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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1015.
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IMJI/'l" /.Via'' ?'l. VT '" *"'?* ot ?*** York. Newark.-Ier*?jr flly art?. H->.-rk-n.
Ill? Ci Wa\ Pi U,.\ I i ! -? tl II ; ? I ,?., i | s l?.
WEALTHY WIDOW
rjOKED TO DEATH
BY 3 B?RGLARS
Lf-5 Elizabeth Nichols
! fought Hard for Life
Against .Masked Men.
?WANTS' STORIES
PUZZLE POLICE
M,n Tom from Victim's Fingers
.-Husband Founder of Firm
of Austin. Nichols & Co.
Mr? Ri '?' ?* *
?
?
jpsrdiai
?v^l"-? * ? -icond man, and a
?-^?rhc *t:< alone wit* her la the
?j-Hjt, the r.urderers were three
mp?i Bin, who forced their way i-,
: revoi-ers, tied and
a-a-j-t*. -*.?-11-. ?t-riPP**' M-"*- Nleholi'i
? nut fro-r. -eft her dead or.
. ?on on the
T-isservsni .r?. Nicho.s was
?I J? ? few m<??'? ?
?
w. ?? tal, says the
?run w?> ???hen
? .rr.ved a: ?? ? ?
- Ta.Is was taken
a "'?"'" '
*t *?:i -
,,4..? it t ' ' ?-'ht by tho
e**. ???
?? ?t, , ? n to the men be
gygft ? ? '' Onnie's,"
?* teid "?
Ta.? ?'? one? cave their names ano
ast'
?I**, y to be
/ ,,
->y Tf.l? nr.d the maid, Mr.?.
aV-?ols ?u reading in her sitting
n-c and tl ?'? the hut
>-,-) i ,:oor bell rar.,;.
a? -ve lecoti n sn, in the abstr.ee of
eV butler was,
l-ajned th? where ?tood a
sit ss-:th a package in hi? hand. Tals
H,< ? ? i forward to
takt tas pH?? . if a rtrol?
m ?h press?
? rii'ie
f?rr-1 Tsli ha'.l.
lis: the joo? hands
Wk - . bis -.:? ?eked him into
tee ? ?- ? <r.
Mild Bound and Gagged.
Trv* ssrrsi I I -.derinc what had
saep-rifa te ? l the door,
wftt?l out of the butler's pantry *o
bwssttpU. * the first man
tmr -t ??? - ? again to admit two
<*!*-. ? ? and car
rn*?. *?s*o?vfr? ? - svas
t:*d. g-agp?- Is .r in
tk* pintrs
said, to wi-fj-le
l?ofr r ?hat si ? three
I als. Tofreth-T
tksj *sadi ? ? :s of
tuir?
Mn Kiel
AnskeU ' ? The ma:<l
m I and called up
H i r an ambulance,
*' thunt and !?
?? F" > ? to the Nicholas
MM I'
?'?U " - ? r.,r*,n-.i'ted, ac
etrt.r.e t?
* the third
?f - - ? ? ling oser Mrs.
Ski y g at
?**?; j 1 The
??'?- . ap
*????? I found that Mrs.
I ?fell I hour
ai ha
, ai l.ad ?
Victim K"i;r?ht for Life.
*??? ?:?" ?.- ? ? body indie
S-arl- ?icians that Mr-?.
* *B!'.?, '?> year? old, h.-sJ
r.Tipk- . ?
J? cloth? ? hi-r
???. s ih? ?"und
? ' gula
** complet? . cover had
' Mj
? Kf-n to V>irx
?? her ? -me
f*** r' Found neu:
*?*?> -? feet away
at: ?
'*r : nged, and th*-re
Ml:?-.
**?-? ? ? keys ?he
I es thut con
i a.- ' ?t Faurot and
| ;?'** ' arrived witfc detec
? n *? ? me in.
a. '
? ' ?
T* '??'? ?? "ml man in an autom?
?L1- ?? had
I "lii"
Jjf';'' .?blight pictures of
| ?"* - ?? ?? exact am.
I mast of cv, when
' Fa : ''
!.'? ' : - the third
i *,lti,->
Police ,.r.!l Ser*?anta.
T>- f?c, ?J,at the sproncJ ?,?,, ancJ ?Vaj
Sr1? . ' ' .' persons in \he )iou.?e with
*/; conflictii ?: stories ir
?rlr Kill them for
?-?,''? fth Avenue and
i? ?. adjoininK
\?! ? nee, is the house of
uL *,?r' N her Mr,
w l,r,v .iTord
Mr ..Vu ? *nd
'?S.'| r>' s*-hniewind, jr., o*.
09Mt?.,M " V B?-oka\?r lives at No. 1.
fla-1"?^*?rr;er of \he opposite 'ide of
.Se ?lM*1. ' ? ice Kelaltaa at
??,,,.- U ' Harry l'avne
lesa.? "n I''fth Avenue, he' ?
?T!!:-'"' '-''h ar.d ?leventy-n.nth
^P w.d Jume, ji Duke's home is
^?Cn ????nty-eighth ?Street
y/11** Avenu?.
C!La^u, I from active
?BE or many years he
We*), . ',h th<' ,rv'"*t National
tri?-:* a as a director and
,?* h'-rne. where Mrs. Nichols was
H* .? witk
|^C? "???jihies and memoirs of his
?rV* or 8;,or*?
Nith-,;. if hu-,*>*,nd,s estate Mrs.
"^Ijftt | t*<* 'ne income from
???air? ''" h*>u?o in Kast ?Seven
MUS. SAGE. 87. GIVES $60000
liememlier? \ati?e City, Syracuae?
I'niversltv (Jets $10,000.
Mr*. Russri; g??;, eelebrated her
eighty-seventh birthday yesterday at
Lawrence, Long Island, by presenting
the etty Of Syracuse, where she wa?
rworn, with checks for ??0,000 Syra?
cuse Univeraity is one of the insti?
tutions to receive 110,000,
Mr: ~- ? .?ay quietly.
TEARY TO AID DEFENCE.
Retired Rear Admiral Offers Sen i. en
t? Navy It-cpartment.
Portland, Me., Sert. s. Robert E.
Pean-, who was retired by tct of C?n
?vith the rank of rear admiral
In recognition of hi? discovery of the
N'orth Pole in 1903, has offered his
*".nic*s to the Navy Department for
anv duty he mav be called on to per?
form.
The explorer ha? written to Secre?
tary Daniela offering to take the nee
phyaical examination and jer
any service in the development
?? for national defence
.
FORD PEACE OFFER
NOW $10,000,000
People Must Be Taught VVar'i
Glamour Is False. Says
Motor Maker.
[BU Te!t*Ttpb to Tbt Trlbu-ati ]
Detroit. Sept.. ?.?Henry Ford says
he will follow his million-dollar peace
oiTer with one of $P.O00,C?O more, if
necesiary. Reist.ve to his pence cam?
paign. Mr. Ford says he already has
rr.en employed in the active formula?
tion of plans toward hr:nr-\np the
question before '.he intry
Mr. Ford acknowledged there ware ob
stecles in his path, and spoke
?m of hit view?, but, unshaken
in his ?tand, ?aid he would derot?
.000 to the eatnpalgn, if nec?
essary.
"I believe thoroughly that education
is neeeeaary to Inaura peace in the
Vnited Statee," aaid Mr. Ford. "The
people must be 1 ? that the glano ir
end glory painted into war pictures
lie false. They must he ahown that
preparedness for war create? war. They
must learn how- their taxc? are u?-l
for military preparations in times ui
peace, only to be waated along with
Iheir lives in times of war.
"The first thine I would like to do
is to tear out of our school histories
the pages gloi Q{ ..? Boy? and
rat is some?
thing to be proud of and that all sol?
dier* are heroes. They are not shown
the horror? of it, nor told the sordid
fects about the selfish commerciali?im
of the men who inspire it.
"We need new histnr.er- in our
schools. And the men to write them
are still unknown to the world. Wa
wnnt new Ideas from young men who
will give their lives to the work. I
?.magirie that the man who will write
oui flret new history i? ?ora? j
professor in one of our univei
I am ?il" that we cannot expect a
man like Mr. Bryan to writ?- it,
"We don't have to confine our ef?
forts along adue ea to chil?
dren, however. It is surprising how
quickly old people will adopt
?
"I have been severely criticised for
my peace views, and I expect more
.1 expect to take a
I my critic? Juat about aa
often ' me."
EX-VANDERBILT WHIP
HELD ON THEFT CHARGE
Blue Ribbon Winner at Garden
Shows Accused by Jeweller.
Bernard F. 8. Gregory, winner of
one on his exhibits at
the last horse show in Madison Square
and B former professional whip
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt,
is locked up at Tolice Headquarters as
a fugitive from justice on the charge
of <;rand larceny preferred by the po
lice of Newport. He was arrested in
his three-room sui'e at Broadway and
' math S*" ? ? lay after
noon.
By .- and piecing together
a note Gregory had tried to di
to recover from
the hotel safe a horseshoe Ftickpir. 'if
diamot emeralds claimed by
Udell & flalliu, jewellers, in Newport.
According to the police, Gregory was
- $50. He
maintains he took it on approval and
. return it to the iewelleri
as soon as he went hack to Newport.
Inapector Tobin says Gregory also took
! a i/old ciliar caso when he took the
:'. lost it on a bet with Charles
Wilson, driver for Mrs. Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbllt
To hack up his contention that he
ry exhibited
el stub t" show he had purchase!
four horses for M?000 ?av?rai yean
ago from Krnil Seelig, president and
?hry of the Knickerbocker Stable
Company, at 288 West Fifty-fourth
Street. He tried to get in telephon ?
communication with Mr. Seelig last
night to ask foe assistance In getting
told the police that ha
(50,000 from the eatate of hi?
aunt, who had recently died in Eng?
land.
FLORIDA HURRICANE
CAUSED 21 DEATHS
More Than Twenty Persons Lost
from Wrecked Vessels.
Tampa. Fla., Sept. ft,- Reports reach?
ing here to-day indicate that the death
I toll of the recent hurricane on the
Florida coasts will reach twenty-one.
Bight of the crew of the schooner
John (.. Whilden, ashore at Port St.
Joe, were lost. The ?chooner Gertie,
with nine men aboard, was last seen
on Fridav, with masts gone and help?
less. A ?Jiving boat of the sponge fish
i r Beatrice, with four men. has been
missing since last week, and is believed
lost.
FAT MAKES HER END LIFE
Woman Feared 220 Pound* Would Kill
Husband's lx>ve.
Mr?. Mamie Friend, twenty-i ii/l.t
years old, weighing 220 pounds, became
despondent yesterday because she
feared her husband. John, of 334 East
Forty-eighth Street, might not love her
! if she continued to put on flesh.
She drank four ounces of cresol, and
1 died on the way to Flower Hospital.
GRAND DUKE OUT;
LIBERALS GAIN
DOUMA CONTROL
Russia Reorganizes to
Fight War to Success?
ful Finish.
CZAR ASSUMES
FULL COMMAND
Commander In Chief Sent to
Fight Turks In the
Caucasus.
[I . . a' ? to The TrlhUfJ?.]
ka a bolt out of
ie cane th newa of 'lie trena
? i . ? ? Duke Nicholas i:o7n
ei ? ? I ?.he entire Ru?
' rcei to the comparatively minor
? ' ? operations in the (r.ucaius
n.'i the assumption of supreme au?
thority by the Czar.
The change, foreshadowed yesterday
in h message from the Czar to Presi?
dent Pencar? of France, is officially
proclaimed to-day in an army order
issued by the commander in chief and
in an imperial announcement The !
Grand Puke is appointed Viceroy in
the Caucasus and commander in chief,
on the Russian sou'hern front, to suc?
ceed Count von Yoro7izoff-Daf hkoff.
e I ????? of the Grand Duke came
a? a complete surprise to military ol- ;
ervera hen. where the brilliancy of
? :cian campaign and the success?
ful extrication of the Russian trmie^
from the Teuton (?rip have been gen
erally acclaimed. Except that hi* Ja
the lot that generally falls to the un- ,
successful ceneral, the reasons 'or his
removal are hard to understand.
With the Austro-German advance
slowed up by the approach of winter,
and with the Russian front, despite its
terrible batterings and shortage of am?
munition, still unbroken, it was consid?
ere.! that the grand duke had done al?
most all that was humanly possible.
New Douma Majority Formed.
Observers here, however, are inclined
to connect the shake-up in military
command- by far the most momentous
that has been made in any nation since
the I ?finning of the war with the or?
ganization of a new Douma majority,
announced to-day, and see in both a
determination to bend every energy to
the sucee?i?f?.il prosecution of the wnr.
The formation of a Liberal majority,
instead of the Conservative bloc, to
aid the government is of no less mo
tneitoua importance to the future of
the Russian Empire, and by many is
seen as the first step toward responsi?
ble parliamentary government.
The "Novo* Vremya," which an?
nounce? the formation of the new mi
joritj,, composed of the Liberal and
Progressive elements, and which for
years has retained a reputation
n!> a political weather vane, comments
Iowa on the significance of the
"Alter a year of war we now witness
a union of all social group* upon a
genera] programme of political action.
What was Impossible a year ago has
realized.
"A union on a single political pro
gramme, responding to the require?
ment? of the day, of parties differing in
political ereedl this is a fact of great
importance whose conseouenco cannot
but be reflected immediately in the
policy of the empire."
(zur Certain of Victory.
The army order issued and signed
by the Czar us sent by the Reuter cor?
respondent in Petrograd is as follows:
''To-day I have taken supreme com?
mand of all my force? of the sea, an?! .
of the land armies operating in the
. of war.
"With firm faith in the clemency of
Cod and with unshaken assurance of
? nal victor? . we .?.hall fulfil our sacred
duty tu defend our country .o the last.
?*? ? hall not dishonor the Russian
land."
the general impression here that
Emperor Nicholas will not determine
ally on the various strategic
plans to be carried out, but will IntrUf t '
the deetinie? of the armies to the chief
of the General S'atT and content him?
self with the great moral stimulus
which will follow h-> becoming the mil?
itary as well as the religious head
of the Russian people.
In times of peace Kmperor Nicholas
is invested by law with the honorary'
command of the army and navy, and
th<- announcement that he had assumed
thi? post in person did not at first1
bring witn it any intimation of impend?
ing inipottnnt change It was then:
??* of a.?? notew ,:hy principally,
for Ita moral significance and the im-!
.?il which it would make on the
I'm-ran troops that their sovoreign I
was in close touch with them and had
determined to carry the war to a sue- |
cessful conclusion.
New Chief of Staff Named.
What militarv man or what general :
staff will In fact assume the active '
leadership of Russia's hard pressed
forces is not announced in the Em
peror's order relieving the grand duke
important post.
On Thursday last General Alexiev
was appointed chief of the grand
duko'i ?taff. SOma military commenta-!
hasard the guess that upon his
shoulders will devolve the chief re-?
sponiIbil ty
Following is the text of the order
of the das issued by (?rand Duke
Nicholas transferring the command of
the Russiun armies to the Emperor:
"Valiant Army and Fleet: To-day,
your august supreme chief, His Majesty
the Emperor, place* himself at your
head. I bow before your heroism of
more than a year, and express to you '
my cordial, warm and sincere apprecia?
tion.
"I believe steadfastly that because
the Emperor himself, to whom you ;
have taken your oath, conducts you, ?
you will display achievements hitherto
unknown. I believe that God from thi?
day will accord to His elect Hi* all
powerful aid, and will bring to him i
victory."
"General-Aide-de-Camp, Nichblas."
Emperor Praises (.rand Duke.
In relieving the Grand Duke the Em?
peror addressed a communication to
him which read as follow*:
"At the beginning of the war I wa*
totu>liiutd on ?r*s* t. tulumu 4
GERMANY SAYS
ARABIC WAS SUNK
TO SAVE U-BOAT
Official Note Offers to
Submit Question of Rep?
aration to The Hacue.
SUBMARINE AFRAID
OF BEING RAMMED
Commander So Reports to Ad?
mlralty?Search of Vessels
Ordered Hereafter.
Berlin, ?Sept. is irla Lond n, Sept. 0.
2:50 h. m. i Germany's n>te to the
; 'King
.rabie
by a Gcrmfin lubinarin? ss-is commun!?
catad to Jamei w. Gerard, the Ameri?
can Ambassador, yestetday .-siting.
The note ascril es the deetnietion of
the liner tn an ?C of self-defenct on
the part of the submarine, expresses
the German government's deep regret
that American lives ss-er? lost thereby,
ai d offers to refer the questions of
leparntlon and compensation t.' The
Ha| ue for adjustmt i?t.
The note reven!? in detail 'he in?
structions to submarine commanders
concerning their treatment of liner?.
They are order. -; ?
senper steamer except in ease of an
attempt to eseape after it ii 01
to halt or unless itc aetions h
an intention to attack the submarine.
This action followed th" return to
its base of the submarine which tor
torpedoed the liner Arabic. Its com?
mander reported the Arabic's action*
were such that he believed she was
about to attack the submarine. H ?
fired, he said, in self-defence.
4 The ronv-iander of a Herman subma?
rine which has returned to its bare has
reported to the Admiralty that he tor?
pedoed the liner Arabic in the belief
that the Arabic's action indicated ?hi?
ssas about to attack the submarine and
that he Bred ;'i ?-? If defence.
According to the r boa. c immandcr'e
report, the suDmar'ine was engaged in
destroying a freighter when the Ara?
bic was sighted. The submarine was
then on the surface.
The Arabic, the commander declares,
swung around and headed toward the
freighter as if to attack the subma
The i-nitimarrlT of the undersea
craft remained in doubt as to the In?
tention! of the Arabic, when the lat?
ter changed her course a few points.
but still kept headed in a direction that
wai bringing her nearer to the scene.
The. cap-ain reports that he contin?
ued lo observe the actions of the liner
until he saw the Arabic again change
her course and head directly for the
spot where the submarine lay, a? if ?be
bad sighted the undersea boat. Then
the commander of the submarine, be?
lieving his craft was in danger, sab?
ed her and fired a torpedo
? Kepnrt Communicated to Gerard.
This news was communicated im?
mediately to James W. Gerard, Ameri?
can Ambassador, for transmission to
Washington.
Prior to the receipt of the report of
the submarine's commander Admiralty
official.? were of the belief thut the sub?
marine had been lost No reason for
her delay in returning to port h;is been
given.
A high official of the Foreign Office,
in discussing the eise with The A BO?
ciated Pre*?, said the commander of
the submarine evidently had adei-uate
reasons for believing the submarine
sva? about to be attacked and svas
justified in taking steps necessary to
save his boat and crew. The torpedo?
ing of the Arabic, i.ecording to this of
Acial, could not be considered an un?
provoked ettaek without warning, but a
measure Of self-defen.-e which the rom
mander of the underwater boat vas
compelled to adopt by the alleged sus?
picious actions of the Arabic.
The news of the return of the sub?
marine and the commander's report has
rot yet been published in Germany.
There is Still no report available here
with regard to the sinking of the Allan
I ins Steamer Hesperian.
Doubt I'-BuBl Sank Hesperian.
Persons in a position to speak with
authority assert positive!* the convic?
tion that the steamship Hesperian was
r,ot torpedoed bv a German submarine:
at least, under the conditions thus de
rcrihed.
The assumption that the Hesperian
sva? sunk by a German submarine is
met with ever increasing doubt in offi?
cial circles. Although authorised
' ! comment is withheld fot the
time, the positiveness of the opinions
? spressed informally by individuals
svho may be assumed to have authon
tative information is noteworthy. In
these quarters it is believed the He?
perian must have struck a mine, or
possibly was destroyed bv some agency
: rom within; that it mat be regarded
as certain she was riot torpedoed bv s
(ierman submarine under the condi?
tions set forth in press dispatches and
in accounts given by nassenger?. ,
These persons point out that such
I ntliiiir.l on |)ase 4, rnliimn .1
Marcel
Duchamps
Whose "Nude Descending a Staircase"
held New York's attention a season or
two i?o. tells in next Sunday's Tribune
whv America Is the place for Art's de?
velopment.
Abroad standards ?re fixed, he savs,
but here we are reaching, after new
ideas, yearning, striving. Our sky?
scrapers? Why, he wants a studio In
the topmost turret of the highest: It's
an intimate, crisp reflection of a very
unusual young man's unusual ideas.
Reserve next Sunday's paper at your
newsdealer's.
G-be ?mt?ait Q?ribimi?'
First to Last ?The Truth:
News -Editorials?Advertisements
BernstortY'Backs Agency Here
c to Support Munition Plots;
Bumba Slated for " Vacation "
?_
THREAT THAT DROVE TEUTONS FROM ARMS
WORKS.
"A few days ago German subjects in America were warned
that everybody who assisted in the manufacture of war materials
abroad for the enemies of the empire would be punished for
high treason in accordance with Paragraph 89 of the German
Penal Code. This announcement prompted many Germans who
had been active perhaps for years in industrial enterprises de?
voted to peaceful labors, but who now found themselves for
months in an arsenal, which executed with gusto the fat contracta
for war mateiials, to conscientiously lay down their work. A
situation was thus caused which created a new patriotic and hu?
mane task for German-Americans and those friendly to Ger?
many."
<>1??LEY
PHOT*
?Ji'/f Fit ?
! ?Qclfi ?>?m?fdjett ?f?victim? ?
:irbcit*it<Uc.i uiu> tfclftmtttcl ^rtn^cni* cru>finf^t.
Die "aus Kriegimaterial-Fabriken autgetretenen Arbeiter sollten in friedlichen Betrieben A-ornanme finden,
oder w?hrend Stellurtff*bsa?;keit unterst?tst werden.
William Roves, he?.d <>f the agency supported by Ambassador ('.ount von Bcrnstorff to care for workmen in?
duced to leave their work in munitions plants, is shown above at his desk at H* Liberty Street. Below, in Ger?
man character?, are headlines from an advertisement in the "Staats-Zeitung," while in the box is a translation of
the threat the advertisement conveyed. The headlines read: "Help German Workmen." "lobs and Money Ur?
gently Needed." "Workmen who quit their jobs in war munitions plants are to be placed in peaceful industries
and to be supported during their lack of employment."
BULGARIA GETS
TURKISH RAILW/
Will Take Possession of Dedt
gatch Line In Ten Days.
inr TahlB ?o The Trillin?. ]
Sofia, Sept. 8 I dispa'ch to "The L
; don Morning Post." The Prem
has stated in an interview that
I Turco-Rulgarian agreement for I
1 cession of th?> Dedeagatch railway 1
been concluded. The concession c<
sists of the railway line, with 1
Karagatch station and a strip of f
ritory, two kilometres deep, along t
left bank of the Maritza. The rig
bank of the riser Tundj* has not be
ceded.
The Premier states that oceupati
of the ceded territory will take pla
in ten days. The ceremony will
conducted in the nresence of Hulgai
ian ministers and Turkish pachas.
* '
AMERICAN BOY FIGHTS AOAI
Wounded at Ypres, He's on Wav i
Gallipoli Now.
South Orange. K. J. Sept. 8.-Mr
Timothy Harrcrt. of 148 Valley Stree
to-day received word from her twent>
four-year-old son, Charles M. Barret
I that he is on his way to the Galllpo!
Peninsula svith the King's Own Liver
, pool Regiment.
Barrett, who served two terms as i
gunner in the United States navy, ?vai
svounded at Ypres and has just re
covered
FIVE SHIPS RELEASED
London, Sept. K. Five steamships
which were detained for examination
; of their cargoes by the British au
I thorities have been released. They are
i the Norwegian steamship John Blum-r,
; from Baltimore August 23 for Gothen
: burg; the Danish steamer London, from
Philadelphia, August ?>, for Copenha
? gen; the Norwegian steamer Glitra,
from Malnio, Sweden, for New Oi?
lcans.' ihe Danish steamer Arnold*
' roaersk, from Baltimore, August 6, for
Copenhagen, and the Danish atnamc
I Arkansas, from New York August 1?
for Copenhagen.
DUMBA MUST GC
BELIEVED ?? BE
WILSON'S VIE
President Decides on A
tion, but Keeps His
Decision Secret.
Kr-'-rr The Trltiun? Burttu )
Washington, ?Sept. 8.?Preside
Wilson has decided on the course !
will pursue toward Dr. Constant
T. Dumba, Austrian Ambassad
1 here, who proposed to foment strik
1 and other labor troubles amoi
Austrians and Hungarians employ"
in ammunition factories in th
country. Announcement of his a
tion is expected aoon.
While no indication was given i
either the White House or the Stai
Department ???? t<i what punislimet
will l>e meted out to the Austria
diplomat, there is a decided feelin
here to-night that Dr. Dumba wi
soon leave the United States on
long vacation?so long that he wi
never return.
Just how the Ambassador's diplc
matic standing with the Unite
States will be severed could not b
learned to-night, but both the Presi
dent and Secretary Lansing conside
his actions not alone discourteous ti
the United States, but Itorderin'j
very close on being of an unfriendl;
character. What Ambassador Dumbi
was trying to do, according to thi
. interpretation placed on his letter
was to disrupt the legal trade of thi
United States. Were Dr. Durr?a ?
member of Austria's Consular Ser
vice in this country, the Department
of Justice probably would be callee
on to determine whether his offence
did not constitute conspiracy.
One thing is certain, and that if
that the usefulness of Ambassador
Dumba as the representative of the
Austrian government in this coun?
try is at an end. The President be?
lieves that the contents of the letter
Dr. Dumba tried to send to the
Austrian Foreign Office constitute a
most flagrant violation of American
hospitality, and that it is practically
impossible for the United States to
have any further dealings with him.
Wilson's Change of Mind.
Jukt what brought about the change
of feelin;* in the President and his cloie
adviser* legarding Dr. Dumba'* con?
duct wa? not explained to-night. Y*?
terd->? th?.- irchiatior was to be lenient
with the Au?'r;?n Ambassador, but the
: President a'tet a thorough ?tudy of
the ?vifien'.e, decided that lomuthing
draitic m'irt be done if the dignity of
th* United S.ate* wa* to be maintained.
Whether Dr. Dumba will be handed
Continued on pa** I, column g |
PRESIDENT GOES
TO NATIONAL GAME
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With Two of His Cabinet Attends
Baseball Benefit.
fFrom The Tribun? Rur-tu )
Washington, Sept. 8.-Pre?ident
Wilson ar,d Secretary of State Lansing
tucked away their documents and
notes on the undersea warfare, th.?
Dumba incident and other perplexing
international problems in their re?
spective desks this afternoon and went
out to a ball game. For the eighteen
inning? of tsvo games they forgot there
ssere such countries as Germany and
Austria, or that there had ever been
steamships called the Hesperian, the,
Arabic and the Lusitania.
The games were for the benefit of
the fund to entertain the Grand Army
of the Republic veterans in their en?
campment here, beginning September
-.'7. The first was between the Agri?
cultural and Interior department i,
svhile in the second the St. Theresa?
and the Railroad Young Men's Chris?
tian Association battled for suprem?
acy.
The President was in tine spirits,
throwing the ball out at 'he beginning
of thV? game. With him and the Sec?
retary of State waa else Secretary of
the Interior F.ane, who is much con- ,
suited on the international situation.1
The French Ambassador was also,
among the rooters, but he did not join |
the Presidential party.
IMPERIALT?teG?TS
HONEST STEVE HET UP
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H. I. M. Lebaudy'Serves Sheriff
in $150.000 Suit.
"Honest Steve" Pettit, Sheriff of Nas?
sau County, has been annoyed recently
by the attentions paid him by Jacques
I.ebaudy, the man who would be Em?
peror of ?he Sahara?. Lebaudy moved
against the Sheriff yesterday by having
him served with a summons in a suit
for ?lfSO.OOO. "Honest Steve" Is not
quite sure what it is all about.
A young man rushed into the
Sheriff's office yesterday, handed him
the summons and rushed right out
again. The document, made out on a
'iiirmon' of the Federal court, cited
the Sh?rif to "answer the above com?
plaint to counsel for the plaintiff be?
fore Seotember 20." The paper was
drawn up by hi* imperial highness,
'later! September 6, ar.rJ signed by him.
His address given was P. O. Box 1,665,
New York City.
A few nights ago Lebaudy warned the
Sheriff of hi.? contemplated action. He
called up "Honest Steve" and told him
that he could not fool him or infringe
on his rights.
"The French government is behind
me and we will combine to make you
aw. at." said Jacques as he hung up the
receiver.
TEUTONS LOSE 8,000 MEN
AND 30 GUNS TO CZAR
Petrograd, Sept. 8 (via l?ndon.
Sept. 9).?Near Ternopol the Uua
slans have defeated the Third Ger?
man Division and the l->ih Re*
?erse Division, with an Austrian
brigade, rapturing M00 prisoners
and thirty runs, beside? a quick
firer, according to an ofDclal State?
ment Isaued to-night at the War
Office.
-:?rt?
German Workers Get
Warnings from \36
Liberty Street
TOLD THEY FACE
TREASON CHARGE
Officiel Tcnies Fomenting
Strikes - Admits Urgtaf
Men to Quit.
GETS JOBS FOR THEAt
Says Embassy Aids "Relief Bu
rcau" and Subscriptions
Help Pay Expenses.
When Dr. Constantin Dumba. the
Austria" Ambassador, suggested to
his government that Au.-trian sub?
jects mi-.Th? be, induced to quit work
ifi ammunition plant? Count von
Pernstorff, the German Ambassador,
had already begun work on Dumba
lines among Germans in this coun?
try.
With the aporoval of the German
Ambassador, Germnns employed in
munition plants have for more than
a month been in receipt of notice?
that by working in such places they
violated the law of Germany and
for those who quit work after warn?
ing aid has been forthcoming from
186 Liberty Street, where such an
employment agency as Dr. Du:nha
explains he had in mind is in opera?
tion.
From that building circulars and let?
ters have been sent out by the hun?
dred? warning German subject? of dir*
consequence' if they continu?? to work
in industries which manufacture war
I materials for Germany's enemies. Ad?
vertisements have been placed in Ger?
man newspaper? throughout the coun
'rv requesting German workmen to
leave such employment and aisuring
them of financial aid and good posi?
tions In 'peaceful industries" and ask?
ing them to report at once to Herr
Han? I.iebau. manager of the employ?
ment and relief bureau for German
.subject.? who have left their Job* in
war munition factories.
Hureau Is Kept Busy.
A reporter for The Tribune found th?
bureau in room 805. Nothing in its
outside appearance suggested It was
occupied. There was no name on th?
floor. A small, bearded man with a
harsh voice and piercing eyes wa*
standing in the doorway telling a group
of men of foreign appearance to report
the following day. In answer to a re?
quest to see Herr Liebau he abruptly
turned, i-urveyed the questioner with a
suspiciou:- look and ?aid:
"l>r. Liebau is not here. I ?m in
charge. What do you want?"
When told reports had been current
about th* mysterious activities con?
ducted by his office he waived his caller
into an inner office, shut the door and
said:
"There is nothing mysterious about
our business. Everything we do is
frank and open. ?We are here to save
Germans from doing wrong. They ar*
doing wrong when they assist in the
manufacture of war materials whicn
may kill their own kindred. They ar?
morally guilty of fratricide and legal?
ly guilty of treason. We are trying
to help them from committing these
crime* by securing them other em?
ployment in peaceful induitries anj
helping them financially ui;'.il they are
placed.
"The German Embassy naturally Is
interested in this movement for the?
good of Germans in America. But the
bulk of financial contributions com**
from patriotic Germans and German
Americans who realize the justice and
righteousness of our cause. Nobody is
turned away who show* proof that ha
has left a job in a factory which is
manufacturing the things that kill hi?
countrymen. Since August 4 we have
placed more than three hundred men,
and there are many hundreds more on
our books who are willing to seek
other work.
CjII Enterprise Legal.
"Dr. Liebau is rarely here. He is too
1 busy w'tr ?thtr enterprise* to give
much time to thi*. I am in charge here
. and I am jioud of the work that ha*
been accomplished during the patt
month."
He *xpli?:ned that he wa? William
! Boyes, a G? rmKn, born of English par
; ?nts in Germany, and that he was a
1 railroad *i<K'ne?r, who had left Peru
' in order to oin the German army at
: the outbreak of th? war.
"A* far a? the legal tide of our ac?
tivities i? concerned we hsv* mad? sur?
beforehand ?hat w? have not over?
stepped oi r rifhts," he continued. "No
' one can chi'r? that we ar? trying to
.foment stiues in munition manufac?
turing copi<*rns All we are trying to
i do ij to ?'?i,. Germans from assisting
in il.? makbig of the?* implement? ol
wariare ecttae. Germany, Necessity
and the allurements of big wages has
| promrted ir.??ny ignorant men to ac?
cept work In munition plants. We are
trying to rcake them see th? error of
thei- ways. In this atgt^mpt wa must I
have the support of ?yB right-think? j