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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
u. S. SEEKS FACTS
OF LEO'S SINKING
Swedish Schooner Sunk by Mine,
Five Lost-U-BOatS Get AZ
Vessels in June.
fRr Cahls 70 The Tribunal

London, July l4.-The American En-
bassy. through the consulate at Liver
pool. is making an official investigation
of the report that German submarine
used the American bark Normandy as
screen in attacking the Russian steam
shin Leo. 1t is expected Consul Cen
eral Washington will obtain a state
ment from the captain of the Leo, who
is now in Liverpool.
The report of the Liverpool CORE
spondents Of The Tribune that the
Normandy was not sunk because she
had sailed prior TO the institution OF
the submarine blockade attracted much
interest in official circles to-day. The
American authorities will investigate
that, too.
The captain and four members OF the
crew of the Swedish schooner Daisy
we're killed when the vessel was sunk
by mine off Floejtans Lighthouse, &C
cordinc to a Reuter- dispatch from
Stockholm.
A statement from Berlin says that
during the month of June twenty-nine
British. three French, one Belgian and
nine Russian merchantmen were sunk
by German submarines. The total loss
aggregated 900 tons.
"The loss of human life" this state
ment says, "was remarkably small, the
submarines using every precautlon and
giving ample warning and time for
crews TO leave their ships If no resist
ance were attempted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
NEGRO KILLS THREE;
SLAIN AFTER SIEGE
Georgia Posse Dynamites House
Where Fugitive Defends
Himself.

Macon, Ga, July IA posse Of
citizens and county officials to-day
shot and killed Peter Jackson. a negro,
accused of killing three white men
near Cochran, Ga. The negro had bar
ricaded himself in his home and detied
the posse, who blew up the house with
dynamite. Jackson, it was stated, con
tinued firing after his house was dyna-
mited and he was then shot down.
The dead are w. S. Hogg, aged
forty, night marshal; Lynn Sanders.
forty, farm supervisor. and Oscar Law
son, twenty-three, farmland.
Jackson, according 10 reports was
criticised by Sanders yesterday for
some work he had done Later he &C
costed Sanders, drew a pistol and fired
twice, one bullet entering Sanders's
heart, killing him instantly.
Early to-day Hogg and Lawson went
20 Jackson's home to arrest him. when
the negro fired on them with a shot
gun. They died shortly afterward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
MOVE IN BROOKLYN
TODOWN TAMMANY
Invincible Club Starts Campaign
for Fusion Control of the
Board of Aldermen.

Plans for fusion on the candidates
for the Board of Aldermen this fall
will be discussed at a meeting OF a
special committee at the lnvinci6le
Club in Brooklyn tomorrow night.
The intention is to appoint ten Ten
o; prominence in each district as a
committee TO make campaign for the
election of fusion candidates. l. Is
probable that within a short time
similar movement will be under way
in Manhattan.
Politicians agree that without a
fusion Tammany might capture tho
Board of Aldermen for the last two
years of the fusion city admnis;ra-
ton. The present board has forty-iive
fusion members and thirty-four Tam
many men. Some Of the fusion mem
hers come from districts that would
normally 60 Democratic. Fusion Off
Gals are worrying about the outcome
cf the election unless a concerted
movement is organized to uphold the
hands of the fusion city administra-
ton.
Norman Hapgood, chairman Of he
Committee Of One Hundred and Seven,
said yesterday he would take the sub
jtct up with other members and with
the Mayor and other city officials.
Mayor Mitchell, President McAneny
of the Board of Aldermen and Samuel
s. Koenig, president of the Republican
County Committee, are in favor OF the
n-ovement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
JUNE AUTO DEATHS
MOUNT 20 PER CENT
GoldWater Blames Incompetent
Drivers, Mostly Owners
Asks State Restrictions.

In announcing that thirty-four per-
sons were killed during June by auto
mobiles, an increase over the same
month last year of 20 per cent, Dr. S.
s. Goldwater, the Commissioner of the
Department of Health, yesterday said
that large percentage of the fatalities
were due to incompetent drivers who
own their machines and who are per-
mitted by law to travel about in auto
mobiles without passing an examina-
ton.
The automobile death rate for the
first six months of 1915, the Commits
sioner said, totalled 1852 lives. This
means that one person in every ten
caught in an automobile accident died.
The Commissioner calls the auto We
hicle an engine of death, the control Of
which is not the task for "a child, an
unframed amateur. a neurasthenla, an
eXcitable person or weakling." Yet
the Legislature, DR.. Goldwater said,
exacts no test Of an owners capacity
and expressly prohibits any local au-
thority from enacting protective regula-
tions along that line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
Special Note Will Urge
Settlement of Claims
for Five CargoeS.
SHIPPERS DEMANDS
TOTAL $4,000, 900
England Accused of Delaying
Negotiations and Causing
Americans Heavy Losses.
Lrrsn rne rrlsuns Rureau !

Washington, July IA Following the
,ppeal Of the Chicago packers to the
state Department to-day for the as
s;,;ance Of this government in forcing
the British government TO pay them
s4O00.OO0 for cargoes of meat prod
ue,s consigned 10 neutral countries
seized last fall, it was stated that a
soe,ial note would be sent TO Great
Britain on this subject.
This note will be distinct from the
more general note which is to be sent
soon on the general orders in council,
or blockade. proposition. II will deal
only with the holding up of the five
steamships, for which the packers
insist they are entitled to full repara-
,ion. All Of these vessels either
cleared before the orders in council
we're made or before the news of the
orders had been received by the pack
ers or after the products were on their
way from Chicago.
The decision of the State Department
70 make representations followed vain
efforts Of the packers to obtain pay
nent for their cargoes through direct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
CALLS THE BRITISH
WAR REPORTS FALSE
Manchester Guardian Declares
German Statements Get
Wider Credence.

London, July 14.-"One Of our prin-
cipal assets in the war was our power
to tell the exact truth from day to
day about the military operations.
This asset has been lost"
So says THE Manchester Guardian"
to-day, and adds:
"The German reports, when allow
ance is made for occasional exagGer-
ations of victories and for an intclli-
gent anticipation of events, are quite
as reliable as are our own. II is the
more necessary to make this clear. as
we have several times made much Of
the inaccuracies in the German re-
ports.
Impartial American opinion ranks
the truthfulness of German reports Of
land operations above our own To
many Englishmen the lack of frank
ress in the official reports is the most
Encouraging thing in the war"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
AFRICAN EXPLORER
DIES FROM WOUNDS
Richard Dorsey Mohun Won
Wide Recognition in Twenty
Years of Service.
fRy Telegraph to Tie tribune ]

Easton, Md, July 14.-Richard Dor
sey Mohun, African explorer, died yes
terday at the summer residence Of
Ormond Hammond, on Miles River, near
Royal Oak. Nd. He was one of the few
surviving comrades Of Baron d'Hanis
in the development of the Belgian
Congo and the only white survivor Of
the party which connected the east and
west coasts of the Dark Continent by
telegraph.
Mr.. Mohun, who was ffty-one years
old. died from the effects of wounds
received in twenty years service in
Africa. lie had taken an active part
in the suppression of the Arab slave
trade; had made several exploring
trips which resulted IN adding many
new features 10 the map Of Africa; had
governed 100000 natives; had substl-
tuted peaceful markets Of exchange for
old forays and tribal wars, and mad
assisted in breaking up cannlbalism.
For his work in the Congo Free state
and other parts of Africa Mr.. Mohun
had been decorated by the governments
of England, Belgium and France. lie
had also been decorated by the Sultan
of Zanzabar for his work as interme-
dairy between the British admiral and
the Sultan at the time Of the winning
of that place by the English. He was
a survivor of the last Guggenheim eX-
petition into Africa.
Mr.. MOhun first went to Africa as
commercial agent of the United States
after the governments of the world had
recognized the Congo Free State. on
the expiration of his service, Of about
three years, for the United States, the
Belgian government sought his ser
vices. and he spent twenty years IN
Africa, with only three visits home.
Mrs. MohUn, who was Miss Harrlettt
L. Barry, of New York, once accom-
panied her husband to Zanzibar, odt
spent most of the time in Belgium,
between which country and Africa
communication was rapid.
Mr.. Mohun was an officer OF ked
Cross ship sent to Belgium from this
country last year. His great-grand-
father signed the first manumlssio,n
papers in Washington. His grand
father. William Mckinney, was proml-
nent in the African colonization project.
He was a member of the Royal Geo
graphical Societies of England, Be-
GUM and France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
From stat Correspondent Of The Tribune.l


Rarre. Mass. July Ia believe we
shall soon see the end of submarine
warfare" SAYS James Herreshof, Jr.,
relative of Nat Herreshoff, of cup de-
fender fame. and one of the foremost
engineers in this country. Mr.. Her
reshofF has made a study of sub
marines and has closely watched the
DEVELOPMENT of German submarine
warfare.
THE only kind of war vessel which
can successfully cope with the SUP
marine" he continues, "is the torpedo
boat destroyer, but at present Great
Britain is employing all her destroyers
TO convoy the troOp-laden transports
from England 10 the Continent. More
over. destroyers are expensive. Ihere
is much cheaper and more effective
way of Kidding the seas of this sub
marine terror than by constructing de-
stroyers."
Mr.. Herreshoff is spending the sum-
mer at the home of the late JACOB A:
Rus here. RE explained the details OF
his plan. which have so impressed some
Of his friends that they have written TO
acouaintances in England and asked
them to present the scheme to the Ad-
miralty
81 would build a number Of launches
capable Of developing a speed OF
eighteen or twenty knots" said Mr..
Herreshotf. "and i would arm them;
fore and aft. with three-pound guns.
would place these launches in the zones on,
frequented by the submarines. The
launches would be of very light draft.
One of these launches. with crew Of,
saw, five men and two three-Pound guns
could be built at a cost of not more
than $40. 900. l would make them from
-, - ninetv feet in length, with .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
TO GET MUNITIONS
Campaign to Urge Greater
Efforts Begins in England.


London, July 14.-"The Chronicle"
says that n great campaign to urge
munltion workers TO even greater ef-
forts Is TO open to-day with a meeting
at Grantham. and next week meetings
will be held at Luton, Gloucester. STAFF
ford, Preston and other centres.
During the next few weeks hundreds
of meetings will take place in all parts
of the kingdom. The campaign mas
been organized by the Munitions Par
liamentary Committee secretaries, each
Of whom has received the following let
ter from Lloyd George:
81 am glad to hear that the members
of the House are responding so en-
Enthusiastically to my pressing appeal to
them to undertake a campaign in the
country to impress upon employers and
workers in munitions shops the urgent
and even vital necessity for a great and
immediate increase in the output Of
munitions Of war"
Professor Mantoux has been asked
by the French Munitions Minister to
keen in. touch with the campaign and
report from time 70 time as to the re-
suits achieved. II is felt that what af-
fccts England affects France, and later
a similar campaign may be inaugu-
rated in that country. Sixty members
of Parliament have promised to speak
at meetings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
FINEST THEATRE
pLEASES EAST SIDE
Three Productions in Portman-
teau Playhouse Newest Step
in American Drama.

The tiniest playhouse in the world,
known as the Portmanteau Theatre De,
cause its stage can be folded up and
tucked away in an extra large slzed
box was opened last night at the
Christadora Home, TAT Avenue b.
Il is such a tiny affair that 1t taxes
INST twenty seconds 70 set II up
scenery. properties and all. Yet ITS
mechanical devices are perfect, while
IT'S system of lighting is ingenious TO
such an extent that a prominent stage
manager last night expressed his envy
a. the results obtained.
Behind the idea, originated by stuart
Walker. for six years general stage
manager and playreader for David
Belasco. is the plan 10 give tho children
OF the East Side an mixing OF the ar
tistic and Psthetic possibilities in them.
I. is toped eventually TO have plays
written By the young people OF tne
Christadora House, the scenery 20 De
designed. built and painted by them
and the costumes 20 be woven, sewed
and arranged by them.
Three plays by Mr. Walker were pre-
scented last night SO unique were me
performances that the tiny audience OF
prominent persons present pronounced
them the beginning of a new move
ment in the American drama.
In a corner sat Percy Mackaye, Rich
ard Mansfield. I'd. Mrs. Richard Mans
field. David Bispham, Mrs. 5. 5. Nc
Clure and the Misses Irene and Alice
Lewisohn. founders of the rival Neigh
borhood Playhouse Of the East Side.
A drama, The Trimplet,' was pre-
sented first. "A Fan and Two Candle
sticks" an interlude before the cur
tain. came next. and then was shown
six Who Pass While the Lentlls Boil
children's fairy play.
The plays will be presented again to-
night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
WELSH MINERS
DEFY BRITAIN;
OWNERS YIELD
Head of Trade Board
Gives Chance of Keeping
Up Coal Supply.

London, July l4.-Despte the acti)n
of the government in applying the mu-
nitions of war act to the coal mining
industry, which will subject the miners
to severe fines il they strike. it is prac-
tically certain that many men will stop
work in South Wales tomorrow, thus
curtailing the supply of coal for naval
vessels.
A Cardiff dispatch, however, says
Walter Runciman, president of the
board of trade, had acceded to the re-
quest of the miners executive COM
mittee TO resume negotiations and that
thus the executive council will be able
to meet in conference tomorrow with
hope of a settlement.
The Federation of Miners OF the
United Kingdom. the labor leaders and
the general public, on whose support
the miners must count, are all urging
them TO continue work until an agree
ment can be reached, but the executive
council of the South Wales union by a
majority vote refused to support this
recommendation.
Il is not believed that a strike would
last long, as the men themselves are
divided, and the South Wales union has
not the funds 70 finance a long strug-
gle. The Miners Federation is not
likely TO assist them, and there Is also
the possibility that the government
will utilize the miners who enlisted in
the army and who have not yet left the
country.
This dispute, which jeopardizes the
work of the navy, occupies the public
mind in England above all other mat
tiers.
Reports received from the coal fields
show that large proportion of the
men have determined to stop wor:.
This is particularly the case in the
mid-Rhonnda, Merthyr and Aberdare
districts, where non-unionists are nu-
merous end no more pacific than The
unionists. A meeting of the delegates
from the different collieries will be
held tomorrow.
The Mcrthyr miners at n meeting TO-
night unanimously decided not to re-
sumo work tomorrow. They appointed
delegates to attend the conference.
The first breach in the miners front
was announced from the Meath district,
where many thousands of men decided
to continue work.
The text of the price of coal limita-
tions bill, issued to-day, specifies that
coal may not be sold at the pit mouth
for more thar four shiilings ($l) a
ton over the price at which the same
kind of coal was sold during the year
ending June 30, 1914.
The measure was introduced in the
House Of Commons yesterday by Wal
ter Runciman. president Of the Board
of Trade. Violators of the act are
liable to a fine not exceeding $500. The
limitation does not apply to coal for
export.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
Launches Could End
German U-BOat War
Relative of Nat Herreshof, Cup Defender Builder
Urges Formation of Fleet of 1000 to Circle
British Isles and Destroy Submarines

width Of eleven feet and a draft Of
three feet. Of course, such launch
could outrun a submarine.
at would be the duty OF these
launches to patrol the restricted areas
and be on the watch for the time when
the submarine should rise to the sur
face. As soon as she did well placed
shell from either the gun in the bow
or the stern would drill hole IN her
and down she would 60. A submarine
is lust as heavy as water, and Just as
soon as one has a hole knocked IN her
she sinks very rapidly.
"A number of these launches could
be built for the cost OF one torpedo
boat destroyer. | would build thou
sand of them and station them five
miles apart in the waters traversed by
the submarines. | think a feet like
that would soon put the submarines
out of business.
at is a very simple proposition: 1t
would not take more than two or three
men TO handle the guns and another
man TO act as cook for the crew.
81 became so convinced of the prac-
ticabilitv Of the idea that | thought OF
drawing plans for submission 10 the
British government, when ! heard that
the British were about to build hye
hundred submarine destroyers in Scot
land at the Glasgow yards, where the
Shamrock was built. The number OF
destroyers ordered has convinced me
that they must be quite similar to the
type of launch which have been think
THE British government is not con-
tracing for FIVE hundred torpedo boat
destroyers Of the kind she has in ser,
vice That would be too expensive. !
think there is very good reason 70
think that the British will soon be IN
a position to put an end TO the oper-
ations of the German submarines once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
HOME RULE BILL SHELVED
Dublin Corporation Also Votes
Confidence in John Redmond.

Dublin, July l4.-By vote Of 30 to
% the City Corporation refused to-day
TO indorse a resolution demanding that
the Home Rule act should be put into
operation in the whole of Ireland on
September II.
By the same majority the corpora
ticn adopted an amendment expressing
confidence in John f. Redmond, Irish
Nationalist Parliamentary leader, TO
select the speediest means and the
proper moment TO bring the settle
ment into operation. ,
Though the movers Of the Original
resolution protested that there was
rotbinp inimical 70 Mr.. Redmond in IT,,
the majority scented mischief and \
suggestion Of dissension in the Ma
tionalist ranks.
A disorderly scene followed the an
nouncement OF the result Of the vote.
The City Councillors had to be forci-
bly, prevented from engaging IN hst'-
cuffs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
BALDWIN co. GETS
$SO,OOO,OOO ORDER
New Plants Being Built to Ell
plOy $4,000 Men Making
War Munitions.
fBy Telegraph 70 The Tribun.

Philadelphia, July 14.-One Of the
largest single orders for war NUM-
tions yet placed in the country has
come to the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, in this city. 1t is for $4,000
600 worth of rife stocks, shrapnel,
shells and other materials. Many Of
the details in the big contract were
cleared up. it is understood. by H. P.
Dawson, Of J. P. Morgan & Co, in
London.
Certain provisions Of the Baldwin
charter prevented the company from
accepting so-called war orders, but 20
overcome this difficulty it is under
stood that an independent company IS
about to be organized, fathered by the
Baldwin organization.
Two new buildings are being built
at the company's Eddystone plant, near
Chester, Penn One IS a woodworking
shop, where rife stocks will be manu-
featured by the Remington Arms Com
pany. The second structure, said 10 be
for the manufacture of shells. is on
the riverfront. IL IS expected that
%, 900 men will be employed during the
next two years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
APPROVE GERMAN BUDGET
Finance Ministers Of Teuton
States Hold Conference.

Berlin, July II (by wireless to Say
vile, y. Y).-A conference in Berlin
of the Finance Ministers Of the several
German states approved the presenta-
tion of DR.. Kari ielfferich. Secretary
Of the German Imperial Treasury. re-
garding Germany's financial situation.
The war loan and taxation and other
measures to be submitted at the meet
ing of the Reichstag, including gains
from the manufacture of war mate
rails, were also discussed.
All the Ministers agreed that Ger
many's financial situation was most
favorable, and that the nation was
resolved to hold out until victorious
peace was assured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
BRITISH HOLD TWO SHIPS
Norwegian and Swedish Yes
sells Detained for Inquiry.

London. July - delayed by CEN
orr The Norwegian bark Sirius,
from Brunswick, Ga, for Narvik, Nor
way, with a cargo of rosin and naval
stores consigned to Petrograd, has been
detained at Kirkwall pending inquiry.
The Swedish steamer lndianic with
a cargo Of lumber, has been allowed to
proceed after discharging her cargo.
The lumber was sent to a prize court
The Sirius sailed from Brunswick
on June and was reported as hav-
ing arrived at Kirkwall on July Q.
The Indanic was last reported as
having arrived at Gothenburg, Sweden,
on June % from New York, whence
she sailed on April % with cargo
of food and merchandise for Gothen-
burg. She was detained at Kirkwall
and Leith for several weeks and part
of her cargo on that voyage was sent
to "A prize court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
BRITISH ADD TO FLYERS
Annual Accounts Reveal Unex.
pected Number of Airships.

London, July 1.-THE annual ac-
counts of the British dockyards ex-
penditures for last year reveal for the
first time that airship mo. 1G" was
being constructed in 1914. II had been
the Impression that at that time Great
Britain had built only aeroplanes, and
few persons knew so many airshlps
had been constructed. Since that pc
Rod other airships have been added to
the British aviation service.
The same accounts give the total cost
Of the combatant ships in the British
navy in commission at the end OF the
last fiscal year as more than $780,
600 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
GEN. HlLDEBRANDT SHOT
German officer Won Iron Cross
of First and Second Glass.

Sedalia, Mo, July 14.-Word was re-
ceived here to-day by Carl Hide
brandt of the death of his brother,
Lieutenant General George Hildebrandt,
of the German army, in battle July 8.
General Hildebrandt had been decor
ated with the iron cross of both the
first and second class fer bravery in
battle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
Costa's Death Denied.

Paris, July IS, 2:20 a. m.-The
Portuguese legation here has received
dispatch from the Minister OF Foreign
Affairs at Lisbon denying the recent
announcement from Madrid that DR..
Alfonso Costa, leader Of the Portuguese
Democrats, had died in Lisbon. A
Havas dispatch from Lisbon also de-
clares that Dr. Costa is getting better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-15
BORDEN WITH CABINET
Premier Attends Meeting OF
British Ministers.

London, July 14-Sir Robert L. Bor,,
Gcn. the Canadian Premier, attended
to-day's meeting Of the British Cab
met.
This is in line with the policy an
rounced by the government of consult
ing the dominion governments on, the
prosecution of the war and to hear
them on all matters concerning the en-
pire.