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New Britain herald., 1916-06-10
Justice Receiv' 949az Votes (
 Third Ballot al Nomination Then Made U| animous --- Fa|
 banks is ChoSl for Second Plal

Chicago, June 10-A general bI ing up of the favorite sons de| tions was evident today as the of the assembling of the repuH approached. The gel drift was toward Justice Hughd
 Senator Sherman of Illinois rel| his 56 delegates and then seI Weeks of Massachusetts, releasel Yesterday MT. Weeks boiled 105 at his topmost strength.
 Fairbanks supporters gave ir1 tions of not pressing their fighH ther, and the Hughes leadersb pected more additions to their cd from Indiana and other states,
 The announcement of S4 Weeks withdrawal followed A on the news that Sherman ha& leased his delegates. The decis# the Weeks and Sherman lead abandon their candidates and E case of Illinois to support K Hughes became known early.
 Senator Weeks announced wM hesitation that he would no # continue the fight and when p# for a statement, said simply tl# had informed his supporters H while greatly. appreciating the# alty he desired now that they N cast their votes for some other M date.
 A large part of the Massac cI IN delegation indicated they woul 8 with Weeks until the end.
 No one would undertake to # specifically for Senator Fair 8 followers, but it was quite wd derstood that they would not press the senator's candidacy. KY
 .. Vice Presidency.
 Involved in his case is the ul l of the vice presidential nom M and even the senatorial race diana. Two senators are to be ed in that state this year and @ ever the Indiana delegation did & have regard to this fact. Tn CTS believe that with him E national ticket the election of publican senators from the would be virtually assured.
 Under the circumstances w just got to have him and wei him take it." said one of the 8 delegates.
 Senator Burtons' adherents posed to go down with banners
 There is a peculiar conte over the vice presidency. TT men most prominently mentioI his connection are MT. Fairban5 Senator Borah of Idaho. Nei he men want the position. Fairbanks for several years r M ,lined to allow his name to b Il this connection.
 The supporters of Senator Ire for him because they belle lis candidacy would insure the jon of a large percentage of Il sressive party.
 Although the skies cleared 'isive balloting on nominee fd dent was in prospect, delegates national convention 8 red slowly. There were many .paces on the floor until II a. ime for converting, although u cries were well filled. Eleven ,assed and the convention was rder.
 John McGrath, Theodore elt's secretary, appeared on II orm. Chairman Harding wa yhat it meant.
 we are going to get togetrs aid.
 Ex-Secretary Stimson state lew York delegation, with DO ew exceptions, would go to nd to Fairbanks for vice pres
 The New York delegation GO n the way in which they 'lthdraw Roots name. Jame lgway stated that if Fairba ominated for second place ccept.
 Chairman Harding let the ga nd the convention was in orde
 Report Of "Peace'' Commi
 Senator snoot presented
 CContinued On Eleventh PI
New Britain herald., 1916-06-10

Washington, June 10.-Administra- tion officials were uneasy today over continued reports of anti-American demonstrations in Northern Mexico. American in Mexico, fearing serious riots, are making their way to the border in greater numbers and those seeking to return to Mexico are being advised against such action by border agents acting under orders.
 Most demonstrations have gone no further than mass meetings and speeches by agitators who resent the presence of American troops on Mex ican soil. Carranza troops have sought usually to disperse such gath erings. Officials fear Mexican public opinion may flare into open rioting directed against American citizens although no fear is felt for the safety of General Pershing's forces.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-10
CarranZiStaS Threaten Scouts.

Columbus, N M., June 1O.-Amer- ican scout patrols with General Pershing's army in Mexico have been threatened with attack by Carranz
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New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
Dillon Wants Commons
Informed About U-BOat

London. July 1.-THE question Of
The possibility Of a dispute between
Great Britain and the United States
over the status Of the German COM
nercial submarine Deutschland was
raised in the House of Commons to-
dsy By John Dillon. He asked Lord
Robert Cecil. Minister Of War Trade,
10 present Immediately TO Parliament
the communication which had passed
between the two governments, and to
undertake 10 keep the House fully in
formed Of the course Of negotiations.
Lord Robert Cecil replied that the
correspondence was proceeding and
that II was not in public interest for
II 10 be published now. He would see
ths, the House was informed OF nego-
nations.
"Will you see" asked Mr.. Dillon,
"thst Parliament is not committed 70
9 dispute with the United States
without the House being given an op-
potunity Of discussing the whole sub
jsei?'
u don't think the House would wish
ne 70 give such an undertaking as
that. but ! will present the suggestion
70 Sir Edward Grey" Lord Cecil re-
plied.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
SENATE DEMANDS
FLEETS SCORES
Daniels Asked for Detailed
Results of BattleShip
Target Practice.

Washington, July 17.-Detailed scores
made by the Atlantic battleship feet IN
its 1916 target and battle practice were
asked of Secretary Daniels to-day IN a
resolution by Senator Lodge unani-
mously adopted by the Senate.
The Secretary recently submltted a
general report on the feet marksman-
ship. which rated the ships as excel
Ienty "eood." unsatisfactory" etc,
but gave no scores. II was compiled
from letters submitted by Admirai
Mavo commanding the Atlantic meet,
Admiral Fletcher, formerly in command
of the feet; Captain c. 7. Plunkett, az
rector of navy target practice, ana zap.
tain William S. Sims, former cnlei Oh
target practice, all of whom agreed tna'
there had been Improvement IN gun
merry. ,, Low
ing the comparative standing OF az
ships through the years 1910 TO 1910,
inclusive. No detailed scores were
given. but the admiral estimated ina
all ships showed an increase IN EN-
cheney of about 40 per cent.
at is felt" he said. that the snoot.
ing in Cuban waters is superior 70 thas
which has been done in the battles OF
the present European war, though 1t 1t
must be realized that there are very
little data available on which to base
the above statement"
Admiral Fletcher pointed out that
during the last five or six years target
ranges had been increased from o,Voo SUI,
70 5000 wards. "and yet the results
were far better than any one could
have anticipated.
"As a result Of my four years ex-
perience in the Atlantic fleet" ne
added. II can state with confidence that
there has been no falling OIL IN the
efficiency of our target practice.
Captain Plunkett's report showed
that greater efficiency in observation
of the fall of shots has done much to
improve navy gunnery, particularly
within the last year.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
WIRES KILL LINEMAN
AS HUNDREDS WATCH
Trenton Worker Electrocuted on
Top of Pole.

Trenton, n. j., July 17.-Half thou
sand persons this afternoon witnessed
the death Of Lawrence Swain, twenty
three years old. who was killed by cleo
tricity as he clung 20 the crest of q
pole in the business section.
The pole stands at the corner o.
Bridge and Center Streets. For quar-
ter of an hour before the arrival of
Swain and George Asbury, another
lineman, score of short circuited
wires had been wrapped in blue flame.
Swain, despite the warning of firemer
and the police, insisted on ascending
the pole before the current had beer
turned of.
At the top he straddled the upper
most cross arm and worked in silence
for a minute. Then a hoarse cry rang
out. The throng saw the lineman reel
dizzily. a dart of flame running up
his sleeve, then saw him drop Imply
TO the cross arm five feet below. Here
his body hung until it was removed
by firemen.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
MAYOR FOR CENTRAL
PARK DEPARTMENT
Dl' Will Not Urge Consolidation
al Present Time.

=. mayor Mitchell declared yesterday
Let ne was In favor Of a central park
,spsftment for the greater city, but
s-a' ne had no intention of pressing
~ sech a consolidation at this time.
me occasion for his remarks occurred
d discussion of the report of George
O., ifreli, Of the Bureau of Standards.
believe in the central park depart
,.l said the Mayor, "but any at
s.npt 10 carry out such a plan would
ing loud protest from outlying
reits OF the city. All these depart
uS want their local commissioner.
s.se ,sllse to put myself in position of
ss'ne mat the borough presidents lose
~ power. This is a charter making
Nh n15TnSuon' and eventually that problem
VII come up"
-" MS report Mr.. Tirrell urged that
,. % new department of plant and
,s,-e'ures, the old bridge and plant re-
se Is departments, which have been
Ss.,s99hdated, might well be consoli-
eha Ferries.
regarding the specific cases recon-
s,auea Tor increase in salaries, such
Inc we heads Of the Police, Street Clean
N ana Charities departments, Mayor
49, .b~ne' SAID; IF one is 70 90 through
Shole list / think one will find a
Se,oet OF instances where heads OF
~ "iSments are underpaid. Perhaps
controller and the Mayor are
Rosas those underpaid, and also the
Of of,pbugn Presidents and the President
VAC BOARD Of Aldermen"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
ANKLE FANCIER PAYS
FOR THROWING BRICKS
Hurled at Detectives Who Inter.
rupted His ReVerie.

Alexander Shields, of Bayonne, N. j.,
likes the vision of weil-turned ankle
almost as we'll as did old Samuel Pepys.
But the Bayonne of Alexander's day
he learned yesterday in the police
court, deals differently with such a
prediction than did the London Of
Mr.. Pepys.
On Sunday afternoon, according TO
testimony. Alexander selected a grand
stand seat by the merry-go-round in
Washington Park. Bergen Point. Every
time a vision of which he approved
swung past his seat he applauded
noisily and doffed his hat.
Two detectives who gained an in king
of what was entertaining the enthusi'
astic spectator ordered him to move on,
He did move onto a nearby pile OF
bricks, from which he Immediately be-
gan selecting choice blocks TO shy at
the sleuths. They placed him under
arrest and he was fined SlO.in court
Yesterday. ------
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
PACIFIC MAIL TO OPEN
ORIENT SERVICE AGAIN
High Freight Rates Tempt Com.
pany to Make Venture.

Steamship service between San Fran
cisco and the Orlent-abandoned a
wear ago by the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company. when it sold its heetE
will be resumed August 10, it was Of
fciallv announced yesterday. On that
date. the line, which is now closely as.
sociated with W. r. Grace Co. VIII
send the Ecuador on her trans-Pacinc
voyage. The venture is prompted by
the prevailing high freight rates. j,
September Is. the Venezuela: and
October 7 the Columbia. will follow
the Ecuador. The three vessels are
sister ships, 698 feet long, with As n
feet beam, and were purchased SIX
weeks ago for $l,lO0,000 each from the
ROYAL Dutch West India Mail Company
officers of the Pacific Mail Steam
shin Company confess that the estab-
Iishment of the new sailings is an ex-
periment. The Ecuador, Venezuela
and Columbia will go ultimately. into
the Central-American trade, but II the
Oriental service proves success, an
entire new feet will replace them on
the trans-Pecifc voyages.
Outward bound steamers VIII touch
at Honolulu, Yokohama. Kobe, Shang-
hal. Manila and Hong Kong.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
N. I. COAST MAYORS
PROTEST SHARK TALES
Saw Resorts Have Been Hurt
Without Cause"

Beach Haven, n. j., July 17.-Mayors
Of ten New Jersey coast resorts to-
night issued a statement protesting
against publication Of stories which
they declare "cause the public to be-
lieve the New Jersey seacoast is in-
tested with sharks, whereas there are
no more than any other summer"
The statement, which adds that the
business of the resorts has been hurt
without cause" By the shark scare" is
signed by Mayors ". L. Butler, Beach
Haven; Harry Bacharach, Atlantic
City; C. E. S. Hetrick, Asbury Park;
C. w. Mathis, Seaside Park: Frank E.
Smith, Wildwood; Joseph G. Campicn.
Ocean City; Samuel Z. Herbert, Stone
Harbor; William F. Lesseson. Manas-
uuan; r. G. Poole, Belmar, and Alvah
Strickland, Bayhead.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
NO U. 5. PATROL
FOR SUBMARINE
noniels Sure Allied War
ships Will Respect Ter
ritorial Rights.
SAILING DATE MOI
TOLD GOVERNMENT
submerged Crossing OF S'Miie
Limit Possible, but Doubted
by State Officials.

Wellington. July 17.--There will be
..,-ol Of American warships off the
v.-,i,is coast 70 see that Allied eruis-
- .waitine the temperance OF the
c,-,,sn 1 merchant submarine Deutseh-
- s,sv outside the three-mile limit.
' S-,r,tarv Daniels said to-day the
- States assumed that its terri
- tights would not be violated by
~. Allied men-of-war and had no fear
-. ,he under water merchantmen
Ia he attacked before she reached
he high seas.
@ Car as can be learned, the Fed
-, government has not been notified
-. Dsutschland's sailing date. 1t
:, believed that she will drop down
- Bsl,imore 10 some cove in the
r,..speske Bay and from there slip
-. on the first favorably dark night.
..ts8 to-day whether it would be a
.s.,s,oa Of international law if the
n,.,sehlsnd crossed the three-mile
-, ss her return trip submerged.
S.,. Department officials said they
,.rl3 see no objection 10 that method
=. ,yadine the Allied patrol, provided
he submarines movements were not
.s,h As 70 constitute a menace TO navi-
cation.
They were inclined TO believe, how
ever. that any attempt TO go a con-
siderable distance beneath the surface
!, The territorial waters of the United
States would. in its nature. menace
navigation. and therefore would not be
,s-r,iSsihle
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
CLOAK LOCKOUT CAUSES
MODEL TO TAKE LIFE
Tired of Life, Divorced Wife
Writes.

Deprived Of employment by the lock-
ont of garment workers twelve weeks
ago. a cloak model known as Miss Betty
R. Mallory, twenty-eight, was found
dead last night in the room she rented
in the apartment of Glenn W. Parks
at 2O6 West 1O6th Street.
By the side of the woman, who was
in bed. was an emptied bottle of iodine,
and her head was wrapped in a towel.
Gas was flowing from fixture in the
room. On the table was note ad-
dressed TO a Mrs. Hicks. said TO be her
sister. in which she said she was tired
Of living. 49, odor
Last night Parks detected the oaor
of gas. and traced it TO the woman $
room. The efforts of DR.. John ,;
Meltzer and the emergency, crew oI
the gas company using pulmotooIr 10
revive Miss Mallory were unavalilng'
Coroner Feinberg learned from faISS
that the woman was the divorced VIE
of stephen f. Hunter, and had had
brother-in-law named George Ahder-
son living in New Rochelle.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
Hints Deutschland
Was Built in Six Months

Berlin. July 17.-Commercial sub
marines may assume considerable i'm
portance in German-American trado
during the rest Of the war, according
70 the Bremen correspondent Of the
"Koelnische Zeitung."
Although he does not give the date
when the Deutschland was begun, he
intmates that it was built in less than
six months. He adds that the COM
psny which constructed it is being
flooded with requests TO accept freight.
One exporter wants room for $4,000
casks Of beer, and many wish to send
letters Postal facilities. however,
probably will not be extended
The company purposes 70 try to carry
banking paper as freight through the
Reich bank. Much satisfaction is
svinced in the German press over the
recognition by the United States OF
the Deutschland as a merchantmen.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18

enemy. In battles in the region OF
Pustomyty more than 1000 German
and Austrian prisoners have been
taken, together with three light guns,
two heavy guns, machine guns and
much other military booty. In THESE
battles brave General Vladimir bragg
mirof was wounded in the leg by a
shrapnel splinter.
"In the region of the Lower Pipa our
successful advance continues. Inc
enemy is making a stubborn resistance
In battles in this region we took pris-
oner 226 officers and 5,S72 men. we
also captured twenty-four guns, OF
which twelve were heavy pieces, to-
gether with fourteen machine guns, a
few thousand rifles and other equip
ment. We also have captured in this
vicinity 81 officers and 2,lS5 men.
"The total number of prisoners taken
on July l6 in battles in Volhynia is
approximately 314 officers and 1888
men. We captured thirty guns, OF
which seventeen were heavy pieces;
a great number of machine guns and
much other material.
an the direction of Kirlibaba, on
the frontier of Transylvanla, we have
occupied a set of new positions.
an the region of Riga skirmishes
on both sides have been successful for
us, and part of the enemy's trenches
have been taken, together with pris-
oners."
Berlin Admits Defeat.
To-day's German statement says:
army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg: Increased fire west and
south of Riga and on the Dvina front
preceded Russian enterprises. Near
Katarinehof, south of Riga, consider
able enemy forces attacked. Lively
fighting developed here.
Army group Of General Won Linsin-
gen: Southwest of Lutsk a Russian at
/ tack was arrested by a German coun-
ter attack Thereupon, in order TO
strengthen the defence line, the troops
were withdrawn behind the Lipa with
out being molested by the enemy. At
other places the Russians were COM
/ pletely repulsed."
The Austro- Hungarian official COM
munication says:
Southwest of Lutsk the Russians at
tackled with superior forces near Szklin.
/ Under the protection of a German
counter attack, the allied (Teutonic)
troops south of Lutsk were withdrawn
behind the lower Lipa, unmolested by
the enemy"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
FIELD DAYS INCREASE
POLICE FUND $S2, 900
10000 Attend Benefits for Slain
Mems Dependents.

The fund TO assist dependents OF
policemen slain in performance OF duty
was increased more than $4,000 by
the field days at Sheepshead Bay on
June 25 and July l, according TO
report given out yesterday.
The gross receipts were sSo,6O6, and
the expenses less than $4,000. Eighty
thousand persons attended.
Traffic c, Fifth Avenue and Broad
way districts, sold the largest number
of tickets, having disposed Of s4,359 90
worth. The Old Slip station, near the
Battery, sold s3,23550 worth.
Other precincts that collected more
than 81 900 are the Fifth Street, the
East Twenty-second Street, the East
lO4th Street, the East Fifty-frst Street,
the West Forty-seventh Street, the
Rapelyea Street, Brooklyn; the Clymer
Street. Brooklyn; the Mercer Street,
the Adams Street and Bedford Avenue.
Brooklyn; the East Eighty-eighth
Street. the Coney Island, the Sixty
first, Bronx; the West Thirtieth Street,
Traffic A and the Stagg Street, Brook
lyn.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18

Captain Benjamin Doane. dean OF
shipmasters in the Port Of New York,
died yesterday at the home Of his son,
So Centre Street, Bayonne, N. j. He
was ninety-three years old.
The story of his life is a chapter
from the history Of another age. In
days when automatic stokers and mahog-
any staterooms had not yet swept ro-
nance from the ocean, the winds drove
his barks and schooners to every cor
ner of the earth in quest of riches and
adventure. There is strange para
dox between the thrilling years Of his
youth and the calm Of his old age.
He left the sea at the close Of the
Civil War to become a rose fancier, and
even this spring he could have been
seen daily in his famous flower garden
in Plainfeld.
A Sailor at IA.
Captain Doane began his career as
seaman at fourteen, sailing on his first
voyage from Darlington, Nova Scotia,
where he was born. That was in 1887
when harrington was lonely little
settlement, housing handful Of daring
sailors and fishermen.
His first long voyage was in the early
40's, when he embarked aboard whal-
er for the Pacific Ocean. Storm pound.
ed, his vessel doubled the Horn, and
finally dropped anchor off the coast OF
Australia, years before the discovery
of gold on that continent had turned
the eyes of the world upon it. On O
later voyage from Nova Scotia to the
Pacific he visited Japan, where he be
came well acquainted with the people
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
Dean of New York Shippers
Dies After Viking Career
Captain BENJAMIN Doane Who Visited Japan Before Perry
and Queed Munies from Staten Island to the
Pacific, Spent Last Days in Garden.

fifteen years before Commodore Perry
had opened the Land of the Rising Sun
to Western civilization.
Captain In Civil War.
In 1852 Captain Doane sailed for the
first time under the American flag. He
left New York as skipper of sailing
ship owned by the Maitland Phelps
Company, which then operated a line
between this city and South American
ports. Later he became shipmaster
in the employ of the Lorillard Steam
ship Company, since absorbed by the
Clyde Line. During the Civil War ne
was commissioned a captain OF the
naval volunteers.
In the captains Plainfeld home there
is a yellow, dog-eared old book care
fully treasured by his three living
sons, wherein have been written "Ihe
Brave Deeds of Captain Doane.' one
chapter recites how, while still lad
he plunged into the harbor at Halifax
to bring to shore two children who had
fallen from a fishing smack.
Quelled Mutiny on Whaler.
Another tells of a mutiny aboard a
whaler in the Southern Pacific. Doane
was a mate then. Hundreds Of miles
from land the crew rebelled against the
captains stern discipline and tried to
put one of their own number in com.
mand. Lots were cast to see who shouid
assassinate the skipper while he slept
The chance fell to grizzled old tar
who was seized and bound by Doane
Just as he was creeping, dagger in
hand, to the cabin. 80,
There were other adventures with
mutineers. While a schooner which
Doane commanded was lying in the
Lower Bay, off Staten Island, the crew
grew rebellious. With revolver in
each hand Doane drove the horde oi
sailors below, keeping them covered
while his mate put them in irons.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
WESTCHESTER CAR MEN
DELAY STRIKE A DAY
Agree TO Wait Until Tomorrow
for Answer from Company.

The three hundred motormen and
conductors of the Westchester Rail-
ways Company. in Yonkers, Mount Yer
non and New Rochelle. have practically
striking for higher wages until to-
norrow. A third demand for a fiat
wage increase of FIVE cents an hour
was laid before Leslie Sutherland, gen
ersl superintendent of the Yonkers
Railroad, and Edward Maher. head Of
ne Mount Vernon and New Rochelle
systems, yesterday.
As Frederick Whitridge, president of
ne Third Avenue Railroad, which con-
uols the Westchester lines. had sailed
iior Europe on Saturday. Mr. Suther-
and explained that he could not
change the policy laid down by him.