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GUARANTEE Your Monrv Back 11 You Want It <s?.e Editorial Page, First Olumn. Ntto lotfe first to Last?the Truth News - Editorials - Advertisements % ftxihunt WEATHER KAne TO-DAY i FAIR TOMOSROW. i'l.'r.l?,', I>-i,^?r.': ,". BBSjBa, SB] l?w. SI. r i.l repoet oa Fafe I. \ LXXV N,. ?5,157 I np.rlatit, 181.*.. II, The ", i iliiin?. \?.'rUllon ' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915. PRICE ONE CENT In Ot, ef New York. .Veaeavrla. J*r~j rit7 aad Horrehes, r.intUHHf. two ck.vti. TAX BOOKS SHOW AMAZING GROWTH IN MILLIONAIRES Jump of >:U.r>0.000,000 in personal Property Val? uations Over 1915. ?4*000.000 ADDED TO REALTY FIGURES Only "lentatniV Mayor Says of IP It? Surprise; "Not a n< f \Jministratlon." grosrU of New York | ti I last year, with I.... ? ssssss ?; valuation, IBS tax sad yes There i? ? fa - estate ires show a tenfold let ? The per I more si 1915 51 75! and Use real esr the 17,717. ; rai re than a hun . s?e.i on their per the old i . ???_?? families greet a inj whs here ? eweed for their ? - ted for personalty MO; An? isan?? E. Bliss, Vnndorbflt, I, |f, ' ? SCS Statement gh hi? appointees ble for per* -up.i a ?.tended O? the taxpayers. ? ise did r scheme of statement Djsarters to : tha action of lists srltl r? . . . ? r ? * are mere- . ? to eery irear iae of deda tad offset? It is alto st what t'ne' he until I ? la the ? ?1 rep ? ? :c ad ? -hr result of on the chare ?? ? atters of ? . jffiV law a? it rd the and arrea retors1 it wherever ? ? f?ipted Ord< " \\"iil Injustice. feras ? ? test ? ?nd part ? ? :. the ? ? ting ?i the pre ? .an he cor eor.fl* a approve the part of 1 i ... ? wh-n the final letermined I that the . sere? in. I ? ? un; .1 pel si tax g which nen ?? ay h pee. n sap* ? and the real larre v..".tints Mej Be Bsreni Off. ? ? oas of ? ? ? ithor ? ? | . ent 10 per eeal ear. oat of ? ,?? : to per i\ v of M, f the Ri 7ix** ' ip to Aujrust ? two-third*.. n last ' thi. ? ? n off. ? -. real as* ? ? ..? d IMS, it some ef the larsjs r? el estate ar^? and rimes sqoan - the Grand Cen mped t, or ? from 1 Hotels and in these nei<*h ? gala in va!?i lament an prop ? lin'-'l back ali| W iS ? . nt .i - ? ? 1911. ?jed bjr Law???. ? ?> Tax I o?r?t. In real estate tai ttai ? ? ?'. figures w is ? ? . (terrease n van .,-h amoonted to Und Inrreaae $-?.000.000 Idinga was | ? rease <.??? ? . . ci rand Ki oui Kour .|?.rr..?M **? I In thi Harlem see wai shoal $i". -WV,<>> . j ?elded an ?-?ul.tiiinj u yaag. 1, culunio S Al Davis Begins Suit Against The Mother of Eugenia Kelly Thinks She Has Slandered Him $50,000 Worth, He Says?Girl, Standing by Married Dancer, Facet Re-arrest for Incorrigibilitv. Eugenia Kelly, who. farina- rommil saaal to ?n lastltatlea last iprlai promised to break off all relation-, wit Al Davis, may. aaloai her affairs tak a sudden shift, again find herself I custody Thi* much was made [laa fastaraai af'or Darts, throogti Roast H. K'.der, had served a IBBIIBi I ft salt upon Mr* Kolljr. What th ?rounds of the suit are Mr* K> not know and neither Davis r.or ht counsel could he found yesterday ai ternoon. The *uit. hour-, r. foi ?iandei Dnvi*. aeeer il t g to a statement mad by him yesterday being of the opinioi that Mrs. Keliy tia? damaged bin 000 by statement* she hn* ms.de be cause of hi* relation* with her dauph ter. In thi? *;iit Davis ?rill have the sup? port of Mill Kelly, if she Is at Inrgi when the suit come* to trial. In tiie preaoaeo of the girl yesterday Davis repented his story of Injured Innocence printed in The Tribune last spring when he declarad he wai through with Broadway aad naval ? 'or It At the same time Miss Kelly 'ie.-'nred her intention of marry? ing Davil when he is free to marry. This summon* and the recent reap paarance of The jroang woman on Broadway with Davll BFO roiponiibll fof Mr*. Kelly again taking up the qaoatlon ol placing her danghtei der reatrali t. Bhe i* reluctant to take nr.y such radical action, but she raid ye*ter.inv thai if the action was re? opened II would thi* time be pushed to a conclusion. Mrs. Kelly had a long conference John F. Mclr.tyre late yesterday afternoon, in which the affair* of her daughter and Davis were considered. Si ths conclusion of the conference Mr*. Kelly referred questioners to the attorney, who said that nothing had been decided upon. He wai ns much puzzled by the serving of papers as was Mr* Kelly. ' "Thors i? ?no partieulai hurry." h< *a'.d, "n* we have l?verai procedure. A great deal depend- UpOC what Mrs. Kelly w bei to do m i boa fa r ' I ' .. ? g We may | roeeed one wmv; we ma) I ro ceed a*. "Th;* lerving of Mrs. Kelly wa? I saosl atrocioai thing. Thi* morning s clerk fror;. oil ' OBt to BS1 aad, representing that he hai' ? ? ; irtant matter for her rela live to !'n\.s. i soured ?uhalssion. When he rot in he shoved the 1 n|'"r at her said 'This is it' and fled. I do not know ? bat ?t ii about N? thai l< Mi Kelly. I shall be very much pleased to v.-' t thai V'.ung man in curt. V. boa ? anted him last iprlag ho tooh to if Jersey." "W' ? ro thi praopocta of ia*t spring's proceeding* being, r?rvivod?" "That :s i, mattet 1 eaaai I about. Naturally Mrs. Keliy .lots not want to make ai.s mere tr.. II l ' the girl than aha has to, and BO ? wants to S'i.d her daughter ?way. Hut ary." ! 1er, who was of counsel for tha defence In the murder eaaoi grow.:.g out of the plot to drive Big Ton. 1 oil out of politico, was not lit bit office ? ?? rday afternoon. At his bofl I night It wa would bo out the ctv over Sunday, Davis wa* not ? ience on Broadway or in other haunti where proceai serven would be hkolv to tind him. Th. - of Davis'* creditors 1 h m is explained by the m? prenion that he ia soon to ma Ki II) ; ? d have control of her fortune. That, at least la the roaaon ore tailor asking him. "What good il a judgment again*t Dir. I?" he was asked by a man to . | pealed '.< r i efp ii finding him. "Oh, ho'l going to marry that rich Kellv girl, and then he will have plenty of money." Davis, however, cannot marry the Kelly girl until hll wife's divor?a be? come? absolute, and that cannot be for at lea-' Mr-. Davis will ask for a e, but there may be some delay through the intervention of other poraoni .i.-' reatad n I ta* is. It whs . a eaterday tha* it is not Juatico Week- to make the decree Anal, and that the jurist n . al ?? earefnl In scrutinizing di? vorce ! ipen thai come to him thero may be some hitch, HONOLULU AGA CALLED BY TB Voice of Wireless Engir Washington Arstounds LI ers In Midst of Pacifi The human voice bridged ^ ton and Honolulu 1 ?>? sriroles yeeterday. ? arrying osrei ?,.) mountains, desert, valley and that voice was as clear as thai talk was between a man in h: in the Woolworth Building and i in a telephone hooth a hlock a "We have conquered nature,' Relating, of the engineering s .? - Company, Ing from Weahington, told Honolulu. "We have conquered naturi "Can you hear well?" asked Ri "Your voice Is as eleai as it eld answei ? ? i in front o? i i I of talkin l All!, l " . iny, un.irr whoi spices the long ? ? ??.ennio S ','.... I." . :. that ,. will he ess .in;.. It is i. ? sihle to iPi ? '????' 'i Olli ' Japanese eity, but 'lie rlgl ? ? n installed >? latter plaCS. W . SOt U metho.; ..f ; . as foil The meesags from New ^ o? k to VYeahingtaOn by I \ pb] wii and carried to t ?..? h'. . i : I ' .'... i I' rom ' ? ? I late It s tul that '? on th? re to Yokohama, I railoa ?>ff, or it ?.?..!'. be directh i.i over ' ? icean 11 ore Sen y c.sco. 'l be d Btan?*e either wray Is s -.IIIMI I "From Yokohama the message most likely he 'flayed to 1 New York on the globe, if the company ongil night. "It the Wai was over, that .? ..-.. eould be picked ss at I'ek relessed i Petrograd and from tl ? a York by means of wire eireli FIVE KILLED IN AUTO WRE Four ? hildren and Man Dead, '1 Pall Hurt, in < elllstea ?*lth Train. Lancaster. Penn., <<ct. l. \" M. I fifty years old, and four children w killed late to day when the nutomol in which they were riding was stri by a Pennsylvania Kaiiroad expr train at B grade crossing, near I.ec 'i \?o ether children en so badly ; tired thai they i Th? el ? . . ? frei ? ght to th ran ? ad picked op the youngstf rae taking 1 n the eoentry, '.?hen th.- aci dent hi "? irp curve in t road near the eroeeing le be i.H\e prevented /ell from n tram. TAX THREATENS FREE LUNC Saloonkeepers l'ut Down Fa penses?31 tiuit. rety New Yorkers are m ?lang? of go r,g aritheel their snack of hai and other tasty morse's wh-ch it ha been their custom to eat to the accom? paniment of a glass of beer. Indies tions yesterday showed that many o this city's saloonkeepers were thinkini Of deiag SSrej with free lunch counter ? . ' t t? cut down BSpei Th.- uni'?-? ! ? ' ' frOSS $!.'-")( ? ., 11,600 snd the war Us are blamei ousting of the frei lunch and k.-o for ihe le??ening of the ketten and The Bronx hundred owasrs falb i '.I ? ??? thi tens? ?fUtday bec?u?e of the higher fee. HEALTH TRIP HALT ON ELLIS ISLAN , Liverpool Engineer Hero T Sunday Kept from Visitinir, Friends in City. Although he was a saloon pas?enr with plenty of money to pay for II ; urious accommodations during t forty-eight hours he had planned remain in this city. Ward Baila*/, civil engineer of Liverpool, was tuk to Kill* Island veaterday by the ii migration officials, who did not ?ike y lie arrived ,,n the Ame.ic; II I'aul. Mr. fiailey had not been in robu rieaUh, but was well enough *o about and came here for the benefit ; the sea voyage. Mr. Bailoy said 1 had had an attack of stomach troubl i hut was well enough to travel and hi planned to spend hi! forty eight hou j in port visiting friend*. The marine hoaPlt surgeon wl boarded the St Paul at QuBtantina Wl nor satisfied with Mr. Ha.ley's | I condition and ordered him to Island, lie askel tu remain iboai _' 'hat he WOUld i I . to ' . ? the Bt Paul S-mdr morning, but this privilege was r< fused. His plight is similar to tint whit , has befallen o'her alien aaloon pai sengers. In i.ll thOBS eaSSS there hi been nether appeal nor redress 'r detention. U. S. LIKELY* TO ASK VON PAPEN'S RECAL1 Archibald Papers Disclose Diplo matlc Improprieties by Attache Washington, Oct 1. Nalssi I apta! von Papen, the German militry attachi i? volaatai rawn by his govern ment, indications are that in a shor time the United States will request hi recall. All the papers carried by James I J. Archibald, the American cor resp.' el ' n olvcd in the ease of Di Dumba, have aaw been alaved bofoi ? ?? Departan t . ? ?. ?h . the return o rotan Laaaing, it hi tAvdaj thai the documenta ..- eloae tranagn plomatie proprietie on von Papoa'i put such as ths ir..... ths Austrian an I In the Hat of iloi'urnt'K's BOW .1 possession of tl I ' ?' I are four cipher litter, from Dr. Dumb? some from C?ptala von l'apen, and one it is believed, from Count \"i Buraatorff, although on the latte: ? official confirmation :s lacking. Then is nothing, so far as officials wouk disclose, which ladicataa that the (1er man ambassador has violated dip'o matic proprieties. TRY DAYLIGHT GEM THEFT Two Armed Bandit* Fail in Attempt at , Ilusy Cttraoi ?n I'hiladelphia. Philadelphia, Oet 1. A d< pent. i1 tem|t to steal jewelry valued ut $lt?,OO0 from a show window at one of the busi <-?t corner* in the shopping district wa* made to-dav by two arm^d men in full view- of hundreds of persons. After -brig the window with a hammer they seized two tra\> r ng the Jewell and made a dash to escane, t ring their revolvers ss a ? g t.. pursuant. Weinen ?hopperi 'Aire pan ir -? r ir r.( n and seven. Da? "f the men was seized within the block by an ice? man, who felled him with a blow on the jaw. The other e?caped through an loffiCC building after one tray of jewels ? ?.,1 le.n knocked from his hand by s maosoagai boy. The other tray was d intact where it had been trapped ?I. frOBt Of the store. . ]! taaor, Who gave his name a? \athan Heller, twenty-eight year? old, , >,,.... wai b. '.d In t GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER .,0c, j the vas? o? su. glaaS Bt?B0S?UU U/tUus.? i AU - I BANKERS'TOASTS SEAL FRIENDSHIP OF 3 NATIONS Cheers for Allies Mark Luncheon to Anglo French Commission. "DEBT OF AMERICA TO FRANCE IS PAID" Aid in Revolution Returned. Says ML Homberg We Owe More than Money, Says Reading. Handa from ncro?s the ton gripped those of eitisen of this country in friendship end sympathy, and expres? sions of mutual go.,,1 eil] ?ere freely exchanged yesterday afternoon Hotel Kaiekerbecker, where the mem of the a\ngie Prenck <"redit and finance Commis ion were guests at a luncheon and reception given by tha France America committee. The fact that thi demand for the bonds is so great 'hat the hook? could have been night, did not detract from the geyety of the occasion. The debt which Americans declare they owe France for aid in the Revolu tion has been paid nnd the French Re? public is now indebted to the United ?? I, derlared Octave Homberg, of the Ministry of Persiga Affairs of France, one of the commissioners who negotiated In r.. the loan of half a bill? on doliera, "You have done us a great service," he said, addreasing in French the two hundred of Now York's leaders in finance and commerce who attended the luncheon, "and you have permitted us, who i|o not wear a uniform, to accom? plish a great service to our country." Draped about the walls of the baa? BjUOt hall were countless American flag?, mingled With the colors of each of the allied nations. The Hag of Bel? gium hung conspicuoi?ly from the north wall of the room, and the eyes of the guests turned toward it frequently, pa ticularly when William D. (luthrie, of the France-America committee, the ? as'er, declared that the most glorious potfe of British history was wittcn by Sir Kdward I'.rry when, lo avoid breaking the plighted faith of Kngland. that country entered a w.ir for which it was not prepared and which threa'er.ed and might involve ?he ruir. of the British empire. Tnaar? to the Rulers. Seated at a circular table in the cen? tre of the room wen ?he members of the \ s committee, Including If. Homberg, Kniest Mallet, regent of the Hai k of France; Baron heading, Lord Chief Justice of England; sir Ed? ward H. H ?Idea, Sir Henry BabingtoT Smith arid Beeil P. Hlarkett, and flftl IB other gueete of honor. "To Hi- Excellency the President of the United States; to l!:s Kxrellency thai'.. the Ri ?lie of Franca and to Hie Majeats the K.ng of Eng ? 'list toast proposed by Mr. Guthrte. It was followed by one to ?he King of Belgium, "Hie Majesty the ?'rar of all the Bttaslaa, and to His Majesty the King of Italy and his courageous army and navy, whose help may yet he decisive." object of the France-America committee, the te itei aid, was to i erpetuate the trad tioni and the bonds p which bind the govern? ? ? of both countries to? gether. Th?n, laun. . ' . "he -. tongue, be prefaeed his intro? duction of M. Homh'.rg. "Not for a moment are we allowed to brutal and ferocious arai which bei devastated a great part of France end Belgium and which threat ? ilissUofl of el] Europe," he declared, "it It truethat our net government, for reasons of Ftate. I nds ?orced te maintain neutralit) a lit and complex task but the ? ? pie are not Indifferent to the miseries and distress of the Freneh Innumerable are my count ry ., t ew battle of I . ? the Sarui-t-ns may soon free ': mi hoi invader-.." Telln of America'? Debt to France. Mr. Guthrte, who Is an attorney at 41 .?. Street f la ????. refen i services ef Prance in ? ? this country the British eommli tudying the ind added thai . ; .e fres Amer? cees said Homberg, speaking for M Mallet ? furred to tho din - .- ... | ? the commission on the . ai Bberry'a, the Pil ,T'.m? of America betas? hos*s. and de ?::r..rd<. ! him equal the luncheon whore were Am. I ose eyes he ths f,.r Prance "I rene?." he said, .hamnten ??? and rights, and I am rd to be la a rennte*/ where ? thing so *hat I thel ?re aev your ? re." missiea of th<* foreign financial commission was a BUSCOBS, he said, and to expressed :he gretttede of al! the financia] repreeental 11 of 'he a'.Hc?! .?<? ? ???? American people which had helpe I them In the r tusk of arranging the loan. He sieleed 'he soldiers of France and tho?.,. of Frig.and. In | g the ( onMnued on page J, rolan? S UNDERSEA'PHONE HELPS TO CRUSH U-BOAT FLEET Guides Armed Craft to Lurking Submarines? 50 to 70 Sunk. _ NF/TS AID GUNS ON SWIFT BOATS Elaborate System Devised by Britain May Mean Midden Foe Is Conquered. ITashiagtant, Oct. 1 Great Britain has dlacovend and put into e,r I OporatiOB mean* of combatting the sub? marine, which, according to .:ri'- el re parta to the I'nited State? government, airea,ly have rosaltod in a loss sstl mated at between fifty and seventy German submarines. The reports de clsre that the British Admiralty confi? dently believe* it ras crushed the (1er msn undersea campaign. New methods of offence and defence that may revolutionize nsval warfare have been adapted .?nd high British naval oHcers aro of 'eh opinion that unless the effectiveness of the subma rine is increased 11 ?rill no longer con? stitue the menaco that it has to com? merce aad battle Hoots, The Brtlah atod the die ? ' ' of del .- ? ha developmenta. While the greatest soersey ii thrown ?round the means employed, the United tatei government has Information con? cerning the principal method? which 1 ava been successful in meeting the Germas waf zone campaign. A subma? rine telephone has been developed by sound from observation boats or sta ' tions planted off short connected with points Bfl 'he mainland. Nats Kntangle Submarine*. For the capturing of craft whose presence has not BOOB detected or even suspected huge nets have been stretched across the channels through which the submarines muy be expected to attempt to pass; und in open waters, near ? steamship lanes or in tho vicinity of warships nrts suspended between floats , have been spread broadcast. Armed pa'.'ol boats watch, and when ths float' disappear beneath the water, ihow ::g that a submarine has become entangled, the patrols congregate at 'he place, and when the victim cornel to the surface, as it inevitably must, to disentangle itself it Is destroyed by gun tire or captured. The German methods of supplying submarines with oil biuI provision?, either at sea or from concealed places along the coasts of the British Isles, been ferreted out and practically lad of. This compels the boats, to :??? ira to their bases at moro frequent intervals, and loaves them only a com? paratively short time in position and equipped for effective duty. Destroyers, the reports to the I'nited States d(.'i.n<\ become expert in the gamo of submarin" h jr.Mng, and armed trawlon ?'so have proved very effec? tive on Eecount of their speed and abil? ity to get quickly within easy range of their Swarm? of Motor Boats. But the greatest single fac'or, it is Said, ha* been a BSWly SSSigBSd und built fleet of small seagoing motor boat?, armeil with one or two 8-lncB guns and possessing very high speed. These bo 's literally s'vurm over suspected espaCBSS Of th" waters, and by an effectively worked out system of patrol eOVOI almost every mile of the - of ? .-i.i res adja ? i Great Britain. These imall boats have been built in large numbers in Englaad, and it i* reported that abaut 6ve hundred of them are being constructed in the I'nited Btatea and ? annda to be shipped ? in sections to Greut Britain. French Hear U-Boats Fifty Miles Away The story of French success with a ?nbmarinl detOCter, which has been un olng tests off the French coast for the last four months, wag brought to ?.?i' yaaterday by William Dubilier, aa ? ,i and inventor, who was a pus .r On 'he American liner St Paul from Liverpool. Mr. Dublllsr went abroad to experi? ment with the invention nn I to test 'h ' efficacy of several impro ? -.>nts he had mad? upon :t. The ini . eat, ho ?aid, has been able to datoct I pres erco of a submarine Bt a distance of ?silos, and wuthin a abort time this detecting radius would be greatly increased. When he first took hold of the ex? perimenta, he said, the distance of de? tection B is ? -.- i ?,, : i .? -n loo. By Bid Of the do* Ice the sound of the sub? marine's propeller ii heard and ii ?? fled by a microphone. With two lastra? nata I from six to t. n miles a; art the ander i ft ed by tnnn n, H'.'i by the it ive la tensity of the sound the geoer.-.l direc? tion of the roas? 'i trsj mined. German Loan, $3.025.250.000. Her'::'.. Ost, 1 by wireless to Sa> ville, N. Y.i.- Complete *ta*.l?*ics cf th? 'bird German war loan sh.w an ncrease over 'he total announced pro risioaally soon af'er th.- subsci ? llBtS were dCSOd The final figure is given by the oversea* New? tgi mark? I ? this amount T ? ? arai pla.-.d -.vith har.k banking houses snd 2 with n O / ? 9 TTMr TIUBUIirS sawtM?! pis for 7/S HT.) September is another bit of evl /UV7 ' ajenas ???lea to the SISSI of proof /? In favor of the- publisher who liberes IDlCS to a il [l< vaDdird of truth In newt, ' eefJtorlsis u4 ?idTfortiscensato Nothing . | i.,,!>1* ,now mor? cncluMveU that PGltlCtt s ich i policv best serves the advertiser. ? And BOthlBg c??u!d he more convincing of this piper's increasing value to the reader than, its 10,000 glia ?? circula ,?,;: f,.r dJJlj lad S -Ji'- ^vjcs, roafh the past six munths. Hhc ?Tribune f?? ,? Utt-tf rrmh: ?..?-Miwil.-?*""'"'"1'' French Push Nearer Lens; Bulgaria Brings Germans To Command Her Armies ALLIED OFFENSIVE HAS ONLY BEGUN, HIGH FRENCH OFFICER DECLARES Paris, Oct. |,?"Tell itBSrtfS th* offen?ive ha* only begun." Thi? wa* the repl> gi\en to-dav b> a high oilier here to a request for a definite state? ment in view of the last feu communique?, which only recorded compara? tively minor action* on the western front. "\\ e cannot record a great battle every day." he continued. "In modern warfare attack require? preparation far beyond anything ever known hefor.\ But if ? .ii-ununique? seem to indicate th ? cessation or the lessening of effort, tell America that France's offensive ha? only begun. "In some parts of the line the nrtillery preparation wa* carried out. lint the German second lino Is far stronger than the first line. The second line cru?ns a serie* of low, parallel hill*, averaging i?i)0 feet in height, with gasp.StOSp sided gullie? between. Any attempt to attack by the guille? ?a? met B) enfilading tire from the hill? on both *ide?. The German works average half a mile in depth in ?ome place*, and In other? from three-quarter? of ? n.iie to a mile in depth. "They have tw,, strongly fortilled group* of heavy guns, one behind the eastern line and one behind the centre, which command the whole line and have a range which permit? thtm to he placet! out of reach of any except the heaviest artillery. ? "These are obstacle* which must be overcome in the next French general advance. The French, after the first great advance, had to bring their gun? into position to demolish the i.erman second line, and thi? was the work of more than a few hour*. I hope the censor will permit me to say that the bombardment before the attack on the first line wa* merely an introduction to that going on now r>n the < hnmpagne front. "Nevertheless, despite the tremendous strength of the German line, the French have succeeded in gaining a footing in the enemy's se.-ond line trenches and have held them, despite all efforts to dislodge them. These trenches have been taken at highly important points." GREY ABANDONS HOPE OF HOLDING BULGARIA IN LINE German Interference in Sofia Precipitates Grave Situation. London, Oct. 1. The Foreign Secre? tary, Sir Edward Grey, announced this afternoon that German and Austrian officers were arriving In Bulgaria to direct the Bulgarian army, remarking that this was a fact which tho Allie? regard "as of the utmost gravity." Sir Edward authorized the following statement: "Information has been received tha* German and Austrian ofiVcr? for sev? eral days have been arriving In Bul? garia with a view to taking an activo part in directing the Bulgarian army. This action is precisely similar to that teken in Turkey, where German officer? forced Turkey to make an entirely un? provoked attack upon Russia last year. "Since tho allied powers are bound to support the states who are threat? eaed by such proceedings in Bulgaria, this news is regarded as of the utmost gravity." A Heuter dispa'ch from Athens says: "Latest advices from Sofia p.. German influence gaining ground It is naturally concluded that the chancfs ??:' maintaining peace in the Balkene are rem '*? Home via Paris i, Oct. I, In spits . of a rigorous Bulgarian censorship, dis? patches from Sofia by way of Athens uro published here stating that the situetloa has been complicated by an apparent change of front on the part 01 King Ferdinand, who has re? the appointment of Grown Prince Boris as commander in chief of the army, Sentiment in favor of Russia is re? ported to be increasing Is the rurul districts. Beveral clashes betwe a Serbians and B llgai 'm ? a!, as the fl 11er ar? re t here. After an attach at Tr:t chouko a Bulgarian patio', ia rep.r-.-l ...a crossed into wtiere they remained s.v. ai hours. Hulganun troops are said to b.- ?! ^ gtag trenches all along the frontier and pr itectlng them with barbed wire entanglements. Allies Take Measures to Defend Serbia Paris, Oct. 1. "Le Temps" announces ?hat France end Great Britain have ai? rea'1.;, taken military measures to de? fend Or?ese against Bul garlafl sggreseten. The newspaper , . te '. does not indicate what step? have been taken by the Allies, nor is anything o.Ticial available respecting their military dispositions. It is prc ?umed in military circles here, how? ever, that a formidable expedition will land eith*! at Kavala or Sal?nica, or .'?: may be '.,,? The Indication? ,.r.- . . and Bus?.a are co-operating with France ement, although the and France and that tl ? Italians ?ill I th< slam ? Black Sea fr. The ' ? I movement, it s ?ts'ed here. gee i to offset the agre?. sseni said t" navH been effected ?be l Balgarie and the Teutonic al . ??? .: i- - which Bulgaria will act ag?in?t Serbia before October 15. It t? andereteed tl l Ci it Britali fall disposed to awa". the ( that events Jit hut thai Prei i h d plomaey favored an immediate initi?t purpose of overcoming an., Bu menace to Serbia before it cou. 1 be put into effect. A minister of ere of the Balkan states said to-day that Bulgaria never had replied to the joint note of the Entei ??? Allies submitting Serbia'? ei. to Bulgaria with legard '.. Macedonia. Instead of re ?sinister said. Bulgm . .. few i fter ?he received the note. '1 h ? ? the "pinion of the Situ* ?re? ?' un adver?e reply, arid he expre?s?-d the belief that Bul Cootinue.1 oa page ?? e?*4iissj? I ALLIES' GAINS PROLONG WAR.SAYS DUTCH ENVOY No End in Sight, Declares Che? valier van Rappard. That the recent successes of the Al? lies on the western front will tend to prolong the European war is the opin? ion expressed yesterday by Chevalier W. I. P, C. van Rappard, Dutch envoy to this country, who Is stopping at the Rlts-Carltea Hotel. "Nothing but a series of sweeping ? victories of one side over the other will hasten the termination of thi? frightful carnage," Chevalier van P.ap rard said. "I personally believe that the war will last for a long time. Thers is no end in sight, as far a? I am abl? to see. "Holland Is, indeed, a heavy suf? ferer. She has been ?pending mor? than $1,000,000 a day and is keeping more than 990fltt men under arm? in order to safeguard her neutrality. This ? is a terrible burden for her ?>,ilOO,ni)0 inhabitant?. But Holland is cheerfully bearing this sacrifice because she vvants neutrality at any cost. Holland. I want to emphasize, is neither pro-German nor pro-Aliies, but simply pro-Holland, and determined to remain so during I the remainder of the war." GALLIENIS TALENTS WIN RECOGNITION - Resourcefulness Shown When Germans Menaced Paris. Paris. Oct. 1. The part played by Genera! J. B. Gallieni. Military Gov ? rror of Paris, in the critical events I f September, Itli, when the Germans i pproaching this city, won him recognition in the way of citation In .he army order? published, in the Offi? cial Ji-urnal to -day. General Galli?ni is cited for "contributing by Informa? tion he received toward determining ?he direction taken ion September 4, 1914) iy the right wing of the Ger man forces, for judiciously employing mobile forces at his disposal with the ' of participating in the battle ?of larae and for facilitating in every WBJ in his power the misaiOB assigned to these forces by the commander in chief." The laat reference to the general's ?em re? * an alluaion 'o his happy ght <f using 5,000 Paris taxicabs to convey 21 111 to the Mamo ittli ? l it tie critical momaat when ." e '? '. . b< , '*'('. ir.tr. SAYS WAR DELAYED TRANSATLANTIC CHATS Marconi Chief Predicts They Will Come After War. I' . *: > '?? T ? intuir?a 1 London. Oat 1. "The Daily News'* lays t< day: "Godfrey Isaacs, mansging director of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, stated yesterday that had it not been for the war we should now be telephoning by wireless to New York. s| ..come of the successful ex? periment? of ths I'nited States Navy Department In telephoning by wireless fr'.m Arlington, Vs., to Varo Island, < el., Mr. Isaacs was approached on the subject. "'Oar experiments have been in'er rupted by tie war,' he said, 'as OBf ?te? nons ire BOW being used for govern? ment Work, v- ?' Wa baVS carn.-i ? .r enough to know un ?'-.,?. after tie war U/S ?hall ta ta.K te New Vor'?. " WARSHIP WRECK LAID TO GERMANS Italians Search for Woman Who Hoarded Benedetto Brin. Psrli, Oct. 2. "The first results of the Inquiry committee confirm the sus? picion that the Italian battleship Bene? detto 3rin met with di?a?ter at the hand? of German agent?," ?ay? the "Petit Parl?i?n'?" Turin corre?pond?nt "The evidence ?how? that the morn ing of the diaaater a foreign woman visited the battleahip by special per-, mission. She is being actively searched for. A few days ago another explosion, wh.ch was fol owed by a las, occurred on ho?rd a ?'.earner at OsnOS ? had a cargo of ?utomoh.lc? 'or !', i There alae WBe an ? aboard I ths cruiser Pi?mont? the same night of the Brin disaster." % Joffre Gains Ground North and South of Vimy. TEUTONS HOLD BRITISH ARMY Vigorous Assaults Halt Advance from Loos to Railway. ALLIES' AEROS ACTIVA Damage German Supply Lines -e Teutons Now Seek to Divert Attacks. London, Oct. 1.--Heating off Ges> man counter-attacks at many points on the long front in the west, the French have driven their lin? s near er to the railway which i.s the key to Lens. Northeast an?! southeast of Vimy, their immediate objective, they claim to have advance?!. The attacks are apparently an attempt to straighten tho line sal both cides of Hill No. 140, for which the (?cnnans are fighting deeper?? ately. East of Neuville, which is south of the Vimy heights, the French have fought their way on in the trenches and underground passages, and in tins Givenehy wood, to the north of Vimy height?, the/ have won new progress. Further north, where the line Ig held hy the Hriti-h, the Germans reem to have recovered some grou.nl and to be resisting stanchly the foe's advance. Rerlin says that the counter-attack north of I.?,oe made further progress, "In ?pit* of tha enemy's fierce resistance," and Sie John French concedes the loss of ground northwest of Hulluch and near Hooge, on the .Menin road, claimed hy the Germans Thursday, French Beat Bark Enemy. In Champagne, where the Baz.rv? fourt-t'hallerange railway, supply? ing the German force? in the south, is the goal, the French continue to hammer the enemy's second line? Af Auberive, two an?! a half miles south of the railway, a fierce flghl ra>red to-day, but the French bjbbjbj unable to advance. Paris tells of the repulse of a German counter? attack near the Maisons de l'ham? pagne, north of Mas-it*?-?. At both ends of the front tho battle has luwt nono of it? intensity. With the Allies in possession of -trategic points in Artois arxl ('ham [.?ign?, tho Germans are apparently making efforts to draw the Allied forces to other parts of the front. Violent demonstrations by the en? emy's artillery are recordesl north of the Aisne, near Soupir, in tho Argonne and in the Vosges. Nono of these bombardments, Paris says, was followed by an infantry charge. Meaasrhlle the Allied airmen r n? shelled the railway line? for wh.ch the Prenoh ar. 1 Bngliah ?eeatlee ara driving. Field Mnrshal French rupnrt? that the British ?aircraft 'ngaged tn seventeen air combats in the last w< ek, and that tho foe's main line? hare ?BSSaeTSd Is fifteen different ;;i<-n?. Paris tell? of a raid bv an u.rshiD on the station at Vouelera and at other points on the two railwaya be? hind tho German lines In < hampagno. GF.KMAN OFFIGIAL. The tep?,rt issued by (arman Army Headquarter? say?; r.itors of the enemy bombarded the inTtrOBS of I.omhaertiyde ar.?i im w'thout re? sult. The Bri'ish did not attempt to mak? a fresh a'te.ck yesterday. Our count.fr attack nor'h of I.no? male farther progress, in ?pit? of tho SSOmy's ?'.erce resistance. A fee* prisoners, two machine gins and i? mine thrower fell in'.? our hand?. Arempts of the French to gaie gr and east of Bouche? und north of Neuville failed In Champagne th.Bj enemy undertook aa attack with seat of Auberive, but frnlcd. Ali French attache,in the re? g: hi northwest of Massige?, in which detachments of troop? belonging te ?ever* different dtvuion?, participated? were equally unsuccessful. The nans? ber of prisoner? taken thu? far dur*? ing the attacks in (hampaene has been Increased to 104 orneara aoal 7,019 man. Succe?aful mine explosione dans? ?ged the Prench po?ition? at Van? quoi?. French aviators dropped bomb? oSj Henin-Lietard . Pa? de-talai?. ?.xt-os, miles ?ou'.he??t of Betr.unai, kiKiagJ eight French citiren?. We surTtreei no losses. FRENCH OFTICIAL. The afternoon statement Issued eh Pari? ?ay?: In the Artois di?trict we hassa made progre-s by the i??e of h tn?4 grenades in the trenches and SB ?r? led p?i>sa<es to the east at ! tO iut'... a-t of Neu. Two German counter attacka have beeii one against a lorfj which v?e conquered yesterday m tho forest of Glseachy; the other agaiaaO ? v -? ?.