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KENT HOSE RAKE
CROWD AT FILM
FIRE; 1 MAY DIE
Mail's Skull Fractured
^Several Hurt?Women
Overcome by Smoke.
9000 FLFI HOMES;
$200,000 REELS BURN
Roof Drops Felling I-remen at
$500.000 H!.wo Mary Pick?
ford'i I s lines Burned.
0.t pi .?riaru'.ar and
,, occurred in
r- ? rel* da
? ?torv build
'. e?t Twer.tv-sixth
<..,,. ? fl sora at eth\*t>
stud-.o and sflcsi
n i onpaav.
:. ?rv??ral flre
? ? Bsrsrsly la?
.- of hon? undar
???rrft! women
? houses ?'ere
ich Mitad the
-
, .... r Erurine
? ?o BeMevue
i fractured
would die. He
?i? ansi i against the burning build
. M *s Magdelle
F-ftoi* as?! '?? - '"?? "?"*?'? ?*?? verf
fgq fAf, i ero-wd at thousand?
- collected near the fire, ?ra?a
hascseddewi ' -re of the water
t. - ? badly injured. They
,,., usai ?. - Several other
? aaaa and & sc ra af spactstora were
mmjtfai to I ' "? similarly in?
jured.
laaliaiag thi possibilities of the fir?,
.1-- Of Chief "Smoky Joe"1 Martin
turan! la Ik. '" a arm. calling out
a'.l the aasaral n between Franklin and
y "ty-r.:-.*.: g\ both the West
and East sides. Police Commissioner
fVoods order? c Cr ef It ipsctOTSehmitt
?rerger to call out all the reserves from
. | .-?- ? ? nth Street
?U? tontrol tin crowds which jammed
the searby I
Ijm Drives to Street.
Tfc? "W call for all ambulances
lrtr*. the ae-S] tall between I ifty-ninth
IM sud Canal Street was sent out
?j Coa*.-:- - Woods. It was
tessgfct at first that many firemen and
rpattator? had bren injured and that
AatasSS*obab]y *.?? .-' sweep the whole
VSleck.on whii - then sr< re several large
Man. tenement houses. Two thou?
sand ter.sr.ts were temporarily ren?
dered homeless.
Th? lo?? to th< film caaiaanji was
^?|Ty. Adolph Zu?.or. president of the
?soraasy, arrived si 'he scene when
?-f ?.i? kt its height- He esti
?tterl the i ? lesa at $200,000
sud s? A th? ned $50,000 in
surssc-. 1 - ? mi were in the course
Sfesastl . featuring Mary
r.ck?ord, H?rc! 1'nwn and Pauline
Frederick. Tvi? Alms were kept in a
' .* the Intense heat
de?*r ?
Amr'-7 ers bv the fire are
Miry Pick' ark. Hazel
Pawn and i more. I o? turnes
?elorv ' ?? ? and setresaea,
itic.Lfiing t,\ cana? ea, parrots and a
Feri;*n cat. wire destroyed.
* seri? ns of celluloid
"?????? .... Martin
"'??? '?' e in the rear of
?*??' thir i -an explosion
csuted tve rnof to fail -n. Falling
Mr' * ? -, of the men.
snd thost whi ? i ?< not hart se* up a
ame to the re??
rte
Tb* hsrstin? ? >a?t sit la
?neai added a ,-??<??,?. menace to the
?*** t ailed
?Mnot carry Imea snfl < -.-'.v strong to
? pr? are In
U* J!'*^ ; ne. At the corner
I wentjf-sixtfa
*Xt%tt ? 1 .... Bsav)
\ltt* tie - of a ssloo.i. A
Ariakiajg at the
?? p. by the ru? *-.."ig
Man? Building?? Threatened.
avelj threatened
and embers
^PPed an th? roofs and in yards
I'"-*1 ' The ambulance
? r*'or? ' Bellevn? declared that
???"Jini emners dropped in the hos
csuaed considerable
?wnerLfru an . patients. A
'?**' ?n ? ment house ad
J%\*u ' | the west.
,?,. ' iered out of all
the Twenty-siitk
*. ,' ?"?>" the street and
?t ' ' th? rc-i?r, on West
Many of the
sal'^l , '' ??. sttd the
al,i?. *d '" fkt sticks to
n ?*m from 'h*'1 homes.
fc. p.", *'??? discovered at r.b'o p. m
T?...' ?nefSB, of the West
He turned
tali?. .'} "J*rm- ??d as soon as Bat
Utooa huf arrivsa\ he
?* ta a second ?'arm. The fire
CJ,T. ' ?oar. bal .hot up
?-th the huilding inpidiy.
*?e Ll--a T" 'Vu" '""'? '{ter ? h*r,i
our Kht , ommiaaiener Adamson
Wit f??** ?*? hottest and
?f th. 5 flrr' in the recent history
Wr,n,Krnrd -?"Idinf war? between
Hna.V'1'.- f ^"!ih Avenues, on the
?as are?.! a thf *Ut*<- Th? ???? floor
?srkV ,w"d b> the <'orru?;sted Paper
*'**>.?,.? ,%ti0u? b> J W. Schuer,
k*Ke?,?.?Vh: rtlm ^rnpany. The
?^)?aj m*t,d lhe tot?l -?sa st about
v*a? of V*m'.n ?niur?u'- were John He
??t a-TsJi* P'tro1 3* wh<> ??s bidly
Ht?',?.1. rlaKI,; ,'-1?-- r'??l ??
l??y 11* * flr,'mj'". of Kngms Com
'^?k Oatl rtQm! L> the twata, end
?^tio Sf' li,U*," >'?? old. of 34
by th? J.? ; **? k"oc?-*'d senseless
T*Wty-,iV,'w Jom ' ?"?"?'?n* hose at
??a. M. . SU"ft and '-'ehth Av?
**'? ta-aL? j ?*v?r??1 other ?pectators
??sa?., *t,t*d b> th? ambulance sur
Rides Hurricane Dragging
Derelict as Sea Anchor
Cutter Miami Courts Destruction Rather than Run from
Tow in Gale That "Kicked the Waves
Into Mountains."
I Trot? Tb? T?INir? Purrtu 1
Washington. Sept. n. A thrill!?
te'e of how the Coast Guar.l cutt?
Miami, with a ?-?freuet a* a sea ancho
rode the recent West Indian hurrican
which ?wept th* Gulf of Mexico wi
contained in the report of I.ieutenar
Blake, commanding? officer of the vei
sel, received by ?*?ecret.ury McAdoo tc
I dar.
Kather than let loose her prire
dangerous derelict afloat in the path
of steamers in ?he lower part of th
Gulf the Miami, when Informed of th
approaching hurricane, made fast t<
the vessel with a hawser, weathered i
Rule that "kicked the sea into moun
taina" and, with the exception of on?
accident in which the heavy seas swep
Gunner Paroou off his feet and pain
fully Injured his back, reached Ke;
West none the worse for her ?xperi
ence.
This is the story as reported to th*
Treasury by the commander of th?
Miami:
"The Miami had sailed from Key
West, on August 31 in search of a dan?
gerous derelict afloat in the paths of
stenmers in the lower part of the (Juif.
After a two weeks' search, radio mes?
sage? were received from two passing
steamers giving the location of the
derelict when they pssse-d it. I.at? in
the evening a steamer ahead was ob?
served through the darkness making a
quick mani-uvre as if to avoid some
suddenly sighted obstacle in her course.
This was taken l?y the officers of the
Miami to indicate that the derelict was
being avoided. The searchlight, how?
ever, failed to reve-al it. The cutter
s-ood by during the night, and as soon
as dawn broke th? next morning tha
derelict was located in Just the place
where it was thought to be.
Seaman Waalied Overboard.
'T-espite a very choppy sea, in which
one of the cutter's seamen was washed
overboard from the derelict, which
proved to be the schooner Oscar G., of
Mobile, a hawser was made fast to the
vessel, and the cutter started to tow it ,
to Key West. Aa the half-submerged I
wreck wallowed it, the jumbled waten
it was possible to make a speed ot onlj
three or four knots nn hour.
"Wireless reports on the evening el
September 2 told of the approach of t
hurricane, and indicated that thi* Minm
would be directly in the path of th?
storm. The ea?ie?t course would hav?
been for the Miami to cut loose fron?
tier tow and run away from the centr?
of the storm. I'erelicts are so diffi
cuit to locate and are such a menso
to commerce that Lieutenant Blake
commanding the Miami, decided to t*k?
a chnnce of pullii.g ins prize into port
notwithstanding the approaching storm
"A* S p. m. lightning streaked th?
southeast and by midnight the wind arai
a strong gale, with accumulating inten?
sity. The next morning it was blowing
a whole gale out of the north-northeast,
kicking the sea in.o mountains. A rap?
idity tailing barometer and a driving
rain increased the furv of the storm.
Up to this point the Sliami with her
tow had been fairly weathering the
gale, heading up to the sea, hut soon
she was unable to hold up and com?
menced to roll heavily.
"The hawser was thereupon shifted
from th? towing bitts aft and brought
in through the bow chock, the engine
?topped, and the Miami allowed to ride
to the derelict as a sea anchor. It was
a splendid piece of seamanship to shift
the hawser in the circumstances, as
several heavy seas broke over the quar?
terdeck and one of them swept d?nner
Darnou off his feet and painfully in?
jured his back.
Oil Hsd No FaiTect.
"At 7 a. m. the storm had reached
hurricane force, blowing with a veloc?
ity of between 90 Hnd 100 miles an
hour. The seas were enormous and
broke heavily. The oil seemed to have
but little effect during this period. The
cutter was enveloped in a white smoth?
er of rain and spray and the derelict
was swept clean by the seas and sub?
merged more than hnlf the time.
"About Ti.lO a. m. the barometer
steadied and commenced to rise almost
as rapidly as it had fallen. Ry noon
the sea had subsided to such an extent
that the hawser was again shifted to
the towing bitts and the course to Key
West resumed, where the cutter ar?
rived safely on the 4th instant."
This is probably the first time a
derelict has ever been used as a sea
anchor in a hurricane. The report
?hows it was very effective in holding
the ?hip's head up to the terrific seas
and the hurricane force of the wind.
The commanding officer speaks in the
highest terms of the Miami's qualities
as a ssa vessel.
ERIN TO BE SAVED AGAIN
She I>o-?*i Not Know It Yet, but August
Koelble Is In Favor of It.
Ireland is going to be saved again.
It has been sav*d from one thing or
another once a year since Brian Boru's
dog was whelped, the year of the big
wind. Now it is to be saved from the
evils of conscription.
At least, that is vhat a card, purport?
ing to be issued by P. J. Griffin, presi?
dent of the Geraldine Club, and author?
izing M. J. Sinnot to collect funds to
provide arms for resisting the Sassen?
ach, says.
And on this card a most circumstan?
tial story of a big revolution with
60,000 men in arms, was based yest
terday.
But:
Mr. Griffin knows nothing about the
card. He knows not ?Sinnot and he
krows nothing about any revolution.
N'-ithei does August Koelble, the
German-American leader, just back from
Berlin. However, he is in favor of all
three. He said so '.as? night.
GOOD DAY FOR BIG BITES
blip Man Lands 1.000-Pound Shark?
Seabright Angler a 460-Pound Tuna.
Islip, 1-ong Island, Sept. 11. A tiger
shark, measuring 12 feet 2 inches
from tip to tip and weighing
1,000 pounds, was brought into port to?
day by l'aptain John ('. Hoxsee, who
caught it in a net.
Seabright. N. J.. Sept. 11. Samuel
Johnson, a deep se-a fisherman, felt a
heavy tug on his line this afternoon.
After a two hours' fight he managed to
land the fish, which was a 460-pound
tuna, 8 feet 1 inch long.
NAVY BETTERS RECORD
Destroyer? Improve Gunnery Over 31
Per < eut.
IR? Triffr*pb to Th? Trilrori? ]
Newport, R. I., Sept. 11. That the
Atlantic destroyer flotilla in its annual
target practice with the three and four
? inch rifles on the Southern drill
grounds recently did 30 per cent bet?
ter work than last year wbs the report
of the flotilla commander, Captain Will
iam S. Sims, when he arrived here to?
day on the Birmingham, his flagship.
Twenty-two destroyers engaged In
th: practice, the largar boat? u?ing the
four-inch rifles ana the smaller th?
three-inch guns.
According to Captain Sims, the bat?
tleship target practice will begin Mon?
day.
?- ?
3 KILLED BY HEAT;
RELIEF DUE TO-DAY
-
Many Prostrated as September's
Hot Spell Simmers On.
Three deaths and many prostrations
were reported for the third day of the
September heat spell. It will be
cooler to-day, if the weather man has
read the signs aright.
Joseph Hart, thirty-cne, of 372 Water
Street, was prostrated at Peck Slip yes?
terday afternoon and died at Volunteer
Hospital last night.
James E, Blackwell, sixty, of 390
Seaview Avenue, l'origan Hills Staten
? Island, was overcome and died before
, assistance could reach him.
Mrs. B. Dempdelkano, of 302 Lorimer
! Street, Williamsburg, was overcome
an died at her home.
Among the many prostrations were:
Mr? Helen Purden. thirty, of Bay
Slraet, Stapleton, Staten Inland; over
? com? at th? municipal ferryhouse. She
??.. taken to Smith Informary.
William Williams, a piano teacher of
: 100 Blrecker Street, was prostrated at
I Broadway and 167th ?Street. He wat
1 ato!? to return to hi? hora?.
WORTH $80,000: DIES ALONE
Km red Publisher. 78, Stricken by
Heart Disease Due to Heat.
With sixteen bankbooks in his room,
Fhowing deposits amounting to $80,000
in New York banks, $224.74 in cash and
three diamond rings, James A. Nocpon,
seventy-eight, a retired publisher, was
found dead in his bachelor apartments
on the third floor of 12fi Lexington
Avenue.
For seventeen years Mr. Nocpon had
lived in the neighborhood, having spent
nine years at 126 Lexington Avenue.
His home, it is believed, is in Pittston,
Penn.
John F. ;)'('onnell, an employe of
Seton Hospital, Spuyten Puyvel, N. Y.,
called upon Nocpon yesterday after?
noon. He found the door locked, and
receiving no response to his knocks,
summoned Patrolman Mclntyre, who
entered the apartment. Nocpon was
sitting in a chair, dead. Heart failure,
brought on by heat, caused death.
AUTO VICTIM HIS MOTHER
Pollee Lieutenant Answers Call, Then
laearns of Parent's Injuties.
When Lieutenant William P. Meehan,
of the Bronx Park police station, an?
swered a phone call last night he heard
a patrolman say, "Woman hit by auto;
send an ambulance to 2873 Bainhridge
Avenue." The lieutenant perfunctorily
ordered the ambulance from Fordham
Hospital, little dreaming that the in?
jured person was his own mother.
A while later he was almost over
come with fear when he made the blot?
ter entry: "Mrs. Margaret Meehan,
seventy-two years old, of 2800 Bain
| bridge Avenue." He dropped his pen
and sped over to the hospital. He
found his mother seriously injured.
The car which ran the aged woman
down was owned by Samuel (.'ameron,
of 244 West 109th Street, and operated
by his stepdaughter, Miss Juanita Sher?
man, of 6?. Locust Avenue, Kye, N. Y.
J. D. ROCKEFELLER HONORED
?Serbia Confers Grand (rosa of St. Sava
In Recognition of Relief Work.
Nish, Serbia, Sept. 11. The decora
I tion of the Grand Cross of the Order
! of St. Sava has been conferred upon
John I). Rockefeller in recognition of
the relief work done by the Rockefeller
Foundation in Serbia.
Dr. Richard P. Strong, head of the ,
American sanitary commission in Ser?
bia, on leaving the country was made a
grand officer of the Order of St. Sava
! by the Prince Regent
*
FRACTURE.- ARM IN BED
<
Ea-G ivernor Penn>packer of Pennsyl?
vania, Suffer? Injury.
IBt Telepipn to Tn* Tribun?.1
Norristown, Penr.., Sept. 11. Turning
? over in his bed during the night, ex
; Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker of,
Pennsylvania, fractured an arm. Dr. ;
i H. C. Allen, who was summoned to the
home, found the aged man in great '
pain and administered relief.
This morning Mr. Pennypaclter was
sent to a Philadelphia hospital to have
an X-ray made to determine the, extent !
of the fracture.
Water Pump Emptiei School.
Far Hills. N. J.. ?S?pt 11. Cntil the
i engine which pump* the water into
the local school is r<fj>alred, there will
ba no furUar leuioas for th? pupila.
ARCHIBALD M?Y
FACE A CHARGE
OF CONSPIRACY
Likely To Be Arrested
After Dumba Case
Is Cleared
BELIEVE HE KNFaW
DISPATCH CONTENTS
Officials Say Correspondent
Could Be Meld for Violating
Passport Rules.
I Th* THbWM Burea i 1
Wa?hlngton, Sept. 11. James F. J.
Archibald, when he reache? New York. ?
may find among those waiting for him
on the dock a plain clothes detective,
wearing? the badge of the rjederal po- |
lice. The Department of Ju?ticc has
BOt fully decided to arrest Mr. Archi?
bald, but If the State Department pre- I
.*ents no objection it is thought certain
thai this will be done.
Mr. Archibald's activities on behalf
of Ambassador Dumba. C?ptala von
Papen and others, have been under
close scrutiny by the Secret Service of
the Department of Justice and the case
against him is believed to be clear. Mr
Dumba practically admits that Mr.
Archibald wa- thoroughly cognizant of
the nature of the dispatches he car- !
ried, and the elaborate effort? which
Mr. Archibald made to correal them 01.
shipboard is held to be further proof
of his guilty knowledge.
The State Department, however, 1?
not anxious to have anything new de- |
velop in the case until the Austrian !
government indicates its position on
the recall of Dr. Dumba. Kvery effort;
will be made to save the Austrian gov- I
ernment embarrassment and to permit :
Vienna to recall its Ambassador with
out a previous airing of the complet?
details of the case. It is expected that
Austria-Hungary's answer in the Dum- |
ba case will arrive within a few days,
and lhat it will dispose of the question
definitely.
Mr. Archibald's offense, as the De?
partment of Justice views it. ma/
amount to conspiracy against the ,
I'nited States. Even should the charge
at conspiracy fail re? b? sustained, it Is
believed he can he charged with obtain?
ing a passport under false pretences.
The bearer of a passport is required to '
state his object in visiting foreign
countries, and the fact that Mr. Arch i - j
bald failed to announce his purpose of I
carrying illicit dispatches is construed (
as a misrepresentation.
Officials of the Department of Jus?
tice would not dan* that the arrest of
Archibald might have far raaehitlg ef?
fects. His defence might involve, ;t i*
thought, several prominent Austrian
and German propagandists, toward
whom the suspicions of the depart ment
have been directed for some time, but
who have never been actually caught
in flagrant violations of the Federal
law.
It is certain that whether Archibald .
is placed under charges or not, he will ,
be ruhjeeted to a gruelling examina?
tion, with a view to obtaining informa?
tion concerning the German propaganda !
in this country.
The State Department is still with- j
out word from Vienna concerning the
reception of the request for Mr. Dum
ba'l recall. While it is generally be?
lieved that Austria-Hungary ?ill com?
ply ?vith the request without discus?
sion, it is pointed out ?hat the purely
voluntary action of this government ,
in giving its reasons for Dr. Dumba's
dismissal leaves the way open for !
Austria-Hungary to question those '
reasons.
The I'nited States, however, is the .
court of last appeal in such a case, and
if any ambassador of a foreign power
becomes persona non fjrata, his gov?
ernment is obliged to withdraw him
under the rules of international usage.
Whatever reply Dr. Dumba's govern?
ment may make. Secretary Lansing will
stand firm on the request for his re- '
call, and will refuse to communicate
with Austria-Hungary through him,
thereby dismissing him peremptorily
from the diplomatic circle. This ac
tion would necessitate the recall of
Ambassador Penfield from Vienna, if
Austria-Hungary refused to appoint a
successor to Ambassador Dumba, and
might precipitate a grave crisis in
the relations between the two countries.
VAN DYKE HEARD OF PLOT
AND STOPPED ARCHIBALD
The Hague, Sept. 11.?Dr. Henry
van Dyke, the American Minister,
explains the departure of James F.
J. Archibald for New York as fol?
io???:
"Being informed of a ?erret
treasonable message from Ambas?
sador Dumba to !he Foreign Office
in Vienna cante? b> Jam???? Archi?
bald. I ?topped Archibald, took un
hi? passport and sent him hark to
Vmerica aboard the Rotterdam to i
report to the Department of State.'
WMAFTERBREAK
IS THE BELIEF
OF BERNSTORFF
Ambassador Will Talk
Only to Washington
Friends Tell His Fears.
REGRETS SUSPICION
OF HIS HONEST ACTS
To Appeal to Washington In Last
Effort to Stem Tide?Dumba
Quits the St. Regis.
Count von Bernatorff, the German
Amhassadoi-, believes that breaking
diplomatic relations between this
country and Germany over the Arabic
case means war. This belief he has
communicated to his close friends.
The ambassador believes that a
break can be averted. He hopes It
will be averted. In the hope that by
bringing Americans to a realization of
the seriousness of such a move and
to conserve peace, he has not object?
ed to these friends letting his view?
become public.
Publicly Count von Bernstorff har
nothing to say. Privately he believes
Germany is abused and maligned, her
concessions to the I'nited States min?
imized and misrepresented, and him?
self held up to public ridicule as a
trickster, ?vhose pledged word s
worthless. Thi? state of affairs the
ambassador feels is due entirely to
the Knglish propnganda and the rc
tivitiea of the I-'.nglish-printed news?
papers, particularly of the Kast.
These facts The Tribune learned on
absolutely unimpeachable authority
last night, it also learned that von
BernstortT personally will have no hand
in the efforts of his friends to swing
the tide of public opinion for his
Kaiser. On the other hand, he will do
nothing to bloc!? their efforts.
The Ambassador feels weary after
the strain of the last year. The trou?
bles of his colleague, Dr. Dumba, have
affected him. While he would regret
what he believe? would follow, he
would not feel badl;' were he to go
with him. From the standpoint of
personal comfort, his post has almost
ceased to be desirable.
Agree? with Statement.
While the ambassador denied at the
Kitz-Carlton last night that he had
given out a personal interview to the
effect of the foregoing, he did not deny
that these statements express his
views.
"I cannot and will not grant inter?
view? or snake any statements," Count
\i>n Bernstorff said ?vith emphasis.
"Any utterance which I may see fit to
make will be directed to the State De?
partment, which may make it public. I
am also restrained at this time to make
public any personal views I may have
on any subject. I therefore cannot say
for publication what I think would hap?
pen if diplomatic relations were to be
interrupted between the Cnited States
anil Germany."
The ambassador was dining with
friends on the roof garden of the Ritr.
Carlton last night. He excused him
self long enougn to receive a reporter
for The Tribune to make this state?
ment. He looked careworn and de?
jected. Those who have had an oppor?
tunity to study him closely say he has
been greatly ?retried since the German
contention relativ? to the Arabic ques?
tion was made public.
For the first time since he took ?in
apartment at the Ritz-Carlton Ho'e;
Count von Bernstorff abandoned hi?
usual weekend motor trip yesterday.
He secluded h.mself for the most part
in his office with Dr. Edler, his per?
sonal secretary. Persons in Count von
Bernstorff'? confidence last night sai.l
he was working on the preparat'on of
a long, confidential statement 'o h is
p-overnment a final effort to ward iff
the break he'ween the two countries,
which even the nmbii?sfidor feels is
the logical sequel to the diplomatic
development? of the last few days.
To friends Count von Bernstorff h.ir
repeatedly expressed the feeling that,
above all other things, he desire? to
maintain friendly relations between
his government and that of the United
States. Thi? he regards a? his life
work, his duty to posterity. While he
keenly felt the loss of his hur.drels
of friends in the diplomatic a- well
as the sorisl ?ef. nothing ha? hii't
him so much as the impugnment rf
hi? hoaesty of purpose and integrity
of character
To Appeal In Germany.
To save this and to avert a termi?
nation of his usefulness as the Kai
ser's envoy. Count ?on Bernstorff is
drafting the me??age to his govern?
ment, The Tribune learned. This
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Samuel Hopkins Adams
takes you on a tour among the hoax-houses this morn?
ing_those private dwellings in the residential districta
leased by furniture dealers and stocked with brand new
furniture "sacrificed.'* usually at higher prices than those
asked by ordinary stores for better goods.
This regular weekly business article appears on
Page I 0. Turn to it.
?jib? ^utt?ag Srttottu.
first to Last- the Truth Xrui ? F.Jttenals - Adtirtisemtntt
Arbitration on Arabic Likely;
Tension in Capital Lessens;
'BreakMeans War'-Bernstorff
Wilson Waits for People
to Decide Foreign Policy
President's Friends Believe He Would Avoid War with
Honor, While Critics Say Politics and Peace-at
Any-Price Are Dominant Influences.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.
Washii.gton, Sept. 11.?Overnight, Washington?official Washing?
ton?ha??, suffered one of those sea changes so familiar and so baffling
in the whole cour.se of the present international crisis. Last night the
current ran strong and even toward a rejection of the German Arabic
note. All those weather-vanes which disclose the direction of the
administrative breeze pointed in the same direction. Through the
whole administrative circle the barometers, without exception, indi?
cated stormy weather.
But to-day, in the same quarters, (he difference i* unmistakable.
The Arabic note has assumed a different appearance. t'ount von
Rernstorff's promise, which was "a scrap of paper" yesterday, to-day
seems tun offer grounds for discussion, for consideration, for anything
but the things that it seemed likely to invite yesterday. Administrative
Washington feared yesterday; it hopes again to-day. The barometer
is rising and outwardly the ground for the contrasting emotions has
changed.
What. then, is the explanation of this overnight shifting, this face
end face about which has no puzzled and baffled the country, from the
moment when the President made his "too proud to fight" speech,
which was followed by the first I.usitania note, to the day th?3 week
when official Washington suggested that the Dumba affair was to be
viewed as something "merely indiscreet," and followed it by demanding
his recall in another day?
Naturally there are two explanations: the explanation of the
edministration and the explanation of the anti-administration. To un
derstand them is to grasp the two sides
of the complex and bewildering situa?
tion that exists in the national capital
at the moment of our most serious in?
ternational crisis since the Spanish
American War.
Country Anxious to Prevent War.
Take the administration's explanation
first- that is. approximately what is
said to explain its course by those wh >
should know best. First of all, the ad?
ministration feels that it ha? for any
drastic action the assurance of the
support of only a ?mall fraction of the
country. It is convinced that, ?ave for
New York and the Atlantic seaboard
north of New York, the country is
p
chiefly anxious that it should be kept
out of war. It even feels that the
country, save for these minor fractions,
would prefer the sacrifice of any minor
, point of honor rather than that the
] 1'nited States should be involved in
the European struggle.
The problem of the administration
I is to protect national honor and keep
i out of war. It wants to protect na
! tionnl honor. It is alarmed, worried,
?riven to extreme apprehension by the
ever increasing number of Middle West
> ern and Southern K':.tesmen who come
i here to tell it that peace is the thing.
Continued on paae 2, ?aliin-.a 3
Baassasasssaal
VATICAN HEARS
AUSTRIA WILL YIELD
(h? T?M? to The Trlhina )
Rome, Sept. 11.?From a highly
trustworthy source at the Vatican it
ia learned that Austria has derided
to accept President Wilson's demand
for the recall of Dr. Dumba. It is
understood tha? no aucreasnr la to
be appointed for the present, the
affaira of the embassy being handled
by a charg?.
TURKISH BATTERIES
REPEL DESTROYERS
Drive Back Enemy's Warships in
the Narrows.
Constantinople, Sept. 11. The re-1
pulse by the Turkish coast batteries of
! two hostile destroyers which bombard
. ed the defenders' left wing from the
Narrows is chronicled in the statement
issued to-day by the Turkish War Of
; fice, which says:
Our artillery threw a shell on the
deck of an enemy torpedo boat which
had been bombarding our left wing,
and the torpedo boat withdrew. On
this wing our troops are gradually
occupying enemy trenches.
Our coast batteries routed two hos?
tile destroyers, which approached the
entrance to the Narrows and bom?
barded our left wing. The same bat?
tery successfully bombarded enemy
infantry positions at Sedel Bahr
and dispersed a hostile group at the
landing place of Morto-I.imum.
FRANCE AIDS SWITZERLAND
Sel? Aside Port for Import? m Inland
Republic.
Washington, Sept. 11. Arrangements
have been made by the French govern?
ment to r.lleviate the practical isola?
tion of Switzerland caused by war con?
ditions at French ports which ordi?
narily handle Swiss import business.
A report made publ c to-day by the
Department of Commerce from Vice
Consul Dewitt C. Poolc, at Paris, say?
that France has set aside the port of
Cette solely for the us? Of ocean traffic
for transshioment to the inland re
, public.
Swiss authorities have made re
; peated representations to the Allied
po?ers. -setting forth the disastrous
] domestic conditions caused by the utop
1 page of imports and seeking means of
I obtaining supplies, particularly food
' ?tuff?. It has been stated that Switxer
[ land was in a fair way to be confronted
by a serious shortage of food.
TO INCREASE MIDDY ROLLS
Daniels Wants Academy Filled to 1.200
Capacity.
Washirgton, Sept. 11. -Secretary
Daniels will recommend to Congress
that the number of midshipmen in the
Naval Academy be increased to capac
; itv. That would mean the appointment
| of practically 300 more mid?hipmen
than will b? enrolled this fall, or about
1,200.
GERMANY'S TERMS
CALLED FANTASY
Berlin Message Couples Denial
with Cheery Business Vision.
Berlin i by wireless to Tuckerton. N.
J.i, Sept. 11. The Overseas News
Agency says to-day:
"Reports circulated in the I'nited
States concerning terms on which Ger?
many would be willing? to make peace
are declared .?emi-officially to be fan?
tastic invention.
"The weekly bulletin of the American
Association of Commerce and Trade, of
Berlin, contains interesting statements
in regard to conditions in several im?
portant branches of German industry.
The outlook for foreign trade after the
war is bright. It ?teems probable that
Germany will be able to furnish good
articles at low prices on account of
the intelligence of her merchant? and
the progress made in all branches of
industry.
"The review of the chemical trade
clased with ?-?e remark that its finan?
cial position was favorabl?-. Almost all
manufacturers huve large funds in re?
serve.
"A mes?age from Rasel stste? that
?he Swis.i Committee for the Relief of
Hostages has officially pronounced as
I untenable the position of the French
in declining to 1.berate hostages taken
in Al.-ace. International law renders
obligatory humane treatment of hos?
tage? and their immediate liberation
. when the purpose of holding them has
bee'i gained, namely, to guard against
? hn?t'> Mtl on the part of the popu?
lation of occupied territory. If such
territory is later reoccupled by the
other belligerent the reason for hold?
ing ho-tages is removed and their lib?
eration is obligatory."
TAXES BRIGHTEN FRANCE
Year's Slump So Small Kcomimlc Re?
covery la Vlsagcd.
Pari?, Sept. 11. The tax receipt? of
the government during August were
j 242.000.000 francs i $4H.!i00.000). or only
I 60*000,000 franc?, .$10,000,000) less than
? in August, 1913,
The Ministry of Finance points out
that the ligures indicate .. progre?-r.i
recoverv in the cour.'rv' economic life.
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Naon May Be Argentina Head.
Washington. Sept. 11. Romulo S.
[ Naon, Ambassador from Argentina.
' may become a candidate for the Presi
I denry of his republic, according to
? statements made here to-day by hi*
friends. The ambassador will leave for
, a visit to hi? home n "xt week, und his
friends ?aid that when he reached Ar?
gentina his name would be brought for
war I in the campaigns preliminar) to
the national election* next year. Am
! baisador Naon has figured prominently
I in Washington in the activities of
I Latin-American diplomats to aid in the
I restoratu n of order in Mexieo.
Bomb Greets Nfw Chinese Daily.
Shanghai, Sept. 11. A bomb explod?
ed to-day at the plant of the "Asiatic
Daily News," a Chinese rewspaper
which appeared yesterday for the first
time. The paper ?as started to pro?
mote the monarchical propaganda. The
front of the building was blown in, one
member of the staff and two persons
who were passing bv were killed and
five other* wero injured.
Administration Un?
willing to Accept
Responsibility.
AWAIT BERLIN'S?
ORDUNA REPLY
Officials Hoping Submat
ine Orders May End
Uncertainty.
FEAR NEW DEFIANCE
Attempt to Justify the Orduna
Attack May Complicate
Issue.
[Fr^fn TU- Tri'una r .r?ai 1
Washington, Sept. 11.?Admitting
that Germany's explanation of the
torpedoing of the White Star liner
Arabic was far from satisfactory,
high officials of the administration,
after sleeping over the communica?
tion and realizing its consequences,
hinted to-day that the United State*?
might avail itself of the arbitra?
tion proposal containen therein.
That the note is unsatisfactory and
disappointing was the unanimous
opinion last night. To-day, however,
when it was learned that its rejec?
tion meant one alternative-the re?
call of Ambassador Gerard, there
was a softening of opinion.
That the State Department had
received informal assurances from
the German government which
tended to soften the meaning ot the
Arabic note was denied to-day.
There has been a change of feeling,
however, among thoae who usual, v
speak with authority, and the reason
has not yet been disclosed.
Word reached here unofficially to?
day that another communication is
on its way from the German govern?
ment. This note, it is said, deals
with the Orduna case, and unofficial a
report.?- have it that it justifies the ?
attempt to torpedo the Canard liner, ^
although the evidence of the passen?
gers and captain is that not the
slightest, warning was received from
the submarine.
Situation Admitted (?rave.
That the situation is grave is ad?
mitted on all sides here. It has
placed President Wilson and Secre?
tary I,ansii,g in somewhat of a di?
lemma To reject it absolutely would
leave only one thing. The sinking
of the Arabic would then b??come
"deliberately unfriendly" and the
recall of Ambassador Gerard would
be the only course open.
If, on the other hand, proposals to
arbitrate the question of whether a
(ierman submarine commander had a
ripl?t to a.?sume that he was to be a'
tacked by a passenger vessel and to
send a deadly torpedo into her hull be
accepted, it would mean that the ques?
tion would be tied up indefinitely
mayb.? until the war was ended.
While it is the understanding of offi
cinls that (irrmany's proposal concerns
nothing more than the right of a com?
mander to assume that the Arabic In?
tended to ram his boat, there is a feel?
ing that Germany had in mind th?)
placing before The Hague of the gen?
eral ?niestion of whether any subma?
rine commander had a rieht to assume,
even thoMgh mistaken, that his vessel
was in danger of being rammed.
The I'resident and his Secretary of
State still have faith in Count von
HernstorfT'? memorandum which prom?
ised that "liners" would not be torpe?
doed without warning and provision
for the safety of those on board, unless
the vessel resisted or tried to escape.
They believe that it was a bons fide
promise, and although no official con?
firmation has come from B?*rlin, they
SIS ?oath to believe thHt Germany haa
I taken a ?tep which it must knosv means
the severance of diplomatic intercourse
with this country.
Wilson Re-serve**? Judgment.
Recause of this feeling President
Wilson is inclined to take a softer
view of the Arabic not?? He does not
believe Germany has been "deliberately
u.ifriendly," but he is awaiting further
: facts before placing any tinshty on his
judgment.
It was said here to-night in authorl
. tative quarters that no decision as to
' the course of the government had been
reached. But the discussion in official
qasrtaga of th? proposal to arbitrate is
t. ken to mean that such a H*p is
being considered by the administration.
One of the reasons for the belief
among officials that the sinking of the
Arabic, if unjustified, was contrary t?
, the orders of the (?erman government,
it was learned to-night, is the fact that
for two months or more after the Lusi
tama was sunk no other passenger ves
ssl was sent to the bottom of th? sea
by a torpedo from a German subma
I rine.
IThis ?pinion. however, cannot he said
ts he shared generally in Washington
it is pointed out thai if the German