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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-03
Y. M. c. A. Delegates Carried.

Delegates from the Young Mems
Christian Association are carried in many
ships of the United States navy to per
form the duties Of directors of schoolroom
studies.
For two hours every day the ships
officers have TO instruct the crew in read
ing, writing. arithmetic. spelling, geogra-
ply and history, so that the American
fleet is becoming more like a finishing-of
school than lighting organization.
"Curiously enough, the decision OF Mr.
Daniels comedies with a Troublesome of
the grog question in our own navy.
Not long ago Admiral Sir George
King Hall declared that gunnery was al
ways worst at the beginning of the week,
after the men had returned from week
end leave, and that it gradually improved
until 1t reached its highest degree of
efficiency at the end of the week.
THE inference u.s. of course, that the
men only gradually recovered from the
effects of their brief holiday.
1T was not precisely a compliment 10
pay to the navy, but it does not seem
to have aroused any particular feeling.
mored cruiser Natal chart showing the
Improvement in shooting between Monday
and Friday was known on the lower
deck as the 'grog curve
Grog Improves Shooting.
Speaking at Gibraltar. two years ago,
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, the present
Second Sea Lord, said It had been proved
that shooting efficiency was 80 per cent
better before than after the issue of Srog
"a truly remarkable fact when 1t is re-
nembered that the grog ration consists OF
one-eighth Of a pint of rum in three times
that quantity of water.
Apart altogether from the views Of the
extremists. it will strike most people as
being not altogether right that rum should
be included i'm the official ration issued to
the men of the navy over twenty.
Half a gill Of rum a day cannot do
very much harm to any one; but the real
harm lies in the. fact that every young
ster on reachiIiy the age OF twenty is OIL
ficially regarded as rum drinker, and
is encouraged by the state to contract the
habit.
"He is. of course, allowed to take up
money allowance in lieu of the spirit, but
as il amounts to only II shillings year
it cannot be said that the state does much
to encourage abstinence and the increased
fighting efficiency to which we are told II
leads.
"In the German navy beer Is served
out TO the men. no spirits being allowed.
A recent correspondence in a British ser
vice journal showed that many men in the
British navy would favor beer as against
rum. but there is the difficulty of storage.
Each ship carries thirty days supply
of rum. An equivalent supply Of beer at
the rate of a pint per man in ship with
a complement of "A thousand would entail
the storage of no less than $3.50 gallons
1T can be safely said that 30 per cent
of the men in the navy are abstainers and
that another so per cent are strictly mod
crate drinkers. There would hardly be a
word of protest against the abolition OF
the rum ration if an adequate monetary
allowance were substituted"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-03
Japanese Government II
Investigate Information
as to the Siberia.
MISTAKE BLAMED TO
CONFUSION IN CALLS
Distress Signal Not Unlike MRS
Which in Code Represents
the Steamer Persia.

TOXIC. May Great relief II Ss,, a..
at the news from Manila that the p,,s
Mail steamer Siberia. reported yes,ers,v
by wireless to be in great peril on "a.
coast Of Formosa. is safe at Manila.
No satisfactory explanation is aya,l,h,.
In Toxic as to how the alarming reco,,,
of yesterday came 10 be dissemin,,.a
The Japanese authorities have decided ),
investigate the matter.
A dispatch from Manila received rr,a.,
night said the Siberia steamed into tia,
port at II o'clock that morning after a,
uneventful voyage from Nagasakl. which
port she left on April %. Captain Ze4ss,
of the Siberia said he believed the renor,,
that his vessel was in distress and had
sent out calls for help arose over cor.
fusion in the call letters OF the e,earu.,
Persia, with which vessel he had been IN
communication. These letters are M r
6" and the doubtless were mistaken "a,
s." and they doubtless were mistaken for
aid.
The wireless operator on board the n.
IBERIA added that the atmospheric cond
lions had been bad, making difficult the
sending of wireless messages
The first erroneous reading ot the wire.
less calls from the Siberia evidently wer.
made ut the Osezakai wireless station IN
Japan They were interpreted as setting
forth that the steamer had met with an
accident and was in distress. Other wire.
less reports were responsible for the be.
lief that she was sinking
On receiving the news the Japanes.
government dispatched cruisers and mer.
chant ships from Formosa 10 where the
.iberia was supposed TO be: British war.
ship steamed at full speed 10 her assist.
ance and the American naval authorltie
at Manila made hurried preparations D
send helm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-03

San Francisco. May 2-How wireless
operator beard the steamship Persia sig
her code signal M B s." after giving her
latitude and longitude, and misread 4
into IS o s." the signal for Assistance
with the international code used for wire
less work. The mistake probably cause
the report yesterday that the Pacific MAJ
liner Siberia was I'm distress Off the coas
OF Formosa.
The symbols for the two sets Of letten
are as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-03
Comment About Evenly d.
Vided on Abolition of
Wine Mess.
"LONDON NEWS" FOR
ADOPTION BY BRITAIN
Quotes Adniral's Report on
Lessened Efficiency of Men
After Grog Ration.
Iron The Trlouno Correspondent. ]


London. April The order of Secre-
tary Daueis abolishng wine a; officers
messes In the navy has aroused a great
deal Of interest i'm England. Some OF the
comment, Of course, has been unfavora-
bic, while in other cases there has been
decided agreement with Mr.. Daniels s
policy.
The naval correspondent OF The Even
ing News believes that there would be
no objection among the enlisted men to
an order abolishing the daily ration Of
rum in the English navy. lie writes as
follows.
The edict OF Josephus Daniels is not
unnaturally regarded in the United States
service as Il Grandmotnerly piece of work,
not particularly hatterins TO those al
fccted.
Coming as it does closely on top of an
order converting officers into schColmas-
ters, it has gone far to disgust the aver
age American naval officer with civilian
rule
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
GERMANY ADMITS ITS
BAN ON STANDARD OIL
Bids From American Company
and Branches Won't
BE Considered.
Sn.eial COLE DespetcA 10 r,n srs


BERL:H, March 20.--It was frankly al
m.ttcd 10y the Ministry OF War to-day
that the German Government IL dlscrim'-
mating against American petroleum II Il
is the product OF the Standard on Com
pany or It's affiliated concerns. This ad-
can Association OF Commerce and Trade.
which IL the American chamber OF com
merce here IN answer 10 protest made
by tho association to the Impcr.a! Chan
cellor,
The letter said that here would be no
discrimination against American petno-
leum in the submission OF bids for sup
plies FOR the army. except where the
STANDARD or It's affiliated companies were
Interested, wnen rney would no, br c"m-
sidercd at all,
one Of tho Governpen. departments
gives as l. reason for declining TO consider
BIDS from the American Pure OH Com
pany tn. fact that II could noe consider
bids from firm which had an English
name, even II It did claim to be or
ganlzed unaer German laws.
A rumor is current that the American
Pure OIL Company and the STANDARD OIL
Company may change the registration OF
their tank steam fleets from tae German
to the American nag II an attempt 10 made
under the provisions OF the petroleum
monopoly bill + compel them to sell their
Liners.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
STEFANSSON'S PLAN FAILS.
Canada WOn't Dutld = Wireless. Sta
tt"n In the Arctic

OTTAWA. March 20.--The Department
OF Naval Service which controls the Ca
madam wireless telegraph system. will not
give encouragement 10 a proposal made
oy St.fansson. the explorer. for the es-
tablishment Of wireless system In the
Arctic regions Stefansson suggested in
a communication received yesterday that
a Government wireless station should be
erected on Hcrschcl Island and that II
such station We're now there communi-
cation might be established with the
missing steamer karluk.
Department officials said to-day that
while II would be possible to establish
wireless stations IN the Far North their
operation would not be practicable.
Herschel Island 10 1000 miles from the
nearest wireless station. With mountains
intervening the rangc OF operation OF {,
station ther would be comparatively
small.
Small vessels. such as the Kariuk. which
go 10 the Arctic have wireless range
OF only about 30 miles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
saks& Company
Broadway at Gath Street

demanded that the Hamburg American,
North German Lloyd and Holland
America companies should stand part OF
the loss Of business sustained By the
British through the invasion OF the Cana
dian lines, which the German companies
refused 10 do. Ii is said that the Holland,
Belgian and German companies strongly
opposed the admission OF the Canadian
lines
The fact that the conference was no.
definitely ended but that II will resume
she ue.loeratlons Is regarded as n hopeful
sign 10y some OF the Participants
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
CAILLAUX AND
M0NIS IN CLASH
On Stand, Each Blames the
Other for ROchette
Scandal.
INQUIRY Is REOPENED
Parliament Commission Goes
Into Notorious Case
Again.
SHOT IN FUNERAL RIOT
Royalists Fight Police as the
Murdered Editor Is
Buried.
SHOT IN FUNERAL RIOT
,,,o,l cable Despdfch 10 Tue suS.

p,ats March 20.-The funeral OF Gas
~, calmette, editor of the Figaro, at
.s,ded bv riot in which a royalist was
shot, shared interest to-day with the
.,,sarsnc, OF ex-tinance Minister Call
aux and ey-Premier Monis before the In
vsstigatlng committee OF the Chamber OF
IDENTITIES in AN attempt TO clear them
selves OF the charge that they were
,srt,es 10 the delay in bringing Henri
Bochette. accused OF colossal banking
suindles TO trial for the second time after
his appeal against a two year sentence.
The commission did not need any extra
poS,rs, as all the witnesses who were
summoned were eager to testify. The first
.sn,ence of former Premier Monis illus
trstes how closely the personal and politi-
cal questions are interviewer. He said
Caiilaux had sent him 20 see Public Prose-
cutor Febre about the postponement OF
,he Rochelle trial and that Caillaux s4id
he wanted TO be agreeable to Maurice Her
n.rd who was Rochette's lawyer.
such A wish can be understood when II
. remembered that NJ. Bernard acted for
NJ Caillaux during the trial of the latter's
divorce sun. As tUt WnOAc toSt tbiiAo va
what was said at the various interviews
between the two men. who fiatly contra
dict each other, 1t becomes a question Of
whose word should be accepted.
Turning to his conversation with
rsbre. Mons told the committee
that ne asked Fabre IL. on account
o. the financial situation, the Ro-
cAette trial could be postponed. He
quoted Fapre as replying that the public
would oe likely TO attribute sinister mo-
yves z the Rochette AFFAIR were sent
back TO the investigating Judge.
u remarked" continued Monis, "thaS
Tia. Nas question Cor the presiding
utca 10 dispose OF. No pressure what
.,s- wps brought TO bear on NJ. Fabre,
II. ..,. me IN All amisble mood and eS-
..ss..I 40 my son great admiration and
.e.AG for me-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
FLASHES FROM THE CABLE.

JouANNisTHAL.-Th" big military di-
rigiple balloon Zeppelin " was torn from
the hands OF the soldiers who were hold
ing the ropes to-day, but by timely
sacrifice OF ballast the alrship cleared tho
grand stand by foot,
JohANNisrHAL.--rne altitude record of
t2,3O3 feet for flight with three pas
sengers was established by Robert Thelen.
ToKIo.--An elaborate exposition was
opened In commemorati0n OF the opening
Of the reign Of Emperor Yoshihito-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
DUTCH AVIATOR A SUICIDE.
kiI,a Uim.cn for Love OF American
GirI. Il IL said.

4;rAArES, March 2n.-Thr Dutch ava
tor Leo van St'lJu committed suicide 10
day hy taxing dose OF vrronal II Is
said that liza ac' was prompted by III.
requitra love Tor az American girl who's.
nam Is not di>uig,d. lie VAS b'r' IL
1881
pNEs March @U.--A hurricane ~ N.l.
lauoublty to-day blew down the a,lhtora
camp ani sh"dg Ncroplaues valgcd .,
4u0.ood francs ESQ 0O0t. were reduced :"
spiiutyrs and scrap iron,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
Business at 100000 . Day.


II was asserted that Rochette's scheme
was to use the capital invested each time
he fioated a new company 10 pay enOr-
nous dividends on the shares OF his other
enterprises and thus keep up his credit
and accumulate millions. Kochette did
business Of about $4,000 day The fact
that men In high Government posts We're
concerned In his manlpulatlons was APP
parent when coup de bourse" inyol-
wing nearly million dollars was executed
by men who knew three days before Ro-
chettes arrest that official action was 10
be taken against the be- mixer
Rochelle was released on $4,000 bail
in the following May. In July he was
sentenced TO two years Imprisonment and
"a relatively small fine. He appealed and
was permitted to remain at liberty and
conduct his affairs on the same scale al
before. II was this period of Rochette's
career that NJ. Calmette discussed in the
article referred to. He said;
lie continued his bold speculations.
which were often lucky for his friends
and his operations disastrous for the
BIAS de laine" which he INCREASINGLY con-
tinued to empty. lie had already plum
dered the owners of small savings to the
extent of s1a.400.o00 before his arrest.
But this figure was of little account to
his protectors, and after his first con-
demnit ion, thanks to the relaxation he
had obtained in the prosecution, he sue
ceeded in again taking Si3.6oo,O0o from
the public"
A parliamentary committee was APP
pointed TO inquire into every phase OF the
Rochelle scandal " was under the pres
ldency OF Jean Jaures. tine Socialist
| leader, and the same committee is now
! again to undertake an inquiry into the
! alleged connection OF Calllaux with the
| proceedings which enabled the convicted
| banker to escape prison. According to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
"Younq Mems Shop-I6 West 36th St.
Opposition Wants Who'll. Cabinet
Tried for Navy Scandal.

TOXIC, March 20.-A petition FOR the
impeachment Of tho Japanes" Cabinet be-
cause OF the scandal arising out of tho
receipt ny japanese navy officers OF IL
licit commissions from German ordnance
manufacturers was presented to-day in
IN. Diet. II vas Ia the form OF nm ad-
dress to tho throne 10y the Opposition
members.
Andrew NJ. Poolcy. Reuters correspond
ent here. who was arrested here last
month In connection with the ordnanc"
deals, has been released or bail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
STEAMSHIP LINES
UNABLE TO AGREE
Atlantic Pool Conference Breaks
Up-TO Meet Again
on May /.
MUCH INTERNAL STRIFE
Four Factions ut Berlin Meet
ing All Want More steer
age Traffic.
MUCH INTERNAL STRIFE
Special cable Despatch 10 Tar So

BERLIN, March 9o.--i.ter three days
session the conference OF representatives
OF the transatlantic steamship lines com
prisins the North Atlantic pool vas unable
to reach an agreement IT. regard TO the
division OF Storage business and adj
journed this afternoon until May /, when
another conference will be held, probs bly,
In Cologne.
This action was not taken unit! the use
lessness OF continuing the present confer.
ence became painfully apparent 70 all the
delegates. Aside from the brief an
nouncement which frankly admitted that
the deliberations IN Berlin had led to no
results and that another conference would
be held later nothing official was given
out.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
F. A. PEHRET BURNED BY LAVA
American Volcanic Expert IL l0-
jur.d In Japan.

kAGosHIMA. Japan, March 2o.-FranK
Alvord Ferret OF New York, an authority
on volcanoes. was burned on the hands
and legs to-day when molten lava eA'
ploded while ne was study!pG the Sakura'
shlma volcano, the recent eruption OF
which caused considerable loss OF life and
great loss or property,
Mr. Pcrret IL honorary assistant in the
Royal Observatory on Mount Nesuvius
and officially represents the Volcanic Re-
search Society OF Springfield, Mass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
RUM CAUSES AVIATION DEATHS
Lord L"nsdAic Says Avoidance ="
Drink would Lessen Mortality.

special Cdjie Deopatch - lHE S..
l.oHpuN, March 2O,--luri Lons"ac %.
q speccl NJ the Automobile Club Tonight
virtually ascriped the Vuormu-s Nurta...
among ayIators 10 the use Of alcohol.
Lord I.onsdsIe sud there had bee.
4O7 av!ators Killed IN various countg'e"
since 1910 Vie hogLcd ~" rilots l.
avoid strong drink ana said II they d.d
not stop drniNug to EXCISE II would lHl.
aviation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
DECEIVED HUSBAND FINED $40
Psris Court Holds He Must Not En-
ter RiSal's Domicile.

special CUbit D6SpdfcH 10 ms sch
PARIS. March Pea police court de
cided to-day that Il husband who discovers
that his wife Is living with another man
has no right To enter the lovers domicils
forciby ana take violent measures.
francs ($20). i
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
Calmett.'s Attack ON C.iIIsur.

This article WAS printed In the Figaro
on March 10. but three days previously
Calinette made one of the bitterest OF fis
attacks on the Minister OF Finance be-
cause OF the latter's connection with the
Rochelle AFFAIR. This article expressed
the JOY OF the editor OF the Figaro at hav-
ing been able to prove that the one 49,
pulse which has guided the political ca
reer OF Calllaux has been money grab
bing."
We have shown" il said, that In the
most unexpected administrative del!bera-
tions he was the suavs ana servile cap
tive OF the wealthiest foreign fnanciers ::
tina. like jealous slave he sacrificed
his most intimate associates in case OF
conflict; that he assured to himself pro-
ductve bonds and TAT pickings
We have shown how NJ pres mt.
illegally permitting prohibited bonds to
DE quoted on the Paris Bourse such as
the bonds OF the Credit Foncie EGypten.
In which he was personally interes; ed he
is the enemy Of the national savings. the
enemy Of the safety OF the fatherland,
The enemy OF justice"
NJ Calmc;te then went on TO tell OF the
activities OF Cailiauy in favor OF Rocnette.
The banker was arrested on March 20.
1903. He was at IN. time ~ years OF
age, but ne had founded TWO banks, nine
other financial UNDERTAKINGS and two
newspapers IN the columns of which
shares In his companies woe boom.
and savage attacks MADE on mis- financial
ami political enemies. He employed 400
clerks, The public mad inverted IN hts
enterprises about $4,000. ,G. Within
three months of the Notation ~ hts Hella
Gas Mantle Company the shares. which
were issued at $40. SCARED To 500. The
factory In which the gas NANTES were 70
be manufactured was not even built al
the time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21

From various sources. however. II was
learned that the stubborn demands OF
various lines for q revision OF the quota
of traffic in favor OF themselves made Il
apparent at the first session that no
agreement could Ice reached at this time.
The differences hinged largely around the
admission to the pool of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad and Its new Austro-
American line from Trieste, which upset
the pool. II was insisted by the delegates
OF several lines that an extension OF the
pool conditions and requirements to those
lines necessitated revision of the traffic
quota.
The conference was divided into no less
than four factions, They did not pro-
gress even 80 FAR as to unite into two
sides. The North Atlantic union, which
comprises the Hamburg American Steam
ship Company. the North German Lloyd
company and the Holland America and
Red Star lines, had differences OF It's own,
which divided the North German Lloyd
against the Hamburg American and both
OF these companies against the other two
The Hamburg American and North Ger
man iiuyu -uvc--,i-,i, ii IL said, la i-uvi,-
ing n full agreement between themselves
but have been unable So far to smooth
out the difficulties with the Holland
America and Red Star lines,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
ROyalists start hiOt.

Their. were 5000 "camelots du roi" In
the gathering. A plain clothes policeman
had an alteration with one OF them dur
ing which he fired blank cartridges In the
royallsts face. Other royalists attacked
the policeman and severely wounded him
With sticks. The fight became general, the
police, with their swords. fighting the roy
alists. with sticks. 1t lasted twenty min
utes.
Al the end Of the fight one Of the royal
lists was found lying ON the ground with
bullet In his breast.
! About thirty persons were arrested.
Twelve OF them were held for trial. Two
policemen and ten civilians were injured.
| TIL. funeral service took place In the
| Church OF st. Francois lie Sales, not far
from the home OF NJ. Caillaux. The
| parish priest celebrated mass. Their. was
| no Grafton Among the many wreaths
which lay on or near the coffin war one
! inscribed; "A victim 10 his devotion to
his country" and another with the IN
scviption: KILLED on the field Of honor"
NJ. Cainiette recently obtained a divorce.
but the Judgment has not yet been in
scribed This would have been on March
II, but his death the day before made the
Judgment null. Nine. Calmette is legally
not divorced and will continue to bear
the name OF Calmette.
Emile L.oubet, ex-Presldent OF Franco
was in the gathering at the church. Othe'
notable persons there were Sarah Bern
hsrdt. Msitre Labor, who Is to defend
! Mnn. Ca!llaux Prince Murat, Baron
! Robert de Rothschild. and the two ex-
Premiers. BRAND and Bnrthou.
! several Americans sent wreatis. Among
them were J. Deering NJ. Jahm. Mr.. and
Mrs. Blumenthal. Isadora Duncan A.
Day and the Princess Michel Murat. who
was formerly Hslsna Stale Of Cincinnati
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
4 New Dancing Sox
Mems Crochet Silk SOx

Made on English hand frames, giving superio
strength and wearing quality of heavy pure threat
silk, in black, white, navy, smoke or green, will
plain double soles body OF son of open wor
crochet Voiue ST.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21

On the other side we're the British
North Atlantic lines, which stood for the
pool, including the Canadian lines They
were the Russian, American. Norwegian.
Allan and British lines to scandinavian
countries. who were to be given special
traffic arrangements with the German,
Holland and Belgian lines, but upon
which no agreement could be reached.
It was declared that the British lines