The evening world. Newspaper, October 1, 1914, Page 3

ih ay Toa we. oe ac —Czar Claims reach « crisis. a 3 f deem tmpossible for the Germans to Another German army is engaged 7 ‘with 600,000 Russians in the big pine : forest of Augustowo, which is twen- } ty-four miles long and thirty-five a miles broad and 1s filled with smell lakes and a canal that connects the {o-! Miemen and the Vistula. This Ger- men army was driven from the vil- lage of Augustowo and is now being used to protect Hindenburs’s flank and rear. “GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS HAS 1,000,000 MEN. ‘The great Russian central army, under the dgect command of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Duke Nicholas, is made up of 1,000,000 fresh troops who have been mobilized in Russian Poland to move against the main German army, which has been feverishly for'“ying the entire line of the Silesian frontier. This force was to-day reported in contact with the German advance guard, which has been pushed forward to protect the line of communication to Cracow. ‘This fight, now little more than a skirmish, is expected to develop into ‘lat tho greatest battle of the war in the )**'\east, as the German troops engaged | #* are those who were withdrawn from searmeres\ t0) C71 eel Russiaa ait Seanwhile, there are between a a. ‘million and a million and a half Rus- sians in Galicia, moving in two par- “'aliel lines. The northern column, tt men bas enveloped Praemysi, to-day ‘ ndd completed the investment of Tar- \ f now, fifty miles east of Cracow. The = tall of Tarnow ie feared here, as the Russians far outnumber the Austrian garrison and there exists no good } strategic reason for trying to hold the = walue in Cracow. ae RUSSIANS HAVE TWICE AS 2! MANY MEN IN FIELD. ‘o The second Galician army, travers- = ing the southern line and overflowing ~ {nto the passes of the Carpathian a» Mountains, oapturea Krosno after ® wld cesperate resistance, in which the Austrian garrison inflicted enormous a; ered on the Russians. | Fe combined German-Austrian 14 cusien te the theatre of war 40 not | sq: Mumber 2,000,000, including all re- | swe eerves, while the Russians have more than 4,000,000 already on the scene. + Yet at no point have the Russians soored a distinct victory since the * opening of the battles, In the north, the fighting entirely in German territory, while in the south, in Galicta, the Austrians have withdrawn | toward Cracow for strategic reasons. | Am oMcial statement issued hero saya that the entire situation Is “sat- isfactory,” that the garrison at | Prsemysl maintains its advantage, in- | fileting great damage on the Russian besiegers in sorties, and that while © Cracow will be besieged, it “can be | expected to hold out indefinitely.” t}| AUSTRIANS ARE FORTIFYING | VIENNA, VENICE, Oct. 1 (United Pross).— Work of fortitying Vienna ts proceed- ing rapidly, Advices received here declate that the Austrians have been thrown into a state of panio by the invasion of Hungary by the Russian my. An attack upon the capital is téared and strong entrenchments are being thrown up. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—(United Press).—Further progress of the Rus- jan troops was reported to the Rug. : Russians Bultsanbes Gi Germans and| Austrians by Two to One—Work’ of Fortifying Vienna Is Rushed) Victories. VIENNA, via Rome, Oct. 1 (United Press)—Four gigantic battles ané-two fort bombardments, favolving fully 6,000,000 men, are in progress 4 i in @he eastern theatre of the war to-day. I A] .3 any decisive result, and it will be several days before the fighting will At no point has there been of Gen! Rennenkampf, with 1,000,000 Russian first line troops, is en- ‘eavering to resist the efforts of Gen. von Hindenburg’s army to cross *S ‘the Niemen Rtver between Drusskeniri and Grodno. > this line is of the most severe character, but up to the present time it hi The fighting along break through. sian Embassy by the Petrograd For- eign Office to-day. “On Sept. 28, after stubborn fight- ing, our troops captured the German Positions at Augustowo and Kopetz,” the cablegram declared. “On Sept. 29 We took the defiles between the lakes at Sinno, Fereje and Leztuny. The’ Germans have been driven back into the region between Sulwalki, Sejny and Markampol. “Our advance continues. German siege artillery continues the bombard- ment of Ossowjetz, but without suc- cess. At Schutzkie and Arthejew only unimportant ant akirmishes are 1 Bre reported.” WHAT! KEEP CHICKENS 79 FEET AWAY FROM THEIR OWNER’S HOUSE ? Thousands Protest Against Health Board’s Order—Pub- lic Hearing To-Morrow. ‘The announced intention of Com- missioner of Health Goldwater to promulgate and enforce a tor- biding any man to keep a ebicken within 75 feet of his house has aroused guch a storm of protest in Queens, Kings, Richmond and Bronx Bro- city, as the troops that would be’ oughs that the Board of Health has pe needed there will be of far greater | given heed. A public meeting will be held at the Health Department to- morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock where the chicken question will be threshed out. It has been revealed to Dr. Gold- water that thousands of New Yorkers keep chickens. In the outlying dis- tricts of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Richmond chicken farms are abundant. The local press of these localities has been aroused to flerce resentment and it would not be sur- prising if the matter became a po- tical issue unless something is done Pretty soon. Que is especially wrought up, If the news of the public meeting can be thoroughly circulated through that borough to-morrow it would not be surprising if from 2,000 to 8,000 chicken owners appeared. Without [ loubt it will be the biggest public ~ on the question of the en- Bra He of @ health ordinance ever held in this city. Deputy Health Commissioner Emeraon will preside. Some of the chicken fanciers will bring their chickens along to prove that they are perfectly harmless. ae eee mee “FISHED” .IN POOR BOX. Two Men Convicted of Stealing Money in Cherch. Homer Nelli of No, Carmine street and Adolfo Forado of No, 20 Downing street, were convicted of robbing the poor box of the Church of the Assump- tion in Cranberry street, Brooklyn, by Special Sessi...s Justices Fleming, Mo- Inerney and Collins to-day. They had fished for coins with a string and a weighted plece of beeswax until they took $16 from the three boxes in the church. Nelli was sentenced to nine months in the penitentiary and Forado to a year. | A coated tongue means slug- gish liver and bowels*— Listen mother! Your child isn’t naturally. cross and See if tongue is coated; this ‘a sure sign its little stomach, liver bowels 8 cleansing at once, When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn’t eat, sleep or act naturally, has sour stomach, diarrhoea, remem! sents] ze liver mond bo bowel cleansing should be the first treatment given. ‘al 8; of a CROSS, FEVERISH, SICK CHILDREN | NEED “CALFORNA SYRUP OF Fle" sporatl and in just » few hours all foul waste, sour bile and fermenting food, clogged in the bowels, passes out of the system and you have a well and playful child in. All children love this harmless frui and it never fails to effect a side” cleansing. Directions for babies, children of all pees, and grown-ups are plainly on each bee re i, keep it handy in your home. A inte tivan| to-day saves @ sick child to-morrow, but get the genuine. Ask your et. druealet for a 50 cent bottle of Syeup of Figs.” Then look and sce that it is made by the “Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Compeny. As) jomake |Ro cheaper siss. enmmnens oe shad gs 3 D0 000 MEN ARE ENGAGED NY FOUR GIGANTIC BATTLES IN POLAND AND IN GALICIA sat cesta TEE EV Fashion Fete Will Aid War Victims Here And Give Work to Thousands of Women: \UMPSINAND GEIS OUT BIG BRIDGEMAN Nov. 4, 6 and 6, esses, Mrs. J. cance of the fete women in actual community. Washington, following a meeting of the Committee of Mercy, of which she is one of the vice-presidents. to care for the wives and children here of the soldiers of all warring n&a- tions, and among its members are Mayor Mitchel, Commissioner Kath- rine B. Davis, Senator Root, Mrs. Payne Whitney and Miss Ida Tarbell. ‘The treasurer is August Belmont, and | Me every dollar raised by the Fashion Fete is to be given to the committee. WILL HAVE THREE FAR REACH- ING EFFECTS. “There are at least three fine and far-reaching things which the Fashion Fete will acoom- plish,” said Mre. Harrim “it will make possible direct aid to thousands of women and ohil- dren, many of them here in Amer- loa, whom the war has left desti- tute. Indirectly it will benofit thousands of other women in the workrooms of the dresemakers and cloth manufacturers, whom preparations for the fete will keep bus: And, thirdly, there is the admirable influence such a dis- play should have on the future of the art of dress in thie country. “Do you know that 260,000 reserv- {sta have been called away from the eastern part of America alone? The drain has come from nine coun- tries; in one group, Belgium, France, Russia, England and Servia, in an- other group Hungary, Austria and Germany; and, to a degree, the call has sounded from Italy. Many Italian men who went back in the spring for @ visit have not returned to their jobs in America. Their friends at home say, ‘Walt; you may be needed ' MANY LEFT FAMILIES HERE IN WANT. “Of course, not every reservist leaves a destitute family. Still, he 1s the breadwinner, and in a few weeks, {f not at once, his wife and children, or his old mother, or his sisters, are Ukely to feel the pinch of poverty. The money raised by the Fashion Fete, and, indeed, all that comes into the hands of the Committee of Meivy, will be distributed without prejudice fo the needy women and children of all the fighting nations, But those contributors who prefer that their gifts should stay in America may be sure that their wishes will be heeded. There are many needy soldiers’ fam- {les along the Atlantic seaboard,” Though Mrs, Harriman didn't say a0, it 1s confidently reckoned that the Fashion Fete will contribute at ieast $20,000 to the fund for non-combatant sufferers, “And you belieye thatthe fete will indirectly aanlat many working women?" I asked. “How can it help but do so?” she exclaimed. “Think of the thousands of women in New York alone who, in one way or anothe: tin bg construction of that goes make up a woman's wardrobe. are all the workers on tex- tiles and trimmings, besides those actually in the employ of the cos- he Fi Fete, by 1 te ae 8 e eucely, In- these the Me senerhy “a workers. MAKES AN OPENING FOR AMER- ICAN DESIGNERS, “As for the fete’s influence on the future of American dress, that influ. }@nce cau bo proved by time alone,” Families of 250,000 Reservists Will Be Kept From Want by Style Exhibit, Points Out Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Who Thinks Show Will Exert Ad- mirable Influence on Art of Dress Here. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. Opportunity knocking at the door of Father Knickerbocker—that {s the real meaning of the Fashion Fete to be held at the Hotel Rits-Cariton The fete, which will be an expression of the joing: efforts of the social and the sartorial leaders of New York, must not by any means be dismissed as the new- est whim of @ few fine ladies who want fine clothe: The women of wealth and position will enjoy it, of course, but to at least one of the distinguished patron- Borden the help it will give, not merely to a few rich women who have lost a shopping centre, but to thousands of I talked with Mrs. Harriman just before her departure for The Committee of Mercy has been formed ferectcotn Mich Aiken sob nan rte rriman, the chief signifi- is the larger benefits tt will confer, need and, ultimately, to the whole Concluded Mrs. Harriman. “But an Opening will be made for native de- signers, and their future ought to be helped by their present opportunity.” And “opportunity” was the word of one rowninshield, who ia helping the Fashion Fete. Mr. Crown- id modestly disclaims any real hnowiedge of feminine fashions, al- though he is probably acquainted with most of the best dressed women on the avenue. But he believes that the Fashion Fete will give New York the chance of its life. “For the moment New York is THE capital of the world,” he declared. “St. Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London are all under a cloud. In the art of painting, of the theatre, of mu. sic—in the art of drese—the oppor- tunity {s ours. “One hundred thousand Ameri- ean women want smart clothes in can these is only one firm, Mmi Callleuns is doing any business at a ind she is making Red Cross dresses. | myself have seen a ploture of Polret in his soldier’ Ve “There is nothing for New York de- signers to imitate, therefore they must invent. Never was there such a chance for novelty and originality. And yet re will be adherence to the h standards of art, for every must pass a jury of the most smartly women in America before its exhibition, “The Fashion Fete will attempt to serve in the place of Deauville and Longchamps. It will be a clearing house for the ideas of the very best dressmakers in New York. The cos- tumes will be worn by beautiful adva "it te our opportunity,” repeated Mr. Crowninshield, ‘And if we rise to It we need not go back to the copying stage, even when Paris enters the fleld MRS, CROKER’S BODY ARRIVES FROM ITALY Accompanied by Son and Daughter From Genoa—Richard Croker Due Here To-Morrow. On board the liner Tomaso 4} Savoia, which arrived to-day from Italy, was the body of Mrs, Richard Croker, who died last month in| Genoa. Howard Croker and Elizabeth | Croker accompanied the remains of their mother. They were met at the pler by other members of the family. John E. Rooney, a Yorkville under- taker, took charge of the casket and sent It to the Croker home in Bast sent out to clean ap the battlefield. Officers and men of Jewish faith serving in the British army still in England were granted furloughs wherever possible that they might attend religious service on New Year and the Day of Atonement. Astrologers agree that the sturs are, bad for Gerniany. The, predic- tions of one published in an Indian paper state that the stars tell much! the same story as they did when England gained her victories at Trafalgar | and Waterloo. arms. gold for this. grass and bow their aeroplan vodka was prohibited, the Czar has after the war, Many of the German prisoners captured are found to have in their notebooks the words in French, ready for use, “A lot to e wine, # good bed; otherwise you'll be shot.” Story of heroism: French soldiers were walking into German ambush. French and English who tried to signal ther. shooters, man guns. cyclist, Oddities in the War News At the next meeting of the Heidelberg Shire Council in Australia the Question of selecting a British name for the township will be taken up. A young Englishman hurried home from Argentine when a German ship brought word that Paris had been reduced to ruins and a great German force had landed at Dover and was burning London. The battleground of the recent fighting near Paris has now been cleared and danger of infection removed. Eight hundred firemen were A committee has been appointed to persuade all the women of Ger- many to give up thei: gold ornaments to be transformed into money to buy! Each woman receives in exchange an iron ring inscribed, “I gave| The French have such a clever way of covering their trenches with 8 the German aviators The benefits to the peasantry have been so apparent since the sale of Only way to intercept them was over open land raked by Ger- Two English cyclists were shot down trying to ride it A third made {t through an inferno of bullets. The French commander of the| = halted column advanced and pinned his medal to the breast of the Britis! “It was given me for saving one life,’ honor of giving it to you for saving hundreds.’ ‘e unable to locate them from ordered the prohibition to continue some good were picked off by sharp- "he explained, “I have the SAYS TURKS MUTINIED IN AN AMERICAN PORT Sailors on British Ship Will Be Turned Over to Federal Authorities. Three Turkish sailors charged with mutiny, who were handed over to the police yesterday afternoon, were sur- rendered at the British Consulate to- day when it was set forth that the mutiny oocurred in the harbor of Charleston, 8. C., and not on the high seas. Tho British Consul-General im- mediately returned the three Turks to the custody of the New York police and the prisoners were again placed in cells in the Greenwich street sta- tion. Capt. Weeks of the steamship Isle of Mull. sald the Turkish sailors led Seventy-fourth stre It will remain there until the funeral arrangements are completed upon the arrival of Richard Croker from | Ireland on the Cedric, to-morrow. nln na tt Cardinal Ferrata Better. ROMB, Oct. 2 (via Paris).—Cardinal Dominic Ferrata, Prefect of the Congre- Fore of berg Testa reported eb gt: pat tore a Kis “imapeovement | American ports. | Was well north did he an attack upon his ship. The trouble started, he said, when the erroneous report that Turkey and G®®at Britain were at war was olrculated among the crew soon after leaving South Not until the ship pect the full significance of the w lapered confer. gpces among the Turks, and but for 0 aaslatance given by his officers he pala the ship would probably have been taken by the mutineers, As Magistrate Campbell, in the ‘Tombs Court, yesterday, decided he ‘had no jurisdistion in the matter, it 1a believed the case will proba! taken before the Federal Ditriot Court, as there seems to be no way to turn the prisoners over ~to the Charleston authorities, ae ae COLORADO STRIKERS WANT JOHN 0. TO BEGIN THERE DENVER, Col, Oct. 1.—"If the Rockefeller Foundation is sincere in wanting to do something to promote better relations between employer and employe in this country, it ought to urge John D. Rockefeller jr. to accept President Wilson's plan to end the Colorado coal atrike and then go ahead with {ts other investigations.” ‘This was the statement of Frank J. Hayes, International Vice-Prest- dent of the Unitéd Mine Workers of America, who has helped direct the strike here for more than a year. “There is plenty of work for the Foundation to do here,” he said, “And | the first person it would have to in- vestigate, if it came, is the man whose money has endowed it, “The warge earner to-lay needs a few more equare meals and a few more modern comforts before he will have much patience with an investi- gation conducted by an organization Weat Forty-seventh street station is 4 little chap, barely tipping the beam at 150 pounds, but he wrestled with 220 pounds of drowning man in a strong ebb tide at the foot of West Fifty-fourth street to-day and finally won out though his life and that of William Harding, the man he rescued, hung In the balance for many long minutes, Albrecht wanted to resume duty when he had changed his wet uniform, growled, and sent him home. twenty-two years old, whose home is at No. 404 Weat Fifty-fourth atreet, had been looking upon strong drink confession, and early to-day his wife told him what was what. Harding, in a sudden fit of black despondency, strode to the bulkhead at the end of! +) the side of a brick scow and there _o Albrecht, a “Rookie,” Has a Hard Time Dragging Will- jam Harding Ashore. ke Policeman Gustav Albrecht of the Magistrate candy store but Capt. John Ormsby] the store “you can't beat the Dutch,” rested. Harding, @ husky bridge builder, pretty steadily of late, by his own trate asked was jealous his street and dropped into the North | River. The cold water brought a sudden change of heart to the bridge worker and he shouted lustily for help. Brick | bargemen tried to throw him ropes) but the strong ebb carried him stead- ily down and out into the middle of | tho stream, Then Policeman Albrecht, who heard the hubbub from a block away, charged up. He dropped his stick and gun, threw off his cap and dived into the river. By the time he reached the place where the drowning| « man had been Harding had disap-|to his wife peared, Albrecht went down and came| ers; he told to the surface gripping the iron work- | ® er under the chin, Then began a battle such as river- men had not seen for many a day. ‘The 225-pound drowning man was a drama and scenario Guilty,” n to get tion dealing ed for jam K. ropes. slip @ shoulde: hi side of the Then came by the side air into finished the be suicide’s prisoner. station to clothes. out Beat it, Capt. Orms the policeman's making shore with a double weight. Twice both,heads dis- appeared from the sight of the watchers on shore and twice the single arm in blue was seen to strike out again against the sweeping tide. Finally Albrecht won his way to ma ome harm : ol with Thousands Beane havea it held on, Firemen who were working | Hs premacy of the piano itself. ditions, plan at $10 monthly is economical. for player booklet and music plan, PEASE PIANO Brooklyn Branch: 34 Flatbush Av. financed with money, @ part of which should, in good conenignce, have gone to them im wages.” Alfred Brisco, old, a moving picture actor, 434 Third avenue, and Jo pern, forty, a tailor, of No. 148% kins avenue, were arraigned ory whereupon he advi nishings at No, 1147 Broadway, Britti m ti pany. nost a mifute then up came ‘Germgn polinckaaen hand went out to rasp a roped to him. The firemen drew ‘Then Albrecht t ‘ont your apa: ‘bro with new recruits in the department love ear aml misled repair shop at Fifty-second streop oaths desing ag si Crane é In building the Pease Player we have had the Piano foremost in our minds, believing that the only true suce cess of this instrument was to maintain the artistic sue When the pianist desires to play by hand he will find an action equal to the best Pease Piano with all its tra Our prices range from $475 up, and our payment We take old pianos in trade and have a music roll library that is free. Write 128 West 42d St., near Broadway, New York Newark Branch: 10 New Se. A complete stock of Victor Victrolas, Columbia Talking Ma- and Supplies. Demonstration Rooms on Main Floor. BUT THIS T OF THREE-REEL 0 Being the Scenario of a mestic Tragedy and S Cream Sodas, twenty-four Corrigan ip Me Police Court to-day on com Samuel Gotleib, who runs a et at No. 1437 W! hue. Tho latter said Brisco Jennie Helpern were in his store ting ice cream sodas last night the woman's husband rushed Brisco and then chased hina Finally pursued suer scrambled over a show broke jt, #0 he had them both Heipern told the Magistrate when he saw his wife with the man it was heart,” so he interfered. The “lke a bullet im the woman about trouble, and she said her because she is @ 200 reels?” asked the name she said she co member, but finally consulted # Ba in her handbag. appropria a divorce if he o rehearsing with Brisco to stick to keep away from other wives; while he informed G would have to ately if he wanted daynages, gr — jue each one Firm Assigns. 8. M. Brittingham & Co., © com in clothing and the benefit of Meyer, William H, J. Baul u president of a Nineorporated Eleventh avenue, came runt to the moored barge with Just as they were about rope over the lost his BY. nere barge and lif the 1 loss form of Harding to the Albrecht. While an. bulance was coming Albrecht of the man he had cued and worked his orme to his lungs. A job of saving tb life and he went ai back to | report and, change He came down locker room to the desk you rookt y. “Do you want a sick leave from pneumoniat ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO REMOVE. UNSIGHTLY mech for, d1ope of El Rado, orth nina, ton Titte pain water afr fado. le ee aman’ tote, mite ge ond eng, using’ wilet powder, ‘yourself for our mae co. 6 actress too, and has beem Bee" ng two hours every nigh® months with Brisco, ‘ . that's the name ot? ae a, a