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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1915.
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I) 1? T / ' 1 ' / > X' I.' /'t'V'r I" ?*-***? ??' **w '?*- ?~erh. Jertej City *a<1 Her??***.
11.\ Ti l fi.i l f.i.sruiif.Kr. two rr.NTS.
ROFRANO SOUGHT
?S PLOT TO KILL
FOLEY IS TOLD
Grand Jury Indicts a?
Slavers Blame Oaimari
Murder on Leader.
RIOROAN DOOMED
IN POI ITICAL FEUD
,-cused Man May Surrender
^Assassins Protected by
Pfrj?r\ School.
W-ke Refreno, ??ho broke witb Pig
r -, ?-???orrfl'ic leader
mjair W"4
, for the murder of
?.cceeded him a?
an aid m th? . : Al
*??>!> Diati ' For hi? arrest a
. a\erm I out from P
Hrtdqu*' **'nt
?e*r?. tment became certain
m Mond?.?', ?hen Krank Fennimore.
murder of Gaimari,
H him a? a prin- ,
.._? j- g nevera! others in
rjve 1 ey ou
reign of tenor.
rater, Repre?entative Pan Riordan i
. stood ir the way of
.,. f]r??? - ? ? hy hired
.,?.<-. m] - turn were to he pro
.?ftfi ??? ? on by graduates of
i Khc-el of perjury, aet up and operated
. -,,- , who were to swear
II the wasted alibi?, or, if necessary, to
me? upon the ?boulder? of
ten
In the carrying ou? of the plot Ga
?in ?nd Jam? Foley aids,
? In? attempt was made
U aurder Foley as he entered hi?
kouM. Ob another occasion children
. roof frustrated a sotieme
- and Gaimari
Rofrar.o. who in his ficht on Foley
?ai made Deputy < ommissioner of
? ?.,? . e? after the Gai- '
un m arder resulted in hia name being
.tiTolvfd That case went before the
April gr?t"i ? iry, and it was that body,
,.-,. ? . to continue the in?
quiry ? of the second, which
wdicted him ; etterday.
Frin? re, who pleaded guilty
teaaaalaug ter, wa? a witness before
M' bc?i>. a? wa? Louis Pemar, arrest
W or ' ? subornation of per
i?T
Bur. ? tailed
? al details cor
rennimore.
had 1 -the conspiracy
11 th? - I nd the al
fl red at the
trlil? '
Polne Hunting Rofrano.
Seen out looking for
Jtr.fr?' ? .lay. The last trace
?ra? at the Municipal
morning.
Biki R who is looking after
tefrai absence o'
iel, Emery B?ckt er.
u.d that 1 ? would Rive himself
up du.? . fternoon. Fp to a late (
?our ? e did not ma? ?
?aaaaranc? strict Attorney'?
?lice
?till *? :
Thf a for murders of those
??luted with Thomas F. Foley and the
?r.n,: ? -i fol
of their crimes
**? ?> ! by the men behind
the war
Derm.- - understood, in?
cluded the ' meaaengera of
"? ? after they fell in the
'?" ? ? this repurd, it
?i Mid, ai Bro ..iway
??? >? f pel ?on? inter
?ted ? pt to wreal political
? m power* in the
? witnesses
?er? i?) ed. H .re drilled
i? th? , examined and
<*(? tl. ? -ions
? the
an arrest had been
aait. i prisoner'a behai' I
?er* tr. ta) ? ind and be
t?r familial with the locality. This
?tote. the < iiitnan
?urd*r
?t.? ?attorney Perklni left
~? of* ! that the
??n foi ? had been
'?ur.d had ? located. "When
te '?? '? ? ? Attorney con- ,
? Police Headquar- ,
ten ?nd hi? trial will be held in the
-"?guiar ce .- ne??. The trial
?fil he hell .-ction Pay. but
?"'I rot b? I de?
layed "
Foley Praise* PfWMcatar.
Thorn*? Foley deeelared jreaterduy
?"?t the credit foi tigatio? ot
'?? totrder? and assaults on his po
. to the 11: ?
?attorney. )|, Shid "that prior to the
teesntutor takini* up the case there ,
??? little satisfaction to be had b]
t? '?-; the ] ?..d seeking their aid "
St. Fniey ,.,,. went lu far us tOM
??at Thfo?; ire Rouaeeau. the Mayor*
J**r?t?ry. u?s reluctant when asked to
{?k? the initiative in stirring the po
"*? to ?.
Hr. Perkins replied to this by giving
*?*?? ? affair.
.** i ? ,.? the io- ??
* ?--? of Prank r ennimore
?ttldroi be made public until
??'??ted in his s?. ? ?re brought
Cirial He declared that the inform
* ?lory im? to himielf and his as
?'?'?anti Deacon Murphv and George N.
?'???er?, who proaecuteil Gaetano
"?otiiBagno and Rocco Carnivale for
?*? ?Burder of Giamari.
?-'rwio'i connection with the mur
*r*a? told of by the La Salle hroth
?n- It was while they were bein?/
rf>? >n hiding for murdering Jame?
"'?e?. first to die in the political feud.
-th? Bome 0* paj^jj-ja, Samuel? an i
' &?'*?*? ' ' eBt Avenue
?a_* ' th,t th,y overheard C*??--"
*te ?II on the telephone and ?pea?:
? ? -??B who Carnivale told them wa?
*"?no. Theae conversations had to
. *ith the plans to kill Giemari and
y. ?-?? money paid for the murder
|b"> dollars a week, the two boy?
t,T* ?"?mivale told them h? wa? get
. ? ?er more than a year from Ro
r?ric *o ''nul! trie trick" Montimag
? ?rie? for do,,,-, away with Gtamaii,
*-*atlaited ?a page 4, toluma I
MARCONI RIVAL ABSORBED
Syndicate Acquire? Rig-hta of P?u|,en
Padna S>?t?.rn.
;i" .-.-.. i n? i... .
London, Sept. 14. "The Daily Chron
le.s'i financial editor ?aV?: -A ,vnrt,
eats representing Marconi Interests ha?
red the }-o?l?,n Padna right?, and
? couraa the Pouleen ?yatem will
ration" Part the M,reoBl <,^K,,n,?
?A^lrd,nf. ,0 thi* ??tlinritf, ?he ,m
uJ, u ?.P ?" ,n f?"-nfcti?n with the
Britiah I oui,en rieht?, which lapsed
??cently, through fresh arrangement,
would quite possibly have hern Axed
"P In the meanwhile, however, the
syndicate representing Marconi inter
raeogniaing, no douh?. what a
formidable rival the Poul?en system
must he in the future, if 1| rom'ained
independent, ha? steppr-d in and made
r-n offer, which, apparently, has been
WOMEN DRUGGED:
GYPSIES BLAMED
"Honest Steve" Routs Clan Ac?
cused of Stealing Milk from
B. F. Yoakum's Cows.
' hloroforming women and robbing
them, ?tealinjf milk from cow? on the
- of wealthy families, ruining
property and committing other depre?
catory acts, were the aliened pastimes
of a hand of gypsies escorted at day?
break yesterday out of Freeport, L. I.,
into Queens, by two of Sheriff Pettit's
m?n
When threiitened with arrest the
? : i:*''0 lip 135, the sup
pri'cerds of a darin?; hold-up a?
tor Parkway Lodge a' Bethpage,
Island lie would not admit that
ne connecte! with the tribe had
tha act. The chief said that
tl e ban i would go to Newark.
For ? . ? 'nv days the Sheriff
ha? received word 07" the activity of
the band through various town? In
Long Island. He investigated and
learned of the ho?d up, which occurred
a-A?-' Friday. Mrs. Samuel S, Sadler.
"ante of the keeper of the lodge, was ;
entertaining- her two liatera, Mrs .lohn
J. Vonaria und Miss Kdith Keil.
Suddenly, a big, rough looking man
' a window and demanded
money. Mrs. Sadler refused. The door
wai forced open. The house wa? com?
pletely surrounded, and at least twche
men entered the room. All were said
to be gypsies The three women
screamed and were roughly handled by
the intruders. Unable to subdue the
(fling women, the men he'd them
against the wall, while one of their
number chloroformed th"m. They then
broke open the cash drawer and made
th'.ir escape, leaving the women lying
on the floor
The next ease 'hat came to the atten?
tion of the Sheriff was the action? of
the band the day after the hold-up.
They camped, without permission, on
the outakirt? of the large estate of B.
F. Yiakum. the railroad man. at Farm
Mr. Yoakum boasts of hi? fine '
herd of Holstein cow?, and his well
kept and productive cornfield. The
g-jrps.ea showed their ?'arm training by
gottirg 140 quarts of milk from the
cows and almost a wagonload full of
com from the tie'.d
115-FOOT SHAFT ATOP
MOUNTAIN FOR BATES
Parents to Erect It in Memory
of Lusitania Victim.
A concrete shaft 115 feet in height
be erected on the highest point
in the Berkshire Mountain? in memory
of Lindon Wallace Bate, jr., the young
? ? r, v.ho met death on the Lusi?
tania. It will be placed by the young
man's parents. Mr. and Mr?. Lindon
Wallace Ba*.--. of 784 Fifth Avenue,
and New Lebanon. N. Y,
The site chosen for the memorial is
near the line dividing 'he states of
Mass.. ? 1 New York and is be?
tween New Lebanon and Pittsfield,
Mass. This point, which is on the
Bates estate, was a favorite retreat of
the young man.
The ;-haft will be an almost exact du?
plicate o? Pompey'l Pillar in Alexan?
dria, Egypt, which young Mr Bate?
?1 many times and consider?-?! a
masterpiece of architecture. At night
a searchlight, pointed upward, will
mark the
LindoB Bat.?' Hock, as the proposed
I the .-haft is known, is most in?
? - : 1.1 c. surrounded by a dense for?
est ami far from a roadway. To over
?he engineering difficulties in the
an of the memorial the most
cal method will be to build a
from the summit of the moun
-., the old Boston Post Road,
three quartera of a mile away.
BOY SLIPS OFF ROOF
AFTER SAVING BROTHER
Lad Walks in Sleep to Edge?
Little Hero Dead.
Th- humidity last night
drove George Brown, his wife and hi?
children "Buater." ?even; Johnny,
six and a siv-months-old infant to the
f their home, at MO Ka?t Thirty
! Street, to sleep. "Buster." an
? in the open, ?rai ?? I
A 11 ..'click the boy ar..se, and,
, approached tha
story building,
? ,-,,. awakened ?? "Buster"
brother'? danger?
ous ' position Fear thai "Buater"
might be st:irtled into plunging over
the roof's edge kept Johnny from cry?
ing a warning. H<* crept <>n hi? hands
?..ward "Buster." \\ hen he
M| within r.-aeh he ??rose and pulled
hit, brother back to safety
The exertion was too much for th?
roungattr. He found him???lf on the
, dga -.' the roof, In mora peni
than had been "Buater." For a ???
me'i? he atrore to maintain his bai
1 anee, a.id. failing, plunged headfore
moat to?? aid the pavement of the yard.
Tnt. fa woman neighbor
?ro,,.. ants of th? house, and
.lohnnv wai rushed t., Bellevue Haa?
One glance showed Dr. (arr that
the littl? fellow wa> dead
SNEEZE PLOT TO PART PAIR
Mother Put Powder in Bed and Teed
Wit.hcraft. Say?" Daughter.
Mrs. Arne Bugel. of South Brosd
Vonker?. wa? ?ummoned to police
court yesterday by her daughter, Mr?.
! Harold (ole. of M Victor Street. The
! mother was accused of sprinkling ob?
noxious powder on a bed in order to
drlra Ole away. The powder wa? of a
variety to produce ?neeiing
The daufht^r declared her mother
had no use for Cole and was trying? o
teparate them by ?hat she terme l
"witchcraft method*"
Judge Beall warned her to let her
?laughter and her ?on-tn-Iew alone, anil
FEDERAL BANKS
OPEN DOOR FOR
FOREIGN CREDIT
No Breach of Neutrality
Found in Financing
Export Trade.
EXCHANGE PROBLEM
IS MADE EASIER
1 Support of American Markets
Meld by Administration of
Prime Importance.
T**,? Trlrmn? n,i-*?a '
Washington, Sept. 14. So far as the
administration is concerned there is
no reason why the entire needs of the
foreign trade of the 1'nited State? can?
not be financed by means of the ma- :
chinery of the Federal Reserve banks,
which may, as the administration now
interprets the law, rediscount bankers'
acceptances drawn to pay'for w-r sup?
plies or other exports. The plan is
put forward here as an alternative, in :
whole or in part, fr.r the billion dollar \
bond issue now undtr consideration in <
New York.
So long as such acceptance? are pay
able in dollars in not more than three
months, member banks may advance ,
money upon them, and under the rul
ing of last week permitting renewals,
may carry such paper almost indefi?
nitely.
Ne Bar In Law.
This much ha? been definitely decid?
ed. High officials going over the law
and the international aspects of the
ease found nothing improper, from the
standpoint of neutrality or hankinir, In
the menns of easing: up the tension
caused by the immense excess of ex?
port? over imports, and the certainty
that this excess will increase rather
than decrease.
Paper so discounted may in the first '
instance be drawn either by a govern?
ment, a corporation, an individual or
the accredited agent of a government
ncting as such, though it is not con- ;
sidered likely that the actual signer
would be the government seeking
credit. The only question that would
arise in any event would be the finan?
cial responsibility of the maker.
American Market? Protected.
The desire of the administration is
that it will, in the event of ?he
failure of other plans to finance *lie:
requirements of foreign trade, protect
American markets from the partial dry- j
ing up of business that must follow a !
heavy premium on the dollar, and is
preferable at this time at least to ad?
ditional enormous imports of gold.
American gold stocks are now higher (
than most sound bankers would like,
and substantial additions to the great .
stock of yellow meial in hand would
tend to create a situation that might
well prove embarrassing.
Another advantage of thu? meeting
the needs of the hour is that, while
the amount of money available for
long loans is limited, the amount of
bankers' money available i? very large.
Officially no questions will be asked
when such acceptances are presented
us to the private or official nature of
the transuctions. Are the names good*
will be the only test.
Pro-German Objection? Met.
Pro-German objections to thus fin?
ancing the purchases of the Allies ?r-e,
it is believed here, discounted by the
fact that (?erman purchai*es of largo
quantities of cotton against the tin??
when it can be delivered are beim?
financed in this way. That, at least
?as the plan agreed upon, and ther?
are reasons for thinking that this Ger?
man buying has already begun and that
some of the acceptances, based upon
such buying, are already in Federal
Reserve vault.?. There is no law
against the re-discount of foreign gov?
ernment drafts after acceptance and
the administration holds that to for?
bid Mich transactions would in effect
be new legislation by the Federal Pe-j
servi* Hoard.
The feasibility of meeting the tre
mendoua difficulties of the exchange
?situation hy some plan that would
! make available the great resources of
"bankers' money" in America was
pointed out hy Francis W. Hirst, editor
of "The London Economist," in his
special cable to The Tribune, published
On Monday last.
Mr. Hire! ?aid that while it was
doubtful whether any great fund ex
ilted in the United States for invest?
ment m European securities, easing of
the credit situation could readily be
nccomplished.
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J. J. HILL 77 TO-DAY.
BUT KIN MUST WAIT
Allied Bankers Couldn't Get Him
Here His Wife Did.
I-.. IVi-tupr. to Tl.? Trltiui.? 1
St. Paul, Sept. 14. .lames J. Hill ?rill
. he seventy-seven years old to-morrow.
He will spend the day in New York,
| assisting in the arrangements for the
I proposed foreign loan of $1,000,000,001).
Mr Hill went to New York reluct
: antly, because he wanted to ?pend his
?birthday with Mrs. Hill and ni* chil
; dren. When J. P. Morgan asked him :
to go he declined. The Anglo-French
' commission in New York appealed to
him, but he refused to start until af?
ter hi? birthday.
After all effort? had failed, Mrs. Hill
and L W. Hill, his son, prevailed upon
him that it wa? his ?luty to be in New
York, where he could aerve his ro"n
try and the Northwest. Mr*. Hill her?
self packed his grip, and a celebrad. -,
of Mr. Hill's birthday will be held
when he returns.
?My birthday* will grow fewer," sa'.d
Mr Hill, 'and I want to spend the.n
at home with my family."
Four hundred veteran ei ploye* of
the (ireat Northern Railroad will e?;'?
hrate his birthday at Grand Fork?. N
I), to-morrow. Mrs. James J. Hill
and L. W. Hill and his wife will be
there. I
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE
UNDER MENTAL STRAIN
I ?M. |a Th? TtlH-,? )
London. Sept. 14.?A dispatch
from Northern France to the Cen?
tral Nnra give? a nensational reporl
?mm German sources, ?ia Rotter?
dam, that the t.erm.n i>o?n Prince
Ii auffering mental aberration a*
'he reault of worries of the ?am
pai*n.
The Crown Prince undouhledlv
h?a not tptrett himself in the at
lemp? to atrike . decisive blow on
the western front. Prisoners slate
that he did not sleep for three davs
during ,he recent ofTen-lve and that
M baa broken down under the
strain.
I-espite the entreaties of the
Princess the Prince refuses to re?
linquish his command e-en lempo
rarllv.
2 BOMBS FOUND
ON THE LAPLAND,
DOOMED BY SIGNS
Bottles, with Mysterious
Acids, Lay Menacing
Explosive Cargo.
An attempt to destroy the cargo of ,
the White Star liner Lapland, one of
the largest carriers of war munitions
since the European hostilities began,
was frustrated last night, when two
bottle bombs were discovered aboard
the liner at her pier, at the foot of
West Twenty second S'reet. Hither of'
these would have caused an explosion
or a lire, according ? to Inspector of
Combustible? Owen Kagan.
John Knright, a private detective, .
?as inspecting the ship, just before 61
o'clock, when he chanced to look at '
one of the girder-, which form a
border of Hatch No, 2. Were he law I
two bottles, of peculiar shape. On
close examination he learneil they con?
tained liquida, one Mack, the other
lighter in color.
The bottles ?ere planted, the police
believe, in an effort to maim the ves?
sel, but were crudely placed. They
were not hidden, but lay above the
latch, where almost any passerby might
Bee them. It was asserted last night '
tnat the bottles were made of "time !
glass," a substance which, after a peri?
od, becomes porus, allowing its con- '
tints to leak through.
Enright took his discoveries to the
line office and Police Headquarters was
notified. Captain Tunnev, in charge of
the dynamite s?|iiad, arrived at the pier
with two detectives, and was followed
by Inspector of Combustibles Eagan.
The bottles tapered from the wide
bottom toward the pointed top. Here
there was a peculiar indentation, and
the tops appeared to have been fused
to the bodies of the containers. Fach
was between four and live inches long
and three inches in diameter at the
bottom.
The police believe that whoever
placed the bottles on the hatches be- j
Sieved they wouid be closed last nitcht.
The force of the imp-ict would have
been sufficient to break the bottles,
spilling their contents into the cargo,
which would have been ignited. Other
persons, howevr, surmised that as
the hatches were not closed very
night, bul often canvases v.ere placed
on them, (he se'ters had expected the
bottle? to be broKen on the sea at the
list storm whi'h would have necessi
tated closing the hatches.
When Inspector Kagan left the pier
he tarried, wrapped in a large envelope,
both bottles. As he stopped to talk
with renorteis, some one suggested that
il might be advisable to place hi*
captures in separate pockets. This he
?lid. He explained that they would not
be opened until this morning, but he
was sure acids formed the prncipal
ingredients, sufficient to do much dam
age to the steamer.
The career of the Lapland has been '
eventful since war was declarad. Last
March, on her ?istward trip, she was
reported to have been pursued by a
i -boat after crossing the Mersey bar.
'lhis was Uter denied by the company,,
but some of the passenger* maintained
that she has been chased, while oth? rs
declared the submarine had warned the
chip. At any rate, a slgxag can rae aas
taken by ?aptain Hiadshaw, to avoid,
crossing the path of a German under
. .i i raft, ?
Three months ago th* liner carried
a large cargo of munition?, including1
automobile trucks for the British army,
but she was unmolested. In July then?
appeared upon a white enamelled door
panel the word*. "Der Kaiser wird Dich
schon holen," translated, reading, "The,
Kaiser will get you yet." There was
also marked on the foremast an Iron;
Cross.
Another report was current last
month that the 17/.00 ton vessel, re?
cently tranferred from the Red Star
t . the White Star fleet, had been tor- :
i.edoed, but the vessel reached this
port safely.
Escaped Germans Captured.
St. John. N. H . Sept. 14 Four Ger- j
man prisoner? who escaped from the ,
detention camp at Amber?', N S
Friday nicht, were captured to-dav in ,
an open b?-ai otT Point Lepreaui
the Bav of Fundy. less than thirty]
miles from the United States boun?
dary.
GERMANY DENIES
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR HESPERIAN
Asserts in Note to Gerard
That Mine, Not U-Boat.
Sank Liner.
NO SUBMARINE NEAR
SCENE OF DISASTER
Rerun Also Declares Violence
and Location of Kxplosion
?Indicate Mine.
Berlin, Sept. 14, The German gnv
ernment, ir a no?e from the Foreign
Office to Ambassador Gerard, delivered
at noon to day, made a qualified dis?
claimer of responsibility for the sink?
ing of the ateamahip Hesperian.
The communication i? a preliminar)
note, which may he supplemented when
all the fact? in connection with the
H.-spcrian incident are established
definitely. The (.arman government
states that, on the basis of the infor?
mation thu? far obtained, the theory
that the Hesperian w?s sunk by a (i.-r
man submarine apparently may be
abandoned absolutely.
It is said that official records show
no submarine could have been in the
vicinity of the Keaperian at the time
she was oiown rap. Furthermore, the
point is made that the violence of the
explosion and the place in which the
ateamahip was ?truck, a? set forth in
the accounts of the disaster, indicate
thai it ?Aas due to a mine.
I.erman?'? Denial of Responsibility.
The German position, as semi-ofli
cially stated, follows:
"A-; we are informed from a com?
petent sotirce, the new? already re?
ceived, taken in connection with facts
officially known, seems to exclude al?
most absolutely the possibility that a
German submarine could under any
circumstance? have been concerned in
sinking the British passenger steamer
Hesperian.
"Firstly, according to the prear?
ranged distribution, no German sub?
marine could have been on September
4 in that part of the ocean in which the
H. -p.'! Ian sank.
"Furthermore, the explosion, accord?
ing to description? received from Brit
ources, was of such a nature as
to indicate from it? effect? that it wa?.
rather of a mine than of a torpedo.
"The circumstance? that, according
to these description?, the vessel wa?
struck near the bow and that the bow
compartment? filled with water go to
confirm thi? assumption."
The ncte contain?, in addition tr? the
?tater.ient? thu? made semi-offlciaily,
a paragraph ?aying that all the sub?
marines thai were at sea on September
1 have not yet returned, but that there
is nc reason to expect that the report?
which they will supply will change the
situation.
The note i? a ?imple recital of the
fac'i as the German government see?
them, without any expression of .senti?
ment or comment on the German sub?
marine policy.
Think Note Will Remove Tension.
It is believed here that the Hes
I erian note will go far toward re?
moving one factor of possible tension
in the German-American negotiations
regarding submarine warfare. In this
t atS the German government in?
dicates two reason? for its faith that
th.- Hesperian was not torpedoed.
Other reasons, even stronger, exist,
to which, it i? difficult to refer, owing
to the limitation? imposed by the
censorship.
The political leader? of Germany
i xpress themselves as confident that
tha possibility for future error or ac
i 'dent with respect to the sinking of
'Jner? without warning has been mini?
mized. They hope that the Arabic
case may be settled on the basis of
Germany'? offer to refer the question '
i f reparation to the Hague, and that
the difficulties with the l.'nited State?
over the submarine question, if they ;
: till exists, may be eliminated by rea?
son of the instructions issued to sub?
marine commanders, which are in
clear, well defined form.
Fver since the Allan Line steamer
Hesperian, bound from Liverpool for
Montreal, ?'i< blown up and later ?unk
?evenly mil-*? southwest of Fastnet,
England, on the evening of September
I, with the loss of seventeen I.ves,
there has been doubt in the minds of
American? as to whether the vessel
tara* th? rletira of a ?ierman submarine
or of s mne. Conflicting reports from
all source? followed the sinking of the
Hesperian, and the mystery surround?
ing the accident is- by no means yet
,-!.... ? d u?.
Although an invalided Canadian -*?ol
dier on board was at first reported to
have se.?:. ? submarine and to have
shouted a waging to the Hesperian'?
capiain j us t before the explosion oc?
curred, th<- Allan Line ?oon afterward
issued a statement denying that any
person on board had ?een a submarine
or torped'-.
Ii the foregoing communication the
German gorernmenl points out that the
violence of the e-,;iln ion and the place
m which the steam ?hip wa? ?truck in
?lic-ite that it was due to a mine. Ac
ci,um? by paaaengen and members of
the crew unite In placing the scene of
the evplosion in a forward bulkhead on
the ?tarboatd aida.
That the force of the explosion was
greater than that usually caused by a
torpedo ??as in?i:cated by the state?
ments ot everal pa?sengers that a col?
umn of water wr.s thrown up a? high
a? the top of the ship'? mast, as well as
by the fact that twenty person? wer?
njured by the impact.
i
Francis W. Hirst j
Editor o? "The London Economist.
cables another of hia timely article? on international
finance to The Tribune thi? morning. With the credit
ayatem at it? present crisis, you will find thi? authorita?
tive British viewpoint extremely valuable. Turn now
to Page 1 0.
?Ehe Xribtmt
Firit te lait - Thi Truth Xrus ? hdttsnais - Advtrttttmtntt
Arabie Crisis Put Off;
Hesperian Sunk by Mine,
German Note Asserts
CURTAIN FALLS AT 9:40 IN LONDON
TO ANTICIPATE ZEPPELIN RAIDS
,,,?-? i?. m . ? ?
London, Sept. 11.?Se?er?l London theatre? announced to-day that ?""ven
ing performance? would begin at 7 o'clock and close at 9:40. The esplana
tion given I? that closing at an earlier hour enables patrons to reach their
home? before Zeppelin? can appear.
The management of the theatre taking the initiative pointed out that
audience? ?ere equall*. able to come an hour ?ooner, and expressed confidence
thai the public ?ould approve, tn vie? of the fact that if a bomb struck the
building a terrible disaster would ensue. In any eient. It f? ?aid, the danger
of panic ?III be obviated.
Another German sir raid ?a? made over the ea?t coa?t of Kngland last
night, but ?o far a? appear? there ?ere no casualties and no damage ?a? done.
?\ single Zeppelin ?a? the raiding aircraft, according t?> the official
announcement, ?hich read:
A Zeppelin ?isiled the ea?t roa?t last night. Bomb? were dropped.
\nli-ainraft gun?, fixed and mobile, ?ere in action. So far a? can be
aacertained there ?ere no casualties and no damage ?as done.
"The Star" ???. ? that the total casualties from tbe five airship raid?
during the last ?even da?? amount to !?>?->.
A Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam ??>?:
A telegram from \ineland, Holland, ?ay? that onl\ three of five
Zeppelin? ?hich last evening ?ailed ?estward relurnid this morning,
fl>ing in an easterly direction.
Wilson Never Intended
to Defend Civilization
President Used Strong Words to Avoid Necessity for
Strong Action, Never Picturing Himself as Sword
Bearer of Outraged Humanity.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.
Washington, Sept. 14.- -If one is to pet the real moaning of the situa?
tion at the capital as contrastefl with the fluctuations recorded in the deily
news, which are relatively unimportant, there are several misapprehensions
???hich must he discarded. The Washington fact at this time of crisis is
not in the least what it has been represented to be or appeared to be.
First of all, it is necessary to drop all notion that Mr. Wilson has ever
intended to put this country forward as the defender of civilization or
international law, whatever the cost. All the praise, applause, commen?
dation, that has been showered upon the administration because of this
r.lleged purpose is utterly beside the mark. It gave the administration a
great deal of pleasure at the outset, but it has bedevilled th,e situation.
tver since.
What Mr. Wilson meant, what the "strict accountability" note which
opened the debate with Germany meant, was this: The prevailing opinion
in Washington was that if a firm tone were adopted with Germany at the
start the United States would be able to keep out of all trouble. It was
to avoid trouble that the "strict accountability" note was sent. There I
was not the least) intention of getting us into trouble as the champion of I
civilization.
Administration Had No German F'oliry.
The second misapprehension that must be removed is that this coun?
try has pursued a clear, consistent, carefully-thought-out programme in '
the German debate. It has done nothing of the sort, and this despite the
t.ew firmness and intelligence which Mr. Lansing has brought to the State
Department. Such policy as may now exist is his contribution, but his
hands have been terribly tied by a-past for which he has no responsibility.
Up to the time he came the administration had never had a German policy
at all.
What has happened since the Lusitania crime, before which there
never was the slightest thought of complications, is this: The crime pro?
duced not only a foreign but a domestic crisis. Mr. Wilson was instantly
assailed by all the Middle West politicians and by all the propagandists
of German leanings. He was warned by these to get into war was politi?
cal suicide, to stay out the height of political wisdom.
The original note was sent to keep US' out of war. It had failed to
abolish the danger?it had done more; it had increased it. In the face of
this fact Mr. Bryan and his Middle West friends began to bombard the
White House. The result was the sending of the "omit no word or act"
note and Mr. Bryan's assurance to Dr. Dumba,
I'ncle Sam, Defender of Humanity.
But again there was trouble. The public, the world, which had hailed
the first note as the assumption of the role of defender of humanity by
the administration, reail in the second note a reaffirmation of this high
moral purpose. Mr. Bryan sought to reduce the evil by his talk with the
Austrian Ambassador. He saw the way things were going. There was
no difference between Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan over the necessity of
? ontlntiei] on p??e I, column I
GERMAN U-BOAT SUNK
BY FRENCH WARSHIP
Torpedo Boat Patrol Destroys
Submarine Near Mytilen..
Paris, Sept. 14 A German submarine
has been torpedoes and sunk by a
French torpedo boat patrol between
Mytilere and Tenedos, ?ays an Athens
di patch to the "Journal."
BELGIAfTsTATESMAN
FORESAW OWN DEATH
Huysmans Wrote His Country's
Distress Was Killing Him
Havre, Sept. 14 Louis Huvsman*.
late Belgian Minister of State, who died
here on Thursdai laat, left in the
hands of his son, Fduard, an envelope
marked "Not to be opened until the
day after my death." The envelope
was found to contain a fervent farewell
to the Belgian statesman's King and
country, written ;n the conviction that
he would never aee his own land again.
"In spite of the generous welcome
given us .by tht great, noble French
nation," the letter concluded; "in spite
of the solemn oath of the Allied peo?
ple? to revenge us and return to us in?
dependent and sovereign Belgium after
having driven out the last barbarian;
<n spite of the hope I maintain that
thi? word of honor ?hall be fulfilled, I
feel I shall no longer be of this world
when the hour strikes.
"Sorrow consumes me, kill? me. It
is in the land of France that my bod>
will be buried, and I ask that over m>
tomb be planted a simple cross with
my mm- and the words, 'Died for the
Fatherland,' because it is for it that I
shall havs died before my time."
BRITISH LOSSES NOW
TOTAL 381,983 MEN
Average for Last Two Months
Was 1,500 Each Day.
London, Sept. 14. Official announce- ,
ment was made to-day in the House of
I Commons that the total of British
army casualties up. to August 21 was
..81,98.1 officers and men killed, wound-.
? ed or missing.
Of these 4,966 officers and 70,992 of
other ranks were killed or died of
wounds; 9,97.1 officers and 241,086 of
other ranks were wounded; 1,601 offi?
cers and 53,46?, of other ranks are miss?
ing.
Losses of the British army during
the summer were somewhat smaller
than in April and May. This is prob?
ably accounted for by the comparative
? inaction along the Franco-Belgian
I frcnt. It may be assumed that the
heaviest proportion of losses was at
the Dardanelles.
Thi- last previous statement of the
I total of British casualties was made
i by Premier Asquith on June 9. It
gave a total of 268,0*39 up to May 31.
The losses from that time up to Au
faa\ 21 are therefore shown to have
been 123.914, a daily average of about
1,600. In the two months before the
! end of May the losses averaged about
2,000 a day.
m ?
BERLIN TAKES OVER FOOD
London. Sept 14 Reuter'e Amster
? dam correspondent forward* a dispatch
from Berlin concerning a decree pro
' mulpated yesterday by the Oerman Fed
i eral Council.
Inder this rulm* cereals and peas,
beans and other le-jminous articlea
imported from abroad must be deliv?
ered henceforth to s central purchas?
ing company m Berlin on conditions
fixed by the Imperial Chancellor. This
rulin-? does not apply to imports from
occupied terr.tones.
Washington Thinks
Controversy Will
Rest a Fort?
night.
EXPFCTS CHANGE
IN BERLIN NOTE
Von Bernstorff Counted
On to Induce Modifica?
tion of Terms.
MUST MEET DEMANDS
Nothing Short of Disavowal of
Torpedoing of Liner Will
Satisfy the U. S.
!*"rom Tli? Tn'un? R.ir-.?.| I
Washington. Sept. 14. ? The
Arabic controversy, it is believe?,
here to-night, has been laid on the
shelf, where it will remain for at
least two weeks, unless something
unexpected ari.*es. While the
chances of a break with Germany
were acknowledge! in many quar?
ters to be considerable yesterday, all
sif-ns point to-day to a period of
quiet, followed by a quick and final
agreement on the questions at issue.
Al an evidence of his confidence
in the situation, Secretary Lansing
is planning a ten-day vacation, be?
ginning on Saturday. Count von
Bernstorff is also going back to New
York, and will have no further con?
ferences with Secretary Lansing un?
til he receives from Berlin an an?
swer to his request for instructions.
At the White House, however, the
controversy with Germany is still
regarded as in a critical stage. It
is asserted by officials that nothing
short of a disavowal by the German
government of the torpedoing of the
Arabic will be satisfactory. I'.lea*
this is forthcoming, it is intimated,
Ambassador (?erard will be recalled.
Ambassador von Bernstorff is
confident of obtaining from his gov?
ernment a modification or explana?
tion of the Arabic note. There is a
feeling in German quarters that the
real intention of the German gov?
ernment in this note was not made
clear and that the United States
has chosen to aiopt the harsher in?
terpretation.
The ambassador is trying to ob?
tain from Berlin a statement ampli?
fying or qualifying the clauses con?
cerning indemnity, making it clear
that Germany does not decline ie
sponsibility when it can be proved
[that her commander was mistaken
in assuming he was about to be
rammed.
In addition, the ambassador ex?
pects to persuade his government to
back up his memorandum guaran?
teeing safety to unresisting liner?
with a definite statement of its at?
titude on this question, outlining
clearly the steps that it has taken
to safeguard American lives on the
seas. Should he fail in this, the
case of the Arabic will drift back to
the condition it was in when th-a
liner was sunk.
Amicable Settlement Eipected.
The situation, summed up from in?
formation received from all authentic
sources on both sides of the contro?
versy, gives every reason to hope that
an amicable adjustment will be reached
at the end of a fortnight of waiting.
Ambassador von Bernstorff has fur?
nished a statement of this government's
complete argument in the Arabic case
to his government and outlined the
steps that will be necessary to satisfy
the United States.
Information presented to the ambas?
sador by Secretary Lansing induites th?
evidence submitted by American sur?
vivors, which the Secretary has stated
to be "very convincing." It has beea
impressed on Count von Bernstorff that
the explanation of the attack in the
German note does not square with the
facts aa this government sees them.
The ambassador believes that the
Arabic note failed to define accurately
the German view and left one or two
points open to misinterpretation. Ia
quarters close to the embassy it is de?
clared that Germany did not mean ta
decline resoonslbility in cases where It
could be proved that the commander
was In error, but or.Iy in ease the Ger?
man commander's word was placed
against that of an English commander.
If Germany can be induced t? in?
dorse such a sentiment It doubtless
will go far toward convincing the
United SUtes of Germany's good faith.
It would leave the way open for con?
sideration of the evidence in the Arabia
case, and. failing an agreement on this
point, would permit an acceptance by
this government of the proposal ta
arbitrate
( lear Statement a Ne-reaalty.
Without this statement of Germany's
attitude on the question of '.nderanlty
the good fk>,th of th? ?aaottncamenl.