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TTTE BronXTXO , O'R'EGOyTAy, SATURDAY. NOVEarBETt 28, 1914. 5 BELGIAN PROBLEM IS GROWING GRAVER Number to Be Fed Increased by Return of Refugees From Southern Holland WINTER SUFFERING KEEN Arrivals From Antwerp Say Ger mans Are Willing to Give Work but Pay In Paper Tliat Will Not Buy Food. LONDON, Nov. 27 "The population of Belgium which must be fed during the Winter probably will be many thou sands more than seemed likely a short time ago." This is the conclusion reached by a special commissioner delegated by the American commission for the relief of Belgium to make an investigation. The commissioner sent a telegraphic report from Rotterdam today to Herbert Clark Hoover, chairman of the American com mission. Speaking of the Belgian refugees In the south of Holland, the commissioner said large numbers, most of whom be longed to the agricultural element, had returned to Belgium or were going to return, with the result that there would be an enormous addition to the starv ing population, as it Is impossible to get work. At Bergen-op-Zooro there are 3000 refugees living in tents. Most of the tents shelter two families. With the ground like a quagmire and the cold almost unbearable, the refugees sit huddled about a small fire by day and sleep on straw at night. "One tent contained two men, their wives and a couple of children." the report said. "One of the women was expecting to become a mother in two or three days." Recent arrivals from Antwerp ad mitted that the Germans were ready to give them work, but added: "They pay us with pieces of paper, telling us that some day it will be good money; but it will not buy food." Refugees from small villages which the American commission has not yet been able to relieve said the places had been cleared of food by the Germans, who also had requisitioned all the cat tle, so that actual starvation faced the people remaining at home. PRnfOETOS TO STUDY BEIGITTM Dean of Institution Commissioned to Visit War Zone. PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 27. At the suggestion of President Hlbhen and with the official sanction of Princeton University, Professor Howard McClena han, dean of the college, will sail Sat urday for Europe to investigate the condition of Belgian refugees. Be cause of uncertainty In reports and with a desire to aid the sufferers by the most efficient means, a number of alumni and friends of Princeton have made the investigation possible. Dean ' McClenahan first will visit Cambridge, Oxford and the various stations in England that are sheltering Belgians. From England he expect" to visit Paris and go from there to Bel Blum. , In discussing Professor MrClenahan's trip. President Hibben said tonight: "Dean McClenahan will sail on his Unique mission by the Lusitanla on De cember 6 and will be away for two months. His mission will not be merely to satisfy the curiosity of the Ameri can people. The friends of Princeton who have given him the commission wish to secure for the university and this country information as to the ad visability of sending food, clothing or money and what quantities they act ually need. They have also asked for a report on the physical condition of the people and the economic advan tages or disadvantages of transporting Belgian refugees to this country." STOLEN DIAMONDS FOUND Spokane Youth Says He Got Ioot From 31a u In Minneapolis Jail. (SPOKANE, Nov. 17. Thirty-seven diamonds, stolen from a Jewelry Bales man in Minneapolis, In October, were found buried under rocks near the Northern Paclno depot here today by detectives. Howard Lyons, who recent ly came here from Minneapolis to live with an uncle, a large railroad con tractor, told the detectives he buried the diamonds under the rocks. Lyons, according to the detectives, aid he received the diamonds from D. Hunter, who is now in a Minneapolis jail, charged with theft of the dia monds, which are valued at J2600. PRESIDENT IS RETURNING Thanksgiving Vacation to Be Fol lowed by Official Work. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Nov. 27 President Wilson brought his Thanks giving visit here to a close today, leav ing in time to reach Washington at 6:30 o'clock tomorrow. As soon as he arrives at the capital Mr. Wilson will plunge Into work, completing his mes sage to Congress and conferring with Congressional leaders on the legisla tive programme for the next cession. A large crowd of Williams College students braved a cold wind to bid the President farewell, cheering him lustily as his train pulled out. BRITAIN STILL CONFIDENT (Continued From First Pago.) Dbown an enormous superiority of gun power. "We have lost none; Germany has lost eight or 10," the speaker said. The eoonomlo pressure on Germany, Mr. Churchill said, continued to develop in a healthy and satisfactory manner. Hundreds of ships of more than 300 tons burden entered and left the ports of the United Kingdom daily, while a deficiency in the commodities necessary for munitions of war, the speaker added, was beginning to make Itself felt in the enemy's military organization, Naval lossea Compared, Of the older armored cruisers, the First Lord said. Great Britain had lost six and Germany two. At the begin ning of the war Great Britain had 36 light, modern cruisers to Germany's 25. Great Britain had lost two and Ger many had lost or had interned a quar ter of her number, while Great Britain since the beginning of the war had added as many light cruisers as Ger many h'ad lost. Mr. Churchill declared that the maximum reinforcements which Germany could receive at the end of the year 1916 was three capital ships, while the strength of the British fleet in that period would be Increased by 16 ships. He added: "We can afford to lose a superdread nought every month for 12 months without a single loss to the enemy, and yet be in as gcod a position of superi ority as we were on the outbreak of the war." German Croisem Still Held Back. Mr. Churchill said there had been some danger of the escape to the high seas of fast liners equipped with guns for commerce destruction, but that that danger up to the present had been suc cessfully surmounted. Another peril was the danger from mines. The enemy had adopted meth ods which before the outbreak of the war It was not thought would be prac ticed by any civilized power, antf Mr. Churchill said , he was glad to tell the House that, although Great Britain had suffered losses from mines, the danger from them had been and still was being further restricted and controlled by measures taken by the navy. Submarines, the First Lord of the Ad miralty asserted, had Introduced en tirely novel conditions in naval war fare. The freedom of movement which formerly belonged to the stronger power was restricted in narrow waters by the development of submarines. It was necessary for the safety" of this country, he said, that the fleet should move with freedom and hardi hood, though anxiety- must always be present. Mr. Churchill remarked that the British power in submarines was much greater than that of the enemy. The only trouble was that the British vessels so seldom had a target to attack. AIR RAIDS DEPRECATED WILSON'S DISAPPROVAL COMMISI, GATED UNOFFICIALLY. Course Taken Nearly Two Months Ago Become Known Specific Viola tions Not Mentioned. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. It became known today that President Wilson nearly two months ago communicated unofficially to United States diplomats in the belligerent countries of Europe his disapproval of attacks by air craft with bombs on unfortified cities. Just how the American diplomats abroad were to convey President Wil son's feeling In the matter to the for eign governments was not disclosed, as White House ofifclals, in the ab sence of the President, declined to dis cuss the subject. It is believed here, however, that the President called attention to the ar ticle in The Hague convention of 1907, to which all the principal belligerents are signatory, which provides for no tice of 24 hours before bombardment or attack, in order that noncombatants may remove themselves from the dan ger zone. It is not believed that the President mentioned any specinic violation, but expressed his views on the ceneral sub ject of aerial attack. Through the un official character of the communica tion, it was intended by the President to bring about a better understanding about aerial warfare without actually involving me American Government in ine matter. It is supposed that the American dip lomats used their good offices, conse questly, In a personal way with the belligerent governments, without haps even mentioning the .fact that, they were doing so at the request of the President, as such methods of ob taining a desired, end are not unusual in diplomacy. TENNESSEE TAR BLAMED HELMSMAN INDIFFERENT TO DAN GER, SAYS TURKS. Blank Shots Also Declared Ignored. While Third Sends Shell, but Not Near Lannch, WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 The Turk ish commander of the forts at Smyrna lays all responsibility for the firing upon the cruiser Tennessee's launch "to the indifference of the helmsman of the launch," who, it is said, did not heed warnings of the presence of mines. Secretary Bryan issued today a sup plemental statement on the Tennessee incident, based upon the latest com munication from the Turkish Minister of War to Ambassador Morerenthau In Constantinople. "The War Minister's report," it said, "states that he ascertained from the commander of Smyrna that two blank shots of warning were first fired and that-the sentinel, after waiting two minutes, was obliged to fire the third shot in another direction from that of the launch, which latter shot was merely to prevent the helmsman of the launch from holding his course, which would lead directly on to the mines at the entrance of the port, and to rescue him from a very certain danger. The commander of Smyrna expresses very great regret that such an obligation was presented to the sentinel of the port, which he attributed to the indif ference of the helmsman of the launch." HAWAIIAN MOUNT ACTIVE MAUNA I. OA CRATER, ONE OF BIG GEST IN WORLD, BELCHES LAVA. Islands' Most Spectacular Volcano, Long Thought Extinct, Suddenly Be comes Restless. HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 27. Moku weoweo, the great summit crater of Mauna Loa, the most spectacular of Hawaiian volcanoes, is again in erup tion after a period of quiet so long that it was believed to have become ex tinct. Lava is rolling down the moun tainside. Mokuweoweo crowns the huge, bald dome of Mauna Loa at an altitude of 13,600 feet. Its diameter of 12.400 feet, more than two miles, makes it one of the largest craters in the world. Farther down the flank of the moun tain is the crater Kllauea, at an alti tude of 4400 feet, which is in a per petual state of sub-acute activity. The eruptions of Mauna Loa in past years have been distinguished for the quantity of lava discharged, rather than for violence or damage done. The present outpouring can do ao damage until it reaches the timber line, 4000 feet below the lip of tte crater. Second Fatality From Race Occurs. SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 27. Z. D. Kel ley, of Savannah, one of the rartie- ipants in the 300-mile motorcycle race over the Grand .frize racecourse here yesterday, died early today from in juries received when his machine struck a tree. This was the second fatality. Gray bloop, of Moorosville. N. C, was Instantly killed yesterday auxins me race, HEWS THIEF CAUGHT New York Telegraph Operator, Arrested, Confesses. .' CRYPTOGRAM TRAP IS SET Small News Agencies Dependent on Robbery of Associated Press De prived of Source of In formation by Law. NEW YORK. Nov. 27. II. L. LInder. a telegraph operator in the employ of the Postal Telegraph Company, and at tached to the office of the New York Globe, was arrested today charged with violating section 552 of the penal law. in that he revealed the contents of a telegraphic message sent out by the Associated Press. For a long time it has been evident that the dispatches of the Associated Press were being systematically stolen and were redistributed by a number of smaller agencies to their clients. A careful watch was set upon the busi ness, and suspicion pointed to a cer tain man employed in the office of the Globe, a New Tork evening paper, as the guilty person. The case was con sidered by the executive committee of the Associated Press directors at a re cent meeting, and a plan to detect the culprits and bring them to justice was adopted. For the purpose of transmit ting the more important news in bul letins, wires connect the central office of the organization at No. 51 Chamber street with the editorial rooms of the various members in New York. Operator Copies Bulletins. In the office of the Globe these bul letins were copied, surreptitiously, by H. L. Linder, a telegraph operator em ployed by the Postal Telegraph Com pany, and repeated to the New York News Bureau, a Wall-street concern. Frequently within two r three min utes after their receipt In the office of the Globe, they appeared on the News Bureau's ticker and in the report of the International News .Service, the Central News of America and other minor organizations. For the purpose of trapping the wire-tappers the following dispatch was prepared: "Bulletin EOS, Petrograd, Nov. 27. The Russian dreadnought Fliba, for merly the Ismail, striking a mine In the Gulf of Finland, is a complete loss with 450 lives. "Add Petrograd, under dash, loss of Fliba The Ismail was one of four Baltic dreadnoughts laid down at the Kronstadt yards in 1912. ' She had a displacement of 28,000 tons and carried nine 14-inch guns and 25-inch. The short bulletin wire to the Globe office was detached from the circuit, which included the other New York evening . newspapers, members of the Associated Press, so that the message should go to the Globe alone. As an ticipated, the dispatch instantly ap peared upon the ticker and not long after was "printed in the papers served Dy other news agencies in different parts of the country. As soon as this was done, and before it appeared in any issue of the Globe, a notice to "kill" was sent out, end the telegram there fore. at no time reached the public as from the Associated Press. The word "Fliba," was crvotic Sub stituting for the initial consonant the consonant following it In 'the alphabet and for the two vowels tie vowels fol lowing in the alphabet Fliba became Globe. Thus the culprits were left no chance for escape. The telegram was identified beyond question and its source made plain. The telegraph ope rator was arrested and made a full confession. He was arraigned this aft ernoon before Magistrate F. B. House and held in $5000 bail for a hearing on December 1. Detective Watches Bureau. In order to observe the methods of the New York News Bureau a trusted Pinkerton operator was employed and established himself as an investment broker. "Mr. R. r. Smith." at an of fice at No. 866 Broadway. He fitted his office carefully with a safe and ap propriate furniture and installed one of the New York News Bureau tickers. Employes of the Associated Press were assigned to watch the ticker with great care and to time each dispatch. During a period covering several weeks it was observed that the dispatches of the Associated Press were constantly repeated upon the ticker within five or iv minutes alter they were sent out bv the Associated Press. The New York News Bureau Is not a member of the Associated Press and is not entitled to its service. WRECK SKIPPER CITED XEGUGEXCB IS CHARGE AGAINST CAPTAIN OF LOST VESSEL. Hanalel Master Toole No Soundlna-s for Some Time Before Fatal Crash, Testifies One Witness. I SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. As the result of a preliminary Inquiry Into the causes of the wreck of the steamer Hanalei, which was concluded here to day. Captain J. J. Carey, master of the Hanalei, was summoned to appear be fore Joseph Dolan, inspector of steam and sailing vessels, next Monday, for trial on charges of negligence and un-sklllfulnes8. The Hanalei struck on Duxbury reef November 2i and went to pieces early the following day. More than 20 lives were lost. At the time of the crash Captain Carey was not on the bridge, and according to the testimony given today by Seaman Oscar Brandt, no soundings nad been taken for some time- previous to the impact. These points are the ones on which Inspectors JJoian ana uuthrle based the 'charges made today against Captain Carey, and the ones he will be asked to explain at his trial next Monday. Captain Carey was not present at to day's inquiry, not having recuperated from mental and physical shock in curred during the wreck of his vessel. Testimony was taken from several sur vivors of the disaster. The Inquiry was held behind closed doors. POLES ARE ORGANIZING Preparations Being Made for Change in National Iife. WARSAW, Russia, Nov. 27. via Lon don. Organization of a Polish National Council is announced in a proclamation published today in Polish newspapers. The proclamation, signed by the most prominent Polish politicians, says the object of the council will be to prepare the people for changes in their na tional life In the event of the fulfill ment of Russia's promise, made in the name of Grand Duke Nicholas, that the dismembered parts of Poland should be reunited. Ik ui Ben Selling's Saturday & for the schoolboys Last week's remarkable sale is to be duplicated today; hundreds of newest $6 Norfolk suits, every one with an extra pair of lined knickers Not the remnants of the Fall stock in odd styles and weights, but an absolutely new and comolete assort ment of full-weight Norfolk models to take the place of hundreds already soldi New fabrics; new style ideas; thorough in workmanship; suits made to withstand the severest test these are the suits off ered at reductions that mean something, because based on honest worth. Outfit the boys now for "Winter; these suits will warmth and service style and good appearance. give Smart, stylish Balmacaans, waterproofed for Winter rains a thor ough protection in all kinds of weather. Garments of service, style and quality. Modestly priced, $8.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00. Pull lines of boys' under wear and haberdashery are shown on the second floor. Many attractive Saturday specials. Nobby little overcoats for boys of 2 to 8 years, $5.00 to $12.50. Second Floor BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth SHOOTING IS UPHELD Guards Wounding German Prisoners Are Exonerated. RIOT HELD RESULT OF PLOT Guns Used Only After War Captives Attacked Them, Testify Officers in Great Britain's Camp of Isle of Man. DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, via London. Nov. 27. A Coroner's Jury today de cided that the shooting: of several Ger man prisoners of war during the riot in the Isle of Man detention camp last week was Justified. Colonel Madoc, camp commandant, testified he thought the riot was pre arranged. The trouble occurred In the dining-room and the commandant said a red hand made of cardDoard was placed on the dining-room table dur ing: dinner and that a chair was thrown through a window. The guards warned the prisoners, who advancod oa them, throwing: missiles. The soldiers were unable to use thel bayonets, and in the opinion of Cofonal Madoc they were Justified in firing-. A diary, said to have been kept by one of. the prisoners, showed that a hunger strike had been talked of and that one of the prisoners now under arrest had been going: about stirring up trouble. Colonel Madoc read an entry from his own diary, which he said was made on November 15 by Chandler Hale, who Is attached to the American legation in London as special secretary, as fol lows: "I visited the Douglas aliens' camD this day and found conditions satisfac tory." After the riot the dining-room was In an appalling ctate of chaoB, the Colonel continued, tha place being practically wrecked. The guards were attacked on all sides by the hostile aliens. Douglass Blackburn, the guard who fired the first shot in the riot, testified that he did so when he saw one of the aliens about to strike another guard on the head with a chair. He said he feared that if the prisoners got pos session of a rifle the situation would become acute. Other guards testified that they withheld their fire until they had been cut about the faces and hands. tralia editor, has been named for Mayor; Foster Hovies and Grant Packard for Councilmen, and J. M. Boyles for Treas urer. The people's ticket is composed of F. R. Benenel for Mayor; T. G. Patter son and Grant Packard for Councilmen, and J. M. Alger for Treasurer, Packard being named on both tickets. Brother Sees Sister After 4 0 Years. MIDVALE. Idaho, Nov. 27. (Special.) John H. Clark, who lives near Kmmett, Idaho, met his sister, Mrs. H. Isabella Jenks. of Hendricks, Idaho, at the home of Mrs. Jenks' daughter, Mrs. James Cole, of Midvale, Idaho, after a sep aration of more than 40 years. Mr. Clark and his sister had crossed the plains with their father in 1S66, going first to Puget Sound via Portland in Captain Bean's train. They are endea voring to locate any members of th party who survive. Two Hurt by Revolver Shot. WENATCIIEE, Wash., Nov. 27. (Special.) When Harold Simon and Harold Pochel were hunting in Kasl Wenatchee Wednesday they were met by Lyman Dyer, who drew a revolver from his pocket and discharged it by accident. The bullet went through the fleshy part of his own hand and also through the hand of Harold Simon. The latter is suffering from a painful wo'ind. CENTRALIA TICKETS NAMED George Picked De-w and F. It. Benefiel to Kan for Mayor. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Nov. 27 (Spe cial.) Two complete tickets have been nominated for the town election to be held in Toledo December 8. On the citizens' ticket George Dew., editor of the Toledo- Messenger and an ex-Cen- 1 Jf ' !.'!?-" WU-JIW mi i (IS! I m II! m 'lull it. I! I .Hi! m (Mil m mm r; I Golden West Week The Coffee Festival Nov. 30th to Dec. 5th Pound V . Regular 40c Pounds . . 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