The evening world. Newspaper, August 14, 1916, Page 1

‘ f AL EZODITION PRiCE OWE © GERMANS WREST TRENCHES ). FROM HANDS OF BRITISH FRENCH MAKE MORE London Admits Loss of Posi- tions Near Pozieres Which Were Taken Yesterd DRIVE SOUTH OF SOMME. French Firmly Hold the Wedge Driven North of the River Yesterday. BERLIN, Aug. 14.—A German coun- ter attack last night drove the British out of German first line trenches on @ 700 yard front southwest of Thiep- val, and near Pozleres, which were eceupied by the British in yenterday'’s fighting, it was officially announced this afternoon. Before Gulilemont attacks were repulsed, suffering heavy losses, South of La Bassee Canal there was lively fighting. Enemy patrols f quently showed great energy elally northwest of Rheims, etrong reconnottring detachments ad- vanced after extensive artillery pre erations. Their operations were with- out success. Bast of Bapaumo a British aero- plane waa compelled, after an aerial enoounter, to make a landing. massed enemy the British where LONDON, Aug. 14.—-Attacking Brit- | ‘49h positions near Pozleres, on the Gomme front, the Germans last night @ained @ foothold temporarily in a portion of the trenches taken from them yesterday. Following is the text of to-day’s report from the Brit- tah War Office: “Last night to the wost of Po- sieres the enemy «gained a tem- porary footing in a position of tho trenches captured by us yester- day. Otherwise there were no developments on the British front between the Somme and the Ancre, “@outh of the Ypres Salient we @arried out @ successful raid without incurring any losses our- eelves, There has been further mining activity. We forced an entry into a German gallery at the blufr north of the Ypres- Comines Canal, and after explo- ration, blew it in for a conside able length. We captured some the enemy's mining stores, We also successfully exploded a mine near Cordonnerte,” —_—_— ‘PARIS ANNOUNCES FRENCH GAINS SOUTH OF THE SOMME RIVER. PARIS, Aug, 14.—French troops fol- lowed up their successes north of the Somme yesterday with an advanco eouth of the river in sharp fighting leat night. Following ts the text of to-day's report from ‘oe French War Office; “North of the Somme there was & fairly lively cannoade in the region of Maurepas. The night was calm in the other sectors. “South of the Somme we appre- eciably enlarged our positions to the southwest of Estrees by cap- turing several trench elements to the left of tho Fay-Dentecourt road, We made somo prisoners, “Between the Oise and the Aisne @ violent artillery struggle took place in the sector of Moulinsous- ‘Toutvent. “On the left bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) skirmishing with grenades was reported in the neighborhood of Avocourt re- doubt. A German attempt against our trenches east of Hill 304 was cheeked by our machine gun fire, 4 > e* The [*Cireutation Books Open to All ) (ows niet ENT te Whe GAINS SUBMARINE LINER OFF NEW LONDONIS THELATEST REPORT Fleet of Motorboats and Other Craft Go Out to Meet | Strange Undersea Boat. NEW LONDON, Conn Aug. 14.— The apvearance of a submarine five miles south of Fisher's Island, ap- Proaching this port under slow head- way, caused word to flash through the olty that the submarine to-day long awaited merchant Bremen, had sister ship to the Deutschland, been sighted. Everybody in tawn who could get away from work or household duties made for the waterfront. A constantly increasing fleet of yachts, power boats and “movie” tugs went out to meet her. Only @ small part of the conning tower was visible above the surface | of the water, and {t was tmpossible | for those on shore to form any idea as to the sise of the vessel or to be able to make eure she is not a United States naval under-sea boat. The excitement was increased by the effort of signal men of the Coast Artillery on Fisher's Island to get into communication with the sub- marine by using the international wig wag code. Thero was no sign of re- sponse from the conning tower. Very soon after the strange craft was sighted she seemed to lose head- way and came no nearer the city, Neither did she rise to the surface to expose any other {dentifying marka than her conning tower and pert- scope, At half past 1 there were a number of small boate clustered about her awaiting her definite identifica- tlon. In answer to inquiries by long dis- tance telephone to-day the manager of the T. A. Boott Towing Company wall “The tugs of this company were sent out to-day on regular business, There 19 no truth in the report, so far as we are concerned, that they related to the arrival of the Bremen,” BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 14.—The Bremen has not arrived in Boston, so far to-day, though the sighting of a strange craft said to resemble a sub- meraible off the port led to @ revival of rumors during the morning, The specifications of the vessel alighted resemble those of the L-11, a new submarine delivered by the Fore River Shipyards to the United States navy at the Charleston Yards, Delivery of the L-11 to the United States Government establishes a new record in the building of submarines, The L type ts the latest design being built for the Government. @ con- tract called for the delivery Sept. 19, but Uncle Sam's diver passed all its tests and was ready for service yes- terday, —_— | Big Week ir Congre | WASHINGTON, Aug 14.—Congres-| |sional leaders agree to-day that this is| jto be the biggest legislative week of 4 WEDS FIRST LOVE iceiclesceuis First Mrs, Ketchum Accused Him of Cruelty on Account of Length of Kisses LASTED FOR AN HOUR, Lawyer Has Married Jennie Maud Kelly, as He An- nounced He Would Do. To undo what he thought was the rreatest mistake he had made in life Everett Phoenix Ketchum, lawyer and descendant of Puritan stock, who has said matrimony Is a crime, secretly married Jennie Maud Kelly in Now Jersey last Friday. Miss Kelly waa his first lo ness stand last December Ketchum at the trial of a separation sult brought by his first wife, Ada Brown Ketgbum, testified that he should bavé married Miss Kelly. ‘The first Mrs, Ketchum gave_the lawyer his opportunity to rectify the mistake by secretly divorcing him in Connecticut. The decree became final last week, and Ketchum permitted only two days to elapse before em barking a second time on the matri- monial sea. Not even his former law- yer, Abraham Levy, knew that he had been divorced and had remar- ned. Tho ground urged in the Con- jnecticut divorce was Intolerable cruelty, based upon Ketchum's fond- ness for kisses, which his former wife |desertbed as soul kisses of an hour's duration. wealthy had been proposed to by twenty-five of the wealthiest men in the country before she accepted the lawyer, and was considered by Ketchum to bo his “Heaven sent wife,” he offered no opposition to the granting of the decree, He was greatly pleased with the outcome of the sult, The previous separation action in the local courts went against him, but a few months after Justice Blanchard handed down the decision, Ketchum's lawyers be- gan negotiations for a qutet divorce, Ketchum had told friends that he was not @ fit subject for matrimony, after his defeat in court, and his ideas on the subject of matrimony were re- flected, he explained, in the following verse which he wrote to Mrs. Ketch- um after the second week of their honeymoon: “When you've got the ball and chain around your ankle Aud @ stony-hearted jailer is your wife, There's no virtue tn repentance You're got to serve your sentence, Which lo that you must lve with bee fur life, You've @ number and you bet your wife hee got it Any hope of @ reprieve te all tn Matrimony ts « orime And you've got to serve jour time, Whon your ankle woars the mariage bell and chain The verse made the former Mrs, Ketehum very angry und led to many subseqquent Kreements between the couple. Counsel for Mra, Ketchum developed the fact at the trial that when the lawyer met his first wife he had been paying court to Miss Kelly, his present wife. It was brought out that Ketchum wanted to marry Miss Kelly but an Inspiration from the Almighty, said, directed him to the Miss Brown but she proved not to be his ideal. “She is @ creature of God Al. mighty," said Ketchum, referring to his wife. "As one of His creatures I owe her the same consideration I owe any other creature of God," Ketchum began to cry on the wit- In @ dramatic manner he the witness chair and sald 1 to marry Miss Kelly and I will s di he present liwyer etehum, day that the di. vorce had be din Mrs, Ket chum’s favor and to Miss Kelly Ketchum had hoped would remain a secret, It was pub- lished tn The World because, the law- the on. Confident predictions were made that the navy, child labor, ship purchase and workmen's compensation Dill awouldi@ecome laws, yer sald, his client wanted to let the world know he had undone his mis take, On the wit- | Although the former Mrs, Ketchum | arms of| at the marriage | STRIKE BACK: DEFEAT BRITISH NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST | WILSON TO OFFER ARBITRATION -AS WAY OF AVERTING RAILROAD STRIKE ~LAWYERKETCHUM, “My Contes -DWORCEDBY WIFE, Says King, “‘ 14, sion a Lie,’ NEWCARSTRKE I Made It Up Man Who Exonerated Stielow, Retracting, Asserts He Was Promised Money. MRS! HUMISTON BITTER. Brands Intimations of Induce- ments | and Assails District Attorney. ilse Phe Brent N.Y, Aug. yudiated the statement he World) it (Boe | ALRBIO. | King has ry Erwin | made at Littio Valley exo: Charles Atlelow of gullt in th: der of Charies Phelps and Margaret Wolcott at West Shelby a year and a half ago. According to Sheriff Bartlett: and District Attorney Knickerbocker, who brought King here from Little Valley in order that be might be charged with the murder, he made up his con- fession in the hope of being paid $8,000 and under pron.ise of getting |e Nght sentence. He 1s declared to jhave told the officials he was prom- |ieed the money if he would confess Mrs. Grace Humiston, the lawyer, who has been one of the leaders in the fight to save Stielow from the eleotric chair, and who brought about | | King's confession in the presence of Surrogate Larkin and other Catta- | raugus offictals at Little Valley, ar- rived in Albion this morning In a jstate of angry exasperation. | She was una an Interview | with District Attorney Knickerbocker, lexcept in a few brief words over the telephone, She was not allowed to see King in the jail, nor was David White, Stielow's attorney of record, The only answer Mr, Knickerbocker would make to a question as to what he meant by charging that “question- able means” were used to get King to take on himself the guilt of the double murder was “I have not seen the statement {n which I am quoted 19 saying that.” Though Justice of the Peace Tucker said an information charging King with murder had been lodged with him at half-past 7 o'clock last night, there has been no arraignment. The under sheriff, acting for Sheriff Bart- lett at the jail, told Mrs, Humiston anod Mr, White, in refusing to let them see King, that he did not know whether King was charged with mur. der or not. DETECTIVE WHO GOT STIELOW CONFESSION IN CASE. Mrs. Humiston has settled down for @ determined effort to learn Just how King came to retract the confession She says that as soon os she heard that Detective Newton, who extracted from Stlelow the confession which started him on his way to the electric |chair, was “working on’ King with Mr. Knickerbocker, she was ce that the man would say nearly any thing that waa asked of him. Mrs. Humiston saya she foela that the character of the witnesses to King’s statement at Little Valley and her action in demanding their pres- ence before allowing King to talk is suffictent answer to any charges of |improper methods. ona Promise ot $3,000.’’ WOMAN LAWYER WHO IS WORKING FOR RELEASE OF STIELOW RETURN OR LOSE JOBS, BOYS ON BORDER TOLD | (Special from a Staff Correspondent | to preaent them to the officials of the of The Evening World.) MALLEN Aug. 1—Col. W iment to- the Dela stern, Em pire Trust and Mutual Lite to em- ployees in the regiment, the purport of which was that if the boys did not get back by Sept. 1 their salaries would cease and thelr jobs be vacant It is sugested that the soldiers take advantage of the law permitting persona with persons dependent upon them to get out of the servic: Col. Fisk said he had answered the letters of corporation tain terma, telling the be the last to make “Paying for wor the cheapest p. serve and the the principal t If there boys we: he su Willingne to serve, bility as to be consi tered not here the names of all citizens would be put in a box and drawn for the service, Theso boys at border are d work of those at home. ‘The real s! rs are tho bus Iness men hi are losing money never to be refunded and th Men are not complalning.” Gen. Parker wa from Brownsville and give by the entire brigade. bury also witn DANISH HOUSE APPROVES SALE OF ISLANDS TO U.S, Aug 4 Th er House of the Danish Parliament, to-day voted in favor of selling the Danish West In dies to the United States, if a plebis cite favored the sale The vote wus 62 for the propomi- tion, to 44 against it, one member being denied a voto and six. being absent. ‘GOVERNMENT MAY SERVE According to Sheriff Bartlett, King ’ bewan his retraction in the sutome-| — WEE NIPPIES 0’ SCOTCH bilo In which he was brought here — from Little Valley. When had] LONDON, Aug. M—The Partia been lodged in the jail the Sheriff) mentary Comn ‘ppolnted som, called in five citizens to whom King | time ago to advise the Government In made a detailed retraction |reward to proposals for purchawe by He said that on the night of theliy, state of the, ti iquor trad murder he was in Knowleaville andi. gootiand hus re that |not at West Shelby, He gave the eyagn in liquor by licensed grocers jnames of two men who occupied tho) oy and be abolished, and that hotel }room next hin in tha Montondo | es inne whieh depend this | Hotel at Knowlesville that n Hails aincianalti y |first heard of the murder from « pic- | War . ‘ {ture peddier who came to the hotel! against the pure iis t t day, he said pe le SURRDES OA Lat BBA BE ald The Little Valley confession, King | foF hotels 0 hs ag eet told the Sheriffs witnenses, was made | mated on Pes number oe saci eeceacesen rp four per vent (Continued on Sscond Pace) SIP 1916. » restored was arranged for the men by + GEER orm eee . ee WEATHER Few te aay AL £OoITIONnN ° Pcin ulation Books Open to an” | 12 PAGES = PRICE ONE CENT PLAN - -e- - UNION HEADS ARE HOPEFUL "OS, ATER SEENG PRESENT Dispute. MAKE DEMANDS To-Day. “Situation Is in the President's Hands,” Says Spokesman for the Brotherhoods After First Meeting —Conference Here To-Morrow. ROADS LIKELY TO ACCEDE TO 8-HOUR DAY DEMAND L:imployees Hasten Action in Eflort to Force Deal With | teat i} Union, | York “pany which oper | Untens the New Ratiwa npany—t ates the lines tn venty ar surfa the three old motormen and it has diseharied wr Manbattan yatatem onductora nince peace was! . ; (Special from a Staff Correspondent.) declared last wi the atrike of the | » * ey . 4.000 men sorating tte 1,01 cara ie}, WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Surface indications following a, two- not only likely to be renewed in short "OUF conference at the White House to-day between President Wilson order, but a tie-up of all the transpor- and the thirty-four leaders of the railway employees’ unlons, led to the tation Hnew of the clty will undoubt~ | belief that a way may be found through which the demands of the em- edly result. lbloyeds can’t 3 ; That the trolley aituation ia aun an. | Pleyees can be put before and considered by the railroads without @ ed with dynamite wae further tadica- "aton-wide strike, arned that the union The union leaders were with the President from 10.30 until 12.30 |leaders, to head off the action of the o'clock, The railw rare! c, sad : ‘ | railway company In calling for com- ¢ rallway managers’ committee followed the union men into | mittees of Its employees to mect on SOMFerence, calling at the White House at 3 o'clock. President Wilson | Thursday for the purpose of forming has arranged to meet the union leaders again after he has conferred with |an organization, rushed the work of the manayers, an at rraniin, S41e tia | tahutating thetr demands and decided i, 4. 4 igers, and at that Meeting, late this afternoon, the President will, t is believed, put forth an arbitration suggestion which the unions, New York Ratlways Company, the through their representatives, will promise to consider. The union lead- | Third Avenue Railway Company and ers are to confer fur ri ® rai in NI ; the Union Raslway Company tn the pO 0 ther with the railroad managers in New York to- Hronx late this afternoon, | This action was decided upon to After Introducing the committee of mana, compel the railway companies to do Judge Chambers of the Mediation Bourd said business with the union, Chief of the “The ice appears to be melting a little.” j demands to be presented this after- He added that he was more hopeful that @ strike could be averted noon Is an increase In the siding than he was when he came here from New York this morning. scale of wager of 28 to 30 cents now ih ponents hat willipravide a The union labor leaders were all smiling when thev left the White scale rufning from 0 to 38 cents an {ouse. Chief Garretson of the Order of Railway Conductors, who had set hour. Better wofking conditions and [rth the side of the employees at great length, was red of visage, and ® r hours are also asked by the Perspiration had wilted his collar and shirt bosom, but he appeared ted when It we 'é to President Wilson, men to be hap While the union leaders refused to “The negotiations are now entirely in the President's hands,’ sald Mr, discuss the subject, it is understood Garretson, e = that they will Insist on the railway Chiefs Stone of th TUCO 9, I fy hf lee of the Trainmon, said they were | Mediation Board and the union men optimistic over the outlook. The | rode up Pennsylvania Avenue to the union leaders were much more wiil-| White House in trolley cars, | Ink to talie co-operation after leaving | GARRETSON PRESENTS THE Dg. the President than they were in New MANOS OF THE UNIONS. York yesterday, and it ts anticipated! president Wilson recelved them in ; oa ai will algo incline | the Green Room, and they were intro- oward tailing things over when they | 4 by Judge Chambers, At the have Sontatrad with the reauest of the President Mr, Garret ive of the Nation, son outlined the side of .e employees PRESIDENT TO USE EVERY EF | tle spoke for thirty minutes and was FORT IN CRisi8. (hen closely questioned by the Presi- Undoubtedly the Pr dent, who said he wanted to fll hfe exert all his personality mind with all the details of the em- authority of his position in | Ployees’ side before going into confer- to bring about an adjustm ence With the represen reat economic crisis withc nag MATOS 90° Ce8 ton-wide atrike, President W oMelals doing business with the or- ganization of the employees which has | Just been formed. These leaders say that, no matter how the traction mag- nates may try to conceal the fact, the agreement under which peace was that mana the Amalgama Association of et and EF tric fMailway employ- Joos, that the local unions are afmil- | ated with the national body, and that in recognizing the tocal branches the | | company la recognising the entire ase sociation, If General Manager Hed- |ley and the heads of the other ays- |tems fall to take this view of the | matter, the programme may again go to amaah on the question of lef Execu will 1 the | an effo t of this tow na peace unioni | RT. Frazier, representing many of | t get a movement { rat 00 pexlows i « the demande that/ the railroad employees not organized. | the tuiinnad dittenin as settlement of will g railway beads will be | was at the White House before 9| out delay thar me under way with- « request from tho Union leaders for | o'clock, He wanted to aee the Presl- |e)! the cancelled all bis an explanation as to why such a|dent before the conferences with the DINK ehgagements and so arranged others that | dare number of union men have been | conflicting parties began to presont pe- | Per, tn ae could be cancelled vised from the #ervice of the|titlons bearing thousands of names |!" hat be would be enabled to > York Railways Company in|and urging arbitration, Ho said the |°PeMd the whole day conferring with the last week, At the union head-|men he represents constitute 80 per |*8® Fallroad men. There appears to quarters the statements of the! cent. of the railroad employees of the | 2% ®° hesitation on the part of the cmployees who have been atecharged | country. President to tackle the job of recon: ave heen put in typewritten form) The immense political advantage ng the differences between the up nd copies will be presented to! that would accrue frou setticment (098 and the railroads and he was Cha Straus of the Public Ser- of the ratiroad differences by direct |!t long tn learning from Mr, Gar- vice Commission, who, with Mayor | intervention of the President has not |fe'#en nd the other labor leaders | Mitchel, succeeded in bringing the) been overlooked by the Administra. | that he will have to work out a plan ot his own. Meials and thelr employees | tion, ther last week | President Wilson lost no time in|NQ ARBITRATION UNDER THE r | | ‘The unon leaders say they want | wetting down tot ntous busi- NEWLANDS ACT. Chairman Straus to soe just how the! ness of the conference to-day. The} Hefore guing to the White House 1 y has kept its part the ur chiefs of the railroad unions, A.) Mr. Garretson, speaking for all his ar siiOnt (6 1k BACK She alvikare| HA Oderetaon OR the GondUCtoRA Wt sociates, positively announced that en &, Stone of the enginvers, Wi tration under the Newlands Aet mw Carter of the firemen will onsidered by the unions eases) 1G. Lee of t Minn Hoe set forth the reason in. the foi Ket with their committeemen, | lowing statement THE WORLD TRAVEL BURKAL, went to the National Hotel on their! "The chief objection to the existing Arcade, Hulivaee (Woeld) Building urrival here from New York this| form of arbitration on the part of the Tieketa, tm w. railings, Ae. morning to await the summons to| Brotherhoods centre on the diffeulty Recmanly lige ee asd. parce) the White House. The summons was| that has been experienced in selects order brought by Judge Chambers of the ing neutral arbitrators whe esalé da ' G f