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Bl WEATHEK mkuiy rAia to-pay axn to ajoanow. iwi mi**h dim iti imiKRATlRI*. I.II1IIT N4M TH **I*?T T4> WKBT ?IM?M. TXill Keix?rt on Vege 10. 3XetDl|ark V_b_s^ Fire* tn 1 , Srtlmne CIRCULATICTtf Over 100,000 Daily Net Paid, Non-Returnable Frrsf to Last ? the Truth: News ? Editorials - Advertisement* Vol. 1AWI No. 25.485. l< tip.Tiaht Ifllfl? Tha Tribun* Aaa'ai.] FRIDAY. AUGUST 25, 1916. ? * ? OXE CENT ln New Ytrrk CHy. TtemarU, ./.-r.-t Clly and Hobokaa. R. R. Peace Plans Get Sudden Setback BREMEN DUE TOREACHU.S. IN FEW DAYS Danes Hear She Sailed from Germany Week Ago. STARTED ON NEWS OF DEUTSCHLAND Hamburg-American Liner from Boston Reaches New London. LlflllB, Aup. 24.-The German sub ciarr* Bremen ia expected to reaeh the Uaitad Statflfl in a few days, ac I to reports which reached Lon .'.ay. Seven days ago, says an Exchange lalflgrapk despatch from The Haguc. the owners of the unii-rsea liner re- j ceived word that the Deutschland had . eluded ihe cordon of Allied warships and would probably make the trip ? n permitted thc Bre leave. The arrival of the Dtutsch'.and at the Weser has made ber owners confident that the Bremen ean make the trip safel**. The Bremen is well on its way, ac I to another Exchange Telegraph . from f.openhagen. The dlfl-l patch iayi Alfred Lohmann, head of the Ocean Navigation Company, which owns reraen, asscrts he has received a -- from the submarine and that . e in America soon. Outgoing Tug Reported To Bc Seeking Bremen Bj *Mfl-*"jB to Tba MBrflM | london, ("-..nn.. Aug. tt Thr . tug of the T. A. Scott Wrejl- , rnpan*.. steamed out into thc .og ? night ia the direction of the south la of Fiaher'i lalaad. Oa board' . ptaifl Frederick Hin*ch. for naadai of the Neckar and tly active in the affairs of the irtatioa Company. Imiacdiatflly the report apread that tke tucr had received word from the , araa going out to mi ? ubmarine merchantman and B to New London. The Willehad. a North German Lloyd ? atflBflflfld out of thc B Harbor this morning with the (Ierman ..nchored in the lower har il ..'clock to-night. Sh" il -sel under German colors to leave Boston since the war bflgan. took the (ape Cod Canal roite, for fifty miles of her 140 ahfl ?as outside the three -d to capture by for the Willchad has been tho east side of the big new pier opposite the recently eiectcd warenouaea. In such ? position the and other submarines for niiy suppos.'.l to he mother, will be hidden from v. w when they tie up under her quart- , ians have completed the worn in the bif*- warehouse s Bfl that . ut night. ai well as by da-.. had'a arrival is taken to ? the long awaited subma n is row oflf New 1. and onlj waiting for a tender to bring thought that it i- tor this . ? that the liner has lailfld. Shfl wa-. the smallest of tht- refugee vessels n Harbor. The Eaatflffl Forwarding Company, the Arr,. rican agent for thc German nerchantman. chartereil tha g to officials OI Ihfl German Lloyd to-day. Doeking ra been made at New rhe craft. It wa" estimatfld, indgiag by the time ?he Willehad reaeh. d thc canal ertiancc- otf Sagamore, that she would reaeh New London late this bat phe has not been re I Al! Germany Rejoicing Over Deutschland's Trip Berlii.. Aui*. 24. Most of the build kad with fla--- in cele ?urn of the merchant ?ubrr.i. ehland. The n< a Oil bf Captain Koenig tke pjrominenl place in their editorial Comm.rt-. and discur-s the poflflibillty . ? tung certain much through merchant nea. -..enig and his ttaw have and the pres? l ,., .,? to ..... air and luct of the I'nited States na "Colof-BA Gazette" flays: "The, overnment was thorouchly , Md .. ? atral. Thc American i ? ,ctlv that the American wire duly respected by tbe I Bl the Krench. In- } . r.- taken after l r had surrcpt.tiously Mten ?,. }',Hy at i.ifht." ' . "Norddeunch AI1 '<? Zeitung" points out that ships ?f the Deutschland and Bremen type ?"ill rcr.der valuable services during^ '. but that their value will be ?Hflht on the return of peace. | ? i-onally expressed a-'i-faction at the treatment ac nim by the American govern ?*- '.. rr-rr. all parts of Germany. Aus vtfl-Hungary, Buij*aria and Turkey -rratulation are ?rriv '"* ' Koflaiff. Amoag the one from the Hungarian ?*???* < hamber- addressed to the Ger-, m*n R?iehatag. .,'ou"' von Reventlow, in the ?Oflflflehfl Tages-eitung," is almost J *<i'U-m-d ou --age Z, column 4 KAISER CONGRATULATES DEUTSCHLAND OWNERS Amsterdam. Aug. 24.?Em? peror William has sent the following telegram to the owners of the submarine Deutschland: "With sincere pleasuie I have just received news of the safe return of the sub? marine liner Deutschland. I heartily congratulate the owners and builders of the vessel and the brave seamen under Koenig's command." The message also expresses the intention nf the Rmperor to bestow decoration* on members of the Deutschland's personnel. ZIEGLER'S MEN GET 7-F00T SHARK Monster Dragged Out by Tail After Exciting Battle. [Bt Telr-rraph to Tha Trtbun# 1 Stamford, Conn., Aug. L'-l. William Zieglcr, jr..of Great Island, Collender's Point, Noroton, is the proud possessor to-night of a seven-foot man-eating shark that was caught this evening off his bathing beach at the island. It was one of a school of twelve which had broken shark hooks galore and had ig nored volleys of .45-calibre bullets fired at it by the young millionaire and his employea. Yr-tcrdny Joseph Crane, Mr. Zieglcr's stable manager, had a hook made of horseshoe iron, and last night he baited lt ?ith blackfish. This afternoon a foot shark swallowed the bait and tried to run off with the line of rope and chain. ft was brought ashore after an hour'a fight, and just as Zieg ler employea were landing it the heavy hook, straightened out in the strugglc, slipped out of the shark's mouth. The fhark was too far gone to swim off. and Crane leaped into the water and caught it by the tail. He held on while other employea hauled him and the shark out and killed the tish witn an anchor. Mr. Ziflglflr, who had superintended the .hurl; tishing during the week and had takefl Biany shots at the school, was aammoaed from N'ew York and he gave ordera tfl have the shark stuffed f.n.! mounted. Capt Sanborn, of Mr. Zicgler's yaeht Gani, examinod the "hark shortly flfter it was landed and he Bflid it was a man eater. Meantime, the Crirn -ninsflfl, Andrew farnepie's people. thc Renahawa nnd ither wealthy Collen der'a Point residents are foregoing ng nnd are indulging in shark fishing partil ? for a pastime. ZEPPELINS RAID COASTS OF ENGLAND No Report of Casualties in Mid? night Sally. London, Aug. L'.'i. (ierman airships again hnve carried out a raid on thc east end southeast coasts of Kngland dropping bojnbsa according to an offi? cial coinrminication issued early thil morning. Thi- communication says: "8 r.ral airships erOflflfld the east and southeast coasts of Kngland ihortly bflfoi-fl midnight A number of bombs were dropped, but there has been no report of ca.-ual'.ies or damage." -e DIES ON STAGE AMID DEMANDS FOR ENCORE Musician Falls and Audience Re doubles Applause. Twice Alphonso Athoff responded ti encores last night at the Bedford Thea? tre, Bedford Avenue and Bcrgen Strflflt, Brooklyn. The audience had liked his Tjrark Ofl the cornet, saxophone, tho slcigh bells and all the rc-t. After his second encore Athoff, whose stage nam n, fell to the floor as if exhaust? ed, while thfl sleigh belb fltill vibrate.l with the laat notes of "The Star Span gled Baaaci" Thc fladiflBCa thought that last b:t of stage work was wonderful. The man had aetaall) appaarfld to turn paU. They rfldaablfld ther applause. They stamped their feet and demanded that the muaiciflBt whfl was also such flfl actor, at IflBBt show himself again. i mtl did BOt appear. Benjamin Jackson, the nlanager. explained that h,-. apparet.t SWOOB ha.l been a real one. That was so the audience would not get panicstricken, as audiences do without excuse. i ..riti was dead in the wings, and hi" wife was weeping besi.L' him. DOCTOR U5ES AIRSHIP IN ANSWERING CALL Flies Across Great South Bay to Fire Island Patient. Bagflharfl, H. V., Aui* ti. To reaeh a patient on Fire Island Dr. George S. King used a Curtiss flying boat yester? day to cross Great South Bay. Mrs. King nccompanied him. The six-and-a-hnlf-mile trip required onlv seven minutes. The operator landed thfl t,0,,t in thc Wl*t'r ne?r nnd earrifld the doctor to the OB his bark. Is the physician was attending ? ient Mrs. King took a little trip, cireling Firfl Ifllaad Liflit several hun? dred feet in the air and fUmg out over thc Atlantic for a short distance. ENDS LIFE ON MOTOR BOAT AS WOWAN WAITS She Vanishes After S. M. Van Alien, Once Rich, Shoots Himself. BITTER LETTERS LEFT TO FAMILY Visitor Says Man, Though Married, Hoped to Wed Her. Stephen M. Van Alien. expert riflfl shot, former superintendcnt of Madison Square Garden and manager of the Sportsman's Show for many years, killed himself yesterday in the mahog? any furnished cabin of his motor boat Hunter, moored in the Hudson River, off 138th Street. He fired both barrels of a shotgun into his breast after scrib bling notes to his mother, Mrs. Henry A. Van Alien, a wealthy resident of Ja? maica, and to his lawyer. These mes sages cxplained that a long series of tinancial and domestic ditncultie. had prompted him to take his life. On a table in the cabin the police found a sealed letter addressed to Mrs. J. M. I'lonoran, Suite No. 1315, Congress Hotel, Chieago. Through her, the wom? an of mystery in the case, the death of the sportsman was diseovered. For two years Van Alien had been 1 ivint. in seelusion on his hunting boat, members of the motor boat colony abovr i3f.th Street told detectivea from the Fourth Branch Bureau. Al? though he came ashore frequently to buy provisions and attend to his busi? ness affairs, he had little communica ; tion xvith other owners of boats in tha colony. They knew of him only ai a recluse. At 9:80 yesterday a telephone call for Van Alien xvas received at the boathouse near 138th Street, where he rented accommodations for the Hunter. A woman's voice cxplained that Mrs. I lonoran, of Chieago, was ealling him. Woman's Request I.e-ads to Discorery. N'orman Dickerson, one of the boot men, stepped outside on the float to hail the Hunter, which was resting within a few hundred yards of the in terned German liners at 1.15th Street. He could raise no answer from the boat. "Please find out if anything has hap? pened to him." the woman hegtted over the telephone. "I have an appointment with him at 11. and I want to be sure that he Ifl there" Dirkerson nulled out to the Hunter in n roxvboat an.l climbed aboard after ealling to Van Alien several times. He foand the body on the floor of the cabin. The bontman notified thc police of the West l-'.".th Street station. An arabalanee anrgeon from Kniekerbocker Hospital reported that death had been lmtiintaneous. Ai Patrolman Kr-sig approached thc boathoaaa afttr complcting his cxam inal on ,,f the motor boat, he was told that r. womiin xvished to Kee him. She wr.s drflflflfld in stylish clothes. dis played expensive jewelry, and had I iu-'hed to the pier in a tuxicab. "Have vou n letter there tor Mra. 1 Ulor.ornn," at the Congress Hotel in I ChieagoV she nsked. Kssig had the letter ifl hiis hand. "Then piense give it tJ me I m Mrs. I'lonoran," sho eried. "I must find out xx hat rniule him do it." "This letter must go to the coroner s ' ofTice before you ean have it," the patrolman said. "Rut I'm entitled to it," she persisted. "Mr. Van Alien uas to marry me," she added, according to the police Snys Divorce Wai Planned. When itiformed that Mr. Van Alien had ? widow and si\teen-year-old son Iiving in Jamaica, Mrs. I'lonoran ex ; plained that she knew lt, bat Van Alien hoped to bring about the mar riage anyhow, She became |0 excited in her eftorts to get the letter tnat she fainted. Afl toOfl ns she recovcrcd she nurnea to her ta leab and aaed Boray before the police ascertained her addl-l this eity. The letter addressed to Mrs. Clonoriin was turned over to the cor uiier's office without being made public. Hoth the other tinal meesagflfl left by Van Alien were BCTawled in pencil on lnrge pieces of cardboard such as are i need to Btlfea a freehly laund.-red shirt. The one intended for his mother . read in purt: "I have no money ond no plaee to | lire I hope you Hre happy. I don't want vou or any of mv family to h-ive mv bodx. Haven't else to sav." This n.,tc the police said. also contained manv bitter tpithetfl and charces that ' hia mother had been responsible for r,.cr?t Haaactal nnrflflfl he had mf CTo William A Gillen. of Jamaica, his attomev, Van Alien wrote: "I wnnt to thank you for all that vou h ive done for me and ask one more thing that you see that my body goes to the" nearest college for the students to use for scientific purposes. After they have finished, please bury it in Potter's Field." Mr Gillen is somewhere ;n .New Kng? land on hts vacation, the police learned. Van Allon's body was removed last n,gnt from the West 125th Street; fltt* tion to the morgue, pending further Comtlnutd on paa* t, column 1 120 Tons of French Beard Doomed by New Army Order Artists, Philosophers and Litterateurs Mourn Passing of "Beauty, Soul and Jewel" of France by Shaving Decree to Men in Trenches. Paria, Aug. 24. The heard of the French soldier has been doomed in an army order, which directs that the men at the front must ahavc all except mustnehcs. The order has been the signal for the outburst of a humorous and ironic discussion in the trench newspapers, to which some of the most famous Krench artists, philosophers and literary men have contributed. Jean Richepin, the dramatiat, writ? ing in the "Fuse," says: "The beard has gone, but what ia the difference to us? In place of it it is courage that grows. Let the beard fall and French courage grow." Edmond Roatand celebrates the beard in verse aa a aymbol of "all the beauty all of France, a aoul, a jewel, a torch, a prod." Henri Bergson says: "I am not afraid to go so far aa to aay that the | visage is matter, while the beard ia i mind." Auguste Rodin, the famous aculptor, COLHARVEYFOE OF WILSON NOW Editor May Work for Hughes Against Man He Helped Make President. Colonel George Harvey, the first man ' to advocate the election of Wilson as I Tresident, and for years hia chum. is for the electton off I'harles E. Hughes. An announcement of this is expected i from the editor when he returns from hi? vaeation in Canada. To his friends Mr. Harvey hss expressed his desire to see the Republican candidate vic torious. It was said yesterday that he I would head a committee of prominent Demoerats arxious to help Huf-hes. The relations between the I'resident and the editor for the last few years have made one of the most dramatic and pathetic chapters in the "?***.?{ Kmahean politiea. It was ia J90TOat Mr Hiirvrv lirst proposed \\ oodrow W i.onSiaJS.1 lor the Democratic ? nom,nat.on for I'rc.dent AgfllB. i? 1908, he tried hard to iBdaefl *? ?? v-ho pallfld thc stnngs in the D?B? rratic National Conv.-nt.on to see t bia way! Brvan, of course. won, but the editor kept plagglag away. Wins Help from Smith. Farlv in 1910 he interested his friend r.an> ?***?" BuUi Senator James former l nite.i owai**" ? , y ... s;mith ir the Democratic boss of New, iTrtar' la Mr Wilson's cand.dacy. and Smith promised to name ***"*?? the Democratic candidate for ^\rnOT Vf \'eu lerBM dflflpitfl the protests of mo.^ffh^.hevl'emocrHt.c^ossesof; ? iL i-.te and he kept h'.s word. IMhc w_ni of Room 101. in the Tren ,14ith with Coloael Harvey convention *-nii*n, wi ? _#>_, ,ie!c at his -ide. sent for d.-lec*ate after de e gltr to come to thi. f.Bsoas room. and thev emerL-ed smilmg BBd happy. tt ood ' w wTuSS was nominated on tlie tirs ballot the next day. muoh ??J?e pnse of thc group of anti-m..cnine ''Vvery1 newspaper re.der knows what happened to Lith after Mr W IflOB*. election as (iovernor, but Cfllflflel Ur; U\ held his faith. Hfl worked all he harder. and his efforts were iawa**? when Wilson was recognized as ft can didatfl for the I'resident.al nomination. V, the Democratic National C_B*rCB tidn apnroached the ??and.dary of Wil? son grVw stronger and so d.d < oloncl , Harvev's enthusiam. Then something banpened. Bil months before thfl Ma r" ^ met the then Governor ot New, J.J.J, with a stroke of bil pau, de-, .troyed the fnendship of years. Hfl Xl Mr. Harvey Ifl a letter to s op , upporting h.s candidacy, say.ng that, ! t emharrassed him. lt was tho fa | mous "for-frVve me and forget my man ' ners" letter. Dropa Wilson's Name. Colonel Harvey took the name of Woodrow Wilson from tha tap af th; editorial page of ''??n>" s tt "kly. . which he then e.lited. What he said when ne did M has never been Brfated. He took his medicme without a whim ner. Bit the woutul was a deep one This all happened in December 1..11. In October. 1914. I'resident tt il?on grew pen.tent and soupht to kflal the breach He BflBt tet ColOBfll Harvey to come to the White House where the. talked over old times. But the ediior could not forget, ar.d It Ifl doubtful if he ever will. JERSErAUNTS CROWD JERSEY MOTHERS OUT Infantile Paralysis Changes Plan for Suffrage Meeting. Maiden sunts are to tske the p'.see of the New Jeraey mothers in the ! emcrgenry called suffrage convention at Atlantic City September f* to 10. The Board of Health has decreed ' that any mother who attends the con TflBtioa must be quaruntined for rwo ' weeks upon her return home. .suf , fragists have protested, pointing out I that Atlantic City is unusually free from infantile pnralysis and that the , men are permitted to eome and go I without question. But the Board of Health is tirm. ?^o many of the New Jersey suffrag-; iatfl are young mothen that there was I ereat difficulty in linding delegates to | the convention until the maiden aunta stepped in. says: "Men without beards, women without sex, statues without heads, bodies without arms, huniBnity without weakness, that ia my opinion." Maurice Barres gravely regrets the beard which, he says, was "a heritage of ; long ago Ifl which the dead lived again ! and which bound us mysteriously to the soil." He adds: "It was part of the war and of our courage." Henri Bataille mourns the beard as "a nest of souvenirs, dear and tender, somewhat timid and a little shivery." General Pierre Cherfils, reaioning technically, excusea the measure be? cause "the beard of a trooper weighi on an average *>0 grammes. With two million men at the front thia bringfl the aggregate weight to 120 tona. It was natural that the staff should think of relieving the army of this consider? able and useless weight. It was reason? able in creating heavy material to mak? in compensation light infantry." STRIKE LEADER HELD IN $200,000 Three Deputies Guard Patrick F. Duffy in Bridgeport Hotel. I Br Telf|r?ph to Thfl Tribune ] Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 24. Patrick F. Duffy, an organizer of thc American Federation of Labor, is held at the At? lantic Hotel in lieu of $200,000 bonds following the service of a body writ Tuesday evening by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Cunningham. Duffy ia guard? ed by three extra deputies, one of whom itays in the same room with hin overnight. * Txvo officers of the national organ? ization were with Duffy when the sher? iff approached him. The sheriff had warrants for the other two as well. The bonds in their cases would have heen $200,000 caeh, thus at one swoop increasing tlie liabilities of the asso? ciation hy $f,00,000. Duffy was quick to grasp the situation and his two companions vanished before the war rants could be served. Thc announced decision of Duffy t> sue thc four manufacturing mouider.-, who made complaint against him, and Deputy Sheriff Cunningham besides, caused the plaintifTV attorney to fore go the privilege of inearcerating Duffy. The deputy sheriff and his assistant. merely gave Duffy a ride past the jail in an automobile and then took him baek to the hotel. Duffy is detained on a body writ is? sued on request of the Pequonnock Foundry. The suit is for $50,000 dam r.ges, but as the defendunt is also held in connection with the alleged iniury xvhieh three other eoncerns . the Mon umental Bronze Conipany, thc Bridge? port Deoxidized Bronze. Company an.l the Manufacturers' Iron Foundry- havo suffere.l through the strikes, three ad? ditional actions for $50,000 are tt^eJ against him. As Duffy has no attach ablc property in Conneetieut, it wa* deeaaed necessary to hold him on ? body writ. Duffy Arcused of Threats. The writ alleges that the defendant conspired to hurt the business of the eoncerns. Further, he is charged with ealling at the offices of the foundries and threatening to call a strike if the demands flf the union men were no! complied with. It is also set up in the writ that he ;hreatened the wives and children of the workers if the men re? turned ti their former employment. It is stated thc* Duffy, while a former mouider and prominent officer in the New York locais of that trade, is not now connected with the moulders' union, but is a representative of the American Federation of Labor. Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan, coun? sel for the moulders' union. said this aiteraoail that arrangements had been made bl BBtioaal officers of the union for the bond, which will arrive to-mor? row. "Ridieu'.ous," said Duffy to-day in reference to tlie ehargee, "V, hy," bfl -aid, "here they are ac crising me of baT.Bg int.rfered wi'h . aeaa by instigating strikes at the Monumental Bronzt Company and the Peejaoaaoeh Foundry, when I wasn't called in here until long after the rner. were clle.l out. "Thev aay I cost them $..0,000 each for four week*. That's $1,000 a week each. One foundry had seventeen monldera I'm BOt countmg the hciper-, an,i corem.kers, because 'they're non I rodacers. How eaa a plant make 110,000 a week on seventeen moulcrs' xvork?" , x-erning bifl nlleged appearance in th ,tnce.- of the foundries with thrflfl ? Duffv laid that he had never BOflflfl of the factoriei that are suing him Charges Denied by DufTy. "As for my threatening the wives and children of the workers." he .aid. ; "we have a committee which investi C.tes the homes of the strikers to set if the amount the union allow. them . tach week is suffleient for their need*. C'ontlnned on p*t?ti. column I CZAR MASSES MEN FOR DRIVE INTO BULGARIA Rumanians Reported Ready to Join in Invasion. GREEKS RUSH TO COLORS Bulgars Advance Twenty five Miles and Clear Struma Line. [Br CaMa to Th* TrtMirrfl.l London, Aug. 25.?Russia is pre paring to strike at Bulgaria through Rumania. The Czar has massed a large army on the Rumanian frontier and on the banks of the Russian Danube for this blow, according to a "Morning Post" dispatch from Budapest. The "Az Est," which gives cred ence to this report, also states that strong Rumanian forces have been concentrated on the lower Danube and the Pruth, ready to join with the Russian army advancing through the country. Berlin for the last few days has in-! sisted that Rumania already had joined the Entente, but London has had no conlirmation of these dis-1 patehes. Rumanian intervention on the side of the Allies undoubtedly would force the hand of King Con-'? stantine and bring Greece into the war against the Teutonic allies. Greeks Rueh to Colora. Greek volunteers are rushing to the colors to resist the Bulgar threat, While Czar Ferdinand's troops con? tinue to advance east of Struma, the battlc at Seres is still in progress, ac? cording to advices from Athens. The Greek garrison at Seres has been reinforced by officers and men assem bled at Salonica. To them has been added a corps of Albanians. Many of the Greek troops are reported to have taken places in the ranks of the Allied armies and a furious struggle is prom iscd. Thus the issue between the Teutonic allies and Greece has come to a head. King Constantine and his ministers are making great efforts to prevent trouble, but the situation is getting rapidly beyond their control. Greeks Ordered to Retreat. The General Staff at Athens has or? dered that the Greek troops at Seres retire before the Bulgars. But the commander of the town has rallied around him a strong force and seems determined to dispute the Burgar ad? vance. Meanwhile the Venizelis.ts at Athens and throughout Greece, rt-alizing that their opportunity has come, are agitat ing for intervention on thc side of the Kntente. 1 heir ta.,k is made easier by the intense feeling roused in Greece over the heroic resistance offered by thc Greek garrisons to the Bulgars. Crisis May Come Sunday. The crisis may come next Sunday, when a mass mcting will be held in celehration of the anniversary of 1909. Athens is stirrd to its depths by the Bulgar mnaco. The repeated promises of the Teuton envoys that Greek sov ercignty xvould be respected have failed to allay the fears of the populace. Many in the capital demand that Greece strike now, before the Bulgar reaches his goal. In the battle whieh continues with unabated fury on the whole front north of Salonica, the pressure against the Allied wings has not relaxed. The Bul goro have now foreed their way on the left wing twenty-Iive miles south of Florina, while on the right they claim to have cleared the Allied forces frora the left bank of the Struma. Serb. Win Back Height. The Serbs are battling heroicallv to stcm the Buigar tide. ln an effort to check the advance west of Lake Os trovo, they have lBiinched an offensive along the mour.tainous front around the Moglenica Valley and have suc? eeeded in winning back a height near Lake Ostrovo. ? Because of the hilly country here, the Serbfl are confronted with a stu yendous task. They must drive the Bulgars from heichts which have heen strongly fortified. and at the same time muintain their line to the west. It is cfltimated that in this sector the defensive force has an advantage of three to one over the attackir.g troops. Bulgars Ilold Struma Line. On the extreme ea'tern wirig '.he Bulgars are tnaintaining their positiooa along thfl Struma River. For the mo? ment they have suceeeded in their op? eration here. They hold strong defence lir.es along rhe heights east ol the river, and io have removed for the time the threat of an advance toward Soria and proteeted their flank advancing toward Kavala. Because of this pre??ure on the flankfl Sarrail has not been able to resume his advance along th - Vardar valley, tkfl scene of the main operation to win back Serbia. Any advance along the railway toward N'ish xxill drive a narrow salient into the Teuton line. But, cutting in toolinu.d oa pag. 1, rolumn I COMPROMISE OFFER OUTLINED BY ROADS Washington, Aug. 24.?The special committee of railioad executives has drawn a com promise proposal which pro vides: The eight-hour basic day ahall be granted to the trainmen. The administration shall make every effort to obtain a freight rate increase for the roads. Congress shall be asked to en.ict legislation to- m sure settlement of futuie labor disputes through an investigating commission. FRENCH GAIN ON MILE LINE Complete Seizure of Maurepas?Flank Combles Ridge. [ nr Cable to The Tribune 1 London, Aug. 24.-In the faee of heavy counter strokes, both the British and the Freneh renewed the attaek north of the Somme to-day. Both blows suceeeded in forcing back the German line. Priving forward along a front ot a mile and a quarter, Foch's troops eompleted the occupation of the vil? lage of Maurepas and pushed beyond to a depth of 250 yards. This advance flanks the German po? sitions on the ridge guarding Combles on the south and brings the Freneh line hcre almost on a parallel with the front at Clery. The seiiure of the remaining portions of thflt vil? lage is thus made comparativcly easjr. Tho British pushed nearer Thiepval, gaining 300 yards on a 400-yard front and winning more spurs of the Thiep? val ridge. They are now within 500 yarda ot this village, whieh has proved the strongest buixva.k in the defences of the second system from Thiepval to Martinpuich. Freneh Shell Thirty-Mile Line. Meanwhile, from Sstrees, the south ernmoat point of the Freneh offensive on the Somme. to Lassigny, thirty miles to the south. Joffre's artillery is shelling thfl German line night and day. This may be the prelude to a wider attack. A drive in this sector would have as its purpose the forcing back of the huge German salient which loops around Roye and Noyon. lf the Freneh can cut a gap in the line north of the apex of the salient, they will endanger the Cf-rmans at the apex and so force a retirement. The new Allied assaults to-day were preceded by very heavy counter at? tacks by the Germans. These contin? ued to increase in violence, but failed to win any material gain in either the British or the Freneh sectors of the Somme front. At Guillemont. where the British have been creeping forward steadily, th" Germans hit Haig's line the hard cst blow. They reached the parapets of the British trenches and engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. Er.t they were soon beaten off and fell back to their own trenches. Sovecourt, at the _outhern end of the Fri-nch sector, was bombarded heavily again. This suggests that the Germans intend to open a counter attack here soon. In anticipation of this, and in the effort to clear the way for new thrusts, the Freneh guns are pounding away day and night. Dispatches from the front describe this bombardment as "of extraordinary intensity." The canr.onadir.g extends from Vermandcvillers through Chaul nes. and Roye to Lassigny. The (ier? mans, in efforts to quiet it, have sent many aeros over the Freneh lines, but Joffre's fliers invariably have driven thea_ back. (.erman Losses Severe. The German losses in their counter attacks are reported to bc exceedingly nevere. The Verdun situation has been r.v. r fld. While the Germans are pay? ing a heavy toil. the Br'tish and Freneh have been paying a rema kahly low price for their gains since the first three weeks of the big push. This statement comes from an ob server who is espeeially well informed. It explains, too, the deliberate strategy behind the Allied campaig. The first attacks forged ahead with heavy loss ( .mtinued on |.aflr 3, rolumn 6 MISS MACK FLIES OVER NIAGARA FALLS Committeeman's Daughter First Woman to Do Feat. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. _!4. Miss Norma Mack, a daughter of Norman E. Mack. of Buffalo, Demoeratic National (om mitteeman, is the first woman to fly over Niagara Falls in an aeroplane. Min Mack was a passenger to-day in an army plane, piloted by Lieutenant Ira A. Rader. Her father and mother xvitnessed the feat. "I wasn't a bit afraid," she aaid, when it was over. "Why, I'm going to take a course in flying myself. Spiralling over the fella did make me sort of dizzy, though." The machine was in the air twenty two minutex. lt hov-red above the great cataraet and with a swoop which brought garps to the throaM of on look-rs once dipped over the *ery brink of the falls. liiaa Harriet .Vi.r':, bIm a daaahtet of Mr. and Mrs. NorflBBB E, Mack. wax a passenger in a machine driven bv Major w M. Caaapaell, of the Bntish army. . EXECUTIVES WANI RATES GUARANTEED Say Wilson Will Con sider Modification of His Plan. UNIONS IGNORANT OF SUCH SCHEME Both Sides in Mood to Go Home and Fight It Out. 'Trrfra a BtafT Corrpapon-lf nt nt T*\* Trrbuna. J Washington, Aug. 24.?The rail | road dispute to-night took a sudden 'and apparently monacing turn. Tha I railroad executives, acting on an al leged promise from the President to transmit to the four railway brother? hoods a modified plan of settlement, decided to-night to present such a proposal to-morrow. At the same time they let it be understood that the whole situation might come to a head immediately thereafter. Whether this announcement was made simply for effect preliminary to a surrender by the railroads, or is a serious indication of their doter mination to fight unless the terms proposed are made more favorabla to them cannot be ascertained. It is regarded as significant, however, that the brotherhoods denied that they expected a different proposition from the one they have accepted. Wouid Cut Coat in Half. The gist of the contemplatod pro? posal that the roads intend to submit to the President is a modification of the President's eight-hour plan that will give the brotherhoods what they ask, but will cut the inerease in rates asked by the railroads from $50. 000,000 to perhaps a little more than half that amount. The statement from the executive! which upset the expectation that a peaceful adjustment of the con'roversy would be reached before to-morrow ni-*h? was this: "At the invitation of President Wil? son, Messrs. Hale Holden. Judge R. S. Lovett and Daniel Willard went to the White House at noon and held a short conference with the Preaident "A conference of the railroad execu? tives waa held at 3 o'eloek and a new phase of the situation of some impor tanee was laid before the conference by the special committee. "After considerable discussion with? out deh'nite action an adjournment was taken until 11 o'eloek to-morrow morn? ing. In the meantime the special com : mittee of the president* will continue , its labors." Karly Outlook Favorable. Earlier in the day it was conti.lently expected that the railroads would reaeh an early decision to accept the Wilson plan with whatever assurunce* they could get of measures for future in? dustrial peace and rate increases. This hope was not based on speculation only. tt". G. Lee. cr.e of the brotherhood chiefs, told the Tribune correspondent after Judge William L. Chambera, one of the Federal mediation board, had visited the union delegates that he be? lieved there woald be an agreement by to-morrow noon. Most of the railway executives wc-re more optimiitic, too, than they have been since they camo to tt'aahington. Substantiating these indicationa cama the follow;.- :.*. from the rail , road executives: "The railroad presi.ients and mana? gers met at 11 o'eloek this mor:.ing and discussed various pha situa tioa. A rec- n until .'! o'eloek. Hale Holden, president of the ( h.cago, Burhngton i '.uincy, as, chairman of the conference -tated: "'We are making progress :n elarify ing our fladflrfltauding. Ther- ar? many anf-Ies to this i-ubject which re qurre study. This we are pursuing aa rapidly as possible.'" Revolt Had Subaided. The change to-night appears to ba predicated upon the activity of Judge Chambcrs. Pollayiag a conference be? tween Mr. Holden and President Wil loti last night, Judge Chambers visited both the railroad and the employes' camps. The employes ?rr.> -.lent about thc mesaage that he brought to them, but at all events the revolt that broka out in the rar.ka yesterdny had suo sided altogether this morning. It was stated to-night that Judgfl Chambers had informed the railroad executives that the .President wou.d I present a modifted p'.an to the broth lerhoods without comment from him. lt was supposed that Ju .j-e Chambera k-ot assurances from the brotherhooda that the modiried plan to be submitted by thc executives would be acceptable to them. Then aga.n. The Tribune cor? respondent was infonr.ed reliably that the modit'ieations that the roadfl hope. to effect to-niorrow wyuld n>-.*essarily have to be n.'iried by t! .? uruona. After th? long i waian of the exeea nnnm-ers which ended lata ?aia**, tlie railroad executivea marked i.ssurance and confi lenee* in their pcsition Some of them ?ard ros.tively that thrv had a plan 'which would appeal to* the public aa