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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
WHALE KILLED AFTER
CHASE OFF ROCkAWAY
Motor Boat Fleet Peppers 1t for
Five Busy Hours.

Thar she blowsi" quoth Howard
Reed, proprietor Of hotel on Rock
away Point, in true New Bedford ac-
cents, yesterday afternoon. Ihereupon
he got his shotgun, an axe, the COOK S
cleaver, his motorboat and slab OF
tobacco and set forth.
A whale forty-fve or sixty-fve feet
long was breezing up the Inlet against
the ebb tide. The size varied according
"a the distance OF the observer from
the whale. From Far Rockawsy 1t ap-
neared 10 be sixty-fve feet long or
msybe seventy. East New York dis
covered that it was pursued by TWO
man-eating sharks, each from ten 70 NJ
teen feet in length.
Az any rate, il was a whale. The
countryside turned out. Probably IN
the history of the world no other Nhaie
has seen so many motor boats.
The embarrassed creature managed
n get himself into lagoon formed by
a ssndbar about two miles east OIL
Rockaway Point There in five feet OF
water he thrashed about from 1880 IN
the morning until 4:30 in the after,
noon while from scores of motor ana
yowboats he was assalled with oird-
shot. % calibre rife bullets, kitchen
utensils and garden tools.
Finally ne perished. and until long
after midnight the souvenir hunters
were busy cutting samples
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
so. SHE BIDS WOMEN
CHARGE POLE GANG
Mrs. Grossman and Neighbors
Fight for Civic Beauty.

New Brunswick, n. j., Aug. Mrs.
William Grossman, eighty years DID, has
an eve for civic beauty and heart 70
battle for IT, A pole gang OF the PUP
lie Service Company arrived here to-
day. lent on erecting one Of its totems
in front Of the home of Mrs. Abraham
Anklowitz. in Burnet Street. Mrs. Ank-
lowitz protested but TO no avail A
crowd of neighbor woman gathered but
the gang went about its work until Mrs
Grossman arrived.
She took command of the situation
and. summoning the women assembled
TO lend n hand, the pole was lifted from
the ground by hundred pairs of tug
ging hands At the word from MIS-
Grossman, the women charged, bearing
the pole in the fashion Of a bsttering
ram. The laborers were dispersed.
An emergency call brought police re-
,.rves. The women first gave battle
hut retired before superior armament.
And the pole still rests with both ENDS
on the ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
VACATION so LONESOME
OLD NAN KILLS SELF
shopkeeper Couldn't Bear Abb
sence of School Children.

Frank Vedder. aged proprietor or
little candy shop near Williamsourgh
nublic school, has been melancholy and
Ionesome ever since the children swung
their books over their shoulders and
went away for the long summer vaca-
ton.
I can't stand the silence that broods
ove- this shop" he told friend on
Sunday. when school is going on
the place is always ringing win
laughter, the counters are always
creaking beneath dirty little hands and
tho till is always yswning for smooth
we'll thumbed pennies. The klddies
were here all the time loved them
and they loved me. feel that l can't
whit until away next fall, when they
come back TO school.
Yesterday the front door OF his shop
q, $50 Evergreen Avenue did not open.
Late in the day the lock was forced
The old candy vender had committed
su,cide by taking paris green
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
EASEMENT AWAITS END;
BARBER EXECUTIONER
U. S. Plea for Clemeney to Irish
Will Be Cabled Soon.

London, Aug. 2.-According 10 morn
ing newspapers all is ready for the ex-
ecution of Roger Easement, who is TO
be hanged in Pentonvil.e Prison at
a. m. Thursday. The executioner ap-
pointed is a man named Ellis, who is a
barber, of Rochdale. He will receive a
fee OF s5.
Only officials Of the prison will be
present at the execution.
Washington, Aug. White House
officials said to-day the resolution
passed by the Senate last week re-
questing Pre- esident Wilson 20 urge
Great Britain 70 extend clemeney TO
Irish political offenders would be cabled
ct once through the State Department
for presentation to the British Foreign
Office. Through legislative formalities
the resolution did not reach the Presl-
dent until to-day.
Michael Francis Doyle, Of Philsdel-
phia, counsel for Roger Easement, was
a caller at the White House to-day 70
urge that everything possible be done
in behalf of the convicted man, who IS
sentenced TO die next Thursday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
All Lines to Halt Soon, Strikers Threat
Riverside Rocks Coated
NTH SmOkeleSS Powder
Boys Gather Explosive Deposit Washed Over from Black
Tom and Drive Resounds with Decorations While
Police Reserves with Lanterns Pile Debris.

Discoveries made by the police yes
terdsy indicate that since the Black
Tom explosion of last Sunday morning
the shores of Manhattan have been
coated with high power smokeless
powder. Every food tide seems 10
have left deposit of the stuff along
the rocky sbuttments under Riverside
Park
Boys that swim from morning 20
night along those shores yesterday
turned beach combers. and il was
through an alarming sequence Of flares
and detonations with which they cele-
brsted their finds that the police sus-
pected dangerous fotssm from Black
Tom was abroad
Still in ignorance of the exact nature
Of the substance. but suspecting that
1t hid grave possibilities, the reserves
from the West 125th Street police sta
tion patrolled the shore Of the Hudson
River from 10th Street to 141st Street
AacN nlhHNs GaNu uldli a
and even with that feeble aid it did not
take long for them TO accumulate sew
eral quarts Of the peril.
The Harbor Squad was also notified,
and will search the gloomy caverns
under New York's piers, where, it is
feared, whole cases Of explosives may
be humping about. The Bureau OF
Combustibles sent a man 70 the West
125th Street station 10 examine samples
which were picked up yesterday after
noon by Sergeant William J. Flynn.
No Stuff for Boys.
"It's this stuff" said Flynn to Lieu
tenant Miller, that the lads have been
making flares of the whole day, and
there's been a bsngin' OH every trolley
line on the West Side that was never
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02

London, Aug IA politician of the
highest standing said to-day that there
is a general feeling in the House Of
Commons at present that the govern
ment is on its last legs and that the
end may come any day. 1t was shaken
tremendously by the Mesopotamian
scandal and by subsequently having ac-
cepted directions from the House re-
garding the composition of the COM
mission of inquiry.
The governments prestige is almost
broken by the failure of the Irish
settlement. Except among the mem
bers of the extreme section which
wrecked the arrangement there is g'n-
eral sympathy throughout Parliament
for the Irish who are regarded as
victims of breach of faith. Where
few weeks ago the press generally
supported Premier Asquith on his
stand on Ireland, he was attacked by
nearly every paper in London to-day.
Lost Power in House.
Mr.. Asquith also seems to have lost
his former domination in the House Of
Commons within the past few days.
His present attitude is now almost
apologetic.
"He has lost his nerve" is the gen.
eral comment.
The interesting feature Of the situa-
ton lies in the fact that Lloyd George,
who practically was q certainty for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
BABY DIES BY POISON
FROM GOLF BALL CORE
Infant Bites Into Sphere and
Acid Spurts Down Throat.

Marie Vocatquro, fourteen months
old. was toddling across the dining
room of her home in Nutley, n. j.
Yesterday, when she discovered por-
tion of a golf ball that her brother
caddie, had brought from the INKS OF
the Yountakah Country Club She
seized it in her little hands and then
sat down TO enjoy it for afternoon tea
Her teeth cut into the acid-hlled core
and the secret preparation spurted
down her throat She was unconscious
n,hon she was found by her mother.
She died an hour later.
The police of Nutley are trying 70
discover the maker Of the golf ball
s,nce il is Illegal 10 sell poison core
balls in the State of New Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
End of Asquith Cabinet
Near, Is London Belief
Governments Fall May Come Any Day-Prediction Is
Lloyd George Will Be Premier, Backed by Winston
Churchill and Lord Reading.
BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER.

Premiership, is now busy almost daily
conferring with his friends.
Lord Reading and Winston Churchill
are his constant visitors and it is ex-
pected that both will return TO the
Cabinet in the Lloyd George admins
tration.
Sir Edward Carson is also on the
friendliest of terms with Lloyd George
and he also will certainly be in the new
government These four are likely to
form the nucleus Of Cabinet which,
excluding the old blood. might include
several young and new men.
To Ask Prolonged Power.
Premier Asquith announced in the
House Of Commons to-day that before
Parliament adjourned for the summer
recess the government would introduce
a bill TO prolong further the life Of the
present Parliament, and would at the
same time announce the government
proposals regarding registration and
the creation Of new register.
On July 19 the government submit
ted a motion favoring the appoint
ment of committee TO consider meas
urec necessary to the holding OF a
general election during the war. The
noticn, however, was withdrawn after
it had been warmly opposed by all
sections of the House as being merely
a move 10 shelve the issue of q gen
eral election and Premier Asquith
stated that the government would con-
slider the possibility of making pro-
posals for a solution of the difficulty
it being impossible 10 prolong the life
of the present Parliament indefinitely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02

caused by anythin' less than dynamite
caps. What it is I dunno, but it's no
stuff fer kids"
In his hand were several little rods
about the size of macaron sticks, three
quarters of an inch in length. They
were about the color and appearance of
maple sugar and had glazed surfaces,
They were slightly translucent.
They use it in the big guns on the
other side" opined Millor eagerly;
lets see if it burns"
One small rod was placed in a cup
which foated in a pail OF water and a
match was thrown into the cup. There
was a sudden puff of brilliant fame
such as comes when celluloid burns.
All day long such flares, greatly
magnified, had puffed up along the
shore of the Hudson. So big were
some Of them that a dozen or more
complaints came 70 the police from
apartment houses along the Drive. All
day long emphatic bangs had ssluted
venturesome streetcars, and the Dolly
Warden, the miniature passenger train
that runs from Sixty-sixth Street 70
Spuyten Duyvel beneath Riverside
Park, had set off score or so Of det-
onations on every trip.
May Be Others.
The detonations incline the police to
the belief that other explosives than
smokeless powder, which, unconfned
simply furnishes a fierce blaze when
heat is applied, are floating in the
waters about New York and are lodged
among the piers.
One crowd of boys who were swim
ming off Hath Street, not far from
the Columbia boathouse, got hold OF
four cases of the powder, the police
were told, and set them off in one great
torch. II was said that there was at
Continued on page 2. column s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
CHILD'S DEATH FREES
FATHER FROM JAIL
End Came in Hospital Near
Parents Cell.

Thomas Gambon, of 29 Silver Street,
Bayonne, n. j., wound up a three-day
celebration of his release from the
Snake Hill jail at Bayonne Police Head
quarters yesterday. Recorder Cain.
learning that the man had just finished
a years sentence for habitual intoxica-
ton. sent him back TO Snake Hill for
another six months.
Gambon had hardly reached the
prison when breathless probation
officer called for him with news that
he had been psroled. Not until ho
got home did Gsmbon learn the reason.
Three days before his three-yesr-old
son. Thomas, jr., had died from infsn-
tile paralysis in hospital only few
yards from the Jail at Snake Hill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
BRITAIN NEAR DEFEAT
IN 1915-LL0YD GEORGE

Paris, Aug. Ion the 1rst of
June, 1915" said David Lloyd
George, British Secretary for War,
in conversation with Maurice
Barres, French academieian and
novelist, to-day, -the British army
had one weeks supply Of munitions
and only $4,000 shots in the reserve
stock at the rear. II had nothing
more.
'Tf there had been a great attack
what would have become Of usf II
the Germans had turned upon our
soldiers the forces they then hurled
on the Russians I don't see howws
could have saved ourselves"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
SKIRT SAVES WOMAN
SEEKING TO END LIFE
Spreads Out and Prevents Her
Sinking in East River.

Mrs. Alice Walkers roomy skirt
saved her life yesterday. She plunged
into the East River. apparently with
the intention of drowning herself, but
the skirt. opening out like a balloon,
kept her afoat
Hundreds of persons along the river
bank in Rainey Park, Astoria, watched
her as she whrled down the river
When she was pulled into a boat she
would give no explanation of her act.
She lives at 162 Mott Avenue, Long
Island City, and is the mother Of five
children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
Every Precaution Is
Taken to Ward Off
Hostile Craft.
RIVER DRAGGED
IN MINE SEARCH.
Captain and Crew Fear
Most Net Traps Set Be-
yond Smile Limit.
rr,cr star co,rrnond.n, ., n. rtisun.

rFror stan Correspondent, ~ The Tribune
Baltimore, Aug. 1.-Some place
between here and the Virginia Capes
the German submarine Deutschland
is ploughing the waters of Chesa-
peake Bay in the first leg of its
perious dash through the Allied war
craft whose duty is TO send it to the
bottom of the Atlantic.
Close behind the audacious block
ade runner and its convoy are sew
eral unidentified launches and speed
boats that are suspected Of seeking
to run it down before it leaves neu-
trail waters. Out beyond the juris-
diction Of the United States govern
ment, just so that their fighting tops
may be seen, are numerous cruisers
and lighter craft that will spare no
pains 10 shoot down the Deutschland
[ if they are fortunate enough to get
within gun range of it.
But the taciturn captain of the
first submarine freighter to traverse
the Atlantic did not show the slight
est perturbation on beginning the
dash that may mean his death and
that of the twenty-eight men who
make up his crew. Only once did he
comment on his plans to-day as nu-
merous questioners piled him for in
formation.
"Surrender?" he demanded. "Do
you think we brought this boat
across the Atlantic to turn it over TO
one of those cruisers out there?"
Contempt for the Allies.
There was world of contempt in the
voice of the master of the Deutschland
as he jerked his thumb toward the posi-
ton on the Atlantic where a feet is in
waiting for him.
Those who know the captain realize
that what he said is true. It is a bat
tie to the death between Captain Paul
Koenig and his underwater craft and
the entire naval strength of the Allies
or this side Of the Atlantic. The Allies
are certain that warning to him might
result in the submerging Of the sub
marine and its loss. Consequently,
they will warn only with solid shot.
II was just 5:3s o'clock tonight when
the lines were thrown off of the dock
10 which the Deutschland was tied up
and passed TO the tug Thomas T. Tim
Minis. The sprightly power boat Efco,
which has made things miserable for
curious persons who sought 10 get too
close to the screen that shielded the
submarine from the public, danced
about at its side, and a government
cutter brought up the rear.
Good Luck" from the Neckar.
Then, for the first time during the
two years that the big German liner
Neckar has been tied up here, the red,
white and black of Germany broke out
from her topmast. The nervous sailors
of the Deutschland from their
long. uncertain vigil in the harbor
rather than from fear for their own
safety-looked and broke into wild
cheers.
The crew of the Neckar leaned over
The rails and shouted words of en-
couragement and advice 10 their com
rades. In addition to these spoken
words the Neckar hoisted signal flags
which. in the international code. spelled
"Homeward bound. Good luck
At the first appearance of the sharp
Continued on page 3, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
EXPECT U-BOAT BREMEN
TO DOCK FRIDAY
Sailing of Deutschland Believed
Sure Token.

The Bremen, sister ship 20 the sub
marine Deutschland, is expected 1t
some American port by Friday. The
same persons who correctly prophesied
the arrival of the Deutschland declared
yesterday afternoon that ffty-two
hours would see the Bremen safe IN
port
Not until news reached Bremerhaven
on July 10 that the Deutschland had
arrived in Baltimore did the second
submarine merchantmen set out for
Heligoland How long it remained a,
the German Gibraltar is not definitely
known, but it is believed to have sailed
from there on July Is.
The secret of the port for which the
Bremen is aiming was closely guarded
but II was intimated that the submer-
sible might poke its snout above the
water off Sandy Hook and make for
New York.
II tomorrow sees the Bremen in
port. it will be a record from Bremen
haven better by two days than that
made by the Deutschland. II has been
its departure only after word had been
received from the Bremen. The de-
parture of the Deutschland, conse-
quently, was taken by many as proof
that the Bremen WAS close at hand.
BY Telegraph to The Tribune
Pittsburgh, Aug. THAT the mer-
chant submarine Bremen, reported as
due at these shores for several days is
a myth, invented by German naval
authorities for the purpose of scatter
ing English men-of-wsr in these waters,
thereby giving the Deutschland bet
ter opportunity to slip away was the
statement made here to-day by Henri dc
Tollenaire, a Frenchman who has been
in this country several / onths placing
orders for war munitions for his gov
ernment.
De Tollenaire claims TO have received
this information direct from high
French officials in Paris. who also say
that the British naval authorities have
known of the German ruse for some
time and have laid their plans accord
ingly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
KAISER SEES WOE
BEFORE VICTORY
Foe in Terrible Onslaught
ALI at Home Wear
Mourning.

Berlin, Aug. I. Messages from Kali
ser Wilhelm TO the Imperial Chaneel-
lor. the Minister Of War and the Ger
man forces on land or sea carried MS
thanks for past efforts and confidence
for the future to the whole nation on
this the second anniversary OF the
world war.
In the messages the Kaiser predicts
that all efforts OF the enemy will fall
whether to outdo Germany in the pro-
duction Of munitions, 10 starve her or
to overcome her troops. But. he
warns, hard times are still ahead. and
he declares the Allies battle cry is
still the destruction of Germany. His
letter to DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg
follows:
"For the second time. the anniver-
sary of the day arrives when our enc
mics force me 10 call Germsny's sons
to arms TO protect the honor and ex-
istence OF the empire.
The German nation has been
through two years Of unprecedentedly
heroic deeds and suffering. The army
and navy, in union with our loyal and
brave allies. have gained the highest
glory in attack and defence. Many
thousands of our brethren have sealed
their loyalty 70 the Fatherland with
their blood.
Compliments the Navy.
ain the West and in the East our
heroic men in field gray resist IN un-
shaien fortitude the terrible onslaught
OF the enemy.
"Our young fleet on that glorious day
in the Skagerrak inflicted a heavy blow
on the British armada. Deeds of un-
tirinc sacrifice and loyal comradeship
a. the front glow brightly before my
eyes.
"At home also we see heroism, men
and women, old and young, all quietly
and bravely wearing mourning, and the
anxiety Of all who organize and help
70 lessen the sufferings caused by the
wo- and Of all who labor day and
nieh. increasingly 10 supply our fght-
ing brothers in the trenches and at
sea with the necessary armament.
"Our enemies hopes TO outstrip our
production OF war material will prove
a, unattainable as was their plan 70
secure by starvation what their sword
could not attain.
Saws Harvests Are Bountiful.
Gods blessings on Germany's fields
has rewarded the farmers more oounti-
fully than we dared 70 hope. South
and north in friendly rivalry we strive
70 find the best means for an even
distribution of the foodstuffs and other
neoessaries.
"Tc all those lighting either on the
battlefield or at home my heartlest
thanks.
"Still hard times are ahead After
the terrible storm of the two years OF
war desire for sunshine and peace
is stirring in all human hearts, out
the war continues because the battle
cry of the enemy governments IS stilI
the destruction Of Germany. Blame for
further bloodshed falls only on our
enemies.
The firm confidence has never left
me that Germany is invincible in spite
Of the superior numbers OF our enc
mics, and every day confirms this anew.
Is Determined to Win.
Germany knows she is fighting for
her existence. She knows her strength
and she relies on Gods help. There
fore nothing can shake her determlna-
ion or her assurance We shall bring |
Continued On page !, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
Is Determined to Win.

Germany knows she is fighting for
her existence She knows her strength
and she relies on Gods help. There
fore nothing can shake her determins-
tom or her assurance. We shall bring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02

xsrH TO-DAY AND rRoBABLv 10
MORROW. NOT MUCH CHANGE
IN rEMrERATvRE LIGHT
NORTH WINDS.
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Continued en- page !, column 4
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-18
SUGAR CARD IS
NECESSARY IN SWEDEN
(By Associated Press. J

Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 16. -
After Nov. no sugar may be sold
in Sweden except upon presentation
| of a sugar card. A stock taking
throughout the kingdom has shown
that some method of controlling the
consumption is unavoidable, and the
card system, patterned on Germanys
methods of regulation, was decided
on One kilogram (2.2 pounds) will
be allowed per month per capita, ex-
cept for December, when two kilo-
grams will be available.
The sugar shortage has been
marked for some months, and has
! lately assumed serious proportions,
1t has been hoped and expected, how
| ever, that this falls sugar-b beet har-
vest would make any State recula
ton of consumption unnecessary, hut
it has now been found that, includ-
ing this years production, there will
be available only about thirteen kilo-
grams per person from now until
Nov. 1. 1917.