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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
ANDERSON SURE
TO Give Chef
NEFF A BATTLE

v,,ends OF Harry Anderson, the
vs,rcuver lightweight not only
s,slm he Is the premier lightweigh,
british Columbia. but that he IL
~sca enough 10 beat Chef Neft,
sAer he meets In the semiflnal
-.,eh AZ the Elks' club next Fri
Iy night. Anderson has s,xed
- hast Of Northwest iaa.pourders
"a never been defeated, except by
- pinkman when Ed was compel.
- for the 4. A. c. and Anderson
=, the Vancouver A. C.. OF which
net McIuvre was then leading
grit. -, .,-,,,,. 49,.
..rnds with Jack Ciune. the we'll.
Srswn Australian lightvelsht. al
"a Hastings A. C.. Vancouver. re-
ssntly about which enthusiasts are
ain talklng. Anderson looked so
srcd Ciune pronounced him one Of
~ most promising youngsters he
"a ever met In a ring. Later Har.
= heat Joe Rayley In four rounds,
* Judges calling the bout a draw,
~ ought TO give Neff a strong ar
sasnent Friday
nyidson and Theis. two local
ssrsrs Of repute who have been
syidiug 10 the front recently. we're
~sfched fer one OF the prelim-
sar,es Tuesday. both are clever
scsers. pruximan promises n bet
- show than the last Elks' smok'
= which Is dealing In superlatives.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
SEATTLE WITHIN ONE GAME OF FIRST PLACE-BARTH LAID
BRAVES STRONGER
THAN LAST FALL
SAYS STALuMGS

I'VE are stronger right now
than we were q year ago .hls
time" remarked George Stall.
Ipas, manager OF the Braves.
the other day. "snd am Just
a. surs that the Boston team
Will win the National league
pennant this year - | am Of
anything on earth.
I'VE may not have won quite
AZ often during the latter part
Of July and early In August az
we did In the corresponding
period Of 1914, but We are
stronger a. q whole and will be
able to make . driving finish
which Will carry us thru TO VIC
tory. Gvsrs Will not Issvs us,
Ut least not this season. and
by the time the ouakers and
Cubs have finished their slump
the going for W should not be
particularly hard.
AS the race nears lie end
think the fans will find the
Pirates and Giants will be Hqhf.
ing Ne harder for the lead
than sIther the Chicago or
philadelphia team"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
INDIANS SURE
TO RETURN

Assurances from Spokane
Tuesday that tho Spokane club
Intended returning 20 Seattle for
a fivegamc series beginning
Sept 10 and ending with n
double.hcader Sunday. Sept 10.
was like n shot In the arm 10 the
Seattle players who had given
up hope Of ever seeing tho In.
dams again.
Newt Coiyer. sport critic and
the demon scout OF the Ciney
Reds, who persuaded r. G. Farr
to sell ekn Williams and Cal.
lahan In mid-season 30 be could
set 10 per cent cut into the
purchase price and thereby
teopardixed spokane's chances
OF holding the lead over Seattle,
says the Indians will return and
that settles H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Del Gamer. for several years the
most unlucky player In the major
leagues. has managed TO get thru
this season without being shelved
by Injuries and 10 helping the Bos-
ton Red Sox In their pennant fight.
Gamer started with Detroit, but
during HIS two seasons with that
club was out OF the game most OF
the time from injuries. once with a
broken wrist. which for a time.
promised to stop his baseball ca
reer entirely.
Gamer, right hand hitter. In
used at first base when southpaws
oppose the Red Sox. and II hitting
800. Dick Hobitzel. a lefthand
hitter. plays the bag against right.
hand pitchers and Ia hitting close
to 800.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
GIBBONS FAv0RITE
IN PACKEY'S TOWN

CHICAGO, Sept. s,--Betting in
Chicago on the ten-round boxing
match between the welterveights,
Mike Gibbons OF St Paul and
Paekey Mcfarland Of Chicago, TO
DO held Sept. II at the Brighton
Beach motordrome. has made
Peckey appear as a man without
honor In his own country. Chi
cago. Packey's stamping ground
since he decided hs would rather
box than work in the stockyards.
has made the ST. Paul boy favor.
lite. Little money will be wagered
either way. II Is believed In Chi.
cago. but nj present Gibbons men
hold the good end OF 10 TO odds.
Tho general feeling seems to be
that this will be Packey's last
fight. that he has been out OF the
padded square too long To do him.
self justice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

The blacksmith shop and Aus.
tralia have produced another fighter
Of championship class. I, was the
blacksmith shop and Australia that
produced Bob Fftrslmmona, ana Les
Darcy. from the same place. In an.
other F1ts.
Darcy claims 10 be the middle.
weight champion by laying Eddie
mcGoorty away In Is rounds.
Tbs Darcy person besides be-
inx a blacksmith like Fitr. IL like
tho freckisd ono In two other ways.
He can hit lika tho kick Of q mule
and above the waist he 10 built like
a heavyweight.
Fftz was built q good deal like a
lightweight below the waist. but
With heavyweight chest. shoulders
end arms he was able % produce a
great enough wAllop 10 topple big
fellows.
Darcy Ia small. barely Q feet 7
inches, but above hts belt he bulges
out like balloon. Like ritx. he has
q long reach. measuring Tgh. His
chest measures az inches. bicsps
IL inches and forearm IN inches.
He wears a No. II collar.
All tho middiewciKhts he has ever
met tower above him. but none. not
even McGoorty. has shown ss good
n punch. The Australian hss a reg.
ulRr nledgo hammer drive.
Jimmy Clabby will be Darcey's
next opponent and after that he will
lkeiy meet Mike Gibbons.
The new star Ia a III follower OF
Fftx. Creedon. Critic and Hall. who
came from Australia. McGoorty
says anybody who beats Les will be
= wonder. and McCoorty ought to
know
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

fully recovered her memory. altho
she knows US. and her temperature
has lowered four degrees.
Dear Aunt Mary's pain has been
made easier by opistss most OF the
time. but she has hours when she
seems herself. At these times she
wants me with her.
Mother WAverly II completely
submerged under her load OF grief
aud surprise over one OF her son's
doings-Jack's awful deed. She
clings to Dick. and consequently
we both are practically living at
the hospital.
Pat Sullivan has given Mollie a
three-week vacation. and she is
with her mother all the time. She
only comes home with us at night
have tried TO persuade Mollie
not to star at the hospital every
minute. for she Ia looking worn aud
pale, but she seems TO feel that per
haps she is In some way TO blame
for the terrible catastrophe. III |
had gone 10 work in the shop when
dad wanted me TO instead Of going
to work on the newspaper. things
would have been different" she
keeps on saying to me.
try to tell her that the most
futile thoughts In the world are
those which conjure up a different
set OF circumstances from those
that have brought about a great
grief or a great change In ones
life.
1T might have been" walls all
humanity. but few OF us are strong
enough TO add. but n was not, so
why picture to ourselves anything
different from the sctual happen.
ings7"
Mollie asked Dick last night II
he thought a change OF scene would
help Mother Waverly. Yes. do
said Dick with 4 groan, but Mollie,
dear. have not the money TO send
her away. II would be very ex-
pensive. for either you or Margie
would have 10 go with her"
'T1l 20 with her. Dick. and i
have the money" answered Mollie
quickly. Dick looked at us both
for a moment. You women are a
constant surprise TO me-" he burst
out. II think you all are more or
less misers. You always have some
money put away in a safe place.
don't your?
mot all Of us. Dick" ! answer
ed but / think II Is characteristic
OF most women that when they be-
gin TO earn money that they try to
save a little. The women who are
thoughtlessly extravagant are
those who do not know the value
on money-those who are given
what they get with at least tactic
assurance that they can have more
when that Ia gone. Such women
are not 80 much to blame as are
their fathers. brothers or those
who have established this usually
loving. II mistaken. mastery over
their lives and persons
But even you, Margie, always
seAm 10 spend more money than -
II do. As a rule women are the
spenders OF the world. That IN
their business, and only as they
spend iudiciously are they efficient
members Of society.
II have always thought that per-
hans the workingman who brings
hls envelope home TO his wife each
veek and let's her dole out the car
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
SPORTING
FLASHES

It's hard TO get the trend Of
things these days. You pay 10 or
20 cents to SEQ ball game aud
you see fight. You pay about
five bucks TO see fight and what
you get Is a tango.
Now that the crops are all plant.
cd and coming along pretty well,
Farmer Baker has time to think OF
baseball and plans 10 be Home Run
Baker again AZ the rate OF so. 900
a year. with the Newark Feierals
paying the rate.
A ball player Is not without fame
except on the home lot. RUDE Hen.
ton IL canned by Cincinnati and
two clubs make a fight for him.
Fred Snndgrass gets the gate al
New York and four teams start a
scramble Tor him.
Lefty weilman's pals on the 81
Louis American club are going 10
make sure he doesn't lead the
pitchers Of the league this season.
They scored one run behind him
Ia five games.
Johnny Coulon. owner OF an
apartment house. Ia not as careful
OF his Jaw as he Is OF his money
lie plans to get a match with Kid
williams. Perhaps n he had
Jaw like Johnny Evers' he'd hest.
tate a bit.
IA soon aE school opens Connie
Mack will be- able to start hls an.
nual tour OF the kludeTgartons In
search OF materisl. which recalls
that when Stuffy Mcinnis reported
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

The loss OF three regulars. Barth.
Eastley and Bonner. however. puts
the Giants in position where. by a
little extra effort and a break OF
luck, the Vancouver forces may
wreak painful losses. Barth was
taken TO a hospital Tuesday for an
operation on bis thumb, found 10
be infected with blood poisoning.
He will be hors dc combat for
three or four days. possibly longer.
Neither Bonner nor Eastley will
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
MONTANA CRABS
ABERDEEN STARS

ABERDEEN. Sept. s.--Three Alb
erceen high school stars OF recen,
years are TO enter the University
OF Montana within two weeks. Ira
Blackwell. former o. A. G. quarter
back: Harry Adams and Cecil
Johnson. OF the 1914 team. are the
men. Johnson was rated the best
drop.kicker and punicr In the
Northwest inierscholasilc circuit
for three seasons. Two years ago
h1 booted the ball over the bars at
Tacoma from the 55.yard line.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

back court game. Ho compelled HE
older rival and warm personal
friend 20 abandon his net aud
smashing game. Tennis experts
agreed the new champion IL q more
rounded player than Mclaughlin,
that lie can play moro styles OF ten.
ais perfectly than HIS more expert
eueed opponent. Ills youth ana
wonderful agility soon wore cut
Mclaughlin. who seemed TO wilt
after tho second set.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
MI JAMES RUN
DOWN, SAYS BOSS

sHlu James Is the only one OF
~ tvIYling staffs big three who
AT As good as last year at this
Sars OF the schedule" said George
nsilings q few days ago.
~James has nothing radically
vv,as with his arm and he VIII
-, before the cad OF the season
~ something which will sur
NO the 'roosers.' Just now hts
srcslem IL 10 build himself up gen
sr.I,y into the III physical shape
seeded by pitcher In the
majors
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
TWO SEATTLE BOYS
JOIN C0YLE'S TEAM

Wee Coyle. coach NJ the Gonxasa
university. Spokane. has prevailed
upon Nerve GALLAGHER. two years
ago All-seatue quarterback and
graduate OF Franklin high school.
and Alexander F1negold. a former
end at Broadway high school and
last year with the Rainier Valley
A. c. eleven. 10 enroll for his team,
GRilagher weighs about is5 and In
fast. clever open.field runner.
Fincgold scales about 100. Frank
Mulian. of Seattle. has left for
OonxaEn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
OREGON BACkFlElD
HAS BEE WORRIED

Uncertainty regarding the back
field is all that keeps Hugo Bezdek.
coach at Oregon. from claiming the
conference championship. He says
he In not sure whether Bryant,
Parsons and Malarkey will return.
Malarkcy was troubled with his
eyes a year ago and that may keep
him out his fall.
Dave Philbin., giant tackle. is the
only one who has definitely an.
nounced he will not come back.
philbin Is supposed 10 have left for
Penn State.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE

fare and tobacco money has the
right idea OF the partnership.
She certainly will make II go
farther than he will. and have
also found that IN the cases whore
this Is done the family IL more apt
to be living In its own home"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Tom Tyrer. Broadway high
school graduate. four years end on
the W y. C. team and Recently ap.
rointed assistant coach At tho state
college. left Seattle Monday for
iAb.ry Lake. whore William Dieix,
Carlisle star. named successor 10
Johnny Bender, will put a large
squad thru preliminary practice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Sunday. probably
not then. East
ley has a frac-
tured jawbone
and his mouth Is
full OF wire. so
any strain might
cause seri o us
C o m D ! icstions.
Bonner was still
IN bed. with a
high fever. and
developing symp-
toms OF pneu-
MONA. When he
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

rain. the Giants
crept up half a
game on the In
dams. who gus.
tanned a humill.
ating 2i-to-4 de-
feat AZ the hands
OF the Tigers IN
Spokane. Seattle
In now but one
game b eh in d
Spokane and go
Ing up. while the
Indians are In
utter rOut.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

COAST LEAGUE


fNsttensit 3D. Boston 2. Sev rerk ..
nFeaktfn . Phiiaasiphis 4 Chicago ..
~ Louis 1 Cincinnati g rlitsbars
fAmsrlesnt=@Ssw York q Rasfpn g. rhI.
zdsiafia "a, Washington 81, Chicago 10.
Detroit " 81 fssuis Cleveland
fAmsrieaH Asseriatleni 49, indiana ali. 49,
f.aslsvilie i-si CniuFnsa. 4 Cisvsiana D.
fCeasfl San Frauetsca 4 los Angeles q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Is fit for service. the chances are
he will be weak and far from him
self. This throws the burden OF
the pitching on Rose. Schmufz.
Clark and McIvor. Either McIvor
or Rose will play right field. A.
both are good hitters and average
fielders. the club will not be weak
ened TO the extent the loss Of an
inSieider would cause.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
SPOKANE GETS
TERRIBLE JOLT

SPOKANE. Sept s-Taeoma
waiioped spokane 81 20 yester.
day. Kelly started and before
Wicker could remove him ~ runs
had been scored in the first. The
game became farce thereafter.
Score:
spokane ..............a 10 a.
Tacoma 20 A.
Enthusiastically. Murphy. Col.
trim. Wuffli and Brenegnn, Hen.
dirk and Hoffman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

cev.y We, wash .. Nsdmsn iti rr.rn.
srson A.ntiffs 4. stacy sho-ns o. Hlfss.
fisid 81. wssstana isi naiiarA a. orssn
Laks Comets u Ss,isnAl Billiard eise q.
Jsgsa.s. Tsass ~ jefferson Park 4
Times pueks D. n v. A c is Ssrsa
Aiki > n v. A G. o. south Park 0.
pa~srish >. Ashsi o. PCT, Townsend
Cats !, Hissrnians .. nsiisrs sssvsrs
81. rafFsrs Q.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
l9-Year-Old California Boy
Is New National Tennis King
FOREST HILLS. N. r. sep, g.

FOREST HILLS. N. Y. sept a.
w. Nj. Johnston. isyesrold San
franciscan. defeated Maurice E.
MoLoughlin for the national tennis
title here yesterday. winning. i.s,
90, rs, los. Johnston beat X. Nor,
ris Williams. 1914 champion. Mon.
day, and therefore IL entitled 10
rank No. IN this country.
Johnston outgcneralded Nc.
toughlin. forcing him 20 play a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Tealy has q
game bunch OF
ball players. who
refuse 10 be
stopped by
heavy losses in
the ranks.
To make UP
for Tuesdays
loaf. the Van
couyer and Seat
tie clubs will
play two games
here Sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Norman Tabor set new record
for the mile, but we won't know II
he is the fastest runner in the
world until that bout between Nc
Farland and Gibbons Is held In
New York.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
.. 4. Q. GETS STAR

Merle Briggs. one OF the best
xcthalI. baseball and track men
aIbany high school, Ora. ever
mrued out. viii enroll q, o. A. G.
All fall. Briggs Is an end.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
DICK THINKS WOMEN ARE
MISERs


MISERs
grspyrixhs. 1915. sy the Newspaper
zntsrprts~ Asseeiationi
Things have happened so thick
and fast for the last few weeks.
little book. that II has been i'm.
possible 10 hardly think about
them. much less TO write them
dovn for you.
I shall try to do 1, as often as
possibls. however, for II always
dear my brain when 7 talk 10 you.
! an able to form conclusions that
] feel are much more sensible than
Y j jumped at them without think
Ing the circumstances over.
Our hospital PATIENTS all seem
pretty comfortable. Mary has not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Johnny Evers can't be SO dan.
gerous after all. The gassing he
gave Umpire Qulgley in Boston
didn't feaze the Jump. but when Qulg
tried 10 light q gas burner at Chi.
caEo he was knocked out for several
days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

A. nearly every school has a
lsrxe squad of monosrammed
rl.yer. eligible for competition this
srsssn. the Portland fnserscholastic
hague will bring out sood football
shis tall, say Portland papers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

YOU THE KIND OF HELP"
THAT you WANT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
Giants
Gain on
Spokane

Remaining idle Tuesday while
the Northwest was In a deluge Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Can't and.ratand why Warren
Carter. II. South Pasadena. Cal.
man should boast about having an
option on the Cincinnati club. un.
less he wants 10 show he doesn't
care What he does with hia money.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

for duty. Connie though, he was a
new bat boy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

nesday against Colwell. Browns
best bet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

Willie Richie wants 10 meet
JoAnny Dundee or Richie Mitchell
before be goes into a match with
Nike Gibbons. Safety first.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
How They Stand
In the Leaaues
~~~~~~~~~~~~N~~~~~~

NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-05-06
LINCOLN IN FAVOR
OF HIGHER WAGES
Pullman Company Director Says
System Is Wrong.

Washington, May 5.-Robert T. Lin.
coin, chairman of the board Of direc.
tors Of the Pullman company, frankly
told the United States commission on
industrial relations here that's he be.
lieved the system of paying sleeping
car porters should be changed and
that wages of Pullman car conduc.
tors should be increased
Both of these subjects, he said, will
be taken up by the companys direc-
tors in the near future.
The son of President Lincoln in.
sisted, however, that employment af
forded the negro by the Pullman com.
pany has been one of the most up.
lifting opportunities the race has had
In 1912, Mr.. Lincoln said, the pay
of Pullman conductors was raised to
$40 month for the first six months.
Salaries of conductors on special
trains, he said, are $10O month,
The average, he thought, should be
increased. .---
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-05-06
Merely
Defend PEK'||VC.
China Preparing to Resist In
vaslon Of Japanese.
GUARDING WINTER PALACE

Officials Are Making No Military
Preparations Elsewhere Than at the
Capital, Considering That the Chi.
nese Will Be Unable to Oppose the
Japanese Should They Make an
Attack.
Peking, May 5.-Military prepara-
lions are being made for the defense
Of Picking.
According to Chinese officials
whose statements have been corrobo.
rated in other circles, the govern.
ment is making no preparations else
where than at the capital for defense,
considering that the Chinese will be
unable to oppose the Japanese should
they make an attack.
1t is asserted in high quarters that
100000 troops have been concentrated
in the environs of Peking, but with
sufficient ammunition for only brief
resistance.
Special police and military precau
lions have been taken throughout the
city, especially around the winter pal
ace, where President Yuan Shi Kai
resides. The officials declare they are
suspicious that the Japanese may un
dertake a repetition of the Korean
coup d'etat.
The Japanese legation, it is said
notified the Japanese to prepare to
leave Peking and that many women
and children are preparing to depart.
Many of the Japanese men probably
will take refuge in the legation head
quarters if hostilities break
The situation is considered awk
ward for some Of the foreign lega
lions, particularly those whose coun.
tries sympathize with the Chinese:
but none of them could oppose the
entry of Japanese into Picking.
kilograms received here from Muk.
den say the Japanese bank and post
office there have suspended business:
that the Japanese reservists have
been called to the cOlors.
DR.. Paul S. Reinsch, United States
minister here, expresses the opinion
that the missionaries and other
Americans in the interior are in no
danger whatever.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-05-06
HIGH COST OF FIGHTING
War Is Taxing Great Britain Over
$1O,OOO,OOO a Day.

London, May 5.-Walter Runciman,
president of the board of trade, an
nounced in the house of commons that
the British government had requisi:
toned the entire supplies of meat
from Australia and New Zealand.
The supplies that were not needed
for the army, Mr.. Runciman added,
would be marketed for the benefit of
the civil population to prevent such
increase in price as would result from
a shortage Of supplies.
In one of the shortest budget
speeches on record, lasting little more
than an hour, David Lloyd-George, the
chancellor of the exchequer, gave the
British public further insight into
what the war is costing the nation.
The expenditure at present, Mr..
Lloyd George said, was 92,10O,000
10,500,000) daily, and he added that
if the war continued for a year Great
Britain's bill would be upward of Ell
000, 100000 (about $5;O00,0 O0,O0O). The
debt of the country, according to Mr..
Lloyd George, already had been al
most doubled and stood we'll above the
$4,000, 100000 mark.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-05-06
GuLFLIGHT CASE TO CABINET
Wilson Discusses Sinking Of Sh
With Advisers.

Wilson Discusses Sinking Of Ship
With Advisers.
Washington, May 5.-President Will
son discussed with his cabinet the
torpedOing of the American steamer
Gulfight off the Sicily islands, but
in the absence of a detailed report on
the incident no policy was formulat-
ed.
Messages received from American
Consul Stephens of Plymouth and
Consul General Skinner at London
add little to the information previous
ly obtained. Both were instructed to
get complete statements from mem.
bers of the ships crew and to gather
such evidence of a technical nature
concerning the damage done to the
ship as could be learned by an ex-
animation of the vessel on it's arrival
in port.
Officials want to establish beyond
doubt whether the vessel was struck
by torpedo or mine and, if posi-
BILE the nationality Of the explosive.