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E = > reat. _ DOCTOR SHOT WITH GIRL IN AUTO MYSTERY DIES © gpa The en Bte® ONE CENT. went fae A018, by The Frese The Rew Tork Werks). Cireulation Books Open to All.” : NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, WILL STOP ATTACKS ON LINERS, f “Circulation Rooks Open 1915. i4 P Fair te right and Thuredey, moderate tomperatur® a PRICE ONE CE tT — e to Al.” AGES GERMANY’S PLEDGE TO THE U.S. SHOTS FROM AMBUSH KILL DOCTOR AND WOUND GIRL ON TRIP IN AUTOMOBILE Dr. C. Franklin Mohr of Newport, Former New Yorker, Dies After Mysterious Attack—Estranged Wife at His Deathbed. (Special to The Evening World.) PROVIDENCE, R. L., Sept. 1.—Dr, C. Franklin Mohr, a prominent phy- @isian of Newport and this city, formerly of New York, died tn the Rhode Island Hospital here shortly before noon to-day from the effects of bullet ‘wounds which he received last night while sitting in his automobile on a fenely suburban road in company with Miss Emily Burger, who had been hails office assistant for four years. Miss Burger, @he hospital on the road to recovery The shooting furnishes a bafffing murder mystery. Dr. Mohr's wife, from whom he was separated, was at his bedside when he died. She has Qold the police that she has no idea which would tend to furnish a clue to the identity of the murderer. She +d she had reason to believe that gbe and Dr. Mobr would soon have been reconciled. Providence to Newport by way of the GERMAN ARMY BEFORE FORTRESS OF GRODNO Bristol Ferry route at the time of the tragedy. The automobile was driven Kaiser's Troops Arrive at Western) Front and Prepare for by Dr. Mohr's negro chautfeur, | Bombardment. who was wounded, Is in George W. Healis, who is under ar-| Healis, according to Miss Burger, atopp he car in a particularly se- @luded spot near Barrington, saying there was something wrong with the engine. He was examining @ine with one of the front when several revolver shots fired at the car and both Dr. and Miss Burger were struck. The chauffeur said that there were but two shofs, and that they came from the rear, The police established | by subsequent investigation that four or five shots were fired by some per- gon who had been concealed on the roadside. First reports were that the assassin @r assassins came along in an automo- Bile. The only motor vehicle to pass, the police learned, came five minutes BERLIN (via London), Sept, 1.— German troops have arrived before |the western front of Grodno and are Preparing to attack the fortress, The oMcial statement says: “Eastern theatre of war. Army roup of Field Marshal von Hinden- burg—Battles east of the Niemen River are taking thetr course, “On the western front of Grodno our troops are in front of the outer line of forts, “Army Group of Prince Leopold of Bavaria—The upper Narew has been crossed, North of Grozana the enemy were Mohr efter the shooting. has been forced back across the marsh district, rt into @ re cng eh jggrieda ey val conipinaey “Army Group of Field Marshal von ort hg It f the psyeician and | Mackensen—Our pursuit continues, pening: the lives o ba, Wherever the enemy has made a They questioned @t| sand he has been defeated, “Southeastern Theatre of War—The troops of Gen. Count von Bothoere, in the face of stubborn resistance by the enemy, stormed heights on the banks of the Str arth of Zborow, overcoming @ te y delay after Ja repulse of the enemy’s resistance Beis companion. length Florence Ormsby, a young ‘woman employed as a mald in Mohr's pore and later It was said that she had given them a clue upon which \o It was announced that Mrs. (Continued on Fourth P. e) A 100% World Advertising Lead! During the First Eight Months of This Year There Were Printed 834,641 SEPARATE ADVERTISEMENTS IN 423,449 More Than in the Herald! During This Period No Other New York Newspaper Printed Even Half as Many Ads. as The World. The World's Circulation in New York City, Mornings and Sundays, Exceeds That of the Herald, Times and Tribune ADDED TOGETHER! ‘EDWARDS OPPOSED |RUSSIAN ARMIES BY LEADERSHOLDS | TAKE OFFENSIVE ON BOTH WINGS Petrograd Reports That Heavy Reinforcements Have Checked UP TIGER SLATE | Sullivan Clan Leads Opposi-| tion to “Big Bill” for Sheriff's Job. | ;MAY INDORSE JUDGES. Murphy Hints Tammany Will Accept for Ticket Four Now on Bench, District leaders of Tammany Hall met with Chief Murphy noon to dis this after. 8 whether “Big Bill" as the organization Sheriff. sion Murphy decided to adjourn the candidate After long Informal discus: | meeting of the Executive Committes j until evening, when final decision on| the entire slate will b ached, When asked what was the status of the Edward's candidacy, Murphy replied: “Edwards is still in the running He added that the same thing ap- the candidacy of Judge | Swann for District Attorney, | | jand’ not out yet.” | | plied to Concerning the six Supreme Court Justices to be selected, of whom four sitting Justices already have been in- dorsed by the Republicans, Murphy sald: “1 think we ought to have the four. As to the remaining two [ don't know yet.” Asked whether take as the fifth Tammany man Ed would aR Finch, who also has been endorsed by the Republicans, in return for a Democrat as the sixth man, the Chief replied: “That is still under consideration.” The Sullivans gathered in force at the Hall to oppose the sclection.of Ed- wards for Sheriff, Senator Christie Sullivan, who is the strongest leader of the clan, had an eye on the place himself. But the other big Tammany leader of the lower east side, Tom Foley, was strongly inclined to the Edwards proposition, There 1s a hitch in getting together with the Republicans for a complete bi-partisan judiciary ticket, Tam- many wants Judge Lorenz Zeller of the City Court, its idate for re- election, Included in the joint agree- ment and {ndorsed by the Republi- cans, The latter, however, have been flirting with the this office with th taking on thelr slate Michael Schaap, one of the Bull Mooso leaders, ——>__. CRUISER OF ALLIES LOST AT SMYRNA, SAYS BERLIN Despatches Report That One of! Two Warships Bombarding City Foundered. | BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville, L, L), Sept, L—An enemy cruiser, one of two warships bombarding the city of Smyrna and the coast of the south of | Gulf to the ly foundered axpatchos tord The Arca World 1 Vuuteer (W mt GAINS MADE IN GALICIA. Rush of Foes. Success Is Also Reported Region of Riga, but Centre Falls Further Backward. PETROGRAD, Sept. 1 reinforced, ; have taken tho offensive, and by suc- Edwards, an outsider, shouid be taken | cessiva attacks are -Stroni the Russians in Gall threatening for | Toll up the right flank of the Austro- Germans. Despatches received here to-day In- dicated not only a complete che the enemy's advance in Galicia, Russian gains between the Strypa and Zlota Troops brought up from the lowe Dneister region are battering at Gen, Pflanzer’s flank in the hilly country| between the two rivers and have driven the Austro-Germans back nearly a mile. Gen. Pfianzer’s army is estimated to comprise five Austrian and Ger- 9 Lipa, southeast of ‘Tarnop man army corps. The latest official statement from the War Office reported the capture of 3,000 prisoners and a number of guns by the Russians, extremity of the 500-mile battle front heavy German attacks are being re-| pulsed in the region south of Riga.| ‘ The enemy's offensive in the direction | 4 of Vilna and the Warsaw-Petrograd railway whole situation is now considered eat- has been stopped and isfactory by the War Office, The south hammering presun Milita: tivity forecasts @ drive on Petrograi Around west Czar's troops are moving back in conformity to the general plan of re- tirement adopted when evacuation of necessary The retreat is slow and orderly, Sev eral enemy detachments which at tempted a too ‘hasty pursuit have Brest-. In their sudden attempt to expel th Russians fre Germans app reinfo! report partie! attacks against Zz L THAW SUES FOR DIVORCE; Begins Action in Pittsburgh Against Evelyn Germans of Riga, at are concentrat! the mably from the ry men here believe this Breat-Litovsk and sow to the Galician border Litovek became been defeated with severe losses, » Galicia the Aust egiments which w 10 before the rt ed in !pated in Gern on ipa, Wh redistributed to meet thin bi emy was halted —__— NAMES JOHN FRANC Nesbit thaw, Makin; New Yorker Co-respondent, PIT Thaw, & Stone, this afternoon filed a peti tion In common pleas court asking « Evelyn Nesbit divore °| Thaw, TSBURGH, Sept. 1.— through his rry ttorneys, Bt e from his wife, charging misconduct w John Francis of New York the Aw null, Was this afte hoon at the Hotel Gerard, this Ho expressed surprise when to Harry Thaw had named hin iy divorce case, "T can't possibly see how he co id Mr. rane en Mra, Thaw At the other | { Their heavy guns are briedricnstadt | 4 bridge head and fresh German forces, Brest-Litovsk district, are approaching the Dwina ntly had beeu heavy! Warsi an for: Francis, the co-respondent | Fiancee to Nurse State Chairman Who Will Undergo Operation DAES EEE EE RE bbb bees hE ED in ely cla * to to] 4 Dol 8: the ing ti the Mdiie & MARCEAU Oh EDDEHD4 441-06:44-400000+ D CDBEERESE RSE He ER RE LE nm ES ORES “ily bany, Dr. Erdman and Mrs. Stewart es L. Woodford, widow of Mr, Tanner's ay | former law partner, He spent the aa | night at his bachelor apartment, No. ; 12 Washington Square, and appeared pal © lower hall of the apartment @t 6.80 o'clock to-day lugging avy suitcase, breakfast at the Players’ r spent an hour in pondence and hold none conversations with some IS i Ne — . in Albany, At 10 o'clock called & taxicab, swung his suit TANNER IN HOSPTAL , it and rode to the hospital. Mr ner, “and p can seo NO rea- ration. But the doctor on ia imperative and 30 WARSAW BANKERS INTERNED IN GERMANY | FOR HIS OPERATION: FINISHES WORK FIRST K t Frederick C. Tanner, Chairman of 1) ne Nepatlican utara ~mrman OF) arrested, It Is Reported, for Re- att the FosteQraduate: Hospita fusing to Accept German t Twentieth Street and Second Ave ; : 18, to-day to undergo peratic Promissory Notes t {for appendicitis, whieh will be por aa 7 AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1. ~ Thirty he | ¢ Bite by Dr ae an Bird. n ne time Wavwens lb, ors who refused to ac- uid | . cept German promissory notes have sis, |@ Mr. Tanner camo down from Albany | hoor, arrested and interned In Gere for | yesterday evening accompanicd by | many, according to information reach- bis Hance, Mise Jane Ogden of Al-l ing here to-day. a U-BOATS MUST GIVE WARNING, SAYS BERNSTORFF TO LANSING Secretary of State Announces That the Document Accepts the Cone tentions Made by the United States— Wilson Highly Pleased. LUSITANIA AND ARABIC CASES TO BE SETTLED WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Count von Bernstorff, the Geran Am bassador, to-day delivered to Secretary of State Lansing the following note: ‘ ‘*My Dear Secretary: “With reference to our conversation of this morn- ing, | beg to inform you that my instructions con- cerning our answer to your last Lusitania note contain the following passage: “ ‘Liners will not be sunk by our submarines without warning and without safety of the lives of non-combatants provided that the liners do not try to escape or offer resistance.’ “Although | know you do not wish to discuss the Lusitania question till the Arabic incident has been definitely and satisfactorily settled, | desire to inform you of the above, because this policy of my Government was decided on before the Arabic ine cident occurred, “I have no objections to your making any use you may please of the above information. “| remain, my dear Mr. Lansing, very sincerely yours, J. BERNSTORFP.” Commenting on the statement, Secretary of State Lansing declared “that in view of its clearness it seemed needless to make a statement in regard to it,’ other than to say that il appeared to be “a recognition of the fundamental principles for which we have contended.” Ambassador von Bernstorff has a longer communication from the Foreign Office, dealing with the case of the Lusitania, which is expected to clear up any doubt as to the extent of the German concessions, In German quarters it is insisted they will be satisfactory. The German official written communication was sent to Lansing after the German Ambassador had submitted a statement. The Secretary of State todk the ground that so ‘sods communication concerning the future actions of the German Government should be put in writing and in a short time Count von Bernstorff sent the message Before the written reply was delivered Secretary Lansing gave out the following statement: “The German Ambassador told me that his Government would accept our declarations regarding submarine warfare in principle. The Ambassador agreed to reduce his statement to writing, which he will submit to me later in the day.” ONLY ONE CONCLUSION DRAWN. Official Washington took the view that the only conclusion it was possible to draw from to-day's communication was that Germany accepted responsibility—indeed, it has already done so—for the sinking of the Lusitania, that she woul! disavow the sinking of the Arabic, that the illegality of both attacks sisted and that the fullest possible repara- tion would be made for the loss of American lives when the two vessels’ went to the bottom, Past incidents were left for diplomatic settlement, but the tone of to-day’s note, together with intimations previously received from Berlin, left no doubt that Germany would meet the United States more than half |way concerning these matters and that a speedy, satisfactory adjustment jof them would be reached. |} Ambassador Bernstorff received the “memorandum,” as it wal feferred to in German In his haste to notify Secretary of State Lansing he did not waft to make a written translation but immediately arranged an appointment with the Secre! for 10.40 A. M. He arrived fifteen minutes ahead of this hour and was admitted immediately, | Having conveyed bis information to Secretary Lansing, the dm ? ‘ Apoesg