The Washington times., 1914-01-20
FOREIGN.

TOhIiNyNs
Holbein's portrait of Thomas CrOm-
we'll was bought by London art dealers
from the Earl of Caledon for $l5O,OOO.
The question of naval increases has
brought the British cabinet to a crisis.
The majority Of the ministers support
PROPOSALS. but 1t is stlted tnat il they
are rejected the whole admiralty board
will resign.
Mrs. Dacre-FoX, one of the English
suffragettc leaders, declared In an inter
view that the King must see us or
We shall know why" and that the next
deputation to the palace would go pre-
pared for all emergencies.
Authorities at the Devonport naval
station, Plymouth, have expressed the
belief that. the British submarine Al.
which fOundeTed on Friday during ma
neuvers in Whltesand bay, is buried in
quicksand.
Although the railway strike in Juhan-
nesburg. South Africa, has been broken,
spasmOdic riots continue. The engine
house at Nogelstruis mine was dyra-
mited yesterday, and the occupants had
narrow escapes.
Several persons were killed and many
injured at Lisbon yesterday in the
worst outbreak OF violence which has
occurred in the Portuguese general rail-
road strike. Rail traffic is at a stand
still throughout the republic. and troops
are guarding property against dyna-
miters
GENERAL.
The first of forty big electric
mules" which will tow ships through
the Panama canal was loaded on the
steamer Cristobal at New York today
and win be shipped to the Canal Zone
Immediately. The other thirty nine
mules will be shipped TO Panama
within few weeks. Each mule"
weighs fifty tons.
The New York agents of the italian
steamship OceanO. more than thirteen
days overdue here from Lisbon with a
81. 200. GO cargo Of cork. and a crew OF
forty men. are of the opinion the vessel
is drifting about with broken machinery
and will eventually be picked up.
Capt Francis Inch, of the VOlturno,
burned at sea, will command the new
and finest liner OF the Uranium Com
pany as a reward for bravery displayed
on the occasion of the disaster.
Arch McGregor, the first witness at the
hearings in ST. Louis in the Govern
ment suit 10 dissolve the United States
Steel Corporation, testified that Compe-
tition among the small steel manufac-
turers was unusually active in 1913.
Six thousand job seekers virtually
mobbed the employment agents of the
Ford Motor Company at Oct, Oit, and
as a result only six CT the 1000 men
/, needed were engaged.
New York banking circles today are
elated as the result Of a remarkable
dinner last night at the Waldorf As
tOria. at which England. France. and
Germany. the worlds leading money
powers. welcomed the United States as
q factor in international banking by
y np Of he
dinner was given by the Associated
Banks Of the City Of New York and
leading financiers from al parts of
the United States were present. The
the Deutsche Bank of Berlin; Robsrt
MassOn, Of the Credit LvOnnais. and
James II. simpson, manager Of the
Liverpool Bank, Limited.
Richard W. sherman. blrther Of the
late Vice President Of the United
States, was accused Of 'sandhagging
in the John Doe graft investigation
in New York.
The eruption Of the volccno Sakura-
buried alive by a falling cliff.
LOCAL.
The Ashurst bill. which provides for
| an investigation OF mining conditions
| in Michigan was indOrsed last night
| by the Central Labor Union in Typo
graphical hall. The meeting then ad-
| jOurned in respect to the memory OF
| Carl Browne.
Kindergarten division Of the Bu
reau of Education has been created and
| two special agents appointed to execute
its work. according 10 an announcement
by Commissioner p. =. ClaXton.
John Shelton Williams. of Virginia
was confirmed as Comptroller of tn,
Currency by the Senate last night, By
an almost unanimous vote, despite
charges recently made against him.
The Rev. Joseph. McGee pastor OF tho
Church Of the Sacred Heart, died early