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LOSS OF ARABIC
MAY HOLD UP
BRITISH LOAN
Bankers Think Nothing
? Will Be Done Until
President Acts.
NEED FOR MONEY
HERE IS FEARED
If War with Germany Comes
Thi*. Country Will Require
Bond Issue.
The torpedoing of the Arabic may
porarj suspension of
,vf ? looking toward the
to Great Britain
The feeling yes
e proposals
c 1 until all the facts
cor.cerr.'.r.g the sinking of the White
? :on of
?ment and the judg
r.cr.t sf Secretary Lansing and Presi?
dent Wilson liad been made known to
the America- people.
For ged attitude of the
barker? 'he rca-?."i was put forward
thst should the relations between the
United ?!.?! Germany become
more . ,n they are the con
--q?cnces msy make it necessary for
.?-? 1 partment to issue a,
?gj-pe Bl i.nvcrnment bonds for
p.jj-po- . defence. In such
m evi pointed out, it will be
necef-ary to -onscrve the financial re
?purc iritry and at the same
time make it ?'.) advised to float a for
i talked of.
important Kuropean
ued to be
buge amount? of
0 have been
.ied to banking
-. The
cording to
1 as high
at the gold on board.
would not exceed
|;
hat one in?
firm was to hBve
? - and bonds
y made
\r.-< ? can -ec?ii
i?h, it was
p.tmanent
pected. as every precaution
tl eir replacement
. I. . a sub
?<.ck. The securities had
grnphod. the photographs
natched on a neutral
:.g with the insurance poli
! he photographs will be used as
identification in
. claims for the issuance of
I -o pointed out that even if
b?en taken the
of the securities
1, and after
tedious
comparison, investigation
ate securi
?. ported
??rabie carried a large amount
the (anadian tar and
..?y, a concern which
? ed more than $15
eri from the Russian govern- (
of the factors that tended to
t the rumor that ?i large amount
d wa- in the hold of the ?
was the information ob
at the offices of J. P. Morgan
-nowledge of
? Tow metal con- '.
.Is of the Inter
il Mercantile Marine Company
to bi ? iusly ignorant of
ip's cargo
acuri?
'i board.
.'?ere made yes?
by the Morgan
Ineh banks and
the Penn?
, per cent franc
rt coiiateral
? tit loan to Prance ol
The proceeds of the B
*o Kuhn, Loch i
the railroad, will be used to,
7.1300,000 of the French :
?*?nce rates on London, -vhile '
the Isst 'quotations of,
firm yesterday at
demsnd sterling and
? isrket for franc*
an on the previous ;
>?t the close
The firm
ttributed to
? - bins witn
? - ? "ii sales of
abroad. If
- tablishment
| BUS?
- pre?
\meri
tl
THREE AMERICANS
ARABIC'S TOLL
? oui ?nu?,i irom paute i
-
or, Leon- i
tit the \
hip. 1
was put out of
ipsed
? v? .I.
preparation! were being
and succor sur
'h the Lu- !
.-.?. ing knowledge of ex
-
u!. with Vice-Consul
? ly took cha
?
rest, arrang
?
D a woid, doing
i their comfort.
? ralty
Hoard of Trade
ork running smo?
- number of injured
though m<
n aud children. All
. ivora
? ? Eng
?? ads among '
? - ,-. ra ami
one who saw or
en by
? were \crv few
? ? proximity of j
until the tremendous
on awung the -Tup
?
.- carried 2,813 bars o?
? the United Si
'iai! included Several hundred !
Sweden, Norway, Holland.
land, Spain and other countries.1
ALLIES ARRANGE
BALKAN TERMS;
ASK ITALY'S AID
Call on Rome to Concede
Demands of Serbia
and Greece.
BULGARIA READY
TO WAR ON TURKEY
Kntcnte, II Is Said, Has Offered
Her .Macedonian l.and for
Her Assistance.
London, Aug. 20. Indications thnt
the storm centre m the Balkan crisis
'lifted from Nish and Athens to
Home were seen to-day in a bulletin
from the Italian capital saying that a
prolonge?! meeting of the members of
the Cabinet was held this morning and
also this afternoon. m
This is taken to mean that the Al?
lies' envoys in the Balkans have finally
succeeded in arranging terms of : ree
ment whu-h will be acceptable to a!!
on that peninsula, but that their rati?
fication requires some change in the
posi: inn of Italy, Home has SO far ob
jected to the Greek occupation of
Southern Albania, and has opposed the
an ambition to include the greater
part of Dalmatia in her ne? boun?
daries. Concessions by Italy along
these lines, it is known, would ma?
terially simplify the task of the Allied
diplomats.
Greece Seeks Loan of Allies.
Further encouragement for the Al?
lies was found in a dispatch to the
Taris "Temps" from Athens, which
says that the correspondent has been ,
authorized by diplomats to announce
thai M. Vetu/.elos. the Greek Premier,
is principally occupied with the possi?
bility of floating a Greek loan through
the assistance of the Allies. The Pn
mier is declared to have consulted
London and Taris in this respect. Lit?
tle doubt is felt here that some ar?
rangement can be made to satisfy the
Greek leader.
Rome, Aug. 20. The Kntente powers,
according to a positive statement mad???
by the Sofia correspondent of ?.he
"(?iornale d'ltalia," have offered to
Bulgaria that part of Macedonia given
to her by the Sei bo-Bulgarian treaty
of 1912, with the nghl of immediate
occupation. The controversy over Mace?
donian territory, 'ontested by Ser?
bia, the cause of the second Balkan
war, will be settled after the present '
war ends.
Will Recompense Serbians.
Proportionate compensation is to be
given to Serbia, including the city of
Ravala and the districts of Kavala and
Sen -, with the right of immediate
occupation.
Bulgaria on her side renounces for
* - ti Saloniki, Vodin.-.
and 1 ?kub, She p.'omises to declare
war in oil Turkey, with the
aid of funds of the four Allies. Bui
gana, the correspondent declares, will
receive further territorial concessions
in Turkey
Serbia and Greece, it is believed,
will give way under pressure by the
Kntente powers, but negotiations will
be lengthened by the reluctance of j
the King of Greece to consent to ar,-: ?
r, of territory.
Italian-Turk Break Near.
A rupture of relations between Tur?
key and Italy is considered imminent.
Delay on Italy's part is ascribed to
to do tier utmost to con?
serve the interests of the 12.000 Ital?
ians who still rercu'iii in the Ottjman ,
Empire.
Italian newspapers express the opiu? |
ion that an Italian declaration of W_?
a"ainst Turkey would not hasten B
solution in the l>ardanelles favorable
to the Entente Allies, because mili- !
tary expert.- .seem to believe that a
new army on the dallipoli Peninsula
would be superfluous.
Sofia. Bulgaria, Aug. 20. General
Pitcheff,' Bulgarian Minister of War,
la's resigned, on account of ill-health.
He is succeeded by General Jecotf.
Turks Get Ultimatum
from Italian AmbassaddV
B> GORDON GORDON-SMITH.
Milan, Aug. 20. Despite the rigid
censorship, it is now known that the
Italian government practically has pre?
sented an ultimatum to Turkey, not, as
. through the Turkish Ambassador
in Rome, but through M?rchese (,ar
roni, Italian Ambasador in Constanti?
nople.
The Turkish proposal thst all Ital?
ian! iti Asia Minor be concentrated at
Smvrna and embark from that port is
declared completely unacceptable. It is
pointed OUt that under such circum
patriation would take
???al weeks. It is strongly susp
thai Turkey desires to concentrate the
- at Smyrna m order to hold
them hostages.
N'atsy Bey. who would be given hin
that he had already
rented a Vil ei land in view of
entuality.
British Make Progress
in Gallipoli .Advance
Pans, Aug. 20. The Wai
day gave oui this report on the situa?
tion in the Dardanellea:
In the southern zone there is noth?
ing to report, >? 'h the exception of
engagement! lut ween patroli and ai
111 '. i
In the northern zone the British
left wing has made some progress In
\ ?, ; i ?arta
KITCHENER AGAIN
AT ARMY'S FRONT
British and French War Min
isiers Fand Four Days' Tour
(if Inspection.
? -h Headquarters in Franc . v
20 Field Mar.-hal Karl Kit r
British Secretary of State for War,
and Alexander Millerand, French
ister of War, who were here as the
guests "f Sir John French,
of the ha*..- comj I
four day.-' tour ion of tho
? ami French fronts, the ?
one they have made. Karl Kitcl
I pointa uhuh his time did not
permit nun to roach on his previous
tour.
The ministen examined varions
M mortan and m
? if the div
eted, and Eai I Kit?
ted the British Distingu
nt by Kiiiir Gi o
Captain Doumay?
ti?, i and ai<l to Minister of War Mil ?
laid, a- a reward for the part the
ed ?n h - important d
? lail military role in eo-opei
with the allied governments and in
co-ordinating the work of the allied
armies. I
.\ IIOSIMTAIa l\ THE GAI.LIP0L1 TRENCIIK.S.
Red Cross surgeons removing a bullet from the arm o? a British soldier Just back ?it the Dardanelles tiring line.
ALL LONDON READ!
TRIBUNE EDITORIA
Otto Bannard Indorses Sen
ments Saying Severance of R<
lations Is Only Course Open.
- ,1- m Th.- Tril.'i? r.l
London, Aug. 20. The Tribune's C
torial, whieh was cabled here 1:
night, was carried in every I.on.l
paper conspicuously this morning,
was vigorously In dor ed to-day by 01
T. Bannard, a New York banker, w
told the Tribune correspondent:
"President Wilson':- appeal to h
manity has been answered by a ror
11 tion of the origins] offence, under c
eumstances even more ?ndefensib
Only one course is left to na si
honorable nauon. i believe Preside
Wilson will follow ii. As soon as
gets an official report stating that t
Arabic was unarmed, was not carryii
war munitions, hnd several America
aboard and w.is sur.? without notice
any kind. I believe tie will sever dipl
matic relations immediately, mid. fu
thermore. every American citizen wi
red blood in his veins will enthusia
tically support him.
"I have the higheat authority f?
stilting that the ship was sunk witho
notice, A- a matter of fact, not ev?
the periscope of the submarine wi
ever seen. I have just returned fro
Frailee. While there I beard sever
highly placed Frenchmen hint that v
as a nation had a yellow streak. Thi
told me Germany never had the sligh
est intention1 of replying to Wilson
te. I told them we might
some respects he a rather mercuri
nation and that the Lusitania was
long way otf, but that in a
thi? kind our memories were long an
we meant to have all the a
we asked for before we finished. ?
take our own measures. I
now that the sinking of tl
with the deaths of ha ? n. !?? - "imorica
aitizen -. is Gen
lea does not -it -till and? r de ?
insults of this type. We 'now whi
to d"."
DEEDS, NOT WORDS,
WHAT T. R. WANTS
U. S. Has Failed t?i Care f<?
Honor of Nation in German
Crisis, Says Colonel.
London, Aug. 20, "The Spectator
publishes a letter from Theodor
Roosevelt to Dr. J. William White. 0
Philadelphia, who is now in London
The letter, dated st Oyster Bay. Jum
"The sinking of the Gulflight ani
the Lusitania, the hideous loss of lif?
thereby caused to Americans, and
above all, the callous murder of hun
of women and children bv direc
order of the military and naval au-hor
,ties representing th?
ely an?
exactly what the sinking of the Lusi?
tania tm ant should make our govern?
ment i ed foi
on our pari '?? ed?
??( ,
to ha* e b< ?
?
country m ill the
more pi? a ed to
forward to make (tooo, s" -
may bi ? of our .
i| authorities to care tor the
? ? ; . 1 ?
.,f mat ?
Th.
\
"Text Mo,-a. of the War for
eans Who R? turn from a V
. ? ? nch and Hi
m -
Murder, Says Judge,
and So Punishable
? ?
Albany, Aug. 20. Judge Alphonso
T. Clearwatcr, pi
?
to the Constitu? n, in sn
interview v. ith 'I he I . bune i
pondent to- ? that
the Arabic .- Ger?
many
Amer:?
"1 am ? ' I J ndge
? . ?
? ?
,;ming
of this
'.itrai
?
only :
save
the a
? ..1 law. ami wh.cn
tfcon an
mur
? with
.
. ith."
. . th?
Attorn? G Id:
"Th
I sha,' to th? fficnlty
of the ti.-k which confront- the i
dent and hi.- Cal
H, ? I 'ii. former Secretary
t? ?War, took toe same view, |
NOVO GEORGIEVSK
YIELDS TO KAISEI
I .?ni iniir,I fr,mi pugr I
ority in artillery, and the military cri
ici say that as long as they mainte!
this and continue to press forward t!
Russians must retire before ther
While the Russian armies remain il
tact, however, these critics arc opt
mistic si to the future.
Fmperor William, who is reported I
have arrived at Novo Georgiavsk, wil
it is understood, make a state en'r
into Warsaw and there announce th
future status of Poland.
GERMAN ? FITfTAL.
The statement given out to-day b
i he German Army Headquarters fo
Ion si
'I hp army of Field Msrshal vo
Hindenbuig took Novo Georgievsl
the last atronghold of the enemy i
Poland, making prisoners of mor
than B6,000 Rus lians, among whoi
were six generals. The number o
cannon taken has increased to mor
than 700. The quantity of war ma
teiial is impossible to estimate.
Kaiser Leave? for Fort.
The F.mperor left for Novo Georg
evsk In order to give the thank? o
himself and the Fathcrhiml to th
leader of the attack, General vu
l.eseler, and his tl" -
General v(.n Gallwitz's troops hav
taken 2,650 Russians prisoners, thes
including ten officers, and capture
twelve machine gun-.
Th.- Russians retreated east o
Kovno and in the district of Dvin
As far as the road from Augu-tow
to ?itoUno. They are offering re
-stance on the front from Gudele t
I odziejc and Studzioniczne. ?Esst o
I rojin also hard fighting Is in prog
ress.
The army of Prince Leopold of Ha
varia ifl advancing.
Russians Are Thrown Rack.
The left wing of the army of Fiel?
Marsha] von Mackensen threw th?
Ru siani to the rear of the Koterka
Pulva district. South of the Mug wi
gained ground on the Brest-Litovsl
line. !.-.-? of Vlsdova our troop,
resched the region of Vondisseza ?1
the course ?af their close pursuit.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official eommunicatioi
was made public in Vienna to-i
The advance of the allies t,,.\ar?
Brest-Litovsk has crowded togethei
within the precincts of the
! a considerable portion of the Rus
in army. For a withdrawal in i
northeasterly direction the troop?
and : apply columns are restri?
a few ?-ri.
The enemy is offering strong re
? ?staue-, Especially west of Brest
LitOVSk on both banks of the ri.ei
Notwithstanding thi- the north wini
of our sieg.? troops has captured .-?'V
eral advanced positions east ol
Rokitno.
Fnemy Driven from Rug.
On the northern bank of ths Bu|
the troop- of Archduke Joseph F?'rdi
nand yesterday, before darkness fell
drove away the enemy by storminp,
hi? trenches near \Volc7\n. The
army group of (ieneral Koeyes? is
advancing town:?! the upper Pulva.
In the bombardment of Novo
< ieorgievsk, u I i ept ured by
(?in- ?ill : * - , our heavj n
; at.-d.
Near vladimir-l olynsky an?! in
La the situation is un?
g? d.
[A* OFFICI M..
?
Ne ir Nov., ?
? .m'- the I '
,?',,,
the "i By an inc?
? - ibardment with a h un :? i
?
In this section ?
irroui ded
? .a the region of Wyn
mid sfterwsn irmous
* ! their column ; on th.?
T h 1 s
compelled our | pa on the night
,- on the
the former forts forming the ?
?ice.
In the < urse of the ?
two ?f
? i
'
ruins, from which they directei
\\e blew un ti,. bridge over the
? ?
in the non I on.
? capture of Novo Geoi
When th" .
made from 'he War
Duk? '?
, in eh ?
?
It wa
tion was hi
-ut.
i a Second Yi.k-.burg.
1 he ??rand Dul sppsr
'
?
?
'.
'?
burg.
For nearly two .-...-.- ? I (
had been completely invested by "he
Germans, and several o? the outlying
forts were captured earlier this week.
Novo G?orgie*? ik was itrongly defended
ami waa laid to have been equipned
with sufficient ? n on and food
supplies for a long period It- i|.dy
capture doubtl? n ? enta another
triumph for the great German and
Austrian siege guns. Pieces of the
.libre were brought up for
. the attack.
Berlin Again Celebrates
Victory of German Arms
Berlin. Aug. 20 i by wireless to
Tuckerton, N. J.). Early this morning,
the Overseas News Agency says, e:,tra
editions of the newsnanera announcid
the fall of Novo Georgievsk, and the
city again displayed tl.?' ?lags which it
. hung out when the capture ?if Kovno
wa reported,
"Both fortresses," sayi the dispatch,
? of much greater importance than
was Warsaw, and their capture leaves
large bodiei of troopi free for other
. ?
"The taking of immense quanti!
war materi places indicates
that the Russian ater? prepared for a
long resistance, and their reduction by
? i.- hailed as a great achievement
for the German troop-."
Swampy Banks of Bobr
Protect Ossowetz Fort
don, Aug. 20. A Renter dis?
patch from Petrograd
"Ossowetz, where heavy German at
bave been repulsed, is greatly
favored by topographical conditions
which prevent the enemy from con?
centrating an irresistible :'.re from any
direction. It is impossible to post
guns on the swampy banks of the
Bobr which, v.:th ,' marshes, has
]?' oteeted the from being
mod.
"Th.- so-called isthmus between the
Kiemen and Viliya, which was oc
Cupied bj 'i" German! after the Rus?
sian withdrawal from Kovno, i< tnree
milei acroaa. Consequently th?
..-' Viliya i- threatened and the in
habita iving. The renoval of
the chiii' ? thi ? were
iprinkled with holy water by the
tched by a bareheaded
and si lei t throng.
"N'ear Keydany, in the government
of Kovno, a German shell fell among
a procession of refugees, eausing many
-1 es."
Capture of Kovno Cost
Germans 100.000 Troops
n. i. i
/.mich, Aug. 20. Dispatches from
Innsbruck during the last
three weeks the Germans lost 100,000
men on jhe Kiemen I an ti were
made aln-o-t daily on the ;ni
works of Kovno, with an average coat
?if in.(ipii nien a day, Hindenburg is
replac ng the men hoi d? eombal with
the reserve! brought up from the
: troops of the Prince of Bavaria.
Un the 17th, at I :n the afternoon,
? after a last bombardment which ex
eeeded all others in violence and com?
pletely destroyed three-quarters of the
fortress, theGermam launched thirteen
uns to the assault. There was a
horrible carnage which lasted -.wral
hours, at the end ol which the Ger?
mana ?ii, masters of th.- fortress. The
ter pa?t of th" Ru ?iani burst
w?x through German lines and
. -in' main ai my.
TIME-BOMB THROWERS
JUGGLE WITH DEATH
London, tug. 20.? ?!..- -.ari-ius
of bombe non being aaed in
i - i and ! i idi r- are described
by an English officer in a letter from
the front. There are. he says, four
type-l?the "hairbrush," the
". ri? ke' ball," the "policeman's . lab"
and th?' "jam-tin." Ilnmh throwers
are alluded l<> in trench slani? as
"anarchist -."
**The hairbrush," explains the
writer. "- Mr like the ordinary
hairbmah, except that the bristles
??n- replaced by a *-<? '?<! block of high
\ e. The poll? ? -nan's tren li?
r?n has gaj streamers of tape tied
lo ils tail, to insure it falling to the
ground nose downward. Both these
bombs explode on impact, and it is
Inadvisable i?> knock them against
anything?SO) the I " k ol the trench
?? hen thron ing ti i \
?? : :..? .r.i s, i ball teorki by a time
fnae. The rfitniial of a cert '
releases a spring, which ligln- an
internal fnae timi
bomb in five seconda. Yon take ihe
I.M'inh in your riglit hand? remove the
pin, and i.t-t the thing nia.lh trom
y mi.
' I li, | a >.,. ?. ? - no re
particularly to the aporteaann, as
the ?lenient of ? ban? t enters largely
into ii- nao. It i- limed
to explode about lea seconds after
M It is there?
fore unwise to thr. ? it i ?a ?.um, ?'s
Giere would be ample time for ?mir
i.|.|i. i,, it to pick ?t up and throw it
bank, tin the Other hand, it is un?
wise to hold on too Ion?, as the fuse
is uncertain in its action and is
given to short cuts."
SAYS GERMANY'S
FOES WILL PAY
WAR'S FULL COST
Helfferich Tells Reichstag
Future Burden Will Not
Be on Teutons.
DEBT OF BILLIONS
THROUGH DECADES
Comforts the* Kaiser's Subjects
in Discussing Measure for
Another War Loan.
Berlin ?via Amsterdam and London),
Aug. 20. Dr. Karl Helfferich, Secre?
tary of the German Imperial Treasury,
speaking in the Reichstag ?n the sec?
ond rending of the war loan of 10,
WO.OOOJ)00 marks I ?'J.r.OO.OOO.OOO). said:
"Until now L'o.ooo.i no.noo mark? ($5,
000,000,000) have been voted, and our
crtimate? of th? war'- needs still are
exceeded by the real war expenditure?.
The expenditure ?n one month is high?
er by one-third than the total expendi?
ture for the war of 1870, but every
Cerman knows that the sacrifices will
not be in vain. The grant of new
millions means a guarantee of unmov
ablc determination on the part of the
German people.
"During the war we will not increase
the gigantic burden of the people by
new taxation. A tax on war prolits
can only be raised at the conclusion
of the war. It will be payable both in
cash and in a war loan.
Say? Foes Will Bear Burden.
"Our economic future must be freed
from the gigantic burden of war. The
heavy burden of thousands of millions
will be borne through decades by the
instigators of the war, and not by us.
"Both the first war loans were cov?
ered partly by the war chest and partly
by cash in hand at the Reichshauptkasse
(imperial treasury! at the outbreak of
the war. To this must be added the
surplus of the extraordinary budget of
1914-'15, which, instead of the expected
5S.000.000 marks ? $14.500,000 ), amount?
ed to 219,000.000 marks i $54,7,'i0,00i>).
"Beyond this, greater amounts must
be raised provisionally by discounting
imperial exchequer boners at thi
Reichsbank and private banks. The
sums expended remained within the
country with the exception of unim?
portant amount.;."
Continuing. Dr. HelfTerich declared
speculative business, which already had
revived, had to be suspended, as all
available money was needed by the
fatherland. Subscriptions to the third
war loan, he said, could be made
through the postofrice, and small sub?
scribers for 1,000 marks or less would
be permitted to pay in instalments.
To Reduce Traffic in Money.
From larger subscribers imperial
treasury bond-, bearing no interest and
not yet due, would be accepted as pay?
ment, with i? reduction of ."> per ?fnt.
To reduce as far as possible the tiliffic
in money and to avoiil a disturbenct
of the money mari.it. he said, the is?
sue price would be higher.
Or. Helfferich, discussing the war
expenditures of ? the various powers.
said:
"Up to the presen, the German total
expenditures have been highest, but
they arc now being exceeded by Great
Britain. The roali'ion of our enemi? I
now is bearing almost two-thirds of
the total cost of the war."
ENGLAND SENDS
BANKERS HERE
Deputation Will Visit New York
to Arrange Details of Amer
ican Credit.
London. Aug. 20. A deputation of
financial men representing the Treas?
ury and London banks will go to New
York to arrange the details of Ameri?
can credit. The committee will consist
of three members, all connected with
(baring House banks. Two of them
doubtless will be Sir Edward Holden
and Sir Felix Schuster. The name of
Sir George Paish has been strongly
urged, hut it has been decided that he
is not to go.
The membership of the committee
will be confined to mer. actually en
gaged in banking. Announcement of
its personnel ?.nd the time of its visit
to the I'nite?! States will be withheld
untT the actual arrival of the commit?
tee m New York.
e '
GERMANS OBJECT
* TO BRITISH LOAN
Colorado Alliance Tells Wilson
floating One Here Would
Be Unneutral.
Denver, Aug. L'O. The (?erman Alli?
ance of Colorado, through its executive
tee, sent to President
?Vilsoi igaii it the
? war
,-i the Unit?
The ? 'hat such a
would be in violation of neu
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a
REMARKABLE SCENES
AT REICHSTAG OPENING
Streets Thronged by Dense
Crowds?Members in Uniform
Berlin, Aug. 'JO By
ville, ind). The opering of
the I.
. remarkable
publ.c interest Long before the hour
Tig the session the streets
in tue imnit . iinity were
thror. . -.ng to
obtain admission. Within the galleries
scene oYi "he floor was a notable
one. Many of th?- members who had
?
Held uniforms, while
Iron Cro -
?
? n Bethmai ::
. overn
?
The tall t'.gure of the Chai
the field uniform of a I
-lan general and he wore his decora*
?ion of the Iron Cross. He was heart?
ily applauded.
REPORT THAT SWISS
WILL FIGHT DENIED
Minister Sent no Such Dis?
patch, Says State
Department.
[Bj Teirf,r?p.i to Tlii? Tritium?. J
Washington, Ai^. 20. The State *>
partme.it to-driy/ofTicial!y denied that
any report had been received from the
American Minister at Reme, Switzer?
land, saying that the Swiss nation was
? ring to join the Germanic allies.
The statement follows:
"A press di ?patch published on Au?
gust IK state- that in a report to the
Department of State the American
Minister at Borne, Switzerland, indi?
cate?; t Ii nt h? has received a strong
intimr.tion from official sources that
th? Swiss government i? preparing to
take rides in the i'uropean wat with
the (?Ti-ianic allies l?"cnu?e of resent
m?n* over alleged .nt? rf-rer.ce with
trail.? hy the governments' of
the Quadruple Alliar
"The Secretary of State announced I
to-day that the press statement is er?
roneous, and that the American Min
at Borne, Switzerland, has made ;
no report such as that alleged."
GERMANS RETAKE
ABLAIN TRENCHES
Lose Heavily in Struggle
North of Arras,
Says Paris.
London, Aug 20. The Germans have
regained the trenches in the wedge
north of Arras which the French occu
pie?l yesterday. Paris tells of a violent
artillery fight and three counter-at?
tacks which won back for the enemy
the position lost yesterday on the road
, from Ablain to Angres. The Kaiser's
troops sustained severe losses, the
French report.
Berlin admits the loss of part of *he
i advanced German position at Schatz
mannole, in the Vosges. Here, Paris
says, the foe's losses were very heavy.
The French troops found many Ger?
man bodies in the trenches, 230 yards
long, which they occupied.
Artillery duels continue at many
points on tne front. In the Argonne
; mine fighting is still going on and
shelling from trench to trench with
bombs and torpedoes.
FRENCH OFFICIAI..
The officiai communication issued to?
night by the Paris War Office says:
Artillery due's have occurred on a
great many j :?!**??. notably at Bailly,
on the banks of the Oise, on the
plateau of Qucnnevieres in Cham?
pagne, on the front of Perthes-Beau
sejour, between the Argonne and the
Meutte in the region of Sethincourt,
Haucort, and in the Vosges, in the
region of Hilsentirst
In Artois, after a violent artillery
fight and three new counter-attacks
during the night of August 19-20,
the enemy succeedeil in regaining a
footing in the trenches which we
had taken from him on the 18th on?
the road from Ablain to Angres. The
Germans sustained severe lo
Mine lighting is still going on in
the Argonne and also shelling from
trench to trench by means of bombs
and torpedos -
The statement issued in the after?
noon said:
There nas been continued activity
on the I'ii'1 of our artillery along the
banks of the Oise, to the north of
I e, in the Champagne dis?
trict and along th?- front at I.a
? lie.
.In the Argonne there lias beer
lighting with mines in the region of
Vienne-le-Chateau, ami fighting a*
close range with bombs and hand
i grenaili's in the sec'or of St. Hu?
bert and near Marie Then
On the heights of t^e I.ir.ge and
of Schratzmannele the German
loSsOl have been v? rv heavv \\ !
'id a iarge number of dead German
liei i in thi . 260 yards
lung, which we occupied.
GERMAN OFFICIAL
Tin- statement issued by (?crman
arinv head . .iw:
Between Angres and Souchez last
night the enemy was driven from
i the trenches that he occupied yes
lay. In the Vosges, at Schratz?
mannele. a small part of'the ad?
vanced German position was lost.
KRIVOSHEIN SLATED
FOR RUSSIAN PREMIER
Agricultural Minister to Sue
ceed Goremykin.
Petrograd, Aug 20 Via London).
Changes iri the Russian Cabinet are be?
ing forecast in political circles in
' Petrograd.
Premier Jean Goremykin, according
? to the reporta, * be ucci eded by
M. Krivosl ? r of Agriculture,
introducer I I im of
land reforms.
Niagara Falls
And Return
OVER ?j
Labor Day '
The Road of Anthracite
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GORIZIA REPELS
i ITALUNATTAa
Assault at Tolmino Fails
?Artillery Duel in the
Tyrol Continues.
Vienna, Aug. 20. The Italian effort?
j to take Gorma, the key to Trieste, have
| been renewed with fresh vigor.
On the north, the attacks on Tolmino,
I which dominates the road to the pivotal
point of the Isonzo defence line, eon
I tinue. South of Gorizia, on the Car?o
plateau, the Italian artillery continue?
j a heavy bombardment.
I In both sectors, the War Office ?ays,
, Austrian resistance proved effective.
Two attempts to break through the
lines at the Tolmino bri? ge head failed.
South of Gorifia the Austrian guns re?
plied successfully to the Italian?.
The lighting on the ivroioan frontier
continues.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAI
The official statement issued by the
War Office to-night ss]
The Heavy artillery lighting on the
Tyrolean frontier district continue?.
In the attack mentioned yesterday
against our advanced positions on the
plateau of Folgana the Italians lost
two hundred men.
On the northern sector of the front
coastal district | ?? -terdiiy morning
i hostile attack? against Mrzlivrb and
the slopes behind this mountain were
repulsed, witl heavy enemy loss?
Two Italian attempts yesterday
evening and early th.s morning to
break through our line.- at the bridge?
head of Tolmino failed.
District of Gorisia: In some parts
??:' this sector vigorous Italian ar?
tillery attacks have been made, in
i which our artillery successfully re?
plied, destroying a pontoon bridge
near Sagrado snd bombarding hostile
troops ? i ? of Piercis.
Italian King Visits
Trenches in Trentino
From the Italian front to Brescia,
Aug. 20. Several journalists who were
conducted to the front approached th.?
A. trisa territory along the ('hie-.'
Valley, where Garibaldi stopped in
1866 while marching toward Trent, Am
I automobile in which was King Victor
! Emmanuel, accompanied only by a colo?
nel, appeared In? Km; wa? hasfen
? he trenches to bid hli -
good m ?mine.
Th?? pot ' - tares miles fron- the
Austrisn batteries, whicfi shelled the
where tin- King quietl) di?
CUBSed mHitarj matter- with h's staff
an?l examined the enemy's position?.
Emmanuel is thinner than at th ?
beginning <>f the war. bur lie is sun
burned and in perfect health. The King
: permitted some of the correspondents
i to take pirt ures of him.
Descending the valley all the village
| which three months ago were Austrian
were decorated nrith the 'ricolor and
1 their inhabitant? gave the King a warm
welcome. The King at one place took
\ ?ip a little girl who was otTenng h.m
flowers an?l kissed her en both cheeks
while the soldiers and the populae?
cheered.
CHARLTON TRIAL OCT. 5
Will Be Held in Como, Italy.
Where His Wife Was Killed.
Como si of
he Am? ri ?an, fur the
in Laki .1 begin here on Deta?
in the Com t of / pi
? over bj Bsro i Se
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LIFE-S?VING BULLETIN
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No. 22
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We have rrectcd huge signs on the \ \
most travelled Long Island roads
warning automobilists to slow down j
,/; v/hen appoaching grade-crossings.
We have spent $ I 3,000,000 in abol- :
ishing grade-crossings and we are
spending large sums in safeguarding
such as remain.
\ ; We are doing our part in ending ac?
cidents to automobilists. Will you do
yours?
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Stop Be/ore )ou Croa
The Long Island Railroad
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