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Suffragists and the Rural Vote.
What "Votes for Women" workers are
doing for the cause in New York
country districts. In
Monday's SUN.
' THE WEATHER FORECAST. -
Cloudy, with showers to-day; fair and
cooler to-morrow.
Highest temperature yesterday, gs: lowest, 75,
Detailed weather, mall and marine, reports on pf e 17.
VOL. LXXXII. NO. 335.
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1915. Copyright, 1918. by Ino Sun Printing and PubUnhtng Aisoeiatton.
74. PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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ROOT'S SPEECH
IAY SHAKE UP
. THEOLDGUARD
gtimson for Governor, Tan
jicr for Senate, Likely
to Be 1916 Slate.
$L1 HINGES ON PLAN
FOR REORGANIZATION
"Federal Crowd" to Face
' Hard Fight for Control
of the State.
Aiiunt, July 31. Henry I Sllmson
Jbr Governor nnd Frederick C. Tanner
tot United States Senator will be the
eandldates of the "Federal crowd" of
iftw Tork State Hepubllcans next year,
If tlx Constitutional Convention and the
jeople at the November election np
prove the Tanner plan to reorganize
the State government and the Stlmson
bits to reorganize tho finances of the
ftate. That at least Is the opinion of
(he old lino nepubllcans who have beerf
niching the work of the Constitutional
Convention.
The slap at the old Republican State
fnachlno by President Hoot yesterday
bsfore tho Tanner committee, In de
manding that the members support the
Tazner reorganization plan. Is taken 10
Indicate that the State organization He
publicans must fight or quit control of
the Republican State machine If the re
organization goes through the conven
tion.
The "federal crowd" realize that they
tould not, control a State convention
rd nominate their candidate for Gov
ernor and United States Senator, and
for this reason will not permit a pro
vision to be put Into the constitution
eliminating the direct primary In' the
Slate. The Tanner plan centres all
power and responsibility In the Gov
ernor an In the President at Washing
ton, and gives the Governor a four year
term.
o Chance In I'rlmarr.
The "Federal crowd" under the lead
ershlp of President Hoot rcallie that one
In sympathy with their brand of politics
would have a. better chance of nomina
tion for Governor and United States
Senator In tho primary than In a Re
publican State convention controlled by
the Republican State machine.
The Hoot speech caused consternation
among old line Republicans and It was
apparent to-day that they are to give
the "Federal crowd" a hard fight In tho
convention to beat the Tanner plan.
Their main argument will be that no
Federal administration at Washington,
whether under a Democratic, or Repub
lican President, has ever been accorded
u diploma for economy, and that while
the Tanner plan looks pretty on paper
In operation It would swamp the State
treasury
Chairman Tanner declared to-day that
his plan would go through the con
vention, or the people of the State
fcould know the icason why.
'The oltUeholders can't beat this plan
nnd elect their State ticket next year,"
he said, "nnd I propone to use all my
Influenra personally and as chairman of
the State committee to put the Republi
can party on record In favor of an eco
nomical and clllclent reorganization of
the Slate government."
"The Job holders and the patronage
hunters are not strong enough to defeat
these reforms In the convention," de
clared Henry L. Stlmson, "and If Mr.
Root repeats on the Moor of the conven
tion the advice he gave the members of
the Tanner committee yesterday the
tonvention will be swept off Its feet."
What Will Ilarnea Dot
Every one is wondering what position
William Harnes will take upon this pro
pped change. Those who know the sit
uation anticipate that he will etand by
those Republicans In the State oragnlza
Hon who oppose concentrating the power
of the State In tho Governor and be
littling the Legislature and the other
elective State oitlelnls.
Edgar T, Brackett. Lemuel Elv Qulgg,
Charles It. Hetts. Patrick W. Culllnan.
Itay II. Smith, and a number of other old
tine Republican delegates are opposed to
tin Tanner plan and Insist that they can
beat It They have not been openly op
posing the plan as yet, waiting for the
Tanner committee to make Its report to
me convention, which Is expected on
Wednesday.
President Root, who is standing be
hind Tanner and Sllmson. not only In
their convention work but In their politic-it
aspirations, served sixteen years
in nasnington rrs Secretary of war,
fecretary of State ami an l.'nltsd States
Senator Mr Sllmson served two years
Secretary of War and George W.
wlckersham served four years as At-
wney-ceneral under President Taft.
Jlr Taft, when before the Tanner com
mitted Annie weeks ago. favored such
R reorganization of the State govern
Went as l Involved In the Tanner plan.
"The prevailing view among the dele
rites who support Senator Hoot In his
"tort to reorganize the State govern
Mfnt," said Mr. Wlckersham to-night,
i that the existing government of the
"ate Is Inefficient and expensive be.
caue it a utterly lacking In effective or-
ionization and coordination In Its vari
ous functions, and that I n order to lint
n end to this condition of affairs some
ery drastic methods of reorganization
fust be adopted.
Kill Different Agencies.
"According ta the report published by
We Department of Kconomy' nnd Effl
ciercy mad by the Rureau of Municipal
''"arch thcie are at the present time
different bodies or agencies of the
Jta'e government, many of which are
entirely without any relation to any
ovsar of the governmental bodies or
' Jl,cltH' The functions of these various
Btwiei overlap and there is constant
it1' f0"011 nn4 expense as a result."
Those who have advocated a reor
MMutlon would distribute the various
Junctions of the State government Into
Appropriate dpartments, properly offi
cered and all reporting directly or In-
t .
u-i Continued on tiisth Page.
THREATS MAR
OF $30,000,000 BRIDE
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Spauld-
ing, Jr.
-Miss Barker's Maid of Honor
Also Quits Spaulding Nup
tials in Anger.
IlAnnoR Point, Mich., July SI. All
was not ,!a merry as a marriage bell"
for tho wedding of Miss Catherine Bar
ker, the (30,000,000 girl, and Howard
Spauldlng, Jr., which took place here
this afttrnoo.
The elaborate arrangements for the
affair had gone smoothly until this
morning. Then It became known that a
threat had been made to kidnap the
bridegroom unless Miss Rarker paid
175,000, and thla was followed by the
announcement that Miss Elizabeth Good
rich, who was to be maid of honor, had
had trouble with the bridegroom and
withdrawn from the wedding party. So
there was no maid of honor and Mrs.
Donald McFerren attended Miss Darker
alone as matron of honor. ,
Tne threatening demand for $75,000
on Miss Darker, with the alternative of
having her fiance stolen or killed, pe
culiar markings on a tree just opposite
tho window of cottage 69, where Mr.
Spauldlng had been sleeping, and more
than 100 begging letters, mmy of which
were threatening, caused James D. For
gan, Miss Darker's guardian, to have a
cordon of special police bar the way to
any point within 1,500 feet of the Darker
cottage to all excepting those who could
show proper credentials.
Gifts Safely Itemoved.
The guards were not relieved until all
the costly wedding gifts had been re
moved to-night, the bejewelled guests
had gone and bride and bridegroom wero
eafely off for their honeymoon In Drltlsh
Columbia, California and Honolulu.
Mr. Fortran late this afternoon Issued
a denial of the story told by President
Gould of the village to the effect that a
letter had been received demanding
(75,000 on pain of the bridegroom being
abducted. Nevertheless eight deputy
sheriffs were sworn In from the village
tire department and guards were
stationed at the entrance of the grounds.
Deputies In uniform also were on guard
until the wedding party had departed.
Mr. Forgan's own chauffeur guarded
the harbor side entrance at the dock.
Shortly after the ceremony the bride
changed her wedding gown for one of
orango satin with a white lace over
gown und wore a green hat before leav
ing the cottage for the train. An hour
afterward she changed her gown for a
blue taffeta silk travelling dress with
white lace waist and black hat.
The bride and bridegroom. Miss Rosa
mond Goodrich and Lelscher Spauld
lng, came from the Barker cottage In
an automobile, making a fast trip to
Petoskey, where Mr. and Mrs. Howard
H. Spauldlng, Jr., boarded the Chicago
train, taking n stateroom In the Chicago
car for the first part of their wedding
Journey.
Mrs. W. A. Goodrich to-day said her
daughter, Kllzabeth, who .was to have
been the maid of honor, had quarrelled
with the bridegroom, Howard Spauldlng,
and quit the affair In a huff. Her friend
ship for the bride, however, has not been
affected by the quarrel. The friends of
both say the quarrel was over a trivial
matter, but won't discuss It further.
Miss Christine Miller, Detroit, and
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Rtaim er ntmitahti wk i not ttctltt ell of (kit utliotu ulll confer afator
in "Tht Sun" iy notify tni thi PuHlcotton Dtpartment at onct by At phont
Q200 Bttkman) vU On mittlnt mUoni if U promptly foruerM ifpoutUe.
WEDDING
Miss Elizabeth Goodrich,
Who refused to be maid of honor.
Miss Isabel Stroh of G rosso Polnte, serv
ing as bridesmaids, treated the Goodrich
Incident lightly, but held the secret.
Mr. Forgan. Miss Parker's guardian,
Is president of the First National Hank
of phlcngo. and not easily disturbed, but
after Miss Darker had received threats
of the loss of "the man she has united
for since she was 14 years old he
thought It time to appeal to the au
thorities. He called on George N, Gould,
president of the village of Harbor
Point, iind told of tho letters, some of
which threatened violence to his ward.
nnd Mr. Gould swore In till the big men
he found available They were line 1
across the point. Those who passed the
lino were compelled first to register and
receive a pass.
The wedding was the culmination of
a childhood love affair. Miss Catherine
Rarker of Michigan City. lnd Is said to
possess n fortune of (30,000,000 and Is
an orphan. Mr. Spauldlng Is a son of
Mrs. Howard H. Spauldlng of Chicago,
was recently graduated from Yale and
for several months has been secretary to
thu general manager of the Haskell sV
Marker Car Company of Michigan city
tho stock of which formed the major
part the Darker legacy.
The ceremony took place In the en
closed sun porch of the Darker summer
cottage, overlooking Little Trnversc
Day, and was performed by tho Rev.
John H. Hleckmann of Mislmwaka, lnd
who read the single ring ceremony of
the Roman Catholic Church. James H.
Forgan of Chicago, personal nnd finan
cial guardian of Miss Darker, accom
panied the bride to the altar. A week
of prc-nuptlnl fostllvtles was closed to
day with a reception by Mrs. Nelson
Ludlngton Darnes, Miss Darker's cousin.
The bridesmaids were Misses Isabel
Stroh, Chrlstlno Miller, Jane Vincent,
Lorain Kstee and Rosamond Goodrich.
Lester Spauldlng was tbe best man nnd
the ushers were Mason D. Stnrrlng, Jr..
New York; Daniel Wlltard, Jr., Haiti
more; Kdson Manlerre, Chicago; John
A. ScuiUer, Jr., St. Louis; Donald J.
McFerren, Hoopston, 111., nnd Walter
Baker, Dallas, Tex.
Gowns of Wedding Party.
The bride's gown was of white chiffon
embroidered In pearls and silver, with
clusters of orange blossoms. The veil
was of tnlk, with n band of orango
bloesums, and finished with a small bow
of silver at the bick. The court train
was chiffon from tho shoulders, bound In
white satin embroidered In pearls, and
with a deep edging of satin heavily em
broidered In pearls nnd ullvcr, with clus
ters of orange blossoms. Her only
Jewels were a string of pearls nnd n
diamond bracelet, the gifts of Mr.
I Spauldlng,
I The bridesmaids were gowned allko In
I apricot pink taffeta, with green tulle hats
each surmounted by n Jewelled butterfly,
and carried white staffs on which were
baskets filled with rare tinplcal flowers.
.The matron of honor wore nlle green
taffeta, nnd tho Mower girl woro iph
colored tulle nnd carried an old fashioned
bouquet of Cecil rilaes and forgct-me-nuts.
The small train hearers wore
white satin Lcrd Fauntleroy suits,
Employees of the Haskell & Darker
Car Company, numbering over 3,000, re
celved a holiday to-day on account of
the wedding.
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'MURDER' INSCRIBED
ON BECKER'S COFFIN
Gov. Whitman Directly Ac
cused In Nnmo Plato Or
dered by Widow.
SHE GETS LAST MESSAGE
rinns for Funeral at 10
o'clock To-morrow Morn
inp Now Completed.
CHARLES BECKER
MURDERED JULY 30, 1915
BY
GOVERNOR WHITMAN
Such Is the latest protst of Mrs.
Hel'n Lynch Becker ngnlnst the con
viction and execution of her husband.
and the protest will go with her dead
to his grave.
On n silver plate nbout five Inches by
seven the above words are Inscribed,
and the plate la fastened to the top of
Decker's casket. And In this way the
casket will go to the grave to-morrow
morning.
Mrs. Decker said last night, nftcr a
reporter had been permitted to view
the casket and the plate, which takes the
place of the usual namo plate, that she had
decided upon the plate Thursday night
while she was being driven from Rough-
keepsle, where she had Just appealed
to Gov. Whitman for her husband's life.
to Sing Sing, where she was to take her
lust farewell of her husband.
"Was It any particular action on the
part of the Governor which caused you
to do tlilsT1 she w.ia asked
"No. it wa-s the whole proceeding,
she said in her usual clear olce, nnd
then ended the Interview by saying that
later, after the funeral, she will have
more to say nbout all the actions which
fuhnlr.ntid in her determination to have
her hub.vnd's name plate Inscribed In
this way.
ll'olir Words Ucciillcil.
It win be recalled that a few minutes
before Decker was led to the death
chamber Father Curry, his spiritual ad
vistr, and Father Caslitn, the prison
chapl.vn, having administered the last
rites of the church to the condemned
man. spoke to Decker about the future.
"Charley," said Father Cashln. "do
you go out from this death house bear
ing malice toward any one?"
"Father," answered Becker, "I for
glvi every one. From those I may hiue
wronged I pray for forglvenes."
These were almost Dcker's latt words
to reach the world except his responses
to Father Cashln s praers.
Newspaper men who had heard of the j .Morris Kocowltiky, 3, died at 33J Kast
casket inscription and who called at 133J street Just as a Mount Slnal Ho. -Mrs.
Decker's apartments at 2291 l-'nl- mU ambulance reached the door
erslty axenue, Tho Itronx. last night
were met by John Lynch. Mrs. Decker's
brother.
Lynch straightway said that the re
port nbout the Inscription 0:1 the plate 1
was true, and he offered to permit one
of the group of reporters to so Into
the room where the colllti was to see It
The plate Is screwed to the upper, re
movable section of the casket's top,
which at tile time was removed so the
face and shoulders of Decker could be
seen.
Hums oil Korelirud Hidden.
The casket was In the front room of
the apartment. It is black, with silver
handles. The burns on Decker's forehead
caused by the electric contact had been
hidden by the undertaker and Decker
looked much as he had In the das of
his prime.
When the lid Is put In place the silver
plate will be atnve the face.
At the time Mrs. Decker, her other
brother, George, and her two sisters and
aliout six fi lends were sitting In the
room next to that In which the coffin
was placed. They were talking nulctly,
but there were no signs of hystorics, nnd
Mrs. Decker turned her face toward the
door to see whom her brother was ad
mitting. Sho had regained her usual good eoler
and the same calm and quiet manner
which marked all her public appear
ances until that of last Thursday.
When Cailyle Harris was executed
more than twenty years ago for murder
ing his wlfo his mother had his name
and the date of his death inscribed on
his tombstone, wiih the words, "Mur
dered by New York State," but nothing
so direct as Mrs. Decker's Inscription
Is remembered.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Decker re
ceived her last message from her hus
band. It wan an oral message and was
gltvn by Decker to Deputy Warden
Charles H. Johnson of Sing Sing an
hour or two before Decker went to his
death.
)lrH(r Kept Hreret.
What the message was Mr. Johnson
would not disclose, saying It was a pri
vate communication, and that ho had
I no right to tell It to any one except
Mrs. Dicker. Mr. Johnson also brought
Mrs. Decker the plctuto of her, which
Decker had Insisted on wearing to his
dentil, pinned over his heart.
Ho took occasion to deny reports that
the execution had been bungled, and
told the widow that Decker had lost
consciousness with the rirst application
of tho electricity His Interview with
Mrs. Decker lnsted about ten minutes,
duilng which he stood In the hallway.
"The execution went off smoothly," he
said. "Tho only thing that happened
was that a small strap on the headpiece
hroke under the enormous strain. Then
the headpiece fell forward a trifle, but
this frequently happens because of tho
tremendous power of the electricity,"
The arrangements for the funeral
were completed yesterday. Services will
be held to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock
from the Church 'of St. Nicholas of
Tolentlne. A solemn requiem high masa
will be said over the body by the Dev.'
Nicholas J. Murphy, pastor of the
church. The Interment will be In Wood
lawn Cemetery,
M ANTON MAKES NEW
ATTACK ON GOVERNOR
Say Whitman Asked lllin to Get
Something on Cltr Administration
Martin T. Manton yesterday branded
as untrue Gov. Whitman's statement
that he, Manton, had given the Governor
the names of llvo men with whom
Continued on Sixth Page.
1915'S HOTTEST DAY
TAKES HEAVY TOLL
Heat Kills Five, Causes
Thrco Suicides and Pros
trates Forty-one.
WORST JULY ai SINCE '71
Promise of Relief Given
Prediction of Showers
for To-day.
in
The hottest weather of the summer
esterday took Its toll of the greater
city. While the mercury was varying
from 76 nt 6 o'clock In the morning to
92, Its highest point, at 4 o'clock In the
afternoon, five died, three committed
suicide and a fourth was saved Just In
time, one went Insane, five were hurt
In accidents traceable to the heat and
forty-one wero prostrated, a far greater
number than on any other day of 1S15.
It was the hottest July 31 In forty
four years.
The only day this year that came near
yesterday for heat was April 27, when
the mercury stopped Just one degree
below to-day's record, at 91. The hu
midity esterday, however, was high
early In tho day. It was 79 at 8 o'clock,
but got down to 42 nt 4 o'clock, when
the mercury was highest.
The local forecaster promises relief
to-day, however, with probable local
showers and a partly overcast sky that
will keep back some of the hottest of
the sun's rays. The forecast for to
morrow too Is for a low or temperature.
This change came n a pleasant sur
prise after the early forecast of con
tinued warm weather with iw letup In
s.ght until to-nv rrow.
It was noticeable that many of the
deaths and .icolder.ts and a large pro
portion of the prostrations came rather
later In the day t.ian usual ami com
paratively few about noon Several
died as they sought relief f:o:n '.ho real.!
Dies In Ills Clinlr.
Arthur Sprague. .14. a laborer. I'.vlr.s
at 301 West Hleventh street, sat Willi
a party of friends early yesterdiy after,
noon In the back yard of 30? West
11 At...... t. Inln,. In keen mnl I
I', ,,, tie .n,l. nml sud-
denly fell forwaid out of his chsjr. An
ambulance surgeon from St. Vincent's
llo-pltal said the heat had oaued h'. (
dtMlh. The body was taken tw his home ,
John Crlnlon. 45. a subway Inspector,!
died In his apartment on the four..! ttoj.
street, the home of his parents, before a
physician could even be summoned
Sr-i- a,eWK E
In
tlni of tho heat at 10 o'clock last nlgat,
when he died suddenly at his heme. )
After complaining of the hot weather.
Henry Schultn, 41. Janitor of K,l Man
hattan avenuo. went up tu h:x room ,
Soon afterward he was found hanging
from the gas Jet and with tho gas turned
on full. He was dead.
In Harltan. N. J . lMward Snyder, n
member of Company II of the Third
Iteglment of the New Jersey National ,
Guard, shot himself through the head.
standing before a mirror. IDs wife 1
said Snyder had been gieatly depressed!
all day, and had said, "If It would only,
rnln."
t...ln..AA pnn. U, (-MtllArltlA'd
1fn...l.l Ilia, In time In .TV 111.
or uecatur sircei, i-rooM... -i""- tuiv o. On her last trip out sue wa
ambulance from St. Johns Hospita. cn.;tt.(. by a German bUbmarlne off the
rouio reaen tne noue mu n.r .....-, .,.u.h of tile Mersey, but cscapeii. l-or
.l, .11..! .1r Vi.hn1:l -t-h-MdH- - A'" . I.,.. I.a.n
,... ...... , t several monui un- ...... ......
fi ur.m.mthH-old babv. died at loo James .., .,.ii rnm itiMtnn to Hnif.
life of Helen Taylor. 2fi. who took Iodine cum 4, fie anniversary of the declara
ln her home at 524 Metropolitan avenue, i tlon of war against Germany will li'
Dro.klyn. She Is charged with attempted ob.-ored either by religions service",
suicide, Though she would give nci I puDHc met tings or civic pantiles a a
cause for her act the police think It was ,i.,v f demonstration and a solemn re
the oppressive weather. neival of i ow s. In every Important town
The hoat diovo one man Inane. Hugh i .) m:iny villages both at home and
McDwan, 15, of S21 Avenue 11. DnmUlyn, 1 abroad, wlureier the I'nlnn Jack Is fly-
was taken rrom iieinesiia .-simianum,
52 St, Mark's avenue, Drookln, where
he was a patient, to tne Kings uoiimy
Hospital, I'lnslclnns who examined him
said thou- was no doubt that In his
weakened condition the heat had de
prived him of his reason. .
Many mothers allowed their children
to play on the fire escapes, hoping they
would escape, the worst effects of the
sun. Several of them fell and were In
jured. Three-year-old Corllppe Ksposlto
probably will die at Lebanon Hospital
from n fractured skull nnd internal in -
Juries received when she fell from the
.wmvi flnnr re:ir fin. escniic at the home
of her parents, 26S Kast 149th wtievt,
The Dronx, to the paved courtyard.
Flrr Rsrnpe Accidents.
John MrMahon, who Is 5 years old,
fell six stories from the tire escape out
side his parents' apartment at 110 West,
Fifty-sixth street. His skull was fr.ic -
Hired and lie was badly bruised, It was
said nt Roosevelt Hospital that the
child's recovery was very doubtful.
Dcnjainln Silver, 2. was more for-
tunato. His mother'nllowed tho baby to
stray alone onto the flro escape, and he
fell through the ladder opening to the
balcony below. Ills head w as btulsed.
but alter ne nan neen piasteien up no
ljin mil iu .i
His yearning for a cool place led Nel
son Schoolmakcr, 7, of 2.14 West
143d stteet, to clamber on the rear of an
Ice wagon. When the wagon started
suddenly a cake of Ice fell on him and
broke his right leg,
Of the forty-one prostrated, most woro
laborers obliged to work under the sun's
rnvs nnd where they were reflected from
hot asphalt. They fell In no particular
neighborhood i uptown and downtown
tho heat seemed equnlly deadly. Another
respect In which tho day wan a record
breaker, In Drooklyn nt least, was In
tho 149 ambulance calls that came In
beforo 11 o'clock last night.
Hut If the ive.Ulicr hit the city mid
Its residents hard, nt least they liked
It at Coney Island. It wns estimated
that nearly 105,000 Med to tho water to
keep cool yesterday, and that too Is a
record. It was expected that the largest
crowd of the summer would sleep on tho
sands, perhnps 12,000. Detectives and
uniformed police woro detailed to guard
them from pickpockets.
Along both river f touts thu plots wero
crowedod with sleepers, mid In the parks
and squares It was hardly po:,slblu to
walk about without stepping on human
forms. It became a llttlo cooler toward
morning, however, ns tho forecaster
had predicted, and for once all looked
forward eagerly to a rainy Sunday.
THK FI.AMIN'CO. OtIA A. M. TO
SAA ANNAll, AM, H.OHIIM, f tll.V.
lushest Ciue Mitel Train v I it .Short Line.
Inq. ticabuard Air Line Uy., 1UI Uway,
AUV.
Germans Torpedo Liner;
American Citizen Killed;
No Complications Feared
Submarine Attacks the Iberian, Bound for Boston
Warning Given, Says One Report Another That
Unheralded Shot Caused Deaths of Six.
61 RESCUED; WASHINGTON AWAITS DETAILS
tl'tdal t'uMe fp,lfcA to Tns
Lomjos-, July 31. The Drltleh steam
ship Ib.rl.in of the Leyland Line was
torpedoed to-day nnd Mink by a Ger
man submarine with a loss of seven men.
one of whom Is said to hnvo been an
American.
Five members of the crew were killed
by Hre from tho submarine's deck guns
before they were ablo to quit the ship.
Two othirs who were wounded by this
lire died later In the open boats before
they were picked up by rescuers, Tho
reninlrulrr of th orew, sixty-one otll
ccrs and men, have landed safely.
After tho Iberian was shelled the sub
marine launched a torpedo nnd the ship
sank almost at once.
Dr. Patrick Hums, the thlp's physi
cian, describes the attack as follows:
"I was walking the deck when with
out warning a shot came flying over the
bridge. It killed six men forward. The
submarine was within a mile of us and
i. er commander began talking through i
megaphone.
"He ordered 111 to leave the ship,
which we did, in sl boats. The boat
I was in also held Cipt. Jago. We
we-t alor.gflde the submarine and I
asked for appliances to drms the
wounded. The Germans gae me some
btndageo, and with these I did 'ho
'net that I could, for tre poor fellows
during the s.x hours th.it rlatu-ed before
we were rescued.
"T of Me eight wounded died. One,
.Mark Wiley, was an American, from
HoMon."
The wirvlvots were landed yeterday
.norniii.
.Vmur.g them are several cat-
tlmen. who will return to the l.'nlted
states n i-oon as possible.
n.erlan was of ;..2i!3 tons gross.
. . . Hnston on July 17
Manchester, where she arrived on
s
j- fnf ,,lt. i,it, Ciivornment.
sl)t, wag 43; flct lull( ami W1,
a built
. BRITISH WILL RENEW
WAR VOW WEDNESDAY
Kinpire Plans Deinoitrntion
for Anniversary of Clash
! With ficriiiany.
Mirntll l illile Iittpitch to Till: Si v.
l-iisiiox. July 31. Throushout
' llrlltuh limlliro On lleXt 11 e'.lnoSll.l , .U
, inc losolutlons will ue iinopieu n-vum
(lnB t, inflexible dr termination of tho
people to continue to a viiiuimue
the struggle In maintenance of thou
Ideals of liberty and Justice which are
the common and sacred ciu-e of the
Allies.
King George, Queen Mary and Queen
Alexandra will attend a special service
of humble pr.tyi r at St Paul's C.ithe
itrnl at noon The service will be con
ducted by tho Atchblshnp of Canterbury
' mid the Dlshop of Ixnidon, tho Arch
1 bii-nop delivering a snori uimiw,
j Tho principal meeting In London will
I bo held III tho evening at the I.ondi.n
Opera House. The Marquis or frewo
will pre.ide and the principal addresses
will be delivered by Mr. Dalfpur and
Sir Hubert Dorden, Prunler of Canada.
Other prominent speakers will Include
Lord Hugh Cecil. Walter H. Long, Sir
i Geo.ge Hold, D It. Wise. Agent-General
of New South Wales; tho Dlshop of Pre
1 torla nnd Dlshop Hoyd-Carpenter, Canon
of Westminster, and Dr Macnamara.
( EXILE TOR HARDEN?
j
J ,,,Mi Honrs That the Knlsrr lln
llimlsneii lllin.
j Spei ial Calile Ottpatch to Thk Sex.
i j,()Nll0N, jiy 31. It is reported from
Copenhagen that Maxmlllan Harden, the ,
Irrepressible editor of the Derlln
.ukuHlt. lias passed through that city1
In tho closest Incognito on his way to !
northern Scandinavia, where he goes for
an Indefinite period, exiled by the Kaiser
rrom uermany.
Harden, who has never been well re
garded by the German court since his
exposure of the "tound table" scandals, i
has been sent from his native land bo- ,
oau so of his outspoken scorn for the
olllclal apologists of the war. At last ,
this scorn has been too much for tho i
imperial authorities. As a friend of j
Dlsniarck, he inserted, he never recoiled I
ft mil recognizing that a policy of blood
and Iron was a grim and terrible one,
but he believed that the nation should
embark upon such a policy If It were
needed without pretending that It was
milk and water. She should glory tn It.
"May the devil throttle these whlners,"
he exclnliiied In one outburst, "whose
pleas for oxcusis tnalto us ludicrous In
these times of lofty experience!"
Ills recent aitlcle In his weekly paper
commending Italy for attacking hr arch
enemv, Austria, n-f explaining why in
iincoinfoititbly plain terms she Incurred
tho unmitigated wrath or the German
Government. The German newspapers
complained bitterly tint Italy had
stabbed the emplle In thetiack, but Har
den Insisted that It was only natural that
Italy should hurl herself upon her old
uppiessor, Hulden Is of I'ollsh Jewish
extraction, hi birthplace being Wltow-sky.
F Leyland &
IBERIAN WAS WARNED.
Ainrrlrun Killed, lull Wnslilntcttni
Ileum Sen I. bit Wn Oliejril.
Wasminoton, July 31. No complica
tions with Germany are expected hero
as a result nf tho torpedoing and sink
ing of the Drltlsh steamship lberlnn by
u Gorman eulimnrlne. In the light of
such reports as have been received hero
It Is considered that there Is no reason
to expect that this case will be regarded
n constltutlno the "dellberatclj un
friendly" act of which President Wilson
warned Germany In Ills last note.
Deports that one American was killed
when the Iberian was shelled by the
submarine prior to her being torpedoed
have been received olllcially at the State
Department. At the same time these re
poits stated that the lberlnn refused to
stop when llrst Mguallcd by the sub
marine nnd It Is considered therefore
that responsibility for ho consequencos
tosts upon the vessel and not upon tho
German warship.
Thu American killed was named
Whlley. according to Consul Frost at
OureiiKtnwn in hli preliminary report of
the case. The Consul's despatch fol
lows .
"Steamer Iberian submarined, Whlley,
American muleteer, killed. Ship Surgeon
Hum of tho lberlnn, nn American citi
zen, stated that submarine did not shell
Iberian until the latter disregarded sig
nal. Gave them time to take boats.
Whlley dioil front shock and superficial
wounds. No other American Injured."
This case is regarded .is exactly sim
itar to those of the Armenian and 4iiglo
('alifornlnn, on board of which Ameri
cans woro killed as tho veols were
shelled In trying to escape from nib
marines, whose warnings to stop they
had Ignored. No notion was taken by
tho State Department In these cases.
OR DUN A SAFE IN PORT.
Cunnrdrr's Wnlch fiir smbninrlnrs
llnd Sn Itmult.
London, July 31. The Cunard liner
u.-dun.i nrnveii sareiy at Liverpool to
day after an uneventful voynge
Hvery possible, pierautlon '.i taken
acalnst possible submarine nttnek. but
unnecessarily us It proved.
GOD IS WITH US, SAYS
KAISER TO GERMANY
Knipcror, in Manifesto lo His
IVoiile, lilaiiics Koi'i for
the Wiu
jrei,i CiiMr Oupateh to Tub Si n.
mstki:iam via London. July 31.
The Kaiser Issui d a manifesto to thP
piople of Germany to-diiy.
"An unpneedonted time of bloodshed
has befallen Kurope nnd the world," the
Kaiser writes to his people, "but before
God and hltory my conscience Is clear.
1 did not will the war, ns 1 stated a
ear ago No lust for conquest drove
us Into war In full gratitude we can
nay that God Is with us
"The enemy armies that boasted they
would enter Derlln In a few months
h.i'-e been driven hark with heavy
blows In the east and west on number
less battlefields."
MAY BE TEETOTAL FOR SPITE.
French fnfe Keepers ny The) 'II
( lose If I'lell I I'lilioc ileil.
Special Cable I'etpateh tn Till: Srx.
Pants. July 31. The wine and spirit
associations of Franco met in congress
to-day to consider tho position of the
tr.ido under what tho cnntriuei calls
tho exaggerated campaign against It
It decided to appeal to tho Government,
and if It is not llstenued to It intends to
hold another congtess to consider the
question of closing all wholesale and re
tall establishments engaged In selling
drinkables as a protest.
Tho pros generally welcomes the pos
sibility of this novel lockout.
TO FREE U. S. CONSULAR CLERK.
Wna trrexloil In llerllii nt
Instlgn-
,, , ,-,,,,,.,
Sptd.il Cable Uttpatrh to Tnr 8t
Dkiu.in, via London, July 31. The
American consular employee who nt
, the Instigation of the American embassy
was arrested by the German authorities
on a charge of aiding a Drltlsh subject
to obtain an American passport nnd Is
now confined In a military prison will
"I"
be released soon, it
s expected, nml
permitted to leave tho country.
BATTLESHIP SINKS BARGE.
The Nebraska, In Collision Off Capo
foil. Itrscues frew.
Doston, July 31. When about sixty
miles off Capo Cod at C o'clock to-night
, the battleship Nebraska, bound for New-
port, was In collision with nnd sank the
bulge Mabel I. Meallers. The crew of
the barge wero taken nboard the bittle
ship from a small boat they launched a
few seconds after the collision.
No word from tho battleship has been
received direct to the Doston navy yard
nut tho wireless operator there over
heard tho Nebraska talking with the
Wyoming regarding the accident.
It Is understood that the Nebrnskt
put nbout and Is making for Doston,
She cannot possibly come up to-night
on account of the fog, The barge Is
unknown here.
Bnngalne Tea, 3Sr, lb, I
Insist upen being supplied,-
nt Sunderland In 1900.
Co. aro the owners.
I. Mil,
LUBLIN FALLS;
TEUTON ARMIES
DRIVING EAST
Taking of Polish City Cuts
One Lino, of Itctroat
From Capital.
HINDMISUJIG- TRYING
TO ISOLATE WJSSIANS
Attempt Is Made to Pierce
the Enemy's Columns at
Three Points.
WAHSAW 3LAY BE
OCCUPIED TO-DAY
Kaiser and Kaiscrin Re
ported Heady to Partici
pate in Fete.
Russia, Hailing Allies,
Says Right Will Win)
Special CatIt MwfcA to Tine fjvi. '
Loxnosr, July 31. Ditssla'H tn
spiriting vow of loyalty to tho cuusi
of the Allies, as published in Ihf
Wotir.ic Gutfftr, was received here to
night, ,
The statement, which !s regarded
as Inspired, Is printed in all the
allied languages simultaneously, rt
says In part :
For a year past the enemy has
been threatening the freedom of
the world.
We deeply appreciate tho self
sacrificing .ild of tho Allies, who
have been exerting combined pres
sure on him on all sides.
Wo have firm confidence In vic
tory In a community of worldwide
Interests nnd In the iit.al triumph
of tho right. This fire tl. spirit
of tho nation, and It has been our
guiding star throughout this year
of bloodshed. It will serve us in
thocoin!ng month", it may be
years, of thio terrible htrugglc.
Itussla gnets her nllle, France,
Great llntaln, Delgluni, Serbia.
Montenegro, .lapnti nnd Italy.
All hall their heroic loyalty and
firm determination to stand by her
to the end, until the light dispels
the gloom
Special t able lr.patet to Tin Fi s
I.ONPOK, July Hi. DcHpit.'hc from
Derlln and Vienna Indicate that while
Meld Marshal von Hlndenbiirg Is ham
mering his way toward Warsaw 'argo
Germ in tnrcor are pushing ea.stwanl in
the hope of penetiotlng the new lt.i.nian
position at at least three points, thus
Isolating the various aimies
The occupation of tho rlty of Lublin,
southeast of Ivangorod. as announce
from Vienna, inoan.s that the Austro
Gonnans have cut the Liililln-Cliolm
rnllwny, one. of the important avenues
0. retreat from Warsaw. The ltiislans
battled valiantly to defend tills line.
The Hue upon which tho Itusslans ar
retiring, arconling to IVtrogiml new.s
pipers, tuns south fiom Kovno ami has
Hrest-Lltovsl; as Its centre. The army
of Gen. Iviinoff, who Is tip lit insr cast of
the Dug, around thn Zlnta I.ipn and
along the Dniester, In Gallcla, wuiibl be
Its left wing.
Gen von Duelow, who Is diivlng to
ward Wllna, south of Kovno, must cut
the new line and Isolalo tlio light wing
if lie succeeds. Another army union has
started eastward, northeast of Iumza,
would cut the lino and the I'etiograd
railway nt Dlelstoek, while south of
Drest-l.ltovslt Gin. on Woyrooh and
Gen von Mackonsen have raptured the
1. ublln-Cliolm railway, cutting off Kieff
from tho wom and are now south of
('holm, near the bank nf the Dug Diver.
They report successes throughout, though
against stubborn fighting They would
not only Isolate. Gen. Iianoff s wing but
would be In a j-if It ion to advance, upon
Drest-Lltovsk Itself.
Military experts in London expect def
inite announcement about Warsaw from
Derlln to-nioriniv, the nrst antilvorsary
of tho German dociaiatlon of wr
against Diissla. In the meantime both
Derlln and I'etrograd are absolutely .
lent concerning that situation Get'muu
airmen, according to soml-oltleial ties,
patches, report that tliey coulil hoe the.
Jtusslnns getting nut as they How over
Warsaw and other deepatrhes say thu
Kaiser, tho Knlserln and the frown
I'rlncess fertile have arrived on the
eastern front to participate in the tri
umphal entry, but they do not say they
are there yet.
It Is recalled that the Tutted States
I endeavored to save, tho battle of Santi-
A I II III.. .1,1
... .;...., : . '
ruler. It will lie Interesting to watch
the part played by Field Marshal von
Hliidenburg in the ceremony, lie has a
decided aversion to all public or spec
tacular functions.
BERLIN HEARS OF LUBLIN
Fall
Animation! hy War Office
WnrsniT Xo I nofficial,
Special Cable Despatch lo Tint Son.
Dkhun, ila London, Jul) 31. While
the wildest excitement provalln In Her
1m and reports nf the Impending fall nf
I Warsaw am passed from Up tn Hp, the
General Staff to-night gave n foretaste
of the great news only by announcelng
the fall of Lublin und the progress of
the troops toward Cholm. The statement
Is aa .follows:
Northeast of 1-omza and on the rail
way line north of Oorovo, east of
Roian, our attack U progressing, y
In the loutheaitern aection Kit
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