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DREADNoUGHr MORENO ASHORE
Argentine Wnrship IIits Shoal In
Delaware River.

NORFOLK, Va. April lj.--While en- route
to Norfolk from Philadelphia tonight
the Argentina dreadnough, Moreno ran
ashore in the Delawar. River near Reedy
Island. The vessel, one of the largest
afloat was trying To !eacn Delaware
Breakwater 10 anchor for the night. Il
is said. and struck shoal of the island
At last reports the ship was still
ashore, but il is not believed that she
is seriously damaged Tugs have been
sent to her assistance.
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CAR CUTS OFF CHILD'S LEGS.
TwO-Scnr-Oid broke Away From
Mother aud Fell Inder Wheels.

Ernest Hasstr m. years old. son
OF Mrs. Ella Hagstrom of IS West
Ninety street. was walking between
his mother and hi aunt. Miss Elsie Han
on the east side Of Central Park West
at about & O'Clock last evening when he
toddled away from then. stumbled from
the curbing and fell beneath tho rear
truck uf a trolley car. B In Of the
child's le2s were cut or below the knees
The boy was taken To the Polytechnic
Hospital, Yhere II was said that he had
sli-ht chanCe Of recovery.
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AGREE TO JAM
THROUGH A TAX
OF
GO. i. Leaders Also To Lew
on Liquors. Autos and
Bonds.
ASSEMBLY,. MEANTIME.
HANDS OFT SD. 900. 900

..r,vY. Npil i5.--"Th"re Mi he q
a,c,. state tax OF ut least SiS.o0h,ol0.
and IT j, only by the most rigid economy
tha, We can keep it down e. that sum-
said Eion Il. Brown. majority leader.
after a fogr lour conference o: Rcpub-
lean Ser,tors to-day.
'sThe spiri; IT the conference was one
Of strIctost econ my and We will follow
Oh, our economical programme" he
added
The conference VAS to arrange the
party prog anime Of legislation for the
last week the session. Tonight there
was a Joint caucus of Republican Sena-
tors and Assemblymen to get concerted
&C, on on plans which have been mapped
out by the leaders SO final adjournment
can he rad hv April %.
The Republicans also intend to pass
legislation imposing stamp tax on all
Wines and liquors, excepting beer. and
bills to increase the automobile tax and
the TAX on secured debts.
The Assembly passed to-day the an
nual appropriation bill carrying s3?.-
goo. 600 Or something like $4,000. 600 in
excess Of last years bill as finally
passed The Senate is expected to re-
duce the appropriation TO less than last
years bill,
Another bill passed VAS construc-
ton bill providing for an apprJ priation
OF $4,000, O00.
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Inc Assembly may pass all the an
moprid'Ion bills now before the Rules
ohnlttee, but less than soon. 600 of
"ese oi'ls viii go through the Senate"
VI. senator said tonight
Inc Senate had been in session ,hout
an hour to-day when Republican Leader
FOWL moved a recess of ION. hour" for
4 conference Of the Republicans, II wa.
nor" IMAM four hours later. however.
Hn"h me senators came back into the
.'ahoer and resumed the work Of the
'. 'ne meantime all sorts of rumors
~ ~ "hat was taking place had been
H- 'hout the Capitol, running All The
,''h break with the Governor 10
''c"Fatou that they had decided nj
nave direct tax. senator Hyop,I
- appointed spokesman for tho sen.
or ild g interviewed the delarat an
newspaper men who had been wait
.'' 90" conference to break up 10
'.'' mat IN" Legislature will al
mex, F'ld"F Ia spite ~ the ma IS
'.p'''iH' .rgslation which conrrun;s
g, Nri 'i' ana Assembly.
I7Iu' mat the mortgage tax nil
.''' NJ IN" tax on mortgages viii hn
assoc ar IL" present session" said
''''r brown. We have tones. how
''. %. the passage OF Legislation m-
'"s IN" automobile. excise and So
,'' ."''N TAX, and believe We wIll he
TOP increase tho Indirect reyruuos
D.. 'F'W S'.H0u,U00 to 5000. 600. AInu,
''' - this Will come from the
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MAYOR CALLED
A JUGGLER OF
TAX FIGURES
Senator Zion Brown Tells
Mitchell He Errs and Scores
Interference.
NEW YORK WON'T BE
BIRDENED THIS YEAR

N.B,SY. April Is.---Ir caustic letter
to Mayor Mitchell tonight. Flon II.
Brown. Republican leader OF the state
Senate. replied to tho Mayors state
men. that no direct state tax is neces-
sary this year.
"Your scheme Is Objectionable because
1t involves juggling with state finances"
says Senator Brown TN relation to
YOUR structures upon the Assembly APP
preparation and supply bills. permit me
to call your attention to the improprety
Of treating the tentative action OF one
house as a final disposition OF any par
ticular appropriation. Your attempted
survey of the appropriations for the
years 1914 and 1915 Is 70 grossly In
accurate as to battle "A reply in "a letter
Senator Brown goes into detail in
showing where Mayor Mitchell erred
His letter TO the Mayor is an open one
and was made public short time after
Gov. Whitman gave out an opinion by
Attorney-General Woodbury. declaring
that the great cry of New York city to
he relieved of direct state tax this
year Is not based upon "a proper under
standing of the situation.
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~" conference named Senators
.'''. Bnlingamc. Newton aud
'S special committee to draw
'E station for the imposition Of the
'N. Il probably VIII take tho
or Il stamp tax, IN" stamps TO he
'"N'd 10 N" original cOntilner of The
'"' ~ wines. The license fee 10. o.
'uo' dealers under the excise law will
.'' b" changed.
40, tn" conference decided not 10 pass
'S establishing new state hi-hwi"
,l"'H or Increasing the state charges
W. M" maintenance OF roads About a
t''t"r Of million dollars Is savei
' 'u'h ms economy, although we can't
''lIy say we saved n when we don't
...n'Iz, the expenditure.
-, Ne canal appropriation vas talked
'""''' put no vote was taken OH this
p''h"-lian because there was no sentl-
n'i' 10 appropriate money further than
:. ,''eI existing contracts. We think
,|"'","Np viii do this, and the mex;
'uI" can pass an emergency sup
~ OH for the rest OF the money IN
'-nc contracts"
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Hero is the statement OF the Auti-SI-
loon League;
".Iust at this time when the party
LEADERS, are looking for available caudi-
dates for the Presidency for next year
il will be Well If they VIII carefully
consider me or two things. The united
urnhihltiou forces of the country wiz
oppnsc the candidacy of any man who
voted AGAINST the Webb Kenyon inter
stat, liquor shipment law or voted
AGAINST the resolution to submit the ma
tiuual prohibition amendment to the
states or who advocates only the States
right. policy Of dealing with the liquor
traffic,
"a national cvil can bc cured only by
"A natIonal remedy, The most sacred
rIght ut tUo states i the right to chauSc
the organic law of the nation when they
choose. BESIDES the plan of human re-
damption Is mt confined to State lines.
The people are thoroushly In earnest on
this question and have become impa-
tent with trhiug public officials high
and low
The statement recalls the warn.u.;
.iN.u hy Representative llohsru. leader
of the prohibition forces in congress, in
hi, o,osinc speech 0u the resolution 20
submit - constitutional lmcudmc.t that
the prohibition forces would see t. IT
that President II elected in 1916 who
would not oppose the demand for ma
t,onwide prohibition.
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Crew Of % Reaches Safety
After Rowing for Six
Hours.
GOVERNMENT OWNED
THE S125.O0O CARGO
Vessel Was at Anchor When
Fired Upon. Says
Rotterdam.
sp,cia, cable n.spaict IN I'll. 81


LONDON. April It'll" Ro'',.'.."
correspondent Of the DoiU Uod t',".
graphs:
Immediate compensation and full
apology or certain war Is the prevailing
opinion in Dutch shipping cirrIcs ."re
regarding the loss Of the pu'rh steam.
ship Katwiik. which was ser' - 49," vote
ton, by German subm1rir" .,..'"..v.
Holland IL staggered r, OIL. r-Ns
which was circulated hv hH' r.. .- iI.r
morning Nothing else IS ..'s.i ~ IN
ne Bourse ana merchants aud shippers
agree that tho situation - extremely
grave The general feeling among in
nuentlal business men IS th,' GermnY
Is deliberately attempting 10 scar" the
Du,ch from carrying goods 20 t:uglaud
or that her action is taken with tive in
tent OF goading Holland into war
"Details Of tn" sinking show that
there could he no rossih'it Of = mis-
take regarding tho vessel nationality.
There was no question OF cou'raband
The Katwijk anchored ,1 .t~ neigh
uorhood OF the North Hlndor ljghtsh.p
othir,y-onc milos or os,cnd and on two
transa'lnnt'c route To HoHeraHup .t
o'clock las, night ar1 Wa v,..c 700.
, pilot when suddenly 'l.r. vts a
explosion and Few SECOND. He''.ynru
tho periscoro ana mls'- of 90 .gru,r.ro
we're seen
The captain 81 the ha'wl, and =
crew OF twenty-thrcc men. VINO '.- f."
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The evident determination Of tho Pro
hihltionist organization to enter thus
oarlN INTO the national campaign Is
viewed with great concern 10y friends "i
President Wilson and other candidates
who had hoped that IL would not he
necessary for prohibition to become an
issue i'm the nest national campaign.
Both parties are chtrN of the issue and
view It's agitation ia the coming cam
paigu with alarm.
Secretary of state Bryan is IN" only
prominent leader ~ either party who has
cNpressci himself frequently on the
present political status of the movement.
\ short time ago Mr. Bryan advised
members of his party in Iowa TO choose
for a national committeeman man
who was committed to the cause or pro-
hihition. \ short time before IN" pro-
hibition vote IN the House in January
Secretary Bryan urged tn" members of
his PARTY to adopt tn" moral side of tho
untl-liuuor war. Mr., Bryan Scoffed At
those who invoked the state rights ar
gumcnt. lie explained In later state
mcnt. however that he did not believe
the time was ripe for the agitation OF
prohibition as a national issue.
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Little Local Pan.

,''' ''''''u T. sunni
oi New YORK mad" an ther inenectual
ero-, to head off the passage OF "A
rur,i,.r ~. commemorative, RIM, o.. go.
"P
SAFE d.S'Iicts' ""l'h he termed little
heal pap The Democratic opposition
vas Joined lax ten Xev S.rL pcr,b-
,,..,y ,., ,,, ,,,, ,,.....,..,--
'' W. VI '"e
Assembly, Fish Of Putnam and Stein
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Huerta Tells His Plans
for Mextco's Salvation:
Crtes<Dtdn'f MM ader0
EX-DictatOr. in First state
mcnt. Admits Knowing
Presidents Mmrderpr>.
WASHINGTON WAS
MISLED. HE ASSERTS

'ien. N,"torano Hucr'a. whose pros
encc u MS country has SCI 80 many
rumors anoat. CAV" oIt last night his
promised statement go .he prese i.yi-
IDENTITY carefully Thought out, II r"-
viewed the events OF Mexican history
leading up 10 the presidency OF I'ran-
ccsco Midero. to whose "unnaturu
death" Gen. Huer,a referred for The
FIRST time since his arrival IN ;his coun-
t,y.
The ex-dic'at,l said on his honor as
= solder hat hc didn'; XIII pres.dcn.
Madero or cause him % be killed H
admitted that j." knew the identlt; OF
the murderers
The statement was intende.i evidently
as A viudication % Gen. Huerta's right
To be- considered the legally elected
President Of Mexico. II told OF The
difficulties against which hc contend.d
and % the succoss which ne claims 20
have attained He insisted that he i.f,
the country purely of his own free will
In the hope that il might bring about
peace He said there was no one with
sufficient strength 20 have disposseSeed
him against hts wishes
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Included in the letter Of Senator
Brown are two paragraphs from mes
sages of eX-Gov. Glynn. which practi
cally forecast direct tax this year one
Of the paragraphs read ms follows:
by careful planning and by the
exercise Of my veto power | have
reduced tho states appropriations
to its actual revenues. For one year
AZ least I have made 1t possible 10
suspend the imposition of a direct
tax, although this Is merely TEN
porary suspension.
senator Browns letter to the Mayor
follows:
MY DEAR MArur mitchell:
II am writing IN reply to your let
ter OF April - and your Interview In
TnE SIN of April 10 covering the points
in your letter.
The proposal TO raise 100000 for
barge canal contracts on a conditional
tax rate is impracticabc and probably
impossible under the Constitution. II
attempted 1t would involve the cnac'-
mem Of a statute providing for a double
tax rate, the lesser OF which should
exclude the $4,000, 900 for the canal.
and the greater include that sum in
case referendum providing Tor It's
payment Was not adopted by the peO-
pie In November.
This comes perilously near delegat-
ing legislative power to the cumptrull"-
OF to the people or both. II Is not
analogous to appropriations Ike those
for the State Photographic Survey mem
toned by you, which are available only
in case like appropriation is made pv
the national Government, That Is a
real appropriation. payable only in q
certain contingency. Including the 81
0u0, 900 in the tax rate 1t is not an ap-
Precipitation. but the lovying of a tax.
NJ one but the Legislature can levy a
tax
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DR.. ELIOT ON THE WAR.

DR.. Charles w. Eliot has just completed q
book on the causes of the great war. Read
his views and how future wars may be
prevented, in next Sundays SUN.
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BARRIE PAYS TRIBtTE:
TO CHARLES FROHNAN
H.

LONDON, May l0-The man who
never broke his word, There was a
great deal more to him. but every ono
in any land who has had dealings with
Charles Frohman will sign that His
energy was like a force of nature. so
that companies might have been
formed for exploiting the vitality OF
this Niagara Of man. They could
have lit n city with it,
had only one quarrel with him. but
II lasted all the sixteen years I knew
him. He wanted me 10 be play
wright; I wanted TO be anovelist. He
always won, not because of his dogged. .
ness. only because he was so lovable.
One wanted to do as he wanted.
His innumerable companies were as
children to him. He chided them ms
children. soothed them. forgave them
ana certainly loved them ms children.
He exulted In those who became
great names. but it is not they who will
miss him most, but rather the far
greater number who never made a hit.
but fell by the way. Perhaps 1t Is
fitting that all those who made for
honest mirth and happiness should now
go out OF world because It Is too
wicked for them, II is strange to
think that in America Dernburg and
Bernstorff, who. we must believe, were
once good men. too. have an extra
smile with their breakfast roll. be-
cause they and theirs have drowned
Charles Frohman.
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cannot exempt you from the loads tina,
YOU must carry: We can only. make
them light by the spirit in which the,
are carried. This is the spirit OF hope
II is the spirit of liberty. 1t is the spirit
of Justice.
REVIEWS HIS SPIRIT
AS AN AMERICAN
When l was asked, therefore. by the
Mayor and the committee that accom- :
panied him TO come up from Washing
ton TO meet this great company OF
newly-admitted citizens. ! could not de-
cline the invitation. l ought not to he
away from Washington. and yet | feel
that II has renewed my spirit as an
American. In Washington men tell
YOU so many things every day that arc
not so. and l Ike to come and stand
III the presence OF 4 great body OF
fellow citizens, whether they have been
my fellow-citizens a long time or a
short time, and drink, as 1t were. out
OF the common fountain with them
and go back feeling that you have so
generously given me the sense of your
support and of the living vitality in
your hearts. OF its great ideals which
made America the hope OF the world"
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life belts?"

life belts?"
Yes"
Were any special orders given that
morning that life belts be put on?"
NO"
was any warning given you before
you were torpedocd?"
None whatever. II was suddenly
DONE and finished"
IF there had been patrol boat
about might 1t have been Of assist.
ance?"
ut might. but 1t Is one of those
things one never knows"
with regard to threats against his
ship. Captain Turner said he saw moth.
ing except what appeared In the New
York papers the day before the Lusi-
tania sailed. He never had heard the
passengers talking about the threats.
he said.
was a warning given the lower
decks after the ship had been struck ="
"All the passengers must have heard
the explosion" Captain Turner re-
piled.
Captain Turner. in answer to an
other questions, said he received no
report from the lookout before the
torpedo struck the Lusitania.
After physicians had testified that
the victims had mot death through
prolonged immersion and exhaustion.
the coroner summed up the case and
the jury brought In It's verdict.
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Continued from First Page)
by the Cunard Steamship Company,
there was little to cheer anxious rela-
tives or friends, because LIST of iden-
tilted dead given out by the limo con-
tanned the names of some who pre-
viously had been reported among the
survivors.
Friends of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
were prepared tonight TO abandon
hope with the receipt OF latest ad-
vices from Queenstown that no trace
Of the young millionaire has been
found
A relief committee, named by Act
ing Mayor McAneny, to raise funds for
the survivors and relatives met To-
day and arranged 10 send money to
England for those In dire need. Ar
engagements also will be made TO fur
nish relief to those left destitute in
this country. general appeal for
funds Will be sent out Tomorrow
Arrangements We're completed o.day
for the funeral of Charles Frohman.
The body will be sent from Liverpool,
on Saturday aboard the steamship New
York, due here on Sunday. May 90 The
funeral will take place on May %, and
Will be private.
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WHAT WARNING NATIONS CLAIM
IN THEIR OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

sition. was driven back by a coun-
terattack, and his trenches were de-
stroyed
One of our airships bombardcd
the fortified town Of Southend. to the
south of the Thames. this morning
with Il tew bombs.
The number of prisoners cap
tured by this part Of our army alone
since May 2 is thereby increased to
more than $4,000.
Our advance guards have ap-
preached a branch of the Stobnica,
and have reached the Brzczanka, and
also the Lower Wisloka. The pur-
suit continues"
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French.

PARIS, May 1o.-This afternoons
official statement follows:
Three new German attacks north
of Lomba ertzyde were repulsed yes
terday. East of st. Georges our ma
rine fusileers took possession of the
Union Farm. very strongly fortified
by the Germans, and also of a posi-
ton further east. They made about
thirty prisoners.
'Dunkirk YVES again bombarded
this morning at about o'clock. two
shells being thrown.
In the region TO the north of
Arras VIC have maintained all the
Important gains reported in the COM
munication OF yesterday evening.
Along the rest of the front, par
ticularly in tho ArEonne and in
Alsacc. at Sillakcrkwasen. there was
continuation of the artillery fight"
To-night's War Office statement
said:
ITO Jhe north of Arras. in spite OF
several German counterattacks, we
have maintained all our gain OF yes
terday, and we have enlarged it Mt
certain points, notably between
Carency and Sanchez.
Our success is developing. The
total number of prisoners at 8
o'clock to-day exceeded 1000. Among
these were about forty officers, in
Guiding colonel.
we have captured in the last
two days more than ten cannon and
fifteen machine guns.
AT Berry Bac German at
tack has been repulsed. as we'll as
one in the forest Of LIE Pretre."
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kenan, wore what looked like Il heavy
overcoat, around which life belt had
peen buckled. DR.. Kenan did not see
him come TO the rail of the steamer.
DR.. Kenan declares that he went down
twice. The first time he was sub
merged II seemed rs If he had gone
to the bottom. He kept his eyes open,
and finally saw the light. and then his
head protruded from the water. but
stayed there only long enough for him
TO get couple of gasps of air. Then
he was pulled down again. and came up
almost underneath two boats. He was
picked up ii moment later.
DIR. Eenan was i'll when he went into
the water. His condition is still serious,
but he probably will recover.
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German.

BERLIN, May 10 (via London).-
AT the German War Office the fol.
lowing statement was given out to-
day:
Western theater of war:
I'VE made progress on the coast
in the dunes in the direction of
Nieuport. taking several of the
cnemy's trenches and machine guns
y coun,erattack by the enemy dur
ing last night advanced as far as
LombacrtZydc. but was completely
driven back.
I'm Flanders we also gained more
ground. We took l62 British pris-
oncrs ut Vcrlercnhock. Southwest
OF Lille a great Anglo-French at
tack. anticipated as a reply to our
successes in Galicia, was begun and
directed itself against our position
situated 10 the east of FlourbaiN, to
the cast of RichebourS. to the east
OF Ncrme!lcs and at Ablain, Cerebey,
Melville and st. Lawrence, near
-Arras.
The enemy. French. as well as
white and colored British, brought
ut least four new army corps into
the fight. besides the force which
was employed in this line for some
time past. Nevertheless, repeated
attacks have been nearly everywhere
repulscd, with heavy loss for our
opponents. this especially so in the
case Of the British attack
About 500 prisoners have been
taken. Only III the region between
Carney, Melville and Lorent did our
opponents succeed in penetrating
and establishing themselves in our
foremost line trenches.
Eastern thcater OF war:
Notwithstanding all attempts
for the purpose of preventing our
pursuit by means Of fresh forces
brought up by marches. the allied
troops forming the army under
General Won Mackcnsen yesterday
drove back its opponents from posi-
ton after position and took more
than 1900 prisoners and much war
material a counterattack is now
proceeding.
south OF Steinbrueck, in the val
ley OF the Fecht, the enemy, who
had settled himself during thick
fog immediately in front of our po-
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CLERGYNIEN EMPRESS
CDNFIDESCE IN WILSON

CHICAGO, May lo.-Clergymen OF
pro-German sympathies boltcd the
weekly meeting Of the Methodist Epis-
copal ministers of Chicago to-day when
their colleagues refused to postpone dis
cussion OF n resolution condemnine the
inhuman torpedong and un-Christian
sinking of the Lusitania." The rcsolu-
tion was adopted.
The declaration also expressed per
feet confidence" In the sane leadership
of President Wilson"
Similar resolutions Of confidence in
tho President were adopted by the Pres
byterian Ministers Association.
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SHOULD STAND AS ONE MAN
BEHIND PRESIDENT WILSO.

| BOSTON, May lO.-"Not since Fort
Sumter was fired on has public senti-
mcnt in this country been SO infiamed
as 1t is to-day" declared Charming II.
| Cox. Speaker of the Massachusetts
House. in formal address to-day on
the sinking OF the Lusitania and the
| situation President Wilson faces.
The United States stands face to
| face with a grave situation-more
! grave. perhaps. than we realize. 1t is
the hour when men of ali faiths and
beliefs should stand as one man behind
| President Wilson.
"As mon OF influence in this Com
| monwealth. may ] urge you to i'm
press on all your fellowmen the dang err
that may arise from unbridled speech
and for the substitution of passion for
| reason"