The evening world. Newspaper, August 3, 1915, Page 1

FINA a sad ONE OENT. 4 AMERICANS AND (5 MEXICANS SHOT IN FIGHT ON THE TEXAS BORDER LINE ue BACKED BY Gen. von'Gallwitz Southward, A PETROGRAD, Aug. 3.—Three to cut the Warsaw-Petrograd Railway ‘thirty miles northeast of Warsaw. ‘Tiusez, twenty miles northeast of the Polish capital, and surround a part of the Russian armies still holding the salient around Warsaw. Von Gallwitz is equipped with heavy guns of all calibres and has been supplied with fresh troops, presumably from the wedtern battle front. He evident- | ly has been ordered to batter In by quick, smashing blows the northern defenses to the capital and force the city’s fall without further delay. ‘The official desnatches to-day placed the advance guards of this German force southeast of Olsaki, on the rail- way lead: to Vyskof and thence ovr the Bug, but did not indicate their @act distance from the river. Mill- tary men pointed out that If the Ger- mans have the unlimited supplies of Ammunition credited to them in Ber- Un reports thoy will be able to con- tinue indefinitely their terrific drives, eating through Warsaw's northern defenses mile by mile until the com- paratively small force of Russians atill defending the city is forced to retire. The War Office deciared to-day that the Russian positions along the Bug near Vyskof are good and that there is'no ground for the belief that the Germans can crush thelr way through to ‘the Warsaw-Petrograd Railway by a short campaign, On the con- trary, {t was declared possible that Russian tenacity and stamina may yet prove a match to the enemy's superiority in weight of guns and metal. Military men to-day turned their attention almost exclusively to the movement on Warsaw from the north, along the Narew and through Vyskot. | The Germans appear to have been Gefinitely checked in their attacks on the Blonie-Gora Kalwarja line ax- tending from west to southwest of the ¢ity. The actions around Ivangorod and in the Lublin district are de- clared to be progressing satisfactor- 2% ily, although the Russians are with- drawing at some places. Official despatches to-day ‘ealing with the German air attack on War- saw last Saturday said that seven persons were killed and fourteen wounded, ‘The aviators attempted to destroy the river bridges connecting Waregaw with its suburb of Praga, on the right bank of the Vistula, a move that might have hindered the retreat of the last of the Russian defenders. Bombs aimed at the bridges fell harmlessly into the river. Two hundred Turkish sailing ver- ‘els Jaden with coal or ammunition have been destroyed by Russian tor- pedo boats along the Asia Minor coast. The ammunitian in some in- stances was confiscate4 where it w found available for use by the Rus- man forces. ‘An official statement to-day deal- ing with the raids on Turkish ship- ing and coal centres along the Sea reported that three ship- wilding yards were fired and jestroyed by Russian torpedo boats ‘and a coal depot wrecked. pirat the Deb ae ‘Travel Buren cine World Travel ., Atsetlcan stearonnlp lines. ‘Their aim is to seize the railway at ® Copreiamt, 1018, (The LINES NORTH OF WARSAN BATTERED BY FRESH TROOPS HEAVIEST GUNS, ——$<——_— Begins New Drive, ttempts to Seize; Warsaw-Petrograd Railway and Force Early Fall of Polish Capital hundred thousand Germans, under Gen. von Gallwitz, have begun a territic drive southward in an attempt by crossing the River Bug at Vyskof, U.S. STEEL SELLS FOR HIGHEST PRICE SINCE BIG DECLINE Bethlehem Touches 275 and Many War Issues Soar on Exchange. Bethlehem Steel, the leading war munitions issue, went skyrocketing again today. In the‘ first hour of trading on the Stock Exchange it rose 17 points to 275, its record price. It opened at 258, went to 270% on half a dozen trades, curved down to 264 and then went soaring to 275. Crucible Steel, not to be outdone, made a 5 point jump to 75 in the first fifteen minutes of trading and then receded to 74%. The biggest crowd on the floor of the Stock Exchange during the first hour was that arround the U. 8. Stee! post. Under consistent buying the price rose to 68 5-8, which is the high- est price since 1913 and ts some 30 points above the low level for this year, following the pa dividend, Thore was a slight flurry in the rall- road Issues in the early afternovn, with small advances. Northern Pa- cific rose 1% to 108%; Reading gained 1% to 50 %; Union Pacific went up Us to 130%; Atchison showed a gain of % to 102%, and Rock Island climbed from 18% to 16%, U. 8, Rubber went up 4% points to 49, but Studebaker lost two points when it dropped to 84, A new high record was made in Allis-Chalmers when it rose 31-4 points to 883-8, Rallway Steel Spring advanced 2 points to 411-4 on rumors of a $40,000,000 war order. All the indications on the floor of the Exchange were for a still higher market, a broadening of commission house buying in railroad and copper issues and in the steels and electrics. There was heavy buying of the oil stocks to-day, Mexican Petroleum marked up 21-2 points, Stocks sold off rather casily in the last hour of trading. close, owing to the rise in the price of crude oil in the Southwest, the oil stocks made gains. Mexican Petro- leum went up 48-4 to 193-4, Texas Oil rose 41-2 to 142, and California Petroleum show#l a gain of 27-8 to 16 8-8, The firmness of United States Steel was a feature of the market, It was contended in some quarters that the upward movement in the Industrial list was largely contingent on im- proving position of this stock. The total s! sales for the day iumounted to 717,637 shares, against 166 yesterday. wer | World) Bh Park ». ‘. et ae ae iw 3 che on Font, orders for “al stomodt | lor hire, Oheck Marl fyen day and sight. Telephone (For quotations see Page 4.) and California Petroleum each being | But before the | | imarry her, _ Ce | Cirentation Bo Books oks Open to All.””| to All.’’}, (NEW ‘YORK, TUESDAY, Avaust 3, ‘The Freee Publishing York World). BANK PRESIDENT SUED FOR FAILURE TO MARRY BEAUTY + J. S. Foster of Bowery Bank | Defendant in $25,000 Action of Bishop's Daughter. | DIVORCE IS REVEALED. Gi Discloses Breaking Up of s Breach of Promise Suit! | Banker’s Family. | Miss Lillian Benson, daughter of an Episcopal bishop of Colorado Springs, | Coj., and a strikingly beautiful young woman, has begun suit in the Su- preme Court against Jay Stanley Fos- ter, president of the Bowery Bank and vice president of the Bank of Babylon, L. [, for $25,000, alleging that he broke his promise to wed her, The action was started some time ago, but details were not made known until to-day, when Foster, through the firm of Hardy, Stancliffe & Whit- aker, No. 166 Broadway, filed his an- swer. Aithough the banker's lawyers have a release, purporting to bear the signature of Miss Benson, in which she settled all claims against him for $1,700, she intends to press the suit. Her attorney, W. Bernard Vause, de- clared to-day that he did not think the release would stand the legal test. It also became known through the filing of the action that Foster was divorced three years ago from Mra. Jennie Rice Morgan Foster, grand- daughter of the founder of the Mor- gan Line of steamships. Society had known that the couple were estranged, but the fact that a divorce suit had been filed and tried was never made public. According to Miss Benson's com- plaint she firet met the banker at o social affair in January, 1918, and almost immediately thereafter he pro- posed to her. She alleges that he set the date for their wedding, but it was postponed from time to time. She grew impatient, she alleges, and in July last year insisted that he “I waited a reasonable time for him to fulfil his promise,” the young wom- an says in her complaint, “and when, in July of last year, he grew indiffer- ent and cold to me, I consulted friends, and they advised me to bring suit.” Mr. Foster was seen to-day at the Bowery Bank, the Presidency of which he succeeded to upon the death of his father, John 8. Foster, He re- ferred the reporter to his lawyer, Mr, Stancliffe, "The suit is not causing my client any worry,” said Mr. Stancliffe, “There are some really mysterious circumstances in connection with this suit that will be revealed if the action ever sees the limelight of a court trial,” said the banker's lawyer. “In fact, there iv a little of that ‘Oliver Osborn’ mystery in the affair. We have learned that Miss Benson was married to a man named Foster-— strange coincidence in the names.” Miss Benson came here about years ago. She lNyed at sever the big hotels and fashionable a ments, “Another strange coincidence,” said the banker's lawyer, “is th ins Henson 1s the chum and advi Miss Corinne Bannister, a young woman who brought a $25,000 breach © promise suit against George G. Murray, a wealthy manufacturer. And, stranger still, is the fact that Murray and Mr. Foster are ‘pals.’ Until he was divorced Mr, Foster lived at Babylon, He is now living in bachelor quarters in Irving Place. He ix a graduate of Columbit and a member 0 the University, Crescent, Columbia and New York Athletic This Is Gen. Villa of Mexico; ie tate sure] § CAVALRY AND POSSE BATTLE MEXICAN BANDITS: SIXTEEN KILLED Who Scoffs at BEORDROD LE AIGDDLIDOE LODE DE DELDORODOODIDED OSLO ROOD FARLAND AND GIBBONS SIGN TO BOX SEPT. 11 Clever Boxers to Weigh 147 Pounds for Bout Here for Record Purse, CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—Packey Mc- Farland of Chicago and Mike Gib- bons of St. Paul to-day signed the articles for their battle at Brighton Beach, New York, Sept. 11. The purse to be divided by the boxers aniounts to $82,500 and is said to break the| record for one offered for a no-decl- sion match, The bout will 1 k McParlagd’s return to the ring after an absence of two years, but it is suid he has been working steadily and will have no trouble in making the 147 pounds set in the articles, The weight ts between the welter and middle weights, so no title is involved in the outcome, but the skill of the boxers makes the bout of importance, Gibbons expects to return to St Paul to-night to begin his training with light work. Both men agreed te be in New York at least a week fore the date of the bout ait PTOMAINE KILLS TWO. Entire Fa by Potsoned Chicken, The death of two children of William 8. Harney, an insurance agent, of > 625 Bramhall Avenue, Jersey City ptomaine poisoning is to be invest! gated by the Health Department from On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Harney made a soup of 4 chicken she bought of a local dealer. The whole family ate heartily of it. Margaret, eleven years old, the eldest child, died last night, and Clubs and belong to Company L, Sev- enth Regiment, National Guard of New York, her brother George, nine years old, died at 3 this morning seven, ls not out of danger, and Mrs. Harney are still sick, recover, theugh they wil! “BRITISH TAKE RIDGE BRITISH SHIP SUNK, THIRTEEN OF CREW Steamer Ranza Sent to the Bot- tom—Eleven Men Known to Be Safe. LONDON, Aug. 3—The British | steamer Ranza has been sunk. The captain and eleven members of the | crew of twenty-four have been safely | landed The Ranza, of 2,820 tons gross, 303 | feet long, with a beam of 43 feat, | probably was sunk by @ German aub- | marine, but a statement to this effect |is withheld by the British Admiralty, | which has announced that It will no longer make public information show- |ing the waters in which German un- | dorwater boats are operating. ‘The Ranza, which was built at Weat| Hartlepool in 1902 and was owned by |W. Christie & Co. of London, was last reported as having arrived at Liverpool on July 4 —— | ON THE GALLIPOLI | Their Position Greatly Improved, an Official Report. Declares LONDON, Aug. 3.—Fresh aucoesses for the allies in an attack on @ net- work of Turkish trenches on the ridi of the Gallipoli Peninsula were re- ported in official despatches to-day | from Gen, lan Hamilton, | The position of the British in the been Pet selles bas greatly (m- 1915. | Washington, REPORTED MISSING) jof the United st proved. a Cireul. 14 PA TWO ARE KILLED, FIVE BADLY HURT INGRASH OF AUTO Woman and Man in Touring Party Lose Lives When Car Is Wrecked Near Batavia, N. Y. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y,, Aug. 3.- Two people wore killed and five were injured to-da~ near East Pembroke, N. Y., when an automobile skidded upon the olled highway, wet with rain, and overturned into a deep diteh. The party was en route to this city from Rochester, The dead are Mrs. Paul Woeat, twen- ty years old, of Rochester, N. ¥., and Paul West, five years old, of Roches- ter, son of the late Charles C, W The wjured are Mra, Johu W. Ross of Rochester, George Abrama of D, CC. Mra, George Abrams, Ruth West, thirteen years old, and George Harris, chauffeur, of Rochester. Paul West, humorist anf writer of moving picture plays, who ts ving for the summer at Summit, N. J., said over the long distance telephone to- day that It was not his wife who was killed; that she was safe and sound at home, ——<—— JUMPS FROM WINDOW AND DROWNS HERSELF Hartford Woman's Body Found in Delaware River at Montague, N. J. NEWTON, N. J., Aug. 3.—Mra. Frank Brown of Hartford, Conn., was drowned in the Delaware River in Montague early to-day, Mrs. Brown is said to have been suffering from mental depression. She and her husband were stopping at the Pine Cliff Inn. This morning Mr. Brown found that his wife was missing. She had dropped out of a window from her room on the second floor and had gone to the} y, river, rowed out in a boat and thea leaped or fell out of the boat, Her body was recovered Warrant Officer Hel Stabbing Frank B. Wilson, @ warrant officer battleship New ood conduct York and holder a record, was held tn $500 bail by Magia~ trate Simms in Morrisania Court to-day charged with stabbing Willlam H. Jen- nings of No, 28 East One Hundred and Ninety-elghth Street, an engineer in the Department of Water Supply. Ac- cording to Jennings, he came upon Wil- son strolling along Cla Mra, Jennin, A Ni it Gnd. the. aallor “stabbed him.” Wilson said that he did not know Jennings or his relationship to the woman. —— Swedinn Rac: Capt. Hans of the Danish Royal Yacht Club arrived here to-day from Copenhagen on the steamship Frederick VIII, He is on his way to San Francisco to take command of the club's racing yacht, Nordug VI, which will be the only foretan yacht In the Panama Pacific races. The yacht is now at Panama —— Misaten! JACKSON, Misa. erate throughout Miasiasipp! balloted to-day for candidates for State and county offices in @ party primary con- sidered equivalent to an election. Five connionion, Deze pis dA oad = Vote, 3.—Deme- Aus. tiom Books Open to A Pinel ——— “PRICE ONE care One U. S. Trooper Dead and Another Fatally Wounded in Clash Near. Brownsville—Sheriff and Border Guard Also Hit. WILSON’S NEW POLICY SURPRISES MEXICANS BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Aug. 3.—Pifteen Mexican bandits-are reported to have been killed in fighting to-day with United States cavafrymen and American posse men in the thick thorny brush north of Brownsville. Private McGuire of the Twelfth Cavalry is said to have been killed, Pri- vate Curtis possibly fatally wounded, Joseph Taylor, a customs guard, shot in the shoulder and Deputy Sheriff C. A. Monahan of Brownsville shot in the leg. GEN. TRACY NEAR END IN UNCONSCIOUS STATE LASTING FOR FIVE DAYS Only His Extraordinary Vitality Keeps Former Secretary of Navy Alive. . 7 au Gen. Benjamin ¥. Tracy, @ecretary of the Navy under President Harri- son, has tain unconscious during. the last five days at his home, No. 14 Bast Bixtieth Street. His death may oo- our @t any moment, His son, Frank, and Die daughter, Mre. Exoma Wil- mording, widow of Ferdinand Wil. merding, are with him. Dr. William B. Pritchard of No, 248 ‘Weat Seventy-eccond Street, who bas been Gen. Tracy’s physician for twen- ty-two years, says that only hip ex- traordinary vitality keeps Gen. Tracy pe He wufferod « slight stroke years ago, and he was pad in an accident two Frm 4 ago, but in each case he -rallied quickly, For Gen. Tracy lived on schedule of clockiike regularity, ie ways going to his office and return- ing to bie at certain hours. Re- turning three weeks ago last Sunday from a vielt to hi# son at Ithaca he rea tly Scenes, by @ heavy rain railroad traffic, cr) that held up in- terruption completely upect his schedule of meals and aleep, and Be worried over it so much that th. strain brought on @ stroke of hd ralysis, His right side wae affected, and he lost the power of seem. “I should have expected hi ia Freon ory,” said Dr, Pritebard, “but for the fact that he gave up the struggle. He declared he had come to the end. ie sank steadily after that. Duri last five days he has not been Ay to take nourishment. The end cannot be far off.” ANOTHER WARSHIP SENT TO PORT-AU-PRINCE Gunboat Oseola Ordered From Cuba to Strengthen the U. S. Forces. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Secre- tary Daniels to-day ordered the gun- boat Osceola from Guantanamo to join Admiral! Caperton's forces at Port au Prince, It was said there had been no fur- rders, but it was desired to ‘apterton an ample force. The Connecticut is expected at Port au Prince Wednesday. 2"canceaf | who is taking WASHINGTON, Aug, 3.—When the three South American Ambassadors and the three ranking Latin-Ameri- can Ministers meet with Secretary Lansing Thureday to hear President ‘Wileon's plan to ask the co-operation of their countries for restoring peace to Mextoo, a course of action will be outlined which alf Latin-America wil be asked to approve. It contemplates the restoration of constitutional government without the use of force, if possible, but have in view joint action of all the Americas, if necessary. Although all officials surrdund the confereence with the greatest secresy and Secretary Lansing said to-day thet possibly n0 announcement migh@ be made afterward, it is known that one of the first elements is an eme dargo on arms from all Latine America to Mexico. Central and @outh America and Cuba as well will be aeked to close their ports to wan materials which provide the meane for factional leaders in Mexteo te continue their campaigns. ‘The President is not committed te Getaile of any plan but will invite suggestions from the Latin-American) Aiplomats, to open the way to a coma mon ground. Announcement of the conterenee surprised agents of the Mexican fac- tions here. Carransa’s agents, hope< ful that this course within the last fow weeks and his efforts to respond to demands of this Government to re~ Heve Mexioo City would lead to ulti« mate recognition, confessed their They did not attempt to conceaf some misgivings, but are hopeful that Carranga’s showing of etrength in Mexico will force the con- vietion that his provisional govern- ment demands recognition. Vill’e adherents believe President Wilson will submit a plan for a pro- viplonal government, taking up the constitutional succession where it was broken by the death of President Madero. Vasquez Tagie, Minister of Justice, is in line. Should any fac- tion revolt they propose an embargo on munitions of war against the re- and that the American Gov- support the factions pagtici- in the provisional government. uch @ course, they admitted, might necessitate arnied ini jon. Gen. Carranza’s followers here be~ Heve he will not yield, but will take the ground that he ts entitled to rec- cognition. —_—— SAY VERA CRUZ IS CITY OF HUNGER AND DEATH Passengers on he Montevideo, from Vo the conditions as terrible. Spanish Hner + Crus, describe at the Mexican port Senora Klecia de Pastor, © body of her hus- band, Francisco, to her former home in Porto Rico, sald the streets were Glled with homeless womeo and ebil-