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The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
DAMPER OVER
EDISON PLAN
Accident at New York May
Prove Failure of New
Battery Scheme.
PURCHASE CONDITIONAL UPON
PROVED VALUE AFTER TESTS
Daniels Asserts He Does Not Know the
Cause of the Explosion on
Submarine Ed.

Recommendation by experts of the navy
for the purchase of the Edison battery.
which was installed on the submarine
E-2, 1t was authoritatively learned last
night, was only conditional. Realizing
that the battery contnined more or less
serious defects the Bureau of Steam En-
cheering, 1t was stated, recommended
that 1t should be installed on the E-2 and
the LIS with the understanding that the
purchase should not be consummated
until these defects had been remedied. 1t
is further stated that Mr.. Edison was
the time the explosion occurred Satur-
day, which resulted in the killing Of four
men and the injuring of a number of
other workmen.
1t was learned from officials of the
bureau that one of the problems still TO
be met at the time of the accident was
the overcoming of the danger of explo-
sions due to escaping hydrogen gas at
the time the battery was discharging. In
the statement issued Saturday night by
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy Roose-
welt It was said that experiments had
shown this gas escaped to an appreciable
extent only when the battery was being
charged.
Officers OF the bureau declared last
night, however, that the greatest es-
cape Of this gas always occurred when
the battery was being discharged, a mat
ter of particular concern. in view of the
fact that in cruising the battery dis
charged only when the submarine was
running under water.
While 1t is declared that no definite
conclusion can be reached as to the future
use Of the battery until the technical
report of the board of inquiry 10 be-
fore the bureau, it is also stated that
the accident has naturally cast dam
per over the prospects which Mr.. Edison
had held out -
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels last
night said:
81 regret the publication Of a statement
quoting me as giving an opinion as to
the cause of the explosion on the E-2
.''I am not yet in possession of informa-
ton which would enable me to state the
cause of the accident, and I shall not
be enabled to make such a statement un-
til the official report reaches me-"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Suffragette Warns America
To Be Prepared for Strife
Mrs. Pankhurs Believes Preparedness Is Not Matter Of
Political Expediency, but Of National Necessty-De-
cares Germany Has Milk to Feed Infants

"Germany's success would mean the
relegation of womankind to the age of
bondage that We left behind 500 years
ago. 1t would mean the ultimate defeat
of America and the destruction of every
standard that represents America Pre-
paredness is not a matter of political
expediency. 1t is a national necessity.
'Conscription? Yes. English women
are for anything that will defeat Ger
many. And make no mistake Patriot
ism is not lost in the hearts of the men
of England. They are slow to awaken.
But they will not permit the Kaiser to
dictate the terms of peace.
IF Germany would give the milk she
has to her babies. instead of using it In
the manufacture of munitions, this call
for milk from Germanys babies would
not have come. Germany has all the milk
she needs for food"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
NOT
AFTER BANDITS.
This Is Statement Made by
Americans Arriving from
Chihuahua.
ENGINEER SAYS OFFICIALS
LIED TO u. S. AUTHORITIES
Andrew Livingstone Declares Csrran.
zista Soldiers Are Not Seeking
to Avense Massacre.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Ell Paso, Jan. is.-Absolutely nothing
is being done by the Carranzista authori-
OF Americans at Santa Ysabel, according g
to five Americans who arrived here to-
night direct from Chihuahua City.
Andrew Livinstone, a welI-known min
ing engineer, one of the party, said:
"Carr8nza officials in Chihuahua lied
when they telegraphed to the border that
100 soldiers had been sent out 10 run
down the perpetrators of the Santa
YsabeI massacre. I left Santa Ysabel
yesterday noon and up to that time not
a single Carranzista soldier was any
where within twenty-five miles OF the
scene of the massacre.
THE Carranza officials come just as
near the truth when they say there are
istas left. They know very well that
villa has more than 5000 men under him.
and that SO long as these men are at
large the life of Americans in the terri
tory they control Is not worth 2 cents" I"
All British subjects in the state of
Chihuahua today were ordered to quit.
Mexican consular agents in Chihuahua
were Immediately notified. This is the
first time British subjects have been
warned out of Mexico.
American miners and other investi-
gators insist the effort of the Car
ranzistas to run to earth the real mur-
derers of the Americans In Santa Ysa-
bel has been made without great ef-
fort to capture the bandits.
A refugee train, bearing 137 foreign
ers to the border, which left Chihua-
hua City yesterday, has been stranded
five miles south of Terra Blanca by
the derailment of the engine.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Capital Attorney Demands
J Probe of Death of Brother
In Omaha Seven Months Ago
William M Browning, of Cleveland Park Believes Death
Was Not Accidental and Scouts Suicide TheoryPoison
Victim Was Secretary Of Traction Company Here.

afterwards he became i'll, she testified
and died within few hours. This testi-
mony was corroborated by young wom-
an who was a house guest.
William Browning. who resides in
Cleveland Park, last night declined to
say what new evidence he had placed
before the Nebraska officials in asking
that the case be reopened. He would only
say:
Il cannot believe my brothers death
was accidental, nor can l believe 1t was
suicide"
Mrs. Browning married shortly after
the death of Browning.
Henry W. Browning was secretary
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
tric Company here for four years. He
accepted the managership of the Scott
Advertising Company. Omaha, in 1909.
shortly after a divorce from his first
wife, who was Miss May Wheate, of
Washington. He remarked on De-
cember 22. 1914, his second wife being
a divorcee of but one day.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17

new Investigation into the circum-
stances surrounding the death from BIZ
chloride of mercury poisoning in Omaha,
Nebr., last June of Henry W. Browning,
formerly of this city, has been demanded
by his brother, William ". Drowning,
attorney, OF Washington. who has just
returned from Omaha, where he held
extended conferences with the district
attorney OF that city.
The death of Henry Browning was de-
clared accidental by a coroner's jury
following an inquest. Evidence adduced
at the hearing and the testimony of Mrs.
Browning. who said that the poison had
been purchased at her request, tended
to show that the deceased had swallow
ed the bichloride tablet In mistake for a
breath perfume tablet.
Mrs. Browning testified that with a
friend she and her husband were standing
in the front yard of their home, when
her husband reached into his pocket and
placed tablet in his mouth. Shortly
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17

Special to The washnston Herald.
New York. Jan. 1S.-'"This war should
teach America much. The greatest lesson
America can learn from Europe's hor-
rors is preparedness. England wasn't
prepared. She and her allies will win.
But neither England nor France was pre-
pared, although the menace was growing
before their eyes. America may not let
the lesson go unlearned."
Thus spoke Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
today. The far-famed militancy Of this
English suffragette is burning as fiercely
az ever. But it is burning for the success
of the allied arms and not alone for the
enfranchisement of her British system.
81 am not here to preach preparedness
I am here on an errand of mercy-to
arouse the great sympathies of great
nation on behalf Of an heroic little ma
tion-Serbia.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17

4 Twelve horses were burned to death.
20 other horses were threatened and
more than s25o,oo0 worth of property
was in imminent danger of destruction
by fire in stables in an alley near
Second and C streets northwest last
night. One horse was shot after the
fire. The damage was estimated At
$4,000. The cause Of the FIRE was not
learned.
The fire was discovered about IL
o'clock in the stable Of Mrs. r c.
Trumbo. Thirteen horses were in the
stable. Twenty horses were in q sta
BILE adjoining. and 200 horses of the
Merchants Transfer Company were in
a large building less than a hundred
feet away. All of the buildings were
filled with hay and straw.
Two alleys cross at right angles in
the block between B, c, First and Sec
ond streets, the interior Of the block be-
ing occupied with the stable of the trans
fer company, a second large building
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Naval Heads in
An Open Break
Admiral Fletcher's Ideas of
Strategy Not in Accord
with War College.

New York, Jan. 16-Diferences be-
tween Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, COM
manding the Atlantic Fleet, and the Naval
War College at Newport, have reached
the breaking point according to reports
received tonight. In consequence, II is
said, Admiral Fletcher will turn his COM
mand over to Vice Admiral Henry T.
Mayo next May, or earlier.
Friction between Admiral Fletcher and
Rear Admiral A. NJ. Knight, head of the
war college, has been an open secre,
for sorpe time. 1t came to head, when
charges were sent by the War College
to Secretary of the Navy Daniels that
fundamental principles of strategy were
violated by Admiral Fletcher during the
war games last May and last October.
To this. according to the report, Admiral
Fletcher replied that the plans of
strategy prepared at the War College
were merely academic and ignored
exigencies of practice.
Throughout the feet rumors are cir
culating that Admiral Benson and his
advise the replacement of Ad-
miral Fletcher by an officer whose ideas
of strategy are in accord with those
taught at the War College. Secretary
Daniels is a strong supporter of the in
stitution. Vice Admiral Mayo is the
logical successor of Admiral Fletcher, Ad-
niral knight being barred by his retire
ment next December
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
DEFINITE DECISION MADE
Announcement Follows Con-
ferences Between King Vic
tor and His Ministers.
MoNTENEGRINs RETREATING
Evacuate Two Towns East of Cethnje,
Says Report-Teutons Capture
$50 and Depot.
sp.r,.l Cable to ne w.shinroa HsnA-

su.ei.l Cable TO ne wlshington Herald
Paris, Jan. ls.-Italy has decided at last
to give active and adequate aid to
Serbia and Montenegro, according to q
Rome dispatch.
Steps to this end. the diGpatoh says,
have been taken as the result Of long
conferences between King Victor En-
manuel and his ministers Of war. marine
and foreign affairs.
Meanwhile, the Montenesrins are re-
ported to have evacuated the towns of
Hisi and Podgoritza. to the east Of Get
TIME.
The Official statement issued at Vienna
today adds that the Austro-Hunsarians
north Of Grahoyo. near the Albanian
frontier, have captured 50 Montenesrtns
together with fully equipped ammuni-
tion depot
The pursuit of the Montenegrins con-
Hnues." concludes the official note. and
The number Of prisoners captured near
Bsrane Tin the interior Of Montenegro
has reached 900"
Ine monlehesrln so'eEhInenI mas al
rived at Scutari, according to further
Vienna adyices. and the Serbian govern
nent is to be removed to the Island OF
Corfu. This isle. which belongs to
Greece. vas recently seized by the
French with the avoSed purpose OF max
ng It raIlyfng point for the scattered
remnants Of the Serbian army
A saloniki dispatch to the Paris Temps.
lated Saturday, tells Of delay in the
proposed offensive of the Teutonic- Bull
saro-Turkish troops against saloniki
The dispatch says no advance probably
will be made for two weeks because OF
difficulties encountered in the transport
,f artillery and munitions.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
FROM $40,o00,000 FIRE
Flames. Aided by Hurricane. Sweep
City of Bersen-Buildinss Dyna-
mited to Stop Their Advance.

Christiana, Jan. 16.-Twenty thousand
persons are homeless as a result of
fire which swept the city of Bergen to-
day, causing property damage esti-
mated at s4o,Ooo0O0
The fire, which originated in the busi-
ness district, gained rapid headway.
The flames were famed by a hurricane
and soon all the largest business build
ings, hotels, newspapers. telephone and
telegraph stations were destroyed.
Efforts of the firernen and police to
control the confiagrstion as the flames
swept into the residential dirstrlct proved
futile and dynamite was used to blow
up the buildings in the path of the fire.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17

Gen Venusiano Carranz First Chief of the government
Mexico has decreed death the bandits
American citizens and Canadian Santa Ysabe Mexico
Monday
This is Caanzas the formal representations
him last week by the American demanding
pursuit and punishment of the perpetrators of the wholesale
The communicated Secretary of State Lansing
erday by United States Consul John R. Slman repre-
of the United States before the First Chief Quersaro
Mexico, last THURSDAY.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
U-BOAT BLAST
is A MYSTERY
Board of Inquiry Works All
Day Without Finding
Cause.
THEORY OF BOMB In E-2
DENIED BY COMMANDANT
Edison's Chief Engineer Issues State
ment Defending New Battery
Made by the Inventor.
Special to rhs wsshinstou Herald.

Special To Tbs wsshinstou Her.ld
New York, Jan. 16.-Mystery still en-
velops the cause Of yesterdays explosion
on the submarine E-2 at Brooklyn Navy
Yard, in which four men lost their lives.
vigorously denying rumors of bomb
explosion, Commander Frank B. Upham,
aide to Rear Admiral Usher, commandant
of the yard, said tonight:
We know now that the explosion took
place as a result of natural causes, and
from something our own men did
Miller Rsece Hutchison, chief engineer
for Thomas A. Edison. at the same time
fatty denied that the explosion was due
In any way to defects in the Edison
battery, which was designed to avert
these under-sea boat tragedy. After
making an exhaustive investigation Mr..
Hutchison said:
VIII Not Change Battery.
GAS to the Edison battery, with all the
facts and conditions before me, see no
reason to recommend to Mr.. Edison any
changes or alterations in the theory, con-
struction or method OF installation OF the
Edison submarine type OF storage battery.
The battery in the E-2 does not appear
to have been injured in the least"
The investigation will be continued to-
morrow.
OF the ten seriously injured victims Of
the accident, all but three were said to-
night to be holding their own.
The special board OF inquiry appointed
by Admiral Usher to make a preliminary
investigation OF the explosion worked all
day. The board spent practically all of
Its time between decks Of the E-2.
Admiral Usher, on leaving the ship,
said:
THE board met today but reached no
conclusion. 1t will meet again tomor-
row. There have been no further deaths
and absolutely no new developments"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Progressiyes Sure
Do Fancy Col. 7. R.

New York, Jan. I6.-"Yes, the
Progressive party leaders have
three possibilities in mind,'
said George w. Perkins today.
"In the order of their prefer
encc they are:
Former President Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt.
"Col. Roosevelt"
Mr.. Perkins made this an
nouncement when asked to
comment on the dispatch from
Chicago that the Progressive
party generals, at the con-
ference Tuesday, favored, after
Col. Roosevelt, Justice Hughes,
Of the Supreme Court, and third,
Gov. Mccall, of Massachusetts,.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Denies Cruiser Was Sunk.

Berlin wireless via Sayville), Jan. Ia
On January IA. forwarded a communiea-
lion to the effect that the French sub
marine Foucault had sunk an Austro-
Hungarian cruiser Of the Novars type.
Vienna states that since no Austro-H Hun
garian warship. is missing the Foueault
must have sunk an entente warship by
mistake.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
COLD WAVE PLANS TO
TARRY HERE AWHILE
Due to Arrive Today and Increase in
Frigidity the Longer 1t Remains
In Washington.

Colder, still colder, much colder, and
a rea! cold wave as the day and night
progresses, are the pleasant propects for
Washington and its inhabitants today.
according to the forecasters of the
Weather Bureau. In addition to the in
creasing cold weather for today the
forecaster promises that 1t will be very
cloudy.
The only relief promised for Tuesday.
or for some time. Is let up In the
cIoudiness. The real cold wave, accord
ing to the bureau, win continue In
definitely.
The lowest temperature reached yes
terday was q degrees above zero. while
the highest was IS degrees.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Quiet DaY on Front.

London Jan. 1s-British headquarters
reports ii has been a quiet day, al
Ing about Givenehy and Ypres. The al
hes artillery bombarded a German
stronghold north Of Ypres with satisfac-
tory results.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
CHARGES MASSACRE TO VILLA
State Departments Report Mexico to the Senate viii
Be Delayed Senator Fall Says America" Is Spelled
"Anaema" Below the Border
Promise by Carranza
To Punish the Bandits

Consul Silliman. at Queretaro,
wired Secretary Lansing yesterday
as follows:
Gen. CarrauLs said that he had
already issued orders for the imme-
diate pursuit, capture, and punish
ment Of those responsible for the
atroCity.
"He said he had declared those
responsible outside the Law, 10 be
punished with death if caught"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Lansing's Demand Fer
Death Of the Bandits

Secretary Lansing wired Consul
Silliman, at Queretsro, last We'd
nesday as follows:
Urgently request Gen. Carranza
that he order immediate and eff
cient pursuit, capture, and punish
ment of the perpetrators of the das-
tardly crime. Also strongly urge
immediate dispatch of adequate
forces to the various mining camps
in the state of Chihuahua"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
SEEK AERO MAIL ROUTES.
Conxress VIII BE Asked to Estab-
lish Forty-three.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE Aero Club
of America win ask Congress to ap-
propriate 100000. with which to
establish and maintain forty-three aero
plane mail routs in the United states.
Alexander Graham Bell urged the
club to present the matter to Congress
He pointed out that such corps would
provide the government with tr1ined
ayiators in case Of war.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
DR.. Baker Speaks.

The Evolution Of Man" was the sub
ject of q lecture last evening by DR.. w.
w. Baker before the Washington Theo-
sophical Federation, al its hall. I216 II
street. The evolution of the life side.
or finer bodies. was emphasized
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Vatican Flames Under Control.

Rome, Jan 1s-Fire broke out in the
Vatican today in the arsenal of the Swiss
Guards. 1t spread to the vestry of the
Vatican, but was soon put under control.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
KING GEORGE OPTIMISTIC.
Wires kins Peter Allies in Position
to win Final victory.

saioniki. Jan. Mixing George V, OF
Englad. wired Peter. Of Serbia, on the
occasion of the Greek New Year as
follows:
Il am fully convinced that the alice
with the heroic Serbian army, are now
In q position to win back for your
people complete Independence and to
secure final victory"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Cameroons Reopened to Trade.

London, Jan. 1.-THE official press bu-
reau announces that Victoria and Rio
del Rey. in the Cameroons. had been
reopensd 70 trsde, subject 70 restricttons-
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
Apy~.,. to s.ersr.. People.


csTranzs appeals 20 Secretary LIN
sing and the American people TO bear
with him in his efforts TO guard the
wide stretches of territory in Northern
Mexico. where the murders took place,
and reminds the people of this coun-
try that even in the best ordered com
munities in all countries outbUrsts
against law and order will occur with
destruction OF life and property.
He directly charges villa with com
pIicity in last Mondays outrage, and
describes the murders as part of a de-
liberste effort to involve Mexico in in
ternationsl complications
The message Of Consul snlin.n, re-
citing the reply OF Carrsn.s, fs as fol-
lows:
Departments telegram 4 January
Is. massacre Americans at Santa Yss-
bel, received at $50. and Immediately
placed before Gen. Csrrsn.a by me In
person. Gen. Csrrsnza said that h.
had already issued orders for the i'm
mediate pursuit capture and punish
ment OF those responsible for tn.
atrocity. He stated that he believed
this outrage was committed by men
associated directly with villa, and that
it was done specially to provoke inter
national troubles at THE time He
said he had declared those responsible
outside the law. to be punished with
death. il caught
He appeals to the Secretary Of State
and to the public Of the United States
to consider the wide strip of the central
railway. the great difficulty Of guarding
the entire distance, and the comparative
ly easy task OF destroying a train or at
tacking a small force.
"wm Protect A~eric...."
He says that nobody can lament NOR.
than he such an atrocity or be more
concerned about 1t, but that protection
is relative and that even in the best
regulated states outbursts Of disorders
and lswlessness may cause destruction
Of property and loss Of life.
He says he is expecting full reports
from Gen. Trevino and that all efforts
will be made to protect Americans and
any other foreigners who may be In
the district His belief is the rnsssscr,
was made premeditstediy by a band who
fed at once after the raid.
'snLIMAN"
The report on Mexico called for by
the resolution Of senator Fan. OF New
Mexico, will probably be submitted TO
the Senate by the State Department
on Thursday, instead Of tomorrow a.
originally announced. The reason for
the delay given by department Officials
last night Is that the force Of ct>rks
available 10 not large enough To com
pile the required data before wedsssdsy
night
The report win not be submitted direct
ly TO the Senate by the STATE Depart
ment but win SO TO the President. who
will decide what part of the infsrsaafsoa
Is TO be submitted TO the Senate and wAss
part win be withheld
what the Senate wants TO know. IN
my opinion" said Senator Fan, and
what the people wsnt 10 know. is ths
simple truth about Mexico.
The issues involved are too erave 10
be befoeged by cries Of political baas.
America is spelt 'Anaenn,a' IN Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17
KAISER REPORTED. RECOVERED
Wilhelm Returns to the Theater of
War.

Berlin. Jan. 1S-The following official
communication was issued today:
"After his complete recovery, Emperor
Wilhelm returned this afternoon to the
war theater."
The Washington herald., 1916-01-17

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-21
M'ALL|STER TO
|NST|LL SPIRIT
Local Preacher Going to coffeyvlIie,
Kama, July 80, to Address Pre-
Iiminary Meeting for Re-
vival.
SCOVILLE IN CHARGE
Man Who Made 90 Many Conversions
In keokuk viii Reform South
western Railway Center
This Fall.
|scov1ILn IN CHARGE

Rev. F. B. McAllister will 60 to
Coffeyville, Kansas, July 80, there to
speak before booster meeting which
is planned to arouse enthusiasm for
an evangelisttc campaign which Rev.
Charles R. Scoville. who recently con-
Quoted a. series of meetings in this
city, will lead. In his absence, Rev.
William A. Fouts, a local young man
who is studying for the ministry. will
speak. Plans are being made for a
big campaign at Coffeyville.
Sunday night, 1t is Rev. McAllister's
intention to speak on the subject,
Should Obey Be Cut Out OF the Mar.
rage Ceremony"
Referring to his subject for Sunday
night, Rev. McAllister says, many
are contending that the childish ex.
action should be omitted from the
marriage ceremony, that We should
honor, and cherish till death do us
part. but to obey-never Suppose the
husband acts, scolds, lies, smokes,
chews, drinks and smells like the
devil, where is there anything In the
word of God that commands pure
and Cody woman to be subject to
such an old devil as that
THE marriage vow is being de-
famed by free love, polygamy enthus-
asks, is this extraction from the mar
rage VOW merely another fad to les
sen the sacredness of the ceremony,
or is the demand upon the woman one
that is obsolete and unwarranted?' !"