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1 Fair to-day and to-morrow; continued moderate temperature; moderate windi. Highest temperature yesterday, 90; lowest, 71. Detailed weather, mall and marine report! on pate 7. IT SHINES FOK ALL VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 359. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916. Copyright, ml, by tho Sun Printing oarf PublUAtajr A i tockLUon, ONE CENT In OrMter New York, 1 Klsewhent Jersey City end Newark. J TWO CKNTS. GREECE GALLS VOLUNTEERS TO FIGHT BULGARS AH Reserves Near Seres Also Summoned to Arms to Repel Invasion. expected quickly to Join the allies ) Liberal Leaders Now Rais ing Troops at Salonica to 3feet Attacks. HUNGARY LOOKS FOR RUMANIA TO FIGHT Censor Permits Press to Voice Pessimistic View of Outlook. London, Aug, 23. The Bulgarian advance Into Ureece may be the spark that will set Greece aflame and lead her at last Into the war on the side pf the Allies. Despatches from Salonica say that all the Greek reserves about Seres, In northeastern Greece, have been called to the colors and at Salonica. volunteers are being raited to fight the Uulgurs. A proclamation Issued by the Greek commander at Seres says that he wilt attack the Bulgarians, who are now advancing toward the town. The proclamation calls out all the Greek re rvlsts In the district, who were de mobilized a short time ago, after hav ing been under or ma almost since the war began. In Salonica lenders of the Liberal, or Venlzelos, party are raising a body f Greek volunteers to go at once to Seres and aid the Greek troops there to repulse the advance of the Bul garians. Greek troops already have been reported as firing on the Bulgara. It has been declared that the. latter had promised not to occupy Seres, Drama or Kovnla. res ob (Jreere and Romania. It Is believed here that the Teutonic ufTenilre, Intended to anticipate the of ftnsive the Allies have now started, has oierreached Itself, and that Bulgar In roads Into Greece will so arouse the ilreeks against their ancient foe that not 'ten King Constantlne, who Is the Kaiser's brotheNtn-law, can keep them lrtm Joining the Allies. Meanwhile attention here continues to I fixed on Rumania. Several newspa pers declare that, Influenced by the suc e of the Itusslan offensive In the Car pathians toward Hungary at points not far frqin her northern boundary, Ru mania will not delay much longer In throwing In her lot with the Allien. The Hungarian newspapers are filled with pessimistic Information concerning Itumanla and that country's possible ac tion Ik absorbing the press and public, according tn a Budapest despatch to the .Wnlng I'ot. The Hungarian public '''i'"w, says the despatch, that the lib erty 'hey enjoy at the hands of the cen "r designed to prepare the people for the worst. The military expert of the Pett-Napo saw "The entry nf Rumania Into the war lll not at first affect the military situ ation In the Balkans, for the Human :n Hill have to adhere to the united Kiratc.-lc pl.ui of the Allies, ami will not e tiiimltted to go straight for Transyl yv,K Hulgnrla and the Dobrudja will t-'r Immediate aim. Klve hundred ihouiul or tinn.uoo men of the Human ... it my are not the chief factors for jne consideration of the Central Powers, 1-ut rather the problems presented by the ' territory which the Russians will be. al!ner tn use freely In the Invasion of Hungary" Hatch Prints and Churches. Meanwhile the anxious hours of walt- are not Hpont In Idleness In Tran ylvanl.i, whence every ablebodled ipan jpeeted of Rumanian sympathies is be- thlfteii to other parts of the coun try. The Rumanian newspapers m Transyl vania are under the strictest control and llumanl.in priests and churches are un r military supervision. All along the num.ir.lan frontier ,thc military forces nsu hecii reenforced, defences strength r.4 and every precaution taken against itiimamnn Intervention. The political possibilities of the sltua "od continue- to be the most important 'Pt of the new allied offensive be lau'e of the hitherto comparatively un lc.she nature of the fighting. There Is ut.e news of a military nature to-day. notable jr.ilns or losses by eltheP bel r''nt ,"'lni' reported. , The ottlclni report on operations In the Halkan front Issued by the French War 'trio to-night says: Th' Allies have maintained their ,n on 11,0 .Macedonian front. The rblan have made progress north of strtifiinn. The enemy's offensive on Struma and In the vicinity of U'trnvo Lake has been checked. It nemn clear that the Bulgarian ad vanef ,le .struma region has bfen '".ted, but despatches do not suy shether that means also the halting of advance on Seres, which Is on the railroad north of the Struma. The Bui r are, n ported by the British War Of lre to b intrenching along the line of ,e.K,r,"n"' lhe Intention of setting " Ht""'B system of defences and weiu hments based on the natural de "are tho rv,r affords. Rope to Mop Invasion. lahllhhig themselves upon such a "'. If they are able to do It, would en ' the HulRar, to prevent an allied fn IJtlon of their own country by an ad ane, ,lp Htrurnm vt,y( ana , "rough the horder mountains. The 'fuma vaiiry ,ss no railroad, however. M'ry 'ndlration has bean that the "'In allied adviyice will be up the Var- r valley, fact that the Bulgara are In 't Oesttnued on Btcond Po$. SUPER-ZEPS, 780 FEET LONG, HAVE RADIUS OF 3,000 MILES I Two New Air Monsters Ready, Four Building, With 2,000,Q00 Cubic Feet Capacity, Carrying Five Tons of Bombs, Guns and Crew of 35. 1-ondon, Aug. 33. In a speech deliv ered at Bury ut. Kdmunda to-night Baron Montagu of Beaulrtu, former vlce-chalr-man of the Joint naval and military board, told of new monster super-Zeppe-Una which Germany Is building. "We have obtained some details of the super-Zeppelins which Germany Is now building," said Baron Montagu. "The principal features of the craft are a capacity of 1,000,000 cubic feet, a length of 710 feet, a beam of 10 feet, a maximum speed of 10 miles an hour, a ilEBKNEGHT GETS 4 YEARS ON APPEAL Prison Hentence-of Geriiutn So . einllst Is Increased by 19 Months. Austuoam, la London, Aug. 2J. The result of Dr. Karl Llebknechl's ap peal against his sentence for war treason has been the Imposition of a new and severer sentence of four years and one month penal servitude and expulsion from the army, according to a despatch faom Berlin. The appeal of t(ie Socialist leader was heard on Wednesday before a Supreme court-martial presided over by a naval captain. The other members were two lawyers, two majors, a captain and a lieutenant. Llebknecht was defended by, Herr Bracke of Brunswick. The public was excluded after the hearing, but sen tence was announced at an open session. In-addition to his prison sentence Dr. Llebknecht is deprived of his civil rights for six years. In announcing the ver dict the court declared that the sen tence was Imposed "for attempted war treason, severe disobedience and re sistance against the armed power of the slate." The court announced that an the prisoner has already served one month of his sentence he has the privi lege of an appeal from the present Judg ment, tot original sentence Imposed was thirty months imprisonment and dismissal from the army. Commenting on the outcome of the hearing, the semi-official Wolff Bureau says: 'The severe sentence appears Justified despite all the circumstances favorable to Llebknecht, It one considers that -he-violated his duties as a soldier and citi zen In war time In the grossest manner and to the detriment of his menaced fatherland. Llebknecht himself admitted that by the distribution of pamphlets and by arranging public demonstrations hn Intended the weakening of German war strength." DANES BLOCK ISLAND DEAL. .Veaotlatlons for Formation of Mew Cabinet Fall ITtterlr. Copkniiaoen, Aug. 23. Negotiations looking to the formation of a coalition Cabinet failed definitely this afternoon. The Left and Conservative parties would not accept the demands put forfcard by the Radicals and Socialists. It was held by the Radicals and Socialists that the question of the sale of the Danish West Indies should come before the formation of a new cabinet. The Lamlsthtng, or t'ppvr House, will take up the treaty again to-morrow, and Is expected to reject II. EARTHQUAKES TN CALIFORNIA. Severest Skoek Since 1 IM)H Felt lo Hnmboldt C'oonty. Kurbka, Cal., Aug. 23. The most vio. lent earthquake felt here since Apr 1906, when San Francisco was devastates, rocked the city and nortnern Humboldt county at 6:SK o'clock this morning. Til ere was no material damage. There were two shocks, each lasting several seconds. Reports of shocks came from Areata and other points north of here, but apparently the shocks were slight In the southern part of the county, which Is traversed by the 1906 fault line and dip Into the ocean near the mouth of the Bear River. BULLDOGS VOTE IN W. VA. Federal flrnnd Jury Looking; Into Tier, Rover and Tomer, Wssstsk SraiKos, W. Va., Aug. 2 J. Alleged election frauds are under con slderatlon by the Federal Orand Jury In session here. State Senator D. F. Franch has been appointed to assist United States Attorney William O. Barnhart In the prosecution of the cases. The alleged frauds occurred In the recent bi-partisan prlmnry June 6, es pecially In the southern end of the State, where. It Is alleged, bulldogs were voted, ballot boxes were stuffed and military precincts were established. U. 8. PISHING BOATS SEIZED. Two Taken by British and Con veyed to Shetland Isles. London, Aug. 23. The American fish Ing schooners Maxlne KUIott, 111 tons, of Gloucester, Mass., and the Llzxle Griffin. 107 tons, of Bangor, Me., seised while fishing off the coast of Iceland by British patrol boats, have been taken to Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Tho American schooner Luclnda J. Lowell, 110 tons, on the way from Gloucester. Mass., to Norway with a cargo of, dried herring, also was taken Into Lerwick, but waa released after an examination of her, cargo. BERLIN, ONT., NOW KITCHENER. Bmt Most of 10,000 Population Are f German Descent. Toronto, Ont., Aug. 23. An Order In Council was passed to-day changing the name of Berlin, Ont., to Kitchener. The proclamation will be Issued September 1. The town haa about 10,000 Inhabitants, most of whom are of German origin. LI Ynaa-Hnas; Approved. raxiN, Aug. 13. The Tarllament has unanimously approved the appointment by President LI Yuan-Hung of Tuan Chi -Jul as permanent Premier of the Chlaeae reaubUe. cruising speed of 15 miles an hour and a rallus of action of 3,000 miles. "The engines, six or seven of them, have a total of 15,000 horse-power. "The airships can carry a load rt bombs of five tons. They are able to ascend 17,000 feet, They nre ui med with machine guns nt bow and stern and on lop of the envelope. They carry a crew of thirty-five men. "These particulars show how largely the Hermans are relying on Zeppelins as n means for harassing us. Two of these new craft already have been completed and four will be available In October." MILLIONAIRE ADOPTS HIS OWN DAUGHTERS Wife of Junk Dealer Mukes Dying Confession Oetogc narlnn Is Their Father. Ciiicaoo, Aug. 21. On his dead wife's dying confession, Jose Bumsteln, a Junk dealer, swore In the court to-day that Edward W. Morrison, an eccentric millionaire Hearing his eightieth year, wan the father of two girls Bumsteln had alwnys considered his daughters. Morrison adopted the girls after their mother's death a month ago. "Morrison went to my wife's funeral with me in June," Bumsteln testified. "I had heard he, not I, was Anna's and Alice's father from my eying wire only a short time before. 1 told him what she had confused to me, and lie said, 'Oh, very well: I'll tlx it with you.'" Morrison's estate Is estimated nt be tween $3,000,000 and JR.OOn.OOO. It had been believed that lie adopted tlm two girls to prevent the estate going to the city of Chicago for educational pur Pom'S. as his father's will provided If Morrison dld childless. They have lived with him for the laM month. When his turn came to testify Morri son denied the Junk dealer's accusutlon vehemently It was no hidden chapter tn his life and Mrs. Ilurnsteln'e, ,but fondness for the gills and their mother's dying request that led him to udopt tlU'in. he said, Their mother had pleaded with him when she was very ill to prom ise that he would care for them If she died, and he was keeping his promise to the dead woman, he said, lie had known the girls nil their lives. The action was on a petllton to ap point a receiver for Morrison's proper-JLf.5-.-Jl- Wt1- alleged that lit the past swan years" the hermltllKe millionaire had showered gifts upon friends, giving away in all some J-'. 000,000 of his es tate. He gave John Hammers, u friend for twent-llve jears, 1200,000 fur pro viding him with omuiem.'iil. He trans ferred to' James Ward, his lawyer, the property on which stands Urn Hotel Mor rison, worth $2,000,000, and gave him $500,000 outright. Judge IjiimIIs re strained Ward from collecting tents on Morrison's gifts to him and from appear Iiik as counsel in the hearing. FENFIELD SEES PEACE COMING. Is) Ilea Must Cease Bemuse of In tensity, Mr ar" I.onpo.v, Aug. 5J Renter's Ameiei dam correspoiuleut foi wards a dtmtili received from Vienna outllnlih; an Inter view jmrportlug to have been gUeii the leima Afire rrrle I'rexie by Frederic t rViilteld, the American Ambassador M ! Austria-Hungary. The Ambassador l ' quoted as having said he was convinced i thut Austria-Hungary would survive the l test of the war without loss of ten I i tory. Mr. I'endeld Is said to have added that the battles were waged with such In tensity that the combatants would lie compelled before long to pause for breath, anil that this Interruption In the fighting would be employed by favor ably inclined factors, which were grow. Iim? stronger In all countries, to discover a means for bringing about peace.. T. A. HAVEHEYER IN SEA PERIL Adrift for Thirty Honrs Without Food or Water. I.os Anoci.es, Aug, 23. Adrift at sea In an open boat without food or water for thirty hours, hattllug to keep the boat from being blown further away from land, T. A. Havemeyer tif New York and "Tuna" Joe, his boatman, were rescued In Han Clcmento Channel to-day and taken to Avalon, Catallna Islands, almost exhausted by the fight. Tho engine of the Tlo Juan, a thirty foot craft, broke down after Mr. Hav emeyer had made several good catches. When the launch failed to put Into port friends of Mr, Havemeyer became alarmed. Several fast launches searched unsuccessfully for the mlsslnc boat. The launch Garfield, with the Tio Juan in tow, came into Avalon thut evening with the missing men In an exhausted con dition. FOUR N. Y. WOMEN IN MISHAP. One Una Both Letts Broken as Mo tor Drops Into Anaahle River, rt.ATTSBtiRO. N. V Aug. 23, Miss Hayes, sister-in-law of Thomas Church Ill, formerly president of the Board of Education of New York, Is In a hospital In this city with both legs broken, and Miss Muldoon, Miss Mllllgan ami XI Ins MoOovern, all of New York, are In the same Institution suffering from shock. The automobile In which they were riding dropped thirty-five feet Into twenty feet of water near Ausahls Chasm late this afternoon. The driver, F, W. Judge, an Insurance agent of this rlty, was Intcrnnlly Injured. He lost control of the machine, which ploughed through an Iron railing and over the em bankment, BEES CLEAR CHICAGO STREET. Financial District Crowd Runs to Cover When They Get Loose. Ciiicaoo, Aug, 23. Ten thousand bees, liberated In La Salle street, Chicago's financial district, to-day stung a score of people, and sent brokers, clerks and mes sengers hurrying In cover. The bees, were carried In a rase, A boy bumped Into a man holding there, caus ing him to atumble and sntasli Ilia csm, The usually crowded street was Instantly deserted for a block, WILSON ASSAILED BY GERMAN CATHOLICS Adopt Bosolution Condemning President for Attacks on Foreign Born. MANY OPPOSE MEASURE Tclegrum Sent to Lansing Re manding Religious Liberty in Mexico. President Wilson was attacked last night by the German Roman Catholic Central Vereln In the final session of Its convention in the Park Avenue Ho teU The resolutions condemning the President for the strictures on German Americans in his message to Congress were not acted upon until after a warm debate on the propriety of a religious organlxatlon entering Into political fields, but when the vote waa taken a horus of "Jab" drowned the few "Neln." This Is the resolution, which wsa pre sented to the Vereln by a committee headed by Joseph Matt of Bt. Paul. Minn. : Without precedent In the history of our country, we find the President of the United States publicly In his official message preferring charges against a part of our cltltenahlp who theretofore enjoyed the proud distinc tion of unquestioned loyalty and patriotism. We regret this utterance and deplore Its effects, especially In view of Its general character, without substantiat ing facts, as such utterances coming from such high source are calculated to foster unfounded suspicion and mis trust of a large element of our Amer ican people and- Imperil the consum mation of a programme of social effi ciency In our country, Koelble Faturs Attack. Among themen who urged the adop tion of this resolution wjs Alphonse . Koelble, president of the United German Socletie" of America, who said; "I don't think tills convention has a right or pretends It lias a right to take side'. Hut I believe the American peo ple will respect you for coming out with what yuu consider the truth. We have been accused of being false to the flag, 1 lhe Hag for which we bled and died. Al- th'jiiKh I play as safe as any one, I am In favor of turning against this Infamous attack on our character." Another delegate shouted : "We are not afraid of an mail, no matter who he is '." Joseph Frey of this city, who has been president of the Central Veieln for years, objected to the resolution on the ground that It would be construed as an attack on the candidacy of the President. He expressed hie Indignation at the Presi dent's utterances, but said that protest should have been made at the time they were Issued and not now. "We do not attack him," said Frey, "and we do not speak for Ills candldac or against It," and added later that the President should have been made to prove his accusation" of dMoyalty or "shut twi." "We are meeting pilmarlly not as Ger mans but as Catholics," enld another delegate, who agreed with Frey. "and under no circumstances can we afford to accept the resolution presented here this evenliiK " The Vereln jesterday took ietie with the Administration In another matter Mexico and sent tlds telegram to Sec retory I.nnliw ! our Government having recognlaed the Ciiiransa reglmo In Mexico, thereby according the no-called de facto" Gov ernment of the First Chief Carranca a place among tho nations of the world : And our Government having at the time n mured the cltlsens of the United .States that the de facto Government of Mexico had solemnly pledged to the 1'nltcd States a guarantee of religious liberty to all Mexican citizens which we of cdursn understand to be that re ligious liberty and freedom of con science enjoyed in the United States, which pledge, however, the de facto Government has not carried out : We now, as American citizens, call upon our Government to hold the de facto Government of Mexico to strict observance of this guaranten and nc- countnble fur the violations thereof. c also demand the protection of all American citizens and Iheli rights by the de facto Government of Mexico Inlertentlon Only Care. The same question was discussed In the Vereln yesterday by Mgr. Francis J. Kelly of Chicago, president of the Cath olic Kxtenslnn Society, who drew the Mexican resolution wlUch was adopted on Tuesday by the American Federation of Catholic Societies. Mgr. Kelly as serted that Intervention is the only rem edy for the troubles encountered by the Catholics ncrosa the border. "The vexed question In Mexico Is not the agrarian hut the religious question," said Mgr. Kelly. "Religion and religious freedom are the causes of the whole right. It Is a fight against the Catholic. Church, such us was waged In Portugal, Italy and South America, but I believe It found u climax In Mexico." Discussing President Wilson's appoint ments to the Mexican Commission the speaker said he understood that one of Its members Is n Trntcstant minister. "The VllllstuH and the Zapatistas are not opposed to religion except that they do not want the priests to work much among the people, to have the distribu tion of charities, or to have Catholic Institutions, such as schools. These things became obnoxious In them, and tho result of this wns that the freedom of religious practice became curtailed, "Now to prove o you that tho Mexi can question Is not a land question I will say there are millions and millions of acres of land which the Government Is willing to sell to tho people at a coupla of pesos an acre If the people only rare to take up Its cultivation. "The real question which Is the re ligious one cannot bo settled without the United States stepping In. Mexico cannot live without us." The speaker told of priests being put In Jail and forbidden to heat confes sions. This oppression, he said, was at tho hands of the Socialists In power In Yucatan. "The government of Yucatan Is there fore about the same form of government as that of Russia, except that at least Russia, hss n Duma, where matters ara taken up and discussed." A third Catholic organization In con vention here this week has come out with Mexican resolutions. This was the Catholl" Toting- Man's National Union. , CeaNnaed en rMrd Poet. DEUTSCHLAND BACK AT WESER'S MOUTH German Merchant Submarine Makes Home Voyage in Twenty-one Days. ALL ON BOARD ARE WELL Eastern Passage Six Days Longer Than Crossing to Baltimore. llr.r.i.i.v (by wireless to Sayvllle) Aug. S3. The merchant submarine DeuteeJi land arrived at the mouth of the Weser on her way to Bremen on August 23 (Wednesday), according to the Overseas News Agency. The submarine anchored before the mouth of the river. All on board' were well. The Deutsohland, a German supersub. marine built for carrying merchandise, arrived at Baltimore from Bremen on July 8 with a cargo of dyestuffs and malls. Uersurrlval was halted In Ger many ss the beginning of a regular sub marine merchant service between the United States and Germany which would be able to defy the British blockade. It was announced that she would be fol lowed shortly by the Bremen, a sister ship. The Peutschland passed out of the Vir ginia Capes on her return trip at half past 8 on the night of August 2, so she has been Just three weeks on the way. H look her sixteen days to get to Baltimore from Bremen-, counting the many hours spent submerged when British ships were about. Though the night the Deutschland chose to strike out across the Atlantic was dark and foggy British and French cruisers had been waiting for her oft the capes at lhe entrance to Baltimore har j bor eer since her arrival. On that night their searchlights streamed across the sky Just outside the three mile limit, but the next day they were still, there, ami It seemed that they had missed her i utterly, not even knowing thst she hsd gone. Uscorted by the tug Thomas F. Tim mln the Deutschland stopped at the Cape Ifenry side of the outlet, then dived. For a moment her periscojie showed, then thai, too, disappeared and she wss t gone. Slme then there have been all manner nf reports of the Deutschland. She was safe In port, she had been captured bv British warship, qhe had blown up. all kinds of things had happened to her. jShe wns reported In a private despatch last Friday as having arrived In Bremen on lhe preceding day. A day or two later she ai reportei.stghted off the I Grand Hanks. Other Sports have had ,her off the Maine const on August 7. BREMEN THOUGHT NEAR. I'nnsnal rtlvltr of (ierssan Ships Tied I'p nt Holloa. Boston. Aug. 23, Activity smong some of the Interned German ships at this port und various reports concerning them nltracted the attention of the water front to-day. The steamship Wlllehad of the North Herman Lloyd Line emerged from a dry dock, took aboard several hun dred tons of coal, a large quantity of Ice and stores and added sailors from other vessels to her crew. The ship then moved back to her pier. Officers of the steamship and of the line who were questioned regarding a report that the Wlllehad was going to New London In connection with the ex pected arrival there of the merchant sub marine Bremen said they had no knowl edge of such a plan. HEAT KILLS 5, PROSTRATES 18. Temperature Lower, but llunildlty Makes It Seem Wstrsser. Incieased humidity and high tempera Hire caused five deaths and sixteen pros, tratlons here yesteyday. Humidity registered 81 early In the day, went down to about B0, then back to 32, Its highest point, by evening. The ther mometer showed 90 degrees at 1 M0 P. M , four degrees below the record breaking heat of Tuesday. A shower helped out In the evening. The deaths, all In Brooklyn, equalled the high figure of the season on August . They were Patrick H. Day, 3S, of 636 Franklin avenue; Mrs. Mary Allen. 3S. of 4401 yourth avenue: Mrs. Bessie llammellsnnd, M, of 104 Walton street; Testa Bulkewles, 6 months, of 122 Nos trand avenue, and Herman Sussmsn, 10 months, of r, Srlgel street. Fair and cooler to-morrow, the weather man says BRITISH STEAMER FOUNDERS. Ilnebrn lilts Borksi .'14 Saved, Cap tain and 9 Mlsalng. l.oNDOK. Aug, 33. The British steamer Qurbra has foundered after striking rocks west of the nig Blasket Island, off the coast of Kerry. Thirty-four of the crew have been lauded at Ventry. The captain and two sailors sre missing. Tha Quebra was a vessel of 3.S01 tons. She was owned by the Mercsntlle Steam ship Company of London and sailed from New York for Liverpool on Au gust 18. KILLS SELF ON BOARDWALK. Wntrhrs Fashion Parade, Then Kndu Life l.earea Note to Wife. Atlantic' Citt, Aug. :3. Thomas Rlakey, 3r, while watching the fashion parade on the Board Walk at i o'clock to-night, nt Providence avenue, drew a revolver from his pocket and killed him self hy sending a bullet Into his brain. A note to his wife at 17t West Olney avenue, Philadelphia, asked forgiveness and assigned 111 health and lack of em ployment as the reason for ending his life. WINTER, FROST, SNOW ARRIVE. AH Registered at the Welder Astoria Hotel, When It grew cooler last night soma persons thoughtlessly credited the Im provement to the shower, but those t7ho were better Informed knew It was be cause Winter, Frost and Snow had come to town. F. F. Winter of Cleveland, Ohio : John Frost of San Antonio, Tex., and Mr. and Mrs, Chester Snow of Boston all reg istered during the day at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. lT mab mna wivn. at, tat ease at sis ataaa - hatiu VILLA HIDING, HIS POWER BROKEN, SA YS PERSHING, HASCEASED TOBE FACTOR Once Leader of Mexican Army Now Abandoned by Followers Unable to Recruit Force Since U. S. Broke Up His Band. Wahminoton, Aug. 23, In a telegram lo the War Department to-day Brig. Gen. Pershing reported that Vllia'a pres tige In gono and that he can never again become a serious factor In Mexican 'af fairs. The despatch, sent from the expedi tionary headquarters at Colonla Dublan, follows : "My last report regarding Villa at tack on Parral Is now reported to be In correct. Villa had only small following. He avoided Parral and places occupied by Carranza troops. He wns making his way south Into Durango. Probably now hiding In mountains. "Until recently Villa has been hiding since being driven to mountains of south ern Chihuahua by our troops last April. His late attempt to obtain following re ported ns almost total failure. Opinion seems general that Villa's prestige Is gone and that he can never again be come serious factor In Mexican affairs." Army officers here were Inclined to re gaid the report of Villa's loss of pres. tlge as most Important and likely to have a bearing on the question of the withdrawal of the American forces In Mexico. To Meet In .evr England. W A Stl f Vnfrivr A, OS TL .. - , " n - " una Comtnlsnlnn irhlh It. ... .. .t settlement of differences between the unuea hi ales and Mexico will begin its meetings in the week of September 3 somewhere on the New England coast, according to an announcement mode by Secretary Lansing this afternoon after a conference with ttlluAn imnn.1, f.i. can Ambassador Designate. ' -xir. Lansing appeared In good humor 1,100 MEAT DEALERS . FACE PROSECUTION Puckers Suy Enforcement of Vonkcrs Decision Will Cost 82.500,000 a Year. Following the decision in Yonkem on Tuesday finding Swift tt Co., meat pack ers, guilty of selllnsr hams without mark ing the net and gross weight of the sub stance, for which a fine of 1100 was Im posed by City Judge Beall, John F. Far rell. State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, announced yesterday that 1,100 cases of similar violations will be taken Ui) at once against local and Slate retail ers, most of which will centre In New Vork city. "There nie many cases of retail bulch ers selling meat products, such as bam. In paper wrapping, and rhnrvlnsr meat prices fur the paper, when the law ex pressly says that all such products shall be plainly marked with the net and grow weight, so that lhe consumer can easily tell Just what h la paiug fort" said Mr. Farreil. I The decision against Swift A Co, which followed closely upon similar ac tion taken against Armour A Co.. now means that virtually all the meat park ing companies doing business In New York Stale hove been compelled to live up to the weights and measures law. Mr. Farreil predicted that efforts to re verse the Yonkers decision by carrying the matter to the hkher courts, which Is being done, will result In failure. lie pointed to figures showing that for every pound of hum sold In New Yoik State there la one ntince nf n.inr arrnii. ping sold at regular meat prices In vio lation of the statute. Meat packers as sert they stand to lose 32.500,000 In the State ant.ii.illy by the decision MILK INQUIRY ON TO-MORROW. I Dealer. Will Tell Wlrka Board Why Price Was Pnt Up, The Wicks Legislative committee, which has been investigating the milk situation up State for several weeks past, will arrive In New York to-morrow to take up the local problem with virtually all the city's mill; dealers, who have been Invited tn attend a hearing In City Hall at 10 o'clock. Because of the seriousness nf the situ ation here, the threatened strike of pro- ducers and the snaring price of milk, I the committee wishes to learn all phases of the problem with n possible view to ' adopting regulations which hnve been ' put Into successful operation In other I States, notably Massachusetts, where the Chamber of Commerce of Boston con ' ducted an Inquiry Into milk conditions In New Knrlarul a snort time ago. Testimony will be gathered not only from the large distributing companies, but from the smallest milk dealers, bear ing on the reason for tho sudden rise tn the price of milk, and what measures can be taken to solve the problem. NINE HURT IN BRIDGE CRASH. g it r face Car on Qneenshoro Hpan Itnms the One Ahead. Nine persons, seven of whom weie women, were Injured late yesterday afternoon when a North Reach surface enr crashed Into a Queens county sur face car on the Queensboro Bridge. The Injured were treated by an ambu lance surgeon from Polyclinic Hospital mid molt of them returned to their homes. The accident, however, caused a panlo In the cars and delayed traffic for twenty minutes. Both curs were approaching the Man hattan end of the bridge when the car from North Reach ran Into the rear of the car ahead, which had halted because the trolley pole had Jumped the, wire. The motormen, Thomas Wilson and Frederick Schwager, were uninjured. MEAT CARDS IN ALL GERMANY, Vw Hnle Restricts Supply tr Half Poena Weekly. Br.ni.lN, via London, Aug, 23. The Oovernment has Issued a decree provid ing for the Introduction of meat cards for the whole empire on October 2, Families butchering for their own consumption are subject to the card sys. tern. They will be required to obtain srmlsslnn from local authorities before utcherlng animals for household con sumption. a The maximum amount of meat pro vided for under the new card svstsm will be 319 grams (slightly more than half a pound) weekly. after this conference and He nor Arie dondo hurtled to the embassy to cable Gen. Carranxa that arrangements had at last been completed. After the news that the roast of New England Instead of the New Jersey coast had been selected for the meetings it was first believed that the Adminis tration favored Maine as the scene of deliberations, especially as the elections In that State would closely follow the Initial meetings. Mr. Lansing, however, discouraged this suggestion. He said the exact place would be drslgnuted so soon as he had a chance lo consult the American com missioners, who arc Secretary of the Interior Lane, Judge George Gray and John R. Mott. Magnolia, Mass., Is mentioned as HUely to be chosen. The American representatives will corns to Washington within a few days for a preliminary conference with Secretary Lansln;. Mr. Arredondo said he did not know whether the Mexican representatives had started for the United States, but pre sumed they would await word from the embassjyhere before leaving. The Mexi can commissioners are Luis Cabrera, Minister of Finance ; Ygnaclo Bonlllas and Alberto Pan!, both the latter en gineers and men of wide experience. Whether they will come to Washing ton to pay their respects to President Wilson snd Secretary Lansing prior to the meeting lias, not been settled. Mr. Lansing denied a report that the United States Government would place one tff the American warships at Vera Crux at their disposition tn bring them to this country. GLIB THIEF LOOTS DRIVE APARTMENTS Poses as Rich Man, "Hires" I Flnts With Bad Checks, ' 'I'll en Hobs Them. For the past six weeks agents and tenants of Riverside Drive apartment Louses have been telling the Harlem detectives about a young man with a nrartd manner who was swindling them by means of bad checks and plain theft. He went up and down the drive and through the side streets pretending to be looking for a furnbihed apartment on a year's lease. He said he was Frederick J. Brennler, a son of County Judge Brennler of Kingston. He would point through windows at any yacht that caught his eye In the Hudson, say- lug, "mats mine. I want to get home as near to her mooring place as possible." His conversation was full of automo biles, country estates and wealthy friends. He gave as a reference the Marconi Company of 42 Broadway, where he. nuld he was an Important officer, but he never returned to face proof that this claim was untrue. When he found an npaitment that tools his eye he gave a check for n year's or half a year's rent In advance. If left alone In an apartment he usually manngi'd- -so the police say to pocket whatever valuables were easily nsslmlln- ble nomeumes ne succeeded In getting change in cash for u check that ex- reeded tint stipulated rental. Among the apartment houses that complained to the police were the Chestei field nt 2fi Riv erside Drive, the Cromwell at COn River side Drive, and the houses nt '.'O." West inr.th street and til West lStilh ureet. yesterday Harlem detectives learned thnt Brennler was in the Tombs prison. ; He had been arrested in P.llenville, N Y on Monday by Heailiiuartei s Detec tive Hayes rharsed with stealing $3."i from Arthur Werner and held In I ball In the Tombs court He Is to be ! arraigned In Special Sessions to-day, I According to mi nnnnymnus message received yesterday by Detective Mrllee of the Hnrlem branch llrennler "is the mnn who has been robbing the million aires' colony nt Ithlnecllff, N. V" The police circular describing him says he Is addicted to the use of drugs. TO FIGHT B. & M. RECEIVER. . Road Consents, lint ltorney for Mlnnrlt; Pinna Contest, j Boston, Aug, 23. In answer to the petition for a receiver for the Boston and .Miilne Riiilni.nl, which was tiled In the I'nlted States District Court yesterday. I the mad to-day announced Its consent to an order appointing n receiver, and I averred that the matters contained In the .bill of complaint are true. The answer I was filed late to-day by Oeurgo L. Mny-i ' berry, counsel for the road. Receivership proceedings, however, will be sharply contested. In a statement Is sued to-night Conrad W, Crooker, Junior counsel for the Roston minority stock holders' association, claiming lo represent S00 out of approximately 63,000 shares, said : "We shall fight any such petition from the drop of the hat to the last ditch. There Is no excuse for the directors' re- fusnl to tnnlce Home effort tn aeeura n I newnl of iTiMtlt. The petition for n receivership con tends that outstanding notes of the com pany aggregating 313,300,060 cannot bo paid when they fall due August 31, On this date also payment will be demanded on notes by the Vermont Valley Railroad Company, amounting to (2,300,000, Indorsed by the Boston und Maine, KILLED RESISTING EVICTION. Kansas City Man First Mortally Wounds Two Policemen. Kansas City, Mo , Aug. 23. Resent ing attempts to eject him from the HVartment he was occupying, Dr. Fred M, Utrkln, rollector of ancient and curl ouh weapons, opened lire with a pistol upon two policemen this evening. In an exchange of shots that followed t.arkln was killed, Philip R. Ncfl and fileiin Marshall, patrolmen, were probably mortally wounded, and Mrs. Maude Kchord, living In a nearby apartment, was wounded by a stray bullet, Irktn had been notified to give up his rooms, but failed to mote, The landlord appealed to the police. WILSON'S STAND ON ARBITRATION CALLED UNFAIR i Policy in Rail Crisis Brings Bitter Attack From J. M. Dickinson. IMPATIENCE SHOWN BV BROTHERHOODS Proposal Made to Go Home and let Leaders Ar range Strike. MORE TIME NEEDED - TO FORMULATE PLAN Jlessages From All Over Country Commend Posi , tion of Executives. Washington, Aug. 23. Another day, of deliberation on tho part of tho rail way executives fulled to bring per ceptibly nearer the solution of th problem upon which a national rail road strike depends. The executives' commlttro of eight, struggled to devise n plan which would meet the Ideas of the President and prove noceptuble tn the employees of the four brotherhoods. When tho com mittee members met with their col leagues and the railroad managers to night they reported that they, had mnde no progress. Hole Holden of thu Burlington, Hobert S. Lovett of the Union 1'aclflo and President Wlllnrd of tho Haltlmord and Ohio again discussed tho situation with the President at tho Whlto House for upward of an hour to-night. The President It Is understood, has promised to use hla Influence to, get the Interstate Commerce Commleskm to grant the roads un Increase In rates If It appears that such n raise Is Justi fied. The railroads hud oskeA for a guarantee that they might raiso rate If a raise WPrei Justified and on Investi gation of the working1 of tho eight hour day. Senator Xowlunds suld after talking with President Wilson that he would push ut onco his bill to odd twu members to the Interstate Commrrco Commission, which the roads, think means that their requests fur m rate inerent.e and nn Investigation of the right hour day will receive; early con sideration. Meantime railway executives nre be coming more and more bitter ovi r the President's pence plan. .Incnli .M. Dickinson, foinier Secretary of Win and now rf elver nf the Hurl: Island, Issued n statement to-day Inveighing against the President for discarding the jitlnclple nf hi Miration a lid for insisting that the r.iilionds gram the employees nn eight hour day. Mr Dickinson predicted u renewal nf in dustrial strife us moil us the present controversy is nut nf the way. .Mi. Dickinson N a Demiicr.it nint worked for .Mr. Wlluins election. Ills attack 'on President Wileim is regarded, theie- fore, us nil the more striking lllekliismi's Miitrmrnt. Mr IilcUlnt-on's jt,iiiil f. inwv "The plain Issue i w licther men op etatlnK the livichlnel nf public lltlbtlis iiisni which depend not onlv prnctlctljv I all the, business of i bund (d million j people ' but their veiv lives, and 'n I functions nf all government. State .mil national, can enforce nn arbitral y rte ! tnand for Increase of p'ly bv threaten ing the renrral welfare of all tile other ' pmple. If the milro.nl malingers should .seek to inforce n demand for a icdue. Hon of piy bv threatening a nenera' lockout the people would Immedlateh overwhelm them with rlghtmus Indigna tion. "If the tnllinnd managers yield the principle of arbitration wil: be. over thrown, the Imic merely will be i-' pnned and not i-ettlcil and will rctupi In aggravated form Jitstitled by confi dence based upon success. "It Is a greater qu stion than m of compensation to emplojeos or return upon capital. It Is vital to the life or th American people, and they alone have the power to settle It on n stable lwisls. 'The President has Intervened. Some are saying thnt he has been the arbi trator, and that In tnls way tne prin ciple has been maintained. This con tention Is manifestly false and la m.id.i to mislead the public thought, TIcj President has not made and cannot make such c'ulm, The mploees it s tlhctly refuse all arbitration of the de. mand for an eight hour day. The rail road managers hnve never made b m as arbitrator "lie tins publicly announced that the question of nn eight hour day was mv. arbitrable, If he Is not clearly tight he iias dealt a severe blow to the prin ciple of arbitration, lie liases Ids con clusion entirely on a premise tfCit so ciety has determined that the eight hour day must bo ndoptul. Not Determined by I. nre, I "This premise will be denied earnestly and honestly bv a laige part of the American people, Certainly society has not determined it by law If so the law would fettle It and no such question could arise, Parts of society have determined It by law for special classes and spechl nlnc'cH The fict that It has not been I generally decreed by law shows that ao cletv has not determined the Ismim. "The President has probably gone be. yond the nation of society The most that can bo said for his premise Is that he assumes It upon his rnnrt.pt Inn of what society wisbes or may do. He may forecast correctly, but Ml best It Is a prophecy, Upon this, bacKed by the prestige of his great office, he has d,e