Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1918 — Page 1

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FEW AMERICANS DEAD; REPORTS SAY MAJORITY OF MISSING BELONG TO BRITISH CREW LONDON ESTIMATES TOTAL TUSCANIA LOSS AT 101 ENGUSH ORDER SUPPLIES SENTTO IRISH COAST TOWNS TO PROVIDE FOR SURVIVORS' COMFORT

BE (M IS SAID

WIE ■HOIS

SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE

Briti»h Admiralty Give* Number of Yankee Men and Officers Saved as 2,011—Troops Moving to Front Were Part of 32d Division, Composed of Michigan and Wisconsin Former National Guardsmen.

Americans Prevent Attempted Flight Over Lines by Twenty German Flyers.

SHIP SUNK IN TWO HOURS LONDONDERRY, Ireland, Feb* ruary 7.—The submarine which torpedoed the Tuaeania waa attacked by s destroyer. An American officer gave an intimation that the submarine was destroyed. This officer was one of the last tii leave the Tusconia. He gave the Associated Press a vivid account of

the disaster.

‘ The second torpedo fired by the submarine missed its mark, he said. A destroyer which was near the sinking liner dashed off toward the submarine, using a bomb dropping device. The claim is made that the submarine was “done in” by the bombs thus exploded. LONDON, February 7.—At one point there are 550 survivors of the torpedoed transport Tuscanis, eight of whom are in a hospital. At another point there are 1,350 survivors. 90 of them In hospitals. The admiralty announced late this afternoon that ten more survivors had reached a Scottish port. Survivors report that two torpedoes were fired. The first passed Just astern of the vessel. The second struck near No. 1 boiler. The behavior of the greater part of the soldiers and members of the crew was splendid. A few of them became excited, hindering the lowering of the boats. In some cases the entire crews were thrown out while the boats were being lowered. Other boats were let down hurriedly on men who were swimming around the liner. Many casualties were caused

in this way. \

Sergeant F. C. Dubuque and Ser-

WAR BROUGHT HOME.

WASHINGTON. Fehruarv 7. —Secretary Baker issued the following statement: 'The sinking of the Tuaeania brings us face to face with the losses of war in its most relentless form. It is a fresh challenge to the civilized world by an adversary who has refined, but made more deadly the stealth of the savage in warfare. We must win this war and we will win this war. Losses like this unite the country in sympathy with the families of those who have suffered loss; they also unite ua to make more determined our purpose to press on. “As rapidly as details come in, they will be given to the public, in order to relieve anxiety where possible, and notice will be sent as promptly ss possible to those whose sons and brothers have been added to the nation's heroic dead.”

31 HOSTILE PLANES LOST

Sinkinga of British Merchantmen for Week Tctala Fifteen Vessels, Including Ten La'-ge Craft.

On the battle front in France the German artillery continues active in Flanders, the Arras-Cambrai sector and in Champagne. There also have been small raids at widely scattered points. On the American sector, the artillery action is lively. Only the artillery has been active on the

Italian front.

German Work* Bombed.

Entente aviators are busy dropping ■ bombs on German military establishi ments and in downing enemy airmen. On# Of two American flyers in a French | bombing squadron brought mown an j enemy machine and American gunners; drove off twenty German airmen that! attimpted to cross the American lines, j French, firitlsh and Italian aviators j during the lawt few days have brought ! down thirtyrone German airplanes an1 S have dropped many tons of bombs on

hostile targets. Berlin reports

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THE BRITISH STEAMER TUSCANIA

SOME MEN JUMP OVERBOARD

supposedly heavily r onvoyed, fell in with the submarine, but It wa* regarded as probable that the fhlp stumbled on the Submersible, rather than that the disaster was the first shot in the much advertised German offensive against the line of American troops and supplies. British Convoys near to ihe torpedoed rhlp closed in quickly and did heroic work. The position of the Tuscania off the north coast of Ireland also was such that numbers of British patrol ships and other vessels rushed to her side, and In that way the losses were

minimised

Dispatches from London described the j condition of some of the survivors as pitiable. Many had cast aside all their clothes and had been swimming about ' for two Hotirs before being rescued.

Three Die of Exposure.

Three men from the Tuscania died

of exposure In the open boats.

Women volunteer nurse* at lairne attended to slightly Injured men. Wards were improvised In hotels Thirty seriously injured men were dispatched to local hospitals, where they are receiving careful treatment. The resources of 1-arna were taxed to the utmost to provide food and clothing for the survivors, the Loudon reports say. One of the men* who swam about for two hours before he was rescued, jokingly said he had had enough swimming to satisfy him for the rest of his

life.

the de-

struction of seven entente machines on the western front. British Shipping Losses. 'British lessee in merchantmen due to submarines or mines aggregated fifteen vessels, including ten of more than 1.60} tons, for the first week of February. The total equals that of the previous week, but In that period nine of the fifteen ships sunk were of more than 1,600 tons. Italy lost one large steamer during the week ending February 2. Two large and small French merchantmen were sunk in the same period.

SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION.

I.nXDOX, February 7.—Thomas Smith, of Glasgow, a boatswain's mate o« the Tuscania. said the transport was proceeding to an l-lnglish port under convoy. **At 5>45 o'clock, on Tuesday evening," he continued, "I was in ko. i room talking with a fellow-boatswain when I heard a terrific explosion aud felt the vessel heeling over. I said to my mate: 'They've got her now.' "We commenced lowering honts on the starboard side. The soldiers were lined on deck watting for the boats. Unfortunately, many jumped overboard. **1 found the bo«t at IVo. J» station, to which I proceeded, had been blown to pieces. I then helped to get boats O-a, 9-b and »-c away with full complements and the second officer got boats 1 to 7 safety away. “After seeing these launched I proceeded to the other deck, where I launched a raft. I picket! up fourteen soldiers and two of the ship's company who were swimming about. We had no oars and had to paddle along with our hands. We were picked up at !* o'clock In the evening and landed W ednesday morning." The first survivors were Innded at 4::tO o'clock Wednesday morning. From then until 7 a. m. many patrol boats arrived, each bringing a full complement of survivors, the number of whom by that time had reached 550, including forty member* of the crew. All the medical men at Larne, on the eastern coast of Ireland, where some of the survivors were Ignded, were requisitioned. One of the stewards on the Tuscania, named Houston, whose home Is in New York, was near the engine room when the explosion occurred. He had much difficulty In reaching his boat station, owing to the list to starboard. , 'Ihe steward found the boat crowded, bat It was Isunehcd successfully- “We were among the lucky ones," he said. “YVc got away easily.’*

QUESTIONS ASKED

Administration Bill Would Make Military Dictator of President, Contention of Critics.

John Connors, One of Defendants. Testifying Previously to Beginning of Defense, Said That He Collected Money for the 1914 Campaign at the Direction of Joseph E. Bell, Who Also Is on Trial.

BITTER FIGHT IN PROSPECT

possible and were sending supplies

ihe places where they landed. Clothing for Survivors.

• The w ar department issued the following statement; "British authorities have wired Instructions to thetr commands In Scotland and Ireland to afford our troops from the Tuscania

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VESSEL OF 13,400 TONS WAS BOUND FOR UNITED STATES.

DAMAGED. BUT NOT SUNK

Additional reports have reached the war department saying that about 600 survivorsYv\ere hi Lame Ireland, and

ffant Muller, both of Brooklyn, were | iUn«l ^h^dtopSehei'^Mid tha^fentfslt reflcued from . rnft by a coaatinir .’I'll'H'Vi

schooner,

WASHINGTON* February 7— That the total loss resulting from the torpedoing of the British transport Tuscania off the Irish const has been reduced to 101, the majority of whom are members of the British crew, was the encouraging news contained in late unofficial bulletins from London today. The deaths among the 2,170 American officers and men aboard would thereby be very few. These figures contained in a report from the Associated Press correspondent in Ireland were confirmed at the American embassy in London Official hgurea given out here before the receipt of the later dispatches from iotuk'" 'save the number of American •urvlvors as 2,011, or a loss of 16s lives, with a total loss of 210, it was believed, however, that report* from the missing would reduce the official Casualty list and the later bulletin from lamdon confirmed this belief. The vessel, manned by a British crew and under convoy of British men-of-war. is reported to have been sunk on Tuesday night, although first accounts of the disaster did not reach Ixmdon until 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Afloat for Two Hours. The Tuscania remained afloat for two hour* after being torpedoed, according to a dispatch from London. This fact probably accounts for the comparatively small losa of life, and the apparent efficiency of the rescue work. Most of the Americans were officers and men of the 32d national guard division. and were from Michigan and

Wisconsin.

Official reports from British sources state that a fc>tal of 2,397 persons were on board the transport. An official communication given In London early this afternoon said: “The Anchor liner Tuscania, Captain J. L. Henderaon. was torpedoed on the night of the 5th of February off the Irish coast while carrying United Mates troops. “Following are the * approximate aumbrr saved: United States military officers, 76t men, 1,855. Crew, officer*, Iffi men, 125. Passengers, 3. Not specif ted. 32. The total number aboard. XSm. Total saved, 2,187. The foregoing are approximate figures* hat an cornet ns cun be given at

p reseat.”

Such reports as were at hand today gave no details of how the transport,

Pershing Reports Wounding of Ten' Men on February 2 and 3. WASHINGTON. February 7-General ! Pershing ban reporter! that Private : Hufuft S. Atkins, infantry, of WinstonSalem, N. C.. was killed in action on | February 3. Details of fighting were not j

given.

Ten Infantrymen were wounded slightly in action February 2 and 3. They j were: Corporal Luther L Burnett, SprtngvilU*. Tenn ; Private Henry J. Richards, Elm Grove, W. Va , Waller] L. Beach, Ka stowed, O.; Raymond! Cewak. Chicago; Ernest T Allen. Lan- | sing. Mich ; Max Cantman, Romanoff, Volinskl Gubernia, Russia; James V. | Lee, Garvsburg. N (’ ; Roscoe Taylor, ! Woodbin**. Ky ; David Snyder. Carnegie, Pa; George H Yarborough, Dickey. Ga. Corporal George R. Mitchell, of infantry, was wmunded slightly February 4. He enlisted from Holdrege. Neb. Estate for Hindenburg. •AMSTERDAM, February 7.-The mu- j nicipalitv of Posen has decided to present Field Marshal von Hindenburg with an estate and to confer the freedom of the city on General von Ludendorff, the Berlin Kreoz JGeJtung states. -The Polish members of the city council unanimously opposed the proposal to confer these honors. Norwegians Lose Twelve Ships. WASHINGTON, February 7.—A cable dispatch to the Norwegian legation from Christiania says that during January, twelve Norwegian vessels, aggregating 1S.805 gross tons, were "lost by the war,* and eight Norwegian seamen lost their

lives.

MAJORITY FROM WISCONSIN DETROIT, February 7.—Although reports from AVashington list the 107th engineer*’ train, which wnlleil on the Tuscania, as a YHchlKan organization, advices from Adjutant-General Bersey, in lainslng. state that it Is largely a Wisconsin unit. The old 31*1, :t3d and 32d Michigan regiments are In camp in Jersey City, according to latest information. It Is apparent, therefore, that comparatively few- Michigan troops could have been on hoard* the Tuscania.

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Legislative Branch Would Be Rubber Stamp—Executive Bureau* Could Be Supplanted in Trice.

Feature of Oral Argument the City Street Car Fare Case.

CONTENTION OF WINTER

Spencer Asks About the Propriety of "Eat Your Cake and Have It."

DUKE ALBRECHT'S ARMY

GERMAN COMMANDER

ROYAL BLOOD.

IS OF

LEADER OF BELGIUM DRIVE

ROME, r eoruary ..-v .ee-Aamirni ■ the Crown P^nee Rupprecht of Ba-I L ro T 1 own were taken, that William S. Sims, commander of the j varla. Albrecm was inspector-general. 1 these men. Not one of

Admiral Sims in Rome.

February T.-Vic-Admlral 11Y 1 ’,'!,'* 1 !?”'

[By the United Press]

NEW YORK. February 7.-Duke Albrecht of Wurttemberg is in command of the German forces racing the American troops who have taken over a sector of the French front near St Mihiel.

PRESIDENT DIRECTED PUBLICITY AS TO UNITS ABOARD.

FINE BEHAVIOR OF TROOPS

Searching questions by the judges marked the course of the oral arguments today before the supreme court in the case appealed from the Marion circuit court, affecting street railway fares in Indianapolis and testing the question of whether the public service commission must take jurisdiction and hear the petition of the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company, asking for an Increase in rates in order to

give good service.

The public service commission had held it was without jurisdiction because a binding contract was made by the city and the company under a specific state law, and because the company had not surrendered its franchise and taken

an indeterminate permit.

Judge Louis B. Ewbank, of the Marion circuit court, sustained the commission. and the present case in the supreme court,is an appeal from the Mar-

ion circuit court.

Tenor of Questions.

The judges began questioning just i after Ferdinand Winter had finished his i argument for the company. The tenor ' of some of thetr questions was that it would be a one-sided arrangement if the state, through the public service commission, could increase rates of fare at the request of the company, but could not reo.ice rates without the consent of

the company.

Judge Spencer asked about the propri-

. , Jety and justice of "eat your cake and is a fresh challenge to the civilised 1 have it.” - 1 * *—

The Indianapolis News Bureau,

33 Wyatt Building.

WASHINGTON, February 7.- Secretarj Baker, in a brief statement oyer his signature today, undobtedly * reflected the sentiment of the entire country when he said in speaking of the sinking of the transport Tuscania: "It

■■HHMHThis remark seemed to stun

world by an adversary who has reflnsd AIr - Winter for a moment, but made more rio-wTK- ,hl -TLov. , ! > lr Winter parried by saying the es-

the stealth of sen tial question was whether the pub-

the savage in warfare," and he could lie service commission should be renot have been better in line with public quired to hear the evidence the comsentiment than wotn he further s-.id- i P anv desired to offer in support of a “We must win this w. : ....' petition for a change In rates. -The . , 6 mU8t y in thl8 w “ r and we "IH win commission could grant or deny the

Hesses like this unite the petition, but he argued that it should country in sympathy with the families] hear the evidence,

of those who have suffered losa. They , .

will alao unite us and make more de- Position of Company. te The n |o S s° o r f en° on^th/battle- | Replyin * to the cluestio n ’ Il > d ge field could not and would not so stir 8 P encer of whether It was a case of the nation as the loss of a few hundred | "eat your cake and have it,” Mr. Winter

The Indianapolis New* Bureau. S3 Wyatt Building. WASHINGTON, February 7.-The administration bill "authorlxing the President to co-ordinate and consolidate the executive bureaus, agencies, officers and for other purposes in the interest of economy and the more effective administration of the government," now l*efore the judiciary committee of the senate, will, In case It is reported favorably by that committee, undoubtedly provoke prolonged debate over the question as to whether the congress shall delegate this additional power to the President. First Impressions are that the congress will refuse, but It la never safe to predict what the legislative body will do under pressure from

the President.

The congress as a whole was glad to see the President acknowledge through the presentation of this proposed legislation that reorganization of the warmaking machine is needed. The administration bill carries the first authoritative admission of this character. It looks now as if something eventually would be done toward strengthening the war machine. In the meantime ths existing disjointed war machinery will continue to rattle along. Uncontrolled Power Given. The opposition In the congress to *uch complete and uncontrolled centralisation of power has been gaining headway recently. And yet the congress, a* a whole, Is ready to do anything that seems to be necessary to aaslst in winning the war. Many of the Democrats in the congress are as strongly opposed to the centralization tendencies as are

the Republicans.

It was said today by the members of the congress that the President certainly can not hope to get this reorganization bill through unless he informs the legislative body as to the details of his reorganization plan. It is new tin-

President, with the

HEGARTY IS FIRST WITNESS

Testimony, which the Government introduced Wednesday afternoon in the United States district court at the trial of Joseph E. Bell and thirty-two other defendants, accused of poll frauds in the 1914 campaign in Indianapolis, will be, found on Page 4.

Counsel for the defense today began the examination of witnesses In the V'nlted States district court at the poll fraud conspiracy trial of Joseph E. Beil, formerly mayor of Indianapolis, and thirty-two other men. The government concluded Its case in chief early In the morning session. Preceding the call of witnesses by the defense. Janies Hegarty, city hall custodian in the Bell city administration, being the first witness, the government n oiled the case against Andy Don lan, a saloon keeper-defendant, because of lack of evidence. Judgp Ferdinand A Geiger, of Milwaukee, presiding at the trial, refused to discharge William F. Kissel, who always got the city mule contract under Bell, and William Relllv. who rose to chief of detectives in thp Bell administration, motto jb for thglr discharge being made by thFr attor-

neys.

John Connors, once'city smoke inspector In the Bell administration, who is among the thirty-three men now on trial, wince the case against Donlan has been nolled, appeared on the witness stand before the government rested its case, having requested that this privilege be given him. He admitted •inking campaign collections from sa-

assisSmce 1 ^ member^of*"he 'wf/r \n- loon men in the campaign of 19H. which

by the sinking of a transport through the methods employed by the German government. Senator Smith, of Michigan, standing on the steps of the war department today, remarked: "It is not

,, ^ the loss of the men that hurts so much.

Albrecht Is one of the two German wUhout sufferof roval blood who have made i ln 5, / 38 f, '‘ e ’ ^ * 3 Ihe manner in

The other wh tch these young men, many of them

1 from my own state, were taken, that

generals reputatfo

NEW YORK. February 7.-The Cunard liner Aurania, 13.4’X) tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine within the hist fort.v-eight hours while bound for the United States, it was learned from officials of the Cunard line today. Although hady damaged by the explosion. the ship was not sunk, and is believed to be making her way back to port with the assistance of government vessels. It was said. The ship carried but little cargo The Aurania is- a sister ship of the Anchor liner Andanla. sunk by a submarine last month. She was built in 1915 at New cast le-on-Tyne. in the same yard where the Mauretania was constructed. The ship was 530 feet long 65 beam and had accommodations for 550 passengers In the cabin and 2.000 steerage. The Aurania made her flrat'vovage to this port In April. 1SH7. She had not figured In the records of this port since

that time.

There were thirteen or fourteen passengers aboard the Aurania when she was struck, it was stated at the offices of the Cunard line.

American destroyer squadron in Euro-> pean waters, has arrived in Rome A dinner in his honor will be given tonight He will remain here only a few days.

ALL ABOARD INSURED.

of the 6th German inspection district when the war broke out. He commanded the 13th army corps at Stuttgart, and was one of the leaders of the German , drive through Belgium. S He commanded the German army that

Fifty-six Aeroplanes Downed. subdued the great French fortress at RAVir PVKn.nrv 7 K-if.v-.dx hn«dUp ! Maube,:ee on th * Belgian border. It ROME, r ebruar> 7.-Fift> -six hostile %vas the fal| of Maub€Ug< . under the aeroplanes have been downed since unprecedented pounding of the netv type January 76, the Italian war office an- of German siege guns that led to the nounced (abandonment of fortress warfare in the

present struggle and the substitution of

■— trench fighting

_| After the battle ot the Marne. In j which Albrecht is not known to have participated, he was reported to have been assigned to, the command of the German armies In Belgium. This post he did not hold for long One year later he received from the kaiser the coveted order Pour le Merite, on the anniver-

sary of the fall of Maubeuge.

Albrecht s selection to command the German line opposite the American trenches means that he is to guard the road to Metz the great fortress in Ixtrraine. Under American hammerings Metz mav prove to be Germany's Maubeuge and Albrecht may suffer the same fate he inflicted on the French and British which gained him his reputation as the destroyer of modern fortifications. Albrecht is fiftv-three years old and is a widower His wife and his mother were born Austrian princesses. Albrecht does not belong to the ruling line of the Wurtt-mberg dukes, but is f-e son of the head of the Wurttemberg ducal

Catholics.

WASHINGTON. February 7.— AH American soldiers lost on the torpedoed transport Tuscanin were protected by government insurance. Secretary McAdoo announced today. Hoot many of the men on the transport had applied for the Insurance Is not yet known. However, those who have not applied for insurance are protected by the automatic provision of the war risk law-, which aggregates to each man about *4,300. or $23 a month for 340 mouths. Those who have applied for insurance vrill be covered by the amount named in their ap-

plications.

SOME OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE TUSCANIA REACH PORT ELLEN

WASHINGTON. February 7.—Among Harry A. Keeler, Lloyd Ledbette Hasthe survivor* of the Y «*ea*l* arriving lett. James T. Moss. YY alter Maeaarek, at Pori KHen. Jalay, Scotland, were: David Foe. Edward B. Peterson. J. \\. Second Lieutenant Frank L. Baker, ea- Redd. L. M. Roberta. Lee F. Tenia, gineerat fallowing belonged to Com- j Ralph Uphu*. A. Van den Driessehc. paay E, ftth hatta.loa, 20th englaeersj ('oilman Y\ hfte. John S. YY tUlama. EdPlrst Lieutenant Schwelsalnger. Ser- j ward L. Anderson, Tom A. Ashby grant Harry Kelly. Corporal Howard j Frank S. Broa. James Basye, AtexanK. hxHock. Corporal William *. i ."rt'ate^^K.VV-.'^.h^seio t herr». Private* Alva Bowman. YX'il- I a^udroat Privates John B. Fleming 11am A. Hirkring, Charles H. laeck, 1 and Edward F. KUngman.

ORDER ON THE TUSCANIA LONDONDERRY, Ireland. February 7.—Proof of the order which prevailed on the Tuscania 1* given by the landing of two typhoid and two pneumonia cases without bad effect. Forty of the survivors were taken to hospitals. la the majority of case* they are suffering from InJurlU* as a result of aectdrntn In the lowering of lifeboats or la consequence of sliding down ropes. The survivor* are proud of the behavior of the only two women on the Tuaeania. They went down a rope in fine style, laughing.

them would hesitate to take his chance on the battlefield without flinching, but under th,is savage method of warfare inauguarated by Germans a man has no chance. That is the thing that

arouses ua."

Senator Sees Coincidence. The Michigan senator also recalled that it was a Michigan regiment which bore the brunt of the first battle of Bull Run in the civil war. and that history, repeating itself, will record that It was Michigan troops that were called on to make the first great sacrifice of this

war.

The sinking of the transport will, of course, cause no change in the plans of the government for putting a million men In France as rapidly as It can be done. There mav ho other sinkings; the authorities will be surprised if there are not more as time goes on. but the purpose of the United States to win the war will not be Influenced in the least by anything Germany can do. Unquestionably one important and immediate effect of the disaster will be to unite the people of the United States more firmly than they have heretofore been united in a purpose to see this

thing through.

The sinking of the Tuscania has lifted the veil of secrecy sufficiently to reveal to the public the fact that the United States Is using British transports in sending Troops abroad. For some time every available British passenger ship >1 has he n used for this purpose. The .. ^movement of Canadian troops has not Jbeen heavy of late and the transports that were in use earning troops from Canada to Great Britain are now used

by this country.

Secrecy in Future.

The public had not been permitted to krow that the 32d national guard was moving to France. In this connection it mav be said that other divisions of the national guard have recently gone abroad without ny mention of the fact being made In the future, as in the past, the government will, of course, decline to give any publicity to the movement of either national guard divisions or national army divisions. The President himself, a little before last midnight, directed that the units that made up the forces on the Tuscania be made public. The matter was referred to him immediately after Ms return from the theater where he had spent the evening. He held at once that fathers and mothers throughout

said it was not, providing the company

had a reasonable case.

The questioning, which tended to emphasize the position of the company that its franchise could not be changed without its consent, though the franchise could4>e changed without the city's consent. started when Judge Townsend commented on a case Mr, Winter had cited in which it was decided that a franchise contract could be changed by a state with the public utility company's "assent.” The judge wished to knowwhy the word "assent” was employed and to know what would have been the status had the com party not assented. Mr Winter answered that a municipality is not a party to a franchise conContinued on Page Twenty.

dustrles board, has worked out a plan which he would like to put Into effect, provided the congress grants him the authority. Unquestionably, If he submits the details of a reorganization plan to the legislative body and the plan commends Itself to-.the legislators much of the opposition lo the administration

bill will be overcome. From the White Hou«e.

The bill, which was taken to the capital by a personal representative of the President yesterday and introduced by Senator Overman, would empower the President to take ov r completely ths executive branches of the 'government for the period of the war. Its introduction was almost coincident ‘with Secretary Baker’s statement to the senate military committee that such

legislation was necessary.

It was pointed out at the capltol that any of the existing laws relating to the powers and authorities of various commissions, hoards and other organizations of the government could be swept aside by the President at his will under the law. As an example of this, senators pointed to the interstate commerce commission which would have the authority under the new railroad hill to review rates fixed by the President. Under the Overman bill, the President could abolish the commission entirely or delegate its authority to his own secretary if he

chose, thus defeating the purpose

id

the bill. The “president would similarly be empowered to dissolve the federal reserve board, the farm loan board, the federal trade commission, the shipping board and a hundred and one other or-

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ON BOARD THE TUSCANIA

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WASHINGTON, February 7.—-The war department announces that its records show the following were on board the Tuaeania: Headquarters detachment and Companies D, E and F of the 20th engineers. One-hundred-and-serenth engineer train. One-hundred-and-seventh military police. One-hundred-and-seventh supply train. One hundred aero squadron. One-hundred-and-fifty-eighth aero squadron. Two-hundred-and-thirteenth aero squadron. Replacement detachments Nos. 1 and 2 of the Thirty-second division. 1, Fifty-one casual officers. The Thirty-second division is composed of national guard troops from Michigan and Wisconsin. The official table of organization of the Thirty-second division shows that the One-hundred-and-seventh engineer train is composed of the first battalion of Michigan engineers and the first battalion of Wisconsin engineers. The organization is distinct from the One-hundred-and-seventh engineer regiment. The One-hundred-and-sev-enth military police was made up from the Fourth and Sixth Wisconsin infantry, and the One-hundred-and-seventh supply train from the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin infantry. The troops aboard the Tuscania were mainly former Michigan and Wisconsin national guardsmen now attached to the Thirty-second division, trained at Camp MacArthur, Texas. Several aero squadrons and several companies of the Twentieth engineers, a forestry regiment, were aboard. The One-hundred-and-seventh engineers, a forestry regiment, and the aero squadrons probably were recruited from various parts and the place they trained was not mentioned by the war department

resulted in the present case, saying he acted at Bell’s direction, and that he gave the money to Bell. Connors also said that some saloon keepers saw Bell personally, so ua to make contributions. Conners said that he collected a tots! of |70 from saloon keepers. The tetrtlmony as to It was as follows: “YVhere did yon deliver the moneyf” the government counsel Inquired. “I left It on Mayor Bell’s desk,” Connors replied. “I reported to him each morning and usually left with him what I had collected.” “How did you happen to make the collections f” “The mayor told me to take U|: the collection*." “Did you pay auy attention to Ihe polities of the saloon keeper* In taking up the collectionsf”

“No. sir.”

Did Not Always Agree. Hegarty, as first defense witness, appeared solely for himself, and hta direct examination was a blanket denial of everything charged against him. His answers seemed a chorus of "no. sirs," after L. Ert Slack, federal district attorney, had got him stopped from an inclination he showed at first to add explanation to denial. Hill long crossexamination was when Hegarty j ot a chance at explaining, but his explanation and some records did not u rree Mr. fiiack brought out. William R Bright, a pollcema >lc fendant, also testified for himself. He declared that his work with John Baggett," Another defendant, who was a precinct political, worker in 1914. was done at the direction of Samuel V. t>rrott, chief of police under Bell. Bright said he accompanied Baggott on a search of false registrations and nothing more, adding that the reporr he later made to Perrott was what Ba yott told him to report to the chief. With the beginning of the evidence for the men on trial, the defense legal, battery found its principal task centering on breaking down the evidence directed at Bell- Day by day the government had woven its network about the former mayor, alleging force and fraud that included bribery, threats and' intimidation in the election and registration of voters In 1914, which hi.-, defense must seek to explain away. While some evidence seemed remote tA Bell, the government contends that It all led to him, fqr, It contends, he was the complete master. Only Echo, Is Contended. Former close associate* of bell supplied the most direct connecting links to • Bell, but these witnes»U~now becoming a direct object of defense fire- -have been corroborated in part by disinterested persons or friends-of the former mayor. What was done by Samuel V. Perrott and the men under Mm. was only the echo of Bell e voice, the attorneys for the. government assert. Dennis J.' Bush. forWrly street commissioner, testified that Bell told him that "my chief of police will he my chairman the Continued on Page Ten.