The evening world. Newspaper, August 22, 1916, Page 1

TON GERMAN BATTLESHIP T ORPEDOED | AL @bhe EDITION “Circulation Booka Open to All.” [Circulation Rooks Open to All.” | - ra NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916. 14 PAGES PRICE ONE CENT. = = RAILWAY CHIEFS DEADLOCKED ON STRIKE BERLIN CLAIMS BIG VICTORY IN GREECE ALUED DEFEAT IN BALKANS WLS DENG re Ah te er EVERY MANOR CHW ROD, + IS REPORTED FROM BERLIN ic wren MAY BE. RESULT OF CAPITAL RUSSIN ARMY IN. GREECE. CONFERENCES ON STRIKE * — ——- 242 --— —— Pe Mar oriocre Re a IN GERMAN FLEET mitted at Two ” Gecions Ont _ ISREPORTED SUNK MF RAM, * TODAY'S WEATHER—Foir, cosier, i cd | EDITION he Frese Pubtioning . io, # si oe World PRICE ONE CENT. German | Climax in Republican Row as Chairman Makes Tatt Man- ager His First Aid. Combined Bulgar and German Forces Hammer Flanks of CRANE IN A DUDGEON. the Entente Armies, . —— But With Penrose and Smoot He Is Told to Accept Sit- uation or Get Out. FIRING LINE EXTENDED. Hopelessly Split, However. Allies Plan to Drive Through Serbia and Invade Austria Political dissensions and personat eaanatianee From the South Joalousies that have nearly wrecked W ILLARD AND HARRISON i . los - fe the Republican national campacn , BERLIN, Aug Bulgarian and Torpedoed by the Submarine reached « cimax to-day in New York BACK WILSON’S PLAN PRLIN, J ule nd 4 oa German forces have defeated allied | E-23, the British Ad- {en ee een re ee F Staff c dent of troops on both wings in the Balkans, miralty Announces. [oe the Repubticnn Old Guard and & (From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) revolution in management. Against Penroce and Senator Smont, National BRITISH DIDN'T SINK U-BOAT, SAYS BERLIN STFELLEADS BOOM WOMAN PUT TO DEATH IN FRANCE AS A SPY WASHINGTON, Aug, 22.—"Every man tor his own road” may be the outcome of the meetings of the managers’ conference, the coni- mittee of eight and informal chats of railroad presidenis now being con- capturing positions from both the Serbians and the French, it was ot-, TWO ATTACKS MADE, ficlally announced this afternoon. i "All tho Serbian positions on the English Boat Broke Through Chairman Willcox appointed Frank H. Hitcheock a member of the Advisory Malka Niezplanina have been taken @h@ the attack is progressing.” says) the War Office statement “The enemy, who several times commenced counter attacks on Deemaat-Jeri and in the Moglena region, haa been san- muinarily repulsed. Between the Nuth- kova and Tahinos Lake French forces have been driven over the Struma Further East the Smijnicaplanina Ridge has been captured.” LONDON, Aug. 22.--Despatches from Salonica and Athens to-day an- Nounce that a contingent of Russian troops is in Grow to Join in the drive northward and Bul warla, with the avowed object of crush ing Austria, The news offthe arrival of the Russians, following the landing yesterday of the first contingent of Italian troops, has created a profound impression in Greece as well as Rou- manta, and there are rumors that the | Matter nation has decided to openly Join in the war on the side of the Entente Allies. A despatch from Athe: after a conference of the Frenc ish, Serbian and Russian commanders at Balonica it was decided that the Russian forces should take up posl- tlona with the Serbian troops on the southern frontier of Serbia, Tho Serbo-Russian force was placed under &@ combined staff of which Crown Prince Alexander of Serbla is the nominal commander, The Russian General Friederictaz ta in actual com- mand, Reports that the battle line is being extended and that fighting is hourly growing more intense quickly fol- through Serbia lowed the announcement of the landing of Italian and Russian troops. The allied forces are aweep- | fag northward along a line 150 miles | tn extent, whilo the Bulgars, aided by Austrians and Germans, are at- tempting to swing southward on each flank of the opposing armies. For the first timo since the begin- ning of the war, the troops of aix Al- Ned nations—Serbians, Montenegrins, French, British, Italians and Russians —are fighting side by sid Landing of Italian troops ts contin- | ulng. Athens advices indicate that Russian troops have been in the Bal- kana for more than three weeks, the initial contingent having apparently arrived at Salonica + time pre- vious to July 81, the news of thelr coming having been just released by the Entente censorship. The heaviest Mabting ts on the front northeast of Salonica, on the left bank of the Struma River, from Kavala to Baraki!. On the western ‘nd of the line hostilities are confined for the most part to artillery In the Doiran section Serbian troops have captured forts Kalmakadar and Cucurlu, Announcement is made by the Sofia War OfMico that on Aug. 18 the Bul- gerian left wing began @ general of- @oantinued on Second Page.) the Line of Destroyers Which Guarded Battleship, = made a LONDON, Aug. E-23 torpedo attack on a German battle- he British submarine successful ship of the Nassau class Saturday, the Admiralty announced this even- ing. Following is the text of the Admir- alty report The submarine E-22, Lieut, c Robert R. Turner, which returned to-day from the North Sea, reports that on morning of Saturday lasts made a successful torpedo attack upon a German battleship of the Nassau class. The commanding officer reports that while the ship was being escorted by five de- stroyers back to harbor, in a damaged condition, he attacked again and struck her with a sec- ond torpedo, and believes was gunk.” th ‘There are four German battleships of the Nassau class--the Posen, Rheinland, Westfalen and Nassau They displace 18,602 tons each and wore bullt about nine years ago. Bach is 451 feet long, with a beam of elghty-eight feet, and carried a crew of about 960. The principal bat tery consists of twelve eleven-inch guns. GERMAN OFFICERS DIG WAY FROM PRISON Eleven Escaped in France, but Four wt Them Were Quickly Recaptured. TOULOUSE, France, Aug. 22.—It was learned to-day that eleven Ger- man officers escaped on Sunday night from a convent in which they had been confined, and that four of them have been recaptured. One, wounded and unable to walk further, gave him- self up. Another, an aviator, was tracked by a dog to @ forest. When arrested he had in his possession a map of the region and @ large pack- age of food, Two others were cap- tured by the police in the suburbs of Nissan. Tho prisoners escaped through a tunnel under the walls of the convent, the construction of which muat have required many weeks of digging. we te to Wed Mr. Ice, ADRIAN, Mich,, Aug. 22.—Announce- ment of the engagement of Laura Marr Freese to Eugene Brooks Ice, ts the refreshing aephyr wafted through 4 temperature of 100 dog to-day > Librarian, 100 Ve Old, Is Dead, BUFFALO, No ¥, Aug. 22 —William Ives, one hundred years of age. for half @ century Mbrarian at the public Ubrary here, {9 dead. He was born at Pittaton, er County, Committee and principal practical aide [in running the campaign. Finding that all his endeavors to) promote harmony among the factions! by persuasive methods were frultless, Chairman Wille ly shifted his policy to-day and notified every- body that he Intended running things |his own way and if the Olt Guard kickers didn’t ke It, they could get out, Crane of Massachusetts Is re- ported to be in high dudgeon The strife centred on Hitchcoe against whom the Old Guard hav long standing grievance dating back to the ca wign of 198 which he rae |for Taft. Chal Willcox an nounced the complete advisory com- mittee as follows R. Livingston Beeckman, Governor of Rhode Island; Theodore E. Burton, former Senator from Ohio; Charles 1G. Dawes, Chicago banker and py ticlan; A. O. Eberhardt, former ernor of Minnesota; Charles W. Fu ton, former Senator from Oregon; Frank H. Hitchcock, Chairman of the 1908 National Committee; Raymond | Robins, Chairman of the Chicago Progressive Convention; Victor Ros water of Omaha, John Wanamaker, William L, Ward of Now York and James Wilson of Iowa, former Sec- retary of Agriculture, While the Chatrman said that this committee offcially would act me in an advisory capacity, tt ie und stood that Hitchcock and several others will take active part tn general | direction of the campaign. A radical change In programme is to take place at once. Inatead of cautious pussy-footing and secret | conferring behind closed —_ doors, | a vigorous policy of aggression will be followed. The old Roosevelt Bix Stick ts to be out of cold} storage and swung with Vigor, T. R's Jftrst speech in the Maine campaign | is reported full of fire and ginger. It ts to set a new pace for ali other! campaign orators, As for kickers and grumblers in the Republican-Progressive combination, they can fall in line or ret out, Chair- man Willcox is in fighting mood and | ox er brought @tarted cracking heads right and lott, “L was appointed to run this sam paign,” he said. The responsibility jis put on me and I accept it, Buta I am responsible, 1 intend to run things in accordance with my best Judgment. I have been obliged to give a great deal of attention in the past to arrangement of details, but now with the appointment of this ad.) visory committee, the way ts for vigorous, work. sive It is expected at headquarters that orderly system will WH take the T While tin present mittee will cor of the various committer-and cock — will suRgEs many pract ' (Continued on Second Page) {uction of of work and | ared | ed] Denial Made of London Report That Submarine Was Lost Dur- ing Battle. LIN, (via wireless to Sayville 1) Aug. 22.—The British Admiral laim that a German submarine was rammed and sunk in the North Sea naval fight on Tuesday in which two British warships were sunk, was of- fictally denied to-day by the German Admiralty 1 submarine was only slightly damaged by a destroyer that tried to ram her after she had sunk the Brit- ry Nottingham. The British that another submarine was kK cannot be verified until all the marines return to port the Admiral- t that the receded » 18 a pure No such ish crus taim wu ierman “Furth ty, “the British re: man high seas fl the British high product of imax British force apy >_— ‘GANGSTERS BEAT PICKETS IN BOX STRIKE, IS CHARGE Head of Union Will Tell Commis- sioner Woods Manufacturers Hire “Strong Army” Men, Morris Waldman, President of the Paper Box Makers’ Union, with a committee of eight pickets, wil take ip with Police Commissioner Woods this afternoon the increased activity of “strong arm" men in the strike districts, ‘The strikers say scores of gangsters have been hired by the manufacturers to Inthmidate employees who are still at work by beating any picket ap- proaching tha shop. Mr, Waldinan ww ner Woods evider ikors purporting of $6,000 has been or raised among the manufa hire “strong arm’ m . Three more shops, employing 700, went on strike to-day, The total of shops now affected te around 125 Fifteen firma have settied with the union, give Commis Kathbered from w that a fu Would Enable to Em- President y embarg vther exports as Y destined for any f try, which knowingly national law and rignts with the United States troduced to-day by Representative M ore of Texas and refer ign Affaire Committee violates was tn ppropriations WASHINGTON, Aug the Me VIN was onened wHth on state a) (For Racing Results See P Felice Pfaat Said to Have Been Bx- ecuted After Military Trial at Marseilles, PARIS, Aug. The execution of & woman as a spy is reported toda in a Havas despateh from Marweilies, According to this information, PF lice Pfaat was put to death this morning at the Hghthouse shootirg range, having been convicted of es. pionage by the Council of War uf the Fifteenth Regk STOCKS ACA SMASHING RECORD Common Is Bought in Big Blocks and Soars to 9714; | Other Issues in Favor, wa cannon tt » WILSON STILL OPPOSED United State an advance of 2% points over last night's close and touching in the Will Veto Immigration Bill Again If last hour of trading 971-2, a new! It Retains This Objection- record, | able Feature. In a temperature ranging from 99| WASHINGTON, Aug, 22.--Presidert to 94 the brokers on the Stock Ex- Wilson informed callers to-day that he will veto the Immigration Bill again tf It ts passed by Congress with | literacy tent. | Thore have been reporta that he might sign the bill, but the President stated emphatically to-day that he is Still opposed to it because of the teat. |change managed to sell 1,824,930 shares of stock between 10 o'clock in the morning and % in the afternoon. Many of them lost interest in work | they went out to lunch and there was & pronounced slump in the volume of dusiness done in the last hour, the market closed buoyant and strone a | the only pronounced slump during POWDER FLASH KILLS FOUR. the day was exthi Lhy Willys-Over wo Oth pose land Motors which took a ¢ dror Jon the repor it had closed out | * [treasury stock at a sacrifice, Other NEW Lh eoseclb | motor stocks receded In sympathy, but | Willian MeCacthy of Sayreville rallied at the close | Mamey, Phil Tony Miohylomkt Industrials followed the upward | South Hiver Kolodaieyaki h Ambo: r \ trend of St war stocks showing | re A when tho Bhake House s¢ bee especial strength andard railroad Fowler Works at Marlin, eight , ; ea from here, went up ina flash yes stocks were strong despite the ta ‘ ” uncertainty fe altuation in Wa KowskL of South lington, Howey the fact that pr r mt hte fessional trader w dealing | T PA eT wine rmilios wacent MeCarthy road) shar is taken to heoate ° that Wa et does not 4 Save tle Passed the Deatachian atrike. NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Aug. > Among the ratiroad stocks showing “Pt Olsen of the Norwegian steamer gavasoeslin (ie early, Gading wars (At which arrived here to-day. says tees at ¢ ug. 6 he Reading, opening at 1071-4; Pennayl- jierchant athmaring Detection ae vania, up an elgith, and Northern ceeding ata very moderate rate of Pacific jumping a point and an Mri In.an east and southeasterly dl. eighth over Jast night's close. Union. with masts both f but with WH © and aft at 1 toward ant t granger ifie railroad, Sinelters clint oe Lhd. Mexua 1 e Since tM, to 1031-3 and Indus y \ Hog prices hit| 1171-4, Lackawanna Steel soon weat ; 1465 when cholee to 781-2 wd Crucible Steel to 78. hogs sold in the local livestock market | Bethiahem Stcel, which closed at sy for $1130 @ hun ds, }467 4-2 last nicht, opened to-day at PEEIRME i aiaiae cia ie 405," Jumped. up’ ta 480, alld back + ere far shipment ty the tr 463 and thon ed up to 473 for a | ain tothe ' tay oof eon 1 4 jenath Alt wether kw ste w cheorful day f ny tu 1 o St 5 x Ts mn Mi , y the eauthe ’ tie ke Se: 2 * tlon, Everything wa «and J when everything ist ve the rederick Dear Pubite mes in and glamors al de J. Trimble of tratt, Miet d Rute for @ chance to buy. New York are among the directora, ducted in hotels all over town. The committee of eight has split—not hopelessly, bit; Heverthetess,”* - they failed utterly to agree on many points discussed at two sesstons,- both held at the Metropolitan. ferer agree on any point When they returned to the general con- ce of the executives just before noon they reported their failure to They were told to go back, and were hardly in session three-quarters of an hour when they decided to try the experi? NEWHEAT RECORD NERURY AT 94 REF IS TARDY Cool Wave From the North- west Expected To-Morrow —Humidity 1s Lower. When the temperature reached 94 degrees at 3 o'clock this afternoon the heat record for the year wae broken, the highest previous mark being 93 on July 3h Last night waa the hottest tn fit- teen years, the weather man says, &s the mercury began to soar early in tho day, It was at 86 dogress at 11 o'clock, and at 90 at 10 o'clock, It reached 91 at 2 o'clock, During the last twenty-four hours New York City has been at the mercy sf the most persistent heat wave ex- since 1901, It ran as Meh perie an ninety moment dropped below seventy-nine, It was this remarkably high figure that established the record. The weather sharps say there are cool waves lumbering along, taking never for @ degrees and their time about it from the far reaches of the Northwest, The van kuard of thin relief is not expec intl to-morrow. Prom then on, fe 1 fow days at least e will bea drop in the temper and enough wind to drive off humidity, Tho weather experts say it was not the extremely high temperature of the last twenty-four hours, but the steadt- ness of the beat and the bumidity } that caused suffering } The humidity dropped during the day frou 63 at 8 o'clock thin morning ly 48 at Lovelock this afternoon Pounding ral Park, A monthold by Was found to Jay under the bridge spanning the tral Park by John | te 142 Bast Fifty-thind The child was dressed in white, Me was taken (0 Bellevue Hospital ment of splitting up into groups of two, — These groups are now fighting it out at the New Willard, the Sh« ham and the Metropolitan Club, Tho Evening World representative learns that the President has two, very strong backers on the committes of elght—Daniel Willard of the B.” and ©., and Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway, Willard was one of the men deeply affected by the Vresident’s patriotic appeal yester- day afternoon. He flatly told the committee that he thought the roads should accept the eight-hour plan, though he added that he etill believed in the principle of arbitration. Before the committee left the Met- Topolitan Club it was announced its membership had been reduced to elght, Louls W. Hill of the Great Northern contending he was “too young @ railroader” to ait in “suck a steering committee. It was agreed also to make several changes and the permanent list as it now stands is composed of Hale Hol, den, Chairman; W, W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania, Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway, R. 8, Lovett of the Unton Pacific, B, P. Ripley of the Santa Fe, Alfred H. Smith of the New York Central, Frank Trum- bull of the Chesapeake and Ohio, and Daniel Willard of the B, and CALLS IT HOLOEN' IGHT- HOUR EIGHT.” Shorly before the meeting of the whole was called in the Blue Room of the New Willard, Mr, Hill called The Evening World representative and nalvely suggested that the com- mittee should be dubbed “Hale Hold- en's olght-bour eight.” “What am I thinking about this morning?” Mr. Hill shot back im an~ swer to an inquiry “T'm thinking Washington's too hot . sco for railroad presidente sically and financially, When do I expect to go home? It's hard te tell, ‘This committee has a big jod, Mut everybody's shed all unnecessary clothing and there will be some ac- tion very shortly, I can't aay just what that action will be, We Rave got the best brains in the railroad business handling that question and” I'm going In now to get thetr frat report,* he White Ht comm) » there was tall asking to see the but no contir- could be had Pre mation to-morro of the “talk” from either side, Col, Carroll, Mr, Hill's representa. tive, had @ short session with Beore- tary Tumulty, He sald be Bad just