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AL OITIiOn = ENT. oa ~ gt ee oe re mes Anothe _Cve [* Circulation Books Open to All.” | beat Ey ora. ss Fe’ 2 in Confession NEW yorK, FRIDAY, AUGuST 11, f “Circulation Rooks Open to an" | 12 PAGES Saving Stielow THER—Prebebie showers to don) wormer, PRICE ONE CENT. ¢ = RUSSIANS SMASH LINES IN GALICIA; DRIVE ON SFABURY OPPOSITION DIES AT SARATOGA: TAMMANY IS NO FORGING A CANDIDATE Wigwam Dihegsion' Said to Be Paving the Way to Shout for the Judge. FIGHT FOR U.S, S) ATI Strength Grown Ovemight Puts William C. Osborn in Prominent Position. By Lindsay Denison. (Bpocial, Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) BARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug. 41.—The opening session of the con- ference of the New York State Den.o- cratic Convention adjourred after roll call to-day until to-night, Though there is now no other name than that of Judge Samuel Seabury before the party leaders for the nomination of Governor, that name was not per- mitted to be mentioned before to- | night. Congressman John J. Fitzgerald was chosen permanent chairman. im his speech: “The country is proa- Derous and at peace. I deny the as-| eertions of Charles E. Hughes that| we aro enjoying only temporary pros- perity. mini@Pation and now aggregate $4,000,- 000,000 annually, of which less than 6 per cent. of the total consists of war munitions. New textile mills are un- Ger construction, many wage increases have been reported and bank resources ‘and deposits have increased greatly. This candition was due chiefly to the belief of the people that the affaira of @be nation were in safe hands and that there was no fear of the country being plunged into war” NOT A MARK TO THE CREDIT OF ‘THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, After reviewing the accomplish- mente of the Democratic party while in control of State affairs, Mr. Fitsgeraid declared that during the past two years of State adminis- tration, “the Republican party had mot to ite credit a single important e@mactment beneficial to the State. All its energies were concentrated to undo what had been done during Democratic administrations, anu where unable to completely emascu- late the humanitarian legislation enacted to make inefficient its oper- ation,” The imposition of a direct tax of (Continued on Fourth Page.) —————___ DECLARES WAR ON DRINK FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS Growing Use Is Decried by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. WASHINGTON, Aus. 11.—The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America was on record to-day in op- position to the growing use of intozi- cante by women and girls, Resolu- tions to that effect were adopted and officers elected, headed by the Rev. John C, Bean of Pittsburgh, at the closing seasion of the union last night. Other officers chosen were: Vice Presidents, the Rev. D. J. Kane, Soranton, Pa.; James E, Dougherty, Philadelphia; Mra. Thomas J. Hack- ett, New York; Treasurer, Rev. Maurice J. O'Conner, Boston, and Secretary, Thomas E. McCloskey, Copmectiout. (Por Racing Results Gee Page &) Exports have virtually doubled | aince the advent of the Wilson Ad-! BRITISH SHP PICKS UP CALL BELIEVED FROM THE BREMEN aiiiemas: Captain’s Report Strengthens Belief Submarine Waits Outside Harbor. The belief that the Bremen Is wait- , ing Just beyond the entrance to the ;New York harbor was strengtheaed by the report made by the British freighter Hostillus, Capt. J. W. Will- jlams, which docked at pler No. 38, At- |lantic Basin, just before noon with a feargo for R. P. Huston, No, 72 Bat- {tery Place. | Capt, Willams reported that his wireless operator had picked up a | New York," the mysterious call also | Picked up by the Sea Gate and Sandy Hook wireless stations, and that, as |in the case of the latter stations, the sender of the call had refused Lo dis- close his identity. OMcials at Quarantine had every- thing in readiness for the reception of the Bremeh in case the report was verified, Two United States tor- pedo boat destroyers, the Paterson and the Jouett, took up their posi- j tion not far from Quarantine, and it was understood they were waiting to provide an escort for the Rremen. The destroyers have been on guard just outside the harbor aince German liners firat were interned here At the offices of the Atlantic Com- munication Company, the concern which operates the so called German Telefunken system, the belief was expressed that the wireless calls wore not from the Bremen but the work of some amateur wireless operator. | The Call sent out was "W N T," the official call for the company. In the absence of General Manager Broehme other employees of the company said that without a previous knowledge of of the type of set carried by the Bremen it would be impossible to identify the apark, as can be done in other cases. Officials of the United States Radio Bureau in the Customs House sald the Telefunken station was open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M, daily and was not under censorsh}; WILSON LEADS IN POLL AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Suffrage Also Approved by Large Margin in the Spectators’ Straw Vote. President Wilson leads in straw vote of men and women students at Columbia University being con- ducted by the Columbia Spectator, The polls close to-morrow. The count to-day showed: Wilson, 760; Hughes, 626; Benson, Socialist, 48; Hanly, Prohibition- ist, 16, About a third of the voters are women In the yote on woman suffrage 1,085 students favor it aguinst 265 opposed; 1,025 are in favor of nation- @l prohibition with 268 against it; 601 voted for military training in the public achools and 590 againet it, ee COOL DAYS CHECK SPREAD OF PLAGUE: DEATHS DROP T0 31 |New Cases of Paralysis Also, Show Falling Off, With Total at 165. TOWNS LOSE U. §S, AID. Quarantine Imposed by Islip and Babylon Cut Off Fed- eral Co-operation. ‘The theory that a pertod of cool weather in New York would have much to do with crushing the in- fantilo paralysis epidemic was borne out to-day when the official figures for deaths and new cases showed that there has been a pronounced falling off since the passing of the hot wave. Thirty-one deaths and 16 new cases wore reported to-day. Yeeter- day there were 38 deaths and 176 new cases, and on Wednesday 67 deaths and 183 new cases. The death fig- ures in Brooklyn were cut in half, ten belng reported to-day as against twenty yesterday. Following are the tables of deaths and new cases to-day compared with He 8814) wireless call for “Telefunken Station, | those of yesterday: DEATHS. Borough. To-Day. esterday. Brooklyn ..... 10 ol) Manhattan . 7 ® Bronx . 6 s Queens . . 7 6 Richmond .... 1 0 Totals ... 31 38 NEW CASES. Borough. To-Day. Yesterday. Brooklyn . 3 ot | Manhattan 50 “4 Bronx 10 4 Queens . 28 30 | Richmond 4 a Totals 165 116 Total deaths to date. oe 1,929 Total cases to date, 5,987 Stringent quarantine —meaaures, adopted at the suggestion of wealthy residents of Islip, L. I. and also at Babylon, brought forth action to-day by the Federal Health authorities which will cut those sections off frum cooperative measures on the part of Federal officials, Surgeon P, C. Kalloch, acting to the Place of Senior Surgeon Charles EF. Banks, who ts in Washington, an- nounced that action similar to shat against Connecticut towns that de- clared quarantines would be taken with regard to Islip and Babylon. "I have not yet received official notifigation of quarantines from the Long Island towns,” said Surgeon Kalloch to-day, “But if, as reported, they refuse to honor Federal cortifi- cates, we will cut them off from our service, Such action was taken by ua in Connecticut and it will be taken against all places that refuse to co- operate with us.” The Islip quarantine was deciared by the Town Board after it had re- ceived @ petition asking for stringent regulations, The petition was signed by August Hetmont, B. C. Blum, Mrs, W. Bayard Cutting, William K. Diek, Mrs. Louls M. Bibb, Howard H Havemeyer and B, Hollins, jr, Ratiroads and other public carriers are now forbiddensto bring obildren to this city from other States without a Federal certificate, and these will not stricken in the country cannot return, In the meantime charitable tnatitu- tions and insurance companies, carry- ing out the suggestion of the confer- ence of experts began a house-to- house canvass for the purpose of lo- (Coattayued on Fourth Page.) be issued to any person exposed to the disease until after at least & month of quarantine. New York ochildren|: ee KING'S CONFESSION IN DETAIL, SAVING STIELOW FROM CHAIR CONDEMNS MAN IN AUBURN pacmniianiiny Says O'Connell, Now Prison, Plotted Crime and Did Shooting. in | STIELOW WEEPS IN CELL Peddler Declares He Used Only Broom Handle as Weapon in Attack. (Special to The Evening Work.) RANDOLPH, N. Y., Aug. 11.--Tho confession of Irving King, the wan- Gering junk dealer and peddler, which saved from the electric chair Charles F. Stielow, who four times stood in the shadow of death and was only withheld from ft by the reprieves | of Justice Guy, was followed to-day by a second confession, in which he stated that it was not by his own! hand but by that of a friend, Clar- ence O'Connell, that the murder of Charles Phelps and Miss Margaret Wolcott had been done on March 21, 1916, O'Connell is now in Auburn Prison, serving time in connection with an assault on A. H. Brown of thia place. It was on account of this assault that | King was arrested. His confession re- warding the mueder came as @ result of the searching uqgestioning of the police. At first King, who, although white, is an dark as a nexro, admitted having committed the murders himself, When kept on the rack by the potico who | continued their quostioning even after the initial confessic the story and by {t as the murderer. His confession, in addition to Irving Stielow, will free Nelson Green, serving & Ife sentence in Elmira for @ part in the murder. The second confession was made to Justice of the Peace Guy C. Caswell, Sheriff Charles B. Nichols, Detective O'Grady of Buffalo, AttorneygH. K. Congdon and TThe World ‘enen- tative, “I was in Medina, N. Y., March 22, 1915," said King. “I met Clarence O'Connell there, I had known O'Con- nell well and had been in @ number of det with him. He asked mo If IT wanted some easy money. He had a place framed. “LT hold him I would go in with him, We drove out of town at night and stopped by @ barn, I recognized it as the Old Man Phelps place. ‘We got out and I got & hardwood broom handle. When Phelps came to the door I knocked him down with It. O'Connell and I went inside. A bed- room door opened and a woman in her night clothes came out, she saw Phelps on the floor and O'Connell! and me as she ran out of the door, O'Con- noll shot her through the glass. “O'Connell ransacked the bureaus and got a roll of money. He gave me one hundred dollars, That ts all I got. The old man Dogan to stir around on the floor and he was shot three times, O'Connell had the gun, I bad the club, “O'Connel got awuy in the bugey, King changed vebt O'Connell into (Contmued on Second "age.) ee echt, an upholsterer, Afty- two years old, of No. 651 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, is @ prisgner in the Williams- ure Hos) ed with attempted autcide as found insensible tn his Foom gerly_to- vdny with the gaa turned in whose house he Boaraed told the polico ho had wite and six children in Germany and that he had been despondent because he has not heard from them in five months. WILSON MAY SPEAK INA FLYING TRIP ACROSS CONTINENT a Se President’s Friends Have Ad- vised Him—Plans for Itin- erary Not Yet Made. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Prosi- dent Wilson practically has decided ;to make @ speaking trip across the continent. | No Getatls of the tour have been arranged, but it was understood to- Gay that his itinerary is now being worked out. It is said the trip will in the main follow the route taken by Hughes and may begin about Bept. 15, The President's advisers have been urging him to make a number of speeches, but he has been withhold- ing a decision until the work of Con- gress had progressed further, It was known definitely to-day, how- ever, that if present plans were car- ried out the President would go to the Pacific coast One of the suggestions for the pro- posed trip is for the President to re- view some of the troops on the border, but no decision on that has been reached. * Invitations from cities in all parts of the country before tho Prest- dent, but none will be accepted until they have been gone over carefully by Vance ©. McCormick, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and other Democratle leaders. The President will do much cam patgning at his summer home at Long Branch, N. J, where he will receive delegations 10 PER GENT. TAX ON PROFIT ON MUNITIONS Senate Finance Committee Estimate This Will Give $45,000,000 a Year Revenue WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.--Tea per cent. net profit tax on net profits of manufacturers of munitions of war was agreed upon to-day by Demo- erate of the Senate Finance Commit- tee an a substitute for the munitions taxes propored in the House revenue bill, Chairman Simmons estimated that thia clause would raise $45,000,000 a year—$11,000,000 less than would have been produced by the House pro vision. Products which are @old within the United States as well as those shipped abroad will be levied upon under the provision, It is @ substi. tute for all proposed taxes on ma: terials used in the manufacture of explosives. It will be held to have this year. It will become inopera- tive one year after the close of the war. The tax is applicable to of firearms, explosives, all sorts bayonets, >- New York Printers Win, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, the printers’ national en baseball race, the New York ¢ feated Chicago here to-day by Mein nehip mde 4 been in effect since the beginning of | POL it k WIRE TAPPER ACQUITTED OF CHARGE oF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE | , Detective Se OOHN KENN (eA cant HELD AT BEDSIDE Charge of Attempted Suicide Against Member of Wire Tap- ping Squad Is Dismissed. wire-tapping squad, was discharged to-day by Magistrate Murphy, whe went to his bedside in Volunteer Hoe- pital in connection with the charge that Konnel had attempted suicide, Later in the day Kennel was released from the hospital and sent home to complete his convalescene, Tho bullet still lodges in his side and doctors say they may allow it to remain there permenantly. The Magistrate was accompanied to the hospital by Assistant District At- torney Murphy, Deputy Police Com- missioner Lord and Thomas Geary, Clerk of the Tombs Court, where the Magistrate is now nitting. Kennel told the Magistrate he did not know what he was doing when he pulled the trigger and sald the shooting was an accident, He shot himself three weeks ago when the pubiée discussion of the methods of the police wire- tapping squad was at ite height AN EMBARGO ON WHEAT IS URGED BY BAKERS Declare in Convention That Unless Congress Acts Price of Bread Will. Be ecg WASHINGTON, Aug. —Declar. ing that unless EN oy, “acta, the price of bread surely will advance be- yond the reach of the average con- sumer, the National Association of the Master Bakers to-day petitioned the barge on whea! —>—--. AIR RAID ON ROTTWEIL FUTILE, SAYS BERLIN BERLIN, Aug. 11 (via London).— "On the night of Aug. 7 enemy air- mon dropped several bomba on Rott- well, Wuerttemberg,” eays an official @tatement lamued here to-day, “A dwelling house waa hit and several persona were wounded. No military damage wae don ‘The oMclal Fre: statement of Wednesday afternoon said a French aviator, flying 217 miles between #,80 and 1:66 P. M., dropped 330 pounds of explosives on the powder factory at Hottwell, causing two extenatve fires and several explosions ‘Turning Col Ribbow she Swallowed, OLL CUPY, Pa, Aug. 1 Marian kil brook, suffering from blood poison to: day as the result of swallowing a ribbon, is turning the color of the Her back and breasts are now a bright | red. BURBAU, ‘Arcade > THE WORLD THAVRE . OF DETECTIVE KENNEL|unes atong House and Senate to impore an em-| The Russian drive toward caused what prisoner in five days. TRIESTE KEPT UP BY ITALIANS ™HALICZ AND STANISLAL | BOTH -MENAGED BY GREAT ONRUSH OF GZAR'S TROOPS Reports From Rome, London, Petro- grad and Paris All Claim Suc- cesses for the Entente Allies on Every Battle Front of Europe. OFFENSIVE IN BALKANS IS BEGUN BY THE ALLIES Lemberg from the south has apparently is a serious break in the Teutonic and near the Dneister, in the Stanislau region. Petrograd reports say more than 18,000 Teutons were made Berlin admits that the superior strength of the Russian Detective John J. Kennel of the|forces has compelled an Austro-German retreat at points in the Monastersyska and the Bistritsa River regions and jon the Dniester. Spreading out in fan-like formation from Gorisis the Italians are pressing the Austrians to the east and southeast along a twelve-mile front. The principal force of the thrust front are estimated at 65,000. of Doiran. of the river. NEW BREAK IN T Dniester, Further BPRLIN, Aug 11 (Via. London,): Austro-German troops in the region of Monasterzyska, at points on the Dniester and in the Bistritza River regions of Galicia, have been com- pelled to give way because of the superiority of hontile forces at some places, says. to-day's Wi Office wtatement. Counter attacks brought the engagements to a standstill and 4 rexrouping of the Teutonte forces ts now taking place, “Front of Archduke Chari Francis—Houthwost of of Monas- terzyska end in the angle formed by the Dniester and Bystritaa, strong Russian forces attacked us. ‘The superiority of the enemy com- pelled the brave defenders to give way at some points, Our coun- ter-attacks intercepted storming attacks of the enemy and brought | the fight to @ standstill, A re grouping of the allied: (‘Teutonte) troops, Which was ordered so as } to take Into account the altered positions of the Russlans, iv Bow taking pli | rhe enemy yesterday got into sharper touch with the troops of Gen. von Koevess in tghting in the Doelatyn districts (west of Kulomea). North of Niziof€ (on the Dniester twenty miles east of Stanislau) repeated attacks of the is directed toward Triest. Austrian losses in the Gorisis: A great offensive by the allies in the Balkans is reported to have begun. The allies have occupied the border town British pressure on the Somme front is being continu< ously exerted against the Germans in the Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres regions. Gen. Haig's forces have made additional progress north of both these places, London announces. The French, in the Somme region, are evidently pre- paring for a new offensive movement, as thiey are pouring a destructive fire upos’ the German trenches to the north : EUTON LINE ADMITTED BY BERLIN WAR OFFICE Gen. Letchitsky’s Army Fights Its Way to the While Successes Are Reported North. Russians were everywhere re- pulsed. “Front of Field Marshal von Hindenberg, south of Zalocse (in the region aouth of Brody), en- sageipents have been in progress since this morning. Near and northwest of Lutsk the enemy has been quieter since Nis serious fail- ure on Aug. 7, north of the Sarny- Kovel Railway. Attacks were again delivered by Russian masses during the day and night across the Stokhod. Thelr columas broke down immediately before reaching our barricades. The Russian losses were again of the greatest.” PETROGRAD, Aug. 11.—Striking westward with amazing rapidity, the right wing of Gea, Letchitsky's army has reached the Dniester River south of Mariampol, which ia only ten miles from the important fortified town of Halles, it was officially announced to-day, News of this important success temporarily overshadowed the ad- Vanco against the city of Stenielau, south of Halicz, whoso fall ts now regarded as a matter of but @ few hours, The War Office announced that bridges are being thrown / across the Bistritea River, @ares = Hrs ie