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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
ZWIEDINEK CALLS At
STATE DEPARTMENT

Especial to The Times Dispatch
WASHINGTON. December 4.-Barou
Erich Iwiedinck, charge d'affa;res Of
Austria, who has been mentioned as
one OF the foreign REPRESENTATIVES
whom the state Department might dis
miss called at the State Dcpartmon,
to-day and conferred with Assistant
Secretary Phillips AS Baron Zwied
inck left the building, after the con-
ference, he was plainly in ill-humor.
and this at once gave rise to several
reports. One was that he had been
told this government intended to ask
for his recall. and another was that
he had been informed that the United
states had decided to cancel the
cXcquatur of Count Won Nuber, the
Austrian consul general at New York
officials OF the department, however.
would not confirm either report.
The belief has prevailed in Wash
ington for several weeks that this gov
ernment intended taking action against
Count Won Nuber and n number Of
other Austrian consuls. as we'll as ono
or two German officials. Among tho
consuls referred to- who have been
Continued on Fifth Page.)
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REPORT
WITHDRAWN ny OWEN

senator Owen. chairman of the spe-
cial committee which submitted clo-
;irc rule TO the caucus. withdrew the
orhmittee report to-day. after several
days spirited discussion Of the threat
ening subject The step dispelled the
possibility OF fight on the floor OF
the Senate on Monday which might
have delayed organization Of the Senate
FOR many days and prevented delivery
OF President Wilson'S address on Tues
day, $ planned.
IN view of the harmonious endir e
Of the Senate caucus. Majority Leader
Kern tclcgrarhed Vice-president Mar
rhah that his presence in Washington
on Monday w.uld not be required. The
Nicc-President had wished to remain
III Indianapolis for another week be-
cause Of the illness OF Mrs. Marshall
rne Senate will he called to order by
Secretary Baker. and the first order OF
business vii! be the election OF Senator
Clarke. of Arkansas, as president pro
ieInporc. The old rules will prevail.
and the question of whether the Senate
i continuing body will not be
pressed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Finding Mine Fields
Is Perpetual Game
Of PatroZs on Coast


he well assured that on our side
The untroublcd heavens fight,
Through hcndlong wind and hcnpInE
tide,
Make MS their sport Tonight.
Hy force of weather, not of war,
In jeopardy we steer.
Then welcome Fntc's ,iscourtcsy
Whereby IL ~huiI appear.
How In all time of our distress
And our dcIivernncc, too.
The game In more than the plnycr
of the game,
And the ship tx more thun the
He well assured, though wave and
Have miEhtier blows in store,
That we who keep the witch ns-
signed
Must stnnd to IL the more.
And nv our streaming bows rcbuke
Ench billOSv's bnlkcd career,
Sing welcome Fate's discourtesy
Whereby IL iS made cIcnr, etc.
Bc well assured. though in our
power
Is nothing LEFT to give,
hut time md place to meet the hour
And leave to strive to live,
fiti these dissolve our order holds,
Our Service binds us here,
Then welcome Fate's discourtcsy
Whereby 1t Is made clear.
How In NIL time OF our distress
And I'm our triumph. too,
The game is more than the player
of the Enme.
And the ship IN more tIInn the
crew.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
MAY BE CONNECTION
HErNi::N THESE III. pTS

Although officials would no. admit
hat Il direct connection has been
established between the crowley plots
and those IN which Lieutenant Robert
rev and his accompliccs were i,npli-
Gated In Now York, it is understood
.hnny facts point to such conclusion.
If this pro:es true. the department
expects WITHIN u few weeks 10 have
completely defeated plans, nation wide,
TO interfere with munition shipments
in the East 20 England, France and
italy and in the Wcs; TO Russia
Who the head OF the suspected CON
apiracE was or whether it had any
one head has not been discovered. but
in gathering up the threads in the Grow
ley and Fay cases the department. has
laid its hands on information whicn
may develop along that line.
Baron vor Brincken's name does not
appear here i, the records OF he State
Department, but it was explained to-
riPht that despite this fact, hc might
he legally attached to the German con-
sul-Eenerers Office. He woull' have no
i:"munsty from prosecution. and, in
EecpinE with the policy of the De-
partment OF Justice, will be prosecuted
vigorously.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
FIGHT FOR CL0TURE
IN SENATE DROPPED
Democratic Caucus Favors Non
partisan Revision of Rules
of Procedure.
WORK ON HOUSE COMMITTEES
Nominations by Majority Assure
Support for Presidents De-
Tense Program.
ON HOUSE COMMITTEES

WASHINGTON. December 4..The
light to commit Senate Democrats to a
'ioture rule. which began Immediately.
after the ship purchase bill was nl!-
hust"r"d to death in the Senate at the
iaSt session. practically was abandoned
AT to-day's meeting OF the Democratic
caucus. although il was agreed that n
hfnpaTiisan effort should be made to
'orTect abuses that have made endless
7ilpusters matter of frequent prac-
dec.
IL was declared 10 be the sense OF
mo caucus that revision Of the rules
should not be a partisan question. and
mat the whole subject should be re-
ieErea TO the Rules Committee \ rcso-
inuon TO that effect viii he introduced
in Congress on Monday and the Rules
Committee. Of which Scnator Overman
is chairman, Will endeavor to get the
co-operation Of Republican members In
re:asting ,h- methods Of Senate pro-
e.. IDrp
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS
FOR HOUSE. COMMITTEES

Democratic nominations for House
committees. announced to-day by tie
House Democratic caucus. which will
pc laid before the House on Monday,
assure support for President Wilson's
ndiional-defenSc program. Republicans
on the committees will be announced
,atcr.
Five OF six new members OF the
Naval Comm'ltce are "big-navy" men.
oscar Callaway. Of Texas. named to
succeed the late Representative Witaer-
81 con, Of mississippi, is opposed to
any material increase in the navy
Withcrspoon was Of the same convic-
tion. and the naming OF Galloway was
in recognition Of how Withcrspoon
would have voted IL he had returned to
Congress. The new members OF the
Military Affairs Committee are said TO
- unanimously in favor OF a larger
army.
Claude Ki'chin, chairman OF .hc
Ways and Means Committee. is opposed
/" the program OF preparedness. but
ne said to-day that he was satisfied
with the personnel OF the committees
No opposition developed 10 Kitchin con-
tinuing TO head the Ways and Means
Committee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Problem Rcsolues Its elf
Into Keeping in Touch
With the Enemy S
Movements.
DT RTDYARD KIPLING.
tCopyriSht. 1913. I'm the United
States OF Americn by Rud-
ynrt I<iulInpl

On the edge of the North Sea sits
an admiral in charge of stretch Of
coast without lights or marks, along
which the traffic moves much as usual
In front of him there is nothing but
the east wind, the energy and some
few of our ships. Behind him there
are towns, with NJ. P.'s attached. who
a little while ago. didn't see the rca-
son for certain lighting orders. When
a Zeppelin or two came they saw. Left
ana right OF him are enormous docks,
with vast crowded sheds. miles OF
stone faced quay edges, loaded with all
manner of supplies and crowded with
mixed shipping.
In this exalted world one met staff
captains. staff commanders, staff lieu
tenants and secretaries. with paymas-
tcrs so senior that they almost ranked
with admirals. There were warrant
officers, too, who long ago gave up
splashing about decks barefoot and
now check and issue stores to the
ravenous, untruthful fleets. Said one
OF these, guarding n collection Of de-
sirable things, to cross between n
sick bay attendant and n Junior writer
(but he was really an expert burglary (:
NO! An you can tell Mr.. So-and- SO
with my compliments that the store
Keepers gone away-right away-with
the key of these stores in his pocket.
Understand me? In his trousers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
GETS TERM IN PRISON
George Frcdcrlck PrieStley Sentenced
for Four Months for Dealing In
War Materials without Permit.

LONDON, December 4.-GcorSe Fred
crick Priestley was sentenced In Bow
street Police Court to-day to four
months In prison for dealing in war
materials without n permit. priestleys
operations We're brought to light by
the censor. who stopped two letters ad-
dressed to men In New York named
Page and Schreet. The letters contain
an outline OF an agreement with
Schreet for the sale Of 100000 Mauser
rifles
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
CRAFT IN noUMANIAS PORTS
WILL BE COMMA ASDEI,RS.D

LONDON. December f,--Reu,ers
Bukharest correspondent teiGgrapDg
that the Roumanlan military a1thori-
ties have announced that All steam. /.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
DESIGNATION TO ARMY
AND NAVY COM1lIrTEE,S

These are the Democratic desicna
lions TO the Army and Navy Commit
tees:
Naval-Padgett. Tennessee Chair
man); Talbot Maryland; Estopinal.
louisiana: Riordan, New York; Tribhle.
ieorgia: lIensley. Missouri: Buchanan.
Illinois. Gray Indiana Galloway. Texas:
Hart New Jersey; Connolly. Kansas;
Continued on Second PageD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

There are no records OF the recent
movements OF the Middleton. which
presumably was Tn service of the
British government. She was 304 feet
long. 2.5o6 tons gross. built in 1895
an! owned in Hull
The Clan Mcleod was last reported
at Port Said. September &c. She was
owned in Glasgow was 395 feet long,
1876 tons gross, and built in 1903
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
TWO BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
The Middleton and the Clan Mcleod
Sent to Iiottorn in Mediterranean
by Submarines.

LONDON. December 1.-Two more
British steamships have been sunk in
the Mediterranean by submarines.
They were the Middleton and the Clan
Mcleod.
-Four men on the Middleton were
killed and one was wounded. Nineteen
were landed at Malta.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
DESTROYER LOOTENANTS
ARE BORN STEALING:

-tNf DUNN
He snorted at my next question.
DO l know any destroyer looten-
ants?" said he. This coasts rank
with en-! Destroyer lootenants are
born stealing. And that they daren't
pinch they take out in lynn It's a
mercy they're too busy to practice
forgery. or I'd be in gaol. Engineer
commanders? Engineer lootcunnts? L?
They're worse! Look here, If
my own mother was to come to me
| beggin' brass screws for her coffin,
| Pd-rd think twice before I'd obligo
the old lady. Wars war, I grant you
that; but what I've got to deal with
is crime.
1 referred to him case of con-
science In which every one concerned
acted exactly they should, and it
nearly ended in murder. During n
! lengthy action the working of gun
was hampered by some empty cart
ridge cases which tho lieutenant in
charge made signs ono man could hear
| his neighbor speak just them should
/ be hove overheard Upon which the
/ gunner rushed forward and made other
| signs that they were "on charge" and
must he tailed and accounted for. lie,
! too, was trained in Il strict school.
/ upon WnlCn the llcutcHuul, out tnat he
/ was busy. would have killed the gun
ncr for refusing orders in action. AZ
forwards he wanted him shot by court
martial But every one was voiccless
| then, and could only mouth and croak
at each other till somebody laughed,
! and tho pcdantic gunner was spared.
| Well that's what you might fairly
! call 4 naval cruX,' said my friend
! among the stores. The lootenant was
| right. Mustn't refuse orders in action.
( The gunner was right Empty cases
are on charge. No one ought to chuck
/ cm away that way, but damn it.
/ they were all of EN- right. 1t ought
! to ha' been a marine. Then they could
! have killed him and preserved disci-
plne AT the same time"
MUST KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH ENEMY'S MOVEMENTS
The problem OF this coast resolves
! itself into keeping touch with the
/ enemys movements: in preparing mat
! terS to trap and hinder him when he
, moves. and in so entertaining him that
/ he shall not have time to draw clear
J before Il blow desccnds on him from an
/ other quarter. There are then three
! lines OF defense: the outer. the inner
| Continued on Twelfth pacc.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
DRITISH IN NESOPOTAMIA
on RETREAT FROM BAGDAD

LONDON, December 4.-The British,
German and Turkish accounts OF tho
recent lighting in Mcsopotamia, while
containing l.. iuor disparitics respecting
nc casualties and character OF the
British retreat on the Tigris. clearly
establish the fact that. without further
r"-enforcemcnts to equal the overpow-
erng odds against which they have
keen struggling, the British troops un,
der General Townshend have little
prospect Of continuing the march to
1agGad. which city appeared a few
weeks ago to be almost within their
grasp
Having advanced during October AMI
November through the Desert OF Irac
To the very environments of Bagdad,
the British force is now retiring upon
Kut~ El-AmarL. eighty miles southeast
of CtcSiphon, the scene of the battle
fought in the latter part OF November
In which the British troops met their
first serious check.
Tie position therefore Of General
Towushcnd'g force is much the same
as in Septrmher after the battle OF
x 1T El-Amcra. According to re-
cent account. large Turkish rc-enforce-
ments experimenting the forces which
:nur TO one. We're flung against the
Eiitish troops retiring down the Tigris,
and madc a British stand impossible.
NJ MiLTrARY EVENTS
or IMPORTANCE IN BALKANS
There have been no military events
"f any Importance in the Balkans since
,he iall OF MonaStir. Recent reports
make Roumania loom unusually large
"n the Balkan horizon. and that coun-
i;y /. generally accredited with the in
t"ntion either of Joining the allies or
at least stretching her neutrality 10
the paint o, allowing the passage OF
HuSS AN trooT.,. There has been, how
ever. no confirmation of the report that
Z 'ssian troops have already entered
Roumlnian territory
Eolmania's declaration that after
Monday she viii commandeer all for
cign ships anchored in Roumanian
ports. il -dcd by some as proof OF
Eoumania'S intention 10 abandon her
neutrality; but the British press and
pubic in general. which have grown
>kcpucal over premature announce
mrnts Of cnangeS in the policy OF the
balkan states. show little disposition
10 take a Favorable issue FOR granted
pntil it is established beyond the pos
sihiiity OF doubt
Aside from the continuance Of des-
pcrate fighting between Austrans and
na!icns in the Gorizia district. thero
Is comparatively little activity Of the
other fronts.
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CONTINUED on Second Page.J
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MUST KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH ENEMY'S MOVEMENTS

Continued on Twelfth pagc.D
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See Society Section for No. Ten Of
I'D. Series by Home Authors
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

FOR SALE-One-haIf cost price, brand
new piano. never been taken of the
floor Of the store where II was pur-
chased. Apply lo20 Munsey Building
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

l. ST. n. W.. 9oe-Tabie hoard. home cook
ing; meals. $3.50 per week: meals, 81
per week. IL
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SUBURBAN & COUNTRY BOARD

wANTED-Board in a private family for
summer for invalid gentleman. wife and
child: large airy rooms required. bath and
sitting room; within easy access to Washing
ton BY motor; elevated location and desirable
surroundings; mountains preferred. Answer
terms, etc, to PETERS, The Portland, Wash
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
HELP WANTED-MALG
HELP WANrED--FEMALE

WASH MAN wanted. Apply sTERLIN
LAUNDRY, 207 7th st. 3. w.
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HORSES AND VEHICLES

So coo STOCK OF buGGies, wagons, harness
10 be sold in 80 days; going into auto husi-
ness. II you have auto for sale call II. q.
LEARY. 3iO Pa ave y. W. rh. NJ. $40
FOR SALE-SiN horses, . mules Apply rear
OF az PR. ave. y. W
GENTl.EMAN's driving or saddle, FtvIish
hay tTotteT. NJ. A. EMERSON. FAlkktons
Courts. Phone Col. tG. IL
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THos. J. OWEN q SON. Auctiones,
PROPOSALS

SEALED PROPOSALS. in triplicals. win be
received by the ouartermsster General Of
p. m. Eastern time. June IA. 1915. for fur
nishing Office furniture. filing devices. school
desks, etc., for delivery during the fiscal
year 1916. at depots Of the ouartermaster
Corps listed In schedule. Schedules furnished
on application to Quartermaster General. u.
s. Army, Washington, d. c.. or by Depot
Quartermaster. U. s. A.. Washington. D. c.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
the Bureau of Standards. Department OF
Commerce, Washington. d. c., until
o'clock p m, June %, 1915. and then opened,
for furnishing from time to time during the
ensuing fiscal year services as follows;
Schedules l. Electrical work: 2. Carpen-
tering and cabinet making; 8. Gardening;
4 Flastering: s. Bricklaying; s. Cement
hni.hing; 7. Wood finishing, s. Painting; y.
Common labor, including leading men. and
foremen Of laborers; 10. Teams, including
wagons, carts, scoops. scrapers etc: II.
Plumbing. These services will be required
according to the demands of any work which
can not be reduced to formal contracts for
particular jobs. Persons desiring to bid
should apply either in person or by mail at
the office OF the Bureau of Standards. Con-
neoticut Ave. and Pierce Mill Road N W.,
stating specifically which Of the schedules arc
desired. whereupon the proper specifications
and blanks for proposals will be furnished.
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IN MEMORiAM

(Notices for this column are accepted at 10
cents fat, either prose or poetry, In case no.
tice does not exceed ten lines. Add 10 cents
for each line In excess OF ten.)
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MOTORCYCLES

COL AUTO SUPPLY CO., Agents for Read
ing Standard Motorcycles; open nights and
Sundays. 20S5-37 18th ST. Phi Col. 1899.
EXCELSIOR with p. o. J.. tank and lamp.
Sl25. perfect condition. II. u. 49,. single
clutch. $50. HARLEY DAVIDSON RE, AIR
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Vital Records

-
Births.
Clarence E. and Edna Tippett, boy.
Joseph g. and Sybil Kaufman, girl.
Vincenzo and Maria Giovanazzo, girl.
Antonio and Vincenza SantillL girl.
Frederick r. and Mary Sullivan, girl.
Richard s. and Florence z. Hunt, boy.
Charles II. and Annie u Fletcher, girl.
Clarence and Catherine de Bethixsy boy.
James M. and Edna M Brooks. 10y.
John T.. and Ossie Handy, boy.
Delifas and Christina Greene, girl
Marriage Licenses.
8. Myrl. q, and Clara Louis Jennings. both
Names Morochink. %, and Bdith Frankly 20.
both Of baltimore.
Deaths.
James McIlheney. 66 years, Soldiers Home.
Anna G. Kennon. 81 years. Providence Hos-
pital.
Edward Regan,. Al years. Galiinser Hospital.
Charles II. Miller, years. Chevy Chase
John Mccarthy. 90 years. Georgetown Hos
pital.
Warren G. LevansaIer, 7s years, The Cairo.
Miranda A. Hessler. 80 Year,, 61s street
northeast.
James Ashley. Is years. Providence Hospital.
William Alexander, 90 years. Government
Hospital for the Insane.
mary Butler. 80 years. rear Gil M street
Lee Henderson. @ years. Government Hospi-
tai for the Insane.
Edward Quander, 20 years, Garfield Hospital
John II. Price. n years. Washington Asylum
Hospital
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-08-27
Governor Urges New Bench Law.

Denver.-Gov. Carlson has issued a
statement in which he expressed the
opinion that the statute governing the
disqualification of judges should be
amended now that the State Supreme
Court has given a construction of the
statute in the decision announced by
1t, in which 1t issued writ of prohi-
bition preventing Judge CRANKY Hill
yer of the Third Judicial district from
hearing the cases of three former coal
strikers charged with murder. In dis
cussing the statement, which was is
sued in typewriter form, the governor
said he had particularly in mind the
relation of the decision to the prose-
cution of liquor cases under the pro-
hibition law. After reviewing the de-
cision, the governor SAYS:
'If a defendant believes that the
trial Judge is prejudiced against him,
and sets up his alleged facts and the
trial judge meets such statements by
evidence from his side, the Supreme
Court then would have record before
1t in which both sides had been heard
and the judgment of the niger court
as to prejudice or non-prejudice OF the
trial Judge would not be ex parte, but
fair to both"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-08-27
SOCCES 80

charged prisoners must swallow II unaided a
potion which turns many OF them to the under.
world. In desperation. He had not done SO hei.
nous thing that mankind should sbun him as a
ioathsome. dangerous. hunted thing He was
broke and hungry. but he went on hunting for
1oo until another man turned him down cold
and added some stinging words about convicts.
That is what goaded him. 1t goads others
Into following desperate game when he met
young fellow who also had served a bit In the
reform school.
! They went in deep and the next sentence was
to Columbus. That gave him a postgraduate
course in the ways of the underworld the tricks
of the ceverest of the confidence and bur
glars. With the and wles of crime
open book, his active mind set him to
triving burglaries the leader of a gang, and
the disposing of the loot. He never tasted liquor
and was equal to any emergency. Crime became
an sbserbing business Nth him; outlayed bust.
ness filled With the eSer.present dread Of capt1fe
He saved money. but all that he had saved went
in the effort to save himself when he landed IN
a burly officers arms. He was sent to the peni-
tentary in Kansas and there he did time
dured the grinding monotony of prison life and
prison fare as a prisoner.
1t certain that all that buried past would
be revealed II he applied for fidelity bond.
would be necessary II he accepted the position
of treasurer that had been offered to him. 1t
that which made him decide in flash that
he could not be treasurer
That night he did not go directly home. He
telegraphed to Superintendent Lyon of the Cen
tral Howard association in Chicago. using name
he never before had used in that town-his own
The association had found him the job book
keeper when he about to be discharged from
the Kansas prison. In that case he had applied
without expecting anything but advice. but he
discovered when his was taken 10 that its
Affiliations and its system could help convict
when he needed 1t most day or two later he
received a reply crisp in It's instruction to re-
port at for another position.
He got the job. began again. and in six
years he was receiving $500 year. Then he
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-08-27

it must be set free. or changed to an
other form.
The bacteria bring about this
change. They attack the remains of
the plant and break them down into
their elemental parts SO the plant food
there may be used again to grow more
corn, wheat, oats or other plants. They
link the world of the dead to the world
of the living. Without them continued
life on earth would soon be impossible.
Soon dead animals and plants
would accumulate on the face of the
earth. Soon all the available plant
food would be locked up in their dead
hodies. These bacteria are the scay-