i DR. J. H. SIMON AGAIN CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR Files Declaration and Expresses Beliet That the Democratic Nominee Will Win, Dr. John H. Simon today filed. with the Election Board, a declarativun of his eandidaecy for the Democratic nomina- tion for Mayor. He was the Democratic nominee four years ago, defeating Saun- ders Norvell in the primary, but lost to Mayor Kiel. He was Health Commis- sioner in Mayor Wells’ first adminis- tration, but was removed after a dis- agreement with the Mi: yor. Dr Simon is the first Democratic can- didate to file. The first Republican was Howard Sidener, Prosecuting Attorney, who made his announcement Saturday. Dr. Simon said he h@péd that, if oth- er Democrats decided to enter the con- test, it would be conducted in a friend- ly and dignified way, as was his con- test with Norvell. He said he would present his platform later, and that he hoped to have the support of many who opposed him in. 1913. Hie predicted that, Democracy and the inevitable support of the independent voters, which will come to us in the April election,. the Democratic nominee will be victorious.’’ NO TRACE OF WATCHMAN SINCE STABLES BURNED W. HH, Redemeyer, Spriskliing Con- tractor, Thinks Employe Lost Life; 51 Horses and Mules Burned. No trace of Willlam Ray, night watch- nan employed in the stables owned by Willlam H. Redemeyer, a sprinkling con- tractor, at 612-14 South Twenty-third street, which were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, has been found since the blaze. His employer said he fears Ray lost his life Fifty-one horses and mules, valued at $10,200, and harness, feed and wagons, vaiued at $16,000, were destroyed. The damage to the buildings was estimated by Redemeyer at $8000. “with a united Oe ace ONE MAN UNDER ARREST IN EXPLOSION INQUIRY Twe Men Were Killed and 8300/00 Damage Done at New Jersey Piant. NEW YOR.., Jan. b.—One man was arrested yeaterday and two others are expected to be taken into custudy t»- day. following an investigation into the explosion at the Du Pont piant at Has- kell. The man under arrest, it was said. had been employed at the plant only one day. Two men employed in a house where powder was glazed were killed when the plant was wrecked by th» explosion Frt- day, it was announced by the company last nitht. The property toss was esti- mated at “not more than $200,600." RAILROADS LOSE on™ SUITS FOR MAIL Supreme Court Decides SO Claime Against Government for Carrying Charave Frem 100T te 1911. WASHINGTON, Jan. 46.—Test cases regarded as decisive of about © rail- road claims against the Government fer approximately $3.4.00 additional com- pensation for carrying the matile from 1907 te» Ul. were decided today ty the ITEUTONS RETAIN CAPTURED POINTS. ANTHRO by Russien and Rusinlalll Troops to the North of the Suchitza Valley Repulsed. - Bad Weather Interferes w= o on Ect Front — Artillery Ex ie changes i in Wee West. Vadeni, Six Miles Southwest of Galatz on the Danube, — Is Captured by Von Macks ensen’s Men. BERLIN, Jan. 18, by wireless to Say= terday by Russian and Rumanian troops on the recently captured Teutonic post+ tions north of the Suchitza Valley, on the Northern Rumanian front. Today's , official announcement says (these at- tacks were repulsed. The statement announces the capture’ of the town of Vadent, six miles souti~ - west of Galatz, reported in last night's supplementary headquarters enone Today's statement reads: “Front of Archduke Joseph: North of the Suchitza Valley, the positions — we recently captured were attacked by = stronger Russo-Rumanian forces. The — : enemy was everywhere repulsed. ee Mackensen: the mouth of the Sereth, in spite of favorable weather, Vadeni, the town held by the Russians south of the — Sereth, was taken by hand-to-hand fighting.'’ “The weather veiling cloudy, the igthie: tne activity was small,” says the —— headquarters statement regarding ations along the Kusstan front. “North of the Sorhme lively a fire continues,” says the statement | trols wére tall detachments tn successful hf brought in prisoners and mashing. zs guns,” ; ~@--- prolongation of the war “as the result Be of the for doomed failure of the peace move,’ throws on all the allies the duty se of making greater efforts in order to deserve victory. 1 offer. but tnitiated measures & ago to expand her supply of men munitions. “We ought to see,” the correspondent efforts on land, especially on the west+ ern front, have not been adequate ve secure a dec or even to Referrin the imputation tendency to exaggeration” that inh have 2,000,000 men in France French have_3,000,000, he $ ments of this nature serve obscure the issues than to f them. It ought to be known and ted the aggregate natural strengths ty not express the real value of fighting Be armies. Oe Ceunt Bayonne : Ha “The offensive devolves on UB in that we may evict the enemy from offensive against moderp means of oe 2 2 fense depends on a great superiority ae strength, particularly "" heavy guns, in fantry and all other modern machinery. | Before ewr we supposed a even three to one superivrity net ia gient for the ettacker and | must be again that we have nothing lke this superiority anit that victory depends obtaining tt. it tip always poessibie Z the Germans to place in the West eo floating belance of strategic whic! they used against Rumenta and © ry in 1917 we only ereploy against the en- — euwy a siigt superiority of forces, nothing bett+r than a slight success can reasonably be anticipated.” Many Mere Men Seeded. The writer declares that there & & crying need for more men and that ae has been a great remiseness in the ation of new “ivisions along the ol Kitcherer’s origina) conception. referes to the military plan published a a which he says Lord <itchener 8 ent we cos man man’ reasons, chiefly the fF | muddie in the fad of 14, whieh B even new is far from cleared 1 4 al We need another @ divi Continerd oe rae 26 rig Lie onl Ee Supreme Court egainst the retryaps. ville.—Strong attacks were made year 3 storm and bent =. writes, “clearly enough now that our = and guns in order to ascertain our chances of victory, and when we count in this manner the — dwindle te. ee. territories of our allies and such” = ‘ a two or