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SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916.
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ONE CENT J.
In New Tark City, VewB_rt_.
rtwy (Ity **i
British Seize Longueval; Brody Falls
STRIKE RESERVE ORDER
TO POLICE OF 5 BOROUGHS
Gunmcn and Gangs
Add to Rioting in
Bronx Streets.
THIRD AVE. LINE
VOTE TO-NIGHT
Hint of Settlement as Car
rnen Insist They Can
Tie Up City.
The ftreet car rtrike in The Bronx
jwnacc* UM entire city to such an
tzteot that practically every police
wu ta ,* -"-.r boraaghl il held on
tammjta iot cxpactod amaiayjnrbna A
pnera] polk* order to this effect,
whirh has r.ot heen issued since the
anjnnta rtrita &** years ago, went
peratkm at 4 o'clock yester?
dav afternoon. The order was the
clearest indication of the day's devel
ti that the danger of a city
? ar.sit tie-up of surface lines
.* was considered a serious
one hv the authorities. '
Officiais of the carmen's union de?
clared last nipht that the strike OB
the surface lines of the Union Rail
a-av in The Bronx would be extended
entire Third Avenue Railroad
n in both Manhattan and The
Br-mx as soon as the men employed
on the Manhattan lines of the road
eooM be onranized in sufficient irmm
ben to call the:n out. The Third
\vemic Railway fnmpany controls
The Bronx lines now tied up by the,
strike.
Manv Lines Threatened.
K.rtensionof the strike toManhat-,
tan lines would cripple not only the
roain north and south ?JTJJ
Third Avenue but also a.toaat* cross
U>wn lines from Canal Street to the .
Ha-rlem River.
Chief Inspector Max Scjumttber
Per, Bho directed practically all the
poiice captains in the city to hold
,;: their men on reserve. is prepared
for the threatened strike OB the Third
Avenue system alone to affect every
poiice inspection district in Manhat?
tan The company's car barns are
_o scattcred that a peneral strike on
the ThW Ave-.ue system would ham
per tvery pan of the borough. Al?
most MM men are employed on the
companv's Uaaa operatinf. in Man?
hattan. and if the threat of the union
officiais is earned out it will lay up
about half as many street cars.
Vnion Min?ionarie? Busy.
W. D, Mahon, prebident of the Na
. tlonal Carmen's Union, who, with W. ...
Fitzgerald, general organiier ta direct
ing the Bteeeat strike in The Bronx, j
said that at present no strike is con- j
templated on any "ther Btreet railway
system than the Third Avenue system.
. nion or_.ani-.ers, however, have been
organlzing the employes. of all the ?ur
face, elevated and subway lines in the
c;ty for the last few days. It ls feared
that ultimately the strike will spread
to o'.K**r railroad systems.
A metting of the men employed on
the cars of the Third Avenue system ln
.Manhattan, to be held to-night at the
Lyceum, at Lighty-sixth Street and
Third Avenue, la expected to crystal
_____ the sentiryent of the men for a
general strike.
Grocp meetingt. were held through?
out Manhattan yesterday afternoon and
last eight, ?nd they were not cotiflned
to Third Avenue system men alone. '
Predietions were made that the whole
Third Avenue railway system in Man
kattaa and The Bronx, crosstown and |
north and south linea, would be halted
hy Monday morning.
Manhattan Men Divided.
Opinior.s differ as regards the een
t:*nent of the Third Avenue men in
"*Bhatr_!,. Mahon and Fitzgerald re
f)ort*d last night that the men favored
* "trike. They said that delegation.
'roro five street railway lines in the
f;**.'. including one delegation from
Brooklyn, had come to them with a
?trike proposal. They boasted that the
I'ntiment throughout the oty was at
fcaei >,m
Oa the other hand. officiais of the
Third Avenue railroad lines in Man?
hattan maintained that the men em
t*ay*A in this borough were perfectly
?4ith wages and working con
?Ueae, They had their wages raised
1*bbb] wuhin the last year. The com
P*n>' anticipated the present trouble
?nd granted the increases voluntanly.
Th* officiais declared that the only way
CoBllaoed ea _.?(. t. eclumn 1
THIRD AVE, LINES'
STRIKE MAY HALT
The threatened (atrike on the en"
tire Third Avenue Railroad system
would affect the following linen:
Third Avenue line from the Poert
office to Harlem River.
Two (.rand Street rrosstown lines,
one of which runs lo Brooklyn.
Brookl*. n- Vorl h River line (the
;i-rent line operating over Ihe Man?
hattan Bridge).
Canal Street rrosstown.
Twenty-eighth and Twenly-ninth
Stree-t roraatown.
Thre-e riwwrtoann lines operated
through Forty-seeond Street,
Two Fifty-ninth Streret rroastow-n
llnea.
110th Street eroBntown.
125th Street rrosstown.
Kin?shridge rroastown line.
Third Avenne division of 145th
Street rrosstown line,
The strike wonld affect appron
mately 1.700 men and 1.000 rars in
Manhattan.
4 SWEPT OVER
DAM TO DEATH
Branch Saves Girl as
Canoe Is Spilt in
Passaic River.
Chatham, X. J.. July 2?. Two boys
and two girls were shot over the apill
way of the dam and drowned here to-day
when their canoe upset. One. girl wa-,
rescued after she had clung for ten
minutes to a branch of an overhanglng
tree.
The drowned are Mary Powd, six?
teen years old, and her brother, Edwin,
fourteen, of Madison, N. J-; William
Duffy. sixteen, of Madison, and Eliza
beth Getz, fourteen, of Philadelphia,
Margaret Ilinch is the only member ol
the canoe party who was rescued.
With others from Madison they
started out to-day for the Old Mill, a
favorite picnie ground half way bt?
tween Summit and Chatham, where a
dam broadens the Passaic River. Ord!
narily the water is calm above the
dam, but to-day the Passaic was many
feet above its normal level.
('ate* Had Been Opened.
The floodgates of the dam had been
opened to carry off the water, and Sam?
uel Edwards, proprietor of the boat
house, had given orders that no boats
were to be rented. Somehow the pic
niekers from Madison got hold of a
canoe, however, and set out. Their com
panions watched them from the bank.
They went upstream and kept near
the shore, where the current was not
ao swift. All went well. But the water
was full of tricky little eddies that
pulled the canoe slyly this way and
that, and after a brief paddle the girls
decided they would feel safer ashore.
Coming back with the surge of the
current the car...* gradualiy increased
its distance from shore, and when the
dam was sighted was almost m mid
Btraata, The boys put forth their best
efforta at the paddles, but despite their
endeavors their craft was caught in the
glassy incline that led to where the
Passaic was pouring eight feet deep
through the spillway to the rocks below.
Girla ( ry for Help.
The girls began to scream for help
when they saw they were caught in the
grip of the current and the boys
seemed to get new .strength from the
terror in therr voices. By frantic en?
deavors they managed to veer the
canoe to the left of the floodgates.
It brought up quartering against an
abutment of the dam and the upstream
side began to careen to the pressure
of the current. Before it went under,
however, 'here was a crackling and the
boat broke in two against the abut?
ment.
The five occupants were swept along
with tha fragment? of the canoe toward
the spillway and brushed along the
fnce of the darn, which in places is over
hung by bushes and tree branches.
Miss Hi'nch succeeded in grasping a
branch that held. She kept her grip.
although the current snapped her out
to full length in a jiffy and put a tre
n-endous strain on her arms.
Boy Graapa Branch.
Edwin Dowd also managed to get a
grip on a tree branch. The others were
rolled over and over, sometimrs above
and aometimes below the surface, with
small chance of seizing anything. One
by one they were pulled into the last
oily black stretch. where the ,water
fairly hissed as it rushed smoothly
toward the fall.
Dowd was nearer the floodgates than
Miss Hinch. and she could watch him,
as well as their companons. Hhe saw
the bush to which she was holding had
been undermined by the water and was
gradually losing its grip on the earth.
There was nothing to which she could
transfer her grasp, and she did not
dare warn him of the new danger, lest
he let go in hia fright or make some
sudden movement which would tear his
support entirely away.
Men about the boathouse had seen
the plight of the canoeists and were al?
ready on the way to help them. Threa
had been swept through the floodgates
before they arrived. Joaeph Herberger
Continued an page I, columa S
GERMAN AIRSHIPS RAID
EAST COAST OF BRITAIN
Dropped Bombs, but Damage Is
Not Yet Determined.
Iaondon, July lf, German airships
raided the east coast of England earlv
this morning. according to an ofiici-l
statement just issued.
"The number of raiders," says the
statement, "has not yet been estab
lished. The reports as to the raiders
crossing the coast come from York
shire and Lineolnshire. Bombs were
dropped, but details are lacking."
WILSON MAY DECLARE
FOR FULL SUFFRAGE
Washinpton Hears He Will Sup
port Anthony Amendment.
[rrom Th- Trlbun* Bureau ]
Washington, July 28.- Desplta hia
announced belief that suffrage is a
i state question, rumors that President
Wilson would declare in favor of the
Snsan B. Anthony amendment to the
Eederal Constitution were prevalent
here to-day, following a conference at
the White House between the Presi?
dent nnd Kepresentatives Raker, of
California; Taggart, of Kansas; Taylnr,
j of Colorado; Hayden, of Arizona, and
I'lll, of Washington. N'o official con
lirmation of this could be obtained, nor
would the Kepresentatives discuss their
conference with the President.
The political situation in the West
i as it will be affected by the Woman's
Party vote ia understood to have been
one of the suhjects discussed. lt is
! also understood that the Kepresenta?
tives urged on the President the lm
i ortance of coming out in favor of
r.r.tional suffrage and the passage of
the Anthony amendment at the present
Bcssioa of Congress.
VILLA AND MEN, BEATEN
BY CARRANZISTAS, FLEE
4,000 Pursue Bandit Chief. Says
Report at Border.
[Bj T-]?araph lo Th* Trlbun* ]
El Paso, Tex., July 28.- -Paneho Villa,
with 200 men, left Eacalon to-day,
headed for the state of Coahuila, fol?
lowing a defeat of the bandits by a
i Carranza force under Lieutenant Colo?
nel Tomas Ponpion near San Pedro, in
the Mapimi district of Durango. This
i report was received by Mexican Consul
Andres Garria to-night.
Four thousand Carranzistas, sent
from Chihuahua by General Trevino,
are closely pursuing Villa, the report
savs. Villa tried to rally his forces
after the defeat near .San Pedro, but
the bandits fled in all directions.
p
KING OF DENMARK
SWIMS TO SAFETY
Thrown Into Water When Boat
He Was Sailing Capsized.
London, July 28. -King Christian of
Dcnmark escaped from drowning this
afternoon when a boat which he was
lailing capsized near Aarhus, says a
Keuter dispatch from Copenhagen.
The King went out alone in a small
sailboat and a sudden puff of wind
capsized the craft, which turned bot
, tcm upward, throwing the King into
, the water.
King Christian swBm to the over
tumed craft. and, pulling himself upon
it, sat astride the keel, where his plight
wa- observed from the shore. Boats
ha-tened to the King's assistance and
nr-cued him, none the worse for hia
immersion. _
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BULLET WILL NOT KILL
WIRE TAPPER KENNEL
Doctors Say Detective Who Shot
Self Will Recover.
Detective Sergeant John J. Kennel.
the police wire tapper who shot him?
self because of criticism caused by his
work in the charities investigation, will
probably recover, according to doctors
attending him. .
Commissioner Woods yesterday *""?*??*
! Dr John A. Hartwell to examine the
' detective, and his report venfied that
of the hospital doctors. It was found
i no vital or|jan had been p-tnetured.
Dr. Hartwell was called in by the
1 Mavor at the time a crank shot rrmk
L Polk, then Corporation Counsel, and
later when Patrolman James Riley was
*hot bv a brother officer while stagmg
a thief chase e>.hibition at the last
[ police parade. _
GINNELL, IRISH M. P.,
MUST PAY $500 FINE
IHe Is Barred from Prison for
Lauding His Peopie.
London. July 28. Speeches which he
1 had made to prisoners. describing them
! as martyrs, and demonstrations held by
the prisoners when he visited them
were given as the reasona by the Crown
Attorney why Lawrence Ginnell. Iriah
Nutionalist Member of Parliament for
?? N'orth Westmeath. had been refuaed
, permission to viait Irish prisoners in
i Fngland. The announcement waa made
when hearing of the charge against
' Ginnell of attempting to gain admis
sion into the Knutsford barracks waa
? resumed in the Bow Street police court
1 to-day. , ,,.
The Crown Attorney said when Gin
, ell visited the Irish prisoners at Maf
i ford he told them they had done more
for the Irish cause than anybody else,
and that they were looked upon as
! martyrs. On a similar visit to the
i prison at Wandsworth prisoners car?
ried Ginnell around on their shoulden.
After this incident an order wai is?
sued refusing Ginnell permission to
"sit any places where Irish prisoners
were detained. and he was arrested
when he tried to gain admission at
Knutsford barracks under the name of
, Iebnes McKingle. Ginnell a-**-**/**
| That the name fceFingle wa. Irish for
I GGmn.ll waa fined ?100. with the .1
temative of aix weeka' impriBonment,
aaTwis allowed flix week. in which to
pay th* fine.
T. R. TO SPEAK
AT THE HUGHES
NOTIFICATION
Accepts Invitation of
Republican National
Committee.
TOASSAIL WILSON
MEXICAN POLICY
Colonel Also Expected to
Make Four Speeches
in Maine.
Oyster Bay, N. _T__ July 2?. Despite
the fact thnt Theodore Roosevelt con
sistently maintains thnt he is out of
1 politics, and thnt with tho exception of
a few speeches he will not be active in
the approaching campaign, he has ac
repted the invitation of the Republican
National Committee to speak nt the
notification ceremonies of Charles
Kvans Huphes at Carnegie Hail on Mon?
day night.
Hoth Roosevelt and Hughes probnhly
will make th' Mexican policy of tho
Administration the centre of their at?
tack, with particular emphnsis upon the
part the militia is playing at the bor?
der.
Colonel Roosevelt is to make four
1 speeches in Maine, it is believed, in be?
half of the Maine State ticket. Fred?
erick Hale, candidate for I'nited States
' Senator, and other Maine leaders havo
conferred with the (olonel within thfl
last few days and are said to have ob
; tained his consent.
Hughes will not speak in Maine.
1 Both parties, however, are covering thc
state thoroughly. In addition to Colo
, nel Roosevelt, the Republican Congres
sional Committee will send into the
state thirty speakers, while ihe Demo?
crats will send the same number.
Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mex?
ieo, who went over the Mexican situa?
tion with Hughes in New York on
Thursday afternoon, came to Oyster
Bay to-day and talked for several
hours with (olonel Roosevelt. It Ifl
largely on account of the frequont con
ferences which both Roosevelt an.l
Hughe. have had with the Banator from
N'ew Mexieo that lt i-t thought the key?
note of their spoeche. at Carnegie Hail
will be the Mexican policy.
As far as CbIbbbI ReeaeVBlt is con
cerned, his consignment of J. A. H.
Hopkins, Progressive state chairman of
Ne* lenejr, to the Ananias Club, ended
thf controversy. The Colonel denies
that he ever told Hopkins that Hughes
might turn out to ae "another gold
brick," nnd Ilopkins is quite sure he
did.
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P0LISH HOME CALL
SOUGHT AS WITNESS
Officer Shouts in Vain for
"Itza Dotno."
A Polish witness. who had testified
before Recorder Wiliiam J. Cain in
the Bayoone poiice court yesterday,
looked surprised when the magistrate
informed her that she could go home.
She did not move.
"Tell that woman in Polish to go
home," shouted the court to the Polish
interpreter.
"Itza domo," yelled the intepreter.
The words mean "Go home."
Court Officer McGeehan, who calls
the witnesies, took up the cry and
shouted:
"Itza Domo! Itia Domo! Is Itza
Domo here?"
Then he turned to the court and said:
"Itza Domo does not appear, your
honor."
BANK BANDITSIULL
TWO AND GET $1,200
Nebraska Posse Captures Men
and Recovers Money.
Sydney, N'eb., July 28. The Nebraaka
State Bank at Sunol, near here, waa
robbed to-dav of $1,200 by two robber-s,
who locked Cashier W. C. Smith in the
vault, and in making their escape k'.lled
Ira Pnup and Paul Vacik, who tried to
capture them.
Later the robbers wer- captured by a
posse led by Sheriff McDaniels of Syd
r.ey. Thev gave the names of J. W.
Cornell and R. G. Lukens. The money
was recovered.
TOTAL MORGAN
ESTATE VALUE
IS $78,149,024
Appraiser Files Final
Report After Three
Years' Work.
BANKING FIRM
BIGOEST ASSET
Debts and Administration
Costs Leave $69,499,732
for Heirs.
J. Tierpont Morgan's estate, ap?
praised yesterday, amounts to $78,
149,0X4. EfltlBtatea had ranged from
( . .-.n.oiiii.oun te $150,000,000. of Thli
' amount, J.Vi/.** 1.91,*. goe* to his son.
.1. P. Morgan. The figures were filedv
in thc Surrogates' office by John J.
Lyon, State Transfer Tax Appraiser,
who 'spent three years in reaching his
result. Mr. Morgan died in Rome,
March 11, ifl*.
His interest in the firm that bears
his name was appraised at $29,875,847.
with nearly $2,500,000 more added for
the I.ondon f.rm. His art collection
amounted to $3,637,000 and his books,
manuscripts and pr.nls to $4,096,666.
Hia net estate Bill amount to $69,
4!?.',732.
The estimate filed yesterday include*
1 only the value of Mr. Morgan's New
York property, but whatever other
property flxUtfl is believed to be ao
small that it is comparatively negh
gible. Deducting $9,764,343 for debts,
expenses of administrntors. executors*
commissions and other charges, the net
j value of the estate which passed to thfl
j heirs is $6**f,499,732.
"Ffllr Vfllne** for Good Wlll.
Mr. Morgan's interest in J. f. *****
Kan i Co.and Drexcl I Co., the Phila?
delphia branch of the New York flrm,
|. appraised at $29.87..,817. His inter?
eat in .1 S Morgan A Co., of London,
was $2,417,491. The good will, wnieh
the f.nancier passed to other members
of the Wall Street house, is not ???
mated separately, but is included in
i his entire enterest in the firm at a
fair market value," according to Mr.
\lr Morgan's art collection was ap
praiaed at $3.637.000, and his books,
manuscripts and prints at HMUUk.
His other two largest single holdings
were 2K2 shares la the KquiUbU- IM*
Assurance Society, valued at ?1,1_.?,
..00. an.l 7.KM share, of the New ?>*,
N'ew Haven I Hartford Railroad Com?
pany, valued at $*78,.06.
Left $8,639 in Cigars.
Cigars which Mr. Morgan kept rtored
with Stearn & lo., at 35 Wall Street,
: oaly B few doors from his office, were
. valued ut .x.i._'... _______.?
The appraisal shows that Mr Morgan
: was a very small holder of Cnited
Mate*-- Steel Corporation secunties. I ne
: great corporation was his own promo
tion. hut at his death ha had only one
al are of the preferred stock, valued at
' the Time at 1107.60. and 500 shares of
i o.emmoT. valued at $30,437. He had
' M045 in bonds of the corporation.
' Mr Morgan was indehted to hi. NeW
York f.rm. under "Account No. 4. tc
the amoun's ol $1,497,772 and $2,16.,
Fer-sonal Holdlnr*. Small.
For a man of h.s estate and wid*
! interests in the world of tinance, the
pe?onal ateek and bond hold.ngs of
' Mr Morgan were comparatively small.
ramounting to $18,933,951. HiflI N?
lYork real estate was appraised at ?,
970946. He l.ad mortgages valued at
I $181 725 and l?ans ouftanding which
j _verf' n..t teenr-i by mortgage, valued
i 8tTh?/,bMorgan collection of paintings
on exh.b.tion et the M^H****
Museum of Art were **m?i^**??,
Und F. Knoedler. one of the specinL
iv engaged appraiaer. fer th ?******
art left by the decedent at $3.6_i.,0U_.
The most valuable of these was a can?
vas by Rflph-el of the iVf?to BBd
! Child, which was appraised at IwO.OOr.
I Mr Morgan had many paintnes
ab'road, while some other. hfl ha?I IB
his Madison Avenue home. Many other
Jbjects of art have been sold. Among
thi Utter **er.' an oi paintin-fs of him
elfby Frank Hail. valued at $5.00.,
and one of h's daughter. Miss Anra
' MortBB by Z. X. Madrazo, also val
i ZH at$o000. A Corot was put down
i at $20,000. , ...
'Thomas E. Kirby ap.pralsed th
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HAIG CLEARS DEL VILLE;
RUSSIANS SMASH FOE
CZAR'S TROOPS
BEGIN DRIVE
FOR LEMBERG
Break Foe's Defences
in Volhynia and
Galicia.
9,000 TEUTONS
BAGGED IN DAY
Brussiloff Continues the
Struggle for Roads
in North.
London, July 28.?The Russians
delivered three preat blows against
the Teutonic forces on the Kast front
to-day. The Czar's troops captured
the important railroad town of
Brody, on the northern Galician
border, ths chief obstacle to their
advance on Lemberg; smashed the
entire first line of the enemy west of
Lutsk, and swept the forces of von
Linsinpen from the line of the rivers
Slonevka and Buldurovka, in south?
ern Volhynia. Nine thousand Aus?
trians and Germans were made pris?
oners in the desperate fiphtinp of the
day.
Vienna offieially annoanced to-night
that the Russian offensive since tha
middle of July had pushed in the
Teuton lines on a front of fifty miles
to a depth of nine and one-half miles.
Coming; from hostile Bource9, this ad
mission Is regarded as indicative of the
great strength of the Russians in the
last two weeks and the inability of the
Austrian and German armies to stand
firm against thelr pressure on all
fronts.
The unexpectedness of the fall of
Brody has almost swept London off
its feet, and there is preat rojoicinp
throuphout the city to-nipht. Mili?
tary observers are predicting tho
capture of Lemberp within the fort
nipht, topether with the breakinp
down of the entire Teuton defence
system in Galicia.
Teuton Llnea In Perll.
Brody is situataed on the Rovno
Lemberp railroad, fifty-eipht miles
northeast of the Galician capital. As
the key to the Teuton defences alonp
the Stripa and the northern frontier,
its investment places the Austrians
in a most danperous position. The
troops of General Brussiloff now
have a clear path to their objective
Hnd in addition seriously menace the
flank of the Austro-German lines on
the south as far as the Dniester.
With the advance of the Russians
along the road to Lemberg these lines
will be compelled to withdraw from
the whole of Eastern Galicia or face
envelopment. Superior in numbers and
in artiilery and ammunition, the Rus?
sians are not expected to meet with
opposition in their drive on Lemberg,
which they cannot break down as thry
have broken down the most powerfui
reeistance in the last few weeks.
Russians Gain at Sviolusky.
To-night's communique from Berlin
admits the success of Russian attacks
northeast of Svmiusky. This is taken
to mean that General SakharofT is wag
mg a new fight for the possession of
Vladimir Volynski and ita northern
neighbor, Kovel. Thii is the first time
in over a week that there has been any
indication that the Russians are still
intent on taking Kovel now. All their
efforts had been centred on the fight
for Brody and the subsequent march
on Lemberg. Apparently it is their in?
tention to strike the enemy a double
blow by concentrating against the Vol
hynian and Galician lines at the same
time.
The fall of Lemberg from the north
comefl as a surprise. Here the Rus?
sians had baan halted for days, almost
on the out?*7irt? of the town. Finding
it impossibl-i to make a breach there,
they turned to the west and, according
to all indications, were almost pre?
pared to strike at Brody from the
south. Then came the sudden, swift,
overpowerini* blow at the lines which
had before been regarded as impreg
r.able. Evidently caught unawares, the
Teutons broke before the attacks and
the Russian* swarmed into the town.
Flerce Battle Near Baranovirhl.
Around Baranovichi fierce fighting
continues, with neither side able to
win any important success. It is evi?
dent that tne Russians are throwing
all their strength into an effort to gain
command of the roads which radiate
from this region.
To-night's Russian statement tays: ,
(ontinuaNi ea paara I, aalama I i
KING GEORGE FORB1DS
IMPORTS OF COCAINE
London. July 28. ? By
signing his name to a proc
lamation forbiuding the im
portation of cocaine King
George to-day accompli-ahed
a reform for which enlight
ened opinion has been crying
out for months past.
IntroduceJ by colonial sol?
diers at the beginning of the
war the cocaine habit spread
throughout England. thc di?
reet consequences being thou
sands of cases of madness
and suicide. The authorities
have been powerlcs*. on ac?
count of the abience of pro
hibitory legislation, and itin
erant vendors selling six
cents worth of the drug for
60 cents have reaped fort
unes.
SEES CHANCE
OF HOME RULE
Lloyd GeorgetoStrive
Until Irish Problem
Is Solved.
London, July 28.?Replying to a re
; quest for his views on the breakdown
| of negotiations for putting Irish Jiome
Rule into effect immediately, David
' Lloyd George to-day said:
"J don't despair about an eventual
solution of the Irish problem, in spite
of the recent failure to reach an agree?
ment between the Nationalists and the
Unionists.
"We achieved at least one thing that
had never hitherto been accomplished
We brought the represent?uiv.*s of the
[riah Nationalists and the I'lster
Unionists to the point of flhaking
hands, instead of shaking fists at each
other."
Mr. Lloyd George is still full of op?
timism regarding the Irish difticulty.
He feels that a solution can be reached,
and it is his intention to strive on until
he is successful. Questioned whether
the Nationalists were justified in re
fusing the proposed settlement, Mr.
Lloyd George said:
"Never has a better offer been made
by all the British parties together.
The only new st'.pulation inserted was
one concernlng the British, and not
the Irish Parliament. The moment the
demand was put forward by the Un?
ionists that Ireland shoiild be repre
sonted at Westminster only in pro?
portion to her population. except when
the question of the Irish settlement
was under considcration, it had to ba
conceded.
Main I'rlnclplea Remain.
"It ls true," he continued, "that the
Home Rule act Ifl on the statute book.
but only with the pledge that before
it become* operative an amending bill
is to bc pasSSli dealing ^ with the ex?
clusion of I'lster."
The Secretary said the main prin?
ciples of the settlement remain, name?
ly tho immediato creation of an Irish
ParliameOt, exclusion for the prrsent
for the part of Ireland which is un
willing to participate in the Home
Rule measure, and considcration of
the whole question of tho future of
the Irish government by an imperial
conference at the close of the war.
He added that naturally he was some
what s.idd. red by the ill success of his
atumpt to bring both the Irish partie.a
coinr.letely together.
"I hav* always been an ardent Home
Ruler during my political eareer and
still remain one," Mr. Lloyd George
said. "In my opinion, a nation which
chii and doe* produee such soldier* an
the Irish troops, who are now fighting
by the side of their fellow Briton*
from all over the empire with a valor
almost indescribable, and which g:\es
us such intellects m all branchei of
life, can and must rule itself."
Dlsagreement on Two Pointfl.
Questioned as to how the breach in
the negotiations came about, Mr. Lloyd
George said:
"There were two points on which
there was dlsagreement at the end of
tka negotiations. One dealt with the
me-ans by which the exclusion of the
six I'lster eounties was to continue or
to bo brojght to an end. This, to my
view, although I believe Mr. Redmond
differs on that point, was less a matter
of substance than of words.
"Tho Nationalists agreed it was im
posmble that the Ulster eounties should
bt coerced mto an Irish Parliament. It
was understood that when they were
willing to come in no one would aeek
to keep them out. Their exclusion for
the present would not have affected in
the slightest degTce the full powers
given to the Nationalist party of Ire?
land under the Home Rule act. The
question of their eomlng in voluntanly
afurward could have been decided
when it had been seen how Home Rule
wns working out.
"Thfl s*cond point was connected
Caotlaoea* on p-a-ra *. ealoma 4
ANZACSWIN
7-DAY RGHT
FOR posmoN
Conquer Brandenburg
Troops in Night
Encounter.
GERMANS LOSE
NEAR POZIERES
Russians Penetrate Foe's
Trenches in Raid in
Champagne.
By ARTHl'R S. DRAPER.
London, July 28.?General Haig's
troops to-day won two big successes
on the Somme front. The last Ger?
man strongholds in Longueval were
captured and maintained against
fierce counter thrusts, and the whole
of Delville Wood was rleared of the
enemy.
It was the Anzacs against the
Brandenburgers in the Delville
Wood, and Britain's territorial
troops won a great victory over the
Kai*vr'a picked lightors, fresh from
i their successes at Douaumont. For
j seven days and nights the battle for
| possession of this important position
fhad raged. Slowly and at terrific
cost the Germans were eompelled to
give ground. Gradually the counter
attacks by which they sought to
regain lost torritory beemme less and
less powerful.
Hritish Line FToIdfl.
The British line held. British
troops overran the southern limit..
of the wood, then seized all hut thc
northern tip. Tho Brandenburgers
fought with a desperation indicative
of the value placed upon the posi?
tion by the German eommand, and
the British prOfNM halted. But the
German rank_ had been worn thread
bare, the defenders had exhausted
themselves in their attempts to stave
off retreat. They could not with
stand the fury of the British rush
to-day. Out of the last bit of woods,
to which they had clung stubbornly
for ghastly hours, day and night,
they were swept.
Twice after their surrender of the
wood the Germans rallied to the at?
tack, but Haig's battalions stood
their ground. Kemembrance of the
battle of July 17, when, after gain
ing control of the whole wood, they
were swept out of it by the enemy's
overwhelming counter charges, stif
fened the lines into a stone wall,
against whieh the German wavea
crashed and were hurled back ahat
tered.
Gennflna Weakenlnf.
In the repulse of these attacka and
the holding of the British linea
critics here read two things: German
resistance is growing weaker each
day, while the grip of Haig's forces
is becoming firmer with each added
success.
Foureaux, Pozieres, Delville,
Longueval?the week past has seen
the German mailed fist slowly relax
its grip on all these important posi?
tions. It has seen the powerful Ger?
man second line of defence crumple
up at its most vital pointa. It haa
seen the British forces sweep on to
eommand of the heights which look
down on the highway to Bapaume,
and it has seen the opening of the
far easier drive through the Teu
tonic lines in the low level fields
which alone stand between the Brit?
ish and their objective.
Britiah "Mbbllng" Continuefl.
Meanwhile, the thunder of guns at
' points far removed from the valley
of the Somme is keeping the Ger?
mans on the alert lest they be un
prepared to meet a sudden blow at
i some unsuspected apot. S'ouchez,
', Ncuve Chapeile. the Meuse and th?
I Champagne. all have vHmbbbb! quick
sharp thrusts against the German
lines in 'he last fortnight. At any
moment raids such as these may dia
cover a weak point in the Teuton,