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tb) PRICE ONE CENT. _ Tie {* Cireutation Books Ope Cowr et B08. by Oho pve ao = tok World), NEW YORK, THURLD Open to All’ CIAR'S GREATEST FORTRESS OF BREST-LITOVSK 1S TAKEN AFTER SIEGE BY FIVE ARMIES a | Russian Army Which Held Place Is| “Now in Retreat—Grand Duke May Be Forced to Abandon Second Defense Line. BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville), Aug. 26.—TMe fortress of Brest- Litovsk, Russia’s greatest stronghold in Poland, has been taken by the Austro-Germans, An official announcement from the War Office this afternoon said: “The fortress of Brest-Lifovsk has been taken by German and ‘Austro-Hungarian troops. They stormed the works on the western and northwestern front and emtered-the-eentre of the fortress last night. enemy thereupon surrendered the fortress,” ‘The Russians are believed to by re- Pmmeeyen DOPE JOINT RUN IN TOMBS CELL treating eastward and northeastward, their right flank prot 1 by the for- eats to the north and their left flank covered by the marshes that delayed the Austro-G rman advance from the south, The ease with which Brest-Litovsk ~FIREMAN'S SWING The to-day | Rose, BABY ON HER ARM, SAVES 3 WOMEN GIRL KLLS ARTIST CAUGHT IN TRAP Lieutenant Lowers Sisters to} “You My Screams Young Woman as She Shoots Brooklyn Man. BY HUSBAND, Wife's Ruined Home,” Safety When Ladders Fail to Reach, PENNED ON ¢ TH FLOOR, Maryland With Dashing Painter Leads to Tragic Ending. Gasoline Explosion Burns One Friendship and Menaces Lives of Many Tenants, With her tiny arm, and her th Trapped in the front room of thelr baby Frances on her Apartment on the fourth floor of a five-story tenemefit at No. 529 East 'e Street, when a fire ping through the building early, cut them off from the fire- escapes in the rear, thre ear-old daughter Mrs, Rosa 284 First to-day, The Rizzo, opened Mary clinging to her skirt, bell at No. Brooklyn, early Anna enty-second Bellina rang the ow Street, landlady, Mrs. | women ap-| the door, peared at a widow, screaming in; “I am going up to eee my friend," terror, They were Mra, Annie Hajek| said Mra. Jellina. The landlady, nd her sisters, Josephine and Mary| With a disapproving frown, watched the girlish figure mount the stairs | en sleeping when the 1 ad bi bestia to the door of Joseph Montilio, known firo burst through from an aparts|¢, the Sicilian colony in Brooklyn ment below as “Fonci th Artist,” a painter of Mrs, Hajek was carrying a little tin| portraits and violinist. She had box containing some jewelry and her] Often seen the young woman go to BLAMED FOR WOES | * Circulation Rooks Open to | i4 PAGES AY, AUGUST 26, 1815 ‘RACING ONNING TOWER WINS FIRST RACE AT SARATOGA TRACK With Jockey Garner Up He Breaks Never Headed. REPRIMAND WOOD FOR ROOSEVELT'S | TALK ON WILSON Garrison Orders General Not Again Permit Criticism of President in Camp. 1S CONDEMN ACT Fast and Is D. “Ditficult to Conceive Any- thing Which Could Have SARATOGA RACK TRACK, Aug | #%—With the meeting drawing to 8! More Detrimental Effect.” close here the attendance Is keeping up surprisingly well yeday there | was a particularly large nized turn WASHINGTON, Aug. 26,--Secrotary doapite the fact that the pro) careigon to-day tolegraphed Major | gramme was very ordinary, The track alate be termed at Gon, Wood expressing his deprecation FIRAT BACK that opportunity was given at the hala ua Al Me) Citizen Soldiery Camp at Plattsbure, BY iat nine w une, ic |N. ¥,, for Col. Roosevelt's sensational , speech of yestemfay and directing nothing sim'lar should be permitted : ; 2) at any of the other camps Alm Superinthicent, Ladly| Secretary Garrison referred to Cot eee ing ‘Tower won the opening, Roosevelt's remarks on the military event all the way. He ke fast | unpreparedness of the country and the {s his custom and was never headed.| attitude of the Administration, His Grumpy chased him all the way. and! scegram to Gen. Wood follows , made a big bid for 2 that door before. at the atrotch turn f Mii “1 have just seen the report in the was taken is ono of the greatest mill- | savings of $260, She climbed to vi | Mrs, Rizzo know that when Rosa's | the lead, but when straightened for! | eacapard: ok thusdeesch mada ian 1 | window sill as if preparing to Jump,! sister-in-law was ill several months | te turn home Connin ywer drew tary surprises of the war, The for- Cera A ¥ 1 ntained a two lengths'| President Roosevelt at the Plattsburg trons has been under direct attack but but persons in the crowd below] ago, Rosa and her husband, Antonto, | 4Way ane pete ss hela| Z pais shouted to her to wait for the firemen! Maryland contractor, had come on| #dvantage to the end. Grumpy Hell) Camp, It ts difficult to conceive of a few days. The wostern forts evi- She hesitated a moment, and then,| to help care for her; Rosa had become | OM to the pulace Poulton aS Was! anything which could have © more dently gave way quickly tothe pound-| 5 apparently fainting, fell back into the] acquainted with the handsome young | Qriving a) ae eae ane tne rack ali{ detrimental effect upon the real valu ing of the German 42-centimetres.|Prisoner’s Letter to Wife} room. As sho fell she threw the tin] artist, and the following friendship | Skolny See Ma iikera aeaal a eriment than such an in- Once the forts were pounded to Deseribine “ Aen box to the street, was such that her husband had| the way, but ¢ SandantrGrEeoin % pieces the German tide rolled in upon escribing “Gold Mine” Re- | A man in tho crowd darted forward,| angrily whisked her back to Mary- ae oncath hy Buperincen OPnis camp, held Gnden Government the inner forts and the Russians were snatched the box and was starting | yond, the run home. \ , eve! y f AAalx ma d. SECOND RACE auspices, was successfully demon- forced to evacuate IS Wholesale Traffic, | sway when the fre engines rolled up.| xtra, Holitina k d once and then plechiane: hiandicn * rirating many things of great moment, Meanwhile, the Bavarians under Deputy Chief Hayes jumped from hi8| again at Montilio's door, Sho look mar ta. Vibtile cohsiatad- dn’ the (fant thie Prince Leopold, pursuing the Rus- auto and caught the man by the neck.| gown at Mra. Ilazo with a meaning oator, I{t conveyed ite own impressive les- wians eastward from Warsaw, ap-| “Be sure to get five twenty-five-cont| Heodless of protestations that he} smile on her pretty face. | one Jaonw in ite practical and successtul proached Brest-Litovsk at a rate of| decks of the stuff. IT can sell it here) Wanted to save the money for the ‘Hoe likes to sleep late,” she sald, |operation and results, nearly ten miles a day. TheY) in the prison—it's a gold mine, Hido| Vmae the Chief booted the man out "L shall not break bis | Pi. Quir ;| “No opportunity should have been crossed the river Bug, drove the Russ} yi oa ew , of tho fire lines and returned to dl-| sleep for tong." | furnished to any one to present to the sians back into the thick forests, vous: pelt rect the rescue of the women, Montillo opened the door, Rosa) “Ais ran en any matter excepting that which north of the fortress, and threatened | This ts part of a letter which John| Ladders were run up to the window] poijina hitched the baby a little more| ja salt. won eee capential'th thn neeeam bane to complete the envelopment of the| Henderson, in the Tombs’ for burg-| and George Scanton, chauffeur for) Hrmiy into her left arm and thrust|oniy because Tighe took linge Cleve WAPa THAT RSACTROLEIRR, CAGES Russian garrison, lary, ‘sent to his wife, and which ted] DePury Chief Hayes, went up, but) ner right hand into her walst, Swish in the back stretch t|thing else could only have the effect py vice! y e ladders were too short and be » ookec «was catching Old Salt | thing The first officinl advices to the War | the ladders were t nd b thing for you, dear| looked ag | to the discovery to-day that Cell No. | .. pach th vor . with every te When they last /of distracting attention from the real Office carried no mention of the booty could not reach the women. | hon she whipped out ’ galt a * taken. It is believed large numbers | °% occupied by Henderson and an-| In the mean time Lieut McGough | i Tevoiver and cried, raising her voloo met Shah beat Old Salt dn Jnature of the experiment, diverting 4 ” | vo. 5 rhe 5 | aeronNe = Pilots 4 ‘ e sips ia git ie consideration to 1 hi exolte of cannon fell into the hands of the | other prisoner, Frank Murphy, was alof Engine No, 35 had ched the) 4 it was he through the whole} for about a mile and the } : eee art ipertina (aoa it fe victorious armies, supply station for the distribution of] Windows of an adjoining apartment.) jous6; “you have ruined my home, | He had ine Ana tk Hon ow npe ieea 1 the by impairing if not de Tho capture of the fortified Russian! cocaine and heroin throughout the| 2° Was Just able to reach the wins] ayy husband has left me. ALY friends ee ee nin the Pianta nat sai 7 id have city of Bielostok is expected within | dow where the women were and) oy inver look at me, bath setuaed enue jie atroving what oth 6 would have a few hours Deere ‘ a over pape tho! She pulled the trigger twice asx|went the course in time to get ind ean noi ey Gen. von Gallwitz was within eight ne discovery was made by Detec Scanion as the flames burst! syintiio fell back wre her. ‘The | money. cre must not be any oppor miles of Bielostok early yesterday.| tive Harry A. Dattelbaum of Lieut,| through tho windows behind him first shot flew wide, but the second HIRD RACE tunity given at ttsburg or at any Hjp troops fought their way over the| Shoxp's narcotic squad, working in| Mt Sophie Coba, In whose « art: | struck artist int ; aging f similar camp for any @uch Narew on the preceding day and sa ment on tue third floor the blaze|and he siumped to t ne W unhte ‘ppissaiences:” ar conjunction with Head Keeper Cum-| badly b Too girl Was still st nding over | ys ri 8 r seached the Waneaw-Peteograd rails |started, was badly burned Ak the aby on DSF Ones nnd te | Gere sae iF dole tr ecretary Garrison sald he had no ee a inekat OF Hibivelek mins of the Tombs, Mrs. Coba spilled some gasoline el Pale whan Huvissiann ; peti further action now under contempla- The Russians were making a stub-| John Schulman, sentenced to the| while cleaning @ bed, Soon after she | Conca called in from the | ial Morse, weg ’ ve Py shjtlon, He «ald he had not discussed | - " ‘9 n The 7 - ‘eal 0. Het Mtar, 112 ‘bus z t r t » C t y | born resistance when the last official] workhouse for six months on a dis-|#truck rare Same TAR '8R pod bah dan Evening Worta |? 8 on P12 [the matter with President Wilion . »losio! nd ‘ol eo rs an yve ork D fi sto nk o swledge o! re Presi- despatches were filed, but were re-| orderly conduct charge and later) eel. clothing aflame, She lett | PPort Headquarters that |’ ¢ vl A an aR and had no knowleage of the Preat- | treating slowly eastward, Instead nsferred to the Tombs as w trusty he Lenin Gor OLR anal ora her brot Ns uy a lived ip th * 4 smwaith : 7 be retary sald he falling back on the city Itself, indicat | ¢ do chores about the place, was one| oiine-ted flames rushed through the eee 1 Monday. of things which ‘he nals F hai We Ay Hie He ing that preparations for Bilonol’s of the go-hetweens who got the drugs| staircase and cut off escape from|had seen When she 1 her husband wo were | op a bo ny evacuation have been made. at Cell 808 and sold it to his fell P| were viniting hi nonths ago. | 1 9: SESE MOOR TRO RPRRERTE REGGE —_. ats aes a er husband had cast her off with nvou he | ‘The specific rule Wood was de m a prisoner Irving Schaeffer, sent 'o| try, Coba made her way to th on two dren Monday and had | then s clared to have violated was the Pra: FEW TROOPS LEFT | the penitentiary for a year for grand| street, where neighbors tore the blaz-| gone back to his home in Baltimore, (rye she ean t |ident’s order, fesued early in the was, } IN NOVOGEORGIEVSK eee bee Poni iatge to the/ing clothing from her and wrapped soma Mrs rag) he a ef wepn Bars the end was. ten , prohibiting army and navy officers 4 fombs a month ago to do some paint-| her in blankets. the girl sa he ba by on- | Bavour dashed under the whip to beat i! 1 a ; lio's studio earlier this morning and bh Redfie dden onnic from participating tn public discus- WHEN FORTRESS FELL.) 6 tnor0, was the other. When firomen reached the hallway | had asked him to help herand he haa Pe van a Woe oe enaed (or ehau Oy ar thai Govaramante rs i | Frank Riley, Hving at "Thirty-third] in the uper part of the building they| slammed the door in her face, oes sate On HEtae : vee ide orsign PETROGRAD (via London), Aug-| sircet and Second Avenue, will be ar-| heard screams, and groping through| Mrs, Helling on her confession of AES Seis Nie a TOOTy Ear %—The garrison o raigned before Magistrate Mrothing-|the smoke they came upon enaaar hae ghd H A WINNERS. beg ali ahr yw at ' t re H te no! rat time the during the last stage of its defense) ham in the Tombs Court to-morrow, | ‘Timm and four small childr yrond Jail wa OTTAW di o f did not exceed a division, according | charged with bringing narcotics into! were safely taken to the fire escapes 1 to take the little baby PETA 0 Pinar dtaes Administrat to the Reteb, which adds that tbe) the prison and the firemen went back and in) ter M was put tn the care of ’ ae iota tury Garrison having 4. Ragusa, Mra. Bellina's mother, |*% ah tou ka. him enly a few months ago greater proportion of the defenders| ‘Tye four inmates of the Tombs who| another part of the hall found a Mrs, | MM, areal Biman ee nets | Ala tania sad\s Ni 6 few monthe am of the fortress withdrew during the| were operating the “gold mine” are| Keun, ler two children and her c A Me venue 2 hia woulvitien in GonARetion with bombardment and declares that while| said to have confessed fathor and mother. They were partly Hens Oniy p : hua the so-called Legion of Honor, | the number of survivors is unknown| Keeper Cummins had known for | overcome by smoke and were carrind ; years old, fell 4} ihe? i inuni hed by Gol, Roonavelt ani other It can only have been small, Tt I8/some time that narcotics were being | oUt to a balcony fire escape and then | |! Teaene fiaan en scant mk : . 4 means of enrolling @ reserve army stated that the commandant of the] procured by the prisoners under his | 0 tho street et to-day, Her mothor| iin time Pie Oh of veterans fortress, Gen. Bobyr, was seriously! onarge, and at his request to Lieut.| For # time the fire threatened to ream and ran to the! yf, ; 4 Wood, however, denied the charge wounded before the capitulation | Shern, Detective Dattelbaum was sent | sPread to adjoining building: >» find the baby , Drape EMEE th yi ty eae ne 98 ‘The Bourse Gaxette puts the garrl-| gown to conduct an investigation. | after an hour's fight it was bre PAtaHed ee Mb ot Lie’ Gat 7 GW ' i from which to promote the legion's gon at “considerably less than an army | as under control, The damage is esti GL Sitenuiae: Mahe " uu A a maxanda and the matter passed corps.” (Continued on Second Page) mated at more than $16,000, nty-five foot tumble, vet alo aa, * Ott without serious consequences, tag —# WEATHER ay end cooler to might) Fretay cleat INA] . F EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. KAISER BACKS DOWN TO U. S.; TO KILL NO MORE AMERICANS VON BERNSTORFF NOTFED OF NEW SUBMARINE RULE; ENVOY CALLS ON LANSING Secretary of State Is Assured That Germany Had No Intention of Harming Americans Who Were on the Liner Arabic. i WASHINGTON CONFIDENT NO BREAK WILL OCCUR, ' BERLIN, Aug. 26.—That Germany would limit its sube marine. activities and give a practical pledge-that-no more-Amer> icans would be harmed under any circumstances was the in formation cabled to the German Ambassador at Washington to-day. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Ambassador von Bernstorff called at the State Department about 10.30 A. M. to-day to confer with Secretary Lansing on matters relative to the Arabic. The conference lasted nearly an hour, and while both refused to dite cuss the meeting in any way, it was undrstood the Ambassador reiterated that it was not the intent of the German Government that any Americans should be lost on the Arabic. ENGLISH POUNDS, ONCE WORTH $7, SOLD FOR $4.64 Foreign Money in American Market Falls Far Below Face Value. A wave of foreign bills that broke demoraliaed early the forelen English pound sterling, of world th $4.87 In American money, down to $4.64, reached in this market, ‘The chaotic condition of the market the the we to-day completely standard exchange markets, sent usually finance and the lowest figure sterling has and tts wide range of prices within the last thirteen months were emppeo- rates the th | mized by a comparison now with beginning of the war of exchange shortly A after little more than a year ago sterling sold up continental to exchange Fran nearly 97, and broke other went to similar heights. to-day to 5.98, olght cents under the close of yesterday, on the first day. went to 647%, worth | retchanarks selling for S17 se s' '™" ERENCH CHAMBER IS was recorded more transaction of the ‘There was a drop in lires, which But German than money yesterday, 16. NOW WRESTLING WITH THE LIQUOR QUESTION. PATUS, to-day vernment atead trol spirits, Aug. a bill Minister the Chamber proposing monopoly of the sale and Ribot of Deputies complete of alcohol. He said a the law would be vit and proposed in. its a bill for the Government con- f the production of alcoholic Such a law, he said, would provide revenue, ‘The Ambassddor arrived from New | York at midnight and first went to the Embassy, where he denied hime aate to all callers. he tenor of Berlin despatches late ae night and early to-day, «.pentally the declaration of the German Chane cellor that proper reparation would be made if the submarine commander exceeded his instructions, and the public disclosure that Germany, after the sinking of the Lusitania, Bad! taken steps to prevent another such disaster, renewed the feeling in oficial quarters here that friendly relations between the two countries woulu nes be broken by the Arabic incident. American officials have understood for weeks that Germar submarine commanders had been given .nstruce tions, after the sinking of the Luste designed to meet the represens of the United States, and, tation: therefore, the staking of the Arable was a double shock, Another communication, supple | menting that which the Ambassador transmitted to the State Department Tuesday, Is expected from Berlin, and pending its receipt Count Bernstorfg will remain at the Embassy in Washe ington, It is confidently believed the next vogd from Germany will be an ane nw ‘cement that pending further ne+ gotiations submarine warfare on pase senger ships will be discontinued and that submarine commanders already have been instructed to sink no mere | chant vessels without warning. It Is understood that Germany, at the same time, will revive her proposal for & modus vivendi for relaxation of British restrictions on neutral coms meres. In German quarters it waa sald that this step, which had beeg tn contemplation me time, in Germany for could now be announced because of the victories in Poland, German officials, it was explained, consider that the victories to thelr arms in the campaign against the Russians permit Germany to recede a step on the sea, Count Bernstorff brought nothing to the State Department to supple. ment his telegram of Tuesday or the jovernight news despatohes containing the G n Chancellor's statement broadly inferring that @ settlement of a character ; : |