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MORE NAVY YARDS NEEDED.
Read F. D. Roosevelt's views on this fea
ture of national preparedness and use
Department is making of antiquated
locationa. In to-day's SUN,
Page 2, Section 5.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Cloudy and warmer to-day; to-morrow
fair, cooler; northwest winds.
Highest temperature yesterday. 71 ; lowest, 58.
Detailed weather, mall and marine rssortson p.ig 17.
VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 26.
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1915. Copyright. 191B, by the Sun Printing anil Publishing Association.
70 PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Greece to Stand by Serbs;
Bulgars Disclaim Threat;
Allies Advance in West
BIG SACRIFICE
URGED ON KING
BY VENIZELOS
WOMAN KILLED AND FOUR MEN INJURED AS
SECTION OF BROADWAY AT 38TH STREET
DROPS INTO NEW SUB WA Y EXCA VA TION
JStm.
Hellenic Railroads and
Steamships Taken Over
by Government.
BOFI V STANDS FOB
tRMED NEUTRALITY
FroiicO'Britisli Annies Win
round Over Long
Front.
) ili.'i1; rnllnvid and nto.unship i
g;:i . . i nn i.. f. n . -, ,j 1 11,-
Ooveinmtnt, Thg mobilisation order
asuel al Athens places 380.000 men
tinder anna by to mot row.
Bulgaria announce tti.it her mo-
I n does not necessarily mean
MI
The RugSgJllM I'lHmot Is believed
to have reached n decision which has
fx Indorsed by the Parliamentary
Inters Th nature of the decision
If not yet known.
rtr!.n announces that the long ex-
pr tfi! A nglo-ferench ofTrnsiv.-. has be-
t m and that the udvanrlna troops
Here driven back everywhere except
ir Champagne Parlataltaof raecMtful
sffenalve movements la Belgium, near!
Arras and In Champagne.
Tlie Russians have taken the nf
(: at several point on their long
front ami .it three places east of
Wilu.i. rrnrth nf Plnsk mil at f disk
their attacks have 1mii pressed vlg-
grously ami with success, .t Link,
they My, 4.000 prisoners were taken.
Von lilndanburg, however, continual
t advance on Dwlna . Tin' Oarmana
tOQ m.nitnie their loaeea, while the '
Auftriana any that on the Volhynlan
front the Russia lis were repulsed with !
llfavy loss.
i lie German naval command baa
been practically reorganized; men up-
RUMANIA REPORTED TO
HA VE COME TO DECISION
London Hears Bucharest Cabinet Has Agreed on Ac
tion in Balkan Crisis and National
Leaders Are Satisfied.
' 'ii' t utile Daaaaie to Thu lea,
LonooKi sept. II. Oreeb inoMllaatlon
Is iroceedlng quietly, the public shuw-
la apparent relief that the tension of
I laat few days has been relieved by
i 1 1 pven (hough thai action praaagaa
i . Wbethar w'ar win come immedl
tt I) does not seem to lw a settled iUi s-
Hi
t' 1 1
G
i tin i minils, the consensus bcina
hostilities between liuliiail.i and
ennot bo indefinitely postponed,
t tli a there Is no ri ason to believe
t will begin Immediately upon the
onipletion of th mobllliatlon in the
tu countrlea.
When tin iire. k Parliament DMOta on
VI
-day It will be askeii to pro. lalm
a.
irtlal law throus-hout the kuiKdoin.
lar a state of sleic. In Macedonia
1 lo take such other measures as the
i i demand. Fur th pfnti
r derstOOd, the National Hank
I:
idvance such funds as the Qovern
i) rquiri
iiioek steamers as well as the
t nes have been renulaltloned by
i inent ami a moratorium will;
be wtabhshed Immediately, a news I
S in despatch from Athens says, add- i
ilk
"Without distinction of parlies the
p - unanlmoualy approvsa the maaa
tire taken b) the iloverntnent In defence!
I Oreece." I
TI t twenty classes of the (ireek army
eniM fur in i he mobillaatlon sobeme, I
added to iii,. (,,ur olaaaaa already mottll '
lied, make a total of 110,000 mn under
Sin - These twenty classes MUM Join
II I ns by Monday. The ireek Xie
''ii Hank has gltiod p.self ut the dlK-
I '-.ii of the Oovarnmant,
K'S I 'Histamine, Mho has not yet!
feaulned mis usual health after his re-
tt i illness, was able to rOOCiVS I're-
ir Veniselos this morning. Report of
Ills ..ii i .'ii, e indicate thai Die Kins and!
I n n are agreed on (Ireek policy,
v s to include an observance of ,
Ha nation's treaty oMIgatlona. Thla is
i"'.. i.i mean that Qrcec will k to
i ci "f Serbia Hhould the Bulgarians
ii si rbian frontier.
n ii Venlaalai i quoted by a cor
t udeni of the i' Au Poeieii as af-
1 ihe necessity for an agreement I
I nraana. itunmnia and Serbia I
ordei to forco the Bulgarian Oov-
i I'm to give careful consideration 'o
I ,i I.- results before it eiileis the
.i in :i" side of the Teutonic allies,
RaaiaatavNa all tmw war.
b . iria's mobillaatlon has been an
i i ii) the Rumanian pubhc with
i 'man demonatratlons, according
l
I
t
un' h..nt despatches rooetved in
ilia manlfeatatlona becoming ao
it liny baVS hastened the de-
psitura of Un- Duke of Mecklenburg
L H'l ,. who bus been III the Rumanhui ,
Cipllal h the personal representative.
1 Umperor William, while Donslderlng
1 c Bulgarian ntoblllaatlon 'M " nat
1 in' runner of hostilities. Ru-1
1 in opinion still hesitates to believe
' d Bulgaria will actually enter upon
' . i full of peril to her future.
ih Angel off, the Bulgarian Con
1 K 'ill in London, who took a prOIUU 1
part in the negotiations following
i's liu kan wars, declares that It Is In
teliesrsfjgti that Bulgaria will fight Bus- j
ARMED NEUTRALITY
BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE
V' I'll ' tltif Ifiptl.th to Tafl Si V
LONDON, Sept. 25. An
official statement from Sofia
sent here by wireless from
Herlin says Bulgarian
mobilization does not mean
that Bulgaria has hostile in
tentions, but intends simply
to enter a state of armed
neutrality.
This step, the wireless
despatch says, is explained
by changes to be made
shortly in the political and
military situation and by
general conditions in the
Balkans.
Bulgaria, it is added, has
no hostile intentions, but is
firmly resolved to safeguard
all her rights and her inde
pendence, by force of arms
if necessary. Owing to the
movement of troops by her
neighbors, Bulgaria has been
forced to declare an armed
neutrality. Negotiations
with the representatives of
both groups of belligerents
the Allies and the Ger
manic Powers continue
and there is no immediate
intention to enter the war on
either side.
ppasd to granting the demands upon
which the t'nlted State has Inalated
with respect to submarine warfare
have beaQ removed, Admiral von
Holtaendorft succeed V tee Admiral
Ba hntann as head of the Naval Gen
eral Staff. New instructions have been i
given to r boat commanders restrict-
imr attack on paaaenger vessels, it
Is now said that all liners will be
warned of impending attack and pas
sengers and crew be given every op-
port unity to secap in safety, No
attacks aIll be made unless hoattlt
tent is shown beyond doubt, or
tempt is made to escape.
ln-ut-
eta ami Bngland, "her two boat frlenda,
who hacked and preserved ButgUr a ex
istence.' As for the reason fur Itul-
ganau mobllliatlon, tin- Consul-General
said
"if Qormany is Bring her cuns nuu
Heiarad
and Iniejiils to invade Seibia
thiouk'h HulK-i'ia or to march to Con
atantlnople, surely Bulgaria must be pre
jiare.i, and if in-r neutrality Is 'Infringed
upon must resist, she cannot resist un-1
1-c-- moblllasd.'1
M. Ansel, iff said that the tw. nty-six ,
classes called to the colors b Bulgaria
represent ?&0,000 man, bitter equipped
ami w.ih lu tter m ans of supply than In
the war UKainst Turkey.
"If the OOnceaakMIS In Macedonia had i
licen made month agO," he added, "the i
losses in Qalllpoll would have been unl
neoesssiy. as a Bulgarian army could i
have marched direct u ConatantlAOpI," ,
iiouiit ituiuar Promises,
Tlie Pi tit Parieien s.iy s the allied
Powers nave placed little faith iii the
protestation Oi Premier It.oloslavoff
ami thai they were nol surprised when
word came of Bulgarian mobillaatlon
Th, paper adds that representatives of
these Powers have been considering Jua; i
sucn an eventuality as new wreaicns
atid have been laying their plans with a
view to exertlni ihe greatest possible
force iii tlio Halksns. As a result ot
this foresight, the paper adds, lin y are
in a oosltlon to strike quickly with the
reserve forces in Ihe vicinity of the
Dardanelles.
Berlin opinion, ai reflected in Amster-j
dam despalchss, display- profound us-i
UmlShmenl at the mobilization in j
Qraeoe, Bitterness, is manifested '
against Hum in. a, us in the following
comment from the Cologne 0ggtf.
"Whatever happens in the Balkans ,1
Rumania is played nut Her role as a
link between Austiia and Turkey Is fin
is: id We shall pass through Sofia
That will teach Rumania a lesson for
siding with pur foes"
Statements given out by the Overseas
Ni-ws Agency in Berlin and roosived
here by wireless say;
"Oreek mobilisation is regarded s a
rn, asure of precaution tor probable
eventualltlea It Is not expected that
the King of liieece will give up his
policy of neutrality so long us th
In-
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Text of Premier's Letters
Bhowg He Would (Jive Up
Ravalli to Bulbars.
HAD PROMISE OF
IMMENSE (JAINS
Bleulkeeie k. PenleeBs la noun nt
th- Jo (in . Orrrk affairs. M. Vrnizrlas
as Premier tirped on OrMCC curly in thr
Knrofif wt lear thr fidrtsnlclol'y of srrk
Ing to reunite thr Statrs of thr Halkan
League in old of gerMa anal is oooaaro.
Hon tiith thr F.ntmtr Voiccrt against
Turk' y. King ( onstnntinr. u hos' trie
Is i ststrr of thr Knisrr, li rlinrit
accept this inrice and thr Premier rr
sinnrit. Oreea public siloa, lomtaer,
rmaalaed ttaadfnttly with thr prrmirr
unit hr mis finally mnllr,l to povrr.
tn thr present irttiintKm in thr Balkans,
HrilA .1 tMfro-iJcrmiia armies thrratrning
anothrr lavawioa of Serbia, nnd with
Bulgaria mussing troops on the Serbo
BulearidS ron(ir, Orrrcr may toon
hair to stake a decision bet totes .up-
jjorf of Serbia, ICffa vham shr has an
alliance, ami thr tlangrr of bring Irft
irlikoMl friend ' ta Balkowe,
The ellowiap irttrrs, written by af.
CrsUelos lo Kin CoMtanliae In la
period preceding his reaiasialioa ai Pre.
mirr. trptaln in iti 'nt Ih poaitioa of thr
man uho HndoaetetUMi a reeail of
his politieal i Iciory aeer King Con
itantlne, v ill have thr recponaiaillfy
decidinp thr poHon of thr country.
Yin i! M.v irsTT : I now have the honor
to sulniiit to your Majesty the contents
f a communication Which the British
Minister here made to me with Ins'rue.
lions from Sir Rdward lltey.
Oreece, by his communication, is aaals
confronted with one of the most critical
period .n thr nlatory of the nation.
Until to-d.ii our policy simply con
sisted m the preservation f neutrality.
In si f ir as our treaty obUfjatlona arlth
Serbia did not Oblige us to depart there
from Hut Sr are now called upon to
part . Ipate in the war, no lonajoi In order
to mint almpty moral obligation, but in
view of compensations which if raallaed
Will , !. ite a great and powerful Oieece
such is yen the boldest optimist
Could have Imagined only a few yers
hack
In order to Obtain these great rum
penaatlnn f real danger will certainly
have t.. he faced. Hut ftfter MIM and
careful study of the question l hold
v pinion that we ought to face ihM
I ingem.
We ought to f.ice Hu m ehletp becaUM
even though W were to take no part in
the war now. nnd to endeavor to pre.
-erve OUI neutrality until the end. w
should And nurselvoc exposed to danger!
equall) sen 'us.
Sfilmilen In
im oare r.
If we allow Serbia to lie . rtwhed to
day io another AuatroOerman Invasion
we have no sasUfaitOS whatever that the
Austro-i ierman armies w ill stop shori
front of our Macedonian fronrtleiw and
that they will not be tempted as a mat
ter of course to cojue down as far as
Salonics.
But even if this danger !e averted and
we admll that Austria, lielng sa.lstled
with a ' rushing defeat of Serbia, will nut
wish to establish herself In Macedonia,
is there any poastMs doubt that Bul
garia, at the Invitation of Austria, will
advance and occupy Serbian Macedonia?
And if that wen- to happen, what would
be our position?
Wi- ehuiilil then he obliged, in accord
on. with our treaty oc ntttanoc, to
hasten to the aid of Serbin UntOSS w
wished to Incur the dishonor of dlsre
gardlng our treaty obligations.
Bven if w'e were to remain indifferent
to our moral debasement and Impas
sive, we should by s.i doing have to sub
mit to the disturbance of the Balkan
equilibrium of Bulgaria. Tim powefi
thtu strengtfiened, would either now or
some time hence be in a isisltion to at
tack us, when WO should be entirely
Without friend or ally.
If, on the other hand, we had. In the
rlrcumetanocs Indicated, to go tn help
Serbia In order to fulfil the dut Incum
beiii on us, we should do so in far more
unfavorable ciroumotancaa than If We
s. rt.i.i
wenl lo ner nssistai now, liecauee
would already he crushed, and In
consequence our aid would lie of no, or
i at least of very little, avail. Moreover,
' by rejecting now the overtures of the
! Powers of the Triple BntSnte, even In
; the avenl of Victory We should sncure
I no tangible compensation for our tip.
)Hirt in their strugicle.
Let us now ex imlne under what clr-
cunistaii.es we ought to take, part In
till contest.
Above all we must seek the coniera
tmri 'n' only uf Rumania hut If pos
sible of Bulgaria us well.
If are should succeed In ohtalnlna
this cooperation through an alllancg of
ail Chriatlan states of the Balkans not
only would every serious danger of
locsl defeat be averted, but their par
ticipation would bring a most Important
Influence to bear on the struggle of the
Entente Powers. For It Is no exaggera
tion to say that their participation
would exerols an important Influence In
favor .it the ascendsncy of the latter.
In order that this may he brought
gboul I think we should make adeipi.it.
concessions to Bulgaria. Bo far we have
refused even to discuss any concessions
Continued on BeveniA Pnac.
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Flashlight photograph of the cavein at the northwest corner of
Thirty-eighth street and Broadway, where the false street surface over
the subway excavation gave way. A taxicab containing a woman pas
senger fell into the hole, and also four or five persons who were
DR. DUMBA'S RECALL
exp mm day
State Department Feels sure'
t In- Vienna Note Will Be
Ratiafacton .
FACTS KNOWN ABROAD
w istttMOYONi Sept. II. Officials of
tie State DspartmaM are satsfled
that such misunderstanding about 'he
Dumb case as might have existed in
Vienna is now cleared away It was In
dicated tn-div that the State Iicpatl
ment has reasor. to helifv'e that the re
ply of the Vienna Uovcmmenfj to the
American note requesting the recall of
Ambassador Dumbs will be forthcoming
very soon and that it will be sallsfa. .
lory in every respect.
By sadwnges with Ambassador Pen
held ai Vienna the Btafa Depart mcnl
learned that ill the facts in the Dumbs
case were not thoroughl known and
understood In that quarter. Const -qusntly
the Department has sent sv-
eial mess. ices to the Ambassador, not
only Informing hint fully of all the facts
which led t the request for Ambassador
Iniiuh i s recall, but also ot subsequent
development.
While this .nformation was sent pri
marily for Ambassador Pen field ' It Is
not doubted djiat the Foreign Office ha
got till benefit of It
Inasmuch as Dr Immba cannot get
home without one, he is virtually com
pelled to remain In this country until
his Oovernment tastes the action re
quired by the I'tilted States
Officials of tin- siste Department
pec', lo have on Monday the rest of the
papers taken from Archibald, who car
ried the Dumba letter Some of these
documents have bean received, while the
rest were mailed on the Cymric due ut
New York to-day. A decision In the cases
of ('apt von Papon, military attache
of the Herman Bmbaasy, ami others in
volved In this correspondence, will be
made after the papers have been re
ceived. With regard to reports from Ban Fran
cis.,, that dipt von Papen ami Prim
Halsfcldt are lo leave there fur HsXlCO
neat Tuesday, officials of the state De
partment said they were not Informed
1: was pointed out that ('apt. voit Pa
pen, as military attache, is accredited
to Mexico as well as to the t'nlted
States. Persons supposedly In the con
fidence of the Herman Bmbaasy have
declared, however, that reports that the
Captain was to go to Mexico at this
time were not well founded.
The Allies have cimiHetited lo insure
"sale conduct" for Mine. 1 intuitu, wife
of the AustruHungarlan Ambassador,
M. Jusserand, the French Ambassador.
tu-day gave llns assurance In acting
(Secretary Of State Polk. Mine. Dumba
and her maid will sail on the Rotter
dam on the Itth.
PROTEST SENT TO WILSON.
QtraMa IliiplUt liiirrlirgi Art
K it I it I l II II I I HUB) i Mortal.
Ni:vAitK. N. J. St'l -f' The Atlnn-
t lo conftrtnoi ol Qr?nin uaptiMt
chttfohMi ftl thi ilhlnth MiniMl nt4
Iiik i th Kirst rhurohi Clinton itvvnui
ami ifourttwnth Htift't, thii afternoon
adopted (h fiiiinwiiiK rMolMtlon and Mnt
h taUffram emiH)dyTnf u t" PrMldanl
WilHi'ii :
"Wi1 I'fiininnd ihe Cornier uttihide of
PrMldtnt WilMitn that our country re
main neutral In ihounht, word and deed.
wi Intrefore Mrnevtly proteil Kaainvl
the exportation of thlnfl which kill ti
any of the wutriiiR natloiiN uf Kurope.
We pray hal ihat our felr land may
emerg" with rlean hanitn as peat-uinkere
In thin prenent world conflict."
New Offensive of Allies
Is
Infantry Attacks Following Terrific Bombardment of
German Lines Result in Ground Being
Gained on Long Front.
Special l ab 'r In ifi I .' Tnr c
RgBLiN, by wireie.-s. via London
sepr I
:'". - The following oftii ial statement was
Issued here i his afteriiisiii regarding the
operations on the western front :
m the entire front from the sea to
the Voages th.- enemy's artillery firs
Increased In strength, ami east of
Ypres, between l.a Basses Canal and
Arras, as well a in Champagne, from
ProsneS to the Argontie, it was of the
Utmost tier, efiess.
The attacks which were expel ted
after the strong artillery pro pa ration
lasting on certain parts of the hue fur
fifty hours have begun
Between the railway from Ypres
to Routers ami that from Ypres to
Comlnea the ATnglish advanced early
to-day. (in the northern wing their
attack has been repulsed after hand
to hand Bghtlng before and in our
position, They also are attacking
northeast and southeast of Acnieu
tier and north of La Haaaee Oanal
' i Mi Thiirsda evening, as has onl)
now become known, the French pene
trated our battered down trenches
near Vouch, We ojaotod them es.
tenia) The French were a!ain re-
pulsed yesterday near Vouches and on
both shies of Nclivllle.
in thampagne from Prosnea to the
Argonne the French attacked, but
weu- a' a majority of points repulsed
This was due in part to our strong
artillery fire In part also the attacks
collapsed a few steps In front of our
obstructions under the fire ut our lli
fantr) and machine guns
The retreating enemy columns suf
fered considerable losses owing tn the
j vor severe artillery and machine gun
I lire
At some points on the front hand
to hand fighting is proceeding.
GAINS OX LONG FRONT.
(rriun ii rt
u t O III
Driven Hack
Mild 1 I Hill f.
In iii i
serial ''ahlr h'$xni''t to Tint Sis
Pauih, Sept 25 PrenOQ and Hntith
infantry niMt valuatile sfalnn to-day In
l.etitlum, to the north of Arrati and In
t !hamp&ane
The military value uf the ponttont
bombard men I which the Prenoh and
luiiiidi mms of ail odllbrei hav- main-
tallied in thOSe dlttrlctit M well ah on
many other point! ol th line for the
p.iBt vvaeka was demonatratad hy the at-
tackn for which the tong continued artil
lery Hfa wiiM a preparation. Day after
day the Ptrlfl puhlie hun read, "The
arttllei y ilKhtlny continues north of
Anns." Ac.
To-nlffht'H announcement that the In-
f an try has bean ent forward to occupy
n part of the e-nemy u works after a huh.
tuined hall of Hhellx wa taken as ait
li, tilt at Ion that the allied commanders
bt tevt the time has poms for making a
heKlnnliiK at the task of shoving the
i larmani out ol the lines which they
have held for 10 many muuthM.
The offensive wan DSffUn at ths west
ern satrsmlty of the line on th.. Ileltftau
poaat. Hure llrll th ahips and the Krench
bat (Sri SS COOSratad 'n a lHiihardimmi
of the Osrman )Kraltlons at Wiviteiide
and Ulddalksrks. The Infantry took up
Hie light I tig to the west of I ami Hul
lUOhw where Ihe Mrltlsh troops attacked
the Herman positions with sueceHS. To
the north of Arras un SnsrffSUO attack
was mads hv hith French and Mrltlah
Infantry i ami the Allies gained a foot
hold -it many points of the (ierman Hue
In Champ. Mfne there wre a heavy In
fantry aaauutt between tlte Aulppe and
ciossing Broadway at the time. A number of workmen were caught
in the cavein. A Broadway car going south was stopped just in time
by the motorman to escape being carried down. The Casino and
Knickerbocker theatres were ordered closed for the evening.
; Frmce
the A hut
nerwal ol
It was preceded hy
Isinihardmcnt, under
a re-
i ol w hlch
French seised tin
f. ireinoet
Oerman line over almost the ei, tire limit
of the atta 'k and are still pushing for-
n ard
The nlghi Oommuniqttl of the War
Office said
on Ins
perats
the I". ml
lltlons at
lt.'lg,
I Will
ardme
Weal
an coast our batteries
i th.. English fleet In
nt of the Qerman po
rnde ami Mlddelkerke.
The British troops attacked uceesa
fuiiy the enemy position to ths west
uf Lgoos and of Hulluch
Our troiipH. operating mi roniun -
tlon with tin- Brttlah army, made an
HiuTgeth attack to th north uf Ar
ras This attack permitted them to
gain a footing at many points of
th- enemy's ttnea.
Hitween tin Smtinio and the Aisue
tio-ie wsh rit;iiting with aerial tor
pedoes and botnba in th sector
af Sanny-sur-.MatL our artillery ex
ploded a mun tiun-s depot in a for
t iiii'ii house at Beuvralsnea
in Champagne, after a new ami
very violent bombardmi nt t the
trench eei aheltsra, block bouaea and
haltenes uf the em-my, our Infantry
mads an aaaauil n the Qerman linen
between the Suippe and the Alans The
Arst htie tif enemy positions was or.
PUpied over almost all the front at-
tacked. ur advance i- temg pushed.
There was arCllety tlghdiiK in the
Woevre, in Lorraine ami in the Vosaea
in the anvtrons of i. . Chapelotte ami
uf the Bchratamaenneli
The afternoon
low :
ommuniquS wai as f-i-
In the Artots district eiterli our
a Hillary continued its effectlvs bom
bardmant "f the llnst of the enemy(
To the south Of the RlWf S.min.c the
Oermans bombarded our tretn iie.s and
our saps in the suhurh if Andech)
and Donoourti our battarlea reaponded
with eneiu, anil at a iarae number
uf places took the Initiative In tiring
The artillery exchanges to the north
Of th- Hlver AlaiM ami along the
hanks of the canal bet Ween the Msn
and the Hams continue with severity,
in the Champagne district ths enemy
rsspondsd t .1 lioUnl bombardmsnt
of his trenches b the firing uf as
phyxiating shells In the Vicinity of
AuberiVS and St. Hilnirc. Thuae sheila
hail no SfTsCl Thi re v;ts s.'ir.hir ac
tivitv yesterday in which both our ar
tlllsri smi that of the em-1 v partici
pated In the Argonne district, par
t h'u la rly in the sector uf i ?0U1 tSI
i'haussees, and there have been a.one
engagements with bombs and hand
grenade in the forest of ricttv In
Lor rains our patrols havs brought In
several piisuiiers.
a sojuadron ol Krem h asroplanea
yesterday threw on the uablona rail
road station nc li Mots Something Ilka
furty hitmlis
FLEET IN ATTACK.
s'seeNif re6s fiaapatch ta Tar si s
A.usrKiuAM, Sept. ;.'.". Five large
British warships and tWunty-flve
amallsr tighimg ships participated in
the bombardment of the Herman naval
base at laehrtiggs Una morning
liespatches received here to-night said
thai the warships stood cloe In and
shelled the Herman defences from i:g
A. M to 10:11, The Hermans replied
with light artillery. Herman aeroplanes
and observers stationed in a captlvs
balloon dim Hug Ihe Herman tire Tb,.
result of the bombardment Is unknown
'
GRE" WAS' FAGHT
to mm fleet
If
ml
ships. Will
E 1 1 si ii ire iii
War Daml
i'nil to
rrwi ( .ti"
Florida.
I'uiiit v
BATTLE OPENS
1 1 1 1 . . .
Noarout, Vs., apt, IS. After two
weeks ..f target practice, both night and
j day. the larger portion of the battle
ehlp unit of th. Atlantic fleet tested
Hi - afternoon Ten ships arrived in
Hampton Bonds during the afternoon
and others are expected hy to-morrow
! night. I
I The ships now ill the road- ate the i
I Wyoming, flagship of the fleet; the Ar-1
I knnsas, Nebrasb 1. Rhods island. 1
; Texas. New York, Baltimore, Yankton,
Cyclops and San Francisco The last I
named vessel w as engaged in mine plant-1
. nig teats.
Admiral PletchSf hi' practically "om-
, pleted arrangements for the most reatla-
tn war gam. ever attempted hy 'he Meet,
winch i;i begin neat Friday. Orders
Will he issued to the Captain of each .
j ship on MiiiiI.i .
I Bach ship will proceed to sea un.ler
I sealed orders, which will not h.- opened
I until the war vessels arc beyond the
live mile limit Then the ships will
1 be sent in all directions There Will be
' more th in f. rt war vessels, including
, twenty .four lorpetla boat destroysrs, in
these manoeuvres
I The) wiii i attend along toe coast
from Caps Cod to Florida, Theie win
lv two forces, a defending fleet, and
an Invading tloet The Wyoming will
be the flagship of the former utid the
scout cruiser Chester will t' flagship toi
the invailtus force,
Tin- d tenders win try to prevent ihe
invader from entering any port along
i the Atlanta- cuast from Capo Cod to
i Iftorlda, There will in. other ajuuvgu
I vree, Inoludinaj a mimic battl, the
; details of which are known only to
Admiral Fletcher and olbclals of the
' Nav) Uepartntant.
The battleablp Michigan, winner of
i take an Important part in the war gams
end w . ii probably will be assigned to
l the defending IWet, may he delated in
departing from the roads bacauae of un
i accident to her turbine circulating
VillVCS last night off Ihe irglu.a
she was obliged to abandon
ipes
rS'-1
practice and r.ttiiu to Hampton Koada
The battleships Mil hlgsn, winner of
'ihe proficiency trophy for spring target
i practice, and the Florida, which is re
l ported to have made the beat Individual
record of any ship in the rleel In Ins
I practice Jusi en, led, had not returned
to the roads late to-night. The were
j reported mtiiiouvrtug off the capes and
I will probabl) proceed north after re-
1'Slvlllg Orders to participate in ihe war
, g illie.
Khlpi now ill the roads are loading
coal, ammunition and provisions
CHEER BRITISH ENVOI
Mlii-lio I
Ives H Im iat log on
to - Premier.
Way
Atiisns, Sent IS. Ths Hrlttsh Min- I
ister received a remarkable ovation this
afternoon when he motored to the l-'or- i
i igii oflice for a conference with Premier I
Vnlllselos, Immvdlatsl) after the Intter
rrtUI'lied from an audieme With King
Constsntlne.
A crowd gathered arnunil his auto-
mobile and cheered frantically. The,
Minister eVed his hand lit regpjmgg .
to ihe dsntonsl ration,
Reservists contlnuetl to pour into
Athens all day, marching through ths
Streets .singing war songs
MT.a i i iimim ii i r.
vl i s- th ird An- bine's K,.
Kinrl I .'U i Sni l il S II
Will
HUM,
III II K
i.k'i 1 1 : a M
M Ksit Mill
I
IV 3H l.llltll 1 III I llH I M
mil Prl sseh
let I '
ii i llll Bra
Peg
1. IK..'.
It
I -1 'llt
i IS
lets
Ida,
Accidenf Said to Be Due to
Slide of Rotten Mica
Taxicab Swallowed,
ONE VICTIM BELIEVED
TO BE MORTALLY HURT
Two Theatres Forced to
( lose Surface Cars
Stalled for Blocks.
ENGINEERS HAD .IFST
SAID SPOT WAS SAFE
Shopkeepers in Vicinity As
sert Warning Was (iiven
of Disaster.
A section of Broadway, between
Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth
streerts, fell Into the new subway laat
niirht at Till o'clock in the s itne man
ner th-at a section of Seventh avenue
dropped to the depth- Wednesday
morning. One woman was killed in
last night's accident, an electrical
worker was mortally Injured and three
men. pedeatriana, were hurt.
It wnji said by the poliC at mid
night that the woman might be a Mr
Tomaselll or Thotnol!aton found ne.i'
the body was a mesh bag in whi ii
WM a receipt made out to "Mrs. A
TomaaelU." The receipt was made out
by the Twiliuhi Inn of Haines Falls
in the Catxkills. and was for L'0. It
was (lilted September II, lieeldes the
receipt the lmg contained Ii card with
the name of Miss Caroline (iikhrlat,
68 Hatlston avenue, llallaton Spa,
ft, Y.
i it w.ib learned over the tele phone
from Ballaton Bpa, N thla morn
I 'na that Mi.-. Tontaaelll had spent a
t
couple of weeks there with Hlaa on
chnst. who aaid i hat the dead woman's
New York addreaa was 134 We'
Seventieth atreot.
Before the woman dud In Meiievu
Hospital she became conscious. After
repeated Quoatlonlng iv tin- nurae ahe
lUUnafed to whisper her name, whl
as nearly as tin. nurse could Under
stand it was "Isabella Tliomolistnu ,"
Trail
taxicab, ir
ruling o
roadway
l or In
whidi
for th
Just
Peril.
the woman
temporary
above Thii
A
was
plan I.
ty-cgiith street, crashed dow
ward thirty-live feet when the wood. -
street dropped A trolley car cm.
laming eight persons besides the con
I ductor and motorman would nao
plunged into the -real hole also had
it not been for the remarkable active
brain Of the motorman. Had the ac
cident occurred ess than an hour later
( doubtless djogana of theatregoers at
I riving at the r.isno and Knlcket
bockar ttiaatras along the east side of
Broadway would have been iiumpeu
praclpltataly into the hole tuejgtiwi
i with many automobiles,
Out of the rush ami confusion of
arriving policemen, firemen, do lots
clergymen, officials and the clang o
thirty ambulances it was learned la
ju general way that the cause of the
accident was tie slide of a section
of rotten mica roclti Twntyfouf
hours before the slide occurred t)X'
pert engineers employed by the Pub
lic service Commission and by the
United states Ileal t) and Improve,
ment Company, the firm which has
the contract for building the Seventh
gtenua section Which fell on Wednes
day an. I tin sort lull that dropped ia-i
night, i.ni ins ted the Hi Iwg)
section and had found it, so Ihsy re
p. a led. particularly w ell Umbered and
seemingly safe,
aighlseelHg im' Baeapea,
ust before Hroadwaj dropped htal
night - making .1 hole Which was open
1,1 lit.. s,.,,s fl'.itli Ttnrt t .. 1 1. In 1. .ii.,.
north for almost half a block and ex
tending from the southbound car tra k
half way mio the wist Md. walk -a
heavy sightseeing car passed ovr the
plunk coverln of the excavation. Vut
days, ho shop keepers in the VlClnit!
said. 1 vi ry lima heavy nuushlnea
passed along the block the plank road
Way loll need up nnd down. The strain
of the pausing sightseeing car may or
may not have acted as the last gtpau
N" dynamite blast could i. Instanced
as a cauae ol' last night's slide, such 't
was SUggSStSd when Seventh avenue
dropped in the Twenty-fourth atree
neighborhood three days earlier For
days, so Public Service Cominli lion r
1 William Hayward said at tin- edge of
! the great hole last night, no ro. .
Cavatlng had been done in 'In Vlcllillt
" rbS digging was all hell II
Mr. Ilnywal!. "and Moll, WUS it a
standstill pending Un arrival of ih.
Hteel which was to bt Install us per
msnent supports '
Ah a result ,,f is - 1
.1 Ol op.
the Knickerbocker rbeiiire pl
was closed foi 'In- iv u
Ihorltles also ii idinl earls
cturii shoe
Tlie a'
that Hi.
members of "The haui Pal idlae"
pauv at tin Casino Theatre who hat
rein mil llieti dreselng r to dn -
foi the perfuriiigiu u hi 1,1 hn ..
M lyur m teiiid , n is . -1 ii 11,,
Of the HC 'nil . ' II n I ' at' "
He had bet i at . lid '
Hai..i.. 1 ,., .
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1 Opera Ib'J e ill 1
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