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| feasible. terday a =) court, fronting the Hindenburg line southwest of Cambrai. Heig announced in his official statement to-day that the enemy assault had been completely repulsed. In this same sector the British line was advanced during the night South of the town of Havrincourt. On the Flanders front the British progressed northeast of Neuve Chapelle and north of Armentieres. a In an effort to halt the Americans who, © the Chemin-des-Dames from the westward, the Germans are throwing | fresh troops between the Ailette and the Aisne. enemy furiously counter attacked. - = 10.—Austrian divisions ) through the Tyrol ‘to the French and Flanders fronts, according to ad- vices from Italian headquarters, This means giving up plans for anothe: | A, Sept. y 3, y (Austrian offensive. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. LONDON, Sept. 10.—The Germans delivered a counter attack ye. ainst the positions won by the British to the west cf Gouze: Field Marshal n the French, are flanking At Celle-sur-Aisne the have been withdiawu GAS AND ALLIED TANKS FORGE GERMANS TO QUIT THEIR “SAFE” DUGOUTS; | Hindenburg May Have to Rebuild Whole Trench Line to Fill U; His Death-Traps. sociated , ments disclose tint : is not satisfied P ITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCH, Sept. 10 (As- Press). — Some wewly captured German docu- the enemy with himself @r with Hindenburg line defensen, Which are literally honeycombed with deep dugouta An order is- ‘mea’ by a German General of di- vision, apparently acting under orders from the higher command, : expressly forbids the troops to oc- @upy dugouts which descend lower than eight steps underground. tre=ps. . The German command has 4) to emerge from deep dugouts ‘The General appears to have been very much worried on the subject + ‘and goes into great detail in urder- i fag such dugouts closed up, or | otherwise made useless for the is- covered that its troops are unable in time to meet infantry attacks fol- siderable alteration. (Recent accounts have told deep German dugouts provi tacks and the swift advance tanks.) WIERVENTION OF WILSON Spread of Machinists’ Other Munitions Centres Is Feared. WASHINGTON, Sept. vention in the i strike. Bridgeport Only the President's action, it is held in the and prevent -spread of the trouble into a disastrous here, can quiet the trouble “Easen of America” general strike @ward recently made. ‘workers have refused to ablde by German—is Selagenort situation. rating in OMcials | epeniy accuse the manufacturers of « , certain stubbornness and stupidity. On = ‘the other hand, they say some laborers Ate frying to' wage & Class war. _ GZECHS IN SIBERIA be Jowing on bombardments, ao quick- | ly do the Allied soldiers, co-op- ‘erating with the tanks, move these days. Thus it would seem that the Mindenburg line mmy require con- of ng @eath-traps on account of gas at- of SOUGHT IN BRIDGEPORT Strike to 10.—Strong pressure is being brought to bear to- | day on President Wilson for his inter- munitions ‘The Bridgeport machinists are try- ing to cause & sympathetic strike in @ half dozen Hastern cities which are audet. Dum ro) SI Wee Wer Labor eh aha ped From Transport Into Department are exerting the pres: the Sea. gure on the President. They want! LONDON, Sept. 10.—According to re- Shim to issue @ pronounciamento|poris here to-day, ground glass waa calling on labor to go back and {found mixed with $3,000 worth of poa- abide by the “supreme labor court” |;u: brittle aboard @ transport. trots This award has| America. ‘proven indefinite and the Bridgeport] ing sea. it. Incidentally it is known that detri- Sore! propaganda—not all of it neces-|the soldiers. the here CONNECT WITH SEMENOFF German Magyars Offer to Sur. tender as Prisoners of War decided to report favorably the Food R j i Production Bill, inelu@jng the amend- 4 at Oloviannaya. ment added by the Senate making pro- ii TOKIO, Sept. 7 (Deyed).—An oMicer | hibition effective July 1, 1919. | @f Gen. Semenoff's army reports that the| The committee inserted a provision ih Warguard of the Czecho-Slovak forces| permitting the importat) ef ItaMan operating in Western Siberia has| wine until May 1, 1919, as requested yes- 7 reached Oloviannaya, establishing con-|terday by the Italian Government | nection with the Semenoff contingent, it| through the State Department, As > was officially announced here to-day. passed by the Renate, tho bill would stop ation inte ‘Three hundred German Magyars of- | mportation ii " a fered to surrender themselves as ph TRENTON, N. J., Sept 0- Message Im-|tive criticism or suggestion in welr fyenced Deputies, comed, but political footballing or WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Mrs, Car-| further aspersions on the work of the Chapman Catt, President of the|draft boards or department will be! fat American Woman Syffrage| summarily dealt with, sald Adjt.-Gen. nt to President Wilson! Frederick Gilkyson to-day in a state: 4 ent concerning the tac of Con- Etbeday a letter from the French Woman|Yrenwman idwatd Wo Grane Newark: || | rage Union, thanking him for @ re-jcandidate for the nomination on the Message to the union. Republican ticket, upon the military t we hoped,” the letter said, “your |Fecord of New Jersey, 4s well ax upon ‘ fon on Woman suffrage has made a) GOV. Edge hi impression in Prance and bas ex-| " elie = ‘avorable influence on our 15008TH ing Contract sees el eal Every man of i eld, except tho already r wmust register for the selective 12. St i pri 5 of war to the Czecho and Chinese | FRENCH THANKS FOR WILSON ghteen to forty-five ITALIAN AIRMEN BOMB SIX TOWNS IN RAID Tyrol—Durazzo Attacked Every Day. ROM Sept, 10.—Italian airplanes in 300-mile flight bombed Iienz, Teb- lach, Brunor, Franzenfesto, Bianchi and Bozen (Austrian Tyrol) it was an- nounced to-day. Many railroad bridges and one train were hit. All the planes returned safely. Italian naval aviation forces have been acitve over the Adriatic and Al- bania in spite of unfavorable weather, the Aviation communique reports, “Despite bad weather we maintained our activity over the Adriatic and in| Albania. the communique said. ‘We! bombed Durazzo every day. On Thurs- day we dropped three-fourths of a ton one bomb hitting ship. same day seaplanes, co-operat- jing with our tight naval units, succens: | fully bombed ‘and machine-gunned. ‘ae: emy torpedo boats and small convoys near Di On th ‘COUNT KAROLYI INDORSES WILSON'S PEACE PROGRAM Leader of Hungarian Independents Sees No Hope of Military Victory. BASEL, Monda: pt. 9.—President Wilson's programme as a basis for peace negotiations is indorsed by Count Michael Karolyi, President of the Hungarian Independent party. A despatch from Budapest quoting an open letter written by Count Karolyi to his electors, to whom he recom- mends an early peace, ‘A decisive military victory, de- eplte its successes, is a dream which it {s useless to -pursue, The prime condition of peace negotiations of the Searpe and southern Widak ot ot the old Somme "pattlefis Id are so pBad as tb be largely impassable, yet between these limits the going is sli! | Travel 300 Miles Over Austrian) aucea to three companies from four, THE “EVENING WORLD, tuRsDAY, ‘SEPTEMBER 10, ERICANS WIN ON AISNE DESPITE MURDEROUS FIRE OF FOE GERMANS DISBAND SEVEN DIVISIONS |) FORLACK OF MEN jOnly Sixteen Divisions Out of | 195 Have Not Been in Heavy Fighting. WASHINGTON, Bept 16 dence of the shortage of manpower in | the German Army has reached Wash- New evi. ington from an authoritative source, [it wan learned to-day, showing that seven enemy divisions on the western front had been disbanded entirely for | lack of men, ‘Phere are now only 195 German divi- sions on the entire front, according to these reports, and of these there are only sixteen that have not been en- gaged in heavy fighting of the pres- ent yoar, In at least eight divisions the battalion formation bas been re- which means a reduction of one- fourth in the fighting strength of these divisions. ‘The report adds that the trench strength of the German Army is now entirely inadequate. ‘These reports throw light upon the underlying reasons for the great Ger- man withdrawal and complete aban- donment of the drive which was started last March, It was vitally necessary that the enemy shorten his lines to conserve his troops, By withdrawal to the Hindenburg line he has reduced the length of his front between Ypres and Rheims by about sixty miles, —<$<>___ FRENCH OFFICER PRAISES WAR WORK OF U, $. WOMEN Their Generosity and Kindness Raises America in Public Es- teem, Says Gen, Gouraud. PARIS, Sept. 10.—"America has risen higher in the esteem of France becaase of the generosity and kindness of Amer- jean women working at the front racaer than because American soldiers as fine and brave as they are,” Gen. Gou- raud, commander of the French Fosrih Army, declared to-day in an inters‘ew, “American soldiers,” he said, “are wonderful and brave, especially the Rainbow division, which did such excel- lent work in the July offensive.” posta Saat CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. With net changes from previous claw, is the democratization of nations and the abandonment of theories. A second condition is that idea of a middle Burope, elther mili- tary, economically or politically, and that we should not strengthen our alliance with Germany, which would form the first step to zation of this central Europe “We ought to accept as a basis for negotiations President Wilson's pro- cian ARE GROUND GLASS FOUND IN GANDY FOR SOLDIERS $3,000 Worth of Peanut Briitle The candy Was dun ped into A rigid Inspection was ordered of all candies and other supplies destined for BONE DRY LAW NEARER; HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR IT Agrees to Senate Measure, but Ex- tends Time for Importing Italian Wines, WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—War time Prohibition moved a step nearer to-day when the House Agricultural Committee NO DRAFT BOARD ATTACKS. Constructive Crt Pole ciom W 1 Football | WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—A eo: ract imperialistic | Am we should not become slaves to the |4™ ‘ard the reali-| 4 4% 404 iw} Am tm: Leath i” Aw tf ” Am. Am, q 1 ‘ % ts 1 s 2 Pet | i, e ron + » * * - % * “ 18 i . » or bd $0 j8 gH 4 s+ ry %= 8 ms © i it 4 Or ouimthee ore Pasife Mail . s * Peon, Th . i“ Me & va. 1 Soa | tee, Se ig =" Hy. Steel Sores. + . Neadting By - % 4 Pad soe a Ree 4 a * S253 Fe acco Pnlucta ‘Stores pet a oF FH SEP nesses DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Peril, Rate Pay ‘Trambet) Merl pf Q. je Ont Tramiel tec) coma ihe ow t Prmivall Siew cum Hixure 24 Oot 1 | XWin ot Am Win: tinal P Wea, V First American Troops to ‘Reach Italy Delight Populace When They Begin Drilis Betting up drill of the first American troops to land in Italy took place in the public square while the Italian populace looked on admiringly at their stalwart allies, The men are at the Italian front and the American Red Cross s to it that they have all the Pleasures and recreation possible. BRITISH. LONDON, Sept. 10.—The text of to- day's War Office statement reads as follows: | “Yesterday evening the enemy| launched a second counter-attack against the positions gained by us during the morning it of Gouzeau- court. He was completely repulsed Our line has been advanced during the night south of Havnincourt, “Progress was made by us north- east of Neuve Chapelle and west and north of Armentieres.” FRENCH. PARIS, Sept. 10.—Following is the report issued to-day by the War Of- fice “We have taken Gibercourt and progressed in the direction of Hina- court and Essigny-le-Grand,.” “In the region of Nantouil-la- Fosse (near the western flank of the Chemin-des-Dames) we repulsed two counter-attacks, | “In the Argonne and in the Vosges enemy surprise attacks were re-| pulsed.’ BELGIAN. PARIS, Sept. 10.—The Belgian of- ficial communication covering opera- tions on Sunday and Sunday night follows “Our troops enlarged on their suc- cesses obtained on Aug. 28 on both sides of the Steenstracte-Dixmude road on a front of about 2,000 metres and penetrated the first enemy lines to a depth of one kilometre, which we | maintained, | “To the southwest of St. Julien our | detachments penetrated by a surprise | attack into the first position of the | enemy on a front of 8,500 metres to an average depth of from five to six LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS | detachments west of | against Gouzeaucourt {and south of the Peronne-Cambrai hundred metres, which were consoll- ted “These new successes bring into our hands very advantageous posi- tions.”* GERMAN. BERLIN, Sept. 10 (via London).— Following is the report issued by the Berlin War Office: “There was partial fighting in Hol- non Wood and on the Ham-St. Quen- tin Road. “Our advanced troops, which were withdrawn. Sunday night from the Crozat Canal, were in touch yester- day with weak enemy reconnoitering the Essigny- Vendeuil line, “There were partial fights south of the River Oise. North of the Ailette River there was artillery ac- tivity. “Between the Ailette and the Aisne the artillery fighting increased toward the afternoon to great |strength. Violent and repeated en- emy attacks lasting until evening broke down. Brandenburg Gren- adiers especially distinguished them- selves in defense, Between the Aisne and the Vesile Rivers we repulsed French advances. | There wore successful enterprises of our own to the east of Rheims, to the) south of Parroy and on the Dollar. “During partial attacks made by the enemy north of Merckom and north- east of Ypres minor trench sections — remained in hig hands, | “On both sides of the Peronne-Cam- brat Road the lish continued their | attack. The main thrust was directed and Hpeby. ‘The enemy was repulsed, | “Fresh enemy attacks delivered ip | the evening from Havrincourt Woed| | | Road also failed.” WOMAN’ S CAR HITS BUS. bhe Is Meld for Felonions Assault | ter Su P Magistrate Groehl in West Side Po- lico Court to-day held on a charge of felonious assault Miss Hermine Hershfield, thirty-six, daughter of a candy maker of No, 610 West 150th Street. While driving her car this morning, acompanicd by Frank bares, her chauffeur, Miss Herschfield ran in| the rear of a Fifth Avenue bus, frac- turing the right leg of Samuel Lazarus, the conductor, smashing several w) dows in the bus and wrecking the én- kine of her car. She furnished $0 ball and her mg was set for Sept. 17, —_——»—__— BOLSHEVIK! KILL 37 MORE. ter Among Revoln- Bxecuted. 10,— Charged with LONDON, Sept participation in counter-revolutionary plots, thirty-seven more persons have been executed in Moscow, including sey- era} Ministers under the Czar, according to wireless messages from Petrograd to- jay, Among those killed were former Ministers Khostoff, Protopopoff, Shiche- Blovitoff and Takalott. ——— ‘GAS’ TO ) BE UNDER 26 CENTS. fiom About Ready to ix Price, WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—~The price of gasoline will be Government-fixed at leas than 26 cents, according to the Fuel Admin th ———— Gen, Diag Returns to Italy, ROME, Sept. 10.—Gen, Dias, com- mander of the Italian Armies, has re turned to the Italian war gone fri France, where he attended contere with President Poincare, Premier © menceau and Foreign Minister Pi of the Allied fronts. -_ and made a tour NEW YORK COTTON "EXCHANGE. amounting to $1,604,474 for three dred houses, at Watertown, N. ¥., has been aw ed to Edward K. Fenno, ®yracuse, ye Department of Labor announced hun- | Oct uuliies and town Planning be Oper 34.7 84.07 43.92 High. 8b, Low 1445 $3.40 Last 6.17 | Dee March 33.83 3 83.68 3414 Mey + 33.76 84.25 83.76 $4.00 Market ‘closed’ strong. up 28 to 47 points, oh Cabinet Takes Oath, HAGUE, Sept, 10.—It is oif- ounced that the new Cabinet n the oath of office and will wo | TH clally an has wl IN TRENCHES FIVE TIMES. Wounded Man Wi Germans Are Kept on the Run, Private Reuben li. Fineman, twenty- six years old, reported to-day as wounded jn action in a recent letter to his mother, Mrs. D. L. Fineman, of No. 862 Hewitt Place, the Bronx, told of be- ing in the front line trenches five times and of how the Americans were keeping the Germans on the run. He said he hoped to leave the hospital in a fow days. Another letter, received by Mrs. Fine- man, from another son, Morris, who is with the Quartermaster’s Corps in France, #aid he had visited his wounded brother in the hospital, and his opinion Mother How) is that the patient will not be discharged for at least six months. A third son, Nathan, is at the Pelham Bay Naval Traini Enter WASHINGTON, Sept, 10.—Tentative plans are being made so American war) the ir geographical location, would xchanged through Sweden, may brought back home © ncommereial ships | having safe conducts outside the war| zone, instead of being shipped on tran- Jsporis taking the rick of submarine de- struction. 1 elson Morris, the American Min- ster to Initiated the negotia~ tions In Stockholm, in which the Swedish Government was found very friendly in broaching the proposal to Germany, and it was said to-day the plan has ‘good prospects of succe - as | last prisoners in Germany, who, because of | be | be} SUBMARINE IS SUNK 400 MILES OFF HOCK BY AMERICAN TANKER (Continued from First Page.) submarine let go her broadside at the Stars and Stripes flying at the peak and then the six-inch ,un on the after deck spoke its piece, The crew of the tanker crowded on deck to watch the sea fight and to yell and cheer for the gunners. They were all navy men, most of them from the ifie Coast, and were as wildly enthusiastic as the American boys who fought on the Marne, It was no time for the navy lads to be below. Shot after shot was exchanged, but the ‘gunner in charge of the six-inch shoutcr soon found the range, and all agree that the shot that surprised the Roube out of existence struck the submarines almost directly amid- ships, The U boat, according to the Captain and crew, was blown clear out of the water, A great geyser spouted up from the si hundreds of feet into the air, and when it di nded in mist and spray, portions of the submarine ended with it and found a burial place at the bottom of the ocean, OTHER STEAMERS FOUGHT WITH THE SUBMARINES. A mighty cheer went up from the | throats of the boys of Uncle Sam. Cheer after cheer followed and tien the strains of the Star Spangled Banner were sent over the waves in honor of Old Glory, and as a requiem for the sunken submarine and her crew of Kaiser murderers. A British steamer and a French steamer arriving at Atlantic ports we:k reported running fights with submarines close to the spot where the American Captain locates his victory. The British vessel fought two U boats all day long @ week ago last Sunday and finally escaped in the dark. The Frenchman had a run- ning fight with one submarine on the following day which lasted several hours and got away. Both encounters occurred in the vicinity of Cape Hat- teras. ‘The victorious tanker was returning light from a French port after having carried a cargo of petroleum across the ocean, —_.——— SPIES ON YANKEES TAKEN, in Swit da Were * Trocp Information, ZURICH, Sept. 10.—During August the Swiss authorities arrested nine German spies, it was learned here to-day. The work of these spies included finding | the location of the American troops in | France Among those taken was Dreisher, the leader, & German Consulate ollicial here, Five spies were sent to France and are | awaiting tia a | Baker Sees Clemencean and Tar-| dieu in Paris, PARIS. Sept. 10.~ the American Secretary of War, Hunt had a conference yesterday with Premier C menceau and Andre Tardieu, to the Fraach High Commissioner America, aud Ambassador Sharp. | ate | Lebigh Trains tn WASHINGTO ‘enn Termt. 10.—F TWO FLYERS DIE IN FALL. Bristol, Conn, OMcer Killed at Texas Field, Tex., WORTH A. B, Step! Conn, and W. D. Keeling of Dallas, Sent. 10. of Rristol, FORT Lieut enter uj Premier and Minister pon its duties to-day, The the Interior is uile de Beeren- Jonkheer G LM. brouck. Tex., were killed this morning when their airplane fell north of Fort Worth, BoBth were attached to Caruthers Field trains of the L Valley Ratlroad will use the New York and Ni Pennsylvania tor terminals of the effective | Sept, 15, Dire McAdoo to-day announced, ST. PAUL, Sept. 10.—Tears are soon to be the Kaiser's due, James Herbert Onions, ® young farmer from Garden City, la, enl! in the United States marines. Newton D. Baker, | DENIES THAT 600 JEWS LOST JOBS ON 8. 8 T., Superintendent Says Only Vwe: Were Discharged or Left Bectuse of Holiday Order, Referring to the statement credited to three fodmer —muplo: of the Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit Company that 500 Jewish employees of the company had been summarily discharged for ob- serving the Jewish holidays last Satur+ day and Sunday. William Siebert, «u- perintendent of surface transportation, snid to-day that the report had been exaggerated, Only twenty men were either dis- charged or left of thelr own accord be- cause of the refusal to give them two days’ Jeave, the supemntendent said There was litte dissension a:iong the 700 Jewish employees when the officiuls of the company appealed to their sense of fairness to sacrifi er customary holiday to keep the transportation sys- tem at normal, he sutd. ———— CATCHING UP ON STEEL. ed Orders of Show Dec Unfilled steel tonnage of the United States Stecl Corporation decreased 12 {759 auring August, as compared with (July, it was announced today. On Aux. 31 the unfilled tonnage totalled $,759,042, against 8,883,801 on July 31, 5,918, on June 30 and 10,407,049 on Aug. 31, 1917 8, Corporation ee FIRST WOMAN CASHIER. jan G. Jones Gets Post With ocal Branch Lilllan G. Jones, a uraduate of w York public schools, is the first {woman to be appointed enshier in the history of local banking. She hy named for that position in the New York branch of the National Bank of Cuba, which has assets of §110,000,000. Still under. thirty years of age, Migs Jones has been employed by the bunk for the last eight years. She is regarded expert In matters of foreign exchange. pwn nlifipnajensini BELMONT WINNERS. FIRST RAC! and upwards; claim seven furlongs; main course, On, 106 (Kelsay), 16 to 5, 8 to 6, 4 to won; Nightstick, 123 (Robinson), 9 to 1 to 5, 2 to 5, second; Bolster’ (imp.) 106 (MeAtee 3 to third. ime, 1.26 flat. Pullux, Poacher, Beveler, and Currency also ran Pilea Sa HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES. | HAVRE DE GRAC Sept. 10.— ‘The entries for to-morrow’s races are as follows: FIRST RACK—Two year-olds; maidens: five ( aie fh brea ele rey Be Guy eat tivor.e Tid; “Marion Hollins, 111 Yarde.— Tria! hy Jury, Tis Nettie *Dalrone, | 99; 102; *Bogar “Ben ‘Hampson, 118; Cambas11t, Haiming: " f eixteenth, rsear Fam JOS: Boxer. 10%: Tay TOS; Monoras, 108. RACE-—Claiming; four-year old. and Ferran, 108; Bierthan, a sixteenth. Napoleon 103; Mannehen, 108 411; Chriati, 108) allowpuce claimed, ck fast, Alar 8 .o0ter, Galway Germans Predict Important Steps by Scandinavian Kings, LONDON, Sept. 10.—Newspapers in Germany, according to an Amsterdam despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company, commenting on the forth. coming annual conference at Copenha- of the Kings of the Scandinavian ntries says the monarchs may Seize the"opwortunity. of taking. steps ot ins ternational 2. Grain Embarge at Trin Cities. ST. PAUL, Sept. 10.—A temporary embargo on shipment of all grain into the Twin Cities, effective at midnight to-night, was announced to-day A. W. Trenholm, Federal manager of the Twin City Railroad Terminals. Crowd- ed tracks and inability of millers to un- lead hundreds of cars was the cause of the or Soffering MILAN, Sept. 10.—Bight hundred women, children and old men, mostly stricken with disease, arrived here Sun- the Austrian concentration Food Restrictions in Portugal, LISBON, Sept. 10.—Food restrictions are being enforced in Portugal. Brend is to be rationed at 400 grammes daily per person. BRT. 10 OOUBIE —EARES ON ATS “L" ~——AND SURFAGE LINES (Continued fon Kies! 2a which carries neavy traffic to Cypress Hillis and Jamaica, will collect another tare at Alabama Avenue. The Broadway clevated line, which — serv: many nearby Queens suburbs, will take an- other fare at Crescent Street, the boundary tine of East New York. The Metropolitar, Avonue line wil, collect another fare at Ory Harbor Road, The Franklin Avenue tine will take another fare at Park ell affecting considerable Coney Island traffice. Th, Grand Street tine will col- leg the second nickel at News Creek Bridge, affecting lents of Corona, New- town and other Queens village: A second fare will be taken on the Flushing-Knickerbocker line at Wyokeff Avenue; on the Flushing Avenue fine it will be taken at Onderdonk Avenue; the second nickel will be collected on the Flatbush Avenue line at Nos trand Avenue; on the Fifth Ave nue surface line the second fare will be taken at 36th Street. The B. R. 'T. asserts, through its counsel, its legal right to charge ad- ditional fares beyond given points which mark the limits of the fran- chises of the old Nassau Electric, Brooklyn Union Electric, Coney Igland and = Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban lines, all of which were merged into the B. R. T. system The Public Service Commission had | not received the B, R. T. tion at noon, communica Commissioner Whitney said no announcement would be made until it is r and studied thor- oughly. He declared the usual pro- cedure when drastic changes in tar- iffs were filed was to suspend them |until a thorough investigation was made. That course, probably, will be followed in this ca "MANHATTAN AND QUEERS FARE INCREASE DEWIED Apr Federal Court Refuses of Concern With 10-Mile OND” RACK Tiree year-olds oh Pit: Retu: Trackage. 4 Ty; Mill Rac Judge Chatfield, in the United States Hee. Ria cera oly. \Court, Brooklyn, to-day denied an ap- Wood Violet, ‘Alo eligible to atart ¢lplication of William R. Megg and sige, Yom rease fares on the line of the Man- Y RACK Four yearolde and now % ciakethteD RACE Fem zeariolde, ant Hema! {satan and Queens Traction Corpora- k Nes, 108: hat alt 1S | Ged tee tion, The line runs from the Man- = The Princeton Pre: thee |battan end of the Blackwell's Island year-olds and Upward: ule and seven'y sande s . les, a ; Ire Serine “Vipe'Comm Rachaege Tint tio; Bridge to Jamaica, ten miles, und car y Caudle. 0p, entacky Boy, 108; ‘Celts, | ries heavy traffic ihn Te Way the sbrtan asmavanie H BRACE Claiming; three-year-olds and The receivers asserted @ neven-cent fare Was necessary because of in- creased costs and to provide an | crease in employees’ wages. ‘The city ontended that the Increase would vt late @ section of the State Railroad law that forbids fares higher than ive cents within the corporate limits of a city. Judge Chatfield held the Court had no right to force a new contract on the ‘clty and that relief for the come pany could come only through the *ublic Servi: Commission. saliptisas Sasha KEEL LAID IN TEN SECONDS, Hecord Set for Wooden Ship on Pacit ABERDEEN, Wash. national wooden ship keel laying rec yr was broken to-day at the Gray's Harbor Motorship Corporation Yard, ten seconds being the official time. ‘The previous best time for placing @ wooden keel was eleven seconds. COAL Factory and Family Trade Supplied FREDERICK STARR COAL CO. Decks Office 220 West 42nd St. DIED. URIEI—On Monday. sevt FRIBL of Camden. N, J. Funeral from the home of his brother In-law, Luke Mahon. 846 19th st Brookiyn, Thursday, 9 A. M. 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