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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
CHARLTON IN PAINTING
FIT As TRIAL BEGINS
Italian Court Refuses Delay and
Examines American.

Como, Italy. Oct 1S.-When the case
Of Porter Charlton, the American
charged with numbering his wife, was
called to-day, SignOr Cataneo asked for
further postponement TO give Mlceli
Picard. CharltOn's chief counsel, fur
Their time 10 study the case.
Baron Sciacca. the presiding Judge,
refused to consent TO a pOstponement,
saying that he considered the presence
Of Signor CatanO sufficient 70 protect
the interests of the accused.
The court then Intercepted Charlton,
who spoke for about an hour. giving a
complete account Of his life from the
time he met Mary Scott, whom he mar
ried and Of whose murder he Is accused,
up 10 the time the crime was committed.
Charlton spoke in Italian, but owing
10 the difficulty he experienced in find
ing the proper words with which TO eX-
press himself. the court frequently
helped him out
Charlton was attacked with q faint
ING III while under interrogation, and
was obliged 10 retire from the court
room. When he returned Baron Sciacca
continued the inquiry.
The public Is excluded from the
courtroom because of the nature Of the
testimony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
NEUTRAL u. S. SHOULD
EXPLAIN, SAYS EDITOR
Bernhard Thinks Won Bern.
StOrff'S Messages Are Held Up.

Berlin. Oct. Is George Bernhard.
editor OF the "Nossische Zcitung." con
urues to-day his weekly discussion Of
matters relating 10 Germany and the
United States he reviews the case OF
Or. Dumba. the Austro- Hungarian Am
bassad0r. VINO was recalled by his gov
eminent. the latter's letter 20 Score
tary Of State Lansing having just been
published here. and draws the conc,u-
sion that Count Won BernstorT. Ger
man Amha sador az WASHINGTON. IS
also having difficulty in communicating
with his government. because his Of
fCla. report OF his Arabic transactions
has not yet been made public.
After declaring that Dr. Dumba's
letter belongs 20 the most sensational
written revelations in this All too sem
sational war" Herr Bernhard says:
These reports Of the ambassador
throw a new and most suspicious light
on the neutrality Of the United states
After long speculation as TO
whether Count Won Berrstoriis mes
sages are being held up. as Dr.. Dumba's
are alleged 20 have been, the writer
declares.
1T appears TO be urgently necessary
20 secure an explanation as 10 how
America is fulfilling toward the Ger
man Ambassador the obligations pre-
scribcd by international law"
Count Won Reventlow devotes col
umn in the "Tageszeitung' 20 the
American naval programme for the
co ing five years, and says; at Is "a
significant fact that the United States
is carefully watching the present war,
and. Notwithstanding the submarine
successes. has decided on the construc-
ton Of sixteen huge hattlcships.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
CONTRACTS MADE
FOR Y WARShlPS
Largest Number for New
Construction Ever
Awarded by Navy.
G by International Film s7r.cc
lFrom The Tnhnn. Rur..u I

Washington. oct. IS. Contracts 70,
six torpedo boat destroyers and sixteen
coast defence submarines were awarded
to-day b. the Navy Department the
largest number Of contracts for new
construction ever awarded IN the his
tory of the navy. Two OF the destroy
ers and two of the submarines viii be
built in government navy yards, under
estimates furnished by the yards.
Contracts for the destroyers were
awarded as follows:
Two 10 William Cramp G. Sons Ship
and Engine Building Company at SSi5,-
600 each.
One to the Seattle Construction and
Dry Dock Company at S8s5,O0O.
One TO the Bath Iron Works at SS19,-
500.
One to the Navy Yard. Mare Island.
Cal. in accordance with ITS estimate OF
1852, 63S.
one to the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.
in accordance with It's estimate OF
S7O6,3O5.
This gives a total Of contract for
destroyers of S4.923. 443. The limit Of
cost imposed by Congress was S925.OOJ
for each destroyer, or total Of So
500 900.
The principal characteristics of the
destroyers are: Length over all. 3l5
feet inches; beam, 80 feet Z inches;
draft. feet; displacement, LIPS tons;
battery. four 4-inch rapid fire guns;
two anti-aircraft guns; four torpedo
tubes. TO discharge the heavies- and
longest range tOrpedoes now built; ma
chine. steam turbines. oil fuel. nred
water tube boilers; speed. 30 knots.
The destroyer contracted for by the
Bath Iron Works will not be built IN
accordance with the designs furnished
by the Navy Department, as in the cas-"
Of the others. but after the bidders
own design of machinery. the company
guaranteeing results i'm speed ana
cruising radius somewhat in excess o.
those REQUIRED by the department
This contract was placed Secretary
of the Navy Daniels said, in pursuance
Of the departments policy Of encour-
aging private enterprise which prom
ises progress along scientific and engl-
neering lines.
Contracts for the destroyers call for
delivery 20 the government in eighteen
TO twenty moItA7' Ni-Dii 90 40 49,
tinct advance IN rapldity OF construc-
ton over previous years.
Contracts for the sixteen coast de
fence submarines were awarded as iol-
lows:
Eight TO the Electric Boat COMPANY
for s545,000 each.
Three 20 the Lake Torpedo Boat
Company for S545,0O0 each.
Three on the Lake Compsny's des On
70 the California Shipbu.lding Company
for s54s 500 each.
one to the Navy Yard, Portsmouth
y. II.
One TO the Navy Yard, Puget sound
Wash.
Both the vessels to be built at the
navy wards will be on the design OF
- L.iar.rfr Roat ComDany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
LEASES AN nth
AVE. BLOCK FRONT
Chevrolet Motor Company to
Erect Factory on Site.

The Chevrolet Motor Company has
leased through Ashforth & Co. the en-.
tire block front on the east side Of
Eleventh av., between 55th and 56th
SITS, fronting 200 feet on each thorough
fare. With the exception of the 55th
st. corner, 25xlO0, all Of the property
is owned by the Chanler estate and was
secured on long-term lease.
The southerly corner was bougE.
from the Brooks estate.
The site will be improved with a
modern factory and service building
similar 10 the one il now occupies on
the block 70 the north and which i
acquired from the Sloane estate. With
the completion of the new building the
facilities Of the company will be more
than doubled. The automobile concern
is also making large additions 70 It's
plants at Tarrytown and at Flint. Mich.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
INCOME TAX URGED
BY PROF. SELIGMAN
Witness Sees S21,000,000 Reve-
nue. In a | Per Cent Levy
by the State.

A per cen: direct state tax on in
T comes of more than 1000 year was
advocated yesterday by Edwin r. A.
Seligman, professor Of economics in
Columbia University, who was wit
ness before the Mills legislative com
mittee. This, he had calculated. would
result in a minimum revenue Of from
S2l 900 900 10 500, 900 600.
"The advantage OF the income tax
said Professor Seigman, who. like
most of the other witnesses. preferred
this method OF raising funds, us that
the rate OF interest would be low and
the revenue great. Because Of the low
rate. men who earn $1,000 Il year would
not object 10 paying the small! tax
"lf the income tax is 70 be levied at
all. il must be done by the state, Tor
any local application OF it would bring
failure. The great defect in our sys-
tenn is that we tax real estate ana
nothing else. II the present method
goes unchanged, the rate IN New YORK
will reach $3.50 in three or four years.
This will cause widespread trouble ana
manic unless there Is an immediate IN
crease Of land values. which does not
now seem probable. on the Continent
real estate taxes have been RELOCATED
70 the local divisions
Professor Seiigman said the system
Of general personal property tax was
not only inadequate but unfair.
ITO make man pay the taxes he
instinctively feels are unjust he said
sis 10 make an otherwise honest man
resort 20 what are dishonest practices'
He believed the direct state income
tax which he suggested should apply
10 individuals and corporations alike,
for he thought neither paid fair share
to the state Regarding exemption OF
incomes lower than a certain amount,
the witness said no graduation should
be made, but suggested that 500 or
$500 a year be allowed a couple for
each child.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
COLOMBIA HOLDS
AMERICAN YACHT
Plot FoStered by Germans IS
Rinted at by Officials at
BuenaVentura.

Bogota, Colombia, Oct. ls.-An
American yacht, bound from San Fran
cisco. with the name Academy painted
over the name Ethel and carrying an
unusually large crew. IS being detained
by government authorities near bucna-
ventura. q Colombian port on the Pa
ciAc
According TO the Colombian officials,
the vessels papers are irregular. The
German name Of the master of the
ship. IL is asserted, has been erased
from the papers and an American name
substituted.
The Yacht was searched, but nothing
found to indicate the mission Of her
crew.
San Francisco. Oct. IS The Amcri-
can schooner Academy sailed from here
June q in ballast. with crew Of nine
men. for Callao. Peru. Her master was
Captain L. J. Behn.
The Academy was a white painted
schooner. of 81 tons. so feet long, with
beam Of 25 feet and depth Of .
feet. Normally she carried crew OF
about six men. Shipping records show
that she was purchased in 1913 by
CAPTAIN William Peters. Of San Fran
cisco, who was not well known IN
shipping circles here. The vessel has
been running TO the South Sea Islands
and Mexican ports.
Washington. Oct. is British agents
in this country recently reported that
they believed some yachts were being
QUILTED In California waters and on
the Atlantic coast, TO be manned by
German crews, to attack tank ships
carving fuel oil from the Mexican
fields for the British navy. Their re-
port was soon followed by the disap-
pearance Of the German sailors from
the cruiser Kronprlnz Wilhelm IN
Yacht from the Norfolk Navy Yard.
A small yacht which Quilted at
Pensacola. Fla, also was the subject
of investigation. Another, they re-
ported, was being prepared for sea in
the Gulf of California.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
AID FOR MEDICAL EDITOR
Association Holds that Professional
Rights Are Endangered in Suit.

Declaring that the right Of communi-
cation between doctor and doctor is en-
dangered, the American Medical Ed
itors' Association, in session yester-
day at the Hotel McAlpin, appointed a
committee of three 10 defend DR..
George f. Malsbary, Of Los Angeles,
editor of "The. Southern California
Practitioner" recently indicted on a
charge of sending Objectionable litera-
ture through the mails.
An article written by DR.. II. q. Hyatt
of Kinston, y. c.. on sex problems, APP
peared in DR.. Malsbary's journal and,
according 10 the medical editors, should
have been viewed in the light OF a
technical communication addressed and
limited TO the profession OF medicine.
The committee appointed purposes 20
make A test case Of the editors indict-
ment, feeling that more latitude should
be extended 20 them than Is given TO
less technical publications.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
STEAL $4,000 IN STAMPS
Robbers Break Into Government Safe
in Evansville. Ind.

Evansville. Ind. Oct IS Robbers
forced open the safe in the Office of the
United States Internal Revenue col
lector ea,ly to-day and TOOK $4,000 j..
Q nergency war stamps. The theft was
committed while postofiice employees
were busy on the floor below and while
tho night Waterman was making his
:JInds.
Deputy Collector w. f. Foley said
tbst the rot bers did not touch several
thousand dollars worth of liquor and
tobacco revenue stamps, which, he
said, were not easily disposed Of The
war revenue stamps. he said, could be
readily converted into money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
NURSE ARRESTS JAP ARTIST
Accuses Ledger of Taking Rings Worth
$500 from Cash Box.

Miss Ida ". Seabrook, nurse, Of
664 West 10th Street, yesterday ar
rested Charles p. Achoy, japanese
artist, who had rented a room in her
apartment for the last eight month";
She charged him with stealing rings
valued at $500 from a cashbox n a
bureau drawer None Of the property
has been recovered.
Miss Scabrook telephoned to the
Fourth Branch Detective Bureau yes
terday afternoon announcing that she
wanted Achoy arrested. Detectives
Fuedner and Hudson went 20 her home.
Achoy was locked up AZ Headquarters
last night. charged with burglary. He
denies taking any Of the rings. He
said ne had formerly studied at Colum-
bia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
WOODS FOR SCHOOL DRILLS

Boston, Oct l8.-Military drill in
high schools as a move toward higher
military training was Endorsed BY
Arthur Woods. Police Commissioner OF
New York, in an address to-day at the
Boston Latin School, of which he
once was student.
Mr.. Woods declared that in his four
weeks ut the Plattsburg camp last sum-
mer he found his early military train
ing had been of great value.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
President VIII Speak Here
on Preparedness on
November 4.
1NFIDENT PLANS
WILL BE INDORSED
pocublicans Expected to Make
lin for Detection Of Bryan
ties in Congress.

|. IL Tho ofr,,f5,ss
Wssh-gton- ue'- -. inc ADMINS
...t;or v.. open ire win IT'S oigges'
.,. -...o-sl defence csmpaigr
Gun !" ...L... .ho pros;de,.
@, Novenoe' 90
sill address tfc Manhattan '4uo l'
- Work Ills speech s expected tc
,.-..hs5ov his message 20 Congress OF
3 month .a,ei ""' ~ '''''''''
..-s for recommending an increase OF
-. e-.l 000O0O for prepared
more '''" ......
ness ir ,he army ~.'" ''''
President wilson has made no pubilc
-. ,- g., this time on national
... ia .bo most General
oeie"''' ,.-A.- ho,.,,or his
terms. hy ''.'''
hearers VIII have had time 20 re@c ana
60. .l.. r..o~- ryc~to..ons Of Secre-
as' D.-:ors &c an
isres 0"''.' -.
rroved By Nr. N-Soh' ana Will Oo ANY
o.. ;r.o~n~e. his remarks in terms or
.t,,ssr5 guns.
Ibe admin str..ion IS confident OF
- srr-e.s OF Us measures in Con
80 has large following IN tho
ytsgo We. which win combine with
-, re~.fc,sfs and anti U.ltarlsts 20
-ste an ,~nortar. opposition, u 10 eX-
.se.sd that most O. the Republicans
95n unite with Che rank and ME OF the
democrats 90 approve 'he app Ia
ions
Maryland Sees Danger.
,,,,;.io- from the Maryland League
- E..;o~.r Defence. received az the
hi; House to-day. asks FOR more
.-,;red men. pointing out that while
,,irrteer lev.cs were being raised and
s.,s6 for battle "New York would be
i,6 low by dynamite and fire, WASH
jrg,on might "a second ume IAN pre-,
70 asmes a. me hanGS o. we ny ~ @uci
ana ne 40 jan - RelgiTr1"
% y rnaIe -,s,. be- tr-io the statement
VIM 80 is no Ground for ap-
N!s - ".,.o 81 leest Of the bel
itn.l.sie' -..;o-s Of Fprono seem to feel
ls''st,. - ;,,., ceuse for COMPLAINT
'na. nv 80 ,rbo can say that when
tss'nss -. '.,-,,o,,lo he over one or the
nt pre- 80. - AGAINST US? Each
.,a. navy vastly superior TO
possess ssc, ,osscsses merchant ma
..ls' .vsisbie for use as transports,
.t'.b would enable them 10 bring 70
80 ,bo-es In one short month a thor
ri, trsined well equipped. war-sea-
- 80 ~ Quarter Of q million
NV amy
MN 49,. co--;sor's army plan is in
$500 s,.,..;.~ia~s fbe beginning of a
m' l-. - ~~o.,-a-r OF reconstruc-
~. t. IT, os,fr,etes contain a recon-
IVA, ~ fo~ 10 snnrorriation Of s26.-
s' SI eoo e. reservn ~ ammunition
~ 80 svr- IN mich il believed to be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
R. D. SUTHERLAND DIES
Served Two Terms in Congress and
Aspired TO the Presidency.

Kansas City. No, U.t +" hoderlcA
Dhu Sutherland. * iaprc entative
from the 9th District Of Nebras Aa, died
this morning at ST. Nargarcts Hos
pital, Kansas City, Kan.
Mr. Sutherland was born IN Scotch
Grove. Iowa. on April p, 1862. He
went TO Nebraska while q young man
and was a member Of Congress from
1897 20 1901. lie was q candidate ior
the Presidential nomination OF the
Peoples Independent Party in 1900, a.
though a Democrat lie toured The
East in 1908 for vs. ]. Bryan, whom
he resembled in appearance.
Mr.. Sutherland's home was in Nelson,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19

Theodore
Roosevelt
believes that the
Lusitania mig t
never have been
sunk and even the
invasion of Belgium pre-
vented. Read "What
Roosevelt would have
done" in Julian Streets
diagnosis of 1.-The Most
Interesting American,
an interview that leaves
you, regardless of your
previous opinions, with
an impression of the
mans completeness of
versatility. In this weeks
Collies1ri';Ss
YnB NATIONAL wERKLY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19
$4,000 for a Hand.

For his left hand. which was cut Oft
nj the wrist by an automobile truck
belonging TO Montgomery, Ward & Co.
George ". Powell, dock worker. Of
Himrod Street. Ridgewood, was award
ed $4,000 by a jury in the Queens
County Supreme Court, Long Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-19

of revenue Submarine parts, horses
and mules. uniforms and cloth for uni
forms, lead and zinc, and hundreds of
other war exports have not been
touched
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
House Leaders Downing War
Paint for Prohibition Contest.
Rule to Permit Nationwide
Vote Is Paramount ISSUE"

i Washington, Dec. '2s.-House lead
ers are preparing for a vigorous fight
over the prohibition issue in congress-
Chairman Webb. of. the house jul
dietary committee who is an earnest
advocate OF prohibition and whose
committee has jurisdiction over the
question, already has informally
conferred with Chairman Henry, of
the rules committee regarding the
prospective attitude of the committee
toward any effort to report a rule that
would permit bringing up a consti-
tutional amendment for nationwide
prohibition on the floor of the house.
The rules committee will be organized
early in January and the question of
a rule will then be raised
Members of the Anti-saloon society
have been active in their campaign for
congressional legislation and their eff
forts have been reflected in numerous
communications to members of both
houses. The announced purpose of
some of the leaders in the campaign
is to seek to put onto appropria-
ton bill a rider providing for pro-
hibitiOn in the District of Columbia,
and in the event they should be sue
cessful in that move to bring up the
constitutional prohibition amendment
which Senator Sheppard and former
Rep. Hobson have fought for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
WATCH YOUR JOINTSW
City Sanitary Sergeant Offers Advice
to East Siders.

]. A. Ramsey. city sanitary sergeant,
urges East side people to watch the
work on the new sewer and see that
the joints are carefully closed with
cement so there will be no leaks after
it is covered up.
Unless that is DONE" he said.
the East side isn't going to be in
much better shape from a sanitary
standpoint than it has been without
a sewer. The East side is sandy and
the sewer is down deep enough to be
in wet sand. Nearly everyone uses
water from driven wells and with
leaks in the sewer drainage into the
sand it will not be long until the water
will become polluted"
The East side is now equipped with
vaults in place of sewer and it has
perts that the well water has not been
polluted to a greater extent long ago
But the vaults are shallow and that
may have protected the water to some
extent
Mr. Ramsey says that as taxpayers
and residents of the East side peo-
Pile living there should take sufficient
interest to see that the sewer joints
are carefully cemented together. In
addition to that he urges that they see
that care is used in making their in
dividual connections with the main
sewer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
HURRY TO BUY BOOZE
Six Western States Climb on Water
Wagon January 4.

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Six western states
bought liquor at high speed today in
prSpa ration for the extension of the
~ ter-wagon route to Colorado, Idaho,
. Washington. Oregon, Iowa and Ar
kansas by January L
4. The six states voted dry by legisla-
-.ture, prepared today to enforce the
laws which become effective at mid
night December 81
With South Carolina also becoming
idry January ]. and Virginia, where
prohibition becomes effective Novem-
boz l. 1916 nineteen states. will be
i'm the dry column. Nebraska, Cali
fornia. Michigi n, South Dakota, Yer
..nlont and the territory of Alaska will
vote on state wide prohibition next
wear. they have already announced,
and several other states are expected
TO ballot on the question.
q The seven states which board the
water wagon next Friday night add a
population of S,254.O43 to the dry
ranks according 20 the 1910 census.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
STATE CHESS TOURNEY
Play for Silver Trophy Cup VIII Begin
Tomorrow at ", NJ. C. A.

The annual across. the boards tour
nament of the Kansas State Chess as
ISOLATION will begin tomorrow morning
at the Central Y. M c. A, and will
continue through Wednesday. A num-
Der of out of town players are expect
ed here to play in the tournament and,
the winner Will be presented with I
silver trophy cup, engraved with the
names of all past winners, and he will
hold it until some one defeats him.
other prizes also will probably be
given.
At 1890 tomorrow morning a bust
ness meeting of the association will be
held for the purpose of electing Off
GERS for 1915 and of transacting other
business that may be brought up. 1t
is probable that some of the rules of
the association will be changed.
The state association now has 100
correspondence games being played
with the state association of Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Colorado, and other
correspondence games will be arrang-
ed as there are players to take part in
them.