The evening world. Newspaper, August 19, 1916, Page 2

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Haew Lette ond Routhweriore A CONDITION NOT 4 PRIMCImLE ee ter Wee tod “ they ee ee gle He arhet why they thew ROR arbitre ion when Were wee be ter compulanry arbitration Hut bnew it te be imposible to get & arbitration lee throw REV, BAYLIS ARRESTED Congres = The employers ber Seats Matson ON FRAUD INDICTMEN WWation and he belteved i wae inn —_ Krooklyn Minster Deciares He W *E have teen eahed to at ane jude Mrove | 1 bombe caling madd the Premden! in mubetance ‘ table Fund Sennet do thet | imply ean wumeom © plan in which | telieve this ques |, oe : a hywe He toe can ve eritied fairly to al) ides 4> eae n Pe - onarens President Wileon uraed agein Ut De in the ce i ; [he palirends accept the plan, A401) wistson to-4 by Detective Muse the eight-hour dey ot + NOP: | tow ah Be etna yeubenéen 0 rarliy, and thee eomiminsion te fully sw the proposed invewtiqate the! facts He pointed out that the rail. rosde broueht fv set of Statements and the employers another, | and it was im uy whieh was correct | In conclusion, President Wileon anid he believed bie plan wae the only equitable way of nottling the contro verey, and that, under it, beth sides would be treated fairly, He consid e704 it useless to discuss the principle of arbitration when It seemed impos. sible to bring about an arbitration tn the present situation. The President informed the oMfetals that they were discussing an iim Practical thing tn the present crinis yrhen they mentioned arbitration, for Pmployers would not accept arbitra- jon, and he had no way of forcing hem to accept it. » President Wileon declared he was the spokesman for 100,000,000 people, every one of whom had a deep inter- t in the present situation, His Only object, he aaid, wan to avoid A otrike, with Ite consequent disaster to the nation. MUST FACE NAKED TRUTH IN THE Crisis. “We must face the naked truth in thie crisis,” said the President. “We must not discuss impractical things. ‘We must get down to a basis on which this situation can be solved.” . It te believed that the railroad Presidents, after additional confer- plan of eight Now Yorkers, six women and Widowers and Widows’ Pleasure Axs- sociation of New York, No, 1, Incor- the eherge of mime collected frou the Alliew How nO Walle ton 1 Parke ranged for the Hie with Erie left the Cr Mr rating 67.000 Haylie be able to prove my innocence when the time comes arraiened before Judge No Kpecial Bewwlons and re 92.600 ball Assistant Dintriot Attorney Marke wich announced that Mr. Hwann had| to begin a general in veatigation of fraudulent charitable and relief in organizations that have be reynig upon the public. He Will give apeoial attention to the “we hoya” who victimiae prominent per fons on the prete f aiding indi. ‘WIDOWERS AND WIDOWS: CLUB REFUSED PAPERS Justice Tierney Calls English Trans-| lation of Proposed German Or- | ganization’s Title Too Frivolous. Supreme Court Justice Tierney this morning vetoed for the present the two men, to incorporate “The ences with the President, to be held week, will agree to his sugges- as the representatives of the Pallroad brotherhoods have already done. In his statement to the public the President states that the railroads will be granted the right to put before the Interstate Commerce Commission or come other bedy the question whether It would be necessary to in- Crease freight rates to meet the in- creased expenses of eight-hour day ‘eperation. It is hard to see how the railroad managers ang directors can Get around this proposition. PR tig Ag ole) after President porated.” At leust, that im the tra lation of the German name with which it wan proposed to designate the or- ganiaation—"Wittner und Wittwen Vergnugungs Verein, New York, No. Inc, Juntice Tierney looked over the papers presented to him by Henry A. Bteinbock, attorney for the Incor- poratora, and then declared that, us translated, the title was too frivolous to meet his approval. Moreover, he held, the objects for which the cor- poration was to be formed were not stated definitely. The petitioners set forth that their objects were to have pleasant ga members out of em “in general create a of good fellowship.” GAINS ON SX-MILE FRONT ARE CLAIMED IN BRITISH REPORT railroad presidents came out ot the ‘White House. They had been in con- tere: with the President about ‘three-quarters of an hour, and while this conference was in session Kecre- Tumult; publica- jent's statement. ‘The railroad lente affected to be surprised when told by waiting dent's newspaper men about the statement. “Can't believe it.” said Hale Holden to The Evening World representative. Mave you' got a copy of it?” Captare of a Hit captured DECLINES TO MAKE COMMENT ON IT. He was shown a copy, but declined to make any comment “I am not prepared to a@ word @bout it at this minute. We have just ome from 4 talk with the President and, we had no idea that the statement was to be lasued at thi ludsen, gay, showed The Evening World rep- resentative an article on the situation in a current magazine in which the writer urged Government regulation of labor unions. ‘The railway executives did not un- derstand what nt Wilson said to them was an ultimatum, but when they came away from the White House and heard about the statement they realized it was that in effect. ‘The President told them e to comb buel again, at their leisure, He has can- celled all engagements for to-morrow The opposition to the Preaident’ bye among the railroad magnates ia gradually breaking down. Though Louls W. Hill has sept @ statement to his repreesntatives to stand pat tou President's proposition there are things happening right now that indicate some of the big roads have already capitulated. Mr. Holden announced @ statement for thy roads was in preparation Though the statement te intended release for morning newspape: ‘The Evening World is auntorzed ‘the railroad committee to make pub- Ue the following: “The statement in preparation is ®@ condensation of one somewhat lengthier which we read to President Wilson thie morning. In it we told the President of the United States that he are firmly and solidly aligned for the preservation of the principle of arbitration in matters that con- cern the internal elfare of the country. “We maintain and intend to support the idea that the principle involved here is of the de it concern to a Ration with # population of over 10, ) Railroading is @ peculiar in- dustr yand only men engaged in it know whether a given job can be per- formed within a certain number of bourse. But quite apart from all our contentions about the impracticability of the eight-hour demand is the just) claim to arbitrate, “The President says, at least he told ua, that the eight-hour question is not an arbitrable one. What will the country say to this, where it concerns a le having to do with inter- Ten ale, el the President's statement, « ee (Continued from First Page.) and French masses advanced to the assault north of the onme over & section of about 20 kilo- metres (121-2 miles), while very considerable French’ forces ad- vanced on the right bank of the Meuse against the Thiaumont- Fleury sector and agalnat our Poritions in Chapitre and Berg wood North of the Somme the battle raged until far iuto the night, At several points the enemy pene- trated our first lino trenches and was driven out again.” —_—— FRENCH ROLL BACK GERMAN ATTACKS AT ALL BUT ONE POINT PARIS, Aug. 19.—The Germans en- tered @ small salient of « French trench north of Maurepas in most violent counter-attucks against all the newly-won French positions acuth of the Somme just night, but at every other point were completely repulsed, {t wan oMolally announced to-day. On the Verdun front, the French captured a few ruined houses on the outakirta of Fleury village, to which the Germann still clung, The German ansaults north of the Somme reached thoir greatest violence between Maurepas and Clery. The Teutons vainly attomptad to expel the French from the outskirts of Maure- pas and to throw back the French Mines threatening to encircle the vil- lage. They suffered heavy losses un- der French machine gun fire South of the Bomme artillery was | most active in the region of Belloy- | en-Santerre, where the French have recently advanced their lines, and also | near Estrees, The Germann resumed the fighting | on the northwestern front of Verdun last night, with two grenade attacks @guinst the French salient north of Avocourt and against Hill 804, Hoth Attacks were completely repulsed. The Germans were driven back to their tenches suffering heavy losses, Artillery was most active on the whole Verdun front, In Thursday's and Friday's fighting the French tured 300 unwound prisoners. one | h hrom Carpathians to the lea high tokhed Fegion DELPEAT LIGHT ATTACK ier fa prure mia North { the Kovel Stronghold PeTHOHtAl Aue The 9 Gian drive on Kovel t on mHecone fall resumed, the War Offer ap noun to deg After having been pt ne time along the # eh the Austr forty miles nor rere lencen making @ not =» BATTLE FOR KOVEL; TAKE ANEW TOWN able advance Although there has been heavy fNahting in Volbynion region ing the past forty the main Rus sian effort in t emerted In Gallela in a drive for Lem bere from and southeast a period the enat This offensive movement has shown rine of a tem tne the last few appeara that the Kovel, a vital py defonne line bec an a railway centre, In a onary al ening dur daya, Russian thrust nt in the Teutonic han been and it now at use of ite Importance in being kiven precedence by the Kussian chief command, Following is the text of to-day's Kussian War Office report: “Laat evening, after an artillery bombardment, the enemy launched an attack near the village of Zviniache, fifteen versta (about nine miles) southeast of Bainicht It was repulsed. “Went of Lake Nobel (sixty miles northeast of Kovel), our troops, after a stubborn fight, broke through the enemy's poal- tion and captured the village of Tobol (two miles northwest of (Czerwinscace), the farm of Teheri- sche and a@ distillery, making a considerable advance, The num- ber of prinoners accounted for amounts to two officers and 200 men, “In the region of the little town of Sokullan enemy dropped more than seventy bombs. “In the direction of Kirlibaba (® pass on the Transylvanian frontier), the enemy is resuming hin offensive with considerable forces and has pushed back our advanced guards a little distance. ‘aucasus F {Between the Sivan and Kemakh roads our troops pushed back the enemy for a considerable distance. In the direction of Dinrbekr flerce bat- thea are raging.” Northeast i BERLIN, Aug, 19.--German troops Magica hill northeast of Kove! and drove back the Russians in fighting around Lake Nobel, it was ‘@fficlally announced this afternoon, Six hundred prisoners were taken, In the Carpathians, north of Capu', further progress has been made by bas Austro-German forces he Russian losves in the the recent n oxtremely heavy News Agency | ment to-day. says the a states for the Russian ‘Two Hundred and Eighty-second Infantry, This regiment, says the statement, received for the replenishment of its ranks on July 7 from the depot of Paviograd 2,000 men; on July 18 from the depot of Novograd-Volynskt 1,000 men; on July 23 from the depot of Paviograd 1,000 men, or 4,000 men withon a week, “Since the complement of the regt- ment numbered, after the engauge- ment of Aug, 4" adda the statement, “only thirty to forty mon, the regi ment lost altogether 7,000 men, Ri asians taken prisoner stated that aft Aux. 2 only 1,000 reserves were avall- able for the regiment from the depots,” a SARATOGA RESULTS. FIRST RACE—For all ages; hend- sion 4. six fur- mn), 6, fret ig Casa act Garner), & tT 4; Plamen, Vi “Ii to 4 to land 2 w 1, 20 8 eal Tine 1 Naushon, Anes, Juliet, Buck ar Away, My Donnie, Alberta" mer, Tie Min, Long Fellow and Wood ‘ale ran SARATOGA ENV AICS. BARATOGA, N 15 5. y entries for Monday's follows: FLAT CE. Wor theve sear oid gouditonn she furlongs, an hy Hort hine Maiden ry BA How Tas Hengaming | 108; 16, Yeo Akoiny ioe y thew sah i H 1 Otto Kioto, Vit PALI TAC b theve saa Fett amine he WNT Bae, 118, oh 1 Ot het, 108 [etoncrenie. 301: Napier, y +S ihepublicnn. “Poudre ak Mas yerkla, me torkinge. ere te ‘de and upwart ‘Tom. Vth Madina + eastern front | The News Agency in- | tances these losses by the figures) i Meet ny EIXTH RACE Por two seeroldy: fing and halt Lurlongs. Spurterus Timp tas Botting. 104 110. Riverdale, 114; Hodan jerk" iount nila, 107) 110) eleiupees tie: ies cb tent, 1! deem Wake id Showing Russian Gains Since the Great Drive Began | Sayville),—The Austrian official state: | j ment of Aug. ~~ REPORTED CHECKED 14TH AEROPLANE a a ing Battle the Carso British Viateau Announced by the Coast Rome War Office Hiiers Raid Belgian While Austrians Romband Aviona ou HOME. ave 1 London tee) PATUR Ave 1F Auiriane leunched Gupeseaet af the P whom eaplete have @ Right om the jeft win one of the mont dering forces on the Care *. 1) again mention sonounced offen War Office in today's ou eoult wea checked | Goat oc On Ave 18 he shot down two aero ite Sine tens vianes making bie total 14 the eseeption of the LONDON, Aug 19 Hrideh nave the Canes, over _ eeroplanes raided German ammunt Hempting to cdvence 1 the dives (om stations at Lachtervelde, in Hon Of Trieste emium 13) miles southweet of " . Hruges, Yesterday, causing large Gres. ‘Along the w front artillery Et wien pentarday,” save vee tema actions oeeurred.” | atenent, “a successful attack was ‘Our artiiery was portioulw arried out by naval aeroplanes on tn the Upper Vota, where th cuemy ammunition dumps at Lichter. hs = velde y-eiwbt bombs Hine at the mouth of the Keeu pe ht Of about 5,000 fest ley was dameced Hostile batteriom: Large becrved. shelied the town of Gorisia and the | All th Ivonzo bridges leave | "Yeaterday evening, after heavy)" ee hata artillery fire, the enemy began &B at- lis reported in an Austrian Admiralty tack against the joft wing of our statement to-day. ae Caren. ft On the might of Aug. 14-15," the Semtions on the Care official #tatement pays. “an Austro- checked promptly by the effective MFO) Hiinrian naval aeroplane squadron of our batteries,” attacked Aviona, Definite hits were obtained on a whore battery and on the burracks, & camp, & storehoure and ship. Numerous fires broke out, All 19 (by wireless to|the aerc undamaged, dexpite viol a“ Raids by German aircraft Russian military establishments Cosel Island, off the Gulf of 1 are being continued, Another such raid {# announced in a German east of Gorizia. Tho statement says: | Aimiralty statement to-day as hav- “Between Piava and the Vippach | ing taken place on the night of Aug. | River yesterday there was only hag 3 The statement says: | lively artillery fire, The Italians German naval aeroplanes on the | night of Aug. 15-16 extensively bom- attacked between the river and | barded the aeroplane stations at Pa- Oppachinella, aasaulting our posl- paenholin, on Oegel Inland, and hos- tions five times in deep rows, At | “le aeroplanes standing on the shore only one place was it necessary to | of the Island of Rano (in the Gulf of ye | Riga). All the machines returne Tice Otherwise caper | undamaged An apite ot a violent, de- : ive fire and an ensuing aerial en- attacks broke down under our fire | [°"" | gagement. hostile enterprises ut Monte Piona | MroPinnen aoached Aaeernaees and Ovaron failed. “In the southeastern war theatre there was only the usual fighting Asstrians Report Hepulse of Italien | * a BERLIN, Aug. on the on ii, received here from Vienna, reporta the repulse of Italians in numerous attacks south on the lower Voyusa (Albanta).” Itallans Lose 4,166 om jaye Za jeport. BERLIN, Aug. 19.—The Italians have lost 4,160 officers, including nine Generals, 88 Colonels and 144 Majors, according to a Zurich despatch to the semi-official news agency. ———— PIERCE ADMITS WEDDING MISS C. LIVINGSTON Josiah Pierce, Princeton alumnus and member of the noted Washington family of that name, admitted to-day that he and Miss Catherine Living- ston had been married yest: Jay after- noon at the Little Church Around the Corner. At the apartments of the bride at No, 36 East Forty-ninth Btreet, Mr. Pierce told a reporter for The Evening World that after ther honeymoon he was going to settle down as a New York business man, jaded portion Indicates the ground over which the Czar’s troops) 116 gaid his bride is one of Callfor- | have advanced. It is approximately 450 miles long and averages nearly| nia's fairest daughters. Pierce ex-| Liv- fifty miles in width, The arrows indicate the points of the present most | Plained that he had known Miss powerful attacks. . z ingston a year, but had been quite a have crossed the Carpathians. CARMEN SUNN NAYORARD STRAUS AS STRKE NEARS (Continued from First Page.) ie faith. We will not, however, be ac- cused of leaving any stone unturned If the Mayor and Mr. Straua indicat« they are returning here to-day a strike may be averted for the present. “If, however, Mayor Mitchel de- cides that this agreement Is sufficient and does not see the necessity of re- turning, we will, of course, be re- Meved of the necessity of waiting and the men may inalst upon tinmediate | drastic action.” COMMITTEE ©CTS HEDLEY BUT DELAYS DEMANDS, In accordance with the provisions ef the agreement signed last week, under which negotiations between the traction officials and the union, looking toward an adjustment of t ity-six grievances set forth by the men were to have been atarted before Aug. 20, a committee from | the unton, consisting of General Or- ganizer tag Attorney Fri-| diger, Organizer O'Brien and William Conwa: President of the local branch, waited on General Manager Hedley at the office of the Now ime Railways Company this morn- | ng. None of the original demands wero taken up, hower Fitagerald tell- ing Manager Hedley the committee was there for the sole purpose of | carrying out its obligation to be pres- ent. At bis suggestion the cominittoo's uppcaranch was placed on the record By their action the union leaders The black line at Korosmezo shows where the Ru: and consideration of the original de- | | mands postponed until neat Tuesday,| have lived up to the agreement both men are put back to work, Fitagerald, when asked would happen In case the question of | explain! the discharged men was not settled to their satisfaction by Tuesday, said ‘4 is the he wouldn't cross that bridge until | is et Washington lawyer. grandfather he came to it. On leaving the office of the company, the union committee | fyai went to the City Hall and made a formal request for a conference with | mM Mayor Mitchel. In the absence of the Mayor, the committee was received by Secretary Rousseau. Fitzgerald said that President Ma- hon would reach here from Detroit | t© the this evenin, Mr. formal complaints charging the com- pany with having violated the agree-| cases up to 1,273 and the deaths to 152, ment would be presented to the Pub- lic Service Commission, said that the|us follows union leaders had worked all night} Chester amd Yonkers, with a committee of subway em- ployecs preparing the demands which the subway and elevated men tre to present to the officials of the Interborough Rapid Transit Com- pany in the course of a few days, “How about the Interhorough Com- pany’s claims that it has enrolled more than 9,000 of its 11,000 em- ployees in its ‘family’ organization?” Fridigor was asked. “TD tell you what I think of that,” was the emiling rejoinder, “If I had the city treasury and the company could prove to mo that it had en- rolled 900 I'd give it the treasury. | On the contrary, we have accurate information that less than a thou- | sand men voted for the proposed | ‘family’ plan of the Interborough.” Edward A. Maher jr, assistant gencral manager of the Third Avenue system, denied that his company was making preparations to care for strikebreakers and sald he did not anticipate a renewal of the atrike on the Third Avenue lines. “Even if a strike ts other lines 1 do not think involved," suid Mr, Ned on the we will be Maher, “We served further notive on the company tuat they will not Clecuss any other polnt in Gispute uatil the discharged our men fairly and aquarely., It is true that 4 number of men have been in spirit and letter and have treated | —————_—_————————_——— | marr what | Officials of the club corroborated oe) after stating that| from points | Haven, Brewster, Dover Plains, Port Jef- ferson, Llne np. Ithaca, Carthage, Con+ stantia and thport, one each. and he had waited to be estab- lished in business here before their age. Pierce denied having been asked to leave the Princeton Club yesterday. ing that bis guest's card bi expired. Pierce, in securing a ma ‘tage license, Teventh aon of @ seventh son. ‘son of the late Josiah Fierce, His ma- was Admiral not ternal ALBANY, Aug. 19.—Thirty-four new cases of ipfantile paralysis and two deaths from the disease were reported State Department of Health be- 6 P. M. yesterday and noon to-day tn the State outside New This brought the total of ween York City. ‘The deaths occurred at Lexington and at Colonie, The new cases wero reported Redford Hills, Port three each; Sa- vona, Colonie, Mamaroneck, Beilport and Poughkeepsie, two each ; Hagnes, Lexing- ton, Peyham Manor, Clay, Wayland, New fou but the number discharged included | as many non-union as union men. These men were let go for violations of the rules that would have cost! them their places at any time.” The divsatisfactinn existing on the lines of the New York and Queens! County Hatlway Company over the efforts of the company to form a “family organization” was intensified to-day when, President Wood not only declined to consider the demauds pre- sented to him by a committee of tho the thirteen men who have been elected by the non-union men to rep- resent them in their dealings with the company and promised to confer with them again next week. John Reardon, organizer of the national organization, and officers of the Queens branch of the union, pre- sented the demands on behalf of the union. It is reported that 850 out of 000 men employed on the ines yoted in favor of the “family” organization plan yesterday, Thia would Indicate that the union men were in the min- Glemissed since peace was declared, ority, =| shall know them, union, but not long afterward received rei. Sonate He Could’ Not Go SPENER CLARK ASSL HGHES INITER SPE (Continued from First Page.) @od be praised! in that respect. the American people—men and wom- en—are too busy working at what the Germans denominate ‘the bread and Dutter sciences’ to make elaborate speech vaunting their ‘undiluted Americanism,’ but the average Amer- ican citizen—and after all the aver- age American citizen constitutes the strength and glory of the Republic {es as patriotic as Charles Evang Hugh Big Wig in the land. There is not ene American citizen, native born or naturalized, in one hundred who would fail the eountry snould the supreme test come. NEVER A PRESIDENT WHO DID} NOT MAKE MISTAKES. | “Perhaps President Wilson has} made some mistakes. Perhaps the Democratic Congress has mude some. It is safe to say that there never was @ President or Congress that did not} make mistakes and there never will be—simply because we are all human, Any astronomer with an adequate telescope can tind spots on the su but nevertheless and notwithstanding, the sun contiuues to light and warm i fructify the earth.” Speaker Clark uw enumerated ‘some of the things we have done,” with the remark that “action speak louder than words.” His Hat included the Tariff Bill with its new income tax feature, National Reserve Bank Act, Anti-Trust Law, Trades Com- mission, Rural Credits and Roads Bills and the Constitutional Amendment authorizing election of United States Senators by popular vote. ‘What haa been done for the defense! of the country ava ior the keworing, man were also referred 1 in closing the Speaker He is not peculiar sald: chances are the voters of America will act on the sage dictum of Abra- Lincoln, he is unwise to crossing the that ‘it while ham swap tream,’ "It is written: ‘By their works ye! Men are measured | more by what they do than by what they say. We rest our case upon the things we have accomplished “Ours is @ magnificent, a wonderful record, which anybody save a stark fdtot can easily and successfully de~ fend. Upon that unequalled record we confiaently appeal to the grand inquest of the nation in the impend- ing Campaign.” TILLMAN FLAYS HUGHES FOR WAVING BLOODY SHIRT 808 Home Without Expressing His Sorrow at Action. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Senator lTillman said au revoir to the Senate to-day with © bitter denunciation of Charles 1. Hughes for "dragging forth that old blood-and-mud-b tered banner of sectionals waving it over the heads of th ent generations of Americans, Tillman said he could not leave for hig home to-night feeling his work of the session all done if he did not ex- The vast mass of | \® Woodrow Wilson or any other | Good |? “the | a) Wrregue ae fe u wr © killed HUBEP'S FOSTER SON TO CONTEST HIS WILL tre H. Thomson G Mothe Appointed Guar! ii Opens Fight t ft nt wine def hay Unat re baat will ‘ he museum ow ted by George Huber on, who ie Hot mn ' whe 4 old, 1 hin Is Grace r " N « Mace, Montela N. J “ s hw guardian fo " t es ob jectiona to thy will in an ¢ tier wilt, whieh the nthe soum owner made in 1912, the foster son was bequeathed per cent, of th w b is believed to amoun) to Mm than $1,000,000, ‘The later wiil, which w for probate by the widow 1 1, leaves her the yor Was EXE a week befe filing the old wi p bride of Martin C, of William many leader: WALLSTREET A few specialties advanced during the first hour, while the general list stood still, Pacific Mail sold at up 5; Pullman at 168, up 41-4; Vi ginta Chemical up 2 to 428-4. volume of — business United Fruit and Atlantic Gulf mon were active. Marine preferred reacted to 993-4. 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