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pool PRICE ONE CENT. 10 KILLED IN A NEW ZEP _ be {* Cireulation Books Open to to All." Co (The Rew 5 Cops at, 140, by The Prone Fubiiialing ork Wants NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, [“Cirentation Books 1915. WEATHER—Promebly telr te might end Theredep, . FINAL ‘Open to AIL” 16 PAGES PELIN RAID =t PRiCE OWE CENT. ———— N BRITISH COAST; 5 CHILDREN SLAIN TORN NICHOLAS REMOVES GRAND DUKE AS ARMIY HEAD: MAKES PLEDGE 10 FiGhT ON cocscrtrnuen Sends the Late es oneuadiot Chief to Unimportant Post in Caucasus. ALL RUSSIA EXCITED, Grand Duke Had Won Praise for Extricating Army From Many Traps. PETROGRAD, Sept. §—In taking supreme command of the army and navy of Russia the Czar has sup-! planted bie cousin, the Grand Duke! Nicholas, and transferred him to the| Caucasus with the title of Viceroy! and Commander-in-Chief of tae) southern front. ‘Tho Grand Duke replaces Count von Vorontzoff-Dashoff as Viceroy of the! Caucasus, Emperor Nicholas ad- ‘ressed to tho Count a communica- uon acknowledging the value of his labors, and stating that he “ylelds to his request to be permitted to devote his energies to work for which his state of health !s more equal.” The Emperor relieves him of the post of Viceroy and attaches him to his per- sonal staff. Grand Duke Nicholas has been ac- claimed as one of the greatest atrat- egista of the war for his masterly retreat In the face of the Austro-( man onslaught. His transfer to the comparatively unimportant post of leader of the Russian forces opposing the Turks in the Caucasus stirs the nation deeply. An order issued and aligned by the Emperor ts quoted as follows: “To-day | have taken supreme command of all my forces of the and of the land armies oper- ating in the theatre of war. “With firm faith in the clemency of God and with unshaken assur- ance of final victory, we shall fulfil our sacred duty to defend our country to the last. We st not dishonor the Russian lan The Grand Duke, in an addre thanks them for their heroism in the past, He predicts that, with the Em- peror leading them, they will per- form fresh exploits. In relieving the Grand Duke the Emperor addressed a communication to him which read as follows: “At the beginning of the war T was unavoidably prevented from follow- ing the inclination of my soul to put myself at the head of the army. That was why I intrusted you with the commandership-in-chief of all the land and sea forces, “Under the eyes of all Russia your Imperial Highness has given proof during the war of a steadfast bravery which b caused a feeling of pro- found confidence and called forth the gincere good wishes of all who fol- lowed your operations through the inevitable vicisuitudes of war, “My duty to my country, which has been entrusted to me by God impels me to-day, when the enemy has penetrated Into the interior of the Empire, to take supreme com- mand of the active forces and to share with the army the fatigue of war and to safeguard with it Russian soll from attempts of the enemy. The ways of Providence are inscrut- able, but my duty and my desire de- termine me in my resolution for the) good of the State, “I express to your Imperial High- ness my profound gratitude and that of the country for your labors during the war,” * FOUR MORE SHS, FRENGH, RUSSIAN ANDBRTISH, SUNK German Submarines Torpedo Steamers, but All the Crews iscape. PARIS, Sept. 8.—The French ateam- ship Guatemala has been torpedoed and sunk about fifty miles off Belle Isle. Her crew escaped in two boats. The mon were picked up by a British steamer and taken into St Nazaire, The Guatemala, 6,913 tons gross and 387 feet long, was owned by the Compagnio General Transatlantique, which also owned the Bordeaux, by a submarine, was announced yesterday. The lat report of the Guatemala’s movements was her arrival at St. 2 22 from Buenos Aires. LONDON, Sept. &—The Ellerman liner Douro has been sunk by a Ger- man submarine. ‘The landed to-day. the sinking of which, crew was Tho Douro displaced 1,603 tons, She was built in 1881, few the British flag and was registered at tho port of London, LA ROCHELLE, France, Sept, 8.— Tho British steamship Garony of Liv- erpool was fired upon and sunk by a German submarine last night. The attack upon the Garony was made off Cape Muleines, near La Ro- chelle. The crew was saved by the fishing bout Monrevel, Tho captain of the fishing boat Morse brought the news to this port to-day, LONDON, Sept. 8.—The Russian steamship Rhea has been sunk, Her crew was landed, The Khea, 1,145 tons gross, owned in Helsingfors. WILL COST MONEY NOW TO HATCH MOSQUITOES City Gets After People Who Keep Breeding Grounds for Pests on Their Property. Father Knickerbocker is to serve dispossess notice on mosquitoes, was and you, who harbor them rent free, must pay the moving bill, If the Culex- Atrapalpuses are laughing at race sui- cide in a damp cellar, a bit of marsh- land or a neglected lot owned by you, prepare to receive a bill. The Board of Estimate will at the next meeting give the Department of Health power to rid any property of mosquito breed- ing grounds and file a len against it for payment of the cost. The question of getting rid of mos- quitoes in New York City came up at to-day's meeting of the Board of Estimate’s Committee on Assess ments, In the past the Board of Health used to drain mosquito land and then try to assess the property, This plan did not work. Backed by the Board of Estimate, the health in- spectors will go from one end of the city to the other The marshes around Jamaica Bay will firet be iooked after, +} an 6 July} 21 GOLD LADEN | WAGONS PARADE —«GIYS lobe to J.P » Morgan E Escorted b y Mounted Police and Guards. These, Estimat Are, Third British Shipment. | 000, With Coin, the Nearly gold freight shed of the American Express at East Forty-ffth Street twenty million dollars in carried was to-day from the Company and Lexington Avenue to the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co, It was the | third shipment of the kind recotved tn !this country in payment for American exports abroad, Through an error it was at first publicly announced that |the shipment amounted to $80,000,000, J.P. Morgan Co, Issued a stntement | that it consists of american gold coin | valued at $7,850,000, and British sov ercigns £2,390,000 ($11,615,000), $10,486, making aggregate of about ‘6° amount of American securities supposed to have arrived with the gold, It had been stated that these mounted to $14,000,000, King Gold and his suite of securt- ties rode in state as becoming their rank, with outriders of mounted po- Nee and armed servitors in the cara whieh bore them, In the procession trucks were twenty-one mounted po- ice under command of Sergt Colllas. In the wake of the trucks was an au- tomobile in which were Mr. Joyce of Morgan & Co., R. E. M. Cowie, Vice- President 1 General Manager of the American Express Company and Supt, John It, Chrystie of the same company The gold train fax last night in Robie, manager of the New England branch of the American Express Co. The money and securities had been brought to Halifax by the fast cruiser Argyle from England, The train comprised seven steel cara and was guarded by fifty armed men, The guards were locked in the cars with the treasure, When the train reached the yards of the American Express Company at East Forty-fifth Street and Lex- ington Avenue tho entrances were already under guard of Police Sergts and Bruck and six patrolmen ast Pifty-tirst Street arrived from Hall- charge of G. W. eed Police The guards were let off in relays for thelr dinners and a stroteh until midnight. Then early this morn began the work of transferring money to the auto trucks which we: to convey them to the Morgan b: In all there 800 steel each weighing 120 pounds and being 18x10x10 inches in size. The cases were lifted by an elevator to the floor where the trucks were waiting. As each truck was loaded, three » told off to guard it, ortly before 8 o'clock a heavy ex- kc were cases, men we! 5 CARRY SECURITIES TOO, | ed at $14,000,-} No information was given about the | were twenty-one big auto trucks, with | three guards with rifles locked in each, Riding ahead and flanking the “ Lorded It Over ] Bogus _ Lord,” Says Miss Campbell, As Fiance Goes to Mother Mother Wo-] man Merely Had Sport With Declares Young “Lord Norton.” HE WAS } KNEW RAUD. Andrews Comes to Grief After Running Up a Bill at the Vanderbilt. | | | | | If Ernest won the heart of pretty Miss Eleanor of No, 20 West Eighty- second Street, while posing as “Lord! Norton,” English war hero, ning up a bill of $150 Vanderbilt, both the and mother would William Andrews really Campbell, and run- Hote! | young woman to be Bh ‘They said so to-day at the | her like ag the mother puts tt. \is from Missourt. at their home, and then both had a hearty laugh over the which they declared they over a bogus lord.” manner tn “lorded it | According to the story told by Wal- |ton H. Marshall, managing director of the Vanderbilt, Andrews let it be known around the hotel t he to wed Miss Campbell rday, | the strength of his self-announ en gowement to a young woman of wealth he ran up all kinds of bills around the hotel and capped the climax by bor- rowing $2 from a doortender, Finally private detectives put his trail, Miss ¢ was told that wasn't a nobleman at all, and he then was towed away from the Vanderbilt | by friends and put into financial dry- | dock. “Why, was On were on mpbell he the whole thing Is a huge Joke,” suid Mrs, Mary H, Campbell to-day. “It came about in this man- ner: Without displaying that pride to which every mother js entitled, I can truthfully say my daughter is clever, the It also is true that on board steamship St. Paul, bound for } York, this Mr. Andrews was presented to her by Me. Otto T. Bannard. “My daughter saw at once that he was what is termed in slang phrase « ‘four flusher.’ He was attractive, is perfectly true, But there shallow him. Eleanor realized that he was not what he pre- tended to be, What did he pretend to be? he said he was ‘Lord Norton;' that was some- thing about Why, that he (Continued on Second Page.) BILLION BUSHEL CROP OF WHEAT IN PROSPECT Report —Spring Outlook Increased Government Yi | Shows Huge | | | Greatly Since August. WASHID #TON Sept, 8.—Prospec n crop this year were increased by to report, eh bushels, based y's Gove forecast 981,- tts Sept ernment wh canvas. ates a crop of of 15,-| an in August since the predic ade, br duction in detail was esti- | recent |GIRL WHO WAS WON IN WEEK ON SHIP BY GREAT ANNAPOLIS. SHAKE-UP SEQUEL TO LATE SCANDAL Nearly All Department Heads; Ordered to Other Service a announced a general WASHINGTON, Sept Daniels to-day Secretary reorganization of at Annapolis the forces of the Naval Academy Heads of nearly all departments were ordered detached for duty else- where, the changes to be «effective Sept. 20. The reorganization ts a result of the f the CLARKE RESIGNS AS PIRATES’ LEADER investigation academy | Will Quit at End of Playing Sea- son, Having Managed Team ploston shook the building and there | ™ Ot ns cco ‘naanna | Since 1900, v hering o. Mare u bY] spr wheat 100,000 peat oI : TRG Fe comnts Yilams of bore a aes joo ail wheat 981." | premsBURGH, Sept — &.—Fred wor a and Bandits filled the} 000,000, barley 000,000, rye. 44,000). |Clarke, manager of the Pittsburgh ninds of the polico, but the oxplosion| buck whe » xcco Pirates since 1900, announced today irl : ; ah ,000, flax 18,000,000, rice 26,000,- | he had resigned, effective a pam was only @ blast in the new aubway| aax r Wis |e had reximned, effective at the alos BOS LA HARON ae Tae 1 per acre: Winter wheat, 164 16,196 Laireeh of banebail he said A little before 9 o'clock the mounted spring wheat 164, all wheat | “fam tbe , said, police gathered at the ec of East Beard at, : arley ath li am mong WO live 'on my farm Forty-fifth Street and Lexington| % at 2 ybuceo 850.6, {in nsas, Avenue, They attracted but little at-|"‘Grop’ conditions follow: Spring |__Ci@tke dented there had been any tention, a crowd of not more than| wheat 94.6, corn 748, oats 91.1, barley |FOW With the Pittsburgh manage- ———- $4.2, buckwheat 88.6, tobacco $0.7, fax |ment. His successor has not b (Continued on Second Page.) 87.6, rice 83.1, named. STAAL CONFESSES FALSE SWEARING AS TO LUSITANIA Pleads Guilty Perjury it Declaring He Saw Arms on the Liner. SENTENCE POSTPONED. His Affidavit Was Used Count Von Bernstortt by Excusing Germany, Gustav Stahl, who swore he saw four guns mounted the German reservist on one of the decks of the Lusitania Just that vessel was about leave this port on the voyage that as to ended when a German torpedo struck her.off the Irish coast, pleaded guilty to perjury in the United States Dis- trict Court to-day Judge Hough remanded nim to the Tombs until 10 when sentence will be im- | o'clock to-morrow morning, posed In the meantime there may be some interesting disclosures in the Stahl matter, Stahl affidavit about the Lusitania being armed was fors warded to the State Department by Ambassador von Bernstorff as part of & German excuse for the sinking of the liner and the sacrifice of acores of American lives. The United States District Attorney has evidence upon which he bases the false belief that Stahl did not make the af- fidavit of bis own volition. An effort will be made to discover who em- ployed him te swear that the Lusi- tania was an armed ship. The indictment charging Stahl with perjury was not based on his aff. davit sent by the German ambas- sador to the State department. Stahl | repeated the statement under oath, tn a John Doe proceeding befo ral Grand Jury on June 10th, It] for this that he was indicted, He | his plea of guilty te on advi Ing, who had conferred at length with United States District Attorney Mar- shall, his counsel, Harold 8. Dem. a JUDGE HOLDS TWO FOR BOOKMAKING AT TRACK Four Others Arrested at Belmont Released for Lack of Evidence. MINBOLA, L. I, Sept. &—Justice of the Peace Louis M. Raflg to-day} held Joseph L. McManus of No, 5 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, and Joseph Mulligan of No. 226 Kast Forty-third Street, New York, who were arrested | on Labor Day at Belmont Park on a charge of bookmaking muty Shoriff W. G. Scott testified he saw the prisoners distributing slips of papers with horses’ name on and the odds against them They were held in $260 Grand Jury e on ball, but MoManus in default of bail went to the Nassau County Jail Four other mon who were arrested on mispicion were released, there being nu evidence to hold William Willis, counsel for th sald that all for the them n, he will appeal in the Supreme Court \in Brooklyn to-morrow for a writ of habeas corpus The World tr Area, 4 as fae Ottice for ye ‘Constwiae, Sofia, gi ruth Aime a eee Tinea pea = aes ‘oo Bier Ga Triage THREE ARSHIPS DROP BOMBS AND ESCAPE IN DARK FROM ARMIED AEROPLANE FLEET —o2¢o——_— Berlin Government Hands Note‘ to Ambassador Gerard Admitting That the White Star Liner Arabic Was Torpedoed by a U-Boat. OF THE LIN |DOUBT AS TO TORPEDOING ER HESPERIAN LONDON, Sept. 8.—Ten persons were killed and 46 wounded in the German air raid on the East Coast ¢ lins, “Last ight three Zeppelins dro said the official statement, were killed. “Two injured. of England last night by three Zeppe+ ppec bombs on the eastern counties,”* men, three women and five children Four men, eleven women and five children were seriously Five men, nine women and nine children were slightly injured. “A man and two women are missing and are believed to be buried under debris. “Fifteen small dwelling houses were demolished or seriously dame aged. “There was no other serious Several fires were started but quickly extinguished, damage done. All the killeé or wounded were civilians, except that one soldier was seriously wounded, “Our anti-aircraft guns were unable to locate the enemy.” in action, but our aeroplanes were Germany Officially Admits the Arabic Was Torpedoed BERLIN, via The Hague, Sept. 8.—Germany’s note to the United States, with regard to the torpedoing of the liner Arabic was delivered last night to Ambassador Gerard, The contents have not been made public, but it is understood that | the note contains the substance of submarine that sank the Arabic. the report of the commander of the The submarine commander justified the attack on the White Star liner on the ground that he feared his vessel was about to be rammed and shot a torpedo in self-defeise, No official statement on this point @ has been given out by the Admiralty, but it is stated that the report of the commander of the U-boat that sank the Arable was received @ few days This disposed of re- ports from English sources that the BRITISH RELEASE FOUR BIG STEAMSHIPS LONDON, (delayed by Four steamships which were 1 of thelr authorities Sept. & censor) examinatic detained for cargoca by the British have been released They are the Danish steamer Lon don, from Philadelphia, Aug. 6, for Copenhagen; the Norwegian steamer Giltra, from Malmoe, Sweden, for New Orleans; the Danish steamer Arnoldmarrek, from Baltimore, Aug. 6, for Copenhagen, and the Danish steamer Arkanhas, from New York, Aug. 17, for Copenhagen ice iimeaiana ANY EX-CONVICT CAN GET $5 A DAY IN FORD PLANT, DETROIT, Mich., Sept. &—Every discharged prisoner from the Michi- gan State Prison at Jackson is going to have an opportunity to go to work in Henry Ford's automobile plant at a day, To the prison authorities Ford to-day gave formal promise that he will put discharged inmates to work as fast as they are released. Dutob « submarine had been sunk or captured, The Government was disposed to proffer an explanation to Washington on the Arabic Incident as quickly as possible to clear up any misunder- | standing that might remain after Am- bassador von Bernstorft's statement to the American State Department, The note is contained in four type- written pages. The assumption that the Hesperian was sunk by a German submarine ts met with ever increasing doubt im of ficial circles, It is believed the Hee- have struck a mine or was destroyed by some y from within, It ts asserted that {t may be regarded as certain she was not torpedoed by a German submarine under the conditions set forth in press despatches and im ace counts given by passengers, Such details given in press reports as the shock of the impact, the col unya of water thrown up and the flys ing fragments of metal, it was de- clared, may be adapted quite as well to the theory that the Hesperten struck a mine as to the assumption that she was torpedoed, WASHINGTON, Sept, §.—It wae re- iterated by State Department oMeials to-day that it has not been estab. ished that the Hesperian was torpee doed, No steps will be taken by the | United States until Ambassador Ge- rard ts heard from. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 8—It has |been established that an American |named Wolff was lost on the Hes. perlan, Wolff signed as an able seaman of the Hesperlan's crew. came from Newark, N. J., and was parentage. perlan must poss: age