When away from horn ask for - THE BEE at hotel and new tan da. VOL. XLVI. NO. 117. HUGHES WOULD SURRENDER NOT ONE QTRIGHTS sTells Columbus Heckler Privi leges of Travel and Ship - ment on Seas Should Be Maintained. i THANKED BY QUESTIONER Republican Candidate Says He Favors Maintenance of Every American Right. iTS, DAYS IN INDIANA " jfMumhus. Ind.. Oct 31. Charles 1 ..." .. . ' ' . . . . ... of every American right, "including the right of travel' and the right of shipment." Mr. Hughes has been asked if he favored an embargo on munitions or the passage of a resor lution by congress warning Americans off merchant ships flying the flag of belligerent nations. Mr. Hughes spoke in the open air here before a crowd that had come for miles to hear him and choked the streets around Commercial park. He was speaking of the competition American enterprise will have to meet from Europe after peace whtn a man in the crowd shouted "Mr. Hughes, as a personal admir er, may I ask you a question?" There was the usual confusion resulting from an attempt to heckle. The nominee asked the crowd for quiet so thr the questioner might proceed:" Tfcply to Heckler. "In the event of your election," the man asked, "will you or will you not favor or oppose an embargo against th shinment of munitions from this 'country to Europe or the passage of 'a war. resolution warning Americans not to travel oif ships owned by na tions at warr i sir," the nominee replied, "am in favor of the maintenance of every right, including the right of travel and ' the rights of shipments. It is a very - important right that we have as a neutral nation and it is very impor . tant that at this time when the great war is raging we should vindicate neu tral rights and maintain the integrity of international law. To my mind it is a very thoughtless policy ; that would surrender any of these impor tant rights because of any sentimental consideration when we have the vast j.jwrrnrtini gfinn'in1 commerce and the importance of the rights of neu trals t consider with respect to the future of the United States." The crowd cheered Mr. Hughes and the heckler shouted. "Thank vou." "The foundation of American pros (Continued on Pago Four, Column Four.) Demos Steal Shield And Slogan, Charges Council Bluffs Man Wilson campaign buttons were de signed by Herb Rogers of Council Bluffs and appropriated by the demo crats without paying a penny to the designer. That, at least, is Mr. Rog ers' contention set forth in his letters to Secretary Tumulty and Vance Mc Cormick, chairman of the democratic national committee. Mr. Rogers claims that not only the shield, but the slogan, "Peace, Pre paredness, Prosperity," were protect ed by copyright issued' to him before July, 1915; Jury Is Still Out in Black Murder Case Galveston, Tex., Oct. SI. No ver dict had been reached tonight by the jury considering the evidence in the case of John Copeland," charged with the .killing of William Black, an anti Catholic lecturer, at Marshall, Tex., February 8, 1915. Twice the foreman has announced that the jurors were hopelessly disagreed, but the trial judge has refused to discharge them. The Weather For Nebraska Fair and warmer. ' Temperature! at Omaha Yasterday. Hour. Deir. A a m . 10 a. m MS U a. m 68 12 m 60 1 2 p. S p. 4 p. in b p. 6 p. m 7 p, S p. Comparative Local Rtcard, 1 1916. 1916. 1911. 1911 iTtffhMt yesterday...'. 8 S7 73 44 Lowest ypMtfirday. 37 64 fitf VI Wean tpmpcrature. . . . 60 60 64 33 Precipitation 00 .00 .00 00 Temperature and precipitation departure from the normal: Normal temperature . 46 Kxceatt for the duy.'. 4 Total tiwcm h! nee March 1, 1916.. ..i!38 Normal precipitation .07 Inch Total rainfall since March 1... .16.34 Inches Deficiency since March 1 11.14 Inchon lerirlncy ror cor. period, IB15.. 3.06 tnchea deficiency for cor. period. 1914.. 3.87 lnchea Reports from Stations at 7 p. m. Station and Temp. High- Kaln- Htate oi weather. 7 p.m. est. fail. Cheyenne, cloudy , 62 Davenport, clear 60 Denver, clear 62 Dee Moines, clear 62 Dodge City, clear 66 Zander, claar 60 North Platte, clear.. 68 Omaha, clear 67 Pueblo, clear 62 Rapid City, clear 68 Salt Lake City, clear 14 Hanta Fe, clear 60 Sheridan, partly cloudy.. 40 Sioux Oily, clear 62 Valentine, clear 66 00 6fl .00 68 64 61 78 60 70 L. A. WELSH, Meteorolorlll. rw a. m "' Tfc -dr U m M ft&Sr)lL 2 p. m 63 a fl - s p. m 2 (p. in 63 B p. tit .61 ?L "JEs- 6 P- m M Sta d?- T p. m 67 in... 64 B"U' H H K BDCHAREST TELLS OF GREAT VICTORY IN THE MOUNTAINS Roumanian War Office- Claims Austro-German Forces Defeated-Decisively in Szurduk Pass. CENTRAL ALLIES REPULSED Lose Much Artillery and Many Prisoners, According to f Reports of Foes. . SHAKEN ALL ALONG LINE London. Oct. 31. The battle that h.. k..n in nrnorpsfi in the Szurdllk pass region on th4 Roumanian Tran sylvania frontier has ended in a bril liant victory for the Roumanians, .ac cording to wireless message from Bucharest. The Austro-German forces, it fi declared, have been re- r,.1cl frnm .ho frnnttpr aftpr havtnff lost much artillery and many prison 's. Alnnr.1,. ..-l.nl.. frnnt -.f tht Tran. miiig ..it miu.v ..w... - - ci.lirnia Alnc rm the nnrthpm Rou manian border the Teutonic lines have been shaken by the Roumanian at tack, the dispatch adds. ' 15, .-I,,, fVia tv.nitr.nl f)l-t .11 The war office issued the following statement: "Wnrtli.ni .nd nrtrrh"P.trn frniltS! From Tulghes to Bicaz the situation is unchanged. At bratocea a small detachment surprised and repulsed the enemy on Mount Rosea, causing him heavy losses. In a single trench dead. We have occupied Mount Ras ca, making some prisoners, and cap- xuring a macrnuc gun ami a scumi light.. A. Pvrlaltic tliA h.-iniKnrr1mtit h slackened. In the Prahova velley and in th" region of Dragoslavle, north of Campulung, we repulsed several of the enemy attacks. To the cast of the Kiver Alt aic action is proceeamg. in the Jiul valley (region of Vulcan idaa;, 111c ui suit ui vittinj- w..- tinues. At Orsova (on the Danube) luc uomuarumeni was less viuicui. Kennedy Uses . Newspapers to Aid Campaign ' (Fxom a Staff Correspondent.) Washineton. Oct; 31. (Soecial Tel egram.) Unlike his opponent for the high position ot United Mates senator from "Nebraska. Gilbert M. jHHtliewlft John L. Kennedy received no contri butions for his campaign. His formal statement, made in pursuance ot law and filed today with the secretary of the senate, states that Mr. Kennedy thus far has exoended in his campaign $4,898.17 and that he has promised to spend $450 before November 7. . lhe report ot , Mr. Kennedy is uninue in that it sets out in detail the amount of money expended with newspapers throughout the state for advertising and possibly subscriptions. It is almost a recapitulation ot Ayers newspaper directory so far as Ne braska is concerned and with that trait which is Mr. Kennedy's strong claim for election he signed each sheet of typewritten matter with his own sig nature. Believing the efficiency of printer's ink, Mr. Kennedy employed the news paper of Nebraska to tell the people where he stood on the big questions now uppermost. He paid W. M. Maupin $100 for space in his maga zine. He gave the American Press association $224.50. He paid his cam paign manager sums at various times and he paid newspaper writers for copy." In short, Mr. Kennedy testi fies to the effectiveness of, the news naners as an advertising medium, hence theMerailed reference to the pa pers he has asked to announce nis candidacy. Platte Republicans ' - Plan' Big Meeting Columbus, Neb., Oct. 31. (Special.) Plans for the biggest and best re-, nnhliran meetine of the campaign are on foot for Thursday night, when Nor- ris Brown, ex-United states senator from Nebraska, is scheduled to de liver the principaLaddress. Preceding the meeting the Hughes and Fairbanks club will assemble at their headquarters and " march in a body, headed by the fife and drum corps, to the Orpheum hall, which has been willingly decorated for the occa sion. " Progressives in Platte county are to a man for Hughes. This meeting will be presided over by C. N. Mc Elfresh, present chairman of the re publican county central committee, and a Roosevelt delegate to the June convention. Among others' is John R. Lueschen, who is devoting time and mousy toward Hughes' success. Germany Orders Reprisals On the Russian Prisoners Berlin, Oct. 31. (Via Wireless to SayvillO Measures of reprisal upon Russian prisoners have been ordered by the German government pending the Russian government's acceptance of German demands for improved treatment of German prisoners of war in Russia, according to the semi-of-, ficial North German Gazette. This newspaper states that the Ger man government asked of the Rus sian government that it put an end to conditions which were tansing suf fering to German prisoners of war and that the period given by the German government for compliance having elapsed without a satisfactory answer from Russia, the German government has Ordered reprisals. To thisend, it is stated, a number of commissioned officers belonging to crack Russian regiments have been transferred to a special -tamp where the discipline is especially severe and where they will remain until the Russiaif government' complies with the German request Omaha OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1916 SIXTEEN PAGES. "Fellow Citizens:- Behold the Democratic Boss It is Arthur Mullen who boasts that he put William Jennings Bryan off Remarkable Story of the Rapid Rise of Art, Mullen to His Present PP Ion of Pull and Vower in ft'i Politics. since Arthur Mullen's boast that he had "the only official acceptance" from President Wilson for the Ne braska semi-centennial, people have been wondering "Who is Mullen?'' and democrats who have known him have been asking "Upon what meat doth this, our Caesar, feed?" The rise of Art Mullen from a bare foot boy in O'Neill to tbjf position of Doss ot the democratic party in Nebraska is indeed an interesting story of push, nerserverance. wilv craft, resourcefulness and political cunning. Mullen began as a poor insn iaa wno trained with the gang that ran things in Holt county, under the leadership of Mike Harrington in the early '90s. It was in the stirrinir times of the Barrett, Scott and Bartley episodes and Mullen evidently made the most of the lesson, deciding then to become a lawyer in order to be come more adept in the art of poli tics.. When he entered law school he wffi older than most of his fellow students were at graduation. He se cured his law school diploma from the university ot Michigan in 1900, being admitted to practice in Ne braska shortly afterwards- This was n'ltecn years ago when he was 27 years old and Hit horizon of his use fulness confined to the town of O'Neill and its surroundings. '.' t Mullen's Political Apprenticeship. But even then Mullen apparently had visions of reaching the pedestal of "political boss." He continued to ally himself -with the Harrington crowd, although calling himself a democrat, while Harrington was a populist and the two worked both ends to the middle. Cashing in on his accumulated political capital Mul len became county attorney for Holt county and several peculiar pages of court history were written during his incumbency. . At -this time lit began to spread into state politics. While Harrington fixed op Holt county delegations to the populist conventions, Mullen arranged the Holt county delegations to the demo cratic conventions, not forgetting to PASTOR RUSSELL DIES ON THE TRAIN Meets Death on Santa Fe in '. Texas .While on Way From Calif opia to New York. PREACHES, EDITOR, AUTHOR Canadian, f ex.; Oct. 31. Charles T. Russell,' known, as "Pastor" Rus sell, an independent minister, editor of the Watch Tower and author, died this afternoon orf an Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe train en route from Los Angeles to New, York. Heart disease was given as the cause. Pastor Russell complained of feel ing ill soon after leaving Los Angeles and gradually grew worse. Death came while the train was stopped at Pampa, Tex., near here. The body is being sent to Kansas City, Mo., on the train on which the minister died. Pastor Russell was born in Pitts burgh, Pa., February 16, 1851. He was president of ttye Watch Tower Bible and Ttract society of Pennsyl vania, the International Bible Stu dents association of London and the People's Pulpit association of New York. - Woods Has Figures Showing Republicans Will Control House Washington, Oct. 31. A republican majority in the next house of at least twenty-seven is predicted in a state ment issued here tonight by Repre sentative Woods of Iowa, chairman of the republican congressional campaign committee. Mr. Woods also declares Hughes will be elected by a "satis factory majority," and that the re publicans have better than an even chance of controlling the senate. "These figures are, not a mere guess," says the statement. "They constitute a summary of the final re ports made to this committee to date by hundreds of careful, experienced workers, who sent their information, not with the idea of making as flatter ing a report as possible, but in order to .give the exact situation in their respective communities on the eye of election. "I am confident of the soundness of my information and, therefore say that there is a practical certainty of the election of Mr. Hughes and a re publican house, and better, than a fifty-fifty prospects of republican con trol of the senate." Regards All Goods Bound for Britain As Contraband Copenhagen, Oct. 31. (Via Lon don.) A dispatch from Friedrich sliaficn to the Berlingske Tidende says that the (aptain of the Norwe gian steamship Stemsfest, who was taken to Friedrichshafen with the members of his crew yesterday, re ports that the commander of the Ger man submarine, which sank his vessel, tolld him that all cargoes for England would be treated as contraband in the future. , D His Horoscope of Himself t inn i i i) imi X ! i include himself, and when tjie trad ing stage was reached Mullen and Harrington were both in' the game. With- this political apprenticeship, Mullen was ready to put in a claim for personal recognition when Shal lenberger was elected governor. He next blossomed out as state oil in ,n Who Was It Kej)t Us Out of War? ' Mr. Bryan is telling tlU people that President Wilson kept us put of war. A few months ago he explained to the same .people that he quit the cabinet because Wilson was headed straight for war. . ,. i v- K?' ' v f t '( I believe the republicans should remind the people of the historical facts, as they happened a few months ago ; how Mr. Bryan, bound for the south, found 'it necessary to catch a train for Washington to hold conferences with the members of congress to arouse thtim to the necessity of op- . posing the president, who then was not trying to keep out of war, but on the contrary, tried as hard as he could to get us into it. Tens of thousands of letters and telegrams were then sent from all over the country to senators, to remind those gentlemen of their own responsibility in regard to declaring war. Neither Mr. Bryan nor the country in general did then think that Wilson was trying to keep us out of war. Mr. Bryan's conviction of this 'fact came out after the demo cratic national convention, and also Mr. Wilson found out how good he was when his friends there praised him to the skies for keeping the country out of war. I am only a farmer and have not the time to put all these facts into good readable form, but I think you should lose no time to show every voter that the president wants to get his election under false pretenses. To the Editor of The Bee. ' R. J. R. Fifty-Thousand-Word Message Is Going Over War Mercedes, Tex., Oct. 31. A tele graph message saidVto be about 50,000 words long, claimed to be the loHgest telegram ever handled by a telegraph company, has been going from Llano Grande, Tex., where Minnesota guardsmen are encamped, to St. Paul, Minn., since Sunday night, and is not yet finished. Two operators are sending the name and addressbf every member of the Minnesota Guard on the bor der, together with other .information desired by the state of Minnesota in its preparation of a ballotto be sent to Llano Grande and on which the guardsmen will register theirvotes in the national election. U-53 Has Returned To a German Port Berlin, Oct. 31 (Via London, Nov. 1.) The German submarine U-53, has returned safely to a German port, ac cording to the official announcement. Subsea Deutschland Supposed to Be Nearing U. 5. On Its Second Voyage Washington, D. C, Oct. 31. The Deutschland, Germany's submarine merchantman, is believed in quarters here which should knovy to be now on its second voyage (o the United States. Knowledge of the date the vessel is supposed to have started from Germany is disclaimed. News dispatches from Switzerland reporting that the Deutschland as well as the Bremen had been lost and that the former started for the United States during September were discredited. It was emphatically de clared that the Deutschland was it a German port all of last month. It also was said today that in the future all German submarines coming to the United States, whether naval AILY I spector,, the most profitable and po litically powerful appointive job at the governor's disposal. All through the legislative session of that year, Mullen was the political scout and confidential messenger for the gov ernor, to say nothing of doing a little lobbying on the side and likewise Britain Seizes Dispatches for Swiss Minister New York, Oct. 31. Jules Metzger, who says he is a Swiss courier, de clared today on his arrival here on the steamer Noordam that Swiss official documents beafing the seal of that government which he was bringing to the Swiss legation in Washington and to the Swiss consul general in this city were seized by the British au thorities when the Noordam stopped at Falmouth. Metzger said the pack ages bore the addresses to which they were destined, and that' he informed the English boarding officers of his official capacity, protesting against the seizure. The Noordam sailed from Rotterdam. Hughes Is Leading. Man On Poll Taken on Train Lincoln, Oct. 31. (Special.) Just to indicate how much Hughes is losing ground, a poll was taken by a traveling man yesterday in a passen ger coach on a Burlington- train from Aurora to Lincoln, which showed Hughes, 16; Wilson, 7. or merchantmen, will make their New London or Newport their port of call. No more submarines will enter Hampton Roads because of tlie! danger of nets being dropped to trap them off the Virginia caps. American submarines are usually operating in the waters off New Lon don and Newport at all times of the year. British nets dropped there might endanger American vessels and the lives of American sailors. Ger man officials do not believe that the British would take the chance of netting American vessels. Conse quently German submarines will take advantage of the better opportunity for clear paths off the Connecticut and Rhode Island coasts. Bee 0 Trtlnt, it Httili, Ntwi (finds, (., M. of Nebraska!" thejpolitical map. took a hand in dealing out the gov ernor's patronage. That lie had his troubles even then, due to hjs slip pery methods, is evidenced by a let ter printed at the time in the home democratic paper, over the name of S. Simmons, who had been the demo cratic choice for county judge and who then accused Mullen of double crossing him arid throwing him down in seeking the deputy wardenship of the penitentiary. Sample of Mullen Smoothness. Simmons had submitted endorse ments along with his application bear ing the names of all the well-known Holt county democrats. "I also asked Arthur Mullen for his support, which was promised," he wrote, "and he, in my presence, dictated a strong letter endorsing me for the position." Sim mons made the trip to Lincoln. "Here I found," says he, "that the letter Mullen had written in my pres ence endorsing me had not been sent; that he had wilfully and knowingly deceived me; that lie had 'written a letter for and was supporting another man for the place. It was quite evi dent that my appointment would have interfered with other appointments from Holt county in which Arthur was personally interested. Such de ceit, political trickery anti nisnonesi political juggling as Mullen deals in is not in the interest 'of rogressive democracy." , ' No liltle thinir like this, however, could seriously interfere with Mullen's progress toward the goal. As chief oil inspector he continued to be Gover nor Shallcnhcrger's right hand man, in fact it is said he had n-.te to do than any one person with engineering the 8 o'clock closing law onto the stat ute books.' One report had it he ex pected to stop it at the right time on proper representations. Later he persuaded the governor that it would be good politics to go back on the brewers who had helped them into office and throw a hook out for the support of the other end. Goes Right Up the Ladder. When a vacancy occurred through the resignation of Attorney General Thompson Arthur Mullen got Gover nor Shallenberger to commission him to be attorney general for the unex pired term and Attorney General Mul len actually made a trip to Washing ton to appear in the supreme court of the, United States as the attorney for the state in a then pending case. When his time was up and ; a (Continued uftrnf Vow, Column Oh.) TEUTONS REPULSE 'ENTENTE RUSHES Attempt of Britons and Franks to- Gam" Ground oij Somme " fails; Says Berlin. MORE ARTILLERY FIGHTS Berlin, Oct. 31.-(By Wlrelesi to Sayritle.) Attempt of the French and British troopf on the Somme front, near Les Boeufs and Li Mais onette, to' advance yesterday were defeated by the Germans, the war of fice announced today. French attacks in the region of Ablainecour't and on both aides of the Chalnes-Lihons road also were without success, according to the of ficial atatement issued today, Which follows: "The activity of the figKting on the Somme was limited by unfavorable weather. Detachments of the enemy which advanced against our positions northeast and east ot i.es Boeuts were driven back by our fire. An attack of a French company against La Maisonette failed. Equally with out success were attempts of hand grenade squads to enter our new trenches south ot Hiaches. Attacks of stronger French forces against Ablainecourt and on both sides of the Chaulnes-Lihons road were not car ried out, owing to our defensive fire. "In the Meuse sector (Verdun front ) it was nuieter than on the ore- ceding day- Only in the district of St. Mihiel did the artillery tire in crease temporarily to greater vio lence." Generally Quiet Says Entente. Paris. Oct. 31. The war office re ports that there was no event of im portance on the Somme or Verdun fronts last night, except for active ar tillery fighting in the vicinity of Douaumont betore Verdun. London, Oct. 31. "With the excep tion of intermittent shelling on both sides there was nothing to report dur ing the night, reads todays otticial British statement regarding opera tions on the Franco-Belgian front. Forty Die Daily of Hunger in Zacatecas Laredo, Tex., Oct. 31. Forty per sons die daily in Zacatecas, Mcx., fnrm typhus fever, according to the statement of a passenger here today, who nrrived direct from that citv. He said buriels were made in trenches, and that wardrobes and other articles of furniture are used for coffins. Louisiana Progressives Have Declared for Hughes New Orleans, Oct. 31. The pro gressive committee ot the second Louisiana congressional district todav pledged support to Charles E. Hughes for president. The progressive com mittee ot the third district toow sim ilar action last week. Chicago Loses Revenues As Saloon Licenses Lapse Chicago, Oct. 31. This city's reve nue will drop $75,000 next year by the lapse of seventy-five saloon licenses for the year beginning November 1. There remain, however, 7,100 saloons in operation. THE WEATHER - FAIR SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. SIX AMERICANS LOST AS MARINA SUNK BY SUBSEA Fifty-One Reported - Saved in Telegram Received by United N States Consul Frost at ( Liverpool. TWO MORE ARE INJURED Ship Attacked Without Warn ing and Goes Down in Rough Sea in Ten Minutes. BREAKS INTO TWO PARTS BULLETIN. , tong Branch, N. J., Oct. 31. After receiving unofficial information that six Americans had lost their lives by 1 the sinking of the British steamship Marina,, President Wilson communi cated with Secretary of State Lansing , tonight and directed that all possible haste he taken in obtaining the facts concerning the sinking of the vessel. Secretary Lansing informed the president that in addition to asking the American embassy in London for information, informal inquiries had been sent to the German government. London, Oct. 31.i-Six Americans were killed In the sinking of the Brit- , ish steame Marina, according to a . telgram received by American Consul - Frost at Queenstow'n, says the Press association. The telegram declared ' that fifty-one Americans had been saved. ' . The Americans reported killed, the Press association says, were two men named Brown, two. named 1 nomas , and one named Middleton and one named Robertson. Men named Miller ( and Davie, it is added, were injured. Included among the Americans on board .the Marina, according to a list issued' October 30 by the United States Shipping company of Newport News, Va., agenti tor the .vessel, were: P. D. Brown, Upperville, Va.; J. C. R. Brown, Washington, D. C; M. B. Middleton, freaericksnurg, va.; DauieF P. Thomas and lohu P. Thomas, both of Wilmington, Del.; Andrew G. Robinson, Baltimore; Ed gar Miller, Baltimore; f. C.siJavis, Wake forest, N. C, and. Jack Dais, Koanoke, Va. All were classified as horsemen. I , - ,v London, Ot. 31 The number of , missing from the British steamship Marina, which was torpedoed by a submarine pft the, Irish coast, has now ben reduced to thirteen, according to t telegram received at the Amen- tan' embassy today from. Wesley - F roit, American consul at uueem- town. Fiftyitwo more 1 aurvivors have been landed. Mr: Frost reports that among the thirteen there prob--ably will be American fatalities. ' - The British steamship Marina sank Within ten minutes after being torpeJ dneri. Weslev Frost. American consul at Queenstown, reported to the Amer- lean emoassy today. , ne saia sur vivort state the vessel waa torpedoed -Without warning. ; v Survivors state the vessel was tor pedoed without warning in a heavy' sea and sank within ten minutes. Mr; Frost is obtaining affidavits - and ascertaining how many Ameri cans are among the Castleton ur vivors. The American embassy today to . ceived a telegram from the American , consul at Glasgow, stating tnat the Marina left Glasgow October 25 for Baltimore and Newport New, witn fifty Americans aboard. - t t Hit by Two Torpedoei. .! London. Oct. 31. A private tele gram received today from Crook haven by Robert P-Skinner, Ameri can consul general, says that among the survivors from the Marina, who were landed it Crookhaven, are six- -teen Americans. One of them is - Frank Howard Smith, a veterinarian. According to the telegram received by Mr. Skinner, survivors report that two boats containing sixty-three men left the Marina at the same time and have not been accounted tor. (This telegram evidently was sent before ' news had been received that fifty-two more survivors had landed at Cas tleton). The weather was unusually severe at the time the Marina was sunk, and has been since then. The Marina was first struck amid ships. A terrific explosion occurred on the starboard side. The second torpedo struck the bow ' and the steamship went down almost immedi ately in two parts. It is reported seven men were killed while attempt ing to get into boats. Sailors saw the wake of a torpedo, according to these advices, and until the ship was struck thought it was a fish. , Lansing Aaka Affidavit!. Washington, Qct. 31. Secretary Lansing said today that his reports on the destruction of the Marjna with probably loss of American lives were still too incomplete to permit of any conclusions or to allow him to disy, cuss the case. Fuller reports with j affidavits of American survivors have been ordered by cable. This morning's news dispatch say' ing some of the surivvo'rs had seen -the wake of a torpedo and that the ship was struck twice added gravity to the situation. - Pays Big Dividends Anybody can invest just a little of their time daily in reading the. 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