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The day book., 1916-06-01

That night, when Ram Gus was
sleeping, Pyne crept downstairs and
verified certain suspicious which had
become already a moral certainty.
The next paOTning, when Arthur
Hartley arrived, with his wife, the
three confronted the butler.
81 have discovered the murderer, "
said Pyne suddenly, and noted the
start the butler gave. Come this
way"
He led them into the unused pan
try. He had stripped the Section of
paper from the, wall adjacent to the
Buddha in the next room. There was
a tiny circular hole in the plaster, too
small to have been noticed by the pa
perhanger. Inserting a blade Of grass,
Pyne pushed it clear to the end.
Ram Gus, who had remained in
CONSERVATION at the door, gave a
sickly smile and sat down on kitch-
en- chair which was in the room.
Pyne led the others into the Ii
brary. He went up to the Buddha
and pressed the beady red eyes. They
fell backward upon their tiny hinges
reveallpg-the end or the grass Dlade
at the back of the right eye.
Here is where Colonel Hartley
was standing when he met his
DEATH" said Pyne, taking up his pO-
sition on the floor He was killed
through the right eye. He was OBJ
served through from the next room
through the left eye, by means Of a
slender tube"
But how was he killed." ques-
toned Arthur Hartley, thunder
struck.
by an overdose of curare," an
swered Pyne. 'It is a drug we'll
known to the Veddahs of Ceylon,
and discharged with fatal effect by
means of a blowpipe. Here, he end
ed, taking a little reedy tube from his
pocket, ''is the blowpipe, which dis
covered inside the head of the Bud
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ST. LOUIS, April 1s.--William j.
Bryan. who arrived here this morning
on his way to New Orleans to address
a teachers convention. changed his
plans suddenly and departed at noon
for the East. where. he said. he was
going to try to prevent the United states
from getting into the European war.
II believe II would be a crime
against civilization for this country to
go into his war; Mr.. Bryan said Just
before he boarded the train. "and there
fore unwise for the country to do any
thins that would Increase the chance
of going into the war
Bryan said he had formulated no
plan OF action in Washington. but that
he felt II was his duty 10 a patriotic
citizen to go there and do everything
he could to prevent the United States
from getting into a wal with Ger
many.
on his arrival at Union station from
Omaha this morning he sent for news
paper men and while at breakfast wrote
a statement in which he urged nat the
dis ute between the United States and
Germany either be submitted to an in
ternational tribunal or the settlement
postponed until after the present war Is
over. Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Before there Is any necessity for war,
first the dispute can be submitted to
an international tribunal for irvestiga.
ton and report. This Ia the plan now
embodied In thirty treaties with Gov
ernments representing three-fourths OF
the population of the world.
These treaties require us TO take this
course with Great Britain, France. Rus
STA and Italy in case OF dispute with any
OF these nations. Germany has formally
approved the plan. although no treaty
has been negotiated with Germany. but
as the plan will be offered to AL the
world. I take IL for granted that l., viii
at least he proposed before we 60 to war
with any country.
III for any reason this treaty plan Is
not employed. there In still another al
tentative before going TO war namely.
I the ~postponement of the settlement of
the dispute until the present war is over
There are two reasons why this
course IL preferable to going into this
war;: First-Pos ponement would in all
probability enable us to reach "A settle
ment after the war, the fear OF the ef-
feet OF the settlement on this war beins
now the greatest obstacle in the way
OF settlement.
"Second-If We must have war. II IL
better to postpone II until after this wal
IL over. Then II will be our war with
the nation with which We have u dis
pu.e. and We can decide when to 60 IN
and when to come out
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WOMEN BACK
"Prrpa red n esq., Meeting switches
10 Roosevelt Conference.

Three hundred Progressive women
met at the Hotel Manhattan yesterday
and came out in "A body for
What's that? For whom? Well, for
Theodore Roosevelt, And the Il thing
il that they went there fully resolved,
IN Miss Alice Carpenter. who was chair
man. declared, that they would be as
u~oncommit'al as even the Colonel him
self could wish them to he. In fact, the
meeting was advertised. and for more
thar an hour was conducted ms "A pre-
pnrodness meeting William l.. Snun-
ders. the speaker. talked about the i'm
p%ortance OF making the most Of the coun-
try's resources and public health and an
that.
Then. about 2 40 o'clock. the traffic
policeman AT Forty-second street and
Madison avenue heard a noise like n
large political convention done In
soprano. Tha was when Miss Car
renter happened to mention Mi. Roosc-
welt. Reserve went 10 tho four winds
and tluee hundred ON chanted At the
tops Of their voices:
Teddy, Teddy. we're all ready,
Teddy. Teddy. we're for You.
The women we're about 70 oreanjze a
Roosevelt committee when George ".
Perkins brought In n telegram signed by
Miss Grace Nittum-who ran for Alder
nan in Chicago on the Progressive
ticket-and by other Chicago Progress
sives urging the New York women w do
fer organization until the movement
could be made "A rational one. Miss
Carpenter appointed u committee. with
Mrs. Winston churchill. Miss Ruth Nor
gan, Mrs, V. @. Simkhovitch. Mrs. Charles
:. Bird and other Progressive workers
as members, to cooperate with the
womcn Of other States.
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WALL STREET DIVIDED.
some Thtnk Germany viii Give In,
hut Others Doubt u.

he Presidents message WAS received
with considerable diversity Of opinion In
the financial district. There was one
point on which all agreed-that a criti-
cal and very serious point had been
reached.
A number OF prominent bankers. in
Guiding representatives OF foreign
houses. expressed confidence that. before
'hc vigorous demands OF the President,
Germany would make concessions enough
TO permit OF an am'cable settlement. The
message was Interpreted as indicating
that a loophole mad been left In his
note TO Germany for such concessions.
I. was pointed out by these men that
Germany had everything to win and
nothing TO lose by the surrender OF the
Objectionable features OF submarine war
fare and the maintenance OF friendly re-
latlons with this country.
on the other hand. a group OF financial
interests were inclined TO pessimism. one
banker who has followed the German
situation closely said he feared that.
whatever the Kaiser and Imperial Chan
ccllor might deem advisable popular
opinion In Germany would not permit Of
any retraction in a measure which was
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$500 MARCHERS ENROLLED.
Many Sands Also Enlisted for Pre-.
paPedness Parade.

At a meeting OF the executive con-
mittec OF the Citizens Preparedness
parade last night In the Yale Club.
fifty trades committees reported that
they had enrolled So. ZOO marchcrs and
many bands. Police Commissioner
Arthur Woods and Rabbi Joseph silver
man made addresses.
The committee has yet to hear from
fifteen more trades committees The
insurance committee will probably have
the largest turnout: It's report says TO-
600 have signed to march and there will
be four bands and three ife and drum
corps.
The stationery and photo md cleo
trotypers' committee u that tho
photographers. being mostly Germans.
had declined 10 take part In the parade.
The parade Is To- be IN four sections,
starting from different points. hut all
falling In line behind zach other and
marching up Fifth avenue to Thirty
ninth street.
The executive committee will take all
the reports and allot tho marchers to
the different sections and then subm
the plan for assembling points and tho
line of march to the Police Department
~ the parade will have proper police
regulation.
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CAN FIX BLAME FOR
CAVEINS, SAYS MOSS
Counsel for Thompson Insists
Committee still Has I'M
pOrtant Work to Do.

Frank Moss. counsel for the Thomp-
son legislative committee, insisted yes
terday that the committee really had
some work to do that was worth while
and that the Assembly was doing some
thing else besides stopping a food Of
words when I, reduced the invcs,lga-
tors appropriation and stipulated that
the inquiry cease. limiting that politi-
cal considerations were involved IN this
action by the Assembly. Mr.. Moss said
while the pressure Of legislative
work toward the close of the session
has prevented the committee from hold
ing public meetings for several weeks.
the work of investigation has been pro-
ceeding privately from counsels' and ac-
countants' Offices.
These Investigations recently have
"a FRIED US over large contracts We
are In n position to show what amounts
practically to gifts to favored con-
tractors " vast sums OF money and the
responsibility for IL. We will show
responsibility FOR the fatal caycin ac-
cidents last fall. which have been kept
quiet.
Lines have been opened too IN the
original inquiry concerning commit
ments and obligations. Mr.. Morse In
completing a thorough and systematic
Investigation Of books and accounts.
Many complaints of citizens and ASSOC
Citations are waiting TO he developed.
II am aware that some powerful In
terests have become nervous and want
to close up the investigation. have
taken the pains to secure and control
tho faata q md IN ha AHA ,n -,nt,,y. ,u ha :
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LENA, JUMBO'S MATE. KILLED.
Aged Circus Elephant Gets Pnrai-
.sis and IL Put to Death.

B~RipGEroRT. Conn, April l9-Lcut Pr
elephant known TO circus r"sl" Hrr
circus Soers for the last two general 1',
was executed here to-day at tn RafE.H
n BAILEY winter quarters 10y a party 81.
twenty men under the direction Of c-..f
Elephant Trainer Harry Mooney SO
had developed paralysis Of the forward
right leg and II wac thought that to i.'
Ter to death was the most humane tH.r-
that could be done.
Lena was brought to his courtr- 'roH
Asia more than sixty ear ago b
was the herd mate Of Jumbo. the fi11oIs
giant elephant ~ the show Sts ,
thought to have travelled more than lr
human helm. or animal living So Ne''
TO Europe both times that the show v :
abroad
The aged elephant was s'rarg.e' 10
death by means OF ropes and up m
resistance.
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WON'T QUIT.
Says Hell Continue Inquiry. Irre-
spectiVe Of bly Action.

ALBANr. n. v, April Ex-senator
George r. Thompson. who succeeded
early this morning before the Senate ad-
Journed In having Senator Brown name
a conference committee to intercede with
the Assembly In behalf Of the Thompson
investigating committee. said to-ui-ht
that MS investigations would continue.
irrespective Of the action taken by the
Assembly.
The rules committee of the Assembly
has chopped the Thompson committees
appropriation from $4,000 to $?5. 900
and amended the proposed extension
resolution adopted by the Senate contin-
uing the committees existence until July
l to make the committee wind up its
affairs Immediately.
The work Of the Senate to-day pre-
vented any conference being hold with
Speaker Sweet and other members of
the rules committee. Senator Thompson
insisted the work Of his committee would
60 on. no matter what the assembly de-
cided.
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~avowedly re'aliatory against Erg'.'L
The general apprehension Of ihcs, Men
was based on their belief I'm the u.p1.
larity Of submarine warfare ir Ger.
many. In spite II the recent ous'iog 1,
Admiral Won Tirpitz as head - ne
navy.
II was generally assumed thai n soy.
france OF diplomatic relations involved
danger OF war. What trcmcudou. odds
such a contingency would raise dgaIus,
Germany In the way Of increased ~.
tension Of materials and credit O. 'ha
Allies were widely cited. The pos. BIT "
~ the employment of informed G,rWaa
ships Vas brought up. u tho nredc c.
ton freely mad by bankers that So tho
event of war the allied counties woI'd
encounter no difficulties TN %socurin here
whatever loans they wished.
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FOODSTUFF IMPORTS Jump.
Hut Exports for February More
Than Keep Pace.

WASHINGTON, April I9.--Imports of
crude materials for use in manufacture
Ing foodstuffs and partly or wholly man
ufactured materials for further use In
manufacturing and manufactures ready
for consumption amounted to $193. $685.
III In February. 1915, against sl25,-
1891 In February. 1915, according TO
the Department ~ Commerce.
Exports OF the samo materials, food
stunts, manufactures, &c, Amounted to
@402.99l.1lS In February, against $2aa,-
S0b.s69 In February, 1915. according 70
figures Issued to-day.
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The New Yorker HcrOId.

pdpeTs III MS Guy ana elScN mere
The New Yorker HcroId.
The great American nation stands. as
once did Hercules. before the parting Of
the ways. Will reason. Justice and the
will OF the people az will the masters of
the country. the great Wall Street usu.-
ers and throat cutters. with the aid of
a President who IL burdened with the
curse OF glazing mediocrity, carry of the
victory?
Whatever happens the duty Of the
German Americans, as that OF all good
citizens. will he In the future as IL was
In the past TO work with all lesltimaie
means. undeterredly and indcfatigably.
against a further growth Of insa
II would he a mistake TO deceive our
selves into believing that the situation
10 not extremely critical. as far as the
attitude and the intentions of the Presi-
dent are concerned. But the fact that
the whole matter is taken into Congress
gives room for hope. The country has
confidence in Congress and believes that
hat body will not allow Itself to be
dictated TO, but that IL will give ex-
preston TO the nations determined de-
sire to keep peace.
In this great hour, 20 teeming with
important decisions. 1t mus, be said that
the policy of breaking with old and
tested friends OF the United States can-
not bring advantages. but only de,ri-
ment.
The staats-Zeituns.
II IL unthinkable that the German
Government should recognize this man
date and acquiesce In the demands per-
emptorily set forth by the President. as
long ~ the cause OF the inauguration Of
the submarine war. the illegal British
blockade. and the consequent interference
with rights Of neutral remain
In force and as long as Great Britaln's
inhumanity against the noncombatan,s
OF Germany continues.
The Presidents demand on Germany
merely aims AT the permanent protection
Of British shipping and. II acquiesced in.
would render England invulnerable. "a
Germany make such n concession >
Every one may answer this question for
himself.
Thus President Wilson puts before the
alternative the German Government
e.. r to grant demands the fulfilment
OF which appears to be entirely impos-
sible. or to anticipate a war with the
United States. for "a rupture of the dip
lomatic relations, in such circumstances
. mean nothing but war.
President Wilson has brought the dip
lomafi situation To such a sharp edge
that the United States will have TO be
driven into the war-unless Congress
intervenes in the eleventh hour.
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MEN GO UP ll.lOO FEET.
And set n New Altitude Regard 10
America.

NEwPoRT NEWS, Va, April 10 AS
ccnding ll,l0o feet with two passengers.
Victor carlstrom, instructor in the Cur
it's aviation school, set "A new record
here to-day for America. Until to-day
the record was held by Il. V. Morris of
Buffalo, who IN August 10, 1915, as
cendcd s,O24 feet with two passengers.
Carlstrom was forced to return ~
earth because n carburfter choked. lie
WAS accompanied ny Charles kIrkmur
OF Buffalo. designer OF the engine used
In the machine ana William Bouldiu Sd
Of New York, pupil nj the Curtiss school
The record ID the third 10 be ret her,
within the past month,
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student Starves on Meal q Day.

CHICAGO. April 19.--tieoree Russell
Brooke. a student Mt the Northwestern
University. died to-day of starvation, n
victim of his attempt to get through col
lege without sufficient tunds to buy food.
He had often tainted in the classroom,
and his death brought to light the
fact that for a month No had subsisted
on . meal . daSA
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WAR BRIDES" LEAD
SHARP PRICE DROP
Market Sells or at Opening,
Receivers, and Breaks
Again at Close.
MESSAGE BRINGS SLUMP

Prices broke sha rply or the Stock Ex-
change yesterday. with the war brides"
registering the heaviest declines for the
day inc In many instances going to new
low figures for the year. Tho market
sold on generally at the opening and
broke again shortly before the close.
when the exact Tenor of the Presidents
speech became known In tho financial
district.
Overnight developments in the inter-
national situation dominated the open
ing. when the losses were heaviest In the
war specialtics. Crucible Steel opened
off 3Ss points at So and. on following
quotations. dropped to SIN Baldwin
opened at 92. n decline Of IN points.
and Immediately sold still lower at 81 Y.
United States Steel sold off "A full point
at -the opening at 80. while the motor
stocks were also of. Studebaker opened
ga lower. Maxwell IL and Goodrich
la.
The professional trading element was
largely responsible for the break at the
opening. with the addition Of further
selling pressure from other sources
which were acting upon the advice from
Washington hat the President would
deliver an ultimatum to Germany ON
the submarine question.
After the first half hour the market
stifened a trihe. some OF the specialties
making fair recovcries. while others con-
tinued their downward movement. The
market became quite active and selling
was checked. United States Steel fuc-
tuated only f~ractionally and in the main
regained a part OF its opening loss. with
other issues remaining unchanged.
American "A Vas weak and the cop
per stocks were well supported.
Awaits wilson's MESSAGE.
Al the end of the frst hour the sell
ins pressure became less and the market
moved slusgishly. awaiting the publica-
ton ~ President Wilson's message.
As early as I o'clock the crowds be-
gan to gather about the news tickers
and trading almost came 10 "A ~standstill.
the quotations on the Stock Exchange
tape being spasmodic In appearinS.
After the Presidents message had
been read there was no immediate sell
ing pressure. such as had been expected.
In fact. the market seemed TO move
along At an even pace until the begin
n ng OF the last half hour.
Pronounced weakness in the war
brides" became manifest and the general
list sold of on the break. Baldwin
started the decline towdri the close
and sold back to S1is. while American
Locomotive dropped to sS and American
SHELTERS sold or 10 ISL. The closing
was active but weak. with United states
steel of Isl at SIN, Baldwin of 81.
a; S.. and American Locomotive on Z At
61.
Table shows Changes.
The following table gives the high
prices OF the war specially stocks for
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The rails. closed on also. but their
losses for the day were fractional In the
main. with the exception Of Chesapeake
and Ohio. Canadian Pacific. Reading and
New York Central.
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RUSHING EAST TO
BLOCK WAR WITH GERMANY
Offer Plans for Arbitration-Would Wait Nego-
tiations Until After European Conflict.

pendent role Of floating great loans for
the Allies to fight our battles for us.
at Is sad to feel In this supreme mo-
ment that we cannot lay claim to the
heroic past which BELTS the sons OF our
fathers
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LAUDS WILSON'S STAND.
Prof. Stowen Of Columbia Sees
Serious Conf IicatiOus.

Serious complications are ahead OF
the United States. In the opinion OF
Prof. Ellery C. Stowell of the depart
men, OF International law at Columbia
University.
In a statement given out by him yes
terday he upholds President Wilson in
his stand taken yesterday on the U
boat issue and adds that It Is only
to be regretted that such "A movement did
not come before the present. Any self
respecting nation. he says, would have
gone to war after the sinking OF the
L~usitania.
Prof. Stowell said
President Wilson'S address 10 Con-
gress 10 clear and comprehensive. Ex-
cept for the well merited expression
'wanton' which It contains and the spe-
cifc mention Of a break In diplomatic
relations, |, might he considered as a
courteous warning to Germany. and
believe that the American people Will ac-
cord II their hearty approval.
T understand the present crisis We
have to consider certain important events
which have occurred.
"In the first place. because Of Ger
| many's Illegal and unjustifablc invasion
of Belgium, We ought TO have Joined the
| Allies against her--at least We ought 70
have protested.
Neutrality IL Defined.
AS the great jurist Westlake has
said. There Is no general duty OF main
tanning the condition Of neutrality. ON
the contrary. the general duty Of every
| member OF a society In to promote Jus
tice within 1t. and peace only on the
footing OF Justice. such being the peace
which alone Is OF much value or likely
to be durable. Thus in a state the man
would be a bad citizen who allowed n
| crime to be committed before his eyes
without doing his best to prevent II or
who refused to assist the ma gistratcs
in furnishing crime and In the society OF
states the action of all the members In
unfolding It's laws IL the more required
since an organized government In want
ing
"Unm,ndful Of our international obli-
cations. the Administration declared for
t.eutrality. Having once adopted this
course we should AVE made every effor,
to secure from both belligerents respect
for our rights AS "A neutral, Instead We
indirectly gave assistance TO the Miles
in violation of our neutral obligations.
"For It Is impossible to regard on,
failure to make every reasonable effort
TO secure from Great b. tain respect fo'
our rights in any other light. When We
have failed to be neutral Germany had
some excuse II she too failed 10 treat US
as such. II she had been wise she would
have appealed to American sense of fair
ness. She should have published he,
romDlaint.
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ANY self-respecting Government would
instantly have declared war on Germany
or at least have broken of all friendly
Intercourse, If We had done so every
American. hyphenatcd or not. would have
stood back OF our President. Instead We
entered Upon a long drawn out ncgotia-
ton, without apparent plan. AZ It was
without effect or without honor. until no
one could understand where We stood.
81 know OF no instance In history
where "A great Power has submitted to
such an injury, aggravated. as II was, by
the deliberate disregard of our warning.
Even now II is fitting hat we should
at this late hour insist upon redress. aud
We should break with Germany IL she
does not make II, A rupture of relations
rs better than dishonoring negotiations,
War even 10 preferable to disloyal neu-
fraiity.
"If war results from our latest move
We shall rue our failure since august.
1914. to make adequate preparation to
enforce our rights. Az a CONSEQUENCE of
this inaction Instead OF using our re-
sources u build up an adequate army
and navy We shall have to play the DE-