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TUESDAY, AUGUST M, 1015.
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PRICE ONE CENT
In City of n?w York. v???rk Jerrnj City ?nd Hobokea,
FlUFWHKRr TWO I Bffl
WIFE SHOT DOWN;
HUSBAND^LEUTH,
UNDER MREST
?Men in Gray Caps" Killed
Her, Samuel Leitner
First Tells Police.
REVOLVER FOUND
IN HIS OFFICE
Couple Quarrelled Constantly,
Servant in Their Brooklyn
Home Asserts.
> Sarah Loltaor, wife of Samuel
Leitr.er, who operate? the Leitner Pe
toctlT? Bureau, at M Eaat Eighth
Street, ?ran shot and killed in her hus?
band'? office at ? o?ck ye'terday r.f
tirr.^on.
~wrg a long questioning by the
police Leltaer wm arrested at mid?
night, charged wi?h homicide.
en misly pacing
up and down ou's-ie the office, urging
her husband to drop hll work and re
tura to their home at 1213 Forty-first
t, Brooklyn, as she did not like
r her flee children, aged from
s to ten years, alone with
when Ave ihota were heard.
and she fell to the floor, crying, "I'm
rt!"
Her husband was scarcely ten feet
behind a partition. The door
? .v. i. h_. . . wa, open, but he says
: d r.ot see his wife, as he was
behind a high desk.
At ihe firs? shot he jumped to bis
font more shots
?rat only able to tell
the po'ire that all he saw was "two
,-?*>ped men" rush through the
? to 'he street.
Her Sklrtwalat Burned.
Powder burnt on Mrs. Leitner's
: to 'Coroner Feln
????? bullets which
four inches
I er body.
A ladder was set up against the wall
in Leitner's office In a chimney hole
e top of the ladder an Jver-John
son revolver, with Ave empty shells,
was found.
At the home o; Mr*. Loltaor in
.r.lyn last night, Marion Sweet, the
servant girl, who said she has worked
for two months, said:
"Mr. and Mrs. I^itner have been
tinnally since I have
For the last two
? he foui r furiously i
it Thursday he drovi her out on
tgown, and onlv
ad her to coma back into the
ce of neighbors.
:al day? agy, in the height of an
I overheard Mrs. Leitner
her I ? cpoae your
?lice! ' "
Aeeoi : v to Dep
I] last night, his
victim of nervous disorders
n atment at the
(ierra jri n week.
rai in the habit
of ce , , *o that they
!
at 5:3(1 yoa
the hallway
rate which
Five feet
tition which
n two. Leitner's '
the rear
occupied by the
.? Company.
I rged Him to Haste.
?vith Miss Rose
r, stenographer for the window
t siting for
I ? :
>ck, leaving
for Mr. and Mra.
as nervous
. ? d him to hurry
Il work, ho
? ? thi ihoti were fired. He
i ntered
? . hallway, leaned over the
. - ht his
..h breaat
her hand.
? : t saya, and saw
.? gray caps disappear
eft h ' s wife
and rar. downstairs, but the mysterioui
tapped individuals were lost in
ng from work
He 'lien came back and picked up
srhich action he was discov
?lmont, of 125 Second
i odore M il ?
-.who
? Berl
? Ninth
The three men hail heard the
and ran to ee of their ;
ent for the police. AI
'.hey ?ere directly across the
and were perhaps a minute In
reaching Leitner's office, they saw no
i ? down th< stairs.
I Cray, Deputy Police, Com- '
* nntlnrerl on puje ?, column I
ES
SAYS LIQUOR WENT
WITH BILLY SUNDAY
Ou tur of Mouse Evangelist
Occupied Sues for Pay.
?j IWsarafl Is i ?
I b'lphia. Aug. ?0. A schedule
r eight pagei and reciting rea
tfc"* '?* * r'?!ni ?,ir damages against ?
Hi rhiladelphia Evangelistic Ai
len of Billy Sunday in this :
on rile in the Court of Common '
It sets forth details of the con- i
oitiijn of ?he home of Colonel Ch.irlei
* Meegan, at 1014 Spring Garden
? freet, which the Sunday party occu
_'*d ?hile conducting the campaign I
rere
toad of the original Jl.TM claimed !
?? Colonel Keegan. the demand has
risen to 13.043.75. and formal action to
recover the sum has Obren started I
?gainst the Sunday campaign commit- :
tee.
? h? schedu:e seeks reimbursement!
for liquor and wines valued at $fiO in
th? house when Billy Sunday took pos-I
'?ssion. The statement of claim i?ets '
r<mh in ?temired form that fifty quarts I
?>i aleoholic liquors were missing from
wiwino cellar when Colonel Keegan
REST BROKEN, OYSTERS FL1
Qnlt Connecticut Water?, and Grow
Are Blue.
Connect lent oysters have "hike
It is feared they found existence
that side of the Sound too turbul
because of the presence of so mi
summer re?orter?.
OjTStai growers h?v# not b?en a
to find any "set?" or ?pawn in the be
and unie?? the oyster? return rij
away the ?n.lu?try, which five? ompli
ment to hundreds of m?n, with a pr<
uct valued at $1,500.000 a year, *
be dead, a? far a? Connecticut la c<
cerned.
MISSOURI GROWS MUDH0LE
Farmer? Make Money Pulling f
Stalled Automobile?.
[Bf Tflfitrarih le TV TrlMin? ]
Jefferson City, Mo, Aug. 30 Co
ne! F II. Huffum, State Highway Co
missioner, has rent out s letter ro
plaining of the practice of farm?.
of "cultivating" mudholes for the pre
there ia in pulling motor cars out
1 the mire.
Colonel Ruffum says he has reeeiv
1 several complaints against farmers w
purposely keep deep mudholes in thi
vicinity that the;, may charge mot?
ist? a fancy price for pulling them o'
He mentions the rose of Mrs. Jam
A. Houchins, of Jefferson City. ?
was forced to pay a farmer $25 f
rulling her car out of a hole in the roi
PAUL ARMSTRON'
DIES SUDDENS
Author of "Alias Jimm
Valentine" Stricken
on Auto Ride.
I'pul Armstrong, the playwright, w
stricken with heart disease while ri
ing in an automobile with a party
friends at the Fifty-ninth Street e
trance of Central Park yesterday aft?
non and died last night in his apar
ment at 829 Park Avenue. The atta,
was a recurrence of a former illnei
for which he had been attended
Johns Hopkins Hospi'.al, Baltimor
two months ago. His family believ?
hu had fully recovered.
Mr. Armstrong was returning to h
apartment with his wife and son. I'm;
from the Pennsylvania Termini
-?vhere he had gone in his automobi
with two other men at 5:50 p. m. Mr
Armstrong and th? boa had been i
Baltimore for -.veral days on a vis
to her parents and weie r. turning 1
N'ew York.
With Mr. Armstrong were Jame? 1
Sinnott, n sporting writer, and I?
Francis If, MrNarr.ura, of Chicag,
staying at the Hotel Autor. The part
drove from tht to the Aato
I ? r McN'amara left thsm
Attack (.rips Armstrong.
Tl tj were mar the Fifty-ninth Stree
entrance of ('?'i.'.ral Park when M
Armstrong complained of feeling i]
With Mr. Sinnott'? support, he leane
over the side of the ear to get mor
air. lie remained in this position unti
the apartment was reached.
Mr. Sinnott ?.nil Mrs. Armstron
helped him upstairs and put him to bei
Mr. Smr,.,tt 'phoned fo;- l>r. McNamari
who rushed from LheAator. Dr. Charle
H. Do?ean, of 233 Lexington Avenue
Mrs. Armstrong's, famiiy physician,* wa
also summoned. Effi
playwright wer? of no avail. He die.
at T:4.">
Xo arrangement? have been mad.
yet for the funeral. Mr. Armstroni
leaves his. wife, who was Catherin?
Culvert, an actress, and theii son, Pan
Armstrong jr., one and a half year
old. ?He also leaves his tir-.t wife, Mrs
Relia Abill Armstrong, who divorce?
him in 1912, and three daughters o
the first marriage, Annabel, fifteen
L twelve, and Elizabeth, ten, wh?
live with their mother in East Eighty
rlxth Streit.
Dramatist's Active Life.
Paul Armstrong had a varied career
Dramatist, steamboat captain, ?por
writer, friend of crooks, exile fron
Broadway, defendant in a suit fo
plagiarism these were a few of th ?
roles he played in his forty-six year
of life, which began in a little towi
in Missouri and ranged from Michigar
to Paris.
The dramatist was born in Kidder
Mo, April 25, 1M9. After a higr
school education at Pay City, Mich.
he worked on steamers in the (?real
Lakes for five year?, and won his cer>
tificate as lic?'n?ed master of ?team
ela. Then, following some news?
paper experience, in which, under ?
non ?le plume, he wrote thrilling de
scriptions of fistjc encounters, he came
to New York and began the work which
made him well known and brought him
a fair sireil fortune.
His Aral play. "The Heir to the Hoo
lah." involved hir.l in a lawsuit, with a
. William J. F. Dam,
who charged him with | lagianr.ing the
plot of a magasina story entitled "The
Transmogrification of Dan." Arm
? war? that he had in
plot himself and had told it
to Dam iver a gins? of beer in a caf?.
The Supreme Court, however, ordered
him to pay the Kirke la Shelle Com?
pany, producer of the play. $1N,904 for
the idea.
Borra wad a Crook.
Other plays from his pen were "St.
Ann," "Salomy Jane," "In a H'aze of
." "Alias Jimmy Valentine," "The
Deep Purple," "A Romanes of the In
I unliniiert on paae'7, column '
MISS SMITH MARRIES
WHILE FATHERS AWAY
Dock Commissioner's DauRhtor
Weds K. Easton.
Miss Margnret Sinclair Smith, daugh?
ter of Dork Commissioner Smith, wa?
married last Wednesday, to Kern?r
n, a New York lawyer, according
to a belated announcement made yes
They married in secret.
Miss Smith and Mr. Easton had been
engaged for more than a year, but the
bride's father h..d withheld his con?
sent. He was ?n the Adirondack? when
they got married at St. I.uke'? Church,
Noroton, Conn., not far from Mr.
Smith's home at Greenwich.
Mr, Easton is a graduate of Colum?
bia Law Schoo' and is about thirty*
two years old. He live? at 124 West
Eightv sixth Street. He is viee-presi
dent and director in the California Pe?
troleum Corporation; the Mexican Pe?
troleum Company, and the Petroleum
Transport Company The young couple
are now on their wedding tour.
TAMMANY JUDGE
PUT ON TICKET
BY REPUBLICANS
Indorsement of Delehanty,
a Cilynn Appointee, Sur?
prises Leaders.
MAY BE BID FOR TIGER;
PERKINS ALSO NAMED
Oreenbaum and Shearn Selected
Moose May Get City Court
for Prosecutor.
The Republican Executive Committee
named the following judic'ary and
county ticket for the coming campaign
yesterday afternoon:
For Justices of the Supreme Court
John Proctor Clarke, Samuel Green- !
baum, Francis B. Delehanty, Clarence
J. Shearn and Edward K. Pinch, to sue- i
ceed themselves.
For Justice of the City Court Saul
E. Rogers, to succeed Justice Lorenz
Zellrr.
For District Attorney Charles Al?
bert Perkins, to succeed himself.
For Sheriff Frank K. Bowers, to
succeed Mux S. Grifenhagen.
The sixth place on the Supreme Court
slate, which is to fill the office of Jus?
tice James A. Blanchard, who leaves
the bench through the working of the
age limit, will go to a man selec'ed
by the Bronx organization. He will
probably be William W, N'iles.
01 course, tne executive committee
did not nominate this ticke'. It may
r.ot do so under the primary law, but
i' voted unanimously to recommei
enrolled Republican! its nomination at
the primariei on Septembei M
Justice Greenbaum Ind?irsed.
The terms of Justices Clarke Ke
public.i' and Greenbaum ? Democrat i
niv t ?.p . i g, and there bai beei ?
d demand ror their renomination
among the memberi of the bai. Jus
lanty and Shearn were ap
pointed a year ago by Governor Glynn,
The formel bai aiavi been an organ?
ization Democrat, while Juatice Shearn,
in.oi to in.- elevation on the beneh,
had been the right hand man of Will?
iam K. Hearst in the Independence
League and other independent move?
menta. He is now enrolled as u Dem?
ocrat,
Samuel S. Koenig, president of ?he;
Count) Committee, said that Justices
Shearn und Delehanty were named li?
the Republican? in rciponil '?
feeling that all sitting judges should
of part)
consid?r?t lo liad made good
records. Juatice Finch was iclected, of
courte, beeauae be is the Republiian
v. ho was appointed recently to take *he
place left vacant by the death oi
tice John J. Delany, Democmt.
Mr. Rogers is in a law partnership
with Guitai it A bii brother,
al 160 Broadway. He la a member of ;
the Republican County Committee, al
though the other member of the ftl Q
i, h Democrat.
If the Progreaaivea should see fit to
ir.done the other members if t! ?
publican ticket, there is no doubt that
Mr Rogen would retire and the Re?
publican! would name Michael Schaap,
Progressive, in his place. Al I D
of fact, the Republican! could pi .
ably be induced to take Schaaii
turn for the nomination by trio Pro
greisivei of Diitrict Attorney Perkins.
Much lurprise was expressed lait
night over the indorsement of Juatice
Delehanty. It revived the ?-tory 'hit
this, with the indorsement of Justice
Shearn, meant that the Democrat!
would indorse District Attorney Pel
kins, the Republican candidate, to
succeed himself. There was nothing
tangible on which to base such a -
gfstion, however.
Democrats May Aid Finch.
It is believed that In addition to car?
rying out the principle of renominat
ing sitting judge? the action i.f the Re?
publicans aras baaed on the hope that
it miicht indine the Democrats to take
Justice Finch.
If the Dem?crata don't take J
Finch and District Attorney Perkins
the Republicans will at leaat have at?
tained an iaaue for the campaign,
will be able to argue that they reromi
natod faithful public egard?
leai of political eoniiderations, and
that the Democrats, in turning down
District Attorney Perkins, showed
themselves actuated solely by motive!
of party adi antago.
Mr. Koenig said the selection of the
ticket was by a unanimou- vote of the
executive commut?e. He asserted that
there was not the slightest objection to
Justice Delehanty. Two members of the
committee John J. Lyons, of the ,11st
Diitrict, and Collin ft. Woodward, of
the L'.'ld came prepared to make a fight
for Frank Moss for District AttOl
When they found they were beaten thi y
? ir Perkm?
Mr. Moss, however, I to tun in the
primaries, anyway. This, so far as was
known yesterday, was the only
there would be for a judgeihip or eoun
ty nomination in the Republican pri?
maries. Mr. Moil i* also going to enter
the Progreaaiva primaries, althoi h
that organization has named John J.
O'Conneil, a straight party mnr, for
the nomination.
There had been some talk of naming
John J. Lyons for Sheriff, but before a
vote was taken I.vor? | Iced tv t his
name not be considered
"i if course, there was ro n iri'inn
about the indorsement of Juitlrei
Clarke and Greenbaum." said Mr.
Koenig, explaining 'he aetiOl of th"
committee on the Judiciary slate. "They
have served a full elective term with
credit. We named Just.res DeLhanfv
and Shearn, both Democrats, but at th?
same time men who hr.i' shown excep?
tional qualifications for the bench, be
cause of a public demand t.iat sitting
justice? of th,t type should be retained.
Now, if the Democrats see fit to follow
this policy they will name the same
men we have nan ?
Mr. Koenig would not talk anout the
possibility of fusion with th?
gressivea, except to say that the Su- ,
nreme Court slate could not be broken,
but if the Progressives wanted to do
the right thing they would indorse it.
The circulation of petition? f..r th?
designation of the candidates named
yesterday was started last night in or
der that they may be filed by Mondav >
at the latest.
Two Candidates Selected
for Municipal Court Bench
There are two places on the Munici?
pal Court bench to In filled this fall
one in the 8th District, due to the'
( oalinurd on nee? 4, column ?
Roofs Fervid Plea That People Rule
Leads to Victory for Short Ballot
Hearers in Constitution*
Convention Moved t
Tears ? Many Believ
Speech Will Affect 19)i
Campaign.
Albany, Aug. 31.?The Tanner ?hoi
ballot proposal, unamended in any Irr
portant particular, ?as ad?nnred to th
order of final passage earl> this morr
ing by a viva voce vote, onl> two ?.
three noe? being heard.
The most important amendmen
adopted gives the dovernor the right I
name the Secretary of State. Slat
Treasurer. Tax Commission, the Sec
relary of Charities and n.mmissioner
of Accounts, Health and \gricultur
without the consent of the Senat?
Nominations of all other appointive of
fi> ers ?ill require the < ..ntirmat ion o
the Sen-ite.
iKrr.ni a S"a^ ? , rri-.p. r,.|-r,i tA Th?
Albany. Aug. SO. One 0' the great
est speeches delivered in the Assembly
chamber m a generation was mads bj
ex-Senator F.iihu Root this afternoor
in attack'iig bossism and "the invisibl?
government" When he finished, al
th? end of two hours, there was not a
dry eye in the chamber and not a doubt
that the Tanner short ballot pro
posai, on which he particularly spoke
woul.l be adopted by the convention.
Those ?rito hai'i been familial
?round the Capitol corridor? f?ir twen?
ty years or mor? declared that Senator
Pool's speech was t!,e greatest mads
in their time.
The chief topi? of conversation her?
to-night, however, is not what effect
Mr. Root'? speech will have in the
state particularly, but nationally, in
connection w-ith the Presidential race
\ ,.,ir.
The ?yatem of bossism an.l invisibl?
gove-nment, Mi Root ?aid, had dornt?
'S oik for forty yeai
pleaded that the people be anne,I
with the short ballot that they might
establish their own rule.
"This domination," Mr. Root declarad,
"ha? caused a deep and sullen and l?>n?
mong the i
a* being governed b\ men not of their
::(.'. They demand a change. The
ition, or at
? .??. ?| ma; be the Aral ?top that ? II
?rork ? ition."
'I he ; departmei I
.
port of 'he o called "1 edeial ero
?he convention, but ha? been o| i I
by member? of -he "old guard." A.nong
? ret Mr.
Root, G?orgs W. v> ickersham, Fitnry L.
Stimson and Frederick C, Tanner
I Blj Qu gg, Ra ? B. -muh and
Edgar I ?ho long have
n the state,
? >d ii.
three Amendment? to Rilla.
?al w;.s atiien.i
unimportant particulars, one giving
? mak? ?he Ta.". I
clihu Root presiding at Sute Constitutionsl'Convention.
Commission three-headed or Mnglo
headed: ai.other giving th>- Legjali
the i 1er the i omiiiissioner
to n alt? investigation? of
? ot ?tn?e, and a third
changing the name of the Attorney
? partaient from Department
to Department of Law.
Before Mr. Root ?poke several of the
lesser dele- oppoee the Tan?
ner amendment eritieiaea it because it
1 retained the offices of attorney Gen
eral an?i ? lontrollei ai
It 10 o'clock t'l-night the conven
4'<>iitlniir<l on ii.iK?- 4. column !
N?RDICAS TIARA
SET WITH PAST
Was Wart of Mrs. Busch's S
Cttaity for $10.000 Loan.
me 1
St. Louis, Aug. 30. Mme. Lilil?
N?rdica three years ago, just befo
starting on a concert tour of -he wot!
called on Mrs. Adolphus Busch, wife
. n head of the AnheuBcr-Buai
Brewing < "inpany here, and borrow?
110,000 from her, giving as security
pearl necklace and a tiara supposed
with ?liamoniN.
Following the litigation in New- Yoi
over the estate .,;" th? singer, who di?
at Batavia, Java, last year, an expe
examined the jewels, which are in tl
brewery safe here, and announc?d thi
the pearls are genuine and are wort
more than the amount of the loan, hi
tones in the ? iar;i are past
Mr?. Husch is now in (?ermany, an
members ?>f 'lie family refuae I
the matter. It was stated the
did n"- arlan t<> give the impressio
that Mrs. Husch asked for the jewel
as security. SI Mme. N?rdica :
on leaving them with her.
BIBLE STUDENTS
READY TO FIGHT
i)rcxcl Biddle (Masses Enroll ir
Army of 80,000.
I T. <???;.? te Tr? TM
Philadelphia, Aug. 30 The first
organised religious movement in the
United States to provide a national
defence organization will be launched
in this ntv this week, when the
director? of th? I". sel B ddl?
? ounce their plai
ing their mem' ( military
lines.
The idea, according to Anthony J.
Pre\el Piddle, f.-ither ,>f the movement,
is to form a military organisation for
peace purposes rather than for war
Eight] thousand members of the Hible
class m tliarty state? of the Union will
be enrolled.
Thou-atids of these pledges have
been sent (o churches:
'We the undersigned, are American
no. We promt?? our God to pro?
tect the flag and the honor of the
sf Am?rica with our
live? "
More 'ban 2,000 surnature? have been
obtained by Mr Biddle, and hs
that '" " nore were in the
hand? of the rpeakers.
ARREST RICH MA
AS NOTED FORGE
Detectives Say Bariihan
Has Been a Criminal
for 46 Years.
I. Tft' ? - '
St Louis, Aug. ?if). Four detectiv
approached a gray haired, expensive
stood with his wi
on a clouded rornri Here 'Ins even in
"We want you, I'.arnhardt." said on
Without the quiver of a muscle tl
ol : loan turned to his wife.
"Well, dear, I guen thi, is about tl
end," he ?aid, ana 'olio??, d the officer
In the arrest of Barnhardt after
search of sixteen years the detect iv?
?ay that they ha\e capturad the mo
daring, attute ar.d successful crimin
..?es.
The prisoner, they declare, has cot
fraudulent tranaaetiom whic
extend over forty-sis years and whic
were staged in almoat every bip city i
?
For ten years Barnhnrdt has lived i
l ; home in Pom
Arlt., where he uns the leading citize
the town, director in the large*
hank and - ??> be a millionain
bardt has made pen
odical trips over the country and re
turned each time with thouaandi o
dollars. The police charge that on eac|
of these tripi he obtained large loan
on frauduli
As "John W. Kline" Barnhard? is tail
to have appeared here in IBM and Bsp
resented himself as a man of indepen
dent means. He was introduced U
many men in the real estate business
<ine morning he appeared at the office
of a loan and mortgage company. He
showed a deed to certai property, and
to familiar with -hat he
had no difficulty in obtaining a Jio.oui
cash loan.
The deed proved a forgery, and Kline
two charge- forgery
and grand larceny. He pleaded g llilty
to the latter and wa given two years
in itate'i prison
Barnhardt'i system, according to the
detective!, is extremely simple. With
his striking appearance and a show of
ready money, he sought out owners of
valuable real estate and told them he
i to buy propel ' Ol the pre ?
tence that he wished 'o investigate the
titles he weald obtain tie warranty
fe rgery of the
o'iid be made, and Barn?
hardt would appear in a nearby eom
m. n.- i.n.
lyitem n? netted the prisoner
more than $1,000 ooo, ?he police say,
.ear?.
Feminism and Motherhood
College wnnifn are- thinking women, and the femin?
ist m vement receives its impetus from women who
think. But is Feminism a potential menace to the more
important business of Motherhood?
Charlotte Perkins Oilman asks a few frank, cuestiona
_an?, answers them?in the next issue of
ijlti? ?>imuay ?rthrotf
First toL*st?The Truth: Ne<ws--Edto"f?ls?AJ'verti3:ment3
CZAR PLANS TO G'VE
PEOPLE MORE POWE1
Will Add Ten Members to th
Russian Cabinet.
London, Aug. SI. The enlnrgemer
of the Russian Cabinet by ten men"
bers, five to be chosen from the Dum
and t.\e from the Council of the Em
pire, has be*n tentatively agreed on a
a means of making the governmer
more truly repreientative, according t
"The Daily Telegraph' " Petrograd coi
respondent.
"The parties on the left of th
Duma would have preferred an imme
d?ate transition to a parliamentar
gover ment, but this idea naturall
found many opponent!. The athe
agreement finally was reached.
"At fin! the ministers were oppose
to the plan, but now they have modifie
the.r viewi, and at a conference yes
terday between the D :ma lead r< an
M Krivoshein, Minister of Agricultur
hai heen mentioned as a potaibl
successor to M. Goremykin ns Premier
and Prince CberobatolT. Miniater of th
Interior, a tentative list of the nev
popular members of the Cabinet wa
drawn up."
TURK-BULGAR TREATY
SIGNED, REPORT SAYS
Teutons A\?tss Troops on Austro
Rumanian Front.
tiiv CaMs la Um T-ihiin? i
A'hens, Aug. 80 I dispatch to "Thi
London Daily News"' According t<
information from one of the local le
g?tions, the Turco-Bulgarian trea'y ha?
been signed. Keports from Rum?nin
?ay that Austro-German 'roops ar<
ma'-ing on 'he Auitro-Rumanian fron
'1er and that Germany ii threatenin|
to prohibit the exportation of Ruman?
ian grain lay and Auitria
Hungary in an effort to force Rumania
to allow the free passag- of war ma?
terial to Turkey.
tin the Serbian frontier, near Orsova,
there are 120,000 troops massed. It is
considered unlikely, however, that they
will attack Serbia as long as the atti
tadl of Greece and Rumania remains
undefined.
GERMANY AND U. S.
BUYING ARMS HERE
100,000 Six-Inch Shells Ordered
for American Army.
Chicago, Aug. .to. George M. Get
sehow, secretary of Phillips, Getsehow
? Co., is quoted in "The Daily News"
as stating that he is a stockholder in a
firm which is making 100
shells foi the i tatei army, and
th ?' the German government, like th?
Allies, is purchasing munitions of war
in the American market.
"As to the American order, I am not
at liberty to disclose the name of the
firm, tur'her than to state that the
root is worth about 1440,006," Mr.
betiehow is quoted as saying. "A month
after the war began this firm ordered
150 lathes for making shells, but they
arrived only recently. This firm has
r.o orders from the European belliger?
ents.
"I ha.e seen -"me of the German
contract?," continued Mr. Getsehow.
"That Germany . i a buyer is common
knowledge among manufacturers. Most
of the sr.'pm?nts to Germany are made
on Norwegen ana Danish stiamera."
GERMAN WAR CHIEFS
AGREE WITH KAISER
ON PACIFIC POLICY
England Determined
to Maintain Blockad?
m> r?bi? to Th? Tribun?!
laondon. Aug. 30.?The mlnutesi
attention Is being paid here tc
every move In the Arabic situation
In no quarter I? there the slightest
disposition to agree to any modln"
ration of the blockade in return foi
Germany's cessation of the ?nhma
rine campaign. It Is felt that Gcr
rrnnCs deslr.? to abandon the sub
Bsaiiae ?vr fs due to her knowledgi
that previous efforts have proved
fallares and that she is not building
submarines as fast as they are be?
ing destroyed.
The fact that Germany Is read>
to abandon a species of ?arfar?
which outrage? everv canon of in?
ternational law as well as of hu?
manity will not be entertained as a
reason for Britain foregoing a prac?
tice which she regards as perfectly
justified in even' way.
BRITAIN FREES
$200,000,000 OF
GOODS FOR ?. S
Notifies State Departmen
of Concessions in
Blockade.
: Kr-.ro Th? Tribun? Durra . 1
Washington, Aug. 80. Reports of th
mo,Miration? of the British Order i
Council prohibiting exjSorts from (lei
many and Austria, printed exc'.usivel
in The Tribune this morning, were off
daily confirme?! at the State Depari
m?nt to-day. A cablegram from Const
General Skinner to-day ?tated tha
Great Britain had agreed to a relax?
tion of her rules which is expected t
release cargoes amounting to $200
000,000 and which affects 10,000 Ameri
can importers.
Ambassador Spring-Rice called o
Secretary Lansing to-dav to explain th
extent of the British concessions. H
said that although the negotiations ha
been conducted in London with *.h
British Foreign Office, he was hopefu
that an arrangement could be perfecte
allowing importers to present the nee
essary proofs of ownership to the em
bassy here and obtain passes for thei
cargoes without applying to London.
At the State Department it wo
learned that, contrary to published re
por-ts that th? department had beei
able to accomplish nothing with th
Hriti?h authorities, while privat
brokers had succeeded in getting pet
mita for cargoes worth $600,000, th,
action of the British government wa
due entirely to the work of the depart
mint's trade advisers. The concession
obtained by brokers were in isolnte.
cases, where they were able to presen
proofs of Ameritan ownership.
Many Millions Are Involved.
Generally speaking, it is the inter.
tion of the British gc\ernment to per
mit the passage of goods for which th.
American importers have entered int?
contract u.tii (.?rman and Austria!
firms. Heretofore it has been require?
that the money shall have actual!;
been paid for the goods.
Now it will be sufficient to ?how tha
they were regularly contracted for an?
that the American importer is realli
the person responsible for them an?
title res?s with him. Goods valued a
many millions of dollars have acrumu
lated at Rotterdam and await trans
portation to the I'nited States.
The negotiation? have been undei
way for more than three months. The;
have been conducted for the Unite?
States by the foreign trade advisers si
the State Department, who at first at
tempted to get relief through the fir t
ish Embassy ,-.ere. Some w-?eks age
they were informed by Sir Rieharii
Crawford, commercial adviser of th?
embassy, that chances of success woulc
be greater if the negotiations wer?
conducted In London.
The .mporters have been active in
Wellington since the negotiations be
ran, anil have epre.s,.rted to the State
Department ?hr.t unie?? speedy relief
obtained 'hey were in ,linger of
-.s mounting into the millions. It
was believed ?Tu?t under the Gorman
law their properties in Germany, con?
sisting of branch offices, bank account?,
ete . could be seised fir non payment
of their accounts with German manu?
facturers.
100,0043 Merchants Affected.
The 10,000 impor'ers affected have
connections with smaller houses in this
country dealing in German and Aus?
trian goods, so that ?>.e total number
of American merchant* concerned is
placed by the State Department offi?
cials at not less than 100,000. The
negotiations with Great Britain have
been entirely informal and do not af?
fect in any way the diplomatie contro?
versy over restraints on trade.
The British Fmbaasy issued a state?
ment to-day in which th? entire re?
sponsibility for th? failure of dye
stuff? to reach this country is placed
on Germany. The statement folio*?:
"April 14 a formal notice was issued
by the British government that they
. allow vessels carrying two hip -
ments of dyes toffs, which wert paid for
by delivery in Germany of certain cot?
ton cargoes, to pass without interfer?
ence, provided 'he vessels sailed under
a neutral Mag; that the shipments were
made from Rotterdam, and th? dye
stuff? consigned to the Secretary of
Commerce for distribution directly to
the textile industrie?.
'This offer, which wat? refused by
(iermans, ?till holds ~<>od "
Diplomacy last Resort
for Owners of the Dacia
Washington, Aug M. Diplomacy
will not be resorted to by the I'nited
i Sutes in the ease of the former Ham
' Continued ?sa pat** S, ???urna S
Believed to Have Ao
cepted Chancellor's
View.
WILL MEET U. S.
DEMANDS-IF
Washington Hears Ber?
lin's Answer May Be
Sent On To-day.
IN FAVOR OF PEACE
Indications That Teutons Desire
Chance to End War on Ac?
ceptable Terms.
Berlin, Aug. 30 (via London).?It
is understood to-day that Germany'?.
course with regard to th? Arabic
case has been decided on, and that
it is in line with the recent concilia?
tory statement by Dr. von Beth
mann-Holiweg, the German Chan?
cellor.
This development followed the re?
turn to Berlin of the Chancellor,
Admiral von Tirpitz? and othera who
took part in the conference with th?
Emperor at his headquarters on th?
eastern front.
No official statement has been
made, but there seems good ground
for the belief that the government
has adopted the viewpoint set forth
by the Chancellor.
In a statement made by Dr. von
Bi-thmann-Hol'.weg, the German Im?
perial Chancellor, on August 25, he
declared that the circumstances sur?
rounding the sinking of the Arabic
had not been fully cleared up, as no
report regarding it hid been re?
ceived, and that it -ras not even
knuwn whether a mine or a torpedo
from a German underwater craf;
sank the Arabic, or whether the
liner might not have justified by her
actions drastic proceedings by the
submarine's commander.
"Only after all these circum?
stances have lieen cleared up," the
Chancellor added, "will it be possible
to say whether the commander of
one of our submarines went beyond
his instructions, in which case the
imperial government will not hesi?
tate to give such complete satisfac?
tion to the United States as would
conform to the friendly relations
existing between both governments."
Germany's Answer May
Be Sent to U. S. To-day
;Krom Tt? Trltiun? Htjrtau 1
Washington, Aug. 30. ?Receipt by
the State Pepartment to-day of a
cable dispatch from Ambassador
Gerard was the cause of much specu?
lation in official circles. Secretary
Lansing refused to divulge the
nature of the communication, but it
was said that the Ambassador cabled
that the German note in reply to the
last note of this government on the
I'.usitania, and including the conclu?
sions of th?* German government in
the Arabic case, would be started on
its way to Washington to-morrow.
This, however, could not be con
| firmed.
Secretary Lansing maintained his
?rave demennor, and it was evident
that if Ambassador Gerard's mes?
sage contained any information aa
to the German government's atti?
tude, it was not of a character to
advance the case toward an amica?
ble- S4'ttl<?ment. Many officials he
li*>vp that the RMMtg? contained no
forecast of the German attitude, and
that the Ambassador is as much in
the dark aa ever as to what Germany
will propote.
In any event, there is a itrong feel
inc that the nest two or three dayi
will see definite pr*>?resi toward a
final adjustment. It is held unreasjn
able to suppose th it the suhmarine
which sank the Arabic can remain much
Innjrer at sea, and with the arrival of
the craft in home waters it is expected
that Germany will immediately com?
municate to this government the snb
stanee of the commander'! report.
In German quarter! it was said to?
night that fount von Fernstorff prob?
ably would return to Washington from
I.cng Island on Thursday This wir.i
construed to mem that the Ambsssa
_M looked for action by his govern?
ment ?bout that time.
Note to Britain Must Walt.
The President is devoting his atten?
tion almost solely to the ontroverif
with Germany ?'lose friends said to?
day that Mr. Wilson would not eon
lider dispatching a not? t<> Great Brit?
ain on restraints on comnwrce until
the German situation wa?. deflni'-l?
cleared up The President believes that
to reiume negotiations with Greet
Britain at this time would result in
confusing the two issues and render
both more di.lf.cult of solution.
It is knot, that the changes nece??