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METROPOLITAN EDITION TEMPERATURE. Min., 39. Max., 49. THE EVENING SUN. METROPOLITAN EDITION Local Forecast──Fair to-night and to-morrow; colder to-morrow. (Detailed weather report on page 2.) ──────────────────── VOL. XXX.──NO. 213. NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916.──Copyright, 1916, by the Sun Printing and Publishing Association. PRICE ONE ──────────────────── NEW TROOPS STIFFEN TEUTON LINES AS ALLIES PUSH ON FROM MONAST[[text cutoff]] FOG HAMPERS MISS LAW ENDING RECORD FLIGHT Had to Keep Close to Ground Part of Way──Calls for Talcum Powder When She Lands. Having established a new record for non-stop cross country flying, Ruth Bancroft Law alighted at Governors Island this morning at 9:41 o'clock, having made the 840 miles from Chicago in 8 hours 59 min., unofficial time, with but two stops. The last leg of the journey, from Binghamton to Governors Island, was made part of the way in a fog so dense that Miss Law had to fly as close as 150 feet from the ground to keep her course. When she was sighted about 2,000 feet in the air off Governors Island at 9:38 o'clock there was a stiff wind blowing and it was evident her landing was going to be no small task. She flew gracefully around the island, however, and then volplaned to earth almost alongside the big tractor aeroplane in which Carlstrom on Nov. 2 flew over the same route as Miss Law. As the two machines stood side by side on the army reservation the wonder of Miss Law's feat was made plain to the veriest tyro. Carlstrom's big plane is twice as large as the two-year-old Curtiss biplane of obsolete type in which Miss Law bettered Carlstorm's record. His gasolene tank carries 208 gallons of petrol. Miss Law's biplane carries but fifty-six gallons. Failed for Lack of Fuel. It was lack of fuel which compelled her to alight at Hornell, N. Y., yesterday, after she had made a record flight of 590 miles. The last drop of gasolene she took on at Binghamton, N. Y., before she flew from there at 7:20 o'clock this morning was exhausted when she reached Governors Island. Miss Law's record stands as the second longest continuous flight that has ever been made. Her flight of 590 miles is exceeded only by that of Sub-Lieut. Marchal of the French army, who flew from Nancy to Chelm, Poland, in June of this year. The distance of this flight was 812.5 miles. She was numb with cold and could hardly remove her hands from the steering wheel when the biplane came to a stop. The flying machine is of an obsolete type, with the driver's seat in front of the planes and completely exposed to the elements. As soon as she could remove her helmet Miss Law posed for the numerous photographers, shook hands with Gen. Wood and officials of the Aero Club who greeted her, and was hurried to the home of Major Hartman, where a cup of hot coffee was given her. "Now please give me a chance to wash my face and put on some talcum powder," she pleaded. As she noticed the amused smile on the faces of her auditors she added, "Oh, it isn't vanity. I simply must soothe my skin." Later she donned a skirt she had carried from Chicago and hurried to Brooklyn to meet her mother. "It was intensely cold part of the journey," she said, "and I suffered a good deal. The haze bothered me more than the cold this morning, however. I had to cut my speed down considerably and at times had to descend very low to keep my course. Followed Railroad Part Way. "I followed the Delaware & Susquehanna Railroad for a time after leaving Binghamton. Tren [[Then]] I cut cross-country. It was pretty cold, but naturallyy it wasn't as bad sa yesterday, when I was in the air much longer. I finished the [[text cutoff]] TUG EXPLOSION KILLS TWO MEN Two Others Missing in East River Disaster. Two men were killed, two others are missing, believed to be dead, and four were taken to hospitals, where their recovery is said to be uncertain, as a result of a boiler explosion on the tugboat Rambler in the East River at the mouth of Newton Creek, Brooklyn, shortly before 8 o'clock this morning. The tug sank after the explosion. A few minutes later, as hysterical crowds lined the rails of the cantilever bridge over the creek between Greenpoint and Long Island City, the bodies of Eugene Casey, captain of the vessel, and Andrew Pitts, chief engineer, were recovered from the surface of the water. Both were mutilated and they had probably died instantly. Frederick Zanna and Frank Esterbrook, deckhands on the destroyed craft were on the lower deck when the sides of the engine house were blown out. It is believed that they went down with the tug. Search was begun at once for their bodies in the basin about the mouth of the creek. Other Craft Bombarded. Several tugs and barges moored near were struck by flying splinters of wood and steel. In the Greenpoint Hospital are William Wilber, 50 years old, captain of the stone boat William H. Brown, suffering from cuts and bruises; Jacob Geiser, 47 of 48 Diamond street, Brooklyn, fractured skull and minor injuries about the body; Ludwig Osmond, 55, of 103 Third avenue, Brooklyn, deck hand on the stone boat, suffering from injuries cause by flying debris. The police investigation of the accident included a statement that too much steam was crowded into the Rambler's boiler when she backed alongside the pier at the foot of Commercial street to take the stone boat William H. Brown, in tow. The tug was the property of Russel Towing Company of Long Island City. The explosion sent irregularly shaped bits of metal singing like shrapnel among the crowds of women on their way to work in the Chelsea Fibre Company's jute mill on the waterfront, shattering windows in that building, as well as in others near by. [[text cutoff]] THE GIRL AND THE AEROPLANE [[image - photo of Ruth Law in her aeroplane.]] [[caption]]Copyright, International Film Service. Miss Ruth Law in the Old Curtiss machine in which she made the flight from Chicago to New York.[[/caption]] U.S. STEEL REACHES 128 IN ACTIVE OPENING 700,000 Shares Sold During First Hour. Public buying on an enormous scale sent stock prices to new high records to-day. Sales in the first hour of nearly. 700,000 shares exceeded any similar hour for weeks back. United States Steel common, which has been making new high records almost, daily, again sold to a new high level above 128. Under the leadership of Steel many of the independent steel stocks advanced sharply. Republic Steel made a new high record of 92 3/4. The early buying was largely of copper stocks, especially Kennicott, Utah and Chile. After advancing sharply the copper stocks reacted from 2 to 3 points. JAPANESE DIPLOMAT HERE. Marquis Mayeda Arrives on Steamship New York. The American line steamship New York arrived to-day from Liverpool with 143 first, 201 second cabin and 300 steerage passengers. Among the passengers were Marquis and Marchioness Mayeda and their attendants. The Marquis is a Japanese diplomat. Capt. John Tregelles, a Canadian army officer; T. R. Furnes, the ship owner; Lady Greene Kelley, Sir Edward Lechmere and L. J. Seely were on the passenger list. In the steerage was Mr. Wybrance, fourth officer of the American steamship Sarnia, which left New York tow- [[text cutoff]] MANY DETECTIVES SEEK BARRETTS AS FUGITIVES Ex-Brokers Indicated for Grand Larceny. Despite the utmost secrecy that has been maintained in the office of District Attorney Swann, it has become known to-day that Reginald W. and Kyrie C. Barrett, formerly dealers in investment securities at 25 Broad street, are under indictment for grand larceny, bucketing and conspiracy, and scores of detectives are searching the country for them. No trace of the brothers has been found, but it is rumored that they are hiding in Alaska, having fled there soon after the Grand Jury filed eight indictments against them on Oct. 20. Moses Ryttenberg of the Bureau of Commercial Frauds, Assistant District Attorney, is in charge of the prosecution, and admitted to-day he "wanted the Barretts very badly." He also said that indictments have been returned against them in Chicago and Denver on similar charges. The action against the Barretts was started by the complaint made to the District Attorney by George Graham Rice, stock broker and promoter, who said an organized attempt had been made by his enemies on the curb market to depress the value of the Emma Holding Company and the Emma Copper Mining Company, properties of his. Publication of the intended investigation by the District Attorney brought in several other complaints against the Barretts, and they were forced into bankruptcy by their creditors. Pending their arrest Mr. Ryttenberg will start an investigation into the business methods and careers of several other Curb brokers against whom complaints have been filed by [[text cutoff]] BIGGEST 8-HOUR BATTLE BEGINS Fight Opens With Hearing by Congress Committee. ALL UTILITIES INVOLVED Capital and Labor Clash on Extension of Adamson Law. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-The curtain was lifted here to-day on one of the most dramatic battles of industrial units in the nation's history when the joint committee on Interstate Commerce started its investigation of conditions relating to the interstate and foreign commerce and almost all interstate public utilities and the necessity for further regulation along the lines of the Adamson eight hour law. In a formal statement before the committee convened Senator Newlands, chairman of the committee, explained the object of the hearings. "Upon the initiative of President Wilson a Congressional joint committee composed of five Senators and five Representatives was authorized to investigate all problems relating to transportation and to make a new survey not only of the defects of the existing system, if there are any, but of improvements that may be made in that system," he said. "We want represented every class, organization and interest connected with the subject of transportation. "The inquiry will relate to every phase of transportation, rail carriers, river carriers and ocean carriers, and it will also be applied to telegraph and telephone lines, express companies and other public utilities. Government Control. "It will embrace not only the subject of Government control and regulation of these utilities, but also the wisdom and the feasibility of Government ownership and the comparative worth and efficiency of Government regulation and control as compared with Government ownership and operation." Senator Newlands said the hearing would investigate whether the Interstate Commerce Commission is now overloaded, and if so how should this be remedied. In this connection the hearing will still consider whether enlargement and subdivision will meet the situation or whether it is better to strip the body of some of its functions. Still another vital problem to be considered will be control of railway and other public utilities and their securities, particularly with respect of elimination of varied State regulations. Represented in the fight are commercial organizations of all kinds and from all over the country, great manufacturing corporations and industries. Every influence of capital and labor will clash and in the hearings. The railroads' fight will be directed by the Railway Executives Advisory Committee, or which Frank Trumbull, chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio. is the head. The brotherhoods will have their four chiefs-Stone of the Engineers, Carter of the Firemen, Lee of the Trainmen and Sheppard of the Conductors, all of whom are now in the city ready to work. Each side is provided with statistics to support contentions each has been making for years. In the meantime, the Government will keep a watchful eye on the interests of the public. Public First, Says Adamson. [[text cutoff]] RUMANIANS FALLING BACK. Offensive in Campolung Sector Fails, Says Petrograd. PETROGRAD, Nov. 20-Frank admission of the failure of Rumanian attacks in Campolung region of Transylvania , southward of Dragoslavele, was made in the War Office statement to-day. It was stated, however, that in the Albesht region the Rumanians had advanced northward, capturing 100 prisoners, one cannon and two machine guns. BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville, L. I.), Nov. 20-Severe cold has limited the fighting activity on the eastern front, according to to-day's War Office statement. "Progress as planned" in Rumania is reported, however. "Northwest of Campolung," the statement says, "the Rumanians are exhausting their units, which are mixed up haphazard in unsuccessful attacks. British Grip on Grandcourt Broken by German Assult French Fail to Enter St. Pierre Vaast Wood-- Germans Took 922 Prisoners Last Week. BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville, L.O.) Nov. 20-Ejection of British troops from the western part of the village of Grandcourt was announced in to-day's official statement. The report declared the British sustained heavy losses in attacks against the German line. "English artillery fire of yesterday was generally less strong on both sides of the Ancre," the statement said. "Between Serre and the Beaucourt and against out positions south of Miraumone during the evening hours attacks were launched. They failed with heavy losses to the enemy. "Our infantry, in hand grenade engagements ejected the English from the western part of Grandcourt. "During counter attacks of last week we captured 22 officers, 900 men and 34 machine guns. "The French attempted to enter St. Pierre-Vaast Wood from the northwest. They were repulsed, although the attack was made with new forces and was prepared by strong fire." LONDON, Nov. 20.-Operations on the Somme front are virtually at a standstill to-day owing to the wet and stormy weather. The only activity that official reports deem worthy of mention is the violent bombardment of Fort Douaumont on the Verdun front. The rewards of British success on the Ancre are still coming in. Near Grandcourt on Saturday 772 prisoners were taken. The total captures of the week in that area were nearly 7,000. The Berlin War Office, reporting Saturday's actions, admits British advances "at some places," but tempers the information with the claim that Gen. Haig's men suffered severe losses. Gen. Foch also met with a strong rebuff at the St. Pierre-Vaast wood, it said. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED IN MARSEILLES Storm Sweeps Gulf and Wrecks Many Vessels. PARIS, Nov. 20-Abnormal weather prevails in France from the battlefields of Flanders to the Mediterranean. The whole country is swept by the [[text cutoff]] BERLIN DOUBTS PEACE IS NEAR Germany is Concentrating Its Efforts on Winning War. By CARL W. ACKERMAN. United Press Staff Correspondent. BERLIN, Nov. 20.-The German public regards sceptically, so far as immediate action is concerned, Washington reports, via Switzerland and London, that President Wilson may soon take some kind of steps for peace. The Government itself is having nothing to do with the peace talk, nor is the army. The army is concentrating its efforts toward winning. The general attitude toward American Ambassador Gerard is changing. He will probably find himself more popular when he returns than when he was six months ago. There is a seemingly well founded report here that before Mr. Gerard departed officials asked him to return, even in the event of President Wilson's defeat and to remain as long as possible. But as far as the general public is concerned the reports of peace steps are causing universal discussion. The growth of sentiment for an international agreement to prevent other wars is evidenced by efforts of German newspapers to obtain from Isaac Wolf, president of the American Chamber of Commerce, information and ideas as to the American League to Enforce Peace. The newspaper Germania. and its sister conservative organ, the Tageszeitung, both say that Wilson should make peace-but these views hardly represent public sentiment or the official viewpoint. The Germania article declared that if Viscount Grey for England,, Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg for Germany [[text cutoff]]
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