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The Washington herald., 1916-03-25

The Sussex was managed by the Brigh-
ton Railroad. although she belongs to
the French State Railroads. Before the
war she was the night ferry boat be-
tween New Haven and Dieppe, but Folke-
stone was made her English terminus
when the war broke out She flies the
French nag. Her commander is Capt
Moufet. Her crew of forty are mostly
French.
so many Americans are crossing to
France" said Consul General Skinner
tonight. land in the last few days in
particular so many have had their pass
ports weed at the consulate, that it would
be quite remarkable If there were not a
good many of my countrymen on the
Sussex"
Embassy Has No Details.
The consulate had received no official
details Of the mishap. and neither had
the American embassy.
Nothing is said about a submarine or
torpedo in a guarded statement issued
shortly before il o'clock tonight by the
Brighton Railroad.
The Sussex, sailing under a French
flag in the Folkestone-Deippe service" it
where Off Dieppe on her passage today.
There were $50 passengers aboard and
= crew of about fifty, but it is impossible
al present to give further particulars
nor is the passenger list available.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25

The Washington Herad 10000 Club contest launched for the
purpose increasing the circulation of the paper $4,000
close last midnight.
With of assembled in the the
enthusiasm high during the closing of the
Paign.
There that could be read in the OF the
of u notified
icialv Of the termination of the crusade.
The office crowded throughout the even
ing with contestants place their final OF subscriptions
the ballot box Up until the stroke of ~ the subscriptions continued
1lOur
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Seek British Cruiser

Norfolk. Va, March e4.-Cosst guards
have been instructed to look for wreckage
along the coast in consequence of the
finding Of the seven log books Of the
British cruiser Cumberland OH the beach
at Chicamicomico, n. c., yesterday. The
finding of the log books at once gave
rise to the belief that the Cumberland
had been sunk either by a gale or by a
German warship.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
WAITE ADMITS
BUYING POISON
TO KILL PECK
Dentist Declares, However,
He Did So at Request of
Father-in-Law.
REMOVED TO BELLEVUE
Prisoner Tells Judge Swami
He Has No Remorse for
His Actions.

spe-is to The Washington Herald.
New York. March, 2i.-Dlstrict At
torney Edward Swami today said he
had practically cIinched his case
against DR.. Arthur Warren Waite,
young surgical dentist and tennis ex-
pert. accused Of the murder of his
millionaire father-in-law, John L.
Peck
DR.. Waite was removed in an ambu-
lance to the prison ward of Bellevue
Hospital at o'clock tonight He APP
peared calm.
A few hours before. lying in bed in
his fashionable apartment in Riverside
Drive, his mind almost freed from the
thralldom of opiates, Waite, 1t is all
legged, made a confession to Judge
Swami.
The alleged confession fell but one
point short of the admission that John
E. Peck died Sunday, March IL, from
a lethal dose Of arsenic administered
with criminal intent by the defendant
Waite's Statement.
Under the bedside griIIing of the
district attorney, Waite said:
Il bought the arsenic that killed
DR.. Peck and gave it to him. He
begged me to give him the poison,
saying that he wished to take his life
Mr. Peck was racked with illness and
stricken with inconsolable grief over
the death of his wife.
Il did not kill Mr.. Peck. This 1
swear. I know that you do not be-
lieve me and that this means the cleo
trio chair. Do with me as you like.
I do not care whether I live or die. I
have no remorse. A man has Alright
to take his life if he wishes"
Waite's confession came after he had
been confronted with facts amassed by
detectives working under Judge Swami
He would not talk to Judge Swami until
the latter gave him the name Of a drug
Sist and physician through whom Waite
had secured one and one-half grams Of
arsenic on March 9, three days before
the death of Peck.
In Doubt ms to Statement.
When he had concluded a seventy-min-
ute interview with Waite, Judge Swami
said he had not made up his mind wheth-
er the dentists statement was intended
as a crafty design to formulate an in
sanity defense or whether the young
man hopes to escape the major penalty
of his crime.
That his statement to Judge Swami
was part Of a general scheme he has
worked out seemed apparent after a
dramatic incident that occurred just after
tine district attorney left the room.
Waite summoned Raymond SCHNEIDER. a
private detective representing the Peck
family. and asked him to give his coIored
maid, Dora Hitler. a $1,000 bride to in
form Judge Swami that she had heard
Peck say to him:
arthur, you must set me some poison.
l have determined to commit suicide. "
The district attorneys office during the
day discovered several places where
Waite bought poisons between December
p and March ..
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
STEAMER TORPEDOED
WITH 20 AMERICANS
REPORTED ON BOARD
Sussex, FoIkstone to Dieppe, Struck in Channel,
Near French Coast Some Passengers
Removed, Say Late Reports.
BULLETIN

o he
London March 25- Saturday -The morning prints
patch from Fon which the torpdoed 420
p m, while of the French
Several British desoysrs British and French vessels
the packets assistance and removed passengers
reported that there twenty Americans including
the embassy at London aboard the Sussex.
Special to The WashIn HernId
London March 2-With Americans believed be among
800 passenger Channel Packet Sussex Fokestone
DePpc rishap this evening off the French
The report tonight that she torpedoed.
LOydS dispatch that the ship sunk Reports from another
tonight SAYS aRoat that
standing BY.
FOURTH VICTIM ToRPEDoES
The ship be VICTIM presumably
pcdoe mines today.
Loyds dispatch midnight Mississippi and
Dominion Liner Englnan, of Liverpool had been sunk.
The report says sixty-eigh persons rescued
1t neglect5 say whether these all on board
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Miner Killed by Coal Fall.

PottsvilIe, Pa, March 2L-MichaeI Do
Ian, Of Shenandoah. was instantly killed
TO-DAY and Joseph Prunus had his leg
broken when they were caught under
the fall of COAL while timbering at the
Draper Colliery at Gnberton today.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
BerbcrICh In Charge.

BerbcrIch in Charge.
Joseph BcrbCrich. chairman of the Ad-
ycrtisng Vigilance Committee who like
wise is chairman Of The Washington
Herald board of judges. presided at the
ceremonies which closed the contest
p. T Moran president of the Chamber
of Commerce. and also a member of the
board of judges, likewise was present.
The third member of the board Of judges
is Ross T. Andrews. chairman of the
Retail Merchants Association.
At the hour of midnight Mr.. Berberch
announced that the contest was officially
ended He then placed seal over the
little slot in the top of the ballot box
The box was locked up and will be safe
" guarded until the judges set the audit
ors at work summing up the final re-
suits The corps of auditors will start
work carly this morning and will toll
ceaseIessly until the task is completed.
1t is unlikely that the winners will be
announced before Tuesday morning. Alb
solutely no hint as to the winners will
be given until that time.
End Brings Thrills.
Excitement was given the closing of the
contest by the secret voting arrangement
that had been in operation for several
days. Under this arrangement contest
ants have been enabled to deposit their
votes secretly without their competitors
knowing the strength of their final eff
forts Because of the fact that many of
the contestants had massed large votes
to deposit at the last hour, an uncer-
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Wireless Outfits Seized

San Antonio, Tex, March 24-The
Texas civil authorities at the request Of
Maj. Gen. Funston. are Selling all the
wireless outfits of amateurs along the
border. 1t was feared that military Sc
crets mtzht be BETRAYED
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Dodd Now at NadrH.

II is feared here that the consul al
Chihuahua has been misled by the Car
ranzistas who are in control Of the
place
Wireless and courier reports indicate
that Col. George A Dodd's column.
composed OF the Seventh and Tenth
Cavalry and a battery % the Fourth
Field Artillery. have reached Madra.
This is 100 miles south Of CGsas
Grandes. where Gen. Pershing has es-
tablished his headquarters. This dash
10 the south includes the story OF
railroad accident, verifying the fact
that Gen. Pershing is using the North
western from Casas Grandes as far a.
the line is open.
4 detachment OF the Tenth Cavalry.
commanded by Co, Brown. feu he
hind during the first stages Of the
march. They reached Casas GrSndev
at midnight on SUNDAY. A. 4 O'Clock
Monday morning number Of the
horses were loaded in waiting cattle
cars at a point a few miles south or
Casas Grandes. The troopers mounted
the roofs OF the cars and rode VITA
the horses. Mexican fashion
Train Is Wrecked.
At Cumbre IT was necessary 10 H.
vide the train into six sections The
cars were hauled over the mountain
tracks in two and three by engine
built especially TO negotiate heavy
grades. The first lot got over success
fully. but on the second trip the en-
CINE, cars and all turned over.
There were no fatalities Two OF the
troopers were injured Several OF the
horses were so seriously hurt II was
necessary to kill them. The remain
der Of the journey was made over
land.
A report received here tonight says
that Gen. PershinE has taken posses
sion Of the telegraph line along the
Northwestern in order 10 keep in
touch with the advance
The newspaper correspondents with
the expeditionsry forces are all at Col
an's Or''0r Gen. Pershing is declared
to have refused the men permission 60
go beyond that point Some OF them. dis
couraged over the prospects Of getting
out reals news, have pleaded with the
expedition commando for the privilege
of returning to the border.
Threatened with Arrest.
The answer TO the las; request Is said
to have been a threat Of arrest Il any
correspondent left camp without permits
sion.
II is understood that a permanent gar.
risOn VIII be established al Madra WIKI
the Sixteenth and Twentieth Infantrl.
from which the cavalry can operate az
base. Private information received n
! Ell Paso tonight says this movement 10
now underway
The question Of supplies for the troop.
fsrthest south has been temporarily re-
lieved. The agents Of the BsIicora ranch,
owned by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst notified
the QUartermssters' and commissary de-
partment TO take possession OF all food
stufrs on the ranch. The supplies will be
available as soon a. they can be reached.
They consist Of 2OOJ bushels OF beans
50 coo bushels OF corn. 3OOOO head Of beef
cattle and forage. villa has been living
off the products OF this ranch for months
but the figures Eiven are said TO repre-
| sent only . minimum OF what is left
The army ortiCers here expressed them
selves cs very grateful for the suppleA
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
One Dies in Explosion.

Hopewell, Va. March 2.-one person
was killed. five were seriously injured.
and few received burns about the body
when an acid pipe exploded in a plant
of the du PoRt Powder Company's fac
tory here this afternoon,
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Roumania to Help Allies.

Rome. March 2L-The Tribuna learns
from a high Diplomatic source that Rou-
ma MIA has consented to enter the war on
the side of the allies as soon as the
AngIo-French forces in the Balkans open
their offensive against the Germans and
BulxariznA
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
0rpert Trial Date SET.

Waukegan, ILL.,, March 24.-Judge Dom
nelly today set the trial of William Orpet.
the University of Wisconsin student.
charged with the murder of Marian
Frances Lambert, for April TO-
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Salandra Off to Front.

Rome. March 2I-Premier Salandra left
for the front TODAY to hold a final confer
ence with King Victor Emmanuel before
going to Paris to attend the grand allied
council Of war.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Bandit Leader Escapes Armed Circle and
Flees Into San Miguel Country, State
Latest Reports from the Border
HERRERA MOVING TO PARRAL
COL Dodds Column Declared to Have Reached Madre After
Train Wreck-Seven Soldiers Returned
to Fort Bliss
BULLETIN

Ell Paso March A-Th Americans two and woman,
murdered today ranch Columbus according
10 information received here.
The Of the Americans could learned
lacked the bou, and burned the building and the live
Sheriff Peyton Edwards esrspbed Gov Ferguson tonight ursns
that the National Guard of Texas be called
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25

sailed from Portland, Me.
The EnEItshman was a steamship OF
30 tons She sailed from Portland, Me.
for United Kingdom ports via St Nazaire
on February l..
The other victims reported today were
the British steamship Fulmar, of 1870
tons and the Danish steamer Christian
sund. OF 1C17 tons. The latter carried a
crew Of twenty-five. all Of whom were
saved. Of the Fulmars crew. eighteen
are reported saved. Whether any were
lost is not mentioned.
According 10 the belief Of Robert P
Skinner. American consul general in Ion
don. there were a number Of Americans
among the passengers OF the Sussex when
she steamed from Folkestone at 10
o'c.Cck this afternoon.
When she came to grief at o'clock she
was near Dieppe. She sent out alarm
signals and a number of vessels hurried
TO her assistance.
All May Be Saved.
She was near enough to her destination
when the trouble occurred for vessels
to reach the spot from Dieppe harbor,
and this gives rise to the expectation
that all on board may be saved. Re
ports received by the Continental Traf-
nc Office Of the Brighton Railroad en-
couraged the belief that all on board are
alright.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
By H. H. STANSBURY.
Special Cable 10 The Washington Herald

FL Paso March 24-Francco Villa the trap formed bv
the armed circle closing about band his followers
qupa He escaped three days ago the San Miguel country
through his cunning with the aid of friendly Carranzstas
This information brought FL Paso today from Eva
less interest be taken the reports the enveopng
which United States troops participating.
HERRERA MOVING TO SOUTH
Herrera has Chihuahua troops and is moving
south the direction of Paa This Chihuahua is in
tested with Viistas Whether Herrera intends joining
or fighting them is not known
The his contained telegram
Caanza Iuarez late this after
The Department officials silent telegram
Consul Letche Chihrahua which Herrera was still lov to
Carranza.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25

THE HERALD guarantees full moneys worth to the
purchasers of articles advertised in the display
columns of this paper by any Washington merchant,
as first announced January /. 1916
(CncRar Furnished Upon ReqHeaf).
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
HERRERA MOVING TO SOUTH.

5 troops are participating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-30
NEW SENSATION IN
B. q n. AFFAIRS
Judge Who Appointed Receiver
Retires Under Charge of Bias.

Boston, Aug. 29.-After allowing an
order for q temporary receivership for
the Boston & Maine Railroad, under
which he named President James II.
Hustis for the Office. United States Cir
cult Judge william l.. Putnam to-day
withdrew from the case. because of a
bill which, he stated, attacked the in
tegrity Of the court. This bill, which
was filed by Asa P. French. counsel for
Francis V. Streeter, of Medford, a
minority stakeholder, asserted that
Judge Putnam because of his personal
relations with directors of the road
was unfit TO sit in the receivership pro-
ceedings. Judge Putnam ordered the
bill sent TO the federal district attor-
ney, with directions that it be placed
before the grand jury for investigation.
This unexpected development fol-
lowed the courts ruling that the Bos
ton e. Maine Minority Stockholders
Association was Lot entitled TO inter
vene in the case,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-30
TENNESSEE COPPER
FACING LITIGATION
Stiner & Co. Will Start Further
Action in New Jersey.

William II. Stiner e. Co., Custom
House brokers, who recently filed an
attachment against the property of
The Tennessee Copper Company in this
state. announced yesterday through
their counsel, Milton Mayer, their in
tention of beginning similar action
in New Jersey. Mayer charged that
when the bank accounts Of the COM
pany here were attached he discovered
that the company had removed from
New York banks about 100000 and
deposited it in New Jersey banks.
Three suits have been commenced
by Stiner & Co., aggregating s665,S53,
for breach of contracts entered into
with the firm. The complaints allege
that the copper company was never
in a position to carry out the CON
tracts and. despite that the sulphuric
acid was contracted for the company
made sales to a third party at great
ly advanced price over the figure
agreed upon with the plaintiffs.
Utley Wedge, president, stated yes
terday that the Tennessee Copper
Company has given a bond covering
the amount of all the property levied
on, but he has not yet heard from
Stiner & Co. or their attorney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-30

A cable message from the noted
French economist, Yves Guyot,
printed yesterday in The Tribune,
presented in economic outlines a pict-
ure which for unconscious pathos
has perhaps not been equalled in the
current history of the war. Each
line is full Of pain. Since the begin
ming Of hostilities prices in the aver
age have increased 81 per cent. Vege-
tables have advanced so per cent;
meat 56 per cent. There is no COM
plant. The facts are simply stated.
The French merchant marine has
lost little more than 10 per cent
of its tonnage. This would not be a
great amount" says the writer, eff
France were building new ships, but
she is not" The meaning there is
obvious and tragic. Great Britain
is building new ships. Germany is
building new ships. France is not.
She can't. Her energies are other
wise wholly occupied. Efforts to in
duce people to stop boarding money
have been unavailing. "The hoard
ing is just as great as before the
war" This is a statement that re-
quires some explanation. For many
months before the war gold hoard
ing had been a strange and ominous
phenomenon in France. 1t went so
far that the Bank of France charged
premiums for gold. 1t was as if the
French people were guided by in
stinct. And yet, there is some COM
fort in it. The writer says it is not
a calamity wholly, because if people
keep their gold in stockings. they will
have it when the war is over. Then
everybody will have to pay. Peace
to the French people might be spelled
with three letters-p-a-yl Poor
France! She has suffered most and
complains the least. Food is much
higher in Paris than in London.
Paris is silent. London bowls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-30

eminent TO keep Canadian money out
of British loans placed in the United
States. it is the opinion OF "The Nom
ctary Times" that some of the per
cent collateral loan now offering here
will be bought by Canadian institu-
tions. IL says: "Under the war
measures act the government mas
power to prohibit the offering of for
eign securities in Canada, AS has been
done in Great Britain. but has pre-
fcrred to rely upon the patriotism oil
the Canadian investing public rather
than to adopt repressive measures. II
is thought. however. that some Of the
new British loan in the United States
will find its way 10 Canada IN
the future, after the forthcoming do
nestle war loan has been fully sub
scribed. Banks, insurance companies
and other institutions are preparing TO
take large blocks of the domestic war
loan. Aside from that, they have
heavy funds for investment, and some
of those funds may find their way into
the new British loan"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-30
LOAN HOLDERS GAIN
BY RISE OF RUBLES
Russian Money Advancing in the
Foreign Exchange Market.

The hope that the participants in the
recent s5OO,OOO,OOO loan to Russia will
reap a substantial profit on the transsc-
ton earlier than expected was improved
yesterday by further rise in the value
of exchange on Petrograd. Foreign ex-
change bankers reported sales of the
Russian ruble as high as "a cents, with
prevailing high quotation of 1915,
The possibility of profit rests on the
provision of the loan agreement that
subscribers shall share with the Rus
sian government any advance above
33 1-3 cents in the exchange value of
the ruble For the purposes of that
loan the dollar value of the ruble was
fixed at 33 l-3 cents.
When the credit was ioated here in
the early summer the New York bank
ers handling the transaction thought 1t
might be a year at least before Russian
exchange would rise to level that
would warrant the retirement of any
Of the participation receipts. The en-
trance of Rumania into the war on the
side of the Allies, however. has caused
rubles TO rise suddenly. Should they
touch 40 cents there would be a profit
of slO,OOO,O0 to be divided among the
loan subscribers and the Russian gov
eminent. The normal intrinsic value
Of a ruble in dollars is SIP cents.
The improvement in Russia's credit
position in this country has also been
recently reflected in sales of the So
per cent imperial government loan is
sued in Petrograd. For some months
American investors, attracted by the
possibility OF obtaining yield of about
IL per cent have been purchasing the
bonds in the neighborhood of $500 per
l.000-ruble bond. The bonds sold yes
terday as high as 1925.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-30
DRICCS-SEABURY
PASSES DIVIDEND
Action Due to Delays in Deliv'
cries on War Contracts.

The briggs Seabury Ordnance Com
pany, whose plants have been reported
to be booked to capacity with munition
orders, yesterday passed the usual
quarterly dividend Of per cent on the
common stock. The reasons assigned
for this action by the directors were
unforeseen delays in deliveries and
heavy increases in the price Of raw
materials. The following statement
was issued by President A. L. Borie:
1.-THE company's earnings are more
than sufficient TO warrant and pay a
dividend on the common stock Septem-
Der Is. but owing to delays which could
not have been foreseen in deliveries
during June. July and the first half
of August and the consequent heavy
increase in raw materials on hand, work
in process, etc, the board of directors
deemed that the best interests of the
stockholders will be more adequately
conserved if no dividend on the common
stock is declared at this time. Deily-
cries are now being made at an IN
creasing and satisfactory rate.
statement of the company'S condi-
ton sent out to shareholders last night
showed that during the first six months
OF the current year the surplus avail
able for dividends amounted TO about
81, 100000.
On May Is last the Driggs-Seabury
board inaugurated the 5 per cent quar-
terly dividend rate. Three months pre-
yious a dividend of Pr per cent was
declared for six weeks period. The
United States government recently
placed an order with the company for
2hO Lewis machine guns