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FRENCH AIR SCOUTS HURL DEATH DARTS Showers of Tiny Steel Ar rows Kill Many of German Foe. SIMPLE WEAPONS RIVAL FIELD GUNS Auto Importer Tells How Avia tore Use Ancient Device in Modern Warfare. Thnt the aeroplane division of the French army has developed and is using steel arrows as weapons of de? duction (a report cabled to this coun? try a ft**** days ago and received with a considerable degree of incredulity) is practically proved by the statement made yesterday .y Emauuel Laucan*, an automobile imperar of this city, who returned from France a few days m j ago. Mr. Luacarl? is the American repre? sentative of the De Dion-Bouton, one of the oldest and largest of French motor ear factories. He was on a busi? ness visit to the Bilancourt plant when declarations of war began to shoot across Europe, and at the request of Count De Dion remained for some weeks to give his help in restoring or? der out of the chaos into which the business was thrown by the sudden out? break of hostilities. "Our factory is in the military dis? trict of Vincennes -a part of it. in fact." Mr. Lascaris said, "and it passed automatically into the control of the tovcrnmeiit. " Because of their skill in the use of the machinery a majority of the workmen, while they enlisted, were kept on duty right in the plant und?*r the direction of several of the execu 'orce who were commissioned offi? cer?. The onlv difference was that they **hed their overalls and replaced them with their military uniforms. "Part of the work that has been done by De Dion-Bouton since the outbreak of the wir has been the production of i-teel arrows for use by aeroplanists against the enemy, and I have no doubt that they ha-?e already been put to good use, as the cables have told. "The steel arrow is a tiny mi?sile and ko light that it in hard to believe that it could kill a man, much less a horse. It is six inches in length, rounded at one end and brought to a needle point. The other end for about four inches is ? deeply /.moved, so that, looking at th? lop, it has the sht**>e of a four-leaved clover. 1 do not believe that ihe (In* i hod arrow weighs more than ?ix ounces. "Test? made wiih the little thing showed that, dropped from a distance of 1,-00 feet, one of them wculd yo through the body of a horse. Their deadly effect en a man may easily be imagin?d. "Lightness, of course, is an essential, since every pound of weight in an aero- j plane i?* a factor. The deep grooves no! onlv helped in this way. but in? sured the spreading apart of the ar? row.-* when dropped in a compact mass. "The matter of launching the arrows vas solved bv the use of boxes large enough to hohl 1.000 ef them, fitted! with bottoms that oponed by the r( - '' 1 ase of ? spring. One or more of ? ihcse boxes, depending on the power of; :ne motor, are placid between the! struts of an aeroplane, _nd the con? tents can be dropped when the oper- j ator lindi himself in proper position | over the enemy." 01 the aiea covered when th? arrows I reached the ground after falling 1.600 ieet or more. Mr. Lascaris vas unable to say, but he believe? it would be con? siderable. He considers the device nearly a< effective as would be a ma* thine gur, used from the same position. ladyTIetasks aid of americans Wants Women Here to Send Socks for Use of British Soldiers. (By Cable lo The Tribun??. * London, Sept. 23.?As n sequel to lord Kitchener*? appeal to Queen ?HARPER'Sl FOR OCTOBER j A Hitherto Unpublished Article by MARK TWAIN An article of a strange and curious interest re? vealing the great humorist as a writer in a new field. 8 Striking Short Stories D0THE DEAD LIVE? This is only one of a number of questions of fascinating interest an? swered in a remarkable article by Maurice Maeterlinck A Diplomat's Wife in Paris By Madame de H?**germann-Linden?-rone. I Memories of Youthful Days I (By W. D. Howel ? BOOTH TARKINGTON'S I Great Serial "The Turmoil" HARPER'SJ I! Duttoi?s I RARE BOOKS at low prices STANDARD SETS unusual bargains Catalogo* tost published ir'e on application, 681 FIFTH AVENUE ] Mary to start a movement to obtain ?? ?speedily aa poasible 300.000 pairs of seeks and a ?ike number of stomach I belts for the British soldiers at the I front. Udy Paget to-day wrote out I the following carefully worded etate ment for publication: "Queen Mary has appealed to the ! women of the Empire for throe hun ' dred thousand socks. Lady Paget ! wants to know if the women of Amer j ica would e??.her knit or send pairs of ' sock? if unable to help with money." Lady Paget. who is a daughter of the late Paran Stevens, of New York. is pr??e>".ee>t of the American Women's Hospital and a member of the coni ; mitlee appointed by Queen Mary to ' take charge of providing socks and ; belts. The committee is composed of : the four wives of the leading British ?Te?erais, the other three being Gad? , French, Lady Smith-Horrirn and Lady ! Codrington. In an interview to-day Lady Paget ' added: "Knowing the generosity of the country that was my birthplace I feel confident that this sppeal will not go '. unheeded in the I'nited States." Socks should be sent to the Paget residence, II Belgravr Square. The , American hospital for which funds to ' tailing $150.000 have been subscribed ? entirely by Americans for the care of ; Britiah wounded is doing famously. I Lady Paget said that Sir Frederick Tr?ves, head of the British Red Cross, told her that it is the best arranged i hospital he has ever seen. The first i wounded are expected to occupy it this ? week. One hundred and eighty beds are prepared now and ?100 will soon be ready. The hospital has been asked, by Lord Kitchener to send a base hospital to Frsnce at the earliest possible mo \ ment, and is arranging to do so. SCHUCKING BLAMES ! RUSSIA FOR WAR - Admits, However, That Mistakes of German Pol? icy Embittered France. Ldwi'i D. Mead, of Boston, a prom? inent worker in the ? eace movement, has made public a letter from Profes? sor Walther Schiicking. who is well known ?n Kngland and America for his writings on the Hague conferences and international subjects. Professor Schiicking puts the blame for the war on Russia, but mentions what he con? siders mistakes in German policy which tended to embitter France. The letter follows: "The true causes of the war are. in my judgment, as follow?: Kant said long egi that all governments must be , responsible in order that pence may be ; secured. The Russian government is I still autocratic, and the breach of the I peace arose there. Incapable of cult I ural activities, Russia follows persis ? tently a policy of conquest, fo'lowing i the example of European Turkey. Aus I tria was to be divided up bv mei:ns of I a ?n;mi?ction between Russia and the Balkan?, and Russia demanded from \ '?erman?. practically that she should ; allow Austria to go to pieces. Con? ' cerning ihis proposal the great Pan Slaviet, von Hartwiek. the recently de? ceased Russian Ambassador in Bel? grade, ?poke ?luite openly to a member of the ?iiplomatic corps personally known to me. The future of Austria Hungary was the sole conflict of inter eel be'.wesn Russia and Germany. Ger ivny could not allow her sole reliable ally, a pr?at power umler German lead? ership, to be destroyed. In taking this stand German** represented the niter es1 of civilisation and morality. Russia Was Prepared. "I.ot-p before the ?assassination at Sarajevo, well informed peop!.? in dip? lomatic circles and in journalism main? tained that a war between Russia and Germany was to be feared for this rea? son, and that Russia vas making prep? aration? for this war. The Sernjevo af? fair and the shain ultimatum to Servia only served to start the stone rolling Whether Russia ??ould ha\c really threatened war against Austria and Germany on account of this affair had she -ait been . ure of the -upport of the Western powers, seems 'o ine nucsiion a'ale. but since it cojld count ?.pon thia support Russia lighted the torch of war. This is the opinion of fill German pa? i lists. France Sure of England. "If we ask ourselves, however, why the Western powers support Czarism, the answer is more difficult. It is cer? tain that in France the revanche idea has never entirely died out. More and more it was in the process of being ex? tinguished* but since 190-1, unfortunate? ly, a wavering, contradictory German no'icy in the Morocco question ha<l the ??ffect of embittering feeling in Prance It waa felt there that Prance was hu i rr.iliated and threatened and could no lenger believe in the desire of our gov? ernment to keep the peace. Naturally the unwise attitude of Germany in'the Hague peace conferences contributed greatly to this unfortunate result, but | the worst effect of all was produced by the German armaments. The proverb, "If you wish for peace prepare lor I war, has suffered an absolute ship? wreck. On account of the Russian peril ?we carried through in the spring of 1913 an enormous increase of the army; land this was considered in France, 1 again, as only another threat. The I three years' service was adopted by I France as a counter measure, and found ?to be unbearable there. Fiance chained itself more tightly together with Russia end risked everything on the plan of a uramoii war in order to free itself from the pressure of the German ?'ilps of armaments." M0RS7?FFERS TO AID DEFUNCT BANK ? Tells North America Sharehold ers He'll Take Over Assets and Debts. t'narlcs W. Morse tolal the share? holders of the National Bank of Nortli i America, assembled yesterday to re? ceive the report of the protective com inttee of stockholders, that he was willing to form and finance a holding I committee to take o\er all the assets , o.e* the bank and to assume its out ? standing liabilities in the form of !-ti gations. Henry W. Goodrich, one of the at? torneys of the advisory committee, ar? gued that a holding committee would have no advantage over the present . --.eherne of liquidation. He said it would be unfair to take the work front ine hands of Mr. McKinnon and others familiar with the situation, and be ! sit'es the American Surety Company i would have to hi? reckoned with, as Mr. McKinnon is under bond of >".'50,000 ?o ^rrve until liquidation is completed. Mr. McKinnon himself was subjected ' to some heckling. He said that a? 1 would like to retiro as liquidating ?agent, but certainly would not do to u;ider tire. The general sentiment of the shareholders seemed to be to re? ? tnin him, but the meeting was ad | ?ourntd without action. AUSTRIAN CRUISERS RETURN DAMAGED London, Sept. 23. ? The Rome corre? spondent of thv "Central News" savs that travellers who have arrived in the i Italian capital from Sebenico, in Dal i matin, declare that the Austrian cruis? ers Maria Theresia and Admiral Staun I have put into that port badly dam? aged. LODGE ASSAILS ? PEACE MONGERS Senator Says Conditions Are Not Yet Ripe for Intervention. U. S. MUST OBSERVE STRICT NEUTRALITY j Clarence H. Mackay Gives the Alarm for Small Fire on Liner. Th?- White Star liner Olympic, -??th ? the largest and most representative passenger list <>f American homecom ers brought buck since the war began. arrived yesterday from Liverpool She carried ?76 saloon, 7J1 second and 608 third class passenger?. Among her ' saloon passengers were Senator Henry Cabol Lodge, Ocorgc F. Haker. Cor? nelius Vnnderr.il!, Frank A. Munsey, If. J. Topping. Henry Phipps, Daniel (?. KeiH. Clarence H, Mnckay and Krnest P. Ricknell. Senator Lodge, who is a disciple ?>' |.Am?-rican neutrality in its strictest tense, decried the recent efforts of peace mongers who sought to end the wot through the agency of the United States. The time for peace, he said, v as not at hand. Peace dickering at this inopportune time will, if not ? stopped promptly, he said, have I an ill effect upon anu weaken the in : fluenee this, coui.try may exert later with the belligerents when peace is actually taking shape. Senator Lodge said: "I am chiefly interested in having the United States maintain a strict neutrality, one which will not be relaxed at one point to help one belligerent and tightened Ht another. Absolutely honest neutrality is what we want, equally honest and equally rigid for all belligerents. The time may come, and I hope it will 1 come, when our good offices may be used in the restoration of peace, but the time has not yet come. This talk of peace just now is originated by German agents for the purpose of testing public opinion here and else? where. "There is no reality in it. and if our government permits itself to be used at this time by the originators of this peace talk it not only itself v ill become absurd, but, what is far worse, our future influence, which ought to be of great value at the right moment, will be crippled and weak? ened. Only Lasting Peace Wanted. "I take no bides; I advocate no cause in saying this. We must dismiss from ' our minds any idea of speedy ?.?car-e, which will leave everything 111 the same condition that existed in July. It will never be. Either Germany will win or the Allies will win. Germany will dictate the terms of peace, or the Allies will. There will be no half-way about it. "If Germany conquers France. Fng ln:i?l and Russia she will dominate Europe, and will subsequently extend that domination, if she can, to the rest of the world. Groat Britain and Ire land, France and Belgium believe they are lighting the battle of freedom and democracy ?gains! militarism and au? tocracy, the battle of Ihe public against the law of the sword and for the right of small nations to exist. Russia be- j lieves ihe is lighting against German domination for the freedom and right of Slav populations everywhere. All the Allies are determined to put an end to the conditions which made the '. hideous calamity of this war possible. They will fight on until that purpose ?complished. These are plain facts. ?? must look them in the face. It us to maintain our neutrality. O1..1 at the right moment to use all our influence for a peace that will he last - Ing and which will bring with it a general reduction of armament. No other peace is worth having." Ernest P. Bicknoll, nat'onal director of the Red Cross, who went.abroad on bear?! the United States cruiser Ten- ] nessce, returned yesterday on the Olympic. "Surgeons and nurses are 1 ceded abroad now more than ever," he said,, "and there is an abundant need for medical and hospital suoplie**. Little definite information is to be had from official reports, but the number of v ounded is already in the hundreds of thousands. .Mary have been brought 1 ii !o Paris and Berlin, and already the horpitall are filled. Publie buildings end private houses have been convertid into temporary hospitals, and still from the \ast battle swept area come more wounded. We need nurses and bur? geons, and let no man imagine that the Rod Cro-M can do too much for the suf? ferers." 'Mi Monday at 12:30 a. m. the intense heat of the -alley flues of the liner ! eauaed the dust in them to eateh on lire, causing a great amount of rmoke. This was carried away by the uptake, hut some of the fumes vero blown down into the alleys bv the ventilators which supply fresh air to the state looiiis. Ftii* a time it caused some un tasine.-s ?iinong the passengers. (Mar? ineo 1!. "'?lackey, who returned to this country from Kngland and Scotland with hie three children, wa.? one of the first to reise ,hc r.larm. The smoke was ?00:1 traced to its place of origin and the gall?:, fines were shut off. The damage from the lire was slight. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phipps, who re-I :uined on the Olympic with the chil? dren of their daughter, Mrs. Lionel Ouest, had to undergo a little govern? mental red tape when they endeavored to leave the vessel with their grand? children. Lionel Ouest is an officer in the British army, now in active service, lie and his wife sent their three chil? dren, who are between six and ten years of age, to this country until the 1 war is over. The immigration law requires that ! alien children under sixteen, to land in ; this country, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. As the entry of j the children with their grandparents : was a technical violation of the law, j the immigration officials found it nec I essary to ask a series of technical ques 1 tions. The chief aim of the law is to prevent dependent children from enter ; ing the country, but as Mr. Phipps could easily prove that his grandchil? dren would not become public charges , the immigration authorities permitted ! the children to land. Among others on the Olympic were Mrs. Charles If. Oelrichs, Mrs. B. H. Warburton, Miss Marie Louise Wana ! maker, R. E. Westcott, Mrs. John B. Trevor, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. S. Thome, 1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Thacher, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Sattcrwhite, Mr?. Clarence Moore, Mi.s If. If. Longwill, ; Dr. J. H. Honan, Major W. L. Farmar, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Fillibrown. Mrs. Ar ' thur Claflin, Magistrate and Mrs. Peter ! T. Barlow and Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Adams. GERM?aTST?LK STIRS WILSON Continued from pa?f I petalblo- the danger to the United States will be great. "Japan uas not bound by the Anglo-, Japanese Alliance to enter this war. She came to Kngland's assistance be? cause Kngland uryed her to. Japan was not consistent. Her declaration of war said that the presence of German I forcea at Tiing-Tau and at German ! warships in Kastorn waters was a ! menace to the peace of the F.a -t. It is I a fact that between August 4 and 16 we suggested to Japan to neutralise the Far East, to abstain in that sphere ! from warlike preparations, but Japan ' would not assent. The main idea of : Great Rritsin getting Japan into the ! war wss to do as much damage to Ger , many as possible. Tsing-Tau is of no vital interest to Germany. Japan's ae ' tion is resented by Germany most for sentimental reasons. "I was gratified to see in Japan manifestations of very friendly feel? ing by the people for the Gertdans. I 1 met a German engineer, who spent some time in Japan after that country ! had declared war, who said he never ??as treated so politely before. There is a reason. Trie war is not at all I popular, because the Japanese feel that they are not fighting for themsa-lves, hut because England called on them to help her. They have absolutely noth ' ing to gain by fighting us that is, if I i they should keep their word for even if they should capture Kiao-Chau they 1 have promised to return it to China. "The alliance between England, Russia and France is unnatural, for I they have nothing in common except! a hatred for Germanv. I am con- ' vinced that the Allies had long deter ? mined to strike us and took this op- j i portunitj." Count von Bernstorff, the German 'Ambassador, denied last night the au-! , thenticity of the Washington intervie?v ; attributed to Baron von Schoen, in I which the possibility of war between ] the I'nited States and Japan was dwelt upon. The ambassador said he had ! ! communicated by telephone with Baron I i von Schoen. who is attached to tli.. German Embassy in Washington, and ' 1 that the baron had repudiated the In? . terview, declaring he had made no such ! statements as those attributed to him. MANY AMERICANS COMING ON CEDRIC German-Born Citizens Ex-i pected to Return on Chartered Steamers. : B?. Cable ?o The Triiiun-.i London, Sept. 2'.'.. The rearguard of the American army in London was con- ? siderably depleted to-day by the de? parture of the Cedric. carrying almost tall Americans in the ship's company. Renresentativcs of the American Em? bassy were present to say goodby to Frank Page, the Ambassador's son, who has been ?vorking hard during his visit here helping care for American ?etugees. Other passenger.? were Judge Daniel : F. Cohalnn, and four daughters and three sons, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John Douglas Adam and daughter, Mr. and .Mrs. Jacob V. Beam and children. J. H. Kenealict, jr., Judge an; Mrs. W. H. Brawley. Clarence Browne, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Chapman. Mr. and Mrs. Will? iam P. Ferris anal children, Mrs. Clar? ence Grange, Ben Ali Haggin, Mrs. Harry HHtnlin, Mr. and Mr*. Ralph C.I Johnson and daughter, the Rev. Dr. and Mr . .1. H. Jowett and daughter. Mrs. Otto C. Kahn and two children, Charles Klein. Willctt Kershaw, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. McCreery, J. H. Hewitt, Helen Dewitt anal Ethel Zabriskie. Because they did not find special ? steamers chartered by the American government to carry them home, about four hundred German Americans held an informal indignation meeting in London to-day and presented a protest to the American Relief Committee. They showed printed statements from the American Consuls at Coburg and Mannheim saying free hotel ac? commodations and transportation on chartered steamers would be provided by the London committ.-e. These peo? ple were mot at the railway station in London by representatives of the com? mittee and taken to an exce'lent hotel. They protested heatedly when they found that those with money must pay their own passage to the I'nited States, while the penniless would be provided with only third class accommodation. It is believed that the statements issued by the American Consuls re ferrad 'o were given out at the time when th!? rumor of the chartering of ships was current on the Continent. VILLA REVOLTS AGAINST CARRANZA Continued from pase I iMo Sonora by Villa and the army will be under the command of General I elipe Angeles. Thirty thousand men. with field guns, armored automobiles and three aeroplanes, will be sent south I by Villa, it is announced, with orders to reach Mexico City within a month. General Alvaro Obrcgon, Carraiua's commander, was reported to-day stili in Chihuahua City, virtually a captive, although not in prison. Villa is in , Chihuahua City, and personally directs the movement of troops and supples. The whole of Chihuahua and all border points of Chihuahua and Sonora have '?can advised that Villa has repudiated the Carranza government and that a state of war exists. Through train service frjm Juarez to Mexico City has been suspended, and Villa also has temporarily suspended ' passenger trains to Torreon. All roll? ing stock is to be used for troop trains, and extraordinary haste is being shown in getting the troops ready for the front. The storm which appears to have broken in earnest to-day has been breaking for weeks. It became threat? ening when Ohregon and Villa quar? relled over the settlement of the So? nora trouble a week ago, and Villa ar rested Obrcgon and all of his staff. Protest was made to Carranza by bor der representatives against the sending ' of troops by Villa into Sonora. The troops, nearly four thousand in num? ber, already had been sent, and Car- ; ranza ordered the movement stopped. I V'illu appeared to respect the order and the troops waited at Guzman for a day. I Then they continued the march and i others followed. Carranza has n?-j troops in Northern Mexico except thos. I in Sonora, and a force of 10,000 in ' ! Monterey. Before he can get an army ?to the north, Villa, it is claimed, plans to have his army well on the way to Mexico City. Carothers Sent to Villa. George C. Carothers, special repre? sentative of the I'nited States, was or? dered to-day to go Chihuahua for a I conference with Villa. Carothers has been with Villa during the greater por? tion of his campaigns. He is considered to have greater influence with the rebel chie'.' than any other American. It is generally understood that Carothers will bear a note to Villa urging him to abandon his revolt. I I';..m Th.? TrlLuii? Kur?.? ; I Washington, Sept. 23.- In the face of 1 the unwillingness of the administration 1 in Washington to believe that Villa ? would do anything to menace the: '"peace" of Mexico, the Constitutional? ist junta in this city gave out the fol- ' j lowing statement late this evening: "Contrary to Villa's denial that he ' had arrested General Obregon, who had gone to Chihuahua on a special invi-. ; tation from Villa himself, the latest official reports received from Mexico Cit. this afternoon by the Constitu ; tionslist agency make clear that ('en? crai Obregon is still being held in the I territory controlled by Villa's forces. ; "In view of this unjustifiable act on ? Villa's part. Carranra took precaution-! i ary mca.iuics to prwtect tie railroads. giving orders to discontinue tempe ly service over them to the nort Aguas Calientes. Thereupon Villa i Ihe First Chief for an Imm?diat? planation of this act. "Carranza answered Villa that hi he would vouchsafe him an explani ho desired an explanation of V conduct in unwarrantably holding eral Obregon. "Instead of Villa's giving Garran satisfactory explanation, ha infoi him that he had given orders to Obregon at Torre?n and that the fo? under Villa's command would no lepresented at "the national conven to be held in Mexico City pn Oetob In conclusion, he said he longer re nized Carranza as the First ('hie the Constitutionalists." Still to Evacuate Vera Crut. Despite the message from Cam administration officials refuse?*} to lieve that Carranza and Villa had c to open rupture. Secretary of Garrison, taking his cue from 1 Fuller, the President's personal pa cator, who returned recently from 1 ico after apparently reconciling differences of the rival leaders, refused to believe that Villa wai revolt. He would not, theref countermand the order for evacuation of Vera Cru- by the Am can troops. Secretary Bryan said he had he nothing of a Villa revolt and ? skeptical regarding reports conct ing it. Mexico City, Sept. 2.1. Manuel n il la. Minister of Communications the Cabinet of President Madero, an number of others were arrested j terday and put in the penitentiary, reason for the arrests were made p lie. - Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 'J.. Mob zation of troops in Northern Mex loyal to General Carranza is under v at Monterey, according to reports c rent at Matamores, opposite Brow ville, to-night. The Matamores g rUoii departed suddenly for Monter with the explanation that all tro? were being returned to their nat states and that state troops would place them. VANDERBILT DENIE INTERVIEW ON WA1 Says Statement Given Oi by Germans Was Mali? cious Invention. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who returni ftoin Kurope yesterday on the Whi S??r liner Olympic, repudiated the i terview printed in a German newspap ?ecently and reprinted in this cit wherein he was quoted as upholdir the cause of Germany against tl Allies. Mr. Vanderbilt said yesterdt ibat hi. sympathies in the war wei rot with the Germans. His statemei was as follows: "Upon my arrival from Kurope t< ?lay my attention was called to an a leged interview said to have been give by me in Genoa to the correspondei Of a German newspaper. ? am repre? sented as assailing the Lnglish an French and wishing for Germany's su< cess in the present war. "I have not given out an intervie? to any one. I have not discussed th -var with any one during my entir trip. 1 wbs never in Breslau in my lift and the interview which purported t quote me in Breslau an?l coming b way ol Italy is false. I have not beci i'? Italy this year and I have not beei in Germany for more than a year. "1 was in London with my wife whei the war broke out. My children wen in Switzerland at the time, and 1 wen there to (?et them. We returned t< London by way of Paris. I was treate? courteously and had no difficulties. (_nnot deny too strongly any interview thi't has appeared purporting to state that I criticised any of the heiligeren! r ations. "The sentiments imputed to me ir the o-called interview do not in th? has! evpress my views, which are, in fuct. wholly different. The artiele must have originated in the fertile brain of some reporter who wished to create a sensation. I desire to characterize it as a malicious invention. "Finally, I cannot understand the animus of Mr. Charles of the Chamber of German-American Commerce in New York, who insisted upon the genuine? ness of the interview after it had been lepudiated by my attorney." "CORNELIUS VANDKRBILT." Heinrich Charles, secretary of the Chamber of German-American Com? merce, sai?! in answer to Mr. Vander? bilt'?, statement that he acted in good laith in making public the interview. tnd thut he wished to apologize for it ?o far as il was incorrect. The Ger? man paper that first printed it, he said, r? mained to be heard from. He de dared, however, that he had seen a icport to the effect that Mr. Vanderbilt v.as in Genoa printed in a New York newspaper. I ENVOY DISCLAIMS PEACE OVERTURES Count von Bernstorff Says Suggestion Came from Americans. The German Ambsssador. Count von Bernstorn*, at the Rlti-Carlton yester? day disclaimed all responsibility for the initiation of peace overtures at Washington. "Mr. Winston Churchill's speech," said the Ambassador, "the violence of which may perhaps be excused by his wish to raise volunteers, tries to con? vey the opinion that the peace move? ment in the United States was started by me. "I therefore wish emphatically to state that I have taken absolutely no initiative in this matter, and that what? ever peace suggestions have come to my knowledge have always been started by the American government or by dis? interested Americans." The Ambassador announced the re? ceipt of three official communications from the Foreign Office in Berlin. The first read: "According to reliable Galician sources, Cue Russians have brutalized .the Jewish inhabitants in all place ihev have occupied in Galicia. The; incite the Ruthenian peasant popula tion agalmt the Jews and hand over t< them Jowish property and that of Pol i i-h Und owners, most of whom her? fled the country. Cruelties com mitted on Jewish inhabitants by th< Russians become worse and worse escf day. This contrasts remsrkably witt the Czar's munifeeto to his belovet Jews." The s-cond message referred to trad? 'conditions and was as follows: "It has been said that the export of goods from Germany is not nossihli and that consequently neutral coun? tries should get goods heretofore im? ported from Germany from other countries. The passage of goods over German railroads has been resumed, and there is no reason why goods should not be exported, with the ex ; eeption, of course, of those the export I of which has been forbidden because 1 of the war. The export trade of Ger | many will be resumed in a large meas I ure in the near future." The last communication vas a de | nial of the intentional destruction of ! the Rheims Cathedral. The German I artillery, the message read, were given ! special orders to spare the pathedral 1 by nil means. 4,946 ON COMMITTEE Tammany Hall Has Big Mem? bership in Body. Tabulation of the membership of the new Tammany Hall general committee shows that it will be compoaed this I year of the unprecedented ee 4,?4?. This is due to the iarn m ceived by th? D?mocratie tie-** eleetion of 191.. Each election ^bm Is entitled to one member and u_3 additional for each twenty-?-, ??_?.**? major portion t.-iereof for the ca-,?u I for Governor. Home districts wiiu!? thirteen member?. The 23d A_._-_!* District will heve 41?. *"***** pwinr to the fact* that there ... thirty-six candidates for dele?__l at-large to the constitutional ea\AZ tlon and not more than Alteen i__.^ voted for, it i. feared that m.",'w ?1 put rroM marks against more thaa fit teen. The fear has been expr-.M?-| ai, this might invalidate the -n?r-, hilu. but it has been decided that it will _Cl! invalidate the votes for thii grema _# candidates. Such mistake?, whiek-,. also likely to occur in the county ea? COOL WAVE ARRIVES Clouds and Winds Take Z?*<? Off Unseasonable Heat Wave. clouds cool winds are to make a from attack on the high temperature fore, to-day, and by tomorrow more ?easoi able weather is predicted. The advance guard of the ? ool w.v# srrived Isst night and was ?ordiall welcomed by perspiring SV* Vorkert It proceeded to envelop the hot wit? an?! the latter began to retire, -low'? at first, but steadily. By to-day it j. expected to be in ful! rout. n= Old-time Furniture of Masculine Dignity *T*HfiRE is a satisfying stur diness about much of the olden-time Furniture of Walnut or Oak that seems to especially commend it for that restful corner of the Living Room where "Mere Man" is wont to dispose of his intimate be? longings. Among the Hampton Shops Reproductions of tine old ex? amples of the William and Mary period may be found the Writing Table of generous pro? portions, the ample canebacked Arm-Chairs, the convenient Smoker Stand or the dignified Book-cases which will give to this particular nook its wished for air of comfortable and attractive masculinity. ampnra 34 and 36 West ]2?l St., New York Brtwcco Fifth Ave., and Uteetwty )\KWr ?jS 'i i\m&jjjf\. (Uli,- ?N>tu fork ?Utmr? Has Secured From THEODORE ROOSEVELT A Series of Articles on the European War The first of these, entitled "The Need That Uncle Sam Should Be Able to De? fend Himself" will appear in next Sunday's Times. Order In Advance. The Sunday Times Is Always Sold Out Early WV I-r---d mmd Gini-/ ttwet to War. Tha of-lcUl ??Wl?'? aHpar?'* et -MS _au_ trtae ta paraphlat form Aloe rko eerra -r-Hlac? bo-wo-a Kala-r Wilhelm OaA ?1-f Oa-rva. Mall?- to aaj -uJ-ra-o Prk*? 10 eoata. Aidraaa: "Whit. Papara." TW Naw ?. ?>?. Tlt-naa Ttraaa Scjuar?. Ntw fork