Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 2, 1915, Page 1

VOL. LVIL.—NO. 217 The Bulletin’s circulafionh, AUSTRIANS CAPTUI FORTRESS OF LUTSK Likely to Compel Russians to Evacuate Galicia to Protect Their Flank ELSEWHERE RUSSIANS ARE HOLDING THEIR OWN German Offensive Movement Between Frederichstadt and the Gulf of Riga Has Been Arrested—Muscovites Also Standing Their Ground Between Kovno and Vilna— According to Berlin the Russians Have Lost 1,000,000 in Prisoners Since May 2—For a Week the French Have Been Pouring an Avalanche of Shells Into the -German Lines and an Early Offensive is Looked For London, Sept. 1, 10.05 p. m—The minor fortress of Lutsk, which with those of Dubno and Rovno forms a fortified triangle on Russian territory Just north of the Galician frontier, was captured by the Austrians today, ac- cording to the official report from _ Vienna. It is in this direction that the Austro-German offensive has been the most ageressive during the past few days, the object being to separate the Russian army which has been re- treating through the Pripet marshes from that operating in Galicia and ‘which yesterday inflicted, so the Rus- sians claim, a rather severe defeat on the_invaders. , The capture of Lutsk, however, is likely to compel the Russians, despite thelr victory, to evacuate that part of Galicia still held by them; otherwise their flank there would be seriously threatened. Russians Make Stronger Showing. Along the rest of the front, except In the center, where the Austro-Ger- mans continue to make a slow ad- vance, the Russians appear to be hold- ing their own. They have thus far prevented the Germans from crossing rific. They still have, men on the eastern front, 300,000 be- ing in the Riga region, more than 1, 000,000 in the center and from 600,000 to 700,000 in Galicia. France Preparing an Offensive. For a week the French have been pouring an avalanche of shells into the It is not German lines in the west. believed that this unition would be used simply for the purpose of damaging the German trenches and, therefore, an early general offensive is looked for, Except from Kamerun, where the British and French repdrt successes over the Germans, there’is no news from other battle fronts. BRITISH SUCCESSES IN WESTERN AFRICA Details of Operations in Kameruns, a German Colony. London, Sept. 1, 8.20 p. m.—Recent successes by British forces in opera- according to Petrograd estimates, about two million Cabled - Paragraphs To Commemorate Battle of Marne. Paris, Sept. 1, § p. m.—The muni- cipal council is making arrangements with the government for an official commemoration of the battle of the Marne, in which the German advance through France in the early. weeks of the war was ended. The celebration will be held on Sept. 12. British Journalist Sentenced. Manchester, Eng., Sept. 1, 5.42 p. m. —Theodore Sington, a British journal- ist of German parentage, was sen- tenced today to a term of six months in jail fer writing for American news- papers matter “calculated to prejudice the relations of the British govern- ment with neutral countries.” When arrested on Aug. 21, Mr. Sington de- nied that his articles were intended for publication. — FULLAM RELIEVED AS HEAD OF NAVAL ACADEMY. No ‘Reasons Are Given in the Depart- ment’s Announcement. ‘Washington, Sept. 1.—Rear Admiral William' Fullam was relieved today of his assignment as_superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, to be cucceeded by Captain E. W. Eberle, now commandant of the Washington navy vard and superintendent of the naval gun factory. Admiral Fullham will succeed Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond in command of the Pacific_re- erve fleet at Puget sound, the latter being ordered to Porthsmouth, N. H., to be commandant of the navy yard there. While Acting Secretary Roosevelt issued orders for the new assign- ments, he acted at the direction of Secretary Dariels, who is on a tour of inspection of Atlantic coast' naval stations. No reasons were given in the department’s apnouncement of the changes. Rear Admiral Fullam was_detailed as superintgzdent of the academy, on February 7, 1914. His action 'last spring in récommending the dismissal of seven midshipmen for irregularities in examinations led to an investiga- tion by e board of inquiry attended by reveiations concerning the wide- spread use of go-called “dope” at ex- aminations. ¢ board recommended the dismissal of two of the midship- men and the imposition of less severe penallies upon the others involved, and urged radical changes in the method of condueting examinations. The report was approved so fas as the disclipina- Ty measures were concerned, but the examination changes will be worked out through the new superintendent. Admiral Fullam now is in command Xe academy practice squadronm, which has just passed through the Panama canal on the homeward jeur- ney from Sap Francisco. The order Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulati Submarines Are GERMANY ACCEPTS U. S. PRIN- CIPLE OF MARINE WARFARE TENSION IS NOW OVER Now Probable That a Complete Un- derstanding Will Be Reached Con- cerning Freedom of the Seas. Washington, Sept. 1.—Strained de- lations between the United States ana Germany over the submarine warfare apparently passed into history today after Count Von Bernstorff, the Ger- man ambassador, informed Secretary Lahsing in writing that prior to the sinking of the Arabic his government had decided that its submarines should sinie _no more liners without wara- ng. Washington Officials Grateful. Oral assurances to this effect had been given by the ambassador last week, but it was not until Count Bernstoff, after a call at the state de- partment’ today, returned to the em- bassy and sent a letter to Mr. Lans- ing quoting instructions from Berlin concerning an answer to be made to the last American note on the sinking of the Lusitania that officials frankly admitted their gratification over the chansed position of the imperial gov- ernment. _ Relaxation of Tension. Secretary Lansing said in-a formai statement that the letter “appears to be a recognition of the fundamental principles for which we have con- tended” He immediately sent tho communication to the White House. Everywhere in administration circles there was a visible relaxation of the tension which has existed ever since the Lusitania tragedy. Disavowal Now Expected About A bic. ‘The next step, it is stated authori- tatively, will be a formal communica- tion from the German government, disavowing the destruction of the Arabic and tendering regret and repar- aticn for American lives lost in the dis aster if the attack was made by a German submarine. Even if the sub- marine which torpedoed the liner sub- sequently was sunk by a British man- of-war, as has been suggested from 1o Warn Liners Providence Couple Were Ambushed DR. MOHR DIED YESTERDAY AS RESULT OF SHOOTING CHAUFFEUR IN PLOT Robbery is Thought to Be the Motive for the Crime—A Former Employe of the Doctor is Under Suspicion. Providence, R. L. Sept. 1—Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, and his secretary, Miss Emily G. Burger, who Were ‘shot last night during an automobile ride, as a result of which the physician died to- day, were led into an ambush, accord- ing to a statement by the police to- night. The announcement was based upon an alleged story told them by George W. Healis, the negro chauffeur Who drove Dr. Mohr's car last night. A Holdup Planned. The chauffeur is said to have plac- ed. the responsibility for the plot upon a_discharged employe of Dr. Mohr. This man, Healls is alleged to have told the police, made arrangements] with him to stall the automobile at & certain place and share in the pro- ceeds of a robbery, which the other claimed was to be the object of the ambush. Stopped in a Dark Spot. Healls is said to have insisted to- night that he actually saw no one when the shots were fired into the machine, while it ' was stopped in a dark spot'on the Nayatt road in Bar- rington, which he named as the place selected for the alleged holdup. On the strength of the statements at+ tributed to the’ chauffeur, the police tonight detaired Victor Brown, who was employed on the Mohr estate at Newport as a hostler until three weeks ago. They questioned him until a late hour and then locked him up for the night. Erown denied that he had any connection with the shooting, the officials said, but is said to have ad mitted that he had passed through Nayatt on a motor cycle over the road on which the shooting occurred. Maid Received Warning Meantime, the authorities were in- vestigating the story of Florence Ormsby, o maid in the physician's of- fice. She claimed today, according to the police, to have received for the Dyina at Frederichstadt, where a tions in the Kameruns. a German col- for his relief.at the academy becomes both Berlin and Lopdon, theBerlin- several days warnings in person and battle has been in progress for sev- eral days; they have arrested the Ger- man offensive between that point Ig: Sroduo, Alhough the ive approach the outer Grodno fortress. Winter May Stop Invasion of Russia. In the opinion of military writers ooy in western Africa, where both British and French troaps are operat- ing, are reported in an official state- ment issued today which reads as fol- wa: e — % 1o 1 of Gaschaka in the Kam- erune was occupled by us on Angust 167, without opposition. On August 29 an enemy position near Gaschaka was surprised and the enemy. forced to retreat. Our casualties were one effective September 20. PLANNING FOR RENOMINATION, ~_ Friends Are Working, But President is Taking No Part in It ‘Washington, Sept. 1l.—Indications ‘were given here tonight that Presi- foreisn office is expeéted to send its disav 28 §00n as a Teasonable time has ‘without a report -from if commander.... o ‘the “situation growing out of l?‘ Arabic incident has been disposed of response to the 16ng unenswer- ed Ameritan note on the Lusitania will be dispatchedy and if Germany’s - ex- by telephone from a woman that if she went in ‘Dr. Mohr's automobile to Newport she would be in danger of ey > i _ . Plot as Outlined. 2 The story of Healis, as outlined by the officials tonight, was-to the effect that he met Brown on Monday night at Newport and agreed-to try to stall Dr. Mohr's car iu a dark spot on the here, the Russians now stand a chance of winning the race for time. Within a few weeks, the autumn rains will oegin, and, it is pointed out, unless they can succeed in gaining a decisive re- native killed and two wounded. The enemy is reported to have lost one Buropean and five men of the ranks killed.” ? dent Wilson’s closest friends expect him to be renominated for the presi- dency in 1916 and are laying plans ac- cordingly. The president himself, it wae said authoritatively, however, is planations and propgsals in this case are accepted by the United States, both. officials and departments here expect the way to be cleared for a complete understanding between the Nayatt road at the end of the month, a time when Dr. Mohr was believed to on is the Largest in-Connecti Condensed Telegrams Frost caused considerable damage to corn crops at Mineral, Tll. A strange wild animal is preying on the innocents of Plainfield, N. J. The quarantine on Maine potatoes because of the powdery scab has been lifted. The Public Service Ci tion of New Jersey reports an increase of Bross earnings for July of $120,000. The Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia, has received a large or- der for ammunition. Advices from Switzerland report the number of cholera cases in Aus- tria-Hungary at 929, Three m were injured when a launch was struck by a ferryboat in the East River, New York. The Austrian Minister of the Inter- for gives the number of cases of chol- era in that country as 929. The export of merchandise from the port of New York for the week ended Aug. 28, amounted to $37,723,223. The United States scoutship Ches- ter arrived at Canea, Crete, with 470 refugees expelled from Beirut, Syria. There were 1,360 deaths in New York City last week compared with 1,286 deaths during the same period last week. A debate in the Chinese language was the feature of yesterday's session of the Chinese Students' Alliance, at Middletown. B-nf‘n in Gansberg of New York was killed when he attempted to jump from a train to the City Island sta- tion platform. The Aero Club of America received a check for $10,000 from Mrs. William H. Bliss. The money will be used for aviation training. Joseph Baransky of New York was sentenced to serve 19 years and 6 months in Sing Sing for conviction of highway robbery. Four members of the family of Wil liam Drewes, of New York, are suffer- ing from ptomaine poisoning caused by eating toadstools. The Constitutional Convention Albany adopted an admendment creasing the salaries of from $1,500 to $2,500. at in- legislators A proposal to limit the heighi of buildings was favorably reported by the cities committee of the Constitu- ‘tional Convention at Albany. Se of the Treasury MeAdoo returned from hi and was the guest of - luncheon In the White House. A _conscience stricken person re- tunded $5 to the New York Board of Education for the theft of books while atténding public school. Leslie ‘A: Friend, son of a noted New York lawyer, was drowned, near at carry $200 and $300 to his Newport home. Last night, when the physf clan’s automobile with Dr.’'Mohr, Miss sult before that time the Austro-Ger- mans can hardly hope to smash the ltussian armies before, under cover of the long winter, they are re-formed ind re-equipped. At present the Aus- iro-Germans are straining every nerve p win this decision, but they have ieen greatly delayed by the intensity of the Russian counter-attacks and the stubbornness with which the Rus- sian troops hold the positions protect- Ing their retreating comrades. Losses Are Enormous. The Russian losses, of course, have been enormous. According to Ber- lin, the Russians have lost 1,004.000 in ‘prisoners since May 2, the date dn which the drive commenced in western \ Salicia, while during August alone the \saptures included over a quarter of a million men and 2,300 cannon. The Austro-German losses, too, have been heavy in ikilled and wounded, while the strain on the troops has been ter- DURABILITY OF THE HEAVY AUSTRIAN GUNS One Thirty Centimetre Mortar Has Fired Its 1,200th Shot. Berlin, Sept. 1 (by wireless to Say- ville, N. Y.)—The technical academy at Karlsruhe has conferred upon Pro- fessor Otto Rausenberger, who design- ed the famous 42 centimetre Krupp gun, the degree of doctor of engineer- honoris causa. this _announcement, the Overseas News Agency adds: “A unique celebration has been held Dby ‘the artillerymen with a battery of Austrian 30 centimetre mortars on the Isonso line. One mortar fired its 1,200th shot. This same mortar last year helped to reduce the fortifications at Namur and Antwerp, Belgium. This demonstrates the durability heavy Austrian guns. PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE AT BRISTOL New Departure Co. Employes May Re- turn to Work at Noon Teday. Bristol, Conn., Sept. 1—Prospects of a speedy settlement of the labor troubles at the New Departure Manu- ‘acturing company, where 300 work- trs_are on strike, seemed bright to- night. The strikers, at a meeting loday, named a committee to apon ‘General Manager De Witt Page :omorrow morning, when the griev- inces over the discharge of a Work- nan will be aired. Both the strik- irs and the company intimated that ‘he_difficulties would probably be set- lled in time foy the men to go back 0 work at noon. 3EN. CARRANZA IS AIDING GUATEMALAN REVOLUTIONISTS Said to Have Furnished Them With Two Thousand Rifies, El Paso, Texas, Sept. 1.—Authorita- ive reports received here toda yindi- sated that Guatemala is about to be rawn into the Mexican revolutionary 7ortex. These advices stated that in etaliation for the participation of $uatemala in the A. B. C. police con- Guatemalan * revolutioniste 1mve permitted to organize, Ve jeen furnished two thousand rifies by Jarranza and are about to march on juatemala City. i 4 Pope Recaivers Ask for Discharge Boston, Sept. 1.—Having transterred he Westfield plant of the Pope Man-. ifacturing Company to H. Preston matic ‘night CALIFORNIA EGG LAW DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL Labelling Restricts Uni Rights of Ine San Francisco, Calif, Sept. 1.—A law passed by the last California les- islature, Tequiring the labelling of im- ported éggs, was declarmed unconsti- tutional in the superior court here to- SESite trporiasion. of Chineee eson had eral lon of nese eggs had started. They were sold below cur- Tent prices for domestic esgs. Today's decision says the labelling law interferes unduly with interstate and forelgn commerce and restricts unreasonably the right of individuals. THAW HAS FILED SUIT FOR DIVORCE Charges Evelyn with Misconduct and Desertion, \ Pittsburgh, Sept. 1—Harry K. Thaw, through his attorneys, Stone & Stone, this afteernoon filed a petition in com- mon pleas court asking a divorce from his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, chars- ing misconduct with John Francis of New York. The petition is very brief, covering less than one typewritten page. In it Thaw alleges that his wife was guilty of misconduct with Francis at 31 West 31st street, New York, in December, 1909, and January, 1910, and at va- onably the uals. rious other places and times. Thaw also declares his wife deserted him in® July, 1909. The petition contains nothing to throw light on the identity of Francis other than give his name and in the copy filed at the court house this is almost illegible. No Writ for Attorney King. * Litchfield, Conn.,, Sept. 1.—State’s Attorney. Homer S. Cummings of Fair- field county, who is stopping here for a time, said tonight, in response to questions, that he had issued no_writ for Attorney Clitus H, King of Fair- field, who is chargéd with certain financial irregularities by Town Clerk Joseph I, Flint of Fairfleid. Mr. Cum mings declined to further discuss the - One Bridgeport Strike Settled.’ Bridgeport, <Conn., Sept. 1—The strike of 150 employes of the Au;g- “when the men. agreed £o aceent of the | ‘minister of foreign. taking no part in such plans. Gratification felt by the president over the action of democrats in the Tenth congressional district of Wiscon- sin in endorsing his administration was expressed in a letter from Secretary Tumulty which became public here to- night. A telegram to the president an- nouncing the endorsement stated that it was voted “unanimously” at a mass meeting called “for the purpose of ar- Tanging for the campaign of 1916. ‘Word that Kentucky democrats, as- sembled in a state platform conven- tion, had endorsed President Wilson for renomination in 1916 also was wel- come news at the White House, but no formal comment was made. Senator James, author of the reso- lution adopted in Kentucky, is one of the president’s political advisers. Last September Secretary Tumulty sent a letter to a New Jersey demo- cratic leader asking that no steps be taken to endorse the president for an- other term' and saying “the president feels that it might seem as If he were taking advantage of the extraordinary situation now existing to get in a per- sonal advantage through such an ex- pression of confldence.’ As far as the president himself is concerned, he is understood to take the same Dosition at present, but many of his.friends are declared to believe that no further efforts should be made to stop political indorsements which may be offered. OBITUARY. Mrs. Caroline W. Lilley. Torrington, Conn., Sept. 1.—Mrs. Caroline W. Lilley, widow of John Lil. ley and mother of the late Governor George L, Lilley, ‘died here today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles S. Newcomb. She was 77 years old and a native of Millbury, Mass. The funeral arrangements have not been completed. Burial will be im_Oxford, Mass. One son, John A. Lilley, of Waterebury, one daughter, Mrs. New- comb and three grandchildren, survive. Dr. John H. Sweet. Newport, R. I, Sept. 1—Dr. John H. Sweet, the iast of the original bone setting Sweets, died at the home of his son, Dr. J. H. Sweet Jr., In this city last night, following an_operation for intestinal troubles. He had natural rather than a college acq talent for his work and was broa known throughout southeastern Mas- sachusetts especially Fall River and New ford, where he practiced regularly. He was born in 1850, a £0n of Dr. John Sweet of Providence. Mrs. Elmer Miller Stebbins. | East Northfleld, Mass.,, September 1‘—&’. EImé Miller Stebbins, wife of rge C. Stebbins, singing evan- two governments on the subject - of freedom of the seas. In German cir- cles it is frecly admitted that in Ber- lin a hope prevails that such an un- derstanding would be followed by in- sistent action by the United States to stop interferences with neutral commerce by Great Britain and her allies which prevent Germany from imperting food supplies for her vicil population. GRAND J_URY CALL WITNESSES IN FRANK LYNCHING CASE Instructed by the Judge to Investigate “the Recent Lynching.” Marietta, Ga., Sept. 1.—The Cobb county grand jury drawn for the July court. term was charged today by Judge H. J. Patterson to investigate the “recent lynching 1n this county” and at the close of the day several witnesses had been examined for in- formation on the hanging of Leo M. Frank. ~Indications were that the jurors could conclude the examina- tion of the 35 or more witnesses called In_time to repert tomorrow. Judge Patterson was emphatic on three points in his charge: That the crime “should be thoroughly investi- gated; that this was not a special grand jury, as had been reported, and that the jurors were not “secret ser- vice men” compelied “to do detective work to perform their duties.” He said Cobb county never had needed a special grand jury and in- timated that the Frani lynching was not the sole cause of reconvening the jury that served during the July court term. Soon after the jurymen retired wit- nesses called in the Frank case went before them, but the majority remain- ed oply a few minutes. Tomorrow, it is ted, members of the Georgia prison commission will be examined. The three members of the commission were at the state prison the night Frank was taken away. UNDERWENT OPERATION FOR CHRONIC APPENDICITIS F. C. Tanner, Chairman of New York Republican Committee. New York, Sept. 1.—Frederick C. Tanner, chairman of the New York republican state committee, underwent an operation for chronic appendicitis at the Post Graduate hospital here late today. Dr.John F. Erdmann, who per- formed the operation, said Mr. Tanner would be up in a few days. ’ Mr. Tanner, who has ‘been attending the constitutional convention in Al- Bex ‘v‘n.s folrmed to absent hlmlbzlf m’ the sessions yesterday, upon be- ing advised by his physician that the t and author of gos) zonss suddenly of acute lnmwon al '|a hotel here today. She was 68 years of age. She and her ‘husband had made several tours of the world with Dwight L. Mqody, Ira D. Sankey and other evangelists. Meeting of Forestry Experts. Franconia, N. H. Sept. 1.—Forestry experts from ail parts of the country today began a three daye' conference under the joint auspicies of the So- clety for the protection of Forests and the New Hampshire State. Forestry Commission. Count Guiccardini Dead. ¢ Florence, . 1, via Pa affairs in the cabinet, died today. operation was imperative. He arrived here late night, accompanied by his flancee, Miss Jane Ogden of Albany, and her mother. ECONOMY TO EXTEND _ NATIONAL DEFENSE Navy Yards, Rivers and Harbors and Public Buildings Will Have Smaller son in order 10 leave the money and the chauffeur, reached the appointed place, Healls ‘put out the lights _and stopped the car,’ saying there Was trouble with the engin While he was erouched on the ground, working by the light of a side lamp, the shots were fired, according . to his alleged statement. Fled at Approach of Other Autos. The approach of other automobiles, he said, frustrated any attempt to rob the doctor. In his opinfon, the per- son who fired the shots and whom he did not see, was afoot. . This opinion Wwas apparently borne out by the state- ment tonight of .Medical ~Examiner Cliffora H. Griffin, who said that the autopsy performed on the body of Dr. Mohr today showed that the azsassin probably stood behind the machine, a littls to the left of the victim. Miss Burger Expected to Recover. Miss Burger, who is expected to re- cover although her condition is still serious, told the police that Healis coulg-not have fired any of the four shots which found their mark. The physician died without having regain- ed consciousness, Appointed Custadian of Husband’s E: tate. Shortly after his_death, his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, appeared in the municipal court with a petition for appointment as custodian of er husband's estate. _Counsel informed the court that the déad man's valuable property in this city and Newport was ::_pmtected. The petition was grant- Subsequently Mrs. Mohr stated that she had always hoped for a reconcil- iation with her husband. SHELL WORKERS AT DUNKIRK ON STRIKE. Over 800 Men Are Involved—Pickets Are Placed. Dunkirk, N. Y., Sept. 1.—The.entire force of machinists employed in the shell department of the Brooks plant of the American Locomotive company here is on strike tonight, virtually ev- ery workman having joined the ranks late today of those who walkeéd out earlier in the week. Over 300 men are invelved. Several hundred of the strikers went to the plant today to act as pickets and to urge the machinists in_other departments to quit work. The strike, however, up to tonight, is confined solely to the department ‘where the shells were being turned out for the allies. The strikers, it is un- derstood, will take no definite action toward a settlement until the of the union offfcials from New York. CHARGED WITH PERFORMING AN UNNEUTRAL SERVICE J. F. J, Archbald, an American News- . paper Correspondent. ZLondon, 1, 9 o to the vk . Central News, James Pfim‘ Arch-, newspaper t, Who was ended Britieh aathorities when the. st ‘Rotterdam, bound from New - | cars. Middletown, N. Y., while trying to save a man from-a simflar fate. The first bale of Georgia cotton received at Liverpool was sold at auction for $750. The proceeds were gondlted to the English war relief fund. The property of the Winona Assem- bly and Summer Schools Association at Warsaw, Ind, declared bankrupt several months ago, was sold for $100,600. Plans are being considered by busi- ness interests in St. Louls for a $4,000,400 bond issue for the improve- ment of the river Des Peres, to pre- vent floods. The third division of the battleship fleet with the third and fourth groups of the Atlantic flotilla passed out to sea’ for target practice off the Vir- ginia Capes. Under a new ruling, U. . al authorities declirie to pay the postage on postcards advertising the service, which sailors are requested to send to their friends. There were 21 deaths from typhoid fever in New York last week, 12 of these occurring in . Forty- one new cases have been reported In that borough. Tolls amounting to $5,216,149 were paid by vessels passing through the Panama Canal in the first full year of commercial operation closing on Aug. 14, 1915. In a crash of an automobile, a mo- torcycle and a_horse and wagon, near Manchester, Conn., James Murray, aged 30, was injured so that he may lose his left leg. The Clark Brothers’ Cutlery Co., of Waterbury, Conn., and Kansas. City, Mo., has closed a contract with agents of the Allles for the manufacture of 500,000,000 rifie shells. ~A group of business men at Port- land, Ore. will offer the management of the city of Portland to _General George. W. Goethals. The offer will call for a’ salary of $25,000 a year. Loaded with a cargo of copper valued at $250,000, the freighter Edith, of the Alaska Navigation Company, is reported -adrift and abandoned by her crew off Cape Hinchinbrook, Alaska. The machiniste employed at the ‘Brooks it of the American Loco- motive Co. at Dunkirk, N. Y. which is turning out. shrapmel for the Allies have struck. The men demand an increase in wages: Charles O. Crawford, of Lima, for- Kmetican Lassve. was instanty killod can was. at Bryan, O. when a train on the Lake Shore Raflroad struck a buggy in which he’ was riding. E;GTMOO.MMMRI'W ‘vate lines. the 478 composite cars which have been ordered from the subways to give place to all metal it was an- Sl Y touat emetmeney e l-nubythog.!.‘h‘-’-l-‘: “Hhe Sncreasing 000.. ,000. na- ’ bank circulation in the same icut in Propartion to - the City’s renfiim ; TALK OF A ;Mlmm 0f Such Proportions That It Would be a N ~Rather Than a New York Affair T0 BOLSTER UP THE FALTERING POUND ST Foreign Exchange Rates Yesterday Moved Plane of Values Ever Reached in This the English Pound was Selling in Wall Strect at $4.50 the Postoffice was Paying the Standard Rate of $4.87- Country— While Senders of Money Orders Had to'Pay That Price and. the Same Sum—American Importers are Profiting ———— New York, Sept. 1.—Foreign ex- change rates, led by the English pound sterling, played fast and loose today in checkerboard moves over the lowest plane of values ever reached in this country. From extreme depression of $4.50 registered at the opening of the mar- ket, sterling de its faltering way Dby leaps and falls to $4.55 1-2 in the late afternoon and fell back at the day's end to $4.54. Francs dropped at a single stroke from 6.03 to 6.09, reach- ing their lowest value. Lires hovered around 6.54. approximately 26 per cent. below their normal worth, remaining there because they virtually amounted to ncthing in the day’s dealings. Reich- marks zigzagsed between 80 3-5 and 30 5-8. Market in Convulsions. The entire market was in convul- sions throughout the day, althoush the tendency toward hysteria lessemed toward the close. The big bankers of New York, however, were inclined to calm rather than hysterics. One for- eign exchange expert asserted tonight that he doubted if 10,000 pounds ster- Jing had been bought in this market today. The widely divergent quota- tions at the opening and the close he ascribed purely to speculators. This view, however, was not generally ac- cepted and there were indications that there had been large dealings in small amounts after sterling had strengthen- €d to 4.52, Report of Relief, For reasons:not seen on the surface, optimism was more apparent tonight than analysis of the situation seemed to warrant.” A report. pre- vailed that relief was in sight. It was said that the delegation of British financiers and treasury officials sent here to mend England's. battered cred- its were almost within sight of land. The blue pencil of the censor has cross- sailing for New York, but it was thought they might be found aboard the American liner St. Paul, due to dock here tomorrow. Press C: Censored. The censor, according to mail reports from abroad sent to newspapers here, has been greatly interested in the for cign exchange situation recently. Press cables, according to these advices, have been held up and edited to eliminate references to weakness, and in some instances, it is said, actual quotations have been deleted. Incoming des- patches, it is reported, have met much the same fate.. As a result, it was re- ported, high British officiais were but poorly informed of the situation. Discussion of Remedial Pla There was less talk today of the pos- sibility that rates would fall so low as to result in curtailment of American exports. - Discussion centered on Great Britaif's remedial plans, none of which, New York bankers profess, is known here. Loan and Collateral. In the absence of these plans, it was assumed that the contemplated credit loan to be established here would be of sueh proportions that it would be & national rather tham a New York af- fair in respect to participation. Bank- ers from all the reserve centers of the country, It was said, would be invited to_share in establishing the loan. The colloteral, it was said, probably would consist not only of approved American & curities, but also of carefully selected Canadian and South American bonds. In addition to this collateral, bankers here plan to have the British borrow- ers cover it with an issue of notes, thus doubly riveting the security. . Study of Abnormal Canditions. From' the betterment in foreign ex- change rates, attributed by ‘some au- therities to the fact that the decline of yosterday and today’s early market has been too rapid, financiers turned to & study of the abnormal conditions cre- ated by the situation. Investigation showed that it teemed with unusual de- velopments. Different of 37 in Market and Money Orders. Not ‘the least of these was the dis- covery that of all the American insti- tutions sending money to foreign countries or receiving it from abroad, the United States government alone could not profit by the low rates, at least so far as international money orders, issued by the postoffice depart. ment, are concerned. While the Eng- lish. pound . was selling in Wall street at $4.50, the postoffice, several blocks away, was paying the standard normal rate of $4.87. Senders of money orders to England had to pay $4.57 to the Jound: reciplents of manex. ordera, England’ were given that sum here. g pfi:&:’“ same situation prevailed at the 50 far as other foreign mon- eys were concerned. Lires, depreciated 26 per cent. in foreign exchange mar- Kets, were exchanged at par over the money order counters at the postoffice. This was due, it was said, to ancient treaties which fixed in rigid.terms.the exchange values of money between the United States and its associate pow- ers in the issuance of postal orders. saved $2.13 on every pound, he expect- ed to sell at a figure under the pre-- yailing rate of exchange but. high enough to make a handsome profit. T intention was divined and the post: office department, it was said, insisted upon his returning the orders and paid him back between $40,000 and $50,000. Profits to American Importers. Enormous profits to American im- porters owing bills abroad ap; to be in sight with the pre exchange rates of today and not a 1l tle of the bills bought, it was said, was to discount foreign bills. America’ bill for July to Great Britain for goods. received at the port of New York to- talled, in round _figures, $13,000,000. The chief items of this bill were crade India rubber (from the nugfl Indies), mounting to approximately 000, cotton and woolen cloths, linens, laces, tins, furs. feathers and dismends These items, bought in Great Britain, are to be pald for in English pounds. On account of the depreciation of about 7 per cent. in sterling, i porters paying this bill today could have settled it for approximately $12, 000,000, pocketing a round million dol lars profit. X Imports from Fras From France the United States im- ported during July laces, silks, wines, feathers, velvets, antig and a long list of minor articles to the total value of, 34,682,000 m@fi nort of New York. Appro: per_cent. of-this bill, or about $908,000; ed out all news from abroad of their faswid bs. dequcted today, ovg:xxn 3 change changes, because sy 2ayable, not in’ dollars, but T e e e P By R 1 the value of $2,791,000 came to . York from Italy in July. In pa Dill at today’s rate of exchange Amef- ican importers ‘would have to take $2,000,000 in round figures to . Wail: street. A LONDON BANKS HAVE .. <« ; TAKEN MATTER IN HAND. Be Over Shortly. » London, .Sept. 4.30 p. m—Sterling, dropped to $4.48 in the forelgn e%= change markets here today. The sensational drop would —have- created 'something akin to alarm in the city but for the knowledge that the banks have actively taken the ar- rangement of the matter in handsand tho belief that the trouble wil} be over; very shortly. =% Today's erratic movement -in tranefers, which closed $4.55 and opened at 4.54 1-2, merchaats into covering their near and forward positions. This created & great demand for dollars on a shors market, forcing the rate down to $4.457 At this rate a large quantity of Amer- ican securities were marketed, helping a recovery to $4.53. But the market was still very uncertain and closed around $4.52 1-2. FOREST FIRES IN Some Are Beyond Control and ‘News beyond bounds today and the Tesistance of the fighting force available according_to advices received Western ‘Forest Railway and vation association. The situation pronounced critical thy tective system is now e pro 1 its limit and conditions. are dangerous,” .says the. Belief Prevails Phat the Trouble Will . cadle PACIFIC Nmflwlm_‘