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REFUGEES CRITICISE
U. S. ARMY OFFICER
Indignation Expressed by
Persons Inconvenienced
at Havre.
BRITISH SOLDIERS
GAVE UP BLANKETS
Many with First Class Steamship
Tickets Forced to Sleep
on Vessel's Decks.
, li> fable to The TrikttM ?
London. Sept. 5. -Officials of the
.?ommittcc of Americans resident in
London were up in arms to-day over
the reports of neglect of American
refugees at Havre by American offi?
cials, which were recited to the com?
mittee here by some indignant rofu
gees.
While the highest prats? ?s giveiv to
Captain T. D. Martindale. of the cruiser
Tennessee, Colonel Samuel Kcts?.?r,
Major Charles Haekin, Lieutenant K.
?rebel and Lieutenant It. Hunsiker. .'.
is o.ienly charged that Alajor Henry,
who. was supposed to look after rcH.
?'ees coming from Paris, was to i c
ound nowhere, and as a result many
refugees were thrown on the mercy of
Knglish troopers. Some allege that
Major Henry vva.? aboard La Tourain?,
where many wealthy Americans who
had journeyed from'Paria on the first
embassy special were comfortably taken
care of.
H. C. Hoover, chairman of the Ameri?
can committee here, said: "It is im?
perative that the true conditions he
known in America. There has been in?
efficient handling of the situation by
at least one person, who from all ac?
counts was supposed t?> look after
refugees. Persons of affluence seem
to have been well treated. 1 want u>
say that praise of the officers of the
Tennesse cannot be too high. Th? y
showed no favoritism."
Mr. Hoover asked, on behalf of bis
commit!?**?, that l)r. II. W. Woodhou?e.
of Philadelphia, recite the conditions
at Havre, so they could be p-ubli?ht j,
which Dr, Wooohooac did. He said:
"There were two sections of the trail.
leaving Paris on Wednesday at noon.
The lirat one carried first class pa
sengers, many of whom were booked to
sail on La France. The second :?c<-- ,
tion left Pans shortly afterward, but
not until nearly midnight did it arrive
at Havre. We were led to believe that I
M a; or Henry, who had originally conn??-'
over on the Tennessee, would be there
to .meet us, but instead wv were ?all
?lumped out at the station, with no one
to ?????et u?. With several other men i .
.?elpeil to get the people together to
see if we could find Major Henry, but
we were unsuccessful. It was said he
WIM on La Tourainc, up to his ear?
in work, while a lieutenant had been
sent by him to see what he could do foi?
ns. It was not known then what boa?,
we were to go on. eventually it was
h< English officers who gave up their
quarter.? 'n many women, while soldier.?
gave up blankets to others, and at las'.
?ve go: permission for some to sleep on
the decks of La Touraine. Not'in' -ili
ihut time did we see Henry.
British Soldiers Help.'
"L.-.ier Mr. Williams, of St. David'.?..!,
Philadelphia, skvv Henry, and accuse 1
him t?> his face of treating refugee?
shabbily, to which Henry replied: 'My
(?o?l. man, this is war!' In the morn- !
lag ther?.- was nothing to eat for the
women and children until we went for?
aging in the town for food for then?, ?
ami British troopers gave up their,
ration? to hungry refugees. An Knjfr |
lish g>ne?~al in a motor car came along
and asked if he could be of assistance,
producing from underneath the seat of
his automobile a largo ham and bread,
which he said he gladly contributed,
end it was thankfully received.
"Of course, it was necessary for the
women to get out of the officers' quar?
ters in the morning, and from that
time on until 2 p. m. women and chil?
dren were forced to sit in the boiling
aun. When the commander of the Ten?
nessee came ashore he' was unaware of
what hardships the refugees had been
subjected to, and at once took steps
to have thorn get ready for embarka?
tion. It was not until we got aboard
the Tennessee that we were told it wa?
unnecessary to go to the American
Consulute to show our passports to get
tickets for fhe Tennessee, which we
hsd been told hy one American official
at Havre was absolutely essential.
"Once aboard the Tennessee nothing
Was left undone to make all refugees
comfortable, and no favoritisr.i vas
shown. In one instance an American
of affluence, who has been living in
Paris, was trying to impress it upon
the Tennessee's officers that he should
have special quarter?,, but was prompt?
ly told he would be taken care of as
the others weic. Perry Belmont, I was
told, insisted upon having his touring
car placed aboard the Tennessee."
Dr. Wootjhouse and others reported
that all hotel accommodations were
taken up by a number of persons coin?
ing on the first section. Others who
were booked to sail first class on the
French liners were taken aboard ship
only after great protestation by some
other refugees, and were permitted to
sleep on deck.
Say Officer Was Drunk.
A member of the finance committee
of the American committee here de?
clared to-day that at least one officer
who had come over on the Tennessee
and ?as detailed to go on the C'onti
i.ent and assist in getting money to
stranded Americans in Switzerland and
other places had been inebriated most
of the time, and at one place had been
lifted from the train by fellow citi?
zens who were ashamed to have him
by officials of the country in
Which he was travelling.
Mr. Hoover in a statement issued to?
day said this: "Last week was one of
the most strenuous since the war
began, and of six thousand refugee?
from the Continent six hundred ware)
absolutely destitute. About five hun?
dred had been for some time withou?
food and had been fed in stations.
Boarding places were provided by the
committee- for 920 persons, and alto?
gether 1.267 persons received some
form of financial assistance, making a
total of 5,392 assisted financially to
date. It is estimated that there were
devil thousand departures for
America during the week, making
about 6tt,000 since the war began, while
four thousand got'away from the- Con?
tinent during the weuk. American
consuls, naval and Treasury officials
have been gathering baggage from all
over Europe and shipping it to the
! committee here as a general clearing
1 house."
Among the passengers on the Cam?
pania, sailing to-day, were Mr, and
Mr.. F. S. Billings and daughters, Mrs,
William Birney, Dr. J. Baryany, Mrs.
\V. Caspury. Mrs. Crocker, Mrs. Charles
}'.. Dana. MiSl Dana, Professor and
?Mrs H. T. Gildersleeve, Dr. and Mrs.
Leigh Hunt. Dr. and Mrs. Robert V.
1res rnd children, Mr. and Mrs. A. ?x
? Kimhcrley, Mv. ami Mrs. Bradley Mar
tin and children, Mr. and Mrs. Pi
Lsncey Nicoll, Miss J. Nicoll, Mr. and
Mr?. Alexander lit Revell, Mr. and Mrs,
Edward RobinscV Dr. William L
Tracey. o>
The American crulaer North Caro?
lina, which sailed from Falmouth yes?
terday, has been ordered to Smyrna,
where she will provida money for
Americans and look after the mission?
aries in Asia Minor. The cruiser will
stop on the way to transfer Captain
Richard H. Williams, U. S. A., who is
charged with the relief of American
| tourists, to the American gunboat
j Scorpion, which will return to Con?
! ?tantinople and afford relief to the
Americans there.
Captain Williams will carry ?(0,000
in gold for the immediate use of
stranded tourists. Reports indicate
that Americans have had difficulty in
! getting accommodations from Turkish
I bankers.
The Amevican gunboat Scorpion is
row stationed at Constantinople and
the arrangement by which she will
meet the cruiser North Carolina at
Smyrna will avoid the necessity ?or
'.he cruiser to pass through the Dsrds
, relies in a time of war.
GERMANTS CHIEF AIM
IS TO CRUSH ENGLAND
Hopes After Conqueat of France to Offer Her Such
Terms as Will Impel Her to Becom?
an Ally of Kaiser.
I By Cable to The Tribune.!
l.,.i.,..?.i. Sept.- 3.?'Hi? Berlin correspondent of the "Nleuwe Kotier
damec-be Courant," Holland's leading paper, ?ritos under datp of August .SO:
"Since WTO Germany's confidence iu the infallibility of the General Staff
of It? army has l.toii firm a? a rock. This has gtven the people ?taca the out?
break or the war a strong self -ron ti? lenco which has boon vfry good for their
nenes, Anxiety about the result lias not got the upper hand for a moment, j
and the peuple arc ?raiting for victory With a calmiles which might satisfy I
even an F.uglish.iiian of the genuine kind. The overwhelming series of re-1
|K?rls of vletorles has not drawn forth any demons!rations of importance. I
.Mid even less does tin* idea they night have been purchased at the price of
terrible Buffering make any possible impression. Kvcn a victory in sorely
tried Last Prussia, which was greeted in government circles with a (loop ?**_
nf relief, produced no striking manifestation In the streets, still loss did the,
news of the s.*a fight off 'Heligoland, while the "Tagliehe Rundschau' was
able to extract ..?om un official report of Wolff's -Agency a raocesa for lhe
German tlcci on Saturday.
ENGLISH MOST HATED OF ALL.
"in government circles it is regarded us in the highest degree disagree-,
able that the fleet In the last few days should bave lost, so much reoonnois
sanee material. It must be borne In mind that small fast cruisers are aj
specialty of the < ?crinan naval force, and it is so much <leslred to lnfllet heavy |
blows on the Kngiishnien. the most hated of all enemies, that the feeling 1? ;
the\ seine among the people ih in political circles. The middle classes, who:
feel in .their daily life what war means and who already rogurd the present
.as the uttermost limit, have no idea nt cool, .aleulating Knglish taetie?.
'Plie pullticl-a-j bore rather see in England the land which brought on the out
break of war by a Jinoly played Intrigue In order to let dangerous Russia bleed j
herself i?> death, to the end that against Germany, even a victorious Germany,
-bo may herself :, [ulre great adwtntngcs. both in trade and on sea, and in
order to make France entirely dependent ?pon her.
HOPE TO MAKE FRANCE ALLY.
"I In* consequence of this, opinion is In the highest degree remarkable.
TTlioflicr you speak with a politician or a porter or shoemaker, the same wish
????ill always be cx^o^s**1?1!: *\Vo must, when we have beaten France, offer her;
peace on very acceptable ternis in order to make her our ally to Bgbt aguinst
Kiigland:'
"Tin* r>*a.lcr will pcrlinps learn with sur|irise lliat. no hostile attitude
preval?a lure in Berlin against France. \ot an ill word is spoken of ihe,
French. Their courage and their t?ctica are praised; they, arc regarded a?
tl.ne dangerous opponent, bul with knightly respect at the outbreak of the
war it was said to me by various poisons In authority, 'We march against
?the -Tench only with regtet' since that time in the greater jmrt of the press
this attitude has grown stronger, llaio against the Englishman^ disdain for
the Russian, profound' acorn for the Japanese and chivalrous dourncss
against the Frenchman are feeling? which one can attribute to it.
"The gencraj publier,apparently much underrates the dangers which ,
threaten from the Russian side. In any case, the German troops which j
have had and may have to withstand the attack of Russia, a force greatly ?
superior in strength, have suffered frightful losses.
RUSSIAN SUCCESSES DISCOURAGING.
"The first reports give very small Idea of the bearing or the Russian '
troops. It is not to bo assumed from this that the military' authorities hav
been led thereby to great optimism, but the latest reports have been a heavy
disappointment One hears now and then of shells that do not burst, of1
cowardly night and of Russian soldiers who li.* concealed in their trenches,
' film and shoot, but who throw away their weapons as the Germans ap
i preach, but from other places come reports of the murderous tiro of Russian
infantry and of their good artillery. It Is true that the defenders of Fast
?Prussia have had a very, very treat responsibility. There are crowds of
refugees from Rast I'russia in Berlin, and they relate grewsome stories of
what has occurred.
"The corresponden! refers to the nio.v encouraging reports received by
Germans from the oast front, lie adds, however, 'but after those defeated or !
wavering, masses of the new Russian army force* threaten again.' It is no!
wouder that here in Berlin they are in a hurry to bring the war in the west
i to an end."
Irish Troops Call Fire of
German Artillery Deadly
Lender?, Sept. 5.-The Boulogne correspondent of "The Star" records a
conversation with some members of a small party of Dublin Fusiliers, who,
having been cut off from their regiment at CourtrSi, managed to make their
way to Boulogne. Unlike some of the men he had seen, adds the correspondent,
these Fusiliers have nothing but respect for the German artillery.
"It was every bit a? good as our own," one of them said. "They got the
raiiff in five seconds, and there was a burst of shrapnel over -ads. Two
men ?c the left of me in the trenches were killed, but both I an *n to the
right of me, who had fallen asleep through sheer exhaustion ,?re left
an touch d.
"The Germans had more machine* guns than we had. They have a war of
working around to the end of our trenches and turning their guns right down
the length of them. The effect'of that is deadly."
GOWNS
TAILORED FROCKS
HATS FURS
Youthful ?and Diff?rent
Now showing models that, as usual, are certain to
establish the smart vogue for the seawn.
FfTH AVENUE AT * 52D STREET
?J I
WILL HISTORY REPEAT OR RE?
VERSE THE WAR OF 1870T
September 5, 187s??German army
occupied Rheims.
September 5, 1914?Gcrmsa army
storming at outer defences of Paris.
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
September, 18ts? Russian army
?urehM through Galicia to help
Austrians subjugate Hungarians.
September, UU?Russisa army
marches through d?llela to prevent
Austrians from subjugating Ser?
vians.
il ? _ ,; ?"
CANADA DISARMS
FOES IN DOMINOIN
Ottawa. Sept. 5? -Natives of coun?
tries at war with England who have
? arms or explosives must surrender
them to the authorities within ten
. days, a government order to-day pro
? vides. The sale of arms or explosives
to ?uch aliens is forbidden. A penalty
| of ?500 fine or thiee months' imprison
' is provided. J
SLAUGHTER FAILS !
TO STOP GERMANS
ConttaaM trem? MS* ?
possible speed, troops inarched ?long the high roads, carrying their im
p.-dinieuta with thctn.
The hum ot a motor high up in tlie air was the first intimation O? j
their approach. The villagers rushed out and gased skyward. A Taube
aeroplane was hovering above us at no very great distance, and soon we.
saw .?the.-?-. !i was quite evident that they were spying out the land
thoroughly, looking (or possible dangers to the advancing hosts and !
transmitting information to the marching German*. While wc watched?
one Tatihe machine crumpled up and fell headlong to the ground. Both
ils occupants were pitched out in mid-air and dropped a sheer $00 feet
I to death. Put how utterly insignificant that tragic incident seemed. Two
i format! airmen ?lead. Two German families futng into mourning! But
ihe Carman h??*ts marched on, and the destruction of these humau atoms ]
loi a mighty wh-iJc was ot no military consequence.
a
MARCHED EIGHT ABREAST AT AMAZING PACE.
j'.uund a bcrtd of the road came the vanguard, consisting of a b;g coo*
tingcnt ?ol military cyclist?, with riflfs swung over their shoulders.
Knowing liic way was clear for them, they rode right through the village
at B ?-low paie. Clo.sc behind ?ame a regiment of cavalry, then field
artillery The hor-es were almost worn out and the drivers Htrashed
them until they maintained the puce that suited the requirement? of *
i<irc-?d p. arch. Mon? cavalry and cor;?s ?.f various descriptions followed,
and then the infantry.
The road was wide, and they inarched eight abreast. There seemed ?
no end to them. Such typical German faces and ligures! These met:
were'short, rather than tall, but stalwart in form and with round heat'-,
ami closely cropped hair. Their gray green uniforms were covered. ?
with duit. The rate ot march was more than four mites an hour; probably
a* mile in thirteen minute?. Considering the weight of equipment, to which
must be added the rifle, this speed is amazing, but it was clear their physi?
cal strength was being taxed to the uttermost.
Some corps were singing sentimental German Volkslieder. But many '
then were staggering along, barely able to hold their places in the ranks.
There is no room in the German army tor weaklings. They receive
scan; mercy from comrades or superiors. The non-commissioned officers
are relentlessly <tern in the maintenance of msreh discipline. They passed
aiong line.-, cursing the lagging scores with a vigorous brutality that
seemed to overawe them.
WEAKLINGS BEATEN INTO LINE.
I saw a young soldier, who look?d like a youth of twenty, receive !
several severe blows from a non-commissioned officer because fatigue
caused him to fall a little behind his rank and thus disarrange the march?
ing machine. Other men who dropped by the wayside were prodded with
bayonets until pain goaded them to fresh eftorts. One private, accused
of simulating exhaustion, v/as kicked by a non-commissioned officer with
heavy boots until he roic to his feet and went on marching. Complete
exhaustion and utter despair were written on some of the faces, but not
on the majority of them. The bulk of the troops, it must be recorded,
seemed to ?stand the test of endurance succes?tully, thanks to perfect train?
ing in the times of peace.
There seemed no community of fellowship between the officers and
men. Communication between them appeared to be conducted by the
non-commissioned officer?, who play a most important part in the German
army. Some of the ofticers who passed witnessed the chastisrm nt by
the non-commissioned men of exhausted 'oldiers. and took no notice of
iheir drastic method? of maintaining march discipline. Evidently it is ac?
cepted as a natural necessity.
The equipment of the German army is wonderfully complete. Huge
motor lorries stretched tor miles and miles, and came along after the
troops at a speed of nearly twenty miles an hour, (inns, ammunition,
Maxims and general stores on big automobiles, field kitchen?, travelling
pharmacies, field telephones and telegraph lines, portable wireless appar
atns?nothing was missing
FRENCH PEASANTRY AWE-STRICKEN.
it ?ai a scientifically and systematically equipped army which moved
Southward t ?ward F'aris. The number of German troops was a never
ending source of awe and terror to the French peasantry. "What chance
have we of stemming this tide of armies?"' they asked in despair.
The Germans filled the road.? and overflowed into the fields. When
thousand?, had g?5nc by, more thousands approached, and continued to
march to '.he front; and ?hen these thousands disappeared to the south
mor? tens of thousand? arrived from the rear and ?went on marching to
the front. It was an endless swarm of human ants.
A day later chance made me the spectator of an engagement between
the French and German troops.
The French were strongly intrenched, and the French artillery oc- :
cupied a favorable position under cover, but in a good line of attack.
The Germans advanced. The French artillery found the range and
thelled them. I saw the gray-green figures dropping like ninepins bowled
over by some unseen thrower. But more gray-green ligures emerged
from the rear, and the advance continued.
The Germans went forward at the double quick. The French artille: v
continued destructive fire, but the onward rush was too rapid for any such
means tu stop it. The French infantry poured volley after volley into the
German ranks.
The Germans were advancing with about one yard distance between
men of the front line, but the Germans of the second line were immediately !
behin those of the first, so that as the foremost were shot down the men
of the second line were there in their right position and able to push
forward. The Germans of the third line wire exactly behind those of
the second, so that when the soldiers of th? second line were shot down,
those of the third took their place. So they advanced, line after line,
always in close formation, both from right to left and from van to rear.
The slaughter was truly terrible. Countle?? gray-green figures fell
and lay prostrate, while their comrades rushed unward to the same
telendos fate. But the French simply could not shoot them dead with
sufficient rapidity to stem the onslaught. The Germans succeeded in
advancing, and the French withdrew to avoid being overwhelmed by the
Teutonic hordes.
The Germans achieve wonderful results by these methods of fighting.
I am inclined to think it is not so much their courage as the discipline
which enables them to court death by these antiquated tactics. They
fght almost automatically and advance with machinelike precision, so
thorough is their training.
It is not strategy, not skill in handling weapons, not individual ligh.
ing qualities that have achieved the advance to Paris. It is the efficiency
-jf the whole German military system.
-s
Exposes German News Trick
Intended to Discredit Czar
London, Sept. 5.?Sir Valentine Chlrol, writing to "The Times" with
reference to Sir Edward Goschen's report to the Foreign Office on the activi?
ties of the German press bureau says:
"Upon a very Instructive instance of the perfidy of the German press
bureau 1 happen to have alighted to-day in looking through a batch of Ger?
man newspaper?.
"It appears that copies of an 'Orange Book,' containing Russian official
documents published tn Petrograd after the outbreak of the war, luve
leached Berlin, though apparently none so tar have reached this country.
The one official document selected for republication is a telegram sent by
the Ciar to the Crown Prince of Servia on July 14-2?, the day after the
rejection of the Servian reply to the Austrian ultimatum and the withdrawal
of the Austrian Minister from Belgrade.
"The telegram is couched in very general and moderate terms and
merely give* Servia the assurance to which the Russian government had al
ttady given diplomatic expression through its representatives abroad, that
Russia would never remain indifferent to the fate of Servia, while expressing
at the ?ame time the Czar's conviction that the Servian government should
make every effort to assist the Russian government In promoting a solution
of the existing difficulties which would preserve the dignity of Servia und
avert the horrors of war.
"In the 'Hamburger Nachrichten' of August 23 this telegram is pub?
lished with only the old style date used by the Russians, July 14, deliberately
omitting the new style datf, July :". thus suggesting that the Czar was'
>tirring upVicrvian leeling ?icarl;. lea lUyi bttort the Austrian ultimatum to
Servit."
RACES TO HASTEN
RED CROSS SAILING
Miss Boardman Off to
Washington to Get Copy
of Neutrality Papers.
Miss Mabel Boardman took the mid?
night tiain for Washington last night,
to obtain fioin the State Department
certain papers without ?vhich the Ke.l
Cross relief ship, due to sail for war
racked h'uropc to-morrow at i o'clock
\>t m., could not enter foreign waters.
She will return to-day. She decided on
the trip Ute yesterday afternoon upon
finding that the papers, which she had
expected before then, had not Hrrivcd.
"They are papers assuring us that
the neutrality of the ship will ha re?
?pected in the French and Kuglish
ports at which she is to touch," Miss
I'oardmau said. "The ambassadors
from those countries are overwhelmed
with work, and i suppose that is the
reason for delay. I am sure our State
Ilipartmetit has nailed than now; they
arc probably on their way. and will
reach here to-morrow, Still, I think
It best to go to Washington jnd get a
duplicate copy, for it would be a pity to
put off the sailing, when everything
t Ise i ? ready."
The army of I2S nurses and thirty
surgeons mobilized yesterday not one
missing--on board the steamship Red
Cross, formerly the BtMHship Ham?
burg, where she lies at the Hamburg
American dock at ?.id st., Mrooklyn,
Their courage under lire was instantly
tcs'cd, for the) were all lined up
by the photographers. There were as
many cameras as there are newspapers
in New York City, and then some. Also
the moving picture man was there.
Moot of the nurses and surgeons re
n.nincd on hoard last night. To-day
the ship will move up to the dock at
.19th st., near the Hush Termina! ware?
houses, where the medical supplies are
stored, and the work of loading will
be completed. Many of the supplies
v.ere put on ears yesterday, ready to
run down the rails to the ship's side, so
it will not take long to get the cargo
aboard.
The Ked Cross wai a conspicuous
object a*? she lay in the f|uiet water
snowy white from stem to stern, with
a broad red band around her, a big
Greek cross in deep red on eaeh of her
white smokestacks and the words 'Red
Ci*cj**b'-in red on her bow. With the
Htars and Rtripes floating ubove, it
seemed as if everything had been done
to proclaim to any who sail the i.-as
that her? was a neutral eraft, bound
on a mission of mercy, which all na?
tions roust respect.
Inside the ship, it is true, there was
a decidedly German atmosphere. 1 no
Teuton accent ind the Teuton cast of
countenance predominated in the crew.
The legends in the German tongue
painted up in cabins here and th?'
had not been obliterated, and a aeii
of Germanic odor floated up from the
kitchens. But the Red Cross nurses
in their uniforms and the Red Croes
surgeons In their khaki threw all tlrs
into the background.
One of the broadfaced sailor, laid In
broken Knglish that thera was "shuof.
von American sailor on woanl." He
was hired from the S. S. President
Grant, which lies in the harbor near
by. But a number of the ?ttwardn. ?aid
this .-ailor, are "American mens." M?
said he had no fear of being seir.ed by
the allies.
"This is a fast boat," he said. "No
ship can catch us. 1,'nd dat." point;.ig
to the red cross i bove. "make all safe.
No one will harm us."
Miss Jane A-. Delano, chairman of
the gtncral nursing service of the
Ameriean Red Cross; Mrs. William
Kinnicut Draper, secretary of the so?
ciety's New- York branch; Major Bob
Sit Hugh Patterson, in charge of the
expedition, and Miss Helen Scott Hay.
in charge of the nurses, spent the a*.
terroon on the boat settling details.
Miss Boardman was there for a final
consultation with Captain Arnisted
Rust, U. S. N , who will command the
ship.
SCHOOLSHIP BACK
WITH 11 REFUGEES
Newport, R. I., Sept. I. Eleven
Ameriean refugees from the Kuropean
war zone arrived here from Marseille;
on the gunboat Newport, the training
ship of the New York Public Marin ?
School, to-day.
The Newport left Marseilles twenty
five days ago, and not until yesterda*..
when a British cruiser was spoken, wa ;
a foreign warship sighted.
Dr. I? B. Rogers and Mrs. Charle*
Maddock, of New York, and Dr. a:i i
Mrs. George O. King and Mrs. Hilen H.
Dumont, of Philadelphia, were among
the passengers.
BRITISH LINERS TO
CARRY NO GIB
Ambassador Announces
Decision Is to Relieve
?. S. of Problem.
Wa.hington, Sept. -V The Sut? D?.
partrnent was formally npt.ntd by tlw
Mnti-h Ambaasador to day that E
goI ?Triment had decided to Si.tr?,
British merchant craft piymg bet?*?*?
England and the United States.
I be air.vat of lh?( British ?'.?(???.
Adriatic at Mew York rotentlv w\\A
ttur guns on her deck led the Genets
Amhi asador i.? int? rrogate the Unim
States a? to the tutu- of th? Briti??
?hip. If the ?hip had been <on?'d?r?a
an aimed ship, the iuie? yf interna?
tional lii'V '.voul'l ha.<- required it?
peeriy departure from port, not u> r?
turn for three month?.
The British Kovornmcn* took th? my.
Sitien thi't liie gun?, wer? carried tor
the protection of pasnenic? ? a. It co?.
teniie?! thai ?'? long a" the ????el?-^
engaged in commercial pr .??* ?iirert
bi'tween two ports, sn?l wu? noterai?,
ing on the ocean, it hml a. right to tarn/
arm?? !'<?r protective purpose? ?olely.
The -tituation brought to th? I'mtta.
.?i.i'?. ?1? neee??tity of ??a??ing upn
? .? rv ?hip that might come from ,
bellieerent country, to <l??ii<ie th? ti?
und number of eun? the ?nip rmrkt
carry without being ? ?, .?? -I? red ?a
armed ?. <
Without yielding "?tu
? ight ot it.?? ?h:p? to carry ara?,
thfi British aovernn <-d tat
Secretary of State to-?!?.?, that i( ?otit
umove all gunj froir. al ?hi??,
to relieve the t'nited States of tit
problem presented.
Philadelphia, ?^?-pt. 5 : ? America?
line steamer Merion, flying the Britiik
Hag. which arrived here ?h ? -??ekirta
England with four 6-in? - . ? mount??'
en her deck?, ?ailed for [.!? ? rpool ?at
Queenstown to-day with the big *?*.
pon? stowed away in th* hold of tat
?hip.
New Features at Rector's.
Artist? ??'.'I artisan? have bees ?a
i Urging Rector' \ ?nd in
provementH costing manj thousao?
will be niaile. !>???>?.? 'he n tenth?
alteration* ipec n ?arektiaj
offered.
A?rTAHAM
AND
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BROOKLYN
17 Minutes Grand Central to A. _c S. Subway Station, Hoyt St.
Store Closed Monday, Labor Day.
China and Glassware
Unprecedented Low Pricing
Tl IIS IS THE GREATEST SALE OF CHINA
and kindred wares that has ever been held in this
Store, and that certainly means breaking records
for this community.
IT IS A SALE OF EXTRAORDI?
NARY MAGNITUDE.
We have in stock and in reserve OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF CHINA
AND CUT GLASS. That means more China and
Cut Glass than in the stocks of all the other large
atores of Brooklyn put together.
Where quantities permit we will (ill
mail ordere and send C. O. D., but in some
instances we must limit the sale to atore
orders only. Deliveries during the week.
German China Cake Plates
at 12c
Or Salad Bowls, richly decorated
with pink rose and creen foliage;
cake plate has open handles.
German China Sugar and
Cream Sets, 10c
Dainty puces of line China,
handsomely decorate?! in rich
blended colovs; assorted floral
designs and gold edge.
$21.98 Theodore Haviland
China Dinner Sets, $15.98
91 pieces, exquisitely decorated
in a dainty floral design, in nat?
ural colors, and coin gold stin
pled bundles; set includes ,-:oup
tureen anil three meat ?iishe3.
$14.98 Austrian China Din?
ner Sets, $10.98
101 pieces, prettily decanted
in n variety of rich floral effects
in natural colors; gold edge on
all pieces; set includes -;oup
tureen and three meat dishes.
$1.25 German China Pudding Sets, 69c
3 pieces, richly decorated with lustre border; stippled g ;
floral designs; act consists of fancy bowl, white lining and rou '. Iray.
$9.98 American Porcelain Dinner Sets, $6.98
100 pieeej. handsomely decorated with, rieh lace golu border; sel ,?elude?
soup tureen, sugar bowl, cream pitcher, etc.
$11.98 American Porcelain Dinner Sets, $7.98
102 -liecc?, prettily decorated in n. a*, floral design and cold ? vniwnfl
others hav?? lace gold border; sot includes soup tureen and tin? '
$13.75 American Porcelain Dinner Sets, $8.9S
102 nieces, prettily decorated with pink rosebud-, liu_r? '."id I***
on all pieces; set includes soup turden and three largi neat d
$14.50 American Porcelain Dinner Sets, $9.98
102 pieces, richly decorated with lustre border ami lace |
color; oth.rs in assorted floral effects' in natural'colors and gold on s|
piece-.; ;et ?peludos soup tureen and threi large site meat .! v
$15.98 and $16.98 American Porcelain Dinner Sets, $10.96
102 pieces, exquisitely decorated with a delicate floral border m two da
signs, richly illuminated with two gold lines on all pieces; el luclud?!
soup tureen end three large meat dishea.
Jardinieres, Jardinieres and Pedestals, Umbrella Jars, Etc
At 19c. to $5.49. American Pottery Jar-In ?ere?, Kerneriea. U Bdaj
Flower Vases, etc.. in rich blended effects, matte green, olid ..olofs, *"
ruko, greenwood land, Moss Aztec. Art Roma, etc.
Jardinieres and Pedestals, Pedelettes, Etc.
At ?VMS to $1.98. American pottery, hs a variety
This Catherine are the Dark Art rich blended effects, Mo- I
German China Cake Sets
At 98c to $1.49, Regularly $1.75 to $2.25
I'mbrell-i Jars, in the Japan ami American pottery; this offei i g MM
blue and white, red and blue, Tokonabc, matte green, etc.
At 25c to 49c, Regularly 39c to 75c
!udet
?erman China Cuspidors, others in American pottery, richly ?? roratedJe
blended colors; others in a variety of dainty floral effects in natural colors?
Exquisitely decorate,: n rieh
blended colors, dainty florai de?
signa anil gold edge; set consists
of cake tray with open handles
and ii>: plate?.
illuminated with gold.
At $1.49, Regularly $2.19
America,i Porcelain Toilet ?Sets. 'J pieces, richly decorated in all !*?**
ro color; the same set as this, including Urge sue covered waste jar. reg?
ularly ?W.21, at $2.49.
Brilliant American Cut Glass--Best values
$4.98 Cut Glass Covered Cheese Dish, $3.25
American <"ut Glass, an extra heavy blank, exquisite?
ly cut in a combination of Venetian and fan designs.
$1.98 Cut Glass Ice Tubs, $139
A flawless blank, "handsomely cut in a combiuaU??
of rich designs, finished with deep sealloped ?*-f*
$2.98 American Cut Glass Flower Vase, $1.75
12 inches tall, a rich and sparkling piece of crystal.
handsomely cut in a combination of chrytanthemum
and fan designs; finished with deep scalloped edge.
$1.98 Cut Glasa Fruit or Salad Bowls, $M*
.Richly cut in the popular chrysanthemum a'1*1 '??
design.?, finished wrth dtep scalloped edge.
$2.75 Cut Glass Footed Fern Dish, $1.49
A handsome piece of crystal, beautifully cut in a
combination of lily? designs, ?...iiplete with silver
plated lining. V
$2.98 Cut Glass Ice Cream Trays, $198
li inches long, an extra h?-..?*. blank ??*1*"",4
cut m a combination of rtn< '?''' *""
deep scalloped edge _7
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