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Capture of Foe's
Iron Sources Is
Pershing's Task
Smashing of Salient Only
Beginning of Offensive
Against Foe's Vitals
Allies Turn Tables
j^ss of Lorraine Would Dis?
locate Hindenburg's Whole
Plan of Defence
By C. W. Gilbert
v ASHINGTOX. S( pt. 13. The Capi
," of sat sfacl on over the suc
,cs^ of General Pershing at St. Mihiel.
ti-p salient is regarded as plainly
uiped out. Whether the Germans in it
have beer : icketed and will be capt?
ured, whether the confusioi of the
Germans has cr?ale.i a "soft spot"
n-r . -.. nal le the American com
mander : i advance toward Metz, re
ma ns to 1 e s? < : 1;u: this is the first
hie American smash at Germans, the
French troops cooperating being un
?cr th.- command of the American gen
frg': ?- vf?! ?? " -i -: the established
? ..? had been held four
vears, ai swepl over them as over
, c ition of bio? ks. It is
here that this is the bis
offensive. The purpose of it. is sup?
posed to have been preparatory to that
drive.
The St Mihiel salient stuck out into
France like the fist of a pugilist. Be?
hind that fist, in Lorraine, dominated
by Met:, an tl ? vitals of Germany, the
roi mini i sei/.ed from
France. trik? at these the Allies
. :?? the vest at
Verdun, or i the < :i ?: up the valley
A Metz, eif her side of
'. would have had a
ink. and must have
Pershing has
battere Hindenburg guard.
Hie 6 n on the West freno is
of what it
was at th? gr< i I German
r. The Allies
thei pots, the Channel
and Pai ad to be protected
? ' - ' ?' ' I many could
ither one.
two vital spots,
the iron Loi ra i e and the coal
es, of ' Lilli is the centre.
Foch i ate blows for
the cos ? ? . ne end of t he line
the iron s at tiie other, and
: always prepared
? ? r life.
against the St.
ws what will be Amer
e. It will be a major
e taking of one of
' G? rmany's defence and
" ti ' i regions of Brieux and
gii n is to Germany
hat < are to the Allies.
? - of the German army
and the urround
I cripple Hindenburg
-' ' ' thi ? hannel ports
: ? : I
I '-'- Metz is one of the
. troi g old i of Europe. At
p? rhaps only lie surrounded
i under bombardment, but
be sufficient to wrest eon tro
fon ore of Lorraine from Ger
' ". ite 'the whol i defence
of H;r ? ?
Peace Is Nearer Than Supposed,
Herding Tells Trade Unionists
? uni ?nurd from pURc I
to sow discord were ? unavailing, and'
that the Germnns wore strong enough
to ?each a decision "in our differences
of opinion ro r,a rd i up- economic power
and political rights, oven down to the
food question.','
The Hour of Dan-tor
Hoir von Payer urged the necessity
of the Germans holding together in the
hour of danger and said that disap
poillted hopes must he prevented.
justified hopes fulfilled and actually
existing wrongs redressed. Regarding
the Prussian suffrage bill, which he
considered of prime importance, ho
said that, "it is no longer Prussian,
but eminently a German question,"
and on its decision depends the con?
fidence which the population iliacos in
the Prussian and the imperial govern?
ment. Further postponement, he said,
is not permissible, adding "moreover,
it is my belief that the decision of the
Prussian government may be regarded
as already taken, and if equal suffrage
does not issue from the committee of
the upper house the government will
proceed to dissolution."
Von Payer considered that the pres?
ent terrible struggle would not end with
a peace of the customary character. A
mere glance at the state of complete
exhaustion of the world excludes such
a possibility, he said.
"In former peace negotiations," he
said, "the middle ami lower classes
when it came to the council table fell
quietly into the background. This is
now over, and the governments will
conclude the coming peace treaties in
ciose harmony with the entire people.
Russia, he thought, might have, re?
mained in capable existence if she had
granted tolerable conditions to the en?
slaved races by a federal constitution.
Won't Give I'p Poland
''We cannot hand over Poland to
Russia," he added, "nor can we assist
in having Finland again placed under
the Russian yoke. We cannot leave
to their fate the border states which
lie on the German frontier and the Hal
tic to be subjected apainst their will
to Russian imperialism or thrown into
the perils of civil war and anarchy.
"In fact, these states, having come to
an understanding with us, as those
most nearly interested, can only be an
advantage to the world, and we can
never permit any one to meddle with us
in this matter from the standpoint of
the present European balance of
power, or rather British predomi?
nance."
He asserted that Germany had ponce
in the Fast and would not submit to
the Entente for it's approval or altera?
tion the peace treaties with the
Ukraine, Russia and Rumania.
"For the rest, the territorial pos?
sessions which existed before the war
can everywhere be restored," the
speaker added. "A preliminary con?
dition for us and our allies is that all
the territory should again be restored
which we possesseil on August 1, 1914.
Germany must, therefore, in the lirsr.
place receive back her colonies, in
which connection the idea of an ex?
change on the grounds ?if expediency
need not be excluded.
"We Germans, as soon as peace is
concluded, can evacuate the occupied
regions. We can, when once things
have been got to that stage, restore.
Belgium. If we and our Allies are
once airain m possession of what be?
longed to us and if we first are sure
that m Belgium no other state will be
more favorably placed than we, then
Belgium, 1 think I may say, can lie
given back without encumbrance and
without reserve "
Denies Belgium Sympathy
The Vice-Chancellor said a requisite
understanding between Germany and
Belgium was easier because their eco?
nomic interests frequently were paral?
lel, and that Belgium was directly de?
pendent upon Germany as a hinterland.
lie said In' had no reason to doubt that
tie Flemish question could be solved
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tice and wise statesmanship
"It is hypocrisy to represent Belgium
ns the innocent victim of our policy."
von Payer said, "and to clothe her, as
il were, in the white garment of inno?
cence. The Belgian governmenl am!
that is what matters, not the Belgian
people took an active part in (?real
Britain's policy of encircling Germany."
The Vice-Chancellor said (here still
was the question of war indemnities
from one or the other party, and had
Germany "been allowed to pursue her
work hi peace there would have been
no war or in jury."
Would "Waive Indemnity''
"There can be no question, therefore,
of our paying," von Payer said, "hut
only whether we should receive com?
pensation for the injuries inflicted on
us. We are deeply convinced that as
the innocent and attacked party we
have :?. right to indemnification. To go
on nrosecuting the war. however, to
that point would cost, us such heavy
sacrifices, irreparable by money, that
we prefer, on calm reflection, and even
with our favorable military situai ion,
to abandon this idea, quite apari from
the question of jeopardizing a future
peace which would be inevitable if com?
pensation wen- forcibly urged.
"VV< place the responsibility for the
blood which will yet fall on the shoul?
ders of cut- enemies, but whoever will
not hear must fall. On our outer and
inner from the will to destruction of
our enemies will be shattered.
"Germany's strength, capacity, cour?
age and self-sacrifice, to which for four
years we owe everything, must, teach
them that it h.as become hopeless for
them to continue to wage this baneful
war."
Jurist's Plea for
"Generous Peace"
Brings Hot Protest
{Special I'ispatcli to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON', Sept. 13.-?Strong ex?
ception to a proposition by Justice
John H, Clarke, of the Supreme Court
of the United Statds, that "the German
people shall be invited to share in a
just, even in a generous peace." and that
"we must aim at a constructive and
healing peace," was expressed to-day
by Richard M. Hurd, a truslee of the
American Defence Society and presi?
dent of the Lawyers' Mortgage Com?
pany of New York. Mr. Il uni is chair?
man of the boycott committee of the
American Defence Society, which is
moving for a complete boycott of Ger?
many after th.e war.
Mr. Hurd's statement follows:
"Mr. Justice Clarke, of th.e Supreme
Court of the United States, at a recen!
meeting of the American Bar Associa
tion, speaking on the establishment of
a league of nations, urged that 'the
German people .-hall be invited to
share in *S-j;is!, even in a generous
peace, without which the permanent
peace of the world can never be se?
cured. We must aim at. a constructive
and healing peace not an angry and
sullen truce that will lead to further
war.
"Are there no moral distinctions be?
tween Germany, the red handed ag?
gressor, and tiie nations who are giv
ing up their young men to defend them?
selves? Are the highwaymen, the
murderers, ihe rapists and the tor?
turers in be invited in as members in
good standing to any league of nations
devoted to such idealistic concepts as
the substitution of 'conference for
strife, of justice and peace for cruelty
and war'?
"A period of one hundred years will
be needed during which a second
generation can grow to manhood
free from th.e poison of the present
German doctrines that 'might makes
right.' and that 'the state is above all
laws,' and Can he brought up under
the laws of morality and honor as
practised by civilized nations.
"Why should the Allie.- treat the
Germans with generosity? Judge
Clarke's answer is that if we do not
they will be angry and sullen and that
we must heal their feelings by treat?
ing them with consideration.
"Are we still afraid of Germany's
power. The troops on the West front
prove that we are not. and the rising
tide of boycott campaigns in England,
France, Italy and America proves that
these nations realize that th.e war will
have been fought in vain unless Ger?
many's power of again making war is
dest roved.
"Germany cannot be trusted. The
safety of the world does not lie in
trying to coax Germany to be good,!
but in taking away her navy and her
army and in imposing economic limita?
tions that, will keep her from the mate?
rials without which .In' cannot go to
war."
Kaiser Now Whimpering
In Speeches to Toilers
PARIS. Seid. t::.?Commenting on
the speech (if Emperor William to the
workmen at the Krupp Munition Works
at Essen, which was reported in dis
patches from Amsterdam Thursday, the
newspapers say the Emperor endeav-j
lied to brae up the shaken spirits of
the German people and to fight the de?
featist elements.
Tin- "Petit Parisien" says: "The Em?
peror gave up his grandiloquent tono to
adopt a whimpering tone. He does not
?peak any more of the antagonism of
the Germans toward the Anglo-Saxons."!
"Figaro" says: "There was not a
word in the speech which was not I
either an inhuman sneer or a lio for'
slave?, and this in an atmosphere of
bitterness and discouragement."
Franchise Reform
Worries Hertling
COPE.N'HAGEN, Sept. 13. The gov?
ernment iJ firmly decided to dissolve
the Prussian Diet if no agreement is
reached in the franchise reform ques?
tion, according to the Berlin "Lokal
Anzeiger."
Chancellor ven Hertling, however,
will .shortly summon various party
leaders for a conference, the art.cle
continues, and every effort will be
made to find a solution to the ques?
tion. It amis that the House of Lords
will be given full opportunity to con?
sider the question despite attempted
"terroristic m thods," plainly refer?
ring to the Social i >< moi" itic party'?
published demand tli.it the Diet be dis
so 1 v? i i immediately.
[t appears likely that a decision will
not be reached for a fortnight or more.
French Renounce Trade
Treaty With Switzerland
PALIS. Sept. 13. Dispatches from
Geneva state that the French govern
ment has denounced the Franco Swiss
commercial convention of 1.906. It is
explained that tins is due to the Fn
tente policy to put an era to all com?
mercial treaties in which the most
favored nation clause exists with a
view to preventing the enemy from
benefiting after th.e war.
BERNE, Sept. l?. The commercial
convention between the United States
and Switzerland expires on October 3
and negotiations for its prolongation,
I it is announced to-day, will beffin
{ shortly.
Peace Kite Now
A Round Robin
SEPTEMBER 10
liaron llurittn
"Our adversaries need only provide
nn opportunity for a calm exchange
of views for discussing and weighing
everything which to-day separates
tho bolligorent parties, and no fur
ther fighting will, perhaps, he needed
to brin^r them closer together."
SEPTEMBER 11
Kaiser Wilhelm
"Repeatedly during the past,
months the responsible leaders of
the imperial government have unam?
biguously triven to understand, to
every one who wished to understand,
that we are at all tinier ready to
offer the hand of peace."
SEPTEMBER 12
V'<m Payer
"We are deeply convinced that as
the innocent, and attacked party we
have a right to indemnification. To
go on prosecuting the war, however,
to that point would cost us such
heavy sacrifices, irreparable by
money, that we prefer, on calm re?
flection, and even with our favorable
military situation, to abandon this
idea."
SEPTEMBER 13
l O? Hertling
Peace is now much nearer than is
generally supposed. This govern?
ment and the army heads are against
all conquests,
U. S. Banner Will
Float Victoriously
Over Metz, Says Foch
Marshal Foch has accepted from th<
Knights of Columbus a marshal';
baton, inscribed with his victories
which was sent with a message saying:
"America will not stop before Mar
shal Foch, student of Met?,, shrfll tri
umphantly have entered the martyre?
town of Bishop Du l'ont des Loges an?
o? Marshal NTey and shail save human
ily and Christianity with the help o
the Allied arm:-."
In his reply Marshal Koch sai?!:
"I am deeply touched by the con?
gratulations and the delicate atten?
tion of the Knights of Columbus.
Kindly cmivey to them my best
thanks. The souvenir of Metz
evoked by you holds a large place
in my thoughts, in the same way that
it calls forth your effort. It was
from Metz that Lafayette went to
help your ancestors, and we shall
one day see vour victorious banner
floating in M*etz. "FOCH."
The batori?will be presented formall;
to Marshal Cecil by representatives o
the Knights of Columbus in Franc
either in the field or at the Place ?1
la Pyramides in Tans.
Germans See Kaiser
"Grave but Defiant'
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 13.?"The Raise
looked pravo and h.s hair has becom
very gray," says an Essen dispatch t
Cue "Lokal Anzeiger," of Berlin, d?.
scribing the appearance of Empero
William on the occasion of his speec
at the Krupp munition works, "but i
li i s eyes .shone the defiant gleam of
Prussian king. With elastic tread h
passed through the hall of the Friei
riel halle, where he was welcomed wit
a short speech by Krupp von Bohlen.
"Ile besan to speak with subdue
voice, then spoke more vigorously an
finally with a vim that carried hi
hearers away. Ho spoke foc aboi
three-qearters of an hour withoi
manuscript and with rhetoric whic
many Reichstagers might have envied
-?
Friday and Thirteen
Disastrous for Hun
Yesterday was Friday the Thir
teenth, a day portentous with disas
trims omens for Germany.
It cost them the St. Mihiel salien
and at least. 13.000 prisoners, an?
found American troops on the Ger
man frontier thirteen miles fron
t h ir start i n fr point.
It was General Pershing's fifty
eighth birthday.
It was the 104th birthday of "Th
Star-Spangled Banner."
It caused people ?o recollect tha
Woodrow Wilson, John J. Pershin
and Ferdinand Foch had thirtee
letters apiece in their names.
Wore K. C. Pin Without Rigl
Charles Wilson, fifty-nine years o
r. bookkeeper, giving his address as t
Mills Hotel No. l, was sentenced
three months in the workhouse vest?
day in Special Sessions, having be
convicted of wearing a Knigst of t
lumbus pin without authority. In pi
nouncing sentence Justice Murphy s?
"he is a man who will take advanta
of these times, particularly when I
fraternal organizations are doini: su
noble work."
Russians Rebel at
Trade Agreement
Made With Berlin
People Refuse to Permit
Promised Shipments of
Cloth and Food
Bolsheviki Face Ruin
Germans Are Also Dissatis
tied, Realizing Irresponsi?
bility of Red Government
(By The Associated Prens)
STOCKHOLM. Sept. 12.?German dis?
patches received in Sweden speak of
the commercial agreement between
Germany and Soviet Russia in the same
general terms as those employed by
the Bolshevik press. These dispatches
maintain the same degree of secrecy
concerning tho details as that which
M. Joffe, the Bolshevik Ambassador,
preserved when he made his flying trip
from Berlin to Moscow to complete the
agreement.
The masses in Russia were dis?
pleased by the arrangement, because
they knew it contemplate?! th?> salo of
goods so badly needed by the Russians,
and especially the transfer to Germany
of tho fabrics which the Soviet govern?
ment, had confiscated in great quanti?
ties in .Moscow and Petrograd,
The Germans also are apparently
dissatisfied with the agreement, be?
cause their efforts to .ship goods have
been so fiercely resisted, and they be?
lieve Germany will have the same
trouble in this case that she encoun?
tered in the Ukraine. In other words,
they seem to feel that the Bolsheviki
do not expect to abide by their treaty.
Russians Hold l'p Shipments
Les-; than a month ago Bolshevik
troops at Orsha rioted because a train
load of cloth was about to pass across
the German lin?'-, asserting they
would advertise the fact throughout
Russia if the Germans persisted in tak?
ing away Russian fabrics. The situa?
tion became so grave that the Germans
abandoned their plan to ship the fab?
rics. Small shipments may slip through,
but th" large consignments escape the
laborers with difficulty, end the cir?
cumstances are so widely discussed in
meetings that even the close press cen?
sorship does not prevent wide publicity.
The Russian public is in the ?lark as
to the gold payments the Soviets agreed
to make to Germany. The rumored
amount varies from' 3,000,000,000 to
5,000^00,000 rubles. The whereabouts
of the Russian gold reserve is a mys?
tery and many bankers doubt whether
any considerable amount, remains to
meet the German claims. The State
Hank Iris net made a complete report
since the Bolsheviki seized the gov?
ernment, and the statements of the
Minister oi' Finance made so far are
described by Russian banker-; as "a list
of liabilities on one side of the sheet
an?l printing presses on the other."
No authoritative statement is .avail?
able as to the actual amount of paper
money in circulation, but Cue sum is
probably not less than 0,0.000,000,000
rubles.
When ttie Bolsheviki evacuated Petro?
grad last February a train was sent to
Nizhni-Novgorod carrying various se?
curities of the State Bank and money.
The Bolsheviki boasted thai this was
the richest train on record. These se?
curities undoubtedly have been scat?
tered widely because of the repeated
political uprisings in Nizhni-Novgorod.
Gorky Accepts Post
As Press Agent for
The Bolsheviki
STO< KHOI.M. Sept. Ci. Imports
from Petrograd slate that Maxim
Corky, the Russian .author and revolu?
tionary, has accepted the post of di?
rector of Bolshevik propaganda. The
reports add that Gorky declared that
the attempt on lhe life of th" Bolshe?
vik Premier L?nine caused him to de?
cide to cooperate with the Bolshevik
govern m en I.
Dispatches received in Copenhagen
last month from Russia stated that
Maxim Gorky had been ordered arrest?
ed by an investigating commission of
tl.e Soviet government ami that his
newspapers had been suppressed per
manently.
Rear Admiral A. V. Razvozoff, former
commander in chief of the Russian1
naval forces in the Baltic, was mur?
dered in Petrograd yesterday, accord?
ing to a dispatch from Helsingfors.
Japanese Troops
And Russians in
Siberia Fraternize
(By The Associated Pre..:.--)
VLADIVOSTOK, Thursday, Sept. .0
(delayed 1.?The Entente Allied au?
thorities here thave refused to recog?
nize the Siberian government headed
by General Horvath, according to a
Germans Evacuating
Lille, Refugees Say
IONDON, Sept. I.'}.-- Numer
j ous fugitives from the city
of Lille arc reported by Belgian
newspapers to tie arriving at
Malinos and Antwerp, according
to a dispatch from Amsterdam to
the Central News Agency. Ap?
parently Lille ?3 being* evacuated
by the Germans.
semi-official announcement made to?
day, and have appointed a committee
of seven to administer the municipal
atrairs.
All misunderstandings between the
Japanese and Russian authorities have
been completely removed. The Japan?
ese and Russian troops are frater?
nizing.
All-American Blow
Celebrated in City
Brooklyn Bells Start Corner Ral?
lies?Staten IsUind Has
Flag Raising
News of the lirst great American of?
fensive on the Western front, with its
attendant successes, provoked im?
promptu celebrations throughout, the
city yesterday. Most impressive wan
that in Brooklyn. Shortly before noon
Borough President Riegelmann ordered
the bell in the tower of the Brooklyn
Borough Hall tolled for half an hour.
?'burches scattered throughout the city
followed the lead of the Borough Hall
and more than a score street corner
meetings were held.
Staten Island celebrated with a flag
raising at the fitting-out dock of the
Standard shipyard. Preliminary to the
flag-raising and the speechmaking, the
workmen in the yard paraded from end
to end of the yard, singing and cheer?
ing. Naval Constructor John Hunter,
on duty at the yard, was selected to
raise the flag. The ceremonies were
held at the suggestion of Charles M.
Schwab. Director General of the Emer?
gency Fleet Corporation, who is mak- :
ing strenuous efforts to rush to com?
pletion two ships scheduled to be
latin? lied September 28.
Mrs. Skeels indicted,
Charged With Murder
LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 13. The
Essex County Grand Jury to-day re?
ported an indictment for murder
against Mrs. Bessie May Skeels, of
Andover and Bayonne, N. J., charging
her with the murder of Miss Florence
W. Gay. of Andover. Mrs. Skeels was
also indicted for larceny from the Cay
estate. She is critically ill with peri?
tonitis at a local hospital.
Pierre P. Garen, prosecutor of Hud- '
sou County, X. ,L, took the first step
yesterday- toward the exhumation of
the body of Albert .1. II. Wilkins.
brother of Mrs, Skeels, whom she
nursed during his last illness in July.
Mr. Garven laid all the facts in his pos?
session concerning Wilkins's death be?
fore the county physician of Passaic
County, where WiUtiw* was buried, and
it is believed tha! within a few days
the Passaic County physician will re?
quest the coroner of that county toj
exhume the body. The stomach con- |
tents will be analyzed for arsenic.
Lloyd George Suffers
Attack of Influenza
MANCHESTER, Sept. 13.?Premier
David Lloyd George is suffering in?
fluenza and all his Lancashire engage?
ments have been cancelled. His
physician, after a visit to the Premier
a' 8:30 P. M.. said the latter's tem?
perature was still hie;h and it was
doubtful if he would be able to leave
for London on Monday.
Toul an Open Book
To West Pointers;
Studied at Academy
REPRESENTATIVE Charles Pope
Caldwel!, of Forest Hills,
Queens, said yesterday that the rea?
son American forces were first dis?
posed in the Toul sector in Franco
was because that particular battle- ;
held was as familiar to every West
Pointer as the multiplication tables
are to a grammar school pupil.
For two d-jcades, he said, that par?
ticular bit of France had been a '
subject of study at the United States
Military Academy, not in antic'pation ?
of the situation in which many of the j
cadets of the last two decades now- I
find themselves, but because its j
topography lent itself admirably to !
the theory of combat instruction.
"There is not a hedge-corner of
the country where the American
army is now located in the Toul
sector," said Mr. Caldwell, "that the
officers have not known for years.
Every officer of the army has learned i
how to dispose of his forces so as to
pass through right where the Amer?
ican troops are operating. It would ;
not surprise me if they were in Metz i
by Saturday of next week."
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Spanish Influenza
Discovered in Six
U. S, Seaport Towns
?Surgeon General Blue Ad?
mits European Pandemic
Has Reached America
WASHINGTON'. Sept. Li. Surgeon
General Blue, of the Public Health
Service, has made a telegraph :c survey
to determine the extent of Spanish in
fluenza in the United States, General
Blue has found there was a sharp out?
break at Fort Morgan, near Mobile,
Ala., in August, and a' about the same
time a tramp steamer arrived at New?
port News with almost the entire crew
prostrated.
Philadelphia posted a few cases
some four weeks airo, ami a few have
been reported from New 'York. The
Boston outbreak was reported Sep?
tember 11, since when the -pandemic
has appeared at New London, while
New Orleans has not wholly escaped.
"The disease is characterized by
sudden onset," said Dr. Blue to-day.
"People are stricken on the street,
while at work in factories, shipyard-,
offices, or elsewhere. First, there is
a chill, then fever with temperature
from 101 to 103, headache, backache,
reddening and running eyes, pains and
aches all over the body, and general
prostration. Persons so attacked should
go to their huir.es at once, get to bed
without delay, and immediately call a
phy sician.
"Treatment under direction of the
physician is simple, but important, con?
sisting principally of rest in bed, fresh
air, abundant food, with Dover's pow?
der for the relief of pain. Every case
with fever should be regarded as seri?
ous, and kept, in bed at least until tem?
perature becomes normal.
Convalescence requires careful man
agement to avoid seroius complications,
such as bronchial pneumonia, which
not infrequently may have fatal ter?
mination. During the present outbreak
in foreign countries salts of ?-uinine
anil aspirin have ?icen most generally
used during the acute attack, the as?
pirin apparently with much success in
the relief of symptoms."
Because the last epidemic of influ?
enza occurred more than twenty-five
years ago, physicians who began to
practise medicine since 1892 have not
had personal experience in handling
such a stiuation. For that reason Dr.
lilii" is issuing a special bulletin for all
medical men who send lor it.
"Reds" Charge Plot
To Prince Kropotkin
Famous Scientist Arrested in
Petrograd; Conspiracy With
English Alleged
LONDON. Sept. 13- Prince Peter A.
Kropotkin has been arrested at Petro?
grad, charged with participating in an
English conspiracy against the Bol
shevik government, according to an
Amsterdan <i spatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company.
Prince Peter Alexeievitch Kropotkin.
famous as a scientist and geographer,
was arrested in 1874 for his revolu?
tionary activities and confined in the
Fortress ' f Saint Peter ami Saint Paul,
from which he made his escape in 1876.
After living in many countries, mostlj
in England, Prince Kropotkin was en?
abled to return to Russia in 1915 by
an amnesty ukase of the then Emperor
Nicholas.
The prince since has been outspoken
m fis antagonism to the. Bolsheviki, '?
and early in January of this year a
report was received in New York that,
lio had been arrested, but this report
lacked confirmation.
Cincinnati Police Quit;
Home Guards Called
CINCINNATI, Sept. 13. From 3 to 7
p. m. to-day this city was guajded by
only forty-eight policemen, a strike
having been declared and carried ou'
when the second shift failed to report
at :i p. m. At 7 o'clock, however, six
hundred members of the Home Guard
went on duty.
For several months policemen have
been complaining that they were un?
derpaid, but no intimation that a strike
was impending was given until this
morning.
It was -earned by Chief of Police
Copelan that the policemen were hold?
ing a secret meeting. He sent three
detectives to the scene of the meeting,
but these were denied admission. The
detectives, beine; the policemen's supe?
riors, suspended two of them on the
spot, and when the names of three
others were given as having been con?
nected with refusing the detectives ad?
mission, these three were likewise sus
pended.
Half an hour later a demand was
presented to Safety Director Holmes
for an increase from $1,260 a year to
The glad hand !
In normal times it greets
the normal demand for good
clothes among the v(i?t
majority, men of modest in?
comes who want the mo'l
for their money as well as the
best.
But in war times it also
grips the minority who used
to wink at the luxury of the
tailor's label.
We give below what we
consider, one of the finest
letters on this subject that has
ever come to hand.
September 9, 1918.
Rogers Peet Company,
New York City.
Gentlemen :?
Although I have been a cus?
tomer of your firm for several
years. I have never bought a suit
at your stores. Last Saturday I
bought one suit at your Fifth
Avenue store and two at your
34th Street store, although ? only
intended to buy one suit. Your
Fifth Avenue store couldn't fit
me in the material I wanted, a
heavy Scotch tweed, so I bought
one of a different material from
the gentlemanly salesman, be?
cause it appeared to be such
good value, and I went to your
34th Street store where I found
the sort of suit I started out to
buy and the values appeared so
exceptional that I bought two of
the suits, completing my require?
ments for the winter.
In these days of profiteering. I
want to compliment you on th<
values you appear to be giving in
the clothing you are selling.
Yours sincerely,
(signed personally)
A size for every build!
A wealth of fine fabrics?
both imported and domestic.
The highest type of tailor?
ing.
Standards exactly as high
as before the war?we ard?
our owti manufacturers.
Open tram 8 to 8.
Rogebs Peet Company
Broadway Broadway
at 13th St "The at 34th Su
Four
Broadway Comers" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 41st St
$1,500 and the reinstatement of th*
men who had been suspended. A note
accompanying the demand stated thno
cnless it was met by 3 p. m., a Btrike
would be declared. The Safety Direc?
tor did not answer the demand or the
note and accordingly the second shift
men failed to appear.
Manhattan Shirts
Many New Autumn Patterns in
Fabrics of Special Durability
As the largest dealers in Manhattan Shirts, we
take special pride in the new Fall assortment? now
being shown in our eleven stores.
Unusual durability, in several fabrica new to the
season, is the special contribution of the Manhattan
Shirt Company to conservation.
The patterns are sufficiently varied to meet ail
tastes, for business, dress and recreation wear, and
the tailoring and ht are of that grade which has
made these shirts the standard of excellence the
world over.
Not only are the fabrics specially woven for these
shirts, every thread and every yard being tested for
strength, but this season particular stress has been
laid upon durability.
The colors, now as always, are guaranteed to be
absolutely fast.
Your Attention is Invited to the Nev Weber
and Hcilbroner Autumn Nedrvpeiar.
Weber &? Heilbroner
Eleven Stores
241 Broadway 345 Broadway 77S Broadway 1 ?fiN BfWww*
44th and P.oadwaT 1363 Broadway 58 Naatau IWNawa
20 Cortltudt 30 Broad 42nd and Fifth A*?.