The evening world. Newspaper, September 19, 1916, Page 1

. gZOITION = PRICE ONE CENT. GERMANS OPEN DRIVE IN CHAMPAGNE; REPULSED FIVE TIMES, PARIS +0 STRIKERS WRECK A ¢ ‘ lo +e, the Pree mre IFES new Vere Warts) AR MORE RIC VICTIN IN FA POLCE RESERVE, or ~ MORE ATTACKS ON ‘L’ TRAINS <emeiilihiit “All Up in Air,” Says Mitchel After Conterence on Plans for Truce. REMAINS FIRM. Interboro Head Won't Deal With Union and City Otti- cials Expect More Strikes, SHON’ A band of, twenty or more strikers Ufted a manhole casting welghing about 600 pounds and threw It In front of @ Third Avenue car at Ninety- second Street to-day. rank Corbett, | the motorinan, was unable to stop his car, which was going at a fair rate of apeed, before it struck the obstacle. The forward end of the car was thrown three feet from the tracks and the forward truck left the rails. Bvergbody in the car was piled 1 the aisics. Gusterd Herd, No. 624 East @eventy-ninth Street; Miss Norah Gunther, No, 2061 Third Avenue, and James Meehan, No, 679 Wales Ave- nue, were attended by ambulance sur- | geon Beall of Reception Hospital for) minor hurts. Policeman Johanson jumped from the car into the band of strikers, but | they hustled him about and gave him) no chance to swing his stick. Police | reserves from the East Eighty-elghth Street Station went to his rescue and there were running fights all along the block for fifteen minutes, though no arrests were made. ‘The northbound Third Avenue tracks were blocked for nearly an hour be- fore the wreck could be removed TWO HIT WITH BOTTLES ON “L” TRAINS. ‘Two men were hit on the head with beer bottles on “Li” trains early to-day, but neither was seriously hurt. J. Claffy of No, 505 West Twe ty-seventh Street, station master at the Fordham station of the Third Avenue elevated, was hit on @ north- bound Ninth Avenue train at Fifty- sixth Street, He went to Roosevelt Hospital for treatment and then went home: A man whose ear was cut by a buried bottie on a northbound | Third Avenue train at Sixty-sixth Street went home without giving hale | name to the police. The Interborqugh sends special of- | cers to the homes of tbe motormen | to escort them to the barns every morning as @ protection against vio- (Continued on Sixth Page.) = = AWeek of Records High-water mark figures reach- ed by World Advertising. SUNDAY RECORD— | afternoon from Columbia, 8. C. Fell How They Were Lured by Women and Held Up by Fake ret Service Men, e Se STUMP AND SPEAK IN LARGE CITIES oe Slip of the Tongue Led to the Search That Resulted in Raid on Gang in Chicago. 7. Nine persons are now under arrest and three ¢ confessions have ‘ been made t septs of the Depart- Vigorous Campaign Planned inent of Justice ae a result of the for President—His Porch Campaign Abandoned. Gover ent's pursuit of a gang of Diackmailers and swindiers whose Joperations hi e yielded more than a | Niort doll ah ney \« Important changes in the Demo- | Million lars in hush money and) eft throughout the coun cratic national campaign will be dis. | {Heft througtout the coun It was} cussed by Chairman Vance MeCor-|* 8408 of smart, fashionably dressed | mick with President Wilson to-night) The i party managers believe that the Presi- | ent of dent must not confine himself to front | lt porch addresses at Long Branch, but | !e#anding should visit leading cities and make |Price of silence. The ominous threat speeches. of the Mann White Slave Act, backed The southern contingent which has} py spurious United States warrants been dominating things te scheduled by for retirement more into the back- | ground and some northern Democrats |“8ente of the Department of Justice, are to ha’ show. It is understood | Was the weapon held over the heads that Colonel EB. M, House, formerly chief adviser to the President, but who| The two latest has not been heard or seen since the |earthing of the swindlers, whose gang campaign started, is to come back soon {numbered at least sixty members, a and become an important figure in| third of them women, were those of the campaign | William Butler in Philadelphia, and Tammany men have been talking|Grace Puller, alias Grace Israel or bluntly to the national leaders during| Sadie Israel, in Chicago, where the the past week, suying that if the| round-up of seven of the coterie was President expects to carry New York |imade in a fashionable hotel early last State somebody with knowledge of| Sunday morning. politics in this State and city, instead RAINS” OF GANG STILL AT gf Southern officeholders who only| LARGE. see New York from tourist The alloged head and brains of the should be put in charge. wang, known to the Government - agents only as “H.C, Woodward,” y has not yet been caught, but several by the police to-day for him ABOUT BEING PRESIDENT!"”s''2m tnciions ys women and sill smarter qren who ed upon the wealthy at the summer White House. and prom- both sexes, compromising victims irrevocably, and thea of urrest presented counterfelt | arrests in the un- cars, Word betore sist. ult that au arrest was imminent | Lad at Wilson’s Old Home in the | tere cae \ ns 4 eee It was an fil-considered remark, aj vuth So Tells the Chief p of the tongue, that first apprised | Executive. the police that a gang of unusually} ‘ J adroit swindlers was operating tn the | COLUMBIA, 4 Sept. 19.—Presi- BG. Gent, 1M reps! ce cites. oF the Gounkse, Mee. J, lent Wils > oF a rest yeu- tes iratdl eta aaa id Ll Bolton Winpenny of Philadelphia was ride. A precocious three-year-old ran | MWe & target for blackmailers Jast | ait le tee ie eee [January when threats of the arrest! “Well son, you're w fine boy,” gaia | Of Nef on Were made, Willlam But- | the President. “Do you expect to be| \*" "as arrested on her complaint, but ane oa dee this he did not know. He supposed it | thelr thousands as the; of most of the victims. i} raid ‘ yc. | was in connection with the blackmail ye La ag id I don't care} ing of Mra. Regina A. Klipper, a él- Tac MAINE ey J, Sept, 19.-2|Yoreed Woman, the daughter of or pONG BRAN arg SePt 8—=| 46 tne most prosneroun wholesale son and Mra. 'Wilaon re-|iiquor dealers in Philadelphia, who| turn dow La urned to Shadow Lawn at had been enticed to a New York ho-| el and there threatened with arrest for violation of the Mann Act MRS. KLIPPER SET THEM ON TRAIL OF GANG, No sooner did Butler mention Mrs 19.-.| Kipper's name than the agents of | the Department of Justice haste they attended the funeral of the Pre dent's sister, Mrs. Anne Howe Conn, Sept tek W. Brunner, son of Mrs, Jo- 10 343 WORLD ADS, ” LAST SUNDAY— ®4 MORE THAN THB RECORD OW SEPT. 20, 1013, WEEK-DAY RECORD— 1 004 WORLD ADS, Last ’ Tues., Sept. 12, 1916— TQ THE RECORD SNE a the WEEK’S RECORD— WORLD ADS. 42,597 LAST WEEK— _——==> Greatest Home Circulation. Leader in Advertising. seph Brunner of Cos Cob, Conn, a to find her. Then, with her identitca- tion of the men. who had swindled her, the workings of the gang were | brought to light \ Frank Crocker, one of those whol has turned State's evidence, was Mre.| Kilpper’s companion at the hotel tn New York on the night that Butler, | George Irwin and Edward Donohue, | bookkeeper in the Greenwich National Bank, 18 in the Greenwich Hospital suffering from brain, suppresal other injuries, the dent on Boston Po night when his aute road and turned over, pinning him un der it. Prentiss W. Hathaw Jn the bank, was thrown c machine and es concussion of th the spine and uit of an acci- rad here last and bruis now under arrest i Chicago, entered | ber AEE are their room, produced @ bogus warrant GIANTS WIN. and demanded hush money. So real. | Serer Iistically was the “play” «ad | FIRST GAME | vue, as answer to tn At New York-- . of Crocker, felled him to the fie Pittsburgh 100080000 0-31°%,°" {shies Ai 9 the floor New York . sohxeoto \ith a powerful blow in the face, Batteries—Jacobs, Scott and Piseh | Crocker, all bloody and still playing Anderson, Benton and e Rariden { Umpirea—Klem and Emsilie, (Contimued on Second Page.) NEW YORK, TUESDAY, BEPTEMBER AS CONFERENCE 19, 1016, 16 PA American Farm Tractor Which Has Been Converted by British Into Terrible Engine of War an made Tractors Converted This is the Holt caterpillar tractor made in Peoria, 11), for the British Government and now being used successfully in assaults on the German trenches on the Somme. These tractors, made originally for agricultural purposes, have: be on converted by the British into armored trucks and 27 BIG WAR TRACTORS ORDERED BY UNCLE SAM They Are the American Armored Land Dreadnoughts Now Being Used by.Allies on the Somme. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Twenty- seven caterpillar tractors, similag to those converted into “land dread- nought tanks" by the British tn nor- thern France, will soon be a part of the United States Army's war para phernalia, The same Peorta, 1, firm which supplied the British with the engines for the armored fighting mon- asters has contracted to build the huge LONDON, Sept. 19.—Great battles equipped with three machine guns. They trdic trenches, walk through forests and crawl over shell craters in the face of intense firing. Uer- many in the siege of Liege, used about forty of these tractors without armor er gun equip- ment. SER aa SPE LE REMGAM, Res a —~~——= | adinitted that German trenches were penetrated on Dead Man Hill, the BATTLE ON LAND KILLS WIFE AND SELF ‘burial ground for thousands of the Crown Prince's troops in the unsuc- esstul attempt to take Verdun from the west bank of the Meuse. Paris Mallee Se London Suggests Wider Use of “Dreadnoughts” Which Won for British. AFTER A QUARREL Brooklyn Man Fires Two Shots at Mate as She Flees From Their Apartment. Herman Clade shot and killed his wife, Carolin: this afternoon in their home, No. 1080 Hancock Street, Brook: | lyn, and then killed himself, The killing suicide followed a quarrel the couple had about 3 o'clock, In the height of the quarrel Mrs. Clade, who was forty years old, tractors for this Govern en Tey | eee eee oe eenn mea, | ah ffum their ruoms on the second | are to be delivered within ninety , 4-) oor of the house, Clade pursued | pe noughts may result from the Intro-! her with a revolver in hia hand, Mra | = e el is han Mrs, c will weigh betw n | duc n of the new “tanks” or motor- = iy er a Jansen, the tenant of the tirat floor, | 13,000 and 14,000 pounds. ‘This ts con- | car qnonsters in tho Somme Aghting TAnmem he tenant of the prably below the weight of the 2 saw } ade run for the cellar and siderably by the British, a Times correspond-| just as she guined the stairs Clad: tractors furnished for Great Britain ‘ r iniform t ‘Their price will be $ ch. It will ent a headquarters suggested fred at her cost $1,000 additional for encasing The bullet struck her in the shoulder them in armor. f one short hour." the corre. and she fell to the foot of the stairs. pie ES ESE | At wired, “the tanks did » Then Clade fired again, striking her IS ONLY service killed me er- in the neck, After that he went to Inans in ROAST BEEF NOW 70C A POUND IN BERLIN’ *:..":, ever done may be t an defore thin war is all the Zeppel- the bathroom of their home and shot himself. —— tone we. the Germans and ait the, 22 BELGIANS EXECUTED. | Reduced From 75 Cents—Other ies altke, shall be butlding other ea ag | monsters, huger and each more hor Nama ot Meats Lessened in Price to rible than the last until chere will be to Death, | Lower Cost of Living. and battles of whole fleets of dread-| AMSTERDAM, Via London, Sept. 19,—| BERLIN (via wireless to Sayy ights and terrestrial monsters.” According to & press patch from L), Sept. 19.—Meat prices hu Only one of the “tanks” wag de- | Muastricht to-day 62 persons havo been a Se ane, ones ice troyed In the Somme fighting, tn on trial at Hagselt, Relgium, on charges e erin a lows {t espionage, of whom Poef for roasting, from 75 centa ne centre of Houleaux w aided ROT Nisan ff : r bias pre ousting, from 75 ceute a A hy demned to death on Fr pound to 70 cents; beef, from 6 Hanne Soourred), ene: of: the that a pound to 60 cents; veal, monaters lee, wi pale fps ny! hoy these persons NYRUX cents a pound to 46 cents. he earth, between the opposing lives, pupcome ave already ng a barricad NEW YORK STEAMER sss I$ REPORTED SUNK...” Three Penmay How tt sled - ia Regiments Or: ath British ppp been execut n despatéhes ALLIES SLIGHT CARAPANOS, ‘Thete Diplo t Athens tunore New Foretan Mints dered ATHENS, Sept, 19.—-Foreign Miniate LONDON, Sept. 19.—The loss of the AN ANTONIO, ‘Tex. Sept. 19.—The Carapanos has recelved the congratu steamers Dewa and Lord Tredegar is 5 Second and Third Regiments of | y visits of all the diploma n announced by Lloyds Vennaylvanta tnfantry, First Brigade, Athens «scept those of the allie - - be sent home from the border when nin in the first despatch to pass the The Lord Tredegar passed Gibraltar North Carol Guards, regi Pais FR bd e on September 8 on her way from New | nents strong, reaches its destination | Lb iy that the al York to Port Said and Indian ports.) at El Base, It was annou to-day | ith the e She measured 3,847 tons. at south Department headquarters pi The Lord Tredegar was cleared lege pee i Pe Primary election polls will be open by Funch, Edye & Co., local steamship Woset Cee (Fomine Veu. to-day from 3 P.M. to9 PLM. En ' She was a freighter, carrying | UIT TOBURGH: Bap, & hort: polled voters of every partyamay vote agente, Ghe was 6 CATrYING oy in Pittsburgh and adjacent ter. on official ballots for their Moices for a general cargo, and sailed under the ee ly peported by sip th. Sarty nominations. British flag. According to the agents ad me there were no Americans on board so aud t far as they knew that the The Dewa, a Hritish vessel of 3,802 \% tons gross, was lus reported as) having left: Portlang July 19 for 7 Avonmouth, te operate n short time, RACING RESULTS ON PAGE 3 ENTRIES ON SPORTING PAGE (*Cireutation Rooks Open to All CE FA te Oey e Weethe Fain EDITION —-= PRICE ONE CENT. - GES CLAIMS FRENCH IN SURPRISE ATTACK CAPTURE GERMAN TRENCHES ON SLOPE OF DEAD MAN HILL Russian Troops in France Frustrate a Bold. Stroke by Crown Prince in Champagne, Paris Claiming the Repulse of Repeated Assaults. 1,000,000 MEN FOUGHT TO UTTER EXHAUSTION Owing to a great storm along the Somme Germans and French have shifted the fighting to the Champagne and Verdun fronts, both attempting surprise attacks, Paris reports that Germans battered the Champagne front heavily in tive attacks in force, Russian troops, who were landed at Marseilles, stopped every assault, the French War Office announced, inflicting heavy losses, on, the Teutons, The French struck northwest ot Verdun. The German War Office reported a bold stroke by the Germans at Dead Man Hill, The only activity on the Somme front occurred south of the river vhere the French War Office this afternoon claimed a slight advance east of Berny, The German War Ottice admitted British gains east et Ginchy and near Combles reported by Gen, Haig last night, but inwounced the repulse of all French attacks, The German official statement reported the repulse of Russo-Rou- manian attacks in the Carpathians, near Dorna Vatra, with heavy losses, and also the repulse of Roumanian attacks southeast of Hatzeg. BERLIN ADMITS BRITISH GAINS; CLAIMS FRENCH LOSS ON SOMME Paris and London Report That a Great Storm Has Impeded the Fighting Around Combles and Peronne. 1.—-The Germa ombles, but have repulsed Freneh d trenches to the/attacks near Helloy and Vermando- nehy and north of | villers, south of the Somme, it was officially announced to-day, A French attack on the western joes of Dead Man's Hill, northweet of Verdun, penetrated German trenches, LAREDO, ox, Sept. 1%—Private| PARIS, Sept. 1%—The Germans John Clyne, Second Missourt Regiment, / broke out with five violent attecke was shot and killed last night by a mili-lon the Champagne . as the result, tt paane front last night BERLIN, Sept have surrend Hritien east of ¢ PRIVATE SHOT BY GUARD. ry guard at Dolores nd at tery vere 8 Jf ass ollpellt gage and attempted @ bold stroke against Ne oa Nim ordered. wiyne’s arrest Ded Man's Hill northwest of Ver- caeevayne, becoming. enraged, leveled | UUM Where there has been little ag one ee creupon | {28 for several weeks. the. wu Hlivary | The War Office this afternoon an- , cas | fending the Champagne front checke@ BERT ROOSEVELT IN CRASH all the German attacks with screen *\ fre, The onslaughts were delivered SAYVILLE. N.Y, Sept. 19—Bort 28 and west of the Souain-Som- Koosevelt, seventeen-year-old son of "0% PY Toad, the Germans losing heay Robert B, Roosevelt, cousin of ea- Prost. | ly dent Roosevelt, drt a car here to- Following {s the text of to-day'’e duy turned a comer at Him Street at! French War Office report: a sizty-mile clip, The car turned On th Somme front operations rupted by the bad during the night we aress to the east of Berny, taking @ number of prise oners, “A bombaniment last night by the enemy upon our positions te the west and to the east of the road between Souain and Somme. Py (Champagne) reached ite height in the eventng and was fol- owed by several German attacks, partioularty along the Russian sector, Here five successive siaughts were delivered, Byedy- squarely about and landed bottom si re int de some p — vr silietaice