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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1916.
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OYE CENT
ln New Tork fltj*. ???'<".
ieeeer City "and Hol-oke-a.
President Fails to Break Deadlock
RUSSIANS WIN
NEWGATEWAY
INTO HUNGARY
Swecp Through Car?
pathians at
Jablonitza.
HIT AT FLANK
OF BOTHMER
Czars Troops Push Up
Zlota Lipa, Near
Halicz.
? ? ? i
-. Aug I The Russisn
.-? in Galicia continues, pam
*hree milei ? day alonp
At 100-mile front.
In . ? IfJffion ard west of
the upper Stripa SakharofT is press
hfcf forward witli preater rapidity
trips lina f?U to the Rus
Th? cffensive of Letchitsky
U, vides of the Dniester is de
,;ftly. II has extended
l to the north and south.
pjilfl the Zlota Lipa line is
? Russian hands, and von
weakened army. not yet
im the peril to which .1 was
oxpos ? !n?P delayed retire
from ihe Stripa. il tiphtin-**
to stave off fiank and
Bnd prevent the capt?
ure I?*. f troops.
'- rxtreme left wing ha-*
?i-.vvard ar.d struck a ter
. at the smallcr part of
? "ff from the
.;. by the Ru>sian thrust
, -aad Nadvorna. This
-Bft-a-nta B-*a\saAtI***Austrisdifl
" thfl Jablonitza Pass. for weeks
| despersts fighting.
Jablonil-a Important.
? -,, the aaflSl important of
?i Kaleua\- to the
pUinfl, had t ever before
-rly into the hands of the
Bvaral tlaaaa eavalry
ncnetrated into the
and eleared out the enemy's
. ii ceoatex^ttanvx* were ia
eaaisl.
iaaa are now in sufficient
,ved, to hold the pass
? drive on Maramaros
tion Of importai.ct
. nila-B-f that pierces the moun
Bt Jablonitza on itfl ""?'
from Kolomea to the heart of Hun
lun other town* fell to the
thifl action, and Pflafl
ler's army was further weakened by
tpture of more than 1.000 men.
The Pu.ss.an attempts to take Halic;
? v.,n B.ithmn'.- army be
lekfl, the safety of the Bug
Lipa iina continue to hold the
? miiitary authonties. Al
?. to-day's communiques from
.:cd furnish only the aflaatieflt
worth remembenng that
? high command habitually
praci thholding of lmpor
?Btfl until its objects
have been achiflffld.
ktaaana on Zlota Lipa.
,re .till crossing the
Zlo h Lipa under heavy fire aml are
rth, ihrflateniog von
and rear. Al th? lamfl
time. eatward from Mariam
poi | thfl Raflsiaaa have
nto the Teuton UBflfl
tl flPfl* ?" ,h*"
,.i MoaaBtonyska, and
? toward Halicz
and :? I OXtb aloaf the *'iver
Hi ihr.i-t, uortheast
from Jexupol, toward thfl Lipa, woald
anl nnd result m the
pmenl of u large part of tha
Auitnan force*-.
I?*ni*rrou.s Siluatii-n nf Hnlhmcr.
The Klotfl Lipa line ha.-< virtually
Ixen im<Ii' untenablr for VOB Bothnnr
?*?.iriR to thi advanefl of the Rasaiana
along ? ?? frofli thfll
? ..? titafl
triani mual fall haeli
depend
\\ ith the fall
M li, i Lipa
ime menace. ,; a! cora
pellc!
il .1 that must iventu
*!ly ,. the 2 ota 1 Bfl
'.me.
Tr,-da>\ German official statemi'iit
liani are now
al tlie
.. thfl railroad to Lein
nt**- and Kfl
claims, but il i* ?i?
. n.-ar
? i .?.
Official Communications
on East front Fighting
trtngnai, An$. I . Ta xtigkt*i
? nue t!-i<* croasiag of
'? I pa ander enany fi.rn, which
hampers th.- enn-truc
ot bridges Heaw artillery and
?l!ine run f-re ja being direct-d
nin.t our work*. In this sector we
' uatloufd ea paar 3, rolnma 7
Fifteen Little Plague !
Victims Are Set Free
Of All the Children Discharged from Willard Parker Hos?
pital Onlv One Pronounced Cured?Others to
Suffer Long.
Fifteen children who were among thr r
i early victims of infantile paralyait
were discharged yesterday from the
Willard Parker Hospital, at tho foot
,-t Slxteeath Btraat, whora they
.'?. born ur.der treatment for eight
Of all tiftoon, oaly one a
three-yenr-old boy .nm West Brigh
ton, S, 1. was diseharsrd a?. curod.
i and even ho had a .light facial paraly
_'s which will disfigure him for years.
01 the others, some eould not w.lk;
i o-hers managed to make their way to
I the street by olinging to tho hand' "f
' their mcthers; the arm-. of aoveral
I hung limp and u*ele.-?, and splinh were
on their legs. One two-year-old boy
fro-n Roaebaflk, S. 1., hobbled out,
woarlag bracos which he mu |
.-rarpod to his legi for man.. ??
' if n<n for life.
All lll Since May.
ln these children the disease ap
peared early in May, and with the ex
coption of 01.e child who wa* relra ed
seek, they are the first victims
to be discharged. They formed a pa
thetically quiet group as they hobbled
from the elevators to meet their
fathers and mothers in the hospita;
offices. Those of the children who
were able to walk to the streetcar.
and the elevated roads left quickly;
others had to wait until the Health
Department eould get automobiles in
which to take them to their homes.
Four of the tifteen went to Staten Isl?
and. seven to Brooklyn, and four to
Manhattan.
The work of caring for the children
and doing whatever is possible to pre
BRITISH FEAR SPREAD
OF PLAGUE FROM U. S.
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New spapers Ask for Quarantine |
nf Americans.
[Bt Cabl. tr. Tl.e Trtb-". 1
I.ondon, Aug. 15. Britain is begin?
ning to take fr ght at the possibility of
infantile paralysis spreading hero.
N'ewspapers are beginning a campaign
for the strictest quarantine of all ar
riving from Ameriea. It was made
eoBipulflOiy ir. 1012 to notify health of?
ficers of cases of the disease. A seri?
ous outbreak never occurred, fince the
mortality nevor excteded 11 P" f*nt
and permanent injury was done in only
50 per cent of cases.
Tribune inquiries show the govern?
ment departments are already alive to
the possibility of danger, although not
overestimating lt, and special regula?
tions possibiy arill be issued within a
few days. _
FINDS "TWILIGHT
SLEEP" DANGEROUS
Johns Hopkins Hospital Aban
dons Its Praetiee.
[By T-l<_*ap_ U Th* Tntrnr.. )
Baltimore, Aug. 16.-Johns Hopkins
Hospital ha? virtually set its stamp of
diaapproval on the dammerschlaf, or
"tw.light sleep" method in childbirth.
It abandoned its experiments nine
months ago, concluding that the method
was too dangerous and the menace to
the life of the child too grave.
After more than a year's use of the
tw light sleep drug. scopalomin. the
obstetricians found that it eould be
aafaly used only under exceptional con?
ditions. Tho question of the proper
dosage proved so intricate that no
ehances cuuld be taken
BANKERS SON FLIES 60
MILES IN 105 MINUTES
Ci. C. Thomas, Jr.. Makes Phila?
delphia Atlantic City Trip.
Bt 1, -_ra;>h lv The Trr
Thiladelphia, Aug. IS. The new fly
,ng boat of George C. Thomas, jr., son
of a prominent banker, made the trip
from F.ssington, on the Iielaware, just
bolow tho city. to Atlantic City in an
hour and fortv-f.ve minutes to-day.
'? ? Thomas was uceompanied by
Wal'-er Johnson, nistructor at the avia
tioa ichool at Eaaiactoa. He axpocta
to make the trip ln rorty tfl tifty min?
utes when his machine i<- better tuncd
up. Tiie distance is about sixty mile-.
KAISER LEAVES WEST
FRONT FOR THE EAST
Brrlm. Aug. 15. "Thr
F.mprror has again drp.irtrd
for the Kastern front," _aj*fl
?n official slatrmrnt is.ucd
hrrr to-day.
"Toward the end of 1ns
stay of several days on ihe
Weaten fronl. ihe Katflei \is
ilrd thr army of the Crown
Pnnce. Aecompanied hy
thc commander in chirf, he
also insptrcted vanous i-ntta
behind the battle front."
rent them beroming eripples for life
B*ill begin immediately hy the Cen?
tral Committee on Follow-I'p. recently
appoiiited at a conference of charitable
organizations. and of which Pr. Thomai
Kiley, of the Brooklyn Bureau of Char
ities, is temporary rha;rman. Within
the next few days permanent officers of
tho committee will be chosen, and the
work of distrietmg the city and assign
ing certain cases to be looked after
by tho differrnt charitable organiza
tions will be well in hand.
More Improvement Promlied.
"It la important that the people
= nould realize," said Pr. Haven Emer?
son, Health Commissioner, "that the
.mprovoment^ and re?ults noted at the
ond of thfl alfh! wookfl' quarantine pe?
riod expre.T 0n!y a fraction of what
can bo profll sed in the way of u!tima*e
recovery. That orthopedic rurgeons
undertnke no operations for at least
? ars indicates the length of time
in which improvement may be obtained
by means of muicle training, ma^sage
and exercise. I wish to emphasize also
that tho results are in direct propor
tion to competent medical supervision,
and I wish to impress. too, upon the
parents of children who have had the
disease that this supervision should be
eOBBtaat The best type of supervision
ia such a;. is provided by orthopedic
?urgCOBl actir.g in a private capaeity
or by the public hospitals and dispen
saries."
Every child who is discharged from
a hospital will be visited by a repre
?entativo of the charitable organiza?
tion to which that child has been as
Contlnned on paae 7, colnma 4
ITALIAN WARSHIP
LOST; 300 DROWN
Explosion Sinks Dread
notight Leonardo da
Vinci at Taranto.
Paris, Aug. 15.?Thr IUlian dread
nought Leonardo da Vinci caught fire
and blew up in the harbor of Taranto,
Italy, and 300 of her crew were
drowned, says a Turin dispatch to the
"Pctite Journal." The date is given
only as a day in August.
Tho lire, says the dispatch, was dis?
eovered in the galley. It spread rap
idly. The captain immediately ordered
tlie magazmes flooded and tried to
beach the ship, but one magazine ex
ploded before this eould be done. The
vessel turned over on her beam and
many of the crew were thrown into the
sea.
It is believed the ship can be rightcd
and refloated.
The Leonardo da Vinci was a sister
ship of the Conte di Cavour and of th*
Giulio Ce-are, and was launched in Oc?
tober, 1911. Her displacement was tt,*
000 tons. and flhfl was 675 4 feet long,
9194 feet beam and earried a total com?
pany of M. men. Her mam battery
eoBfllfltod of thirteen l_-inch guns and
her secondary battery of eighteen 4.7
inch gunr. Her engines were of 24,000
horsepower, designed to develop .
speed of _-._ nnots.
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ANDRASSY REFUSES
TO SUCCEED BURIAN
Declines Foreign Ministry Until
Hmgary Wins Guarantee.
Loadoa, Aug. 16. Count Julius An
drassy has refused to succeed Baron
von Burian a* Austrian Foreign Min?
ister without puarantees from the Fm
peror that the politieal integrity of
Hungary shall be rebpected, according
to a Rome dispatch, which adds that
tho Fmperor hesitates to concede them.
Reports from Vienna via Genoa say
that Baron von Burian has already re?
signed, but no official contirmation has
heen received here. Count Andrassy is
siipposed to be a strong advocate of a
teparate peaee for Aaatra-Hoagary and
was formerly credited with being a
warm friend of Kngland.
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THIS JOHN SULLIVAN
OUTFOUGHT BY WOMAN
Intruder Beaten Until He Yells
fnr the Police.
When Mrs. Mary Pesacus found an
intruder in her apartment at 77 North
Fourth Street, in the Williamsburg
.ection of Brooklyn, she did not yell
for the police. The intruder, who
claims the firhting name of John Sul?
livan, did.
Mn I'e.acu*. on her return fron
market. met Sullivan. she says, at the
,|(1?r 0f bor flat with mo?t of her bo
lonaiaca Ib a bundle. She fell upon
him and dragged him into the street.
Once safely there. she thrashed him
vicoroualy unt-.l the police lntervened.
Sullivan oagerly snoght the proteet.on
of the patrolman and wai held in th
Redford Avenue police court on a
charge of burglary.
KING'S ALIBI
IN STIELOW
CASE SHAKEN
Chief Witness, witli
Diary, Fails to Con?
firm Denial.
PRISONERS FIRST
TALE BORNE OUT
His Recantation Is Made
Public?Proseeutor Says
Fle Is Sincere.
f rtnm a 8'a/" 4 nrr?*[??,.|?!'.t of Tll-. T-iriin* 1
Albion, N. V., Aug. I.i. Krwin King's
roeaatatiofl nf hi* eaafflflflian to the
murd't of Charles B. Phelp* BBd h : ?
housekerpr-r, Margaret Wolcott, 111 We-t
Shelby on March _i af ia?.t year, was
made puMic ;n full to-night by John C
KnickerDockir, District Atlorney of
Orlean* County.
But BflflflBtia] statements were either
uneonrirmed by persons depended upon
j to gupport King or were denied flatly.
Of the four persons expected to aid
him in e*tablishmg an alibi none has
come forward. Frank Stevena, wh>*>,
King eays, wa* with him in Knowle*
, ville the night of the murder, ten
mile* from the *ccne of the crime, de
clares he was in Albion, and proves it
I by the diary of the woman who *ince
ha* become hi* wife.
Albion Factlon* Bltter.
The little to***n of Albion, countyseat
] of Orleans County, has *p!it over
I whether the perpetrators 01" the crime
were King and Clarenee O'Connell, a*
represented in the confession of King
to Mrf. (irace Humiston, of New York,
j or Charles F. Stielo**., whom Mrs.
I Humiston is trying to savr. and Nelson
I ('reen, hia brother-in-!aw.
Feeling has become extremely bitter.
I Both Ride- are making charges. Thfltfl
; are so many private dr-tectives in town
that they are under foot. One band is
| shadowing Mta. Humiston and every
i one idcntified with her in the effort to
' save Stielow's life. Others are cheek
1 ing up the statements made by King.
! When shadowing gets slack they
shadow each other.
Stevens punctured the alibi of King
j most severely. King declared in the
repudiation of h confession that he
was not near the Phelps farm the night
of March 21, but stayed at a hotel Ifl
Knowlesville all the evening, going to
bed between 9 ar.d 10 o'eloek. Hc
named Stevens, Frank Montondo, owner
of the hotel, and Harry Horn, a board?
er, as the persons he sat with until he
, retired. .
None Sustain King.
In the diary kept by the present Mrs.
.Stevens waa recorded Ste\ens's visit
1 here. He did not leave this town that
! night until 10 or 11 o'eloek and did not
reaeh Knowlesville until some time
: after King says he went to bed. Neither
Mr. nor Mrs. Montondo sustained the
statement of King, although they did
not dispute it. They said they could
not remember whether King was at the
hotel that night. Horn has not been
reached.
King's Blihi i* understood to have
been further weakened by an investiga
tion by Stielow's friends. This makes
King's original confession appear more
i likely. King now say* he did not leave
Knowlesville the Sunday of the murder.
ln his confession he said he went to
Medina that afternoon, drank with BBT
eral person* at Kelly's Hotel, met
Clarenee O'Connell uhortly after dark.
: and by him was induced to go to the
Phelps farm in Weat Shelby.
Saya He Wa* in Medina.
Investigators for Mrs. Humiston are
reported to have interviewed men to
il.iv who claim to have seen King in
Medina the afternoon his confession
places him thrre.
King's original story of hi* move
' ment* directly after the crime has
! aUo been fairly well borne out by wit
; Bflflflflfl, although the dates are still a
I matter of di.?pute.
The District Attorney admits King
< vi'ited most of the towns named in the
I confession, but cay-i it was several days
] after the crinio. Knickerbocker con
' tends that King. ifl making his confes?
sion to Mrs. Humiston, mere!y moved
forward his action* of several days
'oiltlnneal oo pae' t. rnliimn 4
EARNEST EFFORT FOR SETTLEMENT
IS UNDER WAY, SAYS PRESIDENT
Washington, Aug. 15.?Th vt atatewent was tasued at the
White llouee thii morning mftOT tht ro&usat) managers' com
i)i it 're hnd left :
The President spent an hour and a half this
morning with represcntatives of the railway
management. After the conference he said that
it was impossihle as yet to report on the results.
All that he eould say was that a very candid and
honest discussion was in progress ahout a prac
ticahle hasis of settlement.
After the meeting vrith th" employe*' rcpresentatv909 thia
cf'.-rvoon the Presidevr issued thu- stoteweyit:
There is no change. There is an earnest effort
being made to work out a .settlement.
NEW ACCIDENT DELAYS
SUBMARINES TRIAL
Mi^haps Put Off Stabilizer Test I
on Uncle Sam's 0*1.
i'he I'nited States submarine, 6-1,1
tho only craft in our navy which will |
BBTfl h gyroscopic stabilizer, has again
| met with an arridont which will delay
har (rials in Long Island Sound. A
I pair of diving rudden, which were
made specialty for the vessel at tho
1 Navy Yard, cracked, and new ones will
: have to be east before the undersea J
hoat can be readv for tes's. The rud
' den are of a new type and are laid j
j to be made io that the G-l can dive j
: bot'r faster and more gracefully than a
submarine not equipped with them.
For several weeks the stabilizer has
boon in the submarine, awaiting the
mddera. Tho mbmersible is consid?
ered the worit roller in the navy, and
the purpose of the trials is to test the
stabilizer to ascertain whether or not
it will give undersea boats more ita- ,
I bi'ity in a rough sea.
ORPHANED BY JUTLAND
FIGHT, SEEKS RELATIVE
_
Girl of Seven Arrives Here from
Belfast on Way to Spokane.
A freckle-faeed little girl, fatherlesa
I and mothert-n iir.ee the naval battle
I off Jutland, arrived here on the Anehor
! liner Tuscania yesterday and started
] at onee on the aeeond half of her Jour
' ney from Belfast to Spokane, where
her only Iiving relative awaits her.
Seven-vear-old Annette Harvey's
father wa* killed during the clash of
the English and German fleets in the
North Sea. Her mother died when she
heard the news. Friends in Belfast
cared for the child until Mra. G. J.
D.laney, her mother'a sister, wrote for
i ner- .-,,
A special board of inquiry at Ellis
Island allowed the little girl to
i enter and she started on her trans
continental journey.
DANESDELAY ACTION
ON SALE OF ISLANDS
Upper House Appoints Commit?
tee to Consider It.
Copenhagen, Aug. 15. -The Land
i sthing, the Cppcr House of the Danish
' Farliament, to-nlght appointed a com?
mittee of fifteen members to consider
the matter of the sale of the Danish
West Indlei to the United Statei. This
aetion was taken after the entire mem
bcrship in the Landsthing had held a
closed meeting since early in the morn?
ing.
Coniideration of the sale the
Landsthing probably will be rotarded
and it is not now known when the
Landsthing will hold open meetings to
discu-s the subject. The attitude of
the members of the various politieal
parties in the Landsthing to-night was
more uncertain than It was yesterday.
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PHILADELPHIA GIRLS
NOT PRETTY ENOUGH
So Max Klinge Seeks a Southern
Beauty for His Wife.
[Br T.>iraph la Th. Tribune 1
Philadelphia, Aug. 15. - Max H.
Klinge, of Roxboro-gh, has sent a let
tor to the Chief of Police of Richmond,
Va. saying that he is in search of a
wife with "pretty brown hair, mellow
brown eyes, light complexion anii ro
busl. athletie form." He gave as his
reafon for going outside of PhiU-j
delphia in search of a wife that he had
not seen any "really pretty girls in j
Philadelphia."
"I have heen oTer mueh of this
country." said Klinge, "and I never saw *
anyboay to aafl mo. Marnage is a
funny proposition. *i ou never can te.l
how "it will turn out. It's ju.-t a tOBfl
up So, as 1 had heard so mueh of thu
__._tl.eni girls, l thought I would trv
doWB there."
Criticism at 90?
! ir has a srnse of thr appropriate, has this man
Heywood Broun. I le writes about entertainment and
ht* is entertaining.
Some dramatic criticisms are harder to sit through
than a bad play. But with Broun. no matter how dismal
the failure. you get a lot of amusement from what hr
writes about a play. And with the new season still at
the trial-heat stage, think what that means!
$& Ehe -Tribune Jfe
fBfjr First to latt-the Truth: J?H
k\aa\a*Woay Scws?Editorials? Adxertlsementa. .-ajQHR.
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BIG NAVY MEN
WIN IN HOUSE
_
Senate Plan for 157
Ships in 3 Years
Accepted.
'Krora Tba Trtbtrne Bureau 1
Washington, Aug. 15.?Preparednesa
won ita greatest victory of the year to
day, when the House voted by over
whelming majorities to accept the Sen?
ate building programme and inerease
in personnel for the navy.
The little navy men, led by Demo?
cratic Floor Leader Kitchin, made their
last stand against the building pro?
gramme, which provides for sixty-six
ships, to be begun as *oon as prac
ticable, including four dreadnoughts
and four battle-cruiser*, and a total
of 157 vessels to be begun within three
years. But the House approved the
plan by a vot* of 283 to 51. Of the
nfty-one, thirty-five were Demoerats,
fifteen Republieani and one Socialist,
Mr. London, of N'ew York.
Then the House voted to accept the
Senate amendment increasing the num?
ber of enlisted men to 70,000 and giv
ing the President power in event of
war to inerease this number to 85,000.
The viva voce vote against this was so
small that no rollcal! was demanded.
To Settle Minor Differences.
There still remain many small dif-;
ferences between the House and Senate
which will be considerd in conference,!
their settlement having been postponed
until the points of much greater im- i
portance 'hould be decided. The con-;
ferrees will begin the settlement of;
these differences to-morrow.
Democrat j voting against the Sen-1
ate building programme were Ayers,
Kansas; Bailey, Penn-iylvania; Black,
Texas; Blackmon, Alabama; Buchanan, j
lllinoi*; Burnett, Alabama; Connelly,
KSBflSSI Cox, Indiana; Dies, Texas; !
Doolittle, Kansas; Garrett, Tennessee;
Gray, Indiana; Hardy, Texas; Helver-j
ing, Kansas; Hilliard, Colorado; Hud-j
dleston, Alabama; Johnson, Kentucky; \
Kitchin, North Carolina; McClintic,
Oklahoma; Page, North Carolina; Ran- i
dall, California; Shallenber-er, Ne
blSflks; Shouse, Kansas; Sisson, Mis- j
sissippi; Slayden, Texa*; Steele, lowa;
Tuggart, Kansas; Tavenner. lllinoi*; i
Taylor, Arkansas; Thomas, Kentucky;
Thomp?on, Oklahoma; Tillman, Arkan
*as; Vandyke, Minnesota; Watkins,
Louisiana; Webb, North Carolina (35).
Republicans voting against: Ander
*on, Minnesota; Campbell. Kansas;
Crampton. Michigan; Davis, Minnesota;
Dillon, South Dakota; Lllsworth, Min
neso'.a; Haugen, lowa; Helgesson,
North Dakota; Hollingsworth, Ohio;
Kinkaid, Nebraska; Lenroot, Wiscon
sin; Mondell, Wyoming; Morgan, Okla?
homa; Nelson, Wisconsin; Voung,
North Dakota 115*3.
Socialist, London, N'ew York.
The only big navy man who made
any protest against the par- of ihe
bill agreed on by the conferrees was
Representative Britten, of lllinois, who
objected to the system of promotion
aai compulsory retirement worked out.
This system provides for the promo-,
tion of officers after they attain the
rank of Itt'Utenant commanders by a
commission of nine rear admiral*, of
whom six must vote to promote before;
promotion is made in any ca?c. Offi?
cers reachmg -.pecftc aRcs without. be- i
ing promoted are retired from the ser
\ ice.
"All an officer in tka navy has to
mt now to become a rear admiral." j
commented Chairman F'adgett. "Ia to I
stay in the service and Bvoid being !
court marMalled. He steps upon the j
bottom runj- of a ladder when he I
leaves Annapolis, and thifl ladder i:
virtually an enuless chain leading to
r-'irement a.4 a rear admira! and at
a eompensatioi of 99fim9 a vear.
Mann Praise* Programme.
Republican Loader MflBfl BCBiflfld the
building programme. He declared it ;
wa* carryinp out il tba matn the pro- j
gramme the Kepubiican *ide had j
fough"' for when thfl bOI wa* before
tba Hflflflfl ori|rinal!y, before the Ad- |
ministration had been foreed ?o adopt
? programme of real prepar*dncss by
tbfl sentiment of the cmr'-'.
"I aant to keep out of war," he ?aid,
"but w? fhould be prepared tfl protect
o'ir rgh*-. at home and abroad. Ihe
rred.t arill belong to the Republican
*ide. for '.he vote* that will pass this
larger prcgramme."
Representative Paga. of North Caro?
lina, Secretarv Daniel*.'* own state,
C4-atni??4 ea tmma l. -oluma T
ROADS AND UNIONS
BOTH STANDING FIRM
Only ConcessionThus Far Is Offer
of Eight-Hour Day by the
Managers' Committee.
HINTED THAT EMPLOYES
THINK THEY CAN'T LOSE
Brotherhood Chiefs Say That They Have
Plenty of Money, and Intimate
They Are Ready.
[From a Staff Correspondent of The Tribune]
Washington, Aug. 15.?Two days of earnest pleas, thinly
veiled threats and cold argument have accomplishpd for Presi?
dent Wilson scarcely a jot more toward reaching a settlement
of the impending railroad strike than the Federal Mediation
Board accomplished in New York.
The four brotherhoods and the railroad managers are
standing pat. Neither side appears to have yielded an inch. It
is doubtful whether even arbitration can be effected now unless
one or the other concedes something. and the President realizes
that the settlement for which he is striving il still far away.
At noon to-day the situation from the White House point
cf view was gloomy. President Wilson found himself facing
seemingly adamantine forces. After a meeting that lasted far
into this morning the railroad managers had scarcely budged.
Preaident in Strong Plea
Consequently the President addressed to the employes this
afternoon an appeal that earried with it every persuasive force
of his office and intellect. The men only winced for the moment,
but the President believes that his plea will tell before long.
The President is devoting most of his energies toward
getting concessions from the railroads. As far as the employes
are concerned, he had been feeling his way among them and has
made no concrete proposition. They have made it plain to him
that what they want is an eight-hour day in fact and not a
nromise of an eight-hour day in principle.
CAR MEN CHEER
NEW STRIKE TALK
Union Leaders' Threat to
?'Paralyze Traffic" Loudly
Applauded at Meeting.
Asserting that the surface car line ;
managers have no intention of keeping
the Mayor's agreement, under irhich the
recent etrike was settled, with their
workers, union leaders drew loud
eheera from a meeting of leveral hun?
dred subway and elevated employes
laat night when they threatened to
paralyze every rapid tranait and sur?
face line in the city within twenty-four
hours unless there was a radical change
on the part of "Shonta and his gang."
"If things don't change, I hope IB
will tie New York up again ai it BBfl
never been tied up before," cried P. H.
Reardon, a member of the executive
board of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway Em?
ployes of Ameriea, which has been en
gineering tho men'g end of the fight
with the linea. "The agreement made
with the Mayor and with the chairman
of the Public Servlca Commission
hasn't been earried out by any of ths
companies.
"If it comes to a question between
the interests of the street car men and
the interests of the public, I say, the
car men, for me! Mr. Shonts and Mr.
Hedley and Mr. Wood and the rest of
tha gang have aigned their names to
an agreement and I tell you hare they
are doing ererythinf they poaaibly can
to prevent tho carrying out of that
agreement The only thing left ia to
force them. If you eould lick them in
the unorgamzed condition you were in
ten days ago, organized you eould
paralyze them. Shonts is a big fellow.
but I tell you Shonts and the rest of
his gang, gang, gang aro trying to
hand it to you. They ara handing you
a lot of bunk.
Aaaaila tho Mayor.
"And what ia more; I say to Mayor
Mitchel and to (hairman Straus of the
Public Serviee < ommission; where ar?
you, that you are not in New Vork to
-<-e that the agreement is earried out?
'1 neir place is in New York City to se.
that the agreement with the gang is
earried out. I tell them to come baek
here and se? to it. and if they don't
you can't fll mo they are doing their
jobs."
The gathering was a general mass
meeting of the employe* of the sub?
way and elevated lines at the Lyeeum,
at Eighty-sixth Street and Third Ave
rn)?, for the purpose of enrolling mem?
bers in the union. electing officers and
? ...g rommittees to present their
detailcd demands to the companies.
Ihe meetings held Monday night it
-h'.rh Messrs. Shonts and Hedley a_
dressed the men in eoneiliatory tones
.?-'?-. to excite the union lead?r_, aa
{ on___._?_ oa p__c? S, ?*-___? >
? Eight-Hour Day Conceded.
The railroads, on the other hand,
are willing to coneede an eight-hour
day in principle, providing an ar
rangement is made for the Inter?
atate Commerce Commissiun or some
other body to determine its pra. -
ticability and method of applieation.
The plan that is expected to be
presented to both sides, providing tho
President is able to make both MM
to terms at all, requires important
concessions from each. Taking the
employes at their word, that they
seek only better working condition-.
the President is endeavoring to grt
the railroads to agreo to grant them
an eight-hour day. In considerati'-i
of that, it la proposed that the rail?
roads will waive their counter pn>
posals and that the men will forget,
or perhaps consent to arbitrate. thtir
demand for time aml a half pa;
overtime.
The settlement is still up to tiie.
railroad managers to-night. I |_
brotherhood presidents and dc'.<v
are satistied with the ..ituation. 'I bfl '
'are willing to give President Wilson
! courtesy, consideration and oppor?
tunity to effect an t. .-.able agree
I ment, but beyond that they wi1!
not go.
Might Arbitrate Overtime.
It ia quite probable, however, that
if they were granted an eight-hour
. day without a etring to it, they
woald consent to arbitrate their
punitive overtime demand. Rut on
that score they are keeping their ov.n
counsel and to all intents and pur?
poses have r.ot receded from tho
' stand they took before the mediation
: board, that they would not arbitrat.
anything.
The brotherhood chief* do not Bl
| pect to b* called to th*> Whita H ?
again before late to-morrow afternon
, or Thursday morning. The Presider.*
plans to _pend most of to-morrow ?*
'the railroad manager*. Th.y ha-?
1 made just as strong a statement ot
I their case and presented as complet*
' juatification for their stand as thT
[ union officials, but the conemmon upo .
| which ar.y settlement of the rontro
versy depend. must come from their
side. The President pursued at the b?
; ginning a different policy toward th*
managers latt night, the method h .
uses on recalcitrant Congressmen anl
1 Senators by individual meetings.
Elisha La_t chairman of th? con.
j ference eommittee of managers, w_t
'called to th?- White Hou.c ''-r a |"
| sonal chat w-th the President.
The ?wo Matenient. tliat earur
| the President during the day throu-.'*
Soeratary Tumulty gi.e an adaajaata
idea, in spite of their brevity. ..'
how little progress is bemg man* Th*
first one, ir-sued after the manager*'
committee left the White House th t
morning, having diseussed the situetto .
with the President for an hour and ,.
half, was thia:
"Th* Pr*?id .nt *p*nt aa hour aad ?,