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The Parker post., 1916-01-29
HOLLAND BUYS FIVE PLANES
HERE; AFTER FIVE MORE

LOS ANGELES, JAN 25.-G. P. Kul-
ler of Amsterdam, who has been act
ing on behalf of the Dutch govern
ment, announced in San Francisco
that he had purchased five hydro
planes in Los Angeles from Glenn Mar
tin They have been sent to New
York for shipment to Holland.
Negotiations are pending for the
purchase of five more machines, and
the aggregate amount of the purchases
if the deal is consummated will
amount to about 100000.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
GUN MINUS NOISE AND SMOKE
HURLS BOMB 22 MILES

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. l25.-Plans
of a dynamite gun said to be smoke
less, noiseless and without recoil, the
invention of Edward Ferguson, of this
city, have been laid before the navy
department. A test of the gun proba-
bly, will be made at the Indian Head,
Maryland, testing grounds soon.
Ferguson's latest model is a twenty
FOUNDER, adjustable to hurl dynamite
bomb to distances up to twenty-five
miles. 1t is believed that the gun is
operated by compressed air.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
STOMACH so SMALL MAN
HAS TO EAT 12 TIMES DAILY

BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.-Surgeons
connected with the university hospital
are much interested in an operation
performed several days ago, when a
large portion of the stomach of Harold
B. Arnold was removed, and new di-
gestive organ, formed from the unaf-
fected tissues, slightly smaller than
the ordinary tennis ball, was put in
it's place.
His condition is now greatly i'm
proved, and he receives predigested
food through a glass tube.
In the event of the complete recov-
cry of Arnold, he will have to receive
nourishment at least a dozen times a
day, because of the minuteness of his
stomach.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
CHINA POSTPoNES
MONARCHY PLANS

TOXIC, Jan. 24-Baron Kijujiro
Ishii, minister of foreign affairs, told
the house of peers that China had in
formed Japan that she had postponed
establishing a monarchy, on account of
the conditions throughout the country
The postponement is interpreted here
as signifying an ascendancy of Japs
nese influence in China. 1t is under
stood that Yuan Shf Kai has been
sounding Japan in an effort to obtain
recognition of the monarchy
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
State Franchise Tax for Year

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25. = The
states total collection on corporation
franchise taxes for the fiscal year end
ing with 1915 was $13,516, ,O46.50,
State Controller Chambers announces.
Of this amount, railway and street
railway companies paid $6,299,S97.
The penalties for failing to pay the
tax on time amounted to $15,5S4.
1t is estimated that the states in
come from this source for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1916, will be
about $15,000,000.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
23,e8o ACCIDENTS IN
YEAR FOR NEW WORK

NEW YORK, Jan. 25-There were
23,9S0 street accidents in the city of
New York during 1915, in which $50
persons were killed and 23,321 injured,
according to statistical report for the
year issued by the police today. Of
those killed, A per cent we're children.
Automobiles caused 178 deaths; motor
trucks, 105; street cars, II; horse
drawn vehicles, 100; boarding or leav-
ing vehicles, AZ; collisions, AZ; other
causes, 10. Automobile accidents re-
sulting in death or injury outnumbered
every other class, 1866 having oc-
Cured.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
U. S. HAS 1858, 100000
LOCKED UP IN S. F.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-The
enormous sum of $35S, 100000 in gold
lies stored away in the vaults of the
San Francisco mint The total gold
received during 1915 was $119, $685. 500,
of which $6S;291 1856 came from foreign
countries, chiefly from Japan and Aus
tralia. This was an increase of $72,-
100000 over the total amount received
the year before.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Advocate Payment by Check

ROTTERDAM, JAN 24-Headed by
the Frankfurter Zeitung, the German
financial press has inaugurated a.
movement to induce the country to
abandon cash transactions of all sorts
and pay every possible debt, even
weekly bills, such as butchers and
bakers, by check.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
REMINGTON ARMS Is
$6o,oo0,Ooo CONCERN

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. 25.-A GER
tificate of organization of the Reming-
ton Arms Union Metallic Cartridge
Company of Bridgeport, with CAPT
tai stock of $6O,OOO,OOO, was filed with
the secretary of state. 1t is under
stood that the company is merger
of the Remington Arms and the Union
Metallic Cartridge companies. The in
corporators are James L. Banks, Jr.,
Reginald Roome and Chauncey B. Gar
yer. all of New York.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
TEUTON CASUALTIES IN
WAR TOTAL ,2,325,769

LONDON, Jan. 24.-German casual
ties for the war have totaled 1885,
769, according to a statement made by
Harold J. Tenant, parliamentary un-
der-secretary for war, before the house
of commons. His figures placed the
number, of wounded and missing at
1861 $40, of killed at 5SS,9S6, and of
prisoners at 356,153
In addition, he stated 24,OS0 had
died from other causes.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
AWARDS CONTRACT FOR
SAN DIEGO NAVAL RADIO

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Secretary
Of the Navy Daniels announces the
awarding of a contract for the con-
struction of three high-power radio
stations, at San Diego, Pearl Harbor,
Honolulu. and Cavite in the Philip
pines The contract was given to the
Federal Telegraph company, of San
Francisco. The last two stations, it
was said, will be the most powerful
in the world.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
ITALYS CASUALTIES
TOTALED AT 134,500

ROME, jan "A semi-official
statement given out by the war office
gives the total Italian losses up to
Dec. 81 at 134,50O, distributed as fol-
lows: Killed, $1,000; wounded, $4,000;
missing, 5000; prisoners, 4,500.
1t is regarded as certain that politi-
cal and military reasons of a complex
character influenced Italy's decision to
abandon Montenegro.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
$50 for Crossinu Walk

TACOMA, Jan. 25.-Gasoline sta
tions located so that cars must cross
sidewalk for service will be taxed $50
a year in Tacoma, beginning this
month Those in garages or on street
parkings will be taxed $40 a year.
The taxes derived from this source
are to produce revenue for the city on
account of the dry law.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
UNITED STATES COMMERCE
is THREATENED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-European
commerce in the United States is seri-
ously threatened from two sources;
first, the suggested actual blockade of
Germany and adjoining territory by
the allies, and, second, the proposed
''anti-luxury" campaign of the British
cabinet
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Coronation Postponed

PEKIN, Jan. 24.-The Chinese gov
ernment has informed the foreign min
listers here that owing to the dis
turbed state of the country the corona
tion of Yuan Shih Kai, which was set
for Feb. 10, has been postponed until
more favorable opportunity.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
School Pupil Costs California $5e.s4.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25.-It costs
the state of California $12.66 per pupil
more for maintaining her public
schools than it does the state of Mas
sachusetts, according to compilations
of Commissioner of Education Will c.
Wood. The cost per pupil in California
is 1864 per year, against Massachu-
setts' $442S.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Storms Sweep Hawaiians

HONOLULU, Jan. 24.-Heavy rain
storms that for week have swept the
Hawaiian islands have caused heavy
damage and cost the lives of at least
seven persons. The island of Maui,
where roads and bridges were de-
stroyed, and lao valley is under water,
was the heaviest sufferer The dam
age in Honolulu was slight.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Canal OPENING Not Set

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-Respond-
ing to a query from Secretary Gar
rison, Gen. George w. Goethals denied
published reports that the Panama
canal would again be ready for busi-
ness Feb. Is. Gen. Goethals said it
was impossible to say just when the
canal would be reopened.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Feed Game Is Plea

REDDING, Cal, Jan. 25.-Appeals
are made by Deputy Game Commits
sioner White to persons living in his
snowbound district to feed the quail
and deer which are perishing because
of heavy snowstorms.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Pankhurst To Be Admitted

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Mrs. En-
incline Pankhurst, the suffragist lead
er now on parole in New York under
the immigration authorities, will be
formally admitted to the United States
soon after the papers in her case
reach Washington. President Wilson
is opposed to her exclusion Mrs.
Pankhurst is working in behalf of the
Serbian relief movement.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Homestead Bill Passes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The house
passed the third of the administra-
tion's conservation bills, providing for
the homesteading of 640-acre plats for
stock-raising purposes.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Canada Pays Cost of Troops

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 24.-Sir Thorn
as White announced to parliament
that Canada was paying all the costs
of the Canadian troops in the war, in
Guiding rations, ammunition and
transportation.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
War on hookWorm

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. -25.-The
state board of health and the indus
trial accident commission have started
an investigation of the conditions in
mines in this state to eradicate hook
worm among miners. DR.. James Cor
don Cumming has been employed to
conduct the survey.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
San Dieuo Fair Plan

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25.-Exposition
managers seek to secure the assembly
next summer of 10000 national guards
men from a dozen western states, and
have asked the war department at
Washington to approve the project.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Bans Liquor Shipments

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 25.-Judge
John E. Mccall, in a sweeping de-
cision in federal court, has practically
knocked out all interstate shipments
of liquor into and out of Tennessee.
Judge Mccall held that the shipment
of liquor ceases to be interstate busi-
ness" the moment the shipment
crosses the state line into Tennessee.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
WEEKS NEWS FROM
NE|GHBORING Cities
BRIEF outline OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
condensed Resume Of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places ---Win Allow Rapid Scanning
Oregon Feeds Birds

PORTLAND, Jan. 25.-Game war
dens have been instructed to put out
wheat to feed the wild birds that are
perishing because of cold and snowy
weather.
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Bakersfield REGULATES Jitneys

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 25.-Bakers-
field decisively sustained the jitney
ordinance at it's first referendum elec-
ton. Jitney men are barred by the
new law from the congested business
district, and $4,000 indemnity bond
is required
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
Telephone system at Blythe

BLYTHE, Jan. 25.-The Colorado
River Telephone company has filed an
application with the railroad commits
sion for permission to build a tele-
phone system in Blythe. A hearing
before the commission will be held
shortly
The Parker post., 1916-01-29
CONDENSATION OF
CURRENT EVENTS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEMISPHERES
Dispatches PiCtHhg Developments From The Out.
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented In Brief
Largest Gas Well on Fire

T SINTON, Tex, Jan. 25.-The worlds
largest gas well, owned by ]. M. Cuff
fey, of Pittsburg, Pa, is on fire, ac-
cording to advices received here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
WOMAN, ABLAZE,
PLUNGES TO DEATH
Man Killed, Two Fatally Burned
at Rooming House Fire

Wrapped in flames, a woman poised
on the sill OF fourth floor window OF
the rooming house at $50 West Forty
second Street yesterday, while jets OF
fire spurted from the room behind her.
Then, while fremen called to her TO
wait, she leaped
The woman was Mrs. Mamie Shilford.
Her legs were broken and she was so
severely burned that she died in Belle
vue.
When the FIRE had been extinguished
the body OF John Gilhooley, a roomer,
was found beneath his bed. He had
been burned TO death. Oscar Flack,
another roomer. is in the Polytechnic
Hospital, probably fatally burned.
Most Of the twenty roomers were
asleep when the blaze was discovered.
Patrolman Arthur Johnson and John
Davis, Of SOL West Forty-second Street,
rescued Mrs. Mary Mackin and her
three children. Fireman James Nc
Herman, by using scaling ladder,
saved woman from a fourth-story
window
Other roomers crowded down the
rear fire escapes, several being slightly
burned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
BURGLARS WIFE SLAIN
BY THIEF AT NIGHT
Divorced from New York Man,
She Had Married Robber

Chicago, Dec. 10.-A man walked
into the Central Police Station last
night. admitted he was a professional
burglar. and said he wanted TO clear
up a murder mystery. He then pro-
ceeded to tell of the killing Of his
wife, who was formerly married TO
Harry W. Fisher. haberdasher on
Second Avenue. New York City.
The burglar Is Howard De Weese.
The woman was slain in Salt Lake
City last September, where she and
De Weese were living as Mr.. and Mrs.
D. c. Robbins. Mrs. De Weese had
obtained a divorce from Fisher in
Reno, New, in August. and had imme-
diately married De Weese.
While he was waiting for her 70 get
a divorce. De Weese said. he made a
trip from San Diego, Cal, TO Seattle.
Wash, and cleaned up thousands Of
dollars by a series of burglarles. He
and Mrs. De Weese reached Salt Lake
City September 20 last.
One night he went out to look for a
"crib to crack" When he returned, at
a. m, he declares he found his wife
beaten to death and her jewels gone.
Fearing he would be accused Of the
crime, he fled. He had been hiding
ever since. he said
A. his store. at $50 Second Avenue.
Harry W. Fisher learned last night
for the first time of the murder OF
his former wife. He declared De
Weese won her away from him while
rooming in the Fisher home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11

competent was keen about money mat,
tiers, and all agreed that she never had
shown violence.
Miss Inman has a two-thirds inter
est in the property at 203 West Twen-
ty-second Street, which is assessed al
81 900, and owns seven other houses
in the same block. whose assessed value
aggregates $4,000 She also owns the
property at 81 East Sixty-seyenth
Street. which had been her residence.
Her other real estate consists OF
winter cottage and twenty-five acres
Of land at Jupiter Island, two-thirds
interest in 1850 acres Of land IN
Georgia and a l92-acre tract in Nir-
ginia. Her personal property, IN Sc
curitles in one or more safe deposit
boxes and cash in banks, amounts 70
thousands Of dollars more.
When the inquiry had come 20 an
end Miss lnman was anxious 20 be
heard Mr.. Mccall held that she had
a right 10 n hearing. 81 have no state
ment 10 make" she said, "but they may
ask me any questions"
Mr. Mccall asked Miss lnman wheth-
or she understood the proceeding.
Yes" she replied. st is an inquiry 70
determine whether ! am competent 20
manage my affairs" Two Jurymen
questioned the woman. and she reiter-
ated her belief that she had seen dead
bodies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
WANTS HIS ELECTION BET
Winner Charges Prisoner Did Not Put
lip Money as Directed

Charged with the appropriation OF
s1,050, Michael Radice, of 12l East
18th Street, WAS arraigned yesterday
before Magistrate Cobb in the Tombs
court Carlos De Haven, of 200 West
Fifty-fourth Street, appeared against
Radice.
He told the magistrate that he gave
the prisoner $500 on November 1, di-
recting him to bet this amount on
President Wilson in the approaching
election. He alleged that the bet was
never placed, and that he had been able
TO recover only $3.50 from Radice Mag
istrate Cobb held the latter in $1,000
bail for further examination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
DEAN GROSvENOR'S FUNERAL
Body Will Be Laid to Rest in Crypt
of st. John Cathedral

The body of the Very Rev. William
Mercer Grosvenor, dean of the Cathe-
dral Of st. John the Divine, will be
buried in the crypt of the edifce to
the construction of which his ener-
gies had been so long devoted. II
will be the second burial at the
cathedral and will be at the request
of Bishop Greer. who consulted Jus
tice Vernon VI. Davis to ascertain
whether there was any legal barrier.
The other burial there was that Of
Bishop Henry c. Potter, whose body,
first placed in the crypt, was latcr
inferred in the chapel dedicated 10 his
memory
The funeral will be at 4 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon in the cathedral.
Bishop Greer will be assisted by
Canons George +. Nelson and Robert
+. Jones and the Rev. +. Briggs Nash
The pall-bearers will be the trustees
Of the cathedral, the vestry of the
Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
and the trustees of Williams College.
Mrs. Marie Stryker Grosvenor. the
deans mother, who is ninety years
old, was not informed Of his death
until yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
ST. PAUL MISSES
GERMAN RAIDER
Liner Arrives on Time,
Despite Gales and War
ship Menace

The American liner st. Paul, despite
a rough voyage through heavy westerly
gales and high head seas, made port
in good time yesterday, landing her
passengers in the forenoon.
According to the ships officers, no
messages had been received warning
the vessel of the presence Of German
cruiser along the TRANSATLANTIC lanes
The first information that such war
ship was in the Atlantic to reach Cap
tain Arthur r. Mills, master Of the st.
Paul, was given him yesterday by ON
Gals of the line, who met him when
his vessel locked.
A brief wireless message announcing
the selection Of David Lloyd George as
Premier was sent 10 the ST. Paul from
Cape Race. 1t was a relayed cable mes
sage from Lord Northcliffe TO James
Kelley, publisher of THE Chicago her.
aid" who was returning from a trip OF
six weeks along the Somme front.
81 was not surprised at the news"
said Mr.. Kelley. "Such a shift was
generally expected throughout England
The new Premier may be relied upon to
press the war 20 a successful finish"
Several of the St. Pauls passengers
said they saw the German aeroplane
which made trip over London at noon
on the dav following the last Zeppelin
raid. The flyer dropped bomb which
exploded on the curb before the Court
Theatre, killing a woman and inJuring
nine other persons.
Among the saloon passengers was
Miss Helen c. Job, of Newfoundland, a
nurse in the Lord Roberts Hospital Of
London. She said she came here TO buy
her trousseau and would await the ar
rival of her fance, Charles B. Schif,
an English officer. who had procured
leave, and would arrive on the Ameri-
can liner New York, due here next Sun
day.
Other travellers were the Baroness
de Nagell, Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Fell,
J. c. Bonnet, Sir Henry Greene Kelly,
J. Hart Britain, Francis H. Mcknight,
Wilbur Fay Reynolds. Henry Wiggles-
worth, Miss D. f. Wade, Frank P. Rud-
der, L. NJ. Robbins. Mr.. and Mrs. G. VI.
Cassatt and the Misses Margaret and
Alice Ames
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
Nations Soul Repressed

In reading the resolutions Ut. Naue
said that he had the highest admiration
for what President Wilson had done 10
bring about "a new birth of democ-
racy,- but that he would rather live un-
DER German militarism than live IN a
democracy that had lost its soul and
had become SNUG, sodden, fatuous and
complacent. Are we that" he asked.
81 believe not believe the great soul
of the nation has not had a chance 10
express itself"
lie called upon the congregation to
Use if il felt as he did, and al except
a few women seated in the back of the
church Immediately rose to their feet.
The address of Major Seaman was
based on his observations during nine
different wars and his experiences IN
Belgium, from which he has just re-
turned to New York. The German de-
portat ton he classed as ian act OF in
ternational lawlessness unsurpassed
since the slave raids into the Congo OF
Africa"
"The sacrellgious. blasphemo self
STYLED representative of the Almighty
who now rules Germany has trampled
laws under foot until this is not a war
of nations, but death struggle between
barbarism and civilization. He has
transformed Germany into q monster.
such horrors will prove civilization
A failure unless other nations that are
now at peace protest with sufficient
vigor to compel some regard for inter
national law and for the salvation OF
humanity" he said.
at is our relief societies, our ambu-
lance corps and our american aviators
with France. not the weakened, vaell-
lating, waiting policy of the admins
tration. to which we are indebted for
the friendship of the Allies. But at
the close Of this war America, pros
perous. without protection. the object
of envy and hatred abroad, will find
itself without a friend in the world,
and war will then be inevitable"
Two Other Pastors Protest
The Rev. Montague Geer, vicar of
St Paul's Chapel, preaching yesterday
at a special service in Trinity Church,
declared that the Church should not
be dumb on such matters as the Bel
gian deportations. The Carnegie Hall
mass meeting of protest was a good
beginning, he said, "and should find a
sequel in like manifestations of alb
horrence in all parts OF the country.
How long are we to be neutral and
apologetic toward infamy?' demand
I'd Dr.. Malcolm James Mcleod, in his
sermon at the Collegiate Church of st.
Nicholas. Churches, clubs and public
meetings should take up the protest,
ne said. "to crystalline the feelings
of an outraged people
an the whole crusade Of barbarie
frightfulness.' he continued, could
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11

600 900 from tho increased tax on alec.
mol and Sl00,000,00 from the special
tax on war profits, will produce at an
carly date more than half the interest
charge, and this does not include The
proposed personal contribution and the
tax on various places Of amusement.
Refuting the statement that wnlie
France had voted Sl2O,OOOOOO for ma,
tional defence in 1914, Germany had
not Increased her expenditures for ar
mament, the former Minister pointed
out that from 1910 TO 1914 the Germs 2
Empire had added S70O,OOo,OOO to the
public debt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-11
FRANCE AWAITING
NEW WAR POLICY
Continued from page !

100000 This leaves an apparent deficit
Of 81 500, 100000.
VI. Peret said that this did not rep
resent the actual expenditures, but the
authorized outlay, and that of the ap-
preparations for 1914 included in the
total s140,00O,OO0 was annulled He
added that the cancellations for 1915
would be proportionately large.
France has paid when due every
debt incurred" he continued. IN spite
Of the apparent discrepancy between
the appropriations and the receipts, We
need have no anxiety for the future"
The war loans have added S500,000,-
600, in round numbers. 20 the old inter
est charge of S260000,000, totalling
S760,0OO,000, said VI. Peret. The new
taxes now under discussion will realize
S13O,OO0,O0O annually, which, with $780,