The evening world. Newspaper, September 16, 1914, Page 4

_ INBLOWING UP AISNE BRIDGE . French Private Tells Story of an Incident During Allies’ Retreat That Eclipses Blowing Up of Delhi Gates. (Copyright, 1914, by Central News of America.) (A. J. Rorke.) (Special Cable to the Central News.) HAVRE, Sept. 16—Gaston Bossier, a private in the Sixth Culrassiers, ‘whe ts known in civil life as Darino, a lyric artist at the Comedie Frar- enlee, and a favorite of the Parisiennes, tells a story which seems almost the blowing up of the Deihi gates. Lying wounded in Normandy @ portion of his ieg carried away by shrapnel, he relates it in true pmenser. He tries to rise and illustrate with gesture, but falle back HI ‘wore together, the Cuirassiers of France and the English Royal ” he cays, “as we retreated across the Aisne at Solasons The advanced rapidly, trying to rush masses of soldiers across. Bridge bridge had to be blown wp. The German sharpshooters were firing from a clump of trees and the mitrailleuses were working havoc the Allies. “Budfealy a party of English Engineers rushed toward a bridge. They lost Beavily, but succeeded in laying powder sufficient to destroy it. Beforo they could light it all of them were killed. We waited whilo another party of Joung brave engineers crept near the bridge. They toox to cover but got the range and continued a deadly fire. “Then we Frenchmen watohed what we must remember to our dying * Gay, One enginer suddenly dashed alone toward the fuse. He was killed Defore he reached half way there. A second followed and fell almost upon the body of bis comrade. * A third, a fourth and fifth ran in succession the Gauntlet of merciless German’ fire and met the same death. In the same way each followed his comrades until eleven had been killed. !“Phe German fire semed to slacken for an instant and fn that instant. the triage was blown up, for the twolfth man, dashing across the space Mined: with the bodies of bis friends, reached the fuse and lighted it. The bree exploded with a roar as the engineer foll before the German rifle - 5 i i: r Bossier was © prisoner of the Germans for some time but was rescued ’ > wy the Boglish. He told me shocking details of German crueities which a | te personally witnessed. He himself, although wounded in the leg, was va dragged on his knees with his hands tied behind him, while a lancer thrust ele dance against his back. Drivers of transport wagons ofton cut at him their e passed. Matar e told to me by @rivate Bryant, as he lay wounded in ship: tind poy remember the date. We have not had time to think of Jetely. Bat it was jyst over a week ago. We were somewhere in the of St. Queu' ‘We had been fighting all day. We had pick- ‘ené watered our horses and late that aight thought we had seen the the Germans for a time. the morning, however, the Colonel gave orders te saddle. We and at the same moment shells began to burst stampeded. The enemy's sharpshooters were al- fm position and while we were recapturing our horses shrapnel, can- lets were making the air sing around us. artillery fire increased in intensity. We began to wait own Royal Field Artillery to get into position. It was by the fact that the battery horses were being watered. to be ‘done, so we got the Maxims up, despite the soon got busy. It would have dene you good calmly and quietly the boys went about their work. " SQer men realized the meaning of thelr job. It was to hold on until came up. In other words, it was to save the regiment from Within a few minutes they were sending 8,000 shots in ds, among the Germans. artillery arrived. We had four guns against eleven for the Germans, but some of those cleven were silenced. before the Bays were itching to charge, Almost it the bugle sounded and they were off, ‘Hell for Li § guns. of that little scrap was the capture of oleven Krupp @ens-end many prisoners.” “ Ualortunstely Bryant was left wounded on the field and was made a ler by the Germans. He lived for five days on bread and water, all the Germans would supply him. On the fifth day a detachment of @avalry arrived, rescued the prisoners and captured the German who were guarding them. : ‘Britishers were taken to Peronne, where they were cared for by the told me that, in the action at St, Quentin, of an entire British engaged only seventeon men were left alive + $800,000 PITTSBURGH FIRE.| HUNT SLAYER OF TWO. A44 to Peril of Firemen | Bandit Who Kille: im Pighting Blase, PITTSBURGH, Sept. 11.—The seven- “@tery building occupied by tho Logan- Gregg hardwere, in the downtown sec- "| ton of the city, was destroyed by a fire > We etarted shortly after midnight. “Bho eas is placed at $500,000. Two fire- mem Were injured. ‘The Sremen were unable to enter tho which covers a third of the Four alarms were sounded, call- practically half the city’s fire apparatus, Exploding powder p@artridges menaced the fremen. Merchant and jer Fight. Sept. 16,—Sherift Charles Sanderson of Clay County was shot and killed and George W. Phillips seriously wounded in a running fight to- day with a bandit who had murdered Henry T. Trout, a prominent business Sander- ra the bandit to the fugitive opened fre, ary y} the Sheriff oe mre on Pty Sse ty rte ing han a eed <> 60 Japanese Not Shot by Germans. WASHINGTON, B6ept. 16.—The Jap- anese Embassy was informed to-day by the State Depart: which inquired about fifty Japanese supposed to hav been in Germany at the outbreak of the war, that twelve of nan now in Germany. Among them was Tamaki Miura, greatest of the Japanese opera singers, & member of the Imperial eatre Company. AL ABRASIONS WITH POSLAM meglect to treat promptly. Rash, Cut, Abi sore epot. Poslam is anti- ets, purifies, heals. If your itches and aggravates and i: and tly in appearance, and note the difference | mach BORDEAUX, Sept. 1 Poincare has signed a deere ithorising Minister of Finance Ribot to advance to the inhabitants of the Depart- rendered homeless by the — President ent of Marne rman invasion. California Aviator PUEBLO, Co! Cooke, one of Line tors from Oakland, Ww r Grounds here. to-di i exhibition fight. His while he was soveral ; to Emer, Laborat War estn Busck New Yoke é th daily for toilet and ‘| sR Bate ev is yea! W-) 8b cents and 16 cents, ee wenty 72014, 2 stone, tuson, of No, 928 Two Hundred and | Thirteenth ether disappeared from his Cares weeks age. | co sneritornsaalline 'ATHER OF ATHLETICS,” WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL AFTER AN OPERATION. JAMES E. SULLIVA DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER OPERATION “Father of American Athletics” Fails to Recover From the Shock. James E. Sullivan, Secratary-‘Treas- urer of the Amateur Athletic Union, American Olympic Commissioner vt the last Olympic gates at Stockholm and one of the best known figures in the American athletic world, died at Mount Sinai Hospital to-day. He was fifty-two years old, Bullivan was stricken with acute intestinal trouble at hia home, No, 540 West One Hundred and Fourteenth’ street, late Monday nigst, and on the advice of physicians was hurried to Mount Sinai Hospital. arly yeaterday merning he was operated on and at first he rallied so well that as late as last night encouraging reports AMES E SULLIVAN C. games in '79, 80 and ‘81, and as president of the club in 1883 he be- from the hospital led his family and friends to believe that his recovery was but a matter of a few weeks. Karty to-day, however, his condition took a sharp turn for the worse and he sank rapidly. He died this morning. Sullivan's final iliness came sudden- ly. He had just returned from the A. A. U, track and field champion- ship meet held in Baltimore on Sun- day when the fatal seizure came upon Bim. Upon James E. Sullivan was con- ferred long ago the title “Father of American Athletics.” It is admitted by all followers of amateur athletic sports that he did much in bis m... 7 years’ association with that branch of outdoor activities to advance them and keop them free trom the taint | td profeksionalism. As con. . é ry ir. Is in Olymplo meets, as well as a tire- og the, eit ehumplonahtp gaits leas offcer of the A. A. U. Sullivan |of the Metropolitan, Association of was always at tho forefront of . eA, A. Us o % ress and did more than any othe Lyrae Vemiall dire de nesUce to foster the true sporting spirit —<—<— among athletes, 500 At the time of his death Sullivan TAMMANY LOSES bd 408. beld a list of honors and appoint- ments which is the best gauge of the part he played in American athletics. Here are some of them:, Chtef of the Physical Culture De- came the delegate to the old-time governing body of athletics, the Na- tional A. A. A. A. dent of that body in although offered its fused, He resigned from the assoola- tion to become one of the founders of the A. A. U. in 1888, Sullivan entered the publishing house of Mrs. Frank Lesile as soon as he left public school. In 1880 he be- gan furnishing sporting notes to the Sun and the Morning Journal, In 1888 he started ‘the Athietic Nows, which had a short life, and in 1890 he ame editor and afferward owner of the Sporting Times, Cerys by the American Sport Publishing Com- pany. In 1892 he established Spald- ing’s Athletic Library, over which he d supervision for the rest of his ls Forced Out, Another name was to-day added to the Mat of organization Democrats > who have “resigned” thelr positions ea gp ee bry ree ‘earaaa tn the Corporation Counsel's office since Frank Lyon Polk assumed con- trol. It is announced that the resigne- tion of Petrick E. Callahan, who ts attached to the Brooklyn office in jon je effect Sept, 35. Goney ‘Democrat and has been cont an nm con- persed with the Brooklyn office of the Corporation Counsel for ten years. Olympic Committee, Secretary-Treas- urer of the A. A. U., President of the Metropolitan Association of the A. A. U., member of the Board of Educa- tion of New York City, member of tho Public Schools Athletic League, head of the Recreation Commission of New York. Recently he was delegate of the A. A. U. to the meeting of the|,Edwerd A. Freshman of af International Athletic Federation in| Moron S Getiese Ss oe an France. His most prized honor was/At presen! ay yas Mo Bvt wohoapal that three Presidents of the United anaes, Het i naranicas, desl States had appointed him American — Commissioner at Olympic games. resropmrengey = Sullivan was one of those raré char. 9 acters—a man ef prominence born in New York. He came into the world on Fifty-second street, near Third avenue, and went to school at old No. PURE—DELICIOUS 18, at Fiftieth street and Madison WHOLESOME avenue. Part of the school yard was|TRY IT ON adjacent to a marble yard, and there Chops young Sullivan began his athletic Steaks career on &@ very makeshift track. ‘The | Roast Beef long distance walk was what he Corned Beet elected to make his specialty. In Boiled Ham 1877 he won his first contest at the Sausages Club in r he joined the Pastime A. C., which even in those days had 200 competing athletes in its membership. QuADT TD Uae. Ae cuits, In 1882 he tied the then famous Tom Moffat in the half mile run at the Canadian championship games, He won first place in the Pastime A. Makes Cold & Hot Meats Tasty A. Delicious Salad Dressing end Fieh Sauce by Adding Vineger At Delicatessen and Grocery Stores, ANY of the articles sold at Best’s are made at Best's. Solely and simply because we cannot buy them good enough. The little serge and linen dresses for the five-year-olds, for instance. Yet shop all over town and put these Best dresses to the one comparison of price— never mind the liberality of our material and the evenness of our stitches—and you will have one more demonstration of a fact quite a number of people have not yet realized: that you never pay more at Best's. / Fifth Avenues, West Side, Corner af when +) weep eanans enererpenmmnmmmemec! ‘THB BVENING WORLD, WEDNB SDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 10914. U. S. WARSHIPS NEEDED IN TURKISH WATERS Missionary Tells Wilson Americans Fear Trouble Owing to Sul- tan’s Attitude. WASITINGTON, Sept. 18.—John R. Mott, a missionary and religious worker, told President Wilson to-day that American warships were needed in Turkish waters to relieve the fears of American missionaries and school teachers In that country. He said his advices from Turkey show Americans thero fear serious trouble. The Presi- dent took the question under advise- ment. Mr. Mott called on the President to discuss the possibility of peace in Europe. He brought letters from re- Ugious organizations in European countries, working to stop the war. Of the situation in\ Turkey, Mr. Mott maid his letters from missionaries showed that the mobilization of the Turkish army was being carried on more extensively than ever before and that in consequence Amricans had noticed @ feeling of unrest. He said he thought the United States should be prepared to afford protection if necessary. James McCreery Specially Priced Merchandise Fur Garments, Stationery Novelties, Lace Curtains and Panels 34th Street HELD IN PORT WHEN | U.S. FLAG IS RAISED, i} | British Consul in Brazil Opposes! American Registry of Eng'ish | Steamers. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Bra- villian authorities at Rio have re- fured clearance to the former Britteh | {steamer Robert Dollar, recently trans- ferred to the American flag, and the; State Department has taken up the situation through the American Am- barsador. When the captain of the Dollar raised the American flag the British Consul at Rio ts reported to have refused his consent to the trans- fer, and the Brazilian Government ac- cordingly declined to grant a clear- ance, Representative Kahn, acting for California owners of the ship, has been in frequent conference with Secretary Bryan, and to-day the State Department cabled instructions to Ambassador Morgan to ask Brazil to recognize the transfer and clear the vessel. a Canadian Pacific Fleet for Troops, VANCOUVER, Sept. 16.—All of the Canadian Pacific fleet has been taken over by the British Government for troop service, and in conrequence the nallitigs have ‘been nsed with until further seas notice. ON THURSDAY FUR GARMENTS Novel and Artistic Designs in Rich Furs and Com- binations, in both Foreign and Domestic Make. 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