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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
DIR. MAGRUDER DIES
IN SERBIAN CAMP
Second American Red Cross
Physician to Fall as Typhus
Victim.

Washington, April 9.-Dr. Ernest r
Magruder. Of this city, one Of the
physicians at the head Of the American
Red Cross unit in Serbia, has fallen
victim 10 typhus fever. His death was
reported to-day from Belgrade to Red
Cross headquarters here.
Dr.. Msgrudcr is the second American
SURGEON 10 give his life to the Ameri-
can Red Cross work to cope with the
epidemic Of typhus which is sweeping
the stricken country. The first was
Dr. Joseph F. Donnelly, of Brooklyn;
and of six American surgeons ard
Twelve nurses who went IN the Red
Cross unit to Serbia only one, Dr.. e. r.
Butler. has been untouched by the
dread disease. None Of the other cases,
however, has resulted fatally. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
BRITISH TORPEDO
OWN BATTLESHIP?

London, March 30..-Private advices
have been received here from the Dar
daneles to the effect that the British
battleships Ocean and Irresistible,
sunk during the bombardment of the
Turkish fortifcations on March is,
were torpedoed by British warships
after they had been damaged badly by
the fire of the Turkish forts.
Information from eyewitness Of
the battle is that after the Irresistible
was struck amidship by Turkish shells.
"one Of our craft finished her with a
torpedo" The fate of the Ocean, il is
said, was similar. Having struck
mine which almost wrecked her. "she
was dispatched by British torpedo
1t is said this action was taken to
prevent the helpless battleships from
drifting ashore, where they might have
fallen into the hands Of the Turks,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
FLEETS RECENT CRUISE
WAS WORST IN HISTORY
Recent Maneuvres Eampered by Vacillatng Policy
Rear Admiral Fiskes Resignation Laid to Much
Censured Methods of Secretary Daniels

to the navy'S unpreparedness, in fiat
contradiction Of the testimony of the
Secretary himself and his represent
ative, Captain .Winterhalter, and in
creased for one reason after another
till the admirsl's resignation was hand
ed in.
With this distrust the whole de-
partment was rent. No officer as
been willing to discuss the smallest
detail of administration in either pub
lie or private. The Secretary would
not trust his subordinates with the re-
ceipting of a bill, and in return, 1t IS
said, his subordinates were in constant
fear Of double dealing by the Secre-
tary.
Secretary Daniels. n, reOver. is gen
orally credited with entertaining def
mite charge against Admiral Fiske a
charge, in the opinion of his subordi-
mates and of every one acquainted with
the facts, which is without justifica-
ton or cause. A so-called Service
paper" which has no connection with
the department. but which still reflects
the views of army and navy officers as
a whole, has been outspOken IN its re-
cent issues in its criticism of the Sec
retary's policies. Having no connec-
tion with the department. its freedom
Of utterance could not be controlled.
Resented Criticisms.
The Secretary. it is said. has deeply
resented its criticisms 1t made no
difference that what was published
was uniformly comment based upon
public documents, long experience
with naval affairs or matters of com
mon notoriety throughout the service.
The Secretary became convinced that
some one within the department was
supplying this publication with infor-
nation hostile TO himself.
The testimony of Rear Admiral Fiske
before the House Naval Committee
clearly setting forth the unprepared-
ness Of the navy in an emergency was
perhaps uppermost in the Secretary's
mind. At all events, il IS asserted in
Washington that Secretary Daniels was
persuaded that Admiral Fiske was sup
plying information 70 the publication
in question. Some officers report that
this suspicion led TO an open rupture
between the Secretary and his aid.
Other causes for an open rupture
have no; been lacking On no point
has the difference of opinion between
the Secretary and the Navy Depart
ment been more divergent and more
bitter than with regard 20 an increase
of the enlisted force. Naval officers
are practically unit for the increase
of the enlisted force to the extent Of
$4,000 men, as recommended by the
General Board. On no point. in oppo-
sition to this increase, has the obsti-
macy of the Secretary proved so un-
yielding.
The Secretary was told in advance
oH the stand unanimously taken by the
General Board in favor of the increase
Continued on page 3. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
Commander of the F-4
Feared Fatal Accident
Lieutenant EIDE Wrote Brother of Explosion, Engine
and Battery Troubles and Something Doing
All the Time on Lost Submarine

Los Angeles. April 9. In letter
written at Honolulu March 22 Lieuten-
art Alfred Edo. in command cf the
Submarine F-4. who was lost with his
crew when that vessel disappeared of
Honolulu harbor. March 20. said:
This is not very exciting place.
but enough happens to the boat TO keep
up interest. just came back from
Pearl Iarbor Thursday. where / have
cen for ten days having a new motor
rut IN. Previous TO that we had ny
Gicccn explosion in the battery and en-
zine breakdowns.
$50 there is something doing all the
mo. Take q mere trifle like to-day
down fifty feet and no bottom below
nd water trickiing in through one OF
the valves. That does not give us
thrill any mole In fact, if the whole
boat should vanish in smoke ! don't
think | would be terribly astonishei.'
Washington. April O. Navy officials
were not inclined to discuss Lieutenant
Ede's letter tonight. II was remarked
that the truth about the boats condi-
ton Wncn she started on HeI ldot ~ ulop
probably would not be known until she
was raised and examined.
II have asked Admiral Moore. COM
nandant of the naval station at Homo
lulu. for a report on the accident said
Secretary Daniels. "Of course, this
cannot be made until the vessel has
been raised. Our reports up to March
sho- that the Pa was in good con
dition. II is probable that any report
concerning her condition after that
date Is in the ship itself.
cit must b" remembered that sub
marine is tne most delicate machine IN
the world. Naval experts still are eX-
rerimcnting 10 find something perfect
T. is cXpectcd that the cruiser Mary
land. with divers and apparatus to aid
in raising the submarine. will reach
Honolulu Monday.
Honolulu. April 9. Members Of the
crew Of the submarine "A worried over
the condition Of the vessel. according
20 Mrs. VI. y. Black. at whose home
lived William s. Nelson. chief machin-
ist', mate assigned to the FL.
Mrs. Nelson said to-day she over
heard several Of the crew discussing
an engine blowout on the F4 early in
March and they appeared worried.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10

that he carried a woman from ouin-
ing building on Buffalo Avenue. .,
He swung down from the fence WIN
ont a glance at the train, lowered MN
self from the parapct and dropped 70
the tracks. twenty-five feet below ne
landed in a heap beside another heap
that was Charles. Staggering anu
limping from two spralned anhIes' ne
carried the boy across TO the west
bound track stepping high as ne
crossed the electrified ralIs'
A trembling Of the track ana "arn
iro from locomotive bell came Just
in time. and he lcaped back. A sWItch-
ING engine vas bearing down upon MN
from the east.
In tho face Of the ourushinG express
train Mcclure clung 10 the unconscious
hoy. leaned the track and covered
against the wall. The impact OF the
train in the narrow cut al most carried
him with il. lie was sinking with pam
and the slight burden in his arms
dragged like lead
It's whistle screaming. the express
iolted to n halt. The airbrakes had
been applied with a sudderness that
threw passengers around like dice. In
spite Of his instant action the motor
man had not the slightest doubt he had
ground man and boy beneath his
wheels.
AS the train crew ran back to where
two figures Law across the track they
were met by friends of Mcclure. who
had leaped the parapet two blocks fur
ther west, where il is lower. SO close
had been McGuire's margin Of safety
that i'm the time they had run the two
blocks the express train was beneath
them and they could not jump till IT
had passed.
Mcclure pulled himself erect az
trainmen and his friends approached.
They took the boy from his arms and
carried him TO the street. Mcclure
followed, leaning on the shoulders OF
two companions. Both were taken to
ST. Mary Hospital. Charles was badly
cut. his left leg was broken and he was
injured internally. Mcclure sprained
both ankles and fractured a mall bone
in one.
Mrs. Samuel Pslley. of PSI Saratoga
Avenue. Chsrles's mother, embarrassed
Mcclure by seeking him out 70 thank
him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10

The Atlantic feet. under command
of Admiral F. +. Fletcher. has again
arrived at Hampton Roads. after drill
season in Southern waters which is de-
scribed by naval officers as the most
unsatisfactory in naval annals.
Some officers go so far as to assert
that at the end Of the season the fleet
is in no better shape than when it
started South, in January last, directly
after the pressure of public opinion
Lad forced an exposure of its ineth-
cheney before the Naval Committee Of
the House.
This reported failure to restore the
feet to its excellent condition Of three
wears ago is everywhere ascribed to
persistent meddling from Washington.
l. is said that a. no time have there
been more than fifteen ships at drill
out Of the total Of twenty-One, and
that during most Of the time eight or
nine ships represented the fleet
Throughout the entire drill season,
Il is explained. plans were laid which
came to nothing. schedules were made,
but only TO be broken; trip TO San
Francisco was planned for March, only
10 be deferred; new schedule was
then arranged by which this trip was
10 occur in May. which was in turn
abandoned. and throughout the three
months of the drill season orders would
come from Washington on one day
which might be countermanded the
ne%t.
Too Much Vacillation.
10 this vacilating policy is gen
erallv ascribed the resignation OF Rear
Admiral Fiske. aid for operations in
the department at Washington. Over
vhelmed. II is said, by a responsibility
which under the circumstances he could
not meet and by the effects of a pol
lev spelling ruin to the naval service,
the admiral. although chief aid 70 the
Secretary OF the Navy, felt compelled
20 ask for his relief.
Alarmed by the effect OF the resigna-
ton Of so able an officer, the Secretary
has summoned Rear Admiral Cameron
McR. Winslow from his duties at the
War College. in Newport, for consulta
tion. and Admiral Fletcher. commander
in chief OF the fleet, has been hastily
ordered to Washington for the same
purpose.
The resignation of Rear Admi al
Fiske. which took the public complete
Iv by surprise, naval officers who have
been recently in Washington declare
TO be but the outward sign of the utter
chaos which has prevailed for months
in the department II was but the cul-
mination. it is said of a growing sus-
picion ana mutual dstrust between the
admiral and the Secretary. which began
with the testimony OF Rear Admiral
Fiske before the Naval Committee as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
GERMAN BANQUET
HELD IN BRUSSELS

Berlin, April 3 tby wireless 10
Sayyille. y. YJ.-The overseas
News Agency to-day gave out the
following:
"a unique medical congress was
held in Brussels April 8 and I. In
times Of peace it is the custom OF
the surgeons of Germany to hold
an annual meeting for the purpose
of scientific discussion in some Ger
man city. Inasmuch as most OF
these surgeons are engaged in mill
tary duty, the congress met this
wear at Brussels. The experiences
of the surgeons under war condi-
tions were thoroughly discussed.
"The congress came TO an end
with a banquet attended by Cover
nor General Won Kissing, who made
a patriotic speech"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
Trading in More than
1.275,OOO Shares as
Prices Go Up.
MANY ISSUES REACH
TOP FIGURE OF YEAR
rxchanqe OfhcialS Find No
Truth in Bethlehem Steel
Corner RumOr

10 creates, jump 10 prices. the most
..,.vs trading and the frst time stand
.r3 stocks have assumed leadership in
n. msrke. SINCE the panic day which
,..onpar;cd she opening Of the Euro
,,,r war last July marked yesterday
On the S,cca Exchange.
While Bethlehem steel, as on previ-
or, 6svs. was the star performer for
, tine. not long after the market
coened ., became evident that the nor
,r,l msrke. leaders OF the past were
coming into their own. such standard
Issues as AmalCamated Copper, Cana
dian 7ac.fc. Lchigh Valley, Northern
p,eifc. Reading. Southern Pacific.
To,or Pacific and United States steel
soon showed gains Of points or more.
Trading throughout the entire list was
.r. 5cave,- since July so, the day pre-
e,d.ng cine closing Of the Stock EN-
e.srce because Of the val
Then. however. the pric- movement
-. downward Yesterday it was up
ward. showing clearly the change that
has taken place .a the attitude Of the
investing and speculative public. The
6sy's ..ar-ectious were in excess OF
ie75oo0 shares. of which more than
10000 were oro go trading IN Steel
comma, which showed gained for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
KARL BITTER
CRUSHED BY AUTO
Sculptor Probably Fatal
ly Hurt-Wife Slightly
Injured.

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t"e department u sculpture o. 'he
! ''''''S- acme hApoS'''oh anu SeFe'S'
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t"S' "'sH' "iIoL' u '"e ''e'roPoi'' II
EP''@ i'o'Se' ' ''o'.''' ''' % '" :
MS "Iie from SeI'ouS injury.
no'n we're '@he'' 10 We" o'h nos
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avenue 10 avn" 81.
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way .,...,- Ill
lhe sculptor ana ms vic were "e''
out i'm the middle Of the street, u not
rast IL when he noticed the approach
p"'' 80 -, -. ~.
ms runaCou'' ne PSuNeu ~ "'s'
W forward. and in that instant the
..,oi. hin,
ca ''i "'" "''" H.,
He flung MIS-. bi''er 10 sac Nv
was knocked down by the Iehder ana
- Co. scoro of feet Police
ui"se ia .ho .roe;c stroen
Whistles Souhoeu al" NV ''''> ~,
was blocked for several minutes. MI
lanes and dozen others offered their
...oh;1o. as on,ercencv ambulances
-, o,,d NTH
Mr. Billings car was IaNen anu WIZ"
q patrolman clearing the way. sped
-, r;ftl Avenue "a the hospital.
ooN" ,.'' -. l,,.od q, A
Mr.. Bitter ana ms VIE '''''
West Seventy Street.
Karl Theodore Francis Bitter was
W. Arst,ia December 6
porn III Nie'""' -.. :. Lo
1861 lie ATTENDED ana '"uE"' '" Wv
gymnasium there and studied art IN
,ho Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He
'''' '''''''" lu.s.od into tho
was student ""uii ~ satbor,. fairs
austrian arnlS. H. oomi6 NOT buv his
were lanE'eu al" "'
freedom. n..--;-.oooo or . Friendly
through the asS's'SmeL s,eioUah U and util-
ohGer ne oo'a,meI "a a tbn I'nited States.
II,''. 49, u, ISsa He landed with a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
Big Shrinkage Certain III
Nominal Assets OF
$17,000,000.
LAWYERS HOPE FOR
A REORGANIZATION
Siegei Failure, Uptown Move
ment and War Blamed for
Business Troubles.

The J. B. Grecuhut Company, operat-
ing the big department store of that
name at Sixth Avenue and Eighteenth
Street. went into the hands Of fed
eral receiver in equity Yesterday. LA
bilities. including the S6,00O00O CAPT
tai stock outstanding, are estimated at
$4,000, 800. Nominal assets approx
mate S17 100000.
OF the liabilities s3,2OO,OOO is Sc
cured by first mortgage to an insur-
ance company on the Sixth Avenue real
estate Of the company. Another S5.-
100000 IS secured by second mort
gage on the same property. For mer-
chandise S3.O0OO0O is owed Claims Of
banks supply another 100000.
The assets include a stock valued at
cost at $3,5OO.oOO; due on charge ac-
counts and instalment leases. $1,000
OOO, real estate, $9,5OOOOo, and fiXt-
ures. horses. wagons. etc, $3,0O0,OOO.
Allowance. however, must be made
for heavy shrinkage in these values.
In real estate alone it = expected that
this will be in the vicinity Of not less
than S4,5O0,00O; experts placed $500
600 as the top price for the credit ac-
counts. while the liquidatng value of
the fixtures, Judging from past expert
ences. is not much in excess OF
S5OO,OOO
Hope 10 Continue Business.
In the formal statements issued BY
counsel representing the various in
terests the hope is expressed that the
company viii De reorganized and the
business continued az the oid stand.
Whether or not these hopes Will be
realized depends almost wholly on the
attitude taken by Captain Joseph b.
Greenhut and other members Of his
family
Captain Greenhut is the largest
creditor of the company. Through the
Monmouth Securities Company, hieh
he controls. he has $3.50 600 Of the
second mortgage bonds. As an in
0lNldudI ne mas SfUU.UUU. a member
Of his family is understood TO hold a
like amount. In addition. the J. B..
Greenhut Company owes the securities
company 5000 900 for money advanced
and Captain Greenhut is liable as the
indorser Of !. b. Greenhut Company
paper for a large amount.
This indebtedness TO Captain Green
hut began 20 pile up when the failure
Of the Henry Siegcl chain OF enter
prises. Decent Der 29. 1913. forced q run
on the bank Of !. y. Grecnhut & Co..
maintained as was the Siegel bank. in
the Greenhut store. then known as the
Groenhut-S -Siegel Cooper Company. At
that time the bank owed %j.000,000 to
$4,000 depositorS.
To meet this run Captain Greenhut
borrowed large sums in two days he
took 81 200, 900 out Of downtown banks
and sold large blocks OF high grade
securities at a sacrifice. Every claim
was met, however, and when, last Re
cemoer. it was decided TO close out
the bank on March 81. the deposits
were little more than S1.000.000. Yes
terday the bank owed depositors $50.
600. mainly for dollar banks that
viii never ne presented for redemption
and in dead accounts generally. Bonds
TO the value Of Sl75.000 on deposit
Continued on page (. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
Dardanelles Forts Shelled.

London, April 10. The allied feet
bombarded the forts in the Dardanelles
all day Sunday and during part OF
Wednesday, but on Thursday every
thing was quiet in the strait. accord
ing TO the Mitylene correspondent of
The Daily Telegraph"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10

b. orb os
''''-
lnce- for Inc .tai. Ohlleu o'"'e'
Stec.. which was one Of these, sold
,,,,. ,.. cr,.s+iop when II WAS having
49,.
"''i iae"H. Ioii""l"e '"e O'oSe Va Wv
market 10 was announced that a STOCK
I1cbsDce seat had sold for $4,000, an
,.cr.osc. NJ S,oo o,o, tho sale recorded
last Wednesday.
With the exception of the two panic
fs,s r~ore6.nq Tho closing of the ex-
....-l...,- ,,.oe
'Aahst 1857. summer yesterday
the only miuon share day wall
Street has criovcd since 1912. There
A.. ,or. 3D.. 1aIt .r 1910 tbore were
,o,o ....,,.,.-
''s' III I'4i '"c4Fe' i" I'lO '"7'''.
tcur m 1909 nifty one, and ln I9V'
f0riy-One ln 1901 there were three
Gays when more than two mllllon
thares were traded ln ana iorly-iout
days when transactions were in excess
o. one million shares.
Wall street aWohe ln the morning
win a iecIlng OF 1eVerlsh uncertain!
as TO what would follow the amazing
g!rauons OF Bethlehem steel common
Oh the STOCK Exchange Thursday wnen
IN the las, fifteen minutes OF uaomg
y iesped IRON lO2 TO H. END thth
cropped back 10 lOJ on the last SAFE.
Predictions were made that even hlgh-
er prizes would be reached IN the
frantic effort, Of the shorts 10 cover
which might be followed by an even
greater reaction than occurred the pre-
uous dsy This. 1t was said, would
tnsettie the general market, and there
would result heavy decline IN such
standard snsrcs a. nlted states Steel'
NHioh racine, Reading Lehl%h NSiIey
'"1 o'ners.
bul TINS prophecy went wrong as u
nSS many 'imcs ln tine last rev "eehs
wen lraocf. nave jrled 10 IoIec"S0
wa. was cong TO happen ih t"e a'o0N
na.Ae'. w ns. really jooh pace NaS
o'. 70 .b enouL' Dc.n'eue'n 2'ce. was IeV
pygsrt Jl.'..,. ,' 10 'a4,','' ,.,a,. 'mv'' ~ tho
,ys,,o..e,. an" l.,. '. .,.',,..,i.,.
yesterds,.. .,a,,...,.,. .o,., 5n t-a, ,ss,,s
we're c,,...l ...' '-' .,, ard.,.l. r,.bion
The storl van, .s io,. se t03 but the
buving noo',,. ,,ss sf;u tbcrc aud inc
'yse Sd" y al ll-' gam oI Pol'ItS-
taarpest unter, in ibc General list Of
prices tbc r,'rtot has eccn his year
traders sand hat in addition TO the
heavier volume Of public buving. II
nay have been due TO the rc-cntrance
largest .,'.,s,o.. .,.o bitbc,to have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
Prince of Wales Home.

London. April 9.-The Prince Of
Wales arrived in London to-day from
the front bearing dispatches from Field
Marshal Sir John French to Lord Kitch-
ener.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-10
WEATHER

CLOUDY TO-DAY AND TOMORROW;
MODERATE SOUTH WINDS.
Yesterdays Temperatures;
High. Sc; Low, 81.
Full report on Page n.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-01

Alcohol and excitement made him
reckless. They were in the most in
teresting phase of the game when
Groveville was called out.
"'Pn keep on" decided Martin. "Pll
see the game out. Let Cherry miss
me-who cares! A lesson or two
showing 1 have some independence
will do her good"
This was how it came about that
the poorly self-governed young man
found himself at the end of the sub
urban rai1road-at midnight When
he left the train he faced cheerless-
ness and discomfort. He had dozed
after the game at cards and the train
had been run to siding at a junction
where there were three solitary hous-
es and no hotel.
A trackman informed him that it
was two miles to thriving little city
where he could find a comfortable
hotel. Martin started down the
lonely country road
It began to rain and Martin looked
in vain for shelter. He got mired in
the road several times. Disgruntled,
morose, at odds with all the world, in
his unnatural frame of mind, nurs
tured for over "a hours, he struck
out for distant light beyond a rocky
reach of land.
His progress led him to an old
stone building built out from a kind
of bluff
Apparently it had been used as a
tool house at some time or other It's
door was open, a light showed be-
yond long hall. 1t was dismal, for
bidding looking, but Martin was glad
to get out Of the chilling blast.
He looked around him in a puzzled
way as he stood in the room where
the light was In one corner of the
unfinished room was a motley heap
of harnesses, wagon robes and such
accoutrements. In another all kinds